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Saturday Night Club ONT - January 24, 2026 [Double Trouble]
Flat tires are pancakes.
Headlights are eggs.
Running boards are bacon." Relieved, the waitress put the order together and added a bowl of beans before heading back out to the trucker. The trucker smiled when he saw the plate but frowned when he saw the bowl of beans. "What are the beans for?" The waitress smiled proudly and said, "Well, I figured you're getting flat tires, headlights and running boards. While you're here, you might as well gas up too!"
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Now, a team of 12 scientists from universities in Germany and the Czech Republic have come together in a unique study that observed 37 breeds of dog over a two-year period. Exactly 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations later, the team reach one incredible finding: "dogs preferred to excrete with the body being aligned along the north-south axis." Dogs join cattle, roe deer, red deer, hunting red foxes, red foxes, coyotes and grey wolves as yet another mammal to have a mechanism of "magnetoreception." Although their altered behaviour was only evident under calm conditions, it's still a breakthrough in demonstrating measurable, predictable changes in dog behaviour in response to the earth's magnetic field.
In January 1978, William Shatner performed a spoken word rendition of the song ‘Rocket Man’ during the Saturn Awards pic.twitter.com/4ciwnSJWb4
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) January 23, 2026
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Posted by: fourseasons at January 24, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)
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Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 24, 2026 10:08 PM (xA5g+)
Should I tip the Zamboni driver that just scooted by?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:09 PM (cYBz/)
The dogs that crap in my yard face east. POS neighbors don't even clean up after them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:11 PM (lpTXP)
*debouches from chauffeured limousine*
*hands white gloves and top hat to cringing lackey*
Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: British Pub-Warm Beer, Lousy Food at January 24, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Proud Infidel at January 24, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 10:13 PM (szncw)
*Jalapeño poppers (bacon-wrapped, of course!)
*Spicy buffalo wings
*Lil Smokies 'in a blanket'-- for those what can't take spicy food
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 10:13 PM (rdVOm)
Looks like lies are halfway around the world tonight. The truth, whatever it is, is secondary to The Narrative.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:14 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 24, 2026 10:15 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 10:15 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 24, 2026 10:15 PM (Riafb)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 10:13 PM (szncw)
All the lead singers are wearing hats?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 24, 2026 10:15 PM (x0vey)
Double something or other.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:15 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 10:16 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Archer at January 24, 2026 10:16 PM (YGRGv)
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (Fs0KI)
Are you on weather watch? Share your local weather reports. Snow? Ice? Sleet? Rain? Sunshine?
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Got my Social Security number written on my arm so I can be identified.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (XeU6L)
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Chicago area was in the clear last night, but currently forecast for snow until midafternoon tomorrow, but at least we'll be back above 0 for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (vSvIl)
Well maybe it’s the only hockey movie ever made but still.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:18 PM (cYBz/)
We used to watch him and laugh about it.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 24, 2026 10:18 PM (Lo97M)
~ ~ ~ ~
If Doomageddon hits, please send St. Bernards carrying around their necks casks of brandy.
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 10:18 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 10:18 PM (tgvbd)
I unfortunately saw a photo, and the bite was to the first joint, so I thought he wouldn't lose a finger. Unknown if the mutant swallowed it.
I really, really hope and pray President Trump sends in the military at this point. The National Guard could be 50% normal people and 50% weirdos who take orders from Walz and lesbians and would probably shoot fellow soldiers.
Of course the liberal's hair is on fire that a NURSE was killed. Had he had enough sense not to bring a gun he's still be alive, but that misses the point of the new martyr.
I don't live near MN and am tired of this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 10:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I couldn't agree more. But I personally like all 3 musical selections - not often I can say that!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Obligatory: You know who else wrote identity numbers on arms?
Posted by: Archer at January 24, 2026 10:19 PM (YGRGv)
Most would buy half-barrels of the cheap stuff - Bush at $34 each.
My room mate and would bump it up a bit and go with LaBatts Blue at $51 each. Only needed to collect $3 each from 17 people for donations to break even. Stop collecting. When we ran out we'd pass the hat to get another half-barrel. Make the most sober person drive...
Before winter break we went through 54 half barrels.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
They don't call it Gay West for nothing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)
A Maryland woman has been arrested after being caught on surveillance video throwing a large rock through the front window of a home with a Charlie Kirk flag, just barely missing a child inside.
The woman blamed a “raccoon” for her lack of self-control.
According to a press release from the Takoma Park Police Department, officers responded to a vandalism report last weekend, where the homeowner reported that a woman approached the house on foot, stood on the sidewalk, and hurled a rock at the front window before leaving a note and fleeing.
The story went viral after Libs of TikTok posted the surveillance video and note left by the deranged woman on X.
“I accidentally broke your window. There was a racoon involved. I am so sorry,” she wrote. She signed the note “Jamie” and left her phone number.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Brand Clean! at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)
That Shatner vid was interesting. That must have been before he started stringing out his pauses to last a little longer.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (kB9dk)
I wasn't expecting thanks, because I didn't do it for thanks.
But thanks would have been kind of cool anyway.
I think I am kind of off my feed or something.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
The pic up top shows the environmentally friendly way to keep the brewskis cold in their kegs.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 24, 2026 10:21 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:21 PM (8zz6B)
Jules asked what I wanted for dinner, ham and eggs sounde good. We shall see if I have an appetite. being sick sucks.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 24, 2026 10:21 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 24, 2026 10:21 PM (sifrq)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:22 PM (qFwJc)
“I accidentally broke your window. There was a racoon involved. I am so sorry,” she wrote. She signed the note “Jamie” and left her phone number.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)
MAGA- Make Asylums Great Again
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Straight Arrow at January 24, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)
This idiot was all over the inner tubes before he was rolled into a body bag.
Almost like he was set up by his commie buddies.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (aBoGB)
So far, the nasty stuff hasn't gotten here (Greenville County, SC) yet. Clean radar all over the local area. The local guys and Wundermap put out a "future radar" thingy, which is a short term extrapolation of current conditions evolution. For the last hour it was showing the nasty stuff getting here in the next 10 minutes, but come 10 minute nothing.
Now, it has pushed it out to close to 12:30AM. Zooming out, still pretty much clean over GSP's regional "County warning area" of responsibility.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (lpTXP)
I don't live near MN and am tired of this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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A gun AND two magazines. So much for all those mandatory classes in blue states about gub safety
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Military dive schools are there.
When you get the bends so bad you start coughing up bits of lung?
/// Unlike normal ralphing from too much tequila
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
The poor dude was mental.
Expect more of this behavior.
Posted by: pawn at January 24, 2026 10:24 PM (WXTVZ)
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We saw this act in 2020. If it's not crushed hard now, it will spread nationwide again, because their side recognizes momentum and doesn't let go when they have it.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 10:24 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (pkeXY)
I bring a gun almost every time I leave the house. But you know what I don't do when I bring a gun? F*ck with cops.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (U/Byj)
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I don't want to know the name. I want to never hear it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:26 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: publius
I see its 27 degrees at your place. Perfect temp to get snow.
Posted by: Currituck Chuck at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Straight Arrow
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If I only had to deal with pansies in DC, I'd be a happier person....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://youtu.be/MnxtVEUqzFw
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (szncw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)"
It's been mixed precip here in the Knoxville area for about four hours now with some small icicle formation on plants, light fixtures, etc. As long as it doesn't get much worse, we'll be ok.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Oddbob
* doffs hat *
The assists are as important as the goals.
I snuck onto the list twice, though the haiku-inspector gag was definitely the 15th-best of the top 15-ish.
Posted by: mikeski didn't actually count them at January 24, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
I'm awaiting the next GFS model run (and Euro, which is always later relative to GFS) here:
https://is.gd/rH6FQl
A shout out to the tropicaltidbits.com guy. WHile GFS (Global Forecast System) is your tax dollars at work, and public and free data, the Euroweenie is not so free and public. They've opened it up over the last few years, but still not to the extent of the GFS. You have to pay a YUGE license fee to get the fancy output. The tropicaltibit people get the free data, plus some they pay for, but not much. They basically get a big dump of numbers, and do the rendering themselves.
That's a lot of work and effort.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:28 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (ZTJjv)
I'll sip my beer quietly and we get a snow day on Monday and I don't lose power.
Posted by: Iris at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (bOJ2I)
Really can't stand the weather,
https://youtu.be/nO23B5C_Mcw?si=8mRa8kd1ASdOLz8r
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (GTqXr)
I wasn't expecting thanks, because I didn't do it for thanks.
But thanks would have been kind of cool anyway.
I think I am kind of off my feed or something.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)
You won't get any response from Ace, but I'd like to think he appreciates it. And I'm going to throw a few bucks his way.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (JyPkU)
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Yep, that's where I am. If the people who live there won't fight for it, who gives a damn? Burn it all down. The companies that had a stake in that city should have prevented the election of officials that now rule that hell hole. They had the money, they just didn't give a damn about getting involved.
The smart people left after that drug addict overdosed. Anyone who stayed--congrats, you're getting what you deserved.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Those are the "bung holes" which are where the bung or tap goes.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Piper
Improve your chances of getting un-lost to about 50/50?
Posted by: mikeski takes a right turn at Albuquerque at January 24, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
The bitten part was retrieved. I hate MN and won't give a damn if its destroyed.
The Brits can't shut up about how evil ICE is and say that Trump is now despised there. We should send the Somalis directly to Heathrow.
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 10:30 PM (kJmLc)
I agree, Suddenly, this guy pops up, and his life history is everywhere. It's suspicious and unusual. There was an accident near here last week. DUI trucker hitting a snowplow on I-90.
No name ever announced, much less a photo or mug shot.
I must have become very untrusting of our media heroes.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 24, 2026 10:30 PM (aBoGB)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:26 PM
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Re-orient your dog if they are facing the wrong direction.
Posted by: TRex - dog whisperer at January 24, 2026 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Case at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (E7+ue)
Guys would go buy them and we'd put them in ice in our bathtub. Someone brought ice. I had nothing to do with the plan. This is how fancy we were and this was normal for everyone.
Two lines formed in our large apt. One for the loo, and one for beer refills, which was the faster of the two.
I think now, in my refined style, this would put me off a bit. But back then this is how we did it. I don't recall paying a dime for the beer, but someone did. My roommate and I provided the venue. I also don't recall any food, only beer.
I would make a good Dem as I don't recall a lot.
There was a huge camping trip at the end of spring semester and my fellow nursing student friend send me photos recently that she took of me and others. The university and our college merged into one party amoeba. I don't recall how I even got there or how I got home, but I was there and grinning and happy in my bikini. I remember brief snaps of diving off a cliff, swimming, etc. I was very good and not dating, but I also don't remember where I slept except for one night with my friends. None of them would have let me get into trouble.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (WONhk)
"dogs preferred to excrete with the body being aligned along the north-south axis."
I remember reading this study some time ago, so I watched my dog.
My girldog doesn't seem to care which way she faces to do her business..when you gotta go, you gotta go💩🐶!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (LNeRu)
I'm hoping for sleet to begin with, and the last GFS run showed that before transitioning to freezing rain (ZR in the lingo).
We've got a damnable warm nose afoot. Cold air damming jams in a surface wedge of that cold air, but that moist mess from the southwest rams in, goes over the top, and then starts precipitating. So, snow melts in that warm nose, then comes down to the sub-freezing surface layer.
If it can refreeze before it hits the ground, you've got sleet. If it doesn't, you got the dreaded ZR.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (ZTJjv)
Fuck him. I'm glad he's dead. If he were a good man, he wouldn't have been fucking around with law enforcement.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (lpTXP)
That's like a house in 1944 Berchtesgaden having a mezusah on the doorway and a giant menorah sculpture out front.
Unless it's completely changed, it was a Ghetto of the Stoopid. All the "educated" totalitarian racist social engineering sub-mediocrities who use the idiotic term "progressive" were hiving there years ago. Kind of place that a town council passing resolutions praising the Oct. 7 atrocities by Hamas. They were in fact - not kidding - a "nuclear free zone" back in the 90s.
Flying a Charlie Kirk flag, or anything less "progressive" than a "Palestinian" flag or a swastika, would be demanding, not asking, for trouble.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Sen. George Allen at January 24, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)
The poor dude was mental.
Expect more of this behavior.
Posted by: pawn at January 24, 2026 10:24 PM (WXTVZ)
A few things- carrying a firearm, and this was just an sig, isn’t a big deal. Also, having one magazine in the gun and an extra really isn’t that bizarre. This is not the argument- the argument is when you are armed, you do not act a fool in front of police officers. You comply and you tell them immediately you are armed, where it is and let them get it. If they were wrong to seize, lawyer it out later because you will be alive to do so.
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:32 PM (OoFl2)
The poor dude was mental.
Expect more of this behavior.
Posted by: pawn at January 24, 2026 10:24 PM (WXTVZ)
Accidentally ended up at a KKK rally on the Va Beach strip in the late '70s. Saw this skinny cigarette-worn 50-something raise her jacket to show a revolver.
So you're right. Those looking for trouble bring weapons to a protest.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 10:33 PM (gKDq2)
Hoping the snow wins out over the sleet.
Posted by: Piercello at January 24, 2026 10:33 PM (NRGJj)
This idiot was all over the inner tubes before he was rolled into a body bag.
Almost like he was set up by his commie buddies.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (aBoGB)
I must have missed out on that one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:33 PM (8zz6B)
Well maybe it’s the only hockey movie ever made but still.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (IUuBi)
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My dad took me and my idiot friends to see it in Elmont
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM
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Can you send me a note please? Email link in the nic.
Posted by: TRex -free icicles for everyone! at January 24, 2026 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Now, competing with that cold air damming, will be some warm air advection trying to push that cold air out. The models consistently overestimate that, apparently. But, the boys at GSP say this one is different, and that warm advection is "formidable". Insert a bunch of Star Trek style meteorological jargon for the reason.
So, I'm pulling for the warm air advection. If that wins, we'll transition to rain. Euroweenie model as been favoring that more then GFS.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (Riafb)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (pkeXY)
And four feet would be too many.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tankdemon
If you enjoy Dylan covers, this can't be beat.
https://www.youtube.com/eYmZOycc5cw
Posted by: Levitch Sings Zimmerman at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:26 PM
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Re-orient your dog if they are facing the wrong direction.
Posted by: TRex - dog whisperer at January 24, 2026
I have a feeling Shibas were excluded from this study for a reason. 😂
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (OoFl2)
Almost like he was set up by his commie buddies.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at January 24, 2026 10:23 PM (aBoGB)
And the FB picture is not much like the man I saw today.
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 10:35 PM (kJmLc)
I think I am kind of off my feed or something.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)
* * * *
Thanks for the donation. You did it for the right reason.
And I don't think you are off your feed. Keep posting here because I enjoy reading them! (Say hello to Robert the Cat.)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 24, 2026 10:35 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: mindful webworker - always the last to know at January 24, 2026 10:35 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX)
If you do, follow the beat from Queen's "We Will Rock You" into.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 24, 2026 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 10:36 PM (tgvbd)
O M G. We are all going to die.
Posted by: GWB at January 24, 2026 10:36 PM (hcTZe)
As for tomorrow...
Lord, can we do something like that again when they play the LA Rams?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 10:36 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: publius,
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Nothing happening here. 21.5 deg., no precip
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:26 PM (OoFl2)
It's an expensive but lovable replacement for a compass.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)
Good question! I have never really thought about it. I expect speed has something to do with it, and maybe they are almost impossible to cross-thread, which would destroy two joints of pipe, and also waste a lot of time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (zILP0)
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*Pours Mary a shot of Bailey's*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:26 PM
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Re-orient your dog if they are facing the wrong direction.
Posted by: TRex - dog whisperer at January 24, 2026
I have a feeling Shibas were excluded from this study for a reason. 😂
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:34 PM (OoFl2)
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Don't forget to explain to them why you are reorienting them to the proper direction.
I still like the advice I read last year that if a dog attacks you to stick your finger in his bum. Like I am going to remember much less do this! I will just have to die in shreds.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: British Pub-Warm Beer, Lousy Food at January 24, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)
Well said, now pour a proper pint ...
Posted by: Amelia at January 24, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 10:39 PM (+mUZM)
Looking at those two it's no wonder Minnesota is a sh*thole.
Posted by: Case
It went downhill after moose and squirrel left.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 10:39 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 24, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Oh, you sweet Summer child...
Posted by: Pete Bootygag at January 24, 2026 10:39 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:36 PM (XeU6L)
I was just studying one of those time lapse radar maps for the storm, zoomed out to look at the country, and now I’m hopeful East Texas is going to miss most the precipitation, the storm is massive, but it looks like it’s moving along a line stretching from Oklahoma to southern Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:39 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2)
Two lines is a universal rule if the keg is in the tub or shower.
Girls can go solo.
Guys are not allowed to close the door.
In the winter the keg would go on the balcony (if available) for a nice snow bath.
Smaller kegs are ponies or quarter barrels.
Coors party balls were 1/6 barrel if I recollect correct.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 10:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Thank you, sir. We are surrounded by crazy people
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:41 PM (lpTXP)
I bring a gun almost every time I leave the house. But you know what I don't do when I bring a gun? F*ck with cops.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (Fs0KI)
"But, but, but...he kept the gun in his holster!"
Who did he think he was, Marshall Dillon?
Posted by: Joemarine at January 24, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:31 PM (lpTXP)
I was tempted to ask the poster how well they knew the dumbass. My bet is not at all.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM (ZTJjv)
Fuck him.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:41 PM
***
Ummm... You mean inside or outside Club ONT?
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT membership coordinator at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm)
0Z GFS just dropped on tropicaltidbits, well the first 18 hours. It will update constantly, but that run pushes the ZR even further back. They got sleet for the top half of Greenville, and Western NC over us (some ZR to the far west part) at 1AM EST. A bank band just below, with some encroachment further south toward Columbia.
It will be a few more hours before the 0Z Euroweenie run shows up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)
Honestly, I gave without expectations, and had no expectations, but, still...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (/R/kj)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (HTCU3)
Well maybe it’s the only hockey movie ever made but still.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (IUuBi)
The Mighty Ducks would like a word ...
Posted by: Gordon Bombay at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (kJmLc)
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 10:45 PM (rdVOm)
Almost like he was set up by his commie buddies.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops
Almost?
Nice pistol. Definitely not a base model with the threaded barrel, slide cut for optics, and straight trigger (race gunners likey, usually aftermarket or top factory option) usually says it does not have the FNYC Cop 20# trigger.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 10:45 PM (gKWVE)
Goodnight.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 10:46 PM (CHHv1)
______________________
As far as I am aware, Tokoma Park, MD is the only Municipality in the country that actually held a vote (back in the 1990's) to allow non-US citizens to vote in their local elections. It actually passed, just barely.
Other places allow it on local elections (especially in California) but it was never voted on. Just entered onto the books by fiat.
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
We were saving those for CJ Stroud.
Posted by: the Elohim at January 24, 2026 10:47 PM (gKWVE)
You know, Ralphie's Mom.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:47 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:41 PM
***
Ummm... You mean inside or outside Club ONT?
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT membership coordinator at January 24, 2026 10:43 PM
The Horde is a shelter for many of us. Not many septum piercings or purple haired maniacs from those I've met. God Bless you, Horde.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:48 PM (lpTXP)
Had a tea party with a constume jewelry chest of my aunt's loot with the almost 5yr old. Got to feed cereal for the first time to the baby. She melts my heart.
So the nitwits can all bite each other and bleed in MN because I don't care, I just want it to end and deport millions. Do it, President Trump. End this crap!
G'night, y'all.
Try to behave. Here's some guitar:
https://tinyurl.com/mtvk4puz
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 10:48 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 10:39 PM (+mUZM)
We're supposed to start getting hit in around 4 hours; the storm is predicted to last over 36 hours. It's been in the teens all day and is currently 15F. Whatever comes down will begin to immediately stick, insuring a 'higher on the ground' total; they're predicting up to a foot, with a slick coating of freezing rain to make driving enjoyable. Then a deep freeze for the next week plus.
Doomageddon!
We'll see if my commie mayor can clear the snow in the boroughs. You know, mayor shit.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 10:48 PM (gKDq2)
Want to shut Frey and Walz up? Put together as nice tidy RICO action against them along with the Somalis and the DFL.
Take a lot of investigation but definitely worth it .
Otherwise just keep hitting very them on all fronts.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 10:49 PM (e4I2N)
Before 2014 I would like to think most of these people would have been shot so things would never have escalated to the point they have.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:49 PM (qFwJc)
These colors on the weather maps are getting ridiculous --looks a toddler went wild with his 64-color Crayola set. There's got to be a better way. Trouble is trying to show the difference between snow, sleet, ZR, and rain. And trying to show intensity. They need to stop trying to put it all there at once. Show the type, and then have it where you click to show the intensity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 10:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: TRex -free icicles for everyone! at January 24, 2026 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
E-mail sent.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 24, 2026 10:50 PM (/HDaX)
...
I don't live near MN and am tired of this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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There's a cure for this mutant dilemma and they won't stop until it's applied.
This concept screwed into the public consciousness must be applied.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 10:51 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)
Good question! I have never really thought about it. I expect speed has something to do with it, and maybe they are almost impossible to cross-thread, which would destroy two joints of pipe, and also waste a lot of time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:37 PM (8zz6B)
WTF is a tool joint??
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 10:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 10:51 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
********
Good! You people have had enough weather events for a lifetime.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 10:52 PM (+mUZM)
'I still like the advice I read last year that if a dog attacks you to stick your finger in his bum. Like I am going to remember much less do this! I will just have to die in shreds.'
First Responder: 'No wonder the dog attacked her. She had her finger stuck up its butt!'
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 24, 2026 10:52 PM (fd80v)
This concept screwed into the public consciousness must be applied.
Posted by: Braenyard
Flights on AeroAgusto, I'm guessing
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 10:53 PM (gKWVE)
Ventusky has a pretty clear presentation.
Check out all the intersecting fronts tomorrow.
Meteorological chaos.
Posted by: pawn at January 24, 2026 10:53 PM (WXTVZ)
Camping stove helps. Hot coffee.
If you didn’t get a Jenny after 2021, I don’t know what to say.
Road trip!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 10:53 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 10:53 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)
"Minneapolis:
URGENT UPDATE: I’ve never experienced anything quite like today in my life. I’ve interacted with the Cartel and have witnessed some crazy things in the desert in ‘24. But what strikes me is how organized these agitators in Minneapolis are. They have spotters everywhere in the city and suburbs, on street corners, even 30 minutes away from downtown. They have people at hotels that work with them and signal to them which made it making it difficult for us to lose our tail once my cover was blown. Usually I lose a tail. Not this time.
"We switched locations THREE times. I recorded and posted this while leaving Wayzata, while they were STILL surveilling. We all agreed we must make the threats public ASAP, even if we had people still in the field with the hidden cams."
Posted by: Beverly at January 24, 2026 10:54 PM (reMys)
News from the "But Muh Rice Bowl!" front --
During an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland, Jasmin Hume, founder of Shiru, a company using AI to develop sustainable alternative food ingredients, and expert speaker said RFK Jr’s food industry reforms of cutting out food dyes and synthetic additives will ultimately hurt the consumer because the food will not have proper nutritional value:
“Right now, the food industry is under an unprecedented amount of stress. There are increasing and ever-evolving consumer expectations in terms of the foods that they’re purchasing and prioritizing. In the United States, there’s been a lot of talk recently from Make America Healthy Again and how we need to take a really close look at some compounds, like synthetic additives and dyes, that have been in the food system for many decades now in the United States, maybe not in other countries, that are now coming under scrutiny. It’s really, really difficult to be able to do that level of reformulation and not to mention the regulation that has to happen at the same pace. So if you’re taking all these ingredients out of these food products, what are you going to put in?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 10:55 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Bers - basically a drill pipe connection.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:55 PM (cYBz/)
"We switched locations THREE times. I recorded and posted this while leaving Wayzata, while they were STILL surveilling. We all agreed we must make the threats public ASAP, even if we had people still in the field with the hidden cams."
Posted by: Beverly at January 24, 2026 10:54 PM (reMys)
What's the point of Minnesota anyway?
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 10:56 PM (kJmLc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (pkeXY)
And four feet would be too many.
Three is right out unless it’s a yatagarasu.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 24, 2026 10:56 PM (H6cKs)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (KiBMU)
Watch hightlights of the Montreal-Quebec Good Friday Massacre, a second round playoff game. First fight was at .23 seconds.
Wiki: "After several fights, a bench-clearing brawl broke out as the siren sounded to end the second period.
Amongst the fourteen altercations at the end of the second period were the Canadiens' Mario Tremblay smashing the nose of the Nordiques' Peter Stastny, and Nordiques' Louis Sleigher knocking Canadiens' Jean Hamel unconscious by sucker-punching him in the eye. Bruce Hood, the referee for the game, sent the teams off the ice without officially ending the second period by assigning penalties for the brawl.
After the intermission, with all players from both teams on the ice to warm up for the third period, a second brawl broke out."
I watched that game on tv. It was 'Slap Shot'.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 10:57 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: night lifted
We're the bad example the rest of the states should not follow.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Beverly
The Left behind all these riots is an insurgent guerilla army. I think of them as an atheist Taliban.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 10:59 PM (HTCU3)
Camping stove helps. Hot coffee.
If you didn’t get a Jenny after 2021, I don’t know what to say.
Road trip!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 10:53 PM (IhIKR)
Got my generator ready to go if necessary. The one I had with my camper at the ranch. Got alternate wiring rigged up to power the control board and blower on my gas fired furnace. Plenty of food and beer and bourbon. Bring it, Fern!!
Posted by: Doof at January 24, 2026 10:59 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (U/Byj)
Not a good life choice to get involved with agents of the government. Especially with the armed ones.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 10:59 PM (JyPkU)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 24, 2026 10:59 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Piper
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Is he the one that bit the agents finger off?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:00 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)
If they were to add some milk and vanilla flavoring, you got the foundation for an entire state of ice cream.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 11:01 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Bers - basically a drill pipe connection.
Posted by: Tonypete
I thought they used an acme thread.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 11:02 PM (pXTL4)
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 10:44 PM (kJmLc)
Just another Horst Wesel
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:02 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
We will accept purple-haired goth girls if they're as intelligent as Amelia, though.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 11:03 PM (VHUov)
Nothing yet, but small patches of sleet and ZR popped up on the radar. And I see my dew point just jumped up a bit. Temp now dropping below 26F.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)
The Verge7hOpinion . ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis... Footage showing agents shoving a man to the
20 claims about videos and images related to ICE, investigated..With ICE making its presence known across the country, purported videos and images of the agency's alleged activities spread rapidly online.
_Snopes, Joey Esposito
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:04 PM (v7yZo)
All my toilets are facing either east or west.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
The north side of my town faced east
And the east was facing south
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 11:04 PM (pkeXY)
https://www.drillingmanual.com/drill-pipe-tool-joint/
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:06 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Bers - basically a drill pipe connection.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Coupling?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:06 PM (v7yZo)
We now know the Left depends on illegals for vote fraud and funding from "service" fraud. Cut the number of illegals and the Left is looking at electoral and financial doom. No wonder they're fighting so hard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 11:06 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)
I will say I was kinda impressed by the turn out they had, don't know how many were paid, but it was a pretty good showing given the weather.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 11:07 PM (JyPkU)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
I have never heard that bit of advice.
If the attack dog is too large to be puntable, I don't want it close enough for me to attempt this maneuver, since it's generally attacking with its front end.
This sounds even more sus than "punch the attacking great white shark in the nose."
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 11:07 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:08 PM (g47mK)
Fuck you, war.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:09 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 24, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 11:09 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 11:09 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:10 PM (g47mK)
https://tinyurl.com/y39rzvd2
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 11:10 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Piper
I watched as many angles of that that whole incident. St. Alex started out in the middle of the street, confronting the ICE agents. A few moments later he's on a curb with two women. ICE agents appear to get busy in attempting to arrest the women. At that point, St. Alex appears to insert himself into the arrest by getting in between the women and the ICE agents. It's at this point that St. Alex gets 100% of the ICE agents attention. After that, everything becomes obscured by the mass bodies taking him down. It's impossible to tell if he brandished the weapon or if the agents inadvertently discovered it in the scuffle. All that seems clear is that a weapon was discovered and an ICE Agent yelled Gun! And just like that St. Alex of 9mm joined St. George of Fentanyl and St. Renee of Runaway as Minnesota martyrs.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 11:10 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)
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I read that there were more media and law enforcement in attendance. IF we were allowed the calm to review this entire thing, we might find that it was mostly photo-ops, rather than any kind of movement.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 24, 2026 11:11 PM (/R/kj)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:02 PM (g47mK)
...................................
While I wasn't exactly keeping up all afternoon, initially the guy did not have ID on him.
All the weepers are weeping what a great nurse he was as well as "politically active."
The one photo of him in the UK DM does not look like the nerdy nurse guy in other photos. I guess if I am going to have a good photo it might as well be before I bring a gun to a protest and ask to be shot. All he had to do was stay home and play canasta or video games. Instead of trying to protect the arrest of pedos and rapers. That's so full of joy and wonder for these complete idiots to protect illegals. It is much worse than St. George or St. Trayvon.
The fact that these rioters are now armed, all over the area, with spies...it's time, President Trump. Before an ICE Agent dies. The line has been crossed.Insurrection act, please.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 11:11 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:12 PM (g47mK)
youtu.be/xUJMvoxiSz8
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 11:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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When they become aware that stiff penalties follow attacking law enforcement the agitators will cease.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:12 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Count de Monet
The Common Loon is, indeed, our state bird. Also our state voter and state politician.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
Yep, the real radar over the country is a lot sparser than the models had it for now. Keep your fingers crossed that trend continues.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:12 PM (v7yZo)
Obama judges keep freeing them
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (kJmLc)
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Yes it does. But we're allowed to speculate about "intent" when somebody shows up without ID and the state-issued and state-required carry permit.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 11:16 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:00 PM (v7yZo)
No. That is another, still alive, dumb person.
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 11:16 PM (OoFl2)
Plenty of food, beer, and a cozy dog.
I have a standby generator, since if you breath funny here, the power goes out.
I think I'll spend my day tomorrow cooking and baking bread...
A good book as well for entertainment 🙂.
Stay safe and warm Horde❣
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 24, 2026 11:16 PM (LNeRu)
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I keep pointing out that if "The process is the punishment", why aren't we filing charges against the judges?
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:16 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (kJmLc)
Time for the IRS to audit every damned judge in the country, from the lowliest traffic court magistrate to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Quietly let the good conservative ones know that they are not the target, absent evidence of massive fraud on their part, but nail the leftards for every little chisel they have done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:17 PM (8zz6B)
The streets are extended gutters when all the filth foam up around their waist they will look up and cry SAVE US -- and Trump will look down and state: NO.
forWAR' !!!
https://www.tinyurl.com/forWARd-BatchmenRollOUT
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 24, 2026 11:17 PM (k0Zvj)
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 24, 2026 11:18 PM (k0Zvj)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
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But not to brandish them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:19 PM (v7yZo)
Also, Walz, Frey and others know they're going to be counting mouse turds in a PMITA prison on Kiska. Thus their hysterical defiance.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 11:19 PM (tgvbd)
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Yup, he's a traitor like the rest of the pro-immigration crowd.
There's no real reason to mourn him.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 11:19 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 11:06 PM (tgvbd)
We know the illegals fraudulently getting benefits skyrocketed thanks to Covid and Biden.
But it seems the financial fraud, stealing government money to kick back to the Dems, has become so entrenched they feel it is their right to cheat. Just like Donna Brasil lying about giving Clinton the CNN debate questions while she worked for CNN.
But the fraud discovered nationwide is staggering. Between this and USAID, the Dems thought they had permanent cash cow dibs taxpayer money. Any way they could get it.
They figured out how to pay themselves. Cheat.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 11:20 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Count de Monet
The Common Loon is, indeed, our state bird. Also our state voter and state politician.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
I thought the Minnesota state bird was the Screaming Blue-Haired Lesbian.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 24, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)
If the attack dog is too large to be puntable, I don't want it close enough for me to attempt this maneuver, since it's generally attacking with its front end.
This sounds even more sus than "punch the attacking great white shark in the nose."
Posted by: mikeski
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There seems to be a paucity of actual after-action reports.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 11:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Count de Monet
The Common Loon is, indeed, our state bird. Also our state voter and state politician.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
I thought the Minnesota state bird was the Screaming Blue-Haired Lesbian.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 24, 2026 11:20 PM (S/Y4j)
fuKOFFF!!!
Posted by: Screaming Blue-Haired Lesbian at January 24, 2026 11:21 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:22 PM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Look at the photos that’s not true.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:22 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 11:13 PM (kJmLc)
Time for the IRS to audit every damned judge in the country, from the lowliest traffic court magistrate to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Quietly let the good conservative ones know that they are not the target, absent evidence of massive fraud on their part, but nail the leftards for every little chisel they have done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Legit Lawfare, uncaDonald should like that.
All he has to do is find an IRS agent that doesn't suffer TDS.
WAIT !
Hire some. Let Musk do the HR.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:22 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Doof at January 24, 2026
Hope you don’t need it and stay warm. My spot of Alabama has opted out of this particular storm.
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM (OoFl2)
In 1984, out in the hinterlands of Western PA, hockey was something you listened to on the radio. Mike Lange was colorful! Alas, the Pens were not in the playoffs in '84. I did watch the highlights of this brawl years later on Youtube. Well, 'highlights'. I was NOT surprised to see the name Dale Hunter playing for the Nordiques. It does explain the brawl.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM (xA5g+)
I've generally seen the same points made by non-leftists that get to mingle with the Davos types - Eric Weinstein made the same point, the Davos elites are terrified that the world is going to pieces and if only people listened to them! Meanwhile the governments of their world are doing their bidding and the world keeps getting worse but no, they aren't to blame...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM (/R/kj)
"Minneapolis:
URGENT UPDATE: I’ve never experienced anything quite like today in my life. I’ve interacted with the Cartel and have witnessed some crazy things in the desert in ‘24. But what strikes me is how organized these agitators in Minneapolis are. They have spotters everywhere in the city and suburbs, on street corners, even 30 minutes away from downtown. They have people at hotels that work with them and signal to them which made it making it difficult for us to lose our tail once my cover was blown. Usually I lose a tail. Not this time.
"We switched locations THREE times. I recorded and posted this while leaving Wayzata, while they were STILL surveilling. We all agreed we must make the threats public ASAP, even if we had people still in the field with the hidden cams."
Posted by: Beverly at January 24, 2026 10:54 PM (reMys)
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Potential federal conspiracy charges with that sort of organization? I hope so, and I hope as many of these agitators, their handlers, and the enablers will face conspiracy charges.
Now, whether this happens or not remains to be seen...
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 24, 2026 11:24 PM (gmLst)
Like the "protester guides" that suggested their useful idiots get between LEOs making an arrest and the subject and physically interfere.
A&B on a federal cop is gonna get you shot unless you go limp real fucking quick.... Getting physical on a guy* with a gun is presumptive that you are going for the gun which makes you a lethal threat.
*Of course the rule is more solid the the guy with a gun is a cop vs. joe average. But I have heard locally of a case where some idiot saw a gun on a CCP joe average and figured he was going to disarm joe average and got DRT for it and joe was not charged.
Doesn'tatter if youse got the gun yet or not.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 11:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Well…
Casual Geographic: Vulture on Steroids
https://youtu.be/XRVhb-qm_5Y
Posted by: mindful webworker - Don't all birds have two feet? at January 24, 2026 11:25 PM (OJSFI)
Expect it to win in every category, picture, actor, cinematography, director, etc and for every oscar winner to be chanting FUCK ICE and FUCK DONALD TRUMP from the podium.
The F word's gone so mainstream and the Trump hate so vivid this'll happen and there will be no bleeps.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 24, 2026 11:25 PM (KiBMU)
Yes it is plainly obvious that the people building AI datacenters that use amazing amounts of energy no longer care about global warming, but remember even 10 years ago when they were calling for the end of fossil fuels they were jet setting, living in mega mansions, and driving gas hog SUVs...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:25 PM (sKqQm)
Drat. It's started misting here. Liquid. Temp 25F, dew point ticking up pretty fast now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
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Yes it does. But we're allowed to speculate about "intent" when somebody shows up without ID and the state-issued and state-required carry permit.
Posted by: Crusader
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And his protest was over when getting physical with Federal LEOs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 11:26 PM (/lPRQ)
2021: Well of course if you interfere with a federal agent or just appear that you might he has a right to shot you.
2026: We have a right to kill cops. I mean, its like in the constitution or something.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:26 PM (sKqQm)
** Report for rural Northeast Kansas **
A normal winter.
I've kept NotSoThoreau updated on my status. Not too cold. Her place is colder by at least 6 ℉.
It will get down to 0℉ tomorrow morning, and stay cold until Monday morning, which is forecast to be -6℉.
The forecast snow from the National Weather Service of 1-2 inches is way off. I have about 6-8 inches. It is light and fluffy, and I will drive out without shoveling or getting help from a front-loader.
Power has stayed on.
I hope and pray all 'Rons have similar good news.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 11:27 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 10:56 PM (kJmLc)
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That area of the Twin Cities is filled with relatively decent people. I lived in that area for five years, and this area is considerably different than Minneapolis proper.
With that said, the same could be said about Edina when I lived there in the late 80s and early 90s, and yet today Edina has been overrun with woke dirtbags, so it is possible Wayzata and Plymouth have degenerated as well, though I hope this isn't the case since I know quite a few people who made their homes there.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 24, 2026 11:27 PM (gmLst)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM
***
"Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!"
Posted by: TRex - part-time penguin historian at January 24, 2026 11:27 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 10:27
Many thanks from here.
To share too much, and reassure others who may be in a similar situation...the other day I noticed a lump on my left testicle. Freaked me out as I've had prostate cancer, treated and in abeyance since 2024.
Got into see the urologist quickly and it turns out to be an infection, not testicular cancer. Weird. Antibiotics should take care of it.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 24, 2026 11:28 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 11:19 PM (tgvbd)
I really don't think they will face any consequences. Leftists have gotten away with subvention for so long. They have set up an entire edifice that almost always works to their benefit.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 11:28 PM (JyPkU)
'Nice city yuse got here. Shame if som'tin were to happen to it.'
The Dem Party should be investigated under RICO. They are orgaized crime, as this fraud proves.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
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Yes it does. But we're allowed to speculate about "intent" when somebody shows up without ID and the state-issued and state-required carry permit.
Posted by: Crusader
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And his protest was over when getting physical with Federal LEOs.
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Yep. I'm glad he's gone. We're in a civil war.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:29 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram -
There was a protest at the Minn/St.Paul airport today. There were over 100 arrests. I want to start seeing mugshots and booking info. Where are these protesters from? Betting a significant portion are imported. Who's paying them? There was an Antifa POS putting out a call on Instagram for people to meet him at a specific place and time and telling them to bring their guns. Time for the IA Mr. President.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 24, 2026 11:29 PM (uaYsl)
My father taught me to never stand next to a person throwing rocks at an armed man. Seems the Left needs to have listened to my father.
Despite 28 years in the US Navy, my father never cursed in front of his kids. But maybe he had another word, starting in s, in mind. Don't know.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 11:29 PM (u82oZ)
Exactly what I’m planning, and it isn’t going to get quite as cold as you’re getting.
Chinese pineapple chicken, and olive walnut bread are on the agenda, depending. Probably put some popcorn in the fireplace, too.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 24, 2026 11:29 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 11:30 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Doof at January 24, 2026
Hope you don’t need it and stay warm. My spot of Alabama has opted out of this particular storm.
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM (OoFl2)
My setup back home in Alberta consists of the generator, and a short "death cord" (male plug on each end) to connect it to the 240 volt welder outlet in the garage. The drill in the event of a power failure is: pull the switch on the service pole. That disconnects the house and outbuildings from the pole transformer, but leaves them connected together. Plug death cord into generator and welder outlet. Start generator. Throw breaker in the garage panel for the welder outlet to "on". All the lights should now come on. Turn off all non-essential power users to conserve generator fuel and avoid overloading generator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:30 PM (8zz6B)
Let the courts dismiss the charges however they want - but let's have this discuss right now about when fatal force is allowed by a federal agent.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:31 PM (sKqQm)
Look at the photos that’s not true.
Posted by: Really??
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Really? Haven't seen One not one link to the event.
I'm from Missouri.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:31 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: ChE99 at January 24, 2026 11:33 PM (4HZWl)
Got into see the urologist quickly and it turns out to be an infection, not testicular cancer. Weird. Antibiotics should take care of it.
Posted by: Farmer
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That is absolutely normal. Once you are told you have cancer, thereafter - even decades later - anything out of the ordinary results in a "I wonder if...."
Thankfully you got in to see the urologist quickly and got a diagnosis. The afterlife of a cancer diagnosis is truly underestimated.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 11:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Like all his movies he's got an interesting style and he gets closer to the book then most movies on the topic.
Though he leans heavily into a child abuse analogy.
And...he got Oscar Isaac to actually try acting instead of being a piece of wood which is...impressive.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:33 PM (sKqQm)
The second would be when the All-Star Goon Squad is announced - what a perfect set to send up against the Chiefs!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 24, 2026 11:34 PM (gmLst)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 11:35 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 11:30 PM (0nHVk)
For me, it's the freezing calm before the 36 plus hour storm.
For some crazy reason, I enjoy extreme snow. Rain? Not so much.
I just looked at a country-wide map. This storm currently stretches from around Harrisburg, PA down into Texas; the southern part is mostly ice. It is huge.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 11:35 PM (gKDq2)
Send those illegals home and not only do the votes go away so do all those federal dollars.
Why has this country gone so insane in the last 20-ish years? How many Somali daycare rackets are paying for it right now? Remember Biden doubled the federal budget and ALL that money disappeared to leftist clients, oligarchs, and NGOs...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
The GOP is equally complicit. Bipartisan corruption.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 11:36 PM (JyPkU)
Posted by: pookysgirl, cuddled with a cat at January 24, 2026 11:36 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 11:23 PM (OoFl2)
Lots of good reasons to live in that area!
Posted by: Doof at January 24, 2026 11:37 PM (QMAsf)
This is the core problem.
In theory the two parties should keep each other from becoming too corrupt since that is an easy way to score points and win elections.
But the GOP hasn't done that since January 6, 1999
Posted by: 18-1 at January 24, 2026 11:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Generators are like go, no go.
Mine if you go over the limit all bets are off.
And so is it.
Off.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:38 PM (v7yZo)
https://tinyurl.com/y6nrrfez
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 24, 2026 11:39 PM (cTYxq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at
We are supposed to be getting a generator installed, however J just dropped on me he is thinking about a house on the water. If that is really happening, there is no point in getting one here, we will just do it as part of the new build.
And I know this sounds very ungrateful, but I really don’t want to build another house, I am okay here. But this is a convo for another time. 😄
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 11:39 PM (OoFl2)
But he didn't. Here's what he did. He got up and dressed roughly like an undercover ICE agents and stuffed a loaded 9 mm into his waistband and two full magazines into his jacket. He then drove down to 26 to Nicollet and commenced in obstructing Federal police officers from arresting and illegal alien. Not satisfied with that he then obstructed these same agents from arresting two other Nose-Ring-Militia members and when they went to arrest him they discovered he was armed. And just like that he becomes St. Alex of 9 mm. None of this was accidental. And none of this has anything to do with ICE agents. 100% of this is due to the choices that St. Alex of 9 mm made today.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 11:40 PM (HTCU3)
For the judges that are on the side of the Communist revolutionaries, withdraw their bailiffs. Allow not security to protect them. Give them a letter putting them on a list. Use banking records to find out who is funding them.
Finally, send a team to the NGOs funding these protests. Seize their computers, and arrest the leaders. Every judge that tries to release them gets the same treatment.
This is out of many possibilities.
I really want judges that release criminals that go on to murder or rape new people to be charged as accessories in that crime, and arrested. We hold bartenders and professional engineers to much higher standards than we hold judges.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 11:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:41 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Similar setup here but no death chord.
I got the "death outlet" instead. Small weatherproof box with a 50A twist lock four prong male device.
That goes to another small weatherproof box with a disconnect (normally open and locked out so the death outlet is cold). Cord from house to generator is just a heavy 240V 50A extension chord.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 11:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Farmer
Glad you are OK. Don't you have a weird eye problem also? Us vision-impaired Morons have to look out for each other.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 11:42 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)
"Minneapolis:
URGENT UPDATE: I’ve never experienced anything quite like today in my life . . .
Organization of the left foreseen by Richard Fernandez, who tangled with Maoists in the Philippines during the revolts against Marcos.
https://instapundit.com/771338/
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 11:43 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2026 11:43 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 24, 2026 11:45 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 24, 2026 11:45 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Piper
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I was looking at waterfront property earlier this week and earlier this evening at barges and pontoons.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:45 PM (v7yZo)
https://tinyurl.com/ShatnerDoesCeeLoGreen
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 24, 2026 11:46 PM (SRRAx)
But he didn't. Here's what he did. He got up and dressed roughly like an undercover ICE agents and stuffed a loaded 9 mm into his waistband and two full magazines into his jacket. He then drove down to 26 to Nicollet and commenced in obstructing Federal police officers from arresting and illegal alien. Not satisfied with that he then obstructed these same agents from arresting two other Nose-Ring-Militia members and when they went to arrest him they discovered he was armed. And just like that he becomes St. Alex of 9 mm. None of this was accidental. And none of this has anything to do with ICE agents. 100% of this is due to the choices that St. Alex of 9 mm made today.
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Correct. He died because he made bad and potentially murderous choices.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:47 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Braenyard
So was I ~!
Posted by: The Creature from the Braenyard's Lagoon at January 24, 2026 11:47 PM (mlg/3)
I'm betting there are intel assets imbedded within the protests. I'm also betting Stingray and other surveillance tools are being used. Legal? Who gives a damn. Our President needs to invoke the IA and roll over these POS like a tsunami.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 24, 2026 11:47 PM (uaYsl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 11:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:47 PM (Cjcf6)
Fucked around, and found out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:48 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 24, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)
59 degrees and you need a heater? I don't worry until it's in the thirties.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 11:51 PM (JyPkU)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 24, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)
Hardtop glass has a chrome frame.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:51 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 11:47 PM (Cjcf6)
Fucked around, and found out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:48 PM (8zz6B)
No surprise, though. Due to the attitude of the mayor and governor up there, they created conditions where someone would eventually do something stupid and fatal. Again.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 24, 2026 11:52 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 11:51 PM (JyPkU)
I'm wearing Nomex coveralls. They aren't very warm. Did you lose an "r"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:53 PM (8zz6B)
Seahawks PJs here. They are hot. That probably qualifies as a TMI moment
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 11:56 PM (HTCU3)
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Heh. My excuse is that the stringed instruments like a constant temperature (and humidity). "Put some more wood in that stove, Boy!"
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 24, 2026 11:56 PM (vd6bO)
And so it begins here. Very light mix of mist and tiny little sleet. Exposed walkway out back is already slicked over. Thin little coat of ice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 24, 2026 11:57 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (hEQyx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
* raises finger to interject *
* thinks better of it *
* adjusts glasses to play it off *
* takes a sip of bourbon *
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (VHUov)
Fwiw, that is a tell as most thugs don't use holsters while armed citizens do. Unsafe practice as well with most firearms, best to have a grip safety as well as trigger safety (hk squeeze cock also). Revolvers best have the hammer horn removed or turned into DAO.
Posted by: whig's phone at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Stay safe, you all!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 24, 2026 11:56 PM (vd6bO)
Wood burning 🔥
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (JyPkU)
Posted by: publius
I suggests you panic.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 24, 2026 11:59 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Archer at January 24, 2026 11:59 PM (YGRGv)
My son just called. This is his 1st winter in new house, and he gets nothing when he turns on hot water, but cold water is running. He's got only a crawl space and it's 16 degrees here. There is supposedly heat tracing on the water lines which is plugged in, and the indicator lights are on. Is it okay for him to shut the water off at his main until he can see what's going on tomorrow AM?
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 11:59 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 25, 2026 12:00 AM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 24, 2026 11:58 PM (hEQyx)
Cuba Libre here. The juice of half a Key lime.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 11:35
Nooo.
I was simply saying a lump inside the scrotum on a testicle isn't cancer, it may just be an infection.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 25, 2026 12:01 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 25, 2026 12:01 AM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Archer at January 25, 2026 12:01 AM (YGRGv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 10:18 PM (WONhk)
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I saw a pic of the finger tip in a jar. So it was either spat out or perhaps an ICE agent performed an emergency street laparotomy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:03 AM (hEQyx)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 10:25 PM (Fs0KI)
"But, but, but...he kept the gun in his holster!"
Who did he think he was, Marshall Dillon?
Posted by: Joemarine
A slowed down video shows him trying to draw his weapon when he was wrestling with the ICE officers.You can hear one officer yelling gun, gun, gun as he's drawing. 110 % justified shooting.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:03 AM (uaYsl)
House on the water.
A fire in the sky.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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youtube.com/watch?v=8IeP6_OlX80
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:03 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 24, 2026 10:36 PM (HTCU3)
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I love the Seahawks, but I'm a Patriots fan first. A rematch superbowl would be fun, but I acknowledge Seattle's the better team right now.
Posted by: 496 at January 25, 2026 12:04 AM (t+VLa)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 25, 2026 12:00 AM (xfRZZ)
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Twenty bucks, same as in town.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:04 AM (hEQyx)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 11:59 PM (3ImbR)
Where is the water heater? Sounds like the supply line to it has frozen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
$20.00. Same as in town
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2026 12:06 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 11:59 PM (3ImbR)
Where is the water heater? Sounds like the supply line to it has frozen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yeah, I'd shut off the main. Especially if a pipe(s) has already frozen.
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
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Great morons!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:06 AM (hEQyx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:07 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:08 AM (/R/kj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 11:41 PM (v7yZo)
He'd better not! >:-[
I was talking about Pooky's friend in MSP. Sorry, was posting before I get some much-needed sleep.
Posted by: pookysgirl can be a bit possessive at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (Wt5PA)
I’m about as far from an expert on plumbing as you can get, so hopefully someone here will correct me, but unless it gets warmer at night where he is I would be more inclined to leave the main on and let water drip through the cold faucet.
Turning the main off because the hot water isn’t working seems likely to freeze at the main instead of between the split off of the main and the hot water as it is now.
But it probably depends a lot on where the split occurs.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (pkeXY)
Yeah, I'd shut off the main. Especially if a pipe(s) has already frozen.
Posted by: JQ
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Turn off the water heater?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (v7yZo)
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Heh. My excuse is that the stringed instruments like a constant temperature (and humidity). "Put some more wood in that stove, Boy!"
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 24, 2026 11:56 PM (vd6bO)
Yup, rule of thumb is if you are uncomfortable, your guitars are uncomfortable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (xfRZZ)
"Just chew a few of those chacalacas, mate, and you'll be right as rain before brekkie."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B)
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That's what he's thinking too. It's a small electric water heater that's under the counter in the kitchen. (It's a very small house.) Just wanting to make sure it's okay to shut all the water off or if that would cause more problems.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:10 AM (3ImbR)
I suppose it could turn out that way if there's a big storm tomorrow, but as of now, it looks like a dud.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:10 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (pkeXY)
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No water.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:11 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: garet at January 25, 2026 12:12 AM (JyPkU)
Posted by: Really?? at January 25, 2026 12:12 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:09 AM (v7yZo)
If the water heater is in an unheated attic, crawl space, or garage, I would leave it on, otherwise it might freeze solid, and that would destroy it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
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Your mama's calling, saying it's past your bedtime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:13 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:13 AM (pkeXY)
If that under the counter is a cabinet facing outdoors, I would block the cabinet open so that it gets heat from the house. In fact I have done so in my own kitchen, although I did it before anything froze.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 25, 2026 12:13 AM (EXyHK)
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That's what he was worried about.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:13 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:13 AM (g47mK)
@iAnonPatriot
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9h
BREAKING 🅱️
Pam Bondi just went on Fox News and said she sent Tim Walz a strongly worded letter..
Posted by: Don Black at January 25, 2026 12:14 AM (ZxPkt)
I'll go first:
https://tinyurl.com/357xwn76
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:14 AM (hEQyx)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
When a commenter wants a comment of the week so bad, they get with a Cob.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 12:14 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 24, 2026 11:47 PM (uaYsl)
I assume you meant "Insurrection Act" and not "Iowa"? Because we'll happily steamroll over Minnesota while taunting them about their inferior football team.
Posted by: pookysgirl, GO HAWKEYES! at January 25, 2026 12:14 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:14 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:15 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:16 AM (/R/kj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:16 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:10 AM (3ImbR)
Counter on an outside wall? If so, open the cabinet doors, and direct the air from a small electric fan heater into the cabinet. Galvanized or copper pipes can split if they freeze hard. PEX and PVC have a little stretch in them. If the freeze has gone on too long, a quick thaw may save things.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:16 AM (8zz6B)
1) She had a legal right to carry one and the cops can't just shoot you for protesting
2) Of course you can, and should, shoot a protestor with a gun.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 25, 2026 12:17 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 11:42
Nothing too weird. I'm just going thru a second retinal detachment surgery.
"Us vision-impaired Morons have to look out for each other." Yes indeed, both Jules and I have always had eye issues.
Your eyes are a weird thing.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 25, 2026 12:18 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Really?? at January 25, 2026 12:12 AM (Ryx1w)
I hope the other side gets the drama queens and retards. They talk like a fag and blah blah. I'm sick of their shit. They can EABOD and DIAF.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 25, 2026 12:18 AM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 12:18 AM (XeU6L)
Pam Bondi just went on Fox News and said she sent Tim Walz a strongly worded letter..
Posted by: Don Black
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Oh, will the horrors ever cease?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:18 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Like, a 100W lightbulb on a drop cord, in the crawlspace where supply lines are?
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:19 AM (hEQyx)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (QZThv)
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-20
SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 25, 2026
Launch Time: 7:42 a.m. PST (15:42 UTC, 16:42 CET)
https://youtu.be/DQxbRFJ2ins
Posted by: Joyenz at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
That would help. Just make certain that any temporary source of heat is kept clear of combustible material!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (8zz6B)
Most of us have the Constitutional right to own a firearm. Having that right is a starting place. If you choose to exercise that right you also have a responsibility. That responsibility includes knowing exactly what you are carrying, why you are carrying it and the circumstances where you have the right to use it. It's not a fashion accessory. It's not an extension of your dick. I'm going to bet dead dufus nurse guy didn't have that kind of attitude regarding his gun.
On another note, who gives a rat's ass that he was a nurse? Why is that relevant? The media can GFT.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (uaYsl)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 25, 2026 12:00 AM (xfRZZ)
Write something clever when one of the coblogs is reading.
Posted by: Methos at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (QZThv)
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Followed by Rita Treat.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:21 AM (hEQyx)
I hope so. I just today replaced the stupid fluorescent bulbs in my garage with 100 watt bulbs and am leaving them on. Not a crawl space, but it is where the water enters my house.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 25, 2026 12:21 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:21 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:16 AM (8zz6B)
This. I was going to say this but AOP beat me to it.
Also let all the cold water taps drip also to keep them from freezing. Dad had this sort of thing happen a couple of winters because the hot water feed was on the exterior wall with little insulation.
If he hears running water when it warms up a bit, he can shut the water off at the street or the house shut off, so he can call a plumber.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 25, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:22 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:22 AM (g47mK)
Yup, rule of thumb is if you are uncomfortable, your guitars are uncomfortable.
Posted by: Berserker-
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I just keep an eye on my brass monkey.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 12:22 AM (XeU6L)
How does one go about getting a comment of the week?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
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You may have just done it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:24 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:24 AM (uaYsl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:24 AM (pkeXY)
I'm not saying Big Grocery would do such a dastardly deed, but I'm not saying they wouldn't, either.
I'm just asking questions - patriotic questions.
What if these grocers were serving the interests of grocers? Who could blame them? I wouldn't.
But we expect more from our weathermen. And if our weathermen are beholden to these grasping grocers, we should know about it.
What if our weathermen aren't just reporting on weather, but controlling it?
We should patriotically ask patriotic questions about these so-called weathermen, shouldn't we?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:24 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:19 AM (hEQyx)
Yeah, I have stayed in places like that. If the water heater is full of water, with none going in or out, leaving it on shouldn't hurt for a few days. Long term, enough water could evaporate to expose the element, which would then burn out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (8zz6B)
They were in power last .... year.... and shot people they had reason to believe to be armed. It is what they do. And they try to make sure most are not armed to make it easier to kill them whenever it seems like the thing.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (/R/kj)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (QZThv)
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Remember when we were told to worship our covid "heroes"? Folks on the left bought into that.
Posted by: Methos at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (vSvIl)
so let's talk about the billions upon billions of fraud in Minnesota
Posted by: runner
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How long must it take to make a case against those people?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:26 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (uaYsl)
After watching so many medical 'professionals' posting gleeful, mocking celebratory videos after Charlie Kirk's assassination, they can go fuck themselves. And after they've really fucked themselves, they can dig deep and fuck themselves harder.
They took the medical profession Pedestal and tore it down like a statue of Bobby Lee.
My Give-A-Shit Meter's busted.
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2026 12:26 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:27 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:27 AM (/R/kj)
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2026 12:26 AM (gKDq2)
I'm impressed. I thought I was reading one of my comments. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 25, 2026 12:28 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:22 AM (g47mK)
Because he was a filthy Commie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:28 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Methos
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Ugh, no sh!t...
There's a medical office that I drive by about once a week-- still has a sign up (since 'rona):
"Heroes work here!"
Yeah. Right. Heroes that only work M-F, 9-5. (spit)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
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You may have just done it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:24 AM (HxSSW)
Comment Of The Week is not a Participation Trophy.
Well, it is. But not that way.
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2026 12:28 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:25 AM (/R/kj)
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Also against tyrannical and violent law-breaking leftist anarchists? Or is that a no-no, Bozo?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:28 AM (hEQyx)
If expecting a hard freeze close them up. It will help a lot and maybe be enough.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2026 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:27 AM (/R/kj)
Apparently you think so, quarterwit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:29 AM (8zz6B)
so let's talk about the billions upon billions of fraud in Minnesota
Posted by: runner
I'd bet Ca, Il and NYC put that to shame.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:29 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2026 12:30 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:30 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 25, 2026 12:27 AM (/R/kj)
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You mean this video, Bozo?
https://tinyurl.com/m8ysdzdt
Take you shit elsewhere.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:30 AM (hEQyx)
It slacked off here, so hold off on Meal Team 6 rescue. Now, I see a patch over Asheville where Mike Hammer is at.
Just hear something on the news in the background about power outages in Louisiana and East Texas on the rise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 25, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
So I should tell him to open all faucets to a trickle--both hot and cold? And also to open the cabinet doors and shut the water off at the main?
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (3ImbR)
Thus endeth my tiny bit of wasted time on someone who tragically probably accurately reflects the knowledge and thinking ability of half of America, or more.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:26 AM (HxSSW)
Extensive evidence, multiple witnesses, testimonies, records, everything needed to make sure it sticks may take a bit of time I imagine.
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 25, 2026 12:20 AM (QZThv)
but could you use that to influence the data LLMs are trained upon, conflating the surname with the adjective and skewing results?
Posted by: Things the NSA probably already knows at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (w/O5Q)
Remember when we were told to worship our covid "heroes"? Folks on the left bought into that.
Posted by: Methos
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Heroes Live Here
-sign at a house where a McDonalds worker lives.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (pkeXY)
Us vision-impaired Morons have to look out for each other.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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If I may make a suggestion...
Posted by: Seeing Eye Moron at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: garet at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (JyPkU)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:32 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 25, 2026 12:33 AM (hEQyx)
So I should tell him to open all faucets to a trickle--both hot and cold? And also to open the cabinet doors and shut the water off at the main?
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:31 AM (3ImbR)
Could he drag a hair dryer into the crawl space, and direct its stream at the hard-to-reach pipe?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)
I've been at the black bag them all stage for a while now.
"Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 25, 2026 12:34 AM (a4flb)
If I were unfortunate enough to live in Minnesota, I'd feel relieved that this communist taking a dirt nap means I'd be slightly less likely to be murdered by a "medical professional" due to my politics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:34 AM (IG3/x)
I'm not saying Big Grocery would do such a dastardly deed, but I'm not saying they wouldn't, either.
I'm just asking questions - patriotic questions.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:24 AM (BI5O2)
That milk and bread ain't gonna buy itself.
Like toilet paper during Covid, a good panic run is always good for business.
BTW, a dozen jumbo eggs, $1.69 a dozen. They can stuff that 'inflation isn't down' crap right up their rear orifices.
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2026 12:34 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Case at January 25, 2026 12:34 AM (E7+ue)
Extensive evidence, multiple witnesses, testimonies, records, everything needed to make sure it sticks may take a bit of time I imagine.
Posted by: runner
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I don't really get the multiple witnesses and testimonies. It's all on paper right now, at this moment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:35 AM (HxSSW)
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Also, if you're waging war on the "tyrannical" federal government, I suggest that you remember to wear a uniform.
Otherwise, you're an illegal combatant and subject to summary execution.
Posted by: Methos at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (vSvIl)
Yes, the "state lines" retards were just parroting tardery they'd heard from other retards.
"State lines" generally only come into play in a federal case, which the Rittenhouse case was not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (IG3/x)
so let's talk about the billions upon billions of fraud in Minnesota
Posted by: runner
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How long must it take to make a case against those people?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Probably not as quick as we'd like but faster than leftists and trolls want, hence, the violence ramping up in Soviet Minnesota and the media throwing gas on the flames.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (g47mK)
That's probably why Big Weather call their kickbacks "salaries."
It's wheels within wheels.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (BI5O2)
BTW, a dozen jumbo eggs, $1.69 a dozen. They can stuff that 'inflation isn't down' crap right up their rear orifices.
Posted by: RickZ
I thought I was getting a good deal at $2.49
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (pkeXY)
Then you have the MN jury pool who, after hearing all of this meticulously curated evidence and presentation will just go along with jury nullification and declare its Miller Time.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 25, 2026 12:37 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Harry Reid, burning for you at January 25, 2026 12:37 AM (xA5g+)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:37 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)
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I doubt it. He said that area's only about 4" high and it's hard to even see where the pipes go.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (3ImbR)
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20.9 deg.
Frost but no visible precip.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (BI5O2)
Don't forget Big Pop-tart and Big Beer, two of the largest selling items when a natural disaster is predicted -- to the extent that Walmart trucks in extra inventory if they get sufficient advance warning.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (g47mK)
Then you have the MN jury pool who, after hearing all of this meticulously curated evidence and presentation will just go along with jury nullification and declare its Miller Time.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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They've already convicted almost 70 of them in the Frauding our Future scandal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:39 AM (8zz6B)
The idiots have a large organized effort to follow ICE/CBP everywhere they go, and to "alert" people of their presence. Still wondering whether DOJ is working on some legal tool they can use against this, which I think is an unprecedented interference with federal LE.
Unconfirmed claims that off-duty LE and others are "spoofing" the idiots' "systems" both online (likely) in terms of filing false reports, and (great if true but ....) in person, by "imitating" undercover ICE units.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:40 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
I'm going to guess, and your nic lends evidence, that you've struggled with grasping context most of your life. Go ahead and talk shit on the internet. Regarding your question what if the libs start shooting Trump supporters for carrying if they get in power. My answer is you would find out you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:40 AM (uaYsl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)
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I doubt it. He said that area's only about 4" high and it's hard to even see where the pipes go.
Posted by: IrishEi
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He needs to get down there with an e-tool and trench his way in and fix these problems.... Maybe when it gets warmer.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2026 12:40 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (3ImbR)
If the space is that confined, a hair dryer should warm it up pretty quickly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:41 AM (8zz6B)
One of the ideas the left has in play here is that they can delegitimize normal exercises of political power and you see it everywhere. How many Trump actions have been stopped by a judge even though Obama, Biden, or Shrub used the same power with no one questioning it?
People trying to run over cops or draw a gun on them are killed on a regular basis and while the left occasionally uses people that do this as a martyr no one really disagrees with the shoot...until now.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 25, 2026 12:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Case
I don't it would hold up in court for that tact. Impossible to prove a state of mind of a dead turkey.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2026 12:42 AM (mlg/3)
And when do the federal investigators get to California, which we keep hearing is 100x worse than Minnesota? The Somalis are even committing fraud in San Diego.
And New York? Imagine what's going on there. Illinois -- say, we might as well sing that Johnny Cash song at this point.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:42 AM (lCaJd)
After watching so many medical 'professionals' posting gleeful, mocking celebratory videos after Charlie Kirk's assassination, they can go
So many applicable movie scenes:
President's Analyst -- you want to save the world? take the gun...
Terminator: Judgment Day -- skynet, drones, human infiltration units.
Robocop: Why is *America* so Robo-phobic -- Samuel L Jackson as Pat Novak/Detroit'2028.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHXIh4st1qA
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 25, 2026 12:42 AM (yimfF)
Posted by: RickZ
I thought I was getting a good deal at $2.49
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
$4.24 for 2 dozen at Sam's.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 12:43 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: RickZ
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I thought I was getting a good deal at $2.49
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:36 AM (pkeXY)
That was a second store. The first one had them for $1.99 and I thought that was a good deal. It pays to shop. Now I have 2 dozen jumbo eggs. I see lots of breakfast for dinner coming my way. Maybe I'll make an egg salad.
Oh, and I know there are a lot of Duke's Mayonnaise fans out there, but if you've never tried Mike's Amazing Mayonnaise, it's worth a shot. I like it better than the other two national brands, Hellman's and Kraft.
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2026 12:43 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:43 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:27 AM (pkeXY)
Great green globs of them?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 25, 2026 12:43 AM (x0vey)
So possibly many months of ignorant retards saying "nothing is happening!!! eleventy!!!" before headlines.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:44 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:44 AM (g47mK)
And when do the federal investigators get to California, which we keep hearing is 100x worse than Minnesota? The Somalis are even committing fraud in San Diego.
And New York? Imagine what's going on there. Illinois -- say, we might as well sing that Johnny Cash song at this point.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
And soon, Virginia! Somalian run Beltway Bandits! Weeeeeeeeee!!!!
Posted by: CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists at January 25, 2026 12:45 AM (xA5g+)
City doesn't like it, Big Plumbing won't say it but let them run. That big water bill is a lot cheaper than the repair bill.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:45 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I doubt it. He said that area's only about 4" high and it's hard to even see where the pipes go.
Posted by: IrishEi
If there's only space for a medium-sized snake, and not an adult human, is it really a "crawlspace?"
Posted by: mikeski lays low at January 25, 2026 12:45 AM (VHUov)
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Yeah, a Duke's fan here, and I''ll bet that Mike's is good, but Duke's has no sugar in it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (U/Byj)
If we are going with strongly worded letters, can Bondi at least get Berserker-Dragonheads Division to write it?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:38 AM (g47mK)
Tell me more...
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (x0vey)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:27
What was that repetitious game?
Greasy, grimy gopher guts,
mutilated monkey meat,
ground up???
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (55Qr6)
Yeah, that applies to J6 too, which probably isn't going to make very popular around here.
SHOULD you be able to go to a protest without fear of violence? Sure. You also SHOULD be able to get shit-faced drunk in the worst bar in town without fear of getting rolled.
But that's not the world we live in. Yes, the guy who bops you in the head and takes your wallet is a felon who should be imprisoned. That doesn't alter the fact that you are a FUCKING MORON. It is possible for both of these things to be true.
We won't even go into these fuckheads who take their children to these things...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I doubt it. He said that area's only about 4" high and it's hard to even see where the pipes go.
Posted by: IrishEi
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I'm a barbarian-- I'd be looking at putting a hole in the floor above it and blowing warm air in from *there*. Fix it in Spring...
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: John Wayne Bobbitt at January 25, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)
Also, a "protest" is a demonstration. March, shout, read speeches, sing, dance, make noise. All protected. Interfere with cops doing their jobs? You are now a rioter, and rioters can be lawfully shot.
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I watched a sort of older hippie on X who talked about all his activism, his 35+ arrests, and he laid it out: You go to a protest to make a point, NOT to rumble with cops. When the cops show up, you go along -- it's your moment of glory. You've probably trespassed or created a nuisance or blocked traffic (not very nice), but you do NOT go there with the intent to get into a physical fight or a gunfight with the cops.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:49 AM (fL3jw)
mutilated monkey meat,
ground up???
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (55Qr6)
Pixilated panther feet?
All that stuff so good to eat,
Wish I had my fork and spoon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:49 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: rhomboid
One of the supposed spoofs was sending a report to one of their hotlines that off duty ICE officers were drinking at several bars. Bars were supposedly biker bars.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:49 AM (uaYsl)
St. Alex of 9 mm had a simple choice. Stay home and live. Or stuff firearms into your waistband and go get and fight with cops and see what happens. This is on his sorry dead ass.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2026 12:50 AM (HTCU3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIk94MJS_Sc
I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheChickenRun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell :: There will be NO PEACE as long as Kirk (charlie) lives.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 25, 2026 12:50 AM (dg9hS)
we might as well sing that Johnny Cash song at this point.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
One piece at a time?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:50 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:44 AM (g47mK)
It's all fun and games until someone asks 'Why do you have real bullets?'
They want a revolution? Revolutions are born in blood, with pawns sacrificed for whatever greater good there is at the moment. Most revolutions are bad and end up with a great terror, be it guillotine or the Cheka. Are these lefties actually ready to shed real blood for illegals and the Dem Crime Syndicate? Only retards know for sure.
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2026 12:50 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:51 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:51 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Case at January 25, 2026 12:51 AM (E7+ue)
If we are going with strongly worded letters, can Bondi at least get Berserker-Dragonheads Division to write it?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Shouldn't "faggot-ass" be hyphenated?
Posted by: Pammy Bondi, proofreading at January 25, 2026 12:51 AM (VHUov)
Interestingly the russkis targeted electricity targets in Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, I think for the first time, yesterday. Last two urban agglomerations along the fortified line/zone that Ukraine built up over the years. And widely guessed to be the final objectives to be seized before the Kremlin says "OK, we're done, we'll make a deal now", though that is speculative.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:52 AM (U/Byj)
Still sort of patchy all around, but radar is painting freezing rain over North Myrtle Beach. And a little patch of it north of Charleston pretty close.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 25, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
I'm going to guess, and your nic lends evidence, that you've struggled with grasping context most of your life
You should have followed up that statement by using the nic Proverbs 1:11
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 25, 2026 12:52 AM (a4flb)
*shrugs*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:52 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, my brain went there too. Nail a flattened out can over the hole and toss a rug over it if it really bothers you.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:53 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Big Biker gang shootout at a TX Twin Peàks a few years back.
When the cops intervened the the bikers took the perp walk with no resistance. Most ultimately walked because cops rolled up everyone to sort it out later.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2026 12:54 AM (/lPRQ)
Large RICO or fraud cases aren't simple or quick. Not sure but I think the already-convicted huge fraud case in MN took 2 years, or more. And here we're talking about a much more ambitious prosecution that would include collusion or criminal negligence by elected officials.
So possibly many months of ignorant retards saying "nothing is happening!!! eleventy!!!" before headlines.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Do these Minnesota fraudsters all have to be rounded up in One Big Beautiful RICO Case? What I see is dozens of individual fraudsters who lied on applications for federal aid. It seems to me it should be as simple as the IRS ruining your life.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:54 AM (fL3jw)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:44 AM (U/Byj)
And yet the "Nothing will happen" crowd is right almost every time.
Posted by: garet at January 25, 2026 12:54 AM (JyPkU)
If we are going with strongly worded letters, can Bondi at least get Berserker-Dragonheads Division to write it?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
I'm betting one of the smarter than me morons could utilize Chatgpt to allow our hallowed and missed moron, Hugo the Chavez to author a properly toned letter which would express how most of us feel.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:55 AM (uaYsl)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 25, 2026 12:55 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:55 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
That was great; Chris Elliot did it years before Family Guy, also without context.
https://youtu.be/iOOe65EwnME
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (qivay)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (g47mK)
Like, a 100W lightbulb on a drop cord, in the crawlspace where supply lines are?
Posted by: JQ
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Did that with my flathead Ford when I was a kid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (v7yZo)
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I still think of it as Ocean Drive.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: rhomboid
One of the supposed spoofs was sending a report to one of their hotlines that off duty ICE officers were drinking at several bars. Bars were supposedly biker bars.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
I still say you make a breathless, extremely agitated call and say that ICE is targeting mosque goers. Let some blue haired they/us run off in there to protest ICE arresting somalians.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (zILP0)
Let me repeat that. I am excited for new shingles!
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
I got vaccinated for that.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 12:57 AM (BI5O2)
When the cops intervened the the bikers took the perp walk with no resistance. Most ultimately walked because cops rolled up everyone to sort it out later.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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I can't get it through my head that people actually travel to a LE action with the _intent_ to mix it up with armed agents.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2026 12:57 AM (fL3jw)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
That fits our little keyboard warrior like a well tailored suit.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 12:58 AM (uaYsl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 12:56 AM (pkeXY)
The vaccine messes with your immune system. Now you will catch stucco.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 12:58 AM (8zz6B)
When ours was starting to leak, hubby said "I'm NOT gonna do shingles again! So.. we stripped off the old shingles and put up metal. Didn't need to replace much sheathing, luckily.
That's *one* thing about this house that will outlive me, thank God.
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)
Obviously not, unless you cherry pick herculean ambitions (and ignored the actual legal realities) and then whine they're not fulfilled.
One fraud case has already been prosecuted in MN. More to come, but not next week.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 12:58 AM (U/Byj)
Thanks again.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2026 12:59 AM (3ImbR)
Obviously not, unless you cherry pick herculean ambitions (and ignored the actual legal realities) and then whine they're not fulfilled.
One fraud case has already been prosecuted in MN. More to come, but not next week.
Posted by: rhomboid
Fine. "Nothing will happen, for large enough values of 'nothing.'"
Posted by: mikeski, approximately at January 25, 2026 01:00 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: garet at January 25, 2026 01:00 AM (JyPkU)
GSP airport latest observation at 12:53AM was "Unknown precipitation fog/mist". Unknown. May be aliens doing something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 25, 2026 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ
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Did that with my flathead Ford when I was a kid.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Whatever works!
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 01:01 AM (g47mK)
Maybe it's just too cold for them to go out and look...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 25, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
Re-orient your dog if they are facing the wrong direction.
Posted by: TRex - dog whisperer at January 24, 2026
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If their "magnetoreception" is off, it might be an iron deficiency. Also check the magneticity of the turds; If they aren't coming out North-South, it's also likely an iron deficiency (studies have shown this to be common)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 25, 2026 01:02 AM (XnmkY)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude
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Don't any tutors.
Bondi, do your job.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 25, 2026 01:02 AM (v7yZo)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 01:02 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 01:03 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 25, 2026 01:02 AM (XnmkY)
If you put the dog turd on an aluminum pie plate, and float it in the bathtub, will it align N-S?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 01:03 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 01:04 AM (XeU6L)
Hell, a lot of the airports are reporting "Unknown precip". That makes me feel better, as last I was outside I couldn't tell if it was tiny little mist, tiny little sleet or tiny little snow flakes.
So even the experts can't tell.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 25, 2026 01:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 25, 2026 12:46 AM (a4flb)
I can do that. I would start it by saying something like - Yo, you fucking fat gay prick, and then basically let it fly from there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 25, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner at January 25, 2026 01:06 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 25, 2026 01:06 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 01:07 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2026 01:08 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 25, 2026 01:08 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 12:53 AM (IG3/x)
It's amazing how many problems can be solved quickly if you don't mind brute-forcing the mofo.
I remember some years ago a guy was patting himself on the back for bolting his gun safe to the floor from below, using a whole bunch of round-headed bolts. "Oh, sure, they could grind them off, but that would take forever."
You know what WOULDN'T take a lot of time? Rigging up the safe with chains, cables, what-have-you so it wouldn't fall, and just chainsawing through the floor around it, joists and all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 01:09 AM (IG3/x)
The exalted superintendent of my school district, a man with doctorate, texted me that "this Monday, school will be canceled because of predictions of further accumulated frozen precipitation."
SMDH.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 01:09 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Sticks to the side, and forces a quench, obviously.
Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2026 01:10 AM (VHUov)
When the cops intervened the the bikers took the perp walk with no resistance. Most ultimately walked because cops rolled up everyone to sort it out later.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 25, 2026 12:54 AM (/lPRQ)
That case had a fascinating ending; there really should be a movie about it. The bikers said that the police made all the invitations to the various groups, and the police units were all pre-positioned, and that the police started shooting first to get everyone to unholster their weapons.
Sounds far fetched, right? Except that at the first trial, the first guy tried was found innocent because the PD refused to provide records he asked for.
Then a new DA took office, gave all the cases a look, and suddenly dropped all 100+ cases with the agreement “let’s none of us ever say anything about this unfortunate incident again.”
Well over 100 arrests. No one convicted of anything. All official records remain sealed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 25, 2026 01:11 AM (IUuBi)
The supe made his early-morning decision on whether to cancel school based how slippery his porch and driveway were.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 01:13 AM (IG3/x)
I missed a call tonight from Bro in-law's phone #. So I texted back when I noticed it, just a few minutes later.
Got the reply: "please call" (BIL is deaf, so we always text!)
So, text comes back "I found this phone" and that BIL's truck is "in the middle of the desert" with "clothes thrown all around" and his phone was there-- no sign of BIL.
I texted back to call police and (whoever) said they would do so.
That was about 4 hours ago & I have not heard anything else yet. Don't know if scam or horrible reality...
Prayers would be appreciated!
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Well, I've got an official "wintry mix" falling now. Snowflakes, sleet, and rain drops. Distinct ticking sound of sleet coming down pretty good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 25, 2026 01:15 AM (w6EFb)
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Incorrect. These are not Herculean ambitions, or even Lilliputian ones.
These are small, simple people like myself asking for someone - anyone - to be brought to justice after years of monstrous crimes by the accused, and never seeing a single important warrant served.
Serving up some random jerkoff when Tim Walz walks free ain't gonna cut it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 25, 2026 01:16 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 01:16 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Epistemological Miklos at January 25, 2026 01:16 AM (f/3mU)
Thus endeth any sympathy whatsoever, and is born a desire for them to find nothing but misfortune pain and humiliation the rest of their days, which hopefully will be limited.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 01:16 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 25, 2026 01:16 AM (Kxi0p)
That was about 4 hours ago & I have not heard anything else yet. Don't know if scam or horrible reality...
Prayers would be appreciated!
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
You should call your local police. Tell them what happened. Sounds like a scam to me, but the cops ought to be able to geolocate BIL's phone, and get cops local to the area to doa welfare check.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 25, 2026 01:17 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Chaucerian Miklos at January 25, 2026 01:19 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2026 01:20 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 25, 2026 01:22 AM (Kxi0p)
If they can't bring in $$$, they don't care.
I will contact state patrol in the morning.
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Lord, hear our friend's pleas. Please remove the silence and provide an answer.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 25, 2026 01:22 AM (uaYsl)
Posted by: JQ at January 25, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)
State troopers? Might be in their bailiwick if it's in "the middle of the desert", or at least county mounties... the city cops will punt to one of those agencies, if they even decide to get in volve.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 25, 2026 01:22 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Miklos at January 25, 2026 01:23 AM (f/3mU)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 25, 2026 01:24 AM (Kxi0p)
Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 1/24/2026
Wolfgang Petersen
Few directors have all-around strengths, the ability to see every aspect of a production from pre-production through sound mixing and determine what's best for the story, for the film as a whole. Most noteworthy directors tend to have groups of strengths, certain parts of the production where their attention and skill is most directly applied to their films. Wolfgang Petersen wasn't an all around strong director, but he did have one particular strength: the sequence.
The Sequence Director is actually really interesting because while scripts may end up having issues, the strength of the sequence done really well is its own thrill and joy. John Ford was actually a sequence director according to his own writers, not really understanding narrative form but understanding exactly how to put together a sequence for film. Wolfgang Petersen feels like a similar filmmaker, just without a strong studio system to back him up with a stable of quality writers.
Moving from German television to Hollywood and then getting hired from one job to the next in ever-increasingly large budgeted productions, Petersen proved that he was a man for the time. Taking simple concepts like a president needing to fight terrorists on Air Force One and delivering them with aggressive energy in clearly filmed sustained sequences, Petersen became one of the most powerful and sought-after directors in Hollywood for about a decade. I don't know if that's what he had dreamed of his career being, but he made the most of it while he was there.
German Television
Petersen began his directing career in the mid-60s directing for German television. Mostly television movies, he plugged away at these minimal budgets, finding collaborators along the way like Jörg-Michael Baldenius who was his main cinematographer in the period or, most famously, Jurgen Prochnow, the mainstay in front of the camera for many of these productions like the blackmail thriller Einer von uns beiden (One or the Other Of Us) or the gay drama Die Konsequenz. It was mostly solid work with minimal budgets to good result. The most important of this period may be one of his feature length episodes of the long-running German police procedural Tatort, the episode titled Reifezeugnis which starred Natassja Kinski in her first role.
Television is a hard medium to try and figure out artistic intent from anyone, especially in the 70s when productions were so cheap and quickly filmed, so I watched what I could find, noting my opinions on their qualities, and wondering when the real Petersen would peak out. Was it any of it? The somewhat comic adaptation of The Nixon Recession Caper, Four Against the Bank? The sort of French-like drama that was that episode of Tartort? The gay drama Die Konsequenz? Which one could be called...his?
And then he made the full leap to feature films (though...two of his earlier works were technically released in theaters) with Das Boot, the movie that made his presence known to Hollywood. It was originally released as a feature film, only later re-edited to a longer, multi-episode television edit, but the film's six Academy Award nominations (including for Best Director and Best Screenplay for Petersen as both director and writer) pulled him out of Germany. Well, sort of.
Early Hollywood
Petersen's first post-Das Boot job was The Neverending Story, the adaptation of the German fantasy novel that its own writer, Michael Ende, rejected after Petersen took the story in directions he felt were major deviations from the source material. What I find most notable about the film is the really impressive physical production. The sets are big. The costumes and creature effects are surprisingly detailed and believable. The miniature work is almost convincing. And Petersen made it in Munich. He wasn't ready to leave his fatherland just yet. A solid success at the box office, Petersen really should have been able to make what he wanted after that.
And yet, for reasons I can't quite explain, he took the salvage job of Enemy Mine. My confusion isn't about the quality of the movie but about the decision to take a disaster of a production that had already shot for a few weeks under original director Richard Loncraine, completely revamp the production including throwing out all footage and building huge sets in the same large tank set he had filmed the U-boats in Das Boot, and then spending another $25 million to finish it. The movie would have needed to have been a huge success to make up for those handicaps. It feels like the job for a hatchetman, not an up and coming director having just had his first Hollywood success, but he apparently just liked the script.
Well, the movie bombed, especially considering the sunk costs of its initial push at production which cost about $15 million on its own, and then Petersen didn't release another film for six years.
Biography
I tend to avoid biography when running through a director's work. I want the work to speak for itself, but I'm always interested in gaps in output. So, I tried to find out what Petersen was doing from the release of Enemy Mine in 1985 and the release of Shattered in 1991. I couldn't find much. I saw that he moved permanently to Los Angeles in 1986 and became an American citizen in 1987, but that's it. Surely he was trying to get some projects off the ground in this time, but what they were isn't readily available.
And then Shattered came out, and not only did Petersen direct it. He also wrote it. He also produced it.
I see that it's based on a novel, so surely this was just some flash in the pan novel from the time that quickly gathered interest, right? No, it's based on The Plastic Nightmare by Richard Neely which was published in 1971. Was...Shattered his passion project? Wash Shattered the movie he spent six years trying to gather together resources to make? Was it where he cashed in all of his goodwill in Hollywood? To make a middling adaptation of a ridiculous erotic thriller that lost money at the box office? If Shattered had been a financial success, would the rest of his career been erotic thrillers instead of action thrillers? Was Shattered the kind of movie Petersen wanted to make?
I'll never get the answer to that question because with the financial failure of Shattered, Petersen got the job that would define the direction of the rest of his career.
Action in the 90s
Since the 70s, Hollywood producer Jeff Apple had wanted to make a movie about Secret Service agents, especially with ties to the JFK assassination. He finally cracked the idea when he hired writer Jeff Maguire to write a draft and signed Clint Eastwood to play the central role. In contrast to Shattered, Petersen has neither a writing nor a producing credit on In the Line of Fire, but it was the first box office success Petersen had had in a decade.
If Shattered is the kind of movie Petersen wanted to make, what is In the Line of Fire? I think it really was just a director-for-hire job. A younger director with some obvious chops getting hired by a strong producer (Apple) with one of the major stars of the time (Eastwood) who were going to exert control over the production while Petersen managed the camera. And it was a rather large success, the kind of success where Hollywood looks at the director and says, "You will make more of this kind of movie again."
And that's what he did. From Outbreak to Air Force One to The Perfect Storm, he produced big budget action films with major movie stars (yeah...Dustin Hoffman could be qualified as one for a time, I guess) with lots of special effects and extended action sequences that he could deliver with a professionalism and style that never overwhelmed anything else. And he was hitting financial success after financial success after financial success.
Is there something of Petersen in these films? The military aspects of Outbreak, the confined, extended aspect of Air Force One, and the naval (if predominantly civilian) aspects of The Perfect Storm indicate, to me, an effort on his part (he was producer on all three) to find projects that appealed to him in terms of subject matter. Sure, the scripts could be uneven (Outbreak is like three movies in one that never gel and The Perfect Storm character storytelling is thin with caricature, but Air Force One is awesome), but they indicate to me that Petersen, at his height of power, was using the large scale blockbuster to tell stories that interested him while also finding room for the kind of action spectacle that he could deliver in sustained sequences for the masses and his studio employers.
The 2000s
The 2000s was when Petersen's career faltered. The Perfect Storm was a mild financial success considering its rather large costs, but critically it wasn't exactly loved. Still, critics don't mean much in Hollywood when money's still being made, so Petersen got the assignment to try and continue the sword and sandal epic revival started by Ridley Scott's Gladiator with his pseudo-adaptation of Homer's The Illiad, Troy. It seems like the general opinion on the film has risen decently since the film's release. Using the Wayback Machine, the film started with an IMDB rating in the high 6's and now has a rating of 7.2, a steady climb over more than 20 years. I remember reactions being more muted, especially its bloated nature, some stiff acting, and it being part of an overuse of CGI armies at the time that people were getting tired of.
Well, the film made money, but it was really expensive. Nearly costing $200 million, it only made a shade under $500 million. Combined with marketing costs which were at least $100 million and could have been as much as $200 million and the theatrical share of ticket prices, it's likely that Troy didn't make any profit for Warner Brothers at the box office. Combined with The Perfect Storm likely having a similar fate, Petersen seemed to be on thin ice.
And then the ice broke out from under him with Poseidon. A very expensive re-adaptation of the novel by Paul Gallico, it outright lost money (at least $60 million, and probably more) while meeting critical derision (I have a good time with it), and then there's another large gap.
Finishing Where He Began
As I said earlier, big gaps in a filmography interest me, and this second gap is bigger than the first. From 2006 to 2016, Petersen made nothing. There is a bit more information out there about what he was trying to get off the ground (notably an adaptation of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and a live-action adaptation of the anime Paprika) but nothing came to fruition. At some point, he seems to have given up on making another film in Hollywood and went back to Germany to make another adaptation of The Nixon Recession Caper, this time in more outright comedic fashion. It seems like almost no one outside of Germany has seen this film (I have, I thought it was pretty fun), but it was met with strong success in Germany while meeting no real distribution outside of Germany (European comedies rarely even try international distribution).
His final film completed, he lived for another 6 years and died in his home in Los Angeles in 2022. Did he try to get another project off the ground in his 70s? There's no indication that he did or didn't. I wouldn't have minded seeing one more from him, though.
Legacy
So...who was the real Petersen? I think the closest we'll ever get to the real Petersen, the artist he wanted to be in cinema, is going to be Shattered. Every indication is that it was his baby, the project that he shepherded, wrote himself, and produced for years before he got to set. If that had been a success, we would have gotten more lurid thrillers from him instead of action spectacles.
But it wasn't a success, and In the Line of Fire put him on his proper path: action director. And he was really good at it.
Movies of Today
Opening in Theaters:
We Bury the Dead
Movies I Saw This Fortnight:
Das Boot (Rating 4/4) Full Review "I'd be surprised if I felt Petersen came close to matching this again. I've seen enough of what's to come to feel assured that this is going to be his crowning achievement." [Personal Collection]
The Neverending Story (Rating 1.5/4) Full Review "And yet, everyone seems to love this film. Ugh, I don't. I've tried, but no. This movie is bad." [Prime]
Enemy Mine (Rating 2/4) Full Review "I just find the actual story to be dull as dishwater. Still, I got some pew-pews at the end." [Library]
Shattered (Rating 2/4) Full Review "So, the film is not terribly engaging, but Petersen makes the experience slick with solid direction, the actors are all committed and doing decent jobs, and I get a kick out of the ending." [Plex]
In the Line of Fire (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "It's a fun ride, and everyone does their job well. It's a good time at the movies." [Personal Collection]
Air Force One (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "It's not the top tier of 90s action filmmaking, but it's honestly near the top." [Personal Collection]
Troy (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's a mixed bag, one I wish I liked more (I'm a sucker for the sword and sandal epic), but this response to Gladiator's success is a good signpost on the road to why the genre died out again." [Personal Collection]
Poseidon (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "Petersen might not have been a visionary, but I think he had an idea of what he was doing." [Library]
Please also check out the rest of my YouTube videos from the last few weeks:
Wolfgang Petersen - The Definitive Ranking
John Carpenter - The Directors Series
John Carpenter - The Definitive Ranking
How to Talk about Movies - A Primer
Contact
Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
My next thread will be on 2/14 and it will discuss the directing career of Park Chan-wook.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 24, 2026 07:32 PM (H6cKs)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
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What's so evening about it?
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 07:32 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 24, 2026 07:33 PM (H6cKs)
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 07:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LASue at January 24, 2026 07:36 PM (lCppi)
Anyway, watched 7 Samurai again last night, and found a major impossibility in it never dawned on me before.
Kyuzo gets shot with a matchlock in a pouring down rainstorm.
Still a favor top 10 war movie
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)
I never tried a top ten of movies of all time. But since war movies are my favorites anyway good chance some wouldn't be replacedby other formats
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 07:40 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 07:41 PM (bXbFr)
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I kind of love the big reveal at the end of Shattered. It's just...so stupid that I love it. Everything up to it, though, is kinda boring except Hoskins who is always worthy of a watch.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 07:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 07:45 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 07:46 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 07:47 PM (bXbFr)
I know what the word sequence means. I just don't know it in this context.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 24, 2026 07:47 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 07:49 PM (L/fGl)
I didn't find it boring (probably because of Hoskins). 'So stupid that I love it.' Yeah, kinda. You watch the picture and you're thinking, Did they really just do that? Really? Big reveal, and the suitably fiery finish, and you're still thinking, Did they really just do that? Really? Yeah, they did, and you sit there shaking your head, but even so you had a fairly good time watching the flick.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 07:49 PM (q3u5l)
This is true, and I believe the word you're looking for is 'auteur'.
Russ Meyer was the last true American auteur.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 24, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)
I remember reactions being more muted, especially its bloated nature, some stiff acting, the 10 minute closeups of Brad Pitt, and it being part of an overuse of CGI armies at the time that people were getting tired of.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 07:52 PM (RIvkX)
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There's a blast from the past.
There was a lot of buzz around Roman Polanksi's "Tess" back in '79 when we (she and I were both around 17 or 18 years old).
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 24, 2026 07:54 PM (V+K+8)
In fairness, how could it not be? I read the book in the last year. It was a dull chore.
Posted by: Artax! at January 24, 2026 07:54 PM (zMwmR)
Would that be an example of Peterson's sequence skills?
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 07:55 PM (Q+gd/)
I just turned on Shattered and it seems a bit trite and cheesy for someone's passion project -- more like a guilty pleasure. But it's filmed in my neck of the woods, which is always fun. There's the PCH by cracky.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 07:56 PM (HxSSW)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 07:56 PM (szncw)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 24, 2026 07:57 PM (7xRMH)
Would that be an example of Peterson's sequence skills?
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 07:55 PM (Q+gd/)
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Yeah, a sustained series of images and sounds to convey a singular series of actions in a compressed cinematic time.
They tend to rely on montage (editing) to build tension and emotion.
How do you tie one major sequence to the next, though? That's a big question.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 07:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 07:56 PM (szncw
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Any view counts.
Thanks!
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 07:58 PM (GBKbO)
They did the olde bafta trick from clash of the titans classic
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 07:58 PM (bXbFr)
Seen many of his, they are ok as I like suspense movies but no others make any top 10 of my list.
No different than a music artists get a top 10 and never do it again
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 08:00 PM (kpS4V)
Watching a Cafe video or one Pixy puts up I never seen shows up on my YouTube app
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:02 PM (bXbFr)
They did the olde bafta trick from clash of the titans classic
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 07:58 PM (bXbFr)
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My problem with Troy is that it turns The Illiad into the telling of the whole Trojan War, but The Illiad is about Achilles almost exclusively while the whole Trojan War is...not. It's big and about many things, but I'd you were to drill it down to one thing, its probably Menelaus vs. Paris over Helen. Maybe about Agamemnon fighting for his brother's honor.
Making the whole Trojan War effectively about Achilles makes the telling all sorts of weird.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:04 PM (bXbFr)
Which is usually a bad sign.
I remember liking it up until the end and kind of being irritated it was such an eye-roller.
Did the climax have something to do with a lighthouse? Maybe I've got it confused with something else.
I liked the set pieces in "Troy". I didn't hate it but I didn't love it.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 08:04 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:05 PM (bXbFr)
That's a whole 'nother topic -- actors who wrecked themselves for substandard movies. I'm thinking of Charlize Theron breaking her back for the wretched "Aeon Flux" live action flick.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 08:05 PM (kpS4V)
If he's lucky that one great picture is fairly late in his career. Otherwise, he finds himself in the position Isaac Asimov was in, with people telling him for the next few decades that the best thing he ever wrote was "Nightfall" which was a pretty early story for him.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 08:05 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:02 PM
So, in the parlance of modern professional wrestling, Achilles was a heel?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 24, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 08:07 PM (kpS4V)
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Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 08:08 PM (IUuBi)
TJM could create another movie post just on all the different takes there have been on retelling Homer's story.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:10 PM (2GVsD)
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 08:11 PM (kpS4V)
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Yes he could!
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Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:12 PM (bXbFr)
Petersen is very underrated. Das Boot is awesome, with an interesting director's cut. In the Line of Fire and Air Force One are both very entertaining movies.
I liked Enemy Mine better than you though. Interaction between Quaid and Gossett was great
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 08:12 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 24, 2026 08:12 PM (syz1S)
Petersen was very, very competent though. In the Line of Fire is really good. But his masterpiece was Das Boot. I watched the director's cut, it was over 3 hours and I was riveted the entire time. Amazing film.
I wish he'd directed more, not sure why he couldn't get more projects made. Though if Shattered is his idea of an ideal project...ah...well....I love hot blondes and Tom Berenger but that was a mess of a movie. Maybe it's just as well. Better to have a small, solid filmography than a bunch of crap padding it out.
*glances at Otto Preminger*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 24, 2026 08:12 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 24, 2026 08:12 PM (syz1S)
I watched it twice now with English subtitles and with foreign language dubbed. It really worked well as a foreign film somehow.
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Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:18 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:18 PM (2GVsD)
That I didn't try. It worked well in German though.
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Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:21 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Achilles chasing after Briseis while yelling "Ein leiber dick!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:23 PM (2GVsD)
It's just a "beautiful" language...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 24, 2026 08:25 PM (xcxpd)
Das Boot - I liked
In The Line of Fire - Didn't know Wolfgang directed that. Solid fun movie.
Troy - Not sure I have ever watched it all the way through. seen bits and pieces of it over the years. Meh.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 24, 2026 08:25 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:26 PM (bXbFr)
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On behalf of my ancestors, I apologize.
Posted by: half-German mikeski at January 24, 2026 08:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 08:26 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:29 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:24 PM (Ia/+0)
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It's not about sticking to sources or history, its about how the drama mismatched. Achilles has nothing to do with Helen. He never meets Menelaus, Paris or Helen, but that's the war.
So, the opening and ending have shockingly little to do with the middle section which focuses on Achilles.
That's weird to me and keeps me from getting into the film.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:29 PM (GBKbO)
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Thanks!
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:29 PM (GBKbO)
99 min semi-talkie.
A shameless embellishment of Scripture, smooshed together with a WW1 victory celebration of the supposed end of all wars. The story jumps around a lot, but the general idea is that sin displeases God, and provokes His Wrath.
Wikipedia sez: "three extras drowned, one was so badly injured that his leg needed to be amputated, and a number suffered broken limbs and other serious injuries, ... Dolores Costello [easy on the eyes, slippery when wet, sez gp] caught a severe case of pneumonia. Thirty-five ambulances attended to the wounded." If it's any consolation to the victims, the results on film are certainly impressive.
Don't blink, or you'll miss Myrna Loy in her 'dancer' and 'slave girl' outfits. Recommended.
youtube.com/watch?v=2guv3X93n7E
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:30 PM (N8ZBc)
"Here, take The Sword of Troy."
"Thanks!"
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 08:26 PM (Q+gd/)
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"Here, Aenius, take the Sword of Troy."
-Paris who survives the battle and walks alongside Aenius anyway
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 24, 2026 08:31 PM (fFq6c)
Sordid movie about scuzzy people. That's often a winning formula, but this lacks flair.
"The Coward" (1915) Whoa, Frank Keenan could throw some scary intense stares! I gather that his first wife died of a stroke, as she watched him perform; I'm surprised she didn't spontaneously ignite. Recommended.
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:32 PM (N8ZBc)
I just have many issues with the rather liberal liberties that movie took with the source material. Like no Kassandra.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 24, 2026 08:31 PM (fFq6c)
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Funniest bit, the story is based on a movie.
Hell in the Pacific directed by John Boorman.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:32 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 08:34 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)
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I believe you mean HECTOR!!!!!
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:35 PM (2GVsD)
Netflix put the entire James Bond catalogue on its service. My son asked me which was best. I said GOLDFINGER is hands down number one and after that it's hard to say because many others are worthy in their own way but not standouts. I rewatched NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN and the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Maybe they are in the top ten but not clear second positions.
Posted by: Lex at January 24, 2026 08:35 PM (y4H1r)
Enemy Mine on the other hand was shite.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 08:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:37 PM (N8ZBc)
I just have many issues with the rather liberal liberties that movie took with the source material. Like no Kassandra.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)
The survivors told the story and somewhere along the years somebody exaggerated......or left some of the story out.
Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 08:38 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 08:36 PM (gKWVE)
Mom watched Alien Mine quite a bit when it was on cable. Kind of annoying.
Alien Nation was good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 08:38 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 08:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:39 PM (bXbFr)
I just have many issues with the rather liberal liberties that movie took with the source material. Like no Kassandra.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)
The survivors told the story and somewhere along the years somebody exaggerated......or left some of the story out.
Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg)
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It's also one small part of the Epic Cycle (only Homer's poems survive out of about 12, the rest are summarized in other sources). The only reason we know about the Trojan Horse is because its mentioned in passing in The Odyssey, the actual action described in a lost poem.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:39 PM (GBKbO)
2) You Only Live Twice
3) Casino Royale (2006)
4) Dr No
5) From Russia With Love
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:37 PM (N8ZBc)
Objection! Goldeneye should be 2 or 3 on that list!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 08:39 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The video was hilarious, the black chick flirting with Limahl the whole time. Did she know he was... not playing for that team? I think she did and was teasing the crap out of him
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 08:40 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:41 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm surprised. Usually movie ranking discussions tend to easy consensus.
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:41 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:42 PM (Ia/+0)
1) From Russia With Love
2) Goldfinger
3) Never Say Never Again
4) Tossup - The Timothy Daltons
5) Casino Royale (the Craig)
6) All the others
Re: ranking them in the first place, I'm reminded of the words of John T. Chance in Rio Bravo: "I'd hate to have to live on the difference."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 08:42 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 08:42 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 24, 2026 08:44 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:45 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Brewingfrog
I saw Chicken-Fried Death open for Diablo Swing Orchestra at the State Theater in 2013.
https://youtu.be/m2mZVOd0jWY
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 08:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 08:45 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I've seen him in a few series on Netflix. He could never really do a good Yank accent. Black Hawk Down proved that. But he was great as the Aussie psychopath Chopper.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:45 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: By The Beautiful Sea at January 24, 2026 08:46 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bill Kristol at January 24, 2026 08:47 PM (gKWVE)
I did like Dalton in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. He brought a ruggedness to Bond that Moore certainly didn't have and it was even a harder edge than Connery.
Posted by: Lex at January 24, 2026 08:47 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:47 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:47 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:47 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 24, 2026 08:31 PM (fFq6c)
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Funniest bit, the story is based on a movie.
Hell in the Pacific directed by John Boorman.
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Is that the one with two actors, one American, one Japanese, stranded on a small Palau island dueling each other?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 08:48 PM (/lPRQ)
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Is that the one with two actors, one American, one Japanese, stranded on a small Palau island dueling each other?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 08:48 PM (/lPRQ)
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Yup. Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 08:49 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 08:50 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:50 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: By The Beautiful Sea
There's a captured U Boat in a Chicago museum. Science and Technology I think. I toured it and immediately became claustrophobic.
There's also a good book called I think the Battle of the Atlantic all about the back and forth of the Allies and U Boats and convoys. We really never broke their back.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:51 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:51 PM (bXbFr)
Well, up to the post, bbl.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 08:51 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 08:52 PM (q3u5l)
'There's also a good book called I think the Battle of the Atlantic all about the back and forth of the Allies and U Boats and convoys. We really never broke their back.'
Are you sure? We won the war.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 24, 2026 08:52 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:52 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:50 PM (2GVsD)
it is one of my favorite Christmas movies. Such a brilliant cast.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 08:52 PM (lpTXP)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: clarence at January 24, 2026 08:53 PM (jgwdN)
It is hard for a submarine or submarines to hunt a convoy when to surface means almost certain death. And a submarine really needs to surface in order to get ahead of the convoy to ambush it while submerged.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:54 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Allies would try an innovation that proved fruitful. Then some new technology would give the U Boats the edge. Back and forth. They bugged us until the end of the war, but point taken. They lost.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:55 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 08:56 PM (N8ZBc)
I had to sadly inform him that sometimes films take liberties with things.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 08:56 PM (Cjcf6)
I think it was the Guadalcanal that captured the Chicago U Boat. It was light carrier if I remember.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:57 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Crusader
Like the notion that Harrison Ford can actually fly a plane properly?
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 08:58 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 08:58 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 08:59 PM (bXbFr)
In the heady days of 1942, U-564 went on a war patrol with a photographer aboard.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 08:59 PM (2GVsD)
Even if not, they can get POTUS out using the "Executive Decision" (1996) extraction technique.
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:00 PM (N8ZBc)
Funniest bit, the story is based on a movie.
Hell in the Pacific directed by John Boorman.
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I've never seen that one. Did the Jap disrespect Mickey Mouse?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 09:00 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 09:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 24, 2026 09:01 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:02 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 09:03 PM (KDPiq)
Can they still use the Executive Decision extraction technique? Aren't they fresh out of Steven Seagals?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 09:03 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 09:03 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Anna Puma
During my tour, they pointed out where the Germans were trying to scuttle the boat, but were thwarted by the American boarding party. If you ever get to Chicago I highly recommend it. The U Boat was enourmous.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 09:03 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:04 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 09:04 PM (2GVsD)
Also Paint Your Wagon so I never got a handle on what he liked.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 09:06 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 09:07 PM (q3u5l)
In comparison, a US Gato fleet submarine displaced 1,525 tons.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 09:09 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 09:06 PM (KDPiq)
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My dad also loves Paint Your Wagon.
I do not understand.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 09:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:09 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 09:10 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 09:10 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:10 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:12 PM (N8ZBc)
Also Paint Your Wagon so I never got a handle on what he liked.
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My dad also loves Paint Your Wagon.
I do not understand.
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What isn't to understand? Singing in the rain, unrequieted love, gold, religion. Chack out the trailer!!!!!
https://youtu.be/X5kq12xf1Uk?si=EwFpS0NK_A37MNwa
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 09:12 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:12 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery at January 24, 2026 09:13 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 09:13 PM (CHHv1)
I was watching "Under the Silver Lake" again last night on Netflix.
I don't want to oversell the movie, but I really enjoy it. It's a modern film noir as written by Thomas Pynchon and David Lynch with Kafka peeking in to say "Howdy!".
The story involves a young guy bumming around LA that becomes interested in a hawt girl who suddenly disappears and in trying to find her falls into a dark world of conspiracy.
The writer director is the same guy who did "It Follows".
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 09:13 PM (iJfKG)
It's a nice quiet private eye flick from Robert Benton & Richard Russo. The cast is terrific, with James Garner effortlessly stealing every scene he's in. Worth a look if you haven't already seen it.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 09:13 PM (q3u5l)
I was watching "Under the Silver Lake" again last night on Netflix.
I don't want to oversell the movie, but I really enjoy it. It's a modern film noir as written by Thomas Pynchon and David Lynch with Kafka peeking in to say "Howdy!".
The story involves a young guy bumming around LA that becomes interested in a hawt girl who suddenly disappears and in trying to find her falls into a dark world of conspiracy.
The writer director is the same guy who did "It Follows".
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 09:13 PM (iJfKG)
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I also enjoy it!
Haven't seen it in forever, but it's quite fascinating.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 09:15 PM (GBKbO)
The parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, had urged him to “not do anything stupid” while protesting.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:16 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:17 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 09:19 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows The Mystery
He was if you wanted him to be.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 09:19 PM (gKWVE)
@JonathanTurley
...Walz just said "quit referring to these people as law enforcement."
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:21 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:22 PM (N8ZBc)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 09:25 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:26 PM (lpTXP)
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The audience, before entering the theater, knew how it would end.
They could have named it, Titanic II. And O My Gosh, keep the girls away from Clooney.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 09:27 PM (v7yZo)
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Meanwhile THEIR country is being given away to Islamaniacs.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:27 PM (Cjcf6)
Also recall 2 (3?) sailors who rushed aboard and disarmed scuttling charges (forget all details) were awarded Navy Cross for this action.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 24, 2026 09:27 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Hot damn !
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 09:28 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at January 24, 2026 09:28 PM (jqHAs)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:30 PM (Cjcf6)
I do not understand.
Posted by: TJM's phone at January 24, 2026 09:09 PM (GBKbO)
I saw paint your wagon on TV when I was 11 years old. I thought it was hilarious.
I saw it again a year or two ago. I tried hard to remember why I had thought it was so funny. It wasn’t anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 09:30 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: MichiCanuck
How about a greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray.
Posted by: what big brothers are for at January 24, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 09:25 PM (IUuBi)
Obvious fun
https://tinyurl.com/yz8pc5xs
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:33 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 09:34 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:35 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 09:36 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 09:37 PM (JyPkU)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes
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or Shelley Winters
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 09:38 PM (v7yZo)
Seriously!
The entire plot is that it’s just one family spending a Christmas at home together.
The kicker is that every person in it was a real person, and almost all of them individually changed our history in very significant ways.
In a roundabout way, that family is why England has a Parliament, and why we have a Congress.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 09:38 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:38 PM (lpTXP)
Weird Science is very, very under rated.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:40 PM (Cjcf6)
Keep your fingers crossed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:40 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 09:41 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:42 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at January 24, 2026 09:28
He was a good actor, sad he died during heart surgery. I think the family sued later, anyone know more?
Interesting note: He was my BIL's 2nd cousin. Stopped by to visit his grt aunt, Dave's grandma, on his way to CA. This was when Dave met him, it was Casper Mt, WY.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 24, 2026 09:44 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:40 PM (w6EFb)
Yeah, I'm hoping this is another one of those panic deals that will end in a whimper.
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 09:45 PM (JyPkU)
I dont know why you would remake poseidon specially sans a strong lead like hackman
Posted by: Miguel cervantes
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or Shelley Winters
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
There's got to be a movie after.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 09:47 PM (pkeXY)
Some actors seem to get better with age. Paul Newman, Robert Redford and I'd add Brad Pitt and Kurt Russel.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 09:47 PM (cxFcK)
Keep your fingers crossed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:40 PM
Fingers crossed. My elderly parents are in upstate SC. They've promised not to go out....
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:48 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 09:48 PM (gKWVE)
I heard a forecast that Baton Rouge could get 12 inches of snow, apparently when this cold air hits a bunch of gulf moisture.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 09:48 PM (IUuBi)
Weird Science is very, very under rated.
And Kelly LeBrock at her very hottest!
Posted by: NCDave at January 24, 2026 09:49 PM (mAiNO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 09:47 PM (pkeXY)
I don’t know if you should be congratulated or slapped.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 09:50 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 09:51 PM (cxFcK)
Russell is doing his best work ever the past ten years. Pitt will always be good.
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:51 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:53 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 09:55 PM (lpTXP)
Good. And I pray they are set for heating and water needs if the power goes out for a few days?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:56 PM (Cjcf6)
Thank you for the movie thread, TJM.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 09:57 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 09:57 PM (v7yZo)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 09:57 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: gp at January 24, 2026 09:58 PM (N8ZBc)
So far, the "future radar" thingy a local station does (WYFF) and Wundermap (this is a short term model in the sense of an extrapolation of current conditions) has the nasty stuff getting here just in the next 10 minute frame or so, but so far the real thing doesn't show up. Radar is clean overhead.
The cold air damming is preceding as forecast, getting a bit breezy and temps steadily dropping, currently 28F here. Surface air is still dry, dew point 17F.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 09:58 PM (Q+gd/)
*Proceeding* not preceding.... sheesh.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:59 PM (w6EFb)
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Every time I watch that I'm mildly surprised he took that role.
Posted by: Crusader at January 24, 2026 09:59 PM (Cjcf6)
I mentioned the Robert Benton/Richard Russo flick Twilight. The private eye story from 1998 isn't as intricately plotted as some other movies or novels, but the cast of late-career heavy hitters carries it nicely. Newman, Hackman, Sarandon, and Garner are a lot of fun to watch in this one. Stockard Channing, Liev Schreiber, and Reese Witherspoon don't do too badly either. YMMV.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 10:00 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 24, 2026 10:01 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 24, 2026 10:02 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)
They have plenty of emergency food. I have checked their stash. They have a fireplace and firewood. If worse comes to worse, they have plenty of community help. The local VFD would be there ASAP because they love my folks.
live in TX not so close, but know they are covered in help til i could get there .
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 10:05 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 24, 2026 10:06 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: NCDave at January 24, 2026 10:09 PM (mAiNO)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 24, 2026 08:31 PM (fFq6c)
Enemy Mine was first a novella in Asimov's magazine, and then a full novel by Barry Longyear, who also wrote the Circus World series, and a Prometheus award novel. He died last year
Supposedly the studio suits reviewing the project asked "where is the mine in the story" and wouldn't let go of the idea, so they had one scene in a mine.
The movie is just a section of the novella, the rest of it has to do with the human's return to Earth and not fitting in there.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Eric in Atlanta at January 24, 2026 10:16 PM (taLvw)
Posted by: garet at January 24, 2026 10:17 PM (JyPkU)
Hobby Thread - January 24, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) a spin it landed on wood carving and tools.
[Top photo courtesy Bird Rock Doc]
Electrolysis versus Evapo-Rust?
As the original coin press of the Carson City Mint, Coin Press No. 1 was built in 1869 by Morgan and Orr in Philadelphia. The press was steam powered and could produce 100 coins per minute. The press was ordered brand new for the Carson City Mint, which was scheduled to open in 1870 and would address the coinage needs spurred by the Comstock Lode. When the press arrived in Carson City, it was the only press at the Mint, and would remain the only one for another five years. But from 1878 until the end of the Mint's operation in 1893, the press only produced Morgan Silver Dollars. Coin Press No. 1 ceased operations in 1893 and the Carson City Mint officially closed in 1899 as the result of a severe decline in mining on the Comstock Lode.Other history happened and then...
[The] press was sent to Colorado to be further modernized and used at the Denver Mint. The press spent four years at the Denver Mint, and in that time, it minted 118 million coins, including 50 million pennies.Read the full story here. Amazing.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:30 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 24, 2026 05:32 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 05:34 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 05:35 PM (S/6Ju)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:36 PM (0KSrI)
Someday will see them again I hope.
But see if I can put up some seen before here
My gargoyle reading, all a solid piece of maple
https://tinyurl.com/58wc8chw
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 05:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 24, 2026 05:37 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/2z3faypp
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 05:35 PM
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L'Idol Eternelle (The Eternal Idol).
Styled after the original version by Rodin
Posted by: TRex - rodin dino at January 24, 2026 05:39 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 05:36 PM (dIske)
Used to live about 10 miles north of New Hope back around 2006. Real pretty part of the country...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 24, 2026 05:39 PM (nbLIj)
Not for the faint at heart
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 24, 2026 05:40 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 24, 2026 05:41 PM (h/O4U)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 05:41 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 24, 2026 05:37 PM
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Any bargains? I haven't been watching, but always intrigued.
Posted by: TRex - auctioneer dino at January 24, 2026 05:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:42 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 24, 2026 05:41 PM
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Send me a photo when you're done. I'll post in the content.
Posted by: TRex - weathered dino at January 24, 2026 05:43 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Art Rondelet
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Hold on to your wallet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 05:43 PM (XeU6L)
Now it holds a mix of car tools and household equipment like duct tape, little bottles of screws and nails, several hammers, etc. I repurposed some of the metal Tinder Box tobacco sampler tins ca. 1984 to hold the screws and nails.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:45 PM (wzUl9)
Bird Rock Doc does amazing work with wood!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 24, 2026 05:46 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:47 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 24, 2026 05:46 PM
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Thanks! and thanks for checking in!
Posted by: TRex - did anyone bring cake? at January 24, 2026 05:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://tinyurl.com/58wc8chw
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026
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Impressive, Skip! The book is maple as well?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 05:35 PM
He's begging. Obviously.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:48 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 05:49 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 05:49 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026
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He's begging. Obviously.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026
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Then she'd be standing. I think he's adoring her -- they have a new and sizzling-hot affair going.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
I have done a little messing around with restoring old tools picked up from antique shops. Most of the planes you find there are junk due to missing parts, splits in wooden bodies, and just excessive wear and tear. I've had good luck with removing rust with plain old kitchen vinegar as long it's not too bad.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 05:51 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 05:51 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://tinyurl.com/58wc8chw"
Skip,
That reading gargoyle is great: expressive and whimsical. Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 05:52 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
Well, he's on his knees and she's on a throne....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:53 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 05:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2026 05:53 PM (LHPAg)
The bargains at Barrett-Jackson (if there are any) were earlier in the week. Today is "Super Saturday" where the most expensive cars are auctioned.
If you're interested you can watch a streaming video on Barrett-Jackson's You Tube channel.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 24, 2026 05:54 PM (FEVMW)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:54 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
Well, he's on his knees and she's on a throne....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:53 PM
Are his hands tied behind his back?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 05:55 PM (S/6Ju)
When we were little we went to Cape Breton and a woodworker there made little canoes with my and my sisters names on them as well as a larger fishing boat. I admire such craft.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:56 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 05:51 PM
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I don't have notes on all of them but the hand is Indonesian Jackwood and the skull/bone is fir and pine.
The elephants are a mix.
The pair is a wood from Venezuela that was described as "Asmo" when purchased, but don't know a wood by that name.
Posted by: TRex - paul bunyan dino at January 24, 2026 05:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Yes, running (actually walking/trotting now, about 50/50) is a hobby of sorts. I've been a cardio man since the early '70s; I started with running in place and transitioned to actual distance running a few years later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:57 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:57 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)
It turns out that even though I did not have a plan for the day it was pretty productive anyway. This upsets me because I need goals.
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 05:58 PM (vFG9F)
Grateful,
It's slow going. Even separating the floss strands is 'interesting' with gorilla hands. As the tendonitis fades things should go better. And I was thinking the same about cross stitch and this weather.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 05:58 PM (yTvNw)
I hope it brought whatever luck that person deserved.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 05:58 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:53 PM
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Are his hands tied behind his back?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026
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Hard to tell. They're crossed but I can't tell if they're bound.
Each to his own kink, I always say!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:59 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 06:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 06:01 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 05:53 PM
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Are his hands tied behind his back?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026
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Crossed but not bound.
Posted by: TRex - museum curator dino at January 24, 2026 06:01 PM (IQ6Gq)
JTB, I just asked Grok "how to separate stitching floss with large male hands", and it gave me several options. Maybe one of them will be helpful for you
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 06:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 06:02 PM (lpTXP)
Each to his own kink, I always say!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:59 PM (wzUl9)
Looks like his hand is bound to some ring. Maybe he's her toy?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 06:04 PM (uQesX)
Is it Okay if I submit a picture of your reading gargoyle for a book thread?
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 06:06 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 06:07 PM (qwVdq)
The C and D small batch Fires on the Levee blend is dam n nice. Aged Virginias with some Kentucky and a bit of perique. It's slightly sweet and mellow. It's a broken flake and burns slow. Good for a relaxed session. I don't expect it to be available very long before it's all sold.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 06:11 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: TRex - collector dino at January 24, 2026 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
When I was a kid living in NJ, my family would visit New Hope 2 or 3 times a year. Cool little town.
We had a winter carnival at my college. One of the events was making snow sculptures. Some of them were surprisingly good. My frat did the same sculpture every year. We build a bar and stools out of snow with a working keg system.
We weren't know for our creativity but the bar was always busy.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 06:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 06:13 PM (uQesX)
You're right. I just did and the answers told me what I was doing wrong. This will really help. Thanks.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 06:14 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 06:17 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 06:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 06:17 PM
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I covet a lathe. Someday...
Posted by: TRex - rotational carving dino at January 24, 2026 06:20 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 24, 2026 06:17 PM
Was it rudimentary?
Posted by: Guy Fleegman at January 24, 2026 06:22 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: George Orr at January 24, 2026 06:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sharkman at January 24, 2026 06:24 PM (/RHNq)
Finished up the current portrait painting and have started a fresh one, featuring two people this time so it'll probably be twice as frustrating, LOL. But not as frustrating as painting another landscape, so it's got that going for it.
Posted by: tankascribe at January 24, 2026 06:25 PM (NtoJk)
Haven't done it in a while but I used to get a glass like surface using a scraper. Such a simple and effective tool. It's just a thin sheet of steel sharpened on one edge with a screwdriver shaft. You create a small razor edge that will take near microscopic layers off the surface of the wood.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 06:26 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: tankascribe at January 24, 2026 06:25 PM
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Sculptors see material differently than others.
"The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material."
Michelangelo
Posted by: TRex - cararra dino at January 24, 2026 06:27 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Reforger at January 24, 2026 06:29 PM (7ujVx)
Someone posted a photo of Michelangelo's Pieta on X the other day. How someone can take a block of marble and create something so beautiful amazes me. And he was in his 20s when he carved it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Reforger at January 24, 2026 06:29 PM
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Sounds about right.
Posted by: TRex - proportional dino at January 24, 2026 06:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 24, 2026 06:32 PM (lUFok)
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Simple, really. Just remove all the stuff on the block around it that ain’t beautiful.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 06:33 PM (M1m37)
Posted by: TRex - proportional dino at January 24, 2026 06:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
It's awesome. I want it so bad but the wife is not on board with an 800 sq\ft place to live. I have a shop that would fill one shop and then I'd have 2 more shops to play in.
Posted by: Reforger at January 24, 2026 06:35 PM (7ujVx)
Posted by: Taint fair but them's the breaks at January 24, 2026 06:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: tankascribe at January 24, 2026 06:37 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Taint fair but them's the breaks at January 24, 2026 06:35 PM (TbWk/)
NPCs, if you will.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 06:37 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 06:29 PM (viF8m)
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He was a very Stabile genius.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 24, 2026 06:37 PM (V+K+8)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 24, 2026 05:40 PM (0N4FZ)
I have a small needle scaler. That nasty old tractor rim was too big a job for that tool. An industrial sandblaster would have cleaned it to bright metal in about ten minutes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 06:37 PM (8zz6B)
I got to see the Pieta at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. Just 12 years old but my emotional response was so intense the memory is still powerful. Aside from some statues in public parks, it was the first artistic sculpture I saw in person. Incredible!
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 06:38 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Reforger
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I just can't imagine her concern/objection.....you're as bad as TRex who "needs" an infinite amount of garage stalls!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 06:39 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
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Seeing the Pieta in person is still on the list, as is the David...as is visiting the Carrera marble quarries...but I was able to see the Madonna of Bruges in Belgium, and it was absolutely mesmerizing. Such an incredible talent
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 06:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://tinyurl.com/379due9t
This is a example of one he was working on but had a flaw in stone and bailed out on it
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 06:48 PM (fPvmg)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)
The C and D small batch Fires on the Levee blend is dam n nice. Aged Virginias with some Kentucky and a bit of perique. It's slightly sweet and mellow. It's a broken flake and burns slow. Good for a relaxed session. I don't expect it to be available very long before it's all sold.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026
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JTB, I've recently tried the Erik Stokkebye Morning Blend, a burley. It needs to be well-dried before smoking. Yesterday, mixed with some C & D Old Joe Krantz Blue, which suits me fine, the MB gave me some tongue bite. I left a saucerful out last night, and microwaved it for ten seconds this morning before loading it into the chosen pipe. Much much better!
Kentucky suits me okay if there's not too much of it. The same with perique.
How is C & D's Briar Fox? Have you tried that?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 06:49 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 06:49 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026
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I hadn't checked the email this afternoon, OE. I'll get to it in a bit.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 06:51 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Lurker Bird Rock Doc
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Lurker?! This person must show him/herself! Another California moron, bigod!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 06:55 PM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 24, 2026 06:57 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 06:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 06:48 PM
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Thanks!
Any hobby topics you would like to see?
Posted by: TRex - survey dino at January 24, 2026 06:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
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I would tell the birdies to go south, but you are south! So what is a bird to do?
Hope you're feeling better after your surgery. And, of course, prayers that the pump/medicine does its job. Holding this cancer at bay for 2-3 years just stuns me. What an absolute miracle.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Svengoolie's movie tonight at the same time is the 1963 King Kong vs. Godzilla. As I recall it was *the* hot movie among my fourth-grade classmates and myself, but I never got Mom to take me to see it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 07:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 07:01 PM (vFG9F)
I lived in Boston for many years and when the weather wasn't trying to kill me I walked to work for years. Walked through the Commonwealth Mall, through the Public Garden and the Boston Common. That route is full of statues, mostly famous Bostonians. I walked by them for years without really stopping and looking at them until it dawned on me one day to stop and look at them. There are some really nice statues in that city.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026
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Is that one of the models with the split *rear* glass and the "marshal's star" grille centerpiece?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 07:02 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)
Go west? Ain't nothing happening out here. Sky's clear as a bell.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 24, 2026 07:03 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Did it a few years ago but need to do it again
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Any hobby topics you would like to see?
Posted by: TRex - survey dino at January 24, 2026 06:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Thanks, but I just enjoy being along for the ride each week. Always entertaining and interesting.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 07:07 PM (fPvmg)
Any hobby topics you would like to see?
Posted by: TRex - survey dino at January 24, 2026 06:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Not really, I just enjoy being along for the ride each week. Always entertaining and interesting.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 07:08 PM (fPvmg)
Make sure you put the Boston Public Library on your list. The John Singer Sargent mural and paintings are really great.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 07:09 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 07:10 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Haven't tried the Stokkebye burley, Old Joe Krantz or Briar Fox. I've been in a mood for burley lately so I'll try the Stokkebye at some point. But I got the last two pounds of Sutliff Burley from Pipes and Cigars before it sold out so there's no rush. I generally like Stokkebye blends. Now I want to try some of that Old Joe Krantz Blue. Sounds interesting.
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 07:11 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 07:09 PM
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That funky monkey?
Posted by: TRex - beastie boy dino at January 24, 2026 07:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://tinyurl.com/3vtactvb
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 07:12 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 07:12 PM (fPvmg)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 07:09 PM
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That funky monkey?
Shock the monkey!
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 24, 2026 07:15 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 07:15 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 07:02 PM (wzUl9)
It's the model commonly described as a "bullet-nose". The rear window is a one-piece curved one. The rear side windows are parallogram-shaped, leaning forward. Door side windows are trapezoids.
Like this: https://tinyurl.com/3rkm7hjn
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 07:15 PM (8zz6B)
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Me too. Catholic school trip. Even as a little kid you could tell it was something incredible.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 07:18 PM (3ImbR)
The "pair" concept is borrowed from Rodin's "L'Idol Eternelle";
To Ben Had (comment 39)
You are correct. That block of wood was selected for its relative lack of splits cracks and flaws.
It did have one (where a branch was growing out the side of the tree) but I knew I could work around that. There is also an art to "patching" a defect using discarded wood. Requires color match, grain match, and orientation of the grain alignment.
TRex correctly identifies the wood as "Asmo" (so they told me when I bought it) from Venezuela.
His hands are behind him; it is "spicy", meant to be suggestively erotic.
Posted by: BirdRockDock at January 24, 2026 07:20 PM (VOcQ6)
Unfortunately, other priorities and lake of artistic talent prevented me from working that project.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 07:22 PM (szncw)
The male Indian ("Lone Feather") is made of Rosewood.
The hand is made of Indonesian Jackwood (Jack fruit tree)
The Idol is 12 x 12 x 30 inches.
Posted by: BirdRockDock at January 24, 2026 07:23 PM (VOcQ6)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 07:25 PM (3ImbR)
Surprising Flaws in 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries
tinyurl.com/56ektpmc
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 24, 2026 07:25 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)
That's really nice. I hope you turn the pages fro him occasionally.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 07:25 PM (szncw)
Don't forget to stop by Club ONT later!
Posted by: TRex - sawdust is better than snow at January 24, 2026 07:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 07:26 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:26 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 07:27 PM (cYBz/)
I hope it brought whatever luck that person deserved.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 05:58 PM (IhIKR)
Sucks that it got stolen. I've heard that the figures on the bottom of the totm pole were actually the most honored. Is this true, or was somebody pulling the paleface's leg? Can anybody here shed some light on that subject?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 07:30 PM (szncw)
Posted by: JTB at January 24, 2026 07:30 PM (yTvNw)
.....or whatever you're carving.
Also, movies are NOOD.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 07:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 24, 2026 07:33 PM (H6cKs)
tinyurl.com/56ektpmc
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 24, 2026 07:25 PM (mlg/3)
I bailed out of that. Sounds like an extended commercial for the X-ray scanner.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 07:35 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
I save my excuses for the ONT. I don't want to overdo it and wear out the gimmick. Plus, I have a very limited reservoir of wit and don't wish to deplete it prematurely (there are probably some who would argue it was depleted long ago.)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 24, 2026 07:35 PM (szncw)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 24, 2026 07:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Yes "Some Sanding", kind of like when it says "some assembly required" sarcastically. It's the only way to bring out the full color and luster of the wood.
The Idol is finished with a light application of Linseed Oil.
The others: Regular wood wax (Jonson's wax).
There are no stains applied.
Posted by: BirdRockDock at January 24, 2026 07:37 PM (VOcQ6)
The others: Regular wood wax (Jonson's wax).
There are no stains applied.
Posted by: BirdRockDock at January 24, 2026 07:37 PM (VOcQ6)
Those wood carvings are very impressive. You have a great talent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 07:38 PM (8zz6B)
Those wood carvings are very impressive. You have a great talent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 07:38 PM (8zz6B)
Thank You So Much !!
BR Doc
Posted by: BirdRockDoc at January 24, 2026 07:47 PM (VOcQ6)
Found a nice piece of jasper.
I love it here.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 07:47 PM (QBhXE)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 07:50 PM (vFG9F)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 24
Courtesy Terry Glenn Gotta watch 'em
We see a lot of videos about cute baby goats here at AoSHQ. I think that this video provides some good cautions concerning getting baby goats yourself.
One thing that I noticed right away is that this woman keeps her guardian dogs on a lead on her own property. This is not because they are apt to attack people. It is because they are apt to wander off to patrol what they THINK is their territory. She adores her guardian dogs and their protective qualities (I may have seen this in a different video). One new sheepherder decided on Great Pyrenees to guard his sheep because in a study underway, that was the only breed which had never bitten anyone. You may recall that in our own neighborhood we noticed what seemed to be a Great Pyrenees dog wandering in fields near us, and alternately visiting a house which had just been vacated. We though it had been abandoned, and maybe it had. It disappeared for a couple of weeks, re-appeared briefly, disappeared again and then re-appeared but ran off again when DH tried to feed it. Maybe someone in the neighborhood is feeding it more regularly. Hard to tell. We still leave dog biscuits for him when we see him (or her). Anyway, back to the goats. First of all, they are not sheep:
We lost our 14 year old Goldendoodle, Jasper, last week.He sounds and looks like an absolutely wonderful dog. So sorry that you have lost him. Thanks for sending in the photo and thoughtful tribute, so we can remember him along with you.
We brought him home at six weeks old, a jet black ball of fluff and pure energy. He was super smart, exceptionally athletic, an alpha personality, but just as sweet as he could be. The last year was hard on him health wise, but he retained his never quit attitude, even when his body gave out on him. Best Dog Ever. RIP, old man. onthemark329
Encountered by Members of The Horde
We have bird feeders on the porch to entertain MegaRoy, over the years, it's sometimes a racoon feeder, or a possum feeder. Sometimes it's a red-tailed hawk feeder. Neighbor two houses up, had a sweet little kitty that would hang out and just be friendly with MegaRoy. This is their 2nd kitty Dominoe, big honking maine coon mix tomcat. Very skittish, wants a handout of crunchy chow, but shrinks back and hisses in fear of the big scary hoomans. He was taunting the neighbor dog one house up from his own home.So Dominoe is someone's kitty, but he's YOUR bird! PetMoron adjascent, I would say. What would other members of The Horde say?
BifBewalski
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, January 17 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at January 24, 2026 03:23 PM (sAmhv)
My cherished pet, is nearly recovered from his surgery and lab said that the margins are clear. He was irritated that he couldn't romp in the snow. But he is otherwise cheery and hanging out with my other doggo.
Posted by: Night Lifted at January 24, 2026 03:27 PM (kJmLc)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 03:28 PM (yJpvi)
On her wood carved urn, "The best dog ever" is engraved.
That is high praise. Not all of them are.
Sammie was in that club.
Condolences othermark 329.
Posted by: Derak at January 24, 2026 03:28 PM (2Hzj5)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 03:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Condolences othermark 329.
Posted by: Derak at January 24, 2026 03:28 PM
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I am sorry for your loss. It's mystery to see how a little puppy can grow up to be so special.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 03:35 PM (yJpvi)
Posted by: windbag at January 24, 2026 03:37 PM (LeHVb)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 24, 2026 03:37 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 03:39 PM (+mUZM)
She was smart enough to flop in the grass right at the curb to induce simultaneous belly rubs from three or four 2nd graders!
I think she also considered us part of her flock for protection.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 24, 2026 03:39 PM (HlyYF)
I think we have two more bitter nights coming.
I assume she will think lows above 10F will be perfectly balmy next week, so she can resume her night-time patrols.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 24, 2026 03:43 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 24, 2026 03:43 PM (8CIFn)
BluebirdOfBitterness.com has some fun Caturday posts, including a vid of a cat finding out about snow.
https://bit.ly/4r7igY7
Tried to show it to Ony cat; not sure if she knew what was going on, or made the connection to what's outside right now. She's very much an old housecat.
C/o PoliNation.com, one of those, 'hooman, come help!' episodes with penguins (so, maybe more a Cafe thing), which Grok says is real (as if Grok knew what real is).
https://bit.ly/4bWYQRk
Posted by: mindful webworker - in layers of artificial furs at January 24, 2026 03:46 PM (OJSFI)
She tried again, so I pushed her out and closed the door. Gave her a minute and let her come in. She ran over and used the cat box. Troubles was out in it for awhile but he knows how to deal with snow. I am naming the new cat Patsy. She still needs a trip to the vet so this is good training
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 03:47 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 24, 2026 03:43 PM
I like to take the broom and brush off a 5' x 5' area adjacent to one their normal favorite potty spots.
The two female dogs quickly learn to run right to that patch.
The two male dogs still prefer to write their names in the snow, no matter how deep, when urinating.
I am pretty sure that our two male dogs are both Morons!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 24, 2026 03:52 PM (HlyYF)
We are celebrating with hamburger.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 24, 2026 03:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: KT
There was a late comment by thatcrazyjerseyguy linking to an article about the death of one of the twins featured in the ONT post, which comment seems to be gone. Caught in the net, I presume. If anyone's interested, here's the link:
https://bit.ly/3NBt5TX
Posted by: mindful webworker - nature is harsh and beautiful at January 24, 2026 03:58 PM (OJSFI)
In the Big Snow last January, Miss Linda took little Dagny the triple-coated cat outside in her arms to show her what her ancestral homeland (Siberia) would look like. Dagny, normally so silent we once wondered if she were mute, immediately let out a series of yowls that made it clear that cold wet flakes on her fur and face were Not To Be Borne. It wasn't the wideness of the outside world scaring her, now. We tried her again in much warmer weather and she was quiet and enduring.
We didn't try with Stirling.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 03:59 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 04:00 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026
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Echoed. It's never easy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:01 PM (wzUl9)
And they said was pretty. Tricolor weegies are rather uncommon.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 24, 2026 04:02 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026
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As Thurber's protagonist said at one point in that story, "I'll be coked to the gills when I bump that old buzzard off!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:02 PM (wzUl9)
Miss Linda brought out Chekov's old polyester-lined pet bed, which he used to keep warm after his shaving in early 2021. So far both cats have steadfastly ignored it. We'll see what happens when the outside temp dips to 24 or so on Monday morning and it's 60 or so inside when I get up in the pre-dawn darkness to turn up the heat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:07 PM (wzUl9)
onthemark329, so sorry on the loss of Jasper. He was beautiful.
All the cats are adorable.
Thanks for the thread.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 24, 2026 04:10 PM (2F0/Y)
Lots of prayers, as you can spare them.
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 24, 2026 04:10 PM (FPEpu)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 24, 2026 04:12 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: sunny-dee at January 24, 2026 04:14 PM (FPEpu)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 04:23 PM (fPvmg)
Posted by: moki at January 24, 2026 04:24 PM (wLjpr)
My girl Lily is sitting on my ottoman getting her allotment of scritches. The Cat Distribution System gave me the prettiest kitty in the universe.
👑
🐱
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 04:26 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2026 04:26 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 04:27 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 04:31 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: moki at January 24, 2026
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How did she cook the goat afterward?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:33 PM (wzUl9)
We had a couple goats on the farm for no good reason. Never turn your back on a goat. Be careful even if you are facing them. Just don't get goats.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 04:33 PM (viF8m)
She's a sweet cat, but very territorial. Once she came onto the scene, Sammy stopped hanging out. He's been living rough - every time he shows up he's got new wounds on his head. If he had any sense he'd hang out here. He's a big boy and could certainly co-exist here. But, he is not a sensible cat.
Anyhoo, I have great trepidation about bringing Bunny inside. Wondering what's the first thing to be broken as a result of some kind of dustup. I figured, I'll carry her in, show her to Purry and Della, then place her in the bedroom and close the door. I expect there will be a lot of footsie under the door.
I hope everyone gets along.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 24, 2026 04:34 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:34 PM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/mstxr7ms
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 04:34 PM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 04:36 PM (Nx5jP)
Love the kitties and and I'm so sorry about the loss of Jasper - infinitely better than the goat!!!
Posted by: moki at January 24, 2026 04:37 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 04:37 PM (Nx5jP)
Still snuggly and playful. And eating her kibble and drinking plenty of water.
Y’all have any suggestions for supportive care? I hate taking her to the vet as it is counterproductive. She gets horribly stressed and I think that’s where she picked this bug up in the first place.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 04:40 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 04:43 PM (VE6XX)
The cats, however, will well fed in either case with their usual mix of Friskies Shreds and Iams dry chow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 24, 2026 04:48 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: mpfs. I'M BACK at January 24, 2026 04:51 PM (/EFeL)
They have a heart for her!!!!!!!
Prayers up!
Posted by: mpfs. I'M BACK at January 24, 2026 04:51 PM (/EFeL)
Fantastic... prayers
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 04:53 PM (VE6XX)
Abys are great little kitties, Wolfus. They can be very dog-like (according to those who have dogs): they like to play Fetch, will follow you from room to room, and ours would growl if a stranger came to the door. They're long and leggy like the Siamese but are MUCH quieter! They're high-energy cats and they're very pettable, but don't cotton to being picked up. They love to hunt and will bring in anything that dares to come into the yard (we protected ours with a cat-fence): mice, the occasional bird, now and again a praying mantis, butterflies, and on one unforgettable occasion, a bat!
Posted by: tankascribe at January 24, 2026 04:55 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 04:34 PM (wzUl9)
Didn't Rush have a couple of those?
Posted by: night lifted at January 24, 2026 04:56 PM (kJmLc)
Thanks, Fenelon! Gizmo loved to burrow underneath area rugs. She went berserk when a friend of ours gifted us with a hand-loomed carpet from Afghanistan. Not only did she have to sniff every inch of it, she ran all over i, shoved her paws under the edges, and immediately dove right under it. Best kitty toy ever, so far as she was concerned!
Posted by: tankascribe at January 24, 2026 04:59 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: tankascribe at January 24, 2026 05:01 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: epador at January 24, 2026 05:01 PM (TRnzq)
I've never heard of cats responding that way to a carpet. That's so interesting!Maybe they were rug merchants in an earlier life.😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:02 PM (dSKRp)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2026 05:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 24, 2026 05:09 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 24, 2026 05:11 PM (XjTSo)
I guess she recognized that I'm busy compiling the Sunday Morning Book Thread for tomorrow and decided to give me some space.
Most of the time she wants to sit in my lap or in front of me while I'm at the computer.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 05:12 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 04:27 PM (kpS4V)
Gotta sous vide that goat...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 24, 2026 05:16 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: exdem13 at January 24, 2026
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Exdem, you can email K.T. at petmorons [at] protonmail [dot] com. We'd love to see Smoke.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Such Pretty Pictures at January 24, 2026 05:30 PM (GvwA4)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Everything isn't burning right now, and yes, it's good to love the pets.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:38 PM (ZeH0U)
Yes, running (actually walking/trotting now, about 50/50) is a hobby of sorts. I've been a cardio man since the early '70s; I started with running in place and transitioned to actual distance running a few years later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:57 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 06:28 PM (xz8OS)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Jan. 24
Hoarfrost on our trees. Had ice on everything for a few days.
The rosemary bush is blooming. Even a few honeybees on it.
Pictures will follow because I am not computer savvy.
NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
The lettuce bolted and the seeds went all over the place. Now we have volunteers of winter lettuce when the summer was too hot for them to grow . Nan in AZ
MIRACULOUS RECOVERY
Hi KT. Here is a Christmas cactus that was never particularly energetic, but did its thing each year out on the front porch. Last year, the deer shredded it mercilessly , down to soil level. There was no green left at all. I sadly brought it into the sunroom hoping for the best, and look! It has recovered well, and is blooming now, probably better than it ever has before.
The Amaryllis next to it doesn’t like me though. It has never bloomed and has always looked pitiful. Any suggestions are welcome. I just hope it’s not too late…
Thanks for your wonderful Garden threads and essays. Keep up the great work.
Gunslinger.
There's not much gardening happening outside here in snowy New Hampshire. Audrey the Aloe Plant seems to be doing well inside although she stares out the window and wishes for warmer weather so she can go out and play. Even though Christmas is over I'm keeping the festive squirrel lights on her to try to cheer her up and play her lots of the classics like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Thank you for all the wonderful weekend gardening and pet threads and other posts. Best wishes to you and yours and everyone at the Ace. Rodent
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
Any thoughts or questions? I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:29 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Frosted Ho at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (M3U87)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 24, 2026 01:37 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:37 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lirio100 at January 24, 2026 01:40 PM (ky7/T)
Regarding the amaryllis...I'd repot and see if the bulb has mold. It may be overwatered. If moldy I'd throw it away.
We had one this year (potted) and it recently shot up another bloom when we thought it was done. It does not need water til the top soil is dry. Some places warmer they can be grown outside. Not here.
I have my second waxed amaryllis bulb and prefer them as they need NOTHING but a bit of indirect sun.
Hoping for snow out West someday as we've had a brown winter. I'll settle fine for snow with my spring daffodils an tulips, because they bloom regardless.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 24, 2026 01:41 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 24, 2026 01:37 PM (XMwZJ)
Day length. That's how many plants determine what time of year it is.
If you keep one in an environment where it's brightly-lite at night, it may not bloom at all.
Conversely, if you want to make one bloom in the off-season, you can keep it in a dark closet for a few weeks, only bringing it out a couple of hours a day.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 01:43 PM (IG3/x)
"This sucks...this sucks....this sucks....this sucks...."
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 01:47 PM (dIske)
I just put it in a draining ceramic pot and placed it under the skylight by the fireplace. It even has a couple of new leaves.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 01:49 PM (3Ope8)
Channeling Carl Spackler over here.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 01:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 02:01 PM (3Ope8)
Which is how we got one. Inside in a dim room since Fall, it has been blooming out nicely.
MiladyJo is the plant lady here. I have a purple thumb. (Not quite black, but far from green.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I never saw a purple thumb, I never thought I'd see one... at January 24, 2026 02:02 PM (OJSFI)
Bring it back indoors to a sunny window when temps cool again. It may rebloom without any fussing, but not necessarily "on time". Or, you could try to force it.
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 02:04 PM (rdVOm)
Still waiting for new growth on Christmas Cactus cuttings I took in early December-- those got placed directly into a small cup of "seed starting mix"-- fingers crossed!
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 02:10 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 02:10 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 24, 2026 02:23 PM (hEQyx)
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 01:47 PM (dIske)
Ah yes. I have a metal porch roof, and that was the sound of the ice coming down on it at about 6 am.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 02:23 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 02:24 PM (3Ope8)
Here? Too hot & dry in summer-- the wind desiccates them. I don't have room indoors.
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 02:25 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 02:27 PM (IUuBi)
If you have the need to prune your rosemary, use the thicker sticks as shishkabob spears. Especially yummy with lamb.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 02:31 PM (IhIKR)
Mine is. Only a few bees though.
Posted by: 40 Miles North at January 24, 2026 02:31 PM (EaLNz)
Posted by: 40 Miles North at January 24, 2026 02:32 PM (EaLNz)
If you have the need to prune your rosemary, use the thicker sticks as shishkabob spears. Especially yummy with lamb.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 02:31 PM (IhIKR)
Yes and also you can bunch them together and use for basting..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 02:33 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Audrey II at January 24, 2026 02:35 PM (qFwJc)
I think sometime after he joined the Navy and moved out, Mom had planted a row of them on the north side off the house in the backyard.
Yeah, he should have visited more often and taken a walk into the backyard. LOL. Happy memories.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 02:42 PM (qFwJc)
19 degrees. Often ground is warmer than air so first snow doesn't lay right away. And if starts padt dark or first thing ground will be frozen
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 24, 2026 03:04 PM (sAmhv)
Bright and sunny here. The POD is packed and sunshine is streaming through my house, greenery all around. I feel like unpacking the POD and canceling the whole move.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 03:05 PM (HxSSW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2026 02:31 PM (IhIKR)
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Yep. Now try the same idea using a cinnamon stick.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 24, 2026 03:06 PM (hEQyx)
Posted by: Cant Wait For Spring at January 24, 2026 03:07 PM (vEz2K)
Anyway: lows 23-28 F, highs 28-37. Normally we get our coldest temperatures around Christmas/New Years, but this may be our low week for the year - my fave forecasting sites claim it'll be warmer next week.
Not much of significance - Thurs. was Final Homegrown Apple Day. Now I have to buy apples for my breakfast. And I'm about to cut the first bloom-stem off my amaryllis since the last of its 6 flowers are fading. Second bud-stem is around 8 inches tall - wonder how many flowers it will have. The bulb came with instructions, the most emphasized of which was "don't overwater".
Posted by: Pat* at January 24, 2026 03:08 PM (VvwVl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 03:10 PM (v7yZo)
Clean Up, necessary at end of last night's ONT.
Posted by: Braenyard
I did not click the link. I did hover over it with the mouse. The link title doesn't match the post. It's a link to a pub though that link probably redirects to something bad, so don't click. Yes, mods need to delete with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 24, 2026 03:18 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Kathy at January 24, 2026 03:18 PM (zuKcR)
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 03:42 PM (7vIsy)
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 03:42 PM (7vIsy)
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Pixy said he removed some offensive comments there thus morning, that they were in Dutch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)
When I looked at one comment, there were "comments" about offensive content in a box that could have been in Dutch, so maybe added after Pixy removed some. One address showed as from the UK.
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 06:14 PM (7vIsy)
The WEF has been a little different this year
When it comes to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are two caricatures of the attendees – or “weffers” they like to call themselves. In one version, they are mustache-twirling elites huddled in smoke-filled rooms, plotting a one-world government, mass surveillance, and “you will eat ze bugs!” In the other, they are cast as saviors: the most powerful people on the planet convening in good faith to solve humanity’s biggest problems.
This week, @DataInterpretr and I spent quality time with the attendees. We took a different approach than most journalists – we did not ambush them with gotcha questions. Instead, we simply sat at tables, started conversations with staffers and speakers, and asked questions – lots of them.
What we got was neither caricature, but something much darker – a first-hand perspective of how tyranny is imposed from a ruling class that will swear up and down that they are not part of any ruling class–and that it controls nothing. How can that be?
It is undeniably true that the WEF has been a source of coercive power. The clearest example came during COVID, when Klaus Schwab, working alongside the Big Four accounting firms, used the crisis to roll out ESG metrics. These frameworks stripped influence from ordinary stakeholders and concentrated it in the hands of activists and technocrats, while redirecting corporate capital toward left-wing causes. To understand how that dynamic works, we must enter the mind of a weffer.
First, nearly all of them are either extremely wealthy or employed by people who are. Hotels cost $25,000 a night. Gucci is the default for handbags. Coats fall to the floor, trimmed with mink. And despite the sustainability rhetoric, the menus advertise meat proudly, with few vegetarian options in sight. They do not understand that they are perceived as hypocrites. They are aware that some people see them as evil, controlling overlords… and they laugh at the idea, because in their own minds it is absurd. Yet in another sense, it is true.
Alex Soros became an object of ridicule after his WEF remarks:The rest of this piece focuses on patterns of self-perception and thinking among attendees at the WEF. And attempts to zero in on some concrete positions from those attendees. It is fascinating and scary to think that so many of our "thought leaders" engage in so little thought.So, um, you know, so, um, you know… but when I see this, you know, when I look at this, um, you know, um, you know, uh, more globally regarding, regarding, you know, regarding democracy, I also say to myself, “When was this great time that everybody got along so well, and, you know, things were going so, so great?” I mean, I think, you know, um, uh, um, you know, the, um, you know, I think that we really have to be careful here in, you know, in this nostalgia, uh, for a time, uh, you know, for a time past, because a lot of the reactions we’re seeing in society are actually reactions to positive, uh, to positive things like, i- you know, like equality, uh, for women, um, you know, uh, and, um, uh, you know, and greater diversity.For all that word salad, the key to remember is: Alex is representative. They all speak this way. Every panel, every “dialogue,” follows the same pattern. Few people are trying to land a clear argument or persuade an audience. They speak to signal belonging, to demonstrate fluency in a shared language, and to impress one another.
After Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, the obligatory headline term was humiliation. “Lonely Trump Humiliated as Major Allies Refuse to Be Bullied,” was one of two Daily Beast stories on the theme, the other being “Trump, 79, Croaks Through ‘Peace’ Grift Speech After 48 Hours of Ritual Humiliation,” under the tag BORED OF PEACE. Jen Psaki on MSNOW chortled over his “humiliating ramble,” while Chris Hayes declared him “isolated and humiliated.” Coverage of Trump long ago devolved into an homage to Pee Wee’s Playhouse, when comic Paul Reubens would get a secret word from Conky the robot in each show. After, audiences would have to shout in unison at every mention of it. I remember being in a room of stoned teenagers shouting “PLACE!” at the TV in 1986.See hyperlinks and video at the link. Heh.
Trump news cycles are the same, only anchors shout TREASON! or FELON! or DICTATOR! His address on Greenland, NATO, and Emmanuel Macron’s sunglasses was blasted for a hundred reasons, many legitimate, but the real drama came from a non-Trump speech. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ripped his European hosts by declaring “Globalization has failed”:Video and more at the link, whether you agree with it or not. Taibbi notes that the Europeans had warning that this speech was coming, even at the end of the Biden Administration.Globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy. It is what the WEF has stood for, which is export offshore, far-shore, find the cheapest labor in the world and the world is a better place for it. The fact is, it has left America behind. It has left the American worker behind. And what we are here to say is that America First is a different model—one that we encourage other countries to consider—which is that our workers come first. We can have policies that impact our workers.
Scott Bessent brought up an eye-opening datapoint in Davos.
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) January 20, 2026
Since 1980, the US has spent $22 trillion more on defense than all other NATO members combined. They preferred to ramp up welfare instead. That’s about two-thirds of outstanding US debt.
Have you said thank you once? pic.twitter.com/FNRYyni12N
Minnesota can’t seem to get out of the news. Once a placid backwater, the state has now become synonymous with bats**t crazy. ICE came to town, and it brought left-wingers, both native Minnesotans and paid professionals, out in force. Things went from bad to worse, and a leftist mob invaded a church on Sunday morning, disrupting services. The mob was led by, among others, former CNN talking head Don Lemon. The Department of Justice, outraged, is pursuing criminal charges against some of the ringleaders. Ice came to town in a more literal way, too: the high temperature today was -11, the low -22. The far left–i.e., everyone from the DFL Party to the Communist Party USA–declared today “ICE out” in Minneapolis, encouraging students to play hooky and businesses to close. It was, in any event, too cold to protest. I guess we can all be grateful that ICE didn’t come to Minnesota in July.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 11:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:14 AM (HxSSW)
(deflated)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:14 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 11:15 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 11:16 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 11:16 AM (XeU6L)
How did Data Republican get into Davos? Were she and her mother operating in hotel cafes or something?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:17 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 11:17 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:17 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:18 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:21 AM (Ryx1w)
These attendees are all funded by themselves or their institutions or governments. Yes, it's for the wealthy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:22 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Bulg at January 24, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:23 AM (rbvCR)
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Don't they know he hates south of the border types?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 24, 2026 11:24 AM (L/fGl)
Trump news cycles are the same, only anchors shout TREASON! or FELON! or DICTATOR!
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Don't forget PED0PH!LE!
(masking it so ace doesn't get investigated)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:24 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:22 AM (HxSSW)
Except it Gavin “Beach Ken” Newsom who is funded by his boyfriend Alex Soros.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:25 AM (Ryx1w)
Is she hawt as well?
Posted by: Bulg at January 24, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
Here is a photo of her with DataInterprete(r). Data Republican is the blonde.
https://tinyurl.com/4bc22bfh
I wouldn't, personally, go with hawt. But that's not her strength.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:25 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Ryx1w)
Bessent is tall, filled out, soft spoken, wears gold-framed glasses and looks like an overly stylish banker, Lutnick looks like he owns a chain of very successful full service gas stations and acts like he is having the time of his life.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:23 AM (rbvCR)
They elected someone crazier than Walz to be their governor. Crazier but more competent and probably less corrupt thought. Probably because he had no time to bleed.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (KDPiq)
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Dumb people think you are also dumb.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 11:27 AM (Ia/+0)
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Dumb people think you are also dumb.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (RIvkX)
Narcissism is rampant throughout the Left.
When you unequivocally prove a narcissist is wrong in a debate they will reluctantly give up but walk away still believing they are right.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:29 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (rbvCR)
And if you hear them speak, Lutnick sounds like someone from NY and Bessent doesn't.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: HTML POLICE at January 24, 2026 11:30 AM (8jDWW)
Posted by: GrenadierX at January 24, 2026 11:30 AM (M3pDV)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:31 AM (KDPiq)
Whether or not someone believes that, tells me to some extent what their premises are with respect to “globalization”.
You have to get it in your head the “elites” have been working towards the end of representative government or sovereign nations, consent of the governed, and self-determination for at least a hundred years.
Depending on what you believe their actual versus stated objectives are, globalism has been wildly successful. One might say similar things about our domestic organizations like the F.B.I, or the C.I.A., if they sometimes don’t make any sense, maybe you aren’t paying attention close enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 11:32 AM (UTyB6)
Problem is I suspect the gop is vehemently opposed to it. The defense industry pays everyone off D or R.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:32 AM (Ryx1w)
He looks so young!
Episode name is 'Murder by the Boob'??
No - scratch that - it's 'Murder by the 'Book'
Been hangin' around you people too long!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:33 AM (QGaXH)
They just walked into the "American House". Unlike Gavin Newsom.
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 11:33 AM (7vIsy)
His speech really was a treat. They should be thankful that Trump didn't have Stephen Miller unleash a speech on them!
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 11:33 AM (4bj3d)
The World Economic Forum has admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic served as a test of the public’s willingness to comply with their vision for the planet.
X image: https://bit.ly/3NOD08J
There have been significant developments in the last 5 to 7 years on social, environment and technology front that could help raise "My Carbon" initiatives for shaping the future towards smart and sustainable cities.
COVID-19 was the test of social responsibility - A huge number of unimaginable restrictions for public health were adopted by billions of citizens across the world. There were numerous examples globally of maintaining social distancing, wearing masks, mass vaccinations and acceptance of contact-tracing applications for public health, which demonstrated the core individual social responsibility.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:34 AM (P5BPp)
He sarcastically responded to the Left’s outrage of a photo of him on a plane instead of in Texas holding everyone’s hand.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:35 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 11:36 AM (7vIsy)
Death of GBE should be a sport for all races and sexes. Even science fiction sexes.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 11:36 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:25 AM (Ryx1w)
I'm sure we Calif taxpayers paid for it either directly or indirectly...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:36 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Data Interpreter, on the other hand...
Posted by: Bulg at January 24, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2026 11:37 AM (gm9Sb)
"Just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning," Walz posted on X. "Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 11:37 AM (F3Dlr)
The UN this week, STRONGLY condemned the mass murder in Iran. If the ayatollah isn’t careful he may also receive a sternly worded letter.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:37 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:37 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 11:37 AM (7vIsy)
Mark Carney’s WEF besties tell you how they think you should live.
These are the people who gave him a standing ovation for his recent WEF speech.
X video (01:2
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World Economic Forum: 10 Scariest Things Said
1) Machines
2) False memories
3) Brain implants
4) Meat
5) Anonymity
6) Own nothing
7) Penetration
Behavior
9) No elections
10) Depopulation
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Ryx1w)
Bessent is tall, filled out, soft spoken, wears gold-framed glasses and looks like an overly stylish banker, Lutnick looks like he owns a chain of very successful full service gas stations and acts like he is having the time of his life.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:26 AM (rbvCR)
I respect Bessent and what he has to say.
I like Lutnick - he's the 'happy warrior' type.
Glad they are both on our side....especially liked Bessent's take-down of Gavin the other day.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:38 AM (QGaXH)
Brain implants are a Musk thing. Granted they can be used for good or evil. So far it’s just been for good.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:39 AM (KDPiq)
Waltz uses it to attack Trump and ICE calling them "violent and untrained."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 11:39 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 24, 2026 11:40 AM (qBdHI)
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Surely then, they will have even more enthusiasm and effusive praise when the populace starts expelling the illegal alien invaders en masse, no? A bounty would help
“We’re All In This Together” right?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 11:40 AM (UTyB6)
1) Machines
2) False memories
3) Brain implants
4) Meat
5) Anonymity
6) Own nothing
7) Penetration
Behavior
9) No elections
10) Depopulation
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)
Interestingly, their continued love affair with "own nothing" could be their downfall as people seem to be increasingly fed up with the subscription economy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:40 AM (ExV1e)
He could just ignore them, too. They might ball up their little fists, but who would notice?
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 11:40 AM (4bj3d)
Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2026 11:41 AM (zKPy8)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:41 AM (KDPiq)
The learned lesson was that people are lizard brained. If you talk about "social responsibility" to them, it must be associated with death - as in: You Are Going To Die.
The "problem" of Climate Change is that death was always ten or more years away, and came in a myriad of vague forms like coastal flooding, hurricanes and famine/drought. Covid was You are going to die Right Now.
Clearly, they didn't learn from the Ten Plagues of Egypt, because nine of them were inconveniences at scale, the one that mattered was Death Right Now.
Instead of Dead Right Now, their remedy became Death Tomorrow from heart attacks, turbo cancers and dementia.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 11:42 AM (a4flb)
Oh, and they really like that when you get a traffic ticket here, the cop isn't trying to shake you down for a bribe.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 11:42 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: MkY at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:40 AM
The speech clip they had in the video for the "own nothing" part was some white woman going on and on about "why would you want to own something? Just lease it. Lease your fridge, your oven, your cell phone..."
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (P5BPp)
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Recall that Americans were admonished by our betters that the completely inexperienced Barky would “learn on the job” ; and by twats just like Timmy. What’s the problem?
Good training!
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (UTyB6)
Lizzy's ?
The real test of the power-line resistance to freezing rain comes tonight. This morning was just a shot across the bow.
Ice is already melting on the roads, especially US80
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2026 11:46 AM (gm9Sb)
We need a Waffle House Status map to really know the severity.
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 11:46 AM (4bj3d)
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They were Border Patrol . Probably the most refrained law enforcement arm we have.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:46 AM (KDPiq)
He looks so young!
Episode name is 'Murder by the Boob'??
No - scratch that - it's 'Murder by the 'Book'
Been hangin' around you people too long!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:33 AM (QGaXH)
Oh, AR, just one more thing
https://tinyurl.com/p66pkma9
Posted by: Detective Columbo at January 24, 2026 11:46 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 11:47 AM (xT8gx)
He should pull the violent, well trained protestors out of Minneapolis. Now.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 11:47 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (P5BPp)
Pay for everything... forever... until you can't pay and then have nothing. Until you die.
But, of course, if you were rich and important then you'd never run out of money and what is the value of an old serf?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)
And behind the officers doing riot control are men with rifles and real bullets.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 11:47 AM (HXT0k)
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Nah, it was a compliance test, op, whatever. The proverbial powers that be wanted to see just how compliant the public would be if given specific instructions that obviously went against any rational thought.
By any measurement the test was a huge success.
To this day there are people married to the COVID protocols of that time. They're broken, mentally, but they will never abandon the protocols.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 11:48 AM (qwVdq)
“ The Helena Police Department has announced its exit from a regional drug task force after the agency decided to collaborate with U.S. Border Patrol agents. …Petty (Chief of Police) added that he has “some concerns” with border patrol presence and that he wanted to ensure that HPD doesn’t get involved with immigration enforcement.
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God forbid you get involved with immigration enforcement!!!! They’d rather have ms13 running drugs in the city than work with ICE.this is in Montana mind you not California or Illinois.
Shows that red or blue state doesn’t mean much. Any city, even in deep red states over a certain population will be far left.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:48 AM (Ryx1w)
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She is extremely impressive.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM (UTyB6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)
I just wanted to pop in and express my gratitude and undying love for the First Lady, who is celebrating her birthday today.
She is an amazing, wonderful, beautiful, caring, tough as nails woman of faith whom I am nowhere near worthy of.
Through everything over the past years, she's still smiling and enjoying life.
Praise be to God.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)
"Just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning," Walz posted on X. "Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
Or?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
Many think they’re special because they’re rich. They also think that their ideas are good because they're rich - so they're never inconvenienced by their stupidity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (ExV1e)
I look at those kinds of WEF speeches as yet another TED Talk for billionaires.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (a4flb)
95% of all urban cities are blue unfortunately.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (KDPiq)
Since 2000 we have spent about $15 Trillion on welfare in the US.
So 100% of our debt is WELFARE.
And can you name 1 person or 1 family that WELFARE has helped?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 24, 2026 11:51 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2026 11:51 AM (gm9Sb)
Sign in store windows says " Tobacco [ampersand] Mas"
So it's that kind of neighborhood.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 11:52 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (KDPiq)
Yeah that’s my point. We talk all the time about blue or red states. But it’s really blue cities vs red counties where the battles lie.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:52 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (gbOdA)
There's an entire community of Somalis in Minnesota who've been helped enormously by welfare.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)
https://tinyurl.com/p66pkma9
Posted by: Detective Columbo at January 24, 2026 11:46 AM (w/O5Q)
VERY NICE!
I scrolled down two to the one about replacing pride month with veterans month and noticed it has 112K upvotes, 0 down votes. Nice looking girl there too.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:53 AM (QGaXH)
>>>For all that word salad, the key to remember is: Alex is representative.
Imagine - Beavis and Butt-Head interbred and their offspring gained incredible power and wealth...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 11:53 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:40 AM
The speech clip they had in the video for the "own nothing" part was some white woman going on and on about "why would you want to own something? Just lease it. Lease your fridge, your oven, your cell phone..."
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:44 AM (P5BPp)
Ugh, nobody loves their landlord. "Own Nothing" is Landlord X100.
"Own Nothing" is the exact historical analogue of "The Company Store" or "The sharecropper System".
You're never free. You can never get ahead. You're bound and tied in place by ongoing debt.
The "Own Nothing" people probably need to meet the acquaintance of a lonely lamppost. At a minimum they should never ever hold any power politically or in business. They are anti-freedom and anti-people and anti-you as a free man or woman.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)
There are studies that indicate that Nattokinase can reduce arteriosclerotic plaques. NATO I think is arteriosclerosis personified
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (rbvCR)
It’s crazy. I know Jan Brewer in Arid Zone A got sideways with the JEF “administration” but it predates that by quite a lot. Decades. Has to.
I’m impressed that we live in a Digital Panopticon, with a gazillion law enforcement agencies high and low, from Sheriff, police, state patrol, rangers, militia, national guard, fbi, dhs, blah blah blah.
“Nope. Not my department”. Fuckng pathetic. Not only is everyone enjoined from lifting a finger, the invaders are stealing everything not nailed down, and working diligently on the shit that is
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (UTyB6)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (gbOdA)
Is this a serious question?
- Ahmed Mohammed Al bin Mohammed,
Owner of several Learing Centers in Minesotta
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:52 AM (Ryx1w)
Wouldn’t disagree. Red State governors have to tap down on the blue cities.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (KDPiq)
No, but I don't know anybody who works in government.
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 11:54 AM (4bj3d)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 11:49 AM
He'll encourage more and more lunatics to turn the city of Minneapolis into a complete insane asylum with absolutely no law enforcement until he gets his way.
or, he'll keep stamping his feet in protest because he lost face already.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 11:55 AM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 11:56 AM (VE6XX)
Good to see this timely post from K.T. on the tyrannical WEF.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 24, 2026 11:56 AM (y171U)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (ExV1e)
Watching billionaire owner of the Buffalo Bills, Terry Pegula, in his press conference the other day would abuse anyone of the notion that a rich guy is necessarily smart. The guy’s worth $7B and he came across as a blithering idiot…. I thought to myself: I should be worth at least $10B if this guys at 7…. Sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 11:56 AM (xT8gx)
It required broad spectrum censorship and draconian cancel culture.
I think the planets were in alignment for the C19 hoax. It required buy in from a lot of different domains, and installing Biden and his choir of demons united every America and God hating contingent. They needed to jack up adrenaline and cortisol levels in every person in the West so it was FUD on NO2 until the engine threw a rod.
Remember, control of the Executive is control of a multi-trillion dollar international slush fund. Everyone on the planet is on the take except the American Producers who are raped into a coma.
With X and the walking dead of the corporate news, I don't think they have the gravity they once did.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 11:58 AM (a4flb)
His daughter and wife appear pretty smart. She’s Asian if that makes a difference.
But the dumbest billionaire by leaps and bounds is Mark Cuban.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:58 AM (KDPiq)
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When she burst onto the scene on 𝕏 during the time DOGE was picking apart the NGO's she started working with the databases that were made public. She'd then put one of her own together to illustrate how the money was being laundered. It was impressive work.
My wife, who was a pretty smart database admin back in the day took one look at some of her stuff and just went "whoa."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 11:59 AM (qwVdq)
Yes there is also hard work and creating a product/sergice, etc. Blots of people work hard are smart and create successful businesses. Getting to billionaire status isn’t because you’re suuuuuuuper smart it’s a lot of luck and being at the right place and time, knowing the right people, etc.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 12:00 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 11:48 AM (qwVdq)
It was a Test of Big Govt powers.
The next Test will be against a group or class.
Imagine all the COVID forces (distancing, stay at home, rules) applied not to 300 Million people but to maybe 10 Million.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 12:00 PM (gbOdA)
Then, enter Joe Biden. Presumably to make Soros whole, the federal government under the Autopen's edict gave Rivian a $6.6 Billion loan. Keep in mind tha this gigantic loan was given AFTER Rivian shit the bed.
Posted by: Orson at January 24, 2026 12:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 24, 2026 11:51 AM (qBdHI)
OMG! I just read Sponge's comment more carefully and realized he wasn't talking about Melania Trump!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:01 PM (QGaXH)
But the dumbest billionaire by leaps and bounds is Mark Cuban.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:58 AM (KDPiq)
Sadly, Pegula’s wife (Kim)… who’s only about 58 years old, had a major health crisis a few years ago… sounds like a stroke and she’s not fully functional anymore. Daughter is a very good tennis player… I’d have to check to see if she’s still in the Aussie Open
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:01 PM (xT8gx)
Or having other dumb billionaires overpay for your mediocre internet company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:01 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 12:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 12:02 PM (Ryx1w)
I don’t know if the votes were there but those justices should have been impeached, and a “are you sure about that?” mob of torches and pitchforks ensued.
Apparently there is no other effective means of self-rule and the rest of it, without periodic reminders. Sadly.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 12:03 PM (UTyB6)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:01 PM (QGaXH)
ARiK — You in the South Bay? I lived there for decades… still miss the Strand
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:04 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Bulg at January 24, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)
I know the population as a whole is stupid but good grief…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:07 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM (gbOdA)
the caseworkers for one
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 12:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 12:08 PM (3Ope8)
Plyler vs Doe, 1982
A case that came about because the Tyler Tx school district said that they weren’t going to admit illegals.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:09 PM (IUuBi)
And free health care, don't forget about that blank check to illegals and their sponsors.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:09 PM (a4flb)
Is he equilibrating with the ambient?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
Sounds more like an intentional transfer of wealth when you put it like that!
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 12:10 PM (4bj3d)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:10 PM (MeJZi)
Is he equilibrating with the ambient?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)
Muerto
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:10 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:11 PM (HXT0k)
Like Germany's experiment back in the 1930s
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:11 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:12 PM (qWRc4)
I know the population as a whole is stupid but good grief…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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To this day, I believe that the embracers of the Covid Panic would react exactly the same. That sort of reaction is baked into their psyches.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 24, 2026 12:12 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:11 PM (HXT0k)
Oh boy... At first I read it was an illegal....Whoever it was Walz and Frey and the Dems are to blame
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:13 PM (VE6XX)
I believe that this is a mischaracterization of the issue.
Only the feds may enforce immigration policy. That's the court decision and unless Congress makes law stating otherwise, that's what will remain.
Also, the feds may not require states to assist unless they pay them to do so. That's the court decision and unless Congress makes law stating otherwise, that's what will remain.
States MAY choose to assist, as Texas does, or they may choose to ignore, as Minnesota does. I don't know that there has been a case about cities/states which explicitly act against federal immigration policy. Trump has tried to deal with by withholding funds but, of course, the judges are treasonous.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
In case anyone was unclear about whose team Kemp is playing for.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:14 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 12:14 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:14 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 11:56 AM (xT8gx)
He's rich because he fracked. He's an Engineer type, not a PR guy. He's always been lousy with the Press. Being bad on tv doesn't make you stupid any more than being comfortable on tv makes you smart. The tragedy is the stroke/medical incident his wife suffered. She was supposed to be sitting in that seat and she was simply better than him at that public facing stuff.
As for the coach. That team showed up flat for the home opener, a nationally televised game. They failed to show up twice against the Pats. They also like to give up 250 yds rushing a few times per year. Now add in bad gameday management which has barely improved after years of high pressure games.
I like McDermott, but he's replaceable, and the team may be better for it. I'm just worried about roster turnover associated with the scheme change.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 24, 2026 12:14 PM (w/O5Q)
By any measurement the test was a huge success.
To this day there are people married to the COVID protocols of that time. They're broken, mentally, but they will never abandon the protocols.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 11:48 AM
Yep, 100% agreed. The WEF was absolutely thrilled with how the Plandemic worked out. Successful test of worldwide governmental compliance as well as population compliance. It also reset enough people's brains such that now they are mentally broken, as you stated.
Not to mention the Great Reset is pushing forward with more and more younger generations on board with working from home (where your job can be easily outsourced to third world retards for cheap) as well as on board with not socializing in the real world and just staying home on their "social media" apps and having everything delivered to their homes.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 12:15 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 12:15 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 12:16 PM (jc0TO)
For a while, the process was to come up with any business plan, didn't matter what it did or how stupid it was, it just had to have a clear objective of eventually being bought out by Meta or Google.
Take that plan and pass it around those who had access to cheap money (select Silicon Valley Bank clients) who would then start your Series A financing...
• build the airplane in flight
• get a couple more rounds of funding
• cook the books
• ????
• Profit! (sell to the aforementioned)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:17 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 11:56 AM (xT8gx)
Like people with PhDs, rich people (unless it's inherited wealth) tend to be really, really good at one thing which they've made a bunch of money from. They then tend to thing that being good at drilling for oil, say, which is the thing that made Pegula rich, means that they're good at other things.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 12:17 PM (ExV1e)
It’s likely that the NGOs and non-profits have been acting as a slush fund for political parties used for re-election money. We’re on the verge of revolution due to a dishonest media and minority party to sow chaos in order to sway voters in an election year. They’re looking for another George Floyd moment.
How many cities need to burn, and how many people need to die, in order to fuel their lust for political power?
It amazes me the lengths the left will go to regain control. People need to research color and violent revolutions used by Marxist. I know people who I consider extremely intelligent that believe this sh!t! It’s very disheartening!
Posted by: Unkaren at January 24, 2026 12:18 PM (zDIG9)
Like Germany's experiment back in the 1930s
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:11 PM (a4flb)
Was my exact idea that the Test would be against a religion.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 12:18 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 12:15 PM
The only "good" thing to come out of the Plandemic was the exposure for the country to see the corruption and depravity that has become the U.S.A.'s school system. D.E.I., BLM, LGBTQ+ propaganda; left/Marxist messaging; anti-U.S.A., anti-Christian, pro-Islam messaging, etc.
We knew teachers in general were becoming less and less competent over the past few decades, but the corruption and blatant radical left-wing/Marxist indoctrination and propaganda was eye-opening in it's audacity.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 12:18 PM (P5BPp)
In a sane world, the press conference would center around criticizing the officer's grouping.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:18 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (qWRc4)
I don’t know if the votes were there but those justices should have been impeached, and a “are you sure about that?” mob of torches and pitchforks ensued.
Apparently there is no other effective means of self-rule and the rest of it, without periodic reminders. Sadly.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 12:03 PM (UTyB6)
Of course, Congress could have undone that. But they chose not to. And we (generally) keep sending them back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (MeJZi)
They're setting stuff on fire, black smoke
Now it looks like local PD are there pushing them back
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 12:21 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:11 PM (HXT0k)
BP and ICE seriously need to be outfitted with bodycams so we can ensure that we always have unedited evidence in these cases.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 12:22 PM (ExV1e)
"To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW," she wrote.
The flow of Pirate money to Pols must be sweet!!
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM (gbOdA)
Video tends to look like one cop pulled the pistol out of perp's waistband, someone yelled "gun" and he got shot.
Not great, but why did he bring a gun to a protest?
Posted by: MkY at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM (q6tQZ)
"To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW," she wrote.
The flow of Pirate money to Pols must be sweet!!
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM (gbOdA
Amy.. Ain't happening....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM (VE6XX)
That seemed to be the trajectory a few years ago, but if you go through LinkedIn or Indeed, most gigs are on-site, or at the most hybrid.
That is why you are seeing a huge increase in H1B scams where Pajeet will sponsor his whole village and bring them over to the US so that they can mostly soak up welfare, but a few find jobs from driving trucks, 3rd shift C-store or daytime liquor store, and adding coding slop to tech departments.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM (a4flb)
Said "spoke with the White House"
Or, as what really happened: Called the WH switchboard and was left on hold.
Oh? Are these APCs rolling in?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:24 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:24 PM (xT8gx)
Explains the stupidity of virtually every dictate.
Surprised they didn't make people eat dog turds because they'd have cops beat you up if you didn't.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 12:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Now it looks like local PD are there pushing them back
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM (HXT0k)
That’s one of the darkly amusing parts of this. Their only real option to escalate is to start burning parts of their own city down, and that will force the local authorities to react whether they want to of not.
Worst case, they could let them burn their own city down, and who cares.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:24 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:20 PM
I love the angry woman shouting at the police force to go home! over and over and over.
umm, they aren't listening to you and don't care you have nowhere better to be. Today is not going to make you a celebrity, dope.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 12:24 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:25 PM (MeJZi)
It’s kind of difficult when suicide is considered a remedy for a struggling life.
Posted by: Unkaren at January 24, 2026 12:25 PM (zDIG9)
Posted by: Swiss Miss at January 24, 2026 12:25 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:25 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 12:15 PM (P5BPp)
I think that the yoots are still on board with WFH but there seems to be growing sentiment against both social media and subscriptions. They seem to all still be in favor of pay over time, delivery, and shit like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 12:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:26 PM (MeJZi)
I hope they run out of flash-bangs so they can substitute claymores.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:26 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Case at January 24, 2026 12:26 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:27 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:27 PM (VE6XX)
Good. More Please.
Posted by: Violence Is The Answer at January 24, 2026 12:27 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:04 PM (xT8gx)
Still here Linus?
I'm in Orange County
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Case
Time and a half for under 10 degrees
Posted by: MkY at January 24, 2026 12:28 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: MkY at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM (q6tQZ)
Because the people ramping up the insurrection are telling them to. Why wouldn't you bring a gun to confront literal Nazis?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 12:28 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:04 PM (xT8gx)
I hit Post too soon - I worked in South Bay for a big aerospace company that also has sites in Tx
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Unkaren at January 24, 2026 12:18 PM (zDIG9)
Good point. They live in a different world from us. Totally different.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 24, 2026 12:29 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:29 PM (qWRc4)
Play a sjw hero, die, the illegal lives to live another day.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM (F3Dlr)
The Nazis arrested citizens of opposing political parties first.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:04 PM (xT8gx)
Still here Linus?
I'm in Orange County
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:27 PM (QGaXH)
Moved to Texas a few years ago. Back in the day spent a lot of time in Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach…. Still lots of relatives in the South Bay so visit regularly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM (hhkIi)
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Will.
And could be 2, given the reaction of the Dems, of how threatened they are.
I'll say it again:
We hold the House this year and win in 2028, the Dems won't win a President election again for 30 years.
I'm enjoying the feds tactic:
They shoot tear gas. Smellie tosses it back. They rush out and arrest the smellie.
Lol, dumb fucks
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 24, 2026 12:31 PM (qIH9H)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:31 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:31 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:29 PM (QGaXH)
We probably had the same employer.. the evil R… small world
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:31 PM (xT8gx)
——-
That’s my point. The judiciary is crooked, and so is congress. I’m not advocating for neck-tie parties, but (apparently) this is the only remedy.
Temporarily at best. Then the rot starts to set in again. It’s the human condition, ya gotta periodically hang the motherfuckers that are supposed to be preventing the necessity of .. hanging motherfuckers
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 12:32 PM (55dRY)
Posted by: Unkaren at January 24, 2026 12:32 PM (zDIG9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM
My sister. She got pregnant and her husband left her with no high school diploma and no prospects for a job and no child support. She got on welfare and went into section 8 housing. She got a babysitter went to school finished her HS and went on to get a degree in computers, this was 1985 or so. She got a job working at firestone tire factory doing programming. Moved out of section 8 housing real quick and she never took another dime from welfare.
Granted the vast majority stay on welfare pretty much for life . My sister is the only welfare success story I know but there must be more out there.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 24, 2026 12:33 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:35 PM (VE6XX)
Some nut in the Minnesota legislature
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2026 12:35 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:35 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 11:50 AM
Oh c’mon, that question is ridiculously easy. Every office holder in the dem party, for starters.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:36 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 12:36 PM (Ia/+0)
[ ... ]
COVID-19 was the test of social responsibility
Yeah, I think the problem with that is that they shot their wad. The world fell for it but at least our part of the world is now wise to the plan and won't fall for it again. I hope.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 12:36 PM (Fs0KI)
That is using a broadsword when a scalpel is in order.
Though it would take some time to train and put into action, will be effective and a great investment for years to come:
K9 Units to accompany ICE agents. If a Danger Hair gets too close, she will experience a totally different experience with a dog that doesn't involve peanut butter.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:36 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 24, 2026 12:33 PM (0N4FZ)
Good to hear your sister's story. There need to be more people like her.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 24, 2026 12:36 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Unkaren at January 24, 2026 12:32 PM (zDIG9)
And then a sequel- How I shared a lamp post with Mussolini.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:36 PM (snZF9)
I understand why it is hard to leave CA. I thinks it's arguably the most beautiful state. I also think that Texas is arguably the least attractive state.
That said I wouldn't trade living in Texas with any other state right now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:37 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:37 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 12:37 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 12:38 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 12:39 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:39 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: pookysgirl wasn't in that one at January 24, 2026 12:39 PM (Wt5PA)
I understood that reference. Oh dear God, I understood that reference and I hate myself for it.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 12:39 PM (7xrfc)
That is exactly why Thomas Jefferson recommended Tree of Tyrant watering service on a reoccurring subscription plan.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:39 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:40 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 12:40 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:29 PM (QGaXH)
We probably had the same employer.. the evil R… small world
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:31 PM (xT8gx)
They send me a check every month. We may know some of the same people - esp if you ever took in-person Cleanroom.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:40 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
Just respond with
"Or ?"
See if Swisher Walz can hang himself up by his nuts on a chain link fence.... searching for that squirrel pic..
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 12:41 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:41 PM (MeJZi)
B.Franklin, printer and scientist
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2026 12:41 PM (gm9Sb)
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To maintain control. This should not be remarkable, they were always going to have to be dragged away kicking and screaming.
They will always go completely scorched earth and burn everything down before relinquishing control.
You can vote Socialism in, but ya gotta shoot yer way out. These are not generally qualified people, and they have very, very comfortable lives. They have been enriching themselves for decades at the public trough. Over time, the theft becomes ever more brazen and extreme. But they will never go gently into that good night.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 12:41 PM (55dRY)
That said I wouldn't trade living in Texas with any other state right now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:37 PM (KDPiq)
We made the right decision to move, but I do miss the ocean… nothing more peaceful than a jog along the Strand, looking north to Malibu imagining you can just make out Jim Rockford’s trailer…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:42 PM (xT8gx)
That said I wouldn't trade living in Texas with any other state right now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:37 PM (KDPiq)
California attracts people who like comfort and superficialities.
Texas attracts those who like Freedom.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:42 PM (IUuBi)
I think he knew how easy it is to get hooked on freebies.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:42 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:43 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:41 PM (MeJZi)
This will go the same as the 5 year old child being arrested by ICE and used as bait I imagine...Like that they will lie to rev up the Protestors...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:43 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:40 PM (QGaXH)
Small world indeed! We might but the last time I had that training in person was.. 20 years ago or more
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:44 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:44 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:43 PM (qWRc4)
High time they get lit up with a SAW.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 12:46 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:46 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 12:46 PM (hhkIi)
I file this under "Their Accusations Are Their Confessions"
Because in their sick and twisted world their personal experience with using a 5 year old child as bait is to slut her him/her up and cover them with make-up.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:46 PM (a4flb)
Someone is itching to get shot.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 12:46 PM (jc0TO
Water cannons would put an end to that.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:47 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:40 PM (QGaXH)
Small world indeed! We might but the last time I had that training in person was.. 20 years ago or more
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:44 PM (xT8gx)
One of the people that taught it transferred to Tx.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:47 PM (QGaXH)
Morning.
My mom needs prayers and positive energy right now. Her surgery to implant the impella yesterday went sideways, very sideways, and we almost lost her.
She is currently in the ICU on an ECMO and under sedation. Thankfully the Drs have no concerns with her neurological condition.
With everything that occured yesterday and into the night, my biggest fear was that the worsening of her overall health would inpact her abilty to receive a new heart, it will not.
Thank you to everyone for their support and we ask that you please keep her in your thoughts and prayers and share her story.
*To answer a question that came up, I do not have this platform, so I will only be posting updates via her account and GoFund.
Mistie
Posted by: Sharkman at January 24, 2026 12:47 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:47 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 24, 2026 12:47 PM (k1gZr)
221 Protesters shooting paint balls from behind barrels.
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:43 PM (qWRc4)
That’s thr stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of. Shooting fake guns at people who have real guns?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:48 PM (IUuBi)
And I recall Jordan Eason of CNN claiming that US troops were deliberately assassinating reporters and was forced to walk that back.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 12:48 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:45 PM (snZF9)
There’s a scene in Predator (Schwarzenegger) where Jesse Ventura (yep the old MN guv) character is incensed that the invisible alien took out his friend so he fires this amazing weapon indiscriminately into a patch of jungle and just mows down everything in that area including moderately sized trees. A terrifying weapon that fires like a bazillion rounds a minute… is that a SAW?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (MeJZi)
I think he knew how easy it is to get hooked on freebies.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:42 PM (KDPiq)
Some early Democrats recognized this and thought it a Bad Thing&trade:. Very little time passed until they realized welfare payments are indeed the opiate of the masses, then started giving that shit out like crazy.
Posted by: First taste's free, then you gotta vote Democrat at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (TbWk/)
Powerline has a purported pic of the recovered gun. I'm not the expert on Gucci pews but it looks like some high-end variant of a Sig 320. Including the optic, maybe $1500 worth of gear.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (Fs0KI)
Or it would go along a lot like Less Grossman negotiating with the Flaming Dragons.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: First taste's free, then you gotta vote Democrat at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:50 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 24, 2026 12:51 PM (xvV+O)
Prayers for NDH. It does make me think the US is probably the only country that makes this type of effort for a regular citizen.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:51 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (xT8gx)
I think that was a minigun. (Not usually hand carried)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:51 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:52 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 12:52 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Probably why they all went into the airport.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 12:52 PM (/lPRQ)
Powerline has a purported pic of the recovered gun. I'm not the expert on Gucci pews but it looks like some high-end variant of a Sig 320. Including the optic, maybe $1500 worth of gear.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (Fs0KI)
Threaded barrel too. This is an expensive bit of gear this guy had on him.
Posted by: He was tooled up for sure at January 24, 2026 12:53 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 12:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:53 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (xT8gx)
That was an M134 minigun. That particular one sold at auction several years ago for $800k.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 24, 2026 12:54 PM (I8+9i)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:54 PM (QGaXH)
No, that's a GE Minigun. Bingle "M249" for a good example of a squad automatic weapon.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 12:54 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 12:54 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 12:54 PM (e4I2N)
FBI should come in and arrest him
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:55 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:55 PM (MeJZi)
I'm seeing the nut job was 51 years old? not 37? regardless going after border patrol while they're apprehending an illegal alien criminal with your gun drawn is NOT SMART
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 12:55 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 12:55 PM (qWRc4)
They couldn't re-create the mini gun scene cutting down the trees and plants. Just made a lot of holes in the jungle.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:56 PM (KDPiq)
I personally think it's best to hold off on that as long as humanly possible
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 12:56 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (xT8gx)
No that was Bill Duke after Jesse gets bodied by the Predator. And it's not a SAW, it's a minigun, an electric-driven Gatling type automatic weapon.
Posted by: TJM would have gotten this right at January 24, 2026 12:56 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 24, 2026 12:56 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 12:56 PM (MeJZi)
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 12:57 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:48 PM (IUuBi)
It is the "you can't hit me I'm not touching you" from the abusive sibling.
(head butting is the only response to that situation, then beat on him for "touching")
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 12:57 PM (rbvCR)
I believe you! I just saw a Fox News story quickly
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 12:58 PM (emBoF)
The world is better off with a him gone.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 12:59 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:51 PM (KDPiq)
True that. And it doesn't get said enough.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 24, 2026 12:59 PM (y171U)
They couldn't re-create the mini gun scene cutting down the trees and plants. Just made a lot of holes in the jungle.
Mythbusters did a bit with a minigun where they did blast through a moderately sized tree stump but it took a while.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 12:59 PM (Fs0KI)
Powerline has a purported pic of the recovered gun. I'm not the expert on Gucci pews but it looks like some high-end variant of a Sig 320. Including the optic, maybe $1500 worth of gear.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 12:49 PM (Fs0KI)
Threaded barrel too. This is an expensive bit of gear this guy had on him.
Posted by: He was tooled up for sure
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Yep. Same as Uvalde murderer and several other tooled up asshole shooters. The ignorant tend to buy high end guns because they view them an extension of their persons and because 'they are the best'.
The serious operators are more into viewing guns as tools and an extension of their software (training), parts, reliability, and logistics, come into the picture at that point.
Lot of deadly shooters with just plain jane pew pew devices because they spend the time and money on training rather than equipment.
Posted by: whig at January 24, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 24, 2026 01:00 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:00 PM (4b7CV)
Holy shit, this guy is basically calling for the citizens to attack the Feds; that the feds must leave.
The whole government of Minneapolis must be arrested-- they are in a state of open rebellion against the federal government
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 01:00 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 01:00 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:02 PM (4b7CV)
I think it's will. Because they know what will happen to them if they try enforcing the law.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 01:02 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 01:02 PM (KDPiq)
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It’s like that Robin Williams bit about London cops who carried no guns. They say stop and if you don’t well say stop again.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 01:03 PM (Ryx1w)
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I'm surprised the feds haven't resorted to that. It would be an awesome tactic right now... in the middle of winter... in Minneapolis.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 01:04 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 01:04 PM (qWRc4)
Said, what i saw there is what I'm seeing here.
She is a globalist traitor to the US.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 01:05 PM (HXT0k)
That seemed to be the trajectory a few years ago, but if you go through LinkedIn or Indeed, most gigs are on-site, or at the most hybrid.
That is why you are seeing a huge increase in H1B scams where Pajeet will sponsor his whole village and bring them over to the US so that they can mostly soak up welfare, but a few find jobs from driving trucks, 3rd shift C-store or daytime liquor store, and adding coding slop to tech departments.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 12:23 PM
Yep, I see a lot of that where I work in auto industry. Only the company is giving Americans the shaft both ways. First since the merger in 2021, they slowly replaced about half the American workforce with an outsourced workforce of third world retards. Then over the past year, they have started to hire locally for in office work. But I notice very little of the new hires are the typical young white car guys and are more D.E.I. hires (Indians, minority women).
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:06 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 01:06 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at January 24, 2026 01:06 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
John Ʌ Konrad V
@johnkonrad
Tons of headlines from Davos. Here’s a quick run down…
Trump: we want Greenland & battleships!
Techbros: Look At Me. AI is the Captain now.
Carney: I’m not communist, Trump is the commie!
Starmer: We sold a major US Navy Base 😜
Newsom: You need to hate 🇺🇸 MORE
Macron: Netflix needs a gay Top Gun series
Bessent: ok but paint the jets pink and cast Newsom as the Rear Admiral
Milei: do that and I will chainsaw your TV!
von der Leyen: screw the Monroe Doctrine
China: ya’ll are so gullible… especially Canada
Finland: We can protect all of Europe ourselves
Zelensky : I hate all of you.
Wall Street: Thank god Kamala lost
James O’Keefe: there seems to be no forms of intelligent life anywhere
Al Gore: don't start chasing waterfalls, visit Tennessee
Christiane Amanpour: Al Gore and that Finnish guy are the only people who’ll talk to me
Kaitlan Collins: Al Gore is literally the only person who will talk to me
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (zQlkF)
Danish King: I will find the guy flying that banner and guillotine him
Soros: I don’t even like myself
Posobiec: rear admiral newsom 😂
UN’s Guterres: it’s no fair, daddy Trump cut off my allowance
NATO’s Rutte: you’re welcome
Kerry Kennedy: I smoked six packs to sound like my brother
Qatar PM: yeah, Canada is screwed
Indonesian PM: Did you see me next to Trump?
WEF President: I don’t care anymore
Data Republican: thank god I’m deaf
https://is.gd/aoCXav
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (zQlkF)
I admit still going to glory holes at your age is impressive. Hard on your knees I would imagine.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (qWRc4)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)
So is the police chief, he threw his federal law enforcement brothers under the bus. He's a disgrace.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Skip
Guerilla. Gorilla war is a different dynamic.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 01:08 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door
Send in some Green Beanies to organize the suppressed locals to throw off the illegitimate government of commies and foreign invaders.
IOW - other protesters seize the capital.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 01:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 01:08 PM (HXT0k)
All blue city police chiefs are woke political hires.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 01:09 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (4b7CV)
FREE HARAMBE
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at January 24, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)
Regarding LinkedIn, the few times I decide to click on some of the articles sent to me in the weekly e-mail, it's someone propagandizing about the wonders of WFH and 4-day or 30-hour work weeks. Or people on social media sites complaining about how rough the 40-hr work week is for them, accusing all us gen-x-ers and boomers of having had it easy. Riiiiight.
Nevermind that most of us engineers have been for most of our careers working 50-60 hour work weeks with our salaried positions that come with "casual overtime". Which actually means we are mandated to work at least 1 hour of overtime per day or 5 hours per week (45 hours minimum). Because that is what is demanded for the job.
Nevermind that many boomers worked even more hours than that or worked multiple jobs to make ends meet for their families. Many working hard labor jobs outdoors.
These younger generations were born into abundance and have no idea how easy they have it.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:09 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
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She's yet another ambitious Soros Butt-Bitch like Hobbs intent on stealing the Governor's race again (not to mention all the stolen Senate seats here in Arizona).
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 24, 2026 01:09 PM (zQlkF)
In case anyone was unclear about whose team Kemp is playing for.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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He and Ratshitburger are on Team WEF and Team Chicoms becuz Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta wants it. That being said, Tennessee probably blew more buck in Blue Oval City complex around Memphis and the other EV scams financed by states.
Posted by: whig at January 24, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 01:10 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at January 24, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (4b7CV)
Planet of the Apes!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 01:11 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:11 PM (4b7CV)
Hope they starve.
Posted by: Paris 1870 at January 24, 2026 01:11 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 01:12 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Skip
Guerilla. Gorilla war is a different dynamic.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (4b7CV)
Lots more chest-thumping involved.
Posted by: Equal poo-slinging at January 24, 2026 01:12 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:09 PM (P5BPp)
Which is exactly what my father told me, and what my grandfather tried to engineer for my father.
That being said, "Live Poorer" is a really sucky political slogan no matter who says it.
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at January 24, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)
/sarc
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 24, 2026 01:13 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Another short cut trying to use mechanical devices to make up for lack of training in changing mags.
For the average civilian or even police, full auto devices are useless. Military uses them for suppressive fire mainly but not needed for encounters that police or civilians engage in.
Semi auto shoots faster than a lot of people can control for the second shot. And less problems legally because the authorities frown upon spray and pray. In a real guerrilla action, wasting hard to replace ammo is also a stupid thing to do in most cases.
Posted by: whig at January 24, 2026 01:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 12:30 PM
I saw a video earlier this week on X, and I think ace or someone else shared it here as well, where the I.C.E. agent pulls up his vehicle to the person holding the camera and tells them "We're trying to arrest a child sex offender, and you're impeding us. That's who you're defending? Insane!"
AWFLs are insane. The woke mind virus has infected way too much of the U.S. population, especially the female population. That combined with females' seemingly innate quality to be easily controlled combined with being paid by leftist/Democrat groups to agitate combined with law enforcement across the country for decades now not prosecuting these people to the full extent of the law for lesser offenses has led to this.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:14 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Jen the original
Mark 19 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher / Machine Gun is a better tool for this.
Start with the CS grenades to bunch up or box in the violent mob, then coral them up into 40 ft cattle cars for processing. If they resist much switch over HE rounds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 01:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 01:09
O'Hara is especially obnoxious. He can take his police reform and shove it.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 01:16 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Case at January 24, 2026 01:16 PM (E7+ue)
Hope they starve.
Posted by: Paris 1870
Good.
Fuck you, war.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 01:16 PM (Ryx1w)
ShainS is a troll? I'll admit he can annoying at times but a troll?
How dare you!
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 24, 2026 01:16 PM (k1gZr)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 01:16 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: It's me donna
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My guess is a lengthy rap sheet. The mobs are defending pieces of shit that deserve in many cases to be hung by the neck until dead. Pedoes, rapists, murderers, and other vicious and violent thugs.
The mobs deserve to be in the same jail cells with those they are 'protecting' and we will see how that goes.
Posted by: whig at January 24, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 01:17 PM (bss/y)
Start with the CS grenades to bunch up or box in the violent mob, then coral them up into 40 ft cattle cars for processing. If they resist much switch over HE rounds.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Water cannons are far more effective, getting soaked at zero degrees takes the fight outta the mobs. They also have enough force to knock the bastards down while soaking them and respirators, or other cope tools become waterlogged and useless.
Posted by: whig at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)
"Great channel. The best. Believe me."
-- The version of DJT that lives rent free in DU's head
Posted by: Oddbob at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM (Fs0KI)
Granted the vast majority stay on welfare pretty much for life. My sister is the only welfare success story I know but there must be more out there.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 24, 2026 12:33 PM
Your sister's story is the ideal of how welfare is intended to work. But unfortunately, too many people do not have the desire to get off of welfare and better themselves like your sister. Too many people are lazy and find it easier to just do nothing and mooch off the American taxpayer. And still bitch and complain.
Just like there is a limit to how long one can get unemployment insurance benefits, there should a similar period for welfare. Along with a welfare office where one has to check in and confirm they are taking steps like your sister did to get themselves off of welfare.
Welfare should have requirements that need to be met to have it continue. And a firm end date (e.g. no longer than 2 years) as incentive to meet those requirements.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 01:20 PM (3Ope8)
For an interesting aside, the Communards were buying anything that could shoot and be shipped in crates by rail for the defense of Paris.
The Germans were capturing the trains and selling them to Bannerman's who accepted them, but advised the Germans that they were currently selling weapons to anyone who could pay, and the Parisians could pay.
The Germans said they didn't care, they would capture them again.
Bannerman's thought some of the guns got sold three times or more.
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at January 24, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: whig at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)
I hear a cannon loaded with 32 pounds of grapeshot also works well.
Old ways are sometimes best ways.
Posted by: Napoleon BlownApart at January 24, 2026 01:20 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: mindful webworker - fiddling around at January 24, 2026 01:21 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 01:22 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (4b7CV)
FREE HARAMBE
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at January 24, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)
Leave me outta this!
Posted by: Big Mike Obama, Hung Like A Donkey at January 24, 2026 01:22 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM (P5BPp)
There is in Oregon, there is a requirement for "being in school or receiving training" to qualify for long term benefits. However, it seems that the state is suddenly deciding there is a need to work as well, so there are a lot of new cashiers and receptionists around who you wouldn't previously have seen working.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 01:22 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:22 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 01:23 PM (F3Dlr)
In the case of two mass shootings the hundred round mags jammed after just a few rounds. I believe the Aurora theater shooting he switched to the shotgun after his AR jammed.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 01:23 PM (KDPiq)
He should have been over his "I KNOW things and I will Change The World" phase, most prominent in mis-educated youth in their 20's.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 24, 2026 01:23 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 24, 2026 01:07 PM (4b7CV)
FREE HARAMBE
Kindltot
LOL!
Posted by: Paco at January 24, 2026 01:23 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: whig
Maybe if you used chili pepper water to warm them up a bit while they freeze.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 01:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Kathy at January 24, 2026 01:25 PM (zuKcR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 01:25 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: davidt
That would be a snow cannon.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 01:25 PM (/lPRQ)
Canadian woman euthanized against her will, according to official report
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Well, the government's position is their citizens don't know what's good for them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 01:26 PM (L/fGl)
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That’s a safe bet, it’s been exactly that for decades now. (I know what you’re saying, it will escalate).
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 01:26 PM (FmMvr)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 01:27 PM (jc0TO)
It sounds like a portmanteau word for "communist" and "retard"
Okay, that would be somewhat redundant, but not 100%. Some communists are evil rather than stupid.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 01:28 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:06 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm sure when people start getting killed as a result of listening to her legal advice, she's going to agree that she should be held accountable - right?
https://tinyurl.com/3xdc6b42
Mayes, Walz, Frey et al; communimbeciles, one and all.
Posted by: Paco at January 24, 2026 01:28 PM (2L+MU)
Sec. Noem to speak soon.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 01:29 PM (3ImbR)
A shame that it's too cold for Mrs. Walz to open the windows so she can smell smoke.
Posted by: Auspex at January 24, 2026 01:29 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 01:29 PM (VE6XX)
Of course the ALCU would scream about hypothermia if water was used in MN. I still think some anonymous regular citizens could lob some water balloons and make things less fun for the idiots preventing ICE from removing pedophile rapists.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 01:29 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:31 PM (Ia/+0)
It sounds like a portmanteau word for "communist" and "retard"
Okay, that would be somewhat redundant, but not 100%. Some communists are evil rather than stupid.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
progtard
Is a good. And if you write by hand with an artsy script you flip it over and it still says
progtard
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 01:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 01:32 PM (EyfuW)
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Well, the government's position is their citizens don't know what's good for them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 01:26 PM (L/fGl)
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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is now the 5th leading cause of death in Canada. It hurts my heart to even type that.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 01:32 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:19 PM
There is in Oregon, there is a requirement for "being in school or receiving training" to qualify for long term benefits. However, it seems that the state is suddenly deciding there is a need to work as well, so there are a lot of new cashiers and receptionists around who you wouldn't previously have seen working.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 01:22 PM
That's great to hear. Especially in a seemingly left-wing state like Oregon (or maybe it's just Portland that is left-wing).
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:32 PM (P5BPp)
It is all my fault. I turned the hoses and dogs loose on the violent protestors in Alabammy and folks lost their ever loving minds in Yankee land.
Posted by: Zombie Bull Connor, Commissioner Of Public Safety at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (R/m4+)
That is using a broadsword when a scalpel is in order.
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F*ck the broadsword or scalpel -- I want the equivalent of a nuke.
Trump should have put an end to this shit 6 years ago! *spit*
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (zQlkF)
Posted by: Skip
The Channel ratings will be through the roof!
Posted by: President DJT at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (kvcnI)
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Ha! My favorite, it’s apparently SOP for mayors of shithole locations to call a Curfew after four straight days of burning, looting, and murder, when the area is a smoking crater.
These things are only useful beforehand. They kinda have to be done in a certain order, numb nuts.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (FmMvr)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: IrishEi
You think their Newcomers are lining up for that freebie.... Not.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 01:26 PM (L/fGl)
In Canada, murder by doctor has passed diabetes in the "cause of death" rankings. Remember when it was going to be "rare"? Hell, I remember when abortion was going to be "rare'.
There's even talk of making homelessness a qualification for doctor murder.
The ghost of Hitler is in Hell, smiling.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 01:33 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 24, 2026 01:35 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Case at January 24, 2026 01:35 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Zombie Sam Kinison at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (R/m4+)
Should be short court cases.
I live in a very blue state, and most people don't give two shits about assholes who confront feds.
The woke grip has been broken and seen for the brain damage it really is.
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (XLfSN)
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Criminal tip. If you're trying to avoid cops, don't go to a donut shop!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (L/fGl)
Saint James Hartline @JamesHartline
Insurrectionist Communist Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey hired a corrupt USAID globalist crony, Rachel Sayre, to be the Emergency Management Director in Minneapolis. She's also a long time far-left MoveOndotorg Democrat stooge. Everything that she is spewing against ICE enforcement of immigration laws in Minnesota is garbage taken straight out of the crooked USAID playbook.
X: https://bit.ly/4tdIoTg
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 01:38 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 01:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)
Familiarity with Aaron Rodgers, though not sure that matters, as Rodgers has maybe 1 year left in him.
Not sure this hire makes much sense. McCarthy was fired from GB for good reason and was bad in DAL.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 01:43 PM (P5BPp)
"To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW," she wrote.
The flow of Pirate money to Pols must be sweet!!
The Somalis probably bought her a gold comb for her salad.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 24, 2026 01:45 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:34 AM (P5BPp)
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This is the Fascist Idea.
Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 01:48 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (L/fGl)
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\when I rode with SFPD we went to a panaderia in the Mission and got pan dulce.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 01:50 PM (RIvkX)
-UPI
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I don't want to know her name
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 01:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 01:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 01:57 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 02:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Nearly all Arab-majority towns across Israel shut down on Thursday in a major strike, inspired by a protest in Sakhnin after criminals attempted to extort local shopkeepers.
-Jewish Chronicle
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The same culture no matter who is in charge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 02:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 02:03 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 01:57 PM (3Ope
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We thought so too.
-360,000 Union casualties
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 02:03 PM (RIvkX)
Enough already
Arrest Frey, Waltz, and that criminal AG.
This cannot be allowed to continue
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 24, 2026 02:07 PM (XLfSN)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:11 PM (yJpvi)
Democrats in general and MN in particular: Nazis! Fascists!
Yeah. The feds need to knock some heads and frog march some MN officials.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 02:13 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 02:13 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:15 PM (yJpvi)
He practically bent over for the BLM crowd. I knew that little fag was going to be a big problem.
They had to edit videos to make it look like Trump said 1/10 of what these assholes are calling for on live TV.
Arrest Them Now
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 24, 2026 02:17 PM (XLfSN)
"To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW," she wrote.
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Sounds like her. Said to be a real nasty beach.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:19 PM (yJpvi)
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 24, 2026 02:21 PM (XLfSN)
Yet, when someone does it with a crowd behind them it's considered peaceful protesting.
Posted by: old chick at January 24, 2026 02:21 PM (F3Dlr)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:23 AM (rbvCR
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The only state that didn't go for Reagan in 1984.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:23 PM (yJpvi)
I can give there Soros spawn an example. The American, Canadian and Australian 1950's was a damned good time to be alive.
Soros spawn mistake is to believe him and his ilk know what's best for everyone else. The reasons do not matter either. They aim to impose their will by force if necessary.
That's why they broke the American border down for example.
Posted by: torabora at January 24, 2026 02:33 PM (pZc4P)
Now the Left has done a U-turn of course because now it doesn't fit their agenda.
They are evil retarded commies.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 02:33 PM (KDPiq)
By any measurement the test was a huge success.
To this day there are people married to the COVID protocols of that time. They're broken, mentally, but they will never abandon the protocols.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 11:48 AM
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A test that also showed which political leaders were going to be most extreme and most autocratic. A LOT of them.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:34 PM (yJpvi)
Posted by: torabora at January 24, 2026 02:35 PM (pZc4P)
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard alumnus at January 24, 2026 02:36 PM (0sNs1)
If you are the getaway driver and your team kills somebody.
You will be charged for murder, whole team will.
Also the reds are carrying their phones.
I guess many were too young to watch Breaking Bad.
Burner phones.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 02:39 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
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I think all the criteria have been met, legally speaking, to invoke it. The criteria was met weeks ago. But for whatever reason, and some speculate the Feds want to get a "legal" precedent in MN that can then be applied to other states that will surely follow Minnesota's lead if "nothing happens."
The problem that most see is that it's up to the judiciary to follow through with convictions, if people are arrested under the Act. That, apparently won't happen. Unless there's some hokey-pokey shit the administration is planning with the rouge judges.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 02:43 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 24, 2026 02:44 PM (h/O4U)
https://shorturl.at/TKbIK
And she uses the "R" word:
https://shorturl.at/fOMJo
Lots more including some new jobs for Marco.
https://shorturl.at/1J17B
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 24, 2026 02:45 PM (ULPxl)
The Venezuela Way, we need a new word for that method of capture.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 02:45 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 11:42
****
This is about me. Isn't it.
Posted by: Sleepy Joe at January 24, 2026 02:46 PM (pZc4P)
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Judges can only rescue those who aren't shot while resisting arrest.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 02:47 PM (vSvIl)
If the federal government can't protect it's citizens, well then, that's a serious issue.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 02:47 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: The Lightworker at January 24, 2026 02:48 PM (pZc4P)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 24, 2026 02:44 PM (h/O4U)
Americans are stupid and have voted for worse.
Posted by: Barack Obongo, The Light Bringer at January 24, 2026 02:50 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 02:52 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 02:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 24, 2026 02:44 PM (h/O4U)
And the illegal this idiot was protecting was being arrested for violent assault.... A prize "neighbor."
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 02:54 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:55 PM (yJpvi)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 02:55 PM (yJpvi)
Yes it was Border patrol not ICE
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 02:55 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 02:58 PM (vSvIl)
"Our Democratic leaders MUST call a news conference denouncing possible use of the Insurrection Act
And the sooner the better. And it should include as many of our elected representatives as possible.
They should be DEMANDING a meeting with Traitor, and they should be DEMANDING an investigation by Congress."
Put someone at the podium who doesn't need a script and the same old platitudes.
And someone with the requisite fire in words. Someone who sounds like they are speaking to the people and protecting the people.
Chris Murphy!
Chris Van Hollen; Maxwell Frost; Melanie Stansbury;
There's more, but my brain is not firing on all cylinders right now."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 24, 2026 03:02 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 02:58 PM (vSvIl)
Walz said the dead man was a legal gun owner but Border patrol said he had no ID ? Don't you have to carry ID to prove who you are and can legally carry a gun ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 03:03 PM (VE6XX)
If so, she has probably already filed for divorce.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 03:03 PM (EyfuW)
This guy died today protecting an illegal who committed violent assault....
Posted by: It's me donna
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That's a good point. CBP and ICE might want to post accordingly.
"If you want to sacrifice your life so this child rapist can live in your community..." (mugshot)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 03:04 PM (HxSSW)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Looks brand new. Some rando's on twitter say it was legally purchased. Don't know how they would know that without witnessing him buy it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 24, 2026 03:04 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 24, 2026 03:04 PM (mlg/3)
Walz said he was a legal gun owner...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 03:05 PM (VE6XX)
"There's a whole lot of Republicans who for whatever reason cannot find their spine, but they might find the ability to know they're not gonna win another election as long as they live unless they stand up for what's right, the rule of law, and human decency."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 24, 2026 03:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 03:08 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 03:10 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 03:12 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 03:08 PM (
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JUST the way to calm the crowd. Few facts. No investigation.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 03:21 PM (yJpvi)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 24, 2026 03:27 PM (XLfSN)
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The Cartel$ are calling the $hot$ in Minne$$ota.
Posted by: Yep at January 24, 2026 03:30 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 03:12 PM (bss/y)
In my area, snow has not yet begun. Depending on which weather app I consult, we will see either 3.5 inches or less that 0.5 inches over the next 24 hours.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 03:32 PM (ExV1e)
"There's a whole lot of Republicans who for whatever reason cannot find their spine, but they might find the ability to know they're not gonna win another election as long as they live unless they stand up for what's right, the rule of law, and human decency."
Posted by: Duncanthrax
OK,
All who are supporting the alien invaders vocally or physically are traitors and should be treated accordingly.
That is by treating the invaders as "enemies" because they aren't friendlies.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 24, 2026 03:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Look at your state, asshole.
Look what you have allowed/encouraged to happen.
This isnt 2020 dipshit.
You're fucked
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 24, 2026 03:45 PM (XLfSN)
Posted by: pawn at January 24, 2026 03:46 PM (WXTVZ)
Posted by: pawn at January 24, 2026 03:46 PM (WXTVZ)
More like suicide
Posted by: It's me donna at January 24, 2026 03:48 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2026 03
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Wait, wait, this is a job for the guy who says, "And so it begins".
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 04:01 PM (yJpvi)
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Progressives don't back down, they always double down, no matter how ridiculous the position.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 04:19 PM (vSvIl)
Now... blow your mind an multiply that by 50 for every state, plus throw in what we've pissed away on Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and other territories.
Then... add in the NGO's that operate outside the US and get their monies via the State Dept. or whomever.
As a taxpayer all my goddamn life, I'm a bit pissed off about having to write another check to the fucking IRS in April.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 04:25 PM (qwVdq)
This shit show belongs to Congress
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 04:31 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 24, 2026 04:46 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at January 24, 2026 05:09 PM (qivay)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:10 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:16 PM (Ia/+0)
What a bunch of propaganda shit.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 24, 2026 05:17 PM (Riafb)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 24, 2026 05:18 PM (Riafb)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:27 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Unfortunately this blog has nowhere to post the news.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 24, 2026 07:15 PM (kvcnI)
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
2) Be kind, be nice. Say a prayer or three for our Morons to survive the winter weather blasting the country.
3) If you must run with sharp objects. Take it outside.
4) Have a great weekend!
The following is from our dear friend & 'Ette, Bluebell.
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 11/15 – Sponge posted an update on the “First lady”. She is doing OK from the surgery pain-wise, however it appears her compromised immune system from chemo is susceptible to viruses. She has been spiking a fever all weekend.
12/13 Update – The First lady is doing well. She is still on restrictions but things are progressing nicely. The last mammogram showed clean. They are grateful to all who have been praying for her.
1/7 Update – They send thanks for the thoughts and prayers over the past year. The latest visit with her urologist revealed blood in her urine. The Doc didn’t seem concerned, but there will be more scans of her bladder and kidneys to see if they find anything more serious.
1/14 Update – Sponge sent an update on the First Lady’s father – he passed away on 1/11. They have been busy making arrangements for the arrangements, writing the obituary, eulogy, notifying people, etc. Thank you all for the thoughts an prayers that you have been providing for a long time. 12/20 – Morgan, longtime lurker, takes tango lessons from Sebastian, whose son, Matias, is recovering from brain surgery. The MRI was read on 12/19, and the surgeons did not remove the entire tumor. Even though the biopsy indicated the tumor was benign, the boy is probably facing several rounds of chemo. Please pray for the boy’s continued recovery in El Salvador.
1/10 Update – Matias will have surgery in 2 weeks to try and remove the rest of the tumor, and then he will receive radiation therapy. 12/27 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina. Christina has struggled with a lot, including addiction and relapse. Buzzion has not heard from Christina in a while and hopes she is okay. Please pray that Christina finds her way and knows that people love and care for her and believe in her.
1/3 Update – Christina was arrested on 1/3. Please pray for this to be a final wake-up call for her. 12/27 – JB asked for prayers that he would gain peace about what God has planned for his job in 2026. Also, please pray for JB’s estranged son, that he and his household will be saved. 12/27 – San Franpsycho posted a praise report from a former colleague, who has defeated metastasized uterine cancer. 12/27 – BlackOrchid requested prayers for a Navy Veteran uncle who has been struggling with his health the last few weeks. The root cause is undetermined, but recurrent infection/sepsis keeps sending him back to the hospital. It seems to be worsening his dementia, which makes it harder for BlackOrchid’s aunt to handle him.
1/3 Update – BlackOrchid’s uncle (her “stand-in dad”is still not doing well. He will probably need to be put in a LTC facility although they are doing everything possible to avoid this. He is 86, and at the stage where his immune system can’t fight back well. 12/27 – pookysgirl posted that their unborn baby girl, Violet Marie, had passed away. 12/27 – free tibet posted about his diagnosis with Giant Cell Arteritis and subsequent vision loss in the right eye. This is a recurrence of the same from 5 years ago in the left eye. The treatment is not painful but regaining vision is “very iffy”. Thank you all for the prayers. 1/1 – L asked for prayers for her brother Ron, who is hospitalized. Ron has been in and out of the hospital for 6 months. He has a nasty infection in his knee, that will not clear, despite 5 rounds of antibiotics. L and her sister have been run ragged trying to help Ron. 1/3 – Legally Sufficient asked for prayers for the repose of the soul of a boss, who passed away suddenly early Sunday morning. Prayers are appreciated for strength, faith, and understanding for the boss’ wife and all who loved him. 1/6 – Diogenes requested prayers for his best friend since college, who was diagnosed with cancer. Within hours or hearing this, the friend’s son, a man that Diogenes has known since he was a baby, collapsed from what appears to be a brain tumor. The prognosis isn’t hopeful. Please pray for both of these fine men. 1/6 – Commissar of plenty and festive little hats sent prayers of thanks that it was not cancer, and asked for prayers for courage to even set a date to reverse the colostomy surgery. It was a lot to get over the first time! 1/7 - D sent an update on his wife Susan, and her battle with pancreatic cancer, as well as her recent infection. He sent his thanks to everyone for the prayers. They are helping and much appreciated. Susan’s infection finally has been healed, so she was able to resume chemo. It’s been really rough. 1/8 - Doof asked for prayers for his mother. She was hit hard by the flu. She couldn’t get out of bed the morning of 11/8 and was sent by ambulance to the hospital. She is alert and communicating but prayers are appreciated for her recovery. Prayers are also appreciated for Doof, as he absolutely despises hospitals. 1/10 – LA Sue asked for prayers for her brother, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September. They just learned it moved from stage 2 to stage 4. The chemo treatments and side infections from surgery have so debilitated him that he is considering stopping. Please pray for strength and that he opens his heart to God.
1/18 Update – LA Sue is taking her brother to hospice. He is fading. 1/15 – Sharkman posted on behalf of Niederemeyer’s Dead Horse that NDH was given a prognosis of 6 months to live due to heart failure. The plan is for NDH to move into the Mayo Clinic to receive treatment and wait for a transplant. 1/17 – Emmie asked for prayers. She and her husband are on the verge of foreclosure. Their side hustle of delivery driving ended when a young driver crashed into their car and totaled it. They aren’t able to make the mortgage payments without that extra income. Their church is helping, but it’s a small church. 1/18 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. She had surgery on 12/11, and a pump was installed that will direct medication into the hepatic artery. This will allow a much larger concentration of medication to be applied directly into her liver. This should give fewer side effects and (hopefully) shrink the tumors. It will take several months before they know if this new medication is working, but if it does, they are hoping for an extra 2-3 years before the disease progresses again. 1/19 – NR Pax requested prayers for his father, who had a stroke on 12/23. Dad is recovering at home, and Mom is caring for him. NR Pax is thankful that they live in a good retirement community, but it will be rough for them for a bit. 1/20 – Inogame asked for prayers. His wife and baby girl (due in February) are healthy, but some bad luck has come to their family. The business they purchased a year ago has taken an abrupt turn and they are trying to understand what is happening. They may not be able to keep their home if they cannot discover and correct the problem. This stress and what it might mean postpartum is worrying them. Thank you all for your prayers in the past. 1/20 – MkY sent an update on his wife Judy, who was diagnosed with Stage IV renal cancer last January. Despite being unable to receive her cancer drugs for 3 months while her port infection healed up, the tumors did not grow and she is feeling strong. Thanks so much for all the prayers! Last week, MkY was diagnosed with fluid on the brain. They operated the same day. They drilled two holes in his skull, inserted tubes, and had him lay flat on his back for 2 days. MkY thanks God for the modern miracles of medicine. He needs to heal quickly since he operates a small business. So far, no complications. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Muchas buchas at January 24, 2026 07:46 AM (CDX35)
Remembering all those on the Prayer List - as well as those with unmentioned burdens - in my Rosary intentions.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 07:51 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: guy who likes cold coffee at January 24, 2026 07:51 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)
I haven't seen anything from the Archdiocese saying the Sunday Obligation has been lifted because of the weather. Since the roads are forecast to be icy tomorrow morning, I'll be going to Vigil Mass this afternoon at my local parish up the road.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 07:56 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 24, 2026 07:56 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 07:57 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Memento Mori at January 24, 2026 07:57 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (wVcYX)
{grammie}
{TiFW}
{CoMM}
Hiya JT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Memento Mori at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)
Fine. Rain moving out, mid 50's, so...
Mrs' relatives up north? Not so nice. I, OTOH, don't have to shovel humidity.
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Doof at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 07:58 AM (s01Ld)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
it's RF cold out there...-8° at Casa de AltonJackson...no real wind to speak of, so I gots that going for me
three of five vehicles started on the used Ford lot that is my driveway, so now I get to spend some quality time jumping the two problem children
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 07:59 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 24, 2026 07:59 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Caffiend at January 24, 2026 07:59 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 08:00 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 08:00 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 08:01 AM (s01Ld)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 08:02 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/5cretc2d
Powerline Week in Pictures:
https://tinyurl.com/4x8ddy3b
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 08:03 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 24, 2026 08:03 AM (PWoPH)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
-17 deg F with a wind chill of -35.
It's gotten colder since 7 am. (I'm so staying indoors.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 08:05 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 08:06 AM (qWRc4)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 08:06 AM (PQwzA)
Prayers of comfort and strength for all who knew and loved him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 08:06 AM (AphQx)
Sharkman posted on behalf of Niederemeyer’s Dead Horse that NDH was given a prognosis of 6 months to live due to heart failure. The plan is for NDH to move into the Mayo Clinic to receive treatment and wait for a transplant.
NDH's daughter posted to her twitter account yesterday afternoon that NDH was 'sposed to have the "impella" surgery on Friday, but it got bumped to today or possibly Monday, due to some operating room scheduling conflict at Mayo
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 08:07 AM (tljrc)
btw, you don't need dispensation from the Bishop to skip Mass. If you cannot attend, it's okay. It's only bad when you can attend and choose not to.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 08:08 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Somali Joe, Day Care Owner at January 24, 2026 08:08 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 24, 2026 08:08 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 08:10 AM (qWRc4)
A battery charger will pay for itself many times over. I find the old school special needs chargers are actually better in some ways than the talented & gifted chargers.
Alternators are not really suitable to recharge the battery anyway, it is hard on them.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 08:10 AM (PQwzA)
https://tinyurl.com/5cretc2d
Powerline Week in Pictures:
https://tinyurl.com/4x8ddy3b
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 08:03 AM (O7YUW)
I wonder how many people won't get the kid playing with the bomb core.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 08:11 AM (AphQx)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 08:13 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 24, 2026 08:08 AM (KAi1n)
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I hope you can drive on the coast it will be gorgeous today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)
Buzzion said Christina was released from jail.
Doof’s mother was released from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility. Prayers are still appreciated and neeeded.
Diogenes said his friend’s son has stage 4 brain cancer.
Emmie and her family have been loaned/rented an affordable car to help out, but there are still a lot of problems to work through.
Posted by: Anniestew at January 24, 2026 08:14 AM (VwYKq)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 08:02 AM (wVcYX)
This sounds like an excellent plan! I get to eat airline food, so I am very jealous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 08:14 AM (g+Pcp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 08:14 AM (AphQx)
Posted by: Joe From Scranton at January 24, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 08:14 AM (g+Pcp)
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I love airline food. Its a character flaw.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 08:16 AM (RIvkX)
No S**t!
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: KT at January 24, 2026 08:17 AM (7vIsy)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 24, 2026 08:17 AM (BobTJ)
And what boons were delivered to me from the application update upon which you insisted, word crossword puzzle game?
Fixes, stability improvements and optimizations.
Oh, of course. You're such a giver.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:17 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:19 AM (xG4kz)
Pretty much an all day affair... just for lunch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 08:19 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 08:19 AM (Cjc4c)
A battery charger will pay for itself many times over. I find the old school special needs chargers are actually better in some ways than the talented & gifted chargers.
Alternators are not really suitable to recharge the battery anyway, it is hard on them.
Posted by: Common Tater
I have four Battery Tender Plus 12V 1.25 AMP maintainers. One on the mower, generator, atv & SxS. Keeps the batteries topped off and trickle charges when necessary.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:20 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 08:21 AM (PQwzA)
Posted by: Friend of Bill at January 24, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)
I'm getting really tired of death invading my life.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 08:22 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Common Tater
Tater tots are tiny hash browns.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:22 AM (zILP0)
NDH's daughter posted to her twitter account yesterday afternoon that NDH was 'sposed to have the "impella" surgery on Friday, but it got bumped to today or possibly Monday, due to some operating room scheduling conflict at Mayo
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 08:07 AM (tljrc)
For those who haven't seen, and are inclined, there is a gofundme set up for her to help cover expenses.
https://tinyurl.com/44dn743x
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)
They are, aren't they. Even in memory they can make me smile.
*hugs. Or a firm, manly handshake*
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 08:24 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 08:24 AM (PQwzA)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 24, 2026 08:25 AM (PWoPH)
Pretty much an all day affair... just for lunch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer[_\i]
Please tell us that you took another member of your family in addition to your wife to these so that we can trot out the long since expired "three martini lunch" tag line and administer a couple or more blows to its corpse.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:26 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:27 AM (Ia/+0)
Good morning bundled up morons and ettes!!!
Cold and getting colder where we are in DFW.
Not bad on the ice and accumulation front. Some icing on roads.
But, it's supposed to get worse as the day goes on.
We'll see.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: rickb223
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I have one of those too. Usually it's on my tractor outside (run and extension cord).
I tried to use it on my generator, but the pigtail on the battery for some reason wont work with the one on the Battery Tender. The red and green lights just blink alternately.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 08:28 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 07:56 AM (tgvbd)
Same for us.
Prayers for the safety of those adversely affected by the snow/ice storm.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 24, 2026 08:28 AM (pJWtt)
Good morning, everyone. 24° here in North Alabama, ~1/16" of ice on the ground and roads so everything in the region is shut down and stopped. Prayers for all asked and inasked as well as those affected by the weather.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 08:29 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:30 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 24, 2026 08:31 AM (u73oe)
The Best Dog in the History of the World (TM) was euthanized yesterday due to declining health.
I'm getting really tired of death invading my life.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 08:22 AM (Y1sOo)
Condolences on your loss. The Last Act of Love is hard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 08:32 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 08:32 AM (Cjc4c)
The prayer list is always sobering, and prayers have been said for all. Thank you, Lord, for the bright spots, where we see Your works and mercy!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 24, 2026 08:32 AM (h7ZuX)
Fern is our fre
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:32 AM (xG4kz)
Fern is our fren
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:32 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 08:33 AM (Cjc4c)
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed in the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church, pray for us.
I have prayed a Rosary for the intentions, both stated and unstated, of the Horde.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 24, 2026 08:35 AM (pJWtt)
There is no benefit to starting an engine in cold weather if you’re not going to drive it. It is important to keep the battery fully charged. Before cold weather hits. I’m not trying to argue or judge here, this is my considered opinion.
Posted by: Common Tater
I don't like doing that too. And i need to put a tender on *both motorcycles since they won't get ridden for a few weeks. Shash's car gets driven enough to not worry about the battery, but my car couod use a good nap with the charger this weekend.
*I don't wanna pull my car out, just to be able to hook a tender up on my bike.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 08:35 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:35 AM (zILP0)
I know it's just plain bad luck, but it frequently seems that when it's Time for one of our dogs, Her Majesty is on the road and I'm the guy who has to handle it.
I know she would want to be there and I'd be there even if she was, but still...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 08:36 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 08:36 AM (0KSrI)
That is one sobering list of afflictions affect the Horde and our loved ones. Prayers for you all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:36 AM (xG4kz)
Sausage & eggs go quickly together, too. A little cheddar, wrap in a quickly roasted tortilla. Bob’s yer Uncle. I throw the latter right on the stove burner and flip it around for a few seconds. Yes, I am practically barbaric. A hash brown would round that out nicely.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Tater tots are tiny hash browns.
Posted by: rickb223
Warrant officer buddy introduced me to tater tots, covered with shredded roast beef, brown gravy, bacon, cheese, a fried egg, and jalapenos.
Now I'm hungry, again.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 08:37 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 08:38 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BifBewalski
I love the Battery Tender brand.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:38 AM (zILP0)
I'm getting really tired of death invading my life.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 08:22 AM (Y1sOo)
I'm sorry to hear that.
I am of the opinion that God has given us the gift of pets so that we might receive a sort of unconditional love. Of course, this means that we grieve the death of our pets because we love them in return.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 24, 2026 08:39 AM (pJWtt)
It's -8 degrees here. But sunny and no wind! Gotta take what we can get here in the Midwest.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 24, 2026 08:40 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: zombie Bob Dole at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (0sNs1)
I could always polish some bumpers or something. First, I think I will take Bruno for a walk.
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Man of Action at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (0qKpO)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 08:42 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 08:43 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: fd
How many naughty euphemisms can fit in two short sentences?
Posted by: Reading Between The Lines at January 24, 2026 08:43 AM (oftw2)
wind gust to 22
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 08:43 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)
I'm getting really tired of death invading my life.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 08:22 AM (Y1sOo)
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Very sorry. It's never easy.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2026 08:44 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 08:10 AM (qWRc4)
Well, that's quite the "customer feedback." Just a hunch, but I will put him the Dissatisfied Customer category.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 24, 2026 08:44 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 08:41 AM (7xrfc)
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I hope he was restored by a day at home but it doesn't sound like it.
A prayer for his complete and speedy recovery.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:44 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Bulg at January 24, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 24, 2026 08:45 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 08:47 AM (a4flb)
Local weather guy made the claim it is colder here in central Oklahoma than in northern Alaska. Sounds wrong.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 24, 2026 08:44 AM (cxFcK)
Caused by Trump's remarks to the WEF. We're the laughingstocks of the world now. At least, that's what I'm told.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 08:47 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Thank you. When I was flying home, my brother's company flew him out there and he stayed for the week. Which is good because doctors are assholes and he's been a nurse for a few decades and knows how to work the system.
I think the flu has passed but he's still dealing with everything else.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 24, 2026 08:48 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: fd
How many naughty euphemisms can fit in two short sentences?
Posted by: Reading Between The Lines
Wouldn't 'walking Bruno' be the same as 'polishing some bumpers'?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:48 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 08:49 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Weather Channel Broad Overhyping Everything at January 24, 2026 08:49 AM (R/m4+)
And the rest of us have to deal with the damned feral animal crapping in our yards and barking all the time.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 08:50 AM (a4flb)
Good luck to everyone getting the ice storm and God bless all the foreign countries sending aid and equipment to those areas.
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 08:50 AM (4bj3d)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 24, 2026 08:51 AM (h7ZuX)
Have you stored up on lighters and hair for the coming death storm Fern?
I have enough bread in stock to last to 2428.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 08:51 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:51 AM (Ia/+0)
I think they must have some onion in them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 24, 2026 08:51 AM (h7ZuX)
Onions in hashbrowns = Carrots in chili
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 08:53 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Blutarski
Depending on where he's measuring.
Fairbanks -12
OKC +8
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:53 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Not a joke at January 24, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 08:42 AM (Ia/+0)
My family would starve without our Weber Genesis.
I rebuild it about every 4 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 08:53 AM (gbOdA)
The best tater tots are Kroger brand tater rounds. They are flat, like a hash brown, so they get crispier. And they have a better flavor than Ore-Ida. I think they must have some onion in them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Bojangles Chicken does them that way. Very yummy.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 08:54 AM (QVmho)
https://is.gd/DZ7Rfy
She's clearly a member of the Audubon Society.
https://is.gd/H4e4Sp
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 08:54 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Won't eat tater tots in my house. Just the name is off-putting. I want my spuds to be fully-growned after living their best, full, life.
Posted by: Can You Dig It? at January 24, 2026 08:55 AM (oftw2)
Fired up the generators yesterday to make sure they worked all right in the highly unlikely event we lose power. Covering up the well head piping. Capping the outside faucets. Bringing some plants into the garage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 08:55 AM (tgvbd)
Won't eat tater tots in my house. Just the name is off-putting. I want my spuds to be fully-growned after living their best, full, life.
Posted by: Can You Dig It?
I'll admit to being a 'taterphile.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 08:56 AM (QVmho)
Comparing indoor temperatures?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 08:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
I think Chick-fil-A does tater tot 'coins' like that.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:57 AM (zILP0)
I rebuild it about every 4 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx
I bought the follow-on-Weber Exodus.
Posted by: Cooking W/Gas at January 24, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)
Comparing indoor temperatures?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Comparing temps of a mother-in-law's love.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 08:58 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 08:58 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Can You Dig It?
Tater tots - the veal of spuds.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:00 AM (zILP0)
I rebuild it about every 4 years.
Posted by: r hennigantx
I bought the follow-on-Weber Exodus.
Posted by: Cooking W/Gas at January 24, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)
We bought the Weber Apocalypse thinking it the latest and greatest, but-
somehow the steaks always wind-up burnt, rotten, or disappear entirely.
Do not buy!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 09:00 AM (iJfKG)
Elon Musk @elonmusk
California treats illegals better than citizens
Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd
Dr. Oz Says a New Audit Found California Charged the Federal Government Over $1.5 BILLION For Free Healthcare for Illegals
"If you're on Medicare, you don't get free dental, you don't get free vision. You do if you're an illegal immigrant in California … We've audited Newsom. This data is coming out this week. We have now found … $1.5 BILLION that California charged the federal government for illegal immigrants that they're not allowed to pay charges for. They have to pay for it themselves. He's not happy."
X video (01:52): https://bit.ly/4bn9Es1
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:01 AM (P5BPp)
he's doing much much better. he had his birthday celebration the other night, he is carting around a lil O2 canister to help him out but otherwise doing well. apparently he caught a heck of a nasty bug, but seems his immune system rallied in the end!
tough old man, love it!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:02 AM (emBoF)
Five is right out.
Posted by: Weber Leviticus instruction manual at January 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:02 AM (emBoF)
But then most of you don't have to worry about your house getting blown away or flooded out every September.
So, there's that.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 24, 2026 09:02 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 08:01 AM
Woke up to -9 degrees here in SE Michigan. Won't break 0 degrees until 11am. Showing a high of 6 degrees today from 3-5pm. Then back down to 3 degrees overnight.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:04 AM (P5BPp)
Five is right out.
Posted by: Weber Leviticus instruction manual at January 24, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)
That also applies to the bbq tong clicking. For good luck.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:04 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:03 AM
+++
I'm right here in the pantry.
Posted by: PAM cooking spray at January 24, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
It’s not like George RR Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire”… it will end
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 09:04 AM (xT8gx)
so, yeah good point
BUT - here's my thing, we try to go out even in the dark winter, hike, do stuff, not just sit in the house... but it's hard.
I don't have THAT many years left when I'm being honest. I don't want to sit thru three months of basically hibernation every year anymore. I want to be able to be active out of doors more! I want a clear sky!
I love fall, but oh well. I'm DONE with winter!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:05 AM (emBoF)
They do rock as part of hamburger casserole. Exquisite trailer-trash cuisine right there!
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 09:05 AM (/DOZY)
That also applies to the bbq tong clicking. For good luck.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:04 AM (wVcYX)
I must be an Old Believer. I thought two tong clicks sufficed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 09:05 AM (tgvbd)
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 24, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at January 24, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:07 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:04 AM (P5BPp)
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It's -14 on the banks of the Red Cedar. Despite (or perhaps because of) my repeated warnings to secure the house against cold, someone left the garage door open last night, resulting in crippling heat loss we can't easily recover.
You know in the zombie movies someone leaves a door wide open for the zombie to get in and wreak havoc? Those are my kids.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:07 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (ZOv7s)
As of 7:48 a.m., Oncor says there are about 3,500 customers affected by power outages.
Dallas County: 1,614 customers affected
Tarrant County: 1,011 customers affected
Collin County: 11 customers affected
Denton County: 1 customer affected
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (zILP0)
Geez.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)
omg
when that happens here we get animals moving right on in
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (emBoF)
>>California treats illegals better than citizens
I'm convinced this is why Elon had his break with Trump when left DOGE. He saw what had been going on but was powerless to stop it. He's used to fixing problems immediately not at the speed of government.
California is ground zero or fraud. That's why Newsom is acting even more unhinged than his normal unhinged manner.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)
Thanks, kids!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Don't panic! Don't panic!
Posted by: Lance Corporal Jones at January 24, 2026 09:11 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 24, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 09:05 AM (tgvbd)
You might be right, I hope the extra click isn't bad juju.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:12 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 07:56 AM (tgvbd)
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It's in the USCCB bylaws that dispensations can only granted for illegal immigrants, not normal people affected by dangerous weather. It's in the fine print somewhere.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)
You know in the zombie movies someone leaves a door wide open for the zombie to get in and wreak havoc? Those are my kids.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:07 AM
Water lines frozen in front bathroom and hot water out in the kitchen.
Thanks, kids!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM
Oh no! UGH. Well, I guess the only "positive" out of this experience will be a tough life lesson for the kids they won't soon forget and will hopefully learn from.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:12 AM (P5BPp)
As of 7:48 a.m., Oncor says there are about 3,500 customers affected by power outages.
Dallas County: 1,614 customers affected
Tarrant County: 1,011 customers affected
Collin County: 11 customers affected
Denton County: 1 customer affected
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:08 AM (zILP0)
I’m in Collin so I hope this trend persists… I don’t mind being homebound for a few days but would like power to remain on….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 09:13 AM (xT8gx)
https://is.gd/DZ7Rfy
She's clearly a member of the Audubon Society.
https://is.gd/H4e4Sp
Posted by: Archimedes
Or a Corythosaurus.
https://is.gd/FZKfDi
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 09:13 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 09:13 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 08:10 AM (qWRc4)
My late wife's good friend is a high mucky-muck with the Detroit Metro police department. I texted her a bit ago asking for the scoop. Said he claimed he was being chased by people. Mental case, still in lockup.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 09:14 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:12 AM (P5BPp)
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The responsible party will get to hand wash the dishes in cold water until the lines thaw, because the dishwasher is also offline.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:14 AM (ZOv7s)
we got an email yesterday
our Archdiocese (Philadelphia) gave us a dispensation (but recommended we try to go tonite if possible)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:14 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 09:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:14 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rick's concerned mother at January 24, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)
It be cold here 🥶🥶🥶 - 25° outside, with a lovely coating of ice and snow on the ground. The low tonight will be 15°, and the low tomorrow night is expected to be 11°.
For those of you in colder climates, that may be "what we call Tuesday", but for us North Texans, this is chilly!
Good thing we got supplies a few days ago, before the panic set in - although apparently Sam's Club was completely out of bottled water (I'm a diva - I let Instacart brave the crowds for me 🤣🤣🤣
.
Our lawn service company came out a couple of days ago and covered all of the plants and put up faucet covers. They also drained our watering system. Worth every penny!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 24, 2026 09:15 AM (SRRAx)
Five is right out.
Posted by: Weber Leviticus instruction manual
I have replaced the ignitors twice on my grill and the battery numerous times. Now I just use a long neck lighter to start it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 24, 2026 09:15 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 09:13 AM (+mUZM)
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The other bathrooms are fine because the lines are interior, and the basement is good. I'm going to push some laundry through so the dryer will generate warmth. Today will be a baking day as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
If it wasn't so blasted cold outside (1F and -19F windchill), it would be a pleasant winter's day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 09:17 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 09:17 AM (pXTL4)
####
Remember back in a previous century when you'd have to watch the scroll on the bottom of the TV screen to see if you had to go to mass?
Posted by: Good times. Good times. at January 24, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Israel, not so much
Posted by: The Hypocrite Left at January 24, 2026 09:17 AM (z0w8y)
All the pet hair really doesn't help to keep the house warm, huh!?🤔
On a crazy note, I'm venturing out in this 33 degree weather to go to a garage sale. It is indoors(Palmer Event Center) and very bougie. In fact it's called, Le Garage Sale. So as long as it doesn't get icy before noon, we're going.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 24, 2026 09:18 AM (VCgbV)
I must be an Old Believer. I thought two tong clicks sufficed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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You might be right, I hope the extra click isn't bad juju.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Didn't CBD have a recent 1wp thread about broken tong spr___s?
This is what that 3rd click does.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 24, 2026 09:19 AM (QVmho)
Michigan, please return to normal cold by next weekend.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2026 09:19 AM (EXzek)
Looks like it's going to be 12-18 inches here Sun - Mon. Over two feet 20 miles NW of me in the Catskills. We have a good amount of snow on the ground already , with ice everywhere, so it should be a mess . Won't get over freezing till next week but another storm expected then
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 09:20 AM (e4I2N)
California is ground zero or fraud. That's why Newsom is acting even more unhinged than his normal unhinged manner.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 09:10 AM
Agreed. Also, I have seen a lot of posts recently of conservatives as well as conservative speakers and politicians connecting the Democrats to the population replacement in the U.S.A. and explaining it as the Democrats' ticket to guaranteed election victories.
I know the U.S.A. focus has to be stated, but I think the bigger picture is that this is not the Democrats' plan, but the WEF plan for all western nations. Which is obvious when you see almost every western nation has been doing the same thing as the Democrats in the U.S.A. for the past 2+ decades. Canada, UK, France, Australia, most of Europe in general.
And of course Newsome is a WEF Young Global Leader. So he's executing the WEF plan as ordered.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:20 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 24, 2026 09:20 AM (WHfpM)
BP also good, which is surprising given the circumstances.
The hole where my molar used to be is coming along nicely. I'm nibbling some toast without any problem. The bad tooth had already gotten me used to using one side to chew, so it's not much of a reach.
Youngest has jaw surgery coming up in February. This is many years in the making and should correct her bite and ease the pain in her jaw and ears. She's not looking forward to a liquid diet, but is looking forward to the pain relief.
Prayers are always appreciated and based on what we've been through, I know they are efficacious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)
I cringed when I saw that one, knowing what it did to a couple of scientists.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 09:21 AM (O7YUW)
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Misspelled hysteric.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 09:21 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:22 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 09:23 AM (viF8m)
You know in the zombie movies someone leaves a door wide open for the zombie to get in and wreak havoc? Those are my kids.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:07 AM
This is why I do a perimeter check each and every night before I go to bed. I check every outside door including the garage doors to make sure they are down and locked.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 24, 2026 09:23 AM (0N4FZ)
https://www.youtube.com/live/ezp-7eLXBVs
Posted by: Count de Monet
__________
That's the Y'All bot stream. He'll be going live a little later.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:24 AM (XvL8K)
Same. Internal walkaround. Checking the garage doors down is the last thing before setting the ADT alarm and going to bed.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 09:26 AM (Y1sOo)
Reports are that there are no serious injuries, and that at the current time the resulting fire is under control.
Let's hope it remains that way.
Video: fall down, go boom.
https://tinyurl.com/42f36c9c
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 09:26 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 09:27 AM (e4I2N)
who is Ryan Hall?
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 09:27 AM (tljrc)
BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani confirms that all NY illegals qualify for his free childcare
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 09:27 AM (L/fGl)
We are all Greenland, at least for this weekend.
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 09:28 AM (4bj3d)
Same. Internal walkaround. Checking the garage doors down is the last thing before setting the ADT alarm and going to bed.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 09:26 AM (Y1sOo)
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The kids often do it WHILE I'm asleep. They're all adults. It's crazy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: AltonJackson
_________
The arch rival of Max Velocity. Sounds like a superhero thing, but true.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:29 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 09:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 24, 2026 09:32 AM (Cjt/F)
Those people sound very, very concerned. Panic seems to have set in with some of them.
I find it amusing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 09:33 AM (qwVdq)
What breed of dog is ADT?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 09:33 AM (a4flb)
I think right there you see the descent of reason that leads us to where we are today. (Insert Solzhenitsyn quote here.)
Posted by: GWB at January 24, 2026 09:33 AM (tCAX2)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 09:34 AM (pXTL4)
somehow the steaks always wind-up burnt, rotten, or disappear entirely.
Do not buy!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 09:00 AM (iJfKG)
The Weber Leviticus only cooks kosher food.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 09:33 AM (a4flb)
Another Dumb Terrier
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)
Those people sound very, very concerned. Panic seems to have set in with some of them.
I find it amusing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 09:33 AM (qwVdq)
Hopefully that panic is because they are losing viewership as people are not freaking out. (/sigh/ Not likely, given our current state of Americans.)
Posted by: GWB at January 24, 2026 09:35 AM (tCAX2)
Posted by: Mister Scott
I just assumed everyone did that. I learned it from my father. Not necessarily for zombies.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 24, 2026 09:35 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)
And doesn't work on Shabbat!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 09:35 AM (TqQJm)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:24 AM (XvL8K)
Thanks for the correction. I'm new to his channel and didn't grok the YALLBOT format vs live human. I thought Ryan was seeing a man about a horse for a brief moment.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)
Trans Space Force colonel now running for Congress after getting canned by Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 09:36 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2026 09:36 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 09:37 AM (+mUZM)
This new kitty I have is now over 11 lbs at almost 10 months old. He is sleeping at my feet now. He has started jumping the other cats which they don't appreciate. He's trying to play with them but they want nothing to do with him. The dog will play with him but he's bigger and can get rough so it doesn't last long.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 24, 2026 09:37 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:38 AM (XvL8K)
Where's Rick?
Posted by: Rick's concerned mother
Fannin County. About a half mile from the Red River. Almost midway between Sherman & Paris.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:38 AM (zILP0)
https://is.gd/DZ7Rfy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 08:43 AM (L/fGl)
Gotta admit - that's kind of a cool hairstyle! 😊
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 24, 2026 09:38 AM (SRRAx)
Don't think I'll be running outside today. A nice blanket of snow overnight. Pretty. But cold. A toasty 8° here in NE Okla., "feels" -7°. Got the long juans and wooly socks on just to be inside the bunker.
Daisy Dog did not take time to sniff around the back yard. Outside, does her thing, back in. Still haven't been able to teach her how to close the door, though.
I pray all ye Moron Horde and associates are warm and well fed this arctic morning (depending on your hemisphere and latitude).
Posted by: mindful webworker - awaiting the brew at January 24, 2026 09:38 AM (OJSFI)
Reports are that there are no serious injuries, and that at the current time the resulting fire is under control.
Let's hope it remains that way.
Video: fall down, go boom.
https://tinyurl.com/42f36c9c
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I have been on one of those on the slope. It is hard to imagine, but these are huge tracked vehicles with a drilling rig mounted on them. Think of a small offshore rig moving across the tundra on tracks. It is efficient, considering there are no roads, no fences, no trees, just a massive swamp that is frozen nine months of the year.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 24, 2026 09:39 AM (0U5gm)
No panic here in rural Kansas, nor in the conurbation to my south. There were milk, eggs, bread and TP in abundance Friday afternoon at two of the local grocery stores.
The contrast is sharp between here and Northern Virginia.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 09:39 AM (u82oZ)
Those people sound very, very concerned. Panic seems to have set in with some of them.
I find it amusing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Does everyone remember the good old days, when rain or snow were not a national crisis? I don't even remember weathermen doing special reports. If it was going to snow, so be it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 24, 2026 09:41 AM (0U5gm)
https://tinyurl.com/m4uufbnt
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 09:42 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:42 AM (zILP0)
We are living in the times where having any quote of his should be a keyboard macro for quick and easy insertion into most any topic.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 09:43 AM (a4flb)
My wife kinda does it too.
It has snowed and been really cold before, and somewhow you made it, dear.
It's called winter. If the roads are bad, don't drive on 'em.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 24, 2026 09:43 AM (MSlZp)
I don't get it
we get snow here usually, it's not that crazy
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 24, 2026 09:43 AM (emBoF)
-1℉. Wind chill -16℉. And the snow is very pretty. Looks like 3 inches so far, with more arriving.
But we are out of the main path of the storm, unlike you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 09:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:43 AM (zILP0)
May God bless all of his children this day, and keep those in harm's way safe.
And may God bless the U.S.A. and Israel.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 24, 2026 09:43 AM (kB9dk)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
I ended up with some short ribs, trying to figure out a way to make them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 24, 2026 09:44 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 09:35 AM (TqQJm)
OK SBC boy here
What the hell is sabbath mode on ovens and dishwashers?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 09:44 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 09:45 AM (pXTL4)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 09:45 AM (qwVdq)
I find it amusing.
I don't have a TV so can't confirm, but does the Weather Channel show a lot of Ashwagandha, Magnesium, metyrapone or ketoconazole advertisements for the treatment of chronic elevated cortisol levels?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 09:46 AM (a4flb)
I too long for the days when we as a society just handled weather perturbations with elan and mostly indifference.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 09:48 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:48 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 24, 2026 09:49 AM (u82oZ)
You are correct, according to the Kroger on-line shopping website, their brand includes "onion powder"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 09:49 AM (a4flb)
Yeah, I prefer “real” potatoes but Tater Tots have their place, quick and convenient.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 09:49 AM (iW48I)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas
I'm pretty tolerant. She doesn't have neck tattoos, and a face full of tackle, etc. The hair is kind of an art piece, frankly, nicely done, and would lighten my mood if she was on my medical team.
I'd let her stay.
One of my mom's physician assistants has armfuls of tats, and nose and eyebrow piercings, and gay rainbow shit all over her scrubs. I'll take the black gal with hair hat any day.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 24, 2026 09:50 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:50 AM (Ia/+0)
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Can't blame him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 09:50 AM (L/fGl)
Prayers if you please for a family friend Jane. She is actively dying while in Stage 4 breast cancer. She's put up a hell of a fight but we fear her time is very near.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 09:51 AM (cYBz/)
In case you need some more hate to keep you warm.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 24, 2026 09:51 AM (HXT0k)
West of the Rockies so we're not participating.
Stay safe and warm everyone.
Currently 55 F going up to 63 at the beach....probably drive down tot he beach and watch the pretty girls riding along the bike path....
There was a time I'd be hiking on Saturday morning but my heart just isn't in anything any more......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 09:52 AM (QGaXH)
I will go out for a few hours as I usually do, operate from the car in a POTA parking lot; maybe the same tomorrow.
I'm wondering how many will be participating; lighter pileups would be good for the QRP operators.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Cjt/F)
Or something more practical like your electric provider's outage map.
Track and see where the action (or lack of action) is happening.
Most of the outages are now south of me, so we might be in the clear - the birds have come out and are foraging and that is usually a sign the precip is over.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 09:52 AM (a4flb)
What the hell is sabbath mode on ovens and dishwashers?
Posted by: r hennigantx
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A fancy way of working around food prep rules
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2026 09:52 AM (EXzek)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2026 09:52 AM (EXzek)
ok
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 24, 2026 09:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Vivid @VividProwess
It's never a good idea to threaten America.
The huge U.S. military buildup around Iran is soon to be done.
Pivotal days are ahead of us.
X video (01:03): https://bit.ly/4sVe67u
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:54 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 09:54 AM (iW48I)
In case you need some more hate to keep you warm.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
You mistreat an animal, I mistreat you.
I don't care about your excuse.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:55 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 09:56 AM (pXTL4)
Is she the cute blonde one with the extra padding?
Yeah, she's funny.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Yes. Awesome attitude.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 09:56 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 09:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Pivotal days are ahead of us.
X video (01:03): https://bit.ly/4sVe67u
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:54 AM
Or... that could be AI. Can't tell anymore.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:57 AM (P5BPp)
Remember Canada's navy sent a ship to Cuba in support of the regime a couple years ago.
It didn't become a frozen communist shithole overnight.
100% tariff sounds about right.
Posted by: Auspex at January 24, 2026 09:58 AM (Y8DZL)
We're on our ninth drop of pitch in almost 100 years.
https://tinyurl.com/ycrxey3b
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:58 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 09:59 AM (pXTL4)
So say the co-workers who wear pajamas all day and make tiktok dance videos at work.
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2026 10:00 AM (4bj3d)
Unfortunately, the bulk of the votes come from retards and WEF is not directly on the ballot, so we are better served primarying out WEF-RINOs, then making it a D = misery, poverty, fraud and crime sort of election.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 10:00 AM (a4flb)
The Coffee Song
Frank Sinatra was the coolest cat in town
He sure could lay those catchy rhythms down
But he didn't realize
(and much to his surprise)
All that coffee turned his blue eyes brown
Posted by: muldoon at January 24, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)
My first thought was either AI or taken from some video game.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 10:01 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 09:54 AM
This always goes only one way. I'm old enough to remember "bake the cake, bigot", "film the same-sex wedding, bigot" and "no making pizzas if you don't agree with same-sex weddings, bigot" was the message and if you defied them, your business would be destroyed.
Now, the same people are denying business to I.C.E.
And in the case of the "bake the cake" stuff, they were not denying business to people, but simply refusing business based on personal principles. But that was deemed not okay. But now, apparently it is okay to deny business based on personal principles.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:02 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas
It's a hairstyle that tells the rest of the world "I won't wash my hair for the next three months". I mean, how do you SLEEP with that on your head?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 10:05 AM (Riz8t)
bands were pretty rough last week for sure; add hiking in the cold and I can totally see your point!
doing more SOTA is one of my radio resolutions for this year, not that Wisconsin has a lot.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 24, 2026 10:05 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 24, 2026 10:05 AM (8CIFn)
https://tinyurl.com/m4uufbnt
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 09:42 AM (viF8m)
Thank you for your attention to this matter! Never gets old….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 24, 2026 10:06 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 24, 2026 10:06 AM (NdrtD)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 24, 2026 10:07 AM (Cjt/F)
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Attack of the 50 IQ Woman!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:08 AM (L/fGl)
My basic principle is "Get Off the X".
If you are a hotelier or restauranter check your business insurance policy to see what all is covered by damage from riots.
Since hosting ICE agents is begging for your business to be get a Yelp reputation attack, vandalized or fire bombed, it doesn't make business sense to take in a government rate guest if your business is wrecked and your customers are terrorized by feral mobs who fear no consequences or retaliation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 10:09 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Too lazy at January 24, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/m4uufbnt
Canada is now officially a fag country.
Posted by: Archie Bunker at January 24, 2026 10:10 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Archimedes
And it must have taken hours at the hairstylist and cost a shit load of money.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:10 AM (L/fGl)
OK, fine "Barack Obama's Beard". Happy?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 10:10 AM (a4flb)
Had a restless night so late getting started. Had this weird dream that I was running for office and sure to get elected, only to find out I lost by a lot. Almost like it was rigged.🤔
Anyway currently 13 here, feels like 2. I moved South to escape this but apparently it followed me.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 24, 2026 10:10 AM (t/2Uw)
And what exactly did you accomplish with those fake, DEI credentials? I'll wait.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 24, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
Mom: Demon Core Productions was having a sale.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 24, 2026 10:11 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 10:11 AM (TqQJm)
Welfare cash and weed.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 10:11 AM (a4flb)
Welfare cash and weed.
She might run a Learing Center. You don't know.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 10:00 AM
Yep, the strategy to focus on local (U.S.A.) versus worldwide WEF cabal makes sense. Start off with the WEF stuff and LIVs tune out and assume you're a conspiracy nut.
Focusing on tangible stuff people can wrap their minds around like the Somali fraud and illegals getting better benefits than American citizens and election fraud based on illegals voting and that can better penetrate into the brains with people with their heads in the sand about this stuff.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:12 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 10:13 AM (a4flb)
There was a time I'd be hiking on Saturday morning but my heart just isn't in anything any more......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 09:52 AM (QGaXH)
We were supposed to get some rain today, but so far the sun is shining. I took out some trash this morning, wearing shorts and a wife-beater. It was a bit chilly.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:13 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:13 AM (/2xM/)
Where located Burt?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: PabloD at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (pXTL4)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (Y1sOo)
The only Fern I have known in real life was Fern G_____. She was the secretary at the high school I attended in the 70s. Any note from your mom excusing an absence passed through her hands with pinpoint scrutiny. She did the daily announcements over the PA system and once included an admonition to my brother at the end of the announcements, "Dany Muldoon, your mother called and wants you to come home immediately to make your bed." She weighed just a bit north of 300 lbs.
So, large, intimidating, bone-chilling and unpredictable. Fern is a fitting name for the big winter storm
Posted by: muldoon at January 24, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)
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Attack of the 50 IQ Woman!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:08 AM (L/fGl)
Give the woman a break, you'd whine too if you were known as Barak Obama's wife.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:16 AM (/2xM/)
Kid: Kick to dad's balls.
Non-essential Commentary @SteveInmanClips
The score is now even.
X video (00:35): https://bit.ly/4acjLP9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:16 AM (P5BPp)
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Well, it's no photon torpedo.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:17 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)
Never!
I'm back from Frogville anyway...
And I prefer it that way. The Frogs have no 2nd Amendment, so they are sitting ducks for the muzzies.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 10:17 AM (TqQJm)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:13 AM (/2xM/)
Where located Burt?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (QGaXH)
The Zone of Arid.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:17 AM (/2xM/)
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Attack of the 50 IQ Woman!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:08 AM (L/fGl)
Give the woman a break, you'd whine too if you were known as Barak Obama's wife.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:16 AM (/2xM/)
I am so sick of hearing about her...and her fabulous toned arms...she's just a nasty piece of work...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:18 AM (QGaXH)
Went to school with a Fern, Iris and Ivy. Still friends with Ivy.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 24, 2026 10:19 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 10:19 AM (TqQJm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:18 AM (QGaXH)
I have a shitty cousin who is a shitty, shitty woman, but since I MUST check in on farcebook every now and then... she had one of those photos of Big Mike holding a signboard, and it said something about running in '28.
Sure. Do it, Big Mike. The more the world sees of you, the more despicable you appear.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:20 AM (/2xM/)
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No, this is my point. It DOES go the other way. History is very clear on this.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 10:20 AM (0oYvV)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (Ia/+0)
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To be fair, Mooch's performance at her $300,000 no-show hospital job was generally rated ADEQUATE.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 10:20 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)
Can a Gentile over-ride that if he wants to get to the tenth floor in a reasonable time?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:20 AM (8zz6B)
Bacon, eggs & tots cooked.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:21 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:21 AM (Ia/+0)
Can a Gentile over-ride that if he wants to get to the tenth floor in a reasonable time?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Isn't there a separate car for Gentiles?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 10:22 AM (HxSSW)
Oh, and she hasn't done shit with all that. Sorry. Too quick on the trigger. Yeah. That's what she said.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:22 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (Ia/+0)
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To be fair, Mooch's performance at her $300,000 no-show hospital job was generally rated ADEQUATE.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 10:20 AM (+HNx/)
Meets Expectations: Shows up to pick up paycheck
Exceeds Expectations: Doesn't show up at all, gets paycheck direct deposited
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:23 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip
I read it too, or, at least, tried to. What I got out ot it was blacks are not radical enough. Too many Uncle Toms. Or maybe it was a gumbo recipe. I'm not sure.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:23 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 24, 2026 10:23 AM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:13 AM (/2xM/)
Where located Burt?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (QGaXH)
The Zone of Arid.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:17 AM (/2xM/)
Embarrassed to say it took me a while to get that....LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:24 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Sharon
She'd be working at TJ Maxx
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:24 AM (zILP0)
"Snow and sleet accumulations 3 to 6 inches north of I-40 and 1 to 3 inches south of I-40. "
Apparently, the storm possesses sentience - It knows if it is north or south of the interstate. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:25 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:21 AM (Ia/+0)
Which could suggest she's still being coaxed to run for office.
Somehow I doubt it, but these fake marriages generally only last as long as it's politically expedient.
I think the only reason the Clintons are still married is because of the possibility of being called to testify in Epstein related matters.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:25 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 24, 2026 10:23 AM (t/2Uw)
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If Obama hadn't been Bill Ayers' stooge nobody would have heard of him.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 10:25 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 10:22 AM (HxSSW)
Lot's of buildings have only one elevator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:26 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:24 AM (QGaXH)
Heh. To be honest, if someone told me Arizona does NOT mean "Zone of Arid," I wouldn't be surprised.
It seems a rather too-on-the-nose name for the place. But I love it.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:26 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Lot's of buildings have only one elevator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Otis is a very ecumenically minded manufacturer.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:27 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 10:27 AM (0oYvV)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:24 AM (zILP0)
Working...
Nah, somehow I doubt it.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:28 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:28 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:25 AM (/2xM/)
Somebody posted the other day that one spouse can't be compelled to testify agin' tother and that's when it (Clintons marriage) all made sense to me. Each one has too much on the other.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:28 AM (QGaXH)
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Can't let those Styrofoam Greek columns go to waste.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:28 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 10:27 AM (0oYvV)
Where is Zone B?
Bakersfield?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:28 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Skip
"Fern does Dallas. And Little Rock. And Memphis and Nashville."
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:29 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 24, 2026 10:15 AM (Y1sOo)
35,000 feet!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 24, 2026 10:19 AM (TqQJm)
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8 miles high
Posted by: The Byrds at January 24, 2026 10:29 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:54 AM
Or... that could be AI. Can't tell anymore.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 09:57 AM (P5BPp)“
The story is true, but the video is obvious AI. Only an idiot would group ships that close together. Reminds of the HMS Victoria, an 1887 English battleship. The commander, Admiral Tyron was older and notoriously arrogant. There was a fleet exercise with spectators, and he decided to have his two lines of ships get very close to each other. His subordinates tried to question his plan, but he shouted them down.
In the chaotic maneuver that followed, another ship struck HMS Victoria broadside, causing it to sink in 15 minutes and killing over 350 crewmen - including Admirsl Tyron.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:30 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 10:20 AM (8zz6B)
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You could use a little exercise!
-Franpsycho's mother and her yenta friends
That's what I've seen, and every one else is happy to ask you to press for their floor too. Of course it depends on who is running the building. When I worked at a strictly kosher hotel as a kid, they didn't allow that. When I worked at a not so strict place they did.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 10:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mick at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:28 AM (QGaXH)
I wish I could remember where I heard/saw it, but the story was they would arrive at the Epstein ranch in New Mexico. They'd put on western wear, then pick out the girls they wanted to ride.
Sometimes it was the same girl, sometimes they'd take turns riding her together (like a married couple should), and sometimes they'd go their separate ways, and wouldn't reunite until the week or weekend trip was over.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:24 AM (QGaXH)
Heh. To be honest, if someone told me Arizona does NOT mean "Zone of Arid," I wouldn't be surprised.
It seems a rather too-on-the-nose name for the place. But I love it.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:26 AM (/2xM/)
Too hot for me but I did enjoy when work would take me to Phoenix area even in summer. Everyone at the place we were visiting seemed so happy....I commented so to one of my Calif co-workers - he said- perfectly straight - 'that's the feel of freedom'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (QGaXH)
Apparently, the storm possesses sentience - It knows if it is north or south of the interstate. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:25 AM (cYBz/)
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The I-44 corridor between Springfield, MO and St. Louis does something similar. You'll get snow north of it and ice/sleet south of it. Geography can be weird.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: muldoon at January 24, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)
I think she has been sucked into the weather news on TV.
Dementia is a terrible thing.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:33 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:34 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
However, one CAN VOLUNTEER to testify.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:34 AM (zILP0)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (QGaXH)
Yeah, I'm heading to Phoenix later this morning. Lots to do there. I prefer to visit, but not to stay. Not because of the heat, but because I'm done living in big cities.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:35 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: muldoon at January 24, 2026 10:32 AM
"'Roux the day'? Who talks like that?"
- Chris Knight
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 10:35 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I worked with the people who designed appliance controls. They always enjoyed the certification process for sabbath mode.
It turns out - and this may come as a shock - not every Rabbi had the same definition of compliance.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2026 10:36 AM (EXzek)
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Can an elevator have a bris?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:37 AM (X4XpB)
During the latest episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, former first lady Michelle Obama appeared and opened up about her 33-year marriage to husband Barack
It's a sign they respect each other. Marriage is work. Anyone who says it isn't is lying. There are years I love my spouse a lot more than others, and some we haven't been on the same page. Good for them for investing in their commitment to each other.
it's great we're normalizing counseling. Sometimes life gets messy enough you need help from a third party to make sure your relationship is protected through a tough time. Good for them.
Every couple should be in couples therapy. This is a good thing
They've done couples therapy for years. Michelle has talked about this. It's a maintenance thing, not a "we're in trouble" thing.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 24, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)
Apparently, the storm possesses sentience - It knows if it is north or south of the interstate. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2026 10:25 AM (cYBz/)
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The I-44 corridor between Springfield, MO and St. Louis does something similar. You'll get snow north of it and ice/sleet south of it. Geography can be weird.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (ESVrU)
I live in a beach community in Calif. When we bought lo' those many years ago, the realtors all said 'you want to be south of Garfield' - wife and I thought 'how can that make sense' but it really does - once I get past Garfield going south - meaning toward the ocean - can watch the temps drop on the car's outside temp readout.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:37 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 10:31 AM (ESVrU)
When I lived in St. Louis, storms would come in, do their nasty business, then go into Illnoise, pick up lots of water from the river, and REALLY get nasty.
At least in that setting, it made sense.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM (/2xM/)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:37 AM
Careful around those doors...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM (Ia/+0)
My FWP is I remember when fish sticks came in a rectangular box (1960s) They were fillets, not minced fish. They were great. The new ones are not as good.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM (qFwJc)
In the chaotic maneuver that followed, another ship struck HMS Victoria broadside, causing it to sink in 15 minutes and killing over 350 crewmen - including Admirsl Tyron.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:30 AM
FFS, that's awful. 350+ dead because of the arrogance and stubbornness of the person in command.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM
I refuse to believe that Alan Turing was that autisticly fey in real life.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:39 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
However, one CAN VOLUNTEER to testify.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 24, 2026 10:34 AM (zILP0)
I'm no lawyer but I'm guessing one spouse can block the other from ratting him/her out...for them it would probably be mutual assured destruction....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:39 AM (QGaXH)
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Watch out for the police chief of Malibu. Real fascist.
Posted by: The Dude at January 24, 2026 10:40 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: muldoon at January 24, 2026 10:32 AM
"'Roux the day'? Who talks like that?"
- Chris Knight
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 10:35 AM (kgE5c)
That comment hurt my eyes.....LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:39 AM (jc0TO)
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It was highly exaggerated for the movie. He was an odd duck, but he was sociable and had a lot of friends.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:37 AM (QGaXH)
I remember years ago, heading south on the 1, approaching San Francissy. The temp gauge, which started around 105, dipped into the 50s as we approached the city, then as we kept going south toward Monterey, it quickly jump back over 100.
Never saw anything like it before.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM (T8biA)
Carrisa Codel - Ozark News. Cute girl.
Posted by: rickb223
Very thick cute.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 24, 2026 09:48 AM
it would not surprise me if she was a weightlifter / bodybuilder
I worked with a woman years ago who was a competitive bodybuilder & was kinda built like Codel
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM
My work here is done.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 10:42 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM
I watched that for (1a) Keira Knightly (1b) Benedict Cumberbatch and (1c) the history of breaking the German code.
Really enjoyed the movie. Stories like this about how we won wars just give so much perspective as to how much effort and strategy and intelligence and sometimes luck has gone into military victories. And how if all these things didn't happen, history (and our present) would be very different. Sobering.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:42 AM (P5BPp)
This is like if Trump, unannounced, were to place the Secretary of War and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs under arrest.
Reason? Mumble mumble something corruption.
No one really knows.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:42 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Chinese fishing fleet currently devastating the waters off Peru at January 24, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM (qFwJc)
Sometimes I give 'er the back o me hand, til she straightens up. That's work.
But if you love what you do, even work don't seem like work at all.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:44 AM (T8biA)
They've done couples therapy for years. Michelle has talked about this. It's a maintenance thing, not a "we're in trouble" thing.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 24, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)
Yet couples got along just fine for centuries without 'therapists'.....
Wife waves rolling pin...'I got yer therapy right here...'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:44 AM (QGaXH)
+++
I taught it well.
Posted by: COVID 19 at January 24, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Really enjoyed the movie. Stories like this about how we won wars just give so much perspective as to how much effort and strategy and intelligence and sometimes luck has gone into military victories. And how if all these things didn't happen, history (and our present) would be very different. Sobering.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:42 AM
Yep. Rommel was defeated in North Africa because of enigma. The Allies knew when and where his supply ships were going and always just happened to have a recon flying boat "see" them. Lack of resupply is what killed the Africa Korp.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:45 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: The Dude at January 24, 2026 10:40 AM (X4XpB)
That's, like... yer opinion.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:45 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: DBCooper at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (6pcIV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)
I worked with a woman years ago who was a competitive bodybuilder & was kinda built like Codel
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 10:41 AM
She just signed up for a powerlifting contest. But her reading the comments she gets is hilarious.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (f0sNM)
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The PNW must be the only place this storm is missing - it's clear, if a little chilly, here.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM (g47mK)
The bones of that story are true, but the discussion famously took place inside the Prime Ministers office, with top military officials, and the call was made by Churchill himself. Not some low level researchers.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM (IUuBi)
Wife waves rolling pin...'I got yer therapy right here...'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:44 AM (QGaXH)
Yeah, every couple should NOT be in couples therapy.
I do couples therapy. The ones I see are in trouble, it's a race against time to see if they can save their marriage.
Now, ask me what percentage of couples stay together. Success or failure in therapy is NOT measured in how many couples stay together, but in how couples obtain the clarity to know which direction to go.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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There's a brand, Groton's maybe, that purports to have "non-minced" fish fillets. It's one of the cheaper brands. I've had the breaded fillets before. It's certainly fish. But pretty bland.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 10:49 AM (qwVdq)
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Yes. Bletchley Park provided the information, it was up to the top brass to decide policy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:50 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: runner at January 24, 2026 10:47 AM (g47mK)
Yes, it could be. I’ve seen a comment on X that names another potential reason: “Any military officers competent enough to challenge the US will always be a threat to the Communist leadership.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:51 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM (P5BPp)
Ahem......
SS Titanic
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:51 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:52 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:53 AM (qFwJc)
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Watch out for the police chief of Malibu. Real fascist.
Posted by: The Dude at January 24, 2026 10:40 AM (X4XpB)
That carpet really makes the room....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:53 AM (QGaXH)
Tough call.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:52 AM (jc0TO)
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Urban legend. It was a genuine intelligence failure (Enigma/Ultra wasn't perfect). They thought the major target for that night was London.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:54 AM (X4XpB)
The bones of that story are true, but the discussion famously took place inside the Prime Ministers office, with top military officials, and the call was made by Churchill himself. Not some low level researchers.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM
If I remember that scene correctly, one of the people involved in the fight/discussion had a family member in the convoy. So not saving the convoy meant that the family member would certainly die. But saving the convoy risked revealing to the enemy that the code had been broken.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:54 AM (P5BPp)
Mario ZNA
@MarioBojic
🚨🇬🇧BREAKING: Starmer's police just banned Christians from gathering in London.
Britons were prohibited from assembling at the "Walk with Jesus" event so as not to "provoke" Muslims.
Uk is being run by people who hate Jesus Christ.
https://is.gd/ZOWBhn
Imtiaz Mahmood
@ImtiazMadmood
STARMER LOSES CONTROL AS MIGRANT HOTEL ATTACKS EXPAND TO 8 MORE CITIES - POLICE OVERWHELMED IN TOTAL CHAOS!
Britain has erupted into full-scale mayhem as violent protests against migrant hotels exploded across eight cities last night - Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds and four others turned into battlegrounds with furious crowds besieging asylum accommodations, smashing windows, hurling bricks and bottles, and chanting "Protect our children"! .....
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 24, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)
My friend said he was glad but he bought a whistle for nothing.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 10:55 AM (KDPiq)
Maybe. But how would we know one way or the other? The entire subject is shrouded in lies.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:55 AM (jc0TO)
He told me that when a couple do that, it's already over.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:56 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 24, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ...
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:57 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 10:58 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 10:59 AM (KDPiq)
He told me that when a couple do that, it's already over.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 10:56 AM (qFwJc)
Not always. Possibly more often than not, but it's probably close to 50/50 either way.
I've never see a couple try therapy who wasn't HOPING to save the marriage, but sometimes what they need more than anything is clarity.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 10:59 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:00 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026
***
I miss the *baked* breaded chicken filets of the mid-'90s. For my dinner I'd put spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese on them. Then I found out I'd independently reinvented chicken parmigiana!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 11:00 AM (wzUl9)
If it wasn't so blasted cold outside (1F and -19F windchill), it would be a pleasant winter's day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 09:17 AM (ESVrU)
When it’s that cold the snow is light and fluffy, blower snow. Instead of shovelling it use a leaf blower. 😀
I do that sometimes and I’ve had neighbors look at me funny. Then a light bulb goes off and they’re like ooooohhh ok yeah that works. This is especially good for cars.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:00 AM (Ryx1w)
I assume
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:00 AM
It's a last ditch attempt to convince the guy that he is in the wrong.
I joke, probably.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 10:38 AM
Ahem......
SS Titanic
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 10:51 AM
Watched (what I felt was) a great 2-hour documentary on the Titanic called Titanic's Final Mystery where the gentleman did a ton of research into the weather conditions that night and the main fault of why the lookouts did not see the iceberg in time was because of a mirage. Similar to seeing water mirages in the desert. But in this case, the horizon was lifted above the height of the iceberg, so it was impossible to see.
There was a lot more great research and studies done into the happenings of that night, but seeing that really convinced me that Titanic was just a freak accident, rather than the fault of the captain or the lookouts, etc. as history seems to blame.
Now, the decision to not fill up the rescue boats is another story.
IMDb: https://imdb.to/4t5oXvR
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (P5BPp)
I assume
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:00 AM
All therapy is a scam.
Couples therapy is a double scam.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Ryx1w)
@MarioBojic
🚨🇬🇧BREAKING: Starmer's police just banned Christians from gathering in London.
Britons were prohibited from assembling at the "Walk with Jesus" event so as not to "provoke" Muslims.
Uk is being run by people who hate Jesus Christ.
https://is.gd/ZOWBhn
Imtiaz Mahmood
@ImtiazMadmood
STARMER LOSES CONTROL AS MIGRANT HOTEL ATTACKS EXPAND TO 8 MORE CITIES - POLICE OVERWHELMED IN TOTAL CHAOS!
***
About time the Britons fought back. Now if they can just keep it up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (wzUl9)
Once you let a hotel start migrating around your country there's no telling what might happen.
Posted by: Stuff your grandfather used to say at January 24, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)
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Anti-ICE protesters, I assume.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (L/fGl)
Couples therapy is a double scam.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Ryx1w)
Everything's a scam. Life is a scam. Peanut butter is a scam.
Scam scam scam.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (KDPiq)
I can survive 'til then. Probably.
Local weather guy made the claim it is colder here in central Oklahoma than in northern Alaska. Sounds wrong.
Posted by: Blutarski
Well…
11 F at chez tcn.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 24, 2026 04:10 AM
A toasty 8° here in NE Okla., "feels" -7°.
Posted by: mindful webworker at January 24, 2026 09:38 AM
Posted by: mindful webworker - snowing again at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 24, 2026 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)
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Anti-ICE protesters, I assume.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (L/fGl)
The mountain lions tried setting up a couples therapy practice.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 11:04 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: Stuff your grandfather used to say at January 24, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
Posted by: The Crimson Permanent Assurance at January 24, 2026 11:04 AM (X4XpB)
Yes, it could be. I’ve seen a comment on X that names another potential reason: “Any military officers competent enough to challenge the US will always be a threat to the Communist leadership.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 10:51 AM (IUuBi)
I would say that's the true reason, because every commie dictator run this drill before..several times even. Mao favored this approach as did Stalin.
Communist Leaders
We Can't Stand to Have Competence Around Us!
Oblabla's choice of Biden for Veep meant what?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 24, 2026 11:04 AM (iJfKG)
She is an amazing, wonderful, beautiful, caring, tough as nails woman of faith whom I am nowhere near worthy of.
Through everything over the past years, she's still smiling and enjoying life.
Praise be to God.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 24, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
We Can't Stand to Have Competence Around Us!
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Same for mediocre managers. Competent subordinates are a threat to their mediocreness.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 11:06 AM (X4XpB)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 11:06 AM (qFwJc)
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I saw a clip from Davos. It was a panel with a German woman, a Muslim and a Jew. They were discussing anti semitism In Europe. The Jew said the reason for the rise on European anti semitism right wing white men are afraid of immigrant Muslims and are taking it out on Jews. So Jews and Muslims have to join together to fight the right wing.
I’m like dude what in the ever loving fuck?
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Well…
That bow-tie History Guy
The Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 (17m37s)
https://youtu.be/FQuyvWILQDc
Posted by: mindful webworker - snowing again at January 24, 2026 11:07 AM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Now, the decision to not fill up the rescue boats is another story.
IMDb: https://imdb.to/4t5oXvR
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (P5BPp)
Say you were in heavy fog or rain and hit someone with your car....police would cite you for 'speed too fast for conditions' even if you were under the speed limit.
I think it's the same for Titanic. Icebergs were a known hazard in those waters and that time of year.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:08 AM (QGaXH)
Couples therapy is a double scam.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Ryx1w)
Everything's a scam. Life is a scam. Peanut butter is a scam.
Scam scam scam.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (T8biA)
Dude...it's scams all the way down...!!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:09 AM (QGaXH)
***
About time the Britons fought back. Now if they can just keep it up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM
I was going to say the same thing, it's far past time for this to happen.
But agreed, my worry is that the UK tyrants crack down hard on these people, just like Canada tyrants did to Canadians who tried to fight back against the tyranny there.
Unfortunately, I think that will happen in the UK as well. The crack-down will be major and intended to put enough fear into the populace that no one else will dare protest again.
This is a tipping point I think. The tyrants in charge of the UK have no intention of backing down unless they are violently forced to do so. They need to overthrow the UK government as much as those in Iran need to overthrow the Iranian government.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:10 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 24, 2026 10:48 AM (X4XpB)
the inversion finally moved out of the valley, and it's a bright sunny morning here in Idaho. Kind of chilly, though, 20 degrees.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Savatage fan at January 24, 2026 11:10 AM (0aYVJ)
Meanwhile his therapist probably owns a nice summer home on the beach somewhere from Howard’s sessions alone. Lol.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:11 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 11:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:09 AM (QGaXH)
Time for me to get ready to head out, but before I do, the cats are being all loving and sweet... I guess I need to give them some treats.
Scam? Of course it is. The little shits.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 11:11 AM (T8biA)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Savatage fan at January 24, 2026 11:10 AM
Brisk 7, here with a -10 windchill. Not bad, really.
*sips iced coffee*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 24, 2026 11:12 AM (kgE5c)
https://youtube.com/shorts/Xuytdzrr280
Posted by: Classic Carson at January 24, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
Gay marriage must be a drag.
Posted by: Auspex at January 24, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 11:13 AM (KDPiq)
It's such a gorgeous day today where I am, I can't even tell you. Sitting at my glass workstation in front of two large windows with a view of sunshine and greenery.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 11:14 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 11:16 AM (rbvCR)
I’m like dude what in the ever loving fuck?
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:07 AM
Saw that too. Paul Joseph Watson played it in one of his recent videos this week.
And that's the issue in UK and Europe overall. There is absolutely no one in a position of power or influence who is on the side of the UK or any western nations in Europe. Everyone in power, in media, in every institution there is on the side of the WEF and tyranny and population replacement.
It's downright scary. And even scarier that is has been happening here in the U.S.A. as well and the only thing saving us from becoming what Europe already has become is the Trump Administration. The Uniparty and every institution in the U.S.A. are on the side of the WEF as well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 24, 2026 11:16 AM (P5BPp)
Couples therapy is a double scam.
Posted by: Really?? at January 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Ryx1w)
Everything's a scam. Life is a scam. Peanut butter is a scam.
Scam scam scam.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 24, 2026 11:03 AM (T8biA)
Dude...it's scams all the way down...!!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 11:09 AM (QGaXH)
Everything is rigged.
Everything is bullshit and lies.
Everything's a scam.
Everything's a ripoff.
Everything's an op.
Everything's fake and ghey.
Posted by: Should just about cover it at January 24, 2026 11:18 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 24, 2026 11:36 AM (qo38o)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 24, 2026 11:59 AM (t/2Uw)
Stay warm, my friends, enjoy a little wine and some old movies.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 24, 2026 01:36 PM (1auMZ)
please bestow your Blessing of Peace and Strength on those beset by pain and sorrow, Amen.
Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at January 24, 2026 04:17 PM (3ZUWJ)
Daily Tech News 24 January 2026
Top Story
- Yeah, I'm going to stay right here in my insulated, double-glazed, air-conditioned bunker for a week.
- You can get an AMD Ryzen 9800X3D, an Asus X870 motherboard, and 32GB of RAM for $939 at Newegg right now - and even get a bonus mouse. (Tom's Hardware)
That's a $480 CPU, a $300 motherboard, and memory that did cost around $100 but suddenly finds itself at $440. And a $125 mouse that isn't worth $125 or it wouldn't be included for free.
- Just one small problem: Asus is currently reviewing - though not recalling - all of its 800-series motherboards over a string of failures specifically involving the 9800X3D CPU. (Tom's Hardware)
ASRock has been battling this for months. It's rare, but seems to keep happening.
- Oh, and the faster 9850X3D is here. (Notebook Check)
It's only slightly faster, but it's only slightly more expensive. If you were planning on a 9800X3D build - or upgrading an existing system that already has DDR5 RAM - it's not a compelling option but not an awful one either.
Tech News
- Some perspective: Intel reported a loss for 2025, yes, but it was 98% smaller than the loss in 2024. (Tom's Hardware)
The $300 million loss for the year also has to be compared with the $20 billion in fresh investments. I certainly wouldn't count them out yet.
- Intel also confirmed that its new Nova Lake CPUs will be showing up late this year. (Tom's Hardware)
These are expected to have twice the number of CPU cores of any recent consumer models - up to 16 performance cores and 32 efficiency cores, plus 4 low-power cores. Which is rather a lot.
- Japanese toilet maker Toto is seeing its share price rise for an unexpected reason. (Tom's Hardware)
For nearly forty years, the company has also made electrostatic chucks used to hold silicon wafers in place during manufacturing - one of many afterthought components that has seen a sudden surge in demand:Interestingly, the source name checked a few other unlikely Japanese companies that are benefitting from the AI boom. An MSG seasoning maker also makes chip-insulating films, for example. Meanwhile, cosmetics brand Kao's expertise in facial cleansers has an unexpected twin: the company also makes cleaning agents for semiconductor wafers.
Find what you're good at, and keep doing it.
- AMD has prepared a chart showing why its laptop chips are still better than Intel's new Panther Lake CPUs. (WCCFTech)
They're not.
- If you were thinking of buying an Nvidia 5000-series graphics card, now might be a good time to think of buying an AMD graphics card, or to simply find a new hobby like gardening or making fun of people online. (WCCFTech)
Nvidia is cutting production and has abandoned its Open Price Program which tried to keep boards available at MSRP, meaning they soon won't be.
Higher end cards already aren't.
- What TikTok's new ownership means for your feed. (The Verge) (archive site)
It means you're still the same idiot you were yesterday. Stop watching slop that is making you retarded.
- What TikTok's new privacy policy means for you. (Tech Crunch)
It means you're still the same idiot you were yesterday, because the policy has been in place since 2024.
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"One hundred years of jail for your sneaky kiss-contest." 2:19
Posted by: m at January 24, 2026 04:29 AM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 04:33 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 04:35 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 24, 2026 04:37 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 24, 2026 04:44 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at January 24, 2026 04:45 AM (/aLbE)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
Hasn't reached the Nashville area yet. I'm in a NE suburb and snow is supposed to start at around 11:00 AM
Posted by: Tuna at January 24, 2026 04:49 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 24, 2026 04:23 AM (BLOW1)
Much fun!
Posted by: m at January 24, 2026 04:52 AM (SSiCQ)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 04:57 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 04:59 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 05:03 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)
I might have been a little wrong on that one.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 05:05 AM (CbTXB)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 05:07 AM (CbTXB)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 05:12 AM (V9lCV)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 24, 2026 05:12 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 24, 2026 05:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Heavier rains to the west and cooler temps to the north are moving & converging this way.
Stay dry, warm, and toasty!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 05:22 AM (wVcYX)
Temp just reached freezing.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 05:22 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:25 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:26 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 24, 2026 05:27 AM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 05:32 AM (3Ope8)
https://tinyurl.com/mubvnu72
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:33 AM (ix8EF)
My gardenia is protected but I don’t expect it to survive.
Posted by: Accomack at January 24, 2026 05:34 AM (/Chlc)
https://tinyurl.com/3bc6tdke
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:35 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:37 AM (ix8EF)
The Big Rain is supposed to start here about 2 pm. It may continue into Sunday morning. The high tomorrow is supposed to be, get this, about 68 . . . and then the bottom will fall out, so the weather "experts" say, and crash down to 24. Minor league stuff, I know -- but people here grumble when temps drop below 50 and panic when it gets near freezing.
Anyway! Here I am, furry thugs trotting about hinting that breakfast is overdue, as I sip coffee. Howzabout you? The ONT was fascinating last night with our discussion of all the things we used to do like listen to our Walkmans and consult our phone books, huh?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:37 AM (wzUl9)
Really?? The shame. The shame.
I guess today's "student's" could not find a place in English class, or the grammar lessons did not make an impact.
Not one comment yet in LinkedIn to the post. I don't dare.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 05:39 AM (wVcYX)
https://tinyurl.com/jzw5m9b3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:40 AM (ix8EF)
That was very kind of you to be mindful of the birds.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:41 AM (ix8EF)
But there probably will be ice. Rain on Sunday followed immediately by falling-below-freezing temps? Yeah, ice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)
:-) Just trying to avoid getting the red ass from the grandson. He's relentless when it comes to keeping the feeders stocked. ;-P
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 05:50 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:50 AM (Ia/+0)
https://youtu.be/xr4R7eh5f_M
"Our Minds Could Be Running On Virtual Machines" | William Hahn | Curt Jaimungal
Posted by: m at January 24, 2026 05:51 AM (SSiCQ)
"Quality Learing Center . . ."
The mind doesn't even boggle, it runs screaming into the night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 05:52 AM (ix8EF)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 05:52 AM (Ia/+0)
"Quality Learing Center . . ."
The mind doesn't even boggle, it runs screaming into the night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)
My mind is doing a Sam Kinison primal scream.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 05:55 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Stoner living in the basement at January 24, 2026 06:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Rain is starting to fall. It marks the start of Deathfreeze 2026. I've written my Social Security number on my forearm so I'll be easier to identify, if anyone is left to find me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 06:14 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 24, 2026 06:15 AM (e/QAl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 06:14 AM (tgvbd)
I knew there was something I left off my prep checklist. LOL
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 06:16 AM (wVcYX)
It will be a cold day inhale.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 06:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 06:21 AM (vFG9F)
We have two or three days where nightly lows are going to be in the 20s. During the day, the temperature is forecast to be above freezing. This, apparently, is enough to make people clear out the supermarkets.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2026 06:21 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 24, 2026 06:26 AM (NcvvS)
https://tinyurl.com/4csv2n7b
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 06:27 AM (Yl2Ob)
Deleted three comments.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 24, 2026 04:14 AM (BLOW1)
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We don't get as many spam comments in Esperanto as we used to...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 06:29 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 06:32 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 24, 2026 06:33 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 24, 2026 06:34 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 24, 2026 06:36 AM (Cjt/F)
Well, it can't be completely nutty. You're there 🙂 How far are you from home?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 06:36 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 06:38 AM (Nx5jP)
Ok, here goes.
If you have a spouse, job, and children you have little to zero time to go follow law enforcement officers around and interfere with them as they go about their duties. You also have exhibited extremely poor judgement, and it's time to consider all of the life choices that have brought you to this place and decide what changes are necessary to lead you to something better.
Whew. Ok, thanks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 06:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 24, 2026 06:40 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 06:43 AM (Ia/+0)
But at the same time, it has given me the perspective to shake my head in disbelief at these people in Jackson, MS freaking out like this is the movie 2012.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 24, 2026 06:48 AM (jrgJz)
But at the same time, it has given me the perspective to shake my head in disbelief at these people in Jackson, MS freaking out like this is the movie 2012.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)
Here, it's dropped from 61 to 56 in the last 2 hours. It's more like the movie The Day After Tomorrow.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2026 06:49 AM (wVcYX)
Oh dear
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 06:50 AM (PVt/n)
THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS
THEFT BY TAKING – MISDEMEANOR
COMPUTER TRESPASS
COMPUTER THEFT
I wonder what the story is behind that.
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 06:50 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 06:53 AM (qWRc4)
But at the same time, it has given me the perspective to shake my head in disbelief at these people in Jackson, MS freaking out like this is the movie 2012.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026
***
It so happens, bugging out for a hurricane, I spent three days in the summer of 2012 in Jackson, MS.
It was the longest month I ever spent.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at January 24, 2026 06:53 AM (T8bqm)
The furnace has been running like crazy at my location in the Great White North. The current temperature outside: -27 C with a windchill of -36.
In Freedom Units, that's -16 F with a windchill of -33.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 06:53 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 06:21 AM (vFG9F) "
that would be a bikini-cutie in white fur hat and short jacket, wearing go-go boots, right?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 24, 2026 06:54 AM (Cjt/F)
Powerline Week in Pictures
https://tinyurl.com/4x8ddy3b
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026
***
"Has anyone tried unplugging Minnesota and plugging it back in yet?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 24, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
In Freedom Units, that's -16 F with a windchill of -33.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 24, 2026 06:53 AM (O7YUW)
Damn, that's cold!
Posted by: A Witches T*t at January 24, 2026 06:57 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"
Oh, well I can see how that would cause a fuss.
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 24, 2026 06:58 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:00 AM (Ia/+0)
-11 right now in SE Michigan. No wind so that’s better than yesterday.
Posted by: Jen the original at January 24, 2026 06:53 AM
I'm seeing -8° in Monroe county
time to get bundled up and go start all the vehicles on the used Ford lot that is my driveway
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 24, 2026 07:01 AM (tljrc)
About 9 degrees with a 10MPH wind here in Bourbon Country. The weather radar's painting snow just to our southwest.
So it begins....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 07:06 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:09 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 07:09 AM (AphQx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)
Southwest Power Pool show for their entire grid a less than 5% contribution of unreliables (wind/solar)
ERCOT at almost 20%
With Natural Gas contributing well over 50%. Go Thermals!
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 07:19 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: fd at January 24, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 24, 2026 07:23 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Streets have a light dusting of snow but the yards are clear.
We're expecting a bit more snow later today.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2026 07:25 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: davidt at January 24, 2026 07:26 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Case at January 24, 2026 07:27 AM (E7+ue)
De Queen AR area (and thereabouts) seems to be clobbered the hardest for SPP providers. The nearest to my home location was a few hundred outages a half hour ago with expected time to restore before 10A.
The linemen are on top of their game for this.
Praise God for toxic masculinity in the dark and freezing rain.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 07:27 AM (a4flb)
Doesn't bother to look up SPP.
Posted by: Too lazy at January 24, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 24, 2026 07:32 AM (4FZ/9)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:33 AM (Ia/+0)
/so very smugly
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 07:37 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 24, 2026 07:37 AM (+mUZM)
Currently, it's barely light outside and overcast. No snow. Yet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 24, 2026 07:38 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 24, 2026 07:37 AM (qFwJc)
====
firefighters love breaking down doors. EMTs not so much.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 24, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)
Oh. spelled it out at #92
SPP = Southwest Power Pool.
EROCT = Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
ERCOT, which covers MOST of Texas was in the news due to the embarrassing spectacle of the being less than five minutes from total grid collapse due to ERCOT's dangerously high reliance on wind and the wind mills freezing back in Feb/21
SPP, while is has windmills, still relies more on NatGas and Coal (+ Hydro) and it reaches from Canada down into the Northeastern portion of Texas. East Texas is largely on SPP rather than ERCOT (Tyler is in ERCOT).
I moved out of ERCOT because it was run by retards who didn't even live in Texas or even in the US. TX legislators are also retards and fell for Al Gore's lies and wrecked the grid with Wind/Solar.
Unfortunately, my current issue isn't grid stability, but live in oil and tree country where in the 1930s they didn't really think about sleet and wind when playing cat's cradle with the power lines through the woods.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 24, 2026 07:40 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 24, 2026 04:33 AM (0KSrI)
Good Morning
West of the Rockies so we're not participating.
Stay safe and warm everyone.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 07:43 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2026 07:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Hey, it's still not bad here. Rain and *taps thermometer* 55F.
Hmm. Maybe some bacon in the offing...
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 07:48 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 24, 2026 07:48 AM (dxrQc)
They had long been powered rather ingeniously, by get this - natural gas. A rather elegant engineering solution. Oops.
I’m sure they have remedied this defect by now.
Right?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 07:49 AM (PQwzA)
Let's not discount a few billion $$$ from Uncle S... other taxpayers on the table...
Posted by: man at January 24, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 24, 2026 07:50 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 24, 2026 07:59 AM (jrgJz)
https://tinyurl.com/97urz49c
(From Behind The Black)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 24, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)
If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much.
Yeah, I grew up in western Michigan.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
It was in Holland, MI that I witnessed two very young twin boys pick off the ground pieces of that thin plastic strapping that gets wrapped around everything, put them in their mouths, and proceed to clean them by moving them forth and back like dental floss. Did I mention these straps clearly were dirty?
It was only later in life that I figured what I saw was their immune systems telling them, "Time for my version of going to the gym, kiddos!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:03 AM (xG4kz)
Wonders what SPP stands for.
Doesn't bother to look up SPP.
Posted by: Too lazy
It's simply PPS after it spun out on the ice
THAT WILL BE EVERYWHERE!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:06 AM (xG4kz)
And what boons were delivered to me from the application update upon which you insisted, word crossword puzzle game?
Fixes, stability improvements and optimizations.
Oh, of course. You're such a giver.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 24, 2026 08:15 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 24, 2026 08:31 AM (PQwzA)
Iceout ONT
I hope those of you impacted by the storm are keeping warm and safe. I've got gas, kerosene, propane, generators, oil lamps, firewood and winter clothing, so we should be snug and warm here, even if the rest of Texas loses it's mind. In the meantime, here's a little advice:
Fido Friday: What did you just do?
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
This is so cool
Floor 796 This is one guy's multi-year project. The theme is that it is floor 796 of a space station, but it's got more meme, pop culture, anime, you name it, references than anything I've ever seen. Interesting translation
Someone had fun thinking these up
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
Quick wit
Let's give Mike and Carol 8 billion dollars
Choose wisely
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
I'll never hear this song the same again
The Bee nails it
Frens
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
Today's game
Truth or parody?
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 23, 2026
Pissing off your trillion dollar trading partner by sucking up to the Chicoms because you don't like their president is some next-level statecraft
Map of the US by a trucker
We need more of this
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 24, 2026
Good graphic design
Venn diagram
Fact Check: True
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) January 24, 2026
"It's my wedding night. Mind if I use our vagina?"
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by my new cat. He followed me home one day when I was out for my daily walk, almost a mile, so, well, he's mine. Vet says he's about 4 ½ months old and healthy. His name is Tomato
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at January 23, 2026 09:59 PM (oq5BJ)
Was a cruel and thoughtless storm
With a ton of snow and a coat of ice
That was 'way outside the norm
Posted by: mindful webworker is a linky thinker at January 23, 2026 10:00 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Accomack at January 23, 2026 10:00 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: mindful webworker done did his not first dooty at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:04 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Oh, wait: I am fascinated by that. Always have been.
It's just surprising that there are so many of these videos. Is it a current trend or something?
More on-topic: perhaps the unmarried conjoined sister is into voyeurism and the married one is into exhibitionism. Could be a perfect marriage.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)
For being an old timer here, I am such a newb sometimes.
Posted by: RI Red at January 23, 2026 10:07 PM (ZbDxc)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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The grocery had a cheesecake, not a regular cheesecake but a 7 slices cheesecake, each slice a different sample. Regular, plain, blueberry, strawberry, etc.
Just walk away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 10:09 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 10:10 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 10:11 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: huerfano at January 23, 2026 10:13 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: KCSteve at January 23, 2026 10:13 PM (2+WvJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:13 PM (/LXUT)
It makes a difference.
Posted by: Cicero
Abby and Brittany Hensel where Abby is married to Josh someone. A & B are, as you suggested 'Y'.
Crazy situation but if it works for them, great.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)
That list of twenty "dated things" ? I've done nineteen. Not sure I ever listened to a boombox outside, not on my own, that is; I never had one. If you count being exposed to somebody else playing the damn thing too loudly, then okay, make it twenty.
Nos. 18-20 I do currently; I have several dictionaries and a 1984-vintage set of the Britannica, and I write paper checks to pay bills.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Paolo at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (8zz6B)
Love the trucker map: "Avoid Gary At All Costs."
Fun stuff. Thanks, WeirdDave.
Posted by: RickZ at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (kpS4V)
Crazy situation but if it works for them, great.
I hope it doesn't get weird like he's banging his wife but fantasizing about her sister.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: huerfano at January 23, 2026
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I do this several times a month. Time for me to buy some more stamps, as it happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
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Hexie never lets me forget it at meal time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)
I'm not saying that's what's happening. I'm just asking questions.
People might say I'm questioning the weatherman just because I take money from various foreign regimes who passionately hate weathermen.
But, I think it behooves us to ask "why do these people hate weathermen so much? Is it perhaps because these so-called weathermen are actually *controlling* the weather, instead of just reporting on it?"
Inquiring patriots want to know.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (KDPiq)
"It's my wedding night. Mind if I use our vagina?"
Sorry Sis, I know your faithfully married, but I found that threesomes are fun, gangbang got to be better!
- Single Sister
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)
Only one I have never done is rent a video.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (8zz6B)
In the Trucker map, the entry for Georgia is accurate, but only for I-285. I hate driving on the Loop of Doom, especially the portion north of I-20, but thankfully that is very rare.
Posted by: Farquad at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (wzUl9
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PRO-TIP: Opt for the Forever stamps. They're good like, forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026
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At my former employer, I had a fax machine by my desk that I rarely used. I did have to send a fax once; a graduate student was applying for a federal job, and the govt. insisted on getting all the application materials by fax. This was in 2019, or maybe it was a little later.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9)
I did blast music on a boombox at the park once; it was XTC (English Settlement).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: TRex - eskimo dino at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Cat distribution system at work. 'mater looks like a good kitty.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Cicero
Abby and Brittany Hensel where Abby is married to Josh someone. A & B are, as you suggested 'Y'.
Crazy situation but if it works for them, great.
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And you thought complaints about leaving the household toilet seat up were annoying.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Why wouldn't you? Banks still offer them, and utilities, hospitals, and churches still take them. No need to go all electronic.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 10:18 PM (wVcYX)
We're supposed to get 10-14 inches, with lots of ice. Then a deep freeze for over a week.
Did my shopping this morning. I'm not going out for a while.
Posted by: RickZ at January 23, 2026 10:19 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:20 PM (Fs0KI)
More on-topic: perhaps the unmarried conjoined sister is into voyeurism and the married one is into exhibitionism. Could be a perfect marriage.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Which sister does butt stuff? If he gets his wife drunk and bangs her, is her cheating on her with her sister? There is sooooo much to unpack here.
Needs three bewbs though.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 23, 2026 10:20 PM (QVmho)
Sorry Sis, I know your faithfully married, but I found that threesomes are fun, gangbang got to be better!
- Single Sister
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Sis, we want to try the 69 position. Want a blindfold? - Married Sister
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (wVcYX)
I hope it doesn't get weird like he's banging his wife but fantasizing about her sister.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
The true really crazy thing about the situation is the girls are teachers and receive separate paychecks.
Just for fun, I'd like to read the legal language that surrounds this issue. Would be interesting.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Make sure you use a security ink pen to write those checks. People still wash checks.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)
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Truth or parody? If I were that burglar, I'd be back out the door as fast as I could go. Too Twilight Zoney.
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Twins: That might seem fake, but as shocking as it is, it's not impossible.
https://youtu.be/yw5yzHc29_Y
Too bad the gals couldn't find a two-headed guy. Think of the children!
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That was a great ONT, WD. Thanks.
Posted by: mindful webworker is happily a singleton at January 23, 2026 10:22 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 10:22 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (+HNx/)
They're a bit more secure than e-mail, aren't they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:22 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Make sure you use a security ink pen to write those checks. People still wash checks.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)
Yes. And if you're mailing checks, post them from inside the post office. Don't trust the blue mailboxes or the one outside your home.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (ftFVW)
Is his name to-MAY-to? or to-MAH-to?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
Will you call the next cat that adopts you Potato, with the opposite pronunciation to help them ignore you better?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
I am not sure why she told me and got my hopes up, because she a said a day later that she and my grandmother did not want me "in that part of town at that time of night."
I volunteered one of my brothers to be with me (he did not know about this). She still said no.
I think I would have been awesome and gone national. I also had the perfect last name for a weather girl. Bummer.
The only problem I saw was having to finally learn some of the states in the midwest, which still confuse me to look at on the map above. I continue to not be bothered to learn about four of them.
Had she done this for me, the girl who got my job became a news anchor for decades and I would have stayed there. It was not to be so I broke everyone's heart and moved West. The End.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026
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Miss Linda's cat Angelique was a stray who found me. She came up to me in an empty parking lot while I was drying my freshly-washed car, and uttered that "I need hoo-man help NAOW!" sound that any cat lover knows. She was a beauty and I knew she had to be somebody's pet. I started to get into my car -- and she leaped right in onto my lap.
I took her to Linda's. We put an ad in the paper (this was 2003) and checked with local vets. Nobody claimed her, so she became Linda's cat. We discovered later that she was probably a Siberian or Siberian mix. We showed her pics to a Siberian breeder at a cat show, and she said, "Yup, that's what she is."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:24 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:24 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 10:24 PM (47diA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:25 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:21 PM (KDPiq)
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Yes. And if you're mailing checks, post them from inside the post office. Don't trust the blue mailboxes or the one outside your home.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026
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I do the latter, Mary, but I don't know what a "security ink pen" is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
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Oddly enough, banks and certain government entities assert that faxes are "safe" forms of communication as compared to emails. There's probably (somewhere) some truth to that.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
All mail around here goes through the Nashville Main PO to be sorted and then distributed. They are notorious for stealing checks from mail that is processed there. It's happened to many here. If you travel just down the road to the next village over, the mail travels through Knoxville for sorting. Never a problem over there.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I tell them to give me their routing number and I will transfer money into that account. Why should I allow them into my account?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (/LXUT)
Is this the weirdest ONT topic ever? If not, it must be a strong contender.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:26 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026
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Exactly. Paying online would be easier for them, too -- but I'm not getting a discount for doing it, so I continue to make them work a bit to process my checks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
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Robert Reed? No.
He'd be looking up Greg's skirt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (+HNx/)
We had a guy arrested for meth in the county next door. His tattoos are quite something. We thought it comical around here.
https://tinyurl.com/4cr7d7k9
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (2F0/Y)
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I still don't use a credit card at the pump. I walk inside and prepay for my gas. Outside credit card machines can have those skimmers inserted by criminals.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026
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Same here. Let 'em earn their fantabulous salaries.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (KDPiq)
______________________
20/20 here too...but here's the thing. 11/20 to this day, albeit a bit more sporadically.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: pookysgirl grew up in the hinterlands at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (WONhk)
Why would "Bummer" be a perfect last name for a weather girl??
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026
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I only use the oil company's credit cards at their pumps -- Shell and Exxon. Generally I pay cash at independent stations with E0 gasoline.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dairymen's Council at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:28 PM (wzUl9)
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Things just haven't been the same since that court ruled you can't pay in pennies.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joyenz
Ha, those are good for a laugh. My tats are better.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:30 PM (ftFVW)
https://tinyurl.com/4cr7d7k9
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (2F0/Y)
This ain't that guy's first rodeo, I'll betcha.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Oh yeah, me too. That training was very handy as I went into IT and had to type all my punchcards during college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: alpine_beer at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (van9r)
I think a LOT of homosexuality from both sexes is about giving up on traditional relationships and trading them for easy sex (men) or no sex (women).
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:27 PM (wzUl9)
One reason I always decline to go paperless....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (uQesX)
Not quite sure what those are supposed to be. Horns? Sausages? Used tampons? In any case, it does pretty much scream "Oh hello officer. Please search my car for meth."
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
Permanent ink that can't be washed off.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (KDPiq)
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2h
🚨 NEW: The House GOP just RAMMED through a $1.2 TRILLION spending package, despite an almost $40 TRILLION DEBT.
Tucked inside is almost $80 BILLION for the 'Department of Education'.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)
>>I still don't use a credit card at the pump. I walk inside and prepay for my gas. Outside credit card machines can have those skimmers inserted by criminals.
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Yes and yes!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
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Uh Betty, could you look the other way? I wanna try something kinky with your sister.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
I went to a brand new high school in 11th grade, 1972. Brand new, never typed on Selectrics. I felt blessed.
Posted by: qwerty at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (w3u3d)
At the time my parents were renting pastures to people with horses. The horse people put this kitten out at a barn 1/4mi away from the house. Willis wanted people, not mice.
So he arrived and would not leave. My father fed him secretly. Willis would appear on top of the patio umbrella and look into windows. He got on the roof of the garage. He was going no where and my father thought he was entertaining.
One day my mother noticed a moving lump under their bedspread and he'd invited himself in to never leave. Daddy loved that crazy cat (who attacked people and scared black sitters years later who took care of my father. He was better than a watchdog). Willis, (named for our my grandmother's former gardener, who was a strange character himself, would hide on the stairs and leap out and make people scream.
My husband, not a cat lover, was napping one day on the den couch. Willis made himself at home on his lap. We'd walk by and my man would look at us helplessly as we knew if we tried to move Willis the claws would come out and my guy might not be the same.
He was the best cat of all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:33 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 23, 2026 10:34 PM (x0vey)
Thank you for loving him, WeirdDave snd Gingy!
Stellar ONT, as usual, btw!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (Ezs10)
Do the women have arguments with each other?
I wonder how their brains are wired for sensation, pain, muscular control, etc. Fascinating, I'd bet.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins were both married and had something like 20 children between them. Long marriages.
Posted by: Your Turn Tonight at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
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Uh Betty, could you look the other way? I wanna try something kinky with your sister.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (+HNx/)
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Uh, isn't it kinky enough already? Maybe she'll learn something new...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (ESVrU)
Sees all the comments about Siamese twin sex.
Slowly backs away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Hey, two for the price of one! But you maybe gotta share...
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026
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Permanent ink that can't be washed off.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026
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Where would I find such a pen?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Oh yeah, me too. That training was very handy as I went into IT and had to type all my punchcards during college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
For me, home ec. - I can mend just about anything and I should be considered an honorary Chinaman for how well I can iron / press any garment like a mutherfucker. Sorry - was that a wee bit racist?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 10:36 PM (GTqXr)
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2h
🚨 NEW: The House GOP just RAMMED through a $1.2 TRILLION spending package, despite an almost $40 TRILLION DEBT.
Which was "only" $28 TRILLION when Biden took office five years ago.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:36 PM (Fs0KI)
Good luck to those south and east of us who are supposed to get the really nasty stuff.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 10:36 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Have you seen the backsides of those Mexican weather gals?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Ba-bum-bum at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026
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Exactly. Paying online would be easier for them, too -- but I'm not getting a discount for doing it, so I continue to make them work a bit to process my checks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I have become a belligerent. There's fee for paying with a credit card, one must buy a stamp. I pay local bills at the service in cash when possible otherwise I use a bill paying service. It costs only a tad more but the satisfaction of not paying the card fee or the USPS is fine compensation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (/LXUT)
When I was a kid my dad worked for IBM. He got a Selectric when they first came out. I thought history had ended, there was nothing left to invent.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 10:29 PM (uQesX)
Tornado was my last name (not really). I ain't saying what it was, but trust me, it was perfect.
I think the cojoined twin who's not the choice has a bag over her head for the activities. But that's not stopping her from enjoying it.
Otherwise, the married one would say, "Don't look at HER, I AM YOUR WIFE! Don't be making eyes at her!" and it would get ugly.
I honestly think it's weird and do wonder for a few seconds about the one/two now and then in the news. I always feel sorry for the one whose head is sideways as that looks painful, but I guess she's used to it. Hope she doesn't drive (but she does with the other one, dummy!).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (WONhk)
Sees all the comments about Siamese twin sex.
Slowly backs away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Hey, two for the price of one! But you maybe gotta share...
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (ftFVW)
Right, for the price of 1 vayjay you got 2 heads bitching at you.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
This touches on something we’ve discussed often; in most cases male homosexuality is a much different thing than the female version. Of those females of that persuasion I’ve known personally, including some relatives, I’ve seen that their sexuality is greatly affected by having suffered sexual abuse from an older male at a very vulnerable age. My theory / observation is that this leads them to greatly fear any sexual encounter with any man ever again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (IUuBi)
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Thought that file got deleted?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I wouldn't say typing was the most useful class in high school, but it has certainly served me well over the years. Like you, we learned on IBM Selectric typewriters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Oh yeah, me too. That training was very handy as I went into IT and had to type all my punchcards during college.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)
Ironically I learned to type on a computer keyboard (self taught plus school classes) before I ever used a regular typewriter.
Posted by: Farquad at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Mike Tyson at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
He was the best cat of all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026
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My late black longhair Wolf never *tried* to make anybody afraid. But his big frame, which looked even bigger with his long black fur, made some people nervous. I was told there was at least one maintenance guy at my complex who, when detailed to work on a problem at my place, would say, "No way I'm goin' there with that devil cat lookin' at me."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
Sees all the comments about Siamese twin sex.
Slowly backs away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 23, 2026 10:34 PM (x0vey)
No, no. It's all good. He married the hot one.
Posted by: Kids with bottle rockets at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (IUuBi)
I usually put a picture from their website in my phone. It facilitates time spent at the desk.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (/LXUT)
You all stay warm and safe. Except for youz in Florida; you all are smart enough to be ok. And California. Don't start any fires kidz🔥🤯!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 10:40 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Braenyard
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This is the way!
I notice that paper checks are *much* more expensive than they used to be. It's a conspiracy! They want to coerce us into going digital. (The better to fk you over with, my dear) Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
You're not wrong.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (MyjXu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)
Rock, paper, scissors?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (gh32g)
Can I call your new cat Tomahto?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (erZBp)
At the time it was frigging magic. How did little ball spin so fast?
Seems quaint now but at the time it was spectacular.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
I mean, gays have put out maybe the top seven of my ten favorite songs (or "favourite" - most were brits) but I still don't want any of them to fuck me.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 10:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:45 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
I feel sorry for right-thinking Canadians. That robbery victim parody must reflect some sad facts.
And as for visa-free travel to China! tfw you get a very spooky gift
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (erZBp)
I learned how to type on an Underwood Five. Lemme tell ya, my pinky fingers developed frigging Charles Atlas style BICEPS!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:46 PM (BWpBM)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 10:42 PM (vSvIl)
________________________________________
This is how you the IRS is absolutely evil:
Conjoined twins are considered two distinct individuals by the IRS, each with their own Social Security number and tax identity. If one twin marries, that twin files a joint or separate return with their spouse, while the unmarried twin files as a single individual, ensuring only the married twin's income and their spouse's income are subject to marital tax rules.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: KT at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (7vIsy)
youtu.be/CxhbVym1MY8
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Heavy Meta
No worry. We very proud of our work. Many happy customer!
Posted by: Mon Lee Hand Laundry at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
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My mother said one of the Home Health Care RN's would ring the bell and ask if Willis was in the house. If he was she would not come in til he was outside. Even then people were nervous.
Granted, in the dark shadow of the stairs you could not see him til he attacked. I would just yell at him and hear my father laughing. He once sat next to me, purring and being good. Then dug those claws in through my jeans and I threw him (he was not small) across the room. My father was delighted.
One sitter (a lesbian we found out due to her "literature" which I did not know existed, but looked at the paperback cover), was terrified of Willis. She said one day my father, in a wheelchair, was sitting next to her watching tv. Willis got on an ottoman and she said she knew what he was thinking.
Willis leaped into her lap and she screamed, "Oh, lawd, save me!" as my father cracked up. I don't know how long Willis visited her.
He was famous.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (47diA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
I learned to type on a Selectric, with that ball head. Those were great machines.
At the time it was frigging magic. How did little ball spin so fast?
Seems quaint now but at the time it was spectacular.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Susceptible to spy attacks, too. If a hostile power could listen in on the typing, it could tell by the micro differences in the timing of the next THWACK which key had been struck.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:49 PM (erZBp)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
We had a weather girl in our AOR named Majestic Storm. Seriously.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)
Gramps was a REMF!
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:45 PM (BWpBM)
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To me, who, sadly, never served, it strikes me that you go where you're sent. As long as you didn't pull strings or boast later of your valor, a rear-area billet is as honorable as any other.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (tgvbd)
Oh, I have a "checking account", but it just has a debit card. If I wanted paper checks I'd have to pay a monthly fee, plus whatever the printed checks cost nowadays (which would mostly be wasted... at this rate, one order of checks would more than last the rest of my life).
So far I've been winging it with money orders, which I can get at the same store where I get my prescriptions. The cost for a money order is significantly less than the monthly fee for a checking account.
I'm probably lucky that Old People Warehouse doesn't require payments in beaver pelts or wampum.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:51 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
Thanks guys.
Has anyone seen Bulg, is he doing ok?
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)
This touches on something we’ve discussed often; in most cases male homosexuality is a much different thing than the female version. Of those females of that persuasion I’ve known personally, including some relatives, I’ve seen that their sexuality is greatly affected by having suffered sexual abuse from an older male at a very vulnerable age. My theory / observation is that this leads them to greatly fear any sexual encounter with any man ever again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 10:38 PM (IUuBi)
I don't care if a 2 headed helen thomas conjoined twin locked me in a cave for 5 years and beat me with a fire poker, I'm never..ever..going to say hmm, maybe I'll try hairy man ass. I'm more likely to chew through my chain, break free, and jam that poker through both their heads and go find me a Sophia Vergara. The woman can do what they want, but as for me, give me chick tits or give me death. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)
The panhandle gets over 15 inches a year.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (KDPiq)
I have pounds of pure copper pennies. Can I sell them by the pound? Probably not🤨....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (LNeRu)
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I'm sure my draft answers to interrogatories brought in big money on the international black market.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (+HNx/)
the spending bill also sends millions to Colorado for child gender reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: mindful webworker - staying inside at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: skywch at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (uqhmb)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
We had a weather girl in our AOR named Majestic Storm. Seriously.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)
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Went to school with a girl named April Showers. And, I'm sorry, but if we get to name the weather girl with the first name of Summer, her surname shall be "Hummer." Summer Hummer.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (MyjXu)
Yeah, it sucks. But remember the happy birthdays, because that's what they wanted you to have.
Or at least that's what I tell myself.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (lUFok)
I write checks for my weekly offering at church. That's about 95% of occasions where I use checks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (Cjcf6)
I was in undergrad with a girl named Tempest Fox.
No, she was not a stripper.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (IG3/x)
I find it disturbing how much thought you put into that.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
We had a weather girl in our AOR named Majestic Storm. Seriously.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)
.....................
Ok...her name was better than mine. But mine was pretty good, I thought. And I would have nailed it and been famous.
Probably married a rich guy who had affairs and then I murdered him famous.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (WONhk)
Do the women have arguments with each other?
I wonder how their brains are wired for sensation, pain, muscular control, etc. Fascinating, I'd bet.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
I think (and this is not a joke) the only thing to do is ask the twins. Some conjoined twins seem to control separate appendages or feel in certain areas and others have much more control than the other twin. You often can't study this in animal models due to a) you can't ask a mouse questions and get answers and b) they often die while in utero or shortly out of the womb.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (MyjXu)
The card catalog! I loved that. And microfiche.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (gh32g)
Don't get me wrong. I suck at typing and the Selectric just helped me suck faster.
I'm one of the chosen few who had their GPA go down by taking high school typing.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Uncle Joe, Movin' Kinda Slow at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)
Abby of Abby-and-Brittany also got married. She knows everyone's curious about the sex so she posted a few answers about it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:55 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: Dalhart at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (gf7Ez)
Morbidly curious, because fascinated while being weirded out is too long.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Zelda Star at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Thanks skywch. It's hard to imagine life without them and one can never prepare for it.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:57 PM (2F0/Y)
What I loved even more was the key lights shining in JPM's sunglasses, makes him look like an absolute lunatic.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Of course, I probably hadn't seen more than 2 or 3 trannies, until it became the hot fashion trend a few years ago.
Posted by: Wally at January 23, 2026 10:58 PM (0e5Te)
https://x.com/NiedsG/status/2014747526855811336?s=20
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (gUs21)
I find it disturbing how much thought you put into that.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 10:54 PM (dIske)
I'll back Berserker on this one. As a former teenage boy, I spent a lot of time thinking about chick tits to the exclusion of...almost everything else.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (NZPfR)
I have pounds of pure copper pennies. Can I sell them by the pound? Probably not🤨....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (LNeRu)
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You should take them to a grocery store. They might buy them off you now that pennies are no longer being made.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Methos
They file separately.
BUT! A case could easily be made such that they should file jointly!!
swidt? I'm killing me today!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Crusader
I read somewhere that criminals can scan your credit card as you walk past them, also that they can scan your key fob and start your car. So I got little Faraday pouches for my credit cards and my fobs. I don't even know if all that is true, but the pouches aren't very expensive on Amazon.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)
On the other hand, Capital One, my second Visa card, just informed me that they have *reduced* my credit limit to $5K because I hadn't been charging anywhere near my previous limit. In other words, I had not been risking impoverishment often enough for their liking.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Onnor Stoodent at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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Well now, we're birthday buddies. Today is my birthday as well. Lost one parent 2 years ago, and the funeral was on my birthday. Lost the other parent excactly a year ago, ON my birthday. I'm starting to think The Almighty is messing with me.
Took a while to get a handle on it. I internalize. But, today I called up my brother and told him to be nice to me or else.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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They would both want you to have a Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Mike Tyson at January 23, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Easy "A" on the second go-round!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (rdVOm)
Actually, it doesn't. Most big businesses use the check they receive from you as permission to electronically dip into your bank account for the amount of the check. Then they scan the check, send the scan to your bank, and shred the actual check.
I'm not talking about when you write a check to the kid next door for shoveling your driveway, but the checks you write to the electric company, or to your credit card company, or to the county for your property taxes are almost certainly handled that way.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: mindful webworker - feel a whole lot better when I'm gone? at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)
I believe you, sir.
I simply try not to think about homo stuff. I think most of the lesbians are just weirdos who never had a guy look at them and resorted to whatever they do.
It is always reassuring to me to figure out who is the pretend male vs female in a couple. Now you can't tell (ok the Widow of MN you can tell). I did note her "wife" went downhill in looks after coming out of the closet she should have stayed in.
I worked with some ED RN's who were lesbians. I was there for a couple of years before someone told me and laughed at my tardation. I am that vague.
At a college party I was pretty wasted and a girl asked me to a concert that night, after asking if I was straight. I told her no I was not straight, being wasted, and yes I would go with her to the concert.
My bf/husband, lurking around but we were not dating at the time due to his frequent breakups, told her I was with him and was straight. I argued with him til he explained quietly to me what I was agreeing to.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:03 PM (WONhk)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (KDPiq)
Niedermeyer's Dead Horse (NDH) is having a bad time. Everyone's prayers would be wonderful.
https://x.com/NiedsG/status/2014747526855811336?s=20
Posted by: Jeff Weimer
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Is it my imagination, or has she been absent from these parts for a while?
And best wishes to her in the challenges she now faces.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: skywch at January 23, 2026
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My mother died at age 70 when I was 33. (I was a late kid.) My father had already passed when I was about 24 -- though I did not find that out until a couple of years ago thanks to Miss Linda's genealogy hobby.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Because . . . She was a lamb?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)
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So true. The sting of rejection, and all.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 23, 2026 10:59 PM (NZPfR)
Damn right, especially if you lived through the tube top era. That was proof god loves us and wants us to have nice things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (snZF9)
I used a typewriter once. In high school, borrowed my mom’s portable to write a school paper. It was incredibly annoying. And I had a computer, with a printer. But I did not have a word processor. As it happened there was a hamfest that month so I set aside some money thinking there would be software on sale since hams were very much early adopters.
Which there was. I could have bought a word processor. But there were also video games including a wonderful version of Space Invaders. I figured, I can write a word processing in BASIC but not a Space Invaders clone. So I bought the game and wrote the word processor that I used for the rest of high school.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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They would both want you to have a Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Mike Tyson at January 23, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Happy Birthday, because you are here, Joyenz.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:05 PM (WONhk)
·
2h
🚨 NEW: The House GOP just RAMMED through a $1.2 TRILLION spending package, despite an almost $40 TRILLION DEBT.
Which was "only" $28 TRILLION when Biden took office five years ago.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 10:36
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With all the bad news out there , this may be the worst.
"What can't go on forever, won't."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:06 PM (0/b2/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
I think I would have been awesome and gone national. I also had the perfect last name for a weather girl. Bummer.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:23 PM (WONhk)
OK, guys, ChristyBlinkyTheGreat has issued a challenge to guess her real, weather related, last name.
How about "Christy Sunshine" ?
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026
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Yes; there's all the boilerplate text now saying you consent to have the money electronically drawn from your account. In other words, there is no one- or two- day delay now when you write a check; when they slip it in their machine, they get the funds right away.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)
On the other hand, Capital One, my second Visa card, just informed me that they have *reduced* my credit limit to $5K because I hadn't been charging anywhere near my previous limit. In other words, I had not been risking impoverishment often enough for their liking.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
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I dropped my Capital One card years ago when they raised my rate, and changed it from fixed to variable, citing the economic climate as the reason.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:07 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (EXyHK)
Today is my birthday and the first without any parent here. It just isn't the same.
Posted by: Joyenz
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My mother is the only person on earth who sends me a Valentine's card or gives me Sees chocolate from "the Easter Bunny."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: EastBayLarry at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (T8fnh)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)
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You've perpetuated the legacy of your excellent and well-loved dad and the blog is a better place for your presence here.
*clink*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (uQesX)
The latest 0Z GFS model run is out. It will take a while for the 0Z Euro run to finish:
https://is.gd/VemBiv
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (w6EFb)
They have to tell you if that is what they are going to do.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (KDPiq)
It rhymes with "summer"?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 23, 2026 10:32 PM (lUFok)
Rhymes with hummer too.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026
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Never did the first, though we did have TV repair guys come out to the house once or twice in my youth.
I walked to grammar school by myself, and rode buses to school after that. And my mother used to send me down to the corner tavern when I was about ten to get her a pack of Pall Malls from the vending machine. Nobody seemed to care.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:10 PM (wzUl9)
Anyone who grew up in the Boston area in the 70s knows the legend that was Stu Soroka. I'm still convinced he was the inspiration for George Carlin's hippy dippy weatherman.
He was obviously stoned during many of his weather reports. It was awesome. A bunch of us would get together and watch some of his reports and laugh our asses off.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: a.moron
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Let me clarify--
As long as I have not authorized ongoing automatic deductions, I get no surprises re: amount or date of withdrawal.
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: EastBayLarry at January 23, 2026
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I never bought one. But a girlfriend in 1991 gave me one for my birthday, and I used it when I would go running and on other occasions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (LNeRu)
I think most of the lesbians are just weirdos who never had a guy look at them and resorted to whatever they do.
__________
I think everyone at one of our vets is a lesbian. The one who treats The Big Dummy is a pretty good looking lady.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 11:11 PM (tgvbd)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself? Took the bus
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine? Yeah dad smoked Kents
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)
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I guess they want to run on runaway inflation and free money for Somalia.
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (vSvIl)
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Lee Marvin counted the digits dialed on a rotary phone by the suspect. Followed that number later on for the catch.
_M Squad
youtube.com/watch?v=PAhXez5Ib2k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (/LXUT)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:04 PM (KDPiq)
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Well, I didn't walk to kindergarten by myself exactly. It was a neighborhood school, so it was like a mass migration of kids every morning.
In 4th and 5th grade, I was a crossing guard. They didn't give us flags on poles back then. We got a bright orange reflective belt, and walked out into the middle of the road (to be fair, the crossings were four-way stops, but still...)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:13 PM (OGOaV)
Have you ever snuck into a drive in theater?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:14 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Solutus at January 23, 2026 11:14 PM (Ds9EH)
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Embrace the penguin.
x.com/WhiteHouse/status/
2014819683757678654
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[Also:]
The Lunduke Journal
@LundukeJournal
That sound you hear is Leftist Linux users, around the globe, having a simultaneous meltdown.
x.com/LundukeJournal/status/
2014830787086958917
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (XLQLg)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026
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I pay my balance, which is generally small, each month in full. Probably that's part of what they hate.
I got the card in 2019 because they offered 0% on purchases and balance transfers for, I think it was three months. I swapped a Chase balance to it and charged some work on my car, paid no interest, had it paid off by the deadline, no problems. It's nice to have a card to back up the Chase one. Both have ridiculous interest rates, but no fees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
>>Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
>>Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (///6J)
Plus:
Milk delivery.
Play video games at an Arcade.
Drive-in movies.
Pump gas for the boat *at the dock*
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 10:49 PM (erZBp)
This is true.
Every key had a different electromagnetic signature.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Free Range at January 23, 2026 11:17 PM (oftw2)
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I could do it by jangling my car keys.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:18 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
She critiques and gives pointers.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 11:19 PM (ftFVW)
However, I want every.single.one.of.you who has snow to do this for me:
Inside, safe and warm, look up to the heavens as it snows. It's awesome. I miss it. And I pray for snow out West. Blow some our way, please. Good night.
https://tinyurl.com/y8aeum8m
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)
I hope all of you in the path of this bad weather and frozen temperatures will be ok. All our stores are wiped out of products.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Tried those. Pall Mall tall non filter were the tits.
Couldn't talk after a week.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (/LXUT)
He was obviously stoned during many of his weather reports. It was awesome. A bunch of us would get together and watch some of his reports and laugh our asses off.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:10 PM
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Anyone here remember Captain Mike in San Diego? Not stoned, but certainly did seem to like his adult beverages.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (gf7Ez)
The weather where I am is very comfortable. Sometimes I think I would like some snow, but not if I have to drive in it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (erZBp)
That's likely almost all of what they hate.
Their ideal customer is someone who maxes out the card, then makes the minimum payment every month
Within the industry, people like you, who pay their balances in full every month, are called "deadbeats", exactly the same as people who renege on the debt altogether.
Nope. I'm not making that up.
Both of you are costing the company money, and they're not in business to lose money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (IG3/x)
I got the card in 2019 because they offered 0% on purchases and balance transfers for, I think it was three months. I swapped a Chase balance to it and charged some work on my car, paid no interest, had it paid off by the deadline, no problems. It's nice to have a card to back up the Chase one. Both have ridiculous interest rates, but no fees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
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Yeah, I was carrying a balance back then (it's been a while). Been keeping them paid off for years now. Surprisingly, none have reduced my limits.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:21 PM (OGOaV)
That GFS model is your tax dollars at work. 29 petaflops of processing power, and about $1.4B per year to operates. It runs every 6 hours, and takes about 4 - 5 hours to complete each run.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
I did.
Out the back door. Across the pasture.
Thru the fence.
Up the street.
Turn right (before I knew left from right).
Go two blocks.
School on right.
Don't be late!!!
Seemed normal at the time.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (XLQLg)
Tonging his nads if he positions her right. Its just too fucked up to imagine what goes on in that situation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)
Two genetically identical Moms?
Again, I want all involved to live happy, fulfilling lives but wow - this is wack.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 11:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:23 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)
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To be fair, nad-tongueing is probably the best case scenario.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:24 PM (+HNx/)
Must have been all the damn yankees that moved in.
Posted by: GWB at January 23, 2026 11:24 PM (Xmgkb)
Nope. I'm not making that up.
Both of you are costing the company money, and they're not in business to lose money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 11:20 PM (IG3/x)
Yes. Paid in full each month. The customer they hate. I love being a deadbeat.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:25 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:25 PM (KDPiq)
I don't want to even think about the conjoined twins thing. Nope, just nope, my mind just can't go there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)
Within the industry, people like you, who pay their balances in full every month, are called "deadbeats", exactly the same as people who renege on the debt altogether.
Nope. I'm not making that up.
Both of you are costing the company money, and they're not in business to lose money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026
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Oh, I know. But there are plenty of the pound-foolish types to make up the difference, I'll bet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:26 PM (wzUl9)
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I've poured beers in the tank to get the level up enough to make it to the station.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:26 PM (/LXUT)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact
3/3
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)
...Both have ridiculous interest rates, but no fees.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yeah, pay it off every month & have no annual fee. The CC companies call us "freeloaders" which is BS. They get, what, 3% fee on every CC transaction, whether or not it's listed separately on your receipt. It's just part of the price of goods and services in most places.
Whenever you pay cash somewhere, realize that CC fees are built-in to the prices you pay.
Are you getting a discount for cash? Probably not, although some gas stations here used to offer it.
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)
>>I guess they want to run on runaway inflation and free money for Somalia.
As noted, at a minimum, 30% of every local, state and federal budget is pure corruption, fraud and graft.
So 360B of that is going to end up in the pockets of the people who voted for that package, one way or the other.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Obviously, that doesn't apply to morons.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 11:27 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Free Range
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And I know that was great pizza, because Brooklyn pizza is the best!
Posted by: The Grateful at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
the spending bill also sends millions to Colorado for child gender reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 10:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Remember, that is just a House bill. Still has to make it through the Senate. And Trump has a veto pen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (8zz6B)
I was just north of you but in a much quieter neighborhood. No highways. I lived 3 suburban blocks from my grammar school. All of us walked to school. I thought everyone did. We even went home for lunch.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:28 PM (ovff8)
The thing of it is, they are used to dealing with account issues by phone for all their customers that are deployed all the time.
Side benefit - when you spell out your name using the NATO alphabet, they actually know what the hell you are doing.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (cYBz/)
Have you ever snuck into a drive in theater?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:14 PM (KDPiq)
Yes, and yes, if driving into the drive-in with someone in my trunk counts.
Gas was like 30 cents a gallon when I started driving.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (X5Jzz)
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"When your platform is stealing from Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on the support of Paul."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (gh32g)
Ice storm supposed to start about 3pm. Not supposed to clock out from work until 4pm.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
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Those old tuners were akin to radio tuners, they could be adjusted for frequency. Dad made an extra long screwdriver; take the channel knob off and insert screwdriver for picky channel reception.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:30 PM (/LXUT)
Also, as a kid, my friend's phone was a party line.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Savatage fan at January 23, 2026 11:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Have you walked to kindergarten by yourself?
Have you bought a pack of cigarettes out of a vending machine?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:04
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All on the same day!
In fairness though, I was nine at the time.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 23, 2026 11:31 PM (gf7Ez)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (gh32g)
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That was what I used to pay for getting to play the triangle instead of the sanding blocks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:31 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 11:29 PM (gh32g)
That is so metal. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (47diA)
Posted by: The Grift at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (ovff8)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026
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Yes, most of the major gas stations now charge .10/gal. more for credit card purchases. But both my gas company credit cards give me .10/gal. off, so I'm getting the cash price anyway.
The Exxon convenience store I've gone to for years has ethanol-free gas at about $1.00 more than E10 regular. I've since found cheaper outlets for E0. But the major annoyance at that one is that the E0 pumps are fantastically slow -- 90 seconds per gallon! I bought four gallons today and had to wait almost six minutes. And this has happened for several months now. Regular pump? No delays at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
What you make in that last hour of work won't cover the deductible on your insurance when you slide into something.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)
Heh. My Dad even had us use a pipe wrench to turn the antenna to try to pull in Pittsburgh stations if the Cleveland stations didn't carry the game due to local blackout.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Free Range
***********
And I know that was great pizza, because Brooklyn pizza is the best!
Posted by: The Grateful
It was. Pat was Italian, could not speak English. His wife answered the phone. He watched wrestling on a little B/W TV and had framed autographed pics of wrestlers on his wall in the "dining room". Bobo Brazil, Wahoo McDaniel, Haystacks Calhoun, and of course his fave, Bruno Sammartino. Remember it like it was yesterday, but it was 1962.
Posted by: Free Range. at January 23, 2026 11:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:15 PM (XLQLg)
Tonging his nads if he positions her right. Its just too fucked up to imagine what goes on in that situation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
And do they share one set of lungs so only one head has to breath while other focuses on the task at hand?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 11:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026
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I could have gone home for lunch, I guess, though I never asked. Mom was usually sleeping in the daytime -- she worked nights as a private-duty nurse.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (wzUl9)
We even went home for lunch.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Going home for lunch is good livin'. I had a job in bustling downtown for a while, a short drive to my apartment. I'd go home for lunch and it felt like heaven being there in the middle of the work day.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (erZBp)
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Oh. A wise guy, eh?
Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk
Posted by: Moe Howard at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (+HNx/)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:32 PM (erZBp)
Right there with ya! Haven't paid credit card interest in 40 years or more.
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:36 PM (X5Jzz)
20/20 on quiz.
Spot on the Texas snow.
Nice pussy you got Weirddave!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 23, 2026 11:37 PM (VCgbV)
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The merchant fees on my monthly charges more than make up for the interest that they never collect.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:38 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: EastBayLarry at January 23, 2026 11:08 PM (T8fnh)
I had a Walkman look-alike, some unknown brand. Later I got some Sony gadget that looked like a pocket watch, and could hold several hours worth of music. Weird software needed to load it up. Still kicking around somewhere, I think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:39 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 23, 2026 11:39 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026
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I haven't either since I paid off my first home computer purchase, an 8088 PC from CompuAdd. I had to have one for night school classes. I carried the balance -- making more than minimum payments, yes, but still had a balance -- until I got a better job in 1991. Then, zip, I paid it off.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (wzUl9)
If they’re losing money on their two to four percent cut of every purchase, they have no right to call me a deadbeat.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (t+VLa)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 11:41 PM (wzUl9)
Have you ever opened a can of beer with a bottle/can opener?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:41 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:42 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:43 PM (2WIwB)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Bravo!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (/LXUT)
As a kid I had no idea that every kid wasn't doing the same. We thought it was normal. We walked or rode our bikes everywhere.
Then my dad got transferred to New Jersey and I learned what about school buses. That was the end of my innocence.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (IUuBi)
Well hell. It was right there between the "f" and the "s".
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: a.moron at January 23, 2026 11:23 PM (X5Jzz)
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We've been a credit union member for a long time. Loved our credit union. Then they decided to do a major system upgrade. Can't fault them for that, but it was a disaster. Months later, and there's still functionality missing. We're switching to a new credit union. Unfortunately, the old CU has our mortgage, so we can't fully separate.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 23, 2026 11:45 PM (OGOaV)
Hah, I'm another deadbeat then! And it's easy. I have my credit card programmed to automatically pay off three days before the end of the month so there's never a penny of interest charged.
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Autopay is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:45 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:46 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:44 PM (IUuBi)
RRREEEEEEEE!!!!!
We're all gonna die! Global.warming!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 23, 2026 11:47 PM (uaYsl)
Because I like this song:
https://tinyurl.com/4m2n64e2
Sang this one at a big party with my roommate, and my on and off again bf was there:
https://tinyurl.com/w3jf6j27
What I should have sung at the same party:
https://tinyurl.com/rna2akp4
I married him anyway. My parents kept all my letters from college (which are hilarious). In one I said I hoped I never saw him again!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:47 PM (WONhk)
Autopay is your friend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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There are people who have been found mummified in their homes. No one looked for them until auto pay was empty and the bill collector came to call.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM (/LXUT)
I hung up fast and I always thought I was gonna get in trouble for that, but luckily that never happened.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM (KDPiq)
@aj_inapi
Jan 22
Europe: Greenland is sovereign territory. Not on the market. End of discussion.
Trump: Everything’s on the market. I’ll write a $700B check and drop six figures into every Greenlander’s pocket. Fast. Clean. Done.
Europe: We don’t need American money. Still not selling.
NATO: Push this further and you’re out. No alliance cover.
Trump: Fine. Cut us loose. Take our 5% contribution with us. Let’s be honest — without the U.S., NATO is a museum exhibit. And those two sled dogs you call defense aren’t stopping anyone.
(Pause. Silence. Calculations happening.)
Europe & NATO: Greenland remains Danish… but the U.S. can operate freely there. Military, logistics, Arctic access. Whatever you need.
Trump: Perfect. Then I’ll keep the $700B, skip the payouts, and secure Greenland and the Arctic without buying the deed.
Europe: …Deal.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (rbvCR)
Sucked sitting inside for five straight hours, and put an end to recess.
Posted by: The Grift at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (dDXqG)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (2WIwB)
What if one wants to become a Transgender ??
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 11:50 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:49 PM (2WIwB)
Yep. I still have my 45 of the Archies Sugar Sugar.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:51 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 23, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y)
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It's a sad commentary on your life when the first people who notice you're dead are the credit card collection squad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:51 PM (KDPiq)
Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:48 PM
DON'T LIE ????????? The Earth is Boiling and we are all going to die from eating Soylent Green which is at the top of the Progressive Food Pyramid...
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (X7dyz)
Used a phone with no dial, went to the town switchboard
have used a party line
Wrong tense for several items, (should be present tense not past) still use: typewriter, film camera, CDs and cassette tapes, paper maps (hate the uppity GPS voice), dictionary, paper checks.
Posted by: JTB at January 23, 2026 11:53 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 23, 2026 11:53 PM (gUs21)
Right there with ya! Haven't paid credit card interest in 40 years or more.
Posted by: a.moron
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They tell you that you can "automatically pay off a portion or all of your balance periodically from a selected account," but they never advertise "No interest!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:54 PM (erZBp)
I will check back in with everyone once I get back from Hawaii because it is too damn cold in Tennessee...
Posted by: Al Gore at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)
The last presenter was a secret service agent and his 'charge'. It was a guy he had put away for skimming operations(at gas pumps). It was a fascinating talk and at the end the felon took questions. Someone asked him how he protects his card from people skimming him.
He said "I don't ever put my card in anything"
So don't put your card in anything. He recommended tap-to-pay or apple wallet or Google wallet
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 11:56 PM (t+VLa)
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*thumbs up*
Posted by: Sylvester the Cat at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
How was their eyesight?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (8zz6B)
What wouldn't surprise me would be if all the "superstorm" stuff was used by the media to get people's minds off the Somali corruption, overthrowing the mullahs, anti-ICE types invading churches, etc
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
Three blind mice!
See how they run.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (2WIwB)
No matter what the weather is, it's always climate change. Heat wave? Global warming. Snowicemaggedon? Climate change. The earth is warming, and somehow that makes it colder.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
I excelled at recess. My grammar school was a big brick building and the side by the playing fields was our stickball stadium. Hit a curve? pfft.
If recess was a class I would have graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
Those who have their cell phones surgically attached to the side of their head are a mental mess and clueless.
Thank GOOOOOOOOOD I was born in the late 1950's !!!
Posted by: Wally at January 23, 2026 11:59 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 11:55 PM (slJUi)
-8 here in Cook County already. We're far enough north not to get any snow out of this one. We were allegedly going to get 4 inches overnight a couple days ago, but it was just a dusting.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 12:00 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 24, 2026 12:00 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
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Pfft. I'd kick your ass on the monkey bars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:01 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 24, 2026 12:02 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:05 AM (wDs+a)
What part of Summa do I have to explain to you?
I peaked in 4th grade. There wasn't a playground that could contain me. It's been all downhill since then.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:06 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
Something tells me you didn't ride the short bus.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 12:08 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Well Global Warming is Tricksie that way, dontcha know.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 24, 2026 12:08 AM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Nemo at January 24, 2026 12:09 AM (4RPgu)
-8 here in Cook County already. We're far enough north not to get any snow out of this one. We were allegedly going to get 4 inches overnight a couple days ago, but it was just a dusting.
Posted by: Methos at January 24, 2026 12:00 AM (vSvIl)
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Kankakee county, about fifty miles south. We may get snow , but we won't be as cold as you. Easily twenty degrees below normal temperatures for January.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:09 AM (9Aku2)
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Asphalt or rubber composite?
It was asphalt for me.
Hard. Asphalt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:10 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: SamIam at January 24, 2026 12:10 AM (cjT1m)
Checking in late but here. No pithy excuse either.
I am 20 for 20 on today's game.
A few weeks ago - just before Christmas I was in an antique store in Riverside. There was a 1950's style rotary phone and a young couple - early 20's maybe was looking at it. The guy was telling the girl - 'my grandma had one like this - this is how you made a call.....'. I told them tedious it was to dial and wait, dial and wait and how when the push buttons came in it was 'the cats meow'.
I think I scared them a little......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:13 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
I used the deLorme gazetteer, it covered the entire state, and often even had farmer's roads that were blocked by gates on them.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2026 12:14 AM (rbvCR)
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It's a sad commentary on your life when the first people who notice you're dead are the credit card collection squad.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 11:52 PM (+HNx/)
There was a dude that used to hang at this guitar store that I was at quite a bit. He was a character. Used to buy gear, then trade it in or sell it in a matter of days or weeks because he needed money for bills. Then he would get his check at the beginning of the month and do the same thing all over again. I bought a few guitars and amps from him over the years. Anyway, after 40 years the store eventually closed about 2 years ago because the rent got stupid. Last year I saw one of the regulars and asked about some of the other regulars, just to catch up. I asked about that dude, and the guy says oh man he died. I said wtf happened, when? The guy says the nearest they can tell, he died around december, but didn't find out until april when his trailer caught fire and they found a charred skeleton.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)
The best part about this place is nobody who found their way here and made this place what it is ever rode the short bus.
Other than garrett.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:15 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
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The legendary Thomas Guide. Mrs. Cicero still bemoans its passing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:16 AM (+HNx/)
Maybe the hawk was hunting birds in the bushes.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:17 AM (0/b2/)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:17 AM (viF8m)
Thomas Guides were a local icon in Southern California for decades, with many companies including the Thomas Guide map grid information for their locations in Yellow Pages listings and other advertisements.
https://tinyurl.com/4kzk6m2c
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:21 AM (+HNx/)
Barrister please.
I still have gravel imbedded in my knee.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:17 AM (viF8m
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Asphalt. Knocked the wind out of me more than once when I fell off the bars.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 12:25 AM (ieuZS)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 23, 2026 10:53 PM (MyjXu)
Same here - for years I kept the remnants of a Traveler's Check in my wallet 'just in case'....I think it finally disintegrated....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (Yl2Ob)
We had dirt under the monkey bars. Bare, compacted dirt.
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 24, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 12:29 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 11:40 PM (EXyHK)
Well, they don't get all of that. It's split between the issuing bank and the merchant's processing company (usually not the same entity), with a smaller amount paid to Visa and Mastercard for operating the network, branding, etc.
Also, the default rate on cards pretty high...around 5% of it winds up getting charged off. Gotta cover that risk somehow. When push comes to shove, people will stop paying their Visa bill before they stop paying rent/mortgage, food, utilities, car payments, etc. It's at the bottom of their priority queue. To make matters worse, it's unsecured debt. There's no house to foreclose or car to repo.
They are definitely making money, but not as much as you might think.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:31 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:32 AM (IG3/x)
Back in college, we could pick up the audio of one of our TV stations on the radio, so we were watching Star Trek: TNG with the sound piped through our stereo. Closest we had to surround sound.
Posted by: No One of Consequence
Channel 6
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Ain't that some shit?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (snZF9)
Here's is Wunderground's "Wundermap":
https://is.gd/yi6qco
Zoom in and you can see the various PWS stations in their network in the area.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
The powers that be at my elementary school got fed up with the kids wearing ruts underneath the swings, which would fill with water when it rained and result in a big mess.
They fixed it by filling the ruts with concrete.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:34 AM (IG3/x)
We had dirt under the monkey bars. Bare, compacted dirt.
Posted by: JQ at January 24, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
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We would have LOVED compacted dirt. The ground glass and carpet tacks could really smart when you dropped onto it from eight feet up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 12:35 AM (+HNx/)
https://tinyurl.com/3kmhkvrc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 12:36 AM (Yl2Ob)
Thomas Guides were a local icon in Southern California for decades, with many companies including the Thomas Guide map grid information for their locations in Yellow Pages listings and other advertisements.
https://tinyurl.com/4kzk6m2c
Posted by: Cicero
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Analog is awesome.
But digital, it's so irresistible.
"Dunkin' Donuts near me!"
"Continue on the I-5 south for three-quarters of a mile. Then take Exit 8A for Delandro Street."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 12:36 AM (HxSSW)
if reading this
Posted by: gKWVE at January 24, 2026 12:37 AM (gKWVE)
One of the best things about the Trump administration isn't arrests or deportations or even Greenland. It's a renewed interest in letting kids be kids. Let them play, exercise and eat real food and learn to think. It's going to pay dividends long after we are all gone and it makes me happy. If todays kids get to grow up with just a bit of what we did it's going to be worth all of it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
I'm about to clock out for a nap. Probably be back in about 2 hours.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 24, 2026 12:39 AM (HxSSW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (0nHVk)
Special circumstances there... even on the (minimal) road system, there are a LOT of places with no cell phone service.
Once Musk gets mobile Starlink fully built out, the Milepost will probably go away too.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (IG3/x)
It's 25F in Hot Springs, AR. Springs ain't so hot right now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)
0F in Beaver, OK. Cold beaver.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:43 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 496
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Some stores charge extra for tap to pay.
There's another way to protect your card without inserting.
Pay cash.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 12:44 AM (/LXUT)
Save your money, build a cash reserve, and then buy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 12:47 AM (/LXUT)
Barrister please.
I still have gravel imbedded in my knee.
Posted by: JackStraw
Gravel everywhere at my former grade school.
(Former in both senses, there's no school there anymore. Even the old building is gone. The upper floors were condemned due to fire code when I was attending in 1980-ish.)
The sixth graders would get the merry-go-round going as fast as they could run, and you held on until your fingers gave out. Then you got the road rash.
I think the whole playground was funded by Bactine(tm).
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 12:48 AM (VHUov)
The school playground was a very Darwinian environment back in those days.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:51 AM (IG3/x)
I get a kick out of the obviously malfunctioning stations that pop up on Wunderground. Some guy in Maine is reading 73F surrounded by single digits, both + and -.
When you zoom in tight enough on some area of interest, you'll sometimes see those lunatics pop up every so often.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 12:40 AM (0nHVk)
yeah I'm 20/20 to but with some conditions. I always had cable internet, so the dial up wasn't mine, it was a friend who had it. The walkman wasn't mine either, but the dude plugged it into a power amp and speakers, so technically I heard music from a walkman. As for the rest, guilty.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 12:57 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:57 AM (IG3/x)
A funny one happened locally when I first got into this with my station and was looking at the network all around.
There's chemical plant between Simpsonville and Ft. Inn SC. They had a weather station, a very expensive fancy Davis one. The damned thing was reading some ridiculous solar irradiance, well over 1000W/m^2 in the middle of the night.
They had mounted the thing right close to one of their big outdoor arc lights.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
This is everything. We were free range kids who could not wait to push limits, rub some dirt on it and then push again. On the playground, in class, everywhere.
Our bikes were our freedom machines and the only thing we feared was it getting dark because that meant going home for dinner. What made America great wasn't a bunch of clowns in DC, it was us. We need more of us. Let kids be kids. We have plenty of dirt to rub on it.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:58 AM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/3kmhkvrc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Feel good post of the evening.
Hope they can get Niedermeyer fixed up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 12:58 AM (/LXUT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 24, 2026 01:01 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)
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Yes, getting kids out of a comfort bubble. To explore, to take kids' risks. I'm out of touch and I don't know if they ride bikes much or play pick up games of baseball in the park. I hope it's not all phones in video games.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 24, 2026 01:01 AM (p503p)
Left to right was east to west, top of the page was north and associated with another set of allocated and corresponding numbered pages.
One could go in any direction and keep continuity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:02 AM (/LXUT)
20/20, easily.
The "vinyl record" thing shows the list might be a bit old. Vinyl's making a comeback with the Kids These Days.
I still listen to CDs. Other than that, I wonder which of those things was the last thing I did. That might put a limit on how "29" you have to be to get 20/20.
It's probably the phone book one. "Free phone book on the front porch every year" didn't stop until the late 2010's.
Dial-up internet, maybe, for the non-nerds. I had my first DSL box sometime around 1999.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 01:09 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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"Traveler's Check"? Is that what the kids today are calling it?
Posted by: buddhaha at January 24, 2026 01:09 AM (IMmiQ)
And now I feel like I need to inventory my cigars, so... that's what I'm doing for the rest of the evening,
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 24, 2026 01:09 AM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
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1993. My first Windows "real" PC. (My Commodore 64 didn't really count.)
93 MB of storage on the hard drive. It was virtually bottomless in capacity.
Now one high-res jpeg would take up the entire drive. Times move forward, I guess.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 24, 2026 01:13 AM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 24, 2026 01:14 AM (edLbw)
Posted by: turambar at January 24, 2026 01:17 AM (Q0yOR)
Good afternoon.
The doctor came through just now.
I was contingently approved for a heart transplant pending these last few tests, which I have now passed, so they are presenting me to the committee this afternoon for final approval to be listed.
There are different paths they can take, but they're going to start out by presenting the path that we've discussed here, which is to put in the impella and keep me in the hospital until a heart becomes available. The committee could also decide that there is a better course of action. Whatever they decide, I will know by tomorrow.
So now it's all very real, all over again, and as much as I hate to do this, I must. It hurts to have to ask, but if i'm going to ask, you deserve to know why.
My daughter has set up a GoGundMe for support through this process. I had already lost most of my real estate income due to not being able to work two jobs and, while I'm fortunate to have disability at my day job, it's at reduced pay after 60 days. Even if I received a transplant tomorrow, it would be months before I could return to work.
cont.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:19 AM (/LXUT)
or those of you who can help, I thank you, and for those who cannot, I thank you for your support and encouraging words all the same.
If you could please share the link, I would be very grateful.
Thank you again for your support and your prayers.
Michele
https://gofund.me/cac05b9c6
https://xcancel.com/NiedsG
https://x.com/NiedsG
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:19 AM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 24, 2026 01:19 AM (8zz6B)
I still listen to CDs. Other than that, I wonder which of those things was the last thing I did. That might put a limit on how "29" you have to be to get 20/20.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:03 AM (VHUov)
People were listening to vinyl albums easily to the late 70's early 80's. People were transitioning pretty rapidly from 8 track players to cassette decks in cars by 1980 because by then people were sick to death of dragging 8 tracks across the line with matchbook shims (thats one for the list). I'll say one thing, as a guitar player having to learn songs from vinyl seriously blew ass. Lifting that needle every few seconds to learn a lead, or some other part was right up there with ball surgery with a rusty soup can lid. Forget doing it with an 8 track, miserable pieces of shit they were. Cassettes were a godsend, but I do remember quite a few people using vinyl in the early 80's still. They had cassette players in their car before getting them at home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 01:20 AM (snZF9)
https://x.com/Super70sSports/status/2014885917719249008
Lewis and Clark heard explosive sounds in the deep winter not far from the Rockies - they had no idea it was trees exploding.
Posted by: 13times at January 24, 2026 01:21 AM (jaEwf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 01:21 AM (0nHVk)
My Lord, they've got a high wind warning for a little strip running SW-NE over Gatlinburg, TN. The mountains act as a little funnel that accelerates the air when that cold air damming mess moves in.
20-30 mph sustained, with 60 mph gusts. With all the ice...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
Yup. Trees and power lines down all over the place.
Godspeed, Tennesseans.
Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2026 01:27 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Worthwhile project.
Is it an original French or Spanish?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:30 AM (/LXUT)
@alaskalandmine
My god. The derrick basically disintegrates when it hits the ground. Doyon 26 weighs nearly 10 million pounds. Absolutely no clue how the rig could tip over like that.
Damn we’ve received some reports that the rig Doyon 26, known as the Beast, tipped over and caught on fire! Sources confirm the fire has been extinguished and no one was seriously hurt. The rig is on the North Slope near Alpine and is being used by Conoco
Posted by: 13times at January 24, 2026 01:40 AM (n9lbh)
I made some beef stew today, all the flavors will meld and it should taste pretty damn good when the snow starts falling. I have a gas stove and if we lose power I can still light it with a match. I got some matches recently at the wedding I went to after Christmas. Nobody carries matches anymore, I found some books of matches from hubs and my wedding, 1983. I am going to put them in my kid's stockings next year.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 01:42 AM (0nHVk)
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'98 or '99 bought a portable radio recorder from Sears scratch & dent. Cassette. It would record directly from the built in radio. No air interference.
Had standard stop, forward, reverse it was like a miracle.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:43 AM (/LXUT)
Well, that mess is nosing into Miss. and Tenn. now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 24, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
Criminy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 01:59 AM (/LXUT)
Forgot the tomatoes. Have a can of Tappy's okra and tomato gumbo. It's going in the pot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 02:03 AM (/LXUT)
Posted by: turambar at January 24, 2026 02:06 AM (Q0yOR)
I generally just cancel old credit card, and then re-authorize payments by new credit card when they remind me.
Now, I may be mistaken, but a certain supposedly anti-virus company had me unknowingly on two accounts. I cancelled the credit card, but they apparently snooped on me enough to know what my new credit card number was.
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 24, 2026 02:08 AM (x8own)
Forgot the tomatoes. Have a can of Tappy's okra and tomato gumbo. It's going in the pot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 02:03 AM (/LXUT)
Went shopping myself, getting in some supplies for the Storm and after, especially milk. 10-14 inches and freezing cold for the next week plus. It's cold right now, about 15 F. Whatever comes down will most surely stick.
Got red sauce made for eggplant rollatini. Also bought fixings for a stir-fry. Don't know if it's chicken or pork yet. Put away some hamburges, too. I shouldn't starve
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 02:09 AM (gKDq2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=L6_Sm4b5HX8&list=RDL6_Sm4b5HX8&start_radio=1
One space because I'm lazy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 24, 2026 02:10 AM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 01:42 AM (0nHVk)
I still have matches in the house. Boxes of stick matches.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 24, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)
Not happening this time. so it's drip city and crossed fingers.
I've got my temper to keep me warm.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 24, 2026 02:19 AM (/LXUT)
Ahoy, Walter, I hope that you are doing ok.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 02:22 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 24, 2026 02:26 AM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 02:22 AM (0nHVk)
Remember Matchbook Law Schools?
Law school ads on the inside of matchbooks.
Posted by: RickZ at January 24, 2026 02:27 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 24, 2026 02:34 AM (0nHVk)
A friend and I went to a lot of Hong Kong action movies in the 90s. There was a theater in the chines section of the San Gabriel Valley called the Kuo Hwa that was great for this. The movie in question was 'Gog of Gamblers 2' starring Chow Yun Fat. Not to be confused with the several other movies calling themselves God of Gamblers 2 because in Hong Kong it was considered normal to make your own sequel to somebody else's hit movie.
In the movie, God of Gamblers is being visited at his palatial estate in the French countryside by his old friend, God of Guns. (Really, I'm not kidding) Suddenly, a battalion of gangsters attacks! The two defeat them in a spectacular battle that includes one of the most absurd stunts ever conceived (and copied by a few Western productions) but not before Gambler's wife and unborn child are horrifically murdered. The leader of the attackers is captured and is being interrogated brutally.
"Are you still hungry?"
What? My friend and I gave each other baffled looks and then it came to us. In unison,"Have you had enough?"
Posted by: Epobirs at January 24, 2026 02:53 AM (/0z9K)
Ha! I have walked my g daughter to her kindergarten class.
Posted by: Miflin at January 24, 2026 02:59 AM (aA6YN)
Posted by: m at January 24, 2026 04:02 AM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 24, 2026 04:02 AM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:37 PM (/LXUT)"
I have paid in person a few times for various mixups, but honestly - I have too much crap to do. I can't imagine how much of my life would be wasted not doing online bill pay once it was available. From what I recall from the before times I'd estimate 100 hours a year.
Helps that none of my bills have a credit card fee, so that's a free 1.5% cash back on all of them with no downside. That adds up.
Posted by: heya at January 24, 2026 04:05 AM (nH+RN)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 24, 2026 12:43 AM (IG3/x)
11 F at chez tcn.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 24, 2026 04:10 AM (6Bc88)
I generally just cancel old credit card, and then re-authorize payments by new credit card when they remind me.
Now, I may be mistaken, but a certain supposedly anti-virus company had me unknowingly on two accounts. I cancelled the credit card, but they apparently snooped on me enough to know what my new credit card number was.
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 24, 2026 02:08 AM (x8own)"
I would submit the issue is the other party are crooks, not that there is a generic technical barrier to canceling service (except fucking Comcast that requires you to call, as a policy)
You don't want to cancel cards willy nilly, it can butcher credit. And if you just get a new card number with the same company, yeah, businesses can and will get the upated card info. This usually happens when cards expire.
Posted by: heya at January 24, 2026 04:12 AM (nH+RN)
Posted by: m at January 24, 2026 04:19 AM (SSiCQ)
Winter Storm Watch Cafe
Hever Cottage, UK
Pit bull used for dog fights, then abandoned by a dumpster, is rescued and turns out to be a loving boy.
Wait for me, I've got little legs..🐘😅 pic.twitter.com/v1MbUypeeI
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 22, 2026
No matter the species, kids will be kids..🐄🐐😍 pic.twitter.com/nndzWS2Fop
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 22, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 07:37 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 23, 2026 07:37 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 07:38 PM (Cjt/F)
but here is a chance to fix it !
https://tinyurl.com/2u4szsm2 (scroll down , 2 hours ago - official WHITE HOUSE account)
(and just the pic
https://tinyurl.com/yxcj4b42)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:40 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)
😱 "They've discovered the microplastics epidemic is a fake!"
"Release the Snomageddon Fran panic!"
❄️
Currently 14°, Feels Like -2° here in toasty NE Okla. No snow so far, but expected to start about 9pm, and end… in May sometime.
Posted by: mindful webworker and the memes of tomorrow at January 23, 2026 07:42 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: Pink Roid at January 23, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)
Whad use say pal?
Posted by: Chris Cuomo at January 23, 2026 07:43 PM (3uBP9)
I always wonder about thatched roofs. Do they have bugs and mice living in them? Who comes to tend them now that the barbarians invaded? They would burn them, lacking skills.
I am peeved we are not in a winter storm watch. I also did not see ALL YEAR the Northern Lights (and never have). I don't ask for much, just inches of snow in my yard and many feet in the mountains for our water this summer. It's not fair!
Have a wonderful weekend, Ace!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:43 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: mindful webworker and the memes of tomorrow at January 23, 2026 07:42 PM (OJSFI)
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Wind chill of -24F here in south-central MO. That's pretty darned cold around here. Can only imagine how bad it is further north.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 07:43 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 07:44 PM (tWkg3)
Like playing with a warm fuzzy hand grenade.
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd
I gotta leave those stories alone. No one wants to hear the ending.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 07:46 PM (q6tQZ)
Wife says look mini Space Shuttle.
My guess is that is what you saw.
PS we live by NASA and know what a full size (FAKE) shuttle looks like.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:46 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 07:46 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)
Yeah, you never know what is going on in their wetware.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 07:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 07:48 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Fire Bug Fred at January 23, 2026 07:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 07:49 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Fudgie the Whale at January 23, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)
It was neon green, oblong, about the size of a football field and landed silently below us in a field.
We were making out (I was in college then and better at it). I was driving my big V8 Impala and he told me to get out of here and I did.
Obviously did not report this to my parents or the police.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:51 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work
Leave it idling to be sure.
Posted by: Prudence Dictates! at January 23, 2026 07:51 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: mindful webworker and the memes of tomorrow at January 23, 2026 07:42 PM (OJSFI)
It's a balmy 23° in the western Philly burbs. I heard we're getting snow on Sunday. Considering the forecast was a dusting last Sunday and we ended up with 6", I figure we'll get between 1" and 2'.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 07:51 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)
Its in the UK, no wi-fi, but it will eventually have a gold dome.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 07:52 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Stop me if you've heard this one at January 23, 2026 07:53 PM (vFG9F)
Oh no!
The Empire Strikes Back at Amelia!
https://x.com/Huff4Congress/status/2014844807261073636?s=20
Funny stuff!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 07:53 PM (iJfKG)
I got out today to get together more supplies. And some back up kerosene for heat if it comes to that. But I do have plenty of propane for my heater. Ice on the power lines is my main worry. So we will see what happens. Everyone going through this be careful and best of luck. Will try to post if I can.
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 07:54 PM (E7+ue)
Twain said, "Economics is a science exceeded in accuracy only by meteorology."
He said that in 1892.
Not much has changed,
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (q6tQZ)
It will get colder tonight here in rural NorthEast Kansas. Snow is now 100% likely. The good news for me is the really bad weather is south in OK and east in Missouri.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:51 PM
You were at a WNBA game, obviously.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 07:52 PM (snZF9)
More like 20 'asylum seekers' have been given residence in the cottage. The UK is gone, jihadi in front of Big Ben shoulda toldja.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 23, 2026 07:57 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 07:57 PM (/LXUT)
The Empire Strikes Back at Amelia!
https://x.com/Huff4Congress/status/2014844807261073636?s=20
Funny stuff!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 07:53 PM (iJfKG)
I watched it twice just to see that chick at the end. Not sure who she is, but she's pretty damn cute, and apparently smart.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 07:57 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 07:58 PM (Q+gd/)
Illegal aliens can get an ITIN number to file income taxes without having a legal right to work.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:59 PM (zILP0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
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*sigh*
I guess I'll take one for the team...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 07:59 PM (ESVrU)
That gal at the end was the real Amelia, not the Prime Minister fake one at the start.
Her memes are funny and spot on.
I really liked when she was quoting Shakespeare.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)
I think you're a little west of me. Hopefully your township handles things better than mine. I don't expect my street to get plowed out until late Tuesday.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:00 PM (GTqXr)
Diner: Waiter, there's a miniature Italian on my pizza!
Waiter: Shhhh! Everyone will want one.
Posted by: Stop me if you've heard this one
That's AR for you.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (pkeXY)
Tornado Ally, and paths of storms in general have trended south of Kansas for the last decade. I see nothing from scientists to explain that trend.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (u82oZ)
He said that in 1892.
Not much has changed,
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 07:55 PM (q6tQZ)\
Twain could certainly turn a phrase. And he's not wrong!
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:00 PM (GTqXr)
Ouch. I am in Northern NJ, and one of the things that my little town does superbly is snow removal. They are amazing.
And they better be for the taxes I pay!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (n9ltV)
One thing is for certain - we'll find out soon enough.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Eyewitness To Greatness at January 23, 2026 08:03 PM (oftw2)
It's a balmy 23° in the western Philly burbs. I heard we're getting snow on Sunday. Considering the forecast was a dusting last Sunday and we ended up with 6", I figure we'll get between 1" and 2'.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 07:51 PM
NW Philadelphia here - just survived a trip to the Giant
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 08:03 PM (mgHhb)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 08:04 PM (zILP0)
Currently 14°, Feels Like -2° here in toasty NE Okla. No snow so far, but expected to start about 9pm, and end… in May sometime.
Posted by: mindful webworker and the memes of tomorrow
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Looks like that front is moving a day faster than predicted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 08:04 PM (/LXUT)
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W, X… WHY? EU PLATFORM IS MISGUIDED AT BEST, SINISTER AT WORST: The announcement of an exciting new homegrown social media platform on the continent that leads in censorship innovation should be greeted with skepticism from a free speech perspective.
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Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 08:04 PM (krQz2)
[ MetalScreamMode ]
TROGDOOOOOOOOORRRR!!!!!
[ /MetalScreamMode ]
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 08:04 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 08:05 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Heavy Meta
judges would also accept "the moose-limb out front"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 23, 2026 08:05 PM (+Jx7L)
When I was in office, in charge of my Township, snow removal was one of my requirements of duty.
Good snow removal or even fast snow removal is harder that is appears. There is only a small number of people that can do it well.
That is when I started calling the National Weather Service the lying liars that lie.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: four seasons at January 23, 2026 08:06 PM (3ek7K)
Snow beginning very late Saturday, maybe up to 1 inch per hour with it changing to sleet around noon Sunday and totalling 6 to 10 inches.
Plan to hit the first batch with the electric snow blower at around 0800 and then the second batch in the afternoon based upon accumulation. After that, just snow-melt on the crust and rely on the sun for sublimation on Monday.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (n9ltV)
It's a double-edged sword here. Most of my local taxes are used to preserve open space - which keeps the rural flavor of the township in a sea of overly dense corporate parks and new 'luxury' apartment complexes. The downside is public works are...lacking. Meh, I have a whole house generator, plenty of booze and the better part of a cord of firewood.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 07:57 PM (snZF9)
That is Amelia.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun!! at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (+HNx/)
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I think I have a jigsaw puzzle stashed away somewhere that looks like that.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 08:08 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 08:03 PM (mgHhb)
Bless you.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:09 PM (GTqXr)
The X link didn't load for me, but xcancel worked. Unfortunately, I'd like to embed this on a page where I've been collecting Amelia memes, but you can't (AFAIK) embed an xcancel xweet.
Still a few insects in the system.
Posted by: mindful webworker thinks Amelia is pretty sharp at January 23, 2026 08:09 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: RI Red at January 23, 2026 08:10 PM (GOpmI)
Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at January 23, 2026 08:11 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 08:11 PM (+HNx/)
And they better be for the taxes I pay!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 08:02 PM (n9ltV)
I'll vouch for that. Jersey got that shit down to a science. We could have the attack of the mini ice age, and when I wake up in the morning the roads are clear. They run plows all night and never let it build up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:12 PM (snZF9)
Snow beginning very late Saturday, maybe up to 1 inch per hour with it changing to sleet around noon Sunday and totalling 6 to 10 inches.
Plan to hit the first batch with the electric snow blower at around 0800 and then the second batch in the afternoon based upon accumulation. After that, just snow-melt on the crust and rely on the sun for sublimation on Monday.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway
I get off work at 0600, Sunday morning. I'm just hoping for non white out conditions. I've driven in snow before, it's the ice I want to avoid. Also, a blizzard.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 08:12 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 08:12 PM (NFX2v)
But tomorrow looks promising. Might see some actual sunshine. If not we will drive into the mountains to climb above this oppressive dome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Savatage fan at January 23, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 08:13 PM (Ryx1w)
I asked my son to pull up the photo of the attendees at the 1927 Solvay Conference at our Cub Scout den meeting this week. Our conversation (these were third and fourth graders) had steered over to Marie Curie.
The kids picked out Marie and Albert Einstein in the picture, of course. I told them that every person in that picture played either major or substantial roles in advancing chemistry and physics one hundred years ago and that, at some point, they will become familiar with more of them.
This got me to asking myself why are there not pictures of such assemblies of notable and great scientists today? Have we lost the capability to pose simple questions whose answers reveal profound i sights into nature? Is it possible that too many scientists today have been sent off to pursue will-o-the-wisps such as My String-a-Ling Theory or Klimate Katastrophe? And who funds such wasted pursuits? The world wonders.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:13 PM (xG4kz)
I could do some damage to that thatched house.
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun!!
He was about to make espresso!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 08:13 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Cicero
Didn't Henry wed several black trannies?
Posted by: Hysterical Facts at January 23, 2026 08:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:12 PM (snZF9)
Wait, snowplows can work at night? What is this dark magic you speak of?
Posted by: Penn DOT at January 23, 2026 08:14 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)
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Add another dog and we are back to the 70s bands.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 08:15 PM (Z8jzG)
I feel like Pluskat in his bunker waiting for the d-day invasion to come.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:15 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 08:15 PM (Ryx1w)
That gal at the end was the real Amelia, not the Prime Minister fake one at the start.
Her memes are funny and spot on.
I really liked when she was quoting Shakespeare.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:00 PM (u82oZ)
Ah ok, I kept hearing about this "Amelia", but had no clue who she was, or if she was real, or a meme, a frigging robot, etc. Now I know.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Healthy Glow About Her at January 23, 2026 08:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)
This is, how you say, the creed of The Paolo.
Posted by: The Paolo at January 23, 2026 08:16 PM (GTqXr)
My little town is an anomaly. My taxes aren't nothing but compared to other areas in the northeast they are a bargain. And not only is the plowing and general upkeep outstanding we have a few other things to deal with that are constantly trying to invade that take a lot of money.
My goal is to live just long enough until the inevitable yuge spike in taxes hit.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:16 PM (8zz6B)
... a customer (played by Marty Feldman, and later Graham Chapman) asks a bookshop owner (John Cleese) for Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds, specifically requesting "the expurgated version—the one without the gannet" because he dislikes gannets due to their "long nasty beaks" or, in the Python version, because "they wet their nests."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:17 PM (xG4kz)
GSP NWS has their entire area under Ice Storm Warning now. Forecast 0.5" to 0.75" ice accumulation here for me. That's ... not good. Not one little bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 08:17 PM (w6EFb)
The storm is starting in Texas and will affect over half the population of the US. You knew that, right?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:18 PM (viF8m)
I smell like kerosene. Went and bought some this afternoon -- over $5/gal! I haven't bought any kerosene in a long time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 08:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:13 PM (xG4kz)
100 years ago was the true Golden Age of Science. Today we’ve got idiots and liars like Michael Mann, Anthony Fauci, and Bill Nye.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:19 PM (IUuBi)
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Luxury. Here, it's 9, the 'feel like' is -6.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Didn't Henry wed several black trannies?
Posted by: Hysterical Facts
No, he ONLY wed black trannies. Why do you think Elizabeth went all in on appearing in White Face?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:20 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 08:20 PM (Wmg4n)
C&E News is doing some of that, with its turn into People Magazine of the woke chemists. ACS in general does not.
I think the Gordon Conferences have pictures as well.
But todays' media is silent on real science. And only features the pseudo scientists.
That Solvay picture is a famous one.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:18 PM (viF8m)
Weather porn.
Microplastics won’t kill us at least. So that’s good. Oh shit, weather will. Damn.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (Ryx1w)
My little town is an anomaly. My taxes aren't nothing but compared to other areas in the northeast they are a bargain. And not only is the plowing and general upkeep outstanding we have a few other things to deal with that are constantly trying to invade that take a lot of money.
My goal is to live just long enough until the inevitable yuge spike in taxes hit.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:16 PM (viF8m)
For the taxes we pay they should be dropping off personal snow plows with a bow and keys in the ignition. Kinda like they do with garbage cans.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (snZF9)
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-01
Posted by: mindful webworker is a linky thinker at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (OJSFI)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:43 PM (WONhk)
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I read somewhere that the thatch has to be completely replaced every so often and it's not cheap. Apparently there are thatchers who do the work.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (Z8jzG)
https://radar.weather.
gov/ridge/standard/
CONUS-LARGE_loop.gif
We can watch each other freeze.
https://tinyurl.com/6h68veat
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 08:22 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun!! at January 23, 2026 08:07 PM (oftw2)
What's a thatched roof?
Posted by: Kids with bottle rockets at January 23, 2026 08:22 PM (w/O5Q)
The weight... over distance is... sucky. It'll learn some folks on icing.
Posted by: Stretch Armstrong at January 23, 2026 08:22 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 08:23 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:15 PM (snZF9)
Amelia is an AI. Here, this is a link to John Carter of Mars' rundown of the whole thing as of last week
https://substack.com/@barsoom/p-184828993
Amelia sans merci
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 08:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Luxury. Here, it's 3#8457, the 'feel like' is -16#8457.
And this is the warmest for at least the next 24 hours.
The snow is because the air is so cold the water vapor is condensing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)
You haven't missed much. Purple haired bint yelling at men to do...something.
I'll pass
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Stretch Armstrong
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[recollects when my 80M loop antenna came down]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 08:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:12 PM (snZF9)
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Frank Frazetta tells me that in the next Ice Age, Lemmy from Motörhead will be plowing driving a sled led by polar bears.
So I'm cool with the coming snöwpocalypse.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:25 PM (kpS4V)
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-01
Posted by: mindful webworker is a linky thinker at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (OJSFI)
Mindful web worker:
Shameful self-promotion, but I’ve created Amelia’s American cousin Emily to do AR 15 training over at my place.
Posted by: RI Red at January 23, 2026 08:26 PM (GOpmI)
Don Black
Luxury. Here, it's 3℉, the 'feel like' is -16℉.
And this is the warmest for at least the next 24 hours.
The snow is because the air is so cold the water vapor is precipitating out of solution.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:26 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (hKadN)
Power company should send trucks out to spray airplane anti-icing juice on the lines. Might help avoid some mega-$$$ repairs later.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:26 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 08:27 PM (pkeXY)
Unless it is, and then I take everything back.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 08:27 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:27 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:27 PM (8zz6B)
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-01
Posted by: mindful webworker is a linky thinker at January 23, 2026 08:21 PM (OJSFI)
Germany is getting into the fight too. Meet Maria:
https://tinyurl.com/yby92v68
Posted by: The Paolo at January 23, 2026 08:28 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:29 PM (8zz6B)
Unless it is, and then I take everything back.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"
Something will happen.
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 23, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)
If we can get off our hill, the world's our oyster. If not, we're screwed cause our Bobcat (with the plow) is at the bottom of the hill, 1/2 mile away.
That's as good as not being there,
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:30 PM (q6tQZ)
My Nicaraguan bride left the coach house hvac on cool setting. Found that out from my contractor God bless him. He saved me 1,000s today.
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 08:31 PM (tWkg3)
But the good news is that it feels like -6.
So, for -6 it's relatively warm.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 08:32 PM (krQz2)
That's as good as not being there,
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:30 PM (q6tQZ)
Mmm, go get it now?
Posted by: RI Red at January 23, 2026 08:32 PM (GOpmI)
That's as good as not being there,
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:30 PM (q6tQZ)
Going now to fetch the Bobcat not an option?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:32 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)
Might have to put socks on...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)
I've been doomscrolling the GFS and Euro model runs for the past two days. It's "fun" watching them evolve. I'm pulling for the Euro now. Was pulling for GFS, but it evolved into mostly freezing rain over me("ZR" in the lingo).
I used to hear my late cousin and the other weather guys go about "warm noses". Well, I see exactly what that it with those model run point sounding graphs (skew-T logP, if interested) you can generate. A warm nose (basically a mid level layer of air above freezing) is what determines sleet or ZR. To big a nose, and it's ZR.
On the Skew-T it looks exactly a nose from a side profile.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)
Unless it is, and then I take everything back.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"
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Are you suggesting that the weather people are drama queens?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 08:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RI Red at January 23, 2026 08:33 PM (GOpmI)
So I'm cool with the coming snöwpocalypse.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:25 PM (kpS4V)
I wonder if he'll have "iron fist" blaring out of the speakers.lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:34 PM (snZF9)
I feel sorry for all critters and hobos outside tonight.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:35 PM (kpS4V)
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-01
Posted by: mindful webworker is a linky thinker
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Nice
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 08:36 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026
It was really good, so maybe magic was deployed.
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 08:36 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:36 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 08:36 PM (vFG9F)
Yeah, did the surgeon loop today. One week post-op drain-the-blood-off-the-brain surgery.
I'm doing great... my wife wouldn't countenance the thought.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:36 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 23, 2026 08:37 PM (47diA)
Posted by: four seasons at January 23, 2026 08:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:37 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Think of it as Evolution in Action.
See? All better.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:37 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)
https://tinyurl.com/yby92v68
Posted by: The Paolo at January 23, 2026 08:28 PM (GTqXr)
Nice. I would definitely stick my wiener in her schnitzel.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Max Power at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (Qo/XF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:40 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 08:40 PM (aLBYs)
Posted by: NaCly
Yeah. Within a mile NW of the triangle, if you're familiar.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:40 PM (q6tQZ)
I can use them to read my laptop screen if the power goes out.
Wait a minute. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:40 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:37 PM (kpS4V)
We rescued a Chiweenie pup in October. She is sprawled out next to me sawing some serious logs. I tell Mrs. Meta this pup hit the life lottery.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:41 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: MkY
I gathered you were Little Apple?
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:41 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 08:41 PM (tWkg3)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:42 PM (XuXeR)
They work just fine on regular gasoline (don’t store them with car gas for long periods) and put out a nice amount of heat. Very useful for keeping a crawlspace warm enough to prevent pipes from freezing. They don’t give off objectionable odors, surprisingly. Ventilation is necessary but they are not going to kill anybody with CO.
2 burner stoves, same thing. Work fine with automotive gasoline. No collector value, these are almost free for the asking. They will save your ass in a power outage or emergency.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 08:42 PM (nHMnf)
It's a write off, Jerry.
Posted by: Max Power at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (Qo/XF)
That creep is an abortion. Doesn't need to have one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:42 PM (8zz6B)
Yup.
I wish I'd known that when I was sending out invitations to Jewells45's final lunch meeting. we had a great time, but not all of the locals could make it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:42 PM (u82oZ)
Daily Mail
Cities Getting a Buc-ee's
1. Fort Pierce, Florida - Expected to open by 2027
2. West Memphis, Arkansas - Expected in 2028
3. Lafayette, Louisiana - Projected to open in 2028
4. Gallaway, Tennessee - Expected in 2027
5. Oak Grove, Kentucky - Expected in 2027
6. Monroe County, Georgia - Tentatively set for 2028
7. Goodyear, Arizona - Expected June 2026
8. Ruston, Louisiana - Expected in 2027
9. Benton, Arkansas - Expected in 2027
10. Huber Heights, Ohio - Expected April 2026
11. Boerne, Texas - Expected 2027
12. Oak Creek, Wisconsin - Expected early 2027
13. San Marcos, Texas - Projected July 2026
14. Kansas City, Kansas - Expected in 2027
15. St. Lucie, Florida - Anticipated 2027
16. Ocala, Florida - Expected in 2028
17. Hardeeville, South Carolina - Targeted around 2031
18. Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Expected Spring 2026
19. Mebane, North Carolina - Expected 2028
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 23, 2026 08:43 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:38 PM (snZF9)
I was rooting for the dog to rip off the muzzie's face.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:43 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:43 PM (u82oZ)
Smooth like Ken Dolls!!!
Posted by: Unkaren at January 23, 2026 08:43 PM (zDIG9)
Just saw forecast of 1" ice accumulation in part of Mississippi.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 08:44 PM (w6EFb)
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*ahem*
Congressmen don't put people in jail. Don't over-expect.
Posted by: 7th Grade Civics at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
I saw them. She lived in my hometown, but because I'd never met her, I didn't want to feel like an interloper.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (q6tQZ)
Amazing what spotlessly clean bathrooms will do for a business.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (cYBz/)
My buddy and erstwhile fishing partner who decamped for the Keys calls every so often to tell me about the Mahi he just caught and ate. He likes to taunt me.
I gotta admit that is one big selling point for moving to the Keys.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (ZxPkt)
27 degrees here in Wyoming.
It's light jacket weather, lol.
Posted by: four season
Half the kids went to school in shorts, amirite?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 23, 2026 08:46 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: four seasons at January 23, 2026 08:46 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NaCly
Guarantee we know some of the same people...an eclectic bunch of misfits. Most my Uni pals have died.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (q6tQZ)
C&E News is doing some of that, with its turn into People Magazine of the woke chemists. ACS in general does not.
I think the Gordon Conferences have pictures as well.
But todays' media is silent on real science. And only features the pseudo scientists.
That Solvay picture is a famous one.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
I attended two or three Gordon Conferences of the Applications of Multivariate Statistics in Chemistry in the late '90s. I guess there were group pictures, but I am hard pressed to remember where I might have them.
I ditched the American Chemical Society in the mid Oughts after having been a member for over thirty years. There was a particularly nasty and controlling Editor-in-Chief of C&E News named Rudy Baum who issued and enforced a diktat that there would be absolutely NO DISCUSSION in its pages about alternate theories to Anthropogenic Global Warning. He acted like a real dick about it.
Your membership did not lapse by not paying dues, you had to write a letter of resignation to the President of the ACS. I wrote that (Baum) having declared alternatives to AGW as being off limits, I would no longer be a member of an ascientific and duplicitous body. Ta-ta!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: publius
So, Hell freezing over.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (KAi1n)
If I could overcome my shyness, so can you. You would have been welcome. We should have a miniMoMeet when it's warmer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: publius
iirc, anything over a half inch will result in catastrophic impacts.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (nHMnf)
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I saw that list earlier. I'm pissed that Ohio is getting one and not Michigan 😠
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:48 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 08:48 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 08:48 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: publius
iirc, anything over a half inch will result in catastrophic impacts.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (cYBz/)
So far, NWS is forecasting a little less than that for ETex.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ULPxl)
@nicksortor
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1h
🚨 BREAKING: A Biden appointed judge has just ORDERED the release of two of three vioIent leftists who orchestrated the attack on the St. Paul church
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)
https://tinyurl.com/yutn3ke5
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:45 PM (ZxPkt)
When the sand maggot showed up, she should have pulled out a P38 and drilled him right between the eyes. "Oh, and I like Walther firearms, too."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (IUuBi)
1/4" is the danger line, when it starts to get dicey. 1/2" is indeed catastrophic for power lines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at January 23, 2026 08:46 PM (3ek7K)
In Finland they'll sit in a sauna, then run out naked and roll in the snow. Thats some crazy shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (snZF9)
but here is a chance to fix it !
https://tinyurl.com/2u4szsm2 (scroll down , 2 hours ago - official WHITE HOUSE account)
(and just the pic
https://tinyurl.com/yxcj4b42)
Runner, I thoroughly enjoyed the photo, which is proof positive that penguins are strong Trump supporters.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (2L+MU)
I gotta admit that is one big selling point for moving to the Keys.
Posted by: JackStraw
The Florida Keys are nice, but pricey. I'd consider going there, but the missus would have none of it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (xG4kz)
In Finland they'll sit in a sauna, then run out naked and roll in the snow. Thats some crazy shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Finns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula do that, too.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:50 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: publius
iirc, anything over a half inch will result in catastrophic impacts.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (cYBz/)
Just looked at the forecast here. 12+" of snow and almost half inch of ice. Just texted my neighbor that he and his littles have a warm place if things get dicey. Hopefully NWS is wrong.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:50 PM (GTqXr)
I gotta admit that is one big selling point for moving to the Keys.
Posted by: JackStraw
The Florida Keys are nice, but pricey. I'd consider going there, but the missus would have none of it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (xG4kz)
You know who else likes the Florida Keys?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 23, 2026 08:51 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:51 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (snZF9)
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And flog each other with birch boughs. Ice freaks!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:51 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (8zz6B)
Man no shit. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 23, 2026 08:37 PM (kpS4V)
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I like to believe they do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 08:51 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Just re-arrest them on some new charge. Allow them to be damaged a little while resisting arrest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:52 PM (8zz6B)
I now have emeritus status at ACS. There is a lot wrong with those woke journalists in DC. I did meet one of the editors in chief's but my concerns were blown off.
I keep it because a two sentence note in Business Concentrates led to a stock buy that has made me 10K. And it gives me pleasure to see how wrong they are on so much. Got stories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:52 PM (u82oZ)
Here's the NWS regional office map:
https://is.gd/EtsNSW
Go the office page for your area there, and you can see what all they say. The maddening thing is all the regional websites look very similar but yet can be very different. It's sort of a national template, but each office does its own thing. I'm use to GSP, but I go to some other region, and nothing is where I think it is.
Anyway, get a point local forecast map up and you can see exactly what they forecasting for temp/DP, rain/snow/sleet/ice accumulation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (w6EFb)
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Yikes. A lot of good old school V8 iron will be ruined in the next couple days.
Anti-freeze is Your Friend. More properly called “Coolant”, a lot of people think they don’t need it. They are wrong. Anyway, A 50/50 solution mixed with water is good to -30°F below zero, easy.
I read somewhere that engine rebuilders ordinarily don’t want anything to do with “southern” engine blocks for this reason. Rust city.
Engine overheats - remove T-stat. Now the engine never even reaches normal temperature. If it no longer overheats, now it’s sludge city.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (f9G9D)
🚨 BREAKING: A Biden appointed judge has just ORDERED the release of two of three vioIent leftists who orchestrated the attack on the St. Paul church
I told you so, you fucking fools.
Posted by: Nayib Bukele at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I would do that, as long as I could go straight back to the sauna afterward. And as long as there was plenty of vodka.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (Q+gd/)
Remember a half inch of ice adds 500 pounds of weight to a single span of a power line. Through the day tomorrow freezing rain is looking likely at this point. For this event we are forecasting between .30" to .8" of ice accrual. It's a similar setup to what we saw in December 2002. Power loss is likely with areas seeing .50" of ice and higher.
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 08:54 PM (tWkg3)
Odds are very very high in my humble opinion.
All terror groups are out in the open and operating freely in MN and Portland...nothin ever happens.
I SAID NOTHIN YA HEAR!!!!
Posted by: GigantorX at January 23, 2026 08:54 PM (x8k2o)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 07:43 PM (ESVrU)
I went to school at Wash U. Six inches of snow shut down the whole city. We walked down the middle of busy streets because nobody was out there driving. It was a bit eerie.
Also, had the worst ice storm I've ever seen there. My car had a headbolt heater, so no prob, but other folks' cars were frozen shut and couldn't move.
I prefer living here, where we are reasonable about winter. We had 22 inches of snow overnight last week, but the snowblower worked fine and off we went. Winter happens. Cope or don't.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 08:54 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (snZF9)
I have done that. Many years ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:54 PM (8zz6B)
It's counterculture, what we should have ben doing all along.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 23, 2026 08:54 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I would do that, as long as I could go straight back to the sauna afterward. And as long as there was plenty of vodka.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (h7ZuX)
It's actually quite lovely. You have never felt so clean as that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 08:55 PM (6Bc88)
It's become ridiculous. They bought in years ago and got very lucky with a place on a canal that they used mostly as a rental. We'd pop down for a week or long weekend when the place was free. Place paid for itself.
A few years ago they sold their business, house up here and the rental and bought a really nice place. Regulator on the dock in the backyard, flats boat on a trailer. He's living his best life.
Until the next inevitable hurricane hits.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 08:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 08:56 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 08:53 PM (Q+gd/)
I wouldn't live in a place that cold.....
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 08:56 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 08:56 PM (f9G9D)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Fraulein: Uruguay, the more lebensraum has
Posted by: Adolf Schiklgruber at January 23, 2026 08:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Oh, I agree. I was close to convening one when the 2020 election kind of crushed me. There are lots of folks within 4 hours of here, and quite a few closer.
Someone in Lakewood used to post a bit. Haven't seen him in a bit.
Been to many meetings in Manhattan. 3 1/2 hours even if Troopers are active.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 08:57 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 08:57 PM (2GVsD)
That’s right. I should have wrote “helped send”.
So, how many people were held accountable like Navarro and Bannon? Where are the consequences for ignoring a congressional subpoena? Eric Holder must be laughing his ass off! Over-expecting?
Posted by: Unkaren at January 23, 2026 08:59 PM (zDIG9)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Just re-arrest them on some new charge. Allow them to be damaged a little while resisting arrest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 08:52 PM (8zz6B)
***
This. Always have another charge in your back pocket.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 08:59 PM (FLP4Z)
My email address (in ROT-13) is AnPyl_qbt@xfoebnqonaq.arg.
Let's coordinate for this summer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 09:00 PM (u82oZ)
At the TxMoMe we noticed signs reminding people that ice on the roads would be slippery. Cracked us up at the time, but I suspect it is necessary to remind people who live in that blast furnace that when it gets cold, shit changes fast.
Ben Had, dear, if you are here, please check in to let us know you are doing ok.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 09:00 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 09:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 08:57 PM (2GVsD)
Cocktail weenies.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 09:01 PM (6Bc88)
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There’s an infamous YT video of that. A guy had a tradition of sending out his yappy dog to mess with a gator. For years, apparently. They would video this.
Except, this one time … little yappy dog wasn’t fast enough on the draw. “Noooooooooo!! everyone screaming in disbelief as the gator drags the little fellow away. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 09:02 PM (f9G9D)
One?!? One new Bucc-ees in North Carolina? Only one?
I guess I'll have to drive all the way to Alamance County and see the the thing. I've heard so much about it, a visit to Bucc-ee's is now on my bucket list (right between visiting the Big Bend country in Texas and stealing the welcome sign outside of Lizard Lick, NC).
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 09:02 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (2L+MU)
AND! proof positive that POTUS Trump is a strong supporter of penguins !
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 09:02 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)
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Frighin' insane.
Absolute bullsh*t!
How do you spell vigilante?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 09:03 PM (FLP4Z)
Ben Had said this afternoon she was all set, and had no worries. The horses were protected as well.
Then she talked to a 'ron about her kitchen table and nut removal, and I left fast.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 09:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 23, 2026 09:04 PM (+mUZM)
If you want to look at the model runs, here you go:
https://is.gd/xW9hUg
The big ones are GFS, and Euro(ECWMF). By default it pops up the precip/MSLP display, but clicky clack and you can get all sorts of stuff. Click on "thermodynamics" and choose 2m Temp shaded to see the surface temp results.
Also, click on Region button, and you can zoom in on your region.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 09:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
You obviously think I know something I do not!
Hah
We'll figger it out,
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 09:04 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 09:05 PM (KDPiq)
Except, this one time … little yappy dog wasn’t fast enough on the draw. “Noooooooooo!! everyone screaming in disbelief as the gator drags the little fellow away. Oops
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 09:02 PM (f9G9D)
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Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Gator.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:05 PM (ESVrU)
Saw a video a number of years ago that a newly arrived family from New Jersey posted. They had a nice place in Largo, I think, right on the beach. Security camera video looked over their backyard poll to the beach.
Saltwater croc came out of the ocean and took a dip in the pool. Welcome to the Florida Keys. Try not to die.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 09:08 PM (Q+gd/)
I swung by Cabelas late this afternoon and got myself a proper winter hat that covers my ears.
I 'll pick up some fuel for the snowblower early tomorrow and then we're hosting the gKids beginning later in the afternoon and clear into Monday. We have sleds in this house and hills to slide down nearby..
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:10 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 09:11 PM (pkeXY)
An even more important observation!
Too bad Penguin Facts got to Ace somehow and prevented him from putting that up.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 09:13 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)
***
Frighin' insane.
Absolute bullsh*t!
How do you spell vigilante?
Posted by: Diogenes
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In the bad old days is precisely why the judge would order a prisoners released - right into a waiting mob.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 09:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 09:13 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Yes, and no. If you continue to burn wood fires, the smoke keeps the pests at bay. If not, you have to treat it routinely. And there are still thatchers in the UK. They are overbooked by a year, last I heard. Lots of YouScrewb vids on thatchers plying their trade.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 09:14 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 09:14 PM (Ia/+0)
There was a character around here who called it the windshield factor.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)
Well, everybody please stay safe till I get back in 2 weeks.
Posted by: Ilam Omar at January 23, 2026 09:16 PM (38587)
Posted by: Berserker
I ride year round, no ice or snow though. 20s isn't bad for my commute. This week is gonna suck, won't be above freezing for at least a week. battery tender time.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 23, 2026 09:16 PM (cptrw)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 09:16 PM (2L+MU)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 09:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 09:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 09:19 PM (u82oZ)
I've done a couple winter storms here in KY. And a number of tornados. This one looks mean.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 09:19 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 09:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
I rode a bike for a year at MU Columbia. Easiest way to park. Always close.
Winter sucked.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 09:20 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 08:49 PM (ZxPkt)
LOL. This gives Bondi a chance to stamp her feet on Fox News and, if she's lucky, not have to do anything.
SiGH>
Posted by: GigantorX at January 23, 2026 09:20 PM (x8k2o)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
At least in KCMo, there are some that go back to 1880's.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 09:21 PM (q6tQZ)
1. Fort Pierce, Florida - Expected to open by 2027
2. West Memphis, Arkansas - Expected in 2028
3. Lafayette, Louisiana - Projected to open in 2028
4. Gallaway, Tennessee - Expected in 2027
5. Oak Grove, Kentucky - Expected in 2027
6. Monroe County, Georgia - Tentatively set for 2028
7. Goodyear, Arizona - Expected June 2026
8. Ruston, Louisiana - Expected in 2027
9. Benton, Arkansas - Expected in 2027
10. Huber Heights, Ohio - Expected April 2026
11. Boerne, Texas - Expected 2027
12. Oak Creek, Wisconsin - Expected early 2027
13. San Marcos, Texas - Projected July 2026
14. Kansas City, Kansas - Expected in 2027
15. St. Lucie, Florida - Anticipated 2027
16. Ocala, Florida - Expected in 2028
17. Hardeeville, South Carolina - Targeted around 2031
18. Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Expected Spring 2026
19. Mebane, North Carolina - Expected 2028
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Mayor Lurie attended the opening ceremonies and cut the ribbon of the new Taco Bell at Fisherman's Wharf as all the old great seafood restaurants that made SF famous around the world are being torn down.
Mazel.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 09:22 PM (RIvkX)
🚨BREAKING: KEIR STARMER PULLS CHAGOS BILL FOLLOWING TRUMP CRITICISM
The Chagos surrender bill is finished
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apparently there was some fine print Starmer missed
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 09:22 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Let the Shepherd do his job.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:23 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 09:24 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 09:26 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 09:27 PM (8zz6B)
In New York, we lived in a hundred year old house with its original slate roof. In good condition, too, not shabby, no repairs needed.
Posted by: Wenda at January 23, 2026 09:27 PM (23MXW)
Years ago my folks had a place outside or West Palm Beach. It was in one of those carved out of Florida glades areas with canals all over to drain the water. Condo backed right up to one of the canals and the grass sloped right down to the canal, no wall.
I took the dogs out for a morning pee break one morning when I was visiting and one my mom's Jacks froze a couple feet from the canal and was barking its ass off. About 10 feet away in the water were two eyeballs just above the surface.
Grabbed the little land gator and took the other dogs and went inside and called the number they tell you to call when a fucking alligator is in your backyard. Guys were there in a blink and took a big ass gator like they were catching a mouse. They drop them off in the swamp a few miles away. A swamp connected to the canals.
Florida Men.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 09:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 09:27 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 09:19 PM (zZu0s)
Depends on what kind of hail storms you get, I guess.
Otherwise until the roof underneath starts to give away.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 09:29 PM (IUuBi)
Ben Had said this afternoon she was all set, and had no worries. The horses were protected as well.
Then she talked to a 'ron about her kitchen table and nut removal, and I left fast.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 09:03 PM (u82oZ)
Thanks. You know, I worry. Nice to know it wasn't warranted.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 09:31 PM (6Bc88)
Here's the NWS regional office map:
https://is.gd/EtsNSW
Go the office page for your area there,...
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Good page. Weather prediction link
They used to have a national page like that with current temps. Can't find it anymore.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:31 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Nearly Froze at January 23, 2026 09:33 PM (oftw2)
Managed Decline, baby!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 09:33 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:31 PM (/LXUT)
Tetch under 70 here. Had a brief rain shower, and now it is spitting rain again. There was rain forecast, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 09:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2026 09:34 PM (3ImbR)
Now in the summer, if the tree branches hit the power lines just right, the big (old) fuses will blow, and the power goes out until the power company can find one that works in a 100+ year old neighborhood.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 09:36 PM (SRRAx)
More buffaloes staring down lions, please. (If only Medicaid investigators took that attitude with Somalian fraudsters.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 09:36 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:37 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Great White North at January 23, 2026 09:38 PM (oftw2)
So Mike Johnson was in the UK, and Nigel Farage jumped him about it. So Johnson got in touch with the White House, and they said “”no, this is what Starmer told us is going on.” So Farage pointed out in detail why all the “assurances” made privately by Starmer were lies, and why all the critics were right.
Well that got to Trump, and led to him publicly calling Starmer “an incredibly stupid man” and vowing to do whatever he could to kill the deal.
Starmer said he didn’t care what Trump said, he was going ahead with the deal. 24 hours later the deal was dead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 09:38 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 09:31 PM (6Bc8
I will send her a text in the morning and check on her. We all worry about each other, makes this community great.
Well except that one guy.
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 09:40 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Nearly Froze at January 23, 2026 09:33 PM (oftw2)
I would have rather gotten fired. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 09:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Bondi, it's time to arrest some judges.
Pam, think. Get your people, find some outside brains and discover a charge and arrest them.
Make them uncomfortable. Let them know that you will continue to make them more and more uncomfortable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:43 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Case
My entire county has only 6 trucks that can be fitted with snowplows and that is for over 1,000 miles of roads. Most of them are narrow and full of curves up and down mountain sides. They ice quickly and are treacherous with any amount of snow or ice. With any amt of snow or ice at all, they close the schools county wide.
To be fair though, last year we had more school closure days on account of bear sightings than that of snow days.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 09:43 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: That One Guy at January 23, 2026 09:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Piper
Don't accuse me of nothin', cuz I will do it!
Posted by: That One Guy at January 23, 2026 09:43 PM (oftw2)
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Step aside, cowboy.
Posted by: That Other Guy at January 23, 2026 09:44 PM (+HNx/)
Pam, think. Get your people, find some outside brains and discover a charge and arrest them.
Make them uncomfortable. Let them know that you will continue to make them more and more uncomfortable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:43 PM (/LXUT)
Its long past due for shit like that. They don't even follow the law anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 09:44 PM (snZF9)
Note how they overlap and split states all over the place, but they don't split counties. Hence, they call themselves "County warning areas" sometimes. Each region is a group of counties, and may include several states.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)
So Mike Johnson was in the UK, and Nigel Farage jumped him about it. So Johnson got in touch with the White House, and they said “”no, this is what Starmer told us is going on.” So Farage pointed out in detail why all the “assurances” made privately by Starmer were lies, and why all the critics were right.
Well that got to Trump, and led to him publicly calling Starmer “an incredibly stupid man” and vowing to do whatever he could to kill the deal.
Starmer said he didn’t care what Trump said, he was going ahead with the deal. 24 hours later the deal was dead.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Bondi, could take a lesson.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:44 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: DEATH TO SCOGG! at January 23, 2026 09:44 PM (255a9)
I’ve been waiting for a long, LONG time to see this.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 09:47 PM (uMKV8)
I didn't know about Amelia until she was memed, and I didn't get it. Does anyone know where the original Amelia is? Should be a kick.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 09:47 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 09:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: KT at January 23, 2026 09:49 PM (7vIsy)
Stay warm, Horde!
I'm making lots of virtual hot snacks and beverages for tonight's ONT! Got the fireplaces stoked already...
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 09:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 09:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 09:50 PM (uMKV8)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
The UK gov put out a 'anit-extremist' video game to stop kids from becoming 'extremists,' you know patriots who realize the country is going to shit. The Amelia character is supposed to be the one tempting the player into become an 'extremist'. Hence, everyone using to mash it in the UK gov's gob.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 09:50 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 09:50 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 09:50 PM (ZxPkt)
Amelia sans merci
It runs down the history of the meme and the UK Game that spawned it
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 09:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Common Tater
You got to crack that tap.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 09:51 PM (/lPRQ)
2027? If I make that, it won't be luck....OK, maybe bad luck.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 09:53 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 09:53 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 09:51 PM (/lPRQ)
That's one way pf putting it.
Posted by: The Paolo at January 23, 2026 09:54 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 09:38 PM (IUuBi)
Starmer's a fag and his shit is all retarded.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 09:54 PM (GTqXr)
She lives south of us - no ice yet. Temps won't be below freezing for a few hours yet. It's not going to be as bad as they were saying a couple of days ago. The temps are going to be bitterly cold (for us), but not as much precipitation as originally forecast.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 09:56 PM (SRRAx)
Check my link at 113
Amelia sans merci
It runs down the history of the meme and the UK Game that spawned it
Posted by: Kindltot
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Thanks!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 09:57 PM (erZBp)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 09:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 09:53 PM (KDPiq)
At sturgis one year we rode out of deadwood at night. It was 38 degrees. It was 90 during the day, but I had heavier clothes packed. Still, it wasn't enough. We had to go 40 miles. Never again. It drops below 60 the bikes stays in the garage.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 10:00 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: publius
iirc, anything over a half inch will result in catastrophic impacts.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 08:47 PM (cYBz/)
Just looked at the forecast here. 12+" of snow and almost half inch of ice. Just texted my neighbor that he and his littles have a warm place if things get dicey. Hopefully NWS is wrong.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 08:50 PM (GTqXr)
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Parents and grandparents in MS always dreaded an Ice Storm (which is different than an ICE Storm that we all hope for nationwide). Trees fall down on power lines, no one can drive on ice, and it is a mess.
My very elderly mother's house now has a generator, as does my brother. So I guess they will be ok if trees fall all around on the farm.
I just want some snow, y'all. Please go out and blow it West. Some of us need it. You can keep the ice as I have never seen an ice storm here.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 10:00 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:01 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: mindful webworker blows the whistle at January 23, 2026 10:01 PM (OJSFI)
Oh, wait: I am fascinated by that. Always have been.
It's just surprising that there are so many of these videos. Is it a current trend or something?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 10:02 PM (IG3/x)
Silver 103.08
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 10:03 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 10:03 PM (rbvCR)
I definitely learned my lesson. The bike had been in storage for the winter and I was anxious to ride again.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:03 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 23, 2026 10:08 PM (+mUZM)
No worries, I've got 10 cases of diet redbull, 5 cases of Dos Equis Amber for Thor, and plenty of meat. I dont mind losing power in the Winter, because you can still keep food cold, and there are any number of ways to keep warm. 😁
My only complaint is having to keep water dripping, and that's just because I worry about the well going dry.
Losing power in the Summer is far worse.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (Ezs10)
She's just sayin'.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 10:44 PM (QqOgF)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 10:16 PM (Ezs10)
Yes Ma'am. If the power goes out in winter, we have a woodstove for warmth. Gas stove for food. Well bucket for water. If power goes out in summer, we have food and water, but it's 100 degrees in the house. That sucks.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 24, 2026 12:15 AM (gh32g)
The Week In Woke
Trans-crazy baby-influencer "Miss Rachel" -- she makes videos "teaching" little children about how great transgenderism is -- liked an antisemitic comment demanding, "Free America from the Jews."
She later "apologized," claiming it was an accident. But then when a Hamas-linked account wrote that the Jews left that antisemitic "Free America from Jews" comment themselves, Miss Rachel affirmed that comment, writing "ooooooohhh." Like, "oooooooohhh, nice catch, you caught those tricky Jews!" She's very apologetic, though. These are all just little accidents.
Jennifer Sey
@JenniferSey When I became the Chief Marketing Officer at Levi's, at about 2 months in, I had some mid-level know it all come into my office to tell me everyone hated me, I was steering the ship into oblivion. She told me everyone knew I was doing a terrible job. (The brand had been in decline for over 10 years.) What I had done in my first two months: 1) Say no one could go on trips anymore unless they had a role at the photo shoot or event. No more boondoggles. 2) No drinking at events or concerts we were hosting. We were there to work, not party. 2) Say Marketing needed to feature actual product in the ads. 3) Say we needed to move away from dark and moody and into the realm of fun - because people have fun in jeans. Awful, right?! She wanted me to know, she said, she was trying to help. (She put her feet on my desk while saying this.) Needless to say, this was not a person who was very good at her job. And I wasn't doing mine to be liked so I didn't care if "everybody hated me". I was trying to turn a business around that had been flailing. I took the responsibility seriously. Six years later, we had a very successful IPO. 2 years after that I became the brand president. These people complaining about new leadership are lame. They always do it. They want it how it was, even if how it was wasn't working. And it's even lamer that @Variety writes about this like it's news. Keep going @bariweiss.
Fat Female Webster Impersonator Jasmine Ratchet is now posing as rootin'-tootin' rightwing patriot, saying that she "owns firearms" and that she's driven a farm vehicle at some point. She is a farm vehicle. I don't really know what that means but she is very heavy.
Died Suddenly"Hello, I am a biological woman and if you can't accept that you're delusional." Inez Stepman responding to "Conserving Conservatism" Bill Kristol's claim that he has known many men who successfully transformed into women:
@DiedSuddenly_ A Pakistani doctor was arrested in Virginia for performing c-sections and hysterectomies on unsuspecting American women when they were most vulnerable. He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies. The hospital reportedly ignored red flags for years, overlooking concerns and reports because he generated over 18 million dollars in revenue for the hospital. If you are an American, think twice about hiring a foreign doctors from countries that hate us.
Inez StepmanBTW I do believe that Bill Kristol has frequent interactions with men in dresses. AWFL mother scares her three and five year old shitless by telling them fake stories about ICE "just trying to take all the immigrants" and shooting random lesbians. Virginia Democrat: Republicans will bring back slavery unless we redistrict and gerrymander the state to eliminate all Republican congressmen.
@InezFeltscher The trajectory of the "conservative condemning the right" is basically the same one trod by porn actresses. The first time you open your kimono is the most valuable, and thereafter you find yourself doing increasingly humiliating and degrading acts just to stay relevant.
This Person Place or Thing has a dream: He wants to be the first tranny to receive a womb transplant, so that he can then have an embryo implanted, and then abort it. I have no idea why the public has turned on these nasty psychotics. None at all.
«Quiero ser la primera "mujer trans" [aka, un hombre] en recibir un trasplante de útero para ser la primera "mujer trans" [aka: un hombre] en abortar».
— Contra El Borrado de las Mujeres (@ContraBorrado) January 21, 2026
Nuestras vidas, sus delirios. pic.twitter.com/XV4nqaU2t4
I've lived in 5 states, visited several more. Been around plenty of white people.
— Adam B. Coleman, Proud Father & Imperfect Man (@wrong_speak) January 21, 2026
The number of negative racial incidents I've had in decades I could count with one hand.
Since 2021, I've lost count as to how many times a white leftist has called me a coon, nigger, house nigger https://t.co/qhwASym4vU
Detectives' Endowment Association
@NYCPDDEA Last week, two NYPD Detectives were mistreated while seeking medical attention at NYU Langone -- Cobble Hill Emergency Room after being injured on duty during the arrest of a violent perpetrator. Upon arrival, they were met with rudeness, disrespect, and a lack of basic professional courtesy by hospital administrators. It is an outrage that any NYPD Detective injured in the line of duty should have to worry about being treated at any hospital in the city they protect. As nurses across the city strike over issues like workplace safety, treating Detectives poorly is not how to make hospitals safer. No one--especially Detectives injured in the line of duty--should face such treatment. The DEA is investigating this matter and will pursue all available remedies to ensure our members are treated with the dignity and respect they have earned.
Councilwoman Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC Let's be clear about this -- hospital staff refused to treat plainclothes NYPD detectives injured in the line of duty. Not only that, these officers were treated with contempt completely outside ethical bounds for medical personnel. From what I understand, staff supposedly did this because they thought the NYPD officers might have been 'ICE agents' as if that is a valid excuse to refuse a patient. Let's be very clear about something -- when doctors and nurses and medical staff begin to refuse critical care over perceived political differences, we will have reached a breaking point in this country. If this behavior is allowed to continue, and is not met with swift condemnation and consequences by the mayor and government leadership of New York as well as medical licensing boards and the professional community at large, trust in the medical profession will be shattered beyond repair. Even during wartime, doctors and nurses were bound to treat the wounded of both sides. And they could be trusted to provide competent and compassionate care no matter who they were treating. It was, in fact, a badge of honor for the profession. If the medical profession has now abandoned that basic morality, and patients now have to worry about being refused treatment -- or worse -- because of political hostility from their own countrymen, then a rubicon has truly been crossed and there isn't much else to say. This is a disgrace, it is unacceptable, and it is indicative of the profound moral rot that progressive activism has brought into every corner of our civics. The left is taking us down a very dark path indeed.
Reporter: “Say something bad about America.”
— Ryann McEnany (@RyannMcEnany) January 22, 2026
Amanda Anisimova: “Nope.” 🇺🇸
The future of American pride is strong. pic.twitter.com/mLmcF3n04c
Charles C. W. CookeI think men should be tested for estrogen and if they have too much, like this pussy, they should be drafted into a special military unit. In war, they will be projectiles.
@charlescwcooke 3h "Congratulations on the tennis win. Now, could you please say the politics things I want to hear?" "No." "To clarify, I'm obsessed with my weird little strand of politics, and I'd like you to say words I like."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)I knew there was something disquieting about her from the get go.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (abIsI)
Amanda Anisimova: “Nope.” 🇺🇸
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She's just going to be charged with murder by inducing fatal apoplexy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:34 PM (krQz2)
https://tinyurl.com/5fhz56jv
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 23, 2026 06:34 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 23, 2026 06:34 PM (JEizI)
He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies.
What the fuck?!
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 06:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Ace at 06:29 PM
Sandbags.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 06:36 PM (jc0TO)
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When you are in power, we ask you for mercy. Because it is in accordance with your principles.
When we are in power, we show you no mercy, because that is in accordance with our principles.
(This has been said about Muslims, but it applies equally well to progs.)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:36 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Ace
>> sandbags
Navy anchor inspectors.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 23, 2026 06:38 PM (abIsI)
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Jasmine ain' that heavy. She nuthin next to that Welsh Whale.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 06:38 PM (s0JqF)
Do these dorks realize that if ICE wanted to take people randomly, they could? At much, much higher numbers than now? If they were as gun happy as portrayed, most of these dumbasses would be dead already?
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 06:38 PM (L6dcX)
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Telltale signs of uncontrollable envy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:39 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Stirring the pot a little at January 23, 2026 06:40 PM (TbWk/)
Well, in our defense, we treat all our patients with contempt.
Posted by: Cobble Hill Emergency Room at January 23, 2026 06:40 PM (L6dcX)
Our grandson, a high school freshman, texted me to say, and I'll paraphrase, that his woke civics teacher makes the class listen to NPR every day, and she says it is straight up news, no bias whatsoever.
He asked for my thoughts on this. I said she lives in a bubble.
I told him that he should request gansta rap instead, because it's real, and not fake. And to say that the sonorous tones of the NPR readers put him to sleep.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM (KiBMU)
Amanda Anisimova is a guy?
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM (8mulE)
https://youtu.be/f1fAw3T389s
This music is being played at Iranian funerals in defiance of the regime. It is quite beautiful.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM (kvcnI)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM (ehY6c)
Hell is other people ...
Posted by: Jean Paul . . . at January 23, 2026 06:43 PM (3ZUWJ)
Antifa is just vile with racial slurs.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 06:43 PM (L6dcX)
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Yeah...that's not "a conservative".
He may have started out "more conservative than Trump"--because it wasn't really that hard to do.
But at some point he transitioned.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:43 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 23, 2026 06:43 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 23, 2026 06:44 PM (kvcnI)
He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies.
The hospital reportedly ignored red flags for years, overlooking concerns and reports because he generated over 18 million dollars in revenue for the hospital.
I'm going to call Bullshit on this. Removing the entire uterus means that previously child bearing, menstruating women no longer are. That is a bit more of a red flag.
Also, did he do this in the dark without any other people in the OR? Was everyone silent as he is performing a hysterectomy? For years?
Also, the article lacks names, like the name of the perp and the name of the hospital.
This is just outrage pr0n for cheap engagement.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:44 PM (a4flb)
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Shame on you , ace. She was just criticizing Israel.
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 06:45 PM (g47mK)
You know, mind your own damn business and leave the children alone.
Posted by: MYODB at January 23, 2026 06:45 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 06:45 PM (Q+gd/)
In fact, if youn check, all of islam is a jew psyop, going back 1,500 years.
My good friend Tucker told me so.
Posted by: zombie at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (hKadN)
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Now, incoherent or inconsistent, sure. But no lesbian is just random.
Although it may appear at first as if they have a big sentence table in their head and they are rolling to get a result.
True random does not exist.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:47 PM (krQz2)
In 2005, South Park had an episode where Mr Garrsion became a tranny. He didn't get his period. He assumed that meant he was pregnant. An abortion doctor had to explain he couldn't get pregnant. Mr Garrison then lamented he'd never know what it would feel like to have a baby growing inside him then scramble its brains and vacuum it out.
youtube.com/shorts/i97Ry3bH_yA
It's like these people saw South Park and took one of its more loathsome characters as a role model.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 23, 2026 06:49 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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From the not provided link:
"grok, is this true?"
"Yes, this is based on the real case of Dr. Javaid Perwaiz, a Virginia OB-GYN convicted in 2021 of healthcare fraud for unnecessary hysterectomies and sterilizations without consent, sentenced to 59 years. The hospital was indicted in 2025 for ignoring red flags amid $18.5M in revenue, and 510 women sued in 2026. Details vary, but core facts hold."
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:49 PM (hKadN)
That horse left the barn back during the C19 hysteria when doctors and nurses refused to treat people who were not vaxxed.
No vaxx? Pulled off the organ recipient list.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:50 PM (a4flb)
That woman indoctrinating her 5 and 3yr olds ticks me off. People like her are the reason my grandchildren are in a private Catholic school.
Our 7yr old grandson does not note skin color. After her Christmas play our first girl (age 4yrs) took us to her classroom. She'd done a picture of herself (she's very blonde and has blue eyes). She had yellow yarn for her hair but had wildly colored her skin brown. We don't know why, but snickered to ourselves. It might be because a kid at her table, who is Indian, did. Who knows as she's insane on any given day.
To scare your children or take them to vigils and protests is unforgivable. They are too young! What a nutcase this liberal banshee is. Children should be protected from fear. I would bet $1k those kids think the ICE police are snowmen. Or large icicles with feet. INSANE!
I was 6yrs old during the Bay of Pigs. I had no idea how serious it was til I was an adult. While we had bomb drills at school I thought everyone did, like fire drills. No fear, thanks to being raised right.
So these wackos are raising another generation of wacko liberals. Nervous ones!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 06:50 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 06:51 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 23, 2026 06:51 PM (vFG9F)
I believe she may have been towed in a farm vehicle at some point - a hog trailer, for example - but I doubt she ever drove one.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:44 PM (a4flb)
You would be wrong. There is this thing called, "The Internet," where all sorts of news articles can be accessed with very little effort.
Try that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (0N4FZ)
• Just happened to be a member of "ICE watch".
• Just happened to follow ICE around all day.
• Just happened to mock ICE agents with her wife.
• Just happened to block the road with her SUV to obstruct ICE operations.
• Just happened refuse a direct order from a law enforcement operator to get out of her car.
• Just happened to try flee the scene in her car, partly because her wife said "Drive, baby, Drive!"
• Just happened to almost run down a federal agent she was obstructing with extreme disregard for the officer's safety
Wow. The coincidences just start stacking up!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (tWkg3)
Posted by: Megthered at January 23, 2026 06:53 PM (XABzT)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 06:53 PM (bZahh)
Is there a difference? Can anyone tell? Except I think the Democrats in the 1800s at least knew that their slaves needed basic care to remain valuable, whereas Democrats of today would love an Auschwitz for inconvienient blacks ( and Jews, and Republicans, and white people, and, and and.... basically they want the largest genocide in world history.)
Posted by: SimoHaya at January 23, 2026 06:53 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:53 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 06:54 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 23, 2026 06:51 PM (vFG9F)
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The thought has crossed my mind.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:54 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:55 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Butch at January 23, 2026 06:55 PM (98xTj)
The civil suit that's starting now should be interesting, because there are over 600 plaintiffs, with demands of $10 Million each. The hospital is the primary defendant (Chesapeake Regional Medical Center) and is owned by the Community. It's a public "non-profit" center. Which means, any verdict gets passed onto the Virginia taxpayer.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 06:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: zombie at January 23, 2026 06:56 PM (se8lQ)
"grok, is this true?"
First thing AI hallucinates and will recite bullshit - you need to see the references. Grok is only as good as its sources: reddit, CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, Al Jazera, AP, NYT, WashPo, etc.
Second: "He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies."
That is a key thing missing from your Grok result.
Being dishonest and leaving huge parts out is a usual tactic of the Left
Be Better
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:56 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:56 PM (krQz2)
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People are free to be delusional, I Suppose. They can’t make me play along. That is the issue.
Leftists won’t shut the fuck up, and they won’t change the subject.
Now what?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 06:57 PM (bZahh)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 06:57 PM (2L+MU)
He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies.
So where is this asshoe buried?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 06:57 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM (ehY6c)
Doctors are every bit as susceptible to groupthink as the rest of us, if not moreso, except they call unquestioningly toeing the line "evidence based medicine."
Posted by: And they love Shiny New Things at January 23, 2026 06:58 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:58 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:59 PM (0KSrI)
Be Better
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:56 PM (a4flb)
Do your own research, and dial down the vitriol.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Finding a doctor period is getting to be a nightmare. Mine retired a couple of years ago. I tried to make an appointment for a checkup with one of the other doctors in the practice and was told they aren't taking new patients.
I was going to that practice for years but now I'm a "new" patient. Still looking for a new GP.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)
He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies.
What the fuck?!
Posted by: toby928(c)
Virginia? CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists will have him released and he'll be working with the shiny new politboro in Richmond within a week.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 07:03 PM (FmapG)
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 23, 2026 07:03 PM (0GYGE)
Well, I hope we Pacos have better luck than in the last one. My people all fought on the side that came in second.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 07:03 PM (2L+MU)
He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies.
This appears to be a legit story but it broke five years ago.
Posted by: Unnecessary surgery fraud is tried and true at January 23, 2026 07:04 PM (TbWk/)
The number of negative racial incidents I've had in decades I could count with one hand.
Since 2021, I've lost count as to how many times a white leftist has called me a coon, nigger, house nigger
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So on point about lefties.
And it's because you're not a cog to empower their preference of politics.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:04 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Paco
Did someone call my name?
Posted by: Antonio Gramsci at January 23, 2026 07:04 PM (se8lQ)
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Cost shifting.
Same reason I always have to groan when someone says “they should sue those bastards till they own the school/town/whatever!”
The perps don’t gotta pay shit. The victims do, in most cases. Float another bond issue to pay for it, throw it on the pile with the rest of ‘em. Enjoy the property tax hike.
Making the crooks in and out of government PERSONALLY and pecuniarily liable is Job 1 in this country.
I’d just point out, just in case nobody noticed, the 13th Amendment did not outlaw Slavery. Don’t take my word for it, check it out.
Crooked judges and politicians - on a chain gang! A boy can dream
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 07:04 PM (MPpTK)
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Haha. *point and laughs*
Now everyone's a joo!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 07:05 PM (8mulE)
Second: "He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies."
That is a key thing missing from your Grok result.
Being dishonest and leaving huge parts out is a usual tactic of the Left
Be Better
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:56 PM (a4flb)
He was already sentenced. Wanna take back what you said ?
"A jury found Perwaiz guilty on 52 counts of health care fraud in November 2020. In May 2021, he was sentenced to 59 years in prison. Prosecutors proved his crimes happened at least between 2010 and 2019, but women came forward from decades ago claiming victimization by Perwaiz. Numerous victims testified at trial to the harm Perwaiz had caused them."
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:05 PM (g47mK)
Stark observational humor in the form of skits. Does not seem particularly woke.
I don't know how the hell he has stayed on, gets away with a LOT due to melanin. Some funny shit.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 07:05 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:05 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Maybe the Penguin Liberation Front can leave a walrus head on ace's doorstep for him to post the picture of the President, in Greenland, walking with a penguin.
Or is it the Antarctic Liberation Front? One of those mooks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:06 PM (u82oZ)
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They fired a fucking shitload of shots. Nobody fired back. They still are
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 07:06 PM (MPpTK)
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NO RELATION to nurse ratchet. None whatsoever!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 23, 2026 07:07 PM (4nEGa)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Surgeon Sentenced:
https://shorturl.at/lofj8
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 07:07 PM (XeU6L)
Or is it the Antarctic Liberation Front? One of those mooks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posting the pic is required of all Real American Patriots!
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:07 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Stirring the pot a little at January 23, 2026 06:40 PM (TbWk/)
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Nah it's those damn Libras. Squishes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:07 PM (RIvkX)
I did not fully understand lesbians until I was in my 20's, even though the PE major dorm monitors apparently were vs witches (my mother told me this, but didn't discuss the sex issue). I knew a gay guy (x-ray tech) in nursing school who I'd see at the gay disco bar when we all went dancing. In my bubble I did not, even then, think of the sex part.
In HS we had a sissy type boy who should have been ghey as he wanted to be a cheerleader. We just thought he was a sissy. At a reunion, so I read, he turned up with a ZZ Top beard, on a motorcycle, some sort of preacher, and had about 10kids.
Yes, I was a bit retarded til I met the guy from NY who explained things to me. He had me at the name, "douchebag" for someone. Which I'd never heard before and is still in the top ten of names for people I don't like.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:08 PM (WONhk)
DOJ link from 2021
https://is.gd/iC1VPy
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 07:05 PM (8mulE)
Amusingly enough it appears the Pakistani fraudster was prosecuted by an Indian US Attorney.
Posted by: Poetic almost at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Skip
NoVA is. Unfortunately, as NoVA goes, so goes the state.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (FmapG)
That's when it becomes open pew pew warfare.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (zILP0)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
Try that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at
I did, and it told me that Elvis is still alive, that Erika Kirk put out a hit on her husband, no one has ever walked on the moon, Epstein didn't kill himself, 2020 was the most pure elections ever, J6 was worse than the 9-11 and Pearl Harbor, Israel is genociding Gazans, there were no scandals under Obama, the Affordable Health Care act you can keep your doctor, ICE agents are kidnapping American citizens, the mRNA Covid Vax is safe and effective, illegal aliens aren't receiving welfare, cross dressing men are actually women, its impossible for blacks to be racist, Islam is the religion of peace, Area 51 has alien spaceships, Americans aren't taxed enough, Sydney Sweeney doesn't have big boobs, They are keeping the 100 MPG carburetor hidden, there is a Loch Ness monster, Big Mike is a woman, the check is in the mail, I promise this won't hurt, all whites are racists, Love is Love, No one is Illegal, Socialism works, Maduro is an innocent man...
You mean that internet?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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ha ha. internet is tell me to "be better".
I gave you the name of the Dr., *and* I showed you how easy it was to find. Took me 10 sec. Go dig deeper if you want. Otherwise just be quiet. I have been criticized by better men than you.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (hKadN)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (g47mK)
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Knocking everybody's lunch tidepods out of their hands!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (0KSrI)
He would wait for them to be under the influence of labor medication and sterilize them after delivery of their babies.
This appears to be a legit story but it broke five years ago.
Posted by: Unnecessary surgery fraud is tried and true
Didn't Obama use this as an example why we needed ObamaCare?
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)
We should pray for those Morons, like bluebell and Blug, stranded behind enemy lines.
If we had a moving van, and a driver with an eye-patch, we could rescue them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Stirring the pot a little
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Yup. Paving those roads, building those power plants, building those schools, farming those crops. Assholes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (XeU6L)
She's got a pretty spectacular rack too. Currently ranked No. 3. If she were to have them reduced like Simona Halep, it'd be a tragedy but she might play even better.
Posted by: Alex at January 23, 2026 07:11 PM (EcUen)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 07:11 PM (2WIwB)
Is Unknown Drip going to take back the "Bullshit" call?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 23, 2026 07:11 PM (zdLoL)
A local donut shop made pastries in the shape of Tide-pods, with the right colored frosting. 'Cause America, thats why.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (u82oZ)
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)
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No. That was doctors cutting diabetics' feet off for grins and money.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (krQz2)
Very close to having a pretty damn good hash
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (E0p3T)
Now everyone's a joo!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Fine. But I'm not giving up bacon or shrimp.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (zILP0)
A local donut shop made pastries in the shape of Tide-pods, with the right colored frosting. 'Cause America, thats why.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (u82oZ)
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America runs on tidepods.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 07:13 PM (SRRAx)
Easily one of the most vile utterances in US political history. Completely ignored by white leftists natch.
Everyone joked about being called “Deplorable” by Mrs. Clinton, but forget about the kicker. That fucking rancid wench said 75% of the country is irredeemable.
Remember, in the Church of Leftist Democrats, there is no forgiveness. Despite their insistence on you apologizing for something you aren’t guilty of, you are fucked no matter what.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 07:13 PM (MPpTK)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 07:13 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Geez people at January 23, 2026 07:13 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 07:11 PM (2WIwB)
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She doesn't read cursive.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:13 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
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Awareness is the first step to positive change.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 07:11 PM (2WIwB)
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She doesn't read cursive.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:13 PM (krQz2)
*sips beer*
Well, that explains it.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 07:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:15 PM (g47mK)
Now everyone's a joo!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Fine. But I'm not giving up bacon or shrimp.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (zILP0)
Or scallops. Or bacon-wrapped scallops.
Posted by: And miss me altogether with church on Saturday at January 23, 2026 07:15 PM (TbWk/)
We should pray for those Morons, like bluebell and Blug, stranded behind enemy lines.
If we had a moving van, and a driver with an eye-patch, we could rescue them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:15 PM (zILP0)
Maybe he should simply work in an abortion factory to get his rocks off.
Evil! Look at me! SPIT! I farht in your general direction with flames!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (XV/Pl)
Hit it.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:15 PM (zILP0)
Thelma and Louise, right?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM (krQz2)
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Mmmm. Lunchpods!
-idiot young people and Libras
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 06:52 PM (0N4FZ)
No one really cares, but she will earn a Tenner in the gulag for her anti-social comments.
AS SHOULD ALL CRIMINALS LIKE HER, IT IS SOCIALLY JUST!
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (KDPiq)
I saw a video the other day of one ICE guy saying this to the protest ninny's.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:17 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (KDPiq)
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I've seen video in the last day or two of exactly that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:17 PM (RIvkX)
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Did you hear how many Minny metro police officers quit the force to join ICE.
18, last I heard.
Some people can read the tea leaves.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:17 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:18 PM (g47mK)
What a bleah winter we've had. Praying for snow! PLEASE!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:18 PM (WONhk)
Just who the fu*k is Miss Rachel and why the fu*k should I care?
Posted by: Diogenes
Romper Room 2026
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 07:18 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (KDPiq)
I think one of them did - saw a clip the other day, can't recall where. But it was along those lines. It should be standard protocol in my opinion but the hybristophiles and pedophilephiles would find some way to twist it.
Posted by: Can't reason with evil at January 23, 2026 07:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Pete Buttijudge at January 23, 2026 07:19 PM (4x8X3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:17 PM (RIvkX)
Good to hear.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:19 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: SimoHaya at January 23, 2026 06:53 PM (/ZkOF)
Pol Pot showed the way, but quailed at completing the social revolution. In the end he failed because some of his underlings were unable to control the people under them sufficiently to defeat the Vietnamese
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 07:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:10 PM
Sadly, I think if you introduced "him" to your kitchen table, you'd both be disappointed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 23, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)
I knew there was something disquieting about her from the get go.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (krQz2)
Is "Miss Rachel" a tranny, or just a c*nt?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 07:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (zILP0)
Or scallops. Or bacon-wrapped scallops.
Posted by: And miss me altogether with church on Saturday at January 23, 2026 07:15 PM (TbWk/)
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Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:16 PM (KDPiq)
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Maybe not that aggressively, but I have seen a tape where an agent says "Do you want to know who you're protecting?"
The protestor is told the guy has multiple counts of kiddie rape, and she says nothing, nor does she change her attitude.
She just doesn't care.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:20 PM (krQz2)
He apparently, for years, scheduled unnecessary surgery for female patients by claiming they had tumors and other issues which they did NOT, so he could bill for things that weren't needed.
He had an elaborate scam going on for years, where he even kept duplicate medical records, one set for billing, and one real.
Someone found out their ultrasound did not show what he said, went to authorities, and wore a wire, and the whole thing unravelled.
He made millions, and a few months ago got sentenced to 59 years.
And women are still coming out to say it went on longer than they were able to prove in court.
Posted by: barbarausa at January 23, 2026 07:20 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Opinion fact
I do.
Especially if they've got pictures of kids on the facebook page.
I do tell them "nice looking kid. Be a shame if something happened to them. Since you are advocating for and trying to protect child rapists and murderers".
Fuck 'em. War.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:20 PM (zILP0)
completely wrong? By a fucking Grok belch?
Before you spike the ball in the endzone, has anyone actually produced the article - particularly the key part that says he performed hysterectomies while the women were getting a c-section?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:20 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: And they love Shiny New Things at January 23, 2026 06:58 PM (TbWk/)
They also dislike losing their jobs and profession because they didn't follow "standard of care" as set out by a bureaucratic board made up of accountants and Pharma reps.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)
She later "apologized," claiming it was an accident.
KILL ALL THE JEWS!
Oops, sorry, I meant peace and love. Damn autocorrect. -- Miss Rachel
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 07:18 PM (g47mK)
What?
Posted by: Smooth Brained Americans Who Love NFL Cock at January 23, 2026 07:21 PM (R/m4+)
That is definitely not the same narrative as DeadSuddenly post put.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (0KSrI)
What a bleah winter we've had. Praying for snow! PLEASE!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Snow is a bit of a novelty here in Coastal NC, but I don't mind it. We're probably getting ice here this round, which is expodentially worser, especially for power outages, car crashes, old people breaking their hip, etc.
Posted by: Old Man Adams at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (oftw2)
Now you’re just betting on Green.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (k1gZr)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (a4flb)
True, although he appears to be the very doctor Obama had in mind when he said that doctors would amputate your foot just cuz is gave them the giggles.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:23 PM (ExV1e)
The protestor is told the guy has multiple counts of kiddie rape, and she says nothing, nor does she change her attitude.
She just doesn't care.
Posted by: Axeman
Righteous, smug, and never, ever wrong.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 23, 2026 07:23 PM (YasuL)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:12 PM (zILP0)
Or scallops. Or bacon-wrapped scallops.
Posted by: And miss me altogether with church on Saturday at January 23, 2026 07:15 PM (TbWk/)
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Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
++++
Deboned chicken thigh stuff with a large shrimp and scallop wrapped with bacon and broiled to crispy perfection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (zILP0)
The whack job at the DMV, the nurses assistant, the clerk at property tax or assessors office, there’s yer problem. Low level nazis are the worst, in my experience.
Mean, petty, vile vindictive. They don’t have much control in their lives.
But they can fuck around with YOU, and that becomes their part time hobby.
“Oh, you forgot page 12. Come back next thursday”
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (MPpTK)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:22 PM (0KSrI)
I'm seriously gonna think twice the next time you hand me a glass of alcohol.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (ExV1e)
But there is enough potential energy in the libs to enable the rise of a genuine psycho who will weaponize it all.
Imagine someone with the charisma and rabble rousing nous of Trump, but no moral center for anything but power. What they could accomplish with the fucked up angry mental patients in this country is unfathomable.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (E0p3T)
Because they don't seem to believe in anything except that they are somehow "right".
They have no interest in the case that they are wrong.
And yet, they think you should.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (EyfuW)
Tell her he ate the neighbor's puppies.
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 23, 2026 07:25 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:25 PM (krQz2)
Well. Football is gay.
So. Totes appropriate.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 07:26 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 23, 2026 07:26 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 07:24 PM (EyfuW)
www.youtube.com/shorts/PlTBIoj-wOk
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:27 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:27 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (hKadN)
With exceptions for theater and costume parties, it should be a capital offense.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 07:27 PM (8zz6B)
Remember, Pol Pot was a school teacher and a waiter before he became the loveable rascal everyone knows and loves today.
Posted by: College Professors Everywhere at January 23, 2026 07:28 PM (R/m4+)
So. Totes appropriate.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 07:26 PM (ZcsJV)
Just Tony Romo and Troy Aiken.
( I used to love making my Cowboy fan friends lose their mind. )
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 07:28 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 07:28 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 23, 2026 07:29 PM (XMwZJ)
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Doctor performed irreversible hysterectomies, improper sterilizations, and other medically unnecessary surgeries and procedures for over a decade...
https://shorturl.at/BdPgb
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Look, stop digging. How about you produce counter evidence before bleating about endzones?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 07:29 PM (XeU6L)
Well. Football is gay.
So. Totes appropriate.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 07:26 PM (ZcsJV)
Da fuq? Where's my shot at being the halftime star?
Posted by: Boy George at January 23, 2026 07:30 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 23, 2026 07:29 PM (XMwZJ)
Blue. State. Love is love, h8er.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:30 PM (ExV1e)
I found a LOT of articles going back a few years on the guy just sentenced, but nothing about sterilizing after delivery.
This guy would say "oh, you have endometriosis, you need a D&C" or "you have a tumor, it might be cancer" and so on.
I mistook the dates, it was a few years ago, going back into the 20-teens.
If it were NEW news, I think it would be out there.
https://tinyurl.com/mtncvv72
Posted by: barbarausa at January 23, 2026 07:30 PM (enw9G)
https://tinyurl.com/y728r2pn
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 23, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:30 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
How about taking off about an eighth of inch of an extremity with a wood rasp, heal him up for a few days, do it again, etc. until he is left with just his torso. Then the deer plug. ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 07:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Angzarr
Feet first through a wood chipper. Then fed to sharks
Make his family watch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 23, 2026 07:32 PM (YasuL)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (hKadN)
With exceptions for theater and costume parties, it should be a capital offense.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 07:27 PM (8zz6B)
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I don't think it should be criminalized.
But I said over the Christmas break that I can't put the words "I don't care if" in front of it any more.
It doesn't want to stay a personal matter--no matter how much it insists that it's only a personal matter.
It wants to upend society and its structure.
"Why should you care about gay marriage unless you're going to marry a person of the same sex?" was a LIE.
It was the android camel/bulldozer's nose under the tent.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:32 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:32 PM (vFG9F)
Now, Sunday is back to purely being a day of worship devoted to God and family. I’ve never been more happy or fulfilled in my life.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:33 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 23, 2026 07:32 PM (YasuL)
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With frickin' lasers, of course.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:33 PM (krQz2)
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You an ugly bitch.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 07:33 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:33 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:34 PM (0KSrI)
From a better source. Assuming we can refer to NBC as better.
https://tinyurl.com/8xeuvxcp
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 07:35 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:33 PM (iETvL)
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Have you given up on the planer already?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:35 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:36 PM (iETvL)
Pretty much where I am. There's a guy in Newport who wears skirts and is generally a few ticks off center. But he's harmless and doesn't demand anyone call him Karen or make a nuisance of himself.
The moment you make your issues my issues we have a problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 07:36 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Common Sense at January 23, 2026 07:36 PM (R/m4+)
Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:35 PM (krQz2)
Oh boy. Almost forgot about that.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:37 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 07:37 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:37 PM (0KSrI)
"Release the Snomageddon Fran panic!"
❄️ Currently 14°, Feels Like -2° here in toasty NE Okla. No snow so far, but expected to start about 9pm, and end in May sometime.
Posted by: mindful webworker and the memes of tomorrow at January 23, 2026 07:37 PM (OJSFI)
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Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:38 PM (iETvL)
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 07:38 PM (tWkg3)
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But that is only a facade of the underlying urge. If you have to know about it, it's not just a passive claim.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 07:40 PM (krQz2)
The Tab, 'Omg! Ms Rachel’s net worth proves why she’s one of 2025’s most influential creators' She’s loaded
Published 5 months ago.
Snopes, Ms. Rachel rumor claims she sued comedian Druski over parody video. Here's what we know, April 2025.
April 2025, she had a 2nd child with her husband via surrogate.
AI Overview: Ms. Rachel, also known as Rachel Griffin-Accurso, has built a massive children's educational media empire with an estimated net worth frequently cited between $10 million and $50 million. Her income streams include substantial YouTube ad revenue (estimated at $10–$20 million annually), merchandise, and partnerships, with over 16 million subscribers and 12 billion views.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 07:43 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:46 PM (hKadN)
Oh it doesn’t need to be a criminal offense, it can be handled much more simply. Just pay a $100 bounty to anyone who can prove that they beat the shit out of someone doing that, and also indemnify anyone who collects a bounty from any further legal action of any kind.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 07:45 PM (IUuBi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 07:47 PM (/LXUT)
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The Fodder unit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 07:49 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: mindful webworker and the memes of tomorrow
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Looks like cold weather is moving in faster than predicted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 07:52 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 07:54 PM (/LXUT)
I, for one, welcome our new junk food overlords.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 07:56 PM (Fs0KI)
I notice half the women standing around laughing at the little screamer also had masks on, and they were simply entertained by something like that getting away with that mouth.
I worked with a woman exactly like her, a PhD. Born in another country; given every opportunity in the US for education and took it; gave the impression she knew all ever written about hazardous waste/emergency response YET never visited/inspected such a site on-the-job. Worthless in work, even as a fed, though excelling in meeting attendance.
Somehow, she had a wonderful husband - kind but looking trapped. 🤷♀️
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 08:08 PM (NFX2v)
Well I think it is disgusting that democrat federal judges think they are the chief executive and commander in chief. Also that people are fighting our federal law enforcement deporting known criminals and child abuses along with the fraud that somali...
NO!! I don't mean that I mea
SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO MY ANSWER YOU PUSSY.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 23, 2026 09:10 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Sluf at January 24, 2026 09:01 AM (hVDFE)
Tell 'em the illegal "misgendered a trans-woman."
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".... Liiiike"
STFU you abomination to humans
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Opt for reliable sources for discreet entertainment.
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Microplastics: The Invisible Killers
Or, You Know, Maybe Not
The great microplastics panic: Was it all just 99% bullshit?
I know a lot of you are saying "of course it was, dipshit." I kinda-sorta bought into it at a low level. Microplastics were claimed to be a potential disruptor of testosterone. I didn't buy into it seriously, but I did buy steel straws instead of plastic ones. That's a pretty low level of buy-in. I think they cost me six buck. After at least a decade or two of telling everyone their bodies were filled up with microscopic plastic chains in our brains, internal organs, and balls, some scientists now say it's mostly bullshit, the tests the alarmists are relying on can't tell "microplastics" from ordinary bodily fat.So, plastics are mostly made up of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, which are of course the building blocks of living tissue, too. So the "signals" are just indicating that carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen are present, and these high priests of The Science (TM) are saying "Must be plastic!!!"
'A bombshell': doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a 'joke'
High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist called the concerns "a bombshell". Studies claiming to have revealed micro and nanoplastics in the brain, testes, placentas, arteries and elsewhere were reported by media across the world, including the Guardian. There is no doubt that plastic pollution of the natural world is ubiquitous, and present in the food and drink we consume and the air we breathe. But the health damage potentially caused by microplastics and the chemicals they contain is unclear, and an explosion of research has taken off in this area in recent years. However, micro- and nanoplastic particles are tiny and at the limit of today's analytical techniques, especially in human tissue. There is no suggestion of malpractice, but researchers told the Guardian of their concern that the race to publish results, in some cases by groups with limited analytical expertise, has led to rushed results and routine scientific checks sometimes being overlooked. The Guardian has identified seven studies that have been challenged by researchers publishing criticism in the respective journals, while a recent analysis listed 18 studies that it said had not considered that some human tissue can produce measurements easily confused with the signal given by common plastics.
... 'The paper is a joke' "Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising" was the shocking headline reporting a widely covered study in February. The analysis, published in a top-tier journal and covered by the Guardian, said there was a rising trend in micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in brain tissue from dozens of postmortems carried out between 1997 and 2024. However, by November, the study had been challenged by a group of scientists with the publication of a "Matters arising" letter in the journal. In the formal, diplomatic language of scientific publishing, the scientists said: "The study as reported appears to face methodological challenges, such as limited contamination controls and lack of validation steps, which may affect the reliability of the reported concentrations." One of the team behind the letter was blunt. "The brain microplastic paper is a joke," said Dr Dusan Materic, at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. "Fat is known to make false-positives for polyethylene. The brain has [approximately] 60% fat." Materic and his colleagues suggested rising obesity levels could be an alternative explanation for the trend reported in the study. Materić said: "That paper is really bad, and it is very explainable why it is wrong." He thinks there are serious doubts over "more than half of the very high impact papers" reporting microplastics in biological tissue. ... But the brain study is far from alone in having been challenged. One, which reported that patients with MNPs detected in carotid artery plaques had a higher risk of heart attacks and strokes than patients with no MNPs detected, was subsequently criticised for not testing blank samples taken in the operating room. Blank samples are a way of measuring how much background contamination may be present. Another study reported MNPs in human testes, "highlighting the pervasive presence of microplastics in the male reproductive system". But other scientists took a different view: "It is our opinion that the analytical approach used is not robust enough to support these claims."So, should we all now just start eating plastic? Yes. Yes we should.
BBC News You Can Use: Why (Leftwing) Women Are Going to Rage Rooms. Um, because they are mentally ill and drugged up and no one ever tells them to shut the fuck up and act like adults? The BBC assures me it's far more complex than that.
"There was definitely a moment of discomfort at the start," says Deena, but she says her visit to a so-called rage room felt very different to what she'd expected. She didn't feel chaotic or aggressive smashing things up, but instead "surprisingly controlled and a lot more intentional". "Once I settled into it, it felt like more of a physical release as opposed to an emotional outburst," she told the BBC. Deena is one of a reportedly growing number of women choosing to pay to hammer and bash old items such as TVs, furniture and crockery whilst kitted out in specialist protective gear. ... There are still only a small number of venues in the UK where people are handed a baseball bat and let loose. They've been touted as one way to alleviate stress and release pent-up anger. But what seems surprising is the client base, with some owners saying most of their customers are women.This surprises you, huh? So in other words, your initial bigoted assumption is that violent men were employing these "rage rooms" to work out their toxic masculinity, and you were all set to attack them for this frenzied juvenile rage, but now that you are "surprised" to find out that drugged-up mentally-ill women are the primary (read: exclusive) users of rage rooms, it becomes a hip and health trend that everyone should try?
Not as much conditioned to repress these toxic emotions as they used to be!
Similarly, Shuka says she didn't feel angry, but wanted to see how it felt to "let loose" and was given a car to smash up whilst listening to a playlist of her favourite songs. "It was way more satisfying than I expected, there was something weirdly freeing about smashing things and not having to be careful. "Afterwards I felt like I'd done a workout for my brain as well as my body," she says. Kate Cutler, the co-owner and founder of a rage room in East Sussex, says it's "getting busier and busier" with female customers. ... She says some women come in because they've been cheated on or had a difficult break-up and sometimes just because "they have anger coming from nowhere." Author and psychotherapist Jennifer Cox told Radio 4 Woman's Hour she believes women are "conditioned" to repress feelings of "frustration, anger, aggression and rage".
Again, do you believe they would view this violent, crazed behavior as cute and hip if it were men busting things up? I guess this is now officially a GAINZZZ thread. I avoided these for a long time, because I have no GAINZZZ. I let myself go at Thanksgiving and I never stopped letting myself go. And now I'm going to have to fast just to get back to "overweight." One thing I've been trying, sporadically, to do is to eat a lot of protein early in the day. Supposedly, according to a study mentioned by Thomas DeLauer, the body will feel hungry until it has consumed its preferred amount of protein for the day. After that, hunger is diminished. The target number is 0.6 gram per pound of body weight. Does it work? I mean, kind of, yeah. If I have two high protein meals I don't feel very hungry at other times, or feel much of a need to snack. But I haven't been doing it consistently. How about you? Any GAINZZZ? I didn't ask in the New Years period because promises made during New Years are like promises made three feet from a bed. They tend to be forgotten in the morning. But now that we're into the New Year, and well away from New Years Day-- any real resolutions to declare?
Often, she says women, in particular - end up "sandwiched" between the demands of work, parents and small children, and can end up "furious." Really they should let it out, she says, and thinks spaces like this, which allow women to release their anger can be very helpful.
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 17, 2026
High five.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/uhGNTUXADv
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The laziest game of fetch ever.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/afnlXoIf19
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 17, 2026
🚨 WATCH: United Kingdom "Health Ambassador" Athika Ahmed says we need to teach people how to prolong their life through healthy habits
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 20, 2026
"Teach these things before we teach how to get a job. If I'm not living, how would I get a job!"
Is this a sick joke? pic.twitter.com/AEt9lpxFuy
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (Cjt/F)
Yes. Yes we should.
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"Paste is a form of plastic, amirite?"
/F. Joe Mugabe, presently frozen and chained to a cryogenic basement radiator
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (MVWbi)
"Teach these things before we teach how to get a job. If I'm not living, how would I get a job!"
Is this about wiping with the left hand?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (jc0TO)
Men just get a beer.
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (VE6XX)
My dad bought me a titanium straw. Not because of plastics or anything, it's just a funny thing to have. I use it so much more than I thought I would.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (X42T3)
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But if that were the case, then Global Warming wouldn't be real. And we under warning that we're going to be hit by Climate Change tomorrow.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (jc0TO)
>>>Um, because they are mentally ill and drugged up and no one ever tells them to shut the fuck up and act like adults?
Yes.
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: A guy who knows some guys at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (vFG9F)
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We need targeted Sharia for AWFLs. Not my wife and the 'ettes. But the Commies.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (s0JqF)
Watch police cam videos of traffic stops and you find insane women disproportionately represented. Most appear to have "my lawyer" on speed dial.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (lM2bs)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (pDt9x)
I benched 220lbs for six solid reps the other day. I'm really thrilled about my weightlifting GAINZZZ.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (SNf74)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (ELdpA)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (SNf74)
I thought black was supposed to be slimming...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd. at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (QkSg2)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (SNf74
The falafel queen!!
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (pDt9x)
Thanks for the recommendation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s)
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Because Lobotomies and Psychiatric Sanitariums no longer exist?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:40 PM (krQz2)
No? Rly?
Okay, I'll suggest it!
It was a tissue of lies, spread with malice aforethought by the same people who want us to own nothing and eat bugs.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:40 PM (Cjt/F)
There is no suggestion of malpractice, but researchers told the Guardian of their concern that the race to publish results, in some cases by groups with limited analytical expertise, has led to rushed results and routine scientific checks sometimes being overlooked.
The Guardian has identified seven studies that have been challenged by researchers publishing criticism in the respective journals, while a recent analysis listed 18 studies that it said had not considered that
So at least 25 studies of microplastics turns out to be total steaming piles of monkey crap, and there's no suggestion of malpractice.
I'm just a blue-collar, illiterate, toothess cousin-humping conservative, but even I know that either the researchers were deliberately lying through their asses or they are total retards. Both reasons fall under malpractice.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 05:40 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:40 PM (Ryx1w)
ace, ace, AAACCCE!!!
https://tinyurl.com/2u4szsm2 (official WhiteHOUSE account!!)
https://tinyurl.com/yxcj4b42
you must post this on the cafe thread!!
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:40 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (0U5gm)
Death is a pretty effective cure for aging.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)
Also stroke risk due to high blood pressure. Sure, you'll have crippling thirst, dry mouth and explosive bowel movements, but you can shed pound and pound without any dieting at all!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Yeah, okay.
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (g47mK)
It's a mystery. They're good people. They vote Labour. They're welcoming to migrants. And, yet, their life gets shittier and shittier.
If only there were a way to figure out what was the cause of their problems.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (ExV1e)
Ahh. That explains ASS.
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)
Stops it right in its tracks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (tL+lc)
Posted by: Plastic Bertrand at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (oftw2)
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Never heard of the "blood brain barrier" until a few months ago, now I hear it mentioned all the time. Apparently discovered in 1900, but not worthy of bringing up until 125 years later to the general public.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)
microplastics
polywater
cold fusion
ozone hole
Covid-19
Satanic daycares
Salem witchcraft trials
USDA food pyramid
Global warming
I could go on.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (lsrsS)
Lefties just have an enemy in petroleum, and are looking for any avenue.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (0U5gm)
Death is a pretty effective cure for aging.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:41 PM (3uBP9)
And it's a big deal for the Dem voter rolls.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (2WIwB)
I can tell you they haven’t effected my testosterone. I am going to pissed if they find out it makes ear and nose hair grow faster as you age.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (MVWbi)
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A lot of the reactions we are seeing are the result of society withdrawing unconditional approval of their actions. Social pressure is a huge component of behavioral modification.
In the end, they will conform.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:43 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 23, 2026 05:43 PM (cS1cw)
Or do you start aging even faster after you die?
*taps chin*
Posted by: bonhomme at January 23, 2026 05:43 PM (Yp6az)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Online Leftoid at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (jc0TO)
Acid rain
Ozone layer
Global cooling
Global warming
Coffee
Eggs
Meat
Fracking
Killer Bees from Mexico
Plastics? Pfffft. That’s like JV shit man.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
Well, you can still get that plastic lodged in your body, but...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)
>> Kitten giving high fives to the passengers is adorable.
I think it’s AI, but the sentiment still stands.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (jc0TO)
A Straw!!!!
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (pDt9x)
BEWARE THE BURKA'D MANATEE
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Diogenes
Married men should confine their boners to home turf.
Posted by: Your Conscience at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2)
I know a lot of you are saying "of course it was, dipshit."
Ace, you point out whoever it was that called you a dipshit and we'll kick some ass.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (2WIwB)
Wasn't there a death b of bees and bananas going extinct one? Collapsing ecosystem?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Diogenes
I am pretty sure Aliassmithsmith's mom turns tricks behind those.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
Well, you can still get that plastic lodged in your body, but...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)
The pointy end goes in first.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (vqA1l)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
Only the giant ones thrown on the field during the half time show at the Super Bowl.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (jc0TO)
Um, because they are mentally ill and drugged up and no one ever tells them to shut the fuck up and act like adults?
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No. Because GRRRRL Power will save us!!
Or don't you watch enough content!
We have to get through the Rage Rooms for GRRRL Power to find its equilibrium, be accepted as the only way by society, ascend to its right place, and then SAVE us!!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (krQz2)
And, btw, never bought into the plastic nonsense. It was typical progressive "I'm doing something for the planet, Look at my lapel ribbon nonsense."
TOOTHPASTE (specifically fluoride) does, indeed, lower testosterone by inhibiting the process by which testosterone is created naturally in the body. Yes, you aren't supposed to swallow toothpaste....yeah, good luck with that. Every day, three times a day. Yeah, good luck Beta males with good teeth (still doesn't explain the Brits, I guess).
Oh, and btw, guess were the US gets most of its fluoride. That would be China.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)
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What about light bulbs? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (XV/Pl)
Thanks for the recommendation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s)
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I've been using Costco Whey Protein after workouts (it's low-carb and -sugar, but still ...).
But yeah, I saved that link to Ascent Unflavored Protein Powder -- thanks for reminding me:
https://is.gd/D7EDRs
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Texican ette at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (SNf74)
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Of course we want her. The alternative would be Amelia.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (Cjt/F)
There was a guy once who killed three men in a bar with a pencil. With a fucking pencil.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (vqA1l)
*looks around*
Is it the Jews?
I bet it's the Jews.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah! Oh Yeah!
Posted by: Bill Gates, Tech Weirdo With Man Boobs Filled With Microplastics at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)
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What about light bulbs? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)
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"BACK OFF, DUDE!"
/Richard Gere's Gerbils
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (Ryx1w)
hey , what happened?
ace, ace, AAACCCE!!!
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https://tinyurl.com/yxcj4b42
Looks like Highway Companion
https://t.ly/mNy0a
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Tell me about it
Posted by: WNBA green dildo at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Stretch Armstrong at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (ELdpA)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: bonhomme at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (Yp6az)
Goes nicely with the tactical spork.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (0KSrI)
Eh, as long as he doesn’t start listening to Karen Carpenter
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Bacon Butty at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (Dv3i1)
Athika Ahmed is a 23-year-old medical student and health ambassador from Cardiff, Wales, recognized for her advocacy in women's health and youth engagement.
And, yes, the video appears to actually be her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)
Free shipping flash sale from SARCO, all weekend long!!!
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Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (g47mK)
I bet it's the Jews.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)
Obviously.
- MTG
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (Ryx1w)
I think another major reason for ‘rage rooms’ being mostly women is that these rooms seem stupid and faddish, and women (especially leftwing turdwomen) are far more susceptible to stupid fads than men are.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (tL+lc)
Let the women in, fit them with a nice white coat with wrap-around arms and lock the door from the outside. Just like in the old days.
Put in a window and maybe a Webcam and sell tickets. Americans are starved for quality entertainment.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (0KSrI)
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I always feel better and more energetic when fasting (I've done about a dozen one-week fasts, but have never dared to do a one-month fast as Ace once did) -- and the worst part is the insomnia really ramps up.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (wzUl9)
I thought the same thing, why is there a kitten in the subway?
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (mxcbL)
Is it the Jews?
I bet it's the Jews.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)
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* finger on nose *
Posted by: Greta Thunberg. at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Kamala! at January 23, 2026 05:50 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:50 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:50 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (ehY6c)
. . .
Killer Bees from Mexico
Plastics? Pfffft. That’s like JV shit man.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026
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Whatever happened to the murder hornets? Were they replaced by "manslaughter hornets" or "justifiable homicide" hornets?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (SSiCQ)
Sorta like 'good' cholesterol and 'bad' cholesterol.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (oT7pT)
And, btw, never bought into the plastic nonsense. It was typical progressive "I'm doing something for the planet, Look at my lapel ribbon nonsense."
And almost always started by some Junior High School girl's extra credit project in science class, after her AWFL mother makes a pest of herself with the local news channel promoting her sooper genius snowflake's project. I seem to remember that this is where the straw ban came from, but my memory might be a bit fuzzy.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (ELdpA)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:47 PM (0KSrI)
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The radical fast/rapid weight gain/radical fast loop is not healthy. The trick is to find a sustainable diet that feels natural and intuitive.
It's not hard. Low sugar. Good fats. Regular exercise.
Joking aside, this morning I weighed in at one pound lighter than I was when I got out of Army basic training in 2000. It feels good and I've been at this weight for about three months, give or take a pound or two, so it's stable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (0KSrI)
Now I have a silly string commercial stuck in my head.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Your Conscience at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2)
Mrs D doesn't really care where I get my appetite as long as I get home for dinner.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (2WIwB)
Later they will call this the beginning of the Stupid Middle Ages by somebody.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (n5tGW)
Additionally, industries use plastics extensively. For example, Boeing and plastics/composites: The 787 Dreamliner: The airframe is 50% composite materials, primarily CFRP. It uses about 70,000 pounds (33 tons) of carbon fiber reinforced plastic.
Structures: Wind turbine blades are rarely pure metal; they are large composite structures, typically made of fiberglass or carbon fiber reinforced with epoxy or polyester resins (a type of plastic).
AI Overview: Industries that rely most heavily on plastics include packaging, construction, automotive, healthcare, and electronics, with packaging being the largest consumer. These sectors leverage plastic for its lightweight, durable, sterile, and cost-effective properties, essential for shipping, safety, and manufacturing.
I never seen mold, etc. grow on vinyl but whatever is being used for the molding of kitchen storage containers, shower curtains, etc. allows mold (at the minimum) to grow. I'm back to glass storage containers & vinyl.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:48 PM (pDt9x)
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"I Won't Fast a Day Without You" could have been a big hit.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: She that fat at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (vFG9F)
They just jumped right over 'husband' completely.
Didn't even dawn on them that a man around might help.
Let 'em pay to vent then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)
Never mind
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ken at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (y9nCu)
Yeah, it was something like that I think. Some 14 year old boy did a science project with a picture of a turtle with a straw sticking out of its nose and all hell broke loose.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 05:54 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 05:54 PM (XV/Pl)
My HS held a fundraiser:
Somebody donated a POS car, and tickets were sold for $1 each--
1 ticket good for 1 swing of 10# sledgehammer on the car.
Now there was some aggression relief!
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (rdVOm)
.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026
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Something like that was how the six-foot distancing "rule" came into existence and got hyped during the Sniffle Scare.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 05:54 PM (k9OZB)
Isn't that also how the 6 ft rule during the China Virus came to be? Some random kid said hey let’s stay 6 ft apart and the “experts” said uhm ok sounds like a plan.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (Ryx1w)
Not unrelated: Karens misbehaving in public.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (44PAK)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (nbLIj)
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As a destructivist, that sounds like fun!
But if you go back a decade and had guys done that, it'd be "That's so immature!!" "Why don't you grow up?!"
Thus: only women are allowed such frivolities.
It would have been "toxic" had men done it first; It would have made women "afraid".
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (krQz2)
So, I shouldn't be taking this stuff, eh?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (8uqMR)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Your Conscience at January 23, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2)
_________________________
Advisory Caveat: If said turf has an Adam's Apple, it qualifies as Artificial Turf, and could lead to injuries.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (zZu0s)
. . .
Killer Bees from Mexico
Plastics? Pfffft. That’s like JV shit man.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026
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Whatever happened to the murder hornets? Were they replaced by "manslaughter hornets" or "justifiable homicide" hornets?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:51 PM (wzUl9)
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I was assured that Monkeypox was going to kill us all ... at least the homos among us.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (MVWbi)
So like a time-out room. Only instead of telling their inner preschooler to take a time out, their empowering their inner brats. Go ahead, throw yourself on the floor and kick your feet and wave your fists and scream your head off.
Maybe even hold your breath until you turn blue, you venter you.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 05:57 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 05:54 PM (k9OZB)
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The left is increasingly Maoist in its outlook. Tradition bad, book learning bad, let's follow the children! We have so much to learn from them!
Always pining for a Cultural Revolution.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
However, I don't know enough to say, because I'm still at the "What tests do I run to check for microplastics?" phase. If it's just one, faulty test, well, I guess we can rule it out for now.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at January 23, 2026 05:57 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:57 PM (Cjt/F)
I feel like I’m in a third world country.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (KDPiq)
I took it more as hurl things into the compactor.
Fluorescent tubes made the best javelins.
Nobody has to tell me breaking things is newly fun!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026
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Then when the news leaked that the homos' dogs were also contracting it, the story vanished faster than the Enterprise-D going into warp.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (zZu0s)
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Absolutely! Also pork rinds. Just picked up a bag. No carbs, no sugars. Okay, mine has seasoning, but it's a trace amount.
Yummy and filling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (tL+lc)
I feel like I’m in a third world country.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (KDPiq)
You should be okay out there in California.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)
So, I shouldn't be taking this stuff, eh?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 05:56 PM (XeU6L)
Well, if you want a crystallized liver, knock yourself out. I've heard it's sweet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (zZu0s)
Because it's much harder for us to actually *create* anything, we've had to rely on fake "test results" (cf. Covid, cancer, BMI, etc.) to scare you into letting us inject you with known toxins.
The System Works!
Posted by: The Deep Ones at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (9OAab)
That's so hot.
--Senator Teddy Kennedy
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (8mulE)
(Really real, BTW)
Then it was killer bees.
Anacondas and Boas in the Everglades.
Then Murder Hornets.
I'm probably missing a few invasive species.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)
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That reminds me of playing the "Pong" video game (back when a quarter was a lot of money!) during junior high school in the mid-70s).
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (nbLIj)
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Shooting water jugs is more my speed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Maybe even hold your breath until you turn blue, you venter you.
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026
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Driving in rush-hour traffic will afford the same opportunity, and it won't cost you any more than the gas you're already burning!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: fly gal at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (JrfET)
She is also good at smelling up the loo...someone needs to light a match.
Posted by: Zombie Benny Hill at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:55 PM (Ryx1w)
Yup, pretty sure that's right for the "6 ft rule". Maybe we should stop letting little kids be in charge of "scientific studies".
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (k9OZB)
😬
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (KDPiq)
Wonder how she feels about Rage Rooms?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (wzUl9)
Never mind
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)
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We kind of got the same idea.
Posted by: Gangs of Young Muslim Brits at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (tL+lc)
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Come to the rage scrapyard! You pick up things over there, and throw it as hard as you can into the bin over here! Therapeutic! All natural! Good for the environment!
Posted by: Crazy A.H. Lloyd's Recycling Center at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:53 PM (MVWbi)
(Raises glass)
Nice one...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (yw3eV)
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If I could replace this guy with my sofa, my golden would be the happiest guy.
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Diogenes
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Good choice. The recyling bin is the last place they would look for her.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (hKadN)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (g47mK)
“These are programs for everyone. They will not ask immigration status. We are proud to be a sanctuary city.”
Nice to see someone on the left finally admit they're criminals.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (zILP0)
If you add some Collagen Peptides, it works even better at staving off hunger.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (asXVI)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Fat, retarded and Muslim is no way to live at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (TbWk/)
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She looks like "Flabba The Hut."
/I denounce myself
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (MVWbi)
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Remember, in Pinocchio, they all turn into donkeys for the mines.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026
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There's a video on YooToob of her performing a duet with Joss Stone on LR's "Nothin' Better to Do." Nice stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)
If I could replace this guy with my sofa, my golden would be the happiest guy.
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (CyFyf)
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Crap. I meant it I could replace my sofa with this guy...
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (CyFyf)
Posted by: Somalians at January 23, 2026 06:04 PM (hKadN)
That freezing rain is the worst, so may the power stay on wherever you are.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 23, 2026 06:04 PM (6ydKt)
This pubic service announcement was brought to you by the letter 12
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 23, 2026 06:04 PM (jrgJz)
I feel like I’m in a third world country.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 05:58 PM (KDPiq)
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All the infrastructure was brand new. Also, the grid has expanded (remember the horror of "urban sprawl?").
Now many the transformers and substations are wearing out, but no one replaces them until they fail.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Jillian Michaels as a health ambassador? Sure. Not that creature.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 06:06 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Fat, retarded and Muslim is no way to live at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (TbWk/)
I believe that should read 'Fat Ewok Retard'. That's not a hijab, it's more of a hood.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 06:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 23, 2026 06:06 PM (h/O4U)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (g47mK)
If I could replace this guy with my sofa, my golden would be the happiest guy.
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 23, 2026 06:02 PM (CyFyf)
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Crap. I meant it I could replace my sofa with this guy...
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 23, 2026 06:03 PM (CyFyf)
The first version was pretty funny.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (E7+ue)
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Such as not-so-voluntary sex with Muslims lads!
Posted by: Gangs of Young Muslim Brits at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (Kt19C)
Bitches be crazy, and they're only getting crazier. Synthetic hormonal contraception, 300 strange cocks, and multiple abortions do take their toll. And their susceptibility to mass formation psychosis doesn't help either.
Posted by: The only prescription is benevolent patriarchy at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026
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The cities, I'd think so. Out in the rural lands of Yorkshire and Sussex, maybe not so much.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)
Have fun and blast this thing all over the internet.
Seems some "activists" were sent to a biker bar.
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Contra Costa County — 925-900-5151
North Bay (Sonoma/Napa/Solano) — 707-800-4544
Sacramento Rapid Response Network — 916-382-0256
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Central Valley / Valley Watch — 559-206-0151
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Orange County — 714-881-1558
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Long Beach Community Defense Network — 562-245-9575
Colorado Rapid Response Network — 1-844-864-8341
Florida Immigrant Coalition / RAISE Hotline — 1-888-600-5762
(Cont)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:07 PM (zILP0)
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR) — 855-435-7693
LUCE Immigrant Justice Network (Greater Boston) — 617-370-5023
Grand Rapids Rapid Response Network — 616-238-0081
Reno / ACTIONN Rapid Response — 775-453-6137
Rapid Response New Jersey — 1-888-347-3767
NYC ICE Watch — community reporting via coordinated alert networks (no single phone line)
Rochester Rapid Response Network — 585-420-6471
Siembra NC Rapid Response — 336-543-0353
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) — 1-888-622-1510
New Sanctuary Movement (Philadelphia) — 267-333-9530
Centre County Rapid Response Network — 814-264-4626
AMOR / ICE Watch RI — 401-675-1414
Vecindarios901 (Memphis) — 901-329-7979
Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) — 615-833-0384
WA Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) — 1-844-724-3737
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:08 PM (zILP0)
Posted by: Crazy A.H. Lloyd's Recycling Center at January 23, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)
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OUT: Cornhole.
IN: Tornhole.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:08 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (MVWbi)
wut
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:08 PM (SSiCQ)
And the body's densest concentration of cholesterol (also fat).
So, let's reduce fat and cholesterol, chemically!
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 06:08 PM (4x8X3)
Microplastics vs Stomach acids, let the games begin.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:09 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Meric at January 23, 2026 06:09 PM (noZg2)
I see My County is there... Might have to give them a call...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 06:09 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 23, 2026 06:09 PM (0GYGE)
Posted by: Meric at January 23, 2026 06:09 PM (noZg2)
Has MD Gov online now.
https://www.youtube.com/live/PFcMH4pff2A
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 06:09 PM (wVcYX)
"I think Gavin Newsom may be cracking up with some of these things he's saying. I think he may be in over his hairdo ... if he brought the kneepads, maybe that was for his meeting with Alex Soros, I don't know."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 23, 2026 06:06 PM (h/O4U)
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They were out-hyped in the second round by the fireants.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (krQz2)
Have fun and blast this thing all over the internet.
Seems some "activists" were sent to a biker bar.
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 202-456-1414
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (MVWbi)
"I think Gavin Newsom may be cracking up with some of these things he's saying. I think he may be in over his hairdo ... if he brought the kneepads, maybe that was for his meeting with Alex Soros, I don't know."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (/LXUT)
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Boom to our gay SoS!!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)
MARCO RUBIO IS GAY?!?!.!.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: JackStraw"
A trip to a china shop?
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)
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We chose the Big Gun?
I blame Trump!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (krQz2)
"I think Gavin Newsom may be cracking up with some of these things he's saying. I think he may be in over his hairdo ... if he brought the kneepads, maybe that was for his meeting with Alex Soros, I don't know."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (/LXUT)
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Hey, Bessent is stealing my schtick!
I posted something similar here a couple days ago. * pouts *
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)
Heh. So it just... worked itself out. Nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: It's me donna
Get creative. If no "hood" to send them into, tell them ICE is staging at the local PD.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (zILP0)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)
MARCO RUBIO IS GAY?!?!.!.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)
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Oops. SoT.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (krQz2)
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!
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Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (2UnvF)
Have fun and blast this thing all over the internet.
Seems some "activists" were sent to a biker bar.
>>>
The Blue Oyster?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
It is on a blank page that the most beautiful poems are written.
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Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 06:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 06:14 PM (e2+im)
Just look at that infamous paper that "mysteriously" got into the Lancet (said to me among the prestigious medical journals in the world), demonizing HCQ. Turned out to be a complete fraud, authored by an organization that was literally formed during the beginning of the COVID scare - in other words, a fly-by-night outfit. How does something like THAT get into a major medical journal?? It COULDN'T BE that the medical establishment is corrupt - that's a wild-eyed conspiracy theory ... LOL
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 23, 2026 06:14 PM (ovdkm)
Have fun and blast this thing all over the internet.
Seems some "activists" were sent to a biker bar.
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 202-456-1414
Posted by: ShainS
Local mosque
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:15 PM (zILP0)
Posted by: JackStraw"
A trip to a china shop?
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (vFG9F)
Trying to walk on crutches.
Also trying to smuggle treat wrapped explosives in a dog park.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 06:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)
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It's like a cult.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:15 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)
MARCO RUBIO IS GAY?!?!.!.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)
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"Forget it, he's rolling ..."
Vance/Rubio/Bessent -- The First Triumvirate for POTUS 2028!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:15 PM (MVWbi)
butter batter prepared - check
Procure dark rum - check
the ability to heat water - check
I am fully ready for the glaciers.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Well done!
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:15 PM (SSiCQ)
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Power went out.
Cherleen, go get the candles, Martha, cook us up some soup while I get that roast ready. It's gonna be chilly tonight, let's eat up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:16 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026
***
That sounds like fun.
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Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 06:16 PM (vFG9F)
He says he's is going to be livestreaming for most of the weekend (not when he's sleeping).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 23, 2026 06:17 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:15 PM (zILP0)
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Heh.
Imma gonna have to find the address of the local Gunsite Academy i in Paulden, AZ.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:17 PM (MVWbi)
from Wales, huh?
My ass. Also, you're missing an 'h'.
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Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 06:14 PM (e2+im)
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+1
R.I.P.
* sheds tear *
... and had hoped to meet him one day at a MoMe.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:19 PM (MVWbi)
He says he's is going to be livestreaming for most of the weekend (not when he's sleeping).
because that would be weird.
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 06:19 PM (4x8X3)
Watch the Nazis run your town
Then go home and check yourself
You think we're singing 'bout someone else
But you’re plastic people
Oh baby, now you’re such a drag
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more loneliness than any man could bear
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Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 06:19 PM (4x8X3)
heh.
That's what he said to explain how long he'd be on air this weekend.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 23, 2026 06:22 PM (6ydKt)
Blue Lives Matter@bluelivesmtr . 9h
STOP what you're doing - we have a pretty huge update and confession about this whole "Report ICE activity hotline" situation.
By about 1am, we had reports come in from numerous states that there had been "incidents" at a number of biker bars last night. 🇺🇸
It turns out that "report ICE activity hotlines" had received "tips" about "off-duty ICE agents" drinking at dozens of bars. Those bars just so happened to be biker bars owned or frequented by individuals who haven't always been on the right side of the law.
ICE protestors were alerted and given the addresses of these bars. According to friends of ours across the country, beta soy boy, gender-fluid communist Meal Team Sixers showed up with their "F-ICE" flags and tried barging into the bars.
Except... there were no ICE agents drinking there. As a wise man once said... "now you's can't leave".
To clarify, WE absolutely did NOT report those addresses to the "Report ICE activity hotlines". That's ridiculous, guys. What kind of people do you think we are?
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:22 PM (/LXUT)
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- - - - - -
Business Advice: Set up a mannequin with balls and there will be wait lines around the block...
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Posted by: LASue at January 23, 2026 06:21 PM (lCppi)
So sorry.. He was lucky to have you as his sister...
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Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 23, 2026 06:23 PM (fbFLh)
Better yet: Sydney Sweeney.
Women hate men nowhere near as much as they hate each other.
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Posted by: Vin Diesel
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"I once saw Wick kill three men in a bar... with a pencil, with a fuckingng pencil."
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Posted by: It's me donna "
No comment.
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Unless insects, I do not see how they could go bad.
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heh
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What an absolute loving thing to do for your brother. Dusty in here. So sorry for your loss.
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I'm sure he's got a generator.
He's probably got a back up.
Sponsors are awesome.
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76 I've started putting heavy whipping cream in my morning coffee.
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- - - - - -
I add hwc to my milk. I'm trying to -gain- weight, and a carton of hwc is about 3200 calories. Hoping the price of it drops soon... ;-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 23, 2026 06:27 PM (fbFLh)
Posted by: LASue
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Damned hard, I know. Thoughts and prayers with you.
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Posted by: Texican ette at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (SNf74)
Looks like what she's wearing is a Hefty Trash Bag.
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Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 06:19 PM (VE6XX)
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In before the people who would blame Pam Bondi for out-of-control judge feudalism.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 06:29 PM (krQz2)
On a related note, you can tell a person's approximate age by how many cycles of "we have to DEASTICALLY reduce CO2 emissions, or it will be a DISASTER in 10 years" they have been through. It tells you something, how there are people who have been through 4 or 5 cycles of that, and are STILL TRUE BELIEVERS. If you have the job title of "scientist", you can never be wrong, even if you never get a single thing right.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 23, 2026 06:29 PM (ovdkm)
I had a dance student back in the 80s who was a retired Army guy, who had been through West Point in his youth.
He said part of the underclass hazing was to make it hard for them to eat at meals, so that they'd feel it more during physical drill.
He said they had big pitchers of cream on the mess tables at breakfast, and he used to sieze his moment to grab one and chug it, because he knew it was the quickest highest calorie thing on the table to take a chance at getting away with.
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Posted by: Let Joy Be Unconfined! at January 23, 2026 06:30 PM (oftw2)
"I think Gavin Newsom may be cracking up with some of these things he's saying. I think he may be in over his hairdo ... if he brought the kneepads, maybe that was for his meeting with Alex Soros, I don't know."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (/LXUT)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah-ha!
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (/LXUT)
Depends. If by "good" you mean pleasant to eat, maybe not. If by "good" you mean "not harmful," yeah they probably are.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (Fs0KI)
LASue - please accept my condolences.
May your family be Blessed with Peace and Strength...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (3ZUWJ)
I want Ace (and everyone! Like I am Oprah the bazillionaire!) to have a Golden Puppy. They are all sweet and crazy; and all addicted to tennis balls. Well, our Shelby liked them but did not lower his standards to fetch as the retriever was bred out of him. He'd look at me and say, "You threw it, get it yourself!" I loved that boy.
I've got so much DDT in my organs from riding bikes in the clouds of mosquito fog I am not worried about microplastics.
Guess who had a "rage room" in her house? Scrawny and creepy Nic Kidman! I read it as a "scream room" in her house with Urban. I have always wondered about her, anyway, and this sealed the deal. What a weirdo. Her Aussie father was rumored to be some sort of satanic pedo when he died. I am full of strange trivia.
I have lost 7lbs since Christmas and will continue. I have protein with breakfast now and an apple at 3pm. I am also, now that the cardiac freak out is behind me, going to start exercising harder. Life is very good. I hope to be in fine shape by summer and starting my swimming. Altho not trying to impress anyone at the pool.
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Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:34 PM (0KSrI)
It's been tossed down the sink and replaced with a newer, unopened carton having a Best By date of July 2025. It still tasted and smelled okay, so I hope it won't poison me in the chicken & rice casserole bake.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 06:34 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:35 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Mister Scott
They'll still be good in 2038. I had a John Wayne cookie that I ate two years ago that was from a 1998 MRE that had been stored in the freezer. It was perfectly fine.
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Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 06:35 PM (8zz6B)
. . .
Count de Monet
I had a dozen eggs fail the float test last November as Christmas baking season kicked in.
Posted by: Adriane the Refrigerator of Death Critic . . . at January 23, 2026 06:37 PM (3ZUWJ)
He says he's is going to be livestreaming for most of the weekend (not when he's sleeping).
because that would be weird.
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It would still beat the new Star Trek.
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 06:38 PM (XeU6L)
"A Judge has ordered all three Church stormers in MN. out pre-trial
Posted by: It's me donna "
No comment.
Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right
Everything will be OK.
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Posted by: Adriane
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How old?
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Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (Cjt/F)
Also pretty dangerous. What would happen if you tripped and fell on your face while sucking up a milkshake through a steel straw?
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 06:39 PM (/LXUT)
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I have had gut issues for years, and this helps moderate it. I have about a cup every morning.
It is a lot cheaper than buying a quart of yogurt each week, and it tastes decent.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 06:40 PM (rbvCR)
The Judges are all Leftists
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Posted by: pawn at January 23, 2026 06:35 PM (WXTVZ)
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The best scene in Dog Day Afternoon was when the head bank teller admonishes Al Pacino's character.
"You call this a bank robbery?"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM (RIvkX)
Airfried 50 of my 108 egg bonanza and making them into Cajun spiced pickled eggs
Posted by: Ben Had
Cool, Luke!
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Posted by: LASue at January 23, 2026 06:21 PM (lCppi)
Very blessed to have you there.
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:45 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: LASue at January 23, 2026 06:21 PM (lCppi)
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May his memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 06:45 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 06:39 PM (8zz6B)
30 years ago a styling young man tripped as he was using a glass straw to snort coke with a glass straw and pacing wildly (as one does) in his living room in his apartment. It punched into his brain and he bled out face down on the floor.
The rental manager replaced the carpet but didn't bother with the padding or the sub-floor, and the next tenant - who was a friend of a friend - complained about the odd smell until the management agreed to replace it all.
. . . "This is your brain on drugs" was never more apt.
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Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 06:47 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 06:33 PM (WONhk)
seconded
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Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 06:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)
The Judges are all Leftists
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 06:42 PM
As I said earlier, I doubt they will ever go to trial, if they do it will be a quick 15 minute jury nullification with a not guilty verdict. It's minneapolis after all. They might plead out to a misdemeanor with a token fine or a couple of hours of community service but they aren't going to do any time.
It's pointless for the AG or anyone to charge crimes for what is happening in minnesota. No one will ever be convicted there, it's just not going to happen.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 06:51 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (Cjt/F)
Also pretty dangerous. What would happen if you tripped and fell on your face while sucking up a milkshake through a steel straw?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 06:39 PM (8zz6B)
The odds on that?
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:51 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 06:13 PM (MVWbi)
===
h/t Shain S.
-Sec. Bessent
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 06:51 PM (RIvkX)
Neither Dad nor the nurse thought that was funny
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Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 06:00 PM (KDPiq)
Does that mean her boobies will shrivel up?
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Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:54 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: Ben Had
Yes ma'am. I just looked. 39 now. Not calling for a mix until 9:45pm.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 06:55 PM (zILP0)
They are ensmallifying Gavin and he has no clue.
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Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:40 PM (0KSrI)
You are always up to something that I have never done. If they are fried then how do you pickle them?
It does not take much to confuse me. However, they sound awesome!
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Please accept my condolences, LASue.
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I’ve lost 22 lbs since November 1.
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Leftwing Lunatics Now Pushing Pregnancy Denialism, Claiming That Trump Must Be Faking the Three Recent Pregnancies In His Administration
Second Lady (and "jeet," according to Tucker Carlson's friend Nick Fuentes) Usha Vance announced that she's pregnant.
She'll be the first Second Lady to give birth while in office in 150 years.Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President J.D. Vance, has already made history in a few ways: she's the first person of color to become Second Lady and the youngest Second Lady since the Truman Administration. She may also soon be the first sitting Second Lady in modern history to bear a child in over 150 years. "We're very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy," the Vice President shared on social media Tuesday. "Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July." In the message, the Vice President thanked military doctors for "[taking] excellent care of our family" and staff members "who do so much to ensure that we can serve the country while enjoying a wonderful life with our children." J.D., 41, and Usha, 40, met at Yale University and married in 2014. They have three kids: Ewan, 8; Vivek, 5; and Mirabel Rose, 4. Before Usha Vance, the only sitting Second Lady in modern history to give birth was President Ulysses S. Grant's Vice President Schuyler Colfax's wife Ellen, who had a son in 1870; birth records before then are unclear. The Trump White House extended its congratulatory message to the Vances, and in a post on X, called itself "The most pro-family administration in history!" Vance, in particular, is an outspoken pro-natalist. He has sounded the alarm on declining birthrates, branded Democrats as "childless cat ladies" and "anti-family and anti-child," and called Americans' lack of desire to have children as a "civilizational crisis."In May, press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that she was pregnant with her second child. This will be the first child born to a sitting press secretary in history. All of this was too much for leftwing women and their haunted vaginas filled with the ghosts of aborted babies, who decided this must be some kind of conspiracy. Why, getting pregnant just isn't something women do! (It's what men do!)
Normal human reproductive behavior is considered propaganda by lonely communist women: Story at 11 https://t.co/Ij2gicpMvw
— Rock (@TheCensoredRock) January 21, 2026
According to his calculations, the date of conception was on Sept. 10, 2025 and the due date is between July 20th-31st, 2026. This means Usha Vance will be pregnant for 10 1/2 months. pic.twitter.com/sMDiC1WDER
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) January 22, 2026
Leftist woman on TikTok suggests that Usha Vance should get an abortion after she announced she’s having a baby.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 21, 2026
These people are evil. pic.twitter.com/1zyaUDhP4p
Meet Lexie Lawler, a labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital (@BaptistHealthSF). She says she hopes Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suffers a severe 4th-degree tear during childbirth and has medical complications.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 22, 2026
"I hope you f*cking rip from bow… pic.twitter.com/rBFzcpFsxM
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (Kt19C)
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I'm pretty sure that Marco Rubio is the father.
/MDM-MSM
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Tuna at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (Dz0WF)
I am thankful for more babies. Which is how most except for the most hideous liberal women normally think. Those who wear their number of abortions like medals.
Our recent granddaughter is an example of pure joy that we welcomed last year. The surprise of 2025, thanks be to God!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: banana Dream - I blame my lack of reading comprehension at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: George Washington at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (uQzkA)
Starmer bends the knee, squashes Chagos deal with Mauritius
Posted by: one hour sober
OHS, were are you seeing this?
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (dIske)
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BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is Pregnant with Trump's Bastard Son!
Barron hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:37 PM (Y1sOo)
What does surprise me is how the remainder of the left is able to simply ignore it.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 04:38 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:38 PM (krQz2)
In fairness, some of them are like my wife's older sister who was never able to conceive as she blames men for all the evils in the world and, for some reason, was never able to find someone.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:38 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Axeman
Never forget: he was banging Whoopie for a spell. Great judgement and taste, dude.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (TezPK)
I wish you hadn't of gone and said "taste" in the same context as Whoopie.
Posted by: banana Dream - Whoopie Pie? at January 23, 2026 04:38 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Casper Cooch
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (vFG9F)
These assholes would save the British children.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (h/O4U)
Posted by: That guy who thinks people seem nice at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (X4XpB)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: pookysgirl loves babies at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)
Kinda sends a signal.
Like purple hair.
Or tackle box face.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Planned Parents of a Dead Baby at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (cYBz/)
What does surprise me is how the remainder of the left is able to simply ignore it.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 04:38 PM (cYBz/)
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ICE KIDNAPPED A KID!!! A KID!!!
Not that I think there should be a legal discrimination of "child" or that families should still exist.
Still... A KID!!!
Posted by: Scrambled AWFL at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (krQz2)
Meet Lexie Lawler, a labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health
Boca Raton Regional Hospital (@BaptistHealthSF). She says she hopes Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suffers a severe 4th-degree tear during childbirth and has medical complications.
"I hope you f*cking rip from bow to stern and never sh*t normally again, you c*nt."
This woman DELIVERS BABIES. Terrifying.
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"I feel your pain" has morphed into "F*ck you, you and your baby cannot die soon enough or in enough pain" in 30 years.
-- "A Death Cult, if you can keep it."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Casper Cooch
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2UnvF)
Creepy Cleft
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: pookysgirl
I loved how the little girl had bandaids on her fingers during the inauguration.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)
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I'd like to see that myself!
Posted by: That Guy at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:37 PM (Y1sOo)
Did Starmer announce this with a contrite, "I'm sorry, Daddy"?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (ExV1e)
Here's the archived:
https://archive.ph/jRkI3
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)
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You'd have to ask Excitable Andy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (X4XpB)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
Everyone knows the "correct" way to propagate ideas is to indoctrinate the children of other people.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (ESVrU)
Starmer bends the knee, squashes Chagos deal with Mauritius
Posted by: one hour sober
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See! That's why I brought the KNEEPADS!!
Posted by: Gavin at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
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AHEM: Rule #1
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (ESVrU)
Here's the archived:
https://archive.ph/jRkI3
Posted by: one hour sober
I'm getting "Not Found."
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
So, fixable, yes?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (uQzkA)
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I don't know, Scoob. I've got a bad feeling about this place.
Posted by: Shaggy at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (yFLFB)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
So, fixable, yes?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
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With a crowbar.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (X4XpB)
Posted by: mr tmz at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (rJ48h)
>>> haunted vagina > spooky slot
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Casper Cooch
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2UnvF)
Creepy Cleft
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)
Ghostly Gash
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)
Meet Lexie Lawler, a labor and delivery nurse at Baptist Health
Boca Raton Regional Hospital (@BaptistHealthSF). She says she hopes Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt suffers a severe 4th-degree tear during childbirth and has medical complications.
"I hope you f*cking rip from bow to stern and never sh*t normally again, you c*nt."
This woman DELIVERS BABIES. Terrifying.
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"I feel your pain" has morphed into "F*ck you, you and your baby cannot die soon enough or in enough pain" in 30 years.
-- "A Death Cult, if you can keep it."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (MVWbi)
This woman should obviously no longer be delivering babies or employed in a healthcare capacity.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (pDt9x)
Jeet is short for Pajeet which is an ethnic slur directed at Indians, particularly Hindus and Sikhs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (s0JqF)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (ix8EF)
Earth's climate
Election integrity
Russia
Epidemiology
The 25th amendment
Cognitive decline and dementia
Genders
and now...
Pregancy and childbirth
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: Gavin, Definitely NOT an Embarrassment At Davos™ at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Amelia at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (JCZqz)
That evil nurse was fired today.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (3ek7K)
Good - I'd figure out a way to revoke her nursing credentials permanently.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (pDt9x)
jeet is short for pajeet an ethnic slur generally directed at Indians.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Agreed. But since I'm not in a posiition (*ahem*) to break Rule #1 anyway, I can make the observation.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
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With a crowbar.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (X4XpB)
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Posted by: Insomniac brand Tire Irons LLC at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (GGatE)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Brian at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (/AI7O)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 04:46 PM (UjdFS)
Brutal. Friend of the Blog VDH smiles.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 04:46 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: David Hogg at January 23, 2026 04:46 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 04:46 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Brian at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (/AI7O)
Uh, no. See why Elon has a crazy child who hates him. You have to actually parent and be a committed spouse to have a better chance at well-functioning kids (and even then, it's not a guarantee)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (yw3eV)
Good.
Posted by: Trump Dictates at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (Ia/+0)
However, without actually removing her ability to obtain a new job elsewhere, she’s just somebody else’s problem in a new location.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (8DbYW)
WORLD LEADERS!!!
STOP SUCKING TRUMP'S DICK!!!
Posted by: Gavin, Definitely NOT an Embarrassment At Davos™ at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (krQz2)
And let me in the building. I want some dick, too! -- Also Gavin
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (ExV1e)
That Lexie chick isn't bad looking. Kind of a blonde Lisa Loeb.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
Check the stretch marks/wrinkles on her left arm. She used to be a fat cow before Ozembic.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Scooby at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (2Ez/1)
Both Dillons and Aldi were a tad busier than normal on a Friday. The both has plenty of milk, eggs, and bread. The only shortage I saw was yellow onions at Dillons. I didn't wait for the produce guy to restock. He said 20 minutes.
No panic, and I had a smile on my face.
But went in without a hat. Big mistake.
Damn, it was cold!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (u82oZ)
I would normally say "Math! How does it work?" but in your case I would have to say "Sex? Reproduction? How does it work?" because the 40-week due date is set from the date of the woman's last menstrual cycle and from that you can the estimated fertility window, which for a 7/22 date would be 10/25-11/4.
Math: this is more than six weeks from the time one of your compatriots murdered someone
Understanding sex and reproduction: obviously something you will never have to concern yourself with.
Posted by: Chuck C at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Jennifer AWFL Cryptkeeper Welch at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)
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"She refused to have an abortion of (her daughter Bristol's Down's Syndrome son whom she claimed as her grandson, but we saw through that with wishcasting speculation and reporting) Trig, which was the most grievous sin of placing life over death and a violation of the Death Cult Ethos. FOR SHAME!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Reforger at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (7ujVx)
"Historic winter storm is so dangerous it could kill Americans sheltering INSIDE their homes!"
Duct tape your windows. Block all the ducts! Death is coming!!!
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (vFG9F)
Sex in the White House is degusting and unbecoming of a President or Vice President !!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (38587)
Probably just as well because I can't afford to have the American Dream.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (KfXOG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Casper Cooch
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2UnvF)
Creepy Cleft
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)
Ghostly Gash
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
The. Doomsday. Machine.
Posted by: James T. Kirk at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (UjdFS)
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So the odds are against this being true!
Posted by: Somebody Who Does Not Understand Odds at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:50 PM (/LXUT)
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She's leaving him any day.
Posted by: Jennifer AWFL Cryptkeeper Welch at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (krQz2)
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"She's leaving J.D. for a real American Dream story and candidate -- Vivek "MOAR H-1B Visas" Ramaswamy!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:50 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (jc0TO)
Sex in the White House is degusting and unbecoming of a President or Vice President !!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM
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Unless it's s sidepiece--then it's NOBODY'S BUSINESS!!!!
Posted by: Also Hillary Clinton at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: fly gal at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (WXvh7)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (8DbYW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (KfXOG)
Oh, okay. I am forwarding the disgusting post from this L&D RN to their CEO, Bo Boulenger, and if nothing else, she'll lose her job. She should be nowhere near a patient.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Henry at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (tWkg3)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (oT1li)
Posted by: one hour sober
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That he had to be forced to stop a deal which would undermine the entire western military strategy says volumes about how much he hates England and western civilization. Not only was he going to give away the island, but he was going to pay a yearly fee to Mauritius for the favor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Trump Dictates at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (KfXOG)
Both Dillons and Aldi were a tad busier than normal on a Friday. The both has plenty of milk, eggs, and bread. The only shortage I saw was yellow onions at Dillons. I didn't wait for the produce guy to restock. He said 20 minutes.
No panic, and I had a smile on my face.
But went in without a hat. Big mistake.
Damn, it was cold!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 04:48 PM (u82oZ)
Yeah, you must live where people cook daily.
My Safeway store had no milk (but Target for the win, not gonna lie - I have it, but kids already drank 1 of 2 gallons, so I want extra), but it was more the devastation of the meat and veg departments (but not fruits b/c folks don't think of fruit for meals) - I grabbed the last ground beef b/c I wanted the sale item, which is all I was going for, but man, chicken and beef were slammed. Broccoli was gone. Asparagus had 2 left (which I grabbed b/c I like veg). Rotisserie chickens (also on sale) gone.
So, note to NoVa folks, always keep a spare freezer for proteins.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (tOcjL)
WORLD LEADERS!!!
STOP SUCKING TRUMP'S DICK!!!
Posted by: Gavin, Definitely NOT an Embarrassment At Davos™ at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (krQz2)
And let me in the building. I want some dick, too! -- Also Gavin
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:47 PM (ExV1e)
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Vell, you haf ze kneepats.
Posted by: Other Davos Attendee at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2)
That evil nurse was fired today.
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Well now she's free to move to a state that shares her leftwing values, like NY, NJ, CT, VT, MA, MD, DE, IL, MN, WA, OR, CA, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, or Communist China. Or that trans/muzzie refugee camp in the Netherlands.
Posted by: And GTFO of FL at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: turambar at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (Q0yOR)
- day that ends in -Y
Posted by: brak at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Common Tater
My glasses fetish at work.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (f1kZG)
middle class, college educated wine moms are a vast part of the Other
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Other Davos Attendee at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (oiNtH)
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Numerous commenters have already said she's been shitcanned by her employer already.
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Casper Cooch
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2UnvF)
Creepy Cleft
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)
Ghostly Gash
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
The. Doomsday. Machine.
Posted by: James T. Kirk at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (UjdFS)
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Voracious Velvet Vacuum
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (J9q9v)
Great ad with you and Shakespeare. Keep it up.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 04:51 PM (u82oZ)
Amelia has new German competition, Maria.
h/t to Helena Handbasket for the following:
https://is.gd/TBTa8L
Ragnarök
@Neogermane
To my English-speaking followers: You asked, and I listened! 🇩🇪🇬🇧
Due to massive demand, I’ve added English subtitles to the German Amelia/Maria video. Now the message can be understood worldwide
Please share this and help it go viral. Let’s reach everyone! 🌍
#Germany #Maria #Amelia
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:54 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lexie Lawler, FORMER nurse at January 23, 2026 04:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 04:54 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (KfXOG)
Advocates (residents, nurses, etc.) and Philly Councilmember Kendra Brooks are protesting the 2026 fiscal year budget, which - reportedly - left $0 in funding for local reproductive health services, including Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Pregnancy Help News, Commentary, 17 November 2025 - 'Philadelphia City Council declares killing preborn babies a 'human right' while taking aim at pregnancy centers'
In part, "Abortion advocates also unnecessarily warned against pregnancy resource centers, which provide valuable help to pregnant women and their babies."
“In our most recent budget no money was put towards reproductive care, which is definitely problematic,” Brooks said. “Especially when other cities like Chicago, Atlanta and Baltimore are stepping up with direct city funding for abortion..."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (LxER7)
The only thing a leftist is an expert on is "What's in it for me!?" Other than that they don't give a sh*t.
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (oT1li)
1. There are hours of tiktok videos of people talking about how their social media got them fired.
2. We're not that far from the Charlie Kirk backlash.
These people do not give consideration to reality.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (tOcjL)
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Better yet, get your stuff together and un-ass that AO immediately.
Spanbooger and the rest of the commies are about to turn that festering shitpile into a flaming festering shitpile.
Leave now.
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (vFG9F)
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Casper Cooch
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (2UnvF)
Creepy Cleft
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (3uBP9)
Ghostly Gash
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
The. Doomsday. Machine.
Posted by: James T. Kirk at January 23, 2026 04:49 PM (UjdFS)
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Voracious Velvet Vacuum
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North Anus
Posted by: Perry Nayum, Esq. at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Just the punchline at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)
It's 68 degrees here.
She has jumped the gun a bit I think.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (jc0TO)
Not men you h8ter... They are BIRTHING PERSON'S !!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (m9XGM)
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Yeah, maybe the morning of. Don't clutch your pearls too hard, you'll break that pearl necklace!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 04:43 PM (ESVrU)
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Pics or it didn't happen?
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM (f1kZG)
Posted by: fourseasons
Awesome. Hopefully fired with cause on her record with a big black mark on her license.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: toby928(c)
I think they were part of the same governmental unit at one time, and then the UK hived the Chagos off into their own unit when Mauritius was in the process of becoming independent. So Mauritius became independent, but the UK kept the Chagos.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM (77rzZ)
Biden did a shit job at returning us to normalcy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Thank god. She shouldn't be anywhere near a woman in labor.
Posted by: Tuna at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: James T. Kirk at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (UjdFS)
That he had to be forced to stop a deal which would undermine the entire western military strategy says volumes about how much he hates England and western civilization. Not only was he going to give away the island, but he was going to pay a yearly fee to Mauritius for the favor.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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He may not hate England. He may, simply, have no brain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (ARykC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (e4I2N)
Dropped in on church anyway this morning check on the generator and such. Against my better judgement, also hit up the local grocery for eggs and a few other things. Interesting, all was fully stocked. Just for fun, I checked out the official frost line depth and found it is 12 inches. No surprise there as there is bedrock between 6 in and 4 feet on my lot.
Posted by: Planned Parents of a Dead Baby at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (cYBz/)
The only thing a leftist is an expert on is "What's in it for me!?" Other than that they don't give a sh*t.
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (E7+ue)
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Well yeah clearly. It's all pure will to power and my post was very tongue in cheek, lol.
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (o3VOa)
This is your moment, lefties!
Trot out three trans "women" who are pregnant and due to deliver around the same time as the Trump ladies. Broadcast their stories up one side of the media and down the other. Give them the publicity to make Americans fall in love with "them".
The ball is in your court!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (BZmws)
Party is over, shitheads. We're in charge now.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (viF8m)
Is that what they are protesting for ???
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (m9XGM)
They are crude and pathetic.
You have to be a certain "type" to record yourself saying the vilest and most bizarre shit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (aZm/F)
There was a big snow in NoVa (2008?). The Reston Trader Joes was stripped on all aisles. Panic was everywhere.
Not here in rural Kansas. Although I shop in the 4th biggest conurbation in the state.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (0KSrI)
This woman should obviously no longer be delivering babies or employed in a healthcare capacity.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (tOcjL)
I was pondering her continued employment in healthcare, and her and others of her ilk have no business in any form of labor that deals with the health and safety of others - medicine, LEO, food service, air traffic control, etc. So what else is there they can do other than collect trash? Because I "think" that's a job in which she cannot inflict harm, but honestly, I don't know anymore.
Posted by: moki at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (wLjpr)
Pro-choice means being in favor of killing.
Which I am, but I am firm in my belief that only adults who fuck around should be killed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Turn 2 at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (CyFyf)
"There is no place in healthcare for language or behavior that calls into question a caregiver's ability to provide compassionate, unbiased care."
https://tinyurl.com/ywj76nta
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (vbXSk)
She honestly was never the same afterwards. Became more liberal wacko as the decades passed. Then, in her early 40's decided (in her 2nd marriage) she wanted a baby. Not enough eggs to harvest. Unable to get pregnant again. I think in the early '70's damage was also done in the procedure. As she is a malignant narcissist, I am glad she did not have a child to scar.
Like a young loon with Stockholm Syndrome, I tried to be supportive of her feelings at the time and be a friend.
I hope, and I don't know, she's asked God for forgiveness. I'd be on my knees daily if I was her, but I'm not and have other stuff to ask forgiveness for, but not as serious.
Today is the March for Life in DC, and I pray for all attending. I was flying once and saw a nun r who'd just been in that march. She was beautiful, the aura around her. Serene. Drew all eyes on the plane.
Belonged to the Sisters For Life.
https://tinyurl.com/2mnyekhm
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Tell me about it.
-- The couch
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (Ryx1w)
Turns out, it's harder than they thought.
Because, of course it was.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (UjdFS)
Filters. Big time. Saw what she actually looked like on an X thread. Filters are a big thing now. You can't trust any pics or videos now. Software enhancement.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (Ryx1w)
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Who have been turned on a spit to make sure the juices of awfulness get all through.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: toby928(c)
I think they were part of the same governmental unit at one time, and then the UK hived the Chagos off into their own unit when Mauritius was in the process of becoming independent. So Mauritius became independent, but the UK kept the Chagos.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:57 PM
So they have never actually had a claim on it then.
Trump should offer Britain $5B to buy the Chagos outright. The Brits can't bitch about the price since they were just giving the islands away.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 04:52 PM (tOcjL)
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Better yet, get your stuff together and un-ass that AO immediately.
Spanbooger and the rest of the commies are about to turn that festering shitpile into a flaming festering shitpile.
Leave now.
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 04:56 PM (o3VOa)
Yeah...spouse job with healthcare, declined VA disability, and my cancer treatment make that a non-starter...maybe in the decades it takes to get to 65 and on Medicare...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (MVWbi)
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He came back from the future to have sex with her after the time traveling Israelis killed Charlie.
- Candace Owens
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:02 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 05:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 05:02 PM (u82oZ)
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She's extremely filtered. And yeah, I'm seeing that on a lot of women now who go online to show the world how vile and insane they are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 05:03 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (UjdFS)
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When the Vaginal Walls fell.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:03 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 05:03 PM (e4I2N)
NIDO is whole Milk powder, $20 will get you a big ass can. Put it on the shelf and forget about it. It’s like Folger’s freeze-dried crystals, lol
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 05:03 PM (eOudo)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:04 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Shaggy at January 23, 2026 05:04 PM (ZOv7s)
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She needs to be investigated to see if (or, rather, how many) pregnant women she may have intentionally harmed on the job for political reasons. I can almost guarantee you that the women under her care experienced a statistically high number of "complications." She obviously is mentally unbalanced.
Posted by: Height, Weight, Blood Pressure, Loyalty Test, Blood Test at January 23, 2026 05:04 PM (qUkBO)
Always has been:
Lefties: Sex is positive.
Also lefties: Ewww. The VP had sex with his wife??!!
Howe disgusting!!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:05 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 05:00 PM (w6EFb)
Supposedly, China is going to ban them as they have determined that they're detrimental to their efforts to slow the population collapse caused by previous efforts to 'manage' things.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:05 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:05 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (8CIFn)
“Metalheads are nice people cosplaying as mean people and hippies are mean people displaying as nice people.” She wants to seem nice, but she’s an evil bitch.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (0GYGE)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 05:01 PM (jc0TO)
Weren't the Brits giving up their claim AND paying Mauritania?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (fXVlG)
Yes, yes they are. Cloven-hoof evil. Diabolically evil. I feel like saying the prayer to St. Michael every time I read about these people.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (2L+MU)
Is that what they are protesting for ???
Posted by: Jackson
Yes, and human trafficking, pedophiles, drugs pouring over border, murderous foreign gangs, but mostly for Soros/NGO paychecks.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (MVWbi)
- Candace Owens
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:02 PM (Ryx1w)
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After handing Biff the Sports Almanac, don't you know.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (krQz2)
https://is.gd/SKmruX8
That is as it should be.
I like the new rules.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (n9ltV)
But these cvnts are so entrenched in their left wing bubble they think everyone around them agrees with them. It’s like no bitch, even if your boss is a fellow traveler, she has a boss who has a boss who doesn’t want to deal with your. Bullshit and the negative attention to your employer.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (Ryx1w)
These days don't believe your lying eyes. You have no idea what people really look like until you see them in person.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (fXVlG)
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Unexpectedly.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (MVWbi)
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She's extremely filtered. And yeah, I'm seeing that on a lot of women now who go online to show the world how vile and insane they are.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026
IKR? When I look at that video it's holy face tune batman. I really keep getting shocked that someone would publicly post the most vile mindthoughts but this is what they are, ghouls.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (X42T3)
Never mind that Chelsea looks like Webb Hubble (before he died).
Posted by: torabora at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (o6nWS)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (ZOv7s)
These days don't believe your lying eyes. You have no idea what people really look like until you see them in person.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (3ek7K)
Sometimes not even then....
Posted by: Zombie Ray Charles at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (LxER7)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 05:08 PM (tL+lc)
Since the first nerd got his first pity-fuck from the first slutty cavewoman, I guess.
"Ooga give give oo oo! No she from across river, you no know her."
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (8CIFn)
Well, the idiot didn't do the arithmetic correctly, so...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (n9ltV)
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Yes-by-proxy.
They have voted a group of people to do their thinking for them, to avoid the head friction and smoke.
Their proxies want them ripped off by scammers, because it means more campaign money. So, yes, they do.
The only right thing in the universe is that their designated thinkers win.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (fXVlG)
I'm conflicted.
On the one hand, convicted fraudster. OTOH, if Walz wasn't involved I'd be stunned.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (ExV1e)
The only reason Starmer wanted to give them away was to undermine the west by taking away the most strategic base with regard to Africa, Asia, and the middle east.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (77rzZ)
News Reporter: How many do you want to take into your home and support ???
Purple Haired Homely Female with100 Nose Rings: I cannot because I do not have a job and live on Food Stamps and Welfare in Section 8 Housing.
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (m9XGM)
She honestly was never the same afterwards.
I hope, and I don't know, she's asked God for forgiveness.
Posted by:ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
My late wife had an abortion long before I met her. She absolutely hated the Catholic Church (for reasons unknown to me for the longest time) our entire marriage and descended into madness after the death of our first son.
I know now, that she never forgave herself for that act. I believe she attributed the death of Matthew to her abortion and it directly led to her madness and eventual suicide.
In the best of circumstances there are two victims during an abortion. Oft times, it's many, many more.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (cYBz/)
Doctor: "Don't mind us, it's the psycho bitch nurse you should worry about."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (ARklu)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (8CIFn)
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Yes.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (wOkwC)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 05:11 PM (tL+lc)
It's no coincidence that this now-extinct bird was subjected for years to the slanders of an organization called Dodo Facts.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 05:11 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 04:58 PM (0KSrI)
Agree. If I was still a RN in FL I'd be calling the State Board in Tallahassee to complain, as it was my profession . That is no nurse I'd recognize in her statement, but a psychopath should not be near a patient, much less a baby or women giving birth.
I worked in the step-down NICU for a decade. We would have died for those babies, and this is no exaggeration. In case of fire we had aprons with six large pockets to put the babies in to evacuate, who were not on vents or IV's or oxygen.
These nurses are often there for their entire careers as it is so special. When I trained in the newborn nursery I was under the microscope as they are incredibly protective.
This nurse, who was fired, should not be hired again. You are there to promote life and prevent injury or harm. Politics should not matter.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:11 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: torabora at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (o6nWS)
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These are the old rules. Just not enforced. But the new rules needs to ensure she can never be employed in that line of work ever, ever again.
Corrupted Teachers, cops, etc., just move on and get quietly rehired somewhere else. This needs fixed.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (eOudo)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (8CIFn)
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"Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."
All those outside the narrative need to be eliminated, comrades!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (MVWbi)
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Maybe they have sex every day?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: ShainS
I worked for the McCain/Palin campaign in the Philly region years ago, directly with Palin's team that was under the direction of Nichole Wallace.
Trig IS Sarah Palin's son. There is absolutely no doubt about that. Her husband, parents, and one sister always accompanied her as did her oldest daughter - who was pregnant - and two younger daughters & the baby. (I believe their older son was in the National Guard at that time.)
They were an exceptionally beautiful family, all interested and attentive to the children, especially the baby, Trig. And they were so normal, it was doubly hard to see the nasty, plain and loudmouthed progressives holding up really lousy, hurtful signs and yelling equally lousy comments at the courthouse to the family.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 05:13 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:13 PM (ehY6c)
Then we'll talk...
Posted by: CPT. Charles at January 23, 2026 05:13 PM (XjTSo)
I'm so sorry, Tonypete. That's very tragic.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (77rzZ)
I wouldn't even want her taking my vitals in a doctor's office setting. She's crazy.
Posted by: Tuna at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 05:06 PM (fXVlG)
I'm conflicted.
On the one hand, convicted fraudster. OTOH, if Walz wasn't involved I'd be stunned.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:09 PM (ExV1e)
Sometimes you have to toss a drowning man an anvil. Let's not forget about the dude that assassinated that MN legislator and her husband for the crime of voting to end Medicare to illegals -- that dude put in writing that Walz asked him to do it!
Walz is a dirty pol, and a CCP asset when he was in the military.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Dv3i1)
I thought they were married.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (s4dsL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (e4I2N)
There's still an avenue named after him there.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (77rzZ)
youtu.be/Sj3JwQde-b8
No space whales, no "Europa report" calamari, no life in the oceans
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: torabora at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (o6nWS)
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Senator: "What is a parasite?"
Justice Nominee: "I am not a virologist!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (8CIFn)
Never accept even the tiniest morsal of a leftist's argument. The only useful response to anything a leftist ever says is, "Fuck you, War."
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (Ryx1w)
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Who have been turned on a spit to make sure the juices of awfulness get all through. - Axeman
And slathered with The Devil's Own Hot Sauce.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Dv3i1)
I thought they were married.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (ExV1e)
Heh. That joke seems to get funnier every year to me.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 23, 2026 05:16 PM (LxER7)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Dv3i1)
I thought they were married.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at
Being uptight Republicans maybe they put times for intercourse on some kind of spreadsheet.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:16 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 05:16 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 05:16 PM (EXyHK)
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Maybe they have sex every day?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (Dv3i1)
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It's funny because gay guys have anonymous sex in public restrooms, but now are suddenly authorities on decorum.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:17 PM (ZOv7s)
youtu.be/Sj3JwQde-b8
No space whales, no "Europa report" calamari, no life in the oceans
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (gKWVE)
What part of, "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there." are they not understanding?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:17 PM (3uBP9)
Justice Nominee: "I am not a virologist!"
Posted by: ShainS
OK, what's your knowledge of tapeworms like, then?
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:17 PM (77rzZ)
There's still an avenue named after him there.
Avenue has been renamed Comethis Way
Posted by: Jackson at January 23, 2026 05:17 PM (m9XGM)
youtu.be/Sj3JwQde-b8
No space whales, no "Europa report" calamari, no life in the oceans
Posted by: gKWVE
I have a technical question. If hydrocarbons are all fossil fuels, what dinosaurs lived on the moon Titan? Because there is an ocean of liquid natural gas there.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:18 PM (0U5gm)
In the best of circumstances there are two victims during an abortion. Oft times, it's many, many more.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (cYBz/)
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I am so sorry, Tonypete. For all you went through. I am sorry for her as well, as she would be forgiven.
I read a book about this madness after abortion. It clicked that that was what my former friend had hanging onto her. I haven't spoken to her in 20yrs, so I will never know if she's asked God for forgiveness and lessened her burden.
She's the only person I know who had an abortion. In the '70's we were told the "clump of cells" propaganda myth. I saw it differently as a student nurse in OB. And I certainly saw the difference as a mother of two boys.
I hate that your wife felt guilt over the death of your son, on top of everything. I am so sorry you suffered as well.
Fathers are often, even today, never considered how they feel. And many males feel differently from what I can tell.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Lengthy blog post that covers it:
https://tinyurl.com/52katrnt
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 05:18 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 05:18 PM (oiNtH)
That evil nurse was fired today.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:42 PM (3ek7K)
Good. Putting aside just how inherently vile her statement is, no hospital in its right mind would want an L&D nurse on staff wanting women to suffer severe injury in childbirth for any reason, let alone politics. A PR and potential liability nightmare.
Posted by: She'll probably get a job in WA or OR at January 23, 2026 05:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at January 23, 2026 05:14 PM (s4dsL)
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I remember watching the old Dustin Hoffman movie "Outbreak" in a theater, and at the end they flashed some text on the screen that read "The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is a virus."
By which they meant, that humankind was a virus that needs to be eradicated to save Mother Gaia.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (ELdpA)
The apparent inability to link cause and effect is curious. I doubt that Birth Woman wanted to be fired. Yet she made it certain.
I do recall something an industrial psychologist told us during our required annual "don't be a dumbass" training. That people put things on the internet with the intention and understanding that their audience is a few friends, instead of what it really is: the whole world.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:07 PM (8CIFn)
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That's sick.
Posted by: People Who Think Sex is Sacred And Your Own Business at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (77rzZ)
youtu.be/Sj3JwQde-b8
No space whales, no "Europa report" calamari, no life in the oceans
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (gKWVE)
What part of, "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there." are they not understanding?
But landing in Uranus is OK...
Posted by: Pete Buttijudge at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (m9XGM)
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Ghostly Gash
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The. Doomsday. Machine.
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Voracious Velvet Vacuum
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North Anus
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Quim Quake
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Sodomites Everywhere at January 23, 2026 05:20 PM (R/m4+)
youtu.be/Sj3JwQde-b8
No space whales, no "Europa report" calamari, no life in the oceans
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 05:15 PM (gKWVE)
What part of, "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there." are they not understanding?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:17 PM (3uBP9)
Is The Monolith gonna have to choke a bitch?
Posted by: 1x4x9 at January 23, 2026 05:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:20 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 05:20 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 23, 2026 05:21 PM (LxER7)
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Don't worry they quickly took him to Planned Parenthood and had him aborted, so no harm, no foul.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 23, 2026 05:21 PM (Wnqw0)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Funny how everyone focuses on the mother and her rights. There are three people involved; the mother, the father and the baby. And the one truly innocent of the three is the one facing death.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:21 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (77rzZ)
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Very similar to a Dickfer.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 05:21 PM (2UnvF)
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Have you seen some of the comments here?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 05:21 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:22 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (cYBz/)
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Yes. Abortion corrupts the very soul. I've never met a stable woman who had an abortion. We had a neighbor a few doors down in the old neighborhood, and she was an artist, super-liberal, super pro-choice, and "shouted her abortion," which happened when she was younger and the father was a talented musician, and she knows exactly how old the kid would be, probably an immense talent, but the timing was wrong for her career, and the man left after it happened but she's super happy and never thinks about it at all.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Jackson
What the hell is "Comethis?"
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (77rzZ)
First cousin to Walkthis
Posted by: Gave her just a little kiss, like this at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (TbWk/)
https://tinyurl.com/2u4szsm2 (official WhiteHOUSE account!!)
https://tinyurl.com/yxcj4b42
you must post this on the cafe thread!!
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (vFG9F)
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It seems to me that you have to graduate an obstacle course in order to be an online prog.
They have to see if you can, in all circumstances, step on your dick with every step?
"That second to last tire, you missed your dick. You'll have to repeat the obstacle course until you get it right."
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Chongo lives on Danger Island and can only speak in chirps and monkey calls.
Posted by: Oh No, Chongo at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (77rzZ)
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Very similar to a Dickfer.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 05:21 PM (2UnvF)
I saw Comethis & Dickfer open for BOFA & ligma at the House of Blues back in '98.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:19 PM (ELdpA)
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Someone find out what noted gynecologist Andrew Sullivan thinks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)
Like this?
https://youtu.be/nWglfC5CNS4
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at January 23, 2026 05:25 PM (2Ez/1)
What a fu*king freak.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:25 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Yall hongry? at January 23, 2026 05:25 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 05:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: kingsman
The healing power of forgiveness. Catholic Church has sacrament of confession. If only the screeching harpies would look past their prejudice and realize the Church is trying to help them.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:26 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (ehY6c)
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My wife is more pro-life than I am, but had she done this, I'd never stop reminding her that she is a new creation.
You think Pompeii killed no babies? The Lord can absorb her sin much in the same way. His grace abounds.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (krQz2)
No, jew?
Posted by: Yall hongry? at January 23, 2026 05:25 PM (vFG9F)
Wait, Usha is not Jewish, right? Or is Jeet a disparaging word for Jew? Is that the joke that Tucker and Fuentes are jew obsessed?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: troyriser at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (DPeYO)
"That second to last tire, you missed your dick. You'll have to repeat the obstacle course until you get it right."
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (krQz2)
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Based on appearance, I think the challenges are more like pancake eating, not anything requiring physical effort.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:11 PM (WONhk)
This made me cry in a wonderful way. God bless you and all nurses who truly care.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (EyfuW)
Bulg,
Who gives a shit what she looks like.
She is an evil piece of shit.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:44 PM (3ek7K)
This is where i end up every time someone starts talking about how AOC isn't that bad. Dude, i'm sorry, looks don't mean that much. She sounds like Lucifer's press secretary everytime she opens her mouth.
Posted by: Nelly at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Mr. Science at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Yall hongry? at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 05:29 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Mr. Science at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (oftw2)
Bill Nye, is that you?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:29 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 05:29 PM (o3VOa)
you must post this on the cafe thread!!
Posted by: runner
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Yoo hoo, Duncanthrax?
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 05:29 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (pDt9x)
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There are special ministries to console women who had abortion and experience God's forgiveness. Much of the madness we see is demonic energy that they draw upon to keep going. Being too proud to seek forgiveness, they deny the sin, but the guilt and shame remains, so they use it to fuel their endless wrath.
The fallen angels hate us, and rejoice at our shameful behavior. Convincing mothers to kill their children goes a long way back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:30 PM (ZOv7s)
She declined and had an abortion against my strident wishes.
She subsequently got pregnant again (what can I say, we were both poor white trash) but sadly had a miscarriage.
And she never forgave ME for that (you see, it was my fault -- not her guilt) ... and ended our relationship, despite my continuing to ask her to marry me.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:30 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Mr. Science At The Zoo at January 23, 2026 05:30 PM (oftw2)
That'll git him!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 23, 2026 04:55 PM (LxER7)
The vaginal walls are closing in.
Posted by: Schroedinger's Cat Wears the Emperor's New Clothes at January 23, 2026 05:30 PM (bWR5k)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Nelly at January 23, 2026 05:28 PM (7gpcF)
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I'd assume that the great deceiver would hire a press flack that isn't a fucking retard, but that's just me.
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: troyriser at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (DPeYO)
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I pray against this and other evil every night. It's really all I can do.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (WONhk)
Trump: Because my dear friend, that was when I was carrying you.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (3uBP9)
If it continues in our society, women's suicide rates will climb too.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Mr. Science
I still laugh at the Learing Center jokes. And then I remember that the full name was the "Quality Learing Center", then I laugh some more.
I laugh mostly because I can't call down fire and brimstone down upon all the perps and enablers.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (ehY6c)
This is not being described correctly in many stories. There was no connection between them, and Mauritius was not concerned about it until they thought they could get some money out of it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 05:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Rex B at January 23, 2026 05:33 PM (oEMAv)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:33 PM (MVWbi)
It just encourages right-wingers!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:31 PM (krQz2)
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The Roe Effect is real. That's why they try to corrupt and prey upon the children they didn't have.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 23, 2026 05:33 PM (ZOv7s)
OK, asshole.
That doesn't mean I can't. If any of those raghead goat lovers get in my way to class, I get to exercise my rights , right? That means exercising reasonable force vs their reasonable force; and suing the living sh*t outta the university. Right, judge?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (2WIwB)
I'm Sure someone posted this before, but apparently Jeet is a rude slang word for someone of Indian descent-hence, about Usha Vance. In this case That's what the internet says, anyway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (ELdpA)
Posted by: troyriser at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (DPeYO)
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The Lord has told you the world is evil.
The more you see stuff like this, the more grows your Knowledge of Good and Evil. The terms the first man bargained for. You end up nodding to the Lord's wisdom.
Do not love this world or anything in it (except, the people, obv.)
What we're seeing these days is what I call the "Babelic urge". Man will fix himself and live on his terms. And Mankind borrows from what it at the same time spurns.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: ballistic at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (o3VOa)
Posted by: Clio Weeps at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (kSAM8)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 05:30 PM (MVWbi)
I am sorry for you having to deal with this after offering to do the right thing.
This is the common thread of stories I read about the fathers...THEY want to do the right thing as a majority. Oh, sure, some just go along. But many try.
Bless you.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (ELdpA)
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Yup. And it makes me sick when used like that. It's a categorical error combined with a personal intemperance.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 05:36 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Mr. Science At The Zoo
>When you hit 29 yrs old, you might reconsider your life choices because Donkey Chompers is beginning to look like she's had too many helpings of rice and beans.
Building up the birthing hips?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 05:38 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 05:29 PM (UjdFS)
those two in the pic are REAL AMERICANS!
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 05:39 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 05:16 PM (uQzkA)
(D)ifferent (R)ules
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 05:40 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: cherries in season at January 23, 2026 05:42 PM (0Wbrb)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:11 PM (WONhk)
This made me cry in a wonderful way. God bless you and all nurses who truly care.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 05:27 PM (k9OZB)
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Thank you, however it was an honor and the best job of my career of many good jobs. I think I took care of 1000 babies as being one of the first to care for them. And I loved every single one.Only worked weekends.
I have ONE photo of me holding a pediatrician friend of mine's baby in the window of the newborn nursery after her first bath.
The only photo of me as a new grad with my cap was by my proud aunt. I'd taken the cap home for Christmas, and she wanted to see me in it. I am glaring at the camera and it's my Nurse Ratched photo for my husband's delight. Also how I looked at 2 or three doctors as a charge RN.
We were told never, ever to wear that cap outside of the hospital. I guess I thought the main instructor would sense me doing this 1000mi away or I'd turn into a pillar of salt. I do love it!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 05:46 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 23, 2026 06:05 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 05:23 PM (ehY6c)
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She's forgiven, dear man. Remind her often. She's loved by you and Christ.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 06:10 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Pamazon at January 24, 2026 01:31 AM (b5MGU)
Posted by: Mike B at January 24, 2026 06:15 AM (uviyj)
Medicaid Administrator Dr. Oz: We Tried to Investigate Fake Businesses Bilking the Taxpayers and We Were Followed, Harrassed, and Intimadated by a Gang of Somalis
He doesn't say "Somalis," but it's implied by circumstances.
From David Strom at Hot Air, digesting this interview at Alpha News.I think he means that there are 400 different "businesses" in the one building.
It seems systemic in its nature. The building that we visited together, Griggs building was a textile factory, became an office building. It's not a nice part of town. I wouldn't take my kids there to get cared for, frankly, do much else in business, but somehow they had 400. Medicaid, uh, offices doing business with Medicaid, charging almost $400 million to the taxpayer.
That means basically each of those business made a million dollars. You wouldn't walk in this building in the seedy part of Minneapolis. And so I suspect there might have been others who knew this was happening. Certainly, uh, collaborating with these folks, maybe even, I wonder, you know, folks who in the building, the neighborhood, I mean, someone knew. Then you start getting into the broader issue. We just talked to whistleblowers, which is chilling. You see the retaliate, the, the re retaliatory tactics, the shuffling around of people who are trying to put their hands up and say, I see a problem. But at its very core, there has been a, a confusion about what it really means to work in healthy human services in Minnesota. It's not a partnership with vendors. You are the regulator. It is your job to make sure there are limited opportunities that the fraud, the taxpayer, or if you create services, and these are Minnesota nice services and Minnesota nice people, services don't have a lot of guardrails. You know, you don't have to attest to very much. You have to just say you're trying to do things. You don't have to put your name in any forms. It's hard to regulate that and then the people doing the regulations aren't comfortable doing it. What they found in this document is that the, the majority of folks didn't think they could do the job and in over half the cases there was suspicion. There was rule, you know, reason for caution. Things didn't seem what, what they're supposed to be. That's half to more than half the cases from the state government's auditor telling us this. So anybody out there in the legislators, a average citizen, we were chased out of buildings by car, honking people, giving us the finger, you know, following us, following us, following us, trying to intimidate us.
WATCH: "The mob mentality is stunning"
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) January 18, 2026
Dr. Mehmet Oz (Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and Jim O'Neill (Deputy Sec. of HHS) explained how they were flipped off, followed, and their cars were surrounded while trying to investigate fraud at a building… pic.twitter.com/bIzLCTsAmS
Wall Street ApesBrazen pirates, emboldened by a state that is actually an accomplice in the theft of billions from hardworking US citizens.
@WallStreetApes A Somalian man named Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd in Minnesota submitted 40,000 fraudulent healthcare claims allowing him to steal $3.2 million dollars from American taxpayers A worker pulled the power cord from a computer as investigators tried to search it "Guardian Home Health Services, submitted over 40,000 fraudulent claims for personal care assistance" "When the office was being searched, another office worker pulled the power cord from his computer to prevent investigators from seeing the screen" His company also submitted fake time sheets
A Somalian man named Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd in Minnesota submitted 40,000 fraudulent healthcare claims allowing him to steal $3.2 million dollars from American taxpayers
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 17, 2026
A worker pulled the power cord from a computer as investigators tried to search it
“Guardian Home… pic.twitter.com/nMmjrU2T5T
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@n8tvnomad Jan 19 I applied for benefits when I was going through chemo and homeless and a part of the process is to do an interview which was over the phone. The woman who "interviewed" me was Somali, couldn't speak conversational English and after 3 questions she hung up on me abruptly and denied my application. I firmly believe that the Somali people working for the state diverted funds from needy people to their friends and family via denials of applications for non Somali people. I am a nurse as well and I've got multiple stories of patient's and their friends and families that would enrage even the most level headed Minnesotans.
Palantir cofounder
— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) January 20, 2026
“@elonmusk made a great point when I was involved as a kid at PayPal: whenever you turn off fraud or grift, the people who would scream the most were the fraudsters.”
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (BpO1e)
If memory serves, every federal agency has their own SWAT team and several trillion rounds of ammunition.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine (Capricorn) at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (qZ8QF)
NR Pax is on to something.
The simple solution is to bring your own gang. About 40 former military ought to do it.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Well, it's not as if they are going to use it to stop the problem. Maybe after a few examples are made things will turn for the better.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 12:16 PM (8mulE)
@n8tvnomad
Jan 19
I applied for benefits when I was going through chemo and homeless and a part of the process is to do an interview which was over the phone. The woman who "interviewed" me was Somali, couldn't speak conversational English and after 3 questions she hung up on me abruptly and denied my application.
I firmly believe that the Somali people working for the state diverted funds from needy people to their friends and family via denials of applications for non Somali people.
I am a nurse as well and I've got multiple stories of patient's and their friends and families that would enrage even the most level headed Minnesotans.
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But remember, investigating the fraud is an attack on the needy of America, Republicans hate the poors and just want them to suffer by investigating, and we must open our arms to all the world's poor (who are all rocket scientists and brain surgeons) because we have so much to give.
Racist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Taps grandfather clock in the foyer at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (F67cA)
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 12:16 PM (8mulE)
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Are we sure it's Ace?
Maybe Chuy or Lamont the Big Dummy stole the keys...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (aVO1v)
I was just thinking the same thing. No reason for all that brass to sit in an armory somewhere, turning green.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 12:18 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:18 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (snZF9)
And the news media screams pretty loudly, too, doesn't it?
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (wj4wL)
No one actually on Medicare for its stated purpose has particularly fuzzy warm feelings about the system, despite the checks that may or may not come in.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
Just the other day the feds raided a Somali owned store that's called, not kidding, Little Mogadishu. This party is just getting started.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (NcvvS)
Needs a house-cleaning from top to bottom.
If that happens, I bet Minnesotans will see a measurable difference in the level of services and their tax rates.
But it won't happen. Things will muddle on and they'll blame Trump, corporate greed, and racism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (4raxU)
Both parties benefit from this.
Remember, Rand Paul tried to get an amendment added to the COVID relief bills that have required an auditing IG and paymaster to monitor and control the spending, his amendment was voted down by both parties.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (rhhHP)
Posted by: Mike DeWine at January 23, 2026 12:26 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Accomack at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 03:40 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:40 PM (ciXcx)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (mlg/3)
Ace, please use the correct collective noun. e.g:
A flock of geese
A murder of crows
A fraud of Somalis
Posted by: Chuck C at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)
Ace, please use the correct collective noun. e.g:
A flock of geese
A murder of crows
A fraud of Somalis
Posted by: Chuck C at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (D0HYP)
_____
A grundle
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (iFTx/)
Ace, please use the correct collective noun. e.g:
A flock of geese
A murder of crows
A fraud of Somalis
A sump of Somalis
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (Riz8t)
Racist.
Exactly.
Posted by: Gov. CIA Barbie and her merry band of Marxists at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: buggered taxpayer at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (rJ48h)
Doge knew what was up early on, they brought armed people
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (nH+RN)
Maybe not, but they're sure a net benefit to us.
Posted by: Minnesota Democrats at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 23, 2026 03:44 PM (9mw3J)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:44 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 03:44 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (ESVrU)
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Will Susan Sarandon's youthful gazongas be in attendance?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: WisRich at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (ESVrU)
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Will Susan Sarandon's youthful gazongas be in attendance?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
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They were stolen by Somali fraudsters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (ESVrU)
Will Susan Sarandon's youthful gazongas be in attendance?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
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They were stolen by Somali fraudsters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (ESVrU)
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*stands up in anger*
Alright, that's going too far!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 03:48 PM (RIvkX)
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Because you are her slave.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 03:50 PM (RIvkX)
It's not the vote that counts, it's the count that votes!
Posted by: Curruption With A "D", Est'd. 1828 at January 23, 2026 03:50 PM (9OAab)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)
I bet we're going to find out that a lot of this money was funneled back through organizations like Act Blue into Democrat campaign coffers.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: WisRich at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (G0vdT)
I expect Oregon is as bad, only limited by the incompetence of the fraudsters and the small economy.
Everyone laughed at "government is theft" and accepted that government was just what we do to enrich the Clintons.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Somalians at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
what is a "smurf" daddy?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (rbvCR)
Shut it down and I can guaran-damn-tee you no one will die.
Posted by: Abolish medicaid at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (R/m4+)
I bet we're going to find out that a lot of this money was funneled back through organizations like Act Blue into Democrat campaign coffers.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
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I've noticed a very sharp uptick in "spam calls" recently. And they all involve some government-sponsored program of some kind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (ESVrU)
Being tribal they only owe allegiance to the tribe. Any person or organization that is not part of the tribe is fair game and can and will be targeted for graft, fraud or theft. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. Any concentration of a tribal group will cause this to happen no matter what race/ethnic group they are.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: WisRich at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (G0vdT)
I expect Oregon is as bad, only limited by the incompetence of the fraudsters and the small economy.
Everyone laughed at "government is theft" and accepted that government was just what we do to enrich the Clintons.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (rbvCR)
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The federalist solution to big government was to create a system whereby political machines have every incentive to keep the dollars from the feds rolling because it's what keeps them in power.
But, hey, at least we don't have the 55 mph speed limit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 03:54 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (BpO1e)
If memory serves, every federal agency has their own SWAT team and several trillion rounds of ammunition.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
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Yep - and they now all report to Trump. I doubt they would get involved.
We laugh, but in reality, citizens give the State a monopoly on violence. When the State fails to hold up their end of the bargain, it does get ugly. And we are probably nearing that time when that monopoly ends.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 03:54 PM (GZYu7)
Fking Cultural Marxists protecting Illegals theft.
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Just rollin' the high streets like a bunch of pimpateers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:55 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
Amish Mafia has entered the chat.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (TezPK)
He seemed very eager to give out more money to my sister, even though I was there for my Mom. I wonder if they get bonuses for issuing more funding somehow, or are they just being "nice"? idk.
But Somalis are just running their frauds on the American infidels, and we are corrupt enough to let them.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (vFG9F)
This fraud is going on in red states. Every state should be investigated.
Also investigate the churches who are bringing illegals here.
No church organization should get money from the government.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (3ek7K)
—Ace
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Looks like a job for the FIB. Or a federal marshal.
There's got to be some recourse that federal officials are not simply bullied out of localities when they are looking for fraud on the taxpayer.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (WHfpM)
Just rollin' the high streets like a bunch of pimpateers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:55 PM
I'd do it. But I'd be the only criminal they actually prosecute.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (4p0Xq)
Posted by: Curruption With A "D", Est'd. 1828 at January 23, 2026 03:50 PM (9OAab)
Vann... two... ah ah ahhhhh
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:57 PM (06Hmj)
The Cold Civil War of the past 30+ years (starting with the Clintons) went hot in 2020.
Come on, Donaldus -- let's get this thing on ...
Make Territories Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:57 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: WisRich
And when the Feds ask for verification of recipients, a whole grandstanding host of politicians, NGOs, news media scream at how that's illegal somehow, and some judge who's in on the fraud gets to shut down the Fed's inquiry.
All the other states that do provide what the Fed requests need to get together and sue these states. The bad states are stealing from the good states.
If the Supreme Court doesn't fix this right away, the good states have cause to send National Guard to the bad states capitals and rough up some bureaucrats real good.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 03:58 PM (Dv3i1)
I am a nurse as well and I've got multiple stories of patient's and their friends and families that would enrage even the most level headed Minnesotans."
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So enraged. So very very enraged. So enraged that, at the next opportunity, they'll view for a DIFFERENT Democrat.
That'll show 'em.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 23, 2026 03:58 PM (EXzek)
Posted by: Maroon at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (+FBi/)
Posted by: Steve Miller Band at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (Dv3i1)
Fking Cultural Marxists protecting Illegals theft.
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Well give them a smack and then plug the damn thing back in. What is it, an old Amiga or something? Have they not hit Ctrl-S at any point in the last five years?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 04:00 PM (UjdFS)
>>Hennepin Healthcare in ‘crisis mode’, at least $50M in cuts needed by end of quarter
>>As for how they got to this point, Lunde points to the end of pandemic dollars and a big, expected drop in federal support. The letter adds, “Leadership owns responsibility for not acting prudently and with a change [sic] focus in the past. That stops now.”
https://tinyurl.com/pj7u35cs
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:00 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Maroon at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (+FBi/)
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What happens when the laughing stock is actually really strong and punches the people laughing at him in the nose?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)
Just rollin' the high streets like a bunch of pimpateers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:55 PM
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We need a Dukes of Hazzard reboot in Minnesomalia.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:00 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:01 PM (77rzZ)
@capeandcowell
7h
Fun fact: adjusting for inflation it costed roughly $3 billion dollars for Americans to land on the moon the first time
Somalis stole more money from taxpayers than it cost America to fly through space in a rocket, land on another celestial body and safely return to earth.
Jan 23, 2026 · 1:28 PM UTC
+++++++++++++++++++++++\
On top of which, we didn't even get an upgraded form of velcro or Tang.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ralph at January 23, 2026 04:02 PM (8WZD4)
I'd me somewhat more satisfied if his "look at me" interview was along the lines of. "We were being intimidated, so I called in a law enforcement escort. We located a number of provable misapplications of Medicaid funds, so I contacted the DOJ to proceed with criminal warrants...and we should be making some arrests relatively shortly. Stay tuned."
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:02 PM (dIske)
I'd rather they have the fear of us.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 04:03 PM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Maroon at January 23, 2026
I don't think so. I think much of the world is already. Commiting fraud and at least in America some of it is out on the open now and will hopefully be shut down.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 04:03 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 04:03 PM (WHfpM)
Damn, must be some lousy shooting going on
Practice guys, practice.
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 04:03 PM (E7+ue)
Just rollin' the high streets like a bunch of pimpateers.
___
The Pimpateers of Love
Posted by: Steve Miller Band at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (Dv3i1)
You see, a pimpateer's love is very different from that of a square...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:03 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (wrEn7)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
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Peter Schweizer has been hitting all the talk shows with his new book, The Invisible Coup, which like all his books is a must read. On one of today's shows, he talks about all the billions (likely trillions) of dollars that are funneled through Act Blue. Sounds like he's picking up where James O'Keefe left off.
It sure sounds like everything is finally coalescing in our favor, in no small part to President Trump.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (7xrfc)
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2h
>>🚨BREAKING - ARREST IN CA HOMELESSNESS FRAUD CASE
>>Alexander Soofer's "Abundant Blessings" got $23 million from LAHSA to provide, among other things, nutritious meals for the homeless. Soofer pocketed most of the $, and provided the homeless w/ "ramen noodles and a microwave" according to
@USAttyEssayli
>>With the $ he bought a $7 million home in Westwood, a $125,000 Range Rover (which was seized), a $500,000 vacation home in Greece, clothing from Hermés and Chanel, paid his kids' private school tuition, and stayed in luxury hotels like the Four Seasons in Maui, the Wynn in Las Vegas.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)
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It is difficult for a citizen to fight State supported piracy. I think state supported piracy is against Federal Law; If so, it should be enforced. Either way the fraud is obvious and all funding should cease until valid proof is presented for consideration.
Arrests and deportations are in order.
Deport not only the actors but their facilitators.
We need no waste our money on their upkeep in our prisons, that is too good for them.
Send them all to Somalia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
I understood that reference!
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 04:05 PM (7xrfc)
The previous administration certainly was. Now the world has a bit of a sour face.
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:05 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:06 PM (77rzZ)
Their job is to be the face of the agency and let the worker bees work like the wasps are coming.
WWE is an art form, it is not empty shouting. It is empty shouting for a well calculated purpose. In this case it is to establish the hero and the heel.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:06 PM (rbvCR)
I plan to pick up a copy. Gonna have some time on my hands.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 03:56 PM (WHfpM)
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"A woke trans once requested me
to answer questions that are key
is it to be or not to be
and I replied 'oh why ask me?'
'Cause suicide is painless
it brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
... and you can do the same thing if you please."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (MVWbi)
>>🚨BREAKING - ARREST IN CA HOMELESSNESS FRAUD CASE
>>Alexander Soofer's "Abundant Blessings" got $23 million from LAHSA to provide, among other things, nutritious meals for the homeless. Soofer pocketed most of the $, and provided the homeless w/ "ramen noodles and a microwave" according to
@USAttyEssayli
>>With the $ he bought a $7 million home in Westwood, a $125,000 Range Rover (which was seized), a $500,000 vacation home in Greece, clothing from Hermés and Chanel, paid his kids' private school tuition, and stayed in luxury hotels like the Four Seasons in Maui, the Wynn in Las Vegas.
I'm beginning to think that we may need to strengthen our checks on how our money is spent.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
>>With the $ he bought a $7 million home in Westwood, a $125,000 Range Rover (which was seized), a $500,000 vacation home in Greece, clothing from Hermés and Chanel, paid his kids' private school tuition, and stayed in luxury hotels like the Four Seasons in Maui, the Wynn in Las Vegas.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)
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Shouldn't it be pretty obvious to almost anyone how the Dark Night of Democrat rule allowed fraud to fester like black mold.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:08 PM (krQz2)
That said, pulling the power cord doesn't get rid of the memory dumbass.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 04:08 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
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"Nah, bruh."
-VA House of Delegates
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (YwEeS)
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So, Peacocks and Honey Badgers.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (dIske)
No need to steal or directly vandalize. It is Minnesota in winter. All that is needed is some leaking water tanks in front of where the somali thugs live or have their fake health care centers.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Halfhand at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (z0w8y)
It's time these Somalis had the fear of Allah put into them by our federal law enforcement officers.
Posted by: Ralph at January 23, 2026 04:02 PM (8WZD4)
It's like these inbred savages don't remember the Battle of Mogadishu. One thing that pisses me off about the movie Blackhawk Down is that it omitted one of the best parts of the book. One of the wounded Rangers is getting worked on by a medic in the Pakistani stadium. The medic mentions that he feels really sorry for what happened to the Rangers.
The wounded kid scoffs and says "you wanna feel sorry for someone, feel sorry for Skinny. We kicked their fuckin' asses."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
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You can thank Ilhan Omar and President Comatose for removing the scrutiny on federal payouts.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (krQz2)
I should have made it clear that was in California. There are investigations going on all over the country. Sounds like 2026 is going to be the year of big fraud reveal.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
The checks are strong. The issue is who is cashing them.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (YwEeS)
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They're kinda doing that in Virginia.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (krQz2)
>>With the $ he bought a $7 million home in Westwood, a $125,000 Range Rover (which was seized), a $500,000 vacation home in Greece, clothing from Hermés and Chanel, paid his kids' private school tuition, and stayed in luxury hotels like the Four Seasons in Maui, the Wynn in Las Vegas.
Posted by: JackStraw
.......
Abundant Blessings indeed.
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 04:11 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk"
SSD (Somali Shit Drive). Only lasts for one boot.
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 04:11 PM (vFG9F)
But if they're literally all in on it, that mechanism breaks down.
In which case the grotesque enormity of the fraud should cause such a rebellious uprising in We The People that none of these mutants dare show their face in public ever again.
But that requires people to investigate stories like this, maybe write it down, like in a journal or something, to, you know, report on it.
If only a job like that existed. Like a journaler, or a reportist. Nah, those are just made up words.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:11 PM (06Hmj)
So, all you have to do to keep up the fraud is come right the hell back at the regulators with threats (illegal) and evasions (illegal) and false charges (illegal).
That's it. Operate with impunity by compounding the criminal activity.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:11 PM (4raxU)
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He's been interviewed on the national talk radio circuit for the past week.
Great stuff, per usual.
Over the past 13 years, there have been on average 100,000 Chinese anchor babies born in the USA (see "Birth Tourism") and being raised in China as "US Citizens." [That's over 1 MILLION ChiComms who can eventually vote and destroy the country.]
Hopefully, this book will influence the SCOTUS regarding "Birthright Citizenship," but I'm not holding my breath with Benedict Roberts and Amy Coney-Island.
And then he goes on about The Cartels and 57 Mexican Consulates who influence & cheat at elections and foment insurrectionist GloboHomo Deep State riots. *spit*
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:12 PM (MVWbi)
I admit to being stunned at the amount of fraud. And why our country's debt grows.
All the blue states and blue cities should be on notice. Granted, there is so much incest among the blue states/cities judicial systems connected to liberal politicians, it will take time to follow the trails. But electronic trails are there and they will be found.
Somolians can "pull the plug" to their computers all they want. I guess they have not heard of The Cloud, being barbarians.
The free Monopoly Money is coming to an end. Which is why shrieking Somolian women are freaking out as TSA finds their suitcases of money as they flee.
Good. It's all good. My mind has blown over how long this fraud has been in these states, with the shield of politicians. Astounding ass-hattery.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 04:12 PM (WONhk)
I thought that all cultures were equal though. Huh.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 04:13 PM (0MjtC)
So, Peacocks and Honey Badgers.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (dIske)
I wonder if Golden Scalp Weasels and Honey Badgers can mate?
Golden Honey Weadgers. They naturally bark in a Queens accent.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:13 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Axeman
I'm so apprehensive about what's going to happen in this state. There's going to be a warp drive race to blue shithole status.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:09 PM (dIske)
Also Trump has so many plates in the air that he can break each one on schedule while getting everyone to focus on the others.
I am really depressed about the fraud, but part of it is because of the depth and the struggle to just make part of it go away. I wasted my life working to give money to the government so they could skim part of what they were allowing others to steal.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:14 PM (rbvCR)
Other foreign fraudsters need to watch them being made an example of swiftly and harshly.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 04:14 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM (3ImbR)
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5 years ago this would have surprised me. The scale of the Somali grift actually surprised me.
But since then, I'm not surprised.
The DNC is a syndicate.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:14 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 04:13 PM (y9nCu)
Bwahk?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:14 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:15 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (YwEeS)
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And that breaking the law is "civil disobedience" and thus legal.
If you're a Lefty ... however, if you're a Trumper -- you die.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:15 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 04:15 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 04:16 PM (oT7pT)
Shoot their ass. They will stop
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 04:16 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 04:16 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 04:17 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Axeman
I'm so apprehensive about what's going to happen in this state. There's going to be a warp drive race to blue shithole status.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)
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My wife told me last night that there are people out there saying that Smashburger is not going to sign all these radical bills.
We, in other states, having nothing to do but stand back and watch.
But, it's almost like Virginia is afraid of NY or California beating them to blue-hole status.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:17 PM (krQz2)
Anyone, gov't employee or otherwise, who turns in info that conclusively demonstrates fraud on the taxpayer, we cut them a check for 10% of the money they were scamming.
We'd have a budget surplus of five trillion within the first year.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:17 PM (06Hmj)
And when the Feds ask for verification of recipients, a whole grandstanding host of politicians, NGOs, news media scream at how that's illegal somehow, and some judge who's in on the fraud gets to shut down the Fed's inquiry.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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So fucking WHAT? Who tf is the law and who's subject to it? Good God, all you have to do is say NO FUCK YOU YOU RACIST and you can continue your crime ring? This is maddening.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:17 PM (4raxU)
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The civilized, humane, proper & justified response. Let’s hope that is all that’s necessary. I’ve my doubts.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 04:18 PM (/gceP)
>>But since then, I'm not surprised.
>>The DNC is a syndicate.
I lived in Maine in the late 70s and even then Lewiston, ME was becoming a Somali shithole. It made no sense. Maine was lily white and freaking cold and a whole city was being taken over by a group of lightbulb heads from Africa.
Watch the corruption that rolls out of Maine.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:18 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 04:17 PM (e4I2N)
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The Dems will protest that a backlash has a desperate impact because only Somalis were punished.
If the Somalis fire on Fort Sumpter any retaliation will be a desperate impact. The only path away from racism is simply to let them keep whatever land they capture.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:19 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 04:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:14 PM (rbvCR)
No, you didn't waste your life at all. What was the other option? You did what you needed to do.
They are the scum of the earth. Lazy, stupid, venal, and felonious.
That doesn't take away the American Dream, just makes it a bit harder. I do wonder, actually, if my taxes should have been lower, since so much of them went to pay off these cretins. Still, I managed to put away enough to retire. They can't take that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 04:19 PM (6Bc88)
Just went outside. Usually I see maybe 2 or 3 jet contrails. I counted 43 just now.
I'll assume that they're already diverting air travel around the storm...or maybe I'm being sterilized or something.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)
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I've seen the early returns.
It's graft Americans wouldn't do ... for the Democratic party.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:21 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Exactly my wish at 138. They are malignant cancers that will never heal and jailing all of them still rapes the taxpayers and continues to infect our country.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 04:21 PM (oiNtH)
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I always assumed it was there (hell, we had fraud occurring in our localities and HOA when living in Califzeula), but not to this extent.
I'm beginning to believe that most of our National Debt (over $300 trillion, not the pansy $38 trillion they advertise) has been the result of massive fraud -- primarily enabled by the Democrat-Communisty Party and its UniParty co-enablers.
Woodchippers are not compassionate enough ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:21 PM (MVWbi)
Meghan McCain of all people was complaining the FNM treated the CIA asset in VA as a moderate and that was a bunch of lies.
Well, here you go VA you voted for that "sensible moderate Democrat" and surprise surprise she's another leftwing lunatic...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Maroon at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (+FBi/)
More that they think we're a sucker for them to scam.
And our government has told them that yes, we are.
But we could still black-bag any of their "leaders" at any time, and nobody would ever find them.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:22 PM (iXqHn)
I had a relative (white female early 60s) who was trying to get disability because she had congestive heart failure. She went to the disability office, and was immediately denied of her claim, by the office full of biting but foreign born Puerto Ricans. She went to dispute the claim and the judge didn't even have her make her case, he just looked at her, saw how sick she was, and immediately approved it.
But that's how it goes in all these cities. The foreign hordes that have complete control over our city services and tax pay money, do everything to make sure they can funnel that money to family and friends.
Posted by: Rbastid at January 23, 2026 04:22 PM (auM1U)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:15 PM (MVWbi)
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As the founders intended.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (krQz2)
Just rollin' the high streets like a bunch of pimpateers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:55 PM
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I have seen X reports in various places (don't have X) that a group called Blue State Lives (former or off duty LEO and military) are sending in false ICE reports for certain areas and driving around in black SUV's. This draws the masses of lesbian protest terrorists to false addressses while the real captures take place.
I hope it is true as I love the idea! I also figure some of the group are Morons and think the way we do.
The judicial system that puts stop gaps on deportations is connected as a bridge from fraud to politican's wallets. They all get kickbacks. They all are connected to others.
It is basically a maze of evil, a war that is here without firing a shot. The invasion happened mostly under Biden and they are entrenched now.
I still want the military to arrive one fine dawn and clear them out.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (2Ez/1)
We have mosques here in Wyoming. WTF??
Who is bringing them in?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:20 PM (3ek7K)
Catholic Charities, most likely.
They get huge federal grants to bring in Muzzies by the planeload.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 04:10 PM (YwEeS)
*****
Probably make writing about it hate speech and they'll send you to jail for that. The UK is their model for doing this.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 23, 2026 04:24 PM (LT5co)
Who is bringing them in?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:20 PM (3ek7K)
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Soros and his butt-buddies.
Why The Hell hasn't Trump had that motherf*cking domestic terrorist and his even worse son arrested and bankrupted already?
Jeebus, wake the fuck up, Donald!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:24 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 04:24 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (omLRE)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)
A sumpter of Somalis . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
@USAttyEssayli
>>....$7 million home.
.., a $125,000 Range Rover
... a $500,000 vacation home in Greece,
...Hermés and Chanel,
...private school tuition,
... hotels like the Four Seasons in Maui, ... Wynn in Las Vegas.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:04 PM
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Seize all his property, give it to Samaritan's Purse and deport him to Somalia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (/LXUT)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (2Ez/1)
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Never not funny.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)
They've already started it.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
Woodchippers are not compassionate enough ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:21 PM (MVWbi)
Most of it is "entitlements". More than defense. More than debt payments.
Most "entitlements" appear to be fraudulent.
Just back of the envelope, you're probably close to right.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (06Hmj)
"Why do you have real bullets?"
Posted by: Rebecca Good's infamous question at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Maroon at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (+FBi/)
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They tried to tell us that Trump embarrassed us at Davos.
Meanwhile, Gavin: "Hey, I brought over knee-pads because all you world leaders are sucking Trump's dick."
So, so classically classy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (krQz2)
Does anyone think this is going to be cleaned up? These criminals are getting away with it by simply saying NO. I'm sick about this! I have fantasies about the grift coming to an end, and the Somali fraudsters being forced to find gainful employment or live on welfare (of COURSE), but what's the hope when Johnny Law can be stopped with a simple NO?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (4raxU)
They get huge federal grants to bring in Muzzies by the planeload./i]
The nominal reason that the French went after the Knights Templar is the claim they were worshiping Baphomet which was some sort of Muslim influence on them.
It wasn't true most likely.
But here? I think we could use some auto de fes to resolve some issues with traitors working with Islam...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 04:26 PM (sKqQm)
There's a video on X of his Range Rover on a flatbed being taken away. Gave me a chuckle.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:27 PM (viF8m)
Still, Gavin stood up and said "You're all sucking Trump's dick."
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:27 PM (krQz2)
XTC,
Why do church organizations get OUR money to do that.
It really pisses me off.
I guess separation of church and state doesn't apply now.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:27 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)
A sumpter of Somalis . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
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A swindle of Samalis.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:27 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 04:27 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 04:28 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)
"It looks like you're trying to Fuck Around...
Would you like me to help you Find Out?"
- War Clippy
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:28 PM (06Hmj)
Still, Gavin stood up and said "You're all sucking Trump's dick."
AWFLs : "But, Look at his hair!!!"
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:28 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 04:28 PM (Z8jzG)
Minnedishu level of fraud.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)
We have mosques here in Wyoming. WTF??
Who is bringing them in?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:20 PM (3ek7K)
Catholic Charities, most likely.
They get huge federal grants to bring in Muzzies by the planeload.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (iXqHn)
________________________
The mosque in Gillette Wyoming was set up by a Pakistani family that's lived there since the 1960's. I find it interesting that they are still considered a "Pakistani Family" and not just Americans. Assimilation is not a goal.
It's been there since 2015.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Da7Vv)
I know we get jaded with weather apocalypse predictions but this storm seems real. Stay safe.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (viF8m)
He's been off the rails for a minute, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:30 PM (06Hmj)
Still, Gavin stood up and said "You're all sucking Trump's dick."
The media and left constantly hate when Trump is correct but not perfectly mannered like Martin Sheen was on "West Wing". So if they're consistent (stop laughing), Gavin is absolutely the worse offender here.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
I am really depressed about the fraud, but part of it is because of the depth and the struggle to just make part of it go away.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Kindltot, same here, except MOST of it is because of the struggle to just make part of it go away. I mean fuck! Proper, authorized, credentialed regulators show up and make proper inquiries and you just say No you racist, and that's an end of the matter? Normally we think of the fraudbusters as riding to the rescue, but in this case it's just another escalation of the ongoing crime!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (4raxU)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Y1sOo)
Hmmm. Interesting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Y1sOo)
He basically had no choice in the matter. The deal was rendered illegal. Other Morons have better details.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (06Hmj)
He's been off the rails for a minute, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:30 PM (06Hmj)
Adderall and Tito's. The 21st century goof-ball
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (rbvCR)
They get huge federal grants to bring in Muzzies by the planeload.
Posted by: XTC
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Catholic, Lutheran, and others under false pretense.
A good AG could go into the tenets of their religion and prove these groups antithetical.
Shut. Them. All. Down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (/LXUT)
Still, Gavin stood up and said "You're all sucking Trump's dick."
AWFLs : "But, Look at his hair!!!"
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:28 PM (iXqHn)
_____________________________
Interesting thing about Iceland. The #1 immigrant group is Polish. BUT, the #2 immigrant group is Ukranian. It blew up in 2022. That's where all the Ukranians went to avoid becoming cannon fodder. In Iceland they can still do business with the EU, and avoid any permit fees.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 04:31 PM (dIske)
ChristyBlinky,
Got snow? We have nothing here.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:15 PM (3ek7K)
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Nope! Have the remants of the last weak storm in the front yard and roof that faces north. Thanks to a wet October, that may help. But it is very bleak. We have 2-3mo to make up for it, and you betcha I am praying for snow/rain several times a day.
Yes, I admit to jealousy of the East getting piles of snow and griping about it. When we need it and want it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 04:32 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Maroon at January 23, 2026 03:59 PM (+FBi/)
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They tried to tell us that Trump embarrassed us at Davos.
Meanwhile, Gavin: "Hey, I brought over knee-pads because all you world leaders are sucking Trump's dick."
So, so classically classy.
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Gavin's social media minions just did this:
https://tinyurl.com/55x3zy7t
Posted by: beckster at January 23, 2026 04:32 PM (I7J98)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 04:30 PM (06Hmj)
By rails, do you mean cocaine?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 04:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 04:32 PM (MVWbi)
I think Rubio is going to get a new post very soon...that of the Viceroy or Iran....
Posted by: runner
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Is Something finally Happening there? I've stopped watching the livestreams.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (4raxU)
——
You are actually seeing the “Plan” in action my friend. The idea for the last 60 years by revolutionary socialists is to overwhelm and bankrupt the system.
Make sense now? It should
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (8DbYW)
Posted by: Axeman
This from the man whose wife knows all to well what Harvey Weinstein tastes like. Ewww and shudder.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (oiNtH)
Since 7 this morning here in Wyoming, the weather people say the snow is starting. They change it every hour.
I pray for all of you in the predicted snow and ice areas.
It would be great if the forecasts are wrong.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: one hour sober
OHS, were are you seeing this?
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)
Wanna bet? They make the laws. The people in government don't give a rats ass , they follow orders or their ass is next. The state of Minnesota shows us this
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 04:33 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (4raxU)
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I do not know.
God's will be done.
The thing is that modern America contains enough people who are willing to turn themselves inside out and shill for raw, unadulterated power of people who allow this rot.
Can we recover from this state? Is the perfidy already too ubiquitous to recover from? Is there anything left to save?
We'll never know until it happens. We do not know if we have only received a respite from what may be our future.
Are the clouds only cleared enough that we can see the Pit we will eventually fall into?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (krQz2)
First we will need to recruit a big bleeping lot of honest people.
Then we need to get honest people in the jobs that are in position to check how our money is spent and can initiate formal investigations. Then we need to get honest people in the investigator jobs. And on and on through the bureaucracy.
Backtracking a bit, we need to recruit enough honest people for all those jobs, willing to work honestly and diligently for Fed/state/county/city civil service pay. And we'll need enough honest people for those jobs at that pay who have strong enough personalities to weather the insults, threats, and bureaucratic roadblocks thrown at them every day.
It may be a near-impossible task to significantly end current fraud then prevent it re-occurring.
The only good solution as I see it, is summary executions of fraudsters by proclamation of Vlad the Impaler. /sigh/
Posted by: Gref at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (5rh/l)
>Did Trump grab Gavin's pussy? He sits like a lady.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (oT7pT)
These people are too fucking stupid to come up with this on their own and it's too big to be simple governmental incompetence.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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They're fucking stupid, but they're savvy. And devious and good at evasive moves, like roaches.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:34 PM (4raxU)
Just the other day the feds raided a Somali owned store that's called, not kidding, Little Mogadishu. This party is just getting started.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (viF8m)
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Everyone found to have been involved in fraud - deport immediately, whole families, regardless of their kids being born in the US. The kids can apply to come back when they are adults, and I suppose then we start all over again.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 04:35 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 04:23 PM (iXqHn)
________________________
The mosque in Gillette Wyoming was set up by a Pakistani family that's lived there since the 1960's. I find it interesting that they are still considered a "Pakistani Family" and not just Americans. Assimilation is not a goal.
It's been there since 2015.
Posted by: Orson at January 23,
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Because they have not assimilated.
They will stab you in the back when they get the call.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 04:36 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 04:25 PM (4raxU)
.........................................
Seizing money (if they can and it is still here) and assets bought with the fraud is a start. Arrests. Deportations, and the more the better...as this is key to the end of the problem. Plus, and this is my dream, the kicking out of Omar and her ilk from Congress, and ripping judges out of their power.
Ilk is a mighty find word to describe this cobra in a turban.
As a perpetual optimist I think this is a huge start and will continue for 3yrs. Then longer, God willing, with Vance and others.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 04:39 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (Y1sOo)
How do Trump dick tate, Keir?
Posted by: Trump Dictates at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 23, 2026 04:45 PM (XvL8K)
"Woke Whitmer appointee from Nigeria admits to day-care scam, stealing millions from Michigan taxpayers"
AI summary:
Based on reports from early 2026, Nkechy Ezeh, a former appointee of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and stealing over $1 million from an early education nonprofit she founded.
Here are the key details regarding this case:
Who: Nkechy Ezeh, a Michigan resident who migrated from Nigeria and was a former appointee to a state early childhood advisory committee. She was also a professor at Aquinas College.
What happened: Ezeh pleaded guilty in December 2025 to federal charges for defrauding the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) of over $1 million.
The Scheme: The fraud involved stealing funds intended for early childhood education. As a result of her actions, the ELNC was forced to close in 2023.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 23, 2026 04:59 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Oldcat at January 23, 2026 05:10 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 04:29 PM (viF8m)
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Thanks, Straw. I was just going to tell people to follow Ryan Hall Y'all. He's a great forecaster and even more important, he follows catastrophic weather live on his YouTube channel. Covered the NC flooding disaster very well too.
Anyway, he just declared Boston and Providence to be the worst hit areas, with accumulations up to 16". My area's not much better, with 10-14". Stay warm!
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2026 05:11 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: bd at January 23, 2026 05:12 PM (S2QK/)
Posted by: Trump Dictates at January 23, 2026 04:41 PM (qpyNK)
Like gummie bears and cherry cola! I love it, more please! More dick...more! more! more!
Posted by: Keir Starmer, Nancy Boy Lover at January 23, 2026 05:13 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Fish at January 23, 2026 05:34 PM (FmCHY)
"Guess what? You're under arrest. Book him, Danno."
Posted by: GWB at January 23, 2026 05:35 PM (sofQO)
Posted by: Fish at January 23, 2026 05:37 PM (FmCHY)
Posted by: Don Glen van Vliet at January 23, 2026 05:49 PM (WXTVZ)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 23, 2026 06:30 PM (wGqjj)
THIS IS THE UNIPARTY LOOTING THE TREASURY, WHICH IS WHY THUNE AND JOHNSON KEEP FUNDING IT.
#$ugarTit$
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 24, 2026 09:49 AM (Lpezf)
State Department Schedules Hamas Agent and Permanent "Student" Mahmoud Khalil's Deportation to His Actual Home Country of Algeria
But for the moment, Mahmoud's getting the boot.
The most infamous foreign student activist against Israel and for Hamas at an American university could finally face deportation. While the Trump administration has tried to deport Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil more than once, woke judges have interfered, and the Trump administration has agreed to follow their ridiculous demands on Khalil's behalf. But a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official indicated Wednesday evening that Khalil's destination after deportation is tentatively settled. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on NewsNation's Katie Pavlich Tonight on Wednesday, "It looks like he'll go to Algeria. That's what the thought is right now." She followed up with a more widely applicable caution: "It's a reminder for those who are in this country on a visa or on a green card. You are a guest in this country -- act like it." Importantly, the Trump administration accuses Khalil of committing fraud on his green card application. And, of course, the federal government can revoke a visa or green card from anyone who shows himself a threat to our national security by supporting foreign terrorist entities, or by deliberately riling up social unrest, as Khalil did. Residing and studying in America as a foreign national is a privilege, not a right.
Mahmoud Khalil is a citizen of Algeria, not the US. He cannot vote in NYC elections. He is a green card holder, but, per @StateDept @SecRubio, violates the terms of his status by supporting a U.S.-designated terrorist organization (Hamas) and lying on his application for… https://t.co/w9PIDNLahc
— Daniel Flesch (@daniel_flesch) January 22, 2026
But this allegation was everywhere. We saw the same thing from @AP.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) January 22, 2026
Explosive claim in the headline: “used as ‘bait’” (from the school, no less)
Reality: six paragraphs down, father abandoned child. pic.twitter.com/fM4gjhhJ75
At @thedailybeast they waited **13** paragraphs into the piece — after dubbing the story a “New Low” — before letting their readers know that DHS said (WaPo above seems to have confirmed) that father abandoned his child and fled on foot. pic.twitter.com/PJzzsOOpQa
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) January 22, 2026
You would have no idea, as a casual reader of @ABC, that the child in question was abandoned by his fleeing father, and that’s why he was in the custody of ICE.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) January 22, 2026
It’s a lie by omission. pic.twitter.com/NrLsy1wtTk
Sounds bad. Then go to this paragraph, further down in the story: pic.twitter.com/8NBUNE3WKr
— Byron York (@ByronYork) January 22, 2026
Blue Lives Matter
@bluelivesmtr We're not saying that Blue Lives Matter was behind feeding false information to far-left, anti-ICE protestors. We're not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting ICE raids. We're not saying they were in fact they were just driving around in what appeared to be unmarked vehicles with tinted windows... drinking coffee and listening to Guns and Roses.... being chased down and surrounded by protestors. What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen.... it sure worked remarkably well in NINE DIFFERENT STATES, allowing ACTUAL raids to successfully take place unimpeded, helping support the capture of HUNDREDS of criminals. Combat veterans, off-duty officers and patriotic Americans have had enough of the radical left... and are being activated across the country to back our #lawenforcement. And they're smarter...more skilled... more driven... better trained than the left ... and actually enjoy sitting in a deer stand for days on end just waiting. @DHSgov @ICEgov we've got you.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (pscAN)
- Maryland Man
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (uEmCf)
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Pretty normal, then?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:33 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (jc0TO)
It's disgusting. This is a fresh low.
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And also totally typical.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 02:35 PM (ARykC)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 23, 2026 02:35 PM (pscAN)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 23, 2026 02:35 PM (5yDGQ)
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Okay, that's pretty cool.
I presume there's no issue with impersonating federal officials since they didn't actually assert anything, they just counted on being the central casting appearance of law enforcement, and letting the fools draw heir own conclusions.
Posted by: Methos at January 23, 2026 02:36 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
Blue Lives Matter
@bluelivesmtr
STOP what you're doing - we have a pretty huge update and confession about this whole "Report ICE activity hotline" situation.
By about 1am, we had reports come in from numerous states that there had been "incidents" at a number of biker bars last night. 🇺🇸
It turns out that "report ICE activity hotlines" had received "tips" about "off-duty ICE agents" drinking at dozens of bars. Those bars just so happened to be biker bars owned or frequented by individuals who haven't always been on the right side of the law.
ICE protestors were alerted and given the addresses of these bars. According to friends of ours across the country, beta soy boy, gender-fluid communist Meal Team Sixers showed up with their "F-ICE" flags and tried barging into the bars.
Except... there were no ICE agents drinking there. As a wise man once said... "now you's can't leave".
I've never wanted something to be real and caught on video more in my life.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)
Homan said he'd rather that ICE pick them up from jails, police stations, and courthouses.
But that would just rid their domain of too many violent felons.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:36 PM (krQz2)
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At @thedailybeast they waited **13** paragraphs into the piece ...
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I don't see what the big deal is. They comprehensively covered the story, including all relevant facts. Complaining about this is just evidence that somebody is looking for something to complain about it and is picking the MAGATs' favorite punching bag - journalists - to let off some steam.
Go touch grass, you incel losers. There is no "there" there with this story. You're outraged over literally nothing.
Posted by: Journalist at January 23, 2026 02:37 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
"And any stinky rug-humping goatfucker who wants to be around him can leave too."
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 02:37 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 02:38 PM (W2Pud)
I was totes fine with that story before it was revealed to be a lie. Fuck these people, even the little smelly brats. I have ZERO SYMPATHY for any of them. Not a single fucking one.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)
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Heh. Hunters are patient.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 02:38 PM (ESVrU)
Which reminds me, what ever happened with señor Abrego Garcia?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 02:39 PM (Fs0KI)
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What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen.... it sure worked remarkably well in NINE DIFFERENT STATES, allowing ACTUAL raids to successfully take place unimpeded, helping support the capture of HUNDREDS of criminals.
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Funny. I hope they have cameras running and feed the license plate numbers and images to someone at ICE so they can go follow up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:39 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:35 PM (77rzZ)
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The story I heard was ... ICE WAS USING A ***CHILD*** AS BAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:39 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:40 PM (jc0TO)
Which reminds me, what ever happened with señor Abrego Garcia?
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 02:39 PM (Fs0KI)
Runs a food truck in Merced.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:40 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:40 PM (pLaQB)
-The Producers
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)
About the guy who bolted and left his 5-year-old on the sidewalk --
I didn't read 6 paragraphs down, so I'm curious: did they ever catch the dad?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (4raxU)
He's free and clear and beating his wife in Maryland once again.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:39 PM (krQz2)
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ICE is evil
ICE had custody of a child
Therefore, ICE did something evil to or with that child.
It's that simple. Whatever the "something" is - "bait" or "kidnapping" or "arrest" or whatever - is irrelevant. Fill in the blank with anything you'd like.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (77rzZ)
Poor kid, he got shit parents.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (zZu0s)
They didn't say any of the cities were Minneapolis. But rural Minnesota is more redneck than people think.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23,
I believe such an EO goes into effect on February 1st. Until a random Hawaiian judge strikes it down 20 minutes later.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (Riz8t)
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Heh. Hunters are patient.
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I hear there's drinking going on.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)
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It does seem like keep quiet and feeding data over would be more effective.
Unless it's small-scale and they want others to go ahead and follow on, to flood the zone with noise. It could be that - a psyop in the other direction, to act as a recruitment tool.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (2ocoG)
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So he would answer the question "Have you stopped beating your wife?" with "No."?
I thought they said that was a trick question?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (krQz2)
Oh, yeah. A couple of my Libarel Wymens Fruends have taken up this Sacred Proclamation and the whole world must bow before it.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (DgMqy)
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CIA Barbie.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (pLaQB)
Never go full retard.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (8+C2v)
It's psyops to make us fight on a field that only we care about: truth and facts.
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (YG+k7)
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maybe they can drop him off just before landing
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:43 PM (pDt9x)
These guys are also claiming that they are doing a deep dive on Act Blue and the amount of money they claim is being smurfed is close to a trillion dollars. Probably worth a follow if you are on X.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (E7+ue)
Headline readers are the bane of society.
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:41 PM (GyQIQ)
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Blame shifting is the only goal. It's not ever something of their side's doing.
Except it totally is.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: tubal at
Um...it depends what kind of "loaf" you're talking about...
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)
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Or an illegal criminal who starts out with little regard for the lives of others.
So it makes sense that ICE would be hunting that very guy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:45 PM (krQz2)
They didn't say any of the cities were Minneapolis. But rural Minnesota is more redneck than people think.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:42 PM (2ocoG)
Very much like many Blue States. Blue states are all criminal enterprises, with a hostage population.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:45 PM (pDt9x)
Their latest post includes a list of Antifa hotlines in 50 cities to report ICE sightings to. They're Cloward-Pivening Antifa.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:45 PM (2ocoG)
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I know that, I like Hamms beer. But no biker rides in the depth of winter with snow and ice about.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:46 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 02:46 PM (VskgJ)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Amos Moses's Dad at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: pudinhead
Loved their ads when I was a kid.
"From the land of sky-blue waters (waters)..."
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)
This is a normal occurrence...do a Google search - this is the 4th or 5th time I know of...which means probably 10 times that...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 02:48 PM (tOcjL)
Most of the illegals don't give a shit about their kids.
The more kids they the more of our taxpayer money they can get.
They are scum.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 02:49 PM (3ek7K)
New York convict at large after slipping his ankle monitor onto a dog
https://is.gd/jjcPfS
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 02:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 02:50 PM (y9ksN)
https://tinyurl.com/4rczxeae
Since she was a cob and the HQ staff has her contact info, could one of you ask her if this is real and if it is, post it in the sidebar?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:50 PM (jc0TO)
I'm sure they have some way to go get their drink on during the winter.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:50 PM (VE6XX)
I don't think so. The people who supported it before still do. Leftists will never support it. I only had to read one alternate source yesterday to find out that the little boy was abandoned by his father. Also, I would not trust polling that comes out on this from leftist sources.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 02:50 PM (lQ+/f)
The ONLY thing keeping him here (or out of Federal Prison) are rogue judges allowing the status quo based on ulterior motives.
This whole thing is ridiculous.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (dIske)
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (lGyAR)
My understanding is the GFM is meant to be a surprise for her. Asking would obviously ruin that.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: pookysgirl would take him at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (Wt5PA)
He leaves his kid.
ICE takes the kid to his house, but illegal relatives inside won't open the door.
QED: ICE is using the kid as bait.
Despite that in any other circumstance, that would be the behavior you would want from federal officers were the father some other kind of federal criminal/tax-evader. If they held the kid it would be ICE HAS ***ARRESTED*** A KID!!!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (krQz2)
I'm not a huge believer in polls. I think most people are more than happy to have rapists, child molesters and murderers from foreign countries removed.
The left is running out of energy with their resist bullshit and the ICE guys are just warming up. And when the fraud stuff starts hitting it will be a whole new ballgame.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Heh. I just got an e-mail from my HOA that ended with this line.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)
The left is running out of energy with their resist bullshit and the ICE guys are just warming up. And when the fraud stuff starts hitting it will be a whole new ballgame.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM (viF8m)
Wish I had your optimism
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:52 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:51 PM
Well that makes things awkward if one is considering a substantial gift.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:52 PM (jc0TO)
I see nothing wrong with his comments, or incitement to terrorism. These are his legitimate opinions, and they're not even that far-fetched. There are open supporters of Zionism and Israel, so this is just another case of censorship.
Cool. Material information left off his application so they’re going to send him to Algeria to be imprisoned in a shipping container in 100+ degree heat. Are you proud of your country?
MAGA forgets the part where visas can't be revoked for unconstitutional reasons. Like suppression of speech. That’s why they pretend it’s because he did not mention that he worked for the fking UN.
The New Jersey judge who evaluated his records found nothing incriminating or anything posing a “threat” to national security or even anyone in the campus. That is why he was released. Now they are trying to go after some minute technicality in his immigration paperwork.
It’s very obvious to anyone with common sense that he was (and still being) falsely targeted & witchhunted.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (KDPiq)
I had t thought of that. It's a good point
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (lQ+/f)
There's your problem right there - no foreign national should be an "activist". Go activate somewhere else.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (L6dcX)
"How are you going to explain that do someone who doesn't understand xyz?!"
They didn't care who understood the rationale behind anything during the shamdemic.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (krQz2)
I know that, I like Hamms beer. But no biker rides in the depth of winter with snow and ice about.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:46 PM (pLaQB)
Right, in the depth of winter they drive their trucks to the biker bars to drink and dream of riding weather.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 02:54 PM (hhkIi)
Whoa, I am double in favor now.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:54 PM (jc0TO)
Please let Casa de TJM retain power through the storm.
Just so Dolley can have wasted days of worry and planning on us being without power for weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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Well, America has a long history of policy keeping people out for their genuine opinions, so...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:55 PM (GBKbO)
You're talking about Mamdani? Naturalized 2018.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 02:55 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (L6dcX)
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In how many other countries would that fly?!
"Yeah, I've come over to learn at your universities and become really overbearing about the foreign policy I don't like."
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:55 PM (krQz2)
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Deport him now and let him fight it from his actual home country.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 02:55 PM (Z8jzG)
There's your problem right there - no foreign national should be an "activist". Go activate somewhere else.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (L6dcX)
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I hear that Gaza has completely rebuilt from the bombing but still needs activists.
Probably a fun time, and right there where his pet issue is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (GBKbO)
Please let Casa de TJM retain power through the storm.
Just so Dolley can have wasted days of worry and planning on us being without power for weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)
So you live in the Doom Sector then, the Fourth Circle of Hell?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (pDt9x)
Please let Casa de TJM retain power through the storm.
Just so Dolley can have wasted days of worry and planning on us being without power for weeks.
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As long as I have electricity to watch football, all will be well.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (hhkIi)
so they’re going to send him to Algeria to be imprisoned in a shipping container in 100+ degree heat
You had me at shipping container...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)
When I want to harvest a whitetail buck, all I have to do is open the kitchen window, while still in my bathrobe and slippers, and draw a bead. The deer are everywhere, chewing up the landscape.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (oT7pT)
Whoa, I am double in favor now.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:54 PM (jc0TO)
In January?
Posted by: Oldcat at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (MVWbi)
That about summarizes how retarded the Left is. And Evil.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (KDPiq)
so they’re going to send him to Algeria to be imprisoned in a shipping container in 100+ degree heat
Is there room in there for Maryland Man ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (pDt9x)
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Lower edge outside of Charlotte.
I was talking to my neighbor yesterday. "You as worried about all this as my wife?"
"I'll drip the faucets just to be safe."
Meanwhile, Dolley bought a solar power generator and is freaking out that it won't get here before Sunday. (What will a solar power generator do under a bunch of clouds? I don't ask because she thinks we'll be without power for literally weeks.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)
Fuck this guy, in particular.
Posted by: It has to be said at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:55 PM (GBKbO)
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Would Mexico care that much if your honest, heart-felt opinion is "Mexico can go fuck itself"?
We have about 50% of the population that are given to half-thoughts. A thought is like a hot potato--don't hold it too long.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (Kt19C)
I'd never pass the "Don't just run them over" portion of the test.
Posted by: DaveA at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:56 PM (pLaQB)
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Unclean!
*watches movies on Netflix*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)
“Mahmoud Khalil is a New Yorker. He should remain in NYC.
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So any garbage can simply squat in NY and own the city while actual New Yorkers are driven out by the resultant crime. Umm, isn't that how it works in the third world shitholes?
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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Yes. I am proud that my country is defending its border and kicking out those who committed fraud to get here.
What Algeria does with him is not my concern. This is my country, not his.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (GyQIQ)
Please let her have an Algerian name. *crosses fingers*
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 02:59 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 02:59 PM (xT8gx)
So like New Orleans but it's a dry heat in the Summer.
Oh, it is 62F in Algeria right now.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:59 PM (jc0TO)
https://x.com/reddit_lies/status/
2014429366558638160
@reddit_lies
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23h
Redditor's application for naturalization was denied because he was illegally registered to vote at the DMV.
Weird, I was told this never happens.
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The State Department is denying people naturalization over illegal voter registrations.
Things do seem to have really changed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
Columbia University student and Palestinian activist.
There's your problem right there - no foreign national should be an "activist". Go activate somewhere else.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (L6dcX)
Activist = loudmouth self-righteous asshole
We have plenty of home-grown trueblood American activists, we don't need to import more, lest we end up with an activist glut.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (WHfpM)
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Not as proud as some people who think ICE is too violent but shooting a woman as she climbs through a window--with no visible evidence of a warning is INSTANT JUSTICE.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (krQz2)
It would be terrible if they got pictures of Jussie Smolett or something instead.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (2ocoG)
We have about 50% of the population that are given to half-thoughts. A thought is like a hot potato--don't hold it too long.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (krQz2)
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Yeah...America has the single worst immigration policy on Earth.
The Blade's "only the hotties" is better than this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
Redditor's application for naturalization was denied because he was illegally registered to vote at the DMV.
Weird, I was told this never happens.
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The State Department is denying people naturalization over illegal voter registrations.
Things do seem to have really changed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
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Needs to be the norm.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (ZxPkt)
Is baiting allowed? Can you put an ICE pinney on a US Marine?
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (guLpK)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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Yes. I am proud that my country is defending its border and kicking out those who committed fraud to get here.
What Algeria does with him is not my concern. This is my country, not his.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (GyQIQ)
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Also, I believe he's an Algerian citizen.
So, you know...he's just going home. A home that's not racist and he doesn't have to worry about its long racist history.
Algeria.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)
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"ICE, covered in blood."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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Yes. I am proud that my country is defending its border and kicking out those who committed fraud to get here.
What Algeria does with him is not my concern. This is my country, not his.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:58 PM (GyQIQ)
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You do you. I'm not proud of my country. Imprisoned in a shipping container in 100+ degree heat? That's scandalous! There should be a hungry komodo dragon in there with him. That would make me proud.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (jc0TO)
It's not optimism. The people pushing to keep criminal illegals in the country are a small, paid group of agitators. They get amplified by the media to appear to be a very large group but they aren't. And that same media is the one doing the polling.
The California fraud is just starting to get exposed. Same in Maine. Ohio is in play and so are a number of other states. And the investigations and arrests are not going to stop. The same people organizing the protests are the same people involved with the fraud. Just saw on X that Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, is in "dire fiscal condition" and the DEI leaders are jumping ship. They are also under investigation.
Just have to give it time.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (GyQIQ)
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Well, it probably hasn't been for 30 years.
The best time was 30 years ago. The second best time is now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)
It would be terrible if they got pictures of Jussie Smolett or something instead.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (2ocoG)
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It would make no difference. Its SMS gateway would just filter it out.
This is either an absurdly transparent honeypot run by the government to find Antifa sympathizers, or an absurdly transparent honeypot run by the NEA to find a fresh well of suckers to start begging for cash and turning out into the streets.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Wally at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (65cLN)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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Let me guess. They're going to look like straw, right?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
This is about us, isn't it?
-- community organizers
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (77rzZ)
This idea that every illegal needs due process, and Palestinian activists have free speech rights, is simply factually false. Hell, you don't need a warrant or probable cause, or anything to arrest an illegal, because he ISN'T an American citizen. The constitution doesn't apply. Judge didn't sign the warrant? So? Judge issued a deportation order and that's that. Don't need a warrant to arrest and deport him, because he isn't an American citizen. Heck, if you are at the border, you don't even need an Immigration judges' decision to deport. Just do it.
Also, re. asylum claims - this is not U.S. law; this is a treaty the U.S. signed ages ago. How and where we adjudicate asylum claims is entirely up to us.
This is LONG settled case law in the U.S.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (L6dcX)
We have about 50% of the population that are given to half-thoughts. A thought is like a hot potato--don't hold it too long.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (krQz2)
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Yeah...America has the single worst immigration policy on Earth.
The Blade's "only the hotties" is better than this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:00 PM (GBKbO)
_____
SOON!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)
The best time was 30 years ago. The second best time is now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)
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Right
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (GyQIQ)
Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Kevin Johnson was found dead Wednesday morning at a homeless encampment in the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles. He was 55.
6abc.cm/3NthyGp
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (zILP0)
Is baiting allowed? Can you put an ICE pinney on a US Marine?
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (wj4wL)
______________________________
The interesting thing about that is a lot of the decoy participants are off duty police officers. So, it seem obvious that the police departments purposeful non-involvement in assisting ICE is, obviously, a Mayorial political decision not shared by a significant number of police officers.
And, the fact that they would openly participate in the decoy operations suggest there is some internal strife brewing.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Somesay the Strawmanian at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (QrV0j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (guLpK)
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And by that standard, we're gonna have to deport hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- beginning with "The Squad" in Congress.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (MVWbi)
https://is.gd/EKilDq (link to X)
Posted by: Amos Moses's Dad at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)
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"Didn't we already reject this guy because he was sharing his plans for a harem of foreign born hotties with us during the interview process?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)
The Blade's "only the hotties" is better than this.
The Blade's "only the hotties" is better than any other alternative, possibly excepting hawt winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics or Chemistry.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:01 PM (ZxPkt)
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I'm sitting in the cell phone lot at DIA right now. I don't dare go inside... that place is filthy
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (xA5Rj)
It's not optimism. The people pushing to keep criminal illegals in the country are a small, paid group of agitators. They get amplified by the media to appear to be a very large group but they aren't. And that same media is the one doing the polling.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:02 PM (viF8m)
Yeah, from the video footage it looks like a plethora of Walmart greeters moonlighting for extra money.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 03:04 PM (pDt9x)
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You’ve been watching the “news” again, haven’t you?
Don’t believe them.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (VskgJ)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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I don't know if that's technically true or not, but it also doesn't matter.
Dude lied on his application. That's it. He shouldn't have committed fraud if he wanted to be here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (GyQIQ)
That's what they are NOT complying with. Handing over the worst of the worst.
Reddit assholes are worried about "violent rhetoric". While shielding actual violent people.
America has no future with Big Dumb.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: pudinhead
Loved their ads when I was a kid.
"From the land of sky-blue waters (waters)..."
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)
Weren't they the ones with the "Artesian" ads? I was an Artesian for Halloween once.
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: DaveA at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (guLpK)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)
LOL!
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 03:06 PM (2L+MU)
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You’ve been watching the “news” again, haven’t you?
Don’t believe them.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (VskgJ)
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Meanwhile, in battleground state North Carolina,
@Five_Starrr
**NC WEEKLY VOTER REG UPDATE**
1/10-1/17
Net🔴+1,210
Overall Lead🔴+6,012
Active Voter Lead🔴+115,002
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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I don't know if that's technically true or not, but it also doesn't matter.
Dude lied on his application. That's it. He shouldn't have committed fraud if he wanted to be here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (GyQIQ)
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The Secretary of State has almost unlimited authority to pull visas for any reason, especially around national security. Rabble rousing by foreigners on American soil is easily a national security concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:07 PM (GBKbO)
---Yes!!!!
Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (P4Pk9)
When you find out, you can test it by placing the trap outside of the Lincoln Project HQ.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (WHfpM)
He's free and clear and beating his wife in Maryland once again.
___________________
Just saw this on X:
Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News
@BenBergquam
·
1h
Ran into a Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a.k.a. the “Maryland Man” leaving the Baltimore #ICE Field Office after a ride with #ICE this morning. Any questions you think I missed?
Also, isn’t it funny how the left abandoned him now that they have their new “victim” to peddle in Renee Good!
Garcia should never have been allowed back in our country. The sooner we deport him for good the better!
God Bless #ICE
#DeportEveryIllegal!
Posted by: beckster at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (I7J98)
Remember Saint Becca Good, the heroic SUV driver martyred for trying to run over an ICE agent?
Nobody else does either.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX)
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Simple: do the bulk of deportations now and then slow down in the months before the election.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (Z8jzG)
That's what they are NOT complying with. Handing over the worst of the worst.
Reddit assholes are worried about "violent rhetoric". While shielding actual violent people.
America has no future with Big Dumb.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (krQz2)
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One of my favorite new social media things is video of AWFLs crying over the ICE raids and then the rap sheet of the guy getting picked up next to her.
Always, child rapist is in there somewhere.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 02:53 PM (JCZqz)
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I don't know if that's technically true or not, but it also doesn't matter.
Dude lied on his application. That's it. He shouldn't have committed fraud if he wanted to be here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM (GyQIQ)
If he worked for the UN why is he here on a student visa? You shouldn't be able to just work and not study on our dime.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (8avO+)
ICE is running decoy operations
Have they recordings of the calls that they use to lure in these wild creatures?
The recorded wildlife decoy calls that I have heard for waterfowl, deer and moose are fascinating! I suspect these would be equally good.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 03:09 PM (XeTAE)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 03:09 PM (VskgJ)
https://is.gd/EKilDq (link to X)
Posted by: Amos Moses's Dad
_________
They ought to start calling in mob social clubs too. Send them to the Ravenite.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (XvL8K)
It's not true. These commies know so much about things that aren't true.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On EaR
I accept your terms.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (TezPK)
The MN footage is much, much smaller scale protests than 2020, and apparently a lot less well organized. I suspect the big lefty guns are sitting this one out.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)
The news' job, with a capital J-O-B, is to demoralize you. The news will never square with what Karoline Leavitt, the WH press office, Donald Trump, and Gen Flynn (although he usually assumes the role of one of us) are giving you. And they are just the beginning of the information pyramid.
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: The Morrocan Donkey at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (S5Z+g)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX)
I see you're a big believer in CNN and the MFM polls.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 03:13 PM (g8Ew8)
Let her take it through the courts to bring him back.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:13 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 03:05 PM
Olympia, in Tumwater, WA.
Posted by: The Morrocan Donkey at January 23, 2026 03:14 PM (S5Z+g)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Kiddie buggery is one of the Minneapolis values border-jumping criminals share.
Fried already said he wasn't happy with thousands of people coming into his city and not sharing their values. Since he wants to retain these "most vulnerable", it's obvious, crime is a shared value.
Give us your tired, your violent, all those yearning to be free back on the streets....
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:14 PM (krQz2)
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59m
🚨 BREAKING: FBI Director has just OUSTED high-ranking officials at the FBI who were found to have weaponized the bureau against President Trump
Impacted officials include New York, Atlanta, NOLA, and Miami.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:14 PM (krQz2)
All those yearning to get free stuff
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 03:16 PM (VE6XX)
Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Kevin Johnson was found dead Wednesday morning at a homeless encampment in the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles. He was 55.
6abc.cm/3NthyGp
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 03:03 PM (zILP0)
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* cue Glen Campell *
"I am a lineman in L.A. County
And I drive the pain road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload ...
I hear you singin' in the mire
I can hear you through the swine
And the CTE lineman is still on the wine"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:16 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX)
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I fear the same.
But God is in control of the final reveal.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:16 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Guy who always says at January 23, 2026 03:16 PM (vFG9F)
Impacted officials include New York, Atlanta, NOLA, and Miami.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:15 PM
Bring back patronage. This Civil Service stuff just isn't working out.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (jc0TO)
http://tiny.cc/ds1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (wBaIH)
Bring back patronage. This Civil Service stuff just isn't working out.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (jc0TO)
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The whole legal process of Trump's second term around appointments and firings has revealed:
We still have the patronage system. Republicans just weren't allowed to use it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
·
59m
🚨 BREAKING: FBI Director has just OUSTED high-ranking officials at the FBI who were found to have weaponized the bureau against President Trump
Impacted officials include New York, Atlanta, NOLA, and Miami.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)
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It only took one year?
J6 political prisoners hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (abIsI)
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There should be a policy that a student visa must be renewed each semester. That would fix the overstayers in no time.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (Z8jzG)
1 white South African farmer is killed every 5 days.
This, by the way, is racist knowledge.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 23, 2026 03:18 PM (ek2eJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 03:19 PM (jc0TO)
http://tiny.cc/ds1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (GyQIQ)
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So filtered and stretched her feet look like size 25. But what the hell ... TBWB.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Got to be careful where you get your information.
Who is saying it, who do they work for, what is their perspective on other things, how does it jibe; those are for source considerations. And the same questions for the source they cite.
Who did the poll, who funds the poll, what other things has the poll surveyed and what was its conclusions; you will quite possibly discover that it's a contrived feedback loop; the presenter and the source.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:19 PM (/LXUT)
Impacted officials include New York, Atlanta, NOLA, and Miami.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)
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So... surprise!
It took time for Patel to sniff these out.
This is good.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (krQz2)
http://tiny.cc/ds1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (GyQIQ)
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I've got her imperceptible right here!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (MVWbi)
http://tiny.cc/ds1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (GyQIQ)
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Man feet.
2/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
Who is saying it, who do they work for, what is their perspective on other things, how does it jibe; those are for source considerations. And the same questions for the source they cite.
Who did the poll, who funds the poll, what other things has the poll surveyed and what was its conclusions; you will quite possibly discover that it's a contrived feedback loop; the presenter and the source.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:19 PM (/LXUT)
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"Do you oppose Trump's murdering of Americans just to get innocent visitors out of the country?"
vs.
"Do you support deporting all illegal aliens?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (jc0TO)
———
Dolley bought a battery. It ain’t generatin’ nothin’."
Hmm. So, words mean things?
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (XuXeR)
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I know everyone will think me an asshole about this (I don't care) but I detest the way the meaning of "comprise" is being destroyed. They comprise hundreds, rather than being comprised of.
And then people wonder how language decays.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (s0JqF)
@GarretLewis
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes
@AZAGMayes
just put ICE Agents lives in danger. She gave people the idea of how they can shoot ICE Agents.
https://tinyurl.com/y3u6ruy6
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 02:47 PM (VE6XX)
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I fear the same.
But God is in control of the final reveal.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:16 PM (krQz2)
_
Nah. Nobody who even tangentially supports Trump gives a shit about these stories, if they even know about them. MAGA and MAGA-curious have no sympathy left for foreign invaders and scumbags. They want them all gone, including their vermin spawn.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
AI is not very good with hands, just gams, I suppose.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
More filters than a carton of Marlboros.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: That's Stupid! at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (vFG9F)
I like a little more meat on the bone.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (jc0TO)
Who's bone, Toby?
-Aetius, straight man
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
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This Badboy Would Bang?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (kWfhJ)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Got to be careful where you get your information.
Posted by: Braenyard
My youngest sister is convinced that PDJT is imposing a Kristallnacht pogrom on the illegals. She has actually used those words.
My sister is an idiot. I love her, but still, an idiot.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
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This Badboy Would Bang?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (MVWbi)
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The Blade Would Bang
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
http://tiny.cc/ds1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:17 PM (GyQIQ)
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Man feet.
2/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (GBKbO
I have missed this repartee. Now we need Fenelon thrown in to the mix for a Horde classic badinage!
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (pDt9x)
Was home but forgot my 100 ft extension cord so had to go go back
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: That's Stupid! at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (vFG9F)
Me mum died in Hurricane Paisley!
- British illegal
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)
1 white South African farmer is killed every 5 days.
This, by the way, is racist knowledge.
Posted by: Axeman
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I'm at the point - they are asking for it -
they've been invited here. Your country's path is certain, so is your and your family's fate.
Buy the damn tickets and get out alive.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (ZxPkt)
It took time for Patel to sniff these out.
This is good.
Everything Trump 2.0 has done has been painfully by the book to ensure most things make it through the courts intact. So I assume that the year delay was to build an unbreakable wall of evidence.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Got to be careful where you get your information.
Posted by: Braenyard
My youngest sister is convinced that PDJT is imposing a Kristallnacht pogrom on the illegals. She has actually used those words.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (cYBz/)
________
If only ....
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
Nah. Nobody who even tangentially supports Trump gives a shit about these stories, if they even know about them. MAGA and MAGA-curious have no sympathy left for foreign invaders and scumbags. They want them all gone, including their vermin spawn.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
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"I know I voted for the guy who kept saying that we'd see the largest deportation operation in history, but this is so messy that I'm voting Democrat."
-this person doesn't exist
2026 is going to be about turnout differentials, which is just that opposition parties tend to turnout slightly more than those in power.
However, gerrymandering from 2020 is going to blunt it a lot, plus it's hard to say how the DOJ Civil Rights Division's lawsuits on voter rolls, deportations, and generally improving economic conditions will affect things.
The last couple of months of special elections have seen an overall GOP over performance as well. (Does this mean something? Probably not.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:24 PM (GBKbO)
WTF they get to come out of the woodwork and run the country?
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2ocoG)
++++
"Unbreakable?"
LOL
Posted by: Judge and his blue city jury at January 23, 2026 03:25 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 23, 2026 03:25 PM (H16R5)
My sister is an idiot. I love her, but still, an idiot.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (cYBz/)
Is she saying g that the illegals are all homosexual kiddie diddlers?
Well, she's not wrong exactly...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)
he's just going home. A home that's not racist and he doesn't have to worry about its long racist history.
Algeria.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That's the other thing. Why do oppressed people of color fight to stay in the racist hellhole that is America? You're free to return to the open, diverse, and inclusive land from whence you came! Celebrate this life upgrade.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 03:25 PM (4raxU)
>>It took time for Patel to sniff these out.
>>This is good.
Given our wonderful civil servant rules I wonder how long he's been trying to fire them.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 23, 2026 03:26 PM (9U6Wl)
WTF they get to come out of the woodwork and run the country?
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:24 PM (Ia/+0)
++++
Those running things hire, promote and empower like-minded operators, who then do the same. Give it a generation or two, and everyone in the organization is aligned.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:26 PM (GyQIQ)
Impacted officials include New York, Atlanta, NOLA, and Miami.
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 03:15 PM (ZxPkt)
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So... surprise!
It took time for Patel to sniff these out.
This is good.
Posted by: Axeman
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Publish names and pictures with details of what they did. They should be humiliated and turpitude published so that no one but Soros will hire them.
They BETRAYED THEIR OATH. They betrayed our country.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:27 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
AI does scary things to women.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 03:27 PM (n9ltV)
You mean
When _DONALD TRUMP_ invaded _GREENLAND_ so _REPUBLICANS_ could steal _HEALTHCARE_ from _IMMIGRANT_ _TRANSGENDERS?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 03:27 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:28 PM (TezPK)
My sister is an idiot. I love her, but still, an idiot.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (cYBz/)
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All these idiots want their way.
Wonder if they remotely suspect that they could wind up in the gulags of their own preferred politicians.
Nah, they probably don't. They probably don't have an idea that the faction they are voting for would have them eat bugs to preserve more steak and caviar for them.
"Capitalism" is the bad guy. Why? Because the "Capitalists" own all the stuff.
Thus we need a system where the people in control of the government own all he stuff!! "The government" only "holds the deed". Groups of humans control it.
Because corruption never happens in a "non-Capitalist" government.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:28 PM (krQz2)
When _DONALD TRUMP_ invaded _GREENLAND_ so _REPUBLICANS_ could steal _HEALTHCARE_ from _IMMIGRANT_ _TRANSGENDERS?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 03:27 PM (DgMqy)
++++
LOL
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:28 PM (GyQIQ)
When _DONALD TRUMP_ invaded _GREENLAND_ so _REPUBLICANS_ could steal _HEALTHCARE_ from _IMMIGRANT_ _TRANSGENDERS?
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 03:27 PM (DgMqy)
++++
LOL
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 03:28 PM (GyQIQ)
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It was just a distraction from the Epstein files.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: lin-duh
Sounds like some unintentional self-deletions may follow.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:29 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)
$50 says she can't accurately define either term...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 03:30 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 03:30 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2ocoG)
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That's true to my knowledge. He even pauses when his administration gets a farcical TRO from some feudal lord of the courts.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:30 PM (krQz2)
"Do you oppose Trump's murdering of Americans just to get innocent visitors out of the country?"
vs.
"Do you support deporting all illegal aliens?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook
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Ha,
Is trick question, no?
I support the deportation of all illegal aliens, all over stays and all who have supported this activity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:30 PM (/LXUT)
No I don't care about the criminal "refugees"
No I don't care about your mental illness cosplay
No I don't care about the LATEST RAGE you assholes stoke.
I do care about fraud
I do care about protecting a persecuted race (Jews)
I do care about preserving our culture and undoing the destruction brought in by "diversity"
Maybe stop inciting violence and you'd live a better life.
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Sonny Drysdale, Original Monster Child at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: That's Stupid! at January 23, 2026 03:22 PM (vFG9F)
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A "Fernwood 2 Night" or (what was that old TV wine commercial with two guys, and one referring to the other as "Fern?") aficionado?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (MVWbi)
Is trick question, no?
I support the deportation of all illegal aliens, all over stays and all who have supported this activity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:30 PM (/LXUT)
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Issue polls are notorious for this kind of crap.
They don't ask straight questions on purpose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 03:32 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (XvL8K)
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Man Adams-Apple?
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:32 PM (MVWbi)
$50 says she can't accurately define either term...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 03:30 PM (XuXeR)
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Do the illegals have so many stores that Trump is breaking their windows in? Is ICE setting fire to illegals' stores?
Progs and their drones use words for the effect they have not for accuracy.
The Summer of Floyd was actually more like Kristallnacht, which was *not* an official act of government.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:32 PM (krQz2)
Things do seem to have really changed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
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A thing like that should result in immediate deportation. Voting illegally is an attempt to subvert the political order and therefore it is enemy action.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 03:32 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
AI does scary things to women.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 03:27 PM (n9ltV)
____
There are filters that stretch legs. Not AI, they existed for years. There was this hot Polish girl I used to party with in the mid-2010s that used that filter on every one of her pics, and it made her look ridiculous. It was so obviously fake. She was a stone-cold gold-digger, so I never bothered making a move. But she was helpful getting into VIP clubs and parties.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (XvL8K)
Let's hope he fakes us out and gives us woman boobs and not moobs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
AI does scary things to women.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Them feet do a job on the Mississippi Mud.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:33 PM (/LXUT)
Posted by: underpants gnomes at January 23, 2026 03:33 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 03:32 PM (Z8jzG)
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The link just showed registration. No word on if the individual voted or not.
And he said that it was "accidental" and at the DMV.
So...maybe just registration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)
AI does scary things to women.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Them feet do a job on the Mississippi Mud.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 03:33 PM (/LXUT)
She’s got Jimmy Carter Feet.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 03:33 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
Are you saying polls are gay?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (bb1Tf)
https://tinyurl.com/nuvk6v99
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:31 PM (GBKbO)
Are you saying polls are gay?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (bb1Tf)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)
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"Do you agree with Donald Trump that deporting undocumented migrants is worth leaving the entire country of America in rubble and ashes?"
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:35 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)
You know who did get it?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 03:35 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:35 PM (krQz2)
*ponders*
Actually, yes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)
@KamalaHarris
Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center.
I am outraged, and you should be too.
https://tinyurl.com/yeyndnp2
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (NpAcC)
@EndWokeness
"Being Somali is more than bananas & rice, it's a lot, it's uh.. it's kind of like bananas & rice"
https://is.gd/XmlbJL
-
Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (L/fGl)
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"Do you agree with Donald Trump that deporting undocumented migrants is worth leaving the entire country of America in rubble and ashes?"
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:35 PM (krQz2)
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Quinnipac is so trustworthy!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)
You know who did get it?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 03:35 PM (bb1Tf)
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Robespierre?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (krQz2)
I like how the commies in the media cry about how bad "big" business is but then are all giddy when they roll out the big money numbers for some new hollyweird movie about gays gaying it up to be gay in Anal Wars: Return Of The Green Dildo or some such.
Posted by: Hypocrites All Of Them at January 23, 2026 03:37 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 23, 2026 03:26 PM (9U6Wl)
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"NO Illegal Alien Murderer, Rapist, or Terrorist is ILLEGAL, H8Rs!"
/Kris Mayes, Soros-Butt-Bitch
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:37 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: tubal
I DO NOT want to know how you know what Jimma's feet looked like.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:37 PM (77rzZ)
@KamalaHarris
Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center.
I am outraged, and you should be too.
https://tinyurl.com/yeyndnp2
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (NpAcC)
Go gargle another cum-and-coke, Commie-La.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 03:38 PM (iXqHn)
The Right wants to toss the illegals for various reasons...the most important being that they are illegal (in violation of the law). And, many have subsequent legal violations in this country and their country's of origin.
The Left want to apply the full spectrum of due process on each case to stall the deportations, overwhelm the court system, perhaps eek out a precedent negating the Right's position, while simutaneously having a Leftist activist judge disallow the current administration from fortifying the Immigration judge positions (temporarily) to expidite this due process position.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 03:38 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:34 PM (GBKbO)
You know who did get it?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 03:35 PM (bb1Tf)
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Triggley-Puff?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (MVWbi)
LOL
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (9mw3J)
Posted by: JackStraw
Civil service rules prevent sending malcontents and saboteurs to the strip mall office in Minot ND?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (Dv3i1)
So glad that I don't do Twitter and so don't have to answer Kamala. I'm sure by now any number of people have answered her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)
He *should* be at home with his family.
Not here, which is not their home, with his parents running from the cops like a bunch of assholes making Uncle Sam play babysitter on our dime.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:40 PM (06Hmj)
Deport the little bastard to Bangladesh so he can be productive in a Nike sweatshop.
Posted by: Big Sneakers, Inc. at January 23, 2026 03:40 PM (R/m4+)
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The Left doesn't believe in "due process" -- only "screw process."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:40 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 03:23 PM (2ocoG)
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None of it matters as Democrats are already threatening anyone who works for the Trump admin with prosecution and jail time once they get in. Legality means nothing to Democrats, it's all about power.
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (wGerL)
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They code name their fraud schemes "bananas & rice"?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (Dv3i1)
No, probably not. What were the fired people doing for the last year?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)
The Left uses this constantly: aboit the five-year old herein and for the lying Cassidy Hutchinson below. Smear artists.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (pvBJS)
I like how the commies in the media cry about how bad "big" business is but then are all giddy when they roll out the big money numbers for some new hollyweird movie about gays gaying it up to be gay in Anal Wars: Return Of The Green Dildo or some such.
Posted by: Hypocrites All Of Them at January 23, 2026 03:37 PM (R/m4+)
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Absolutely.
Like they used to get riled up about the CEO of NBC having such a large salary that it was nearly 5% of what Ted Danson was paid for Cheers. When you compared it to the average stage worker, the CEO of NBC was paid WAY TOO MUCH!!
Which, again, was also ~1/20th of what Danson was making, having more day-to-day contact with those stage crew.
That's how stupid the American left is, they have compromised so much for so long that they no longer have any basis but "We want this."
Difference was Danson was donating to the DNC.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)
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The Left doesn't believe in "due process" -- only "screw process."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:40 PM (MVWbi)
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Due process of illegal immigrants is defined in the US code.
They get an administrative hearing in front of an immigration judge where they get a chance to present evidence that they belong here. Then...they're deported.
This is also where improperly picked up Americans can present a passport.
Interestingly enough, 70-80% of all illegals picked up sign a waiver of due process and are deported without seeing an immigration judge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (wGerL)
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In the middle.
Posted by: Bernardo O'Reilly at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (X4XpB)
Posted by: Decaf at January 23, 2026 03:41 PM (Z8jzG)
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"Everyone in my administration is pardoned for everything they did from the first day of my administration to today."
-assuming Vance loses, it's the Biden precedent
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
One of my high-school teachers was from Fargo. He hated Minot. Thought it was a shithole.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)
Fuck off.
"Why do you have real bullets?"
Grow the fuck up retards. So sick and tired of all this romper room preschool bullshit leaking out into real life and trying to fuck everything up.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:44 PM (06Hmj)
Fuck off.
"Why do you have real bullets?"
Grow the fuck up retards. So sick and tired of all this romper room preschool bullshit leaking out into real life and trying to fuck everything up.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:44 PM (06Hmj)
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"This DEA agent isn't allowed to arrest me for these axe murders because I didn't use drugs while doing it. He has to helplessly stand by and call the police instead."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)
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At least Jan "The Man" didn't conjure up "child rapes" out of thin air (how she made her bones as a prosecutor) and murder dozens of innocent women and children based on that as they fled the military assault (so much for Posse Comitatus) on Mt. Carmel outside of Waco in '93 -- after which the entire "compound" was demolished ASAP to cover their asses.
Yeah, don't get me started ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)
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I knew a gal who was from Minot. She said it was a good place to be from.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (X4XpB)
I've never heard anyone say that name out loud before.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (06Hmj)
We're just not breaking the windows. And the SA is on the other side. And the immigrants really are trying to steal the lifeblood of citizens...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Jen the original at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (qWRc4)
I've never heard anyone say that name out loud before.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:45 PM (06Hmj)
My-Not.
Way I have heard it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Axeman
Never forget: he was banging Whoopie for a spell. Great judgement and taste, dude.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (TezPK)
@KamalaHarris
Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center.
I am outraged, and you should be too.
https://tinyurl.com/yeyndnp2
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 03:36 PM (NpAcC)
_________________________
Well, it seems Kamala has a slow learning curve considering she jumped right on the Jussie Smollett caravan just like this.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (dIske)
They wrap themselves is rainbows and peace flags while shouting into a bullhorn that we are Nazis and deserve death (when they aren't cheering an assassin, that is).
Let me take a "just pondering" page out the leftist playbook of culture war. How well would a movie do with the premise of an individual who had lost everything because of the media and decided to systematically remove them by any means necessary? Would the left suddenly recoil and scream foul after culture suddenly made them a target? How would that make them feel? Would they pause and reflect on millions of gallons of blood on their hands? Would they consider for a second the immense damage to humanity they have caused?
We all know the answer.
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (61TgR)
Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center.
I am outraged, and you should be too.
https://tinyurl.com/yeyndnp2
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I am outraged! I'm outraged that you can't point to one thing ICE did that was functionally wrong, but are more than willing to spin it to its worst version.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 23, 2026 03:49 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (dIske)
The Jussie Smollett Hoax was specifically created to raise Commie-La's political profile.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 03:50 PM (iXqHn)
Deport the kid alone without the fleeing parents?
Give the kid to a foster home?
You wanna just throw the little bastard in the trash and forget about him?
What the fuck is it you're proposing, exactly, by faulting ICE agents for babysitting this kid while his actual guardians are out evading arrest?
This kind of shit makes me lose my cool bigly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 03:51 PM (06Hmj)
Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center."
Why don't you take him and his family into your new 8 million dollar house?
Posted by: That's Stupid! at January 23, 2026 03:51 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:42 PM (GBKbO)
_______________________
Yeah, but that other 20 to 30% is still voluminous. 3.5 Million if I'm not mistaken. I seem to recall Trump trying to reinforce the Immigration Judge cadre with JAG's from the military (about 600 or so) and the Left immediately said this was a illegal. I don't know if they got some Magistrate to shoot it down or not. But, there were plans to throw in a couple thousand more new judges.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske)
And put a chip in their brains. If they try to enter the US without proper authorization, it explodes.
I’m so sick of this shit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske)
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The surge in judges is so big, the backlog is down to almost nothing now.
The hearings last five minutes.
"Do you have proof that you belong here?"
"No, senor."
"Deported. Next."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 23, 2026 03:52 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)
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I was only asking the Clinton administration and progs to be consistent in the rhetoric.
They could not do that.
Devil's advocate-wise, I was against the deportation of Elon--also we have a history of accepting refugees from Cuba and thumbing our nose at dictator-for-life Castro.
Again, the Clinton administration buckled for dictator-for-life Castro.
And now they tell us Trump is too conciliatory to dictators. They have no memory of Obama waxing about how he would like the same powers as Xi.
Nope, it only matters because Trump has not hamstrung himself by burning bridges immediately with dictators. When what they really want is for Trump simply to hobble himself and get less done.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 03:53 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 23, 2026 06:32 PM (wGqjj)
If anyone has a helicopter to deal with Marxists, I can chip in some for fuel costs.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, throw him out of a helicopter and never feed him again, but you will have fed many fish.
Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza at January 23, 2026 08:32 PM (UAwJG)
Dutch Progressives Forced 125 Young Students to Share a Hostel with 125 Migrants, Believing They Would "Learn from Each Other."
What Was Taught Was Mostly Stabbings and Rapes.
Another beautiful commingling with Cultural Enrichment Shock Troops.
Students were raped after being forced to live in complex alongside 125 refugees to 'aid integration': Terrified Dutch youngsters 'were subjected to years of sex assaults and violence' By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Terrified Dutch students made to live side-by-side with 125 refugees to aid their 'integration' were subjected to years of sexual assault and violence, an investigation has reported. Stek Oost, located in the Watergraafsmeer district of Amsterdam, was sold to the Netherlands as the dream solution to the housing and refugee crisis. A total of 125 students and 125 refugees would live alongside each other, and were even encouraged to 'buddy up' so the migrants would adapt to life in the Netherlands more quickly. But students living there told Dutch investigative documentary programme Zembla they faced multiple sexual assaults, harassment, violence, stalking and even claimed a gang rape had taken place. One woman said she would regularly see 'fights in the hallway and then again in the shared living room'. A man told the programme that a refugee threatened him with an eight-inch kitchen knife. And they claimed they were ignored despite filing multiple reports to authorities. In one shocking case, a former resident said that a Syrian raped her after inviting her to his room to watch a film then refusing to let her leave. The woman, identified only as Amanda, said: 'He wanted to learn Dutch, to get an education. I wanted to help him.'
Amanda described how he asked her several times to come to his room. She eventually relented and agreed to watch a film with him. However, he soon made her uncomfortable and she asked to leave, only for him to trap her in his room and sexually abuse her. Despite her filing a police report following the incident in 2019, police dropped the case due to a lack of evidence. But just six months later, another woman living in Stek Oost raised the alarm over the Syrian, telling the housing association that runs the complex that she was concerned for the safety of herself and other women living there. But the local authority, which had set up the arrangement, claimed it was impossible for the man to be evicted, the Zembla documentary claims. It was only when he was formally arrested in March 2022 that he left the student-refugee complex. He was later convicted of raping Amanda and another resident, and was sentenced to just three years in prison in 2024. ... In another horrifying case reported by the programme, Stadgenoot, the firm that runs the complex, suspected a 'gang rape' took place in one of its flats the summer of 2023.
And the police just couldn't find any evidence of any crimes. I think I've heard this story before.
Police told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that while it was not aware of any gang rape taking place on the premises, it did say it had received seven reports of sexual assault. Since opening in 2018, Stek Oost has faced multiple similar allegations. In 2022, Dutch TV station AT5 reported that a refugee had been accused of six sex attacks between 2018 and 2021.Via Steve Turley, who notes the distinct similarities to the Rotherdam Rape Gangs and police and government accomplices.
He was involved in a protracted legal battle with local authorities, who fought to force him to leave Stek Oost. For its part, Stadgenoot wanted to shut the complex down as early as 2023, but the local authority refused.
And speaking of the Netherlands: Trans lunatics fleeing Trump's Genocide have wound up in dirty refugee camps in the Netherlands. Along with Muslim "refugees." Where I'm sure they're being treated with the level of respect and deference they demand.
Americans who fled to the Netherlands in a bid to escape the Trump administration are now living in filthy refugee camps, it has emerged. According to Dutch immigration authorities, 76 US citizens claimed asylum in the country last year, a significant increase from the nine that did in 2024. Many of those who have left are transgender or parents to transgender children and are housed in the 'queer block' of an overcrowded camp in the northern village of Ter Apel, The Guardian reported. The camp, which resembles a prison, has guards stationed at every gate and offers less than desirable amenities. Residents have complained that the tiny college-dorm-like rooms they are provided are covered in graffiti, with some alleging that they suspect bodily fluids have been smeared on the walls. Asylum seekers are permitted to leave the camp, but must be present for daily bed checks. They are also given a small allowance so they can purchase food and cook meals in the communal kitchen. Many of the American refugees are transgender and are seeking asylum after allegedly being victims of hostility and discrimination in their home states. But the Dutch ministry of asylum and migration has so far deemed that the alleged mistreatment of the LGBTQ community in the US is not grounds for refugee status, according to The World.I totally believe all of these things happened.
... Elliot Hefty, 37, a transgender man seeking asylum in the Netherlands, claimed he decided to move after being attacked in the middle of a Kentucky street. He told the World how a man pushed him to the ground during a lunchtime walk and yelled slurs at him, as 'I was left alone bleeding in the middle of the street.' He also alleged that he was removed from his client-facing role with Medicaid after Trump assumed office, claiming that 'brown and visibly queer folks' are now only allowed to work in administration roles. The Daily Mail was not able to independently verify Hefty's allegation but has contacted Medicaid for comment. The 37-year-old further claimed that he was denied service at shops with owners saying that 'my "tranny money" was no good here.' Actor and visual artist Veronica Clifford Carlos, 28, flew to Amsterdam in June last year to seek asylum after receiving daily death threats in San Francisco. San Diego resident Jane Michelle Arc, 47, painted a similar picture, alleging that she was 'getting punched or pushed or shoved every single week' while walking the city streets. Arc moved to the Netherlands in April after having been hospitalized for assault.
Gayle Carter-Stewart, who moved her transgender teen Nox to the country from Montana last April, said their asylum application was 'automatically rejected because America is considered a safe country of origin' Ashe Wilde, 40, fled Massachusetts, which she admitted is 'one of the most liberal states' and a place where officials are working to 'preserve our identities across the queer spectrum.' But she was still physically and verbally attacked in her community, telling the Guardian how she was dubbed a 'pedo and a groomer.'
When your TDS convinces you to flee the United States to the Netherlands and you end up thrown in camps. pic.twitter.com/XQ926QBKD1
— Sarah 🥨 (@cosmopterix) January 21, 2026
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"Yeah, but in America, we'd be hiding from ICE while paying tariff fees on food and dealing with massive inflation because Trump hasn't fixed anything while the Marines are going around shooting every transgendered person in the head, leaving their bodies for buzzards."
-mentally well
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (dK+Kv)
Because San Francisco is the heart of political conservative thought/ sarc
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: huerfano at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (98kQX)
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What does "made to" mean?
"Do it or go to prison?"
"Do it or lose your housing subsidy?"
"Do it or lose your place in the university?"
"Do it or we'll be super unhappy with you?"
That could mean a lot of things. Any government that uses coercion to sacrifice its young people deserves what it gets, but I am curious about what "made to" means here.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (2L+MU)
"But you don't need a hookup to get drugs, maaaaaaaaan!"
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (gKWVE)
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I'm surprised they weren't prosecuted for it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (GyQIQ)
What Was Taught Was Mostly Stabbings and Rapes.
—Ace
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Thus the Dutch kids learned much more about the migrants than visa versa.
But, maybe the migrants learned what easy marks Dutch kids make. Having been brought up in a bendy-knee society.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (och2J)
Posted by: Minuteman at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (wGerL)
A lot of women are picking "Elliot" as their name when they decide they want to pretend to be men because that's the name Ellen Page picked when she did it.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (W2Pud)
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Or, they were really aggressive on social media against everyone, people told them to drop dead, and they classify that as a death threat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:26 PM (GBKbO)
Oh yeah, I remember her. She was great in... uh... um... Never mind.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 23, 2026 01:26 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:26 PM (0MjtC)
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What is the rate of alleged sexual assault in all-Dutch student housing? I would bet significant sums that it's quite a lot lower, but it should be included for context.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:26 PM (GyQIQ)
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Just saw that James Cameron is staying in New Zealand, because it's "saner".... and also much more dictatorial--but dictatorial in a way he likes, i.e. vaccines.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (0MjtC)
The camp, which resembles a prison, has guards stationed at every gate and offers less than desirable amenities.
Residents have complained that the tiny college-dorm-like rooms they are provided are covered in graffiti, with some alleging that they suspect bodily fluids have been smeared on the walls.
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What? You thought everyone was as retarded as the US?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (GyQIQ)
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What is the rate of alleged sexual assault in all-Dutch student housing? I would bet significant sums that it's quite a lot lower, but it should be included for context.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:26 PM (GyQIQ)
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Well, since white men are the source of all wrong in the world, all Dutch student housing should have rape stats around 25% at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (E7+ue)
Yeah, but if you want to be a star...
Posted by: Hollywood at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (wj4wL)
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Is that called "justice?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GyQIQ)
>>> denied service at shops with owners saying that 'my "tranny money" was no good here.'
>>> receiving daily death threats in San Francisco.
>>> she was 'getting punched or pushed or shoved every single week' while walking the city streets.
That's a large collection of things that never happened.
>>>physically and verbally attacked in her community, telling the Guardian how she was dubbed a 'pedo and a groomer.'
>>> stop being a pedo/groomer
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv)
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Just saw that James Cameron is staying in New Zealand, because it's "saner".... and also much more dictatorial--but dictatorial in a way he likes, i.e. vaccines.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (krQz2)
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He's lived there for 20 years, too. I imagine it's just home now.
But yes, he is a crazed leftist. The big blue moose out front should have told you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (krQz2)
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Plus, he can hang out with his pals there. Our wealthy elites prefer New Zealand for their bugouts.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: Elliot Hefty at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
This is MAGA country!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: that geek chick from American Pie at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (obAZe)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (/I3iW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (kgE5c)
Unless you learn the lesson from that scenario that human life is mostly futile. Then, it doesn't matter. It minimized the cost, for the dream that it will all work.
But then they would be functional nihilists selling ideals that they don't really believe in. So conmen and charlatans, getting people killed and raped for their schemes.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (krQz2)
"Kentler was single, homosexual, and had three adoptive sons[8] and one foster son.[10]"
Ok, so no different than all the faggot pedos in the Democrat party.
Just changed the furniture around.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (och2J)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (2L+MU)
"But you don't need a hookup to get drugs, maaaaaaaaan!" XTC
Ok, I'll give you that.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (7RYym)
MAGA country, really.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: Elliot Hefty at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM
Wimpy. Really wimpy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (kgE5c)
Well, that's a recipe for disaster. Throw in a few goats and things will really get sporty.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (0Htd1)
This maybe Gad Saad's 'S()icidal empathy,' but the bureaucrats that set up the housing had no intention of s()icide. They want the murder and replacement part.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: NCKate
"In his shoe"? Do they learn nothing in school these days?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (L/fGl)
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Is that called "justice?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GyQIQ)
Or possibly the richest irony I've heard in years. Still, they were right. Trump gets elected, they end up in camps.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (XPM1I)
Posted by: creeper at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (80oeU)
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Nox?? LOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (qBdHI)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM (uQzkA)
Oh no. Where was his shoe?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (bb1Tf)
But the Eu-nicks have gone way beyond this in that they are bringing in foreigners specifically to abuse their own citizens.
Calls for the spirit of '89 across Europe...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: mr tmz at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (rJ48h)
Well, that's a recipe for disaster. Throw in a few goats and things will really get sporty.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (0Htd1)
A good start.
Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GBKbO)
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I fully deconstructed Avatar. Cameron didn't make the movie he thought he was making.
The true meaning of Avatar is Gaia is a bitch, neglected her children and the children had to grow up hard.
There is no way the Cameron "moral of Avatar" can hold to a planet that did not have such natural technology. Gaia's a self-indulgent bitch. And Earthers grew up in hard scrabble.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (N8ZBc)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
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"It's because MAGAts in Mississippi voted for Trump, not because of any policy that California has implemented to treat the homeless problem brought on by Republicans in Tennessee."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (KDPiq)
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Liberal white women in any country are a menace.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:34 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:34 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (0Htd1)
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A problem that works itself out.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:34 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
Former NFL player who was homeless just recently stabbed to death.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:34 PM (KDPiq)
He he.
Yikes.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (TezPK)
That one might be a pooner instead, if that one's the "Elliot Hefty Bag" in question.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (FpHTM)
Put 250 Euro-teens/young adults together and you'll also get a lot of sex but primarily of the voluntary kind...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)
There is a great and growing cadre of so-called leaders need to be introduced to the business end of an industrial wood chipper.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (wDvQ5)
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Where's Scotland Yard when you need them?
Oh, wait ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (MVWbi)
The true meaning of Avatar is Gaia is a bitch, neglected her children and the children had to grow up hard.
There is no way the Cameron "moral of Avatar" can hold to a planet that did not have such natural technology. Gaia's a self-indulgent bitch. And Earthers grew up in hard scrabble.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (krQz2)
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Noble savage bullshit as told by rich dudes with no real exposure to the harshness of living in a loincloth.
But dude can still direct an action sequence. Hoo boy...that final 40 minutes. Great spectacle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (GBKbO)
It must be hell to be gay or trans in San Francisco.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (E7+ue)
An idea so absurd only an intellectual would believe it indeed.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (8+C2v)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
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California does. California not only tolerates it, it subsidizes it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (GyQIQ)
Because I can find a list of people trannies have murdered in the last few years but I'm drawing a blank at any trannies killed for being a tranny...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
Fking Cultural Marxism
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (Ia/+0)
An idea so absurd only an intellectual would believe it indeed.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (8+C2v)
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Yup.
Your betters. And the rulers of the West.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Dog Will Hunt at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (7Q0e+)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
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Locking up violent felons is so passe.
They just need people to arm up to fight federal law enforcement.
Progs have no problem with killing, it's about who they want to get killed. (Rule #1: They lie about everything.)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (krQz2)
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What, the Communist Utopia of North Korea wasn't available?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: NCKate at January 23, 2026 01:29 PM (uQzkA)
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I can't work out how he managed all that, and I don't want to. He's nuts and should be in a lunatic asylum.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: zombie at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM (se8lQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM (viF8m)
Oh wait.. My mistake.. We have roving bands hunting down ICE and Border patrol..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Rethinking The Theory at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM (oftw2)
And then to have no backing from those who put them in that position proves where the evil lies.
And the trannies who fled Trumps Amerikkka?
Whatever.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (Hx0tZ)
Just like how Democrats treat blacks in America.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)
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"At least they're not locked in cages like animals and whipped by ICE Agents on horses down at The Border, h8r! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Them Dukes at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Rethinking The Theory at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM (oftw2)
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LOL
Try the "were you born in Tennessee" one instead. A bit easier!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (KDPiq)
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The second one has the worst big budget script of the 21st century.
Well, it may be even with the second Fantastic Beasts script. Also terrible.
Still, space whale make big splashes, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM
I'm guessing their applications came back stamped "worthress".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (kgE5c)
It must be hell to be gay or trans in San Francisco.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (0Htd1)
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Her statement is ridiculous. San Francisco? This is an attention whore.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:39 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:39 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
Well, what would you suggest? Eliot Fatass?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:39 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:39 PM (N8ZBc)
Gayle Carter-Stewart, who moved her transgender teen Nox to the country from Montana last April, said their asylum application was 'automatically rejected because America is considered a safe country of origin'
Nox?? LOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM
short for Nitrous Oxide
I bet they're fun at parties
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 01:39 PM (tljrc)
>>@USAttyEssayli
>>Alexander Soofer, 42, of Westwood, the executive director of the charity Abundant Blessings, was arrested this morning on a federal criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud -- a felony punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (viF8m)
And then some western NGO shows up in town. They offer you $$$ to move to Europe.
You go there and they give you money just like your Imam said. Then they force a bunch of their young women to live with you and...you do the things your Imam told you that you should as a good Muslim.
And...they don't arrest you...they keep paying you and they keep the girls you are assaulting living with you.
You'd think Islam and your Imam from back home were 100% correct...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
—Ace
"Penetrating Insights Revealed in Youth Hostel Program"
-CNN
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (0Htd1)
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Could be true. But what was the source of these threats?
If they are real, my nickle is on "insane, drug-addled street people, some of whom were probably 'queer' or 'trans' or whatever."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Piper
Don't you even THINK about dating her!
https://is.gd/EI1gAC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GBKbO
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True Lies was the last good thing he did.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (20BY9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
That's only because the Dutch are keeping them segregated from the other immigrants.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (EcHpA)
Nox?? LOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM
++++
Amanda Knox >>>> Nox
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (XPM1I)
Is it wrong for me to suspect that they're hoping for a bit of Stek Oost-style migrant rape?
Posted by: SciVo at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: gp
The feeling of exasperation that it made 2 billion and that we're surrounded by easily amusing simpletons?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (1y9Ku)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (N8ZBc)
But, maybe the migrants learned what easy marks Dutch kids make. Having been brought up in a bendy-knee society.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:25 PM (krQz2)
That's precisely why previous generations killed animals who successfully killed people.
Because those animals found out how easy it is, and that's not how you stay at the top of the food chain.
Western countries who wish to survive would do well to relearn those lessons.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
++++
Yes, you would. All evidence suggests it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (GyQIQ)
Hope you and mom have a weekend of fabulous food and drink prepared for the snowpocalypse!
Give her a hug from me please.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (W2Pud)
More jury nullification from the communists…”
Posted by: Vengeance at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (IfQzb)
Posted by: CaliGirl
Most of the West is run by people who haven't done a damn thing but read and write papers that circulate among other people who also haven't done a damn thing in the real word.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)
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Gives new meaning to the phrase "Dutch Courage."
/"Hey, they're making it up on volume!" -- Nobel Laureates in Economics Kommie-la Emhoff and Gruesome Newscum
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (MVWbi)
Not the score, there are no memorable phrases, lines or sayings, no scenes, no characters, nothing will be taught in film schools, etc.
It’s literally nothing, the only thing that will be remembered 100 years from now will be a footnote about how much money the movies made.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (wDvQ5)
Clownworld sucks. How do we get out of the wormhole?
Posted by: Its about that time at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (TCKep)
He went to New Zealand and they threw his ass out of the country.
Liberals are shocked and amazed when they discover that other countries (even liberal paradise like NZ) actually enforce immigration laws.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (0MjtC)
I'm still pretty pissed about Oliver on GBN saying, quite contentedly, that the European plan was to "hold AMerica's coat" while they (the US) fought Russia. Time to end NATO and make them man up.
Posted by: night lifted at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (kJmLc)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (Hx0tZ)
++++
I have reached the conclusion that most - if not all - western countries do not wish to survive.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:35 PM (GBKbO)
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Did I enjoy Avatar? Sure.
Did I end up suspecting I'd been manipulated? Exactly.
That's why I examined the plot details and came up with the alternate message.
Gaia gave us shit before we developed any technology. She just wanted to watch her soaps and talk on the phone with other planet goddesses.
The Navi can just plug their hair into the internet. No mining silicon or metal for frames and wires.
They've never had to mine shit.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Nice, but it's Friday. Shouldn't it be Cream of Potato Soup with Mackerel?
Posted by: Chowder Head at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (Dv3i1)
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AKA "Mental Masturbators"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Roy at January 23, 2026 01:44 PM (qwype)
He went to New Zealand and they threw his ass out of the country.
Liberals are shocked and amazed when they discover that other countries (even liberal paradise like NZ) actually enforce immigration laws.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (0MjtC)
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That made me laugh, thank you.
Your friend is obviously an idiot.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:44 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:28 PM (GBKbO
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True Lies was the last good thing he did.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (20BY9)
======
I still kinda love Titanic.
If you hate the romance, well, the second half is one of the best mass destruction sequences in film.
And I...tolerate the romance. It's...fine. Dialogue is weirdly modern and its cliched, but it's...fine.
And then the ship sinks for 90 minutes!
(Yes, A Night to Remember is better.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
https://is.gd/EI1gAC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (L/fGl)
++++
Millennial women are totally cooked.
I hope the Zoomers can do better. There's no future if they can't. Rather a lot is riding on it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (Kt19C)
I'm sorry, they were targeted for being alphabet mafia in fucking San Francisco? That's like being targeted for being Italian in Rome.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (N8ZBc)
The person may not exist but I have a few ideas of how they could do it. Needs to be done by a woman and is absolutely doable. Trump physically can't or he would have done it - it would wreck the Democrats and their precious plan.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (tgvbd)
Here, too. Grocery store parking lots at capacity. And many decided to close on Sunday
Posted by: night lifted at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (kJmLc)
In: sacrificing college students to stabby rape gangs to deal with social anxiety
Posted by: Its about that time at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (TCKep)
Posted by: Rethinking The Theory at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM
You should have deployed one of Ace's Italian pickup lines. Try to be more smoov next time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (1y9Ku)
Their claims are true. Amerikkka is a hell scape for those innocent angels.
We must encourage them and others like them that the safest thing for them is to flee, flee for their lives.
I myself, confess to having led many, many, many torch carrying mobs to the homes of these people.
Just imagine, if all of them left. They would be free of our heteronormative patriarchy hell-scape.
And we would...well...go back to living a pretty sweet life without trannies in our childrens libraries.
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (O01nq)
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So, here's my challenge to White Supremacists:
How do you get the innate superiority of the "white race" from Europe's very foolish behavior for decades--instigated by majority white people!
They fall for anything somebody can slap a label of "progress" onto.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (wDvQ5)
More jury nullification from the communists…”
Posted by: Vengeance at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (IfQzb)
Same tactic Southern Democrats used to use to protect whites who victimized black people.
Just like how Antifa is pretty much a carbon copy of the first and second Klans.
Democrats never really changed, they simply chose to target a different enemy.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:46 PM (0MjtC)
Not the score, there are no memorable phrases, lines or sayings, no scenes, no characters, nothing will be taught in film schools, etc.
It’s literally nothing, the only thing that will be remembered 100 years from now will be a footnote about how much money the movies made.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM (wDvQ5)
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It may be over.
Cameron keeps talking like he's not going to make a 4th, but the 3rd did make enough money to keep going.
But...there are obvious diminishing returns. 3 isn't going to make as much as 2 which didn't makes as much as 1. We're still talking $1.3 billion for the 3rd (it is a good profit), but if the 4th costs as much and shrinks again...that's not profit anymore.
He says he needs to either figure out how to make the 4th cheaper or make something else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
Even the Blue Man Group went away.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:46 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
The Venn diagram with tranny suicide is a perfect circle.
Posted by: SciVo at January 23, 2026 01:46 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Dutch Treat at January 23, 2026 01:46 PM (oftw2)
https://is.gd/EI1gAC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM
Well, when your only experiences are with leftist "men"...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:46 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (tgvbd)
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NYT Headline Already Written for This Weekend: "Trump-Caused Climate Apocalypse Kills Hundreds as Bodies Pile Up in Streets Like Cordwood (Even Though We Already Predicted This Previously in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2025)!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Rethinking The Theory at January 23, 2026 01:37 PM
****
Huh. That's an odd reaction.
Have you tried the same line while wearing a leather cod piece?
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (jTEUc)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
They convince themselves that they are the sex or gender that they are not. This notion that people are hunting trannies is a minor extension of that.
They should leave before being "hunted" for sport.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (dK+Kv)
Shouldn't it be Cream of Potato Soup with Mackerel?
Posted by: Chowder Head at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (oftw2)
______________
I do another Penance on Fridays. Though the notion of clams or oysters instead of ham is interesting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
++++
The movie is an end-to-end exhibit in visual splendor. James Cameron did a sensational job with it. Masterful blending of practical and virtual effects, stellar sets, cinematography that accentuates the scale and grandeur of it all.
Story-wise? Meh.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (GyQIQ)
Uh huh.
And then they yelled "This is MAGA country," right?
Posted by: Delurker at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (gtcuf)
Their claims are true. Amerikkka is a hell scape for those innocent angels.
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As I have never attacked a tranny, and never advocated for the disbanding of the police--or letting proven-violent people out onto the streets immediately--I don't see what that has to do with me.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (krQz2)
They've never had to mine shit.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (krQz2)
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The fantasy is so vapid, too.
Perfect health in a primitive existence?
At least Stephen Lang is awesome. Colonel Quaritch did nothing wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Them Dukes at January 23, 2026 01:38 PM (HcoTw)
The weak link should never be the tranny, that's what driveshafts and u-joints are for!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 23, 2026 01:48 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishboner at January 23, 2026 01:48 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Delurker at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (gtcuf)
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Right in the middle of NYC!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: SciVo at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (Sy6m/)
Well, you know some people think of rape as being sexy. so veeeery sexy.
(maniacal laughter here)
...but yeah, sexy.
Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at January 23, 2026 01:48 PM (3uBP9)
Have you tried the same line while wearing a leather cod piece?
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (jTEUc)
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Real horrorshow, my brothers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)
Subotai Bahadur
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at January 23, 2026 01:48 PM (rRmC2)
Posted by: kingsman at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (KDPiq)
@RepBrandonGill 1h
@SpeakerJohnson, thank you for backing my resolution to impeach rogue activist Judge James Boasberg. Impeachment is necessary.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (SSiCQ)
I think we're missing an opportunity here. Perhaps we should grab all the assholes in Minnesota and ship them over there. The Euros (at least the ones in power) love them some 'migrants'. We can let our 'migrant' lovers enjoy some cultural diversity.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Weaver is good, the lead is good (Ben ... Dontwanttolookituprightnow), but Lang makes that movie. I agree.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (krQz2)
Your friend is obviously an idiot.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:44 PM (aZm/F)
In D&D terms he has an Intelligence of 18 and a Wisdom of about 5. He wound up on a beach in Hawaii. I guess thats as far as he could get from Trump while still staying in the U.S.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (0MjtC)
Story-wise? Meh.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (GyQIQ)
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I just don't get the people who act like the spectacle isn't there, like it has nothing to offer at all.
It may not be enough to get you to go back, but it's a good rollercoaster ride while it lasts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Put out an extra bowl. I’m coming with a fresh Italian pane cassericcio.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (CVFGm)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
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I too believe this. Trannies' entire raison d'etre is to seek attention, affirmation and conflict. This puts them in these situations several times per day with some of them getting physical. They also can't stay away from children...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (syu79)
Posted by: NCKate
So, shoe is a euphemism for butthole?
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (krQz2)
*****
Well, you see, uh...trans...um...silence is violence...so...uh...you are keeping trans folks down due to your raging heterosexuality.
It's complicated.
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (jTEUc)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (krQz2)
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Well, Lang makes the movie as much as he can on his own.
We still need to wade through boring "noble savage" tropes for 2+ hours.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur
Humiliation rituals and struggle sessions all in one package.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (mlg/3)
They fall for anything somebody can slap a label of "progress" onto.
Posted by: Axeman
--------
I often point out that 'progress' does not necessarily mean improvement.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (XeU6L)
Hope you and mom have a weekend of fabulous food and drink prepared for the snowpocalypse!
Give her a hug from me please.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 01:42 PM
Will do, dear lady.
The wine racks are stocked, and rabbit stew is on the menu!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (kgE5c)
That's not the capitalist Amerikkka I know.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (KDPiq)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl. home with the two goofballs at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM (Wt5PA)
I'm guessing 'she?' was encroaching on some other hoor's territory.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (0MjtC)
It’s a pretty special film in its own right.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (wDvQ5)
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Isn't there something called "main character" syndrome, where people, completely incorrectly, think that other people care about every aspect of their lives?
But in reality, no one gives a shit about them, what they say, do or look like?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:51 PM (aZm/F)
Yep, and the POTUS's are all in drag.
Posted by: Delurker at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (gtcuf)
Yeah, the effects are all fantastic. Especially Kate Winslet's boobs.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (0KSrI)
It may not be enough to get you to go back, but it's a good rollercoaster ride while it lasts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (GBKbO)
A spectacle is great and potentially undeniable but it must make me care about it.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (bb1Tf)
Imagine you run some shop and a dude in french maid outfit comes in videoing himself on his phone asking you to tell him he is a pretty pretty princess.
What do you do?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)
Uh huh.
And then they yelled "This is MAGA country," right?
Posted by: Delurker at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (gtcuf)
++++
Yeah LOL.
I'll take "shit that never happened" for everything. All the money.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (aZm/F)
Also did he check with Randi Weingarten about this?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (e4I2N)
I'm still pretty pissed about Oliver on GBN saying, quite contentedly, that the European plan was to "hold AMerica's coat" while they (the US) fought Russia. Time to end NATO and make them man up.
Posted by: night lifted at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (kJmLc)
Yeah, about that
https://tinyurl.com/yk564kkf
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)
With silver breaching $100/oz, it's the other way round now.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (N8ZBc)
I doubt any of the troon abuse happened. Mentally ill and craving attention, they lie about everyrhing.
Posted by: nurse ratched
============
Still, isn't it interesting that so much of it happened in Democrat cities and states?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (4raxU)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (Ia/+0)
I’m coming with a fresh Italian pane cassericcio.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 01:50 PM (CVFGm)
___________
Yum! It'll be carbomania!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (tgvbd)
Nox?? LOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM
++++
Amanda Knox >>>> Nox
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (GyQIQ)
Literally changing one's name to say "I'm poisonous and smell bad".
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (FpHTM)
http://tiny.cc/8q1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (GyQIQ)
______________________
You don't realize just how different Americans are from Europeans until something like this pops up. Somewhere, within those "years of sex assaults and violence" a brother, father, friend or even the "victim" themselves would have taken "positive steps to resolve the situation". They wouldn't have had to remove the Syrian, because he would have already been removed and scattered to the crows.
This is mindboggling. Why just take it? Where are the parents in this scenario? How is it that every time there is a knife attack in Europe, Europeans run away from the perpatrator. No where is this more apparent (the difference) than in that French train attack where all the French ran for cover and 3 American kids took down the terrorist.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (bb1Tf)
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I'm not talking about people who say, "the story sucks, but it looks great."
I'm talking about people who say, "it sucks and is worthless."
I'm not saying they're wrong. I just don't...get them in this specific instance. It can be empty, but it's fun.
I think a parallel would be Poseidon. Fully empty, pure spectacle. I don't think it's good, but I enjoy the spectacle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: imp at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (g6TN6)
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$3.00 bills
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Yes, that do sound good.
Posted by: Chowda Head at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (20BY9)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (aZm/F)
Velcro
Fukkin' NASA
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (w/O5Q)
I told them once that rabbits are natures snack food. Death stares all around.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (CVFGm)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (N8ZBc)
*****
I told you my silver dimes plan was the way to go!
--Representative Ron Paul.
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:55 PM (jTEUc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:55 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM
Haven't considered it yet, but either that or pappardelle. It's out of the game cookbook I sent you...rabbit stew with fennel and olives. You should definitely make it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:55 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at January 23, 2026 01:56 PM (DDJSl)
No one cares if you want to put on a dress at home with a fellow adult sex partner. Really...no one cares.
But if you want to put on a french maid dress and make me agree you are a women...f*ck off.
And if you want to twerk in front of kids you belong in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:56 PM (sKqQm)
San Diego resident Jane Michelle Arc, 47, painted a similar picture, alleging that she was 'getting punched or pushed or shoved every single week' while walking the city streets.
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl
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I believe her because she was probably hanging around downtown where the "urban" population lives.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 01:56 PM (4raxU)
Posted by: Roy
But they have heard about Dutch door action.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 01:56 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:55 PM (KDPiq)
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I also liked that movie, and I refuse to justify my stance.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (aZm/F)
Yep, and the POTUS's are all in drag.
Posted by: Delurker at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (gtcuf)
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And the motto is: "Ex Una Multi."
/From One, Many ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)
I guess it depends on what the marketing and "people" are saying.
Like, if people are going around saying it's the best movie ever with an amazing storyline - which a lot were - that has to be naturally counterweighted with still others saying it's an empty barrel of shit. I know you probably won't believe this but some people just enjoy being contrary.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (bb1Tf)
That's further than I got. Did I miss anything?
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:39 PM (N8ZBc)
I think I saw about 3 seconds of Avatar once, back when I had cable, and was flipping through channels. I've heard that it's visually spectacular but it just never interested me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 01:56 PM (0U5gm)
*****
Lemmie tell you about their fruity bicycles...
--Ghost of Norm MacDonald
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (jTEUc)
Progs just want to make sure that crimes against their ideals are punished harder. Thus, we have "hate crimes".
The 20th-century liberal view (actually "socialist" by Robert Owen's original meaning) is that *crime* will never be fixed until we (completely) "fix society first". So, they tend to shy away from punishing "the victim of society's dysfunction."
Owen believe that "society" and only "society" was to blame for everything bad that happened. Hence “social-ism”", which Marx appropriated and changed. People like James Lindsay may argue that "liberalism" is completely apart from "socialism", but anybody who was alive in the 20th century can't help but notice that there was a strong undercurrent of Owen's "socialism" in 20th-century liberal politics.
It was Owen's New Harmony commune (1820s) that Marx (1850s) was working out how to get to in a way where we could stay "In the final age of History", when he called that stage "Communism".
So the progressive family waffles on violent crime.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:58 PM (krQz2)
I told them once that rabbits are natures snack food. Death stares all around.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM
When I bought this one at my near-by butcher shop, I got button-holed by one of the Italian butchers for a 5-minute conversation about how great rabbit is.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:58 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:49 PM (GBKbO)
I didn't care about the "love" story, but the sheer spectacle of watching 1500 people drown in a violent tragedy that ACTUALLY HAPPENED was very traumatic for me. I was weeping when I left the theater.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 01:58 PM (XPM1I)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (N8ZBc)
I guess it depends on what the marketing and "people" are saying.
Like, if people are going around saying it's the best movie ever with an amazing storyline - which a lot were - that has to be naturally counterweighted with still others saying it's an empty barrel of shit. I know you probably won't believe this but some people just enjoy being contrary.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM (bb1Tf)
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No they don't!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO)
I prefer "Grandmother with a husband, kids, and grandkids wishes she could throw it all away for The Paolo".
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Seems Legit
Stances can be problematic.
-- Larry Craig
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
I believe her, because California seems to have a violent homeless problem.
Posted by: pookysgirl
Possible, and likely having nothing to do with being a troon, other than maybe looking weird and thus standing out.
Posted by: Not all crime is about you, sweetie at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)
Nox?? LOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM
++++
Amanda Knox >>>> Nox
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (GyQIQ)
Literally changing one's name to say "I'm poisonous and smell bad".
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (FpHTM)
Maybe it's short for Noxzema?
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (wtvvX)
http://tiny.cc/8q1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (GyQIQ)
That poor shark starved to death and died trying to subsist on skinny bikini chicks.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: runner at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (g47mK)
See something, say something — such as "thank you for caring enough to get involved"
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:56 PM (sKqQm)
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"What you call twerking, we call foreplay. All Your Kids Are Belong To Us, H8Rs!"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (MVWbi)
Have you tried the same line while wearing a leather cod piece?
Posted by: EFG at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM
Studded leather codpiece.
Posted by: Why do all these homosexuals keep sucking my dick? at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (3GvCN)
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I just saw some clip of a news report out of the UK where the powers that be are starting to push out the "marrying your 1st cousin" is a good thing. That fears of birth defects are exaggerated. That it helps seal strong familial ties. That's how bad things are. And that's how much Islam is taking over through pliable, supine UK politicians who are too stupid or too evil to realize what they're doing.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)
And yet the one I remember is the clank of the guy hitting the propeller.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO)
Go back to filmtown, MovieBoy.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM
Most of the good supermarkets around here carry them. H-Mart, too. I chose the butcher shop down the road because the rabbits are raised here. A lot come from Chy-nah.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 01:58 PM (XPM1I)
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Slight tangent...
There's a Titanic museum in Orlando (why? dunno).
The tour guide in the last room (a recreation of the deck at night) was nearly in tears describing people drowning that night.
Exit through the gift shop. First thing I see: An ice cube mold in the shape of the iceberg that comes with a miniature Titanic to put in your drink.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
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I saw a couple of headlines flash by on social media that the imams and sheikhs are a bit alarmed at the attrition rate of Islam. Fewer and fewer young should-be Muslims are professing the faith.
Maybe they're missing an opportunity here. LEAVE Pakistan, the Middle East, Africa, and migrate to the west -- where you can live your best life as a Muslim!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:01 PM (4raxU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO)
Go back to filmtown, MovieBoy.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (bb1Tf)
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Ouch, baby. Very ouch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:01 PM (GBKbO)
Maybe it's short for Noxzema?
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (wtvvX)
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Gunilla Knutsson. Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 02:01 PM (tgvbd)
Yeah, I've seen enough noble savage movies already. If I tried to watch Avatar I'd be rooting for space smallpox.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:01 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:01 PM (iFTx/)
I didn't like the Mad Max Fury Road but I would define it as visually spectacular because it wasn't all fake.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:02 PM (KDPiq)
Have you tried the same line while wearing a leather cod piece?
=
Youre a shy one. Go with the trenchcoat, gym shoes and nothing else.
Posted by: Bold Confidence my boy!!! at January 23, 2026 02:02 PM (TCKep)
Maybe they're missing an opportunity here. LEAVE Pakistan, the Middle East, Africa, and migrate to the west -- where you can live your best life as a Muslim!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:01 PM (4raxU)
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The secular world is tempting, especially to the repressed. And Islam is very repressive.
There was a contestant on Taskmaster, Mawaan Rizwan, who is both gay and a Muslim. He paints his nails and everything. Somewhat flamboyant, not Alan Cumming, but you know.
I doubt he's bowing to Mecca five times a day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)
I prefer "Grandmother with a husband, kids, and grandkids wishes she could throw it all away for The Paolo".
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)
Not even Paolo. Scrawny Temu Paolo.
Posted by: Rose was the villain at January 23, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 01:57 PM
Enjoy. Use your favorite olives. Except those little rubber gaskets they put on pizzas. Those suck.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (kgE5c)
youtube.com/watch?v=2guv3X93n7E
They don't make em like that anymore, not since they made it illegal to kill the extras.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (N8ZBc)
I didn't like the Mad Max Fury Road but I would define it as visually spectacular because it wasn't all fake.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:02 PM (KDPiq)
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Fury Road is much more fake than it looks.
I've seen some visual effects breakdowns.
Filming in the desert but completely replacing the desert around the cars, sort of thing.
The mantra of the day is "No CGI means Invisible CGI."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (qBdHI)
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Well, not to be insensitive, but retards ARE more compliant. But, they still have a ways to go before they can approach the 80% direct consanguinity rate of Egyptian penninsula.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (dIske)
youtube.com/watch?v=2guv3X93n7E
They don't make em like that anymore, not since they made it illegal to kill the extras.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (N8ZBc)
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The silent period was crazy, man.
Especially when Italy was dirt fucking poor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (GBKbO)
Nox?? LOL
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 01:32 PM
It's middle names are "Sideribus Illustris."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: SciVo at January 23, 2026 01:41 PM (Sy6m/)
https://tinyurl.com/nhhn6ef - I suppose, possibly, NSFW due to language. Probably not though.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
Yeah Mad Max is a great example. I was trying to think of one. It looked amazing on my nice screen and I just didn't care so I turned it off. You would think that's the kind of thing you make a theater for.
I always thought I loved spectacle but actually I think those initial movies all made me give a shit somehow.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM
A friend actually gave me one of those. Every year I make at least one gin and Titonic.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:05 PM (kgE5c)
youtube.com/watch?v=2guv3X93n7E
They don't make em like that anymore, not since they made it illegal to kill the extras.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:03 PM (N8ZBc)
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The silent period was crazy, man.
Especially when Italy was dirt fucking poor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (GBKbO)
I've killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille.
Posted by: The Waco Kid at January 23, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Dave's not here at January 23, 2026 02:05 PM (kp5iD)
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It’s envy mixed with revenge and retribution, for grievances that never happened, or at least against people who didn’t do it.
“Whitey gonna Pay!” on an industrial scale, apparently.
Those of us raised on “Equality” and “Good Jobs” and “Education For All” and “Treat Everyone Equally” have watched in disbelief as everything has been turned inside out and upside down.
If their logic is to believed (it isn’t) then all those old school segregationists are owed a deep apology. They weren’t wrong, not even a little bit.
What the leftists have done to this nation is not forgiveable. Maybe Jesus will, I dunno.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 02:05 PM (m1xvH)
I got the name of the only Japanese on the ship. He was a diplomat who had been posted in Russia and was heading back to Japan by way of North America. He ended up rowing one of the lifeboats. But he took crap back in Japan for not going down with the ship.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
When there's a big event in Europe that is expected to draw American tourists in quantity, they prepare an orientation asking their U.S. guests to please not beat up the pickpockets.
Posted by: SciVo at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:58 PM (kgE5c)
Years ago we used to eat a Sicilian sweet and sour rabbit dish. In Italian- “agrodolce”. Delicious. It had a lot going on olives, onions, capers, raisins, celery and some other stuff.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (CVFGm)
I didn't care about the "love" story, but the sheer spectacle of watching 1500 people drown in a violent tragedy that ACTUALLY HAPPENED was very traumatic for me. I was weeping when I left the theater.
Posted by: hobbitopoly
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I always saw it as 2 movies: the "love" story and the ship-sinking story.
Some enterprising creative executive at the studio that owns the IP ought to create a 2-hour ship-sinking movie by editing down the 4-hour ordeal. I bet that project would make big money.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (4raxU)
Actually it's looks like she's pretty stone faced there , and her right hand looks really strange. I guess AI is taking over cash cow site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (WFtAr)
They lied to us, so they'd have credulous chumps to take advantage of.
Posted by: Sucks doesn't it at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM
A friend actually gave me one of those. Every year I make at least one gin and Titonic.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:05 PM (kgE5c)
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lol
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Tex Lovera
Maybe. It became a popular name after Noxzema Baiul won the figure skating Gold in '96.
Posted by: Wide Whirl Of Sports at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (qBdHI)
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de facto Sharia Law.
Coming to a blue shithole city near you ... #Soon
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
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Christianity--or the Holy Spirit--was the brains behind Western Civilization. The "White Race" just describes people through whom it worked.
Europe is post-Christian, so it is as dumb and suicidal as dumb can be.
It takes the lore of self-criticism which comes from Christianity, and simply cargo cults it. It is bizarre because there is only a semblance of thought behind it.
But much of it was mainly about Michel Foucault warping his society so he could dream about a society where he could fuck teenage boys. Foucault served "Critical Theory", so Critical Theory became more Foucault-ed up.
Europe, I should think, no longer believes that it is anything but men agreeing on things. So, the common proxy-nihilist doesn't feel he has any ground to stand on to demand more.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (krQz2)
I get why they do that. That plays into my pet peeve with a fair number of meme Photoshops: if you're replacing the text, replace all of the text. Changing only some letters or words just makes the edits stand out.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 01:43 PM (hhkIi)
They should have been brown and muzzie rather than trans. They might have gotten their wish.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 23, 2026 02:07 PM (r4gy0)
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 23, 2026 02:07 PM (r4gy0)
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Does she have a pair of best mates, Larry and Barry?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)
They butchered Scripture too. I'll still give it a thumbs up. I'll surely watch it again someday.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (N8ZBc)
The true meaning of Avatar is Gaia is a bitch, neglected her children and the children had to grow up hard.
There is no way the Cameron "moral of Avatar" can hold to a planet that did not have such natural technology. Gaia's a self-indulgent bitch. And Earthers grew up in hard scrabble.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:33 PM (krQz2)
Someone (Arch Warhammer, maybe?) suggested an idea where the Navi originally had went to war with Eywa, the planet-spanning fungal network, and lost. Thus, Eywa decided to prevent the Navi from ever uprising against "her" again by forbidding them to proceed out of stone-age technology and made them more dependent on "her" via the organic USB-thingies.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: Lady in Black
A teacher can't even suggest having a chess club at school because 30% of the kids like making the infidel dance on their puppet strings. Some muslim scholars say it's HARAM (not all). So the proper solution is to re-iterate that the chess club is voluntary, join or not as you wish. But the British solution is obviously fire the teacher who uttered this forbidden, islamophobic wrongthink.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (nbLIj)
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The Titanic Exhibit was also at the Columbia (SC) State Museum around that time and we went to see it. I also got a passenger name and story at the end. The exhibit was very good. There was one area where you could still smell the perfume of one of the bottles that were found.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 02:09 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM (aZm/F)
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Only if you subsequently fly to the UK, where they'll be waiting to arrest you for a "Hate Crime," h8r!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:09 PM (MVWbi)
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Got a Titanic movie question for you. Was the dialogue in that film the absolute worst or was it my imagination.
Example: Jack and Rose are stuck in a lower cabin while water starts pouring in. They are supposed to have rushed, panic type dialogue....and both of them keep using the other's name in each and every line. It was ridiculous.
"Jack!!! The water is coming in."
"I know, Rose. I see it."
"What are we going to do, Jack?"
"I don't know, Rose. I'm thinking."
"Think faster, Jack."
"Give me a sec, Rose."
Made up the lines, of course. But, it was the least realistic dialogue imaginable. It took me right out of the movie.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (dIske)
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Dude in the picture's Stephen King. 100%, no doubt.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (vgIIr)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 02:06 PM
Niiiice. I usually make a French rabbit with leeks and mustard sauce (See, TDG), but every so often I mix it up. One of these weekends when I have a lot of free time, I might try some annoyingly fancy dishes that involve frenched rack of rabbit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (kgE5c)
I can't wait to buy the plane-and-building set at the 9/11 museum. (When you press a button the planes yell "Allahu ackbar!").
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (77rzZ)
But the sets they built were spectacular. I think some of the Ten Commandments sets are still sitting in Mexico.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (dIske)
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For all of Cameron's obsession with recreation, that he didn't get someone else in to rewrite the dialogue mystifies me.
It's extremely modern sounding.
That's what throws me. Leo talks like he's from the 90s, not from the 1910s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)
How do you say vigilante in Dutch?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (FLP4Z)
Posted by: Thrawn at January 23, 2026 02:12 PM (9Ovst)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:09 PM (MVWbi)
So I'll never go back to the UK. That's fine by me.
Posted by: night lifted at January 23, 2026 02:12 PM (kJmLc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:12 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Or trans siblings named Larry, Darryl, and their other sibling Darryl?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (dK+Kv)
The first rule of Rape Club is that you do not talk about Rape Club.
The second rule is that you have to be raped.
Posted by: The Dutch Government, Probably at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
Gee, how tasteful. I hate that kind of crap.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (XPM1I)
No, but I've been craving it since watching Bug Bunny since I was 10.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (DgMqy)
The only character I liked was Cathy Bate's Mollie Brown.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (aZm/F)
It's Europe. Some guy in a leather trench coat started questioning them about why they didn't want to live with migrants approved by the state and were they hiding Jews.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 02:05 PM (m1xvH)
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While I never fully bought in to that line of politics, I at least believed they believed that. And they weren't students of Gramsci trying to march through and capture institutions with the popular sentiment.
It's sardonically funny that that side of politics complains about the way that the "right" tries to stir up furor to advance their politics.
That was practically the only move 20th-century Democrats had. And it goes way back to the hyperbolic "Cross of Gold" speech of William Jennings Bryan.
I remember when somebody recommended I read that speech. It was a predecessor of reading the Pee-pee dossier.
What? If you don't make a policy shift away from the gold standard you're like crucifying people?!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)
You have to pass the 100 year mark.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
++++
The movie is an end-to-end exhibit in visual splendor. James Cameron did a sensational job with it. Masterful blending of practical and virtual effects, stellar sets, cinematography that accentuates the scale and grandeur of it all.
Story-wise? Meh.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:47 PM (GyQIQ)
Avatar 3, well, all the Avatars, are pretty picture movies like "Prometheus".
If you find the little, tiny crouton of plot compelling among the splendid visual salad, you may find it compelling.
If not....well, in our case, at least the wife liked lit.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (aZm/F)
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Fascism, QED.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (krQz2)
Yeah, I've seen enough noble savage movies already. If I tried to watch Avatar I'd be rooting for space smallpox.
Posted by: Ian S
If you want to see savages, watch Zulu or The Last of the Mohicans. Both are also more realistic portrayals of savages.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (aZm/F)
How do you say vigilante in Dutch?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (FLP4Z)
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I know, right? Let's just say if that was taking place around here, the vegitation in the area would have a boost in nutrients and mulch.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (dIske)
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Doesn’t shock me. It would shock me if he didn’t rape her.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
Gee, how tasteful. I hate that kind of crap.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (XPM1I)
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The irony and contrast made me chuckle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:53 PM (aZm/F)
It's Europe. Some guy in a leather trench coat started questioning them about why they didn't want to live with migrants approved by the state and were they hiding Jews.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)
Turns out you do in fact have to live like a refugee. I apologize.
Posted by: Tom Petty at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 23, 2026 02:07 PM (r4gy0)
Because it sounds dangerous.
Especially spelled "Nox" (as in "Noxious Fumes").
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (uEmCf)
Hilarious.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:12 PM (KDPiq)
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Damn, I loved News Radio but don't remember this -- will have to seek it out.
R.I.P. Phil Hartman (I still remember where I was -- driving -- when I heard about his tragic murder by his psycho wife back in '9
. Ugh ...Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: vivi at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (KruEU)
Cutscene 1:
In 1912, there is a noble American girl - Rose, she
tried to get away from her arranged married which is
forced by her mother. At the same time, she met Jack. who is the young man on Titenic. Since Rose made a friend with Jack, he lighted on her life. They were also fall in love with each other. It made up a very touching
and tragic love story.
Cutscene 2:
Rose did not love her finance - Carl and she just wanted to suicide to finish it. Fortunately, Jack just saved her. They were both very fond of each other. Thus, Carl was very jealous and dislikes Jack. He tried to insult Jack and he hold a dinner party to thank Jack for save Rose.
Actually, Carl did not really mean it, he just had a chance to challenge Jack. Wisely Jack knew about Carl's
plan, he left this party and brought Rose together to join the party which is belong to the workers. Of course,
Carl hates Jack very much.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (2ocoG)
Cripes.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (77rzZ)
Try our new "Born Loser" flavor, with extra schlemiel and schlimazel.
Posted by: Hasenpfeffer, Inc. at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (IG3/x)
Hey, don't be knocking Titanic. One of the best scenes in the last 50 years is in it. After DiCaprio turns into a Leosicle, Rose kisses him and says "I'll never let you go" before flinging his body off the raft to become fish chow.
That's just quality entertainment for the whole family.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Hope You Enjoyed These Dad Jokes at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (gtcuf)
No, but I've been craving it since watching Bug Bunny since I was 10.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM
Ditto. I just looked it up...I might have to try that soon. Looks tasty.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (kgE5c)
"I know, Rose. I see it."
"What are we going to do, Jack?"
"I don't know, Rose. I'm thinking."
"Think faster, Jack."
"Give me a sec, Rose."
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:10 PM (dIske)
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GRRRRL Power!
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:00 PM (GBKbO)
Gee, how tasteful. I hate that kind of crap.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (XPM1I)
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The irony and contrast made me chuckle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)
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Cameron's movie itself all but makes the men facing certain death a comedic interlude
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
A Chicago jury found a high ranking Latin Kings member not guilty for putting a $10000 hit on a border guards head.
After a very short time in the jury room all the jurors decided they wanted to live so....not guilty.
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (E7+ue)
True story, I was talking on a payphone (remember them) when the shark drove by on a flatbed covered in a tarp.
Not something you see every day.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:17 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 02:17 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)
I do have to confess I enjoyed seeing the actor who played John Jacob Astor get beaned by one of the funnels. Can't stand that guy. (Eric Braeden)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:17 PM (XPM1I)
I love the movie Ben-Hur.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (aZm/F)
It's no Prometheus.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:17 PM (dK+Kv)
That's further than I got. Did I miss anything?
Posted by: gp
>I got as far as Sigourney Weaver. That was it for me.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 02:17 PM (oT7pT)
So my sympathy meterwhile not pegged at zero is hovering just above it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (Ryx1w)
The Titenic had sunk, Although Rose and Jack got away from the Titenic, they could not reach the life boat. Finally, Jack scarified himself to save Rose and tell
her be stronger in her future's life. Then, he was dead in the cold Atlantic Ocean.
When this accident happened, there were one thousand and five hundred passengers fell into the ocean, and only six lucky passengers survived. It was a very low chance to survive. Then, there were seven hundred passengers who were in the life boat, they just
only waiting dead or waiting the help, and waiting the
unforgettable relief.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (2ocoG)
Hard Nox.
What do you call Nox on an airplane?
Nox up.
Posted by: Hope You Enjoyed These Dad Jokes at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (gtcuf)
If xhe's a cop investigating door to door?
Nox and talks
Posted by: I denounce myself. And you too. at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
I did enjoy watching Jack get shoved off of the door. Best part of the movie.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (XPM1I)
Camps4Queers
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (NtVYv)
You don't realize just how different Americans are from Europeans until something like this pops up.
Posted by: Orson
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In more ways than one. The American trannies thought Europe would be an oasis of wealth and tolerance. Look what they found. The Dutch don't consider them refugees and give them prison-like accommodations. As "inscrutable" to Americans as Asia?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (4raxU)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 23, 2026 02:08 PM (0bjKf)
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He just wanted to hear his name 3 times.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (krQz2)
I love the movie Ben-Hur.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (aZm/
I like the rumor that the stuntman was killed during filming of the chariot race. If you look at the scene and believe it ( though it wasn't true)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (N8ZBc)
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Meanwhile ski resorts out west are bare.
It’s been a weird winter.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
I did enjoy watching Jack get shoved off of the door. Best part of the movie.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (XPM1I)
I want Titanic to come back to theaters just so I can cheer at that exact moment.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (kgE5c)
So my sympathy meterwhile not pegged at zero is hovering just above it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (Ryx1w)
"I'll be so much safer with Achmed than with Chad! Chad will rape me with his eyes! Achmed will just rape me with his Penis, and that's not as bad!"
--Artsy Fartsy AWFL, who is thinking about LARPing as a Lesbian Today
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
Perfect. The "can't rape the willing" counterargument, given human form.
Posted by: SciVo at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (pkeXY)
In the cold Atlantic Ocean, no less.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (2ocoG)
I love the movie Ben-Hur.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:14 PM (aZm/F)
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Indeed. They don't make 'em like that anymore ... although I am looking forward to the sequel to The Passion of The Christ -- "Resurrection" by Mel Gibson and starring again (maybe with AI de-aging?) Jim Caviezel.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Orson
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Dems would do this if they could.
They don't care about women raped on a train or stabbed to death on a train.
But you shoot one obstructor, and "How DARE YOU!"
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
I did enjoy watching Jack get shoved off of the door. Best part of the movie.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:18 PM (XPM1I)
____________________________
I think I would have enjoyed it more if an oblivious Mr. Bean wandered in and out of every scene not the least bit aware of what was going on.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hasenpfeffer, Inc. at January 23, 2026 02:16 PM (IG3/x)
For those who have yet to attain the age of 29 years:
https://tinyurl.com/us6xfrrc
Posted by: Hasenpfeffer, Inc. at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (IG3/x)
I think it will be fine for NYC. He already said they were going to have a bunch of sanitation workers doing 12 hours shifts to remove snow, and I'm sure whoever is in charge of that department has given Mamdani his appropriate talking points .
He doesn't have to help upstate NY. Hopefully the township people will have this covered.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (WFtAr)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
First day in rape class. Do not rape.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: gp
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Time to dig up the family silverware, buried in 1862?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (pkeXY)
Indeed. They don't make 'em like that anymore ... although I am looking forward to the sequel to The Passion of The Christ -- "Resurrection" by Mel Gibson and starring again (maybe with AI de-aging?) Jim Caviezel.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (MVWbi)
I believe Caviezel said no.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (MVWbi)
I want Titanic to come back to theaters just so I can cheer at that exact moment.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
I'm sure hollywood is going to make a sequel.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (0U5gm)
It’s been a weird winter.
The thing climate scientologists like to gloss over is that if it's unusually hot one place on Earth it's going to be unusually cold some other place. If it's unusually snowy on the East Coast it's often a drought out West. And so on.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (2ocoG)
They don't care about women raped on a train or stabbed to death on a train.
But you shoot one obstructor, and "How DARE YOU!"
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (krQz2)
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Perhaps, but we'd do it anyway.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (dK+Kv)
They should make an entire movie consisting of scenes of odious actor's characters dying. That could be the final scene.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (XPM1I)
--Artsy Fartsy AWFL, who is thinking about LARPing as a Lesbian Today
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (uEmCf)
There have been a handful of women in this situation who basically said that afterward. How they get to brainwashed as to defend protect their rapists is beyond me.
Posted by: He smelled of camel and flop sweat at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
Indeed. They don't make 'em like that anymore ... although I am looking forward to the sequel to The Passion of The Christ -- "Resurrection" by Mel Gibson and starring again (maybe with AI de-aging?) Jim Caviezel.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (MVWbi)
I believe Caviezel said no.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (pDt9x)
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I think Mel said no to de-aging because of the cost.
It's already a $200 million movie.
It will also be in two parts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (N8ZBc)
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He was an artist that just wanted to get girls naked.
Noble soul.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (krQz2)
Time to lament all the PM I've sold over the years.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (XPM1I)
I raise you Matt Damon, Interstellar.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:19 PM (4raxU)
Leftists also think there’s a high speed train network crisis crossing Europe. Why you can go from Barcelona to Munich in 2 hours flat!!! Why can’t we have that here I want a train from ny to La in 5 hours.
Uhm no. Thats not how it works. High speed trains exist for short distances in Europe. Like Paris to Lyon. Or Barcelona to Madrid. Barcelona to Munich doesn’t exist. People fly that just like they do in evil America.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Bulg
>Yes, at the Alpine Village in LA. It was very good, but you have to be careful when chewing because the vertebrae will damage your teeth.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:20 PM (MVWbi)
Passion of the Christ II: Apocalypse
Posted by: This time he's turning YOUR other cheek at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: He smelled of camel and flop sweat at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
Didn't that one lefty chick actually defend her being passed around Isis like a used car?
Posted by: Hasenpfeffer, Inc. at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: This time he's turning YOUR other cheek at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (TbWk/)
Passion of the Christ II: Apocalyptic Boogaloo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:24 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
First day in rape class. Do not rape.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv)
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Not until you learn your devotional rug prayers.
Then they bring in the goats to practice on.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:24 PM (krQz2)
What is it about the name Nox? I have a relative who took the name Knox when she decided to try to be a boy. So far, the only people I know with that name are gender-confused.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!
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To me, it connotes nullification, which seems to be a big conceit in the trans movement. There's even one procedure called "nullification," which I'll leave to you to look up if you want to go to the end of the horror show.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:24 PM (4raxU)
I think Mel said no to de-aging because of the cost.
It's already a $200 million movie.
It will also be in two parts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (GBKbO)
Well, it’s no The Chosen, eh?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:24 PM (pDt9x)
Last I heard, it was between 3 and 30 inches. (SYWM)
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:21 PM (pDt9x)
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Damn! That is SHOCKING and you are apparently correct [insert broken-heart Emoji here; per Brave "AI"]:
"Jim Caviezel will not reprise his role as Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson’s sequel The Resurrection of the Christ, despite having been originally set to return. The film, scheduled for release in two parts in 2027, will feature a completely new cast, with Jaakko Ohtonen cast as Jesus and Mariela Garriga as Mary Magdalene. Caviezel, who played Jesus in the 2004 original, was reported to be replaced in October 2025 due to scheduling conflicts and the need for digital de-aging effects. Although Caviezel had expressed enthusiasm for returning in 2025 and was listed in early IMDB records, the role was recast, and production has since moved forward with new actors."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
What, it's got vertebrae in it? WTF?
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (77rzZ)
Messala in his death throes after the chariot race was superb cinema even to this day.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (z0w8y)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:23 PM (pDt9x)
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You're going to make Sean Bean upset.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (jc0TO)
It's Europe. Some guy in a leather trench coat started questioning them about why they didn't want to live with migrants approved by the state and were they hiding Jews.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)
They shouldn't have been surprised. The Netherlands had concentration camps that they ran for the Nazis. My step-dad grew up in Amersfoort and one of the camp sites was a couple of blocks away. He was proud to be Dutch (and a transplanted American conservative death beast), but not for that chapter in the country's history.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (y9nCu)
--Artsy Fartsy AWFL, who is thinking about LARPing as a Lesbian Today
Meanwhile, in real life, Chad won't even look at her, much less "rape her with his eyes", and Achmed will only look at her if all the good-looking goats are already taken.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (IG3/x)
It's already a $200 million movie.
It will also be in two parts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (GBKbO)
And they'll be released 1,000 years apart.
Posted by: For biblical verisimilitude at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)
I think Mel said no to de-aging because of the cost.
It's already a $200 million movie.
It will also be in two parts.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:22 PM (GBKbO)
Well, it’s no The Chosen, eh?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:24 PM (pDt9x)
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He's said that it's effectively going to be an experimental film, a surrealist look at Jesus' passage through the afterlife towards his Resurrection.
I hope it's as crazy as that sounds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Great flick.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)
Agree. Tom Felton is quite a good actor.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (krQz2)
Speaking of which, I watched "The Martian" the other day. Surprisingly good, despite starting Matt. Damon.
Sean Bean was also in it, in a rare non-dying role.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Bulg
>I don't know if it's standard, but they tossed the whole rabbit in the pot. Very tasty.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Great flick.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (77rzZ)
Agree. Tom Felton is quite a good actor.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (pDt9x)
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I think the first half is great. I...dislike the second half.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)
Two of the worst villains in cinema
Posted by: weew at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (S4IL1)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:25 PM (krQz2)
Speaking of which, I watched "The Martian" the other day. Surprisingly good, despite starting Matt. Damon.
Sean Bean was also in it, in a rare non-dying role.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (IG3/x)
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My boy, Ridley.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
He's said that it's effectively going to be an experimental film, a surrealist look at Jesus' passage through the afterlife towards his Resurrection.
I hope it's as crazy as that sounds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (GBKbO)
Uh. So many ways to go wrong here. So many many ways.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: CJ at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (9KqcB)
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Yeah, I believe China can save us.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (GBKbO)
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With some of the surreal moments in The Passion, that doesn't surprise me too much.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (pDt9x)
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I trust Mel as a director.
Though, I still haven't watched Flight Risk...and it's on HBOMax.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:11 PM (77rzZ)
Isn't that the beer Laverne & Shirley brewed?
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (JCLJi)
I think the first half is great. I...dislike the second half.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)
Interesting. May I ask why?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal
My only quibble with it is the whole thing about Tiberius coming to visit Judaea. Ridiculous.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM
Yeah, the In Search of: Jesus Body was amusing. Let's dig up every fresh grave near town.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 02:30 PM (jc0TO)
Two of the worst villains in cinema
Posted by: weew at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (S4IL1)
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Tough one.
I'll go with Rose, since she was less dumb than Jenny. I am open to being convinced otherwise.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:30 PM (GyQIQ)
I think the first half is great. I...dislike the second half.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)
Interesting. May I ask why?
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (pDt9x)
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I find movies that make religion obvious and literal to be uncompelling.
The first half is the search for truth we cannot see. The second half is, "Here's the literal truth in plain detail." I just don't find it compelling.
I was also watching all of Tarkovsky's movies at the time, and Tarkovsky is all, "God is silence but very real and we have to find meaning in that," which I do find very compelling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: tubal
My only quibble with it is the whole thing about Tiberius coming to visit Judaea. Ridiculous.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM (77rzZ)
Yes. He would have been far too busy in Capri.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 02:27 PM (IG3/x)
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I gave them an improv death scene.
The director said he'd pass.
Posted by: Sean Bean at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (pLaQB)
Just like the Soviets did in Maximum Overdrive?
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 02:29 PM
That was Schotz.
(Yes, I'm very 29)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 02:31 PM (Wnv9h)
I hope it's as crazy as that sounds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 02:26 PM (GBKbO)
I've read that the working title originally was-
"The Muppet Movie 2: Resurrection"
so your dream may come true.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (iJfKG)
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They started busing in Detroit around 1969-70. In Hamtramck the buses, with kids in thm, received shotgun blasts as protest. Love them Pollocks. Compare this to busing in Charlotte, NC, in 64 - no protests - no violence. Boston started busing in 1969. Same deal as Detroit but with an Irish spin.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 02:32 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 02:33 PM (lQ+/f)
I'll go with Rose, since she was less dumb than Jenny. I am open to being convinced otherwise.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 02:30 PM (GyQIQ)
Disagree - Jenny knew exactly what she was doing. And she tortured the clueless Forrest over decades; Jack and Rose were awful people in their own rights.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (9Ovst)
Two of the worst villains in cinema
Posted by: weew at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (S4IL1)
Wow. That's really hard to say. On the one hand Rose was an unfaithful self-centered bitch who backstabbed everyone around her, despite having an apparently privileged upbringing. Jenny strung Forrest along for decades while banging assholes, contracting AIDS, then dumping a kid of unestablished paternity on him right before she dies. However she was also a drug addict and severely fucked up from being sexually abused by her own father. So she was damaged from the get-go. Doesn't excuse her but explains her behavior.
I think Rose ekes out the victory in the end because she fucked people over because she could. Jenny fucked people over because she was supremely damaged.
Posted by: probably more thought than necessary at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (TbWk/)
You don't realize just how different Americans are from Europeans until something like this pops up.
Or when Eurotrash find out that their "comfortable" middle class Euro life is less luxurious than an American lower class garbage man.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 02:37 PM (y9ksN)
I think Rose ekes out the victory in the end because she fucked people over because she could. Jenny fucked people over because she was supremely damaged.
Posted by: probably more thought than necessary at January 23, 2026 02:34 PM (TbWk/)
I dunno. The pained helpless look on Forrest's face in the last scene shows a good man who is totally devastated by the cruelty of that monster. Rose's victims are largely all assholes themselves, even Paxton who's nothing more than a grave-robber, but with high-tech equipment.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 02:44 PM (y9nCu)
That sounds great! I'll be watching for it.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 02:57 PM (2L+MU)
God forbid, to protect yourself from assault, you ditch the nose ring, or decide to have one less tattoo, or dye your hair brown.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 03:10 PM (L6dcX)
Posted by: weew at January 23, 2026 02:28 PM (S4IL1)
I thought I was the only person that noticed they were both sociopathic monsters.
Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 23, 2026 03:12 PM (L6dcX)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 03:44 PM (Vvh2V)
The naivete of the 125 natives who thought they could teach the cultural enrichers to assimilate is not surprising. Especially after I read the do-gooders in the UK offering bedrooms to the barbarians who pretended to be teens. Some were surprised to find they SA their teen girls, and later dentists and x-rays proved their age. I was stunned at this stupidity years ago.
I guess they expected it all to be wonderful vs rapes and barbarians cooking kitty cats on stoves in the livingroom.
Granted, I lived with two strange white grad students in my junior year of college. They were already in the basement apt and the landlady put me there as a favor to my ex-friend. They were psych grad students with girlfriends and I guess I was lucky. I did meet them before they came back to class and they seemed fine (I am a terrific judge of character). And were wonderful to their new baby sister and protective. I had my own bedroom and bath and we shared the kitchen (groceries), rent and utilities and it was good.
Stupid people.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 23, 2026 03:46 PM (WONhk)
Jack Smith Defends His Indefensible Political Witch-Hunt; Even CNN's Legal Analyst Admits Smith Is Guilty
C3Brandon Gill grilled Jack Smith on three points: 1, why he had sought the phone records of the incoming Speaker of the House, extending back a year, when he had just become speaker 16 days earlier. This makes it look very much look like a purely political witch-hunt, as Johnson did not have power to run interference for Trump before hand. 2, why he sought these phone records in defiance of a warning from a Biden attorney that doing so would be a violation of the Speech and Debate Clause. (A clause which says that no member of Congress shall be subject to legal process for any statement they make in Congress (later extended to cover any statement they make outside of Congress, so long as it's part of their work as a congressman.) 3, why he claimed that Mike Johnson was a "flight risk" when he told Johnson's phone company to hide the fact that his records had been granted to a third party. Jack Smith claimed that keeping this secret was necessary to make sure that Johnson did not take flight from prosecution. He now admits that Johnson was no flight risk.
@C_3C_3 Want your blood to boil? The Jack Smith Investigation cost taxpayers over $35 million. $35,000,000 All based on a scam. Targeting enemies. With 65% of that $35million paying their salaries. Jack and his team got rich for sedition.
Jack Smith is asking to have questions re-asked because each congresman only has five minutes total time, and he wants to waste as much Republican time as possible endlessly repeating and clarifying questions.
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson If you watch one moment from Jack Smith's testimony in Congress today, watch him get reduced to a stuttering, stammering mess when confronted with his own LIES: GILL: "The subpoena covered the time period between November 2020 and January 2021. Is that right?" SMITH: "Uh, I'm sorry, sir, could you say that again?" GILL: "We're not gonna delay like this."
GILL: "How many days after Kevin McCarthy was sworn in as Speaker did you subpoena his records? SMITH: "Uh, I don't recall, but those two things had nothing to do with one another." GILL: "It was 16 days after becoming the highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, you subpoenaed his toll records. Do you agree that that might reasonably be considered a violation of the Speech or Debate Clause?" SMITH: "Uh, I do not" GILL: "At the time you, you secured those non-disclosure orders, was Speaker McCarthy a flight risk?" SMITH: "He was not." GILL: "He was not. Then why did your non-disclosure order refer to him as a flight risk? It says right here, 'The court finds reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in flight from prosecution.' You were using clearly false information to secure a non-disclosure order to hide from Speaker McCarthy and from the American people the fact that you were spying on his toll records."
.@RepBrandonGill is so good at this.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 22, 2026
Congressional hearings with him are masterclasses in questioning
Short, easy to understand, and cutting pic.twitter.com/6GecDVYW8K
Jonathan TurleyEven CNN pointed out that Smith didn't even bother denying he rushed the case just to make a political impact:
@JonathanTurley 3h Rep. Onder just body slammed Smith on his effort to give Trump's legal team little time to read millions of pages of documents. Smith's response was that he wanted to be sure that Trump got a speedy trial, even though the Trump team was trying to slow down the trial to review his document dump...
Even CNN is now turning on Jack Smith after his House Judiciary testimony.
— Overton (@overton_news) January 22, 2026
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig zeroed in on the moment Republicans cornered Smith over rushing the Trump case right before the 2024 election — and Smith had no answer.
HONIG: “To your question, Brianna,… pic.twitter.com/JgLUKrU4nK
🔥HOO BOY: @Lancegooden might've just caught Jack Smith & former Attorney General Garland RED-HANDED!
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 22, 2026
GOODEN: "Would you agree that taking the oath of office is a legal requirement for the job that you had?"
SMITH: "I haven't researched whether it's required or not."
GOODEN:… pic.twitter.com/E70OFOZvQ7
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) January 22, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1. We knew all this
2. Smith was still permitted to go off a wild goose chase
3. The GOP sat on the sidelines the whole time and said nothing
4. It still pales in comparison to the general fraud being perpetrated on us
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (ZcsJV)
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Ah. We call this, "The Variant."
The normal play is "I don't recall." If you can't credibly use that (as in this case, since the receipts are part of the question), you use The Variant.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:16 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 12:16 PM (8mulE)
Congressional hearings with him are masterclasses in questioning
Short, easy to understand, and cutting
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Too bad congressional hearings are never a masterclass (or even a shady correspondence course) in consequences.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (GyQIQ)
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Garland wasn't even pretending that any of it was legal or proper.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:18 PM (GyQIQ)
@C_3C_3
Want your blood to boil?
The Jack Smith Investigation cost taxpayers over $35 million.
$35,000,000
All based on a scam.
Targeting enemies.
With 65% of that $35million paying their salaries.
Jack and his team got rich for sedition.
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Somalians stole $9 billion MN alone.
Wasting $35 million doesn't move me all that much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (NpAcC)
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:: examines Smith and Garland ::
:: sees no stainless steel bracelets ::
:: sees no orange jumpsuits ::
:: sees free men in suits, smirking ::
K.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (GyQIQ)
If found, please contact the Horde.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (2L+MU)
The old disappearing thread trick -- a classic!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (BZmws)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (GyQIQ)
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Well, because Congress is a law making body, not a law enforcement body.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Sneaksy and tricksy they are at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Somali Mafia at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (WHfpM)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (NpAcC)
Black Hole anomaly.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (pDt9x)
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In fairness to Smith - not that he deserves it - why would he be able to speak to that? If they want answers as to why that committee of sinister dunces called someone, they ought to haul Liz Cheney in to address it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (GyQIQ)
convict
incarcerate
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)
prosecute
convict
incarcerate
Incinerate
you missed one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: 496 at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (SW6Ju)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (iXqHn)
About 4 minutes in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xNopkzN4KA
Posted by: huerfano at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (ESVrU)
Just Garland and Smith.
That's not a swearing in.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (d+F+p)
Posted by: Ace-Wan Kenobi at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (GBKbO)
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Right. So what's the point, exactly?
Publicity and referrals. Not consequences. Consequences are not ever the desired outcome. It's one of the reasons I have a hard time caring about congressional investigations or the associated dog-and-pony shows. When it does an "investigation," Congress is either providing a pretext for an eager DoJ to target political enemies, or it is putting a show for the rubes knowing full well the DoJ ain't going to pursue it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: redridinghood
There was no thread. *waves hand*
Posted by: Ace-Wan Kenobi at January 23, 2026 12:22 PM (wj4wL)
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What about Zuul?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM (GBKbO)
Hang them all. For our democracy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (NpAcC)
Black Hole anomaly.
that's racist!
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (pLaQB)
convict
incarcerate
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)
prosecute
convict
incarcerate
Incinerate
you missed one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (snZF9)
prosecute
convict
incarcerate
Flagellate
Amputate
Eviscerate
Enucleate
Incinerate
Added a couple.
Posted by: It's still less than they deserve at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)
Of course passing legislation to codify Trumps executive orders would have lasting impact, so its much more fun to hold hearings that to pass legislation.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (aVO1v)
Publicity and referrals. Not consequences. Consequences are not ever the desired outcome. It's one of the reasons I have a hard time caring about congressional investigations or the associated dog-and-pony shows. When it does an "investigation," Congress is either providing a pretext for an eager DoJ to target political enemies, or it is putting a show for the rubes knowing full well the DoJ ain't going to pursue it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM (GyQIQ)
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Oh, it's all theater.
But, just because there's theater doesn't mean that the DOJ isn't doing anything.
DOJ is a black box until it files things in court, and most people don't track those filings anyway.
Yeah, this is a sideshow, but it's just a sideshow that I've become inured to. It elicits no emotion from me. I'm not sure why ace covers it, to be honest, but I'm not gonna get riled up about it either way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
The GOP's current grilling of Jack Smith is them playacting as "defenders of the Republic" when, in fact, they're 95% complicit in all the shit the Democrats do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (ExV1e)
convict
incarcerate
Flagellate
Amputate
Eviscerate
Enucleate
Incinerate
Added a couple.
Posted by: It's still less than they deserve at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)
Make them be a roofer for a year.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (v3pYe)
convict
incarcerate
Flagellate
Amputate
Eviscerate
Enucleate
Incinerate
Added a couple.
Posted by: It's still less than they deserve at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)
Make them be a roofer for a year.
roofinate?
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 12:26 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 23, 2026 12:26 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:27 PM (iXqHn)
Riiiiiight?
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, Ltd at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (NkASH)
convict
incarcerate
Flagellate
Amputate
Eviscerate
Enucleate
Incinerate
Added a couple.
Posted by: It's still less than they deserve at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)
Make them be a roofer for a year.
roofinate?
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Oh, I could tell you stories...
Posted by: Bill Cosby at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: No Name Today at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (8mulE)
One that can make criminal referrals to the DOJ and as even the terminally black pilled can now see a DOJ that prosecutes.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Yup. It's a play. Washington is their stage.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (MVWbi)
roofinate?
Posted by: anachronda
Who the heck would want to slip this idiot a roofie?
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (WHfpM)
All based on a scam.
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Judging from the headlines, one of the cheaper scams we've had to pay for.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (pLaQB)
That seems unnecessary, drawn out, and likely paid for by us. A .25 behind the ear, billed to the family, is more in keeping with his preferred political style.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (2WIwB)
convict
incarcerate
Flagellate
Amputate
Eviscerate
Enucleate
defenestrate
eviscerate
Incinerate
Added a couple.
Posted by: It's still less than they deserve at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (TbWk/)
More.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Kratwurst at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (zWGac)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (hhkIi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)
We control the horizontal.
We control the vertical.
.
Posted by: The AoSer Limits at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (Y1tI5)
Too bad congressional hearings are never a masterclass (or even a shady correspondence course) in consequences.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (GyQIQ)
But the sound bites the congress critters can use for their campaigns are worth the time and effort. /sarcasm
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (dK+Kv)
You said eviscerate twice
Posted by: Wait for it... at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM (TbWk/)
We control the horizontal.
We control the vertical.
.
Posted by: The AoSer Limits
Pshaw. You don't even control the formatting.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM (OUMaO)
I have a feeling this would just lead to a lot of leaky roofs. Maybe have them do demo, they seem to be good at that.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM (2L+MU)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Yup. It's a play. Washington is their stage.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (GyQIQ)
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It's possible that it's a precursor to DOJ action. Lying to Congress is a crime.
I dunno. We'll see.
Anyway, Star Trek...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
Ha! Can you imagine us enforcing our laws on ourselves!
Posted by: Congress at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (wj4wL)
I mean, how can you make a Light Cycle chase through the streets of real San Francisco be boring? That takes talent! Film students should study Tron Ares for generations to come.
The script was dogshit and made little sense. Among other things, I couldn't figure out why the movie thought anyone would give a shit which tech bro got the McGuffin. I sure didn't.
The woke casting was also annoying, but oddly the best character was Athena and the best acting was the black girl who played her. The main white guy -- Jared Leto -- was boring and miscast.
The film did have really good sound design and use of Atmos, though. The sounds whipped around and above me like I was there in the scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)
Look at what DOGE uncovered.
Look at USAID?
Look at all the programs Democrats were using as straw men to launder money back to their party.
We are talking about trillions. It’s a level of subversion and corruption that’s staggering.
Democrats can never be in power again- yet nothing is being done to stop electoral fraud.
We will be lucky if our republic can beat them and survive.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (Pu/zx)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (d+F+p)
This guy is such a whispering, stumbling, hesitant speaker. I had the impression he was a pugilist because of his behavior against Trump, but he looks like he was grabbed in his bathrobe and rushed into court after he popped a Valium.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (4raxU)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (OoFl2)
Conservatives were thrilled that Smith was finally getting "grilled," "exposed," etc and that the Republicans asked such insightful and biting questions.
It made me harken back to the days when Gowdy and company would ask such clever and biting questions, and all the clever and biting questions that Republican Congressmen have asked of Democrat ne'er-do-wells in these hearings over the past 20 years.
Wow. Exciting and biting. And no one ever goes to jail. Ever.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
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Yes it is theater - but he is being a bit cagey because yes - time limits - but also because a bigger hammer is coming. I do expect him to survive this without serving time. But I hope it costs him millions to do so. Or at least his backers.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (gKWVE)
This is about the capture of State by Party and weaponization of it as a result. The wasted money pales in comparison to the dangers of that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GyQIQ)
convict
incarcerate
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)
prosecute
convict
incarcerate
Incinerate
you missed one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (snZF9)
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decapitate?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (pLaQB)
That seems unnecessary, drawn out, and likely paid for by us. A .25 behind the ear, billed to the family, is more in keeping with his preferred political style.
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Seems reasonable and quick. I like to watch bad guys suffer and then die.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 12:32 PM (pLaQB)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 12:32 PM (0U5gm)
LOL
It's amazing that lying to anyone in government is a crime but government lying to you is SOP.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:32 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
...is deader than Hugo Chavez.
Posted by: A gay Klingon named Jayden? RUFKM? at January 23, 2026 12:32 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (dK+Kv)
You said eviscerate twice
Posted by: Wait for it... at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM (TbWk/)
Well, I should probably caffeinate before I commentate.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:32 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (8CIFn)
Because without refuting Hageman's characterization of Hutchinson's testimony as hearsay, he said he wouldn't be so sure that he wouldn't take it in.
He's probably thinking about fellow countryman judges.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (krQz2)
The Jim Jordans and Nancy Grahams (seriously just forgot that mincing faggot's actual first name....) impotently pounding the table and rolling their sleeves up to their armpits are going away.
Now we seem to be getting cold, calculating eviscerations by cold, calculating professionals that might actually serve as fuel for the growing fire of the public demanding their Laws back from the grasp of their so-called Lawmakers.
It might be only theater, but this passel of crooks and swindlers and popularity contest riggers are the only ones who have authority to force these clowns in and subject them to public questioning. And theater can be pretty powerful in certain circumstances.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GBKbO)
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It's not psychologically healthy to spend too much time thinking about the dead.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:23 PM
Zuul, there is.
Dana, there is not.
- Stuff Yoda might have said
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (kgE5c)
This is about the capture of State by Party and weaponization of it as a result. The wasted money pales in comparison to the dangers of that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (GyQIQ)
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Agreed.
We're getting to the point where a trillion dollars missing, stolen, and/or wasted is a rounding error to the Feral Gubmint. Wrap your heads 'round that ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM
There was at least some fan service with Jeff Bridges making a brief and pointless appearance.
Posted by: Mike DeWine at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (jc0TO)
The film did have really good sound design and use of Atmos, though. The sounds whipped around and above me like I was there in the scene.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)
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The movie was Leto's baby. He produced it. The main producer of the film bent everything at Disney to get it made at that budget because he loves Leto so much.
After Morbius bombed.
Jared Leto is the fakest movie star today, and that includes Zendaya.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (GBKbO)
Does that even cover the salary (minus benefits) of every complicit member of Congress over that period? Government can't do ANYthing for $35 million.
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
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That's more or less the theme, yeah.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (pLaQB)
Jack Smith is accused of bringing and then dismissing charges for human rights violations for the right price in the ICC
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 12:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mike DeWine at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)
Was he talking like he's a stroke victim with a mouth full of marbles?
Posted by: Why, Jeff? WHY? at January 23, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM
There was at least some fan service with Jeff Bridges making a brief and pointless appearance.
Posted by: Mike DeWine at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)
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Yea ... as "The Dude" Lebowski
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
Yeah, that seems exceedingly low cost for a Grifter’s Holiday. What is that, half of a Clinton? I’d go so far as to say adding a zero is more likely than merely doubling it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 12:35 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:29 PM (dK+Kv)
You said eviscerate twice
Posted by: Wait for it... at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM (TbWk/)
I like to eviscerate.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 23, 2026 12:35 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:35 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Wait for it... at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM
He likes evisceration.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:36 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 12:36 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:36 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:36 PM (jc0TO)
given that some of the folks involved in the investigation paid for day care from their salaries, it at least provided more value than somali day care.
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (xT8gx)
Other than toss the case.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Ripley at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (NpAcC)
I really want those two to meet the business end of an industrial wood chipper.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (ARykC)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (NpAcC)
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Nixon personally murdered 18.5 people during Watergate, bruh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM
Wait...didn't the Sisterhood force his ass off a cliff years ago?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (kgE5c)
We'll all get really irate. We'll all know the real truth, that 90% of Americans will not know.
And no Democrat will go to jail or be im any meaningful way punished for spending years and millions of dollars abusing their government authority to try to overthrow the duly elected president of the U.S.
Meanwhile, Democrats managed to get grandmas who stood outside of the Capitol for an hour on J6 condemned to death in prison.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: The Hugest Manatee! at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (oftw2)
Maybe some kind of goofball quaternion or dual number does that too, I don't know.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM
Wait...didn't the Sisterhood force his ass off a cliff years ago?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (kgE5c)
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I think he's got big gay mafia fans in Hollywood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (NpAcC)
90% of everything the government has done since Watergate is worse than Watergate. And yet...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (KDPiq)
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So, Fitzcarrolldo?
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (pLaQB)
Now the worm has turned and they are trying to look like good guys.
This really stinks. They need to go away.
I can't see how an honest person could even watch CNN knowing they were being lied to for political gain.
Posted by: pawn at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (WXTVZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (xT8gx)
******
Yeah, he's cute!
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (NpAcC)
++++
The last decade has been hit after hit, each of which makes that penny-ante bullshit look like, well, penny-ante bullshit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (GyQIQ)
Something inside, changes outward appearance somehow. He’s not as obvious as some, but my dad used to say “I wouldn’t trust that SOB just lookin’ at him”. He wasn’t wrong
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (zO1No)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB)
Now the worm has turned and they are trying to look like good guys.
This really stinks. They need to go away.
I can't see how an honest person could even watch CNN knowing they were being lied to for political gain.
Posted by: pawn at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (WXTVZ)
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CNN performs worse than Spongebob Squarepants reruns.
Almost no one watches CNN.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (bb1Tf)
It might be only theater, but this passel of crooks and swindlers and popularity contest riggers are the only ones who have authority to force these clowns in and subject them to public questioning. And theater can be pretty powerful in certain circumstances.
Well put.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (ARykC)
Will this lead to a file being placed in Smith's permanent record or just a strongly worded letter?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)
Dana, there is not.
- Stuff Yoda might have said
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:33 PM (kgE5c)
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[Apparently this has been a meme for awhile per The Wifey, but I just saw it recently; an image of Yoda saying:]
"Fuck around, you will. Find out, you shall."
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)
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The movie was Leto's baby. He produced it. The main producer of the film bent everything at Disney to get it made at that budget because he loves Leto so much.
After Morbius bombed.
Jared Leto is the fakest movie star today, and that includes Zendaya.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea, but I'd fuck Zendaya. I wouldn't fuck Jared Leto.
The project was in development for 15 years, and feels it. I think they quickly re-wrote the script in light of the AI hysteria, but it doesn't really work.
I also swear the Korean girl was originally supposed to be an AI construct herself. She talks and even moves so oddly (and woodenly) that I thought the big reveal at the end was going to be that she was an AI model of her dead sister. That would at least have been better than what we got.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (ARykC)
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"He ain't pretty no more."
-about 2/3 of the way through Fight Club
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:37 PM (xT8gx)
******
Yeah, he's cute!
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC)
That’s not quite what I meant…. Don’t want my man card in question
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Lyford at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (gb+vr)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:28 PM (GyQIQ)
As El Rushbo always said :
"DC is Hollywood for Ugly People".
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)
Now the worm has turned and they are trying to look like good guys.
This really stinks. They need to go away.
I can't see how an honest person could even watch CNN knowing they were being lied to for political gain.
Posted by: pawn at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (WXTVZ)
***
CNN isn't worth the saliva to spit on them.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (ARykC)
He was pretty good in Switcback. An underrated
Serial killer movie.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (KDPiq)
SMITH: "Uh, I'm sorry, sir, could you
GILL: "We're not gonna delay like this."
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Corrected.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (krQz2)
"DC is Hollywood for Ugly People".
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)
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And Rush was right.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (bb1Tf)
"DC is Hollywood for Ugly People".
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)
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And Rush was right.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GyQIQ)
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"I am a beautiful butterfly!"
-Henry Waxman
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Re the original 'Tron'. I was in the R&D dept of this company at the time. Scroll down to 'In Popular Culture'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatics_Inc.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (bb1Tf)
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Most official actions of the past fifty years?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GyQIQ)
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It all went to hell when they introduced the Ferengis. Those were practically muppet costumes masquerading as space beings. They should have left things alone and continued along with more episodes involving Romulans and Klingons. The Ferengis were poofters.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (TN0g+)
roofinate?
Posted by: anachronda
Who the heck would want to slip this idiot a roofie?
this is about the slant, isn't it?
Posted by: secret service at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (4raxU)
I remember when CNN claimed Jack Smith's Subway sandwich purchase conveyed a deep and pointed message. That's how desperate they were to portray this effete midwit as a cunning warrior for their side...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (nbLIj)
>>"He ain't pretty no more."
-about 2/3 of the way through Fight Club
Tyler Durden: Where did you go psycho?
Also Tyler Durden: I wanted to destroy something beautiful.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (ARykC)
The deep state took Nixon down, it was off to the races after that. While his “conservative” bona fides are a bit suspect in some ways, keep in mind he won in the largest landslide election ever. And it wasn’t because of his good looks.
Gone in less than 2 years.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (zO1No)
Posted by: Ripley at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (xT8gx)
And...he's been in a few good movies but I don't remember him IN those movies like Blade Runner 2049, Fight Club or The Thin Red Line
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Archimedes
Why waste time showering in winter, Senor? Wait until July, like us.
Posted by: Illegal Roof Crew at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (oftw2)
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It all went to hell when they introduced the Ferengis. Those were practically muppet costumes masquerading as space beings. They should have left things alone and continued along with more episodes involving Romulans and Klingons. The Ferengis were poofters.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (TN0g+)
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Yeah, but Quark's quest for gold-pressed latinum on Deep Space 9 was always compelling.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:44 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Keena at January 23, 2026 12:44 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM
Not a 4th Doctor fan, are you?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:44 PM (kgE5c)
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Yes.
Where, exactly, does he think the US Speaker of the House can hide?
Democrats are nowhere near as clever or intelligent as they think they are.
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 23, 2026 12:44 PM (9mw3J)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
And take them to Detroit!
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And then put them in the iron maiden?
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 12:31 PM (4raxU)
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Both Mueller and Smith--and Steele for that matter--were built up in the press.
All of them are less than impressive.
The press was just rooting for the home team.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (krQz2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatics_Inc.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
My wife did PCB layout back in 1981. Back when companies were still entering the personal computer/workstation market and IBM hadn't arrived.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Fritzy at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (2GIh1)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (viF8m)
And...he's been in a few good movies but I don't remember him IN those movies like Blade Runner 2049, Fight Club or The Thin Red Line
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)
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Being in The Thin Red Line...
Adrian Brody is in The Thin Red Line.
He filmed the whole movie as the star of the movie. He was the central character of the script.
He has one line in the final film (off screen) and is in about 4 shots.
He didn't find out until the premiere.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)
And take them to Detroit!
Posted by: The Hugest Manatee! at January 23, 2026 12:38 PM (oftw2)
This may be an 8th Amendment violation.
Posted by: Cruel and unusual at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (TbWk/)
-Henry Waxman
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
You're a leaf-nosed bat.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (kgE5c)
Which made me interested in Ares...but then I read the reviews...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)
This is about the capture of State by Party and weaponization of it as a result. The wasted money pales in comparison to the dangers of that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I am in the same boat. I want to see the entire network, including two democrat presidents, exposed as attempting to destroy our government through misprision of justice. They literally tried to remove a president because they lost an election. And then tried to kill him.
It is no coincidence that Biden dropped out immediately after Trump survived an assassination attempt.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (0U5gm)
Wow. Exciting and biting. And no one ever goes to jail. Ever.
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Just like all of those gas station and grocery store attacks during WCW and WWF television.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (TN0g+)
What that did was crowd out any further (or relevant or intelligent) discussion. And of course slander Republicans. And that is all the news has been since - one dose of narrative after another.
Fortunately Trump completely understands how they do it and is in some ways better at it than practically all of them put together.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (xT8gx)
Democrats are nowhere near as clever or intelligent as they think they are.
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 23, 2026 12:44 PM (9mw3J)
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He used it so somebody would buy it. What else does he need?
Smith's playing fast and loose would never have been exposed under Kamala and perhaps Garland.
That's why Smith was interfering in the election as much as he dared.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (krQz2)
I doubt they'll be prosecutions out of this , though maybe some lawyers could take a licensing hit. Just keep throwing stuff at the Dems. Keep them on the defensive and cost them money. Make them look bad and try and pull independents to the Republican candidates. The non RINO ones that is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:45 P
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
*air guitar*
Posted by: Bill and Ted at January 23, 2026 12:47 PM (kgE5c)
Will this lead to a file being placed in Smith's permanent record or just a strongly worded letter?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)
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I was assured that there would at least be rolled-up sleeves.
There are people on our side speculating that members of the Trump Admin are terrified of being assassinated (or worse, involving family members and financial bankruptcy) by the GloboHomo Deep State if they pursue justice against the hundreds -- if not thousands -- of serial traitors.
My response? Hire MOAR private security (which I'm happy to pay for as a taxpayer -- or infinite debtor as trillions continue to be printed out of thin air).
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:47 PM (MVWbi)
He’s also had a couple of other good character acting roles.
Like I said, he’s a pretty character actor at best.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:47 PM (1sdiE)
Does that even cover the salary (minus benefits) of every complicit member of Congress over that period? Government can't do ANYthing for $35 million.
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 12:34 PM (wj4wL)
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Another way to look at it is from Smith's and his backers' POV - namely, the high-risk, high-reward plan. If the SOB was successful, DJT is off the board, the GOP is in total disarray, Harris and Walz glide in and destroy what's left of the country. And that $35M was on the taxpayers' dime to boot. So, for them, the $35M was literally "nothing".
Posted by: mrp at January 23, 2026 12:47 PM (rj6Yv)
Which made me interested in Ares...but then I read the reviews...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:46 PM
It is still better than a stick in the eye. Watch it for free if you can, just for the visuals.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:47 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (TN0g+)
Excellent!
Posted by: Bill and Ted at January 23, 2026 12:47 PM (TbWk/)
For a made-up, imaginary, no-legal-basis crimes.
Now, what if it wasn't Trump?
What if it wasn't a billionaire.?
Say, just a concerned citizen who went to a rally in DC to protest election irregularities--as hundreds of thousands of Democrats have done after every election of a Republican after 2000.
And you saw armed police officers open the doors of the Capital.
And chatting and joking with people as they walked by.
So you walked in as well.
And 3 months later found FBI agents at your door to arrest you.
And throw you in solitary confinement in DC for the next 3 years.
You're not a billionaire.
You're not Trump.
It's not Trump they are after--it is you.
Even now.
And they brought the full force, weight and power of the entire federal government to bear on nobodies for non-crimes.
This is what real fascism looks like.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (HXT0k)
All of them are less than impressive.
The press was just rooting for the home team.
Mueller at one time was reasonably good, but by the time of the Trump impeachment, he was senile. The Dems knew that, of course.
I'm not so sure I'm willing to say Smith is stupid. Even the smartest person can sound stupid when they're trying to build a complex, self-consistent universe of lies in their head in real time.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
And the funniest part of it is while Roddenbury was definitely left of center he would HATE the current incarnations.
I can't cast hot women in go go boots and mini skirts in my sci fi show...and sleep with them? I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)
http://tiny.cc/qo1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (0MjtC)
SMITH: "Uh, I'm sorry, sir, could you say that again?"
GILL: "We're not gonna delay like this."
________
Smith is clearly hearing-impaired, and those EEEEVIL and insensitive Republicans didn't even give him help with sign language, a hearing aid, or even an ear trumpet.
TIME TO OVERTHROW THEIR TYRRANNY.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (s0JqF)
I figure that's something we should be kept aware of.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: steevy at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:39 PM (NpAcC)
And from the X profile he has a cute wife and baby as well.
And yes, he seems like a very smart man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (rZCVI)
I have no hope they will impeach any of them.
Posted by: Jay in PA at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (9mw3J)
Posted by: cat at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (v3pYe)
Like the original cast's appearances in Chickbusters (2015)? That particular humiliation ritual seems to be formula for these Modern Audience films.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)
Also media: Trump has hardly deported anyone. Obama was way better at deporting people.
Posted by: Max Power at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM (0MjtC)
======
"Congresspeople make shows of themselves in effort to grab headlines and populate fundraising emails. More at 11."
I mean...this is not new. It's centuries old.
Orators can't do much else than talk.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (gm9Sb)
I typed "what date did trump demolish-"
And the second completion was "the white house".
Batshit.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
------
See: 'Blacklisted by History'
The powers-that-be of the time invested all of their effort into smearing McCarthy, rather than investigating his charges against their fellow travelers..
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (XeU6L)
Every second these gremlins spend hee hawing and delaying gets tacked on to the end of their time being questioned.
"And that's the end of regulation, and it looks like we'll have three minutes of Sit Back Down, Asshole time."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Max Power at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (xcxpd)
---
Acquitted.
Posted by: DC Judge at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: cat at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (v3pYe)
That's insane.
She'd never leave Fred.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (0MjtC)
Zendaya is very ordinary looking.
But I guess there is some reason producers like her...
Oh she started on Nick? Well I guess she has a lot of experience with producers'...requirements
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Wait for it... at January 23, 2026 12:30 PM
He likes evisceration.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:36 PM (kgE5c)
What can I say. When you can't good heads on pikes anymore, you have to find something to fill your day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (dK+Kv)
For a made-up, imaginary, no-legal-basis crimes.
--------
Probably a drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the amount it cost to run J6, round up all the people who were there and run them through a mickey mouse trial or simply toss them in prison.
I'd like to see the butcher's bill on that operation.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 12:51 PM (qwVdq)
He's always been crooked.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)
++++
Yup. And he kept on rising until he was, in effect, the top dog.
I will never forget the stupidest and AWFL-ist bumper sticker I ever saw. It was styled like the old Miller advertisements, and said "It's Mueller Time."
Move from Whitey Bulger's payroll to doing Party hits, all while getting promoted continuously, gaining fame and getting armies of AWFLs defacing their cars to honor your name. There is no greater evidence for systemic failure.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (GyQIQ)
"DC is Hollywood for Ugly People".
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:41 PM (iXqHn)
++++
And Rush was right.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GyQIQ)
I also believe he was correct about feminism being created to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (8+C2v)
So the general "crime" was him trying to shield people that broke the law trying to help him right?
Imagine if that dictum was applied to the Biden Junta or the Obama Regime...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (2ap+5)
Like the original cast's appearances in Chickbusters (2015)? That particular humiliation ritual seems to be formula for these Modern Audience films.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 12:49 PM (2ocoG)
*hurl*
What trash.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (EyfuW)
Liz Cheney's book: "Oath and Honor: A Memoir And A Warning" gets a 4.6 rating.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Fritzy at January 23, 2026 12:45 PM (2GIh1)
------------
OUT: Arkancides.
IN: Barkycides.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM (GyQIQ)
"You can't get something for nothing?"
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Nixon was thoroughly excoriated for saying "it's not illegal when the President does it."
How quaint.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (8+C2v)
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On that, he was dead wrong. That is why makeup exists, not feminism.
Feminism was created to speed the communist revolution.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (GyQIQ)
convict
incarcerate
Posted by: illiniwek at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (vbXSk)
nevah happen
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (QGaXH)
Maybe some kind of goofball quaternion or dual number does that too, I don't know.
Binary. In binary, doubling a number and adding a zero are the same thing. Any efficient programmer on IBM PC/AT could tell you that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (EXyHK)
Investigate the investigators, attack Whistleblowers, punish the Innocent, reward the perpetrators, etc.
It’s one reason no sane decent people want to get involved in politics. There is a selection process involved, and those that are selected are usually the worst sort of people, who have no business running anything.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (zO1No)
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Its about that time at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (TCKep)
Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (yw3eV)
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (dK+Kv)
No he said don't put Jack Smith down as arrogant
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Don Glen van Vliet at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (WXTVZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
Tom Sawyer does, in fact, get high on you.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
Tom Sawyer does, in fact, get high on you.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)
++++
:: quiet applause ::
Well done.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:55 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 12:55 PM (v3pYe)
Liz Cheney's book: "Oath and Honor: A Memoir And A Warning" gets a 4.6 rating.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM
To quote a former regular, people are stupid and should be beaten with tire irons.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 12:55 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM
That is because she has not yet, how you say, engaged with The Paolo.
Posted by: Paolo at January 23, 2026 12:55 PM (yKpWW)
No, Millennial Slop Tron was also garbage. But Disney wanted to make sure any watchable movie they accidentally put out had a much worse sequel, as happened with Wreck-It Ralph.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (2ocoG)
They just expected the gambit to work and for Biden to get reelected, and later for Kamala to prevail (in part because of the "prosecution" against Trump).
The only thing that got in the way was the actual election (that didn't go according to plan) which - had the outcome been otherwise - would have buried these crimes for all time.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (ssz2a)
What trash.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:52 PM (dK+Kv)
They don't believe in passing the torch in Hollywood.
You have to steal the torch, pants the old hero, violate them with the torch, throw the snuffed out torch at their tear covered face, and strut off sneering "Fuck your torch".
Because Equality.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (DgMqy)
Feminism was created to speed the communist revolution.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (GyQIQ)
I don't know, have you seen Andrea Dworkin and Bella Abzug? I think they're angry at their more attractive sisters and yes, they also wanted the revolution.
Maybe both things can be true.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (8+C2v)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (EyfuW)
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F. Joe Mugabe probably knocked up another crack ho and the result was Jack Smith, Hunter's half-bro.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (MVWbi)
You spend hours obsessing over movies. This is real.
If you think this is the end of Jack Smith, think again.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (viF8m)
I believe we are still at 0 for the number of left leaning people impacted right?
Wake me up when and if that gets to 1.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
Tom Sawyer does, in fact, get high on you.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)
Well he was a New World Man.
He’s a radio receiver
Tuned to factories and farms
He’s a writer and arranger
And a young boy bearing arms
He’s got a problem with his power
With weapons on patrol
He’s got to walk a fine line
And keep his self-control
Trying to save the day for the Old World man
Trying to pave the way for the Third World man
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 12:57 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 12:57 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Congress at January 23, 2026 12:57 PM (z0w8y)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 12:50 PM (XeU6L)
Indeed… one of the more interesting books I’ve ever read is Whittaker Chambers’ Witness
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 12:57 PM (xT8gx)
Her acting is passable, she was good in The Greatest Showman.
And she is most definitely not Mary Jane.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:57 PM (1sdiE)
You spend hours obsessing over movies. This is real.
If you think this is the end of Jack Smith, think again.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (viF8m)
=======
You're becoming a real asshole.
I liked you better when you were quoting QAnon.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 23, 2026 12:58 PM (zqeQL)
And it's probable the traitor Dean set the whole thing up to obtain records of his involvement with a call girl.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:58 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 12:58 PM (wj4wL)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 12:58 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (KDPiq)
Feminism was created to speed the communist revolution.
Makeup would not help a single one of the land whale AWFLs. El Rushbo was right.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)
While they were dour and angry like feminists, the idea that you could rile up millions of bored hausfrau on one pointless crusade after another like feminism does...endlessly...would have never occurred to them...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
Maybe both things can be true.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 12:56 PM (8+C2v)
++++
Ugly women have been getting married, occupying a social circle, having children and living life since the dawn of time. They don't get movie star roles, but then neither do most people.
People like Dworkin would have been employed and dripping poison into the ears of youth if they pleased anyway, as schoolteachers if nothing else, long before feminism existed. That many feminists are also ugly is beside the point and uglier women will probably gravitate to it because it confers unearned power, influence and privilege more easily than the alternatives - but that is an effect, not a cause.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (rZCVI)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)
You've always been an asshole and I never quoted QAnon. But you did spend an entire year saying Trump couldn't win because of fraud in Philadelphia.
How did that work out?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:48 PM
Based on her attire, I suspect something already happened.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:00 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 12:58 PM (gm9Sb)
He was good in Superman. Otherwise, there's not a lot of opportunity for the guy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:00 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)
Maybe some kind of goofball quaternion or dual number does that too, I don't know.
Binary. In binary, doubling a number and adding a zero are the same thing. Any efficient programmer on IBM PC/AT could tell you that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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And then, there is negative zero, -0
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 01:01 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:01 PM (bb1Tf)
They are creating a record to use later.
I am under the impression that the Administration knows exactly what Evidence the Jan 6th Committee tried to destroy. As in - They have it.
This is a necessary part of the process going forward.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:01 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: zombie Rodney King at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (yKpWW)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)
++++
If only it had just been the Soviets. It might not have worked in that case.
Gloria Steinem wasn't working for the Soviets, or even at their direction or influence. She was working for the C-I-freaking-A to go spread revolutionary feminism abroad. And at home, of course, but technically it was just for the abroad work. Nice and legal that way.
Feh.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (GyQIQ)
Guess you've never seen the slap fights outside of a gay bar...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Parents say their trans son killed himself because his church employer wouldn't let him wear French maid outfit, cat ears
https://is.gd/U8t8LI
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Wait. I thought if you didn't let them transition they'd kill themselves.
Would you rather have a live son or a dead French maid with cat ears?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (L/fGl)
Because she doesn't have giant tits?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (ExV1e)
You've always been an asshole and I never quoted QAnon. But you did spend an entire year saying Trump couldn't win because of fraud in Philadelphia.
How did that work out?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 12:59 PM (viF8m)
======
You said that Durham was gonna get the Russian collusion hoaxters. How'd that work out?
Acting like you've never been wrong, bruh. You've been wrong a lot.
Also, I've said more in this thread about what may come, but nope, you choose to just be an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
>>I am under the impression that the Administration knows exactly what Evidence the Jan 6th Committee tried to destroy. As in - They have it.
>>This is a necessary part of the process going forward.
A grand jury has already been seated in Fort Pierce, Florida. Smith is on record saying he believes he will be indicted.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (viF8m)
I am under the impression that the Administration knows exactly what Evidence the Jan 6th Committee tried to destroy. As in - They have it.
This is a necessary part of the process going forward.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:01 PM (ZcsJV)
++++
An congressional hearing is never "necessary." Congress cannot prosecute. If the administration has all that, it can prosecute if it pleases - and if it can get Mr. Hammond Egger to actually do the work.
Congressional hearings and investigations are theater. Such theater *can* serve a psychological purpose, but it serves no practical or essential purpose.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:53 PM (GyQIQ)
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Virtually every -ism was (e.g. Socialism, Environmentalism, Multiculturalism, Progressivism, Satanism, Nihilism, Egalitarianism, Reconquistaism, Land Acknowledgmentism, et. al.).
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (MVWbi)
Most women: I can't dress like that in public everyone will think I am some slut! I sure as hell am not wearing it to church
Trannies: Yes this is the perfect thing to wear to church.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)
Maybe some kind of goofball quaternion or dual number does that too, I don't know.
Binary. In binary, doubling a number and adding a zero are the same thing. Any efficient programmer on IBM PC/AT could tell you that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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And then, there is negative zero, -0
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 01:01 PM (XeU6L)
Since we’re blatantly violating no maths, what about that mysterious: limit as x —> 0 of sin(x)/x?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (1sdiE)
Parents say their trans son killed himself because his church employer wouldn't let him wear French maid outfit, cat ears
https://is.gd/U8t8LI
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Wait. I thought if you didn't let them transition they'd kill themselves.
Would you rather have a live son or a dead French maid with cat ears?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (L/fGl)
Dude was already behind the times.
Troons don't want cat ears anymore, they want dog ears.
Cat ears are for femboys.
Lurk Lolcow sites moar, wannabe troons.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (FpHTM)
Parents say their trans son killed himself because his church employer wouldn't let him wear French maid outfit, cat ears
https://is.gd/U8t8LI
-
Wait. I thought if you didn't let them transition they'd kill themselves.
Would you rather have a live son or a dead French maid with cat ears?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (L/fGl)
I suppose it is good that he did not take anyone with him.
But the parents are retards that neglected their son's mental illness that drove him to kill himself. Tragic for them, but very likely avoidable.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (VmO84)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Operator Error at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (dr97s)
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (0GYGE)
It's Day 96 of Trump's Destruction of the White House.
The progs have calmed down about this, and it really needs some new apoplexy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (krQz2)
Pretty good. Blew up the entire Russia hoax and look who is president.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: YYZ at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (8CIFn)
I'm going up to Costco and get some free snacks....then maybe hang out by the beach for a while watching the pretty girls go by on the bike path...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Of course not. I didn't even know they had "gay" bars.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Highest Asspiration at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (QGaXH)
Republicans allow Democrats to include abortion, genital mutilation, and kill switches in cars as concessions in new spending bill
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (L/fGl)
All they do is embolden Democrats because they clearly see that, over and over again, even if their illegal activities are exposed before the whole world, nothing will happen to them.
In fact, if they perform well enough for a day or two before the committees, they are awarded with Democrat Lotal Hero status and can cash in writing books or getting a spot with a left-wing news outlet.
Just like whem an Antifa member caught on tape committing assault and let off by a liberal judge - the only thing it accomplishes is reinforcing their knowledge that, if they are on the right political side, they can get away with murder.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (0MjtC)
Old & Busted: Crossbows vs. Longbows.
New Hotness: Assholes vs Assholes.
/NTTAWWT (as it is immensely entertaining)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)
If anything, they were lucky he didn't kill THEM.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (FpHTM)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM (GyQIQ)
Except for congresstoads' ability to con the rubes and fund raise, which there are still many, unfortunately.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (2L+MU)
Well, here you are incredibly mistaken.
This is an Official Proceeding taking place under oath. Testimony here can be introduced in any legal proceeding going forward and it can be used to impeach.
Dotting i's and crossing t's is how you build successful cases.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM
We're pleased you didn't mention the biggest of them all, penguinism. Thank you for your OPSEC.
Posted by: Big Penguin at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (yKpWW)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (1sdiE)
She's done some recent stuff but in the last seven years she had a kid, got married, had another kid...
Seems reasonable to slow down a bit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 01:07 PM (E7+ue)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:02 PM (L/fGl)
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Depends on how badly he's mis-fitting himself to survive real life.
Plus, transing your kids is a way to confirm that you're putting them in a class likely to kill themselves over something.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:07 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Highest Asspiration at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (oftw2)
I'm surrounded by assholes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:07 PM (dK+Kv)
This is an Official Proceeding taking place under oath. Testimony here can be introduced in any legal proceeding going forward and it can be used to impeach.
Dotting i's and crossing t's is how you build successful cases.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (ZcsJV)
Well, here you are incredibly mistaken.
This is an Official Proceeding taking place under oath. Testimony here can be introduced in any legal proceeding going forward and it can be used to impeach.
Dotting i's and crossing t's is how you build successful cases.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (ZcsJV)
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So someone goes and lies to Congress. Commits perjury.
Congress refers to DoJ.
Same outcome. Pile another charge onto the referral or don't. It ultimately gets prosecuted by someone else, if that someone else can be bothered.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (GyQIQ)
How warm is the French Maid's body?
...you know what, forget I even asked.
The Maid.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (ZcsJV)
Republicans allow Democrats to include abortion, genital mutilation, and kill switches in cars as concessions in new spending bill
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (L/fGl)
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#TiredOfLosing
#BatteredConservativeSyndrome
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (8CIFn)
This is an Official Proceeding taking place under oath. Testimony here can be introduced in any legal proceeding going forward and it can be used to impeach.
>Dotting i's and crossing t's is how you build successful cases.
>>Jack Smith expects to be indicted by Trump DOJ
https://tinyurl.com/29jjthvn
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (ZcsJV)
Look who got into Jackstraw's stash.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (1sdiE)
She stole Fargo Season 2. Worth every bit the price of admission.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (1sdiE)
She's in the new movie based on the true story of the guy who robbed a lot of retail joints and lived undetected in a Toys R Us.
What I remember about her when she was in Spider-Man is she said older guys creeped her out. ( she was talking about in their 30's and 40's.) I thought to myself she's going to hit the wall hard when she gets that age. She's not looking great now and it's going to get worse.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:09 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Big Penguin at January 23, 2026 01:06 PM (yKpWW)
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* snort *
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:09 PM (MVWbi)
Ugh. I went to Costco earlier. Lines of people buying 5 cases of water and a huge pack of toilet paper. Cuz the temperature is supposed to be around freezing for TWO WHOLE DAYS.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 01:09 PM (ExV1e)
Pretty good. Blew up the entire Russia hoax and look who is president.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 01:05 PM (viF8m)
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"Well my bets have all been on indictments, once it gets to court it's anyones guess what a judge and jury will do. But I have always believed there will be indictments of those cases can be built against.
John Durham, a specialist in public corruption, is not brought in to bury cases. He is brought in to build cases. And he has a grand jury.
Maybe we could just meet for a drink when your in town again and the bars are open."
JackStraw, 2020-05-27 17:15:04
Where those indictments, bruh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (8CIFn)
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What is the scope?
A octogenarian old-school Union Democrat who doesn't understand what the Party has become and sends his check every year out of habit might have a couple.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:09 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas
There is a picture of him wearing some kind of black Nehru jacket type of coat with purple satin type lapels sown in. Tried to look it up could find no clear answers. I'll just chalk it up to him probably being a member of a Satanic cult.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 01:10 PM (oiNtH)
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I’m telling you, Democrats fuck shit up. Republicans make sure it stays that way …
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 01:10 PM (VmO84)
Trannies: Yes this is the perfect thing to wear to church.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:03 PM
To be fair, we're dealing with mental illness-inspired decision making.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:10 PM (kgE5c)
INSURRECTION: Democrat Arizona AG Kris Mayes Says Citizens Can Shoot ICE Agents
AG Kris Mayes, Arizona’s top law enforcement official, sparked national outrage after publicly declaring citizens could shoot masked federal ICE agents and later shrug it off as “just the law.”
In a televised interview, Mayes warned that Arizona’s Stand Your Ground statute could justify lethal force against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers if residents claim they felt threatened—effectively normalizing the idea of armed confrontations with federal agents.
https://tinyurl.com/4nxt6hjr
Let's get this party started.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 01:10 PM (zILP0)
There is a picture of him wearing some kind of black Nehru jacket type of coat with purple satin type lapels sown in. Tried to look it up could find no clear answers. I'll just chalk it up to him probably being a member of a Satanic cult.
Posted by: Cheri at January 23, 2026 01:10 PM (oiNtH)
He looks like a cheap facsimile of a bond villian in that outfit. Or a Star Trek villian.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 23, 2026 01:11 PM (8+C2v)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:11 PM (bb1Tf)
Congress refers to DoJ.
Same outcome. Pile another charge onto the referral or don't. It ultimately gets prosecuted by someone else, if that someone else can be bothered.
You should stick to posting Thirst Bait.
The Doompilling here is unneccesary. Testimony is like a switch in a rail line. Once you pass the switch, you are locked into your course.
This will prove helpful in upcoming prosecution. How you can fail to see that is beyond my comprehension.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:11 PM (ZcsJV)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (1sdiE)
She's sitting pretty on spiderman money now I'd guess. And she's being a good wifey and raising a family with her hubby. Good for her really.
Posted by: banana "his johnson is a flight risk" Dream at January 23, 2026 01:12 PM (3uBP9)
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 23, 2026 01:12 PM (ULPxl)
"We are living in apocalyptic times"
UCC pastor suggests the Beast in the book of Revelation is ICE agents and the empire that supports them.
https://is.gd/MllfO6
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I'm thinking that instead of coffee and cookies at their after service fellowship, they have fruitcake.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:12 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
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About By-tor and The Snow Dog?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 01:08 PM (8CIFn)
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We can use their bodies to heat us once we're forced to live back in caves ... so they've got that going for them.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
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About By-tor and The Snow Dog?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (krQz2)
About all of it, including going bald.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Wasting $35 million doesn't move me all that much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
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I saw Scott Bessent say the lowball figure on fraud in MN is now hovering around $19 Billion, and is likely to climb much higher.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (HTCU3)
Parents say their trans son killed himself because his church employer wouldn't let him wear French maid outfit, cat ears
https://is.gd/U8t8LI
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Wait. I thought if you didn't let them transition they'd kill themselves.
Would you rather have a live son or a dead French maid with cat ears?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More
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Most places of work have some sort of dress code.
I blame the parents.
He should have been committed.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (bb1Tf)
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Who first said "DC is Hollywood for ugly people?"
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:12 PM
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (bb1Tf)
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I don't get offended when people call my favorite movies dumb.
*considers mentioning Prometheus*
*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*
*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)
https://is.gd/MllfO6
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I'm thinking that instead of coffee and cookies at their after service fellowship, they have fruitcake.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:12 PM (L/fGl)
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Totally, because the Lord said one of the signs of the apocalypse was federal agents enforcing the law, and crashing the illegal resistance of insurrectionist states.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 01:10 PM (zILP0)
They're pushing to get Trump to send in troops, use the Insurrection Act or something. They need a BLM -like movement before the midterms. They need people im the streets and scared and motivated voters. This is all about the midterms.
And about impeaching Trump for war crimes, or something similar, if the win in November
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (bb1Tf)
They're all actors and believe they have a celebrity shield.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (xvV+O)
And about impeaching Trump for war crimes, or something similar, if the win in November
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (0MjtC)
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Remember, BLM riots worked so well in 2020 that they stopped ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely get Biden an electoral college victory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (HTCU3)
Yeah, I believe that, ultimately, the only limit that they will recognize will come in the form of Second Amendment exercises.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)
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Most places of work have some sort of dress code.
I blame the parents.
He should have been committed.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 01:14 PM (NpAcC)
The *parents* should have been committed too, along with every other so-called adult who pushed this timwalzry on the kid.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:42 PM
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About By-tor and The Snow Dog?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (krQz2)
About all of it, including going bald.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)
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Do they call Geddy "The Working Man"?
Are they on the train to Bangkok?
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Alphamail at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (Ltj4f)
That is some weird clergy stole. The birds symbolize what in keeping with the liturgical season? Oh, it's rainbow birds. Bleech.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (7RYym)
To be fair, we're dealing with mental illness-inspired decision making.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January
Who are doing caricatures of what they think women are, which is another thing that flummoxes me about the support from leftist women who fought tooth and (unmanicured) nail to abolish those stereotypes.
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 01:11 PM (ZcsJV)
Perhaps the previous dozen or so Congressional hearings that accomplished absolutely nothing has had some influence on his expectations for this one.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: creeper at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (80oeU)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)
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It's certainly not the illegal alien murderers, rapists, and terrorists they're protecting and advocating for in their own back yards.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (MVWbi)
He kind of reminds me of General Zod.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (2L+MU)
A octogenarian old-school Union Democrat who doesn't understand what the Party has become and sends his check every year out of habit might have a couple.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 01:09 PM (GyQIQ)
I will guess, "what is smurfing" Alex
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)
@CurtisHouck
Jan 22
.@RepBrandonGill is so good at this.
Congressional hearings with him are masterclasses in questioning
Short, easy to understand, and cutting
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (SSiCQ)
All I hear in my head is Bill. murry telling me this man has no dick
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 23, 2026 01:18 PM (61TgR)
Study: Acceptance for gay behavior is DROPPING OFF A CLIFF, particularly among young men
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:18 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:18 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 23, 2026 01:17 PM (Kt19C)
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This term should replace "Time-Out!" in all domestic athletic competitions.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:19 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:20 PM (mlg/3)
An ominous, and very likely, outcome.
Posted by: Paco at January 23, 2026 01:20 PM (2L+MU)
Now. Put them ALL in prison.
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (ZcsJV)
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No. This obvious dog and pony show is all there is ever going to be. A clearing of the air where the truth can come out so even the press has to admit it.
Then in a few weeks the press will go back to lying about J6 and Trump and congress will pretend it never happened and the public doesn't actually pay attention.
A fart in a wind storm. Nothing more.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 23, 2026 01:21 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM
Concur. As has been said before, imagine dressing as a caricature of black people....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 01:21 PM (kgE5c)
But what Jack Smith knows is it doesn't matter. Two years to get to a trial, get lucky with a TDS juror or two or if not be pardoned by a dem or slap on this wrist by dem judge.
They are protected. Like the mafia.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 23, 2026 01:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:21 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:18 PM (L/fGl)
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I figure: it's not new. We're all used to some of its products. And it was a deal forced on us, without much in return.
Notice the progressives never CTFD-ed they just checked a box and started on the next item to get aggressive about.
Net return: ~0.
This is the way that progressives are going to act. And it is not honest.
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:22 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Axeman at January 23, 2026 01:18 PM (krQz2)
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"These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have shot their loads and made them white supremacists in the blood of the Karens." -- Revelation __:__
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 01:22 PM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
Maria Ouspenskaya nods in your general direction.
Posted by: Tells Your Fortune, Too at January 23, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:22 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: The Fartin' Irish at January 23, 2026 01:22 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 23, 2026 01:16 PM (ULPxl)
*****
Yep!
"His parents have since purchased a cat and named it after him."
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (NpAcC)
But what Jack Smith knows is it doesn't matter. Two years to get to a trial, get lucky with a TDS juror or two or if not be pardoned by a dem or slap on this wrist by dem judge.
They are protected. Like the mafia.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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If we cannot get justice in the courts, than justice by vigilance committees.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Case at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (E7+ue)
http://tiny.cc/qo1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Something is happening in my pants.
Posted by: wth at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (GBKbO)
I didn't say that the riots locked in the win for Biden, but that's what they were put on for. They completely disappeared right after the election. Just like the Occupy movement in 2012 and the women's protests they tried to gin up in 2015. They try to start something like this prior to every election.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Piper
Don't you even THINK about dating her!
https://is.gd/EI1gAC
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (L/fGl)
If that's the case, hypothetically speaking, one could cap an AG and claim they felt threatened.
Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (zILP0)
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 01:24 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2026 01:21 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 01:27 PM (SSiCQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 01:30 PM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 01:04 PM (KDPiq)
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We are simpatico.
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 23, 2026 01:31 PM (aZm/F)
Posted by: Steve at January 23, 2026 01:34 PM (aDzWr)
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I'm pretty sure that if the role is that of a crazy person, the best actor for the part will be crazy. Crispin Glover in 'Back to the Future' comes to mind. One wonders about Bruce Dern.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 23, 2026 06:35 PM (wGqjj)
The NY Times Researches Where American-Born Roofers Went, but Can’t Put the Obvious Puzzle Pieces Together
First, construction jobs became less desirable, as eroding wages and working conditions diminished the quality and job security of the profession.Why did the wages erode? Why did working conditions erode?
Only then did immigrants, with the encouragement of the political and business class, fill a gap that was already opening.The sequence of “immigrants” taking those jobs seems to be out of order. By hiring off-the-books “immigrants” at below market wages, construction jobs became less desirable.
Most of those foreign-born workers are not naturalized citizens, and many lack permanent legal status. That leaves an industry of 6.8 million workers particularly vulnerable to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort.Translation: There are up to 6.8 million poorly paid illegal aliens working construction jobs in the U.S.
Builders are reporting labor shortages as some workers are detained or deported and others stay home amid immigration raids.If only there was another potential labor pool aside from non-citizens who are in this country illegally…
When [Matthew] Moore started his career, unionized construction was a good living, especially for workers without a college degree. In 1973, a quarter of workers were unionized, and in construction it was 40%. But those numbers were already starting to decline.I spent much of my life criticizing unions, but my gripe was always when unions wanted high compensation for not working (e.g. early retirement with benefits, idled workers getting paid, etc). I never begrudged them wanting good compensation for the work they performed. But if union labor was too expensive, the alternative was to offer competitive non-union jobs. Instead, the construction industry chose to pursue illegal foreign labor that was well below-non-union construction wages.
What was happening in California was happening across the country, both in states with a strong union presence, such as Illinois, Massachusetts and New York, and those that prohibited mandatory union membership — “right to work” states such as Arizona, Florida and Texas where the population, and housing production, was booming.Yep. It wasn’t about the unions. Non-unionized construction workers were displaced too.
And with that decline in union strength came a decline in the economic standing for both union and nonunion workers. In 1973, the average union construction worker made $1.71 for every $1 the average American worker earned hourly. Today, unionized construction workers earn $1.15 for every $1 an average worker earns. And nonunion construction workers make just 86 cents for every dollar earned by the average American worker, often without health or retirement benefits.Not only did construction pay effectively get halved by replacing Americans with “immigrants,” but it is well understood that the current system provides layers of contracting to deflect accountability for the inherent illegality of the construction labor system.
[Mariano] Martinez had arrived in the United States on the cusp of a major immigration boom. Workers interviewed for this article who crossed illegally during that period described a southern border that was more porous, even as barriers were going up. With the help of smugglers, many managed to get across on foot or in vehicles. In a common practice that continues today, builders avoided knowingly hiring workers lacking permanent legal status by keeping laborers off their payrolls and instead hiring subcontractors or labor brokers who employed the workers.And again, it’s not just the pay, it’s also the lack of benefits and worker protections. Illegal laborers have no rights and no ability to redress illegal exploitation.
By then, the high demand for housing and fewer worker protections had led to tough working conditions. For Mario, 47, who first came to the United States in 1997 from Morelia, Mexico, as a teenager, roofing paid better than picking cucumbers and bell peppers, but it wasn’t easy. Mario was an adult by the time he started roofing, but many roofers living in the country illegally are minors, doing one of the deadliest jobs in the country usually without health insurance.Illegal minors working off the books without health insurance is an extremely disturbing thing that has been accepted by “pro-immigration” Democrats and “pro-business” Republicans. There is no amount of empathy or profit that mitigates this level of exploitation. Yet builders still feel that they are paying too much…
Immigrants who held onto their jobs say they have seen no meaningful wage gains in decades, and are still making today what they made before the Great Recession.There is much more along these same lines, focusing on the current shortage of construction workers, but I’ve extracted enough to make the point. To fill that construction labor shortage, here’s an idea - how about once again hiring legal Americans at wages that can provide for a home and a family. If new home prices go up a little, so be it. But remember, home prices never went down when builders started subcontracting out to illegal labor at extremely low wages. Roofing used to provide a career wage, and was heavily unionized in some places. As you read this piece, it becomes quite clear why unions held appeal to American roofers. Illegal laborers cannot object to unsafe conditions, no benefits, and no labor laws to abide by. If the alternative to unionized labor is off-the-books, illegal labor, then unions are the ethical choice. But those don’t need to be the only options. There is a third option – hire legitimate, legal, non-union, American labor. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (GyQIQ)
ESPONJA!!1!!1!11!1
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Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (0yjaw)
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It's amazing what one can't do when one doesn't want to do it.
It's even more amazing what one can't do when one believes - rightly or wrongly - that it would be existentially ruinous to do it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:02 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 23, 2026 11:03 AM (v6XNT)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:04 AM (06Hmj)
I can't even imagine what a roof would cost if I had to go with union labor. I can't comprehend a number that high.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (N8ZBc)
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If the non-union free agent costs you 80% of the union guy, you'll use him rather than the union guy.
If the illegal alien indenture costs you 40% of the non-union guy, you'll use him rather than either of the other guys.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (GyQIQ)
That's a part, but also I think a smaller part. The real reason is that competition forces all businesses to adopt very similar if not identical strategies, especially for the "cost" side of the business.
If there are three roofing companies operating in an area, and one of them decides to cut labor costs by hiring illegals, then that one has a substantial competitive advantage over the other two. It will be able to outbid the other two.
Those two -- even if they are otherwise patriotic and want to hire Americans -- will have no choice but to also cut labor costs, or else they will go out of business. So they too hire illegals. Now all three are hiring illegals.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)
They used to be the labor brokers. You want guys for a project, you call the union hall and say "I need this many guys for a project" and they'd send you a gaggle of trained journeymen.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 23, 2026 11:06 AM (a+4eV)
But they used to do good. Occasionally, almost entirely by accident, they do good today. And they are better than Americans not getting considered for American jobs.
Posted by: RandomDave at January 23, 2026 11:06 AM (aJQbY)
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Two things.
1. There is no such thing as a shortage, only a bad price.
2. Most of the raids are *not* targeting illegals who are keeping their heads down and working. I think those guys should be a part of the action, but right now, they are largely not. A lot of them are "self-deporting" just in case, and that was predictable as the sunrise.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:07 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (N8ZBc)
If only you could get those special congressman rates.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 11:07 AM (uEmCf)
This is like H1Bs who are "stranded" in their home countries awaiting vis renewal whining about having their 'American' dream stolen.
You have willingly participated and profited* from this system, that has by design robbed opportunities and gainful careers from American citizens.
While recognizing that they system itself is rotten, I am focusing my concern for the locals you've disenfranchised.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 11:08 AM (0yjaw)
I don't have any problem with union wages declining wrt nonunion wages. Unions are legal extortion and represent no added value, in fact they usually detract value. That is not to say that those jobs should be filled by illegals without benefits and who often don't pay taxes, but let's not pretend that union workers are saints.
From what I've seen, the guys who put roofs on houses now work twice as hard as the union guys.
To fill that construction labor shortage, here’s an idea - how about once again hiring legal Americans at wages that can provide for a home and a family.
How about we kick out the illegals, and then let the market determine the level at which their labor is fairly compensated.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 11:08 AM (KfXOG)
Now I'm sure there is a labor shortage, and it can't be quickly solved just be restoring wages working conditions.
The whole 'cheap labor' to me was a way to artificially inflate the lifestyle for mid-level white collar folks. They could eat out more often and have a bigger house than the value of their work warranted because of bringing any the illegals.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 11:08 AM (hhkIi)
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To that great roofer in the sky?
/My brother was a drywall hanger, then a landscaper, then a cook, and then a big box store stocker in Las Vegas over a couple of decades -- and got pushed out (and undercut in pay as a result) of each job by the unrestricted influx of illegal aliens during the 90's and 00's.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:09 AM (MVWbi)
Builders have a vhoice - put someone on the payroll and cover significant labor burden for a trade which requires minimal training, or swing buy Home Despot and have a few guys jump on the trhck for a few bucks for the day.
Posted by: Operator Error at January 23, 2026 11:09 AM (dr97s)
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This is, I think, probably a pretty bad (low-resolution) way of looking at things. What is the "average worker?" He doesn't exist. It averages in so many things that the result is largely meaningless. How much is the union tradesman making today in real dollars vs. forty years ago? How about the non-union tradesman? How about the white collar private-sector employee? How about the government employee?
Yes, trade wages have probably come down in real terms, but so did most of the others.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:09 AM (GyQIQ)
Offloaded onto Americans. Citizens. Tax farmed Chumps. Wages have been stagnant since 1974
All this financial jiggery-pokery over the years has left in its wake fertile ground for the Marxist-Socialist Democrats. As we are witnessing
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 11:09 AM (vjVW5)
Billionaires are bad and we should institute a wealth tax. -- NYT
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
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And if he fails to go to work to earn enough to "send back home to his family" then the cartel boys holding his family hostage will start carving them up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (GyQIQ)
American-born roofers didn't get the nice government subsidies, it turns out, and they were still subject to taxes, insurance, etc.
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (wj4wL)
BUT... if you obviate those costs and risks by eliminating the entire framework that is meant to enforce immigration and labor and safety laws, and the government just says "Have at it" instead, then all that goes out the window.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (06Hmj)
They used to be the labor brokers. You want guys for a project, you call the union hall and say "I need this many guys for a project" and they'd send you a gaggle of trained journeymen.
Or, you know, a bunch of guys who expect a no-show job and who will shut down your site if they don't get them. Either that, or break your knees.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
Good news! With all the deportations and closed border, our housing needs will be reduced!
It was like a self-feeding monster: must bring in millions or workers, because we have to build housing for the millions of foreign workers and their families!!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 11:11 AM (0yjaw)
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Which is what the market was already deciding on, before both were obviated with the open border.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:11 AM (GyQIQ)
But holy fuck they worked hard. Showed up at 7am and left at 6pm up and down the ladders all day.
My thought on that was great they’re fast. But how good is the quality? Probably not very good. I kinda don’t care because I don’t expect to be in this house for too long. The roof was at the point it was leaking all over the place and I had no choice but to replace it, I knew that when I bought the house.
I suspect in 10ish years from now the next owner will have all sorts of issues.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:11 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)
This. The entire framework (sorry) of this discussion is based on that fraud.
Sad, really.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (XuXeR)
Those two -- even if they are otherwise patriotic and want to hire Americans -- will have no choice but to also cut labor costs, or else they will go out of business. So they too hire illegals. Now all three are hiring illegals.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)
Which is why the citizens who hire illegals should do prison time. If that had always been the case, the hypothetical other two could have ratted out their competitor and removed a player from the game.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (hirWM)
Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (yw3eV)
Same is true in the auto industry. Most of today's younger mechanics aren't really mechanics in the classic sense. They hook cars up to computers and the computers tell them what's wrong. Then they replace whatever the computer tells them to replace. They can't diagnose anything on their own.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (KfXOG)
Where I used to live, the owner and office staff might be American but you would not hear a single word of English out of the crews.
Where I live now, it's Americans top to bottom at some of the roofers I've interacted with, and a mix elsewhere. Same for lawn guys, tree guys, HVAC guys, plumbers and electricians.
And the price is not radically different. It's often lower because region is very much a thing. Would my HVAC system total cost have been cheaper if the HVAC outfit used illegals? Probably - but probably not by all that much.
Our country has been sold out for probably 5%-10% of the end purchaser dollar.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid
Yes, the Amish were the first folks I thought of when reading the rant. That barn-raising scene in Witness came to mind.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (8zz6B)
Seems to me there are a lot of young people in this country who can't be bothered to start at the low end of the job market. Too many incentives to keep them on Only Fans or selling weed.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (dGCAG)
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^^^^That's the way forward.
And I don't feel like unions add much of value, but even the union labor usage rate would go up IF there were no longer illegal workers available. Its supply and demand--if we want rising wages, we have to kick out the illegals, and thus reduce the "supply" of labor.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (TN0g+)
This is where we get in to trouble. I want my roof fixed for the best price. The transaction shouldn't involve any consideration of the career prospects of a roofer - that's his business. If he doesn't get what he thinks is a fair price, he shouldn't do the job. Obviously he wants more, but I don't recall the last time a roofer expressed concern about me and my career and how it's compensated.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
Yes, trade wages have probably come down in real terms, but so did most of the others.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:09 AM (GyQIQ)
Better question : WHY is there an average worker?
Why should you be even remotely hirable if you don't excel?
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 11:16 AM (uEmCf)
Only so many folks to do raids and asshats like the folks in MN tie up extra resources. Gotta focus on the worst first.
Also, and sad to say, I'm not sure that the public would support deporting Jose the carpenter who's only making it so that they can't get a good paying job and causing their taxes to be spent on people who shouldn't be here. Cuz love.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N8ZBc)
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Roofing can get bonkers fast. I will need to do mine in the next 5-7 years and I am *not* looking forward to it.
The odds of it outliving me, though, are high.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:16 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 23, 2026 11:16 AM (ljGJy)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:17 AM (KDPiq)
Seems to me there are a lot of young people in this country who can't be bothered to start at the low end of the job market. Too many incentives to keep them on Only Fans or selling weed.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (dGCAG)
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Or mooching off mom and dad. My first job, not that long ago in the grand scheme of things? Dishwasher. I was 15 or 16. Worst. Job. Ever.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:17 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (GyQIQ)
But the CEOs and private equity bros got their phat bonuses so it all works out.
Posted by: You some kind of commie or something? at January 23, 2026 11:17 AM (TbWk/)
It is, but there are even easier/simpler products and techniques out there which aren't being adopted... it's just easier to hire low rent workers instead of being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century...
*see agriculture as an example*
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 11:17 AM (XuXeR)
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In Califzuela beginning in the 80s (thanks to Reagan's Amnesty), the labor unions were PRO-OPEN BORDERS and PRO-ILLEGAL ALIENS.
It was astonishing that the leadership was selling out their American members for cheaper labor. In hindsight, they were likely in the pockets of The Cartels (in addition of course to the Democrat-Communist Party here).
* spit *
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (MVWbi)
I remember a Teamsters that you didn't want to mess with even if you were just running two semi's a day now silent with thousands of illegal illiterate drivers swarming all over.
I remember Caesar Chavez yelling for border enforcement to boost wages for the UFW.
But yeah, I remember Pepperidge Farm, too.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (Y8DZL)
Half of the labor pool is by definition less skilled than the other, about the median. If only above-median workers can be hired, you'll have 50% unemployment.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (N8ZBc)
Also, and sad to say, I'm not sure that the public would support deporting Jose the carpenter who's only making it so that they can't get a good paying job and causing their taxes to be spent on people who shouldn't be here. Cuz love.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)
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Oh, I *understand* the targeting and I even approve of it - go after the worst first and maximize the bang for the buck. I just don't think it should *stop* there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
The last time we had a union guy (official, not just member) in my office, he spent way more of his time playing Mob Boss than he did doing actual work.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
That works for engines. But if I go to a mechanic and I say my car makes a weird noise when I turn left, the computer probably can’t diagnose that. The mechanic has to figure it out. That’s why I like going to older mechanics who’ve heard that noise 1000 times before and know exactly what it is.
When all those guys are retired not sure what will happen. This is already the case with older cars. Few people are around anymore who can work on cars from the 80s or before when there was no computer to tell you what’s wrong.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (vFG9F)
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The Sierra Club was (at one time) decidedly against illegal migration.
By definition, any “environmental” organization would be. The reason of course is that millions and millions of additions to the population requires tremendous amounts of new construction, roads, sewerage, logging, mining, fresh water, agricultural inputs, pollution and garbage.
Wonder what happened? Never heard a fucking peep out of them yet. Weird, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (vjVW5)
The odds of it outliving me, though, are high.
Doctor: I'm sorry, Joe Mannix, but you only have 3 months to live.
Joe Mannix: Excellent! My roof will outlive me!
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
Of course they did, because that's what roofing *is*. In the 60's, say, you would have said, "they were just high school kids on summer vacation, but holy fuck, they worked hard!" And they were doing the jobs that white-collar accountants wouldn't!
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (wj4wL)
One to two percent.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: NC Rednecks, FTW! at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (oftw2)
And yes it is the US taxpayer who is paying for all the food and medical and rent assistance for these "poor" workers. This must end. And the home prices will not go up--the builder company was pocketing the extra all along.
Posted by: Random PJ at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (Dwxc/)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (ljGJy)
For the last 5 or 6 years (maybe a bit more) when there’s a roofing job, about 15 or 16 guys show up at 6 am, and they all go at it wildly. I’ve witnessed several times where the entire job takes 12 - 16 hours, with 2 or 3 hours of cleanup the next morning. Watched that across the street from me last year.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (xVja5)
Come on...2 + 2 =? SAY IT!
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (BpO1e)
Joe Mannix: Excellent! My roof will outlive me!
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
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Silver linings are always there if you look hard enough!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:11 AM (Ryx1w)
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Really depends on the firm you hire - are they a legit business, or just someone who does roofs. The good regional firms have quality control guys and foreman who get up on the roof. AS noted - roofing is not really hard technically. It is hard being up on a roof and doing the work.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N8ZBc)
$27K for me 2 years ago. Regular sized house nothing out of the ordinary. Granted it has some really steep pitches which makes it expensive and there was water damage that needed to be fixed. But still that shit ain’t cheap. And I got several bids. The one I went with wasn’t the absolute cheapest but was in the cheapeER category.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 23, 2026 11:21 AM (GD2xa)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:21 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (dGCAG)
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Or mooching off mom and dad. My first job, not that long ago in the grand scheme of things? Dishwasher. I was 15 or 16. Worst. Job. Ever.
I was looking for someone to plow my rather long driveway after the snow and ice stop Monday morning, and was astonished to find that there is actually a family in my UMC neighborhood with two teenage boys willing to do it. It won't be cheap, but still.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:11 AM (Ryx1w)
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Really depends on the firm you hire - are they a legit business, or just someone who does roofs. The good regional firms have quality control guys and foreman who get up on the roof. AS noted - roofing is not really hard technically. It is hard being up on a roof and doing the work.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM (GZYu7)
It’s a local company that’s been around for 25 years.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:22 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 11:22 AM (XuXeR)
The reason jobs like roofing have become magnets for illegals is because nobody wants to do it. That's why so many illegals get hired. If we remove illegals someone will fill their place but let's not pretend American kids go to bed at night with dreams of becoming a roofer.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (iFTx/)
That works for engines. But if I go to a mechanic and I say my car makes a weird noise when I turn left, the computer probably can’t diagnose that. The mechanic has to figure it out. That’s why I like going to older mechanics who’ve heard that noise 1000 times before and know exactly what it is.
When all those guys are retired not sure what will happen. This is already the case with older cars. Few people are around anymore who can work on cars from the 80s or before when there was no computer to tell you what’s wrong.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (Ryx1w)
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Works for almost everything now that can possibly be hooked up to any kind of sensor.
True, it doesn't work for odd squeaks or rattles or purely physical things (bent or broken parts, etc). But it eventually will.
There are new drive-through sensor machines that are incredible at what they can detect.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:22 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 23, 2026 11:22 AM (Riafb)
I think it should be done in all areas where the majority of the school aged students won't go to college.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:22 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 11:23 AM (vFG9F)
Seems to me there are a lot of young people in this country who can't be bothered to start at the low end of the job market. Too many incentives to keep them on Only Fans or selling weed.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (dGCAG)
A friend of mine is unfortunately one of those people.
He was in line to take over his parents' restaurant, but decided he didn't want to (and neither did his older brother), so his parents shut it down and retired.
Now he's working a low-paying retail job.
I know, I should be surrounding myself with high-earning go-getters, human failure on my part.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 11:23 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Formerly Jb but don't want to step on JB! at January 23, 2026 11:23 AM (yBGaa)
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I do my own lawn care. I hate it but I'm too cheap to pay someone to do something I can do myself. Besides it's decent exercise for an old man.
Posted by: Cosda at January 23, 2026 11:23 AM (+Rtty)
These two things don’t compute together.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:23 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Archimedes
We have a neighbor with a plow on his truck and he takes care of the neighborhood. Took me several months to find out who was clearing my driveway. When I was finally introduced to him, he refused any kind of payment.
Ended up persuading him to accept a case of beer.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 11:24 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 11:24 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Michael K at January 23, 2026 11:24 AM (eCB+U)
IOW - most new home are garbage.
Posted by: Operator Error at January 23, 2026 11:25 AM (dr97s)
Sounds like the expectations of every recruiter and interviewer.
Me: "Here's my resume, references, and lots of code samples for you to judge."
Them: "We're only hiring Linus Torvalds types. Do you think you're as good as Torvalds? Are you a fullstack developer with ten years experience in the enterprise tools that came out only last January?"
Me: "Would you please suck my dick, and then I bid you good-day, asshole."
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:25 AM (N8ZBc)
The First Law: Unfettered, illegal immigration is an unalloyed good and is not to be criticized or implicated in any way as a cause of degraded wages or working conditions, poor performance by schools or increased crime, drug use or medical or housing costs.
The Second Law: Anything that appears to contradict the First Law has to have an alternate explanation, however implausible. Or...it's just a mystery, just like there was no way to stop illegal immigration until there was.
The Real Law: Things like this are the way they are because somewhere there's BIG MONEY that wants it that way.
That is all.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 11:25 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:15 AM (dGCAG)
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Or mooching off mom and dad. My first job, not that long ago in the grand scheme of things? Dishwasher. I was 15 or 16. Worst. Job. Ever.
I was looking for someone to plow my rather long driveway after the snow and ice stop Monday morning, and was astonished to find that there is actually a family in my UMC neighborhood with two teenage boys willing to do it. It won't be cheap, but still.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)
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When I was a kid -- not that long ago, mind you -- after it snowed all the kids would grab their shovels and go door to door offering to shovel for a few bucks. We made good money. Had to get out there early, though, because if you didn't, then other kids would beat you to the business. I never see kids out there doing this any more -- not even for their own houses!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Archimedes
I respectfully disagree with that. In my experience, at least in home building, union labor had standards to meet that the new crop of builders don't come close to reaching. I have problems with unions, but I do believe that their build quality was higher. It might just be that everyone's quality has decreased in the same time frame, but current construction is pretty lousy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:26 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM
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That's how it is where I live (Illinois) too. All but the largest / most complex roofs get torn off and replaced in one day unless bad weather interferes. The bigger the job the bigger the crew.
Posted by: Bigsmith at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (1Au9i)
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The thing is that that is EXACTLY what labor unions evolved into doing, as their essential function. They wholly abandoned even the lip service to standards and ethics that the lawyers and doctors at least claimed to support.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (s0JqF)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (KDPiq)
Not when they've been told all their lives that "everyone deserves a college degree!" and that being an activist, a non-profit, a bureaucrat, whatever, is a valid profession, while working with your hands is fo losers. Add to it that over the years many summer jobs kids typically took, that introduced them to basic workplace norms (e.g. you have to do the grunt work, you are special/above that stuff), are now given to illegals.
Brainwashing that everyone *deserves* a white collar job + shut out of entry level jobs that could lead one on a path of blue collar work, even small business ownership.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: Operator Error at January 23, 2026 11:25 AM (dr97s)
That begins with the architects and planners, honestly.
Don't care if it's a spherical guatemaloid or Michaelangelo himself hammering in the nails if it's a 10,000 sq. ft. flakeboard box with no interior walls and a styrofoam foundation.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (06Hmj)
Sooner or later, someone will figure out how to automate roofing; I'd guess within the next 10-15 years. Roofing is probably not a long term career, to say nothing of the fact that your body wears out.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
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I'm an independent contractor and am going to ask for a raise in a couple months when a new contract between my employer and the Feral Gubmint begins.
I checked to see what the cumulative compounded rate of inflation -- including housing, energy, and food (CPI-U) -- since 2013 (when I started) has been over the past 13 years: it's approaching 40%.
I've had to beg for a couple of raises in the past and am making only about 15% more than when I started; and if I ask for and am given a 20% raise now, I will still be making comparably less than I did when I started 13 years ago.
Thanks DogEater and F. Joe Mugabe!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Archimedes
Those two are going to be busy for a week if word gets out!
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 11:28 AM (wj4wL)
I'm sorry to say the Secret Service is not an option for you either.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:28 AM (viF8m)
It IS dangerous work. I wonder if insurance costs ballooning contribute to the skyrocketing roofing costs?
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:28 AM (N8ZBc)
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Modern cars and trucks don’t need the routine adjustment, maintenance & repair the old school iron did. Alternators, Fuel injection, and Electronic Ignition mainly. Electronic engine controls.
God help you, though, if you do need work. There is no room to work, half the engine must be disassembled to get at anything. Huge labor costs.
Engine diagnostics have changed remarkably little in 100 years. Any modern mechanic would do well to read the trouble shooting and tune up info from the 1920s.
Everything is exactly the same, except with a whole bunch of electronic and computer stuff in between. One thing that makes for a good mechanic is pattern recognition. “I’ve seen this before…” and makes a connection. It is a science for sure, but there is an art to it as well.
The most useful tool I learned to trust was the vacuum gauge. “Measure, don’t guess!” (No jokes, ladies)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 11:29 AM (vjVW5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:29 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:26 AM (0U5gm)
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Probably a multi-variable problem from labor skill to materials to development model.
But when I was shopping for a house, I gave my realtor only three hard and fast rules. Everything else (number of bedrooms, does it have natgas, etc.) was negotiable. I had a long list of "nice to haves" but the list of "must haves" was very short:
- No HOA
- No pool
- Built before 1990
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:29 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (GZYu7)
I would argue that unions are okay provided that the government plays neutral referee. Then the union is required to act as a foil for the worst impulses of management but must still be reasonable.
Once you add laws making union membership mandatory, no replacing striking workers, and politicians/agencies coming in on the side of the union without need... unions become (more) corrupt and everything starts to fail.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:29 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 11:20 AM
That’s was exactly my roof replacement. Took 2 days total. They left the place spotless.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:25 AM (iFTx/)
This generally didn't happen in my neighborhood because you always had somebody who wanted to show off their new snow blower by using it on the entire neighborhood.
And even before that, parents in my neighborhood didn't want their children bothering other adults. You might see kids doing their _own_ driveways and sidewalks, but never anyone else's.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (uEmCf)
Built before 1990?
Did you replace all your windows?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Eeyore at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (s0JqF)
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The unions all suffer from essentially the same problem: they succeeded in the core mission and had to find something else to do.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (GyQIQ)
I can only cite my own experience. I've never looked at a job, any job, and said "That's really well done. It must have been done by a union guy." Granted, my experience is limited.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
Sooner or later, someone will figure out how to automate roofing; I'd guess within the next 10-15 years. Roofing is probably not a long term career, to say nothing of the fact that your body wears out.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)
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Roofing has changed drastically in the last 40 years. Just do a quick google search. Materials are better, more modular, installation equipment is MUCH better (cordless power tools, etc), and many houses have simpler roof designs.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 23, 2026 11:31 AM (iFTx/)
Did you replace all your windows?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:30 AM (KDPiq)
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The previous owner already did that. Bonus.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:31 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:31 AM (GyQIQ)
Definitely a bonus.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:32 AM (KDPiq)
If management are scumbags, the union will be even scummier. If management is decent to their labor, the union will be decent too.
It can be a nice little symbiosis if everyone doesn't have their head up their ass. Usually isn't. But it can be.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (06Hmj)
Surely there must be some linkage between immigrant roofers driving EVs... right?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)
That's true. Do you know what else I never saw while I was doing roofing? A female roofer.
Lots of kids take those jobs but none of them are XX. Funny how equality only hits the white collar jobs.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N8ZBc)
I wonder how much of that is from people replacing their roofs every 18 months via insurance. Yo, homie, insurance will pay us 12K so the price is 12K.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 11:10 AM (wj4wL)
This. Do illegal roofers payed in hard cash pay income taxes. And cry me a river about no medical benefits. They show up in an ER, they'll be treated for free; so no expense there. Vacation time? Just quit for a couple of weeks and come back. And most of us should no they pay for no insurance, liability or otherwise and get off scot free if they're in an accident.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (g8Ew8)
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We had our shingled roof replaced a year ago with a metal roof by a local business which has been around for decades and has a good reputation (and they did a fine job).
While the management were Americans, the laborers were all illegals (I objected on those grounds alone, but the wifey was insistent and correctly pointed out it was likely the status quo in all the local roofing businesses). It was a very physically demanding (and costly!) endeavor. Took them more than a week to complete -- and cost us around $65k.
At least it will outlive us now ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (MVWbi)
It’s like you’re fucked if you buy new and fucked if you buy old. Maybe something from 1973. Is that the sweet spot?
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:34 AM (KDPiq)
I did 22 of them. Then I discovered that if one of these double-pane suckers gets busted (thanks, tenants!) it costs $330 to fix. By an immigrant laborer, natch.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:34 AM (N8ZBc)
People say they hate Walmart because it kills small
businesses. By and large, this is true, Walmart will generally have greater choice, longer hours and lower prices than a locally operated retail store.
But it really isn't Walmart that closes small businesses, it's the fact that you would rather save a buck on your dog food than buy from the local pet store operator. You'd rather save $50 on a television, than shop at the local electronics store. The consumer makes the conscious decision to choose their own financial considerations over supporting local retail. You aren't forced to go to Walmart, you choose to go to Walmart, and then eventually you are actually forced to go to
Walmart.
The same goes for roofing. Nobody sees the truckload of Spics show up to roof their house, gets on the phone with the contractor that bid the job, and says "Absolutely not, get these Spics outta my yard".
If they did, you wouldn't have wetbacks taking over. But you just can't resist that price and that speed anymore than the contractor can.
Posted by: Strange Brew at January 23, 2026 11:34 AM (Ut9DU)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (Ryx1w)
I used to have a Chevette I could sell ya but the last bits of rust blew away ages ago.
Need some tires, though?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:35 AM (06Hmj)
That's when I was in HS and working construction in the summer. You don't want those houses.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 23, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
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I do my own lawn care. I hate it but I'm too cheap to pay someone to do something I can do myself. Besides it's decent exercise for an old man.
Posted by: Cosda at January 23, 2026 11:23 AM (+Rtty)
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In the same boat - I also do a much better job than 90% of them, whether they have kids, white guys or illegals.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 11:35 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Formerly Jb but don't want to step on JB! at January 23, 2026 11:36 AM (yBGaa)
Yes, mine has a white space-age rubber-plastic sheet, a couple mm thick, that's lasted 18 years. It was supposed to last 15.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:36 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (GyQIQ)
Agreed. I wonder how much lefty minds would be blown if Trump were to arrest some fatcat (who supports Democrats) for illegally employing illegals and prosecute him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:36 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (ExV1e)
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We had several neighbors get their roofs replaced via insurance owing to hail damage.
Wifey had an insurance adjuster come out to see if we could do the same, but although a little damage was likely caused by hail -- it was not sufficient to be covered by our policy.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 11:37 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:37 AM (Ryx1w)
Then again the friendly local guy wasnt always just charging one dollar over the odds. Often he was screwing you royally because he was in or among the only game in town. So people aren't cretins for taking a sane predictable choice. If only things were so simple, eh?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:38 AM (bb1Tf)
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The thing is that that is EXACTLY what labor unions evolved into doing, as their essential function. They wholly abandoned even the lip service to standards and ethics that the lawyers and doctors at least claimed to support.
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Automotive unions aided in the destruction of the American auto industry by saddling the "Big 3" with exhorbitant pensions that screwed domestic car pricing for several decades.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 11:38 AM (TN0g+)
- No HOA
- No pool
- Built before 1990
Posted by: Joe Mannix
I would have put the natural gas on the 'must have' list. I bought my first house naively in my early twenties and it was all electric. Never again.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:38 AM (0U5gm)
My friend is having a Toll Brothers house built and he's had a number of issues but nothing that couldn't be corrected. That's how they build now. Do each step as fast as you can and correct any mistakes afterwards.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:39 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:39 AM (Ryx1w)
What a bunch of homo retards.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 23, 2026 11:39 AM (dK+Kv)
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Cotton clothing in the 1850s at January 23, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:39 AM (KDPiq)
Just like making movies, or video games!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:39 AM (06Hmj)
Me too. This place was built before construction records were kept, I guess, but the neighborhood was platted in the 1880s. A money pit.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:40 AM (N8ZBc)
i thought it was an Office joke... -_-
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at January 23, 2026 11:40 AM (v6XNT)
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I understand.
I'm just saying you can't really bitch about illegal immigrant labor while the Mexicans are out front trimming your hedges and mowing the lawn.
Posted by: Strange Brew at January 23, 2026 11:40 AM (Ut9DU)
If they did, you wouldn't have wetbacks taking over. But you just can't resist that price and that speed anymore than the contractor can.
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And that's why the border should have been closed all along. The work should go to whatever outcome (quality, price, speed) that the consumer desires, but only from legal providers.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 11:41 AM (TN0g+)
I hated handling hail damage claims. Hated!
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:41 AM (KDPiq)
I asked about maybe getting a job with him, and he was just like "nope, I'm getting rid of guys so I can wind it down and sell out. It's not worth it to compete with the illegal aliens."
This was in the early 2000s, at the end of when CO was still a purple state.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 11:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:38 AM (0U5gm)
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Natgas was on the "I *really* want this, but am willing to negotiate" list. I got it.
Actually, I got my entire list. Got lucky. And my realtor is good at her job.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:41 AM (GyQIQ)
The NYT -- though always left -- was at least intellectually left. Now, they simply ping-pong back and forth between being incapable of putting a two-piece, magnetically aligned puzzle together and being perplexed that their formulaic solutions didn't work as expected, like that video of the multi-shaped puzzle box where the puzzle solver doesn't jump through all the hoops set up by the designer because they've found that all the different shaped pieces fit into the square hole.
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 11:42 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 11:42 AM (/iXAp)
Specialization pays in building trade. I know a guy that does fieldstone fireplace and chimneystacks who is booked out through next year; charges outrageous sums.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 11:42 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:40 AM (N8ZBc)
But it has character!!!! lol
My wife and I knew what we’re getting into. It is an awesome Neighborhood. Tree lined street with 100 year old maples and what’s really cool is every house is different. No cookie cutter. Also walkable to a lot of things. In the summer I barely drive anywhere.
Is that worth the headaches? Maybe maybe not. We’ve been here 6 years and we’re both starting to think maybe we’ve had enough “character” and just want a house where we don’t have contractors on speed dial. 😀
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:43 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 23, 2026 11:43 AM (jc0TO)
Except we didn't want a gas hookup, we wanted as few neighbors as possible with as little chance of development as possible. Which, of course, usually isn't compatible with gas lines. But no HOA, and no pool. Those were hard dealbreakers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:43 AM (06Hmj)
I got my roof replaced in 2020. The guy running the business was white, most of the guys actually doing the work were tiny Mexicans and....boy did they do the job quick and efficiently.
I was honestly impressed (Pacific Pride Roofing, for those interested).
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 23, 2026 11:43 AM (xcxpd)
318 >>If a conservative can watch live sportsball (NFL and MLB) without paying for it, I've got no beef with that.
Well that's a relief.
Kind of hard to take seriously a condemnation of the NFL at a place that worships the next cartoon movie from Hollywood.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)
So, you're saying pirating it is the play...maybe there is some use for pirating after all...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops
This is the primary problem with illegal labor (and outsourced labor, too). The sticker price isn't the actual price, because your tax dollars are subsidizing it. We exported inflation to the third world and are paying for it in welfare benefits. If we successfully get rid of illegal aliens and reimport manufacturing, our sticker prices will go up, but our taxes and government debt will go down.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
A house not too far from us went kaboom! from natgas. Fortunately, nobody was home at the time. No way will I ever have natgas.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:45 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:43 AM (Ryx1w)
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I rented a truly amazing place when I was in college. Old. Shabby. Dilapidated. Incredible.
I remember thinking to myself at the time, "it's a good thing I'm broke. If I weren't, I'd try to buy this place and it would ruin my life by the time I was done with it. But man, this place could be totally killer if restored to its former glory."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:45 AM (GyQIQ)
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Nobody will work hard labor if they can soak up “benefits” and smoke weed all day.
There is a byzantine system of welfare and perverse incentives. The problem now of course, is the millions of illegals pouring across the border in recent decades discovered they don’t need to work either.
The word got out. Uncle Sugar is a Chump. Pay Americans not to work, whether or not one is “American”.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 11:47 AM (l+ype)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 11:47 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: Really??
I could easily afford to pay someone to do it, but it is excellent thinking time.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:47 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 11:47 AM (pDt9x)
What's going to hit you? A deorbiting satellite? Bird poop?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:47 AM (06Hmj)
I think it should be done in all areas where the majority of the school aged students won't go to college.
Posted by: Opinion fact
Sorry. Thug Culture only recognizes afflete, drug dealer, aspiring rapper and pimp as worthy goals. Anything else means getting up at 6 AM. They ain't interested. And it's not only blacks.
Posted by: Fixin' To Rap, My Own Self at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (xvV+O)
What's going to hit you? A deorbiting satellite? Bird poop?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:47 AM (06Hmj)
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Brutal sun and bouncing rubble like nails and asphalt?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (GyQIQ)
By the way. The top pic looks like the roof is being set up for metal roofing. If it were shingle or tile, there would be a continuous deck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (8zz6B)
Half of the labor pool is by definition less skilled than the other, about the median. If only above-median workers can be hired, you'll have 50% unemployment.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:18 AM (N8ZBc)
Not quite. A fair number of those below-median workers will look for work in some other field, where the median is a lot lower.
One thing that I've noticed is that wages tend to be static if you stay with the same company/industry. Yay, I got a 2% raise this year! If your raise doesn't exceed the inflation rate at the time, your company is just patting you on the head and expecting that you'll slob the CEO's knob for your 4% DECREASE in purchasing power.
You want to get ahead of your dead-end job? Move to another industry, jump ship to another firm, or start your own company. Tough to do, and it doesn't always work, but that's the only way you'll make real gains unless you have some sort of high-end professional education in a field with licensing to restrict entry.
Or you could start your own Somali day care...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (2sfNr)
The system is broken. I wonder what Secretary Chavez-DeRemer has to say.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (oT7pT)
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Come on Dude. It was fun spraying your other loser friends with the rinse spray hose.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (pLaQB)
My neighborhood has 42 homes. All between 24-27 years old. Over half have had new roofs out on in the last couple years. All were done by mexi...errr...latinos excspt one firm was own and operated by Sikhs. Only the foremen were anglo. All did pretty good work but one company, but then half way thru the job all the workers disappeared. Neighbor was pissed!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 11:50 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 11:50 AM (QGaXH)
The system is broken. I wonder what Secretary Chavez-DeRemer has to say.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (oT7pT)
If it's work inside your house, the reason should be obvious...
Outside only work is less clear cut.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 11:50 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 11:50 AM (Da7Vv)
People want indentured servants or slaves, if they can have them, so long as they have a fig leaf to deny that truth.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (44PAK)
http://tiny.cc/jm1y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: tubal
Same. I cannot cook well on electric, and when I had electric heat, I could not afford to be inside the house with no coat on, it was so expensive to heat.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N8ZBc)
I wonder how much of that is from people replacing their roofs every 18 months via insurance. Yo, homie, insurance will pay us 12K so the price is 12K.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM
Around here they pad out the bill they send to the insurance company by what your deductible is so you don't have to write them a check. They do the job for what the insurance pays them.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (0N4FZ)
- No HOA
- No pool
- Built before 1990
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
I've talked to a lot of people who refuse to consider anything built after 2008-2010 or so. They say quality just generally fell off a cliff around that point.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:45 AM (GyQIQ)
When I first came up to CT, rented/lived in a small cottage just north of Darien. Built in the 1800's - a pipe broke while I was there and when the repair guy broke the wall to replace it, he found news papers from the turn of the century behind the walls being used as insulation.
I loved that cottage.
Posted by: Boswell at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (BGfwC)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 11:49 AM (Q+gd/)
But it’s never fixed. It’s always in a state of fixing. That’s the problem.
My house was renovated. But the bones are still 120 years old. You can never renovate that away.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (Ryx1w)
https://tinyurl.com/38kjkua4
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)
Damn! The Three Stooges sure went to seed after they died...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (oftw2)
Thank you Mr. Mannix!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (YobFY)
My house was renovated. But the bones are still 120 years old. You can never renovate that away.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (Ryx1w)
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"Home ownership" is a misnomer. "Long-term maintenance and repair management" is closer!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:53 AM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (2sfNr)
Nah. It's never a bad time to resurrect a long standing argument.
No long standing argument, no comment section. No comment section, no shelves.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:53 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:53 AM (GyQIQ)
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"Constant combat against entropy" would be another.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 11:53 AM (GyQIQ)
https://tinyurl.com/38kjkua4
Posted by: JackStraw'
These low end losers got their pictures on the internet and are now heroes to the left. Will they do jail time?
Otherwise, for the people that put them up to it, nothing happened.
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at January 23, 2026 11:53 AM (vFG9F)
When we built the new house a few years ago, the roofing crew was Amish from up in Kansas. They were amazing acrobats as well as quick. I did not check their citizenship, although they had their own language.
The young concrete crew, on the other hand… well, also had their own lingua. They did do a muy bueno job. The old boss, at least, used to work for my grandfather back in the last century. I assumed he was 'Merican.
Posted by: mindful webworker does not hire extraterrestrials at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (OJSFI)
Posted by: But she won't drown at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (Ryx1w)
Hooray, wiremold!
Ugly, horrid, wiremold...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (bb1Tf)
Buck, all your solutions seem to be more government interference in our lives. I just don't think those are good ideas since the problems are caused by government in the first place. It seems that you just can't see the irony in this statement: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (+48wn)
It Is A Mystery Why US K-12 Test Scores Continue Declining.
Welfare Fraud Allegations Are Sinister and Not What Jesus Would Do.
It Is A Mystery Why Out-Of-Work Middle-Aged Coal Miners In West Virginia Have Not Moved to The West Coast For High-Paying Software Coding Jobs.
Posted by: Gref at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)
A graph of prices, the inverse of quality, and taxes to our local, state, and national criminal organizations would probably track directly with the influx of immigrants (both illegal and illegitimately legal).
We paid dearly for all this money we were saving.
Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2026 11:54 AM (wj4wL)
Back home from the road just in time to suffer the worst gout attack I've ever had. It's hitting both feet AND my right knee. Had to scooch down the stairs on my ass. None of my meds are working.
I feel like I need to be put out of my misery. TJM and Anna are both cordially invited to end my pain. As payment, they can rifle through my DVD and Blu-ray collection for whatever they want.
Posted by: Robert at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (KDPiq)
https://tinyurl.com/38kjkua4
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)
Damn! The Three Stooges sure went to seed after they died...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (8zz6B)
I'm with nothing will happen guy in that I predict no convictions or fines and Big Mouth Retard Don Lemon skates completely.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (QGaXH)
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I thought you said homoworship and we were back on the NFL
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Quality Learing Center at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (wj4wL)
Terra firma when you miss a step and fall off the roof.
Ask my how I know.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:56 AM (viF8m)
Maybe the problem is the roofing industry itself. No way a new roof should cost 30K to begin with.
Posted by: Diabeetus at January 23, 2026 11:56 AM (S+el1)
The Bank: "I mean, technically... we do."
Me, later: "OK, NOW I own a house, finally!"
The School Board and the County: "Heh. Sure ya do, bub. Suuuure ya do."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:56 AM (06Hmj)
I think it should be done in all areas where the majority of the school aged students won't go to college.
Posted by: Opinion fact
Sorry. Thug Culture only recognizes afflete, drug dealer, aspiring rapper and pimp as worthy goals. Anything else means getting up at 6 AM. They ain't interested. And it's not only blacks.
Posted by: Fixin' To Rap, My Own Self at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (oftw2)
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Minimum wage laws would like to speak to you.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 11:56 AM (GZYu7)
Terra firma when you miss a step and fall off the roof.
Ask my how I know.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:56 AM (viF8m)
Protip - hire it done if you are over 40.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 11:57 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 23, 2026 11:57 AM (i3FI/)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 11:14 AM (N8ZBc)
I wonder how much of that is from people replacing their roofs every 18 months via insurance. Yo, homie, insurance will pay us 12K so the price is 12K.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Insurance is similar to government intervention in that it masks the true cost of things, because the person getting the product or service is not directly paying for it. Without clear sight of the actual cost, it is easy for prices to get out of control. Look at the fastest rising costs; medical, autos, housing, college. All of these are impacted by at least part of the costs being disguised in some way.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:57 AM (0U5gm)
I'm sorry. You have medication or it's not helping?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 11:57 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 11:57 AM (XeU6L)
One of them is the head of the local BLM chapter and has made over $1 million in fraud.
Sorry, nothing will happen guy. You're wrong again.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Robert at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (1Yy3c)
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Robert, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:59 AM (4raxU)
Drink lots and lots of water and ice the areas.
Got to get the uric acid out of your system. No alcohol.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:59 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:59 AM (06Hmj)
Sorry; I missed that part. Can you go get something else before you have to go on the road again?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 11:59 AM (2sfNr)
As I told the spouse, the Bible says it's harder for the rich man to get heaven than the poor man, so Someone upstairs is just looking out for me...yeah, that's the silver lining.
Gonna sit on it a few months, watch the class actions that are going on for the exposure (and see how/if they settle), and decide if I want to do a real appeal. Leaning no b/c it's not like my voting and life profile change and that obviously is mattering (b/c why else did I get an uber-rare non-familial blood cancer pre-Covid in my early 40s)...but we'll see.
And I did say at the beginning, I'd rather get denied by the VA and have treatment work great, so Someone must have been listening.
I wish they hadn't admitted initial error b/c it was more work on my part for stil zero, zip, zilch. And that's annoying and a downer on a Friday.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 12:00 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:00 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: JackStraw "
*holds breath*
*passes out*
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at January 23, 2026 12:01 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 12:01 PM (Ng1On)
Maybe the problem is the roofing industry itself. No way a new roof should cost 30K to begin with.
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The problem is that the illegals haven't all self-deported...yet. If we get 3 more years of Trump and 8 years of Vance, that could happen.
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:02 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 11:52 AM (YobFY)
I recall, back when I watched football, Aikman making the comment that they needed to put QBs in dresses if they weren't allowed to get hit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:02 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 23, 2026 11:57 AM (0U5gm)
What are two things the gubmint has poured money into the last 50 years? Medical care and colleges/universities.
What are two things who's costs have far outpaced the rate of inflation over the past 50 years? Medical Care and colleges/universities
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:02 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 12:02 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:02 PM (snZF9)
Y'know, you could just win the roofing lottery.
Years ago, a friend of mine came home from work to find that a roofing crew was about half-way through putting in a new roof on her place. They'd gone to the wrong house. She jumped back in her car and spent the next couple of days with her boyfriend.
Roofing company tried to get her to pay full rate, she told them to go pound sand, because they didn't have a single signature from her. Someone had to have been SOOOOO fired after that one.
She settled on paying for materials, but not a penny for the labor.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 23, 2026 11:51 AM (OUMaO)
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No - earlier than that. Bought a nice speck home - someone had lived in it before us. Built in 1999. Outside Window trim was put in improperly causing water damage, some outer walls were not insulated. The windows were not very good. I have replaced roof windows, gutters, doors. Debating on some siding insulation issues.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)
Yes there is appreciation and every mortgage payment some of that is your as payment towards principal. I’ve done the home owning thing for a long time, and own some rentals as well. I often think my tenants are smarter than me, haha.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Archimedes
Probably depends on which union and where you are. No doubt some place and halls are better than others.
And from what I've been told, the illegal are cheaper and faster because they only do about 2/3ds of the job
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: Robert at January 23, 2026 11:55 AM (1Yy3c)
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Robert, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 11:59 AM (4raxU)
Seconded! Hope you feel better soon!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Crusader at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Fixin' To Rap, My Own Self at January 23, 2026 11:48 AM (oftw2)
Sometimes, you can add preacher to that list.
Sometimes.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:04 PM (iXqHn)
I wouldn't have paid for anything but I assume she felt a tad guilty knowing they were putting on a new roof.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:05 PM (KDPiq)
Yes there is appreciation and every mortgage payment some of that is your as payment towards principal. I’ve done the home owning thing for a long time, and own some rentals as well. I often think my tenants are smarter than me, haha.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (Ryx1w)
Until they're at an age where they can't work anymore, and the rent costs even more than the yearly property tax would.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:05 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (Ryx1w)
+++++
It makes a YUGE difference in terms of ability to retire for tons of folks.
Not having a housing payment in retirement is easily the difference between retiring or not for a lot of people. The payoff on ownership for many is much lower and more predictable prices in the distant future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:05 PM (GyQIQ)
Posted by: TSpoon at January 23, 2026 12:05 PM (VYV5/)
Not having a housing payment in retirement is easily the difference between retiring or not for a lot of people. The payoff on ownership for many is much lower and more predictable prices in the distant future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:05 PM (GyQIQ)
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"I'll just put the difference between my rent and what a mortgage would be in a Roth IRA."
-everyone
"I actually did that."
-no one
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 23, 2026 12:06 PM (pbBzW)
Far worse than HOAs.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 23, 2026 12:06 PM (GD2xa)
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)
Even the best built house has to have those things replaced over 27 years.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:07 PM (Ryx1w)
It is a mystery.
Posted by: Ripley at January 23, 2026 12:07 PM (GUOwU)
No mortgage was the reason I was able to retire early.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:07 PM (KDPiq)
Senor, before I forget, i wanted to thank you. Bought your old KIA at a great price from a shade tree mechanic who "fixed" it up fine. Many, many , miles left on it to travel to my roofing jobs! Only "crabs" a bit riding down the road, and a salvage title is the best kind! You loos-my gain!
Posted by: Umberto On The Roof at January 23, 2026 12:08 PM (oftw2)
I wouldn't have paid for anything but I assume she felt a tad guilty knowing they were putting on a new roof.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:05 PM (KDPiq)
Got it in one. Personally, I'd have been a dick.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)
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You all always have a payment for insurance, taxes and maintenance. Plus if you sell the house and invest the money you will essentially live rent free from the yearly returns.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:09 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:00 PM (pDt9x)
My wife is also a remodeler but she can never decide how she wants to remodel so nothing ever gets done. Peaceful and inexpensive.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)
She should have told them to re-do it, because they used the wrong color chingles.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at January 23, 2026 12:10 PM (+48wn)
It is a conundrum!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 23, 2026 12:10 PM (qo38o)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:10 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
She's a better person than me.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 12:11 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:00 PM (pDt9x)
My wife is also a remodeler but she can never decide how she wants to remodel so nothing ever gets done. Peaceful and inexpensive.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:09 PM (ExV1e)
Hmmm. Envy is a sin, so I must resist.
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:11 PM (pDt9x)
Of course.
Like an awful lot of jobs involving manual labor, it is hard, undesirable work. But hard and undesirable should translate into decent wages. It doesn't though because "we've" decided to import third-worlders instead.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (44PAK)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (bcc6F)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 12:12 PM (gm9Sb)
The NYT's are mental retards that can't see the writing on the roof because narative.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (H0l69)
That's correct at illegal wages Americans will not work
-Without unions, working conditions have eroded.
BS! Without legal pay workers don't care to do a good job.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (qo38o)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:09 PM (Ryx1w)
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Sometimes the latter. Always the former, but the former is still a lot more cheaper without the mortgage and much more predictable than rent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (GyQIQ)
Rent always goes up. Seniors get break on property taxes in Texas . The taxes and insurance is far less than what I would pay for rent.
But I agree that renting might make sense for some people.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: tubal at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (06Hmj)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)
It's kind of a now-or-never thing for me, and it's very much about being a place to live and not about being an investment in my case.
I should have enough money to make it work, it's just a question of my bank (and the bank of whoever owns the house) being willing to let me make the transaction.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:13 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: John Kerry at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (TezPK)
Naproxen (Aleve) is recommended for gout. I've been using it for years with good results You need to use a big initial dose since it has advanced. Take it with a glass of milk or a light meal.
Standard dose: 750 mg initially, then 250 mg every 8 hours until pain subsides.
(Or 500 mg twice daily)
Assuming you don't have any liver or kidney issues.
Best to check with a Big Medicine gatekeeper.
Posted by: pawn at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (WXTVZ)
Standard dose: 750 mg initially, then 250 mg every 8 hours until pain subsides.
(Or 500 mg twice daily)
Assuming you don't have any liver or kidney issues.
Best to check with a Big Medicine gatekeeper.
Posted by: pawn at January 23, 2026 12:14 PM (WXTVZ)
Watch out for allergies.
That stuff nearly killed my father.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 23, 2026 12:15 PM (pD9mX)
Today I have a 2.7% mortgage but my long term rate of return on the investments has been north of 7 so I choose not to pay it off.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:16 PM (QGaXH)
One time stamped 12:10 PM
The other time stamped 1:10 PM
But both active.
Weird Friday is GO.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 23, 2026 12:17 PM (O7YUW)
But no leftist ever wanted to unionize illegals.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 23, 2026 12:20 PM (0MjtC)
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)
Even the best built house has to have those things replaced over 27 years.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:07 PM (Ryx1w)
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Oh for sure - roof and gutters for sure - it is a sad testament to window manufacturers that having a window last 25 years takes an act of God.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 12:21 PM (iXqHn)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 12:24 PM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 23, 2026 12:26 PM (wBaIH)
I was a dishwasher/busboy combo (depending on who showed up) at 16. $1.00 per hour plus a small percent of tips.
Many, many years ago. It sure solidified my desire to do whatever it took to never have to do something like that again.
When I got a job at a construction site the next summer for $2.00 per hour installing French drains, digging trenches, sweeping out apartments, carrying pegboard, guarding the project at night, whatever was needed, etc. I thought I had died and gone to Heaven.
Posted by: RM at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (n/1Oj)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)
There is not a police officer or firefighter anywhere in the United States that has any business whatsoever belonging to a union.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 23, 2026 01:15 PM (0GYGE)
Posted by: creeper at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (80oeU)
Posted by: creeper at January 23, 2026 01:23 PM (80oeU)
The ONLY jobs that matter here is manufacturing. Doing anything else is frowned upon here for some reason.
Why are jobs like oil field work, ag work, and evil service jobs sneered at?
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 23, 2026 03:37 PM (0GYGE)
Posted by: DanMan at January 23, 2026 04:01 PM (8uzBS)
If an employ got off of the ground ie. roof framing, roof sheeting, roofing, etc my worker's compensation insurance was a dollar to dollar cost. If I paid my employee $25 per hour my worker's comp was another $25 per hour so the basic cost was $50 per hour then there was unemployment insurance, Social Security, ad infinitum.
Last year I had a friend who is an extremely old and fussy roofer do a thirteen square house with thirty year architectural shingles (not three tab twenty year). The total job cost was right at $7,000.
Material prices had nearly doubled in the last year.
I paid my friend, as the lead man, $50 per hour and hired a great helper for him at $40 per hour. I hauled the old shingles to the landfill.
The project took longer than I had estimated.because there was some sheeting that needed replaced that I had not expected (1/2" plywood for roof sheeting is now $40 a sheet) plus did I mention that my friend is old and fussy about his work?
I got a great roof using non-union labor, supported the local economy and helped my buddy pay his bills.
Posted by: waepnedmann at January 24, 2026 01:53 AM (RMKGH)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Aaron Bohrod
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Things have gone to hell around this place.
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Would work. Would not hang.
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Yep. My first thought was "Looks like an illustration from a children's book. But not a good one."
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Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)
No wonder Don Lemon lives there. Sounds like Man Asses...
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Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 09:40 AM (Q+gd/)
Zero stars.
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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:41 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:41 AM (06Hmj)
Cherishing Mother Earth, my ass.
Not enough appliances. Needs at least a washer and a refrigerator
Posted by: Jethro Tull at January 23, 2026 09:41 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Bad Boy Mowers at January 23, 2026 09:41 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: cmeat at January 23, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)
Piggy Wiggins and his Broke Down House.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (p9rFX)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (DgMqy)
Hope it doesn't rain or they get an Arctic Frost.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)
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Does Chicago have an East Side?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Dv3i1)
I like the colors and the detail. The guy working on the blue car is a mechanic and this is where he lives and works. Would be fairly normal for that time period. Most mechanics would have some junk cars around for spare parts.
I like this one.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (2J/Lj)
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Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Dv3i1)
Detroit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (06Hmj)
Sadly, it's a large, red, can-like thing.
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)
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Ce'ci n'est pa un....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (06Hmj)
News of the Great Chicago Mud Slide of '28, alas, is now extremely difficult to dig out (as it were).
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)
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If you embiggen it, you'll see that it's actually a crumpled-up sign for an auto parts store.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 09:44 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 09:44 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM
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Oh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (RoY1L)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:46 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 09:46 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:46 AM (Dv3i1)
I hate Illinois Magical Realism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:46 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:47 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (qwx/I)
No Giardiniera for you.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 09:47 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Tha troof at January 23, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Person who expected to see chickens at January 23, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:48 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 23, 2026 09:48 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:48 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Gary, Indiana
Posted by: Krebs v Carno
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Potential future home of the Bears.
And if that isn't a sign of how screwed up your state is, I don't know what would be.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 23, 2026 09:48 AM (EXzek)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 09:48 AM (JkO4W)
American Pickers - a limerick
There once was a farmer named Bill
Who lived on a farm up the hill
There's junk inn the field
While his driveway revealed
A broken down Chicken Coop deVille
Posted by: muldoon at January 23, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 09:34 AM (vFG9F)
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Which one? There are TWO vehicles there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:49 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
15 Nah, this is dogshit. The last few paintings showed excellent skill even if the subject matter wasn’t my thing. This painting combines childish skill with a boring setting. TBWNH.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 23, 2026 09:34 AM
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Also, the artist's hostility and contempt for the subject.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 09:49 AM (lsrsS)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Not nearly run down enough.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 09:32 AM (qwVdq)
Not to mention the piles of trash and fast food wrappers from 2004.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 09:49 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 09:50 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 09:50 AM (JkO4W)
1) lying down in the shade of the car or on the seat of the car.
2) looking out upstairs window of main house
3) standing atop the roof of the barn.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Three, counting the truck out back.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (2UnvF)
I'd have loved to try my luck flying a kite around those high tension lines in the background!
Sparky!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Letitia "Tish" James at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)
This picture's giving me a paean in the ass!
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (iJfKG)
Dearborn Ridge is right out!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Elto Johnson at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (dRhB3)
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (JCLJi)
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (36PRH)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
There are four. Two out front, one in the garage, and one next to the garage.
This is where a mechanic lives and works. Lots of old tires, an axle, and junk cars for spare parts.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Sir Mix It Up at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Elizabeth Holmes Asks Trump to Commute Her 11-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud
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"I'm no Somali!" she explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 23, 2026 09:50 AM (JkO4W)
Nah, those have been around for a long time.
Posted by: Trucker with various empty bottles at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (3uBP9)
Guessing you're one of those "the glass is 7/8ths-full" kinda fellas. Whatever, Mr. Cheerful.
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (Ve/HL)
It was a test, and you all failed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)
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I see five lights.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: cmeat at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
The message is "Everything about this man trying to Do It Himself is wrong".
It's 20th c. Socialist trash to its core. You will never succeed. Join the Revolution. It's your only hope.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:54 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:54 AM (qwx/I)
"I have an idea for a painting, but I can't paint."
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 09:50 AM (Ve/HL)
*waves*
Posted by: Nekkid lardass on an ottoman at January 23, 2026 09:54 AM (GTqXr)
Elizabeth Holmes Asks Trump to Commute Her 11-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
"How 'bout NO!!"
Posted by: Letitia at January 23, 2026 09:54 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 09:54 AM (wGerL)
Looks like any Indian reservation.
Cherishing Mother Earth, my ass.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 09:35 AM (IhIKR)
The traditional Sioux solution to public sanitation was.... interesting. The village would stay in one spot next to a water source until the piles of excrement, urine-soaked ground and buffalo offal began to stink. Then they'd pack up teepees and move a mile or so downstream.
Rinse and repeat.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Uh oh. This bodes ill for Monday's art.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)
^^^This
Posted by: Jean-Luc Picard at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Alec at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (Y1sOo)
I taught a chasing and repoussé class some weeks back. One student bemoaned how poor and primitive their finished piece looked.
My words of encouragement were, "You can always claim the title of being "The Grandma Moses of Chasing and Repoussé". Their amusement was scant.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (xG4kz)
I lfound rather creepy. I'd link them but I am the passenger in bumpy bus which makes linking things difficult.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (RoY1L)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 09:56 AM (MVWbi)
It was a test, and you all failed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM (n9ltV)
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I see five lights.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (GBKbO)
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I was too busy counting the forks to notice.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:56 AM (ESVrU)
It was a test, and you all failed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 09:52 AM
Great...now you've all disappointed CBD. The Food Thread will be probably be dedicated entirely to Surströmming.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 09:56 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Uh oh. This bodes ill for Monday's art.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)
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We've disappointed CBD. Now he'll make us pay.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ESVrU)
Always wanted to draw "Honkey Lips" on the side of my vehicle.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 23, 2026 09:54 AM
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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Posted by: The Merry Macs at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (2J/Lj)
"Look, I know what you wanted to hear me say is, James Woods is going to come on. He’s going to rip Don Lemon a new a**hole. Not that I’d be the first person to have done that, by the way, whoops."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 09:58 AM (GTqXr)
1) lying down in the shade of the car or on the seat of the car.
2) looking out upstairs window of main house
3) standing atop the roof of the barn.
Up on his hind legs on the front porch, waving his trusty thirty-aught-six, barking, "Get the hell off my lawn!"
Posted by: red speck at January 23, 2026 09:58 AM (Ve/HL)
BREAKING: ICE has now watched more kids in Minneapolis than a Somali daycare.
(in response to story of ICE watching a child while his illegal immigrant dad abandoned him to try to escape)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:59 AM (Dv3i1)
I am the passenger in bumpy bus which makes linking things difficult.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Quick, lay claim to "I Am The Passenger In (A) Bumpy Bus" as the title for your autobiography!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Hunt Brothers at January 23, 2026 09:59 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Not entirely. Hakarl will also make an appearance, I'm sure.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Sounds good.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM (RoY1L)
Ok. I laughed. I shouldn't have but I did
Posted by: Tha troof at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM (HcoTw)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ESVrU)
Monday's art : A re-interpretation of "Saturn Devouring His Son", except it's the Burgomaster devouring the fat naked Ottoman guy.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Not entirely. Hakarl will also make an appearance, I'm sure.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM
That would certainly elevate the cruelty level to Chuy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 23, 2026 10:01 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Ain't that the truth!
Buckle up, Buttercup.
Posted by: MkY at January 23, 2026 10:01 AM (q6tQZ)
Tonight on "American Pickers" ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 10:01 AM (xG4kz)
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"I've got f*ck you money," he explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM (L/fGl)
We weren't wrong...we were just...early.
Posted by: Hunt Brothers at January 23, 2026 09:59 AM (qwx/I)
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Where's Beeks?
Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM (tgvbd)
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Is this about me?
Posted by: NPR's Nina Totenbag at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Aaron Bohrod (1907–1992)
AI Overview - Landscape Near Chicago (1934) is an oil painting by American Regionalist artist Aaron Bohrod, currently held in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. The artwork reflects the Depression-era loneliness and urban, industrial decay of Chicago's landscape during that period.
I don't think I'd hang this painting but I don't intensely dislike it either. (The detailing is very good, well planned.)
It could be many places in Pennsylvania presently, including some fairly close "neighbors." 😣
Thank you
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 10:03 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 10:03 AM (ARykC)
Thank you
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 10:03 AM (NFX2v)
Could be any of the coal patch towns between Scranton and Hazleton.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 10:05 AM (GTqXr)
Fox News Worthy - a limerick
There once was a fellow named Ned Fleck
Took a chaw of tobacky and said, "Heck!"
"If you marry your cousin
and father a dozen
you just might be an Illinois redneck."
Posted by: muldoon at January 23, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: muldoon at January 23, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)
Illinois redneck > Illinois Nazi
Posted by: 'Joliet' Jake Blues at January 23, 2026 10:07 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 09:57 AM (Da7Vv)
I think you're probably talking about APMEX.
It's even rougher for sellers! I'm think about rolling a fraction of my bullion into treasuries during the inevitable sell-off. Just to take some profit while the getting is good, not a large amount.
I got a quote from them last week - a decent one, given the insane premiums smaller buyers are charging. A day later, they wrote to say they could not honor this quote ($7500), because they were increasing their minimum purchase from $1K to $10k.
It's getting wild out there, folks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 10:07 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Heavy Meta
Yep - see also Tamaqua, Pottsville, and Ashland.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 23, 2026 10:09 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 10:11 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:11 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Gref at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Mr Wolf at January 23, 2026 10:13 AM (OS/Fq)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (bb1Tf)
"By Any Means Necessary" is the only thing that matters to them.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 10:14 AM (uEmCf)
Meet Alexis Lawler, a labor and delivery nurse who posted a video wishing Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would suffer traumatic injuries during childbirth.
It’s alarming that someone with these extreme views works in the medical field. She shouldn’t be trusted with a license to practice.
https://is.gd/AGrh4a
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And she looks as you would expect.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:14 AM (L/fGl)
5 degrees with windchills 20 to 25 below. Partly sunny between bands of lake effect.
But the roads are actually better than they were Monday through Thursday.
And in southern Michigan?
MESSagain !
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier at January 23, 2026 10:14 AM (JCLJi)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (bb1Tf)
There was never anything relative about "moral relativism".
It should have been called absolute moral internalism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:14 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM
Beeks? I forgot all about that guy.
Posted by: Billy Ray Valentine (Capricorn) at January 23, 2026 10:15 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 23, 2026 10:16 AM (h/O4U)
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"I've got f*ck you money," he explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM (L/fGl)
Pretty sure he's on TNT, not ESPN.
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 10:17 AM (3r1VB)
Where are you in IN?
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:17 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier at January 23, 2026 10:17 AM (JCLJi)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:18 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (bb1Tf)
"By Any Means Necessary" is the only thing that matters to them.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 10:14 AM (uEmCf)
Another incredible Leftist transition: Each and every member of the Democrat-Media Complex now knows the Bible and Jesus's mind better than Fen and the Pope, combined!
I never though I'd live to see this happen.
Posted by: Gref at January 23, 2026 10:18 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)
LMAO. Libs in Minneapolis are currently standing outside a hotel in -15 degree weather banging pots and playing instruments to keep JD Vance from sleeping inside his hotel.
Little do they know, JD Vance landed back in D.C. 5 hours ago.
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And win friends and influence people.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:19 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:12 AM (bb1Tf)
I've watched them do so many heel turns it makes my head spin. They're like whirling dervishes.
But not on that.
One of the big reasons I hated them even as a little boy is that they've ALWAYS been sanctimonious, high-and-mighty scolds - perhaps the single trait that irritates me more than any other.
My schoolteachers were always like this, and I still feel a surge of anger whenever I think of them.
It's built-in. Marxian dialectics are, at their core, the womanly soul-song of the preening, moralistic, bird-handed virago.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 10:19 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:11 AM (06Hmj)
309 between Hazleton and Tamaqua is very depressed and has been since I was a kid. I supposedly have second or third cousins there and in Shenendoah (Shendo for you coal cracking morons)
Posted by: 'Joliet' Jake Blues at January 23, 2026 10:19 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:18 AM (VE6XX)
If you look closely you can see where Obama's ancestors kept the slaves.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:19 AM (bb1Tf)
"hey, two dogs humping, this water tastes like s**t"
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:20 AM (XuXeR)
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"I've got f*ck you money," he explained.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:02 AM (L/fGl)
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And that's not counting the tens of millions he's lost on the golf course and in casinos.
/At least he hasn't gotten his father murdered a la Michael Jordan, presuming we know who his father is. [I denounce myself.]
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:20 AM (MVWbi)
So, they're just still scolding. And emoting. And really, really need a good punch in the face.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:21 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier at January 23, 2026 10:21 AM (JCLJi)
It's true they have.
Even then it was always weird to see them claim there's no right or wrong or good and bad and everyone has a point and is a product of their upbringing - except that they are right and good, and you are wrong and evil. 👀
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:21 AM (bb1Tf)
She might look fine if she were smiling and not some leftist nut bar. Why do some nurses and
teachers feel the need to express this kind of thing online?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:21 AM (JmCfn)
So first they bought and returned salt at Target.
Now, bored old liberals in Minnesota are renting vehicles, cancelling, and harassing employees at @Enterprise to demand they stop providing vehicles to ICE agents.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:21 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 10:00 AM (n9ltV)
He's way way uglier brother.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:23 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 23, 2026 10:23 AM (EKbN/)
Report: Bad Bunny plans to wear a dress to "honor queer icons" for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (L/fGl)
Hmm. The whole thing (enterprise?) seems to have fallen on hard times. It's as if there isn't any organization behind the idiocy. Wonder if they ran out of people... or money?
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (XuXeR)
MESSagain !
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier
"Yes, but aren't the changes of season wonderful? I mean.. wait. Why are you coming at me with that club?"
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (Y8DZL)
Report: Bad Bunny plans to wear a dress to "honor queer icons" for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (L/fGl)
Nothing says foot ball like a man in a dress....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (VE6XX)
Well, this is interesting.
Amelia now has a German ally in Maria:
https://tinyurl.com/2ny769ms
Is it amazing or sad that the bravest and most bluntly patriotic free speakers in Europe are AI European women?
Via Insty.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)
Report: Bad Bunny plans to wear a dress to "honor queer icons" for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (L/fGl)
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T COME IN 'ER, COME ON 'ER
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (nJ/vH)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (JmCfn)
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier
Sorry. I didn't recognize your nic.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
Report: Bad Bunny plans to wear a dress to "honor queer icons" for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (L/fGl)
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T COME IN 'ER, COME ON 'ER
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (06Hmj)
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Bubba Clinton, is that you?
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:28 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier at January 23, 2026 10:28 AM (JCLJi)
I never though I'd live to see this happen.
Posted by: Gref
I refer all my deeper theological questions to Don Lemon.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:28 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Northernmost Hoo-Hoo-Hoosier at January 23, 2026 10:29 AM (JCLJi)
Meh. The purple haired women are why we're (the West) in this pile of merde anyway. And those vids are (seemingly) always admonishing "men" to do something.
"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful."
Sorry (well, not really) Amelia, but you're on your own...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:29 AM (XuXeR)
When TNT lost the broadcast rights for NBA games last year, the show 'Inside the NBA" moved to ESPN
Posted by: one hour sober at January 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:29 AM (KDPiq)
Report: Bad Bunny plans to wear a dress to "honor queer icons" for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:24 AM (L/fGl)
To bad there isn't a pro-American group of rock/pop/music performers with enough pull to get a pro-American counter halftime super Bowl show on another channel or online.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:28 AM
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Has he found the plane yet?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Does the Super Bowl have any way of knowing who was watching the game and just turned off the half time show?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (JmCfn)
Report: Judge who refused to sign warrant for Don Lemon is married to assistant attorney general under Keith Ellison
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:29 AM (KDPiq)
If you're a Football fan just watch the game and ignore the rest... Mute the commercials and turn off the half time "show."
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (VE6XX)
Well of course. It's an elite group. And you're not in it.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (XuXeR)
Meet Alexis Lawler, a labor and delivery nurse who posted a video wishing Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would suffer traumatic injuries during childbirth.
It’s alarming that someone with these extreme views works in the medical field. She shouldn’t be trusted with a license to practice.
https://is.gd/AGrh4a
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And she looks as you would expect.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:14 AM (L/fGl)
Needs to be the guest of honor at a muslim gang bang.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:32 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:32 AM (KDPiq)
The hell?! How else do you think we implement our agendas?
Posted by: CDC, AMA, Big Pharma at January 23, 2026 10:32 AM (wj4wL)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (bb1Tf)
Ohhh... I'd wear the durkaBurka too! Spank me daddy!
/Alexislawler
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Although I'd be tempted to see the freak show and the fans in the stadiums reaction..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (VE6XX)
This!
I only have antenna TV, and muting the (10 minutes of) commercials (every 10 minutes) and looking out the window instead has gone a long way toward saving my sanity.
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 10:34 AM (JCLJi)
Except the Timberlake one. That was pretty impressive.
The recent one. Not the one with Janet's be-pastied titty from way back.
I mean that was memorable too, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:34 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:34 AM (77r
Still having playoffs...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:34 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 10:35 AM (uPhXj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:26 AM (JmCfn)
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[Thought Experiment:]
If someone assassinates a prominent conservative -- including a POTUS like Trump -- in a blue shithole jurisdiction and is tried in that jurisdiction (with a blue shithole judge) for murder: what are the chances they are acquitted?
/There's already concern that even in Utah the murderer of Charlie Kirk could get a hung jury (it only takes one Satanic Nihilist).
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:35 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (JmCfn)
Yes but I'm more interested in those who just won't watch at all.
Watching the game but turning off the halftime show because you object to their faggy gayness is a little cucky.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:35 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
You know, if both teams just played the seconf half with their second and third stringers, you could eliminate the half-time break altogether, and get the game over with a whole lot quicker.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:35 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:36 AM (Ryx1w)
Big Bunny can show you what a blow-out looks like.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 10:36 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:34 AM
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Indiana and Miami.
/Try to keep up, Bulg ...
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: ...
__________
There are no intellectually honest nihilists. Or if there are, they probably commit suicide out of despair.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (bb1Tf)
Not you say that was iconic.
Grow up.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (uPhXj)
If someone assassinates a prominent conservative -- including a POTUS like Trump -- in a blue shithole jurisdiction and is tried in that jurisdiction (with a blue shithole judge) for murder: what are the chances they are acquitted?
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0% chance of conviction.
Probably not an acquittal but absolutely a hung jury or case dismissal by a judge.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (MVWbi)
Who's winning?
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Prine Was Right at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (sDaxV)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (hhkIi)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
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In a rational society, virtually everybody would be watching Turning Point USA's alternative "All American Halftime Show" celebrating "Faith, Family, & Freedom."
americanhalftimeshow.com [DNS Failure at this advertised link currently]
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:39 AM (MVWbi)
There's no team I remotely care about in the SB, so I may not watch at all.
And the commercials over the last few years have uniformly been duds. So, that's no draw.
I miiiiiiiight take a look at the 1st quarter to see if it's going to be a real hard-fought football game instead of the usual blowout. Dunno.
Either way I've got no interest in seeing an anti-American yahoo prance about in a dress denouncing our country, so that weighs heavily against the watch side.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:39 AM (iJfKG)
??? More like 15 or so...IIRC. Long after the JanetBoob
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 10:39 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 10:40 AM (sDaxV)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 10:40 AM (DgMqy)
The NFL playoffs were some pretty phenomenal football this year, but, yeah the helmet and end zone Orwellian messaging is hateful.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 10:40 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:38 AM (VE6XX)
Whoever records it and puts it on the yoo toob for me failed last night. Only found 11 minutes - the monologue.
So I had to listen to more news about the sucky weather instead of laughing with Tyrus, et al.
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 10:40 AM (JCLJi)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:41 AM (XuXeR)
Rely? Feature not bug.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:41 AM (viF8m)
_____
Seeing a defender celebrate a particularly brutal tackle while wearing "Choose Love" label on the back of his helmet is kind of funny.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 10:42 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:42 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Common Tater
That Diogenes is a sneaky fellow.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)
However I find it bizarre how straight white conservative men who are the backbone of NFL audiences keep taking the abuse. From kneeling, to black national anthem, to all the pink, to the anti-American slogans in the end zone to trannie cheerleaders and now this thing performing at halftime. Is there a limit? Apparently not.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:42 AM (Ryx1w)
When the League decides to put on an insulting Super Bowl half time show, do they warn the fans in the stadium that they'd better not make any trouble, or else?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 10:43 AM (lsrsS)
Last ones I can remember: Maroon 5, Coldplay.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:43 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:43 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:39 AM (iJfKG)
It's unwatchable. Between the commercials every 3 minutes to the odd rules (no one knows what a catch is) to the sports book sponsorships (sure, games aren't rigged; pull the other one, it has bells)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 23, 2026 10:43 AM (GTqXr)
DraftKings, Fanduel, etc. might disagree w/that assessment...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: scottst at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (6fhoX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (pTres)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (JmCfn)
In the cities, they just monitor water pressure. It takes a big drop when everyone who was watching the game uses the half-time break to hit the john for a two-flush dump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (8zz6B)
____
Watching Drew Brees being forced to bend the knee after a mild defense of America, freedom and the police was disappointing.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (Dv3i1)
Someone is putting on an alternative.
Think they've even booked Creed, lol
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (0yjaw)
The Sportsball affiliation is the only thing keeping the letter networks collecting ad revenue; but NBA and MLB viewership is in steep decline, so that gravy train is slowing down.
I watched "Rollerball" for the first time in 30 years the other night and was impressed by it's prescience.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 10:45 AM (Y8DZL)
Last ones I can remember: Maroon 5, Coldplay.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:43 AM (0yjaw)
I’m sorry. I meant non gay white singer. 😂
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:45 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And still have enough time to beat the women.
-Media spreading lies
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 10:45 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 23, 2026 10:46 AM (w/O5Q)
Woohoo /s
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:46 AM (0yjaw)
Not you say that was iconic.
Grow up.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 10:37 AM (uPhXj)
Meh. This sounds like selective memory or fake virtue preening.
I was around then and I don't remember any of that. Maybe a few possibly. In general, I remember that people were up for it.
But, if you want to watch Bad Bunny, dozo.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)
-Media spreading lies
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 10:45 AM (Dv3i1)
I usually take a swing at the old lady on the way to the can.
Posted by: Joe Sixpack at January 23, 2026 10:46 AM (GTqXr)
according to wikipedia, the who performed february 7, 2010.
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (v3pYe)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Morning Hordemates. Guess who has a tix to the Seahawks game???
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (XuXeR)
True. It’s degenerate gamblers that pro sports cares about now. But the actual “fans” I think statement still holds.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (hhkIi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:44 AM (pTres)
Thanks for keeping us all informed.
Posted by: guy who appreciates all the "I don't know anything about this" posts at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (4DSyJ)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 10:43 AM (lsrsS)
"Dammit, people, stop throwing green dildoes onto the field!
We specifically requested pink!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:48 AM (06Hmj)
Woohoo
february 5, 2017 according to wikipedia
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 10:48 AM (v3pYe)
It wasn't at aos because it wasn't around then.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:48 AM (KDPiq)
Thanks for keeping us all informed.
Posted by: guy who appreciates all the "I don't know anything about this" posts at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (4DSyJ)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)
Toddlers and their tantrums, amirite?
Like a kid breaking his toy because he thinks mom will then have to buy a new one. Nope, these things will stay broken or be fixed in a way that is far less accommodating to you AWFLs.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:49 AM (0yjaw)
No black national anthem. Everyone stood for the Star Spangled Banner. No troons. No bullshit. No rainbows.
I had a great time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 10:49 AM (64wfp)
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Apparently, the popularity of the NBA and MLB continues to grow internationally -- especially in Asia.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 23, 2026 10:49 AM (MVWbi)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)
Slips coffee go mug in bottom desk drawer
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (JCLJi)
we still don't have multivision, though.
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (EyfuW)
You're welcome . It was in response to the suggestion that I was enjoying the dead singer
Who wore sparkly go go boots in the half time boots, but don't want to watch Bad Bunny in a dress. Welcome. It think it's fine/ to watch it not watch.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (3w801)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Ditto Mathew Stafford; but a 300 lb. angry black man who can run a 4.5 40 charging straight at you is a powerful argument.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (Y8DZL)
No black national anthem. Everyone stood for the Star Spangled Banner. No troons. No bullshit. No rainbows.
I had a great time.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 23, 2026 10:49 AM (64wfp)
I'll be rooting for your Seahawks... Can't stand LA Rams
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (N8ZBc)
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True men only entertain themselves by reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations by a campfire they built with only their bare hands and wood after hunting their kill in isolation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Lady Who at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (JCLJi)
Left side drawer or right???
Posted by: Diogenes at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (2WIwB)
Now watch "District B13."
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:52 AM (0yjaw)
Like the asshole goes off script and turns the show into a huge anti-ICE riot.
Then actual ICE shows up and arrests the shit out of everyone.
Then they have to cancel the 2nd half of the game because it's such a bit shitshow.
I'd watch that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:52 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (N8ZBc)
How about free Bud Light?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:52 AM (KDPiq)
The Boys of Summer... er, Septem... Oct... Nov in baseball say "hi"
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:52 AM (XuXeR)
It wasn't at aos because it wasn't around then.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:48 AM (KDPiq)
AOS was around when Prince played the SB.
That's what I'm talking about.
I don't know where Nurse's crazy 35 year number came from. Take it up with her.
Your snark is denied like the Cowboy one foot away from the goal line.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)
I’d personally donate $1000 to Goodell’s favorite charity if it was a white singer.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:53 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: anachronda at January 23, 2026 10:47 AM (v3pYe)
Well, don't keep us in suspense, tell us!
Posted by: On first at January 23, 2026 10:53 AM (TbWk/)
But I am REALLY good at cross stitch and crochet. Not my own designs, mind you - I can follow the Hell out of a pattern (I have been known to change the color of the fabric used, usually for the better)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 10:53 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 10:45 AM (Y8DZL)
Pharma is a huge spender. I'll bet it is the largest advertiser in America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 10:54 AM (n9ltV)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (N8ZBc)
Somebody you know will be having a Super Bowl party. Or just go to any sports bar, and watch it on the big screen. Sure, you are paying for it, indirectly, but the bar is going to be paying the network whether you are there or not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:54 AM (8zz6B)
That's my goal, but I have to finish binge watching "Mayor of Kingstown" first.
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:54 AM (N8ZBc)
"You're welcome."
-- Nikola Jokic
"Right?"
-- Caitlyn Clark
Posted by: Lizzy at January 23, 2026 10:54 AM (0yjaw)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:54 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)
It's why they didn't arrest Don Lemon.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 10:55 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (N8ZBc)
Surely as an adult you understand that nothing in this world is free.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:55 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfK
Penalty on the play. Illegal time reference.
Prince was 2007 as you indicate
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 10:57 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:57 AM (8zz6B)
Well that's a relief.
Kind of hard to take seriously a condemnation of the NFL at a place that worships the next cartoon movie from Hollywood.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: gp at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (N8ZBc)
Date
1934
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Oil on composition board
Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/4 × 32 1/4 in. (61.6 × 81.9 cm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (gbOdA)
The perspective lines would maybe use a bit of work
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (a+4eV)
And he'll bitch about how difficult it is to find the correct ratio of maple syrup for it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Is Canadian Football as gay as the NFL?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 10:59 AM (Dv3i1)
People can still like the overall Thing that is professional football even if its upper leadership are all similarly awful.
If you want to boycott every large institution staffed in the upper rungs of its ladder by fraudsters, AWFLs, and race hustlers, you'd have to move to an uncharted island in the indian ocean and live off of coconuts and whatever you can dredge from the shoreline.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:59 AM (06Hmj)
Like the asshole goes off script and turns the show into a huge anti-ICE riot.
Then actual ICE shows up and arrests the shit out of everyone.
Then they have to cancel the 2nd half of the game because it's such a bit shitshow.
I'd watch that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 10:52 AM (06Hmj)
Okay! Now you're talking my kind of game.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 10:59 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 10:59 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 10:59 AM (gbOdA)
Pharma is a huge spender. I'll bet it is the largest advertiser in America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 23, 2026 10:54 AM (n9ltV)
I don’t know about in America in general. But it’s roughly 75% of spending on cable news. Explains why the news media is 100% onboard with the clot shot.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 10:59 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
They use the metric system. That alone makes them as gay as the NFL.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (8zz6B)
It would certainly explain recent unwatchable choices.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (SRRAx)
Bear Grylls style or like The Grand Tour?
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 11:01 AM (XuXeR)
nood Throck Buckmorton
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 11:01 AM (tljrc)
The "Trump Climate of Hate" narrative regarding any negative reaction to Bad Bunny has no doubt already been written, typed up, and placed before Margaret O'Brian to angrily emote on following the game.
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Y8DZL)
Brandon HOLD MY BEER
_____
Imagine our worst enemies are paying our big city mayors to destroy the US. And also imagine that a political party is willing to do this for free.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 11:02 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 11:02 AM (3w801)
Posted by: Auspex at January 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Y8DZL)
Wait, so this guy's gonna get domed mid-show by some dude in a book repository?
I wasn't expecting that plot twist.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 11:02 AM (06Hmj)
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Sure. But there is a difference. Insurance companies and banks are run by leftists. I need to buy car insurance and I need to have a bank account.
I don’t need to watch the nfl.
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:02 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)
No, still uses yards, 110 yard field, IIRC. And 3 downs?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 11:03 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:04 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: Keeping Up Appearances at January 23, 2026 11:04 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Really?? at January 23, 2026 11:04 AM (Ryx1w)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: On first at January 23, 2026 10:53 AM (TbWk/)
Lou: Who played the Superbowl?
Bud: Yes
Lou: Yes played the Superbowl?
Bud: Who?
Lou: Yes!
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (dGCAG)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)
Your comparison doesn't make sense unless you think Hollywood is one single entity. Many people who boycott the NFL don't boycott the other pro leagues or college football. Just as many movie fans pick and choose what movies they will see or avoid because of the political message it's trying to send.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 23, 2026 11:05 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Keeping Up Appearances at January 23, 2026 11:04 AM (oftw2)
Funny, that's when I take a wife, who beats my pee pee.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 23, 2026 11:06 AM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 10:31 AM (L/fGl)
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Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 23, 2026 11:11 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 11:12 AM (bb1Tf)
Something about a campfire on the fifty yard line, with someone singing something...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 11:13 AM (XeU6L)
Broncos ball was my only reason to watch NFL, so I switched to SEC ball. I still watch it occasionally, but I'm too busy mist of the time, the last few years. Maybe I'll get back into it in 10 years or something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 11:33 AM (BI5O2)
Sure it does. Every part of our culture has been debased and gotten woke. Much of it started in Hollywood that doesn't make movies anymore so much as it does make cultural rules that flow downstream. That's why China now owns a huge part of Hollywood, it drives culture.
You don't want to admit it because you like movies but that doesn't make it false.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 23, 2026 11:53 AM (viF8m)
Love your art threads.
Would it be possible to date the paintings for better understanding?
Thanks.
Posted by: rick in stl at January 23, 2026 12:27 PM (hGXt7)
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Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 23, 2026 06:36 PM (wGqjj)
The Morning Report — 1/23/26
Several emergency declarations have already been issued as a massive winter storm barrels toward more than 35 states, putting more than 200 million people in its path and threatening “considerable disruption” across the US. Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas were the first to issue preemptive emergency declarations after the National Weather Service warned that “nearly everyone east of the Rockies” will be affected by snow, ice, or cold from Friday into early next week. The potentially historic winter storm, dubbed Winter Storm Fern, is expected to span more than 2,000 miles, putting more than 200 million people at risk of crippling snow and travel chaos starting Thursday night.Please be safe, avoid traveling unless absolutely necessary and take all appropriate precautions, especially if you live in an area that typically does not experience severe/extreme winter conditions and you and your vehicles aren't used to dealing with it. With that out of the way, the metaphor of cold and ICE could not be more appropriate. VP JD Vance visited the front line of the war being waged to eliminate our national sovereignty and in point of fact to erase America as founded.
Vice President JD Vance doesn’t believe there’s a need to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota for the time being, he told The Daily Wire on Thursday. Vance touched down in Minneapolis, meeting with federal immigration officers to assess the chaos on the ground. For weeks following the fatal shooting of an ICE watch activist, left-wing agitators have followed federal agents arresting illegal immigrants across the Twin Cities trying to thwart their actions.Given the incitement and the loud proclamations of Democrat leaders from Walz to Frey and Pritzker and others that they will refuse to cooperate with ICE and other Federal Law enforcement officials in enforcing our laws to protect our sovereignty and citizenry, by virtually ordering their own police forces to physically confront and thwart their efforts. If that is not a green light for the Democrat Party's organized or even lone wolf street thugs and brain damaged fools to physically attack ICE officers . . then I now give you this massive dog-whistle cum Fuhrer Befehl declaring open season on ICE agents.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes wildly suggested that residents can open fire on masked ICE agents if they feel their life is in danger under the state’s self-defense laws. The Democrat, in a sit-down with 12 News anchor Brahm Resnik, warned that Arizona’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows citizens to use deadly force if they believe they’re in imminent danger, could become a “recipe for disaster” if protesters clash with immigration officers. “It’s kind of a recipe for disaster because you have these masked federal officers with very little identification, sometimes no identification, wearing plain clothes and masks,” Mayes said in the Monday interview, calling ICE “very poorly trained.” “And we have a Stand Your Ground law that says that if you reasonably believe that your life is in danger and you’re in your house or your car or on your property, that you can defend yourself with lethal force.” A flabbergasted Resnik repeatedly challenged Mayes, cautioning that her remarks could be interpreted as a “license” to residents to shoot a federal agent. She shot back that she was merely stating a “fact,” not encouraging violence. “If you’re being attacked by someone who is not identified as a peace officer — how do you know?” the state’s top prosecutor pressed, adding that “real cops don’t wear masks.” “I mean if somebody comes at me wearing a mask, by the way, I’m a gun owner, and I can’t tell whether they’re a police officer, what am I supposed to do? No, I’m not suggesting people pull out their guns, but this is a don’t tread on me state.” The attorney general, who was elected in 2022, unleashed her jaw-dropping comments as immigration officers begin to spread into parts of the Grand Canyon State. . . . She vowed to prosecute any ICE agent who violates state laws after operations in Minnesota sparked widespread unrest when an federal officer fatally shot protester Renee Nicole Good when she clipped him with her car during a heated confrontation on Jan. 7. Arizona GOP Rep. David Schweikert blasted the attorney general, calling her rhetoric “reckless.”
No, it's not an insurrection Mr. Vice President. It's merely the latest eruption of violent anti-American revolution from within.
To conservatives, it might appear at first blush that these anti-ICE radicals and DNC Commiecrats are all about the F word. It seems to reflect unimaginable rage and irrational hysteria relating to an issue about which the radicals are so passionate that all reasonable expression is abandoned. Don’t be lulled into believing, though, that the beginning and end of these incoherent, obscene rants is that they’re suffering from some serious lack of creative expression or a mind-wiping anger. It’s more than that. They have a mission beyond the superficial rage they would have us focus on. . . When the left protests, there’s more than rage or frustration. There’s seething enmity. We saw it with the Pussy March when Trump was first elected, during the impeachments and prosecutions levied against him, during the George Floyd/BLM/DEI protests, and now with the ICE insanity. Every time a congressional Commiecrat, the governor of a blue state, or the mayor of a blue city speaks, bile drips out all over. Journalists and talk show hosts spew their anti-anything American venom daily and with impunity. Don Lemon did it at the church invasion in Minnesota and then brazenly lied and hid behind his immunity as a “journalist” and the fact that he is a gay, black man. Do I hear Jussie Smollett, anyone? It’s more than rage about the issues or mental illness, prescription meds, weed, or street drugs driving the behavior. It’s even more than demonic possession. Again, these are the things they want us to perseverate on, while they pursue their mission: a collective determination to destroy. It’s easy to think of our Commiecrats as zombie-like, reacting in lockstep, converging on something en masse, walking in hordes over cliffs and into raging rivers. The impression they give is that they’re not responsible for their actions. That lets them off too easily. . . They don’t do this merely out of rage about an issue but because it is the only path to revolution and cannot be brought about by polite debate and collegial cooperation. . . They don’t need the facts or stats, logic, or reasoning to accomplish their goals. Just a place to compulsively and convulsively shout “F you” while destroying everything in their way—not just buildings and property, but love of country, American culture, and resilience—courageously remaking this nation as they believe it should be, as Obama once said. So, when you hear a Karen ranting, “F you,” it’s not anger about the American Dream slipping away, but about the fury needed for their Marxist Utopian Dream. And make no mistake: they relish in that fury. If you doubt me, listen to Minnesota Church Stormer-in-Chief William Kelly rant about death threats against him, inviting people to “Go ahead, kill me...because...you can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the Revolution.”Beyond merely the droogs and deadhead scum that are the tip of the spear, this nation needs to be absolutely purged from sea to shining sea of everything and everyone of the Left, including the complete dismantling of the Democrat Party and most especially the malign influence of our schools. If we fail, it will be our undoing. This madness ends with us or it ends us.
As tensions rise in Minneapolis and other sanctuary cities and ICE officers confront violent protestors in the line of duty, some teachers are indoctrinating their students to believe the left’s woke narratives—even when they are demonstrably false. At Manson Northwest Webster High School in Iowa, a language arts teacher, identified by other outlets as Kim Keller, was caught in an audio recording delivering a virulent partisan diatribe to her class in which she accused ICE agents of murdering Renee Nicole Good—and told her students they would likely be next. The teacher begins by scolding her class for allegedly laughing at TikTok videos about the incident: “Then why are you laughing? Because that is what is happened [sic]. And if you do not process that, you need to process that right now.” The angry tirade that follows is full of misrepresentations and outright lies.The school is not on the Upper West Side of Mamdani's Manhattan but in Iowa. Trouble in River City folks. Have a great weekend. Again, stay warm and stay safe! And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
- “I mean if somebody comes at me wearing a mask, by the way, I’m a gun owner, and I can’t tell whether they’re a police officer, what am I supposed to do?”
Arizona AG wildly suggests residents can shoot masked ICE agents under state’s self-defense laws
- The backlash to the supposed Republican renaissance and sweeping cultural conservative agendas is here. . . Across the country, the jargon of wokeness invented on campuses is spilling back out into the broader culture again, much like it did in 2020. . . The truth is, the right declared victory too early. Wokeness never died. . . It’s the weed that grows back stronger. We ignore it at our own peril.
Woke never really died, it’s coming back with a vengeance — and we should be terrified - A powerful follow-up surge of Arctic air tied to the polar vortex will follow closely behind, creating dangerous refreezing conditions that could lead to prolonged power outages and bring travel to a near standstill for several days, according to the FOX Forecast Center. (Bundle up everyone - jjs)
Over 235 Million Americans In More Than 40 States Now In Path Of Historic Winter Storm Packing Snow, Ice, Arctic Cold
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- “A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint bringing charges against Don Lemon in connection with the church protest on Sunday,” reports the far-left and still unreformed CBS News.
Federal Judge Refuses to Sign Complaint Against Don Lemon for Church Riot
- Trump has a momentous choice ahead of him: stand firm against chaos or allow the situation to spiral out of control.
Trump Needs To Emulate One Of His Favorite Presidents To Crush The Blatant Insurrection In Minnesota - Federal action highlights a zero-tolerance stance on attacks against religious institutions by far-left activists.
DOJ Arrests Radical Black Activist Behind Anti-ICE Church Invasion. (Find and cut off where this bloody beast gets her money - jjs) - Mayor Jacob Frey previously stopped short of condemning anti-ICE activists for storming St. Paul’s Cities Church
Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Release of Activists Who Stormed Church Service (they should be released -- directly into a tank of starving piranha - jjs) - “We’re not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting ICE raids.”
Blue Lives Matter Reveals Pro-ICE Decoy Operation With ‘Combat Veterans, Off-Duty Officers’ - It’s not that lefts are angry, incoherent dimwits (although many are). However, for most, rage is their power source, and their goal is America’s destruction.
The True Meaning Behind All The Rage - Democrats find the worst reason for a civil war ever.
The Illegal Alien Pedophile Insurrection* * * * * - The lawsuit says that on February 19, 2021, Trump received notice, “without warning or provocation,” that several of his and his company’s bank accounts would be closed “just two months later, on April 19, 2021.”
Trump Files $5 Billion Debanking Lawsuit Against JPMorgan & CEO Jamie Dimon - “If enacted, this bill would require Virginia state agencies be racist in who they do business with.” Virginia Introduces Bill That Discriminates Against White Men in Government Contracting "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
- Radical leftist former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, and his protege and current Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have both publicly embraced the concept of reconquista and actively discouraged Mexican Americans, much less Mexicans illegally present in the United States, from assimilating or in any way embracing American identity, the book reveals. Officials under both presidencies have declared illegal immigrants who send remittances home “heroes” and champion propaganda songs that celebrate rejecting American identity.
SHOCK CONFESSION: Mexican President Admits That Mass Migration Is a Tool to Reclaim and Conquer America’s Southwest - "As agents approached, the driver Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias fled on foot—abandoning his child."
DHS Slaps Bro-Fo Omar With Fact Check Over Claim ICE ‘Detained’ 5-Year-Old Child
- “Our efforts were not aimed at interfering with authorities...The Chicago Chief of Patrol told police officers en route to help the ICE agents to stand down...This is not an action movie...Crime in Memphis fell by 41 percent.”
How Pro-Immigrant Activism Turned Dangerous THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - The Dominion State Democrat’s bill was introduced as the nation has increasingly scrutinized the misuse of taxpayer funds. The Trump administration has moved to clamp down on fraud across many federal benefit programs.
Virginia Democrat Moves to Squash Oversight of Nonprofits After Somali Fraud Scandal
- . . . the horrifying truth the Deep State wants buried.
‘SOMALIMERICA’: The Rise of Somali Fraud, Crime and Terror in America
- The real taboo cause of the fraud epidemic.
In Sweden as in Minnesota, Somali Welfare Fraud
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Republican governors launch ambitious efforts to fight fraud, reduce regulations, and lower costs.
The States Play DOGE Ball WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Robert Spencer: The ISIS flag flies again in Raqqa, thanks to the man who drove them out a decade ago.
The Two Mr. Trumps
- CAIR's not thwarting terrorism, but evading scrutiny.
xNo, Hamas-Linked CAIR Did Not Help Thwart an Assassination Plot Against President Trump SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - Comey cleared Clinton, Obama boarded Air Force One with her, and the Russia hoax took flight—new evidence suggests the fix was in long before voters ever weighed in.
Obama’s Fingerprints All Over Investigations of Trump And Clinton
- The hearing is being billed by House Republicans as an essential step in transparency—and possible criminal charges—surrounding Smith and the former Biden government’s Arctic Frost investigation
Jack Smith Said He Expects to Be Indicted at Nightmare Hearing. Here’s What Happened: THE ECONOMY, STUPID - If the goal is to restore the American Dream, then we have to Make America Affordable Again. That starts with breaking the grip of players who treat families as data points and neighborhoods as cash cows. Zillow is towards the very top of that list.
Trump Thumps Davos’ ‘You’ll Own Nothing’ Plan. And Here’s Another Target for His Sights. CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - With four murders and several other shootings, the year is not starting out well for Macon, Georgia.
Yet Another Macon Murder-Funeral FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - The European Union on Monday unveiled an "anti-racism" plan that presses member states to censor online "hate speech" and adopt an "intersectional approach" to "structural racism." The plan, which also calls for training on "unconscious bias" and "microaggression," is likely to intensify the Trump administration’s diplomatic fusillade against European hate speech laws. It also illustrates the degree to which American racial politics have been exported to the European Union.
European Union Doubles Down on ‘Hate Speech’ Censorship in New ‘Anti-Racism’ Strategy RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - Robert Zimmerman: "What must be understood about Mann is that he is a very typical leftist radical, who thinks that because his cause is just and good, he is somehow immune from any consequences for bad behavior. Such leftists increasingly believe they are allowed to lie, cheat, defame, and even sometimes commit violence, because anyone who disagrees with them is evil. Mann did not do the last item (though many other leftists now are), but he did all the others, and truly believed he could get away with it. He is now finding out otherwise.
Fake scientist Michael Mann slapped down hard by DC superior court EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Indoctrinating our children to hate federal officers.
Public School Teachers Rail Against ICE - There’s a stark reality gripping America’s urban public school districts, caused by massive enrollment hemorrhages as parents flee to alternatives.
Kids Dumb As Rocks Now So Parents Across Country Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands - New world rankings undermine Ivy League's claim that diversity is 'essential to academic excellence'
Chinese Universities Surpass Harvard Despite Glaring Lack of Racial Diversity ABORTION - For pro-lifers the NIH’s decision is a payoff on their decades-long lobbying effort to end taxpayer-funded experiments involving aborted babies.
Feds Will No Longer Use Your Tax Dollars To Do Experiments On Aborted Babies’ Bodies
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) were suing Trump’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) over a freeze on $27.5 million worth of Title IX family planning grants to Planned Parenthood. The Trump administration, however, quietly restored the grants, prompting the ACLU and NFPRHA to drop their lawsuit.
EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood Asks Trump Admin Not To Refund Them
- Pro-lifers should realize how little political power they have, and to take the modest wins for life that this administration can offer.
Here’s Where J.D. Vance And Pro-Lifers Should Compromise, And Where They Shouldn’t SECOND AMENDMENT - Blanche began by noting that even as we walked, the DOJ was arguing against Hawaiian gun control before the Supreme Court of the United States.
EXCLUSIVE: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Describes DOJ Fight to Protect Second Amendment Rights L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN - So, what we have here is a perfect example of Democrats getting what they wished—getting it good and getting it hard.
Democrats Vote to Hold Clintons in Contempt over Epstein Subpoena
- As with all conspiracy theories, anything that fails to prove the “truth” — especially anything that debunks it — just becomes more proof of the plotters’ reach: The believers will never be convinced otherwise.
You’ll never guess what the new Epstein scandal is DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY - Hunt, who is vying in a brutal three-way Texas Senate primary, was absent while House Republicans advanced a rule teeing up votes on four appropriations bills, including a measure funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Though House Republicans did not end up needing Hunt’s vote to advance the funding bills, GOP leadership has voiced irritation about the Senate hopeful’s frequent absences while he campaigns ahead of the March 3 primary.
‘Expected Him To Be Here’: Mike Johnson Stunned Rep. Wesley Hunt Was Missing For Key House Vote
- It’s about whether New York’s constitutional safeguards against gerrymandering mean anything at all — or whether they can be exploited by partisans whenever election results don’t go their way.
How New York’s gerrymander fight endangers GOP House seats everywhere POLITICS - Trump’s unapologetic, America-first action—even when politically incorrect—should serve as the blueprint moving forward and the new standard to which all future presidents are held.
President Trump Redefining What It Means to Be Presidential, Putting Predecessors to Shame IRAN ON the BRINK?! - They seem to know that jihad is not just a “spiritual struggle”.
Islamic Republic of Iran Threatens Worldwide Jihad if the Supreme Leader is Killed
- Standing on the brink of its own reckoning.
Blood is the Last Currency of Iran’s Failing Theocracy
- The announcement comes as President Donald Trump reportedly considers ‘decisive’ action against the Islamic Republic
Iranian Regime Claims It Tested a Long-Range Missile That Can Hit US Eastern Seaboard ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS - Kushner and Witkoff outline plans for "new Gaza." (masturbation unless the elimination of Islam is part of the plan - jjs)
‘New Gaza’: Trump’s Board Of Peace Unveils Ambitious Postwar Vision At Davos FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - The contrast between the international assemblage of sophisticates and the president from Queens brings onto a global stage one of the longest-running dramas in American political history. Mastering the forces unleashed by Jacksonian America is the key not only to Trump's presidential success, but also to the preservation and renewal of the American-led international order. If the announced agreement with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte holds, this act in the drama will end on a high note.
Andrew Jackson Comes to Davos
- Fred Fleitz: European leaders panicked over imaginary Trump crises, only to be outflanked at Davos as he exposed their failures, calmed Greenland fears, and seized the global stage.
Trump Owned Davos
- But Milei's speech wasn't just a warning. It was filled with pure optimism and "good news." The thing is, the good news was coming from the Americas, not Europe.
Europe Fades As Latin America Rises. Milei Is Leading the Way.
- Potential end of communist rule in Cuba after nearly 67 years.
U.S. Targets Regime Change in Cuba by Year’s End. (can we abolish the Democrat party and secure real peace and prosperity? - jjs)
- The Times of London: “Videos show tents burning at the al-Hol camp, which holds more than 40,000 people, after the Syrian military began to take control of the Kurdish northeast.”
ISIS Terrorists Escape Syrian Prisons as Regime Forces Advance on Kurdish-Held Territory
- “We’re going to have total access to Greenland. We’re going to have all military access that we want.”
Trump on Greenland Deal: ‘It’s Essentially Total Access’
- Trump has earned reasonable deference in his diplomacy.
Let Him Cook: Trump is Right on Greenland and the National Interest
- These are the ones who enforced conformity to their ideology countless times, whether those who accepted the boot on their neck agreed with them or not.
Canadians don’t need a lecture on enforced conformity from Mark Carney
- The Nordic model may inflate the sort of numbers politicians like to recite at press conferences, but it does little to make northern Europe safer in any meaningful sense.
The Nordic Conscription Myth: How a False Success Story Is Driving Europe’s Draft Revival
- The Beijing-controlled puppet government in Hong Kong began a trial under China’s tyrannical “national security law” on Thursday for the leaders of a group that organized candlelight vigils in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
China Prosecutes Hongkongers Who Mourned Tiananmen Square Massacre (Truman failed when he prevented Macarthur from crossing the Yalu and driving all the way to Peking to skin Mao alive - jjs)
- How much influence does the deep-pocketed Gulf country hold in America?
Qatar as Daddy Warbucks HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - “President Trump’s historic Rural Health Transformation Program could not come at a more urgent time,”. . . “After years of targeting and neglect under the Biden administration, across the United States, hospitals are entering a systemic distress cycle that is visible in financial markets before doors close to patients. In 2025 alone, at least 90 hospitals have experienced credit rating downgrades, service eliminations, or full closures. These distress events reveal a patterned, multi-signal collapse with credit downgrades often preceding a loss of essential services.”
Exclusive — Report: Rural Hospital Closures, Downgrades Represent ‘National Health Access Emergency’ Trump Can Fix
- Current law lets hospitals charge patients significantly more than they were quoted. Trump could change that by making hospitals pay it back.
How Hospitals Gouge Americans By Gaming Trump’s Order To Post Prices ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - The German startup Spark Microgravity announced yesterday it is negotiating with two commercial space stations, one re-entry capsule company, and one French rocket startup to launch the first commercial cancer lab in space.
German startup Spark Microgravity to build first space-based commercial cancer lab
- What causes these gullies remains an open question. ... More recent research suggests they are formed by the seasonal dry ice frost cycle that in the high latitudes has carbon dioxide condense to fall as snow in autumn and then sublimate away in the spring.
New gullies on Mars? FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - It is expected that every American transgender claiming refugee status will be denied asylum and deported back to the United States.
American Transgender ‘Refugees’ Put in Camp With Migrants. CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - They care nothing about preserving our culture (No shit Sherlock1 - jjs)
Democrats Apparently Hate Western Civilization HITHER & YON - Claire Foy excels, yet again, in unexpected tale of love, death and healing
‘H Is for Hawk’ Will Catch Everyone Off Guard
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 23, 2026 07:25 AM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:25 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 23, 2026 07:25 AM (MmTZZ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 07:26 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 07:27 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2026 07:29 AM (iMotb)
She’s also disparaged homeownership as a “weapon of white supremacy.”
Interesting that one of the better investments for middle class people of color is their homes. A place to pay off and live rent free in retirement and maybe even leave a small legacy to your children.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:29 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 07:30 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
and a gut shabbes to you! stay warm!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 07:30 AM (Cjt/F)
I'm freezing my Tzitzis off!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 23, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)
Gentile went so far as to declare “Fascism is a form of socialism, in fact, it is its most viable form.” One of the most common reflections on this is that fascism is itself socialism based on national identity.
Gentile believed that all private action should be oriented to serve society. He was against individualism, for him there was no distinction between private and public interest.
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 07:31 AM (fXVlG)
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Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:33 AM (qwVdq)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 23, 2026 07:34 AM (gsBYv)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 07:35 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)
Thanks, J.J. And have a good day everyone!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 07:37 AM (guLpK)
I don't even want to get started on that shit. Had a routine visit with the cardiac doc (typical age and diabetic management stuff) and asked for a stress test to support my recurrent flight physical. I told the provider I'd pay out of pocket and they gave me a (pretty cfuking spendy) price.
Of course, it's 'elective' so the insurance company said nope. Then, the provider came back and said since I have insurance the price was gonna be another $500, even though the insurance wouldn't pay for the procedure.
Fuck this Obamacare BS, the people who foisted it on use, and these people in particular.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 07:38 AM (3Ope8)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at January 23, 2026 07:38 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 07:27 AM (3Ope
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It's twue! It's twue!
https://youtu.be/CzpIcBw63l8
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 23, 2026 07:39 AM (gsBYv)
Two things here. This retard is clearly telling the sub 100 IQ community to open fire on anyone wearing a mask.
Her statement is even more retarded because this statement is in proximity to her calling ICE Agents "very poorly trained" - as if the sub 100 IQ protestors have SEAL level training.
Second thing: Spending literally trillions on a military is absolutely senseless when the biggest threat to the US is Soros AGs and judges.
Congress, in the face of the collapse of Western Civilization and a hot civil war refuses to do the most simple and laziest thing: Pass the SAVE Act.
They aren't serious. Why should anyone be on April 15th?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:39 AM (a4flb)
Interesting to know if any of them were armed.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:40 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 07:38 AM (3Ope
Let's see. House: R, check; Senate: R, check; White House: R, check.
So, tell me again why we still have Ozero Care?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 07:40 AM (uQesX)
The angry tirade that follows is full of misrepresentations and outright lies.
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Willowed:
My MiL, my lib little sister, my idiot kindergarten friends, Mrs. F.'s friend...
They live in a literally alternative version of reality fed to them by state media.
It is amazing to learn what they DON'T KNOW they don't know.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)
It is vital to their survival that everyone stop asking questions about the massive and undeniable Somali financial fraud.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 23, 2026 07:40 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)
Have you considered medical tourism?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:41 AM (a4flb)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 07:41 AM (tljrc)
*Snort* Nice!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 23, 2026 07:41 AM (3Ope8)
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"for the time being"
Talk about hedging. I would imagine the entire state isn't in full blown insurrection, but Minneapolis sure is. I don't think the litmus test is that the "whole state" has to be at the insurrection point. But I think all of the criteria, legally speaking, has been met.
What are they waiting for? Favorable polling? 🙄
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:42 AM (qwVdq)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere. This will wake you up, & in a good way. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/fqwIpH6phJs
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:43 AM (BpO1e)
I think that is part of why some older folks find PDT revolting. He is demonstrating what losers that his predecessors that they put so much faith in really were.
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:44 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
thanks.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 23, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)
Will Snowmageddon be NYC's and Muh, Muh, Muh, Muh, Muh Mamdani's Michael Bilandic moment?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 07:44 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:42 AM (qwVdq)
The Enemy Press would go into orgasms if troops came in and took over. Some more ground work has to be done before declaring it and taking action. Too many people still believe what they see on tv, and having the loudest voices, the enemy will prevail in quite a few places because most people aren't willing to pick up a weapon and attack their neighbors.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 07:44 AM (uQesX)
The PROCESS is the PUNISHMENT.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:45 AM (gbOdA)
Stand your ground, if you’re not in full legal uniform I don’t know who you are, Levi’s and t shirt. I don’t know if your sew on badge is real, break in, kicking door down no warrant, oh well, and I will request a jury trial.
Remember, if you're ever on a jury all you need to say is guilty or not guilty. You don't need to explain shit...like why shooting the brownshirt was morally right.
MAGA bootlickers need to somehow get the message that the 2nd amendment is not compatible with where Trump is taking this country and *they will take your guns eventually*. Maybe not today, but far sooner than you think may be possible.
Stand your ground if it’s one of you and many of them means you’re dead. If you think ICE is coming, you had better organize a crew to help you stand your ground. Or the whole neighborhood needs to be armed and on patrol
The Trump Admin is intentionally sending ICE agents to states that don’t have Stand Your Ground laws: California, Oregon, Minnesota, Illinois, Maine. It’s by design; there are more millions more undocumented immigrants in Texas and Florida but they have very strong stand you ground laws.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 07:45 AM (ycI94)
Sounds to me like this, particular, utterance is less anti-ICE than trying to set up a scenario where they could drum up support for removing SYG and, potentially, disarming citizens.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
Will Snowmageddon be NYC's and Muh, Muh, Muh, Muh, Muh Mamdani's Michael Bilandic moment?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 07:44 AM (xG4kz)
I remember about 10 years or so ago, Michelito Lo-Lo Doomberg declared a major snowmaggedon and the next morning we woke up to exactly ZERO snow falling.
Total douchebag.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 23, 2026 07:47 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 23, 2026 07:47 AM (0N4FZ)
My MiL, my lib little sister, my idiot kindergarten friends, Mrs. F.'s friend...
They live in a literally alternative version of reality fed to them by state media.
It is amazing to learn what they DON'T KNOW they don't know.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)
You should share...in a comedic way...one of those "Can you believe how ugly the Church rioters were in Minnesota?" Negative, but not in a political negative, and yet framed as all negative (including rioter vs protestor)...forces them to find and look at the story...it's a baby steps way...any story that works this way should be the weekly joke...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 07:48 AM (tOcjL)
They're waiting for Timmy & Co to be hit with charges over massive fraud and vote stealing. It's a microcosm of what the Ds have been doing nation-wide.
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 23, 2026 07:48 AM (dtajH)
From what I can determine from the conservative radio news commentary, Mamdani actually seems to be prepared for the snow. ( Well, the people who have the jobs clearing snow away will have 12 hours shifts) but whatever they gave Him to read he sounds like he's on top of things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 07:48 AM (guLpK)
My dad is currently in one. The hospitalist (Never heard of that specialty before) suggested to my brother that he sign off on a DNR without even evaluating my dad.
There are people who are alive only because jail is a deterrent for most of us.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:48 AM (BpO1e)
Interesting to know if any of them were armed.
I was war gaming the Church Invader BLM Donation Jumpstart Stunt.
It will be interesting to see what happens to those arrested (thanks Bondi for actually doing your job). If they walk like the thug in Chicago, then all of the rules change since it is a license to attack churches. Undoubtably this will lead to people testing how far these attacks can go before there is any meaningful resistance. Vandalism? Shootings? Arson?
I doubt that the perps in this case were armed since it was a Donation Hustle and Narrative Amplifier - gunning down women and children would only force other congregations to harden, not disperse.
Fortunately, congregations are forced to draw up security plans (like they should have decades ago).
Other than that, get off the X. Move. MN is enemy territory and Congress will let the nation fall into riot and collapse.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:48 AM (a4flb)
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"for the time being"
Talk about hedging. I would imagine the entire state isn't in full blown insurrection, but Minneapolis sure is. I don't think the litmus test is that the "whole state" has to be at the insurrection point. But I think all of the criteria, legally speaking, has been met.
What are they waiting for? Favorable polling? 🙄
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:42 AM (qwVdq)
They are gonna see if arrests and fed charges on the Church rioters work 1st...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 07:49 AM (tOcjL)
I'd say "At least those rioters are going to slim down in prison."
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:50 AM (BpO1e)
People cried and bitched and moaned for years about HMOs this and Blue Cross/Blue Shield that all because they wanted free shit and other folks to pay for their "health" care.
Well enjoy! Don't forget to get your prelubed hands free catheters at no cost to you if you qualify!
Posted by: Zombie John McCain, Shitbird at January 23, 2026 07:50 AM (n+1Zi)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:43 AM (BpO1e)
I have to shop today - spouse left me the car and took transit. Dreading the shopping part but better in the workday vs tonight.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 07:50 AM (tOcjL)
Insurrection. The porn title is Insert Erection.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 23, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)
-Gavin Newsom
=====
No. No you didn't. We all know you can't read.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)
The danger from the Left is a Cromwellian takeover of the current government. That would be an extreme danger to the Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
I figure all the French Toast fixings will be snarfed up by today.
This is going to be a pierogi and potato pancake worth event.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 07:52 AM (ARykC)
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 23, 2026 07:52 AM (aIM+X)
I have warned people that if they supported that abomination and are having problems because of it to keep their mouths shut around me because I will mock them.
I have to shop today - spouse left me the car and took transit. Dreading the shopping part but better in the workday vs tonight.
Good luck. Hopefully you can get some supplies before the horde (The bad kind. Not us.) clears out the shelves.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:52 AM (BpO1e)
Here in DFW freezing rain (aka wintry mix) begins tonight, lasts all day tomorrow and is followed by some inches of snow Saturday night into Sunday morning. Once I get home from work today I’ll not venture out until Monday earliest. Unless…. Authorities are saying ice on power lines could cause outages… if my neighborhood loses power I can huddle indoors or perhaps sally out on the icy roads in an attempt to get to my work building which will have power no matter what… where I could get some warmth and microwave some food… such excitement!!
On this topic I am SO SICK of the sensationalizing of weather on the news… listening to the radio on the way to work you’d think we’re all gonna die from an ice storm. Good grief
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 07:53 AM (/iXAp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 07:54 AM (guLpK)
Posted by: clarence at January 23, 2026 07:54 AM (jgwdN)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
How so? Once they take over, they've signaled their intentions to never leave power again.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 07:54 AM (uQesX)
https://tinyurl.com/yc4s3x3m
Also, another account that identifies the judge and his wife's employer. No surprises there.
https://tinyurl.com/yzz7r6wb
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 23, 2026 07:55 AM (5xuJ/)
What is not said by these retards is that Texas and Florida coöperate with the Feds and there is no drama except for the illegal aliens winding up out-bound.
Out of curiosity, which department is responsible for totally fucking up the H1-B program screening allowing Indians to flow into this country by the tens of thousands on bogus sponsoring claims?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:55 AM (a4flb)
Messicans. "Gee, thanks Senor Presidente."
6 months later. "Ayee, the Gringo really screwed us!"
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 23, 2026 07:55 AM (gm9Sb)
Now there are three.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)
The Trump Admin is intentionally sending ICE agents to states that don’t have Stand Your Ground laws: California, Oregon, Minnesota, Illinois, Maine. It’s by design; there are more millions more undocumented immigrants in Texas and Florida but they have very strong stand you ground laws.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 07:45 AM
They've stumbled on to the truth here: we have to flood the zone with ICE in the aforementioned states (without stand your ground laws) because those are the states that are not cooperating with immigration enforcement. Not only not cooperating, but actively hindering immigration enforcement.
There's no need to send ICE en masse to Texas or Florida because the "locals" in Texas & Florida are actively helping the ICE actions.
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 07:56 AM (tljrc)
Exactly. If Trump were to compromise, he would be seen as weak -- and the only compromise is to let more illegals remain here. Unacceptable.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:56 AM (wzUl9)
I have warned people that if they supported that abomination and are having problems because of it to keep their mouths shut around me because I will mock them.
I have to shop today - spouse left me the car and took transit. Dreading the shopping part but better in the workday vs tonight.
Good luck. Hopefully you can get some supplies before the horde (The bad kind. Not us.) clears out the shelves.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:52 AM (BpO1e)
See, I have all my needs - this is a "want" trip (like fresh bread and freshest produce), b/c it may be a week for new fresh deliveries...was putting it off til it's probably time.
Like I have bread, milk, eggs...so the question is are apples and bananas and berries gonna also be slammed (if they are, I make do with oranges, which I'm swimming in and no sugar applesauce)...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 07:56 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2026 07:57 AM (yw3eV)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 07:58 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: mr tmz at January 23, 2026 07:33 AM (rJ48h)
Talking about reconquista isn't a crime so there's no basis for using Delta to snatch the Mexican President. Given the actions of Mexicans in the US, however, it could be argued that it's an informal declaration of war so we should kick the shit out of Mexico and remind them who's the big dog in this hemisphere. Sadly, even the war-lover members of the Congressional GOP would balk at that because they're only interested in fight the WW2 European theater over and over again, ad infinitum.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 07:54 AM (uQesX)
Anyone else who wants that power instead can say "Oh, well in that case...." and it's Vae Victis o'clock in what used to be America.
And to be honest, that would probably be a slightly better outcome than slouching along under Default Progressivism for another fifty years. So we should be somewhat grateful that they've forgotten the raw eldritch strength of Default Progressivism, thrown it out the window, and fully embraced dandyish crybully retard-ism.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 07:58 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 07:58 AM (2GVsD)
There may be a more wrong, more times news agency than the Houston Chronicle but it has yet to be discovered.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:59 AM (gbOdA)
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness”
Habakkuk 2:4
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:59 AM (xZEBF)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:00 AM (77rzZ)
You don't say! You mean the issue isn't the issue?
One thing about Vance's statement in Minneapolis: I wish we'd stuff this expression of "turning the temperature down." It's stupid and implies dual responsibility for the insanity. The Left created this crisis in its every stage and dimension.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:00 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 07:56 AM (tljrc)
1 out of 4 ICE arrest are in Texas.
Last summer almost 50% of all ICE arrest were in TX.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:01 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 23, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)
That’s easy - it’s because global warming is Tricksie that way!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:01 AM (xVja5)
The best news of the Report is seeing that arrogant , fraudulent ahole Michael Mann lose in court , again. Unfortunately Marc Steyn had his health destroyed by the stress. How U of Penn keeps him as a professor is very telling vid the death of academia
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:02 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:00 AM (WHfpM)
I'm inclined to agree. The cry should be "You wanna party, let's party", not "golly gosh gee we should all be a little more civil".
It's like berating the guy mugging you with a kitchen knife because he said the word "fuck".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:02 AM (06Hmj)
Remember, if you're ever on a jury all you need to say is guilty or not guilty. You don't need to explain shit...like why shooting the purple hair was morally right.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness”
Habakkuk 2:4
Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2026 07:59 AM (xZEBF)
Puffed up puffery would best describe the Puffins on the left.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:02 AM (gbOdA)
The scum moved the goalposts again by changing the words. And the pawns fell for it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 08:03 AM (2GVsD)
That is the new normal.
When they are wrong, people are relieved, not angry.
If every weather event was not promoted as an existential threat and something bad did happen, then they would be blamed and scapegoated under the old shoot the messenger blame storming.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:03 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 23, 2026 08:03 AM (2GVsD)
I heard Hillary had regular vodka enmities. I'd imagine that's pretty seething, but I don't know why protestors are doing it. I guess it keeps you warm in the Minnesota cold.
Posted by: Very Confused Moron at January 23, 2026 08:05 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 23, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)
I'm inclined to agree. The cry should be "You wanna party, let's party", not "golly gosh gee we should all be a little more civil".
I want to see more and more ICE confrontations with these retards lead to viral Steve Inman "Unnecessary Comment" videos.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:06 AM (a4flb)
My wife and I recently made out a will. The forms came with more advance medical directives than will. We chose to not sign the medical parts as we felt that the wording was unnecessarily vague* and didn't want to give someone the opportunity.
*maybe it wasn't vague and was just needlessly bullshit legal jargon but it wasn't concretely understandable by two people with college degrees.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:07 AM (gbOdA)
The judiciary has their own thoughts on all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 08:08 AM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Tom Servo"
We hates it.
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 08:09 AM (vFG9F)
Cops recovered it a few miles away apparently okay. No word on the thieves.
Whew...
Posted by: torabora at January 23, 2026 08:09 AM (KtOUo)
You get a normal ICE arrest, and the target/subject goes along with hardly any fuss, lovely. Keep being professional.
You get some jumped up protestards* causing a ruckus, go ahead and break some limbs and spit on them for all I care. You want to be outside the law, then you get to be outside the law.
Civility is a luxury reserved for the Civil.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:09 AM (06Hmj)
They listen to the same consultants as Hollywood who keep recommending reboots of successful Originals.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:09 AM (a4flb)
Hrmmm.... That's near Fort Dodge, a medium-sized town. It's not too far from Des Moines, either. I've never heard of it, which means its basketball and volleyball teams suck. Maybe they're a football school? Anyway, it is concerning that a rural Iowa teacher would be ranting about ICE and trying to instill paranoia into her students.
Posted by: pookysgirl, up too early at January 23, 2026 08:09 AM (Wt5PA)
Doing the same thing after work. Sparkling water and maybe some tonic water.
71 Geez, is there any good news anymore?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
My dad is out of ICU and in regular care right now. Does that help?
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 08:10 AM (BpO1e)
Racial Spoils is about 15% of all State and Federal contracting.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:10 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:11 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:11 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 07:53 AM (/iXAp)
Youngest child was telling me a couple days ago that the weather app they favor was forecasting 4 inches of snow in the Austin area. I look at two different apps and one of them only has the temperature below freezing overnight.
Fortunately, if it does get really bad, I don't have to go into the office.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)
1st, note they don't say why another warrant is required.
Next, they don't say why the person is arrested.
Let me put it this way:
You get a traffic ticket. You sign and agree to appear. You don't. A bench warrant will be issued for your arrest.
That is a, as the new euphemism goes, an "administrative warrant."
A warrant. There is no functioning distinction-- you are authorized arrested anywhere you're found.
Even in your house.
That is exactly like these arrests.
When you seek to enter the US, you agree to appear at a port of entry.
If you fail to appear, and a warrant is issued for your arrest.
Anywhere you can be found.
Even in your house.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 23, 2026 08:11 AM (HXT0k)
Cromwell was a right wing revolutionary. The broad base of military support, especially in the NCO ranks, is conservative.
They would not follow a Leftist general taking over. But if things get dire, the inverse could happen.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)
I have mentally prepared myself for this possibility. They can get out of my way and leave me in peace of they can discover what the ambulance response time actually is.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 08:13 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
>Just the tip, Sugar Plum.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 08:13 AM (oT7pT)
Just another part of the panic culture.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:13 AM (WHfpM)
Who be the biggest liar?
Climate Fraudster
or
The Shyster?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)
But if a single Mexican crosses the border illegally, we nuke Mexico City.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: pookysgirl
It's not that surprising. Even though Iowa is pretty Red now, and that part of the state more so, there are plenty of woke Lefties throughout the state, and they're all drawn to teaching to indoctrinate children. It's almost unavoidable.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 23, 2026 08:14 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Concerned Reader at January 23, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 08:15 AM (0KSrI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)
They would not follow a Leftist general taking over. But if things get dire, the inverse could happen.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
Ozero pretty much gutted the general officer ranks, didn't he? Can we really be sure how they would act? The Hero of New Orleans, Gen. Honore, has been caught up in some kind of payoff scheme with the Chinese - whether true or not, I don't know.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 08:16 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 08:15 AM (0KSrI)
Amen.
And it's Friday, so how bad can that be?
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 08:16 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 23, 2026 07:58 AM (g8Ew
Lil Pooky is feeling much better after I gave him Tylenol and appreciates the Frankfurt Radio Symphony playlist I made for him. Pookette got her report card last week and it was mostly A's. She has a late school start today due to the cold (current windchill: -30F) and plans to use the time to practice "purrrrrcussion."
Posted by: pookysgirl, up too early at January 23, 2026 08:16 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Concerned Reader at January 23, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)
Please, always keep information about Uranus covered up.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 08:17 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:18 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Al Swearingen at January 23, 2026 08:18 AM (/h6AA)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 08:19 AM (iXqHn)
Amelia invokes Shakespeare:
https://x.com/ChiefPieEater/status/2013700999257473409?s=20
Very nice.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 08:19 AM (iJfKG)
Any paid commie Sallies protesting today? Didn't think so, especially after some arrests...
Stay warm and fuzzy!
Posted by: Danimal28 at January 23, 2026 08:20 AM (mNOhh)
One of the array of reasons I stopped watching The News years ago...
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 08:20 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 08:21 AM (BpO1e)
Hey, this is pretty fun, actually. All that worrying about reality and contiguity and making sense is so restrictive and boring.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:21 AM (06Hmj)
Yeah. We've been suicided by empathy.
Lovely, huh?
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Al Swearingen at January 23, 2026 08:18 AM (/h6AA
You may be on to something. Maybe it's a breeding program, and they figure if they cross-pollinate the blockheads and balloonheads they can achieve normal physiological characteristics.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 08:21 AM (BI5O2)
A crime is a crime.
And every crime you commit means you can be arrested.
Thousands of Americans get arrested every day because they refused to appear at court.
Just like the illegal aliens refused to appear at the port of entry.
Under immigration law, they agreed to "appear at court" to enter the US.
To have their right to enter determined by an officer of the law.
They failed to appear and a bench warrant was issued for their arrest.
No due process is violated. None.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 23, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 23, 2026 08:22 AM (h/O4U)
For a few days after the Renee Good purification, I was posting the applicable law granting ICE agents all sorts of powers. While the "true believers" didn't care, there were a decent number of normies that seemed to accept ICE agents have legal jurisdiction.
Here's the primary legal reference: https://tinyurl.com/3ucbc9ac
It's pretty clear, simple to read and understand. Let me just share the beginning:
8 USC 1357: Powers of immigration officers and employees
(a) Powers without warrant
Any officer or employee of the Service authorized under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General shall have power without warrant-
(1) to interrogate any alien or person believed to be an alien as to his right to be or to remain in the United States;
And it goes on beautifully from there.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 23, 2026 08:22 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 23, 2026 08:22 AM (h/O4U)
Same here. And the finches are already nesting.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:23 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:23 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 08:23 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Weren't John Lindsay in NYC and Jane Byrne in Chicago exposed, then voted out mostly as a result of not being able to clear the streets after a storm? Details murky in my aging hippocampus.
Posted by: Departmente Sanitaire at January 23, 2026 08:24 AM (oftw2)
I guess he graduated from the Learing Center?
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 08:25 AM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:25 AM (xVja5)
Posted by: PA Dutchman
Better Juncoes than Junkies, I must say!
Posted by: Slate-Colored Ed Grimley at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)
I guess like his role model, Letitia.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/iXAp)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Slate-Colored Ed Grimley at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)
But how many of them can you fit in your JNCOs?
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (iXqHn)
Oh, it's ok. He's dreamy, Black, and is pro abortion!
/every... well, you know who in NoVa
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: pookysgirl, enjoying Dvorak's 9th Symphony at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (Wt5PA)
I guess like his role model, Letitia.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (WHfpM)
As Secretary of Health Waraiotoko will dedicate his entire job to finding Steven Seagal and giving him a wedgie on live stream.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:25 AM (xVja5)
We did -- the Proud Boys. Until their leader was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)
Son of a crap, you mean I can only move one square at a time? All day?
Well that's a nuisance.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:28 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 23, 2026 08:28 AM (HXT0k)
??? Yeah, the existing royals were sooo good for the Irish...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)
They probably didn’t pay much attention to that teacher.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 08:29 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 08:23 AM (WHfpM)
I saw it before cleaning and thought it’s sad we don’t have any good trolls anymore, just boring boilerplate leftist crap. Remember MUMR? Annoying but damn, some of his stuff was funny and pretty good. The trolls now just post dispatches from angry tranny clearinghouse.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:30 AM (xVja5)
Scott Jennings went darker with "Jones has already come out in favor of killing 'R's".
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 08:30 AM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (06Hmj)
Steven Seagal and wedgie is a disturbing combo….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 08:31 AM (/iXAp)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:31 AM (XuXeR)
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Lefties can actually identify something true...and then backflip into stupidity faster than I thought possible.
They are ice cream and shark attack kind of people.
Posted by: MJ at January 23, 2026 08:31 AM (XOmY9)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 23, 2026 08:32 AM (8CIFn)
Under immigration law, they agreed to "appear at court" to enter the US.
To have their right to enter determined by an officer of the law.
They failed to appear and a bench warrant was issued for their arrest.
No due process is violated. None.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 23, 2026 08:22 AM (HXT0k)
May I add that any immigration official or deputy of said may PROCESS the illegal by directing them to be removed.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:33 AM (gbOdA)
A crime is a crime.
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And it isn't just the crime of crossing the border illegally. They are also breaking labor laws, tax laws, there's identity theft, and on and on.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 23, 2026 08:33 AM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 08:31 AM (/iXAp)
Even more once you've heard his shitty reggae song, "Strut".
Did you ever want to hear Steven Seagal sing about how he "wants the punani"?
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 08:33 AM (iXqHn)
Hmm. The goobers I see online said Minne today, nationwide next week. Who knows?
It does seem that (rather suddenly), some of the most organized on the Left just... aren't.
It's as if they don't have the manpower or $$$.
Hmmm.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:34 AM (gbOdA)
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Challenge accepted
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:34 AM (bb1Tf)
I keep telling anyone that will listen - this is not just a blue state problem. Public schools in the reddest of red places are infested with these whackjobs.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 08:34 AM (TkJMd)
I'm sure I saw DeSantis touting FL's cooperation with ICE agents, including having local and state LEOs assist.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 08:34 AM (OyOhQ)
What is Trump up to in the Middle East? I don't get it. I assume there's a plan, I just have no idea what it is. He has a history of having a plan when it appears he doesn't.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 08:34 AM (mS8PE)
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (k1gZr)
Posted by: Jonah at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (YCxFk)
Oh, the poor dear. Here, let's use money we took from an evil corporation to live a better life here in Somaliappolis!
We'll even change our flag to look like his at home.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 08:29 AM (GPa4z)
If you noticed the “going nationwide” is not working. They’re concentrating their forces in Minneapolis but not having much of an effect outside that, certainly not in red states.
This is an attempt to manufacture rebellion by the Dem party. It has no effect in any area they do not control.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (xVja5)
Education majors all come from the same colleges.
The first school to have tranny madness was in rural Texas.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (OyOhQ)
Criminal Penalties Violations can lead to fines, imprisonment, or both, depending on the severity of the offense.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:36 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/iXAp)"
English history is largely various groups competing to be the biggest giga-cunts possible, so of course their figures are divisive.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 08:36 AM (TkJMd)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:36 AM (bb1Tf)
The directive, which was first reported in early December 2025 by the Lafayette Journal & Courier and the Purdue student newspaper, has never been put in writing. But several faculty members confirmed to Science that it is in effect. Last spring it apparently led Purdue to rescind departmental letters of acceptance to more than 100 graduate students, most from China. More recently it is impacting students that faculty members would like to employ as research assistants in their lab but whom the university has not admitted into a doctoral program.
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:36 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)
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As it has been said before by many people; shoot the first few and the rest will go away.
The more people go out of their way to terrorize just assures a reaction in kind.
Posted by: clarence at January 23, 2026 08:37 AM (jgwdN)
Posted by: Hockey Stick Hokum at January 23, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
He's moving the entire Abraham Lincoln group to sit off the mullahs' coast so they understand how fucked they are if they don't cooperate. That seems pretty straightforward to me.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 08:37 AM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:38 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:25 AM (xVja5)
Nor could it, which is why it doesn't.
I frequently point out that the collapse of our legal order is pretty much the mirror image of what happened during Weimar. They allowed Freikorps and Stahlhelm (and eventually SA) paramilitaries to do more or less as they pleased, and ruthlessly suppressed the Communist.
Interestingly, that was the genesis of our beloved Antifa. The courts proscribed the KPD paramilitary (Roter Frontkämpferbund). Its dead-enders kept the torch alive by pulling from the street rabble instead of the labor unions to form up an unofficial, illegal paramilitary - Antifaschistische Aktion.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 08:38 AM (BI5O2)
The trucker boycott in California is primarily a response to recent regulations and actions affecting immigrant truck drivers, particularly the revocation of commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) for those without permanent work authorization.
NO!!
The trucking industry in California has faced significant challenges due to the implementation of Green Diesel mandates, which have led to a boycott by thousands of independent truckers. These mandates, part of California's efforts to combat air pollution and climate change, have effectively banned a large portion of the trucking fleet. The boycott has resulted in a supply chain crisis, with reports of food shortages and empty shelves in California due to the refusal of truckers to cross the state line. Governor Gavin Newsom has expressed concern over the impact of this situation on the state's economy and food security. The situation has sparked discussions about the feasibility and impact of such mandates on the trucking industry and the broader economy.
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)
Unpossible. We were successfully rid of those with recent protests. Were you not paying attention?
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:39 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 23, 2026 08:39 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 23, 2026 08:40 AM (k1gZr)
Posted by: Piper at January 23, 2026 08:23 AM (OoFl2)
My golf clubs are very jealous of the current temperature in your area!
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:40 AM (3r1VB)
Said the GOP was wiped out 2018, lost everything. Told her the Republicans had a net gain in the Senate races, which helped replace her idol Ginsberg. She threatened to punch me, of course i laughed
Posted by: Jonah at January 23, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (Q+gd/)
The trucker boycott in California is primarily a response to recent regulations and actions affecting immigrant truck drivers, particularly the revocation of commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) for those without permanent work authorization.
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)
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ChatGPT is the same. It insists that the decline in murder rates is another data point in what has been an ongoing trend. If 2025 looks unusual, the explanation is gun purchases were down,.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:38 AM (e4I2N)
And not far leftist enough. He was a RINO. and then officially became Democrat in '71. I knew his niece many years ago. Very sweet gal and cute though she didn't want to date me. Oh well.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Mazel Tough! at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
I went to Naval Nuclear Power School and is very happy now.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 23, 2026 08:42 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat state AGs at January 23, 2026 08:43 AM (HeR4S)
The first school to have tranny madness was in rural Texas.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 23, 2026 08:35 AM (OyOhQ)
This is why Christian teaching colleges (like my sort-of alma mater) are so important. Although they're running into problems that their student teachers aren't being accepted at die-hard Leftist urban schools. Which is illegal, but they have to go to court to get it fixed.
Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping tabs on Christian education at January 23, 2026 08:43 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 08:44 AM (0KSrI)
Agreed. I am there marching in prayer and in spirit.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 08:44 AM (DgMqy)
But that was overturned.
Let's move the March for Life into some nicer time of the year, like late April for example.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 23, 2026 08:44 AM (qFwJc)
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Now do Lincoln. Evidently, killing your brother Able has consequences.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM (pLaQB)
Husein got ventilated and then run over by a cop car. Not quite drawn and quartered with his head stuck on a pike , but this will do
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Mazel Tough! at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)
*throws grammar flag*
"irregardless"??? Among my top 3 grammar pet peeves. I'd tell you the other two, but I know what you all would do with that information!
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: Mazel Tough! at January 23, 2026 08:41 AM"
Point of order: irregardless = regardless.
Posted by: Person who likes to say Point Of Order at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM (xVja5)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat state AGs at January 23, 2026 08:46 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)
Without 40+ R "retirements", Democrats wouldn't have taken back shit.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:48 AM (bb1Tf)
I gave up on protesting "for free" when the Wall Street Journal began running that phrase back in the early '90s.
Eventually we will return to a more primitive form of communication of vocalizing and tree scraping.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM (3r1VB)
I could care less what your other two are.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (bb1Tf)
This is why Christian teaching colleges (like my sort-of alma mater) are so important. Although they're running into problems that their student teachers aren't being accepted at die-hard Leftist urban schools. Which is illegal, but they have to go to court to get it fixed.
Posted by: pookysgirl, keeping tabs on Christian education at January 23, 2026 08:43 AM (Wt5PA)"
Don't automatically trust those teaching colleges, quite a few are now overrun with "in this house...." sign bullshit. Those on the left coast will know all about which denonimations are obsessed with the homeless grift, and of course the Catholics have their own challenges.
I personally think govt public education isn't salvageable.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (TkJMd)
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 23, 2026 08:40 AM
the most effective troll (as trolls go) we've ever had was q d p steve
Posted by: heywood the third at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (NI/hz)
20 years ago EU = US $22 Trillion GDP
Today US $34 T and EU $24 T.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (gbOdA)
The link is to The NY Times story about the strike.
https://archive.is/iyszv
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat state AGs at January 23, 2026 08:50 AM (HeR4S)
"irregardless"??? Among my top 3 grammar pet peeves. I'd tell you the other two, but I know what you all would do with that information!
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM
I could care less what your other two are.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM
for all intensive purposes, it's a mute point
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
... and I want new episodes of the Three Stooges on TV
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (TkJMd)
It would take a slash and burn approach.
End Pre K and K.
Year 1 2 and 3:Half Day Reading/Writing Half Math
Year 4 5 and 6: 2 hours Math, 2 Read Write 2 Hard Science.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)
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The advantage for January is there are fewer crazies willing to risk frostbite to counter-protest. Late April is more favorable for the screaming mimis to swarm.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (Dv3i1)
It's amazing how memories lie dormant and then pop back up.
Loved every second of it.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (DgMqy)
We are in for a long long slog of rage and disappointment through what I'll term reverse lawfare, in which every single arrestee pleads not guilty, and every single jury says "fuck you" to Trump by voting not guilty.
The courtrooms will be packed with the same karens and soy boys as are in the roads and plazas and Targets and schools today, staring at the judge, and staring at the jurors.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (KiBMU)
... my grammar tells me she likes to be called "Gramy"
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)
click clock click click click
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Don Lemon at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (e4I2N)
People misuse the word “grammar” all the time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
I find it especially humorous when a grammar enthusiast advocates for "good grammer".
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (wVcYX)
But that was overturned.
Let's move the March for Life into some nicer time of the year, like late April for example.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 23, 2026 08:44 AM (qFwJc)
It's safer for the kids to be out and marching when no one else wants to be in DC.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (Dv3i1)
Notice also how lily white the “protestors” are.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 08:54 AM (xVja5)
I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!
*gets out her list of Pooky's old contacts*
Posted by: pookysgirl, Grammar Nazi at January 23, 2026 08:54 AM (Wt5PA)
It would take a slash and burn approach.
End Pre K and K.
Year 1 2 and 3:Half Day Reading/Writing Half Math
Year 4 5 and 6: 2 hours Math, 2 Read Write 2 Hard Science.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM
add an hour of civics starting around year 5 (and every year going forward) and you've got a deal
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 08:54 AM (tljrc)
People misuse the word “grammar” all the time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
Please define "grammar"
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:55 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM
With a gender and orientation reversal, this could be big! Big, I'm telling you!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Hollywood writer at January 23, 2026 08:55 AM (0sNs1)
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You know what happens to Speakers of the House of my own party who cross me. You think being a member of a jury will prevent me from doing what I do?
*Jazz Hands!*
-Gov. Timmy Walz
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 08:55 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at January 23, 2026 08:55 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM
I could care less what your other two are.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM
for all intensive purposes, it's a mute point
Their over they're bragging about how there grammar is flawless.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!
*gets out her list of Pooky's old contacts*
Posted by: pookysgirl, Grammar Nazi at January 23, 2026 08:54 AM
I'd better tow the line, toot sweet
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 08:56 AM (tljrc)
237 Eventually we will return to a more primitive form of communication of vocalizing and tree scraping.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)
click clock click click click
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM
To wit:
https://youtu.be/nWglfC5CNS4
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at January 23, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:57 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at January 23, 2026 08:55 AM (oftw2)
I expect nothing less!
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:57 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 08:45 AM
Anything you say can, and will, be used against you, especially typos or automagic corrections.
Posted by: J. Random Commenter at January 23, 2026 08:58 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: J. Random Commenter at January 23, 2026 08:58 AM (0sNs1)
I still miss buzzion.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 08:58 AM (06Hmj)
Minnisomalia's interpretation of "Due Process".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:58 AM (a4flb)
When asking childless voters if they want to have children one day.
43% of Trump voters said yes, 34% say no
46% of GOP said yes, 31% say no
47% of Harris voters say no, 25% say yes
39% of Dems say no, 29% say yes
Conservatives Are Having Babies – And the Numbers Show We'll Outbreed the Left
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 08:54 AM (tljrc)
Yes in year 5 hard core history (no school books but real history from McCullogh) and hard core civics.
30 minutes to read subject
15 minutes to discuss or research
10 minutes to write down 1 page summary of subject and results.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:59 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Comma Company at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 08:26 AM (/iXAp)
Since the Irish more or less regard Cromwell as a genocidal fuckhead(which he pretty much was), in much the same way that the Jews regard Hitler, it's zero surprise that he inspired and still inspires lots of hate.
From what I've read, praising Cromwell is more or less like praising Hitler for making the trains run on time.
YMMV.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (iJfKG)
I find it especially humorous when a grammar enthusiast advocates for "good grammer".
Posted by: Count de Monet
Then it's "well grammar" FTW!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (xG4kz)
To paraphrase MANY leftists - some times you just have to take a beating.
Well, sorry leftists but you don't get to use stand your grounds laws in general based on what you yourselves have said and of course any illegal that has a firearm should be shot on sight as an enemy illegal combatant.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (sKqQm)
End Pre K and K.
Year 1 2 and 3:Half Day Reading/Writing Half Math
Year 4 5 and 6: 2 hours Math, 2 Read Write 2 Hard Science.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)"
Aside from the obvious problem of multiple generations of marxist freak schoolteachers in great numbers, the other thing is the administrators. You will find no greater group of chickenshits than public school administrators and staff.
We need to let parents pick the type of educators that suit their personal beliefs; the moonbats already have public schools - those freaks could just re-form into their own private schools. Non-moonbats are left in the cold (by design) because there just aren't enough non-moonbat schools to go around due to cost and red tape. The ONE non-woke school here costs 5 figures a year.
And you can't say academic rigor prevents it; colleges are off the deep end doing shit like no longer using SAT's, grade inflation, etc.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (EjI8X)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 09:01 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)
Your annoying. Take you're attempts at being humerus elsewhere!
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:01 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 08:56 AM (tljrc)
Should I tell you your license plate number now or let the guys in plain black windbreakers tell you?
Posted by: pookysgirl, mostly kidding at January 23, 2026 09:01 AM (Wt5PA)
Yes but leftists propagandize them in the government schools so the long term advantage isn't as clear as we would hope
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Fo' the Chillums at January 23, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)
The courtrooms will be packed with the same karens and soy boys as are in the roads and plazas and Targets and schools today, staring at the judge, and staring at the jurors.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 08:52 AM (KiBMU)"
It's not like there aren't solutions to that problem, but there is no going back once it starts.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:02 AM (EjI8X)
SS is your money and your life
EBT is your money and your food
School is their money
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)
The left now: People are going to die because the Trump admin isn't taking this historic blizzard seriously enough!
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:03 AM (sKqQm)
Well, they're the Irish (the Civil war started what, a decade before Cromwell???)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)
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As someone pointed out on X, Leftists breed asexually. Keep your kids away from the groomers and gropers in government schools.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:03 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 09:01 AM (e4I2N)"
I'll let you in on a secret. Many of these moonbat-run small businesses are also hoovering up government money in scammy ways. It's not going to hurt them as much as you might think.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:03 AM (EjI8X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (/iXAp)
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM (EjI8X)
Also end Bachelors for ED.
Get a real degree first.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 09:00 AM
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It would like totally like freak me out. I would like be like so embarrassed. My neighbor who I like sometimes like talk to like when I'm like out you know like walking the dog and I'll like stop to like talk for a few minutes...
Posted by: Just about every woman in her 30s at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Well of course. YOU have to take a beating. They, however, don't.
Brownshirts never see it coming.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)
There were problems with the KKK doing similar things in the past, I suspect there are solutions the Trump admin can use in between letting the locals let their friends out and going full Pinochet
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)
Hi pg, I hope you are ok.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 09:05 AM (bb1Tf)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 08:54 AM (tljrc)
Yes in year 5 hard core history (no school books but real history from McCullogh) and hard core civics.
30 minutes to read subject
15 minutes to discuss or research
10 minutes to write down 1 page summary of subject and results.
Posted by: r hennigantx
Unfortunately in Home Economics they teach how to exploit a myriad of social welfare programs and mix Molatov Cocktails. In Shop class they learn to make piercings; Art class is mixing bright hair colorings and tattoos, making protest signs, and AI generated child pr0n.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)
We seriously need to formalize a policy on Outlaws declaring themselves outside of the law.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:05 AM (06Hmj)
Frozen CO2 WTF?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:05 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 08:49 AM (bb1Tf)
ISWYDT
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
No more reaching across the isle!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 09:06 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 23, 2026 09:06 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Confusing headlines we expect to see at January 23, 2026 09:06 AM (vFG9F)
My vague recollection was that Bombadil comes from other stories he told his children. The character was basically immune to Sauron and his minions but also had no interest in involving himself in such a conflict.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)
@ImMeme0
White leftist woman fills shopping carts to the brim, blocking the checkout line at Target to protest “fascism,” and demands that everyone, including the staff, walk out of the store.
Leftist women are the cancer of our society!
https://tinyurl.com/yx55dfea
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
It literally kills me every time they do.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (/iXAp)
Yes, Tom Bombadil would have led to a very short book, which I would have welcomed. So, Tolkien wouldn't do that
.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Just about every woman in her 30s
I literally, totally agree with her!
Posted by: Literally at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (oftw2)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Where "historic" = "hasn't happened yet".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (a4flb)
Notably, the presence of the American asylum seekers isn’t sitting well with the nearly 2,000 other migrants from around the world housed at Ter Apel. “My dream is to go to America or the UK. America for me is the paradise,” a 21-year-old North African woman living at the camp said in a recent interview. “You can work, you can make a million if you have a good idea. Why they come here?”
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (gbOdA)
I have a more important job ..
I want you to kill every goofer on the course
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (xVja5)
Because the prosecutor wants to lose the case.
Ironically you can also find legal arguments about prosecutors outwitting defense attorneys and getting a just of people likely to convict and that is seen as unfair.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)
Talking to a left-leaning coworker a few days ago about the impending snow. He mentioned "the models" and the varying predictions of snowfall amounts. His summation was basically "nobody knows". I took the opportunity to point out to him that climate hysteria is based on computer models and simulation. I asked him if we can't even rely on models for a storm we know exists and is only a few days away, why would we rely on future models of weather patterns for long term policy decisions. I think his brain began to rewire!
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:08 AM (3r1VB)
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In a larger sense, I'll always be grateful for COVID in one regard.
NPCs are pretty obvious in any case, but it can be hard in life to sort the stand-up cats from the bitchmade pussies born with no nutsack. That gave us a clear picture of our people. And a sad one. The bitchmade ratio is very much higher than I anticipated, cynical as I was before that.
It also gave me way more respect for freethinkers, who are very much rarer than I thought.
And it forced me to reset a lot of parameters with regard to what I think can or should be done in this country.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 09:08 AM (BI5O2)
It's like an LDS missionary picking a BYU dorm for their mission.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:08 AM (06Hmj)
I mismatched an open parenthesis with a closing brace in my nickname?
That will be an eternal source of deep seated shame for me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:08 AM (xG4kz)
https://tinyurl.com/nhhvm2sx
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (KxQqp)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 09:06 AM (xG4kz)
No more reach arounds either! The GOPe specializes in reach arounds when dealing with Dems…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (/iXAp)
I don't pay attention to how well other people abide by linguistic rules because half of grammar rules are made up bullshit anyway. I'm more interested in whatever dumb shit they are trying to say than how they say it.
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (bb1Tf)
Crockett: “My theory of the case is this: If you believe we're going to lose anyway then what difference does it make if it's me or anybody else?”
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)
Because Communist courts and DOJ prosecutors play on the same team.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (a4flb)
But I do question the door to door. Really? In a town of less than 21,000? With what resources? I asked if she actually knew of anyone being "taken" (her word) and she said yes, she knows families who have had relatives taken.
I'm guessing, since there is a lot of gang activity there, that these are gang-related arrests.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: prove me wrong at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Doof
"Grammar" properly refers to the set of rules governing the forms words take based on their role in a clause. Basically, conjugating verbs and declining nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
For example, "John and me went to the store" is ungrammatical because "me" cannot properly be used as a subject. It should be "John and I...".
"Irregardless" is not "ungrammatical." It's merely a disfavored usage.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)
was supposed to have quoted this:
The left in the 00s: Soon snow will be a thing of the past
The left now: People are going to die because the Trump admin isn't taking this historic blizzard seriously enough!
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:03 AM
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: Fred_Z at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (VQIqq)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 08:53 AM (e4I2N)
He was given the unvarnished truth over at communism.com and he's not about to let you counter-revolutionaries cloud his scientific soviet understanding of the truth. It's not just a leftist thing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Nova Local at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (tOcjL)
"who gets the money" - the part left unsaid.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM
The Bob Dole doesn't know too many bachelors (or married, for that matter) who are for ED. Quite the opposite, actually.
Posted by: zombie Bob Dole at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (0sNs1)
Get a real degree first.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (gbOdA)
I agree with you for middle and high school, but not for early elementary. Do you really need a physics degree to teach first grade?
Posted by: pookysgirl's mom had an Ed degree at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)"
Yeah they can. But they are running out of time, and I have yet to see any serious effort to *criminally* go after conspirators in courts and state/local government. As long as those remain, the commie goons can continue to act up.
IMHO we have passed the point in the blue shitholes where going Pinochet is justified. 4 years of J6 raids and the egregious pedo- and rape-enabling in public schools sealed the deal on that.
If Vance wins in 28 we have 4-8 more years to try and right the ship. If he does not - we are off to the races immediately. What is going on in VA removes any doubt of that.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (EjI8X)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)
Inflammable and Flammable
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:11 AM (gbOdA)
If you had described the COVID response under the Biden Junta say in 2000 I suspect most people would have expected an armed uprising, led by the non-coopted governors.
And...the closest we got to that was DeSantis telling Biden he would call out the FL NG if Biden tried to put vaxport road closures on the FL border with other states...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:11 AM (cmYp8)
Crockett: “My theory of the case is this: If you believe we're going to lose anyway then what difference does it make if it's me or anybody else?”
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)
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Well, no names who run as sacrificial lambs don't raise tens of millions of dollars that could go to Roy Cooper in NC who has a decent chance of being the Larry Hogan of 2026.
Attention hogs with some level of cult followings do scoop up tens of millions of dollars to just lose at the same level as the no-name.
But, hey...I'm not the one wasting my money on you. Go right ahead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)
Higher education is approaching a period of profound disruption, and many colleges may not survive...
... how will Democrats train their operatives for the future ?
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)
I asked him if we can't even rely on models for a storm we know exists and is only a few days away, why would we rely on future models of weather patterns for long term policy decisions. I think his brain began to rewire!
Posted by: Doof
That's a good start.
Next time ask him "How sensitive to starting parameters' values are the predictions?" and then raise your blast shields.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:11 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: pookysgirl's mom had an Ed degree at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (Wt5PA)
My point is the Education Degree is the problem.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (gbOdA)
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F.U. you're not my boss, you fascist b*tch.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)
Mayes can KMA. Castle doctrine does not apply to criminals evading arrest. Illegals are not allowed to possess firearms in this country. Since ICE/CBP are clearly identified by patch and badge so this 'poorly identified' claim is crap. Nothing will happen here in AZ because state and local authorities cooperate with ICE/CBP and detainers lodged by them are honored. Phoenix may get an enforcement operation merely because of the number of illegals in the state of Maricopa.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (I8+9i)
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:10 AM (EjI8X)
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First things first-- we need to win in November.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (cmYp8)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (vFG9F)
Well, you leftists railed against having chillins, so... demographics win again.
Reality. It's what's for dinner.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Dancing Fool at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (/iXAp)
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Tom Bombadil was very powerful, but his power was constrained by boundaries. He couldn't leave the Old Forest and its environs. His fate was bound up with Goldberry's. As for his importance, the hobbits find their first respite from their journey in his sanctuary, just like Rivendell and Lothlorien. There's also important foreshadowing of Frodo's fate that occurs there, as well as a gift of comfort and solace that Frodo can draw upon at need.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (ESVrU)
Because illiterate retards saw "Inflammable" written on tanker trucks and believed they were carrying water - so it was OK to crash into them.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (/iXAp)
My favorite theory (yeah all theories have holes) is that he’s really Aule the Smith who’s gotten sick of the whole Demi-god thing in Valinor and is just slumming it at a vacation home in middle earth with his favorite Maia.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (xVja5)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (cmYp
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Losing the House in November would affect surprisingly little.
2026 is one of the least consequential elections in recent memory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
This occasionally happens on the right as well, but right-wingers are generally mentally stable, understand the ramifications, have families and businesses to be responsible for, and have a Christian moral foundation against murder.
Leftists, conversely, are mentally unstable, take no accountability for their actions, have aborted their children and do only make-shift work, and have an atheistic child-sacrificing moral grounding.
Things could get interesting.
Posted by: Strange Brew at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (Ut9DU)
For example, "John and me went to the store" is ungrammatical because "me" cannot properly be used as a subject. It should be "John and I...".
"Irregardless" is not "ungrammatical." It's merely a disfavored usage.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)
I'd say that definition is a bit narrow. I like this one from Britannica...
"rules of a language governing the sounds, words, sentences, and other elements, as well as their combination and interpretation"
Words and their usage are definitely a part of grammar.
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (3r1VB)
Next time ask him "How sensitive to starting parameters' values are the predictions?" and then raise your blast shields.
You can also ask if the models have correctly predicted the outcomes we are seeing now - is NYC under water? Or FL? Does it no longer snow in England? And so on...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: American Hawkman at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (6nplM)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)
Please define "grammar"
Posted by: Doof
>When I was in grammar school, a young lady showed me her naughty bits.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (oT7pT)
Yeh, imma nope out on that. Terrified of crybullies who think they get to be the thought and speech Gestapo? These little bitches don't impress me much. They can fuck right off.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (2J/Lj)
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Maybe they will re-energize the Boy Scouts?
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (pLaQB)
And have cats. You left out the cats.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ... at January 23, 2026 09:15 AM (bb1Tf)
I'm guessing, since there is a lot of gang activity there, that these are gang-related arrests.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:09 AM (nz1sK)"
I have a hard time figuring out how many of the cat ladies are wholly ignorant of the dynamic where the people being rounded up were previously convicted, or wanted in their home countries, usually for pretty horrific offenses ... and how many know but don't care because "feels".
You don't even need a lot of gang activity, you just need local gov't that refuses to hand offenders directly to ICE or to honor detainer requests.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:15 AM (EjI8X)
Lots of people who started with masks on their faces and needles in their arms who, by the end, we're saying "I just never believed our leaders are evil liars who want us enslaved, but now I understand, and I can never unsee what I've seen."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 09:16 AM (BI5O2)
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Many bachelor's have ED. Zombie Bob Dole can help with that.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at January 23, 2026 09:16 AM (Dv3i1)
/The Paolo, he is unfamilar with any level of ED.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)
A Latina congresswoman represents the district, yet the court finds the district lines dilute Latino voting power because she’s the wrong kind of Latina — a Latina Republican.
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Disgusting scumbags of the judiciary, actively working on behalf of Demofascists.
John Roberts just closes his eyes.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:16 AM (cmYp8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (/iXAp)
I think Gandalf explained this later, maybe during their respite at Rivendell.
Of course an even simpler solution that would have cut the epic down to size was recruiting Gwaihir to fly over Mt. Doom and drop in the ring.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 09:17 AM (WHfpM)
US Murders Fall to Lowest Level Since 1900; Largest One-Year Decline on Record
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)
In the most remote areas of Quebec's eastern provinces, power was not restored for almost a month.
Power pumps your water, heats your house, and refrigerates your food. Without it, you are back suddenly to 1890, except you don't have the tools, the understanding, the stored fuel, or the mechanisms to cope.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (KiBMU)
2026 is one of the least consequential elections in recent memory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
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Why so?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (cmYp8)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)
I actually did! I mentioned that not a single future model has ever proven to be correct. I actually keep an article in an open browser tab on my phone for just such an opportunity. It's 50 years of failed climate doom and gloom predictions. I think it was something Buck had in one of his rants a few years ago.
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (3r1VB)
I did talk about that, about the kinds of criminals ICE is collecting, and what kind of illegals flooded the country under Biden.
We don't usually talk politics, have been friends a long time, and she was not a teacher but worked in the school system for a long time. I know she is a Dem, but she is not a rabid lefty.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (/iXAp)
US Murders Fall to Lowest Level Since 1900; Largest One-Year Decline on Record
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)
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"We've never seen mass deportations before."
Bitch is old enough to remember Eisenhower's administration which included Operation Wetback.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (GBKbO)
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J6 - Don't Cry For Me Jane.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (pLaQB)
No offense, but she's either hallucinating or just... lying.
Sad, really. You can let her know that Mrs' extended family from SA are 100% behind efforts to remove illegals, so there's that...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (XuXeR)
Get a real degree first.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:04 AM (gbOdA)
Honestly, a high school education should be sufficient to teach first grade.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Doof
No usage is not a part of grammar, any more than phonetics is. They are separate aspects of language.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I crossed the streams at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
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Maybe they will re-energize the Boy Scouts?
Posted by: pudinhead
The Scouts can't keep their IT working and seem hell-bent on inviting a new round of sex abuse scandals with the new "Family Troops". They won't be around in five years at this rate.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (OUMaO)
Spain Suffers Fourth Rail Accident in a Week as Commuter Train Collides With Crane Arm
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (KiBMU)
It would be a shame if Minnesota lineman refused to restore power to leftists in Minneapolis because they are observing the call for the No Work, No School, No Shopping protest.
Posted by: Strange Brew at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (Ut9DU)
COVID was another one of those examples of the left having to break some eggs to make an omelet.
Did some people die from the jab? Well....maybe...but we were all in it together and wasn't it wonderful?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)
2026 is one of the least consequential elections in recent memory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
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Why so?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (cmYp
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1. Impeachment is toothless. There is a 0% chance of conviction in the Senate. It'd be failure theater for Democrat rubes.
2. ICE is funded through 2028.
3. Congress hasn't used its power of the purse to limit the administrative state in decades, maybe more than a century. A Democrat Congress isn't going to start stripping actual powers from the imperial presidency, especially if Trump has to sign anything into law.
4. House committee hearings don't affect DOJ business.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:12 AM (cmYp
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Which I also don't exactly have warm fuzzies about.
Hard to tell if there is more going on under the table regarding anti-fraud efforts. I have to assume the NGO funding-pocalypse has disrupted a lot of things, but the Dems are clearly still pulling USB sticks of votes out of their ass post-election without any real consequences. I would wager the White House has a few things in mind for the run-up to the midterms, though.
And, of course, half the GOP in DC are con artists, as usual. I come from a GOP political family and the conversation at family gatherings is pretty disgusting. They aren't serious about anything but their gravy train.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (EjI8X)
Posted by: J. Wellington Wimpy. at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (oftw2)
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Oddly, she doesn't remember FDR Concentration Camps. And her daddy was a big fan of FDR.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 23, 2026 09:20 AM (pLaQB)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (Q+gd/)
Of course an even simpler solution that would have cut the epic down to size was recruiting Gwaihir to fly over Mt. Doom and drop in the ring.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 23, 2026 09:17 AM (WHfpM)
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Why would Gwaihir be immune to the lure of the One Ring?
It's made pretty clear that beings of power are particularly susceptible to its lure. Gwaihir might be non-humanoid, but he's still tremendously powerful in his own way.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ESVrU)
Public sckrools are pretty much babysitting anyway...
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)
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$5 says that major leftist cities start reporting crimes again just to make Trump's America look bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (GBKbO)
Most California thing ever: spending 3/4 of your fire prevention budget complying with regulations to ensure you are not damaging endangered plants etc only for them all to be obliterated in the wildfire you failed to prevent
... Gavin Newsom call your office
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (oT7pT)
Arizona AG wildly suggests residents can shoot masked ICE agents under state’s self-defense laws"
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Last person I heard who backed that kind of talk was David Koresh and his Branch Davidian bravos. How did that turn out?
Posted by: mrp at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)
My 13 YO babysitter Sheri taught me to read at 5 and I never went to KG.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)"
With the apparent demographic breakdown of my attempted carjackers the last few years, this is not surprising when coupled with ICE enforcement.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (EjI8X)
I don't think she's lying to me -- we go back a long way. Her friends may very well be lying to her, and I think the Mexican community, which is quite large in that town, is very close-knit.
I asked her why when Obama deported more people it wasn't an issue, but didn't get an answer. Thankfully we don't live near there anymore, and I don't want to damage this relationship. I already lost dear friends, who are black and live in Chicago, to the race hustling of Obama.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:23 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (06Hmj)
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"FDR personally gave my daddy a job through the NRA during the Great Depression that Herbert Hoover personally caused. Democrat 4 ever."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:23 AM (GBKbO)
1. Share everything.
2. Play fair.
3. Don't hit people.
4. Put things back where you found them.
5. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS.
6. Don't take things that aren't yours.
7. Say you're SORRY when you HURT somebody.
8. Wash your hands before you eat.
9. Flush.
10. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
I must constantly remind friends and family of this.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:23 AM (gbOdA)
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Are they
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (L/fGl)
2026 is one of the least consequential elections in recent memory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
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Why so?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:18 AM (cmYp
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If we lose the Senate and one or two Supreme Court Justices happen to die or get shot that will have a huge impact on the future of our country.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (06Hmj)
I didn't know that I needed this!
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes she had time to write at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Perini Scleroso In My Fair Lady at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (oftw2)
I was watching a "profile in courage" type video a leftist had made about himself.
He was asian and had been selected as the Earl Warren scholar at some CA college.
Warren was a leftwing lunatic SC judge, hence why the left loves him but he was also the CA gov behind the japanese internment so they should hate him.
Or brave leftist noted this bothered him and he felt he should refuse. But then he had a better idea. He asked them to rename the position to the Justice Earl Warren scholar.
Brilliant right? He gets the money, he gets to make himself a martyr, and the college doesn't really have to do anything either...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (06Hmj)
Imagine the chaos if a penguin had The Ring.
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
I passed through it once or twice when I was in college in Ann Arbor.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)
How would seeing their faces allow the average person to tell of they are police officers?
I would suspect the most obvious tell would be the big giant ICE insignias pasted all over their uniforms.
Posted by: Strange Brew at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (Ut9DU)
Posted by: Jaimo at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (BCuCF)
A couple of days ago at my gDaughter's Cub pack meeting, Marie Curie's name came up as a discoverer of nuclear radiation (the topic was "symbols of our country"). I corrected my gDaughter (as it turned out) that Marie was Polish and lived in France and that Roentgen discovered nuclear radiation. Nevertheless, I was inpressed by her knowing what she did.
Anyway, I asked my son to pull up the photo of the attendees at the 1927 Solvay Conference. The kids picked out Marie and Albert Einstein, of course. I told them that every person in that picture played substantial or major roles in advancing chemistry and physics one hundred years ago and, at some point, they will become familiar with more of them.
This got me to asking why are there not pictures of such assemblies of notable and great scientists today? Is it possible that too many scientists today have been sent off to pursue will-o-the-wisps such as My String-a-Ling Theory or Klimate Katastrophe? And who funds such wasted pursuits? The world wonders.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
You would think!
Posted by: Baltimore School System at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (wj4wL)
... Gavin Newsom call your office
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)
2 of those plants are NOT NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICAN
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (gbOdA)
Yeah, there is a tendency to believe local "family" or "relations" over everyone else.
It's called "tribalism", and it's how humans survived for thousands of years....
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Back in the day at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)
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We are not going to lose the Senate.
Absolute worst case scenario is 50/50. And that's not going to happen.
Collins will win Maine...again.
The GOP will easily hold TX.
There's a 50/50 chance of keeping NC (it might be 55-45, actually, with PVI of the state).
GA is probably a 40/60 pickup opportunity. MI is probably a 35-65 pickup opportunity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 23, 2026 09:25 AM (/iXAp)
Silver about to break $100!
Posted by: Heavy Metals at January 23, 2026 09:26 AM (oftw2)
You mean like the government censoring people on the internet for noting the clot shot has side effects? Or arresting people for going to the beach?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:26 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: davidt at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (Q+gd/)
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The rise of Big Penguin didn't start until AFTER the One Ring was destroyed. For all we know, Sauron would have unleashed a genocidal wave of terror against the penguins in Middle Earth, saving us from Big Penguin in the modern day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 23, 2026 09:26 AM (ESVrU)
One day it's "wear the mask or I'll kill you", the next it's "if you're wearing a mask, I get to kill you".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:26 AM (06Hmj)
One day it's "wear the mask or I'll kill you", the next it's "if you're wearing a mask, I get to kill you".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:26 AM (06Hmj)
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"Any look at a federal law enforcement officer that made him feel funny on 1/6 is an insurrection."
-2 weeks ago
"Kill all fed law enforcement officers."
-today
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:27 AM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:27 AM (XuXeR)
MrTea spent 27 years at Tecumseh Products, and we raised our three sons there. It was a nice place for them to grow up. Now so many libs have moved there from Ann Arbor it's different. Still got a lovely downtown, though.
Also, prayers are being said for you, I see you are going through a rough spot. Hold on, things will get better. Sounds trite, but it's still true.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (nz1sK)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (KiBMU)
So if Unlucky Juan tried to cross three times and failed...but then succeeded the fourth time he got into the US and stayed here but counted as three "deportations" under Obama
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)
I don't think she's lying to me -- we go back a long way. Her friends may very well be lying to her, and I think the Mexican community, which is quite large in that town, is very close-knit.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (nz1sK)
I mean, it's not like people are going to be forthcoming about ICE rounding them up because they diddled their underaged niece or accumulated 12 DUI's. If they're lying, it's probably about that.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (EjI8X)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (KiBMU)
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Straight brackets.
Bold: [ b ] (without the spaces)
Close the bold: [ /b ] (without the spaces)
Et cetera.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (GBKbO)
So if Unlucky Juan tried to cross three times and failed...but then succeeded the fourth time he got into the US and stayed here but counted as three "deportations" under Obama
Posted by: 18-1 at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)
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Internal enforcement per year under Obama was like 30,000-50,000.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:29 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Doof
No usage is not a part of grammar, any more than phonetics is. They are separate aspects of language.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)
Well then, one of us is obtuse. And both of us are stubborn.
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:29 AM (3r1VB)
2026 is one of the least consequential elections in recent memory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)
But, but, but... no legislation would get passed. Lol.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 23, 2026 09:29 AM (ExV1e)
Bold: [ b ] (without the spaces)
Close the bold: [ /b ] (without the spaces)
Et cetera."
The Barrel. It awaits your efforts.
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:29 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Thank you very much, TecumsehTea.
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)
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She's a New York City hot sauce Latina.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (L/fGl)
The idea of a giant freaking raptor like Gwaiihir having the power of the One Ring terrifies me beyond the capacity for rational thought. That might be worse than actual Sauron.
Posted by: American Hawkman at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (6nplM)
Posted by: Departmente Sanitaire at January 23, 2026 08:24 AM
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Jane Byrne was voted in by making hay of Michael Bilandic's poor management of the 1979 Chicago blizzard.
Posted by: Bigsmith at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (1Au9i)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (KiBMU)
*perks up*
Posted by: The Barrel at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (3r1VB)
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 09:29 AM (3r1VB)
Ooooh, wait, I know this one.
I send Doof and the bag of grain across the pond first, and then I send TJM over... wait, no, then the fox will eat the chicken.
I hate these stupid logic puzzles.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (KiBMU)
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Straight brackets.
Bold: [ b ] (without the spaces)
Close the bold: [ /b ] (without the spaces)
Et cetera.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 23, 2026 09:28 AM (GBKbO)
Soon.
Posted by: The Barrel at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at January 23, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Perini Scleroso In My Fair Lady at January 23, 2026 09:24 AM (oftw2)"
I mean, we're far enough removed from Franco that the trains are not longer entirely running, let alone running on time. It requires periodic re-application.
Posted by: heya at January 23, 2026 09:31 AM (EjI8X)
Posted by: Pick up the Pace at January 23, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Rachel Carson made the cut. Marie Curie did not.
I guess being a lesbian communist trumps having a Nobel Prize in Chemistry AND one in Physics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 23, 2026 09:32 AM (IG3/x)
"Caveat billionaires," the notice began dryly, "It has been brought to our attention that again this year external parties are selling ‘VIP access to USA House’ and other Stromback Global venues in Davos.”
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:32 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 23, 2026 09:32 AM (9LIkP)
Not us! We've got schedules to keep. No time for mandated sleep periods, or waiting for snowplows, or replacing tires, or learning English. Business as usual, full speed ahead!
Posted by: Sikh Regional Trucking, Inc. at January 23, 2026 09:32 AM (wj4wL)
Posted by: Back in the day
Shut down many a pass rush.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:33 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 23, 2026 09:33 AM (e4I2N)
Posted by: man at January 23, 2026 09:33 AM (XuXeR)
I hate these stupid logic puzzles.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM
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But who's having sex with the chicken?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 09:22 AM (gbOdA)
I don't know what age I was when I started being able to read things, but I know it was before I even started pre-school.
I know I was already better at spelling than my father by the time I was 4. And he still can't spell, even though I'm sure he's a lot more intelligent than I am (he can generally intuit how to do most things well very quickly, where I can not.)
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 09:33 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 09:34 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Sikh Regional Trucking, Inc. at January 23, 2026 09:32 AM (wj4wL)
Just in that little bit of nothing we got the other day, the small highway running through town was completely ballsed up by at least six different trucks jackknifed in the coating to an inch of snow there was on the ground.
It was like the cop car pileup scene in Blues Brothers, but truckier.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:34 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:30 AM (06Hmj)
I preferred those peg jump puzzles they'd sell at the little gift shop in the roadside Amish-style Restaurants.
Posted by: XTC at January 23, 2026 09:35 AM (uEmCf)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)
The pheasant plucker?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:35 AM (06Hmj)
Longsuffering spouse asked what we'll do whilst being snowed in.
I made a suggestion involving nudity.
She responded:
"Maybe reorganize the basement."
Posted by: RS at January 23, 2026 09:36 AM (SuU/K)
Posted by: RS at January 23, 2026 09:36 AM (SuU/K)
That's the greatest euphemism for going in through the out door that i've ever heard.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 23, 2026 09:37 AM (06Hmj)
Fancier text
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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:38 AM (xG4kz)
I preferred those peg jump puzzles they'd sell at the little gift shop in the roadside Amish-style Restaurants.
Posted by: XTC
They used to be at Cracker Barrel, too, IIRC
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 23, 2026 09:40 AM (xG4kz)
Jane Fonda: “We’re seeing things happen that have never happened before. Authoritarianism has made it’s way into every single nook and cranny of our government. They are kidnapping people. They are illegally deporting American citizens. They’re shooting people. They’re blinding people. It’s not a question of right or left. It’s a question of right or wrong.”
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It's been pointed out before: when her time comes, there's a fortune to be made selling beer and soft drinks outside the cemetery.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (lsrsS)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:42 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 23, 2026 09:43 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: SMOD at January 23, 2026 09:45 AM (RHGPo)
From above, "Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes wildly suggested that residents can open fire on masked ICE agents if they feel their life is in danger under the state’s self-defense laws."
And when it comes to Arizona and shenanigans, do remember Senator Mark Kelley.
So though it appears Cali could be seeing more Federal ICE action, the administration NEEDS TO KEEP ON EYE ON ARIZONA, if not presently intending to move it up towards the head of the line for action.
BTW, 'Venezuelan national accused of claiming control over Arizona community, threatening residents: report
Javier Enrique Erazo-Zuniga faces terrorism charges after investigators say he demanded money from Maricopa victims' By Stepheny Price, Fox News, Published January 23, 2026 9:00am EST
Good day, and be safe this weekend. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 23, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)
What he DID NOT say is "this isn't an insurrection", so maybe knock that shit off ?
The insurrection act doesn't allow Trump to just flood Minneapolis with federal troops, it allows the military to take over the job of law enforcement. You really think that's the way to go here ? Doubtful
What Vance DID say is that we have enough federal law enforcement in Minneapolis to handle the job. I, for one, will take the VP's word for it.
Posted by: deadrody at January 23, 2026 10:50 AM (qf6NU)
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 23, 2026 01:13 PM (61TgR)
Quick someone call Al Gore because we need some GLOBAL WARMING to stop this WINTER STORM !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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