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New Years Day Cafe

sunriseoverthegreatsandduneskristamaephotography.jpg
Sunrise over the Great Sand Dunes
Krista Mae Photography

This better not awaken anything weird in me.

Caught, in flagrante delicious!

Dog believes that it's time to get up.

The neighbor dogs.

Dogs smiling for the camera.

Leaping into the new year like...

The new year slammed into me like


Posted by: Ace at 07:00 PM




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1 Fist!

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 01, 2026 07:02 PM (V362x)

2 Awww. What a nice, companionable thing of the horse to do!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 07:03 PM (8Xy/A)

3 Right up the middle

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)

4 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (Wnv9h)

5 Good stuff Ace!

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (3uBP9)

6 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (QAvZU)

7 I feel centered.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (cxFcK)

8 Sweet Home Alabama
Where they push our poo
Sweet Home Alabama
At least we scored more than two

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)

9 What's the code for left?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (QAvZU)

10 Here I am stuck in the middle with you

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (P5BPp)

11 Where am I?

Posted by: Ashland Raccoon at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (Dc1Hd)

12 Newton's first law of motion.

Guy lost his helmet inside the bus. To be fair, it looked like a salad bowl, so it didn't matter.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (6GFFE)

13 Horses love to roll around on the ground anyway. Especially after you just brushed them.

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

14 Let's face it, both of today's games have sucked. For different reasons, but still overall sucky. One more game left. Go Rebels!

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:07 PM (vV6n9)

15 There's nothing like having a hot pussy (cat) in your lap.

Fuckers wanna sleep there. At night. In my bed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (NwnyJ)

16 It's a new year. AoSHQ Annual Commenter Evaluations for 2025 have closed, so feel free to comment about the centeredness.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (QAvZU)

18 Football goes thru the team with the best QB. Ask Dabo Swiney how that works.
And DeBoer just sux.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (ou30A)

19 Newton's first law of motion.

Yeah, Imma say AI.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (Riz8t)

20 >>>Newton's first law of motion.

AI.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (syz1S)

21 I'm in the middle

Posted by: Malcolm at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (P5BPp)

22 I think Bama would like to feel this centered right now.

Instead of being the red headed rented mule they are being.

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (/ZkOF)

23 One more game left. Go Rebels!
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:07 PM

I gotta root for Kirby.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

24 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Looks like we are well centered! Nice work!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 07:10 PM (QGaXH)

26 2026: [0] Days Since Last HTML Fail

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:10 PM (6GFFE)

27 We're all Mavericks now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (QAvZU)

28 What would you do if we woke up and the whole world was gone?
Well, would you believe with me is where you belong?
Well, there goes the world and we're right in the middle
There goes the world and we're right in the middle

I said leave me here
I said leave me here with you

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4pWcZm4

Posted by: Theory of a Deadman at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (P5BPp)

29 I had many NYD’s ruined by Michigan losing. I have watched maybe 2 Sugar/Orange Bowls that didn’t involve one of my teams.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (ou30A)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (QAvZU)

31 Where have you gone CBD?
A comment section turns its lonely eyes to you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

32 >>>This pup had the best day.

Best for him; not so good for anyone else. That knucklehead kept on messing up the people running to the water.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (syz1S)

33 Fire DeBoner!

Posted by: Alabama Hayseed Front Running Phony at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (R/m4+)

34 Fleeing from the Cylon Tyranny.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (QAvZU)

35 The bus thing is AI. Where did his helmet go? Why do the passengers look different from different angles? Why was no one killed from the flying debris?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

36 Speaking of Michigan, has there ever been a school that lost to their new coach's old school so soon?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

37 I had many NYD’s ruined by Michigan losing. I have watched maybe 2 Sugar/Orange Bowls that didn’t involve one of my teams.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM

At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (P5BPp)

38 Iran Regime Kills Protesters as Unrest and Calls for Regime Change Spread Nationwide

++++

Who would have that would happen

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:14 PM (QAvZU)

40 At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM

Make that Drew BREES.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (P5BPp)

41 The best part of that game was the 1968 Rose Bowl highlight, with the announcer apologetically saying that OJ scored both touchdowns in that game, so they kinda had to show him.

Posted by: Wally at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (0e5Te)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (QAvZU)

43 26 years when when I went on my first Date with my now Wife we went to the Orange Bowl watching Tom Brady win and become the Greatest QB ever, time flies so fast.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (FCrpy)

44 Centered
For the
New
Year

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (RM1wO)

45 Speaking of Michigan, has there ever been a school that lost to their new coach's old school so soon?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

No.

Posted by: Sherrone Moore, Sex Pest at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (R/m4+)

46 OK Go with mirrors and robotics:

youtu.be/gz9BRl7DVSM


I think their stuff is really neat, very creative. I hadn't seen this latest one.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (3uBP9)

47 This is fine. The anticipation will continue building towards the first Cafe Penguin Post of the New Year.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 01, 2026 07:17 PM (oftw2)

48 Very cool, Patrick. The first Red Sox game we went to after being married, Derek Lowe pitched a no-hitter.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:18 PM (vV6n9)

49 There would be more time to devote to lessons and 'rithmetic if the school bus picked up all children that way. I might even volunteer to drive.

Posted by: Crash Corrigan at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (oftw2)

50 My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.
-----

The Old Oaken Bucket hasn't been the same since Amelia Earhart disappeared.

Posted by: Baal at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)

51 My one and only Spx game at Fenway was Arod’s return from his PED suspension. I knew we were toast when I saw the pitcher.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (8jVAy)

52 Mocking the formatting of the ONT is just so... so 2025.
Be better Horde. Be better.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (2XHCB)

53 [/center]

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU)

54 Crap ! /Baal

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (XeU6L)

55 Well, I tried.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (ESVrU)

56 After the beaver thread, I was expecting a booby thread.

Guess I'll have to provide my own:

https://youtube.com/shorts/MD-c7_PaFQw

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (2RJDy)

57 Centered,.or spitroasted?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (YjwO4)

58 Pedro?

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)

59 Pedro?

No worries. I voted for you.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (EXyHK)

60 The anticipation will continue building towards the first Cafe Penguin Post of the New Year.
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 01, 2026 07:17 PM

Yes, the Commentariat as a whole has been stocking up on Febreeze, mentholatum, and gas masks in anticipation of such an event.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

61 Guy lost his helmet inside the bus. To be fair, it looked like a salad bowl, so it didn't matter.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (6GFFE)

I'm calling shenanigans on that video. No way the guy would not have fallen a foot or so during the time it took to traverse the length of the bus. Even a short bus.

I fired up the redneck firepit, and burned a metric fuckton of woody yard waste.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8zz6B)

62 Feeling very centered..deretnec yrev gnileeF

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (2RJDy)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM (QAvZU)

64 I gotta root for Kirby.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

Their vacuum cleaners suck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM (8zz6B)

65
AI.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

I
Don't
Think
So.

It is old. some influencer fool did it. Bus had no window or back panel, and aisle was widened so it was not such a big deal.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (aTta8)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (QAvZU)

67 Who is winning the NFL minor league playoff games?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (KDPiq)

68 Their vacuum cleaners suck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM

When you reverse their impellers, they blow.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

69 That Rose Bowl.... Great for IU but that wasn't A game. It was an assault!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (2J/Lj)

70 Yes, the Commentariat as a whole has been stocking up on Febreeze, mentholatum, and gas masks in anticipation of such an event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I let my Lume expire, now on the 78th hour, hoping for a penguin post. Not sure what to do now.

Posted by: Penguin Superfan at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (oftw2)

71 @RadioJFrance
10 a.m
In Iran, what is happening can be described as the beginning of the great revolution against the mullahs, the possible beginning of regime change. "

Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)

72 Indiana just scored agaiin

Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 07:27 PM (HFx9z)

73 Norte Dame fans are really happy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM (KDPiq)

74 Fixed...unless Ace resaves!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM (sS4ps)

75 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 07:29 PM (c115l)

76 Happy New Year to Ace, CBD, and the Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:29 PM (8zz6B)

77 Norte Dame fans are really happy.


Did they win?

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (jc0TO)

78 Newsom's Office of Agitprop put a crown on his xtwitter avatar.

https://x.com/GovPressOffice

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (fnZRl)

79 Their vacuum cleaners suck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-------

I find the bag fabric very fashionable.

Posted by: Hillary at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

80 Notre Dame fans won't be happy until the playoff format comes right out and says "Notre Dame gets in every year, and will play all their games in South Bend."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (8AONa)

81 Notre Dame is undefeated this post-season.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)

82 Notre Dame is undefeated this post-season.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)

Will the quarterback ride in a Rockne automobile for the victory parade?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (8zz6B)

83 Neighbors dogs, how do you afford that pack?

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

84 Delusion:

@bobanDriclek . 5h

"The only reason he [Netanyahu] didn't launch another attack on the#Iran is that Iran is ready to destroy Israel if it starts attacking again. "

"So Netanyahu is asking Donald Trump to do it for him..."

—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired)
--- > thank Goodness

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (UZwsW)

85 Yep. 10 and 2 for ND wasn’t good enough for the playoffs, however 9 and 3 AL made it. Great system you got there. At least my Alma mater IU is kicking ass.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (2NHgQ)

86 Bus video was AI slop.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (36PRH)

87 Twilight Zone is on. It's the one where Tina met Telly.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

88 I let my Lume expire, now on the 78th hour, hoping for a penguin post. Not sure what to do now.
Posted by: Penguin Superfan at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM

Instacart may be able to deliver some Axe Body Wash.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

89 "Notre Dame gets in every year, and will play all their games in South Bend."
------

Home to Pete Butterjug! Mayor elected with 8,000 votes. In a town half that size, we cast more votes for dog catcher.

But, but, just the guy for DoT!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (XeU6L)

90 January 1 brings 10,000 new ICE agents fully funded by the BBB. Doesn't that make you fell better?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

91 Only two games mattered (well, three if we go back a couple of weeks): The Utes won last night convincingly, and on Jan 5th, the Montana State Bobcats are going to win the FBS championship.

Until Monday, I have to watch Meatchicken dismantle my Utes' coaching staff and hopefully, not poach any of the players, though this is likely a pipe-dream with Larry Ellison's wife being a Meatchicken alum.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (/mCq0)

92 Fixed...unless Ace resaves!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM

CBD for the save. Again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

93 [c]centered[/c]
Uncentered?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:38 PM (1paM0)

94 90 January 1 brings 10,000 new ICE agents fully funded by the BBB. Doesn't that make you fell better?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

Did the IRS agents hired during the "Biden" administration get sacked?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (2RJDy)

95 "the Montana State Bobcats are going to win the FBS championship."

FCS. I'm sure this mistake will be pointed out to me.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (/mCq0)

96 Notre Dame fans won't be happy until they are just declared national champs without bothering to play the game, since it is their "right" to be Nat Champs without opposition.

Why no, I'm not bitter about Notre Dame backing out of playing my school, why do you ask?

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (/ZkOF)

97 *makes note to proofread posts before posting*

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (/mCq0)

98 I had tickets to go see the Meatchickens open for the Goo-Goo Dolls, but gave them away.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vV6n9)

99 "January 1 brings 10,000 new ICE agents fully funded by the BBB. Doesn't that make you fell better?"

Where are they coming from? Are there coders learning to ICE?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

100 Mayor Pete no longer lives in SB. Thankfully his foul stench left the city of my birth for Traverse City MI. The stench still remains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)

101 Mayor Pete no longer lives in SB. Thankfully his foul stench left the city of my birth for Traverse City MI. The stench still remains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)

102 Mayor Pete no longer lives in SB. Thankfully his foul stench left the city of my birth for Traverse City MI. The stench still remains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)

103 Further to the discussion this morning about Valero shutting down its refinery and paying a billion dollar fine, Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.

It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0U5gm)

104 Jason Brodsky retweeted
Iran International English@IranIntl_En . 3h

Iranian protesters set fire to a Shiite seminary in the city of Farsan in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, southwestern Iran, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (UZwsW)

105 Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)

106 "Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine"

But each one seemed fresh!

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

107 Alabama got stomped. Condolences to the Bama fans out there. Let’s pray UGA has a far different outcome against Ole Miss.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 07:43 PM (OoFl2)

108 @ 86 -- Nope, that's real, from several years ago before AI was a thing.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 01, 2026 07:43 PM (XMwZJ)

109 102
You can say that again.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:44 PM (fd80v)

110 Ah, proper format is to use center:

[center]This is centered.[/center]

This is not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:45 PM (1paM0)

111 105 Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)

**********

Someone in the hereafter would like to have Mayor Pete move to some guano-infested island in the South Pacific instead of stinking up one of the U.S.'s inhabited areas; thus the triple posting.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (/mCq0)

112 Doesn’t work despite Pixy Misa’s examples.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (1paM0)

113 Ironic that Iran might be turning mire towards western style democracy just as western nations are succumbing to sharia law.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (2RJDy)

114 "[center]This is centered.[/center]

This is not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit"

You live your reality and I'll live mine

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

115 that comment was like Pete's herpes, always flaring up again

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)

116 Dispatch from Finland.

Jarcce @RomppainenJari

Ice skating on natural ice is much more fun.

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (mwCJw)

117 Doesn’t work despite Pixy Misa’s examples.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (1paM0)

I believe COB credentials are needed to use the justification commands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:48 PM (8zz6B)

118 Ice skating on natural ice is much more fun.
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM

Certainly better than on sand.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:48 PM (jc0TO)

Posted by:
at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (L0ol1)

120 103 Further to the discussion this morning about Valero shutting down its refinery and paying a billion dollar fine, Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.

It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
-----------

Is beautiful.
California, most logical state in union.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (UZwsW)

121 I will take the real on the bus video.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (8jVAy)

122 " "

ditto

Posted by: at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (vFG9F)

123 NIL and transfer portal combo is the college football destroyer. It was better when the boosters paid players under the table.

Reminded myself of one of my favorite movies , One on One .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:51 PM (KDPiq)

124 Ironic that Iran might be turning mire towards western style democracy just as western nations are succumbing to sharia law.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (2RJDy)

Without the funding from the mullahs, much of that muzzie shit-disturbing in the West may shut down, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:52 PM (8zz6B)

125 Always cracks me up that a small shitty town like South Bend would vote for that dirty pole smoking faggot Peter Bootyedge as mayor. I don't want some fag as mayor, i want some old fart who will go sit in his mayor's office and leave the rest of us alone. He can bang his secretary once in awhile but keep it on the down low please.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at January 01, 2026 07:53 PM (R/m4+)

126 71 @RadioJFrance
10 a.m
In Iran, what is happening can be described as the beginning of the great revolution against the mullahs, the possible beginning of regime change. "

Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
I say Israel stay out of it, let Iranians do what killin' gets done. No hearts and minds to be wone there.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

127
We just gotta do what we do.
Play OUR game.
Leave EVERYTHING on the field.

Posted by: Every sideline pre-game interview ever at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (2Ez/1)

128 Where are they coming from? Are there coders learning to ICE?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

ICE has been advertising a lot in the last several months. On Xitter, for sure--don't remember if on tv or not.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (h7ZuX)

129 Looks like you’re right AOP. Pixy’s examples are out of date.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:56 PM (1paM0)

130 Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
=====

I'm not saying anything because I'm don't want to jinx it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

131 "ICE has been advertising a lot in the last several months"

I hope they get some good ones.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

132 Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

They give a few tactical nudges here and there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)

133 We can't do formating but we can do 🎉. I dunno why.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

134 Supplies under the table would be OK.

Obama the commie, let many good people die.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (UZwsW)

135 I've seen a bunch of ICE recruitment ads on Roku and YouTube.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 07:59 PM (h/O4U)

136 They MIGHT give a few tactical nudges here and there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:59 PM (/lPRQ)

137 Tom Tugendhat retweeted
Omid Djalili@omid9 . 6h

Today DAY 5 #IranProtests
Unconfirmed reports some protesters are now armed and using protective gear (or possibly some regime forces have joined the people) in running battles, seen here in Nahavand, Hamadan province. Despite regime videos circling threatening protesters with execution, no shits currently given in Iran. Absolutely amazing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:00 PM (UZwsW)

138 84 Delusion:

@bobanDriclek . 5h

"The only reason he [Netanyahu] didn't launch another attack on the#Iran is that Iran is ready to destroy Israel if it starts attacking again. "

"So Netanyahu is asking Donald Trump to do it for him..."

—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired)
--- > thank Goodness
Posted by: Braenyard


Is that the guy who was a dog play fetish furry weirdo?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 08:01 PM (7Pnfz)

139 Back in the Good Old Days of the Cold War, whenever a revolt flared up there was always the local Communist party sitting on the sidelines, ready to scoop up the pieces.

Don't know if that is still the case, now that Russia is out of the global domination business. I suppose China might be interested in having an oil-exporting client state.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 08:02 PM (2XHCB)

140 Is that the guy who was a dog play fetish furry weirdo?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 08:01 PM (7Pnfz)

He certainly appears to be into sucking muzzloid cock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (8zz6B)

141 Hoping and praying the Persian People rise up and get rid of the insanity. They will need the Army on their side to counter the Republican Guard fanatics. If it goes down, there will be no room for failure which would result in reprisals not seen since WW2.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (gm9Sb)

142 Hope Yoko had a good Holiday up on the farm.

Posted by: Bed! Peace! Hair! at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (oftw2)

143 @JasonMBrodsky . 8h
Notable video showing chants of "Long Live the Shah" in the conservative city of Qom in #Iran, which is the center of the Shiite clerical establishment
--------

Many of the X posters have commented that this uprising has nothing to do with food or water that this is against the mullahs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (UZwsW)

144 HTML for center fix?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (QAvZU)

145 After the bombing of the nuke sites Iranians were trying to make it clear that all they needed was support not intervention.

The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

146 What would be really funny if the old US State Department GloboHomo division sent in some Tranny agitators with rainbow flags to strike a blow for human rights.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 08:05 PM (2XHCB)

147 Don't you need water to cool reactors?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:05 PM (QAvZU)

148 Any good tv on?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:06 PM (QAvZU)

149 Without the funding from the mullahs, much of that muzzie shit-disturbing in the West may shut down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:52 PM (8zz6B)

Qatar will pick up the slack and then some

Posted by: Josephistan at January 01, 2026 08:06 PM (FLx59)

150 Many of the X posters have commented that this uprising has nothing to do with food or water that this is against the mullahs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (UZwsW)
==
Then many of the X posters are stupid. The only way those who hate the mullahs can get enough mass of people to join them to go against the mullahs is if they - the mullahs - really eff it up. And no food and water goes a long way towards eff'ing it up.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 08:07 PM (UVyKP)

151
Two hottie models are FAFOing with Melania:
https://is.gd/8IC5bu

They posted private pictures they took of Barron at Mar-a-lago last night. Melania doesn't allow that, and they will be banned from Mar-a-lago.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)

152 148 Any good tv on?
Posted by: Boss Moss at

Sugar Bowl

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (Wmg4n)

153 105 Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)

I've gotten a double but never a triple!

I'm envious.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (QGaXH)

154 The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

A million cheap Kel-Tec 9 mm pistols air-dropped into rebel strongholds would be useful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (8zz6B)

155
During one of the last uprising, Barky sided with the mullahs, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

156 149
'Qatar will pick up the slack and then some'

Qatar is vulnerable in a way Iran isn't.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 08:09 PM (fd80v)

157 103 Further to the discussion this morning about Valero shutting down its refinery and paying a billion dollar fine, Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.

It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0U5gm)

Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:09 PM (QGaXH)

158 The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

A million cheap Kel-Tec 9 mm pistols air-dropped into rebel strongholds would be useful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM

We captured a million AK47s in Iraq. Which we destroyed.

They would be kind of nice to just randomly drop into Iran about now.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (jc0TO)

159 ICE interview. "Well, son, tell me a little about yourself". "Sir, I graduated high school, B average and joined the Corps. 0331, machine gunner. Kept myself in shape and got orders to PI as a close combat instructor. That's about it". "You're hired".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gm9Sb)

160 @shilofreid . 5:00

Rabbi Netanel Avitan, who teaches at the Hesder Yeshiva in Jaffa, an active reservist who was injured in Gaza, was attacked today while walking on Yefet Street in Jaffa. At the Hesder yeshiva in Jaffa, it is said that a young man attacked him and shouted "Allahu Akbar." The rabbi was hospitalized in Ichilov with injuries to his face and back
---

Reads like he shouted allah too soon, the Rabbi turned preventing the cockroach from stabbing him in the back as they like to do. --- backstabbers

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (UZwsW)

161 40 At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM

Make that Drew BREES.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (P5BPp)

Alma Mater of noted draft bust:

Mike Phipps

Ahahahahahaha ...

Posted by: Paul Warfield at January 01, 2026 08:11 PM (3sXRv)

162 AOP, I have no doubt that there are stores of munitions available. I mentioned a threshold for action to take place. I think that threshold is being met so look for an armed citizenry

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:11 PM (sDNVV)

163 @EFischberger . 10:00

The Jewish People Policy Institute just published an AI analysis of roughly 3,000 Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens videos.

They found that from April 2025 onward, Israel appears in roughly 20–35% of Tucker Carlson’s videos.

The concentration is even higher for Candace Owens, where mentions of Israel and Jews appear in roughly 40–60% of her videos, with one month peaking at around 70%.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:12 PM (UZwsW)

164 Years where zip happens
There are weeks where years happen
Maybe this is one

Posted by: Captain Haiku at January 01, 2026 08:12 PM (8WtOr)

165 Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.“

Valero spent most of last year looking for a buyer, Gavin even offered some sweeteners. No takers. Unless California reverses a bunch if it’s enviro laws, it’s not worth doing business in the state.

So no, Exxon and Chevron won’t find any buyers. Be pretty funny if the State tries to run them itself.

Even better, let the Chinese government buy them and then let the Chinese tell the Cali bureaucrats “fook yu” every time they pull some bullshit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (otNgF)

166 120 Is beautiful.
California, most logical state in union.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (UZwsW)

You gotta love it. We'll be dependent on imported-by-tanker gasoline from one or two overseas countries that make our special blend.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (QGaXH)

167 Good luck Iranians

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)

168 That's about it". "You're hired".
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gm9Sb)

I would expect they are recruiting veterans in large numbers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (h7ZuX)

169 Books entering public domain in 2026

William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying.
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon.
Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage.
Carolyn Keene, the first four Nancy Drew books.
Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could (illustrated).
William H. Elson, Elson Basic Readers.
Noël Coward, Private Lives.
T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday
Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies.
John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel.
Edna Ferber, Cimarron.
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
J. B. Priestley, Angel Pavement.
Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men.
Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents.
Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went to Heaven.
Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons.
W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale.
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness.

This is just a small selection.

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (fnZRl)

170 I saw a secret sevice recruiting ad during one of the football games. "up to $60k bonus"!

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (1wtUm)

171 Evenin’, again, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

172 Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue


It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)

173 168 Wouldn't surprise me if somebody in an MOS with a surplus of personnel could get an early out for ICE sign up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:15 PM (gm9Sb)

174 No US or Israeli personnel should go into Iran (except for those that are already there) but a few loads of small arms and ammo would be nice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:16 PM (otNgF)

175 Any Californians here, you are screwed when it comes to gasoline and diesel. You will be getting it from India if you are lucky.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (0U5gm)

176 AlexWinston89 . 8:00

‘Javid Shah!’

Why Iranians are calling for the return of the Pahlavis and their monarchy

As protesters took to the streets of Iran this week, amid chants of anger against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and fury over an economy in free fall, a slogan once considered politically unutterable returned, and the sounds of crowds chanting it filled the air.

“Javid Shah” – Long Live the Shah.

Videos ... showed demonstrators chanting openly in support of the Pahlavi dynasty, ... alongside calls for the downfall of the Islamic Republic.
..., the chant is existentially threatening.It is a sign that anger has moved beyond dissatisfaction with economic policies or personalities and toward rejection of the Islamic Republic itself.
_jpost.com
https://tinyurl.com/ycxdetnm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (UZwsW)

177 I see that California has passed a law that you have to disclose "third hand smoke" if you sell your house. If anyone has ever smoked or vaped in your home you have to tell the buyer.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

178 Tom Servo, the operative that are/were there brought plenty of arms with them. Some people are really good at long term planning

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (sDNVV)

179 Leftifornians voted for it

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Texas could use a couple of new refineries but damn so expensive. Up to 15-20 billion for the big ones.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (KDPiq)

181 Nice to see everyone with hands over their hearts and not on their knees during the National Anthem.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (p4NUW)

182 175 Any Californians here, you are screwed when it comes to gasoline and diesel. You will be getting it from India if you are lucky.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (0U5gm)

Mexico is a short 100 mile drive from my home...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (QGaXH)

183 177 Mr. Patel is going to have to do a lot of 'splaining about those cigarette burns on the bathtub rim in the non smoking rooms.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (gm9Sb)

184 California just passed a law that every refinery has to store on site as much refined product as would conceivably be needed if there was a mechanical shutdown of some kind. This requirement is idiotic, and ruinous. It’s better to shut the refineries down than to try to comply.

And the enviro idiots in the cal legislature passed it Knowing it would shut the refineries down, it was part of their Glorious New Net Zero Future.

I swear, this is even worse than Lenin’s 5 year plans.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (otNgF)

185 My alma mater has been undefeated since '86, even winning national championships in completely fictional universes. Hard to beat that.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (3uBP9)

186 It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)

Why pay the fine? Just close the doors, and leave California. Tell the operators of the Valero chain of gas stations, "you're on your own, buckos."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:21 PM (8zz6B)

187 Saijo is an honorary Bulldog.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:22 PM (p4NUW)

188 172 Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue


It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)

Thank you - I'll take a read thru.

I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

189 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

Be funny if a shortage of tankers developed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)

190 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous R




or build more refineries

Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 08:26 PM (SGxl4)

191 189 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

Be funny if a shortage of tankers developed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)

If it all comes to pass, I might have to consider storing my camper out of state if I can't reliably get enough gasoline to cross the desert at 10 mpg.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (QGaXH)

192 AI bus stunt. Adam Ida all the way. Great bodily injury or death steeeyuuuuuupid. Compensatory and punitive damages let the plaintiff's attorney name the rate beyond naïve.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (YlWIZ)

193 "Bill's Gas Station, San Luis, AZ" has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (gm9Sb)

194 or build more refineries
Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 08:26 PM (SGxl4)

There is a real shortage of unicorn bladders and dragon kidneys to build the non-polluting refineries that California demands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:28 PM (8zz6B)

195 123 NIL and transfer portal combo is the college football destroyer. It was better when the boosters paid players under the table.

---

Other college football destroyers:

Winning coaches of small schools getting bought out by bigger schools before their current season is over, thus destroying the season for the current team.

Players sitting out bowl games so they won't get injured for the draft or their next college team.

All I know is that I won't know a single players name on my favorite team next year. Same as this year, and the year before.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (qtBQt)

196 Future headline. Residents of San Leandro face severe gas shortage as tanker being driven by non English speaking driver can't read bridge out sign and crashes truck into abutment and catches fire.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (sDNVV)

197 Oregon doesn't have ANY refineries, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (jc0TO)

198 Do you have to disclose whether your house was a drug lab? A way point for human traffickers?

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 08:30 PM (tfChy)

199 187 Saijo is an honorary Bulldog.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:22 PM (p4NUW)

I think it's illegal for a Buckeye to support Georgia, so we're Rebels tonight. Let it burn!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:30 PM (h7ZuX)

200 179 Leftifornians voted for it
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

Not all of us did. And the freeways are still filled with ICE powered vehicles that people rely on to get to work, school and so forth.

We still value our personal freedom and liberty here as much as anyone else. You think what's happening in Iran is sporty? Wait until people here can't get to work, school or the doctor.

The grocery stores will probably stay stocked because I don't think diesel is as affected.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (QGaXH)

201 If it all comes to pass, I might have to consider storing my camper out of state if I can't reliably get enough gasoline to cross the desert at 10 mpg.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (QGaXH)

A mega-sized storage lot in Bullhead city might be a good investment. Include high-security lockers for guns and ammo prohibited in Cacafornia, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (8zz6B)

202 Do you have to disclose whether your house was a drug lab? A way point for human traffickers?
Posted by: PabloD


What if you've ever burnt dinner and set off the smoke detectors?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (c115l)

203 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

And that is going to drive prices at some point next year to between $8 and $10 per gallon for the entire left coast, even while gas prices are $1.99 in Texas and other places.

That’s why my economic prediction is for a bifurcated economy next year; boom times in the center of the country and the south, while California, the rest of the left coast and New England sink into a near depression,’

It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)

204 Evening.

Mohammed is at it again.

https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e

Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (tdbfP)

205 There's a chain of gas stations in NW PA, Kwik Fills, that have their own refinery. Maybe a shortage of refineries could be alleviated with lots of little ones (see nuke power plants).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)

206 Evening.

Mohammed is at it again.

https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e
Posted by: Robert


Which kid did he marry now?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (c115l)

207 It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)

All according to plan.

Posted by: Left-Wing Democratic Secessionists at January 01, 2026 08:33 PM (tdbfP)

208 Books entering public domain in 2026

TJM did a YouTube video about movies returning to the public domain this year that was interesting.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 08:35 PM (EXyHK)

209 203 And economic reporting should reflect that, with zones broken down and averages calculated to show the national damage caused by insane policy in some zones.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb)

210 Mexico is a short 100 mile drive from my home...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
---

Have room in the underbody for an extra tank or two?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (UZwsW)

211 It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)

All according to plan.
Posted by: Left-Wing Democratic Secessionists at January 01, 2026 08:33 PM

Once they get rid of all us tax leeching red states, they will be cooking with gas, well, not gas exactly. Obliviously.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (jc0TO)

212 Any good tv on?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Twilight Zone: Will the Real Martian Please Stand UP. One of my favorites. With a young Jack Elam playing an old man for some reason. And the Sugar Bowl, yes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (cxFcK)

213 I see that California has passed a law that you have to disclose "third hand smoke" if you sell your house. If anyone has ever smoked or vaped in your home you have to tell the buyer.

Why would you? (left to your interpretation).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 08:37 PM (1paM0)

214 184 California just passed a law that every refinery has to store on site as much refined product as would conceivably be needed if there was a mechanical shutdown of some kind. This requirement is idiotic, and ruinous. It’s better to shut the refineries down than to try to comply.

---

Isn't California set to ban all non-electric cargo trucks by the end of this year? Or are they saving that ruinous plan for a few more years.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 08:38 PM (qtBQt)

215 206 Evening.

Mohammed is at it again.

https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e
Posted by: Robert
-----------

This only reinforces what those blonde high kicking girls in white pleated mini skirts said.

Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:40 PM (UZwsW)

216 213 I see that California has passed a law that you have to disclose "third hand smoke" if you sell your house. If anyone has ever smoked or vaped in your home you have to tell the buyer.

Why would you? (left to your interpretation).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 08:37 PM (1paM0)

In a state with a well known wild fire problem? Do you have to disclose in the contract that your home has been smoked like a 4th of July brisket?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026 08:42 PM (pIfcn)

217 Have room in the underbody for an extra tank or two?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (UZwsW)

The Cali fuel Nazis will probably have spies stationed at gas stations in TJ. But they will be hired Mexicans, and bribable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:42 PM (8zz6B)

218 PM Netanyahu and his wife celebrated the new year with President Trump and Melania last night at Mar-a-Lago.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:43 PM (UZwsW)

219 @jeremybob1 . 9:00
EVERYONE has talked about all the humanitarian NGOs Israel has banned, but JPOST OBTAINED the list of NGOs STILL BRINGING 600-700 trucks of Gaza aid per day
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Unload that food at Egypt's gate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:45 PM (UZwsW)

220 Man, I have to rant. I went out on my deck to smoke and one of my planks cracked under my feet. This deck is barely 10 years old and starting to rot. My last house had a 30 year old deck that was so old it was eroding, but not rotting. I swear they have changed to formula of pressure treating to something that doesn't work.

I feel safe in blaming the EPA.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:46 PM (jc0TO)

221 PM Netanyahu and his wife celebrated the new year with President Trump and Melania last night at Mar-a-Lago.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:43 PM (UZwsW)
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This will be the year Dems go from "Nazis are the worst thing ever" to "The Nazis had a lot of great ideas about Jews."

We're already halfway there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)

222 CBS News
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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And now let's back the bus up about 12 hours.

CBS Evening News
@CBSEveningNews
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
That changes now. The new CBS Evening News starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

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Oh. It starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. Well, I'll look forward to that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:48 PM (L/fGl)

223 @AmichaiStein1 . 11:00
The Wall Street Journal on Trump's health

Refuses to listen to his doctors and calls his condition "good genetics from his parents"

Refuses to exercise except golf

Takes 325 mg of aspirin daily to prevent heart disease (although the routine dose is 81 mg daily)

Falls asleep late and sometimes corresponds with his assistants even at 2 a.m

Usually works from the Oval Office between 10 am and 8 pm-7 pm

Eating foods high in fat and salt like McDonald's burgers and fries
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Amichai, what's your point?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:48 PM (UZwsW)

224 221 The Nazis threw a PJ party for the Jews.

Dem talking point

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)

225 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

About 29 years ago when I lived in Hawaii one of their refineries would ship has to California. Until I saw the story I did not know Hawaii had any refineries...
They might still do it

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)

226 CBS?
We may be fake, but we're accurate.

Posted by: Dan Rather at January 01, 2026 08:50 PM (2Ez/1)

227 222 CBS News
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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A mass die-off of mankind is now a virtual certainty, our experts say.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:51 PM (nWPIJ)

228 @isaacrrr7 , 4h
Thousands of people take to the streets of Isfahan to protest against the Islamic Republic.

Iran has asked Russia for help as its security forces are being overwhelmed by Iranians in several cities.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:52 PM (UZwsW)

229 Usually works from the Oval Office between 10 am and 8 pm-7 pm

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That's the equivalent of five Biden-Days

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:52 PM (nWPIJ)

230 @215
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go


I think that was a Ramones' song.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 08:53 PM (CHHv1)

231 We've allowed non-assimilated and culturally incompatible groups with overt allegiance to a hostile power to gain sufficient power to threaten the sovereignty of the Republic. They must be declared to be Pirates and ruthlessly elimunated.

Posted by: ZombieSantaAnna at January 01, 2026 08:53 PM (4b7CV)

232
Every year is the hottest ever, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

233 Yeah? Well, get used to it.

Carol Roth
@caroljsroth
When a commie throws a party…

New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (L/fGl)

234 Go Dawgs!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (pZEOD)

235 adios amigos

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (van9r)

236 Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)
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It will be interesting to see how much 'climate research' goes on without USAID and Gates paying for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

237 Smilin' like doggos🐶😊!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 08:56 PM (LNeRu)

238 125. South Bend was conservative democrat when that was still a thing. Once industry in SB moved out the demographic changed and the population decreased with many moving to Mishawaka. Dems became the party of free stuff and the majority of residents that remained liked the dem handouts and voted for whoever would give them free stuff. There was actually a time when a dem mayor was middle of the road, the last I remember being Joe Kernan who went on to be governor.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 08:57 PM (2NHgQ)

239 So help me God, if these Jew protesters topple the Ayatollahs, I am going to kick my dog.

Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 08:58 PM (F/KFA)

240 New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms

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NYC has become the latest experiment in the ongoing exploration to determine how much malice, graft and incompetence it takes to bring down a once great institution.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nWPIJ)

241 About 29 years ago when I lived in Hawaii one of their refineries would ship has to California. Until I saw the story I did not know Hawaii had any refineries...
They might still do it
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)

My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.

It was becoming unaffordable to live in that lunatic state and had I stayed, I might not have been able to move out. ..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nbLIj)

242 The merchants started the protests.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (QAvZU)

243 Tucker's going to have a rough month...or year...
or may never recover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:00 PM (UZwsW)

244 NYC has become the latest experiment in the ongoing exploration to determine how much malice, graft and incompetence it takes to bring down a once great institution.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nWPIJ)
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I'm going to put down a marker on this. Yes, he will wreck NYC, but through incompetence, not anything he actually does. Zero managerial experience, towering self-regard, no idea how anything actually works.

In a true communist state, he'd be in the camps, not running them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)

245 I’m so pissed.

I didn’t take the handouts offered when I got divorced and was a single mom. I could have saved thousands of dollars. I could still be collecting benefits.

Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.

Damn. I’m stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (IhIKR)

246 Tucker's going to have a rough month...or year...
or may never recover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:00 PM (UZwsW)
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He timed his heel-turn...poorly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

247 CALL TO ACTIVISM
@CalltoActivism
OMG!!! Trump just showed up at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate New Year's, dragging his right leg, and quickly adjusted his walk when he realizes the cameras are on.

What's Trump hiding?

https://is.gd/1fwx1h

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Slight limp. Probably banged Melania too enthusiastically.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:03 PM (L/fGl)

248 Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:03 PM (1paM0)

249 @khansarinia . 23h

New York Times “reporters” say they don’t exist.
Think Tank “analysts” say they’re irrelevant.
Keyboard “activists” say they’re bots.

But here they are, Iran’s bravest, chanting “Long live the King” in the face of their oppressors.

2026 will be the year of their vindication.

https://tinyurl.com/43cdxerh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:04 PM (UZwsW)

250 Forget "climate change."

CBS reports:

Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation, the Union of Severely Concerned Scientists at last advanced the Mortal Danger clock all the way to Midnight, thereby declaring an END OF TIME, at the turn of the year. 2026 did not and cannot happen.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Panic! It's Y2K on steroids! at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (dESj/)

251
New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Those pussies couldn't have handled Woodstock.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (pkeXY)

252 Fargo, ND welcomed first baby of 2026.
Omar
Omar is his mother's seventh child.

Explains the need for all the daycares, I guess.

Posted by: old chick at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (F3Dlr)

253 Yes, he will wreck NYC, but through incompetence, not anything he actually does. Zero managerial experience, towering self-regard, no idea how anything actually works.

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I can't wait for the new mayor whose parents are still supporting her gets her girlboss mitts on the levers of power in Seattle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (nWPIJ)

254 227 222 CBS News
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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A mass die-off of mankind is now a virtual certainty, our experts say.
Posted by: Cicero


They're going to release some horrible virus, aren't they? 12 Monkeys will be prophetic.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (7Pnfz)

255 Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation, the Union of Severely Concerned Scientists at last advanced the Mortal Danger clock all the way to Midnight, thereby declaring an END OF TIME, at the turn of the year. 2026 did not and cannot happen.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Panic! It's Y2K on steroids! at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (dESj/)
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Does that mean we can ignore them? Because they should be ignored.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)

256 241 My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.

It was becoming unaffordable to live in that lunatic state and had I stayed, I might not have been able to move out. ..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nbLIj)

California uses a special blend of gas not produced anywhere else in the US so we're a gas island.

However, a few weeks ago Ace (i think) linked a video by 'Black Conservative' talking about this and he claims that two other countries - South Korea and one other produce the special blend and export it here. So that explains why the local refineries don't just charge whatever the traffic will bear - they are price capped by the price of the imported gasoline.

I have no idea how high it will go before people rebel at the ballot box or even if we can anymore. How high would the price of gas have to be before you quit your job, sell your home and move?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 09:07 PM (QGaXH)

257 248 Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Down in the SW part, they are. They've grown grapes down there for centuries though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (7Pnfz)

258 swear they have changed to formula of pressure treating to something that doesn't work.

I feel safe in blaming the EPA.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Some people gain 30 lbs. from T-giving to New Years, then blame the lumber, or the EPA.

Posted by: Hefty Honey at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2)

259 Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM
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You're not stupid. You're simply a chump, like the rest of us.

We should be taking notes on what's going on in eye-ran!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)

260 Tucker should interview a Zutt next time.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)

261 Having the clock reach zero and passing the "point of no return" on the climate are merely predicates to justify overt terrorism.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (ZOv7s)

262 Union of Severely Concerned Scientists

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Not just concerned, severely concerned.

But dude, we already did Y2K.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (L/fGl)

263 The world ended. We just didn't notice.

Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)

264 You're not stupid. You're simply a chump, like the rest of us.

We should be taking notes on what's going on in eye-ran!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)
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When I got laid off in 2005, I tried the bootstrap approach, avoiding public assistance, and it was stupid. When I got whacked again (and exited politics for good), I collected all the bennies. I'd been paying for them, so may as well draw on them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

265 Took Christmas decorations down today. Usually leave stuff up until Epiphany. Wasn’t feeling it this year.

Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:11 PM (IhIKR)

266 -
Slight limp. Probably banged Melania too enthusiastically.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
---

I know that walk, it's not mo.ney, it's my knee.
Put too much into the last 9.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:11 PM (UZwsW)

267 What if they gave an apocalypse and nobody came?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (L/fGl)

268 He timed his heel-turn...poorly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Hey, even Hulk Hogan and Bob Backlund turned heel at some point. Don't think Bruno Sammartino ever did, though.

Posted by: The Grand Wizard Of Wrestling at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (oftw2)

269 New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (L/fGl)
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Dude can't manage a block party.

Now he's responsible for managing one of largest cities in America.

Let's see how that works out for him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (ESVrU)

270 Without Obama to ship pallets of cash, not sure the mullahs survive. I doubt Russia has the manpower to accomplish anything in Iran given that they let Assad fall in Syria to vastly smaller numbers.

China has skin in the game, though, and probably a best case scenario would be them getting bogged down in Iran "stabilization" to the extent that they have nothing left to threaten Taiwan with.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)

271 When I got laid off in 2005, I tried the bootstrap approach, avoiding public assistance, and it was stupid. When I got whacked again (and exited politics for good), I collected all the bennies. I'd been paying for them, so may as well draw on them.
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As soon as I/we *qualify* I will apply for EVERY g.d. bennie we can get! Already got a (one-time) property tax reduction last year & hope to get it again.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (rdVOm)

272 The more they're ignored, the more shrill they get.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (nWPIJ)

273 263 The world ended. We just didn't notice.
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)

I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (otNgF)

274 The anthem for the New Year… again.

https://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY

Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (dESj/)

275 The more they're ignored, the more shrill they get.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (nWPIJ)
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If they were capable of taking action, at this point they would. Antifa was always cosplaying, helpless outside of its safe zones. Even the dim Dem governors making noises about "resisting" have nothing to resist with, and they know it. They should because it's all they can do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

276 Who Else has to go back to work for one day?
Those daycares ain't gonna fund themselves.

Posted by: Oh noes !! at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (+abK1)

277 Dude can't manage a block party.

Now he's responsible for managing one of largest cities in America.

Let's see how that works out for him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at

Heh. New mayor of Seattle
Still lives with her parents. Her husband is an unemployed baker.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (IhIKR)

278 The more they're ignored, the more shrill they get.
Posted by: Cicero

They're looking for more better lies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (L/fGl)

279 228
'Iran has asked Russia for help as its security forces are being overwhelmed by Iranians in several cities.'

Russia's response will tell us a lot about whether the mullahs are winning or losing.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (fd80v)

280
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

================

That actually sounds hopeful. Maybe the guy knew he couldn't afford a spread, so he skipped it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (2YF7/)

281 Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.

Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (IhIKR)

Me, too. I'm staying with my elderly mom to assist her after she had a stroke. I guess I can register as her caregiver, and register her home as an assisted living facility, right? Right??? I'm a dope. I keep working.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (h7ZuX)

282 That actually sounds hopeful. Maybe the guy knew he couldn't afford a spread, so he skipped it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (2YF7/)

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What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:18 PM (nWPIJ)

283 I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Someone proficient with a broom and shovel needs to follow the Clydesdales and elephants after the Circus Parade.

Posted by: It's Slightly Better In A Cool Uniform at January 01, 2026 09:19 PM (oftw2)

284 Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation…”

“Umm sir, excuse me? Can I ask a question? Who is it again who is trying as hard as they can to get the US to start a war with Russia? Cuz I don’t think that’s Trump, please tell me if I’m wrong.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:19 PM (otNgF)

285 What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:18 PM (nWPIJ)
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These guys could screw up a wet dream. It's going to be epic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

286 256 241 My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.
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If California were really serious it would not accept anything produced from petrochemicals.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (UZwsW)

287 Welcome to the Fyre Festival system of government.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

288 Future headline. Residents of San Leandro face severe gas shortage as tanker being driven by non English speaking driver can't read bridge out sign and crashes truck into abutment and catches fire.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (sDNVV)
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"Oakland"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:21 PM (RIvkX)

289 Still lives with her parents. Her husband is an unemployed baker.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I was a loafer in a bakery once.

Posted by: Bud Abbott at January 01, 2026 09:21 PM (oftw2)

290 But here they are, Iran’s bravest, chanting “Long live the King” in the face of their oppressors.

2026 will be the year of their vindication.

https://tinyurl.com/43cdxerh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
++++

No Kings ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:22 PM (/lPRQ)

291 Oh. My. Stars. Touchdown!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:22 PM (pZEOD)

292 I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (otNgF)
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I would start with Newark.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:23 PM (RIvkX)

293 "Oakland"
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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LOL! And property taxes went UP after the fire, as it was an *improvement*

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:23 PM (rdVOm)

294
What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?
Posted by: Cicero

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Haha, there's that.

I'm sure he won't miss the part about throwing Christians to the lions, however.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:24 PM (2YF7/)

295 260 Tucker should interview a Zutt next time.

Riding Big Mo all night in the desert? Raymond Ibrahim would be impressed with your reference.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 09:24 PM (4b7CV)

296 Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit


Down in the SW part, they are. They've grown grapes down there for centuries though.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work


Use it as a cheap filler for mead?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:25 PM (/lPRQ)

297
or build more refineries
Posted by: n

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Hah, oil producers know California is no place to do that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:26 PM (2YF7/)

298 286
'If California were really serious it would not accept anything produced from petrochemicals.'

What if they were a bunch of virtue signaling hypocrites?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:27 PM (fd80v)

299 What if they gave an apocalypse and nobody came?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I guess it wouldn't matter.

https://youtu.be/CqFkU0plBbw

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 09:28 PM (nhCoE)

300 Russia's response will tell us a lot about whether the mullahs are winning or losing.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (fd80v)

A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:29 PM (otNgF)

301 @245 you're not stupid and we love you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 09:29 PM (CHHv1)

302 Ham & blackeyed peas.. Mmm Mmm!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:31 PM (rdVOm)

303 You know, Governor Newsom, in three years this state will be an utter disaster.

Nothing to worry about then! I will be in the Whitehouse in three years and it will be someone else's problem. Probably Karen Bass. And wait until you see what a disaster she makes of the place!

Posted by: at January 01, 2026 09:32 PM (/gRa9)

304 ❤️

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:33 PM (IhIKR)

305 The world ended. We just didn't notice.
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)

I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo

But the good news is that you survived.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

306 The Russians are probably evacuating what's left of Iran's WMD programs.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 09:36 PM (Q+gd/)

307 Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:37 PM (1paM0)

308 245 I’m so pissed.

I didn’t take the handouts offered when I got divorced and was a single mom. I could have saved thousands of dollars. I could still be collecting benefits.

Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.

Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched

No, you did what you thought you should do. Technically, I qualify for SNAP for my daughter and me right now, but that feels very wrong considering my living situation. I am not willing to sacrifice my ethics for a few hundred dollars. I personally am very poor. On my own, I would be in a world of hurt. Figuring out braces for her is my current stress, but it will work out. I am trusting God’s plan and will continue to work my tail off to grow my business.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:39 PM (pZEOD)

309 307
'Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?'

I don't know whether THEY do but I think a constitutional monarchy makes a lot of sense for them.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:40 PM (fd80v)

310
Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

==============

They want that Pahlavi kid back in whatever capacity. I asked some of them on X, Why him?? And they said "Because he is our voice."

But a shah, good lord.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:41 PM (2YF7/)

311 A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Might be extracting their engineers and scientists.
Nukular materials...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:42 PM (/lPRQ)

312 But a shah, good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Personally, that job title, I feel, is beneath me.

Posted by: The Grand, High, Exalted, Mystic, Ruler, Morris Fink at January 01, 2026 09:43 PM (oftw2)

313
I read the history of how we lost Iran back in the '70s. It's a mess of foreign policy screwing up Carter was a fool of course, but it goes back before then.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

314
Unless I'm missing something, it looks like if the bus guy trick were real, he would have broken his neck on the windshield, been lacerated by glass, dropped too far to go out the back of the bus, and been seriously injured by falling six feet face first onto pavement.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (biznJ)

315 307 Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:37 PM (1paM0)

What do they know, except shahs or mullahs?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (h7ZuX)

316 I made the choice, almost 40 years ago, to NOT get 'on the dole'-- as a newly divorced woman.

Oh sure, could've found a sperm-donor anywhere and popped out a kid or two (assuming I *could* get pregnant... which was unlikely) and gotten a free apartment, free college, free food, free free free... except for the poor littles, who would've grown up without a father.

Nope. Conscious decision to NOT go there!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:45 PM (rdVOm)

317 What in the heck, Rebels? That was chaos.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:45 PM (pZEOD)

318
And the Brits did a lot of fucking up in Iran as well. Sewing the seeds....

All that said, the Shah should've executed Khomeini when he had the chance. How could it have turned out worse than it did with him taking over?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

319 Piper
Braces are expensive. I talked with the orthodontist and got a 30% discount for paying cash. She did a payment plan for me. It was still a burden, but needed to be done and my Marine literally yelled at his father to fork out for half.

Still thousands.

I will never ever retire.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:47 PM (IhIKR)

320 A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia? Putin could turn the fall into long term dominance and fuck China. In his heart, he wants to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:50 PM (UZwsW)

321 I was working for Allied Van Lines in the late 70s. Remember building a crate for a 20' runabout/w/engine to ship to Iran. Stuffed into every space were cases of consumer goods like soap, detergents, all kinds of dry goods. It was only a few months before the Revolution. Always wondered if the American who owned the boat ever got to take the boat out or use the soap before he had to flee in terror.

Posted by: Iron Sheik Fan at January 01, 2026 09:51 PM (oftw2)

322 HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Posted by: Hacksaw Jim Duggan at January 01, 2026 09:53 PM (N/gmR)

323
319 Piper
Braces are expensive. I talked with the orthodontist and got a 30% discount for paying cash. She did a payment plan for me. It was still a burden, but needed to be done and my Marine literally yelled at his father to fork out for half.

Still thousands.

I will never ever retire.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January

I have some appointments set up over the next few weeks, cross your fingers for me I work something out in one of them. I won’t get half from my ex. I won’t get a dime he found in a couch cushion. He wouldn’t recognize my kid if he ran her over. Again, I am putting it in God’s hands, and trusting something will happen as I continue do my part for it. I am trusting the same for you, you are a good person.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:54 PM (pZEOD)

324 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:51 PM (1paM0)

You blew the margins. Use a URL shrinking app, or get banned!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (YIDb4)

325 320
'If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia?'

Want to know which country Iran hates even more than the US and UK?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (fd80v)

326 Looks like the FBI has been handed one on a platter.

I hope the can actually do something about the naked fraud otherwise they are going to prove to public that DC is irredeemable.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (Rmqfl)

327
78 Newsom's Office of Agitprop put a crown on his xtwitter avatar.

https://x.com/GovPressOffice
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM

------

Newsom's about to be dragged out of his office by a mob! Rebellion is in the air!

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (d4X7t)

328 Russia buys advanced drones from Iran. It is not in their interest for the Mullahs to fall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (YIDb4)

329 Khomeini was protected by the French who gave him refuge. Like they did Pol Pot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

330 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

The French love dictators.

Petain was one, and they supported him for a few.years

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (YIDb4)

331 If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia? Putin could turn the fall into long term dominance and fuck China. In his heart, he wants to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
+++++

Hmmmm

Trump could announce that if Iran forms a completely new government it would necessitate a reset on our diplomatic relationship - perhaps even free trade / zero tariff until they regain stability.

Russia may have to counter and sweeten the pot.

All Chyna could do is offer to outbid all others on oil, rugs, and brass trinkets.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (/lPRQ)

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