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The Morning Report — 1/7/26

Good morning kids. The removal of Maduro from Venezuela certainly has our enemies and rivals around the globe siting up and taking notice. I would hope that both the President and his national security and foreign policy team including Hegseth and Rubio would have gamed out the aftermath of who would step into the breach to fill the void once we had taken down Maduro. While it's great that the Venezuelan people are cheering his removal, there is still this to contend with

Plain-clothes gunmen deployed by Venezuela’s leaders are walking the streets and stopping vehicles as they crack down on dissent and pro-American sentiment in the wake of the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces. The paramilitary members, known as Colectivos, were out in full force on Tuesday as the pro-Maduro regime seeks to maintain control of the country following the surprise U.S. strikes over the weekend, The Guardian reported. Men armed with rifles set up checkpoints in the capital city of Caracas, where they stopped drivers to search their vehicles, phones, and personal belongings, looking for any evidence of support for the United States capturing Maduro, according to The Telegraph. Police, meanwhile, were instructed to “immediately begin the national search and capture of everyone involved in the promotion or support for the armed attack by the United States.”

For better or worse, it will be up to the interim leader of Venezuela to disarm these militias assuming that he or she has the power and support of the nation's armed forces that until last weekend were under the control of Maduro and quite likely are still loyal to him. So, we now own this mess.

A classified U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that top figures within Nicolás Maduro’s regime would be best positioned to maintain short-term stability in Venezuela in the immediate aftermath of the dictator’s removal, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analysis, which was briefed to President Donald Trump and shared with a small circle of senior administration officials, reportedly shaped Trump’s decision to back Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, rather than opposition leader María Corina Machado as an interim leader, WSJ reported. “I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader if she doesn’t have the support within, or the respect within the country,” Trump said during a Saturday press conference after U.S. forces captured Maduro to face federal narco-terrorism charges in New York. “She’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect.” (RELATED: Venezuelan Oil Could Make America ‘Master Of The Hemisphere’ If Trump’s Domination Continues)
Trump concluded that Venezuela’s short-term stability would depend on whether the next leader retained the loyalty of the country’s military and ruling elites, according to people familiar with the intelligence review cited by the outlet. Senior administration officials commissioned the CIA to analyze day-after scenarios amid internal debates over how Venezuela might be governed if Maduro were removed. While the report did not recommend regime change or speculate on how Maduro might lose power, it evaluated who could maintain order if that outcome occurred, WSJ reported.

So, if all we did here was a little bit of Titanic deck chair rearrangement on the Lido Deck, then have we really accomplished anything? If we're concerned about maintaining the support of the military and ruling elites then I fear the question is rhetorical. Rodriguez has made some very nice pronouncements of looking forward to working with President Trump and forging a new relationship, for whatever that's worth.

Meanwhile, halfway across the globe this is happening to one of Maduro's biggest backers and boosters, Iran. While the usual thugs in the IRGC and others are cracking down on the protesters and there have been reports of the Mullahs getting set to take it on the lam to Russia, here's a little bit of encouraging news:

The Iranian Police in Ilam have now joined the revolution. People are seen celebrating as police officers have put down their weapons and are cheering on the protestors.

While the combined Israeli and USAF strike that took out the Iranian nuclear weapons sites as well as the collapsing Iranian currency and a catastrophic water crisis among the dissatisfaction with the regime that has been brewing for years might at long last bring it down. Of course considering the power of Iran's IRGC and that since 1979 it has become among the most repressive security states on the planet, to expect them to just give up power, especially to any non-Islamic forces of moderation, modernity and more western/secular oriented parties is wish-casting in the extreme.

I hope and pray that the Persian and the Venezuelan people can somehow wrest control of their respective governments and prevent a collapsing of their societies back into tyranny and despotism. I certainly also hope we have a plan to help them that does not include the kind of intervention and adventurism that were the hallmarks of the disastrous globalist fever dream of Democracy Projects and nation-building.

Closer to home, President Trump is looking ahead to the midterms, and with the sudden passing of California GOP congressman Doug LaMalfa at age 65, the GOP's House majority got that much slimmer, putting the MAGA legislative agenda in jeopardy. But that said, This is kind of disappointing.

The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion. Trump told GOP House members during the retreat at the Trump-Kennedy Center that they should work to take the issue of health care away from Democrats. “We don’t have that as one of our issues. It’s the only thing they have. They’re lousy at it. They came up with Obamacare. We tried to fight it. We almost had it won, but we didn’t get three votes,” he said.

Well, since when is infanticide "healthcare?" Yeah, I get it, healthcare and this "affordability" madness is an albatross being hung around the GOP's neck by the Dems and their propagandist cheerleaders. And I do agree about Obamacare, but certainly the Hyde Amendment and abortion in general must be be non-starters, or am I missing something?

Have a great day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

With all due respect to the 20% of eligible New York voters who cast their ballots for Mamdani, the adults need to step in and remove him.
The Case For Stripping Mamdani’s Citizenship

MADURO TAKEN DOWN

A Venezuela-linked oil tanker operating in the so-called “dark fleet” painted a Russian flag on its hull, changed its name, and reflagged to Russia in an apparent bid to evade the US Coast Guard, according to reports. The vessel has since been spotted off Ireland, with the US, UK, France and Ireland reportedly conducting aerial surveillance after it escaped US interception in December, The Times reported.
Venezuelan ‘dark fleet’ tanker evades US Coast Guard as Russia sends submarine to escort vessel: reports
Men armed with rifles set up checkpoints in Caracas, where they stopped drivers to search their vehicles, phones, and personal belongings.
Pro-Maduro Militias Crack Down On Dissent, Search For Supporters Of U.S. Raid
The president’s actions have hundreds of years of precedent behind them.
Yes, Trump’s Venezuela Moves Are Legal
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analysis, which was briefed to President Donald Trump and shared with a small circle of senior administration officials, reportedly shaped Trump’s decision to back Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, rather than opposition leader María Corina Machado as an interim leader, WSJ reported.
Trump Kept Venezuela Under Maduro Loyalists After CIA Flagged Opposition Risks: REPORT
Less than 10 percent of Republicans oppose ousting of Maduro, Washington Post survey finds
'There Is No Rift in the Republican Party': GOP Voters Back Trump's Venezuela Operation, Polls Show
China is not a random foe whose front row seat to the Maduro Disappearing Act, feeling the loin-quaking rotor wash of the 160th SOAR's MH-47G Chinooks, is simply a convenient bonus for us, although that would be enough.
Trump's removal of Maduro is a major blow to China
American military power should be used to secure and safeguard American interests. That’s what happened in Caracas.
The Venezuela Raid Was A Win For America First Anti-Interventionism
It is hard to imagine a greater foreign policy victory for our homeland than what we just witnessed over the last few days.
The America First actions in Venezuela strengthen Appalachia
With the arrest of Venezuela's dictator Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. positions itself as a decisive player in the global energy market.
With Maduro Arrest, U.S. Lands a Heavy Blow
“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately,” Trump added. “It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States.”
Trump: Venezuela to Turn over 30-50 Million Barrels of Oil to U.S.
So, here is what I can tell you about what's next for Venezuela: No one outside the White House knows. I don't know. You don't know. The loudest reporters, anchors, and pundits in the rest of the media don’t know — even the ones with the fancy anonymous sources who claim to be insiders, even the ones with the big names who get all the attention. None of them know. I'd also be willing to bet that inside the White House, they don't know exactly because extracting a complex and corrupt authoritarian regime that's been embedded for nearly three decades isn't a predictable operation and certainly not something that happens overnight. I'm sure there's an action for every predictable reaction planned, and Donald Trump is bold enough and Rubio is smart enough to execute it.
What's REALLY Next for Venezuela and What the MSM Gets Wrong
But not for the reason clueless protesters are crying/
Yes, Cry for Venezuela
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
And yes, the media is lying about it.
Texas Teachers’ Union Sues in Defense of Teacher Who Called Charlie Kirk Murder “Karma”

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
“A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values. As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems.”
Hilton Removing Minneapolis Hotel From System After Banning DHS Agents

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SAMOLIAN SWINDLE
Abukar Dahir Osman, the permanent representative of Somalia to the United Nations, is linked to a home healthcare agency in Cincinnati, Ohio, that was prosecuted for Medicaid fraud, officials with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have confirmed.
Feds: Somalia’s Ambassador to United Nations Linked to Medicaid Fraud in Ohio
. . . the only reason government executives ever let go of power that could easily be retained, if holding on to it is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, more likely to lead to personal, financial, reputational ruin. Perhaps even jail — who knows how exposed he and his administration are.
There’s Only One Reason Government Executives Abruptly Give Up Power
The 44-year-old mastermind behind the Feeding our Future scandal, was found guilty in March on federal charges of wire fraud, bribery and conspiracy.
Ringleader of $250 Million Minn. welfare fraud scandal ordered by judge to forfeit Porsche, luxury goods
They play in your face and then call you the problem for noticing.
What Separates Tim Walz From Other Democrats Is He Got Caught
Human nature being human nature, there’s no foolproof system that stops government corruption.
Minnesotans Should Own Their Fraud

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
As tax season nears, scandals from Minnesota to California expose a “Theft Industrial Complex” where billions meant for families instead enrich political allies and insiders.
Three Examples of the “Theft Industrial Complex” in 2025
A federal jury last month convicted Hannah Dugan of obstructing ICE agents attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant.
Felon Milwaukee County Judge Resigns With Guaranteed Pension
The announcement comes amid heightened scrutiny in multiple blue states over allegations of massive fraud involving government-funded programs, particularly child care/adult care centers in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; and Seattle Washington.
‘More Corrupt Than Minnesota’: Trump Announces Federal Fraud Investigation into ‘Newscum’s’ California

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s plan amounts to a series of expensive mandates that will drive costs higher.
Why Virginia’s “Affordability” Policies Will Backfire
Free markets are Nature’s way of satisfying both buyers and sellers. Artificial economics happens when politicians and bureaucrats screw around with this process in order to initiate behavior that would not normally happen.
Welcome to Artificial Economics 101

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Critics argue the diversion policy undermines accountability in a city where open drug use is already common.
Police in This Dem City Are Being Told Not to Arrest Drug Abusers.

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The death of the media is closer than you think.
MSNSDAP Parent Company Shares Fall 15% on First Day of Trading

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
German police said responsibility for the attack was claimed in a letter attributed to a radical group known as the "Volcano Group."
'Cut the juice to the ruling class': Far-left group attacks German power grid

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
America’s schools won’t recover through more spending or slogans, but through a return to proven basics—clear instruction, firm discipline, accountable teaching, and classrooms focused on learning.
Six Ways to Improve Schools
Chris Papst’s new book investigating corruption in Baltimore schools, ‘Failure Factory,’ provides startling information on the depth of corruption in big city education.
Uncovering Fraud And Failure In One Of America’s Large School Systems
Matthew Guterl is known for his memoir 'Skinfolk' and enjoys 'writing about Neverland Ranch,' according to his university bio
Brown University Taps DEI Official To Restore 'Sense of Physical Security' on Campus

ABORTION
The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion. Trump told GOP House members during the retreat at the Trump-Kennedy Center that they should work to take the issue of health care away from Democrats. “We don’t have that as one of our issues. It’s the only thing they have. They’re lousy at it. They came up with Obamacare. We tried to fight it. We almost had it won, but we didn’t get three votes,” he said.
Trump Tells House Republicans ‘to Be a Little Flexible’ on Hyde Amendment in Healthcare Reform Pitch (since when is infanticide healthcare, Mr. President?! - jjs)
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
Alabama started using the SAVE system after entering a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with USCIS to ensure the integrity of voter rolls.
25 Noncitizens Voted In Alabama, Officials Find After Trump Gave States Access To Alien Database
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Office of Tenant Protection Director Cea Weaver’s mom, Celia Applegate, teaches German studies at Vanderbilt University and owns a pricey classic Craftsman home just south of the main strip in Nashville, Tennessee.
Mom of Zohran Mamdani aide who said owning a home fuels ‘white supremacy’ has $1.6M house in Tennessee (Pfft, self gassing Commie corpse Bernie Sanders owns 6 multi-million dollar ski lodges in Vermont! - jjs)
Hallie Shoffner spent years working as a left-wing activist. A since-scrubbed portion of her campaign site said the 'only thing' she 'ever wanted to do was farm.' (I'll bet she has a giant swastika tattoo on her left thigh next to Tweety Bird riding a Tiger Tank - jjs)
She's Running for Senate in Arkansas as a Lifelong Farmer—After Hiring a Marketing Firm To Build a 'New Brand' as 'FarmHerHallie'
POLITICS
Supposedly the senator is seriously considering running for governor.
Will Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar Run for Minnesota Governor?
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
The dire consequences.
Trump’s Support of Turkish Forces in Gaza
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Following a meeting in Paris of American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, European leaders, and top Ukrainian officials, British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a declaration of intent to deploy a multinational military force in Ukraine to enforce a potential ceasefire with Russia.
UK and France Sign Declaration of Intent to Deploy Troops to Ukraine in Event of Ceasefire
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Police officers put down their weapons and cheer on the protestors.
Video: Iranian Police in Ilam Join Revolution
Regime forces storm a hospital, search for wounded protesters.
Iran Anti-Regime Protests: Death Toll Climbs to 35 Amid Trump’s Warning Over Deadly Crackdown
There's no other place for him.
Iran Supreme Leader Planning His Escape to Moscow
Just as the Trump administration offered indicted drug trafficker Nicolás Maduro a free ride to New York he couldn’t refuse, reports are emerging that another despot under American pressure is packing his bags for a one-way road trip.
Michael Goodwin: Maduro’s arrival is the first domino to fall — and Khamenei fleeing Iran amid chaos could be next
Trump team considering a range of options for acquiring a more robust relationship with Greenland, including a Compact of Free Association.
Greenland, Denmark Press Rubio for Fast Meeting Over Trump’s Greenland Quest
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
‘We’re setting new records at the War Department of historic recruitment of men and women wanting to join the ranks,’ said War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth: America’s Military Is ‘Already Surpassing’ Last Year’s Recruiting Figures
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
This is one of the curses that astronomers live with. Things take a loooong time to unfold, often several generations. Thus Kepler might see this supernova when it erupts, but the explosion continues for many centuries.
The growing X-ray shell of the 1604 Kepler supernova
The uncertainty of science: Using the Webb Space Telescope, scientists now believe that the mysterious little red dots that Webb had previously detected in the early universe are actually supermassive stars, the predicted first stars to form after the Big Bang that also might produce the universe’s first black holes.
Scientists: We think the little red dots in the early universe are supermassive stars
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“I have a right to talk about those things,” Gervais continued. “And there are jokes I certainly stand by. I can’t look back and say, ‘Oh, sorry about that, I said that when I was only 50.'”
Ricky Gervais Refuses to Apologize for His Viral Jokes About Transgender People: ‘I Think I’m Right’
Christian Toto: Podcaster's blunt talk offers refreshing change from culture's status quo
Why Adam Carolla’s Trump Kennedy Center Gigs Matter
Men usually get the brunt of the fingerwagging about porn use.
Why Is No One Talking About The Female Porn Epidemic?

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1 Its Hump day

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 07:20 AM (gbOdA)

2 Good morning all! Four days until we get our new dog.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:22 AM (+4yJ5)

3 I'm sorry but russia sends a submarine to escort a venezualain oil tanker?

How does that even work? I mean it's a submarine, no one can see it unless it is on the surface where it is a zero threat to anyone. How is that a deterrent?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 07:23 AM (0N4FZ)

4 Hola horde. Have a prosperous and healthy day!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 07:23 AM (EZz54)

5 Here comes the quagmire.

Posted by: Delurker at January 07, 2026 07:25 AM (WfVaK)

6 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

7
She's Running for Senate in Arkansas as a Lifelong Farmer—After Hiring a Marketing Firm To Build a 'New Brand' as 'FarmHerHallie'

Getting plowed arouses her

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 07:28 AM (xG4kz)

8 Texas Teachers’ Union Sues in Defense of Teacher Who Called Charlie Kirk Murder “Karma”

They will miss polite society when it is gone.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:28 AM (+4yJ5)

9 Seattle mayor instructs cops not to arrest drug users shooting up on city streets. I wonder how that'll work out....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 07:28 AM (Xi8/k)

10 If Trump throws the Hyde Amendment under the bus, he will lose Catholics and evangelicals.

Posted by: No one at January 07, 2026 07:29 AM (qFwJc)

11 I can imagine it's a bit of a jolt to the second string in Caracas to have the juggernaut superpower hegemon who just stole your president, and who you're terrified is about to invade your entire country and do Regime Change to it, say to you "So you're in charge now, then? Cool. Bye."

It reinforces the idea of this operation being a very fancy, very visible law enforcement action against one particular person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 07:29 AM (06Hmj)

12 "A theater professor in Tennessee is back on the job – and $500,000 richer – after being fired over a social media post in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Darren Michael, an associate professor of acting and directing at Austin Peay State University, was reinstated last month and the school will pay him half-a-million dollars as part of a settlement agreement related to his termination."

In other news, the left takes care of their own using other people's money.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

13 I expect Trump will respect the rulings of Venezuelan courts as much as he does American courts.
/spit

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

14 Random annoyance: I despise the fact that sites I go to every day want me to select the menu about whether or not I want non-essential cookies. I can't do anything about it at work but I should start checking if there is an extension I can use at home to stop that from popping up.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:30 AM (+4yJ5)

15 >Men armed with rifles set up checkpoints in Caracas, where they stopped drivers to search their vehicles, phones, and personal belongings.
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I hope we haven't fucked this up already
like that Louisiana Senator Kennedy said: 'dig up more snakes than you can kill'

Posted by: Don Black at January 07, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

16 You know who else only wanted to farm? (Close but no.)

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 07, 2026 07:31 AM (KAi1n)

17
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 07, 2026 07:32 AM (tljrc)

18 I can't do anything about it at work but I should start checking if there is an extension I can use at home to stop that from popping up.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:30 AM (+4yJ5)

I try to use the "back" button, wherever possible. That works great.

Not always an option, though, unfortunately.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 07:32 AM (06Hmj)

19 British comedian Ricky Gervais is standing up to the transgender mob and pushing back against criticism of his jokes about transgender people
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Like JK Rowling, he can afford it but you wonder if the Brits will try to arrest him

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 07:32 AM (Xi8/k)

20
Random annoyance: I despise the fact that sites I go to every day want me to select the menu about whether or not I want non-essential cookies. I can't do anything about it at work but I should start checking if there is an extension I can use at home to stop that from popping up.

Posted by: NR Pax

There's no need to thank us!

-- your friendly, censorious, and meddlesome European Union

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 07:32 AM (xG4kz)

21 There's no need to thank us!

-- your friendly, censorious, and meddlesome European Union

"Good morning, Acme Equipment Rentals? Hi; I need a long term rental for a wood chipper. How much is the cleaning deposit?"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:34 AM (+4yJ5)

22 The word you're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, it's & theirs.
Sex refers to male and female.

Posted by: As we all learned in elementary school at January 07, 2026 07:36 AM (Th73F)

23 How are you doing neighbor, you've been scarce around here?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

24
Essential Cookies: Rainbow, black and white.

Non-essential: Vienna fingers, Lorna Doone

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)

25 22: Gender and Sex have also been synonymous for centuries.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:37 AM (+4yJ5)

26 I'm nothing but reconstituted wallpaper paste between two discs of charcoal.

Posted by: Oreos at January 07, 2026 07:37 AM (Th73F)

27 The alternative was to allow Venezuala to continue on a disastrous trajectory.

There's a risk that those in power will do bad things against their own people, but we can make clear that that will have consequences. Carrot and stick.

China should back off as Venezuela's now clearly in our sphere of influence.

Yeah, yeah. What about Taiwan ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 07, 2026 07:38 AM (dtajH)

28 Thanks, JJ! You rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 07, 2026 07:38 AM (Cjt/F)

29 Essential Cookies: Rainbow, black and white.
Non-essential: Vienna fingers, Lorna Doone
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Word!

Posted by: Linzer Tarts at January 07, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

30 22 The word you're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, it's & theirs.
Sex refers to male and female.
Posted by: As we all learned in elementary school at January 07, 2026 07:36 AM (Th73F)

a quibble:

There's no such thing as a transsexual. The word is "gender", because what they're ostensibly changing is purely grammatical: what words they demand to be used to refer to them.

You can't make a man into a woman or vice versa. All you can do is tell stories with words.

(Of course the really real word for it is "nuts", possibly amplified with references to insects and copulation.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 07:39 AM (06Hmj)

31 Maduro being removed wasn't going to purge decades of corrupt power. Rodriquez is on a short leash and she knows it. The apparatchiks have to remain in place to prevent total chaos. Internet diplomacy isn't the real world.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (sDNVV)

32 We're sitting right here.

Posted by: That blue tin of Danish butter cookies you got last month at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (Th73F)

33 I'm nothing but reconstituted wallpaper paste between two discs of charcoal.
Posted by: Oreos at January 07, 2026 07:37 AM (Th73F)
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Outrageous.

I lived on oreos from the bloodbank when I was in collidje.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

34 Lurkin and workin. Busy. Power's been on though. So's insomnia.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (KAi1n)

35 Pretty sure women have been reading trashy novels for a hundred years or more. Is everything an epidemic?

Posted by: Lust Rumble at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (oftw2)

36 Fraud Control:
Assign a department to look at every US Govt Funded programs that person(s) participates in and start denying and canceling all claims.

Everything: SSDI, Welfare, EBT, School Lunches, and Dog Walk Park privileges.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

37 Alas, when will PDT get it clear in his head that the cia is incompetent and anti-American? not to mention in on the grift.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 07, 2026 07:42 AM (Cjt/F)

38 When I was an intern on Wall Street and that interracial chick (Vivica Fox?) was in Playboy, the boss sent me to the bakery to buy a few dozen of those black & white cookies and made me go all over lower Manhattan delivering them to his buddies and associates.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

39 "I lived on oreos from the bloodbank when I was in collidje."

See how much we helped your spelling?

Posted by: Oreo cookies at January 07, 2026 07:43 AM (Th73F)

40 Lurkin and workin. Busy. Power's been on though. So's insomnia.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (KAi1n)
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PG&E has been jackhammering all night long in front of our house. It's unbelievable. The whole house was shaking at 3 AM

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

41

Rugelach = absolutely essential!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)

42 PG&E has been jackhammering all night long in front of our house. It's unbelievable. The whole house was shaking at 3 AM
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Stop the hammering!

Posted by: Larry O'D at January 07, 2026 07:46 AM (oftw2)

43 38 When I was an intern on Wall Street and that interracial chick (Vivica Fox?) was in Playboy, the boss sent me to the bakery to buy a few dozen of those black & white cookies and made me go all over lower Manhattan delivering them to his buddies and associates.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

Black and white cookies are or were an NYC staple in every corner food store.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

44 Every year or so DPW is digging up my street. Built over an old creek bed. Really annoying.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 07, 2026 07:46 AM (KAi1n)

45 a quibble:

There's no such thing as a transsexual. The word is "gender", because what they're ostensibly changing is purely grammatical: what words they demand to be used to refer to them.

You can't make a man into a woman or vice versa. All you can do is tell stories with words.

(Of course the really real word for it is "nuts", possibly amplified with references to insects and copulation.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 07:39 AM (06Hmj)
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*** Transsexual transvestites from Transylvania were unavailable for comment ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 07, 2026 07:47 AM (ESVrU)

46
Amy Klobuchar is Minnesota's Katie Porter

AWFLness is sweeping the nation, but not the floors

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 07:47 AM (xG4kz)

47
Black and white cookies:

https://youtu.be/RjlW3QCR8Rg

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at January 07, 2026 07:48 AM (Th73F)

48 Black and white cookies are or were an NYC staple in every corner food store.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

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One more thing Mrs. F. will never understand about my childhood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

49 Willowed convo tech thread - if it’s cold and dry in the bedroom look into a ventless catalytic heater.

The combustion process produces water vapor as a byproduct, so both the warmth and humidity is welcome in this situation. They are completely silent, no pilot lights, fans, thermostat, batteries, wi-fi or any nonsense like that and quite safe. Set it and forget it.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 07:48 AM (lPSbt)

50 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

51 Where is Tulsi Gabbard in all this? She seems conspicuously absent. Doesn't the Director of National Intelligence have oversight of the CIA? Did she sign off on this report that advised supporting Rodriguez over Machado? On what basis can they say Machado "does not have the respect within the country"?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2026 07:49 AM (WHfpM)

52 *** Transsexual transvestites from Transylvania were unavailable for comment ***

Their transmissions were transmuted.

Posted by: Oof at January 07, 2026 07:50 AM (Th73F)

53 By contrast, the intelligence assessment reportedly found that Machado and Edmundo González — who is widely regarded as the true winner of Venezuela’s 2024 election — would struggle to govern in the face of resistance from pro-regime security forces, drug-trafficking networks and political rivals
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I guess its up to Venezuelans to prove the CIA wrong.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 07:50 AM (ppzWn)

54 Tulsi has been silent and invisible most of the last year.

That is probably OK for a DNI.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

55 48 Black and white cookies are or were an NYC staple in every corner food store.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

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One more thing Mrs. F. will never understand about my childhood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

While my Hungarian mother of blessed memory was an oustanding cook, unlike her sisters she could not and did not bake. My aunts could crank out strudels, rugelach and other delicacies by the ton. Oh what memories!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:51 AM (x0n13)

56 “Incompetent” as a descriptor may not be accurate if one is unclear about what they are really trying to accomplish.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 07:52 AM (lPSbt)

57 Huck, yes it is. The Venezuelans have been given an opportunity and it's up to them to take it but it isn't going to happen overnight.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 07:53 AM (sDNVV)

58 The Case For Stripping Mamdani’s Citizenship

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He's not going anywhere, whether there's a legal reason to eject him or not. Same thing with BroFo and her obvious immigration fraud that got her into the country in the first place. Never going to happen, unfortunately.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 07, 2026 07:54 AM (qBdHI)

59 So it's a food thread already?

Posted by: Just got here at January 07, 2026 07:54 AM (Th73F)

60 There's no such thing as a transsexual. The word is "gender", because what they're ostensibly changing is purely grammatical: what words they demand to be used to refer to them.
You can't make a man into a woman or vice versa. All you can do is tell stories with words.

Correct...the word that should be used for a disordered sex freak is "sodomite".

Posted by: Lot at January 07, 2026 07:55 AM (GlDYx)

61 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 07:55 AM (WC9t6)

62 The holidays were interesting because all the gals would bake up different cookies and then make up these plates with a couple dozen different kinds. Nary a chocolate chip in the bunch. Weird looking critters, some of them looked like spackle and those concrete squigglies that get scraped off by bricklayers and such.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 07:55 AM (lPSbt)

63 On what basis can they say Machado "does not have the respect within the country"?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2026 07:49 AM (WHfpM)

Been reading and writing about this a lot - Trump was crude but corrrect; Machado does not have the respect of the current power structure in Venezuela, and at this point she would almost certainly be assassinated in 2 or 3 days by either the security forces or the Army if we tried to install her now. Where would that leave us?

The biggest goal is to reform Venezuela WITHOUT having to put 100,000 troops on the streets of Caracas. Nobody wants that; not us, and not them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 07:56 AM (Iwxrf)

64
I picture nearly all of government being populated by folks whose performances are like of that Eastern European ski jumper who went ass over teakettle as shown in the opening of ABC's Wide World of Sports.

"I got this! Whoa, maybe I don't!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 07:57 AM (xG4kz)

65 By contrast, the intelligence assessment reportedly found that Machado and Edmundo González — who is widely regarded as the true winner of Venezuela’s 2024 election — would struggle to govern in the face of resistance from pro-regime security forces, drug-trafficking networks and political rivals
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I guess its up to Venezuelans to prove the CIA wrong.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Time to start "disappearing" thugs.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 07:58 AM (WC9t6)

66 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 07:56 AM (Iwxrf)

That makes sense.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 07, 2026 07:58 AM (WHfpM)

67 Aldrich Ames admitted to turning ten people over to the Russians for execution as American spies. Now he faces judgement.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 07:58 AM (ppzWn)

68 Anyone who sends one of their children to Brown University after that insane clusterfuck of murder and incompetence happened there is beyond help. Replacing one DEI retard with another is papering over an horrible cancer. Having security cameras turned off to protect Antifa and Fakestinian hoodlums is madness. They should have their charter pulled.

Posted by: Homeless Guy In Basement at January 07, 2026 07:59 AM (oftw2)

69 “The people of the USA hate him”

Obviously! I mean, the amazing 2016 victory, having never run for public office! The landslide 2024 electoral and the popular vote, non-consecutive terms, the stolen 2020 election all point to a candidate that nobody likes.

Sure, Jan

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 07:59 AM (lPSbt)

70 With all due respect to the 20% of eligible New York voters who cast their ballots for Mamdani, the adults need to step in and remove him.

Seems like the, at least, 60% of eligible New York voters who couldn't be bothered to vote against him are an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

71 The Venezuelans have been given an opportunity and it's up to them to take it but it isn't going to happen overnight.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 07:53 AM (sDNVV)
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And I think Trump will help, if the population demands freedom

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 08:00 AM (ppzWn)

72 You can't just plunk some lady on the throne and say "yay, democracy!", unless you just really want her to die for some reason. She can't continue to be a lightning rod for stability and civilization if she gets murdered in week 1. There is no "press space to win" option here, obviously, but installing this person on Uncle Sam's say-so without a new election would be a disaster unless we wanted to play the Regime Change game with its dreaded Bootsondaground, and I don't think anybody anywhere wants that disaster again, either.

We arrested a criminal. With style. Now let Venezuela determine Venezuela's future. And no one complaining about Forever War and Bootsondaground gets to fault the president for actively avoiding those things.

(not that anyone here is doing that, it's just a point I wanted to make in general)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:01 AM (06Hmj)

73 Correct...the word that should be used for a disordered sex freak is "sodomite".
Posted by: Lot

Not very inclusive, Sir.

Posted by: Gomorrah and the Other Cities Of The Plain at January 07, 2026 08:02 AM (oftw2)

74 Anyone who sends one of their children to Brown University after that insane clusterfuck of murder and incompetence happened there is beyond help. Replacing one DEI retard with another is papering over an horrible cancer. Having security cameras turned off to protect Antifa and Fakestinian hoodlums is madness. They should have their charter pulled.
Posted by: Homeless Guy In Basement at January 07, 2026 07:59 AM (oftw2)
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I had opinions about Brown and Providence before.

They have been confirmed by the parade of absolute buffoons holding themselves out as leaders. The Brown president, Providence mayor and police chief as prime examples.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

75 54 Tulsi has been silent and invisible most of the last year.
That is probably OK for a DNI.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

Absolutely! If we don’t hear anything about her, it mainly means that the MSM hasn’t been able to dig up any dirt on her.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:02 AM (Iwxrf)

76 From the Brown University article:

Guterl is known for his "extensive expertise in the history of race-relations, civil and human rights, and empire," according to his Brown biography.

Which naturally translates into securing a campus. I want someone whose bio reads "Extensive experience in securing campuses and armed response to ongoing threats." But that's just wishful thinking.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:02 AM (+4yJ5)

77 Another Ashli Babbitt Memorial Day, and her murderer may get bit in the ass with some sort of judgement.

Posted by: Eromero at January 07, 2026 08:03 AM (Slgjz)

78 54 Tulsi has been silent and invisible most of the last year.

That is probably OK for a DNI.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

Directing Intelligence is easier to do when you're not Projecting Stupidity

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:03 AM (06Hmj)

79
Extensive experience in directing the administering of thumpings and white ash shampoos required.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 08:04 AM (xG4kz)

80 Wherever the colectivos gather to collect, a AC-130 gunship should loiter over the site and hose it down for the locals to see and cheer on.

Rinse and repeat as needed until no more colectivos collecting except in the storm drains.

Posted by: Old Iron Pants at January 07, 2026 08:04 AM (GlDYx)

81 French, from brisant, present participle of briser to break, from Old French brisier, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish brissim I break

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:05 AM (r5p5k)

82 Bela Fleck says he won't play at the Trump-Kennedy Center, because it has become so political.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM (ppzWn)

83 They have been confirmed by the parade of absolute buffoons holding themselves out as leaders. The Brown president, Providence mayor and police chief as prime examples.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Amen. Those "press conferences" could have been given by any of our random residents.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23 at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2)

84 62 The holidays were interesting because all the gals would bake up different cookies and then make up these plates with a couple dozen different kinds. Nary a chocolate chip in the bunch. Weird looking critters, some of them looked like spackle and those concrete squigglies that get scraped off by bricklayers and such.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 07:55 AM (lPSbt)

I hate decorated cookies b/c the frosting tends to suck and the cookies tend to be hard.

My family has adopted the December season of baking, so cookies are enjoyed as they are made, and you have one at a time...and then move to the next. And this year, we added the sweet and savory Chex options between cookies, so it was something new every 2 days or so til New Years...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM (tOcjL)

85
*"You can't just plunk some lady on the throne and say "yay, democracy."*

Perhaps they should revert back to strange women lying in ponds distributing swords.

Posted by: Monty Python at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM (Th73F)

86 A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values. As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems.

It would be interesting how many illegal aliens are employed either directly by Hilton or through its franchisees.

If Hilton knowingly ~~employs~~ exploits illegal alien labor, then their Standards and Values™ would not harmonize with ICE, though it would harmonize catering to ICE while the rooms are kept by illegals only in the narrow sense of profit by any means.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM (9s47C)

87 JJ-
I recall several years ago abortion was lumped in under the "Healthcare" heading in your Morning Report links, but after reconsideration was rightfully moved under its own heading. I applauded that decision at the time and appreciate you pointing out once again that it should not be considered as healthcare. Thank you.

P.S. Same goes for so-called transgender hormones and surgeries.

Posted by: muldoon at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM (/iMjX)

88 UK and France Sign Declaration of Intent to Deploy Troops to Ukraine in Event of Ceasefire

The UK and France are among the loudest proponents of a war between the US and Russia. We should announce that any hostilities arising from them stationing troops on the Russian border will not be considered a NATO matter.

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

89 Correct...the word that should be used for a disordered sex freak is "sodomite".
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I prefer "degenerate."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 08:08 AM (YKvmX)

90 Ratcliffe is head of the CIA and I find it amazing that if they were part of this plan there were no leaks.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:08 AM (sDNVV)

91 Aldrich Ames, the most murderous turncoat in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose betrayal in working for the Soviet Union went undetected for almost a decade, died on Monday. He was 84 and had been a federal prisoner, serving life without parole, since 1994.
… perhaps, John Brennan could keep the cell warm

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:08 AM (r5p5k)

92 I'm sure that the options in Venezuela are complicated. But the CIA has a track record, and it's not a good one, so it's little comfort that its assessment is the basis of policy (if that's true). We could probably throw darts at a board and have as good a chance at a positive outcome as we will following CIA assessments.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 07, 2026 08:08 AM (SSEhk)

93 It would be interesting how many illegal aliens are employed either directly by Hilton or through its franchisees.
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One if the big reasons the Bush-Republicans pushed so hard for amnesty is that the owners of Marriott hotels were major GOP donors.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 08:10 AM (YKvmX)

94 Regarding the Hyde amendment… it is disappointing. It’s been around since the 80s IIRC… there’s nothing “healthcare” in it… it only says federal funds can’t be used for abortion. Trump usually has very good political instincts but he’s not perfect and this is a mistake…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:10 AM (/iXAp)

95 As usual, we can’t forget that the only reason all of this is happening is because we allow it to. . .

Posted by: Despise Marxist & RINO Rat Bastards at January 07, 2026 08:10 AM (HeR4S)

96 Its Hump day
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 07:20 AM (gbOdA)

Considering the final link in JJ's collection, what an apropos comment.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

97 Ratcliffe is head of the CIA and I find it amazing that if they were part of this plan there were no leaks.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:08 AM (sDNVV)
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Thank you for noticing! How am I supposed to know what to write?!?!

Posted by: David Ignatius at January 07, 2026 08:11 AM (ppzWn)

98 Just saw a fascinating analysis of the Venezuelan military; it is useless as an actual military force, but very good as an instrument of internal repression and control. (Because that is what it was set up to be)

Get this - Venezuela has over 2,000 generals, more than all of NATO combined! Each one of them has been given a little slice of Venezuela’s operations to control and extort cash from. Why so many? Because a military coup becomes impossible when your conspiracy needs two thousand co-sponsors. None of them can take the risk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:11 AM (Iwxrf)

99 92 — Fully agree. Listening to the CIA isn’t smart…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:11 AM (/iXAp)

100 "Bela Fleck says he won't play at the Trump-Kennedy Center, because it has become so political.
Posted by: Huck Follywood "

Ok fine I won't listen to Bela Fleck because he has become so political. He and his banjo can go pluck themselves.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

101 I've got nothing to either snark or bitch about this morning.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (UnA8+)

102 "Tulsi has been silent and invisible most of the last year"

My pet theory is that Surfer Girl is behind many of the 'surprise' reveals that have been been driving recent news cycles. The NSA hoovers up everything on the internet, you see. But with oceans of data, how do you connect the dots? That's where AI comes in, and what Musk was doing at the start -- bringing in a few whiz kids to jump start.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (dtajH)

103 96 Its Hump day
Posted by: r hennigantx

My favorite day!

Posted by: BJ Clinton at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (Th73F)

104 How does that even work? I mean it's a submarine, no one can see it unless it is on the surface where it is a zero threat to anyone. How is that a deterrent?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 07, 2026 07:23 AM (0N4FZ)

- They announce the presence of the submarine - something which just isn't done.
- Doing so indicates that they consider the tanker to be under Russian military protection.
- Attacking the tanker could, therefore, be considered an act of war against Russia.

Are they bluffing? Maybe. Is it worth it to find out? I think not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

105 98 Just saw a fascinating analysis of the Venezuelan military; it is useless as an actual military force, but very good as an instrument of internal repression and control. (Because that is what it was set up to be)

Get this - Venezuela has over 2,000 generals, more than all of NATO combined! Each one of them has been given a little slice of Venezuela’s operations to control and extort cash from. Why so many? Because a military coup becomes impossible when your conspiracy needs two thousand co-sponsors. None of them can take the risk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:11 AM (Iwxrf)

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But that air raid drill, man. Didn't you see the video of the three guys randomly shooting a surface to air missile into the sky from a skyscraper?

America is gonna suffer if we ever violate their air space.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:13 AM (GBKbO)

106 I've got nothing to either snark or bitch about this morning.
Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (UnA8+)

Unacceptable! Come up with something :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:13 AM (/iXAp)

107 92 As we know, the answer is always to paper it over with millions of $100 bills

Posted by: Despise Marxist & RINO Rat Bastards at January 07, 2026 08:13 AM (HeR4S)

108 FYI - Yahoo has new "are you rich markers" - unfortunately, I am not on either marker...

"But $1 million no longer makes you ‘affluent,’ defined as being in the top 10% of U.S. households. Now it requires a net worth of at least $1.8 million or an annual income of $210,000.

So, of 23 million Americans who are millionaires, only 12.2 million qualify as ‘affluent.’"

Posted by: Nova Local at January 07, 2026 08:14 AM (tOcjL)

109 It reinforces the idea of this operation being a very fancy, very visible law enforcement action against one particular person.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 07:29 AM (06Hmj)

And also suggests that our position is "you do you" unless you continue supporting external policies we don't like.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

110 Klobuchar told Walz she was considering ~~running for governor~~ sucking up some of the SWEET SOMALI PIRATE MOOLAH.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

111 They came up with Obamacare. We tried to fight it. We almost had it won, but we didn’t get three votes,” he said.

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Wait, Juan McCain had three middle fingers?

/Has his funeral parade reached into Uranus yet?

Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 07, 2026 08:15 AM (VxzUB)

112 Trump’s Support of Turkish Forces in Gaza
The dire consequences.
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I'll take Things That Will Never Happen for a $1000, Alex.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

113 PS - Those numbers are an average, but I still wouldn't make it for my area

. CA needs more, Arkansas needs less...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 07, 2026 08:15 AM (tOcjL)

114 Are they bluffing? Maybe. Is it worth it to find out? I think not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

Perfect opportunity.

Send out one of those sub-killer destroyers. Sail it around their little flotilla so the path traces out a dick on the map.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:16 AM (06Hmj)

115 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

116 > It would be interesting how many illegal aliens are employed either directly by Hilton or through its franchisees.
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It's been ages since I've been in a hotel, but it seemed like everyone was a migrant of some sort, except for the people who touched money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 08:17 AM (NwnyJ)

117 They keep upping the poverty level then naturally the rich level is going up. Poverty in the US though means you have everything you need to live comfortably plus have some left over for nail extensions.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

118 police officers have put down their weapons and are cheering on the protestors.

Big mistake there. Keep your weapons. It doesn't work out well when you give them up. I have a feeling you'll need them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

119 "Gender and Sex have also been synonymous for centuries."

I doubt that.

Sex is a biological reality.

Gender has to do with certain languages (e.g. French, German, Spanish).

If their is confusion, it is a feature and not a bug.

Posted by: No one at January 07, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)

120 Next to Liz Cheney, Aldrich Ames is McLean H.S
biggest failure.

Posted by: CapeFear at January 07, 2026 08:18 AM (YajMy)

121
Klobuchar told Walz that it was her turn to be the Somalis' dancing girl

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 08:18 AM (xG4kz)

122 >
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does he know he made his decision based on politics?

Posted by: Don Black at January 07, 2026 08:18 AM (ZxPkt)

123 106 Unacceptable! Come up with something :-)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:13 AM (/iXAp)

It's still early.

Something will come before the end of the day.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 08:19 AM (UnA8+)

124 Anyone know what other branded hotels Everpeak Hospitality owns?

Their website is mostly inaccessible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 08:20 AM (CbDz/)

125
Something will come before the end of the day.

Posted by: XTC

There's always Steiner

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 08:20 AM (xG4kz)

126 They announce the presence of the submarine - something which just isn't done.

The presence of a submarine can be determined pretty quick.

If true, it is nice to see the Russians wasting a military asset.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2026 08:20 AM (pUU4E)

127 Today is National Tempura Day

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

128 "But $1 million no longer makes you ‘affluent,’ defined as being in the top 10% of U.S. households. Now it requires a net worth of at least $1.8 million or an annual income of $210,000.

So, of 23 million Americans who are millionaires, only 12.2 million qualify as ‘affluent.’"

Posted by: Nova Local

They keep cutting off the bottom rungs of the wealthy ladder.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 07, 2026 08:21 AM (0U5gm)

129 Random annoyance: I despise the fact that sites I go to every day want me to select the menu about whether or not I want non-essential cookies. I can't do anything about it at work but I should start checking if there is an extension I can use at home to stop that from popping up.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 07:30 AM (+4yJ5)

Assuming you're using some Chrome variant, there is an extension called "Accept all cookies" which is highly rated and seems to claim to do what you want. I don't have it installed so I can't tell if it actually allows you to only accept essential cookies or if it act as it's name states.

BTW, you can thank the EU for that pop-up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

130 Their website is mostly inaccessible.

Maintained by family members on H1-B no doubt.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 07, 2026 08:21 AM (pUU4E)

131 117 They keep upping the poverty level then naturally the rich level is going up. Poverty in the US though means you have everything you need to live comfortably plus have some left over for nail extensions.
Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

That is the deep dark secret of the poverty class that really really pisses me off.
The poverty class (lower 1/5th) actually earns about the same as the lower middle class (next 2/5th) when combined with all of the sweet Big Govt $$$$.
The difference is the 2/5th work over 150 hours per month while the bottom 1/5th works about 40 hours per month.
Welfare is just a paid vacation for many.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

132 Good morning, Horde.

In an effort of full disclosure, an update on The First Lady. You all have been so kind and generous with your thoughts and prayers over the past year plus, our mission doesn't seem to be over quite yet.

She did a follow-up visit with her urologist yesterday and tests revealed she has blood in her urine. Oh boy........

First Lady said Doc didn't seem to concerned, since she'd recently had another surgery in that area and all, but I wouldn't expect a Dr. to show emotion early on, regardless.

She will go in, once contacted to schedule, for more scans of her bladder and kidneys to see if they find anything more serious.

*sigh*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

133 So it's my understanding that the clinical practice of infanticide has been happening for quite a while. The people behind it just want it more widely accepted.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 07, 2026 08:22 AM (DgMqy)

134 Internet diplomacy isn't the real world.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (sDNVV)

Thank goodness that internet combat tactics are still totally genuine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

135 Sponge, the video I saw was the police standing on the roof a building and letting the crowd know they would not be fired upon.

The town of Abadan has been taken over by the protestors and the security forces have fled.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:23 AM (sDNVV)

136 If their is confusion, it is a feature and not a bug.
Posted by: No one at January 07, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)

It isn't confusion, it's euphemism. A chain of euphemisms. Gender became a euphemism for sex. Sex became a euphemism for copulation. Of course the words aren't accurate. That's the entire point of euphemism.

And within the realm of that lexicographical square dance, the Critical Everything Theorists swooped in and started up the Bludgeonspeak.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (06Hmj)

137 shipwreckedcrew is making an assertion that Walz was probably served a targeting letter from the DOJ, telling Walz that he's a subject of an investigation.

Walz did say that he couldn't campaign and "defend myself" at the same time.

It would entertain me if true.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (GBKbO)

138
Their website is mostly inaccessible.

By "inaccessible" you mean there's nothing but a bafflegab statement posted there

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (xG4kz)

139 By the way, if wealthy is the top ten percent and there are 340 million people in America, I would think that 12 million is somewhat less than ten percent, without delving into forbidden math.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (0U5gm)

140 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)

141 Happy Third Monday

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (Q4G+n)

142 Who cares if Iran and Venezuela are in a quagmire? We’ve been in one since Douglas MacArthur was sent packing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 08:25 AM (Ouxay)

143 Their website is mostly inaccessible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 08:20 AM (CbDz/)

Likely because it was hosted / managed by Hilton.

Heh. REAP it, bishes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

144 139 By the way, if wealthy is the top ten percent and there are 340 million people in America, I would think that 12 million is somewhat less than ten percent, without delving into forbidden math.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (0U5gm)

Maybe it's limited to adults? I got no idea.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:26 AM (06Hmj)

145 Sponge, the video I saw was the police standing on the roof a building and letting the crowd know they would not be fired upon.

The town of Abadan has been taken over by the protestors and the security forces have fled.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:23 AM (sDNVV)

Better reporting than the actual reporters. Good on you, Ben Had.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

146 By "inaccessible" you mean there's nothing but a bafflegab statement posted there

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 08:24 AM (xG4kz)

And the usual pages don't work. Contact, about, etc.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 08:27 AM (CbDz/)

147 Where is Tulsi Gabbard in all this? She seems conspicuously absent.

Complaints about lack of information from cabinet secretaries... check.

Pam Bondi is going to be on FOX... again. Why doesn't she just do her job?

Complaints about information from cabinet secretaries... check.

Seems like they just can't win.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

148 "But $1 million no longer makes you ‘affluent,’ defined as being in the top 10% of U.S. households. Now it requires a net worth of at least $1.8 million or an annual income of $210,000.

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I've been resisting retirement owing to fear of hyperinflation and eventual societal & economic collapse as the National Debt -- well over $300 trillion per GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles which includes unfunded liabilities) -- continues to rise exponentially and likely will NEVER be paid off.

Finally going to pull the trigger next year and quit working; already planning a vacation to and tour of The Holy Land next October.

Over $3 million in assets and only about $75,000 in annual passive income. I may end up having to find and go back to work if hyperinflation ever hits and makes all of us equal in poverty (the Muslim Commie Marxist Mondami utopia).

Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 07, 2026 08:27 AM (VxzUB)

149 Sponge, hugs and love to you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:27 AM (sDNVV)

150 If the answer is "we don't really care if you loot your people and ruthlessly oppress them, so long as you keep the Chinese and Cubans at arm's length and steer clear of our oil wells," I suppose I can live with that.

But even in that scenario, the long term outlook for the Chavista regime is bad. Without foreign money or the ability to run Colombian blow, they can't really hold up for very long - they've already stripped all the wealth out of Venezuela itself. There's no use in being the ruling junta if you have to wallow in shit and eat stray dogs like the immiserated peasants.

So, my sneaking suspicion is this. We - the US taxpayers and our oil companies - will end up subsidizing the regime to maintain the status quo, which I don't think I *can* live with. If that's where we end up, I can understand the realpolitik argument for it. I'm a very pragmatic person.

But that pragmatism stops at bankrolling Communist regimes. That's a bridge too far. The thought of it makes my gorge rise.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

151 Has President Boasberg weighed in on Venezuela yet?

Posted by: David Ignatius at January 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Ki5ky)

152 Initial search:

Who owns Everpeak Hospitality?
Publicly available posts and discussions indicate that Everpeak Hospitality is owned by four partners associated with the Hilton/Hampton Inn franchise in Lakeville, Minnesota. These individuals are repeatedly named together as both the owners of the hotel’s LLC and of Everpeak Hospitality, the management company.

The four individuals most frequently cited as owners are:

Parmjit Singh
Amanpreet Hundal
Karandeep (Kenny) Nagra
Mohinderjeet (Dolly) Kaur
How this ownership is described
One widely shared post states that Everpeak Hospitality is “owned by the same owners of this franchise,” listing these four partners by name and noting that they acquired the Lakeville Hampton Inn via Lakeville Hotel LLC in 2025.
Another post similarly explains that these four individuals own Lakeville Hotel LLC, which bought the hotel, and that they “also own Everpeak Hospitality which is the management company running the hotel.”

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

153 Daily Mail reporting that the U.S. forces have boarded the renegade oil tanker in the Atlantic -- the one being escorted by the Russian sub.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (Y1sOo)

154 Sponge, hugs and love to you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:27 AM (sDNVV)

It means more than you know. Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

155 I am not finding a lot of current news about Iran.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

156 They keep upping the poverty level then naturally the rich level is going up. Poverty in the US though means you have everything you need to live comfortably plus have some left over for nail extensions.
Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 08:17 AM (vFG9F)

I saw a story (on I think yahoo) yesterday that there’s a new higher standard to be considered “affluent”…. It’s no longer a net worth of one million dollars or more… the new standard is $1.8M…. Not a conveniently round number….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (/iXAp)

157 Has President Boasberg weighed in on Venezuela yet?"

Can't. Can't spell it...

/heh

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

158 “Gender” refers to words, not people.

Romance languages mostly. English has a few, we’ll refer to our ships and pickup trucks as “she” for example.

There are only two sexes. Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina. Most of us were probably taught this in Kindergarten.

As a society we are regressing quite badly. I did not have the hard sciences invaded by lunatics, cranks, and lysenkoists on my bingo card. Super creepy.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (lPSbt)

159 Morning Horde, thx JJ.
Still think Walz is going to crack. He's acting weirder in each subsequent appearance. Oddly enjoyable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (ScJGb)

160 Sponge, blood in urine is common nothing to worry about now until there is something to worry about

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

161 The lexicographical square dance was one of my grandfather's favorite segments of The Grand Ole Opry back in the day. He'd never miss it.

Posted by: Every Saturday Night at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (Th73F)

162 “We’re setting new records at the War Department of historic recruitment of men and women wanting to join the ranks, and you’re a part of that. So, congratulations,” Hegseth said.

I was promised Hegseth would fail at the job.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

163 About porn for men and women. It obscures the dignity of men and women and often leads to more hard core stuff to get the dopamine hit
And yes, women can be just as guilty of this as well Hooray female empowerment./ sarcasm

American Family Institute

https://tinyurl.com/mry3awwk

And no, before the insult factory at ASHQ does their thing, NO, I do not think babes and boobs ate porn, but when someone face is obscuredi I.
In a photo ( eyes are the windows of the soul ) it either means that the babe is embarrassed or she's afraid of stalkers or the site which accepts the photos is. Either that or it's AI. What a great use of technology! / sarcasm

I have to go get a car looked at now and will not be back today to look at comments on these remarks
Have a good day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (7RYym)

164 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

Yup. But I want to know about the other chains that they do business with.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 08:32 AM (CbDz/)

165 There are only two sexes. Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina. Most of us were probably taught this in Kindergarten.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (lPSbt)

Kindergarten Cop!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:32 AM (/iXAp)

166 I am not finding a lot of current news about Iran.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

Nor am I. And of course none of it is worth a fart in a hurricane. All I can find is stuff from foreign expat media, which is all highly optimistic news about the inevitable return of the Shah, and regime media, which is all about how the Jew coup is doomed.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 08:33 AM (BI5O2)

167 Venezuela has over 2,000 generals, more than all of NATO combined! Each one of them has been given a little slice of Venezuela’s operations to control and extort cash from. "

So it's the same as every other gang/criminal enterprise, then...

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

168 Sponge, blood in urine is common nothing to worry about now until there is something to worry about
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

That's where I'm trying to get my head.

It's difficult.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

169 "Now it requires a net worth of at least $1.8 million or an annual income of $210,000."

So the "three sixes" is now updated for delusional single women.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:34 AM (+4yJ5)

170 But the CIA has a track record, and it's not a good one...

Of course, we don't know about the times that a CIA operation went off without a hitch. It *could* be that they're actually quite good at what they do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

171 Fenelon, what about masks? Like the Lone Ranger mask?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 07, 2026 08:34 AM (pLaQB)

172 What eyes?

Posted by: Guy looking at the picures at January 07, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F)

173 Iran? Never heard of it.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 07, 2026 08:34 AM (EyfuW)

174 Sponge, prayers for your lady and you.
As San Fran said, blood in the urine is rarely a big deal actually.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 07, 2026 08:35 AM (tcsrY)

175
Yup. But I want to know about the other chains that they do business with.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 07, 2026 08:32 AM (CbDz/)

All I've seen thus far is they own Hampton Inn's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

176 Those 2,000 Venezuelan generals are billionaires.

That money needs to be reclaimed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

177 176 Those 2,000 Venezuelan generals are billionaires.

That money needs to be reclaimed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

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If half a million could fall on my lawn, I wouldn't object.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:36 AM (GBKbO)

178 I guess I will never be affluent. I'll just have to settle for being happy.

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

179 Parmjit Singh
Amanpreet Hundal
Karandeep (Kenny) Nagra
Mohinderjeet (Dolly) Kaur

In MeatSpace, their names are

David
Bob
Ken
Dolly

Patel.

Posted by: Gunga Din at January 07, 2026 08:37 AM (GlDYx)

180 I am not finding a lot of current news about Iran."

Or anything else, for that matter. 'tis why I can't get worked up over pretty much anything, as "reports" have a very limited relationship with "reality"...

Which, BTW, is as it should be. Appointed gatekeepers of newz are....

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

181 171 Fenelon, what about masks? Like the Lone Ranger mask?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 07, 2026 08:34 AM (pLaQB)

When "she" (not Fen, but the porn subject) is wearing a mask, "she" is a dude hiding his jawline from you.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 08:37 AM (UnA8+)

182 If half a million could fall on my lawn, I wouldn't object.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:36 AM (GBKbO)

And they mostly get paid in chinese money.

So you could look out your window and say "Halleluia, it's rainin' yen!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko was reaching for that one at January 07, 2026 08:37 AM (06Hmj)

183 > Of course, we don't know about the times that a CIA operation went off without a hitch. It *could* be that they're actually quite good at what they do.
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All of the Federal Government can move with deliberate speed and efficiency.

When it suits them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 08:37 AM (NwnyJ)

184 Pic purported to be taken from the ship showing fast-ropers ready to deploy:

https://tinyurl.com/4sd366bc

Posted by: one hour sober at January 07, 2026 08:38 AM (Y1sOo)

185 Send out one of those sub-killer destroyers.

Submarines kill submarines. Skimmers like to tell themselves that they could do that but exercise suggest otherwise.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (ExV1e)

186 119 "Gender and Sex have also been synonymous for centuries."

I doubt that.

According to my dictionary from Ancient Times, when you look up the word "gender" the term sex is one of the definitions.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (+4yJ5)

187 She will go in, once contacted to schedule, for more scans of her bladder and kidneys to see if they find anything more serious.

*sigh*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Sending many prayers for your wife, Sponge.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

188 On #BookTok, you’ll find recommendations for books like “Game Changer,” by Rachel Reid. “Game Changer” is the first in a six part series of “male/male queer hockey romance” books, according to Reid’s website.

I shall wait for the mini-series:

SlapnTickleShot

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (gbOdA)

189 "All of the Federal Government can move with deliberate speed and efficiency.

When it suits them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

Well, "most" anyway.

Posted by: Department Of Glacial Activity at January 07, 2026 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

190 Sponge, prayers for your lady and you.
As San Fran said, blood in the urine is rarely a big deal actually.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 07, 2026 08:35 AM (tcsrY)

Thank you. I'll get there, but I'm guessing not until the Dr says the same. I'm a bit hypersensitive, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:40 AM (Zz0t1)

191 I'm a guy and enjoy reading a good Stacy Abrams bodice ripper. Does that make me naughty?

Posted by: Skeevy Stevie at January 07, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)

192 The presence of a submarine can be determined pretty quick.

Has submarine detection technology improved so much? It sure didn't used to be quick.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

193 Sending many prayers for your wife, Sponge.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

194 All of the Federal Government can move with deliberate speed and efficiency.

When it suits them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 08:37 AM (NwnyJ)

Found 1600 people that may or may not have been at Capitol on J6 but cannot find out if the 620 something Somali Pirate Daycares in Dakota County are real.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:41 AM (gbOdA)

195 192 The presence of a submarine can be determined pretty quick.

Has submarine detection technology improved so much? It sure didn't used to be quick.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

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How many pings necessary?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:41 AM (GBKbO)

196 On #BookTok, you’ll find recommendations for books like “Game Changer,” by Rachel Reid. “Game Changer” is the first in a six part series of “male/male queer hockey romance” books, according to Reid’s website.

Oh f*ck right off with that bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

197 Speaking of chinese money, what actually is the deal with yen vs renminbi?

I think it's something like one is for inside China, one is for trading with the Foreign Devils, but they're otherwise completely interchangeable.

Some commie screwball nonsense like that. It's not just synonyms, they technically are two different currencies, but they are pegged to each other by definition so that the PRC has a way to screw around with their own economy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (06Hmj)

198 If half a million could fall on my lawn, I wouldn't object."

I'd settle for a quarter million. I'm a giver that way...

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

199 191 I'm a guy and enjoy reading a good Stacy Abrams bodice ripper. Does that make me naughty?
Posted by: Skeevy Stevie

Rule 34 exists for a reason. We don't judge here.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (+4yJ5)

200 2 people accused of fraudulently using more than 400 EBT cards to buy goods for their businesses

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

201 199 We don't judge here.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (+4yJ5)

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I didn't think you were new here...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (GBKbO)

202 I shall wait for the mini-series:

SlapnTickleShot
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (gbOdA

No need to wait, it already exists. "Heated Rivalry" is a TV series about rival hockey captains who shred each other's buttholes when they're not shredding up the ice.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

203 How many pings necessary?

One ping only, please.

Posted by: Oedipus at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (Z6vKV)

204 MEMRI does have more up to date information about Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (sDNVV)

205 Everpeak Hospitality - the franchisee part of the Hilton group and involved with denying DHS staff hotel rooms has updated their website:

https://tinyurl.com/ucbmxaph

Seems like losing their franchise was their "Come to Jesus" moment.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (N39Ws)

206 I'm a guy and enjoy reading a good Stacy Abrams bodice ripper. Does that make me naughty?
Posted by: Skeevy Stevie

With her diet, I'm quite sure you don't want to be anywhere near a Stacy Abrams bodice ripper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

207 “Game Changer” is the first in a six part series of “male/male queer hockey romance”

"queer hockey" is kinda reduntant, no?

*ducks*

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

208 203 How many pings necessary?

One ping only, please.

Posted by: Oedipus at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (Z6vKV)

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Who knew that the men from Lithuania sounded Scottish while speaking Russian?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (GBKbO)

209 201
I didn't think you were new here...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, OK. We judge but we make it entertaining.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (+4yJ5)

210 "2 people accused of fraudulently using more than 400 EBT cards to buy goods for their businesses
Posted by: SMOD"

They just fell on our lawn!

Posted by: Those 2 people at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

211 Prayers Sponge

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (/iXAp)

212 176 Those 2,000 Venezuelan generals are billionaires.

That money needs to be reclaimed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

Yes, but how? Given that most of it is already in Swiss accounts. Sadly, the best way to get control of Venezuela is to gradually convince these billionaires that it’s time to go into retirement in some nice villa in Paraguay.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (Iwxrf)

213 2 people accused of fraudulently using more than 400 EBT cards to buy goods for their businesses
Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

I shan't believe it. There IS no fraud in welfare, you see. I've been told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

214 Prayers Sponge
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:44 AM (/iXAp)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

215 Yen = Currency of Japan
Yuan = Currency of China (also RMB)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

216 With her diet, I'm quite sure you don't want to be anywhere near a Stacy Abrams bodice ripper."

*insert clip of Oregon Dept of Highways vs. whale here*

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

217 Seems like losing their franchise was their "Come to Jesus" moment.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

And they're probably not even Christian which makes it more impressive.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (+4yJ5)

218 The renminbi (Chinese: 人民币; pinyin: Rénmínbì; lit. 'People's Currency' Chinese pronunciation: [ʐən˧˥min˧˥pi˥˩]; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of China. The renminbi is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of China. It is the world's fifth-most-traded currency as of April 2025. The Chinese yuan (元

is the basic unit of the renminbi.

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

219 213 I shan't believe it. There IS no fraud in welfare, you see. I've been told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

====

"No, there is fraud, but trust us. It's no more than 5% of the spending. Also, there's no need for any enhanced oversight, and if you insist on it, you're racist."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (GBKbO)

220 215 Yen = Currency of Japan
Yuan = Currency of China (also RMB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

*facepalm*

Yeah. That's what i meant. Stupid.... uh... autocorrect? Yeah. Totally autocorrect's fault.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (06Hmj)

221 Still think Walz is going to crack. He's acting weirder in each subsequent appearance. Oddly enjoyable

Walz’s newest press conference where he said he wasn’t going to quit and he was going to ride the press “harder than ever before” was certainly hilarious.

He’s probably angry that Nick Shirley is too old for his widely alleged preferences.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (QZThv)

222 2 people accused of fraudulently using more than 400 EBT cards to buy goods for their businesses
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"Munir Chaudhri and Rachna Anwar are accused of coming to Sam’s Club on Mount Nebo Road to use stolen EBT card funds to buy goods for their North Side businesses."

Not exactly Joe and Jennifer Johnson.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (+113B)

223 Sponge -
Saw your update on First Lady. Keep positive thoughts. But boy, you two sure could use a break. Still keeping you both in my prayers. Trust and believe in miracles.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (N39Ws)

224 Who knew that the men from Lithuania sounded Scottish while speaking Russian?"

That's nothing

/Robin Hood, American

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

225 221 Still think Walz is going to crack. He's acting weirder in each subsequent appearance. Oddly enjoyable

Walz’s newest press conference where he said he wasn’t going to quit and he was going to ride the press “harder than ever before” was certainly hilarious.

He’s probably angry that Nick Shirley is too old for his widely alleged preferences.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (QZThv)

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He probably received a targeting letter from the DOJ saying that he's the subject of an investigation.

I think the Trump DOJ is going for the jugular.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (GBKbO)

226 Re: Abortion:

Wasn't it Lindsey Graham that opened his big fat pie-hole regarding Abortion right before the "Red Wave" of 2022? The one that evaporated, bigly? Probably in part for him deciding to stick his d!ck right into that minefield and energize the Demoncratic base on the one issue they all agree on.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 07, 2026 08:47 AM (4h45B)

227 224 Who knew that the men from Lithuania sounded Scottish while speaking Russian?"

That's nothing

/Robin Hood, American

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

======

New Robin Hood movie from the director of Pig:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlSDDuWxO_0

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:47 AM (GBKbO)

228 Munir Chaudhri and Rachna Anwar"

Just some good 'ol boys,
never mean'n no harm...

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

229 Saw your update on First Lady. Keep positive thoughts. But boy, you two sure could use a break. Still keeping you both in my prayers. Trust and believe in miracles.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:46 AM (N39Ws)

Thank you. I'm doing my best, for sure. She doesn't appear worried, but I can't help it. She's aware and doesn't want me to, but it is what it is. I'm praying too.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

230 217 Seems like losing their franchise was their "Come to Jesus" moment.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

And they're probably not even Christian which makes it more impressive.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (+4yJ5)

Being Indian owned (dot, not feather), Hindu would be my guess. Still may they reap the "FO" for all of their "FA".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:48 AM (N39Ws)

231 "According to the criminal complaint, Chaudhri and Anwar would buy EBT cards from “drug addicts” for half of the card’s value."

Tax dollars at work.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 08:48 AM (+113B)

232 The Vietnamese have the world's best currency for stupid jokes. The Dong.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 08:48 AM (BI5O2)

233 The Chinese yuan (元 is the basic unit of the renminbi.
Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

Oh, well that's boring then.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:48 AM (06Hmj)

234 I am not finding a lot of current news about Iran.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

I'm going to choose to believe (with hope) that this indicates that things aren't going as well for the mullahs as the media would wish.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

235 i think the Democrats have decided Walz is a liability. Like *biden, he's getting "the treatment."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 08:49 AM (NwnyJ)

236 Feds probe hundreds of millions in suspected Somali cash in luggage leaving Minneapolis airport

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

237 Some commie screwball nonsense like that. It's not just synonyms, they technically are two different currencies, but they are pegged to each other by definition so that the PRC has a way to screw around with their own economy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:42 AM (06Hmj)

And amusingly that is why China is never able to become any kind of leading figure in world financial markets, and why the Dollar continues to be King. China screws around with its currency constantly, and everyone knows it, and no one trusts them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:50 AM (Iwxrf)

238 235 i think the Democrats have decided Walz is a liability. Like *biden, he's getting "the treatment."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 08:49 AM (NwnyJ)

We need a word for this thing they keep doing, where they kneecap someone in office but still keep them in office...

Unpeachment, maybe?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:50 AM (06Hmj)

239 New Robin Hood movie from the director of Pig:"

DeadPool #4?

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

240 The removal of Maduro from Venezuela certainly has our enemies and rivals around the globe siting up and taking notice.

What's next, Cuba? Iran? Colombia? Mexico? We're going to be out of the weapons and drug businesses if he keeps hitting our strongholds.

Posted by: The CIA at January 07, 2026 08:51 AM (o5jAD)

241 Being Indian owned (dot, not feather), Hindu would be my guess. Still may they reap the "FO" for all of their "FA".
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

The best part is that normal people won't care if they try claiming "DAS RAYSIS!" when the FO happens.

And for those of you who didn't know, there is a guy on Twitter justifying this behavior of the company by claiming it's a violation of the Third Amendment to force the hotel to take in the cops.

The level of disconnect from reality was impressive.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 08:51 AM (+4yJ5)

242 NY Post:
US Forces have boarded a sanctioned oil tanker that had supposedly re-flagged itself as a Russian ship.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (N39Ws)

243 I don't even bother looking at worthless Western media for Iran news. The expat lies and regime lies are still less absurd than our lies. AFAIK, our media are still pretending this is about economic problems. It is to laugh.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

244 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
BREAKING: U.S. forces have boarded a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela near Iceland, according to Fox.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

245 Mom of Zohran Mamdani aide who said owning a home fuels ‘white supremacy’ has $1.6M house in Tennessee

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

246 153 Daily Mail reporting that the U.S. forces have boarded the renegade oil tanker in the Atlantic -- the one being escorted by the Russian sub.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 07, 2026 08:30 AM (Y1sOo)

DM now reports the op has successfully taken the tanker. Said US Coast Guard and military assets were used.

Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (5rh/l)

247 Mandarin doesn't have genders, so that helps.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (/xKmq)

248 How soon before Retarded Timmy Walz is found hanging by his safety helmet in his garage?

Posted by: 2 weeks at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (GlDYx)

249 245 Mom of Zohran Mamdani aide who said owning a home fuels ‘white supremacy’ has $1.6M house in Tennessee

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

=====

By the end of the Trump administration, Marco Rubio is going to end up Duke of New York, A#1 in addition to all of his other roles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (GBKbO)

250 Sponge, on the one hand worrying comes with the territory. On the other, you have to count each day on its own as a win.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

251 New Robin Hood movie from the director of Pig:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlSDDuWxO_0

First I've seen of that, damn it looks good. I like dark and gritty, though. I know Ace likes to dunk on everything being dark and gritty nowadays, but I've always been a little tortured like that.

Posted by: Oedipus at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (Z6vKV)

252 Everything sure seems like an attempted takeover of the US, doesn't it.

India, Somalia, Venezuela....3rd world shitholes coming in and taking our money, all gifted by the Democrat party.

Guess who thinks they'll have a seat at the table when everything collapses.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

253 Tax dollars at work."

See, here's the fun thing: for years (decades, really) we've been lied to that the "new way" of doing things (call it woke, new socialism, democratic socialism, whatever) was responsible for so much good in the world... while the reality was that the "good" was $38 trillion of debt + my dollars. Feh.

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

254 How many pings necessary?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:41 AM (GBKbO)

Active sonar is both directional and fairly short range. It's also the case that there are way to hide from it... maybe.

Assuming, however, that you were pointed in the correct direction AND the target was in range, I believe that one would be sufficient to determine the presence of a submarine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

255 Perhaps they should revert back to strange women lying in ponds distributing swords.
Posted by: Monty Python at January 07, 2026 08:06 AM

That's no basis for a system of government.

Posted by: Dennis at January 07, 2026 08:54 AM (bFu5X)

256 DM now reports the op has successfully taken the tanker. Said US Coast Guard and military assets were used.
Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (5rh/l)

Lol.

When the sabers they keep rattling turn out to be foam pool noodles....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:54 AM (06Hmj)

257 Isn’t it hilariously ironic that truly the weirdest dude ever, Tampon Tim…. His attack line on JD Vance in the campaign was that Vance was weird. Pot meet kettle

It was like the pope accusing someone of being Catholic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:55 AM (OW907)

258 First I've seen of that, damn it looks good. I like dark and gritty"

Yeah, I don't mind that, but the "massive flames on the moors" thingy (I know, it's for the camera) is a bit tiresome.

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

259 a Canadian is nearly three times more likely to die by medical assistance in dying (MAID) than an American is to die by a gunshot, whether intentional or not

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

260 China screws around with its currency constantly, and everyone knows it, and no one trusts them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:50 AM (Iwxrf)
====

I used to trade RMB until I figured that out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

261 257 Isn’t it hilariously ironic that truly the weirdest dude ever, Tampon Tim…. His attack line on JD Vance in the campaign was that Vance was weird. Pot meet kettle

It was like the pope accusing someone of being Catholic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 08:55 AM (OW907)

======

"Normal is weird" is the sort of thing only a trans-communist could come up with.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (GBKbO)

262 It's not about what you make it's about what you keep.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (Q4G+n)

263 256 DM now reports the op has successfully taken the tanker. Said US Coast Guard and military assets were used.
Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (5rh/l)

Lol.

When the sabers they keep rattling turn out to be foam pool noodles....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:54 AM (06Hmj)

Now they should offload the oil and then scuttle the ship. Then you have 1 less illegal tanker.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (N39Ws)

264 Sponge, on the one hand worrying comes with the territory. On the other, you have to count each day on its own as a win.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

After all 29+ years, I finally know what it means to be "day to day."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

265 188 On #BookTok, you’ll find recommendations for books like “Game Changer,” by Rachel Reid. “Game Changer” is the first in a six part series of “male/male queer hockey romance” books, according to Reid’s website.

I shall wait for the mini-series:

SlapnTickleShot
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:39 AM (gbOdA)

Puck Bunnies (the hockey version of Groupies or Ring Rats) have been writing that kind of slop for aeons.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (UnA8+)

266 Then you have 1 less illegal tanker."

And if the pic floating around is really from said tanker, well... there's no way it meets any current standards. At all...

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (XuXeR)

267 I've always been a little tortured like that.

Posted by: Oedipus at January 07, 2026 08:53 AM (Z6vKV)

Uhhhhh..... phrasing?

Posted by: pookysgirl can't be the only one thinking this at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (Wt5PA)

268 Munir Chaudhri and Rachna Anwar"

Just some good 'ol boys,
never mean'n no harm...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:47 AM

Been in trouble with the Raj since the day they were born.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (bFu5X)

269 Gaza has fallen off the map here. Is there still a war going on?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (jc0TO)

270 When the Ven crude starts showing up here at the Gulf Coast we do not need to heavy Canada oil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (gbOdA)

271 Does anybody else here have an illegitimate bastard son in politics? Anyone?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (Ouxay)

272 How soon before Retarded Timmy Walz is found hanging by his safety helmet in his garage?
Posted by: 2 weeks at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (GlDYx)

Democrats never die. They just find a new grift.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

273 His attack line on JD Vance in the campaign was that Vance was weird.
_________________

Specifically he said it was "weird" that Vance wanted gay pr0n out of school libraries and boys out of girls' sports.

I'm not even joking. That was the context.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (/xKmq)

274 US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker After Dramatic Chase Across Atlantic: Report

Russian-reflagged civilian Marinera tanker being CHASED by US Coast Guard warship in the North Atlantic

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

275 When the sabers they keep rattling turn out to be foam pool noodles....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:54 AM (06Hmj)

I think the Russian sub story was always bullshit, like “Sasquatch is out there in the woods watching you!” Notice how nobody actually ever saw it, and US never confirmed? It was a bogey man story.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (Iwxrf)

276 Puck Bunnies"

Que? Do I dare search for said phrase?

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

277 202 No need to wait, it already exists. "Heated Rivalry" is a TV series about rival hockey captains who shred each other's buttholes when they're not shredding up the ice.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

Fujoshi ("Rotten Woman", a woman obsessed with man-on-man sex) are the dirt worst.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (UnA8+)

278 >>I think the Trump DOJ is going for the jugular.

I've been repeatedly assured they are doing nothing.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)

279 259 a Canadian is nearly three times more likely to die by medical assistance in dying (MAID) than an American is to die by a gunshot, whether intentional or not
Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

It is the 4th or 5th leading cause of death.
When does Sarah P get an apology?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

280 Dramatic Chase Across Atlantic"

So a quarter of the speed of OJ's bronco is "dramatic"?

/

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

281 My sister was a trainer on a hockey team. She told me the STDs were rampant.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (/xKmq)

282 Germany's Chancellor Warns Of Economic Collapse... Then Doubles Down On Central Planning

Friedrich Merz acts like a central planner without an ordoliberal compass. His time as a ceremonial executive at BlackRock seems not to have granted him access to the secret knowledge of market processes.

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

283 Just some good 'ol boys,
never mean'n no harm...
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:47 AM

Been in trouble with the Raj since the day they were born.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (bFu5X)

Tune in again next week to see how Boss Hajj schemes to take down the family and steal the county welfare money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

284 276 Puck Bunnies"

Que? Do I dare search for said phrase?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

Do you like 'em plump and diabetic?

If not, no.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (UnA8+)

285 NY Post:
US Forces have boarded a sanctioned oil tanker that had supposedly re-flagged itself as a Russian ship.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 08:52 AM (N39Ws)

Guess the administration decided that they don't care about the theoretical submarine. Presumably Putin will release a statement decrying the actions we took and let it go.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

286 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:22 AM

*sigh*

Prayers continuing, Sponge.

{{{bro hug}}}

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (bFu5X)

287 278 >>I think the Trump DOJ is going for the jugular.

I've been repeatedly assured they are doing nothing.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)

======

DOJ is a black box until they file things in court, and the DOJ has a long history of not being on our side.

I don't fault people for being...resistant to new tea leaves.

But, really, all we have is tea leaves still. I choose to read them optimistically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

288 Do you like 'em plump and diabetic?"

er.... yikes.

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

289 Twenty Years Of Watching The Thermometer... And The Narrative

The climate will continue to change. It always has. The real question is whether society can rediscover the value of skepticism before policy built on perpetual emergency does lasting damage.

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

290 My sister was a trainer on a hockey team. She told me the STDs were rampant.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (/xKmq)

Well, when you constantly trade the same 4 or 5 whores.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

291 288 er.... yikes.
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

Hockey groupies generally aren't hot e-thots.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (UnA8+)

292
{{{bro hug}}}
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM (bFu5X)

Thanks, man......It means a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

293 The Momdani administration and its Marxist property apparatchik are using "white supremacy" as code for Jewish landlords. That will be the point where these lunatics start the large scale anti Jewish violence

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (ScJGb)

294 Posted by: pookysgirl can't be the only one thinking this at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (Wt5PA)

Hey I hope you are hanging in, been thinking about you.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Q4G+n)

295 269 Gaza has fallen off the map here. Is there still a war going on?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (jc0TO)

There does not appear to be. Israel seems to have setttled for a policy of strict containment while Trump’s 20 point plan fizzles out at Step 2. Oh well he did get the hostages back.

Looks to me like Bibi is gambling on a lot of this situation getting much easier when Iran falls.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Iwxrf)

296 “The government will soon present a comprehensive deportation reform,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

“This will mean that even more criminal foreigners will have to be sent out of Denmark.”

She drew a clear distinction between immigrants who, in her words, had embraced Denmark and those who commit crimes.

“You can be Danish even if your favorite dish isn’t meatballs or mackerel sandwiches, for that matter. We Danes, don’t look the same. Nor should we. But we should love each other.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

297 290 Well, when you constantly trade the same 4 or 5 whores.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

And the coaches (especially at the Canadian Pee-wee and Junior levels) are preying on their underage players...

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (UnA8+)

298 Do I dare search for said phrase?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

Similar to "lot lizards" only these hang around hockey practice facilities.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

299 269 Gaza has fallen off the map here. Is there still a war going on?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 07, 2026 08:57 AM (jc0TO)

Sadly, we are not graced with only one calamity at a time to focus on with our worry. We have to pick our calamity out of the mix, worry it like a dog with a bone, and then go on to the next.

Posted by: tubal at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (pDt9x)

300 After all 29+ years, I finally know what it means to be "day to day."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

Remember, as Nietzsche said, "That which does not destroy us, drives us to drink." Or something like that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

301 The "weird" thing on Vance was DNC scripted. And it seemed it was intended to get ahead of the Walz "pick" since they started it before he was announced.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (Q4G+n)

302 293 The Momdani administration and its Marxist property apparatchik are using "white supremacy" as code for Jewish landlords. That will be the point where these lunatics start the large scale anti Jewish violence
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (ScJGb)

Supposedly, Cea Weaver (the one making the "white supremacy" statements) is a MoT herself.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (UnA8+)

303
And the coaches (especially at the Canadian Pee-wee and Junior levels) are preying on their underage players...
Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (UnA8+)

Sad, but true.

I unfortunately can't remember the NHL player that came out and told the story of what happened to him.......Sheldon Kennedy, maybe?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

304 Trisquits and Tillamook are calling me. Taunting me. Must. Resist

Posted by: Common Tater at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (S0rY1)

305 After all 29+ years, I finally know what it means to be "day to day."

Trust me, that view doesn't help... leads to stepping on own rake. "planning" with these medical swords hanging over is nervewracking.

I managed to go see a Dr for me (1st time in 5+ years). Doc hmmms around, then says "are you under some stress"?

Explained more, Dr. says "that sucks. Do you want to take anything? No, well, OK. Bye"

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

306 > Now they should offload the oil and then scuttle the ship. Then you have 1 less illegal tanker.
---------
Photos of the tanker seem to indicate it's capable of sinking on its own.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)

307
Remember, as Nietzsche said, "That which does not destroy us, drives us to drink." Or something like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

Most everything these days contributes to the delinquency of my liver.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

308 Pookysgirl -
Been keeping you in my prayers.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (N39Ws)

309 301 The "weird" thing on Vance was DNC scripted. And it seemed it was intended to get ahead of the Walz "pick" since they started it before he was announced.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:03 AM (Q4G+n)

======

It feels like it was just part of a generalized attempt to make the crazy radicals of the left into normal. Like that time some Democrat was talking to a group a few months ago and said "women and cis-women", indicating that trans-women didn't need any modifier. They were more women than actual women.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

310 How scummy is the UN? This much.

A little note from HHS:

I can confirm public speculation that Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN and President of the Security Council, is in fact associated with Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency in Cincinnati.

HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud.

More to come.
@HHSGov

via LegalInsurrection

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (Q2QJk)

311 “You can be Danish even if your favorite dish isn’t meatballs or mackerel sandwiches, for that matter. We Danes, don’t look the same. Nor should we. But we should love each other.”
Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

*barf*

Wake up, stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

312 Tune in again next week to see how Boss Hajj schemes to take down the family and steal the county welfare money.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:00 AM

Next week on The Dalits of Mumbai...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (bFu5X)

313 26 I'm nothing but reconstituted wallpaper paste between two discs of charcoal.

Posted by: Oreos at January 07, 2026 07:37 AM (Th73F)

Liar! There is also high fructose corn syrup in your reconstituted wallpaper paste!

Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM (5rh/l)

314 307
Most everything these days contributes to the delinquency of my liver.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

Bulleit and Blantons for the win.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM (N39Ws)

315 Speaking of the Danish PM… I heard a short report on the radio with her being very saucy to Trump saying essentially “you’re not getting Greenland or over my dead body”

So my bet is that Trump gets Greenland before his term ends…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM (GbhSH)

316 HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud.

More to come.
@HHSGov

via LegalInsurrection
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (Q2QJk)

"Progressive."

Huh.

Odd coincidence, that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

317 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM (53oGX)

318 before policy built on perpetual emergency does lasting damage."

But what about the vig, er, our take?

/NGOs

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

319 Trump has been prez for still under a year.

Posted by: Jonah at January 07, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)

320 303 Sad, but true.

I unfortunately can't remember the NHL player that came out and told the story of what happened to him.......Sheldon Kennedy, maybe?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

It happened to a _lot_ of players.

David Frost and the "Brampton Boys" (of which the aforementioned Sheldon Keefe was one of) is one of the more well known examples, but more recently was the Chicago Blackhawks' scandal, where one of their coaching staff (Brad Aldrich) was sexually abusing young players.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:07 AM (UnA8+)

321 Apparently there are numerous refineries in the US that are configured to process sour Venezuela crude. Owned by Chevron, Valero, CITGO (Venezuela), and others. Located in places like Cali, Louisiana, and Texas. So we have facilities that can refine (not sure if operating at capacity already).

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 07, 2026 09:08 AM (aKh6S)

322 Post

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Tamizkar | تمیزکار
@r_tamizkar
Translated from Persian
Renaming a street in Tehran to President Trump Street.

This action has been done to receive foreign assistance for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic regime.

https://tinyurl.com/yt5zku94

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

323 319 Trump has been prez for still under a year.

Posted by: Jonah at January 07, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)

======

ICE is fully funded through 2028 and the DOJ won't stop investigations if the House impeaches Trump (the Senate will never convict if they didn't right after 1/6, which they didn't).

The only thing slowing Trump down right now is...the Massie bill that requires more than 100 DOJ lawyers to review 5 million pages of documents related to Epstein to redact them in compliance with law.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)

324 As long as Wall Street stays in New York, nothing will change

Posted by: Jonah at January 07, 2026 09:08 AM (YCxFk)

325 Homos in hockey?? I’ve never followed hockey but this surprises me… to an outsider they seem like a bunch of tough guys

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 09:09 AM (GbhSH)

326
But what about the vig, er, our take?

/NGOs

"Like cargo cultists, we keep calling the USAID number, but there's no one answering. That spigot was always 'on' before -- what happened?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:09 AM (xG4kz)

327 More of this generation’s newlyweds than at any other time in history are naming their firstborn sons ‘Beau’. A tribute that is unprecedented.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 09:09 AM (Ouxay)

328 >>DOJ is a black box until they file things in court, and the DOJ has a long history of not being on our side.

Speaking of being on our side, do you know what the still understaffed DOJ is using hundreds of lawyers for instead of doing things like looking at fraud in Democrat states? Reviewing Epstein files before they can be released thanks to true patriots like Massie and MTG. One of the reasons it hasn't moved faster is because hundreds of the people who were not following the law have been fired or resigned and those positions take time to refill.

I'm well aware of the DOJs black box nature and have been saying for months that a grand jury has been called in the southern district of Florida to hear the conspiracy case against Trump this month. But usually elicits replies like nothing is happening.

Patience is not a virtue of the internet.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2026 09:09 AM (viF8m)

329 So we have facilities that can refine (not sure if operating at capacity already)."

The trick is that now "we" don't have to import from Canada... what will they do? Line their canoes w/tar (as they once did)?

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

330 323. Agree James.

Posted by: Jonah at January 07, 2026 09:10 AM (YCxFk)

331 275 When the sabers they keep rattling turn out to be foam pool noodles....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 08:54 AM (06Hmj)

I think the Russian sub story was always bullshit, like “Sasquatch is out there in the woods watching you!” Notice how nobody actually ever saw it, and US never confirmed? It was a bogey man story.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 07, 2026 08:58 AM (Iwxrf)

I have a million quatloos that say the US Navy knows where each Russian and Chinese long-range sub (nuke) is within a few miles, at all times.

Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 09:10 AM (5rh/l)

332 The Lido Deck is the second best deck.

Posted by: Cap'n Bill at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (0sNs1)

333 No, J.J. We don't own this mess. This was a mess way before we took any action there. That's the kind of Colin Powell BS that got us stuck in Iraq, Syria, Libya, etc. Screw that...if the people of Venezuela want to remove the chains of thug dictatorship, fine, we can help them with arms, etc., but no overt American presence. Let them figure it out for themselves, with the warning "we make great friends, but the worst possible enemies...don't make us come back there again."

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (y2f7I)

334 Speaking of the Danish PM… I heard a short report on the radio with her being very saucy to Trump saying essentially “you’re not getting Greenland or over my dead body”

So my bet is that Trump gets Greenland before his term ends…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM (GbhSH)
=====================
Who knows how accurate this is, but Wikipedia claims the population of Greenland is 56,000 people and 90 % Innuit. So, I infer that means something like 5-6,000 Danes; not many.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (Q2QJk)

335 Trust President Trump.

Posted by: steevy at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (YwEeS)

336 332 The Lido Deck is the second best deck.
Posted by: Cap'n Bill at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (0sNs1)

Pupus?

He 'ardly knows us!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (06Hmj)

337 generation’s newlyweds than at any other time in history are naming their firstborn sons ‘Beau'"

It's "Bo"

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)

338 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

To me it was weird they started calling Vance weird and then three days later (predictably) unveil the weirdest person on the planet as their nominee.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (Q4G+n)

339 Pookysgirl -
Been keeping you in my prayers.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (N39Ws)

This.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

340
It's "Bo"
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)

Like my dog!

Posted by: Barack Owebama at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

341 The Lido Deck is the second best deck."

It's the shuffling...

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (XuXeR)

342 338 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

To me it was weird they started calling Vance weird and then three days later (predictably) unveil the weirdest person on the planet as their nominee.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (Q4G+n)

=====

I can easily imagine weirder.

*images of that House member with the purple hair who looks like a Dick Tracy villain pop into head*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

343 332 The Lido Deck is the second best deck.
Posted by: Cap'n Bill at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (0sNs1)

"One for the rooooooooooooooooooooooad"
-Boz Scaggs

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:13 AM (UnA8+)

344 Speaking of the Danish PM… I heard a short report on the radio with her being very saucy to Trump saying essentially “you’re not getting Greenland or over my dead body”

So my bet is that Trump gets Greenland before his term ends…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 09:06 AM

Hmmm...for the last 60 years or so I've been listening to globalist lefties going on about the sacred principle of self-determination for peoples, along with decades of decolonizing everything down to holidays and academic majors. So now that we're offering the people of Greenland an opportunity to, as it were, decolonize themselves by giving Denmark the boot, that's suddenly a bad thing? Again, hmmm....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:13 AM (bFu5X)

345 Who knows how accurate this is, but Wikipedia claims the population of Greenland is 56,000 people and 90 % Innuit. So, I infer that means something like 5-6,000 Danes; not many.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:11 AM (Q2QJk)

Denmark is a country who's population is that of Dallas, Texas. And they have their own language they expect others to learn how to speak, although, they teach English starting at an early age. And BOY do they have an ego.

Posted by: Barack Owebama at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

346 Homos in hockey?? I’ve never followed hockey but this surprises me… to an outsider they seem like a bunch of tough guys
-------------------------------

Homo sports fiction is just one part of the left's ongoing project to tear apart traditional masculinity

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (FphRr)

347 344
Hmmm...for the last 60 years or so I've been listening to globalist lefties going on about the sacred principle of self-determination for peoples, along with decades of decolonizing everything down to holidays and academic majors. So now that we're offering the people of Greenland an opportunity to, as it were, decolonize themselves by giving Denmark the boot, that's suddenly a bad thing? Again, hmmm....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:13 AM (bFu5X)

======

*reflects on the results of Catalan elections in the last decade*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (GBKbO)

348 I plan so diabolically sinister by Donald Trump, that the committee who “investigated” it, hid and destroyed evidence, and required a last minute pardon by the President who was installed fraudulently, 2 weeks after the alleged ‘insurrection’.

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)

349 Wikipedia claims the population of Greenland"

Ok, probably wrong on my part, but this smells like another distraction move.

Teh Outrage!!! Machine gets revved up, then... SQUIRRELLLLL!

Laser pointer meet Cat.

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (XuXeR)

350 Well shucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

351 To me it was weird they started calling Vance weird and then three days later (predictably) unveil the weirdest person on the planet as their nominee.
Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (Q4G+n)

They called Vance weird, his popularity grew. They said, "The people like weird!" And the rest was history.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

352
Reports are that car dealerships in the Twin Cities are close to engaging in a fierce bidding war in order to get Timpon to serve as their "wacky, waving arms tube guy sales display" centerpiece.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

353 Well shucks."

Bushels of corn arrived?

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)

354
Homo sports fiction is just one part of the left's ongoing project to tear apart traditional masculinity
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (FphRr)

"You train hard, bulk up, can lift really heavy things and can dominate athletic competition? Well, you MUST suck dick, then!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

355 >So my bet is that Trump gets Greenland before his term ends…
----

aaaaaand the Democrats will give it back at the first opportunity

Posted by: Don Black at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (ZxPkt)

356 Silver lining is that Vance would be able to run against a insane Dem House majority

Posted by: Jonah at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (YCxFk)

357 Patience is not a virtue of the internet.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2026 09:09 AM (viF8m

How patient must one be, pray tell? I've been hearing "real life isn't a movie, these things take time, trust the process, someone is coming, krakens shall be released on the morrow, yadda yadda yadda" for ten years now.

The onus is no longer on the people who say the DoJ is corrupt and will do nothing to defend their assumptions.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (BI5O2)

358 346 Homo sports fiction is just one part of the left's ongoing project to tear apart traditional masculinity
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 07, 2026 09:14 AM (FphRr)

Yes, BUT.

1) Women have been writing Slashfic (gay sex fic) about athletes since at least the 90s

2) There's a lot of homopedo hockey coaches out there. In Canada, it's one of the easiest ways for a homopedo to access young boys.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (UnA8+)

359 aaaaaand the Democrats will give it back at the first opportunity

Posted by: Don Black at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (ZxPkt)

Not if they can set up a grift through it, and my bet is they can and will.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (Q4G+n)

360 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Again, to Orthodox Christian so celebrating, wishing you and yours a peaceful Nativity and much joy in the coming year.

Public Service Message: Getting onto this website via computer and/or cellphone is becoming quite a challenge. CAPTCHA - allegedly as a security measure to block Automated Searches - is being employed by Google & has gone from appearing rarely to almost routine, all day long, and with multiple (3, 4, 5) CAPTCHA "tests" for an access, followed by the occasional access denial. (It simply stops searching, working.)

Don't try to research too many interesting topics nowadays or that's what you'll get. That, and it must be very worthwhile to discourage & limit mature users who don't necessarily march in line with MSM. (BTW, Google seems happy to allow browsing through its selected Google News.) All mine.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (NFX2v)

361 All for invading Greenland. We have to have Marines land in Viking style boats n garb though. We have to do it in style.

Posted by: JROD at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (MvPnp)

362 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

363 Pretty sure women have been reading trashy novels for a hundred years or more. Is everything an epidemic?
Posted by: Lust Rumble at January 07, 2026 07:40 AM (oftw2)

YES! YES! RUN! SCREAM! LIGHT YOUR HAIR ON FIRE! WE'RE DOOMED!!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (g8Ew8)

364 More shoes will drop, yes?

Posted by: tubal at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (pDt9x)

365 That's no basis for a system of government.
Posted by: Dennis

Lupins should be the coin of the realm!

Posted by: Dennis Moore at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (oftw2)

366 328, Well said Jack.

Posted by: Jonah at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (YCxFk)

367 Speaking of the Danish PM… I heard a short report on the radio with her being very saucy to Trump saying essentially “you’re not getting Greenland

or over my dead body”

Challenge accepted.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (WC9t6)

368 Greenland would be a democrat's wet dream.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (06Hmj)

369 Posted by: ShainS -- Struggling With A Learing Disability at January 07, 2026 08:27 AM (VxzUB)

Only 75,000?

Unless you live in NYC or San Fran or have a debt or a family to support , that’s a King’s salary in retirement .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (KDPiq)

370 "You train hard, bulk up, can lift really heavy things and can dominate athletic competition? Well, you MUST suck dick, then!"

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman?

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

371
aaaaaand the Democrats will give it back at the first opportunity
Posted by: Don Black at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (ZxPkt)

Of course they will. Remember when Barack gave away control of the internet? Good times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

372 a Canadian is nearly three times more likely to die by MAID than an American is to die by a gunshot

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)

373 People want order more than freedom. They'll go along, however grudgingly, with whoever provides that to them.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (6wHqY)

374 *puts in application for first Greenlandic Day Care Center*

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (vFG9F)

375 I just looked up my silver mine stock HL.
Oh my. Quintupled in one year.

Where are the gold-diggers?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

376
I can easily imagine weirder.

*images of that House member with the purple hair who looks like a Dick Tracy villain pop into head*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

Hi!

-- Rosa DeLauro

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (xG4kz)

377 All for invading Greenland. We have to have Marines land in Viking style boats n garb though. We have to do it in style.
Posted by: JROD

Playing Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (WC9t6)

378 *puts in application for first Greenlandic Day Care Center*
Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (vFG9F)

Striking while the iron is hot. Good call.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

379 361 All for invading Greenland. We have to have Marines land in Viking style boats n garb though. We have to do it in style.
Posted by: JROD at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (MvPnp)

Do that blood eagle thingy on a few people!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:20 AM (gbOdA)

380 Not if they can set up a grift through it, and my bet is they can and will.
Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM (Q4G+n)

It's a big, cold Indian Reservation.

Two months in they'll be churning out a million votes and sucking up half a trillion dollars into their NGOs for "development".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:20 AM (06Hmj)

381 377 All for invading Greenland. We have to have Marines land in Viking style boats n garb though. We have to do it in style.
Posted by: JROD

Playing Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (WC9t6)

Judges would have accepted Wagner.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:20 AM (gbOdA)

382 a Canadian is nearly three times more likely to die by MAID than an American is to die by a gunshot
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)

Well, we'd better give up our guns, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

383
*puts in application for first Greenlandic Day Care Center*

Posted by: fd

Pfft. Narwhal rescues will be where it's at up thataway!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (xG4kz)

384 Pretty sure women have been reading trashy novels for a hundred years or more."

Yeah. Was an innocent wee lad at an early Star Trek "con" in NYC (197... get offa my lawn), and the volume of "F***ing Spock" fanfic was...

Yikes.

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

385 High-sticking is not always a penalty, IYKWIMAIKYD!

Posted by: Poofters On Ice at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (oftw2)

386 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM (BI5O2)

You act as though this hasn’t been the normal operating system since 1787. Some periods are better than others but it will never be what you want.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (KDPiq)

387 "Getting onto this website via computer and/or cellphone is becoming quite a challenge."

Are you talking bout this site?

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (vFG9F)

388 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:17 AM

Top of the mornin' to ya, NaCly!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (bFu5X)

389
aaaaaand the Democrats will give it back at the first opportunity

Posted by: Don Black at January 07, 2026 09:16 AM

Of course they will. Remember when Barack gave away control of the internet? Good times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM

no do Jimmuh Carter & the Panama canal...

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (tljrc)

390 We have to have Marines land in Viking style boats n garb though. We have to do it in style.
Posted by: JROD

Five bucks says that there are at least one squad worth of Infantry that already own the gear and just need the boats.

Never mind...they stole the boats just now.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (+4yJ5)

391 Gunnery Sergeant Hartman?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

This made me think of the Ayatollah of Rock ‘n Rolla…. Heartbreak Ridge

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (P/Wjn)

392 a Canadian is nearly three times more likely to die by MAID than an American is to die by a gunshot
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
--------------------
This may be dismissed as just Fun With Statistics, but it really makes a good point.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:22 AM (IEJkJ)

393 French Maid > Canadian MAID

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:23 AM (06Hmj)

394 9 Seattle mayor instructs cops not to arrest drug users shooting up on city streets. I wonder how that'll work out....
Posted by: Huck Follywood

See Kensington, Philadelphia and/or 69th St, Upper Darby, PA.

It's much broader than you may believe, and police officers are so often involved with NARCAN (readily accessible in PA) responses trying to save those same lives.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 07, 2026 09:23 AM (NFX2v)

395 The is a somewhat compelling national security case to be made over controlling Greenland. Leaving US security to Denmark is... stupid.

And it's not like we've made overtures to them about this. They've rebuffed them.

So... hardball it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 07, 2026 09:23 AM (NwnyJ)

396 THIS JUST IN:

"Drinking Coffee Strategically Makes All the Difference"

Posted by: fd at January 07, 2026 09:23 AM (vFG9F)

397 *puts in application for first Greenlandic Day Care Center*

Back in line. I've got DNA proof... of something or other.

So there.

Welcome to Fjord Lerning Centers of Greenland.

Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (XuXeR)

398 @sponge - I mostly lurk here, but have been following your travails. Many prayers for a clean bill of health for Mrs. Sponge.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (NgqoH)

399 361 All for invading Greenland. We have to have Marines land in Viking style boats n garb though. We have to do it in style.
-----------------
Marines are always stylish. We have flare.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (pLaQB)

400 370 Gunnery Sergeant Hartman?
Posted by: man at January 07, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

He may be the masculine ideal, but hardly anyone under 50 wants to be him.

If one considers this a problem to be solved, there may not be much time left to solve it.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (UnA8+)

401 Learing Centers > Lerning Centers

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

402 RedMindBlueState

Returned to you and yours.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

403 351 To me it was weird they started calling Vance weird and then three days later (predictably) unveil the weirdest person on the planet as their nominee.
Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:12 AM (Q4G+n)

They called Vance weird, his popularity grew. They said, "The people like weird!" And the rest was history.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 07, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

IMHO, everything the Democrats have done the past 9 years is aimed not at attracting more voters, but keeping their base on-board and fired-up to donate and to turn-out to vote en masse when the whistle blows. They rely on fraud to overcome any vote shortfalls. Sure, they work to attract more suburban women and gullible LIVs with more and more freebies. I don't know how many more of those they gain year-by-over. I doubt it is millions per year nationwide.

Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 09:25 AM (5rh/l)

404 Praying Sponge. She will be ok.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:25 AM (Q4G+n)

405 Rubio Told Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland

13th hole teeing off a glacier into a semi-active volcano warmed green.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

406 @sponge - I mostly lurk here, but have been following your travails. Many prayers for a clean bill of health for Mrs. Sponge.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 07, 2026 09:24 AM (NgqoH)

Thank you. We are most certainly eternally grateful to you. As we are with the rest of The Horde who've been unbelievably generous to us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

407 Wasn't it a Danish PM that Obumbles was flirting with at Mandel's funeral, or am I misremembering?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (IEJkJ)

408 Very late to the discussion due to a sick dog needing my attention and not going to scroll back and read every comment so this may have already been talked about.
The Bella 1 oil tanker has been seized by the US off of Iceland.
jj's link in the VZ section to the article by Sarah Arnold is excellent. I read her stuff religiously on PJ Media. See What's next for VZ in the links. She's from SA and seems to know her stuff.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (2NHgQ)

409 >>How patient must one be, pray tell?

Trump has been in office for less than a year and has faced unprecedented resistance to even getting his team in place not to mention constant subversion from a corrupt judiciary and I challenge you to find another administration that has done anything close to what has been already been accomplished.

The entire world power structure not just the US is fundamentally different today than it was on January 7, 2025. It's breathtaking how much has changed and continues to change on an almost daily basis and the pace is accelerating.

The DOJ just announced they are sending more prosecutors to MN and that is just the start. CA, OH, IL and NY are in the crosshairs as well. The things that have been started aren't going away. I'm gonna enjoy the ride.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (viF8m)

410 Praying Sponge. She will be ok.
Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 09:25 AM (Q4G+n)

Your keyboard to God's screen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

411 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (NuV6c)

412
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 HOLY CRAP! TOM HOMAN: "If the Democrats are having a fit now, you BETTER GET COUNSELING! This is about to get a H*LL of a lot bigger."

"Tim Walz says 'he's not going anywhere?!' Well, NEITHER AM I. Neither is President Trump. Neither is AG Bondi. Neither is DHS Secretary Noem!"

"We will FLOOD THE ZONE."

"This show is going on the road!"

"Minneapolis is the tip of the iceberg...Illinois, New York, California, we'll see!"

https://tinyurl.com/3mts2yb3

Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

413 407 Wasn't it a Danish PM that Obumbles was flirting with at Mandel's funeral, or am I misremembering?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (IEJkJ)

What was his name?

Posted by: tubal at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (pDt9x)

414 You act as though this hasn’t been the normal operating system since 1787. Some periods are better than others but it will never be what you want.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 07, 2026 09:21 AM (KDPiq)

No. I understand that public corruption is a fact of life in all times and places.

I argue that it's become so pervasive in our time and place that it's become an insurmountable political problem, and it can't be obviated within our existing structures. One way or another this government is going to fold. Either through overthrow, or collapsing under the weight of that corruption, or some combination thereof.

Whistle past that graveyard if you like, but it does no good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

415 French Maid > Canadian MAID
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:23 AM

Mega Maid >>>> French Maid > Canadian MAID

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (bFu5X)

416 Wasn't it a Danish PM that Obumbles was flirting with at Mandel's funeral, or am I misremembering?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (IEJkJ)

https://is.gd/FwfjOy

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

417 My guess is all the bluster will lead to better treatment of Greenland by Denmark, less Chinese and Russian investment in strip-mining Greenland of strategic materials, and more US sensors near Thule. Maybe even a quick reaction force of fighters at the airbase, but unlikely to be a ski patrol.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

418 403 IMHO, everything the Democrats have done the past 9 years is aimed not at attracting more voters, but keeping their base on-board and fired-up to donate and to turn-out to vote en masse when the whistle blows. They rely on fraud to overcome any vote shortfalls. Sure, they work to attract more suburban women and gullible LIVs with more and more freebies. I don't know how many more of those they gain year-by-over. I doubt it is millions per year nationwide.
Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 09:25 AM (5rh/l)

Not just Voter Fraud, but also Donor Fraud.

Act Blue generally gets swamped with donations made in the names of people who would never donate to Democrats in order to get around small donor limits.

Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (UnA8+)

419 lack and white cookies are or were an NYC staple in every corner food store.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 07, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

Still are in most Quick Checks in NJ and some bakery sections of supermarkets

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 07, 2026 09:28 AM (5xuJ/)

420 An even better shot.......

https://is.gd/9KfNN5

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

421 Isn't this the same CIA that said Hunter's laptop had all the earmarks of a Russian Intel operation? President Trump, why are you listening to those flaming assholes?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 07, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)

422 Paul Krugman had a short post yesterday:

" … I’m not going to talk today about how we got here and strategies for getting out. All I want to do right now is to say that we should be clear about what is happening. American fascism is on the march, and anyone who balks at saying that clearly, who makes excuses and pretends that Trump and the people he brought in aren’t monsters, is deeply unpatriotic. If we are to have a chance at saving democracy, our first duty must be clarity. No sanewashing, no bothsidesing. Only facing the horrible truth can set us free."

Posted by: Cap'n Bill at January 07, 2026 09:29 AM (0sNs1)

423 Sending prayers, Sponge!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2026 09:29 AM (NuV6c)

424
What was his name?

Posted by: tubal

Hans Onderweinerssen

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:29 AM (xG4kz)

425 407 Wasn't it a Danish PM that Obumbles was flirting with at Mandel's funeral, or am I misremembering?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM (IEJkJ)

"Hey, where 'da white wimmen?"

Posted by: Bart Obama at January 07, 2026 09:29 AM (5rh/l)

426 How much is my kickback for 9 kids in the Pining for Fjords Learing Center.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:29 AM (gbOdA)

427
Not just Voter Fraud, but also Donor Fraud.

Act Blue generally gets swamped with donations made in the names of people who would never donate to Democrats in order to get around small donor limits.
Posted by: XTC at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (UnA8+)

I'm willing to wager the Democrat party wouldn't be getting 1/4 of their $$$$ if it wasn't for the massive amounts of fraud and laundering going on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

428 Russia has the best 1970s science still.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 07, 2026 09:30 AM (EyfuW)

429 Sending prayers, Sponge!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2026 09:29 AM (NuV6c)

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

430 Non-essential cookies?
Anything with raisins in it!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2026 09:30 AM (NuV6c)

431
Only facing the horrible truth can set us free."

Posted by: Cap'n Bill

That, and investing in Trillion Dollar Coins. Send for your free brochure today! Operators are standing by!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:30 AM (xG4kz)

432 I don’t give many fucks about Greenland either way. But if it makes lefts seethe fuck it, I’m in.

Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 09:31 AM (Q/qJ3)

433 off sock

Posted by: Gref at January 07, 2026 09:31 AM (5rh/l)

434 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

435 RedMindBlueState

Mega Maid >>>> French Maid > Canadian MAID >>> AWFL Maid.

However, never underestimate the cleaning ability of a man who thinks he will get laid.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)

436 ActBlue is a system to move millions of Blue State dollars into Red States.
Kelly is the Papa Smurf of ActBlue receiving about $100 M in last 10 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 07, 2026 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

437
Big Mike has straight hair envy.

She's said so over and over on practically any medium that she's infected.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 07, 2026 09:33 AM (xG4kz)

438 >>". . .If we are to have a chance at saving democracy, our first duty must be clarity. No sanewashing, no bothsidesing. Only facing the horrible truth can set us free."

"This is a Wendy's, sir."

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2026 09:33 AM (NuV6c)

439 Sponge -

Fuck Cancer!!!!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2026 09:33 AM (u82oZ)

440 >>Big Mike has straight hair envy.

She wore pricey wigs throughout TFG's presidency.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 07, 2026 09:34 AM (NuV6c)

441 The US has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela. The sanctioned tanker, originally the Marinera, now known as the Bella 1, is now in US custody

Runaway Venezuela-trading tanker Bella 1 painted a Russian flag on its hull, changed its name, and reflagged to Russia mid-voyage last week to avoid capture by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Atlantic Ocean

The vessel is owned by Louis Marine Shipholding Enterprises in Turkey, and its crew consists mainly of individuals from Russia, India, and Ukraine.

Some of the news accounts claim the ship was previously Marinera, changed to Bella 1.
Others claim was previously Bella 1, now Marinera.

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

442 Paul Krugman predicted a recession every year between 2002 and 2007. Average GDP growth for all those years was something like 2.7%.

He’s wicked smaaaht about economics.

Posted by: Really?? at January 07, 2026 09:34 AM (Q/qJ3)

443 Denmark does nothing to bolster Greenland's defenses.

Denmark squawks about NATO being at risk if America takes steps to bolster Greenland defenses.

....

Greenland *is* on the north Atlantic, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:35 AM (06Hmj)

444 So you could look out your window and say "Halleluia, it's rainin' yen!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko
----

Ok. That was baaaaaaad.

Posted by: clarence at January 07, 2026 09:40 AM (JhlRS)

445 https://is.gd/FwfjOy
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)
=====================
Oh Jeez, that's classic Mike.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 07, 2026 09:40 AM (lIonU)

446 Grandpa Krugman is 72.
He's likely to be facing the truth soon enough.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 07, 2026 09:41 AM (SSEhk)

447 From above, "And I do agree about Obamacare, but certainly the Hyde Amendment and abortion in general must be be non-starters, or am I missing something?"

No, you're on point, J.J. But if we're in for a penny, as the saying goes, the progressives will again be back waving Latin American's Green Scarf (though the original green scarf had the legend, "Sex education to decide, contraceptives to avoid abortion, legal abortion to avoid death.") in our streets.

Who do we decide to 'save,' from what, for our benefit?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 07, 2026 09:42 AM (NFX2v)

448
So, we now own this mess.

Sorry, no. We don't. The Venezuelans own this mess. They wanted Chavez and Maduro as their leaders enough to allow them to seize and consolidate power, and a substantial number of them were willing to cheer on El Jefe when he poked the bear to the North who also happened to be the world's one remaining superpower.

They brought this upon themselves by being a Pee Wee League football team trying to take on the '72 Miami Dolphins.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2026 09:42 AM (y9nCu)

449 Whistle past that graveyard if you like, but it does no good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

We just disagree on the whether it’s the end or just the continuation of the beginning of the end. I see what you’re seeing but I’ve also noted worse in our history.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 07, 2026 09:43 AM (KDPiq)

450 🚨 BREAKING: CNN just SHOCKED the Left by confirming MAGA is not divided at all - not even a LITTLE BIT!

His GOP approval rating *WENT UP* in the last 6 months

"Let me be very clear: NO RIFT in the Republican Party!"

"Trump has an IRON GRIP on the Republican base...85%!"

"People say, oh, I spot these little rifts! It AIN'T HAPPENING. 84% 6 months ago, 85% now!" 🔥🔥

Imagine that. MAGA is stronger than ever.

Posted by: SMOD at January 07, 2026 09:50 AM (RHGPo)

451 Paul Krugman can’t even manage the ‘economics’ of his own newspaper, why does anybody listen to this turd?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 07, 2026 09:51 AM (Ouxay)

452
French Maid > Canadian MAID
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 07, 2026 09:23 AM

Mega Maid >>>> French Maid > Canadian MAID
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 07, 2026 09:27 AM (bFu5X)

Band Maid >> Mega Maid >> French Maid > Canadian MAID

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uds7g3M-4lQ

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2026 09:51 AM (y9nCu)

453 "So, if all we did here was a little bit of Titanic deck chair rearrangement on the Lido Deck, then have we really accomplished anything? If we're concerned about maintaining the support of the military and ruling elites then I fear the question is rhetorical. Rodriguez has made some very nice pronouncements of looking forward to working with President Trump and forging a new relationship, for whatever that's worth."

I don't see the problem. Vulgar display of power, remove Maduro, encourage the remaining regime to liberalize.

It's long and slow but so is occupation and regime change. No Americans died, few Venezuelans died.

I liken this to Cambodia. Khmer Rouge remnants ran the country (and still do to this day) and slowly liberalized over the years without the need to nuke and pave the country. They're not a beacon of democracy but they're also no longer a Stalinist hell hole.

Posted by: Leninism at January 07, 2026 09:52 AM (C7PXe)

454 Forcing health insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions is a central feature of Obamacare, and one that drives insurance costs through the roof as those companies pass on to taxpayers the otherwise foreseeable and preventable losses from taking on sick insureds. That particular requirement is also what has allowed a family member of mine to receive continuing expensive treatments for cancer despite changes in jobs and carriers over more than a decade.

I am left in a personal moral pickle. I generally object to the high costs of this terrible policy in the abstract based on numerous conservative reasons from fiscal prudence to freedom of contract, yet I directly benefit from this very policy in a very real way.

I don't like being flamed on them interwebs, but I am open to constructive advice or critique of my thinking?

Posted by: MarkW at January 07, 2026 10:06 AM (VhqzG)

455 446 Grandpa Krugman is 72.
He's likely to be facing the truth soon enough.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical ball

🤣 Brutal. But I laughed.

One of my birthday cards from the Lump: "...and though we'll never know just why D wanted to cross the road, we can rest assured that (s)he is now, at last, on the other side. (S)he looks good. Except for the tire tracks. Hope your birthday is a big hit.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 07, 2026 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

456 Posted by: MarkW at January 07, 2026 10:06 AM (VhqzG)

You could continue coverage before even with a new company when you changed jobs but there was a time limit. Maybe 3 months? The idea was if you had been covered, you could stay covered. The problem was it was expensive if you needed to maintain coverage beyond that 3 month window and people did with the Cobra plans. This allowed you to obtain coverage with a new company even when you were sick.

Posted by: ... at January 07, 2026 10:11 AM (Q4G+n)

457 "We will FLOOD THE ZONE."

"This show is going on the road!"

"Minneapolis is the tip of the iceberg...Illinois, New York, California, we'll see!"

https://tinyurl.com/3mts2yb3
Posted by: redridinghood at January 07, 2026 09:26 AM

I would prefer that we clear red states first. Why are we making things better for the Bolshie voters?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 07, 2026 10:12 AM (jc0TO)

458 The Iran mullahs decamping to Moscow?
If that happens, it's gonna be awkward. Putin has draped the Russian Orthodox Church over his shoulders, and the Orthodox Church has been in the forefront of "kinetic" activity with Islam for centuries. Not just olden times historically, either. That little kerfuffle in Kosovo had a large religious component to it.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 07, 2026 11:12 AM (B50Ud)

459 Don't try to research too many interesting topics nowadays or that's what you'll get. That, and it must be very worthwhile to discourage & limit mature users who don't necessarily march in line with MSM. (BTW, Google seems happy to allow browsing through its selected Google News.) All mine.
Posted by: L - No nic,
-----
Get the hell off Google. Don't use gmail. Scrap Chrome.
I have very few problems using the 'net, but 1) Brave Browser. 2) Duck duck go 3) Protonmail

If you still have problems, try Spybot if you're running a Windows machine.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 07, 2026 11:55 AM (B50Ud)

460 Only 75,000?
Unless you live in NYC or San Fran or have a debt or a family to support , that’s a King’s salary in retirement .
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Not really. Yes, you can be comfortable (King's salary? Come on) on $75k, but wait until you're old enough to actually retire, "old" being the important word.
Wind up with some somewhat exotic chronic condition that Medicare, et al only covers to 80%. That 20% can pauperize you in a couple of years.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 07, 2026 12:01 PM (B50Ud)

461 I would strand in the Wilderness those Eco-Freaks to g cut of the Power to Berlin with just the clothes on their back in this day of the year with a big Snowstorm and lets see them survive

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 07, 2026 05:12 PM (wGqjj)

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