The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/5/26

Good morning kids. Obviously the gigantic story this morning remains the American raid over the weekend on Venezuela and the capture of its Communist tyrannical thug president Nicolas Maduro, whose regime for more than a decade under him and his predecessor the roasting-in-hell Hugo Chavez, has been a narco-terror state and as such, along with being closely linked and allied to Red China and Iran a major threat to our national security and the security of the western hemisphere. First and foremost , I am overjoyed for the long-suffering Venezuelan people who thanks to President Trump at long last have a chance to restore their nation and culture from the smoking ruin of a failed socialist/communist kleptocracy to once again being among the most vibrant, prosperous and free in Latin America.

Considering the carnage in terms of death and wastage of life caused by all the poisonous narcotics that either originated in Venezuela or were otherwise smuggled into our country via that nation as a hub, the removal of Maduro was more than justified. And just as a reminder. long before President Trump placed a bounty on Maduro, none other than Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants had one on him years earlier.

Along with the destruction of the Iranian nuclear weapons sites, the action to take down Maduro will likely be another jewel in the crown of President Trump's foreign policy triumphs and there are still three years left to his presidency.

The deterrent effect of this operation cannot be overstated. The cartels and kingpins that have historically poisoned the US with drugs are now on notice.
Sure, the US military will continue to bomb their vessels on the high seas. But what scares them more now is the prospect of being captured and then getting shipped to the United States to face justice.
Don’t expect everyone in the United States to cheer this historic event, though.
Ever since the failed experiments to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, neo-isolationists in Washington have warned that America must avoid regime change at all costs. Their howls of disapproval can be expected in the days and weeks to come. For now, Trump intends for the United States to run the government in Venezuela until a suitable government can be installed. And that carries with it significant risk.
If Venezuela unravels, Trump will be blamed. If the wider region descends into chaos, the president will be saddled with that, too. Will Trump’s base give him the opportunity to improve upon the regime-change failures of his predecessors? He appears determined to try.
In truth, the regime-change controversy is of secondary importance.
Bringing down Maduro was about bringing the Western hemisphere back under the influence of the United States. Maduro was not just the head of a narco-state. He was an ally of America’s nastiest enemies. n fact, Maduro met with a senior Chinese delegation in Caracas shortly before he was captured by US special forces.
But Maduro’s regime was not just an ally to China. The regime in Caracas was also a valuable partner to other rogue states like Russia, Cuba and Iran.
Even the Republic of Turkey, a notoriously unreliable NATO ally, has been an ally to the Maduro regime.
The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the fifth member of Venezuela’s “Fabulous Five” — the countries that helped prop up the Venezuelan strongman. One or more of these regimes may try to exploit the vacuum in Venezuela.
They may not be able to restore Maduro to power. But they can try to make America pay a price for ousting their ally. The Trump administration must bare its teeth now, and warn them to keep out.
If done right, the ousting of Maduro will weaken the influence of America’s adversaries in our hemisphere. It will deprive the cartels of a transit hub for shipments to the United States. And it will deprive our enemies of a valued ally.
If that’s how things play out, not a bad start to 2026.

Now just to play devil's advocate for a moment . President Trump has indeed reasserted and reinvigorated the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine. Now, if taking Maduro out along with the rise of Milei, Bukele and Kast, which hopefully leads to the ouster of Lula in Brazil and who knows, even the fall of Communism and the ultimate liberation of the tropical gulag of Cuba.

While the Red Chinese have been worming their way into our hemisphere, what if Xi and the Chi-Coms ultimately do make a move to take Taiwan, could they not then if not right now cite the President's actions against Maduro as justification?

And of course it's a good thing to check the rise of communism abroad especially in our own hemisphere but then again, look what the hell is going on right here at home in NYC!

So We bagged Maduro. Can we put the bag on Soros and decapitate the leadership of Antifa, BLM, the ACLU/SPLC/CAIR and the DNC???

Have a great day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

“I wanted to share a brief health update. I recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and am now recovering. I’m doing well and hopeful as I move forward,” Hanson said in the statement. “Thank you for the many messages of support and prayers—they truly mean more than I can say. As I focus on recovery, I may not be able to respond to everyone, but please know how grateful I am.”
Victor Davis Hanson Gives Health Update After Undergoing Major Operation

MADURO TAKEN DOWN

Roger Kimball: Trump’s lightning seizure of Maduro was not recklessness but doctrine in action: the Monroe Doctrine revived, enforced, and demonstrated—decisively—on the ground.
Trump Ended Venezuela’s Dictatorship in a Single Night
Will Trump’s base give him the opportunity to improve upon the regime-change failures of his predecessors? He appears determined to try. In truth, the regime-change controversy is of secondary importance. Bringing down Maduro was about bringing the Western hemisphere back under the influence of the United States. Maduro was not just the head of a narco-state. He was an ally of America’s nastiest enemies.
Why Trump bared his teeth and nabbed Venezuela’s Maduro — and it’s not just drugs
The brilliantly executed US operation to snatch Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro benefits American citizens in many different ways.
Nine Reasons Why Trump’s Venezuela Operation Is Great for America
“President Trump has changed the course of history in our hemisphere.”
U.S. Captures Maduro, Flies Him Out of Venezuela
While critics fixated on Trump’s supposed decline, a decisive operation against Nicolás Maduro revealed a president still playing multi-level chess.
Trump’s Venezuelan gambit and the return of American power
Multitasking Trump takes Venezuela while warning global rivals.
The Trump Doctrine Rebuilds Fortress America
A lot of our enemies are gonna be sleeping poorly tonight.
Trump Made America Feared Again
“All eyes on Venezuela. This [are] historical news. This is history in the making,” the man said. “I mean, my chest, it feels like it’s going to explode with joy because … I mean, before I was even born, there had been struggles, my family has been fighting for so many years…..before I was even here. They have told me about it, they told me about a time where democracy existed and now, I can finally look forward to that.”
Venezuelans Celebrate U.S. Arrest of Nicolás Maduro
What looked like another endless war was instead a clean Monroe Doctrine strike—neutralizing Maduro, securing U.S. interests, and leaving without a quagmire.
The Strategic Necessity of Taking Out Maduro
This last few weeks, Donald Trump changed the war on drugs. He made it kinetic.
The Kinetic War on Drugs
A 12-second video posted to X late Saturday by the White House’s Rapid Response account shows Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents escorting an apparently handcuffed Maduro, wearing a hat and grasping a water bottle, through the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn (MDC Brooklyn). In the video, which the social media account captioned “Perp walked,” the ex-leader can be heard saying “good night” in both English and Spanish, as well as “happy new year” in English — apparently his first public remarks since being taken into U.S. custody. (RELATED: Scathing Indictment Claims Nicolás Maduro Orchestrated Drug-Fueled ‘Culture Of Corruption’ Which Plagued Entire Region)
Notorious Socialist Dictator Nicolás Maduro Perp Walked Ahead Of Facing ‘Full Wrath Of American Justice’
Donald Trump waited barely two days before fulfilling a major new year resolution. Early Saturday morning, U.S. warplanes filled the skies above Caracas while Delta Force commandos swooped in on the ground. Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife didn’t even have time to escape their bedroom before being arrested. By nightfall, they had arrived in New York City to begin processing for narcotrafficking and other charges.
Trump Resolves the Maduro Problem
"If [Trump] says he's serious about something, he means it."
Rubio’s Message To World After Venezuela Strike: ‘If You Don’t Know, Now You Know’
Maduro reportedly claimed that air-defense systems his government received from Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would protect Venezuela from any attack, according to a post on X by Ahmed Quraishi, a journalist covering national security in the Middle East and North Africa who previously served as a war correspondent in Lebanon, Iraq, and the Gulf region.
(Just like they protected Iran's nuke sites from the IAF/USAF, ¿eh pendejo? - jjs)
Maduro Bragged Just Days Before Capture That Iranian Air-Defense Systems Would Protect Venezuela
What Venezuelans feel today is not bloodlust or vengeance. It is relief, gratitude, and hope.
Why Venezuelans Are Dancing In The Streets
"We extend an invitation to the US government to work together on a cooperation agenda."
Maduro’s No. 2 Drops Tough Talk, Offers Cooperation With United States
Since the operation that led to us capturing and arresting Maduro, Milei has been one of the most vocal supporters of President Trump's actions and vows that Argentina will help with Venezuela's transition to democracy.
Milei to the Latin America Lefties: 'Not Today, Comrades'
EU says it is “closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela”; UK Prime Minister Starmer: “I can be absolutely clear that we were not involved.”
China, Russia, Iran Condemn Capture of Venezuela’s Maduro; Hezbollah Decries ‘American Arrogance’

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Unlike Democrats and RINOs, I want America to be great again.
I Voted For This
For It Before They Were Against It.
Democrat Hypocrisy on Venezuela
Chlamydia was part of a junta that wanted to bring Maduro to justice. Trump delivered the results they couldn’t, and now she's rebranding his success as recklessness.
Kamala Harris Humiliates Herself Condemning Capture of Maduro
The Democrat Party is cancer - jjs
SHOT: Democrats Fundraise in Protest of Trump Admin’s Capture of Venezuelan Socialist Dictator Nicolás Maduro
A group of centrist House Democrats are privately criticizing their party’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s military operation that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.Several swing-district and battleground members spoke to Axios on the condition of anonymity to express frustration with their colleagues’ messaging. They warned the party risks a political miscalculation by failing to celebrate the removal of a brutal dictator.
CHASER: ‘It Looks Weak’--Some Democrats Reportedly Displeased With Party’s Response To Venezuela Operation
Rep. Debbie Wasserman (-Test) Schultz, a South Florida Democrat with a sizable Venezuelan population in her district, bucked her party Saturday to praise President Donald Trump’s capture of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Senior Democrat, Bucking Party’s Knee-Jerking Reaction, Praises Trump’s Capture Of ‘Illegitimate’ Maduro
“Portland chants ‘free Maduro’ while actual Venezuelans celebrate in the streets.”
Dems’ TDS Leaves Them Defending a Narco-State
Predictable
‘No Kings’ Becomes ‘Yes Dictators’ Over Venezuela
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new director of the city Office to Protect Tenants, Cea Weaver, said she wants to “seize private property!”, according to an archived statement on her deactivated X account.
Right at home New NYC tenant advocate called to ‘seize private property,’ blasted home ownership as ‘white supremacy’
We have seen this movie before. Mamdani has identified a class of property owners supposedly ripping off the masses, and now he is targeting them. In the Soviet days they were called Kulaks. In NYC under Mamdani, landlords are the new Kulaks.
Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame “Ripoff” NYC Landlords
“Militant centrism treats popular sovereignty as a threat rather than as a source of legitimacy.”
The Rise of Militant Centrism
. . . denouncing what they term a “genocidal US-Israel axis,” and urging resistance, protests, and “direct action” in the United States and abroad. (attention DOJ and Homeland Security, round them all up and Pinochet them to GITMO or directly into Kilauea - jjs)
‘Imperialist Aggression’: Pro-"Palestinian" Groups Lash Out over U.S. Action in Venezuela, Call for ‘Resistance’

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
“Dugan asked for her resignation to take immediate effect.”
Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SAMOLIAN SWINDLE
The news comes as Walz’s office has scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m. TODAY.
Gov. Tim Walz expected to drop reelection bid amid Minnesota Somali fraud probe: report
Minnesota Democrats more focused on photo ops than accountability for billions vanishing in massive statewide fraud schemes.
Confederacy of Enablers Downplays Somali Fraud
While galling to watch Shirley's 42-minute video, the potential daycare fraud represented is small potatoes in the context of the rest of the fraud at issue in these programs. Right now, the prosecutors are obviously picking their shots to produce the biggest bang—deterrent effect—for the bucks involved in the cases that remain under investigation. A more comprehensive approach would be ideal. In short, Joe Thompson needs help. Send reinforcements.
Bring in More Prosecutors: Finally Ending Minnesota’s ‘Never-Ending’ Somali Fraud Schemes Requires Reinforcements
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The chaos is just beginning.
Mamdani Appoints Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Responsible for $32B Fraud
After losing a $100 billion surplus, Dems want a $100 billion wealth tax.
California’s ‘Wealth’ Tax Wouldn’t Even Cover the Cost of Fraud
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Within one hundred years of Muhammad's death in 632, Islamic armies had conquered territories stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the borders of India.
ASSAULT ON CHRISTIANITY: Half of Christendom fell to Islam in just 100 years
A curse on “cross worshipers”
U.S. Teen Converts to Islam, Plots New Year’s Eve Attack on “Non-Muslims”
How Islamist organizations, taxpayer funding, and sharia-based enclaves threaten Texas’ constitutional order — and why state leaders are finally pushing back.
Don’t Let Texas Become Texasistan
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has been in office only a few days, has already noticeably gone after the New York Jewish population. What he is doing, however, is not only about the Jews. It is an attack on all of Western culture. He is not just rejecting the government of Israel; Mamdani is actually launching a global attack on the capitalist economy of Western civilization. It is conscious. It is dangerous. And although it is beginning with the Jews of New York, it is about something much, much more threatening and insidious.
Behind the Curtain: Mamdani’s Antisemitism Is Only His First Step Toward Destroying the West
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Mamdani’s actions have sparked criticism and concerns about the safety and support for Jewish New Yorkers, with many questioning the motives behind the repeals.
One of Mamdani’s First Moves? Overturning Orders Protecting Synagogues from Attack.

SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Margot Cleveland: If Smith were truly committed to transparency, he would respond to Sen. Grassley’s request for information concerning the special counsel’s investigation.
Here Are The Top Six Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Preposterous White-Hat Posturing

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The suspect was booked into King County Jail, issued a one-year trespass warning, and the case was referred to the Seattle City Attorney’s Office for review.
Cops Thwart New Year’s Eve Threat at Seattle Space Needle.
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The Washington Post editorial board on Saturday broke with the predictable Democrat response of condemning President Donald Trump’s capture of embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores and called the military operation “a major victory for American interests.”
Winning: Washington Post Praises Trump Enforcing ‘Justice in Venezuela’

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Why the president chose speed, scale, and national power over state-level technocratic pieties.
Fifty Algorithms and a Funeral: Trump’s War on America’s AI Patchwork
It would be a small step toward restoring the credibility of mainstream journalism.
Politico Should Fire Josh Gerstein
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The leftists claimed that their vandalism was an “act of resistance” against “greed for energy."
Environmentalists Cut Power to Hospitals to Protest Global Warming
The nation is poised to enter 2026 with greater energy security and a clear message that American prosperity will be built on a foundation of abundant domestic energy.
Trump Kicks Off 2026 with Coal Plant Retentions, New Oil Leases, and Nuclear Power Push
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Public education has been undergoing a type of ideological and administrative mutilation for many decades.
The Slow Decline of Public Education
POLITICS
“The speech did not include new timelines, funding details or specific policy proposals.”
The Other Socialist Mayor: Katie Wilson Sworn in in Seattle (the Space Needle and the Damage Done - jjs)
Successful individuals with wholesome personal lives may occasionally be critical about certain issues or individuals, but they do not elevate their object of criticism to the focus of their existence.
Decoding Trump Derangement Syndrome -- A Deeper Dive
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."
Zohran Mamdani's fiery 'warmth' of socialism comes for NYC
Mamdani’s error isn’t praising collectivism alone, but pretending its opposite is “rugged individualism,” when the true antidote has always been community, family, and tradition.
Rugged Individualism vs. Collectivism vs. Community: The Truth about ‘The Right’
Zohran Mamdani’s first speech as mayor promised a no-pain new order. (unlike a certain Viennese house painter - jjs)
Socialism Made Easy
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
Welcome to the manic mind of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, where there’s one standard of “justice” for Israel and the Jews, and another for everyone else. Just days after swearing to “support the Constitution of the United States,” and thus the laws of our country, the young mayor decided to ignore American law and instead follow international law. Even when American law explicitly forbids the arrest of the Israeli leader on American soil. Because Mayor Mamdani hasn’t backed down from his threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Mamdani Claims It’s Wrong & Illegal to Arrest Maduro, Says It’s Only Legal to Arrest Jews Like Netanyahu
Tehran's monsters lose their Latin American beachhead.
The Capture of Maduro: A Massive Blow to the Mullahs
Police investigations are ongoing, and the site has faced repeated activism linked to Israel’s conflict with Hamas.
Pro-Hamas Activists Vandalize F-35 Component Factory.
The Scott-backed Solidaire Network funds leading anti-Israel groups like Students for Justice in "Palestine" and American Muslims for "Palestine". Both face federal probes.
MacKenzie Scott,the billionaire ex-wife of Jeff Bezos Sends Millions to Terror-Tied Nonprofit Network (Dear Mossad, what are you waiting for?! - jjs)
“They often silenced my story and told me not to tell it. Now I am here, sitting in front of the camera, and honestly, no one will silence me anymore.”
No longer silenced Freed Israeli hostage details fear of being made a ‘sex slave’ for Hamas terrorists
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
The BBC reports “careful” intelligence analysis led officials to believe the jihadist facility was storing weaponry and explosives, a statement by the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed, adding the arms dump was in mountains just north of Palmyra, an ancient site in central Syria.
UK, France in Joint Air Strikes on Underground IS Arms Dump in Syria
The Chinese Communist Party doesn’t need to beat us on the battlefield. It only needs the West to stay asleep.
We’re Sleeping through a Chinese Takeover
“It’s so strategic right now. Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” Trump told reporters Sunday.
Trump renews calls to takeover Greenland — as admin warns Cuba ‘is in a lot of trouble’ — after Maduro capture
Cuba's economy is already crumbling. The country experiences long-term blackouts daily, and without Venezuelan oil, which Rubio said has been "quarantined" from the world now, that's probably going to get much worse. Over in Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum has been sending Cuba oil as a "humanitarian gesture," but the Trump administration is working to curtail that too.
Cuba in a Panic
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
As leaks mount and devices proliferate, Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems may be the only reliable way to keep careless tech from becoming a national security catastrophe.
How to Stop Leaks from Undermining National Security
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Charles Sullivan | Doctors are fleeing, and they have good reason to. Which state has this sad mark of distinction?
Why Would Any Doctor Want to Practice in this State?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Trump’s proposed cap on NIH overhead exposed a decades-old reality: billions meant for science quietly bankroll university bureaucracies, while reform remains politically untouchable.
The Trump Administration’s Fight To Fund Scientists
I love how this European press release about a lunar orbiter somehow makes its most important mission studying climate change on Earth. Utterly idiotic.
ESA funds Danish lunar orbiter (cheese or prune - jjs)
Today’s picture also illustrates again the grand scale of the Martian landscape. This canyon is in many ways comparable to the Grand Canyon in its lower western regions. Yet on mars it is merely a minor canyon in the larger landscape of Mars, hardly distinct or unique. The humans who eventually settle the Red Planet and terraform it are going to be surrounded by majestic scenery, unending in variety and size.
Many Martian mysteries in one spot
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
A new cancel culture is coming. Consumerism, bad customer service, and corporations beware!
It’s Time To Cancel Our Subscription Culture Once And For All
Christian Toto: 'The Crown' star sounded very different during the first MAGA administration
Actress Claire Foy Does Abrupt 180 on anti-Trump Talk
HITHER & YON
Thad McCotter: Make your New Year’s resolution simple and sustainable: exercise not just for your body, but by doing practical work that helps others—strengthening body, mind, and soul at once.
Altruistic Exercise: A Sustainable and Rewarding New Year’s Resolution
Another custom is chalking the door. Above the main entrance of the home, the head of the household inscribes the year with the initials C ☩ M ☩ B and the numbers of the current year. The letters stand for the traditional names of the three kings—Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—and also for the Latin blessing Christus Mansionem Benedicat: “May Christ bless this house.”
The Tenth and Eleventh Days of Christmas: The Holy Name and the Coming of the Three Kings.

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:50 AM

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1 Happy nEw Year

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (gbOdA)

2 Howdy, JJ!

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (dP47V)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 07:51 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (NwnyJ)

5 Greetings and good morning, everyone! I am impressed that I got over my grumblings and made it to work after having a few days off. Now to survive until next week when I fly out to see my folks. And I'm impressed at the sheer number of newly minted experts on Constitutional law, military operations and international diplomacy. Almost as if Trump is encouraging education amongst us.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (BpO1e)

6 Morning, Horde.

Hope everyone survived the New Year's festivities and are bright eyed and bushy tailed for 2026.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 07:52 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 05, 2026 07:55 AM (53oGX)

8 Is effeminate weirdo Tim Walz actually planning on going away?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 05, 2026 07:55 AM (8CIFn)

9 And I'm impressed at the sheer number of newly minted experts on Constitutional law, military operations and international diplomacy.

My favorite part of this education is that it cites no references, black letter law or even court precedence.

Every bit of it begins with the implied: "I hate Trump so..."

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 07:55 AM (a4flb)

10 Joe Biden is pulling down more than $400K in pensions from his 50 years in office. One thing that does not get mentioned enough is that PDT donates his presidential salary, and I'm sure does the same for any pension he gets from the government.

Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

11 >> Even the Republic of Turkey, a notoriously unreliable NATO ally, has been an ally to the Maduro regime.

Can anyone remind me why we’re still in NATO? Why I should consider Turkey an ally? A few other questions along those lines…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 07:56 AM (OW907)

12 "Is effeminate weirdo Tim Walz actually planning on going away?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA "

I think we can expect a flounce.

Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

13 Bonjour horde. I feel like this is the real back to work day; no one was around at the end of last week.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (7UBWW)

14 Kid took last night's loss better than I expected...to see another "wide right" on the last play knock a team out...

Now, he's gonna root for my Eagles, but I don't have huge faith in them, either...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (tOcjL)

15 Democrats continue to show their true colors by covering up for the fraud in blue states, having margaritas with a human smuggler and shunning the removal of a vicious dictator.

Elections have consequences, folks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (Zz0t1)

16 Along with the destruction of the Iranian nuclear weapons sites, the action to take down Maduro will likely be another jewel in the crown of President Trump's foreign policy triumphs and there are still three years left to his presidency.
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If - and *only* if - we get a reliable new government in place and ourselves out of there with minimal military engagement.

Like we did with the Dominican Republic in 1965.

If it turns into a failure (communists remain in charge, it's a major war, we try 'nation building', etc.), the jewel is going to be pretty brown.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (avHHk)

17 I received real satisfaction in watching Marco Rubio bitch slap all of those InfoWhores who were trying their best to run the DemoNcrat TDS flag up the pole in the news programs on Sunday. Welker did everything but put up a poster of her adoring Barack Obama’s Big Mike, and Brennan was her typical satanic best. He must’ve been very fatigued, but he did a good job..

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM Harlots at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (HeR4S)

18 Good morning, JJ!

Just looking at Pixy's thread -- and how did he assign himself the hash "BLOW1"?

It's good to be the hampster king ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (VxzUB)

19 Venezuela is a sideshow. Trump needs to pivot to talking up the economy, and win the midterms.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 07:58 AM (7UBWW)

20 Maduro is in the bag.

Repeat.

Maduro is in the bag.

Posted by: Paper or Plastic at January 05, 2026 07:58 AM (TGdF9)

21 And just as a reminder. long before President Trump placed a bounty on Maduro, none other than Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants had one on him years earlier.

@amuse @amuse

VENEZUELA: Biden raised Maduro’s bounty to $25M, declared him a fugitive, & denied him head of state immunity making it lawful for US troops to arrest him on Venezuelan soil. Democrats now call the arrest Biden enabled and authorized 'illegal'.

X video (5:53): https://bit.ly/4b2NVWb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:59 AM (P5BPp)

22 11 >> Even the Republic of Turkey, a notoriously unreliable NATO ally, has been an ally to the Maduro regime.

Can anyone remind me why we’re still in NATO? Why I should consider Turkey an ally? A few other questions along those lines…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 07:56 AM (OW907)

Turkey is as Islamist and maybe worse than Iran. Turk Turdogan fancies himself as the #! Sultan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)

23 While the Red Chinese have been worming their way into our hemisphere, what if Xi and the Chi-Coms ultimately do make a move to take Taiwan, could they not then if not right now cite the President's actions against Maduro as justification?
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Sure, probably. The justification will be weak, but the reality won't be. This is the same reason Russia invaded Ukraine. The major powers have their spheres of influence and the "action" is always on the interfaces of those spheres.

It's why we have the "Monroe Doctrine," which made it oddly explicit. It's why Central Asia has been the nexus of conflict for more than a thousand years and why empires always collide there. We have the Monroe Doctrine and get involved when someone tries to work his way in to a place we see as in our sphere. So does Russia. So does China. So does Iran. Major powers defend their spheres. Always have, always will.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:00 AM (avHHk)

24 Is effeminate weirdo Tim Walz actually planning on going away?

Focus.

Right now, the Enemedia and the Left are trying everything they can do to end from the public's mind any thought of mass deportations.

So they will redirect the rage to anyone else. Even squirrel chasers on our side will think that it is utterly impossible to do more than two things at once and will say "idicte those who made this happen".

This is where Gell-Mann amnesia kicks in. Is Hillary, Comey, Soros, Clapper, Brennan ANYBODY in prison or being on a court docket? What makes anybody think for one moment that a Demonic Party Elite will even have to call their lawyer?

Don't fall for the scam and ignore the tens of millions of parasites still here and being left off the hook because sights are placed on the Too Big To Jail cohort.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 08:00 AM (a4flb)

25 19 Venezuela is a sideshow. Trump needs to pivot to talking up the economy, and win the midterms.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 07:58 AM (7UBWW)

Although less a side show if it can become El Salvador light - where we send illegals who aren't major crooks, but just need to leave here whose countries won't take them.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM (tOcjL)

26 Why Venezuelans Are Dancing In The Streets

Average leftist: "Those poor souls have internalized hatred. They don't know how good they had it under Socialism!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM (BpO1e)

27 Kid took last night's loss better than I expected...to see another "wide right" on the last play knock a team out...

Now, he's gonna root for my Eagles, but I don't have huge faith in them, either...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (tOcjL)

Somewhere Justin Tucker is laughing.

Kinda glad the Ravens got bounced. I can stop pretending to care about the NFL.

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM (dP47V)

28 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Viva Venezuela

This is the Final Battle - Long Live the Shah

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

29 25 where we send illegals who aren't major crooks, but just need to leave here whose countries won't take them.

I have a suggestion for that which is a lot more economical...

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM (BpO1e)

30 I saw Wastage Of Life open for The Sneaky Bastages live at The Pub in '12.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 08:02 AM (VxzUB)

31 While the Red Chinese have been worming their way into our hemisphere, what if Xi and the Chi-Coms ultimately do make a move to take Taiwan, could they not then if not right now cite the President's actions against Maduro as justification?

Lawless totalitarian states like China are going to do whatever they think they can get away with. They're not waiting around on us for justifications. Ask Tibet and the Uyghurs.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 05, 2026 08:02 AM (1pJhn)

32 @amuse
VENEZUELA: Biden raised Maduro’s bounty to $25M, declared him a fugitive, & denied him head of state immunity making it lawful for US troops to arrest him on Venezuelan soil. Democrats now call the arrest Biden enabled and authorized 'illegal'. ...
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 07:59 AM (P5BPp)
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And, to be fair to them (not they deserve it), they would have said the same if a rogue Biden handler had done it. That would of course never happen, but still.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:02 AM (avHHk)

33 THE GREAT SOMALIAN SAMOLIAN SWINDLE

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 08:02 AM (P5BPp)

34 In Venezuela, as in most challenging tasks, it's all about the follow-through.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 08:02 AM (h/ffs)

35 “Don’t go up there and talk about saving the badgers in Wisconsin or something, you know what I’m saying?” he said. “And people would argue and say, ‘Well, no, because I have a voice and because everybody knows me. This is a great platform for me to put this out there.’

“Well, how about this? If you have a billion dollars, and you want to save the badgers, f—ing save them,” he added. “I mean, you got plenty of money to save the badgers, trust me. That is not, that’s barely gonna cut into your budget.”
=====================
Billy Bob Thornton on actors who make political noise.

He sounds just like his character on the show "Landman"; I think he really has found the perfect role there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:03 AM (7UBWW)

36 27 Kid took last night's loss better than I expected...to see another "wide right" on the last play knock a team out...

Now, he's gonna root for my Eagles, but I don't have huge faith in them, either...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (tOcjL)

Somewhere Justin Tucker is laughing.

Kinda glad the Ravens got bounced. I can stop pretending to care about the NFL.
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM (dP47V)

Yeah, I was thinking it was the revenge of Justin Tucker...that was the kid's 1st attempt at a game winning FG, and he, like the Pitt kicker before on the extra point, just choked in the pressure...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 08:03 AM (tOcjL)

37 UK Prime Minister Starmer: “I can be absolutely clear that we were not involved.”

Because it was about freeing people. That has nothing to do with you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 05, 2026 08:05 AM (uQesX)

38 While the Red Chinese have been worming their way into our hemisphere, what if Xi and the Chi-Coms ultimately do make a move to take Taiwan,

That would solve our social media problems as taking the main supplier of silicon chips off the market to Western companies would render our computers into Cuba's 57 Chevys.

They are already playing games with REM, do you think that the memory squeeze right now would be improved by China denying the West access to chips using the most modern technology that produces marvels at scale?

More Iron and Clay evidence.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 08:05 AM (a4flb)

39 I can't find out what firm.is representing Maduro. Lots of news about firms that have backed out. There is some talk of the firm that represents Turkey is Taki g the case and is headed by Robert Amsterdam.

Ruck Scott is on this like white on rice.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 08:06 AM (sDNVV)

40 Irony: The "It’s Time To Cancel Our Subscription Culture Once And For All" article opens with a pop-up telling you to subscribe to the site.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:06 AM (fv0Ye)

41 @amuse

VENEZUELA: Biden raised Maduro’s bounty to $25M, declared him a fugitive, & denied him head of state immunity making it lawful for US troops to arrest him on Venezuelan soil. Democrats now call the arrest Biden enabled and authorized 'illegal'.

When your entire platform is Orange Man Bad, this is the hypocrisy you can expect for the next 3 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

42
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2026 08:06 AM (tljrc)

43 Thanks to us it's called The National Felons League.

Posted by: The Ballamore Ravens at January 05, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

44 Gov. Tim Walz expected to drop reelection bid amid Minnesota Somali fraud probe: report
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I'm surprised if this is true. Of course, his army of bureaucrats that are central to the whole affair will still be there.

Behind every theft of taxpayer dollars, there are three parties:
1 Bureaucrats
2 NGOs (and their support organizations like law firms)
3 The putative guilty party/beneficiary

The Somalis in this example are in group 3. Some of them may go down. Even Walz might go down, though that would be unusual. Groups 1 and 2, however, are fully-staffed, rested and ready for the next round. They are never punished. Hell, they are rarely even identified.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:07 AM (avHHk)

45 Kinda glad the Ravens got bounced. I can stop pretending to care about the NFL.

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:01 AM

That missed kick earned me $200 in my friend's NFL Pick'em group. Was tied with one other person going into SNF game. Other person had BAL, I had PIT. That 4th quarter was chaos. Went back and forth between being excited and disappointed numerous times.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:07 AM (P5BPp)

46 Hello.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 05, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

47 I think there's another angle to Venezuela, if the info is true; massive election fraud via E-voting. Venezuela owns, or is heavily invested in the software used for the machines used by outfits like Dominion.

There is speculation that there's a cartel connection there.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)

48 Kid took last night's loss better than I expected...to see another "wide right" on the last play knock a team out...

Now, he's gonna root for my Eagles, but I don't have huge faith in them, either...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (tOcjL)

In my mind the most notorious wide right ever was SB XXV… poor Scott Norwood

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (WnEm5)

49 We've learned. No cigars.

Posted by: We Three Kings at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (wVcYX)

50 * I can't find out what firm.is representing Maduro. Lots of news about firms that have backed out. There is some talk of the firm that represents Turkey is Taki g the case and is headed by Robert Amsterdam*

###

Susie? Hold my calls.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)

51 Charles Sullivan | Doctors are fleeing, and they have good reason to. Which state has this sad mark of distinction?
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Example A in the old saw "If you want less of something, tax it", so they are getting less medical care in New Mexico.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (lJiYY)

52 I can't find out what firm.is representing Maduro.

Am I in the wrong for thinking we should go after every lawyer who so much as idly thinks about taking that case and get them disbarred? Given that we tolerated this behavior when Trump's lawyers were being attacked, it's only fair.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (BpO1e)

53 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new director of the city Office to Protect Tenants, Cea Weaver, said she wants to “seize private property!”, according to an archived statement on her deactivated X account.

Right at home New NYC tenant advocate called to ‘seize private property,’ blasted home ownership as ‘white supremacy’

End Wokeness @EndWokeness

NYC Mayor Mamdani's Tenant Director, Cea Weaver:

"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."

X video (0:35): https://bit.ly/4puqoRn

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:09 AM (P5BPp)

54 I think there's another angle to Venezuela, if the info is true; massive election fraud via E-voting. Venezuela owns, or is heavily invested in the software used for the machines used by outfits like Dominion.

There is speculation that there's a cartel connection there.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)
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Perhaps. I doubt it was a major factor. Venezuela is very important in two things that the administration cars about a *lot*:
1. Drug trade
2. The trade system between Red China, Russia and Iran. Venezuela is in the middle of a lot of that, and its own oil flows courtesy of it.

My bet is that the second item is the primary driver of this.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (avHHk)

55 Yeah, I was thinking it was the revenge of Justin Tucker...that was the kid's 1st attempt at a game winning FG, and he, like the Pitt kicker before on the extra point, just choked in the pressure...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 08:03 AM (tOcjL)

Was watching the first half with 2 other couples. The 3 of us guys were talking about the NFL script before the game. Tin foil hats firmly on our heads, we talked about how convenient it was for the league to have the Browns beat the Steelers last week and the Packers completely shit the bed at home to set up a winner take all Ravens vs Steelers matchup to be showcased last night. Before the game, we all agreed the script writers promised the Steelers a win vs the Ravens as their reward for tanking vs Cleveland last week.

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (dP47V)

56 Gov. Tim Walz expected to drop reelection bid amid Minnesota Somali fraud probe: report
=================
The pressure must be huge; getting a Democrat to leave a race usually requires indictment, conviction and federal marshals.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (lJiYY)

57 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

A Somalian man who owns a daycare in Minnesota is running for Congress as a Democrat

His daycare is rampant with fraud, already racking up 82 violations

They even got caught only having one chair in the entire facility thats supposed fo have 150+ kids⠀
⠀
The facility has received millions in taxpayer funds

X video (1:15): https://bit.ly/3YUBofQ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (P5BPp)

58 I don't know how, but an Iranian protester has a makeshift flamethrower

https://x.com/JakeWSimons/status/
2008084076004094191

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

59 the American raid over the weekend on Venezuela and the capture of its Communist tyrannical thug president Nicolas Maduro

-
How it went down.

https://is.gd/m05Ttv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 08:11 AM (L/fGl)

60 48 Kid took last night's loss better than I expected...to see another "wide right" on the last play knock a team out...

Now, he's gonna root for my Eagles, but I don't have huge faith in them, either...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 07:57 AM (tOcjL)

In my mind the most notorious wide right ever was SB XXV… poor Scott Norwood
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (WnEm5)

Yup, that was the one I meant...it's still the most famous and infamous...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 08:11 AM (tOcjL)

61 Good to see you back, JJ!

*fistbump!*

spot-on, as usual!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 05, 2026 08:12 AM (Cjt/F)

62 Happy New Year, everybody! Glad to be here. When do we start?

Posted by: Star Witness Nicolas Naduro at January 05, 2026 08:12 AM (yr56r)

63 Before the game, we all agreed the script writers promised the Steelers a win vs the Ravens as their reward for tanking vs Cleveland last week.
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (dP47V)
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You cynic! The Browns won because of heroic effort! Or something.

Posted by: Roger Goodell is an asshoe at January 05, 2026 08:12 AM (lJiYY)

64 Are the Browns the only NFL team with zero super bowls?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (avHHk)

65 Venezuela apparently had Chinese tofu-dreg of an air defense. This is not the first time hired Cuban thugs lost to the US, Grenada anyone?

And yes this mission serves notice to all the bad actors to behave. Which segues into this little statement from Sec. of State Dean Rusk in 1966 to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

I cannot tell you how important it was to the peace of the world that the President of the United States, ... , be believed when they say to the other side: "Gentlemen, this you must not do." Because, if we ever get to a point where that simple statement is not believed, then I don't know where the future and safety of this country is, or the possibilities of general peace would exist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (2GVsD)

66 Tim, perhaps it's time to give some serious thought to that idea of being a Don Rickles impersonator in Vegas.

Posted by: Tim Walz Crisis Management Consultant at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Before the game, we all agreed the script writers promised the Steelers a win vs the Ravens as their reward for tanking vs Cleveland last week.
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (dP47V)

The officiating in the NFL is so wretched there’s something majorly wrong. I can’t decide if it’s just simply a matter of too many rules and basic incompetence… or corruption. Or maybe a combo…. The NFL needs full time refs and fewer rules because right now it’s a clown show

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (P/Wjn)

68 55 Yeah, I was thinking it was the revenge of Justin Tucker...that was the kid's 1st attempt at a game winning FG, and he, like the Pitt kicker before on the extra point, just choked in the pressure...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 08:03 AM (tOcjL)

Was watching the first half with 2 other couples. The 3 of us guys were talking about the NFL script before the game. Tin foil hats firmly on our heads, we talked about how convenient it was for the league to have the Browns beat the Steelers last week and the Packers completely shit the bed at home to set up a winner take all Ravens vs Steelers matchup to be showcased last night. Before the game, we all agreed the script writers promised the Steelers a win vs the Ravens as their reward for tanking vs Cleveland last week.
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (dP47V)

Nah, they didn't script wide right. Seeing the game, they didn't want Aaron against Houston b/c he's gonna get killed and it will be 35-3 by the end. Lamar has more big play and dazzlingness that could keep a Houston defense on its heels and a game close. Next Monday night is gonna be a snooze...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 05, 2026 08:14 AM (tOcjL)

69 @EndWokeness

NYC Mayor Mamdani's Tenant Director, Cea Weaver:

"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."

X video (0:35): https://bit.ly/4puqoRn
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:09 AM (P5BPp)

*peeks at Jar of F*cks*

*verifies limited quantities*

*determines none can be spared*

Reap it, NYC. Elections have consequences.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

70 Tim, perhaps it's time to give some serious thought to that idea of being a Don Rickles impersonator in Vegas.
Posted by: Tim Walz Crisis Management Consultant at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)
++++
Bad advice, Timmy. You have no comic timing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:14 AM (avHHk)

71 Would there even be any demand for a Rickles impersonator? Could he fill a theater in today's Vegas?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (avHHk)

72 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new director of the city Office to Protect Tenants, Cea Weaver, said she wants to “seize private property!”, according to an archived statement on her deactivated X account.

Right at home New NYC tenant advocate called to ‘seize private property,’ blasted home ownership as ‘white supremacy’

End Wokeness @EndWokeness

NYC Mayor Mamdani's Tenant Director, Cea Weaver:

"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."

X video (0:35): https://bit.ly/4puqoRn
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026

Ooh, Cea Weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh, Cea Weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light

Posted by: Gary Wright at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)

73 Are the Browns the only NFL team with zero super bowls?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (avHHk)

Browns, Texans, Jags, and Lions have never appeared in a Super Bowl.

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (dP47V)

74 64 Are the Browns the only NFL team with zero super bowls?

+++

How do you think our stadium earned the name Factory Of Sadness?

Posted by: The Cleveland Browns at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Incredible how major media is not reporting what is happening in Iran.

Also what is happening in Caracas? Is the government still in control? If they replace one dictator with the next nothing is gained. We are counting our chickend before they've hatched.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

76 Other constituent members of the No Kings coalition, like the Chicago Teachers Union, which had met with Maduro, joined protests to keep the dictatorship in power in Venezuela.

Communist commune with communist.

duh!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

77 Browns, Texans, Jags, and Lions have never appeared in a Super Bowl.
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (dP47V)
++++
Ah, so only two "old" teams.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (avHHk)

78 >> I think there's another angle to Venezuela, if the info is true; massive election fraud via E-voting. Venezuela owns, or is heavily invested in the software used for the machines used by outfits like Dominion.

There is speculation that there's a cartel connection there.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)
++++
Perhaps. I doubt it was a major factor. Venezuela is very important in two things that the administration cars about a *lot*:
1. Drug trade
2. The trade system between Red China, Russia and Iran. Venezuela is in the middle of a lot of that, and its own oil flows courtesy of it.

My bet is that the second item is the primary driver of this.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (avHHk)
-----------
I agree. However one thing that's stuck in Trump's craw... 2020. Maduro's in some pretty deep shit regardless.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (NwnyJ)

79 Are the Browns the only NFL team with zero super bowls?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (avHHk)

Off the top of my head… the Browns, Lions and Jaguars are the teams who’ve never even been to a SB. Don’t think there are any others in that category… wait, also the Houston Texans who might well change that this year. They have a Super Bowl caliber defense

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (P/Wjn)

80 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (c115l)

81 The NFL needs full time refs and fewer rules because right now it’s a clown show
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (P/Wjn)
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Every team needs an on-field lawyer to argue with the refs, the rules are so complex and weird.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (lJiYY)

82 Posted by: Gary Wright at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)

===

Style guide calls for "zombie Gary Wright"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

83 Is effeminate weirdo Tim Walz actually planning on going away?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 05, 2026 07:55 AM (8CIFn)

Does he even have a political future? Retard shouldn't have taken the VP nom. Now, his retardary has probably sentenced him to obscurity.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (uQesX)

84 Before the game, we all agreed the script writers promised the Steelers a win vs the Ravens as their reward for tanking vs Cleveland last week.
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (dP47V)

The officiating in the NFL is so wretched there’s something majorly wrong. I can’t decide if it’s just simply a matter of too many rules and basic incompetence… or corruption. Or maybe a combo…. The NFL needs full time refs and fewer rules because right now it’s a clown show
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (P/Wjn)

"Check their Draft Kings" *clap* *clap* *clapclapclap*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

85 The American raid over the weekend on Venezuela and the capture of its Communist tyrannical thug president Nicolas Maduro by the Coward Robert Ford.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:17 AM (fv0Ye)

86 In the Soviet days they were called Kulaks. In NYC under Mamdani, landlords are the new Kulaks."

When can we expect the "re-education" apologies (a la Mao) to begin? I'm sure we can come up with the "dunce" caps he favored...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

87 56 Gov. Tim Walz expected to drop reelection bid amid Minnesota Somali fraud probe: report
=================
The pressure must be huge; getting a Democrat to leave a race usually requires indictment, conviction and federal marshals.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:10 AM (lJiYY)

========

"Not in Minnesota."
-Al Franken

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:17 AM (GBKbO)

88 The world has never been the same since New Orleans NFL team finally won a Super Bowl.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:17 AM (2GVsD)

89 Good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 05, 2026 08:17 AM (VEMPn)

90 65 I cannot tell you how important it was to the peace of the world that the President of the United States, ... , be believed when they say to the other side: "Gentlemen, this you must not do." Because, if we ever get to a point where that simple statement is not believed, then I don't know where the future and safety of this country is, or the possibilities of general peace would exist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM (2GVsD)

=======

$5 says that the president of Colombia was envious of Maduro's security setup.

Was.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (GBKbO)

91 Good morning JJ and horde
Have I mentioned I H8 my co-workers in awhile?

Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (VgaN7)

92 Ah, so only two "old" teams.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (avHHk)

Interesting trivia… the current Ravens used to be the Cleveland Browns… but they moved to Baltimore. The current Browns were an expansion team in the 90s. So the only “old” NFL team never in a SB is the Lions….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (P/Wjn)

93 *Incredible how major media is not reporting what is happening in Iran.*

+++
Which explains why they're irrelevant.

Posted by: And they aren't major anymore at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

94 The judge for the Maduro trial is a whacko TDS-inflicted libtard.

I get that they had to try him in NY because that's where the charges were filed, but what's the end game when the hack in black sets him free?

Posted by: Delurker at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (WfVaK)

95 Walz is quitting? He's extremely guilty of involvement in the Somali fraud then. Nothing pries a Democrat out of office other than the necessity for a nice retirement in a non-extradition country.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (Aq1uz)

96 And of course it's a good thing to check the rise of communism abroad especially in our own hemisphere but then again, look what the hell is going on right here at home in NYC!

-
Kamel Amin Thaabet
@K_AminThaabet
One downside of jailing Maduro in NYC is that he is at risk of becoming radicalized

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 08:19 AM (L/fGl)

97 Check their Draft Kings" *clap* *clap* *clapclapclap*

/FanDuel lounges join the chat

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

98 DJT has gotten the Marxists to fight for Somalian fraud and Narco State.
What else can he do?

Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2026 08:19 AM (VgaN7)

99 There is speculation that there's a cartel connection there.

Of course cash money has a deep connection to election corruption.

The majority of drug sales are in cash. Cash is difficult to launder straight up since no one takes a duffle bag full of cash to a real-estate closing. Someone is going to ask questions about piles of cash. Think about civil asset forfeiture where legitimate people take cash to auctions and have the fuzz confiscate it.

So what to do with cash? One way is to buy elections and purchase of elections is easy to do with cash. Cash goes to ballot stuffers / bundlers, those who "count" ballots and those who drive vans of illegals to voting booths and vouches for each paid voter.

Drug cartels are integral to managing elections.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)

100 94 The judge for the Maduro trial is a whacko TDS-inflicted libtard.

I get that they had to try him in NY because that's where the charges were filed, but what's the end game when the hack in black sets him free?

Posted by: Delurker at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (WfVaK)

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I suspect that the case against Maduro is very solid, and that anything the judge does at this level to upset things will be grounds for appeal.

It may make a circus of things, but the appeals court will then set things right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:20 AM (GBKbO)

101 Is effeminate weirdo Tim Walz actually planning on going away?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 05, 2026 07:55 AM (8CIFn)

Does he even have a political future? Retard shouldn't have taken the VP nom. Now, his retardary has probably sentenced him to obscurity
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You guys really don't understand Minnesota Democrats. The average Somalian IQ is in the low 80s and they still outsmarted them.

Tim Walz will be re-elected and his LG Peggy "Hijab" Flanagan will be elected Senator. They don't care about Somalian fraud.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:20 AM (fv0Ye)

102 Maduro better not be caught selling any 'loosies' in NYC...

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:20 AM (2GVsD)

103 I think there's another angle to Venezuela

The Bush family are now in the spotlight with a cooperating witness in the SDNY.

Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2026 08:20 AM (5FKHw)

104 This am I saw a link from Midwest Chick to Not The Bee.

Astonishing.

US out of UN; UN out of US.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 05, 2026 08:20 AM (Of9Lz)

105 Can anyone remind me why we’re still in NATO?

Because if we weren't in NATO, Soviet tanks would be in Paris by Christmas. And the Eurocrats, assuming they cared even a little about national defense, would have to fund it. And the US could focus on the US.

Can't have any of that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 05, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

106 Posted by: Gary Wright at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)

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Style guide calls for "zombie Gary Wright"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

I wasn't sure. Thanks for clearing that up.

Posted by: Zombie Gary Wright at January 05, 2026 08:21 AM (wVcYX)

107 I think there's another angle to Venezuela, if the info is true; massive election fraud via E-voting. Venezuela owns, or is heavily invested in the software used for the machines used by outfits like Dominion

Dominion voting.
All the 2020 election records are there.
Supposedly. I don't know why people would still keep those records though. If I had done that, those records would have been erased before they left the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:21 AM (c115l)

108 101 You guys really don't understand Minnesota Democrats. The average Somalian IQ is in the low 80s and they still outsmarted them.

Tim Walz will be re-elected and his LG Peggy "Hijab" Flanagan will be elected Senator. They don't care about Somalian fraud.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:20 AM (fv0Ye)

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There was no outsmarting.

NGOs taught the people the federal government paid them to bring into the country how to cheat the system. The system welcomed the cheat. Walz and Ellison just told their enforcement mechanisms to look the other way because both were getting paid (probably indirectly in cash but also, most importantly, in votes).

Walz was a willing participant in fraud. He wasn't tricked into it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (GBKbO)

109 Maybe for Maduro's trial we will get a Gong Show reprise of the Dancing Itos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (2GVsD)

110 *Incredible how major media is not reporting what is happening in Iran.*

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Today is the day of days, the day CBS News stops being a commie rat bastard propaganda outlet and starts being an actual news agency.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (L/fGl)

111 Soviet tanks would be in Paris by Christmas"

'46 or '47?

*I love Paris in the springtime...*

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)

112 I hope NYC is simply devastated by this guy. Like, irreparably harmed, never to recover. The country could use an object lesson.

Go hard in the paint, Mr. Mamdani. Stop at nothing to make your dream come true. If you need to build concentration camps for those dirty white sonofabitches, do it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (BI5O2)

113 >I get that they had to try him in NY because that's where the charges were filed, but what's the end game when the hack in black sets him free?

Posted by: Delurker
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give him back to the Venezuelans, so they can hang him

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (ZxPkt)

114 I will always love one little side show from Browns history.

In 1974, Dale Cox - a Browns season ticket holder who was a lawyer - wrote a letter to the Browns complaining about people folding their programs into paper airplanes and zooming them around. He demanded that the organization stop this dangerous activity and informed the Browns that, should anyone his party be injured by one of these paper airplanes, he would sue them.

The Browns council replied with:
Dear Mr. Cox:
Attached is a letter we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.

Very truly yours,
Cleveland Stadium Corporation
James N Bailey,
General Counsel

A star performance in the history of American law.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (avHHk)

115 The rampant overtaking of sports by the sports betting environment has largely ruined sports as a whole.

I've never before seen the overwhelming number of officials injecting themselves into the outcome of games as I do now. It's pathetic and makes most sports unwatchable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

116 Random NFL trivia--

Despite there only being 4 teams in the division, the Jets are in 5th place in terms of number of times they have won the division. The Colts were in the AFC East until 2002 and won the division more times (six) then the Jets have (twice).

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:23 AM (dP47V)

117 112 I hope NYC is simply devastated by this guy. Like, irreparably harmed, never to recover. The country could use an object lesson.

Go hard in the paint, Mr. Mamdani. Stop at nothing to make your dream come true. If you need to build concentration camps for those dirty white sonofabitches, do it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 08:22 AM (BI5O2)

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A Muslim will rape a rich, connected woman at some point.

Mandami will then lead the charge against...the arresting officer.

It will be edifying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:23 AM (GBKbO)

118 Minnesota's Integrated Community Supports Medicaid program.

The ICS program has seen explosive growth over the five years since it began in 2021. After paying out a total of approximately $4.6 million in 2021, the program has grown to cost more than $170 million in 2024. In all, claims data show that the Medicaid system has paid out more than $400 million for ICS services since 2021.

ffs

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

119 I don't know why people would still keep those records though"

"Hey, you know, I need a new Gulfstream. 550 will do"

'Gong Show reprise of the Dancing Itos."

/Jay Leno says "hey"

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)

120 11 Can anyone remind me why we’re still in NATO? Why I should consider Turkey an ally? A few other questions along those lines…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 07:56 AM (OW907)

Remove Kebab.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 08:24 AM (UnA8+)

121 118 Minnesota's Integrated Community Supports Medicaid program.

The ICS program has seen explosive growth over the five years since it began in 2021. After paying out a total of approximately $4.6 million in 2021, the program has grown to cost more than $170 million in 2024. In all, claims data show that the Medicaid system has paid out more than $400 million for ICS services since 2021.

ffs

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

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Which coincidentally coincides with Walz's enhanced and aggressive enforcement of anti-fraud measures in the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:24 AM (GBKbO)

122 Interesting trivia… the current Ravens used to be the Cleveland Browns… but they moved to Baltimore. The current Browns were an expansion team in the 90s. So the only “old” NFL team never in a SB is the Lions….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:18 AM (P/Wjn)
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Ah, yeah. I forgot about that. To replace the Colts, who fled Baltimore under cover of darkness. But they couldn't take the name, IIRC, because they didn't own it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:24 AM (avHHk)

123 X Post of the day:

The Misfit Patriot
@misfitpatriot_
·
17h
Imagine being in Venezuela right now feeling the slightest hope of freedom in 25 years and then turning on your TV to see some purple haired cunt in NYC telling America to put your oppressor back in power.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:24 AM (UmGiD)

124 NYC Mayor Mamdani's Tenant Director, Cea Weaver:

"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."

X video (0:35): https://bit.ly/4puqoRn
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026

Ooh, Cea Weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh, Cea Weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light
Posted by: Gary Wright at January 05, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)
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NYC is in for a world of pain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:25 AM (IqDX2)

125 The rampant overtaking of sports by the sports betting environment has largely ruined sports as a whole."

So, remind me again... what was so baaaad about Pete Rose?

/Hey, there's a new betting app!

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

126 Someone said in the tech thread that the person covering the Maduro story for CBS had been arrested in Venezuela some 10 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 08:26 AM (sDNVV)

127 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 08:26 AM (77rzZ)

128 I think Walz got paid off to disappear.

I also think Maduro will face charges in multiple locations for different crimes. A traveling shit show of sorts.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 08:26 AM (NwnyJ)

129 I think there's another angle to Venezuela, if the info is true; massive election fraud via E-voting. Venezuela owns, or is heavily invested in the software used for the machines used by outfits like Dominion

Also Venezuela allegedly has records about which US Congressmen are getting money from the cartels. It's most of the Dems and all of the GOPe, spoiler alert.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:26 AM (UmGiD)

130 Anyone done a welfare check on The Retard's son in Minnesota?

Posted by: Chowl Protective Services at January 05, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)

131 My team, The Bills, played a deliberately tanking, running for the bus NY Jets, so it was a borefest. Nothng less exciting than watching your 3rd sringers run rampant over their 3rd stringers who aren't even trying.

And btw, this business of having your starting QB play only the first snap to keep their string of starts intact, as Buffalo did with Josh Allen, is really kinda BS and shouldn't even count. I know they do it in other sports as well.

Posted by: Delurker at January 05, 2026 08:26 AM (WfVaK)

132 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new director of the city Office to Protect Tenants, Cea Weaver, said she wants to “seize private property!”, according to an archived statement on her deactivated X account.

Well, after all Marx himself said you could distill his philosophy down to one precept: the abolition of private property.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (h/ffs)

133 "We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good"

/collect this, dumbass

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

134 "Today is the day of days, the day CBS News stops being a commie rat bastard propaganda outlet and starts being an actual news agency."
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Hahahaha.

Just the tip.

Posted by: Pull the other one at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

135 NYC is in for a world of pain.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:25 AM (IqDX2)
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It will be saved by jurisdiction. Mamdani can't do most of what he is promising/threatening, because he lacks the taxing and regulatory authority and the courts will very likely slap him down repeatedly to save the city - and its financial and political machinators - from him.

Then he will run for - and win - governor so he will finally have wide enough powers to prevent his plans from being stymied by the enemies of the people.

NYC is in for a rough patch, but the courts will likely keep it from collapsing by actually allowing Mamdani to lose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (avHHk)

136 Ultimate troll

White House X account conducts a poll - Which global leader would you like arrested by Delta Force next?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

137 NYC is in for a world of pain.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

1. Fuck them
2. They were REPEATEDLY warned.
3. See #1.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (c115l)

138

So is there a Mao-Lo doctline in China?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (x0n13)

139 Today is National Whipped Cream Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

140 So is there a Mao-Lo doctline in China?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (x0n13)
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LOL.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (avHHk)

141 Dominion voting.
All the 2020 election records are there.
Supposedly. I don't know why people would still keep those records though. If I had done that, those records would have been erased before they left the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:21 AM

ĐⱤØ₲Ø @KAGdrogo

Trump just posted this video about Dominion voting machine fraud.

You think the timing is coincidence?

A Venezuelan Military Intelligence whistleblower confirmed the CIA outsources election rigging technology like Smartmatic and Dominion from Venezuela.

X video (5:32): https://bit.ly/4q6cKFj

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (P5BPp)

142 Re: Tech thread - Computer “Bugs” was coined because of actual bugs (moth?) smooshed in a relay.

This is common in two items I can think of. Residential A/C systems, the outdoor compressor fan has a switch called a contactor, and is apparently just dandy to make a little house for moths. AC no worky. Probably keeps those HVAC guys boat payments current.

Another is the input for 2 burner Coleman stove fuel generators. They make a nice little nest in there for the off season stored in the garage. Result: No worky at Jellystone. Much drama, kids wailing they want pancakes w/ maple syrup.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (0OORa)

143 Are there any photos of Hugo Chavez's tomb after the US blew it up?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (2GVsD)

144 135 It will be saved by jurisdiction. Mamdani can't do most of what he is promising/threatening, because he lacks the taxing and regulatory authority and the courts will very likely slap him down repeatedly to save the city - and its financial and political machinators - from him.

Then he will run for - and win - governor so he will finally have wide enough powers to prevent his plans from being stymied by the enemies of the people.

NYC is in for a rough patch, but the courts will likely keep it from collapsing by actually allowing Mamdani to lose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (avHHk)

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The corruption of city hall is going to explode.

I don't think he'll have any kind of statewide support for governor. I know, I know...as goes the City goes the state, but I suspect 4 years of ardent socialist grifting is going to keep his popularity in the city relatively low.

It's the DeBlasio path to power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (GBKbO)

145 Cea Weaver, said she wants to “seize private property!”,

I do have to chuckle - recall that the idiot Howard Stern (redundant, I know) owns interest in 3 apt. buildings in NYC.

*grabs popcorn*

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

146 Ultimate troll

White House X account conducts a poll - Which global leader would you like arrested by Delta Force next?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Said it last election season. Trump is the Supreme Galactic Overlord when it comes to trolling the left.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (c115l)

147 ... President Trump has indeed reasserted and reinvigorated the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine.

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Or as some are calling it now, the Donroe Doctrine.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (VxzUB)

148 what scares them more now is the prospect of being captured and then getting shipped to the United States to face justice.

In light of SDNY's hijinks, many have a hard time saying this with a straight face. Let's hope 'US justice' is not the easy way out.

"The judge was an old man, ninety-three
and I didn't like the way the jury looked at me."
--Cisco Houston, Bad Man Blunder

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (zdLoL)

149 Or as some are calling it now, the Donroe Doctrine.
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (VxzUB)
++++
My favorite recent portmanteau.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (avHHk)

150 146 Ultimate troll

White House X account conducts a poll - Which global leader would you like arrested by Delta Force next?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Said it last election season. Trump is the Supreme Galactic Overlord when it comes to trolling the left.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (c115l)

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Rubio keeps implying that Cuba is next.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (GBKbO)

151 White House X account conducts a poll - Which global leader would you like arrested by Delta Force next?
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Tell me they really did this. Lie if you must

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (0OORa)

152 The rampant overtaking of sports by the sports betting environment has largely ruined sports as a whole.

I've never before seen the overwhelming number of officials injecting themselves into the outcome of games as I do now. It's pathetic and makes most sports unwatchable.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 05, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

Yup. I'm even close to giving up on the NHL. Way tired of the announcers talking about updated moneylines and the latest same-game parlays. Also - The number of goals called back due to a player being a millimeter offside is increasing significantly (IMHO). Some guy with an ipad supposedly saw that?

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (dP47V)

153 Today is National Whipped Cream Day."

I'd rather have the Other Delights...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

154 Also Venezuela allegedly has records about which US Congressmen are getting money from the cartels. It's most of the Dems and all of the GOPe, spoiler alert.
Posted by: Ian S

I heard that as well. Assuming it's true, there are a lot of political animals that will probably "retire to spend more time with their families."

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (BpO1e)

155 Relatively unreported has been the shocking new COPA law in New York that forces certain multi-family properties to sell to the government before becoming available on the market.

Just the beginning.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 08:31 AM (h/ffs)

156 So We bagged Maduro. Can we put the bag on Soros and decapitate the leadership of Antifa, BLM, the ACLU/SPLC/CAIR and the DNC???

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Not to mention Gruesome Newscum and Tampon Tim?

/A man can dream ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 05, 2026 08:31 AM (VxzUB)

157 124 NYC is in for a world of pain.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 08:25 AM (IqDX2)

As are many other places, once everyone flees NYC and votes for the exact same shit in their new locales.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 08:31 AM (UnA8+)

158 So now we have to change the name of the Caribbean Sea to The Donroe Sea.

Posted by: Mapmakers everywhere at January 05, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

159
James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual

https://tinyurl.com/yt6mmdv2

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 08:31 AM (NpAcC)

160 I wonder if the leaders of the cartels are modifying their thinking in how they'll deal with American power after Trump kidnapped the head of the Venezuelan cartel Cartel of the Suns who also was the de facto head of the actual national government...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:32 AM (GBKbO)

161 Ah, yeah. I forgot about that. To replace the Colts, who fled Baltimore under cover of darkness. But they couldn't take the name, IIRC, because they didn't own it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

The Lakers were from MN (Land of 10,000 Lakes), moved to Los Angeles and kept the name. Makes no sense as the leaders of CA allow no water for humans. Not even to fight fires.

Posted by: Engine 51 at January 05, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

162 Ultimate troll

White House X account conducts a poll - Which global leader would you like arrested by Delta Force next?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

Barack Hussein Obama

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:32 AM (dP47V)

163 Major powers defend their spheres. Always have, always will.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:00 AM (avHHk)

Carl Benjamin put up a good video on his Akkad channel about this.

https://youtu.be/hAbgd_1K8uY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 05, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

164 Rubio keeps implying that Cuba is next."

I would really, really like that - the old man was in 2nd Marines, last to leave Cuba, and for years he talked about the landscape's beauty... he doesn't have long, so it would be a treat to tell him one could go back.

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

165 Trump Resolves the Maduro Problem
______
Maybe. But what about the leftist judge and leftist jury problems? It's at least a 50% chance they'll let him off.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 05, 2026 08:33 AM (s0JqF)

166 "I cannot tell you how important it was to the peace of the world that the President of the United States, ... , be believed when they say to the other side: "Gentlemen, this you must not do."

Sounds similar to what Putin said about NATO expansionism.

Posted by: pawn at January 05, 2026 08:33 AM (Rmqfl)

167 152 Yup. I'm even close to giving up on the NHL. Way tired of the announcers talking about updated moneylines and the latest same-game parlays. Also - The number of goals called back due to a player being a millimeter offside is increasing significantly (IMHO). Some guy with an ipad supposedly saw that?
Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (dP47V)

You can blame Daniel Briere in the 2012 playoffs for that one.

It was his egregiously offsides goal that post-season that was responsible for the rule allowing teams to challenge goals for being offsides.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 08:33 AM (UnA8+)

168 The NYC COPA law?

Used to sing about it.

Posted by: B. Manilow at January 05, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)

169 The Lakers were from MN (Land of 10,000 Lakes), moved to Los Angeles and kept the name. Makes no sense as the leaders of CA allow no water for humans. Not even to fight fires.
Posted by: Engine 51 at January 05, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

The Utah (formerly New Orleans) Jazz have entered the chat

Posted by: Doof at January 05, 2026 08:33 AM (dP47V)

170 is it Car ib BE an, or Car RIBB ean

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (ZxPkt)

171 The officiating in the NFL is so wretched there’s something majorly wrong. I can’t decide if it’s just simply a matter of too many rules and basic incompetence… or corruption. Or maybe a combo…. The NFL needs full time refs and fewer rules because right now it’s a clown show

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:13 AM

In the IND-HOU game yesterday, IND WR Alec Pierce was having a career game. Late in 3rd quarter, he had what he thought was his 3rd TD of the game, but he was out of bounds. He went up to the ref in the area and argued his case and his arm barely touched the refs' elbow. The ref said nothing but took out his flag.

By rule, can't touch a ref, so 15-yard penalty. But they also disqualified Pierce from the game for that. It was ridiculous. The rule is in effect for egregious bumping of refs or something, not for accidental contact like that.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (P5BPp)

172 153 Today is National Whipped Cream Day."

I'd rather have the Other Delights...
Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

Okay, by Request, Herb Alpert!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=1c316dKmRdI&list=RD1c316dKmRdI&start_r

adio=1

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (x0n13)

173 is it Car ib BE an, or Car RIBB ean"

Yes. Yes it is.

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)

174 A person is in custody after an incident at the home of Vice President JD Vance in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (RHGPo)

175 NYC is in for a rough patch, but the courts will likely keep it from collapsing by actually allowing Mamdani to lose.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:27 AM (avHHk)

I agree, and he will fob off his failures as systemic establishment oppression of the people's will and leverage this, as you say, to higher office.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (h/ffs)

176 Then he will run for - and win - governor so he will finally have wide enough powers to prevent his plans from being stymied by the enemies of the people.

NYC is in for a rough patch, but the courts will likely keep it from collapsing by actually allowing Mamdani to lose.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Win? Doubt it. The rest of the state will have seen what he's all about. That's one reason Hochul never helped him while he was campaigning.

She could have pulled him aside and said, "change your messaging. You can't do that". She let him make all those empty promises because she knows he's coming after her job. Or will try.

Now she has his failures to point to.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:34 AM (c115l)

177 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual
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I remember a guy in the Army who in his former life worked at some swank restaurant in Vegas. He was telling me about all these celebrities and sports stars, baseball greats, they were all queers. Big names. He was insistent, I didn’t want to believe him.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:35 AM (0OORa)

178 Rubio keeps implying that Cuba is next.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (GBKbO)
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No point. Without Venezuela, there's a decent chance Cuba will just collapse of its own accord.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:35 AM (avHHk)

179 Caribbean?

Maybe Billy Ocean can answer your question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxX2gA18grk

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:36 AM (2GVsD)

180 Are there any photos of Hugo Chavez's tomb after the US blew it up?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (2GVsD)
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I've seen no reporting on actual logistics, targets, bda, etc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

181 @EricLDaugh
·
4m
🚨 BOOM! PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Notice ships aren't being taken anymore? The pirates head out, we say, 'Guess what, there's pirates!' BING! That's the end of the pirates!"

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Oh, look, dummy Trump understands how maritime law works regarding unflagged, unregistered vessels in international waters...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:36 AM (GBKbO)

182 So can Trump claim the $25 million bounty on Maduro for himself? That would be epic.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 05, 2026 08:36 AM (y9ksN)

183 >James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual
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Local Indigenous Personnel excepted
the homies don't play that

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (ZxPkt)

184 178 Without Venezuela, there's a decent chance Cuba will just collapse of its own accord.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

WHAT? Are you actually implying that the beautiful and perfect communist system won't survive without outside money? My worldview is shattered.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (BpO1e)

185 Is Donnie TwoScoops about to make Cuban cigars great again?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

186 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual

https://tinyurl.com/yt6mmdv2
Posted by: redridinghood

Natalie Winters covers The White House for The War Room. She is a beautiful, brilliant, 23 year old. Moved to DC to take this job, thought she might might meet fine men to date. Was shocked that the whole city are fags.

Posted by: Poofters Top To Bottom at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)

187 178 Rubio keeps implying that Cuba is next.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:30 AM (GBKbO)
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No point. Without Venezuela, there's a decent chance Cuba will just collapse of its own accord.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:35 AM (avHHk)

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The point may just be rhetorical pressure.

The Trump admin just proved it can hit anyone anywhere in the hemisphere without taking casualties.

Maduro was probably the most secure figure in all of South and Central America.

A lot of thinking is probably changing right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (GBKbO)

188 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual
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Imagining Lindsey Graham and Cory Booker doing the 'Stranger Things' coming out scene.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (fv0Ye)

189 Natalie Winters covers The White House for The War Room. She is a beautiful, brilliant, 23 year old. Moved to DC to take this job, thought she might might meet fine men to date. Was shocked that the whole city are fags.
Posted by: Poofters Top To Bottom at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)
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Some female reporters are caught banging politicians or bureaucrats for stories. They can't *all* be gay.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (avHHk)

190 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual"

Add "shorter" and "puffier"...

I'm old and fat, and still taller and in better shape than most whenever I'm back in the DC area. It's very odd, but manbuns don't add to a guy's height...

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

191 182 So can Trump claim the $25 million bounty on Maduro for himself? That would be epic.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 05, 2026 08:36 AM (y9ksN)

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And then donate it to the Biden presidential library fund with the caveat that they have to name it the Autopen Presidential Library.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (GBKbO)

192 Whatever Putin says doesn't have any real impact 200 miles outside his own borders.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

193 All this "Venezuelans dancing in the streets" stuff is making me nervous. It's giving me bad flashbacks to "Kuwaitis and Iraqis dancing in the streets." And we know how that turned out.

Posted by: Delurker at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (WfVaK)

194 183 Local Indigenous Personnel excepted
the homies don't play that
Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:37 AM (ZxPkt)

Most Don't.

But there's a reason it's always Ghetto Thugs getting caught in those "OH SHIT, IT'S A TROON!" videos.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (UnA8+)

195 The NYC COPA law?

Used to sing about it.
Posted by: B. Manilow

Yeah. Can't even own a cabana now.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:39 AM (c115l)

196 Good morning everyone. Happy Monday. Thx JJ
The left is stuck on "war for oil". Friend of mine posted "great job Mr President" on face book and the usual cadre if leftists, mostly older white women, immediately were howling about "war for oil". Mention freedom for Venezuela, or pushing the Chinese and Russians away and they couldn't process

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 08:39 AM (ScJGb)

197 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual
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Just like Rome before that Empire fell

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:39 AM (fv0Ye)

198 The NYC COPA law?

Used to sing about it.
Posted by: B. Manilow

Lola is still confused?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:39 AM (2GVsD)

199 > Rubio keeps implying that Cuba is next.
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I still think he'd entertain a political career there. If the situation presented itself.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 08:40 AM (NwnyJ)

200 If I had known on Friday, I'd have sunk half my network into Chevron so I could sell it at close of business today and retire.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:40 AM (avHHk)

201 196 Good morning everyone. Happy Monday. Thx JJ
The left is stuck on "war for oil". Friend of mine posted "great job Mr President" on face book and the usual cadre if leftists, mostly older white women, immediately were howling about "war for oil". Mention freedom for Venezuela, or pushing the Chinese and Russians away and they couldn't process

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 08:39 AM (ScJGb)

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You know what? Trump said that he wanted the oil.

It's our oil. American companies paid for the equipment, the leases on the land, and developed the whole operation but Chavez stole it all.

Yes, war for oil. Our oil that another nation illegally stole.

Topple Maduro so I spend $5 less on filling up my car's gas tank because fuck that guy.

The American standard of living is more important than Maduro's illegal regime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:40 AM (GBKbO)

202 189 Some female reporters are caught banging politicians or bureaucrats for stories. They can't *all* be gay.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:38 AM (avHHk)

Remember : A man can sleep with as many women as he wants, but the second he touches a dick, he's a fag for life.

No matter how many women he f*cks after.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 08:40 AM (UnA8+)

203 Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews

BREAKING - Communist agitator and leader of “The People’s Forum,” Manolo De Los Santos, who has received $20 million from CCP affiliated Marxist billionaire Roy Singham, has been identified as the leader of yesterday’s “protest” to free Maduro in NYC.

X video (0:56): https://bit.ly/4ptuB7Z

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 05, 2026 08:41 AM (P5BPp)

204 Which of the media hacks is calling Rubio Viceroy?

Said last night Rubio should dress up like Ghaddafi and see if the media would love him then.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:41 AM (2GVsD)

205 Castro and the boys were bad dudes. I’ve read he was an engaging personality. He liked to free dive, and was said to be able to swim to amazing depths , holding his breath for extended times.

What I can’t grok is how the leftists here worshipped him. That picture of fuckhead Kerry and Tom Harkin of Iowa just gushing, like they are meeting the Rolling Stones backstage or something.

Castro was ready to nuke the US with a pre-emptive nuclear attack in ‘62. They knew Cuba would be destroyed, and they didn’t care. It was the Soviets who had to reel everyone back in, and take physical control of the ICBM sites.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:41 AM (0OORa)

206 Back in the day, some of the refs were lawyers. Good lawyers and good refs.

Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (qFwJc)

207 ... It's our oil. American companies paid for the equipment, the leases on the land, and developed the whole operation because Chavez stole it all. ...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:40 AM (GBKbO)
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I am still of the opinion that Chevron should have lit a match on its way out. "You think you can steal my shit? Well go ahead, Hugo. The rubble is yours."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (avHHk)

208 UK, France in Joint Air Strikes on Underground IS Arms Dump in Syria
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They should have dropped Starmer and Macron on them. Or would that be inhumane to IS?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (s0JqF)

209 The NFL needs to go back to the simple John Madden standard of officiating: One knee equals two feet.

No more lawyers and long exhausting video reviews and complicated explanations of “completing the process of the catch” (whatever that means)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (ZtAny)

210 It’s all in the management, isn’t it? The bad management we have had makes me gun shy about any foreign engagements. Maybe Trump will help restore my faith in government, somewhat. Sadly, we are always one election away from calamity.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (pDt9x)

211 Dear Fox News;

How about sending a reporter to Caracas to cover the Venezuela story instead of Doral, FL you lazy fvcks?

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

212 207 I am still of the opinion that Chevron should have lit a match on its way out. "You think you can steal my shit? Well go ahead, Hugo. The rubble is yours."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (avHHk)

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Well, Chavez essentially did. Decades of mismanagement, you know.

But, yes. They probably should have. Go all retreat of the Russians in front of Napoleon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (GBKbO)

213 Confederacy of Enablers Downplays Somali Fraud

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:43 AM (RHGPo)

214 Just looked up Natalie Winters. Damn, what a hottie.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)

215 Local Indigenous Personnel excepted
the homies don't play that
Posted by: Don Black

Half the black population was deported to the suburbs to allow the gentrification of DC. And there are plenty of black sissies, too.

Posted by: The Great Poof at January 05, 2026 08:43 AM (oftw2)

216 207 I am still of the opinion that Chevron should have lit a match on its way out. "You think you can steal my shit? Well go ahead, Hugo. The rubble is yours."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (avHHk)

Remembers Soviets setting fire to the Crimean oil fields before retreating in the wake of the Nazi approach.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:43 AM (x0n13)

217 Moving out to the sticks means I am out of the NYC sports media broadcast market, also there is pretty much no cable television where I live so I pretty much haven't watched any sports in the last two years.

I think I'm better off.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (XV/Pl)

218 "Communist agitator and leader of “The Penguin’s Forum,” Manolo De Los Santos, who has received $20 million from CCP affiliated Marxist billionaire Roy Singham, has been identified as the leader of yesterday’s “protest” to free Maduro in NYC."

Posted by: Who wouldn't believe it? at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

219 Just looked up Natalie Winters. Damn, what a hottie.
Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 08:43 AM (77rzZ)
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Yes. She's definitely a 1.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (avHHk)

220 210 It’s all in the management, isn’t it?
Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:42 AM (pDt9x)

Yup, in everything. Everything is a management project and competence the final arbiter.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (h/ffs)

221 Imagining Lindsey Graham and Cory Booker doing the 'Stranger Things' coming out scene.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

That scene pretty much wrecked the entire franchise. The final episode did redeem the series a little bit but LORDIE it was bad.

And it looks like Netflix is cracking down on all criticism about it on places like YouTube.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (BpO1e)

222 Venezuelan Acting President Blames “Zionists” For Maduro’s Capture

... playing for the cheap seats

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

223 I'll just wait for Nick Shirley's next video.

Posted by: Because there is no more media at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

224 ' Whatever Putin says doesn't have any real impact 200 miles outside his own borders."

That doesn't seem to be the case in reality.

Posted by: pawn at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (Rmqfl)

225 I still think he'd entertain a political career there. If the situation presented itself."

I'd visit in a heartbeat. Got a pic of Dad in front of La Florida... would love to update it!

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

226 And it looks like Netflix is cracking down on all criticism about it on places like YouTube.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (BpO1e)
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Too bad it instantly became a meme. That genie is thoroughly out of the closet and isn't going back in.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (avHHk)

227 205 What I can’t grok is how the leftists here worshipped him. That picture of fuckhead Kerry and Tom Harkin of Iowa just gushing, like they are meeting the Rolling Stones backstage or something.

Castro was ready to nuke the US with a pre-emptive nuclear attack in ‘62. They knew Cuba would be destroyed, and they didn’t care. It was the Soviets who had to reel everyone back in, and take physical control of the ICBM sites.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:41 AM (0OORa)

It wasn't just our leftists.

Japanese video game company SNK made a game in the 1980s ("Guerilla War") about him and Che overthrowing Batista.

And you actually played as Castro and Che.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (UnA8+)

228 Venezuelan Acting President Blames “Zionists” For Maduro’s Capture

I didn't think Candace Ovens was Venezuelan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (2GVsD)

229 The mayor of Dallas said he’s ready to welcome a “flood” of Wall Street firms if Zohran Mamdani follows through on his socialist agenda — and even claimed that Texas could overtake New York as the nation’s top financial hub. In an exclusive sitdown interview with The Post, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said Mamdani’s socialist agenda for the Big Apple — including vows to hike taxes on the rich and expand government control over prices for housing, groceries, and childcare — could accelerate defections of big financial firms from the city.

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

230 221 That scene pretty much wrecked the entire franchise. The final episode did redeem the series a little bit but LORDIE it was bad.

And it looks like Netflix is cracking down on all criticism about it on places like YouTube.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (BpO1e)

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I sort of watched the finale. I hadn't seen an episode since season 3, though.

I was also playing on my Steam Deck while it was going on. Dolley wanted to watch the show.

It was loud and then had a long denouement. Seemed...unsatisfying, but whatever. I wasn't invested.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:46 AM (GBKbO)

231
25 19 Venezuela is a sideshow. Trump needs to pivot to talking up the economy, and win the midterms.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 07:58 AM (7UBWW)

You are very wrong - because Venezuela is only the first domino. Very soon now the Iranian government will fall, changing the situation in the Middle East radically . After that, by summer, the Cuban government will fall, changing the entire Caribbean radically.

And yesterday Trump and Rubio have signaled that the Colombian government is in their sights. I don’t think President Petro stays in office very long.

This is going to be a helluva year. A whole lot of old family business is gonna get settled.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 08:46 AM (HJ3jx)

232 Grabbing Maduro for drug running is fine by me, but let's not bad mouth dictatorships and what would be even better, absolute monarchies. People in the U.S. need to understand that there are societies who are just not ready for Jeffersonian democracy. Billionaires should be in competition taking over basket-case countries to have something to pass down in their family.

Posted by: jwest at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (lnMN4)

233 >No more lawyers and long exhausting video reviews and complicated explanations of “completing the process of the catch” (whatever that means)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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the ground can't cause a fumble, but it can make an incomplete pass

now they are talking about how a receiver has to 'survive the ground'
they actually used those words

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPkt)

234 I watched the first two seasons of "Stranger Things." Fun. But when Matthew Modine left and the stupid actor that plays the sheriff started saying stupid shit, buh bye.

Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (qFwJc)

235 Control of oil represents geopolitical power. China was Venezuela's biggest customer buying roughly 80% of the supply. Rebuilding the Venezuelan oil infrastructure will also mean more production and cheaper prices which is not what Russia wants to see. Not great news for Iran either. Major shift in geopolitical power.

The benefits of taking down the Cartel de los Soles go way beyond slowing the spread of drugs and crime in the US.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

236 Never underestimate our power.

Posted by: Nice hair and big hooters at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

237 Morn' all... Once again it looks like the Dems chose the wrong side...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (VE6XX)

238 226 And it looks like Netflix is cracking down on all criticism about it on places like YouTube.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (BpO1e)
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Too bad it instantly became a meme. That genie is thoroughly out of the closet and isn't going back in.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (avHHk)

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"THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW IS THAT I LIKE DICK AND I'M GOING TO CRY ABOUT IT!"
-I guess

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (GBKbO)

239 Without Venezuela, there's a decent chance Cuba will just collapse of its own accord.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

WHAT? Are you actually implying that the beautiful and perfect communist system won't survive without outside money? My worldview is shattered.
Posted by: NR Pax

Cuba has less than a month's food. Nothing is coming in without Maduro. Their farming is non-existent.
They're going down without any pressure.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (c115l)

240 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

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

241 Shrub would have sent an army and spent decades, thousands of lives, and billions of dollars.

Obama would have just given Maduro billions

If Trump's plan works at such a minimal cost he's not only proven to be a better president he's embarrassed his predecessors.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

242 Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (2GVsD)

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Heh beat me to it!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

243 Yes. She's definitely a 1.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:44 AM (avHHk)

You missed a “0” at the end there!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (OW907)

244 214 Just looked up Natalie Winters. Damn, what a hottie.
Posted by: Bulg

I finally agree with Bulg when it comes to women. She graduated college at age 20 and is brilliant and well-spoken. Bannon has had her on his show since she was 18, or so. He was also a very early supporter of Karoline Leavitt.

Posted by: Bulg Is A-OK at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)

245 Dimentia Joe Biden’s long career in politics allowed him to retire with the largest taxpayer-funded pension of any ex-prez in US history — $417,000, or more than his presidential salary, an expert says.

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (RHGPo)

246 The gay crap in the last season of stranger things wasn't the thing that ruined it but it certainly didn't help.

Good going netflix

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

247 I don't have any hope the Veep of Venezuela will be any help. C'mon man, she didn't get to be veep in that system by being decent.

Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (qFwJc)

248 231 And yesterday Trump and Rubio have signaled that the Colombian government is in their sights. I don’t think President Petro stays in office very long.

This is going to be a helluva year. A whole lot of old family business is gonna get settled.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 08:46 AM (HJ3jx)

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Petro already signaled his insignificance early last year when he refused some criminal repatriation from the US.

Rubio dropped a shit ton of sanctions, and Petro reversed everything within like 6 hours.

It was one of the most entertaining early parts of the Trump II era.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (GBKbO)

249 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
Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)
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That's so absurd I am tempted to demand receipts.

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

250 I read that Venezuelan oil is pretty low end stuff, hard to refine. Do not know what that means in economic terms.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (pDt9x)

251 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual

Once you hire a fag, he calls all his fag buddies and next thing you know you have one big sausage festival going on.

Never hire the gay.

Posted by: Never Hire The Gay at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (TGdF9)

252 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW IS THAT I LIKE DICK"

York or Sargent?

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

253 222 Venezuelan Acting President Blames “Zionists” For Maduro’s Capture

... playing for the cheap seats
Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

Yeah, I see that shit all over Twitter how Bibi manipulated Trump in taking out Maduro.

So I assume Carslon and Candace will be spouting that if they are not already doing the Goebbels boogaloo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (x0n13)

254 @201TJM, no argument from me. It's just that watching the lefts limited vision in situations like this makes you realize what you're dealing with. Complete ideological sheep who can't think beyond their one issue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (ScJGb)

255 How Maduro destroyed the Venezuelan economy.

https://youtu.be/KBTT4NU5DBc

TLDW: He did communism.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (qNdsw)

256 You missed a “0” at the end there!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:48 AM (OW907)
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Nope. I subscribe to the binary scale.

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

257
"It was loud and then had a long denouement."

The Paolo, he has, how you say, caused this to happen many times.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

258 South Carolina state Rep. John Lastinger (R), a pastor, won the special election for South Carolina House District 88, defeating Democrat and retired Army Col. Joseph “Chuck” Hightower.

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

259 148 what scares them more now is the prospect of being captured and then getting shipped to the United States to face justice.

In light of SDNY's hijinks, many have a hard time saying this with a straight face. Let's hope 'US justice' is not the easy way out.

"The judge was an old man, ninety-three
and I didn't like the way the jury looked at me."
--Cisco Houston, Bad Man Blunder

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 05, 2026 08:29 AM (zdLoL)

There is speculation in the webz Trump intends to send Maduro back to Venezuela to get justice at the hands of those he brutalized. DJT will wait until there is a stable-enough Venezuelan Govt to try and you-know-what Maduro.

Makes sense to me. It may take forever to bring Maduro to trial, given leftist legal shenanigans. Not good. If he's tried in NYC, conviction is far from certain. If Maduro is acquitted, what does PDT or Vance do with him? I think we're better off shipping him back to Caracas for justice, when the time is right.

Posted by: Gref at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (5rh/l)

260 V. oil has lots of sulfur. Very few refineries can handle it. Mostly in the U.S.

Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (qFwJc)

261 Venezuelan Acting President Blames “Zionists” For Maduro’s Capture

She's gotta go.... I understand they needed someone there but she's not helping...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (VE6XX)

262 It was loud and then had a long denouement. Seemed...unsatisfying, but whatever. I wasn't invested.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I liked the younger kids going down to the basement and starting their own D&D campaign. There was a lot of other scenes they could have deleted but that one was good.

"THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW IS THAT I LIKE DICK AND I'M GOING TO CRY ABOUT IT!"

Well, he figured that it would be used against him even though Vecna had never tried that approach. Honestly, I would have loved the reaction to the speech being "Yeah, dude. We've known for years already."

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (BpO1e)

263 The gay crap in the last season of stranger things wasn't the thing that ruined it but it certainly didn't help.
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People will remember the memes more than the series.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:51 AM (qNdsw)

264 Venezuelan crude oil is a heavy crude and the US has most of the refineries that can refine it.

Mexico also has what is called sour crude.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:51 AM (2GVsD)

265 I didn't think Candace Ovens was Venezuelan.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:45 AM (2GVsD)

It’s been done quietly, but Venezuela has been cultivating a very close relationship with Hezbollah for years now - they were transatlantic drug trafficking partners, and Venezuela has allowed Hezbollah to set up a western hemisphere base on a former resort spot known as Margarita Island.

So it’s not surprising at all to hear them sounding just like Hezbollah on this. Btw, one more great reason for taking Maduro out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 08:51 AM (HJ3jx)

266 I read that Venezuelan oil is pretty low end stuff, hard to refine. Do not know what that means in economic terms.
Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (pDt9x)
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It's hard to shift a refinery from heavy, sulfurous stuff to lighter stuff. We're quite good at refining heavier stuff, in part because of our need to process Venezuelan oil. If this play works and Chevron can go back in there and rebuild, nobody is going to lament the inefficiency of refining Venezuelan oil.

The Red Chinese who built a lot of infrastructure to refine Venezuelan oil might not be thrilled at the conversion costs for different supply, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (avHHk)

267 I read that Venezuelan oil is pretty low end stuff, hard to refine. Do not know what that means in economic terms."

It's wax. With lots of sulpher. Takes extra effort, but it's doable, and would add to the world's supply, reducing transportation costs (again)...

Can't have that.

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

268 >>I don't have any hope the Veep of Venezuela will be any help. C'mon man, she didn't get to be veep in that system by being decent.

She and her brother, Jorge Rodriguez, the President of the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, are arguably as powerful or more than Maduro. Some believe they are the real brains behind the Cartel de los Soles. I'm pretty confident Trump and team are well aware of this.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

269 260 V. oil has lots of sulfur. Very few refineries can handle it. Mostly in the U.S.
Posted by: No one at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (qFwJc)

Doesn't CITGO do the bulk of their refining?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (x0n13)

270 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual

Tell us something we didn’t know.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (QZThv)

271 O assume Carslon and Candace will be spouting that if they are not already doing the Goebbels boogaloo.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (x0n13)

Owens has already ranted about Israel's role in the Maduro grab.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (h/ffs)

272 @nicksortor
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3h
🚨 BREAKING: We are LIVE outside Tim Walz’s residence anxiously awaiting the smoke to RISE from the Governor Mansion’s chimney, signaling that a NEW RETARD has been selected

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

273 People joke about how Marco Rubio has half a dozen jobs. He’s an impressive guy but I’m thinking that what he’s demonstrating is that a lot of these prestigious title jobs in government aren’t real jobs. So national security adviser is a full time job and so is Secretary of State? So explain how he can do a crackerjack job at both simultaneously? Not to mention his new job as emperor of Venezuela…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (OW907)

274 263 The gay crap in the last season of stranger things wasn't the thing that ruined it but it certainly didn't help.
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People will remember the memes more than the series.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:51 AM (qNdsw)

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An extra bit of entertaining...

Netflix showed the finale in theaters. It made $26 million.

Netflix gets none of that money. The agreement with the theaters was written that way so that Netflix wouldn't have to share anything with the union crews who worked on the show.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (GBKbO)

275 Today is MTG's last day in Congress.

It takes 5 years in congress to be eligible for retirement benefits. MTG served 5 years & 3;days.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

276 Rubio keeps implying that Cuba is next.
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I still think he'd entertain a political career there. If the situation presented itself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

With his Sec State chops, if Rubio plays his cards right, he could be the next El Presidente of a Free Cuba.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (c115l)

277 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual

Homosexuality ends up being a decent marker for leftwing so it would be an interesting question if this is:

Gay guys hiring "hot" other gay guys to work and sleep with
Picking gay candidates because they are leftwing
Or picking leftwing candidate of whom a lot are gay

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)

278
Once you hire a fag, he calls all his fag buddies and next thing you know you have one big sausage festival going on.

Never hire the gay.

Posted by: Never Hire The Gay at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM

now do H-1B visas...

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

279 Nope. I subscribe to the binary scale.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (avHHk)

Ah. Gotcha… would or wouldn’t… heh. Makes sense

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (OW907)

280 V. oil has lots of sulfur. Very few refineries can handle it. Mostly in the U.S.
Posted by: No one

Mostly in the Houston area.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (c115l)

281 HotAir reporting that Walz may bow out of running for reelection today. It's only a short step from there to resigning, and from there to a prison sentence. Put one foot in front of the other Tampon Timmy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (ScJGb)

282 It's a damn dirty lie!

Marco Rubio Politely Tells ABC News' George Stephanopoulos He’s Being a Moron

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (L/fGl)

283 People joke about how Marco Rubio has half a dozen jobs. He’s an impressive guy but I’m thinking that what he’s demonstrating is that a lot of these prestigious title jobs in government aren’t real jobs. So national security adviser is a full time job and so is Secretary of State? So explain how he can do a crackerjack job at both simultaneously? Not to mention his new job as emperor of Venezuela…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 08:52 AM (OW907)
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Probably by focusing on what matters and having some hopefully competent and trustworthy Myrmidons running the day-to-day.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (avHHk)

284 The destruction of Venezuela's oil-based economy started with Chavez.

He loaded up the state oil company with friends and family and then started bribing other countries with cheap oil

But because no professionals were running the oil company and no money was being spent on upkeep or upgrade, Venezuela's oil production collapsed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

285 'Demographic Time-Bomb' – 7 Million Syrians Could Arrive In Germany Within 50 Years Due To Family Reunification

Turks and Moroccans guest workers from the 70s grew "sixfold or sevenfold" and there is no reason Syrians will not also see the same growth

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

286 So I assume Carslon and Candace will be spouting that if they are not already doing the Goebbels boogaloo.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 05, 2026 08:49 AM (x0n13)

Check out this song JJ! Funniest bit I’ve seen in a long time!

https://tinyurl.com/yd4raxsw

(Watch for Tucker and Candace to make a brief appearance towards the middle)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 08:55 AM (HJ3jx)

287 Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

Do you know if he still serves the church in SC, because I don't see how anybody could continue to be a full time pastor and also be in the state Senate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 08:55 AM (T/n61)

288 285 'Demographic Time-Bomb' – 7 Million Syrians Could Arrive In Germany Within 50 Years Due To Family Reunification

LOL... Couldn't happen to a "nicer" Country

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 08:55 AM (VE6XX)

289 Cuba provided Maduro with muscle.
Looks like most of the muscle died.

Posted by: torabora at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (wMAvO)

290 now do H-1B visas...

“Hello, this is Microsoft. Show bobs and vagene. No, no, no. DO NOT REDEEM!”

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (QZThv)

291 he's not only proven to be a better president he's embarrassed his predecessors.
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Instinctively, I knew this, knew he would make them look really bad. This was why the Republicans fought so hard against him in 2016

I maybe remember this incorrectly but Paul Ryan said Mr. Trump should step down from his candidacy a month before the general election in 2016. That’s some weapons grade perfidy right there

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (0OORa)

292 I read that Venezuelan oil is pretty low end stuff, hard to refine. Do not know what that means in economic terms.

• Lower price per barrel
• Less stress on the light crude stocks
• Is useful for asphalt and diesel

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (KhyP1)

293 Is George Stepalloverus still a thing?
Really?

Posted by: What's an ABC News? at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

294 Europe. Which is more prevalent, their slef loathing, or their arrogance? Hard place to figure out.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (pDt9x)

295 Walz’ wife allegedly wants to smell the air in a non-extradition country now.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (QZThv)

296 I remember when Chavez got started the FNM/left argued he was going to take VZ's oil wealth and make a "more fair" economy.

And...he stole from foreign companies and took from Venezuelans that wouldn't support him.

VZ became more egalitarian in the sense that most people settled at a much lower income level, though his people because the new elites.

This should be a text book example on what a "more fair economy" looks like

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

297 287 Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

Do you know if he still serves the church in SC, because I don't see how anybody could continue to be a full time pastor and also be in the state Senate.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 08:55 AM (T/n61)

Online Church!!!

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (pDt9x)

298 Gay guys hiring "hot" other gay guys to work and sleep with
Picking gay candidates because they are leftwing
Or picking leftwing candidate of whom a lot are gay
Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)
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That NEVER happens H8er!

Posted by: Senator and future Congressman Scott Weeeeener at January 05, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

299 291
I maybe remember this incorrectly but Paul Ryan said Mr. Trump should step down from his candidacy a month before the general election in 2016. That’s some weapons grade perfidy right there

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:56 AM (0OORa)

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Because of the Access Hollywood tape.

And Trump still won.

The height of the anti-Trump fervor was probably that moment. Untested, unproven, and with a sex scandal expertly deployed right at the start of election month.

I don't think the post 1/6 world was even that anti-Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

300 Has the Cuban-trained revolutionary Marxist mayor of Los Angeles weighed in on the Late Unpleasantness? Eat a bag of dicks, bitch. Then eat the bag

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 08:58 AM (0OORa)

301 So if Walz doesn't run they can get themselves a nice Somalian Muslim to replace him.. I hear they're all the rage now...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 08:58 AM (VE6XX)

302 Never hire the gay.
Posted by: Never Hire The Gay

That's how you get the competent leadership that kept the Palisades Fire under control!

Posted by: Flannel Shirt Brigade at January 05, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)

303 Attendance at Davos will be sparser this year.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 08:58 AM (2GVsD)

304 I also understand that less season of Stranger Thangs cost $480 million.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (k9/cU)

305 The binary scale doesn’t work for the Waffle House comparisons, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

306
Mamdani can and will beat Hochul.

1.) Brown

2.) Young

3.) Virulently racist

The AWFLs of New York cannot resist this combination. Their poor cats are going to have to watch them fire up the magic bullet every time he appears on TV.

They will turn out for him like a Beatles concert in '64 - he's everything they ever wanted, and even if Manhattanites are reduced to cannibalism 4 years from now, they will send him to the governor's mansion.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

307 295 Walz’ wife allegedly wants to smell the air in a non-extradition country now.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM

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Come on down! We like to burn tires here.

Posted by: South Africa at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

308 'Demographic Time-Bomb' – 7 Million Syrians Could Arrive In Germany Within 50 Years Due To Family Reunification

At least if it was Persians instead they'd potentially by Aryans...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

309 296 I remember when Chavez got started the FNM/left argued he was going to take VZ's oil wealth and make a "more fair" economy.

And...he stole from foreign companies and took from Venezuelans that wouldn't support him.

VZ became more egalitarian in the sense that most people settled at a much lower income level, though his people because the new elites.

This should be a text book example on what a "more fair economy" looks like

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

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I wonder what the comparison of the Gini Coefficients of Venezuela pre-Chavez and post-Maduro would indicate regarding income inequality between the highest earners and the lowest earners...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (GBKbO)

310 Joe Mannix,

There are a number of joke postings on CL for Minneapolis.

Posted by: pawn at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (Rmqfl)

311 139 Today is National Whipped Cream Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

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It's a good day to put away Sing Along with Mitch and play some Herb Alpert!

Posted by: Oglebay at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (2ap+5)

312 Rugged Individualism vs. Collectivism vs. Community: The Truth about ‘The Right’
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This is, and always was, the real "civil war on the right". I fear it won't be possible to stay together much longer.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (s0JqF)

313 I remember when Chavez got started the FNM/left argued he was going to take VZ's oil wealth and make a "more fair" economy. ...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)
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I know a woman who bought gas from Citgo because "Chavez makes oil work for his people."

Now multiply that ignorant stupidity by millions, and you see how Mamdani can happen.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (avHHk)

314 CITGO do the bulk of their refining"

"Deep conversion Refineries" - IIRC, Citgo has 3?

FWIW, Puerto Cruz (in Venezuela) *was* always supposed to be the "best", but oddly enough, kept breaking down, leading to regular newz about how it was going to be rebuilt and "lead the world" in oil production... usually with chinese "assistance" (wison, IIRC)

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

315 EU says it is “closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela”; UK Prime Minister Starmer: “I can be absolutely clear that we were not involved.”
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Damn straight the UK wasn't involved. Can't trust those guys anymore.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (Dv3i1)

316 BabylonBee: British Ask If Trump Can Please Do That Same Thing With Keir Starmer

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

317 How long is it going to be before this mom dummy fucking asshole has to get both shoes stuffed up his ass by Donald Trump due to his overt mistreatment of the Jewish community?

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (XLfSN)

318 304 I also understand that less season of Stranger Thangs cost $480 million.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (k9/cU)

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It was essentially the length of something like 10 movies.

Honestly...I think they brought it in at a decent cost.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

319 Four kinds of crude oil. Light (Texas and Saudi Arabia) , medium, heavy and extra heavy. Venezuela has extra heavy. Used a kit in heating oil.
Simple way if looking at it is it takes four steps to refine light crude into gas , like eight steps for extra heavy. That's why Venezuela has a very narrow window for profitablity for oil

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (ScJGb)

320 V. oil has lots of sulfur. Very few refineries can handle it. Mostly in the U.S.

I wonder if the closing and abandoning refineries in CA is a bit more strategic than CA's regulations and taxes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (KhyP1)

321 >>Cuba provided Maduro with muscle.
Looks like most of the muscle died.

Cuba is claiming 32 members of Maduro's security team which were Cuban were killed.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

322 The reason the US is working with the old VP is that we don’t want to have to put 100,000 troops in Caracas. It’s a hard but practical decision; it’s much like the allies working with Admiral Doenitz after Hitler killed himsrlf.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 09:01 AM (HJ3jx)

323 At the part of the video where it explains how the Maduro regime opened up the Orinoco basin to gold extraction. The result was environmental devastation on an apocalyptic scale as the miners dumped mercury and toxic chemicals into the river.

So much for socialism protecting the environment.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 09:01 AM (k9/cU)

324 Cuba is claiming 32 members of Maduro's security team which were Cuban were killed.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

Pity....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:01 AM (VE6XX)

325 322 The reason the US is working with the old VP is that we don’t want to have to put 100,000 troops in Caracas. It’s a hard but practical decision; it’s much like the allies working with Admiral Doenitz after Hitler killed himsrlf.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 09:01 AM (HJ3jx)

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"Do what we say, or else," has a different effect when you just kidnapped the last guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:01 AM (GBKbO)

326 To be fair, I loathe slefs, too. Nasty bastards.

Posted by: Bulg at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

327 Rachel Campos-Duffy is saying that Delcy Rodriguez is way worse than Maduro. She was the brains behind the Maduro regime.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

328 UK Prime Minister Starmer: “I can be absolutely clear that we were not involved.”

The joke going around X is you can tell they weren’t involved because the operation was competently done.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (QZThv)

329 323 At the part of the video where it explains how the Maduro regime opened up the Orinoco basin to gold extraction. The result was environmental devastation on an apocalyptic scale as the miners dumped mercury and toxic chemicals into the river.

So much for socialism protecting the environment.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 05, 2026 09:01 AM (k9/cU)

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Yeah, but capitalism kills hundreds of millions a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (GBKbO)

330 HEADLINE:

CNBC: Cuba says 32 citizens killed in US raid to arrest Venezuela's Maduro

Excerpt:

"Cuba announced on Monday that 32 of its citizens were killed in combat during the U.S. raid on Venezuela.

The raid on Saturday, which saw U.S. forces arrest and extract Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to New York, reportedly saw a large part of his security team killed.

The Cubans were performing missions on behalf of the Cuban Armed Forces and interior ministry, the country's presidential office said on Facebook."

Posted by: mrp at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (rj6Yv)

331 306 The AWFLs of New York cannot resist this combination. Their poor cats are going to have to watch them fire up the magic bullet every time he appears on TV.

They will turn out for him like a Beatles concert in '64 - he's everything they ever wanted, and even if Manhattanites are reduced to cannibalism 4 years from now, they will send him to the governor's mansion.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

Controversial Take : Bernie Sanders was right. At least when it applies to AWFLs.

And the New York AWFLs are fantasizing about Mamdani raping them right now.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (UnA8+)

332 327 Rachel Campos-Duffy is saying that Delcy Rodriguez is way worse than Maduro. She was the brains behind the Maduro regime.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I'm assuming we know that

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

333 VZ became more egalitarian in the sense that most people settled at a much lower income level, though his people because the new elites.
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They were eating the dogs, they were eating the cats, they were eating the zoo animals!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)

334 I also understand that less season of Stranger Thangs cost $480 million.

The FX were fine, some of the acting was quite good but the script...oh my goodness the script was weak.

And some minor spoilers here...

There are three scenes I can think of that show the problem of the script:

1) Henderson and Harrington's fight in the upside down...yes they should be focused but the emotion and loss of control makes sense and the actors do it well

2) Nancy and Loverboy's "heart to heart" in the melting room. The acting is ok but the scene makes no sense. I don't even remember Loverboy's character name

3) Will coming out - the acting is over the top and the whole idea doesn't just make any sense whatsoever

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 09:03 AM (sKqQm)

335 So much for socialism protecting the environment."

Hey, my environment is... er, was pretty nice!

/Presidente for Life

Posted by: man at January 05, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

336 332 327 Rachel Campos-Duffy is saying that Delcy Rodriguez is way worse than Maduro. She was the brains behind the Maduro regime.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I'm assuming we know that
Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

So I guess the whole operation was a pointless disaster in her mind, yes?

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:04 AM (pDt9x)

337 332 327 Rachel Campos-Duffy is saying that Delcy Rodriguez is way worse than Maduro. She was the brains behind the Maduro regime.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I'm assuming we know that
Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

She (Rodriguez) has been screaming her head off that this is all "DA JOOZ" fault.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 09:04 AM (UnA8+)

338 327 Rachel Campos-Duffy is saying that Delcy Rodriguez is way worse than Maduro. She was the brains behind the Maduro regime.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I'm assuming we know that
Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

Doesn’t matter if she’s worse. In fact if it’s true that she’s smart then at this point she’ll do what we want having just witnessed what happened

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 09:05 AM (WnEm5)

339
So I guess the whole operation was a pointless disaster in her mind, yes?
Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:04 AM (pDt9x)

I think it was more a warning but like I said pretty sure "they" know that

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

340 They will turn out for him like a Beatles concert in '64 - he's everything they ever wanted, and even if Manhattanites are reduced to cannibalism 4 years from now, they will send him to the governor's mansion.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

Indeed. Performativeness not performance is their metric. We're in a post-competency world now.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 05, 2026 09:05 AM (h/ffs)

341 So much for socialism protecting the environment.

In a socialist system someone is charged with extracting resources. In a system like VZ he gets to stay in power and grift if he does it quickly and cheaply enough. Lives lost and damage to the environment do not figure into it.

You can see this pattern in the USSR, Red China, etc so it is a common element in socialist systems

Posted by: 18-1 at January 05, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

342 "Rachel Campos-Duffy is saying that Delcy Rodriguez is way worse than Maduro. She was the brains behind the Maduro regime."

Catfight!!

Posted by: Where's my popcorn? at January 05, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

343 So, for some people, our best course of action is no action.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:06 AM (pDt9x)

344 While institutions charge private foundations like Gates a mere 10% and Rockefeller 15% for indirect costs, they charge the NIH much higher rates – 69% for Harvard, 67.5% for Yale, and 63.7% for Johns Hopkins.

Big Govt is Big Stupid

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:06 AM (gbOdA)

345 343 So, for some people, our best course of action is no action.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:06 AM (pDt9x)

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All successes are just failures in hiding.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:06 AM (GBKbO)

346 Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (pDt9x

Didn't read the entire website but it doesn't sound to me as if it's strictly an online church. In other news ,Apparently the internet can "connect" a person with "Jesus" who will be a warm empathetic personality who will agree with all one's POV on everything. Bah!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:07 AM (wvguf)

347 3) Will coming out - the acting is over the top and the whole idea doesn't just make any sense whatsoever
_____

How would you know its gay unless it was 'over the top'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:07 AM (Dv3i1)

348 346 Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 08:57 AM (pDt9x

Didn't read the entire website but it doesn't sound to me as if it's strictly an online church. In other news ,Apparently the internet can "connect" a person with "Jesus" who will be a warm empathetic personality who will agree with all one's POV on everything. Bah!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:07 AM (wvguf)

AI Jesus!! With extra fingers!!

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:08 AM (pDt9x)

349 >>Cuba provided Maduro with muscle.
Looks like most of the muscle died.

Cuba is claiming 32 members of Maduro's security team which were Cuban were killed.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:00 AM

Well...bye.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:08 AM (bFu5X)

350 Small price to pay for beauty.

Study Links Tattoos to 29 Percent Increased Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:08 AM (L/fGl)

351 now do H-1B visas...

Once you hire Babu to run your slurpee machines he calls all his Babu friends and next thing you know you have one great big curry festival.

Never hire Babu.

Posted by: Never Hire Babu at January 05, 2026 09:08 AM (Dixz4)

352 We didn't put the Somozas in charge of Nicaragua because they were nice people.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:09 AM (2GVsD)

353 If what the Cuban's say is true not only does its communism suck, there bodyguards ain't that good

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

354 Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:08 AM

Probably. The whole idea just skeeves me out, so I'm not going to look it up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (wvguf)

355 350 Small price to pay for beauty.

Study Links Tattoos to 29 Percent Increased Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:08 AM (L/fGl

It’s not nice to Ink Mother Nature, sounds like.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (pDt9x)

356 Fenelon Spoke

Douglas Addams was way ahead of his time with the Electric Monk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (2GVsD)

357 Honestly...I think they brought it in at a decent cost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

Just like Otto Preminger always did!

Posted by: Movie Maven at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (oftw2)

358 Their not there
Duh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (ScJGb)

359 Who can handle heavy crude?

In the USA, several refineries can process extra heavy crude oil:

ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery: Located in Texas, it processes heavy crude oil and produces various refined products.

Marathon Garyville Refinery: Situated in Louisiana, it has a capacity to process a wide range of crude oils, including heavy grades.

Valero Port Arthur Refinery: Located in Texas, it can process heavy and light crude oil and produces various products.

Motiva Enterprises: Operates refineries in the Port Arthur region, capable of processing heavy crude oil.

TotalEnergies: Also operates refineries in the Port Arthur region, processing heavy crude oil.

These refineries are equipped with advanced technology to handle heavy crude oil efficiently.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (c115l)

360 Cuba's been identified as the location where many of the violent, trans-queer Marxist groups get training.

Remember "Armed Queers" or whatever the group in Utah was called? Kirk's assassin associated with that outfit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (NwnyJ)

361 There has been another Sec State who was also NS Advisor. That would be Henry Kissinger. Little Marco has grown up to that level.

When those two posts are held by the same guy, it eliminates a lot of turf war and ego shit an stuff like that. It also requires one hell of a capable man.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (w6EFb)

362 I will transform Ohio's economy to one that is cutting edge of the New Century. This will of course require millions of new H-1B visas.
-Vivek Ramaswamy

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (Dv3i1)

363 357 Honestly...I think they brought it in at a decent cost.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger

Just like Otto Preminger always did!

Posted by: Movie Maven at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (oftw2)

=======

Holy shit did some rando come at me at the end of that thread.

I'm a charlatan now, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)

364 The judge handling the Nicolas Maduro case in NY is Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

365
Babu!!!!

https://youtu.be/VN29X2HCKpU

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at January 05, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

366 362 I will transform Ohio's economy to one that is cutting edge of the New Century. This will of course require millions of new H-1B visas.
-Vivek Ramaswamy
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (Dv3i1)

The smell of curry will waft strongly over Akron and Cleveland.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:12 AM (pDt9x)

367 364 The judge handling the Nicolas Maduro case in NY is Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton
Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

Who has ruled numerous times against Trump..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:12 AM (VE6XX)

368 Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:10 AM (2GVsD

I don't recall that, although I have read some Douglas Adams and enjoyed his writing. Was the electronic monk a completely warm, empathetic personality or a "kick your backside" type of monk?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:12 AM (wvguf)

369 360 Cuba's been identified as the location where many of the violent, trans-queer Marxist groups get training.
____

The gays? WTF? We'd shoot them!
-Che Guevara

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)

370 "What does arresting the head of state of a country that intentionally sent out millions of his own countrymen into America to intentionally try to destabilize us from the inside have to do with American domestic policy?!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

371 If what the Cuban's say is true not only does its communism suck, there bodyguards ain't that good
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:09 AM

Yeah, I'm not sure I'd be trumpeting the fact that the troops specially chosen to guard a foreign leader were barely an inconvenience for the enemy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:13 AM (bFu5X)

372 367 364 The judge handling the Nicolas Maduro case in NY is Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton
Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (NpAcC)

Who has ruled numerous times against Trump..
Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:12 AM (VE6XX)

92, Bill Clinton, is the synopsis.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:14 AM (pDt9x)

373 > Cuba's been identified as the location where many of the violent, trans-queer Marxist groups get training.
____

The gays? WTF? We'd shoot them!
-Che Guevara
=====
Those groups are well funded Mr. Guevara. *winks*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 09:14 AM (NwnyJ)

374 My goodness . He's 92 and still on the bench? They don't have a mandatory retirement age? It's ludicrous. Even our dear church organist knew that she needed to retire,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:15 AM (wvguf)

375 "Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge..."

Whippersnapper.

Posted by: Creepy Joe at January 05, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)

376
Clinton Appointed Judge Orders Maduro to Replace Trump as President of US, Developing.....

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:16 AM (Dv3i1)

377 374 My goodness . He's 92 and still on the bench? They don't have a mandatory retirement age? It's ludicrous. Even our dear church organist knew that she needed to retire,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:15 AM (wvguf)

Beats being a greeter at Walmart, I suppose. Too much standing.

Posted by: tubal at January 05, 2026 09:17 AM (pDt9x)

378 Good morning good people.

Once again, PDJT has lead his domestic enemies to cheer a communist thug and protest against all that is good and moral.

It's laughable how simple minded our opposition is.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:17 AM (cYBz/)

379 "Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old federal judge..."

Whippersnapper.
Posted by: Creepy Joe at January 05, 2026 09:15 AM

I know, right? The guy should get off Vic's lawn.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 05, 2026 09:17 AM (bFu5X)

380 Holy shit did some rando come at me at the end of that thread.

I'm a charlatan now, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)

LOL I missed that, I’ll have to go back and look!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 09:17 AM (HJ3jx)

381 Beats being a greeter at Walmart, I suppose. Too much standing.
____

NO Standing!

Posted by: 92yo Judge at January 05, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

382 Clinton Appointed Judge Orders Maduro to Replace Trump as President of US, Developing.....
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 05, 2026 09:16 AM (Dv3i1)
******
Probably not too far from the truth.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:18 AM (NpAcC)

383 380 Holy shit did some rando come at me at the end of that thread.

I'm a charlatan now, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)

LOL I missed that, I’ll have to go back and look!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2026 09:17 AM (HJ3jx)

======

Being a no-name and leading with insults leads to the wielding of the ban hammer, honestly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:19 AM (GBKbO)

384 Avatar has been very, very good to him.

Oops, James Cameron Did It Again - “Avatar” Sequel Snags $1 Billion

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:19 AM (L/fGl)

385 378 Good morning good people.

Once again, PDJT has lead his domestic enemies to cheer a communist thug and protest against all that is good and moral.

It's laughable how simple minded our opposition is.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:17 AM (cYBz/)

Trump is a laser pointer, and the media and Trump's opponents are cats.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 09:19 AM (jjRE0)

386
Oops, James Cameron Did It Again - “Avatar” Sequel Snags $1 Billion
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:19 AM (L/fGl)

Never watched any of them I can proudly say

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (VE6XX)

387 384 Avatar has been very, very good to him.

Oops, James Cameron Did It Again - “Avatar” Sequel Snags $1 Billion

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:19 AM (L/fGl)

========

Those movies have legs.

All those people who proclaimed Avatar 3 a money-loser after a week?

Yeah, they don't know what they were talking about.

It won't make as much as Avatar 2, but it'll still be profitable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)

388 Scott Adams is converting to Christianity since he doesn't have much time left and is hedging his bets. Why pick Christianity though? Pretty sure he could shop around for a better deal on his afterlife.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (1Nv0l)

389 The stuff that came out of the ground in Saudi, the “light sweet” crude needed minimal refining, it was basically diesel. Somebody told me it could be pretty much be run in the old school multi fuel engines. Maybe filter it through cheese cloth or something.

“Cracking” allowed for much better utilization of a barrel of oil, which supplies everything from tar to make asphalt roads and roof shingles, to lighter ends like kerosene and gasoline.

But they can’t turn those refineries on and off like a switch, they have to be setup right. I suppose it would be easier to convert a heavy refinery setup to process the good stuff, or it could be done. But the components for the reverse just aren’t there.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (0OORa)

390 The judge might throw out the case, or the NYC jury will acquit him. Either way - no conviction.

Doesn't matter one whit.

Once that comes to pass, Rubio will deport him to Venezuela, where he will be tried and then executed or jailed for life.

This is about keeping him in a box til elections can be held.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

391 92 and still judging is absolutely frickin’ ridiculous… unless your name is Clarence Thomas or Sam Alito…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 05, 2026 09:21 AM (5MZNC)

392 384 Avatar has been very, very good to him.

Oops, James Cameron Did It Again - “Avatar” Sequel Snags $1 Billion
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:19 AM (L/fGl)

There's a massive Pauline Kael effect going on, there.

Nobody knows a single person who has watched any of those damned movies, and yet...

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 09:21 AM (UnA8+)

393 There's some time pressure.

Tim O’Brien: Scott Adams Announces He’s Converting to Christianity

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:22 AM (L/fGl)

394 Went back to vcrisis.com hoping the news from this weekend in Venezuela would generate a new post. Still nothing since 2011.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)

395 388 Scott Adams is converting to Christianity since he doesn't have much time left and is hedging his bets. Why pick Christianity though? Pretty sure he could shop around for a better deal on his afterlife.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (1Nv0l)

Because he's in no shape to kill enough people to get admitted to Muslim Paradise.

Posted by: XTC at January 05, 2026 09:22 AM (UnA8+)

396 All refineries but Chevron, Richmond can handle heavy/sour crudes here in the Bay Area, Ca. Marathon(formerlyTesoro) Martinez refined Venezuelan crude.

Posted by: JROD at January 05, 2026 09:22 AM (IlL6s)

397 I went back to see what the Mean Rando said to you, but the only snarky Rando's comments I see are mine!

Posted by: Hollywood Babylon at January 05, 2026 09:23 AM (oftw2)

398 I'm not watching Avatar movies as fast as I can.

Posted by: Bear with me at January 05, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

399 This is about keeping him in a box til elections can be held.

Can it be a very small box?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:23 AM (2GVsD)

400 The mayor of Dallas said he’s ready to welcome a “flood” of Wall Street firms if Zohran Mamdani follows through on his socialist agenda — and even claimed that Texas could overtake New York as the nation’s top financial hub.
==================
We rate this as "true"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 09:24 AM (ETIdo)

401 Even those of use who did not play sports and resided in the depths of the high school social hierarchy are still feel protective of it. Vivek doesn't understand that and thus he is going to lose to our Chief COVID Officer.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 05, 2026 09:24 AM (2ap+5)

402 James O'Keefe Says Most People in Washington DC Are Homosexual

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

403 Qagg is back up, so I see that Trump has already started his work week. Elections are in the crosshairs.

Venezuela (the location, not the people) is at the center of a lot of things coming up.

Posted by: t-bird at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (5FKHw)

404 BREAKING: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz officially confirms he's suspending his 2026 re-election campaign.

Nick Shirley for the WIN!

AMF TINY TIM

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

405 388 Scott Adams is converting to Christianity since he doesn't have much time left and is hedging his bets.

I'm sure it's a sincere conversion but we aren't the judge of that.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (BpO1e)

406 Maduro faces more than what's being reported in NYC. He may face additional charges in several other states at a later date.

He'll be tied up here for quite a while.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (NwnyJ)

407 Daycare has been very, very good to them.

Minnesota Somali Fraudsters Purchased Lamborghini, Rolls Royce Rentals, Luxury Resort with Stolen Money

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (L/fGl)

408 I am more than a bit confused about the state of things in Venezuela. Are the cartels still in charge? Just more ... cooperative now?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (jc0TO)

409 I wish the best for Scott Adams.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (2GVsD)

410 Hopefully they'll rename a major thoroughfare in the Dallas financial district to Yall Street.

Posted by: That would be hilarious at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

411 404 BREAKING: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz officially confirms he's suspending his 2026 re-election campaign.

Nick Shirley for the WIN!

AMF TINY TIM
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

"suspending"....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (VE6XX)

412 I hope it goes to trial. I want America to see those NYers acquit this butcher.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (BI5O2)

413 This guy gets it.

>>@JavierBlas

>>COLUMN: Trump has created an oil empire stretching from Alaska to Patagonia.

>>Nearly 40% of the world’s oil production is now under the umbrella of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ — an economic and geopolitical lever no US president has had since FDR.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (viF8m)

414 A Paris court found Monday 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations she was born a man. One defendant was sentenced to six months in prison, while eight were handed suspended sentences between two and eight months. All 10 were mandated to attend cyberbullying awareness training.

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (RHGPo)

415 President Boasberg will try to order Trump to be "Maduro'd" at some point, no doubt.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (ETIdo)

416 404 BREAKING: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz officially confirms he's suspending his 2026 re-election campaign.

Nick Shirley for the WIN!

AMF TINY TIM

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

=======

The pressure is probably because of real DOJ momentum, I suspect.

It's almost a year until the election. The news cycel should blow over and move on long before then...unless the DOJ is actually going to go after more than just dumb low-level fraudsters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (GBKbO)

417 "suspending"....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:26 AM (VE6XX)

Translation
He can still get those sweet ass Somali Pirate checks

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (gbOdA)

418 Those movies have legs.

All those people who proclaimed Avatar 3 a money-loser after a week?

Yeah, they don't know what they were talking about.

It won't make as much as Avatar 2, but it'll still be profitable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)

There are people who will always have work in Hollywood because their movies are consistently profitable. Jason Statham is another one of these personalities. I don't think he's made a money-losing movie in decades.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (0CU3H)

419 Why did Trump have Maduro taken to NY, of all places, to be prosecuted. Doesn't he realize those idiots just voted for a Communist for Mayor? Why not prosecute him in Florida where the likelihood of an honest jury is much higher. Trump already knows how insane NY juries are. This is just crazy.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (Da7Vv)

420 Does this mean that Venezuelan Beaver Cheese will be available at Costco again?

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (iDFVA)

421 With all that money Cameron should stick to locating undersea shipwrecks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (ScJGb)

422 388 Scott Adams is converting to Christianity since he doesn't have much time left and is hedging his bets. Why pick Christianity though? Pretty sure he could shop around for a better deal on his afterlife.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 05, 2026 09:20 AM (1Nv0l)

=====

We should kill the fatted calf and put a ring on his finger.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (2ap+5)

423 Top Gaming Streamer “Asmongold” Praises Trump for Maduro Capture: “We Need to Do This Once a Week”

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Dude, we'd have an asshole shortage!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 05, 2026 09:28 AM (L/fGl)

424 Minnesota Somali Fraudsters Purchased Lamborghini, Rolls Royce Rentals, Luxury Resort with Stolen Money
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

It's funny - come hell or high water, I cannot interest my lib friends in Columbus to develop an interest in the Somali BS going on there.

I'm shocked!

*No, I'm not*

Posted by: Tonypete at January 05, 2026 09:28 AM (cYBz/)

425 Senator Amy Klobucher may be running for governor of Minnesota. She told Walz that if she ran against him in a primary he would lose.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

426 Does this mean that Venezuelan Beaver Cheese will be available at Costco again?
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM

The cat's eaten it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 09:29 AM (jc0TO)

427 ha ha tampon Tim is OUT!

timmeh is OUT!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 05, 2026 09:29 AM (emBoF)

428 Maybe Tim Wallz can retire to Havana.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:29 AM (2GVsD)

429 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (Da7Vv)

He didn't make the choice. Bull Barr had already filed something there some time ago. Sorry not a lawyer and don't know the proper terms.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 05, 2026 09:29 AM (wvguf)

430 425 Senator Amy Klobucher may be running for governor of Minnesota. She told Walz that if she ran against him in a primary he would lose.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

Salad comb futures for the win...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 05, 2026 09:29 AM (VE6XX)

431 Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? I'm afraid to google this or even ask. Raoul Ortega? hmmm......

Posted by: JROD at January 05, 2026 09:30 AM (IlL6s)

432 425 Senator Amy Klobucher may be running for governor of Minnesota. She told Walz that if she ran against him in a primary he would lose.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

This is ironic, because the terrorist that killed the MN politician stated that he wanted to help Walz win Klobuchar's Senate seat.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 05, 2026 09:30 AM (0CU3H)

433 I can't wait for the trial in SDNY where the Trump DoJ introduces the Biden stuff designating Maduro a terrorist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:30 AM (2GVsD)

434 Bill Barr, not Bull although he may have a certain amount of bull as well.

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

435
A
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Posted by: r hennigantx at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

436 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

437 Maduro will be released on his own recognizance this morning

Judge will ask him to remain in the city, pending next court action

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

438 I can't wait for the trial in SDNY where the Trump DoJ introduces the Biden stuff designating Maduro a terrorist.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2026 09:30 AM

Is anyone getting the $25M reward?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (jc0TO)

439 link to the Trump hating Hellerstein's anti-Trump rulings.

https://tinyurl.com/5c9snr34

Posted by: illiniwek at January 05, 2026 09:31 AM (vbXSk)

440 >>I am more than a bit confused about the state of things in Venezuela. Are the cartels still in charge? Just more ... cooperative now?

Remember after Saddam was taken down in Iraq one of the first thing done was the de-bathification of the entire government which through the country into chaos? This is the opposite of that. A slow and methodical transition back to democracy without having to put thousands of boots on the ground. Just a bunch of boats with weapons floating off the coast and a warning.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:32 AM (viF8m)

441 425 Senator Amy Klobucher may be running for governor of Minnesota. She told Walz that if she ran against him in a primary he would lose.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 05, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

The plot thickens. Which Somali or Muslim do the Democrats want installed in the US Senate? BroFo Omar? Or Keith Ellison?

Posted by: Gref at January 05, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

442 threw

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:33 AM (viF8m)

443 >>Is anyone getting the $25M reward?

Trump had raised it to $50 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (viF8m)

444 as far as I can tell from reading stuff, even though Maduro is gone, we have to leave some people in place- temporarily- simply to keep the country running

it's like when Germany surrendered in 1945 but we had to keep some of them on

Posted by: Don Black at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (ZxPkt)

445 Reports: The Last Walz

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

446 UN Secretary General António Guterres will vacate the position at the end of 2026, with several candidates set to lobby to take the job, which will be decided by the five permanent members of the security council: the US, UK, France, Russia and China.

The organization had heavily hinted that they wanted a woman to take the job for the first time in its history, noting when they opened the race it had 'regret that no woman has ever held the position of secretary-general.'

They also blatantly stated that 'member states are encouraged to strongly consider nominating women as candidates.'

.. why not an extraterrestrial alien ?

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 09:36 AM (RHGPo)

447 Hah. Chicoms are throwing a hissy, demanding Maduro be released, and saying they have contracts for the oil deals and Trump must not violate that.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (w6EFb)

448 Thanks for the news on VDH.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 05, 2026 09:39 AM (lyikP)

449 448 Thanks for the news on VDH.

I wonder how many mRNA shots he took.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 05, 2026 09:40 AM (emBoF)

450 Walz just made it official, he's not running for re-election.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 05, 2026 09:40 AM (viF8m)

451 >>> 447 Hah. Chicoms are throwing a hissy, demanding Maduro be released, and saying they have contracts for the oil deals and Trump must not violate that.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at January 05, 2026 09:37 AM (w6EFb)

Boo fcking hoo, CCP.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 05, 2026 09:41 AM (ULPxl)

452 Saying "International law no longer exists as a serious thing" is like saying "Thor no longer exists as a real God."

Posted by: SMOD at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (RHGPo)

453 " Why not prosecute him in Florida where the likelihood of an honest jury is much higher. Trump already knows how insane NY juries are. This is just crazy."

Hopefully they kept back some additional charges so they can prosecute Maduro in Florida (without double jeopardy) after pro-terrorist NY judge dismisses the case.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (vbXSk)

454 It's me donna, suspending allows him to keep campaign money.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 05, 2026 09:42 AM (sDNVV)

455 “I wanted to share a brief health update. I recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and am now recovering. I’m doing well and hopeful as I move forward,” Hanson said in the statement. “Thank you for the many messages of support and prayers—they truly mean more than I can say. As I focus on recovery, I may not be able to respond to everyone, but please know how grateful I am.”
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May God bless VDH, a great moron.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 05, 2026 09:43 AM (ETIdo)

456 10 Joe Biden is pulling down more than $400K in pensions from his 50 years in office. One thing that does not get mentioned enough is that PDT donates his presidential salary, and I'm sure does the same for any pension he gets from the government.
Posted by: fd at January 05, 2026

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True. And $400k+ is serious money over four or eight years in office

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 05, 2026 09:47 AM (uYVRZ)

457 Nic Update

Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 05, 2026 09:48 AM (0XUP8)

458 "One would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at the stoning of Little Nell— Benny Johnson, Youtube

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 05, 2026 09:49 AM (RgIgL)

459 nic

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 05, 2026 09:50 AM (GBKbO)

460 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

"Whatever happens to the Bolivarian revolutionary experiment, however far it goes, to whatever extent it succeeds Hugo Chavez will always be remembered for his role in bringing together Latin America in opposition to US imperial domination." From Hugo Chavez: 'Gone for a Year, But Still Looming Large,' 3/2013, NLG org Blog

I know China wasn't such an influencer a quarter of a century ago, but Venezuela has been a thorn for the U.S. for quite sometime, and then an influencer in its own right.

(Side note: In the late 1990's and early 2000's, young US citizens (for one) were commonly marrying Venezuelan "undocumented" immigrants to be able to get them back into the US legally after a period of time.

AI Overview, PEW, etc.
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have come to the U.S. since 2000, with a massive surge after 2010 due to Venezuela's crisis, growing from about 95,000 in 2000 to over 900,000 by 2023, with nearly 700,000 arriving after 2015, many seeking refuge from severe economic and political turmoil. (There all many more, of course.)

No choice for me but to watch the next developments.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 09:52 AM (NFX2v)

461 I'm sure it's a sincere conversion but we aren't the judge of that.
Posted by: NR Pax

I mean, he literally said he was doing it as a hedge. Not that I care, but I wouldn't call it "sincere".

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

462 From above, Legal Insurrection, 'Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame “Ripoff” NYC Landlords'

Q to AI: How much do realtors have to do with NYC rent rebellion and Zohan Kwane Mamdani's (mmm mmm mm!) platform?

>AI: "Realtors and the real estate industry were central to the NYC "rent rebellion," not as rebels, but as the target of the FARE Act (Local Law 119), which banned landlords from passing their broker fees to tenants, aiming to reduce tenant upfront costs by making landlords pay for their own brokers. Realtors opposed the law, fearing it would increase rents or reduce housing access, leading to industry lobbying against the legislation that ultimately became law, shifting massive costs from tenants back to landlords and creating major industry changes."

>The Housing Market Has New Rules. Realtors Are Evading Them. New York Times Podcasts, April 29, 2025

Affect on billionaires? Meh. ZKM's people know better.

Zohran Mamdani's proposed citywide rent freeze and tenant protection policies are designed to significantly affect landlords, including large property owners and 'potentially' billionaires, by tightening profit margins,

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:19 AM (NFX2v)

463 increasing regulatory oversight (Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants), and shifting focus from owner profits to tenant well-being, potentially reducing overall investment appeal for some property types. While intended to help average renters, economists warn these measures could reduce housing supply, raise rents on uncontrolled units, and strain small landlords, while large-scale developers might slow new construction due to reduced returns, impacting the broader market.

Good day

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:20 AM (NFX2v)

464 🙏 Victor Davis Hanson and all others in need.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 05, 2026 10:22 AM (NFX2v)

465 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 10:25 AM (Da7Vv)

466 Why did Trump have Maduro taken to NY, of all places, to be prosecuted. Doesn't he realize those idiots just voted for a Communist for Mayor? Why not prosecute him in Florida where the likelihood of an honest jury is much higher. Trump already knows how insane NY juries are. This is just crazy.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 05, 2026 09:27 AM (Da7Vv)

This question has been asked and answered many times in the comments and commentary here over the past 24 hours.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 05, 2026 10:26 AM (5xuJ/)

467 Mandami removing security for Jews? They should continue to support Democrats more vociferously!

Posted by: AnnaS at January 05, 2026 11:14 AM (nrfI8)

468 Ha ha ha! I've got Grok twisting around like a pretzel about Mandami's wife handling a Quran!!!

Posted by: pawn at January 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Rmqfl)

469 So Trump has just reduced,depending on Venezuela's VP, the flush of drugs into the US. If that is the case West Asia will pick up the slack and flood the US with drugs. Nothing changes! Demand will readjust the supply chain to satisfy the need. That is true capitalism!
Hey morons! Reduce demand!
Oooh! That is too hard. Wake up you retards!

Posted by: john at January 05, 2026 05:45 PM (nEWxZ)

470 It is not arrogance.
It is fortitude!
Look it up. But I suspect that would be far beyond your capacity for rationale thought!

Posted by: john at January 05, 2026 06:12 PM (nEWxZ)

471 Hey New York!
You have become the great Anerican Socialist experiment!
The common sense right is watching you dig your poor citizens into dystopia and corony corruption.
NYC is a test lab petri dish of de-evolution.
Enjoy the ride NYC citizens!

Posted by: john at January 05, 2026 06:26 PM (nEWxZ)

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