Mid-Morning Art Thread

Hill and Lake
James Henry Moser

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 art

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (c115l)

3 Very nice. Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (ETIdo)

4 I saw Hill and Lake open for Vast Chasm at the Garden.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (cYBz/)

5 Absolutely lovely. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (wvguf)

6 A dog would have fit in well with this one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (ETIdo)

7 Sniper in the hayloft.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 09:32 AM (jc0TO)

8 Both the hill AND the lake were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 05, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

9 Cleaned my glasses and it's still blurry. Like a Penthouse pictorial shot through Vaseline.

Posted by: Dirty Dick at January 05, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

10 Got the title right first try.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 05, 2026 09:33 AM (sl73Y)

11 Pleasant. Would definitely hang. Like the color palette.

Posted by: Tuna at January 05, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

12 This looks like "reclaimed" strip-mined land, "beautified" with crown vetch to the horizon.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 05, 2026 09:33 AM (2ap+5)

13 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

14 Peaceful scene, I shall think of it while the dentist is working on my teeth.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

15 Peaceful. Very nice.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

16 The house is pissed off it gets no billing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (NwnyJ)

17 Least we know Moser couldn't paint people.

Posted by: Almost As Bad As A Still Life at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

18 The barn is too close to the water supply.

Posted by: huerfano at January 05, 2026 09:35 AM (98kQX)

19 Must be on the southern border. Look at the wall.

Posted by: JROD at January 05, 2026 09:35 AM (IlL6s)

20 Mountain and Ocean is how they identify.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 05, 2026 09:35 AM (vK/Ja)

21 Very nice. Me likey. Would hang .
Thx CBD, a nice simple painting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:35 AM (ScJGb)

22 9 Cleaned my glasses and it's still blurry. Like a Penthouse pictorial shot through Vaseline.

+++
I can't see it, Elaine!

Posted by: Mr. Pitt at January 05, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

23 I think the dog is peeing behind one of the bushes.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 05, 2026 09:35 AM (s0JqF)

24 Hill and Lake
++++
Checks out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (avHHk)

25 I see more than one hill there.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (bFu5X)

26 Nice but not anything special.

Viewing time less than a minute.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (KDPiq)

27 Yeah, the cabin or house should always be prominent and have a nukular glow.

Posted by: Painter of Light at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

28 I see more than one hill there.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (bFu5X)
++++
"Lake with hill in foreground and additional hill in background" didn't have the same ring.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (avHHk)

29 Would go nicely on the wall of the guest room.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (avHHk)

30 Smithsonian American Art Museum

James Henry Moser, Hill and Lake, n.d., watercolor, 11 1⁄4 x 15 5⁄8 in. (28.6 x 39.7 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

31 And there's water, but no water wheel? Such a waste!

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

32 Nice watercolor.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

33
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (tgvbd)

34 I'm tired of looking at that hill. Can we get a new one?

Posted by: Housewife at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Q+gd/)

35 I see more than one hill there.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (bFu5X)
++++
"Lake with hill in foreground and additional hill in background" didn't have the same ring.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM

The guy needed to work on his titles.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (bFu5X)

36 $5 will get you $10 that Joanne wants to redo that place with shiplap.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (cYBz/)

37 23 I think the dog is peeing behind one of the bushes.
Posted by: Eeyore
___
It's what we do.

Posted by: Dogs everywhere at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

38 $5 will get you $10 that Joanne wants to redo that place with shiplap.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (cYBz/)
++++
What does she do when it's already been installed?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:38 AM (avHHk)

39 Could be eastern WA. Very pretty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 05, 2026 09:38 AM (XNYK+)

40
Should have been entitled "Hill, Lake, House, Fence, Trees, Barn".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 09:39 AM (tgvbd)

41 Would be much more interesting with a fleet of bass boats headed out to a Bassmasters Tournament!

Posted by: Bill Dance at January 05, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

42 No "See Rock City" painted on the barn. Not art.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 05, 2026 09:39 AM (Y1sOo)

43 I think the dog is peeing behind one of the bushes.
Posted by: Eeyore

I think that's Roger, not Rover.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 09:40 AM (c115l)

44 $5 will get you $10 that Joanne wants to redo that place with shiplap.
Posted by: Tonypete

What does she do when it's already been installed?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

According to Grok - no kidding - she'll paint it!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:40 AM (cYBz/)

45 I like it... Watercolor is a difficult medium...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:40 AM (VE6XX)

46 He actually did some very nice pictures of people,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:41 AM (ecekB)

47
Mannix babes skinny dipping on the far side of the lake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 09:41 AM (tgvbd)

48 His paintings appear to be very affordable according to the auction site. Unusual for someone hanging in a museum.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (KDPiq)

49
he's not lying
that is a hill and a lake
this is so Meh

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (ZxPkt)

50 Peaceful. Bucolic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

51 I get the sense the artist painted this more for himself than for the viewer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

52 Hill and Lake
James Henry Moser

Mountain and Ocean is how they identify.
Posted by: Czech Chick

**********

This painting's a bit of a muddle
And it has me a little befuddled
Over all their protestations
And despite their aspirations
The truth is, it's just Bump and Puddle!

Posted by: muldoon at January 05, 2026 09:43 AM (/iMjX)

53 I like this "lonely" style of art. Looking around the house, I realized suddenly that all the art I have on the walls has that same motif.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 05, 2026 09:43 AM (edbiH)

54 For all the time and consideration these artists devote to their canvases, it's always a bit disappointing to have a rendering of a hill and lake called "Hill and Lake."

Posted by: red speck at January 05, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)

55 All that's missing are Moose and Squirrel.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 09:44 AM (0XUP8)

56
Bucolic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

____________

"Johnny missed school yesterday due to an attack of the bucolic."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 09:44 AM (tgvbd)

57 I would have titled it ‘The House of Jack and Jill’

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 09:45 AM (KDPiq)

58 Barn-no cows or horses. House-no people. Lake-no boats.

Posted by: Three Strikes-Y'er Out! at January 05, 2026 09:45 AM (oftw2)

59
Hill and Lake sounds like some ambulance-chasing law firm.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026 09:45 AM (tgvbd)

60 Decor compatible

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 09:45 AM (sDNVV)

61 Was this place built by some French settlers? That fence will do a poor job of keeping in livestock.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 05, 2026 09:45 AM (ULPxl)

62 Decor compatible
Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 09:45 AM (sDNVV)
++++
This is the name of my home goods boutique.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:46 AM (avHHk)

63 B b b b b boring!

Posted by: stuttering art critic at January 05, 2026 09:46 AM (4ABMT)

64 That hill completely disappeared six months after this was painted. Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away.

Posted by: A Miner Consideration at January 05, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

65 Oh -- there's the lake. I couldn't see it until I embiggened the painting.

Looks like the house is on a lower level, right at the lakeshore, while the barn and outbuildings are set higher.

This was from the late 19th or early 20th Century?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

66 Barn-no cows or horses. House-no people. Lake-no boats.
Posted by: Three Strikes-Y'er Out!

So the greenies finally got their wish?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 05, 2026 09:47 AM (+V5Q4)

67 His paintings appear to be very affordable according to the auction site. Unusual for someone hanging in a museum.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (KDPiq)

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

You know who else's paintings were very affordable?

/Yeah, they were no Hunter Bidens ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 09:47 AM (0XUP8)

68 13ft tide this morning. It’s really crazy high!

Happy Monday!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 05, 2026 09:47 AM (UpLUT)

69 Hill and Lake sounds like some ambulance-chasing law firm.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2026

***
Emerhill, Lake, and Palmer: Brain Salad Litigation

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

70 >>> 63 B b b b b boring!
Posted by: stuttering art critic at January 05, 2026 09:46 AM (4ABMT)

Oh look, it's k k k k Ken c c c c coming to c c c c criticize my p p p p painting!!!

Posted by: James Henry Moser at January 05, 2026 09:48 AM (ULPxl)

71 Looks like a painting abandoned in a storage unit. Might get $10 for it at the Flea Market.

Posted by: For The Frame at January 05, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

72 ...and then the murder happened

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 09:49 AM (ETIdo)

73 paintings appear to be very affordable according to the auction site. Unusual for someone hanging in a museum.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (KDPiq)

Should have listened about the flash photography... those docents don't fuck around.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 09:49 AM (BI5O2)

74 All that's missing are Moose and Squirrel.
Posted by: ShainS

That's Badenov!

(swidt?)

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:51 AM (cYBz/)

75 Avuncular >>> bucolic

Posted by: muldoon at January 05, 2026 09:51 AM (/iMjX)

76 Lovely. That's a keeper!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 09:51 AM (NuV6c)

77 28 I see more than one hill there.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (bFu5X)
++++
"Lake with hill in foreground and additional hill in background" didn't have the same ring.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (avHHk)

Un Petit Teton

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 09:51 AM (0CU3H)

78 Why's the house in the ditch?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 05, 2026 09:51 AM (6ydKt)

79 What a lovely, placid landscape. The colors are subdued in a comfortable way, the barn with its weathered red and the blues and greens of the hill reflected in the still lake. The buildings are a minor touch with the emphasis on the land and water. It has a sunset feel, relaxed and peaceful. It is a very effective painting that would be appropriate for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Makes me want to reach for a fishing rod.

Thanks, CBD. This is a nice way to start the week.

Posted by: JTB at January 05, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

80 100 comment rule

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ScJGb)

81 I'm gonna dig the privy and find bottles going back 120 years.

Posted by: Ka-Ching $$$! at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)

82 Emerhill, Lake, and Palmer: Brain Salad Litigation
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Well done Wolfus!! And a epic album cover to boot!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (cYBz/)

83 >>$5 will get you $10 that Joanne wants to redo that place with shiplap.

And an open floor plan.
After which she will start complaining about a lack of privacy and noise.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (NuV6c)

84 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ScJGb)

=====

You can wait 20 comments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (GBKbO)

85 You expect to see Jeff Miller standing in the barn door, calling Lassie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

86 I want rifle grenades and mortars on that barn until it's gone and then move up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 09:53 AM (jc0TO)

87
Looks vaguely like something my Mom might've painted.

That's watercolor, correct?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

88 but is it art?

Good Morning Everyone!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 05, 2026 09:54 AM (QGaXH)

89 Lazy ass farmer. Five gallons of red paint could make a world of difference on that barn.

Posted by: Sherwin-Williams-Cover The Earth (and Seas) at January 05, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)

90 Happy Monday!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 05, 2026 09:55 AM (QGaXH)

91 Bucolic Buffalo was a character in the Tumbleweeds comic strip.

Posted by: The Wayback Machine at January 05, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

92 >>I see more than one hill there.

Or maybe the hill the artist refers to is the one he's standing on?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 09:55 AM (NuV6c)

93 but is it art?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Only if it is on the wall.
-- Matt (by the front door)

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:55 AM (cYBz/)

94 Emerhill, Lake, and Palmer: Brain Salad Litigation
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Well done Wolfus!! And a epic album cover to boot!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026

***
When I was in college, I remember seeing the album at the drugstore (yes, my local drugstore once had an albums section as well as paperback books and pipe tobacco) when it was new. The name has always stuck in my mind even though I had, and have, no interest in listening to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

95 This is really a small painting so you need a large frame and a large matting. It’s like a girl stuffing her bra.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 09:56 AM (KDPiq)

96 Posted by: Ka-Ching $$$! at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (oftw2)

Our house dates from the 1850. I did find in the backyard years ago when digging an old glass bottle. It said "Dr Kilmer's kidney, liver and bladder cure." I never did get it appraised. It's probably with the little amount that the glass is worth, but I like it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:56 AM (2sfNr)

97 That's a perfect spot for some scenic wind turbines. We have to save the Erf!

Posted by: The Green Nude Eel at January 05, 2026 09:56 AM (oftw2)

98 84 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ScJGb)

=====

You can wait 20 comments.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (GBKbO)

He obviously couldn't, you charlatan!

Posted by: rando at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (L0ol1)

99 ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

100 100?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 09:58 AM (jc0TO)

101 I presume there is a pier or a small boat landing out of sight at the lakeshore, so that Grandpa can take his boat out to fish, and the family can cross the lake to visit with their neighbors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

102 So TJM is enforcing the 100-comment rule now?

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

103 99 ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

EMPs still scare the crap out of me....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 05, 2026 09:58 AM (QGaXH)

104 Hill and Lake

He has a way with words, but I really like his painting.

Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2026 09:58 AM (5FKHw)

105 Barn-no cows or horses. House-no people. Lake-no boats.
Posted by: Three Strikes-Y'er Out!

Comanches.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (c115l)

106 Wolfus - actually a pretty good album. There are two ELP versions of 'Jerusalem' on it along with my personal favorite - Karn Evil 9. Really, a must have for prog rock listeners.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (cYBz/)

107 "It’s like a girl stuffing her bra."

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

108 >>ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

>>EMPs still scare the crap out of me....

ESG is a silent killer

Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (NuV6c)

109 Nice work toby928(c)!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (QGaXH)

110 an old glass bottle. It said "Dr Kilmer's kidney, liver and bladder cure." I never did get it appraised. It's probably with the little amount that the glass is worth, but I like it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The number of patent medicines and constipation cures was enormous. I follow a bottle digger on Youtube. Your bottle could be worth some money. Embossing and origin are important.

Posted by: Bottle Baby at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (oftw2)

111 I like the spot of sunlit in the center, there was a break in the clouds!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 10:00 AM (NuV6c)

112 I bet there's some nice fish in that lake (and no, not opposed to mean fish).

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:00 AM (g8Ew8)

113 A very bad day for the nothing will happen guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:00 AM (viF8m)

114 ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

>>EMPs still scare the crap out of me....

ESG is a silent killer
Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (NuV6c)

I knew you were going to say that

Posted by: ESP at January 05, 2026 10:00 AM (KDPiq)

115 Maybe the artist could have included a moose, for explanatory purposes

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (jfLjk)

116 Proper chastised. Walz out of reelection bid. And someone attacked Vance's house in Cincinnati , now under arrest

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (ScJGb)

117 Somewhat crudely rendered, but I still like it,

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (DgMqy)

118 What?
Did something happen?

Posted by: The person who never expects anything to happen at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

119 ESG is a silent killer
Posted by: Lizzy

Chili & beer SBD's are a killer.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (c115l)

120 I think this is a view in Ohio based on the artist’s bio.

Posted by: ESP at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (KDPiq)

121 "Hill and Lake" was a short lived buddy-cop TV show released in 1972 that had a seasoned NYC cop teamed up with a penguin which wielded a unique natural defense. It was ended after two shows when the consensus from the critics was that "It Stinks!"

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 05, 2026 10:02 AM (vFG9F)

122 >>I knew you were going to say that
Posted by: ESP

Then you also know we're about to burn that barn down to save the animal!!

Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:02 AM (NuV6c)

123
Brain Salad Surgery accompanied by Country-Fried Gastrectomy to be followed by a Double Chocolate Colonoscopy and Stirred Manhattan for dessert.

-Menu at snazzy New York gastro pub.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

124 115 Maybe the artist could have included a moose, for explanatory purposes
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:01 AM (jfLjk)

What if nothing is closed, though?

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 10:03 AM (UnA8+)

125 101 I presume there is a pier or a small boat landing out of sight at the lakeshore, so that Grandpa can take his boat out to fish, and the family can cross the lake to visit with their neighbors.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

All those years living in N'awlins and you're still a Pollyanna? Kudos to you!

Posted by: The House On Bleak Hill at January 05, 2026 10:03 AM (oftw2)

126 Saw a funny meme.

Picture of blue hairs protesting with the caption From No Kings to Leave That King Alone in 77 days.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:03 AM (pFkal)

127 Posted by: Bottle Baby at January 05, 2026 09:59 AM (oftw2

It also said "specific" which made me laugh. Thanks for the info. It's one of those old things I really don't want to sell, although I have lots I could, I suppose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 10:03 AM (2sfNr)

128 I bet there's some nice fish in that lake (and no, not opposed to mean fish).
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

It's such a nice location that mean fish would be out of plaice.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

129 Should have listened about the flash photography... those docents don't fuck around.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 09:49 AM (BI5O2)
++++
In a world where culture is king, its defenders are skilled, dedicated and ruthless. The League of Docents stands ready to ensure that instructions WILL be followed. Placards WILL be obeyed.

Until one day, renegades failed to comply. Flashes blinked on and off. Voices raised from polite murmurs to dull roars. Velvet ropes were crossed. Footsteps moved from quiet to rapid to running.

"This ends NOW"
:: arming-up montage ::

"Time to show these goons who runs this museum"
:: combat montage ::

This August, Jason Staham is The Docent.

Posted by: The Docent - Coming Soon to a Theater Near you at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (avHHk)

130 I did find in the backyard years ago when digging an old glass bottle. It said "Dr Kilmer's kidney, liver and bladder cure." I never did get it appraised. It's probably with the little amount that the glass is worth, but I like it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
________

They're on ebay for about $40. Looks like his Ocean Weed Heart Remedy goes for more. Doc Kilmer could cure anything.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (XvL8K)

131 >>Walz out of reelection bid. And someone attacked Vance's house in Cincinnati , now under arrest

Walz is no doubt busily hiding money and arranging an overseas vacation.

Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (NuV6c)

132 Walz is going to start a foundation for Retards.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:05 AM (pFkal)

133 They're just trying to lure you in.

Posted by: Don't trust the fish at January 05, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

134 Walz is no doubt busily hiding money and arranging an overseas vacation.
Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (NuV6c)
++++
If it isn't already in the form of trunk full of Krugerrands, Walz isn't very clever.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (avHHk)

135
ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

From the Beginning, you were no Lucky Man.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (iJfKG)

136 >>This August, Jason Staham is The Docent.
Posted by: The Docent - Coming Soon

You could make that movie if it was about Statham taking down an Extinction Rebellion cell hellbent on destroying Europe's treasured art with soup.

Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (NuV6c)

137 Walz is no doubt busily hiding money and arranging an overseas vacation.
Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (NuV6c)
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You have a higher opinion of Walz's intelligence than I do.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (jfLjk)

138 Then you also know we're about to burn that barn down to save the animal!!
Posted by: ELF

Go home, lefty. Your EBT card just arrived in the mail.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

139 131 >>Walz out of reelection bid. And someone attacked Vance's house in Cincinnati , now under arrest

Walz is no doubt busily hiding money and arranging an overseas vacation.

Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (NuV6c)

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The Democrat establishment sees him as wounded and vulnerable, so they put the maximum behind the scenes pressure on him to convince him to drop his bid.

Did they promise him anything? At this point, probably not.

And why not? Because there probably is a DOJ investigation into the state's actions over the last few years (the MN USA hinted at such a few weeks ago), and Walz is not going to come out clean.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (GBKbO)

140 My fave ELP album is Trilogy. I think this was peak songwriting for them. Love every note.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (DgMqy)

141 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 05, 2026 10:04 AM (XvL8K)

Ocean weed heart remedy. LOL. It's ( Dr Kilmer bottle ) is worth more to me than $40.00

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 10:07 AM (2sfNr)

142 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Dr. Kilmer's Snake Oil Elixir at January 05, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

143 You could make that movie if it was about Statham taking down an Extinction Rebellion cell hellbent on destroying Europe's treasured art with soup.
Posted by: ELF at January 05, 2026 10:06 AM (NuV6c)
++++
It essentially writes itself.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:07 AM (avHHk)

144 I bet there's some nice fish in that lake (and no, not opposed to mean fish).
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

A guy is out fishing. Game Warden walks up, asks to see his license. Guy says he's not fishing, he's taking his pet fish out for a walk.
Game warden asks "WTF?"
Guy says, "here, let me show you". Proceeds to dump fish from bucket back into lake.

After 20 minutes, Game Warden asks, "aren't you going to call your fish back?"

Guy asks, "What fish?"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:07 AM (c115l)

145 I presume there is a pier or a small boat landing out of sight at the lakeshore, so that Grandpa can take his boat out to fish, and the family can cross the lake to visit with their neighbors.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
*
All those years living in N'awlins and you're still a Pollyanna? Kudos to you!
Posted by: The House On Bleak Hill at January 05, 2026

***
I'm just thinking 1880s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 05, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9)

146 Walz needs to open his windows. The scent of burning careers is marvelous.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 10:08 AM (jc0TO)

147 It's barely 7 AM here - off to get some more covfefe and to read Sefton's take on the world....

On the plus side, after what seems like nothing but rain since NYD, it looks like we'll dry out for a while...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 05, 2026 10:08 AM (QGaXH)

148 New conspiracy theory

Walz Manchurian candidated the assassin and is taking steps to separate himself from the investigation.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:08 AM (KDPiq)

149 146 Walz needs to open his windows. The scent of burning careers is marvelous.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 10:08 AM (jc0TO)

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Can you imagine what Mrs. Walz is like right now?

She was this far from being the next Jill Biden 13 months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:08 AM (GBKbO)

150 Headline: “It now costs $3 to ride the subway and some New Yorkers are already angry”

What happened to the warm Embrace of socialism?

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (pFkal)

151 Walz is not going to come out clean.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

He was laundering money and he’s not going to come out clean?

Posted by: RI Red at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (nbmdL)

152 I remain underappreciated.

Posted by: Tarkus at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (jc0TO)

153 132 Walz is going to start a foundation for Retards.
Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:05 AM (pFkal)

Also known as the DNC

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (N39Ws)

154 Well, it was a brief, brilliant moment. Governor Walz will now transition to private life. A great loss, but many accomplishments.

Posted by: Singlehandedly, Made Retards Great Again! at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (oftw2)

155 What happened to the warm Embrace of socialism?
Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (pFkal)
++++
Reduced service
Greater danger
Higher cost

Checks out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (avHHk)

156 151 Walz is not going to come out clean.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

He was laundering money and he’s not going to come out clean?

Posted by: RI Red at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (nbmdL)

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He was using shit as detergent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (GBKbO)

157 I like the title. Subtle.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (1Nv0l)

158 Another nice win for the day, Hegseth just announced he is taking administrative action against Sen. Kelly to reduce his retirement rank.

Long tweet. You can read it here.

https://tinyurl.com/24hyes9c

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (viF8m)

159 >>You have a higher opinion of Walz's intelligence than I do.

Eh, he seems to have a survival instinct and greed -- why else would someone become a tool of China, before getting really greedy with Somali fraud? All those trips to China, he's got to still have a few friends there. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (NuV6c)

160 Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:07 AM (c115l)

Look up the Pee Wee Herman deer hunting joke he told on David Letterman. He made a stupid joke hilarious.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:10 AM (KDPiq)

161 158 Another nice win for the day, Hegseth just announced he is taking administrative action against Sen. Kelly to reduce his retirement rank.

Long tweet. You can read it here.

https://tinyurl.com/24hyes9c

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (viF8m)

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Kelly wasn't summarily executed, epic fail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

162 Another nice win for the day, Hegseth just announced he is taking administrative action against Sen. Kelly to reduce his retirement rank.
Posted by: JackStraw

That's ALL???

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

163 From almost just a heartbeat away from the presidency to retiring with nothing to show for it but a mountain of filthy lucre.

Things move fast in America, eh?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (avHHk)

164 126 Saw a funny meme.

Picture of blue hairs protesting with the caption From No Kings to Leave That King Alone in 77 days.
Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:03 AM (pFkal)

If we could embed images, we wouldn't be reduced to the sorry state of describing memes.

I know what you're thinking, but your cynicism is hurtful and unconstructive.

It's a new year and a new us. We can be trusted.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (nd2ez)

165 Headline: “It now costs $3 to ride the subway and some New Yorkers are already angry”

What happened to the warm Embrace of socialism?
Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (pFkal)

It's nothing compared to the Warm Embrace of Gullibility.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

166 At the time of the World's Fair in 1964-65, the NY subway cost $.15.

Posted by: Flushing Line #7 at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (oftw2)

167 If it isn't already in the form of trunk full of Krugerrands, Walz isn't very clever.

Saying Walz isn't very clever is like saying Trump is okay with gold.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)

168 163 From almost just a heartbeat away from the presidency to retiring with nothing to show for it but a mountain of filthy lucre.

Things move fast in America, eh?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (avHHk)

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Remember.

All successes are just failures in disguise. Walz not running for re-election just makes Trump weaker and Democrats stronger somehow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

169 Saying Walz isn't very clever is like saying Trump is okay with gold.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (Riz8t)
++++
:: snort ::

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:13 AM (avHHk)

170 Walz got his payout. The price paid is keeping him out of politics so the Somali faction can subsume the governorship of the state before the lot of them are deported. Then put up barriers to keep that demographic safe in the state.

Might work.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 10:13 AM (NwnyJ)

171 Another nice win for the day, Hegseth just announced he is taking administrative action against Sen. Kelly to reduce his retirement rank.

Long tweet. You can read it here.

https://tinyurl.com/24hyes9c
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (viF8m)

Yeah, Kelly’s timing was just a wee bit off. Right before the most successful military operation in recent history .

Posted by: RI Red at January 05, 2026 10:13 AM (nbmdL)

172 Trump seems determined to personally demolish opposition to the Great Man of History thesis.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Riz8t)

173 Anybody hear anything about Iran this morning?

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

174 Internal passports to move around NYC, coming up. Papers, please, Comrade. Why are you going to Queens today? What is your business there?

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:14 AM (pDt9x)

175 Anybody hear anything about Iran this morning?

You mean other than Khamanei is eyeing the exits?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:15 AM (Riz8t)

176 Too bad Otto Preminger passed on. He could run Minnesota on time and budget.

Posted by: Teutonic Efficiency at January 05, 2026 10:15 AM (oftw2)

177 Report: Gov. Walz likely to drop out of 2026 MN governor's race.

It's frustrating that the right can get away with so much without it impacting their political careers, but a Democrat has to step aside over a false narrative the right creates.

Astroturf comments pushing HARD on "somehow this means he did fraud." Meanwhile he's been clearly pulling out of the spotlight ever since conservatives started harassing his children and fucking assassinated two of his colleagues.

Surprise, surprise! A Democrat backs down and retreats like a weak, neutered dog while a Republican would just say "And so what?" And keep their campaign going.

Im tired of these weak fucking pieces of garbage supposedly representing the left and doing so without an ounce of fight. I hope this dumpster fire party continues to collapse so we can get true representives of our people rather than spineless jellyfish.

He was never intending to run for re-election. He has given it all to tremendous public service and always planned to step back and spend time with his family by now. All this noise is just a distraction from Trump being literally Hitler in South America.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 05, 2026 10:16 AM (JCZqz)

178 James Henry Moser's self portrait is nice. Nice looking man. although I'm not a fan of handlebar mustaches. From the Smithsonian:

https://tinyurl.com/2s36d89r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 10:17 AM (2sfNr)

179 ... He was never intending to run for re-election. He has given it all to tremendous public service and always planned to step back and spend time with his family by now. All this noise is just a distraction from Trump being literally Hitler in South America.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 05, 2026 10:16 AM (JCZqz)
++++
I really wonder if this person is a troll. Not our liaison, but the person he quoted here.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:17 AM (avHHk)

180 177 He was never intending to run for re-election. He has given it all to tremendous public service and always planned to step back and spend time with his family by now. All this noise is just a distraction from Trump being literally Hitler in South America.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 05, 2026 10:16 AM (JCZqz)

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Those Delta Force boys work fast. Not only did they kidnap Maduro in 3 minutes, they also set up gas chambers and genocided a population at the same time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

181 It's frustrating that the right can get away with so much without it impacting their political careers, but a Democrat has to step aside over a false narrative the right creates.
======================
Retards Anonymous has lost its national spokesman, so volunteers are leaping forward

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:17 AM (ucRM4)

182 Nice. Trump is "firm fathering" the world.

Trump is "Firm Fathering" the world... I only just realized it

He sets clear, consistent boundaries while maintaining a loving and supporting presence, and always follows through when he says he's going to

And many are reacting like the bunch of undisciplined overgrown children they are because they aren't used to somebody saying "No" and then following through.....

https://is.gd/hiZjNo

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:18 AM (Riz8t)

183 179 I really wonder if this person is a troll. Not our liaison, but the person he quoted here.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:17 AM (avHHk)

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Partisanship makes one stupid.

I hope I never get to the point where I defend a guy who, when cornered on national television rhetorically, he just defaulted to "I'm a knucklehead."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

184 Anybody hear anything about Iran this morning?

You mean other than Khamanei is eyeing the exits?
Posted by: Archimedes

I thought he already fled?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:18 AM (c115l)

185 This man has seen the future, also your underwear is on backwards.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (EyfuW)

186 Literally Hitler. So stupid, so subjective. This is what happens when your world is run by feelings.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (pDt9x)

187 From almost just a heartbeat away from the presidency to retiring with nothing to show for it but a mountain of filthy lucre.

Things move fast in America, eh?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (avHHk)

Obviously too fast for retards.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (g8Ew8)

188 He sets clear, consistent boundaries while maintaining a loving and supporting presence, and always follows through when he says he's going to

And many are reacting like the bunch of undisciplined overgrown children they are because they aren't used to somebody saying "No" and then following through.....

https://is.gd/hiZjNo
Posted by: Archimedes

Alpha male.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (c115l)

189
Wolfgang Petersen?

Isn't he the main character in Disney's new animated children's movie about homosexual lycanthrope orgies?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

190
Surprise, surprise! A Democrat backs down and retreats like a weak, neutered dog while a Republican would just say "And so what?" And keep their campaign going.

Im tired of these weak f***ing pieces of garbage supposedly representing the left and doing so without an ounce of fight. I hope this dumpster fire party continues to collapse so we can get true representives of our people rather than spineless jellyfish.

If you blacked out the party names and didn't know the site from which it came, you'd be unable to tell which side of the political spectrum they're talking about.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

191 186 Literally Hitler. So stupid, so subjective. This is what happens when your world is run by feelings.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (pDt9x)

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Hitler fought communists.

Anyone who opposes communists is Hitler.

Trump opposes communists.

Therefore, Trump is Hitler.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:20 AM (GBKbO)

192 184 Anybody hear anything about Iran this morning?

You mean other than Khamanei is eyeing the exits?
Posted by: Archimedes

I thought he already fled?
Posted by: rickb223

Maybe for tomorrow's Morning Report, they'll be the ones pining for the fjords.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 05, 2026 10:20 AM (JCZqz)

193 ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

EMPs still scare the crap out of me....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 05, 2026 09:58 AM (QGaXH)

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

The Super-Group "Entwistle, Mars, and Presley?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 05, 2026 10:20 AM (NtIZq)

194 You mean other than Khamanei is eyeing the exits?
Posted by: Archimedes

I thought he already fled?

Not as far as I know. Has something happened?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:21 AM (Riz8t)

195 Trump being literally Hitler in South America.

—

Someone translate this from Reddit to English for me please.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:21 AM (pFkal)

196 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I think "literally Hitler" indicates it's probably parody.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 10:21 AM (2sfNr)

197 Khamanei is talking about fleeing to Moscow if the riots are not suppressed.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

198 195 Trump being literally Hitler in South America.

—

Someone translate this from Reddit to English for me please.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:21 AM (pFkal)

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"‘Hitler’ they mean, roughly speaking, something cruel, unscrupulous, arrogant, obscurantist, anti-liberal and anti-working-class. Except for the relatively small number of Hitler sympathizers, almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘Hitler’. That is about as near to a definition as this much-abused word has come."
-George Orwell, only slightly modified

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:23 AM (GBKbO)

199 ELP scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Organ music, blech.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

EMPs still scare the crap out of me....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

How do you feel about ESP? Hold your phone close to your head, and I can read your thoughts before you type them.

Posted by: Uri Geller at January 05, 2026 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

200 It's frustrating that the right can get away with so much without it impacting their political careers, but a Democrat has to step aside over a false narrative the right creates.

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Get your ass back into that locker.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:23 AM (g8Ew8)

201 A parody?

On Oak Island?

Posted by: Narrator at January 05, 2026 10:23 AM (nd2ez)

202 If the Left has so much projection that Musk is considering using them to power his rockets to Mars.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:23 AM (KDPiq)

203 Khamenei might want to ponder how fleeing to Moscow worked out for Assad.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM (sDNVV)

204 166 At the time of the World's Fair in 1964-65, the NY subway cost $.15.
Posted by: Flushing Line #7 at January 05, 2026 10:11 AM (oftw2)

If you adjusted only for inflation, a subway token should cost only about $1.60 today.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM (0CU3H)

205 Russia seems to have become the repository for the human detritus of the world. An Island of Misfit Toys motif.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM (pDt9x)

206 No, you can't come to russia.

Prank call. Get off of this line.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM (EyfuW)

207 This man has seen the future, also your underwear is on backwards.
Posted by: thug dolphin

It's Monday. Yesterday was right. Tomorrow is inside out frontwards. Wednesday is inside out backwards. Then laundry basket. Four days.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:25 AM (c115l)

208 Posted by: Uri Geller

Yeah, you! Stay out of my silverware drawer.

Posted by: Eating With Chopsticks Now at January 05, 2026 10:25 AM (oftw2)

209 Rapid Report
@RapidReport2025
WATCH: Man arrested after incident at Vice President JD Vance’s home in Ohio; windows damaged, VP was not inside

https://is.gd/KO4rN7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 10:26 AM (L/fGl)

210 >>Yeah, Kelly’s timing was just a wee bit off. Right before the most successful military operation in recent history .

I was wondering over the weekend if some reporter would ask one of the Democrats screaming that Trump's takedown of Maduro was illegal if they would insist all military members who participated be prosecuted.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)

211 Mrs Walz is going to give Tampon Timmy the hate pegging of a lifetime. He's not going to walk right for weeks, she likes her first ladyship

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ScJGb)

212 It's Monday. Yesterday was right. Tomorrow is inside out frontwards. Wednesday is inside out backwards. Then laundry basket. Four days.
Posted by: rickb223

Ewwwwww....

Posted by: Tuna at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (lJ0H4)

213 Headline:

(Guardian LOL):

"Delcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warning"

Excerpt:

"Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has offered to work with the US, dialing down the confrontational tone she intially adopted after the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro.

In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”."

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (rj6Yv)

214 Silver spot at $77.45. That means an average circulated pre-1965 dime has $5.53 worth of silver in it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (Da7Vv)

215 Khamenei might want to ponder how fleeing to Moscow worked out for Assad.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM

In fairness, Bashar al-Assad is still alive.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 10:28 AM (jc0TO)

216 It's Monday. Yesterday was right. Tomorrow is inside out frontwards. Wednesday is inside out backwards. Then laundry basket. Four days.
Posted by: rickb223

For stubborn stains, just spray, rub, and launder as usual.

Posted by: Betty White For Spray 'n' Wash at January 05, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)

217 Yeah Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, Marion Barry, Gerry Studds, Iihan Omar, Jamal Bowman, etc etc etc resigned immediately after their scandals .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:28 AM (KDPiq)

218 Khamenei might want to ponder how fleeing to Moscow worked out for Assad.
Posted by: Ben Had

Not too shabby. He's got an ophthalmology practice there.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

219 213 In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”."

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (rj6Yv)

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That's a weird way to say that Venezuela is declaring war on America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

220 Khamenei might want to ponder how fleeing to Moscow worked out for Assad.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM

In fairness, Bashar al-Assad is still alive.

I'll bet he avoids windows, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)

221 This is another nice portrait by Moser. It would probably be considered politically incorrect by leftist dopes now, because it's by a white artist who's painting happy looking black kids:

https://tinyurl.com/sbh8wbc3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 10:29 AM (2sfNr)

222 203 Khamenei might want to ponder how fleeing to Moscow worked out for Assad.
Posted by: Ben Had
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I think the relevant comparison for them is Qaddafi's or Saddam Hussein's fate.

For most former dictators, better a live coward in exile than a catharsis to the people. For some reason, most dictators have a distaste in risking the afterlife judgment. By yet they forget that Stan always breaks his tools. He hates his minions too.

And like Assad, I hope their Russian hosts take every bit of ill gotten loot from Khameini and co that the Russians deem necessary.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:29 AM (WDjG6)

223 No words.

This is the listed location of the auditing firm that performed the audits for both the Minnesota and Ohio on the NGOs we have linked to potential fraud.

You cannot make this stuff up.

https://x.com/wcdispatch/status/2008018760746078438

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)

224 Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has offered to work with the US, dialing down the confrontational tone she intially adopted after the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro.

In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”."
Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:27 AM (rj6Yv)

Advise to Donnie: Don't trust that bitch!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:30 AM (g8Ew8)

225 This is the listed location of the auditing firm that performed the audits for both the Minnesota and Ohio on the NGOs we have linked to potential fraud.

You cannot make this stuff up.

https://x.com/wcdispatch/status/2008018760746078438
Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)
++++
Amaze-balls, if true.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:31 AM (avHHk)

226 Not too shabby. He's got an ophthalmology practice there.
Posted by: Bulg

And a lucrative Warby Parker franchise.

Posted by: The Eyes Have It at January 05, 2026 10:31 AM (oftw2)

227 Taking a look at the Military Compensation and Financial Readiness webpage, Kelly's retirement pay reduction from an O-6 to and O-5 will cost him about $4,000 per month initially and will cost him even more every year going forward.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 05, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

228 Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has offered to work with the US, dialing down the confrontational tone she intially adopted after the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro.

In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”."

Translation: Don't tase me, bro!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)

229 205 Russia seems to have become the repository for the human detritus of the world. An Island of Misfit Toys motif.
Posted by: tubal
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Sic semper tyrannis.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:32 AM (WDjG6)

230 225 This is the listed location of the auditing firm that performed the audits for both the Minnesota and Ohio on the NGOs we have linked to potential fraud.

You cannot make this stuff up.

https://x.com/wcdispatch/status/2008018760746078438
Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)
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Amaze-balls, if true.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:31 AM (avHHk)

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Making fraud easy, lowering the barrier for entry, makes it easy to just do it without cover.

Which is great if the law enforcement arm of the government doesn't give a shit. It's not so great when the law enforcement arm of the government suddenly does give a shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

231 Hill and Lake
James Henry Moser

Very nice, and the original painting is small enough that it could be hung without a problem.

American Art by Smithsonian Institute has a nice bio on Artist James Henry Moser born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada 1854-died Washington, DC 1913.

He had quite the career and body of work including illustrating for the Washington Times and Harper's. (The US National Museum purchased his two large paintings of the slaughter of buffalo, 1888.)

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)

232 Anybody hear anything about Iran this morning?

You mean other than Khamanei is eyeing the exits?
Posted by: Archimedes

He's keeping the engine running on his flying carpet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (L/fGl)

233 Wow, the Dow is up 670 points. I guess they liked the raid.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)

234 toby928, that poisoning was a bitch though.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (sDNVV)

235 a subway token should cost only about $1.60 today."

You're gonna have to pay me a lot more than that to ride the subway...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (XuXeR)

236 Khamenei hasn't flown the coop yet.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave the country
if nationwide protests intensify and security forces fail to contain them, according to an intelligence
report shared with The Times.

The report says the 86-year-old leader would seek to leave Tehran with a small group of close aides
and family members if he judged that the army or security services were deserting, defecting or
refusing to follow orders. The group could include up to 20 people, among them his son Mojtaba,
who is widely regarded as his heir apparent.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (c115l)

237 SMOD must be coming soon, because Amy Schumer has started posting bikini pictures on social media. Ozempic has some social downsides.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (LdBLg)

238 227 Taking a look at the Military Compensation and Financial Readiness webpage, Kelly's retirement pay reduction from an O-6 to and O-5 will cost him about $4,000 per month initially and will cost him even more every year going forward.
Posted by: one hour sober
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He'll have to console himself with the over $3 million plus in smurfed Act Blue contributions to his campaigns.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (WDjG6)

239 Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has offered to work with the US, dialing down the confrontational tone she intially adopted after the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro.

In a statement late on Sunday, Rodríguez said she had “invited the US government to work together on an agenda of cooperation”."

Translation: Don't tase me, bro!
Posted by: Archimedes

*golf clap

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (c115l)

240 Advise to Donnie: Don't trust that bitch!"

She is asshoe?

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)

241 Advise to Donnie: Don't trust that bitch!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:30 AM (g8Ew

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Trust but verify comes into play after Maduro's Cuban (elite!, so they said) security detail got waxed 32 to zip. Rodriguez will have to make do with a Venezuelan team.

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (rj6Yv)

242 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave the country"

Wonder if London or Paris are also under consideration...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR)

243 Khamenei will likely move not to Russia, but to a friendly Islamic nation, like England or France.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (LdBLg)

244 Khamenei hasn't flown the coop yet.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave the country if nationwide protests intensify and security forces fail to contain them, according to an intelligence report shared with The Times.

The report says the 86-year-old leader would seek to leave Tehran with a small group of close aides and family members if he judged that the army or security services were deserting, defecting or
refusing to follow orders. The group could include up to 20 people, among them his son Mojtaba, who is widely regarded as his heir apparent.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:34 AM (c115l)
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If true, this is like when your wife asks you for an "open marriage." The deed is already done. Just call your divorce lawyer. It's over, and the longer you wait, the worse it will be.

If this is true, Khomeini should already be out of the country with one last bit of misdirection. If you're making "contingency plans" to flee during an uprising, the "contingency" has happened and you just GTFO.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (avHHk)

245 233 Wow, the Dow is up 670 points. I guess they liked the raid.
Posted by: Archimedes
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That is what pissed off our congress critters the most, Trump not telling them beforehand did not allow them to insider trade off the Maduro raid.

They can and do wipe their butts with the Constitution on a regular basis so the lack of loot is what disturbs them the most.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:37 AM (WDjG6)

246 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave the country"

Wonder if London or Paris are also under consideration...
Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR)

244 Khamenei will likely move not to Russia, but to a friendly Islamic nation, like England or France.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (LdBLg)
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Boom! Horde mind, Activate!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:37 AM (LdBLg)

247 > This is the listed location of the auditing firm that performed the audits for both the Minnesota and Ohio on the NGOs we have linked to potential fraud.

You cannot make this stuff up.
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Every politico in MN and OH should be forced to have that outfit do their personal taxes this year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 10:37 AM (NwnyJ)

248 Another nice win for the day, Hegseth just announced he is taking administrative action against Sen. Kelly to reduce his retirement rank.

Long tweet. You can read it here.

https://tinyurl.com/24hyes9c
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:09 AM (viF8m)
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I certainly hope it comes with a sternly-worded letter as is appropriate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:37 AM (RIvkX)

249 >>He'll have to console himself with the over $3 million plus in smurfed Act Blue contributions to his campaigns.

The worst part isn't the money. It's being demoted and publicly humiliated which as RI Red noted couldn't come at a worse time.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:37 AM (viF8m)

250 That is what pissed off our congress critters the most, Trump not telling them beforehand did not allow them to insider trade off the Maduro raid.

They can and do wipe their butts with the Constitution on a regular basis so the lack of loot is what disturbs them the most.
Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:37 AM (WDjG6)
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There would have been a marked increase in CVX volume with a big leg-up in price on Friday had they known.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:38 AM (avHHk)

251 Boom! Horde mind, Activate!"

Scary, huh?

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:38 AM (XuXeR)

252 Khamenei might want to ponder how fleeing to Moscow worked out for Assad.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 10:24 AM

I wonder how many billions of dollars Assad paid Putin for safe passage? And if Khamenei has the cash to pay!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 05, 2026 10:38 AM (n9ltV)

253 I was glad to see that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz had good things to say about the raid.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

254 Hegseth humiliating Homunculus, Huzzah!!

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (pDt9x)

255 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave the country"

Wonder if London or Paris are also under consideration...
Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (XuXeR)

244 Khamenei will likely move not to Russia, but to a friendly Islamic nation, like England or France.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 10:36 AM (LdBLg)
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The French gave refuge to the Islamic fascists before.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

256 If this is true, Khomeini should already be out of the country with one last bit of misdirection. If you're making "contingency plans" to flee during an uprising, the "contingency" has happened and you just GTFO.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Hope they blow up Khomeini's tomb. Khameini might be floating this in order to cause Russia or China to come to his aid. Save me or I'll flee. Reportedly, Iranian authorities are calling in outside sponsored scum like Hezbollah to attack their own people now that they cannot trust their own security forces.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (WDjG6)

257 >>I certainly hope it comes with a sternly-worded letter as is appropriate.

Actually, it does. A letter of censure is going in his permanent record.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (viF8m)

258 Nice colors, serene scene. TBWH.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (iFTx/)

259 Today $3.00 to take the subway. By the end of the year$6.00.
You ask for socialism, you got it.

Posted by: Case at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (4rWc3)

260 Hegs ah bah

Posted by: Gabby Giffords at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (jc0TO)

261 Fleeing is the best plan for deposed tyrants. Trying to hang on or returning is sure fire sodomy with a sword or stick

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (ScJGb)

262 Has John Fetterman said anything about the raid?

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

263 Hope they blow up Khomeini's tomb. Khameini might be floating this in order to cause Russia or China to come to his aid. Save me or I'll flee. Reportedly, Iranian authorities are calling in outside sponsored scum like Hezbollah to attack their own people now that they cannot trust their own security forces.
Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (WDjG6)
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That'll go well. Wild, uncontrollable Arab tribalists do't make for good social cohesion even when they're *not* brought in explicitly to murder the normals.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (avHHk)

264 Maduro and Diddy

https://tinyurl.com/zc8mw6c6

Goes to X

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (NwnyJ)

265 I wonder how many billions of dollars Assad paid Putin for safe passage? And if Khamenei has the cash to pay!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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A few people claim that the Russkis demanded some of Assad's loot in order to pay off Syria's new government to keep its naval base there.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (WDjG6)

266 264 Has John Fetterman said anything about the raid?

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

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Supports it.

He's gonna be primaries so hard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

267 Venezuela is put right through investment and sound decision making by PDVSA"

It'll be interesting to see how piss poor La Cruz is after years of press releases but no actual maintenance...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (XuXeR)

268 ...the Secretary of War has also issued a formal Letter of Censure, which outlines the totality of Captain (for now) Kelly’s reckless misconduct.
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That will show him!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

269 Hope they blow up Khomeini's tomb.

I was singing a song to myself for the last two days (to the tune of Pennies from Heaven).

Every time it rains, it rains
Fragments of Hugo

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (Riz8t)

270 At some point, when Venezuela is put right through investment and sound decision making by PDVSA, the heavy sour will flow again. That means lower crude prices, and lower gas prices, lower energy costs, and so on.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 05, 2026 10:38 AM (3E+BT)
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I read somewhere this morning that 1) Venezuela was only providing 0.95 per cent of the world's oil transfers and 2) The price of oil actually dropped a buck in early trading.

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (rj6Yv)

271 >>I certainly hope it comes with a sternly-worded letter as is appropriate.

Actually, it does. A letter of censure is going in his permanent record.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:39 AM (viF8m)
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I can't tell if ypu're being facetious or...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

272 That'll go well. Wild, uncontrollable Arab tribalists do't make for good social cohesion even when they're *not* brought in explicitly to murder the normals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Desperate regimes do stupid things toward the end. Foreigners have no problems killing or maiming the locals on behalf of blood money.

The funny thing though is if the regime falls, those guys are all alone in a very hostile place.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:43 AM (WDjG6)

273 Anti Venezuela operation protester.

https://is.gd/n4ipvl

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

274 Wow, the Dow is up 670 points. I guess they liked the raid.
Posted by: Archimedes

Chevron is a Dow component and it’s up 5%. That’s most of it.

670 sounds like a lot but it’s only 1.3%. Dow is close to 50K. 1000 point days are going to become common.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:43 AM (pFkal)

275 270 ...the Secretary of War has also issued a formal Letter of Censure, which outlines the totality of Captain (for now) Kelly’s reckless misconduct.
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That will show him!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

He has to wear the Cone of Shame, that’s something at least for the strutting little bastard.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:43 AM (pDt9x)

276 She is asshoe?
Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)

Well, she WAS second in command behind Maduro. I think she's probably making a play to be La Presidente. Trump should tell her to get a shinebox.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (g8Ew8)

277 1.3% in a day is huge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

278 Anti Venezuela operation protester.

https://is.gd/n4ipvl

Hahaha. "Liberty, socialism, or death!"

Or, you know, hot pockets in Mom's basement.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (Riz8t)

279 280 1.3% in a day is huge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

Would you say it’s a Big F’N deal?

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:45 AM (pDt9x)

280 Klobuchar is now the leading candidate for DFL nominee for Minnesota governor. Can you say Senator Omar?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 10:45 AM (ScJGb)

281 Posted by: one hour sober at January 05, 2026 10:31 AM (Y1sOo)

You've got to be kidding me that ex-military pay is so generous that busting down one rank means losing 4K a month.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 05, 2026 10:45 AM (hhkIi)

282 Would you say it’s a Big F’N deal?
Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:45 AM (pDt9x)
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Sorry I meant to day yuuuuuge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)

283 The worst part isn't the money. It's being demoted and publicly humiliated which as RI Red noted couldn't come at a worse time.
Posted by: JackStraw

If so, you can blame Shit Midas for that. By some reports, Obama was pimping Kelly as a presidential candidate.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:46 AM (WDjG6)

284 Venezuela needs to go full capitalism or it will not get better.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:46 AM (KDPiq)

285 U.S. Senator John Fetterman

@SenFettermanPA
A larger truth transcends partisan politics:

America is the world’s force of good, democracy and order.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Iran's Calculations are Scrambled by US in Raid on Caracas
1:31 PM · Jan 4, 2026 645.9K Views

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

286 "Walz is out of the race bringing this whole sordid episode to a close."

What about the billions of dollars stolen from the taxpayers?

"Now onto Rubio not knowing the difference between 'intricate' and 'intimate'."

Posted by: Oglebay at January 05, 2026 10:47 AM (2ap+5)

287 >>I can't tell if ypu're being facetious or...

Unlike us normal folk a Letter of Censure in an officer's file means something. Kelly was being groomed for a bigger role in Democrat politics and his biggest appeal was his military background. He never stops featuring it.

He's also been put on warning. The find out part will be worse if he keeps fucking around.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

288 Venezuela needs to go full capitalism or it will not get better.
Posted by: Opinion fact

You can bet your sweet bipoy that Trump has already told her how the cow ate the cabbage or Delta Force will be back.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (c115l)

289 I’d love to just have 4000 come in every month. I’d be living like a King.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (KDPiq)

290 Has John Fetterman said anything about the raid?

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

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Supports it.

He's gonna be primaries so hard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

Barky has been very quiet. I'm sure he's pissed though. Chavez and Maduro were his idols.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew8)

291 Dirty little secret is that there would be no subway, light rail, commuter rail, bus lines, in the entire country if the Feds didn't subsidize every ride. Every mass transit system is unsustainable without borrowed and taxpayer money propping it all up.

Posted by: House of Cards at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (oftw2)

292 Fragments of Hugo
Posted by: Archimedes
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I think I saw Fragments of Hugo open up for the Butthole Surfers way back.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (WDjG6)

293 279 She is asshoe?
Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)

Well, she WAS second in command behind Maduro. I think she's probably making a play to be La Presidente. Trump should tell her to get a shinebox.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (g8Ew

The problem in VZ is that Maduro's people still run all the factors of production, and Machado et al are outside the country, still trying not to get killed by Maduro's people. Delcy knows what happened to her boss and knows that Trump has no problem removing her and getting someone else in there if she doesn't play ball. Now, she could be stalling for time, but she doesn't have much of a choice today.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (0CU3H)

294 "Walz is out of the race bringing this whole sordid episode to a close."

What about the billions of dollars stolen from the taxpayers?

It's not over.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:49 AM (c115l)

295 Barky has been very quiet. I'm sure he's pissed though. Chavez and Maduro were his idols.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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He has been running back and forth to UK to consult with Sir Keir the Queer.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:49 AM (WDjG6)

296 That's so absurd I am tempted to demand receipts.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM

Liz Collin @lizcollin

SUBMITTED: Minneapolis Craigslist post in search of child actors for daycare site where funding was “cruelly ripped away without cause.”

“To help hurry this state vetting process, we are looking to hire 20 child actors for 3 days while state is present on site.”

$1,500/day

Link to post:

X images: https://bit.ly/3YoZ63L

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 10:50 AM (P5BPp)

297
At the time of the World's Fair in 1964-65, the NY subway cost $.15.
Posted by: Flushing Line #7

If you adjusted only for inflation, a subway token should cost only about $1.60 today.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Factor me in, please.
Posted by: NY Public Transit Pensions

Isn't it free now?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 05, 2026 10:50 AM (pkeXY)

298 I can't tell if ypu're being facetious or...

Unlike us normal folk a Letter of Censure in an officer's file means something. Kelly was being groomed for a bigger role in Democrat politics and his biggest appeal was his military background. He never stops featuring it.

He's also been put on warning. The find out part will be worse if he keeps fucking around.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)
____

The left is whining and crying and boo-hooing about it, so the downgrade must really hurt

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:50 AM (iFTx/)

299 He's also been put on warning. The find out part will be worse if he keeps fucking around.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Are you saying Mr. Penis head's political career has been circumsized?

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:50 AM (WDjG6)

300 right I looked it up, for current military pay
O-5. O-6 O-7
Pay $4,526 $5,173 $6,326

I can't imagine retirement pay is enough higher to generate a 4K/month gap from O-5 to O-6.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 05, 2026 10:51 AM (hhkIi)

301 Next.

https://is.gd/FDpx3q

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

302 Dirty little secret is that there would be no subway, light rail, commuter rail, bus lines, in the entire country if the Feds didn't subsidize every ride. Every mass transit system is unsustainable without borrowed and taxpayer money propping it all up.
Posted by: House of Cards at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (oftw2)
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This thought came to mind every time I saw an empty Muni go by 2020-2023.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:52 AM (RIvkX)

303 You can bet your sweet bipoy that Trump has already told her how the cow ate the cabbage or Delta Force will be back.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (c115l)
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At the moment, I think the Administration is spending more time spelling out the "sitcheeation" to the Venezuelan military. After the Venezuelan generals change their trousers, they'll "discuss" matters with the "acting" president.

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:52 AM (rj6Yv)

304 >>Are you saying Mr. Penis head's political career has been circumsized?

He's been capped.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:52 AM (viF8m)

305 Fragments of Hugo"

"Fountains of Hugo"

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:52 AM (XuXeR)

306 The left is whining and crying and boo-hooing about it, so the downgrade must really hurt
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

That is why the Dow is up, butthurt salve sales at CVS and Walgreens are going through the roof.

Heavy buy recommendation. As it seems that most leftist folks are butthurt of all the Trump winning.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:52 AM (WDjG6)

307 Dirty little secret is that there would be no subway, light rail, commuter rail, bus lines, in the entire country if the Feds didn't subsidize every ride. Every mass transit system is unsustainable without borrowed and taxpayer money propping it all up.
Posted by: House of Cards at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (oftw2)

That’s no secret. Mass transit has a benefit to all tax payers in certain cities even if they don’t use it. And if not subsidized it would not be affordable for the people who need it the most.

It’s the subsequent government grift that makes it unpalatable.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (KDPiq)

308 There was a quack doctor who bottled up Radium early in the 20th century as a cure-all and killed a whole bunch of people. Very sad tale.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (kMjfk)

309 308 >>Are you saying Mr. Penis head's political career has been circumsized?

He's been capped.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 10:52 AM (viF8m)

Wrapped up.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (pDt9x)

310 now do H-1B visas...

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2026 08:53 AM

Brotherhood @DiggingInTheDi1

I reported that Indians were selling fake diplomas a while ago, this bust is just the tip of the iceberg

They also have fake credentialing industries that are much harder to shut down. They fake references, publications, research, etc. so that you qualify for advanced visas

The Indian government is also in on this as the Indian labor pipeline and remittances are an enormous part of their economy

They need to be treated as a hostile state actor

X video (1:57): https://bit.ly/3LwMBQP

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (P5BPp)

311 He's been capped.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Nipped in the bud I should say as a Barnie Fife admirer.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (WDjG6)

312 She is asshoe?
Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)

Well, she WAS second in command behind Maduro. I think she's probably making a play to be La Presidente. Trump should tell her to get a shinebox.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (g8Ew

The problem in VZ is that Maduro's people still run all the factors of production, and Machado et al are outside the country, still trying not to get killed by Maduro's people. Delcy knows what happened to her boss and knows that Trump has no problem removing her and getting someone else in there if she doesn't play ball. Now, she could be stalling for time, but she doesn't have much of a choice today.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM (0CU3H)
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True, but I strongly suspect the raid was facilitated by an inside job. The pro-Maduro ruling elite and company men might be a mile wide, but it's an inch deep. And I wonder what the Chinese had to say. It might have been along the lines of "get the fuck out, you're making things more difficult for us."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (iFTx/)

313 Kelly looks like a burn victim.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (2ap+5)

314 Barky and the Clintons have been real quiet. Whatever is shutting them up must be real good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (ScJGb)

315 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art today. Good morning everyone.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (2WIwB)

316 Fragments of Hugo
Posted by: Archimedes
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I think I saw Fragments of Hugo open up for the Butthole Surfers way back.
Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:48 AM

Could have been worse.

Posted by: Fountains of Wayne at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (bFu5X)

317 280 1.3% in a day is huge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

It’s a good day. But not uncommon.

Quick check and I see 1.3% or better happened on 12/11, 11/25, 10/13.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (pFkal)

318 Military dot com for -

2026 *Proposed* Active Duty Pay Raise
2026 *Projected* Drill Pay

And for the 2025 schedules.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

319 The left is whining and crying and boo-hooing about it, so the downgrade must really hurt
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:50 AM (iFTx/)
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Well, that's worth something.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (RIvkX)

320 Eternal loyalty to El Jefes are not prevalent.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (pDt9x)

321 280 1.3% in a day is huge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

It’s a good day. But not uncommon.

Quick check and I see 1.3% or better happened on 12/11, 11/25, 10/13.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM

As always, the trick is to be on the right side of that move.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 10:55 AM (jc0TO)

322 Also the bus fare went up too. But you have to love NYC.
And don't even think city hall is pocketing any of that money.

Posted by: Case at January 05, 2026 10:55 AM (4rWc3)

323 They also have fake credentialing industries that are much harder to shut down"

This has been going on for years. Some family member goes back to India for 6 months, suddenly has degree in *insert desired field here*

It's amazing...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:55 AM (XuXeR)

324 Barky and the Clintons have been real quiet. Whatever is shutting them up must be real good
Posted by: Smell the Glove

All those Epstein pics of Bill swimming with teens.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:56 AM (c115l)

325 O-4 and O-5 are U.S. military officer pay grades, with O-4 (Major/Lt. Commander) starting around $5,800+ monthly and O-5 (Lt. Colonel/Commander) starting at $6,700+ monthly, but pay significantly increases with years of service, reaching over $9,000 for O-4 and $11,000+ for O-5 with decades of experience, plus allowances.

2025 schedules

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:56 AM (NFX2v)

326 BS in Call Center Science.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:56 AM (pDt9x)

327 309 Fragments of Hugo"

"Fountains of Hugo"
Posted by: man

"Fissure of Rolando"

Posted by: Lux Interior at January 05, 2026 10:57 AM (oftw2)

328 TJM,
You look like an extra in All's Quiet on the Western Front with your most recent thumbnail for your copyright video.

Shellshocked by movies. You must have seen some shit.

FWIW, your channel is now being autocompleted in YT search function.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:57 AM (WDjG6)

329 At the moment, I think the Administration is spending more time spelling out the "sitcheeation" to the Venezuelan military. After the Venezuelan generals change their trousers, they'll "discuss" matters with the "acting" president.

Posted by: mrp

The supreme ease with which our forces carried out the mission would imply the VZ armed forces were under no illusions how things would go and pretty much just sat it out. I suspect they know which way the wind blows and will go with the new flow.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (OUMaO)

330 right I looked it up, for current military pay
O-5. O-6 O-7
Pay $4,526 $5,173 $6,326

I can't imagine retirement pay is enough higher to generate a 4K/month gap from O-5 to O-6.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 05, 2026 10:51 AM

Those look like the base rates without factoring in time in service.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (bFu5X)

331 The left is whining and crying and boo-hooing about it, so the downgrade must really hurt
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:50 AM (iFTx/)
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Well, that's worth something.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 10:54 AM (RIvkX)
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Yea. I'd like to see this lepery swine court-martialed and made to bend over for soap in USDB's darkest showers. But I'll take the downgrade, censure, and embarrassment for now. Kelley thought he was untouchable. He was wrong.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (iFTx/)

332 332 TJM,
You look like an extra in All's Quiet on the Western Front with your most recent thumbnail for your copyright video.

Shellshocked by movies. You must have seen some shit.

FWIW, your channel is now being autocompleted in YT search function.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 10:57 AM (WDjG6)

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It's a face replacement from the poster of All Quiet on the Western Front, a movie entering the public domain this year!

I actually put some thought into that thumbnail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

333 Goldie Ghamari on YouTube has running commentary on the Iranian kerfluffle.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (c115l)

334 True, but I strongly suspect the raid was facilitated by an inside job. The pro-Maduro ruling elite and company men might be a mile wide, but it's an inch deep. And I wonder what the Chinese had to say. It might have been along the lines of "get the fuck out, you're making things more difficult for us."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 05, 2026 10:53 AM (iFTx/)
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I think the PRC is sorely pissed at the moment. Venezuela was right ... there ... in the palm of their hand. And now?

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (rj6Yv)

335 I reported that Indians were selling fake diplomas a while ago, this bust is just the tip of the iceberg

They also have fake credentialing industries that are much harder to shut down. They fake references, publications, research, etc. so that you qualify for advanced visas

—

This is known to everyone. And also everyone pretends it doesn’t exist.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (pFkal)

336 I suspect they know which way the wind blows and will go with the new flow."

The strong horse theory...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

337 I'm up .39% so far today, which is .. adequate, considering I am being very cautious.

Oh .41% now.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 10:59 AM (jc0TO)

338 TJM I hope in the future you remember us, the little people. make a great bio, “ From humble beginnings, on a Smart Military Blog”

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 10:59 AM (pDt9x)

339 Has Mrs. Kelly chimed in on her husband's demotion?

Posted by: Is She A Target? at January 05, 2026 11:00 AM (oftw2)

340 And also everyone pretends it doesn’t exist"

Have to. Otherwise, racism...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 11:00 AM (XuXeR)

341 S&P daily standard deviation is about 1%. Dow is similar. So 1.3% is only a 1.3 standard deviation move.

Things get exciting at 2 standard deviations. In covid we had 10-standard deviation moves, which are essentially impossible if they're normally distributed but they're not.

Financial timeseries are characterized by fat tails, volatility clustering, and shocks (jumps).

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 11:00 AM (1Nv0l)

342 You can almost make out Fredo Corleone fishing...

Posted by: steevy at January 05, 2026 11:01 AM (YwEeS)

343 HIb visa requests should have to pass a test in their given field.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 05, 2026 11:01 AM (KDPiq)

344 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

345 Today is the first day my CVX shares are in the black. Moar war for oil and other talking points!

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

346 339 Has Mrs. Kelly chimed in on her husband's demotion?
Posted by: Is She A Target?
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Some observers have seen Senator Kelly treat his wife like shit in public and private circumstances. He is a perfect example of unscrupulous pols willing to use anything to advance his own wealth and power.

Probably why Barky liked him as a pol.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 11:02 AM (WDjG6)

347 Those look like the base rates without factoring in time in service.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM (bFu5X)

Also age. Kelly is 61 with 24 years of service. What's funny is there is a significant jump in pay as an O-6 upon reaching age 62 with 25 years of service.

He isn't going to see that now.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 05, 2026 11:03 AM (Y1sOo)

348 It's a face replacement from the poster of All Quiet on the Western Front, a movie entering the public domain this year!

I actually put some thought into that thumbnail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Seems to be working. Your rants are getting some views which in turn will lead to investigating your other videos. Smart way to get your foot in the algorithm door by spiking views.

Posted by: whig at January 05, 2026 11:04 AM (WDjG6)

349 Mrs. Wrecks likes the Reba sitcom. I told her I didn't much like it because the humor is derived from them being mean to each other. This morning she told me it's ironic I think Reba is too mean while that damn Trump is rude and mean in the way he talks to and about people.

BREAKING: President Trump just EVISCERATED Tim Walz on national TV
“This is a VERY STUPID, LOW IQ governor. A stupid man... he is a CORRUPT politician.
And the Somalians are ripping off our country to the tune of, it looks like, $19 BILLION, but that is only what they can find. It could be $50 [BILLION]”

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But, you see, now, that's funny!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

350 this painting strikes all the correct notes

beautiful

Posted by: kallisto at January 05, 2026 11:06 AM (dCxaZ)

351 This is known to everyone. And also everyone pretends it doesn’t exist.

Posted by: Reallly?? at January 05, 2026 10:58 AM

Yep. Meanwhile, Vivek is not only involved with H-1B scam, but also the Somali scam.

Othman @OthmanOnX

The "Somali Chamber of Commerce" has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor of Ohio. Columbus has the second largest Somali population in America, where just last week a multi-million dollar Somali daycare scam was uncovered.

X: https://bit.ly/3Ng9NmR

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 11:13 AM (P5BPp)

352 Moser did quite well with this one … calm, rural, well-composed and lit. Only question is, how come the house is so far down that y' can't see the foundations? The barn's higher than the house - izzat necessarily a 'good thing'? The stratigraphy is also quite 'boulder'-y … maybe granitic? Doesn't appear to be prime farming territory, da's f' true … still, nice.

Posted by: Dr_No at January 05, 2026 04:50 PM (ayRl+)

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