Jeanine Pirro Opens Investigation Into Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Deceptive Congressional Testimony About His Rampant Overspending

He told Congress that he was only spending billions on remodeling the Fed for strictly functional upgrades, like "waterprooofing" the building.

He denied spending billions just to make it a "Taj Mahal" of the Deep State, as Julie Kelly puts it.

The current bill is over $2.5 billion, with $700 million of that overspending not originally budgeted for.

Powell, who oversees the nation's currency, says "Whoops!"

Julie Kelly
@julie_kelly2
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This is how it's done:
NYT tonight confirmed DOJ investigation into Fed Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.
"The inquiry, which includes an analysis of Mr. Powell's public statements and an examination of spending records, was approved in November by Jeanine Pirro, a longtime ally of President Trump.
It is not clear whether Ms. Pirro has convened a grand jury or issued subpoenas. But prosecutors in her office have contacted Mr. Powell's staff multiple times to request documents about the renovation project, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation who discussed an open inquiry on the condition of anonymity."
The renovation project is a whopping $700 million over budget.
"A 2021 version of the Fed's proposal described private elevators and dining rooms for top policymakers, water fountains and new marble features, in addition to a rooftop terrace for staff. Pressed at a congressional hearing in June, Mr. Powell denied that many of those features were part of the latest proposal."
Good stuff. More please.

This appears to be the testimony in question related to the criminal investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

I’m not sure whether the specificity of his claims here are enough to bring intentional false statements charges—however his overall description of the nature of… pic.twitter.com/VVeNRyQXzs
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) January 12, 2026

Powell is claiming this is purely political investigation because Trump opposes Powell's purely-political refusal to reduce interest rates. Note that Powell reduced interest rates for Biden months before the election, despite inflation being out-of-control at the time.

🚨 BREAKING: US Attorney Pirro has launched a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into Fed Chair Jerome Powell

He LIED TO CONGRESS about massive Federal Reserve spending on his massive “renovation” boondoggle.

Jail might be in Powell’s future! pic.twitter.com/UbndCTBitG
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 12, 2026

Here's my take: Trump may in fact favor an investigation for political reasons and yet the investigation may still be fully warranted by the circumstances.

What does Powell demand, that we have no investigation into misbehaving officials so long as they oppose Trump?

If there's no crime, then there's no crime -- but the federal government should be investigating fraud and, frankly, money-laundering politicians and elected officials all the time.

In fact, Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).

Jerome Powell never objected to Letitia James, Merrick Garland, Fani Willis, Alvin Bragg, and Jack Smith investigating and prosecuting Trump for fake crime after fake crime just because those prosecutions and investigations were politically motivated.

🚨 JUST IN: Trump advisor Peter Navarro EVISCERATES Fed Chair Jerome Powell, now under CRIMINAL investigation.

"He is the POSTER CHILD for politicizing the Fed!"

"We KNOW he made false statements!"

Powell needs to go. pic.twitter.com/G2MlnaTJd4
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 12, 2026

“Marcooooo, how’s my favorite Secretary of State and Archivist doing?”

“Donald…”

“Did you see the news Marco? I’m so excited for you.”

“Donald, I haven’t slept in 7 days. I have to run Venezuela. Donald — I cannot be Fed Chair.”

“You’re gonna KILL it.” https://t.co/vukiu0WIoX pic.twitter.com/b48Wvz58l0
— saila (@sailaunderscore) January 12, 2026

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1 A whole bunch of Indians over on LinkedIn were lecturing the rest of us about how important it was that the Fed be independent.
Wonder what they're saying now.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (gKWVE)

2 How do you spend $2.5 billion on a renovation, when you could build a magnificent new building from the ground up for about $300 million?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (uWKK8)

3 Go get em Jeanine

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Evil gnome Powell has the Fauci creepy vibe.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 12, 2026 02:29 PM (yGlmz)

5 methinks the lady Jerome doth protest too much

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 12, 2026 02:30 PM (emBoF)

6 1 A whole bunch of Indians over on LinkedIn were lecturing the rest of us about how important it was that the Fed be independent.
Wonder what they're saying now.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (gKWVE)

I wonder what they're stealing?

Posted by: night lifted at January 12, 2026 02:31 PM (kJmLc)

7 1.
LinkedIn News is gawdawful tripe. They humped Biden's leg for five years and do nothing but doom and gloom now.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 12, 2026 02:31 PM (yGlmz)

8 This is really an unfair investigation, I mean he's just acting like every other bureaucrat!!!

This is clearly targeted enforcement and bias!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:32 PM (zjgNU)

9 "A whole bunch of Indians over on LinkedIn were lecturing the rest of us about how important it was that the Fed be independent."

Independent from oversight? Sure, they would like that.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2026 02:32 PM (vFG9F)

10 Trump may be the only honest person in this, or any other, government.

Posted by: FlatvilleBill at January 12, 2026 02:32 PM (MqWQ5)

11 i never thought powell was really qualified for the job, but it was said he's a quick learner. you wonder what lessons he was learning, though

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 12, 2026 02:32 PM (CWTWj)

12 In Washington did Chairman Powell
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Potomac, the sacred river, ran
Through boondoggles measureless to man.

Posted by: Paco at January 12, 2026 02:32 PM (2L+MU)

13 "Note that Powell reduced interest rates for Biden months before the election, despite inflation being out-of-control at the time."

I recall that Kamala was running on the top of the ticket at that time. Powell's corruption was doubly scummy. He was trying to juice Kamala's chances to win, and prime the economy for a nice bump in the coming months (that Kamala would take credit for).

Powell is scum.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 12, 2026 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

14 Powell is fixin to throw down his 26-Short suit jacket from Baby Gap and bite some ankles.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (yGlmz)

15 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (jc0TO)

16 Powell, who oversees the nation's currency, says "Whoops!"

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The Z-Dog can also use it as a vacation home after he's exiled and living large here.

/Win-Win!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (wQaCW)

17 The current bill is over $2.5 billion, with $700 million of that overspending not originally budgeted for.

Powell, who oversees the nation's currency, says "Whoops!"
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Huh. That's as much as a new stadium. That is a *lot* of money on renovations. How much graft is there in renovating the Fed?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (GyQIQ)

18 I thought this would tank the Market but it seemed to say Meh...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (VE6XX)

19 I feel the same way. There is definitely some political payback behind this, but if he's guilty, he's guilty. Nothing 8s being fabricated, like they did with The Donald.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (Vvh2V)

20 But Trump's ballroom!!!!

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (77rzZ)

21 “Marcooooo, how’s my favorite Secretary of State and Archivist doing?”

“Donald…”

“Did you see the news Marco? I’m so excited for you.”

“Donald, I haven’t slept in 7 days. I have to run Venezuela. Donald — I cannot be Fed Chair.”

“You’re gonna KILL it.”
>>>>>>

Actually laughing out loud at this. I can hear that in Trump's voice.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (zjgNU)

22 >>>In fact, Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).

think anyone will actually go to prison? lol

Posted by: brak at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (jGJov)

23 2 How do you spend $2.5 billion on a renovation, when you could build a magnificent new building from the ground up for about $300 million?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (uWKK

Yuge basement to store the Gold that used to be in Fort Knox?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (mP0Kj)

24 Powell is claiming this is purely political investigation because Trump opposes Powell's purely-political refusal to reduce interest rates. Note that Powell reduced interest rates for Biden months before the election, despite inflation being out-of-control at the time.
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And Powell is probably right.

But when you're playing dangerous games, it's best not to also engage in - or enable through indifference - large-scale fraud or graft. Don't give the guy who wants to come after you an excuse to come after you.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (GyQIQ)

25 > In fact, Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).
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Trump oughta' declare the IRS "stand down" for the remainder of his term and forego collecting any individual/joint tax returns.

I feel like a patsy having my money stolen and given to Somali pirates by the Feds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (NwnyJ)

26 Here's my take: Trump may in fact favor an investigation for political reasons and yet the investigation may still be fully warranted by the circumstances.
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I gotta quit commenting before I finish reading.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (GyQIQ)

27 So what are they thinking about this over spend? He pocketed the money or there were kickbacks ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (VE6XX)

28 I'm not smart enough to know why, but ABOLISH THE FED!!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (dGCAG)

29
I thought the tariffs were supposed to destroy the economy. All the best experts said so.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 02:35 PM (t2vGZ)

30 What does Powell demand, that we have no investigation into misbehaving officials so long as they oppose Trump?
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No. Opposition to Trump is irrelevant. There should be no investigation into officials, full stop.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:35 PM (GyQIQ)

31 re 12: look upon my antennae and tremble!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 12, 2026 02:35 PM (CWTWj)

32 Did Iiii dooo thaaat

Posted by: Jerome Urkell at January 12, 2026 02:35 PM (B+PQY)

33 Powell is a weirdo. Someone should check his crawlspace for little children.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (abIsI)

34 Jerome Powell never objected to Letitia James, Merrick Garland, Fani Willis, Alvin Bragg, and Jack Smith investigating and prosecuting Trump for fake crime after fake crime just because those prosecutions and investigations were politically motivated.
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He wasn't involved. Maybe he *did* object privately. I have no idea. That is not his business or job. I suspect he probably fully approved of it all, but that isn't his business either way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (GyQIQ)

35 30 What does Powell demand, that we have no investigation into misbehaving officials so long as they oppose Trump?
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No. Opposition to Trump is irrelevant. There should be no investigation into officials, full stop.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:35 PM (GyQIQ)

And you can't fire any of them either

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (VE6XX)

36 How do you spend $2.5 billion on a renovation, when you could build a magnificent new building from the ground up for about $300 million?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (uWKK

I was curious about this as well.

Trump tower in Chicago cost about $850M to build.

How is ANY government office(1) building more than 4 times that price!?!? EVEN WORSE, renovations, not building from scratch?

(1) I can see military or defensive building possibly costing more so I didn't want to have that argument.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (zjgNU)

37 But Trump's ballroom!!!!
Posted by: Bulg

His tailor must get tired of altering his dress pants every week to accommodate the increases.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (cYBz/)

38 re 29: and obamacare was gonna save you $2500 a year. barky himself said so.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (CWTWj)

39 Trump / Powell - new video (AI?)

https://youtu.be/a1oeGHjF6X4

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (Dv3i1)

40 Pillaging the country

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2026 02:37 PM (Ia/+0)

41
Who's the architect and contractor?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 02:37 PM (t2vGZ)

42 Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (abIsI)

And the children for crawlspaces

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:37 PM (B+PQY)

43 In fact, Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).
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think anyone will actually go to prison? lol
Posted by: brak at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (jGJov)

Having just read that sentence, to my mind it means they're creating a new Deputy AG in order to further defraud the taxpayers.

Because one thing I know is, the government doesn't have enough lawyers.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:38 PM (dGCAG)

44 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML
Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (jc0TO)

Ours died in less than 4 years.

Meanwhile, my in-laws are still using a refrigerator they INHERITED from my wife's grandmother in 1975.

But we live in a golden age, not one that's on the decline. Yes, we're so much better now.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:38 PM (zjgNU)

45 He denied spending billions just to make it a "Taj Mahal" of the Deep State, as Julie Kelly puts it.

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The judges would also accepted "Fort Cocks."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 02:38 PM (wQaCW)

46 2.5 billion? With a b? For a single building?

How many houses and cars does Powell own?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)

47 How is ANY government office(1) building more than 4 times that price!?!? EVEN WORSE, renovations, not building from scratch? ...
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (zjgNU)
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Depending on how bad the building is, renovations can be more than a new build. The UN is probably in that category. There are times when it is cheaper to raze it and build new, and renovations can only be justified if it's very historically or culturally significant.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:39 PM (GyQIQ)

48 I gotta quit commenting before I finish reading.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (GyQIQ)

Why? ace starts to get uppity otherwise.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

49 Powell's money for "renovations" was allocated during the *biden years, no?

Wink and nod.

He's part of 'the resistance' like the judiciary is. Bet they've all be previously compensated for "resisting."

We paid for it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (NwnyJ)

50 OT: French Lawmakers Submit Resolution to Begin NATO Withdrawal Process

Will they be taking their BO and white flags with them?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (abIsI)

51 2.5 billion? With a b? For a single building?

How many houses and cars does Powell own?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:39 PM (zZu0s)

Maybe it doubles as a football stadium where the Redskins can play.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (dGCAG)

52 >>>Because one thing I know is, the government doesn't have enough lawyers.

maybe they can create a blue ribbon panel to go along with it -- maybe even a special commission

How about a Fraud Czar?

Posted by: brak at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (jGJov)

53 ‘ The current bill is over $2.5 billion, with $700 million of that overspending not originally budgeted for.’

I support Trump going after this democrat operative for blocking an economic recovery but this is a jaywalking level offense.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (jbnUc)

54 Speaking of Fed-like things ...

I wonder what the impact of sky-rocketing fuel prices in CA, NV, and AZ are having on national cost-of-living indices. In a couple of weeks, hundreds of independent gas stations in CA will have to shut down because they can't afford to upgrade their fuel storage tanks. And refineries are shutting down.

Posted by: mrp at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (rj6Yv)

55

The Dan Bongino Show will relaunch on Feb. 2, airing weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The program will be livestreamed exclusively on Rumble and distributed across major podcast platforms, with Westwood One serving as the show’s exclusive sales partner.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (pkeXY)

56 But Trump's ballroom!!!!
Posted by: Bulg

His tailor must get tired of altering his dress pants every week to accommodate the increases.
Posted by: Tonypete

*golf clap*

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)

57
OT: French Lawmakers Submit Resolution to Begin NATO Withdrawal Process

__________

Again?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (t2vGZ)

58 I still want a live stream of a Fort Knox inspection

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 12, 2026 02:42 PM (V6W16)

59
I like the idea of an independent Fed, buuuuuut-

the reality is that political hack, dildo-heads like Powell always swing the economy to whatever benefits the Democrats getting elected, hurts the Republicans, so in essence -

the Fed isn't independent. Just an arm of the Democrat Party.

So, the Head of the Fed should be able to be removed by the Prez.

I don't like that and it will be abused, but that means at least sometimes we'll get policy that benefits the nation and not just Democrat grifters.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 02:42 PM (iJfKG)

60 maybe they can create a blue ribbon panel to go along with it -- maybe even a special commission

How about a Fraud Czar?
Posted by: brak at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (jGJov)

Whatever happened to the term ombudsman?

We should bring back ombudsman.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:42 PM (dGCAG)

61 Maybe it doubles as a football stadium where the Redskins can play.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:40 PM (dGCAG)

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In this house we do not call them the Redskins. We call them the hated Redskins.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (u73oe)

62 Which means they budgeted 1.8 billion for the rennovation originally. That's fucking nuts too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (zZu0s)

63 Speaking of Fed-like things ...

I wonder what the impact of sky-rocketing fuel prices in CA, NV, and AZ are having on national cost-of-living indices. In a couple of weeks, hundreds of independent gas stations in CA will have to shut down because they can't afford to upgrade their fuel storage tanks. And refineries are shutting down.
Posted by: mrp at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (rj6Yv)

I have only one thing to say about that:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Enjoy the consequences of your own choices, California.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (zjgNU)

64 anyway, the whole point of creating a central bank was to prevent banking crises, so the fed res system has not really done much beside make a 5 cent candy bar (early sixties) into a buck fifty candy bar. which might have been the whole point, i dunno

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)

65 I'm actually working on a 3 billion dollar project, 3 billion can get you a 51 story state of the technological art office complex on Park Ave.

How many stories is the Fed again?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (iqlej)

66 >>>The current bill is over $2.5 billion, with $700 million of that overspending not originally budgeted for.

relax, we'll make the money worth more, or less, or something, whatever it's whatever we say it is

Posted by: The Fed at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (jGJov)

67 29
I thought the tariffs were supposed to destroy the economy. All the best experts said so.

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YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE!

Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (Ljknf)

68 Meanwhile, my in-laws are still using a refrigerator they INHERITED from my wife's grandmother in 1975.

But we live in a golden age, not one that's on the decline. Yes, we're so much better now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:38 PM (zjgNU)
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My garage beer fridge is from circa 1990 and it runs like a top and keeps my beverages colder than any fridge on planet earth.

Posted by: ballistic at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (5aZAZ)

69 The Dan Bongino Show will relaunch on Feb. 2, airing weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The program will be livestreamed exclusively on Rumble and distributed across major podcast platforms, with Westwood One serving as the show’s exclusive sales partner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (pkeXY)

Poor Vince Congocolonoscopy.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:44 PM (dGCAG)

70 Some of our RINO's are threatening to block Federal Nominations if this isn't dropped...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 02:44 PM (VE6XX)

71 Where is the Fed building in DC? I don't believe I've ever run across it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)

72 1) I can see military or defensive building possibly costing more so I didn't want to have that argument.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:36 PM (zjgNU)
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Tearing down the old Fed building and replacing it with a couple of fancied-up Quonset huts makes a lot more sense to me.

Posted by: mrp at January 12, 2026 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)

73 I'm convinced that, if we manage to eliminate all fraud and waste, that the country can be run on an annual budget of $5227.83.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (X4XpB)

74 French Lawmakers Submit Resolution to Begin NATO Withdrawal Process
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Well withdrawal should be easy. Their tanks already have six gears - one forward and five reverse

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (B+PQY)

75 YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE!
Posted by: Chamber of Commerce at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (Ljknf)

Your just upset because your wives are nagging you since the pool of Guatemalan dudes to service them has dried up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

76 The Dan Bongino Show will relaunch on Feb. 2, airing weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The program will be livestreamed exclusively on Rumble and distributed across major podcast platforms, with Westwood One serving as the show’s exclusive sales partner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 02:41 PM (pkeXY)
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I'm just glad they're not booting Vince out of the Rush slot. The guy does a really good show. Bongino doing only two hours is probably the right call. I never felt like he was a 3-hour-show kind of guy.

Posted by: ballistic at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (5aZAZ)

77 My garage beer fridge is from circa 1990 and it runs like a top and keeps my beverages colder than any fridge on planet earth.

lol our garage fridge is a similar age!

our main fridge is 20 years old. I just had it fixed! it's also a workhorse. in no rush to replace it. (fingers crossed)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (emBoF)

78 re 50: will they want back the rifles they dropped in 1940?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (CWTWj)

79 In this house we do not call them the Redskins. We call them the hated Redskins.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (u73oe)

How do you go from playing for the conference championship to playing for the first pick in the draft.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (dGCAG)

80 Can you say "kickback"?

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (r3i5G)

81 61 In this house we do not call them the Redskins. We call them the hated Redskins.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (u73oe)

The Re-Skins, because they keep changing their branding.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (uEmCf)

82 Bongino is a joke, I can't imagine him being taken seriously ever again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (iqlej)

83 I'm actually working on a 3 billion dollar project, 3 billion can get you a 51 story state of the technological art office complex on Park Ave.

How many stories is the Fed again?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (iqlej)
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New JPMorgan Chase building?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

84 I'm against this investigation, as I said earlier. It has zero upside for Trump, or America, and plenty of downside insofar as it galvanizes RINO opposition to Trump in the Senate. This was an unforced, first term-type, error.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (s5hGr)

85 Depending on how bad the building is, renovations can be more than a new build. The UN is probably in that category. There are times when it is cheaper to raze it and build new, and renovations can only be justified if it's very historically or culturally significant.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:39 PM (GyQIQ)

I should have been specific. I meant you should never do renovations that are more expensive than rebuilding, not that they can't be more expensive than rebuilding.

(Note: You can't "rebuild" a history, so IF something is historic, renovations are cheaper than the non-existent rebulding option.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (zjgNU)

86 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML
Posted by: toby928(c)

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There is, without a doubt, a very talented Engineer employed by the appliance manufacturer, who knows all the ins and outs of how that compressor is designed, what is weak points are, etc.

Unfortunaty, that engineer spends a majority of his/her time debugging meeting connectivity issues, since the rest of tbe staff is in India.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (8AONa)

87 >>FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

A few days before Christmas the 3rd refrigerator I've owned since I bought this place died. Again. The quality of appliances has gone straight into the toilet.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 02:47 PM (viF8m)

88
How many stories is the Fed again?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Eight million stories in the naked city.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 02:47 PM (pkeXY)

89 We're trillions in debt. Go rent some existing office space you useless fucks.

Better yet, downsize the fed so they don't need an office building. The layoffs start today.

Posted by: if we were serious.... at January 12, 2026 02:47 PM (jGJov)

90 Trump oughta' declare the IRS "stand down" for the remainder of his term and forego collecting any individual/joint tax returns.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

And when a federal judge inevitably rules Trump turn the IRS machines back on, that would be the first judicial ruling that Trump ignores. His approval rating would skyrocket.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 12, 2026 02:47 PM (WjIii)

91 Look a new thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 02:48 PM (9cHSL)

92 In fact, Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).

-----------

Just one?

/At this point, I'm not sure even a million would be enough ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 02:48 PM (wQaCW)

93 Trump oughta' declare the IRS "stand down" for the remainder of his term and forego collecting any individual/joint tax returns. ...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (NwnyJ)
++++
And then, during the next admin, they audit and go after everyone for back taxes plus interest and penalties...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:48 PM (GyQIQ)

94 LinkedIn News is gawdawful tripe. They humped Biden's leg for five years and do nothing but doom and gloom now.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 12, 2026 02:31 PM (yGlmz)

LinkedIn is gawdawful tripe. Disconnected, out-of-touch corpos circle-jerking in jargon about what amazing winners they are when they look like complete self-absorbed assholes to the rest of the world.

Posted by: It's a cesspool of C-suite dickheads at January 12, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)

95 (Note: You can't "rebuild" a history, so IF something is historic, renovations are cheaper than the non-existent rebulding option.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

They're renovating Mount Vernon for the 250th.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)

96 Bongino is a joke, I can't imagine him being taken seriously ever again.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2026 02:46 PM (iqlej)

It's kinda like you knew a girl in high school, she was lovely, smart, had a dynamite personality.

Then she went "on tour" with a band. Came back with a crack and meth habit, and several STDs.

No honey. I do NOT want to partay with you.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:49 PM (dGCAG)

97
Why is the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in charge of a building renovation project anyway? That's a completely different job and skill set.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 12, 2026 02:49 PM (AWhz/)

98 >>>A few days before Christmas the 3rd refrigerator I've owned since I bought this place died. Again. The quality of appliances has gone straight into the toilet.

just wait until you have to watch an ad on your fridge before you can open it.

Posted by: brak at January 12, 2026 02:49 PM (jGJov)

99 >> 84 I'm against this investigation, as I said earlier. It has zero upside for Trump, or America, and plenty of downside insofar as it galvanizes RINO opposition to Trump in the Senate. This was an unforced, first term-type, error.

I think it's pretty obvious Powell leaked it, probably because his responses to subpoenas were not looking good in terms of lying to Congress.

Posted by: the dandy at January 12, 2026 02:49 PM (8l8nW)

100 It wouldn't surprise me if Ft Knox was 1/2 empty

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2026 02:49 PM (Ia/+0)

101 French Lawmakers Submit Resolution to Begin NATO Withdrawal Process
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Well withdrawal should be easy. Their tanks already have six gears - one forward and five reverse
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:45 PM (B+PQY)

Did they ever really re-enter after DeGaulle pulled them out?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)

102 @83

>>New JPMorgan Chase building?

That correct.

The building is impressive.

The lobby is four stories and has a giant American flag that has a fan that makes it wave.

It's in the neighborhood of 2.5m sqft of office space, how big is the fed?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (iqlej)

103 LinkedIn is gawdawful tripe. Disconnected, out-of-touch corpos circle-jerking in jargon about what amazing winners they are when they look like complete self-absorbed assholes to the rest of the world.
Posted by: It's a cesspool of C-suite dickheads at January 12, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)
++++
When I was unemployed, I could barely figure out how to even use LinkedIn. I went and updated it, etc. as a part of my job search.

It's part blog, part social network, part news site, part jobs board and it's all smeared together into an undifferentiated and virtually incomprehensible mess full of visual and notification noise. It's a train-wreck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (GyQIQ)

104 A few days before Christmas the 3rd refrigerator I've owned since I bought this place died. Again. The quality of appliances has gone straight into the toilet.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 02:47 PM (viF8m)

They're complete ass. Even the high-end, or the ones marketed and sold as high-end anyway, appliances break down the second the warranty expires.

Posted by: Keep that fridge from 1998 at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (TbWk/)

105 OT, CBS is interrogating Shah Jr.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

106
LinkedIn is gawdawful tripe. Disconnected, out-of-touch corpos circle-jerking in jargon about what amazing winners they are when they look like complete self-absorbed assholes to the rest of the world.

Posted by: It's a cesspool of C-suite dickheads

___________

Don't forget me!

Posted by: Girlbosse smiling with her arms crossed over her chest at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (t2vGZ)

107 I like the idea of an independent Fed, buuuuuut-

There is not a single person, operating in the upper echelon of government, who is 'independent'. All of them have opinions and beliefs and, while it may be possible that you could find a person who would scrupulously set aside their personal beliefs in the course of their job, it isn't probable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (ExV1e)

108 Sometimes those half stack refrigerators will fake the funk for a day or two. They come back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (9cHSL)

109 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML
Posted by: toby928(c)

What is the little voice in your head telling you?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (vzcgi)

110 Speaking of things that die in less than 4 years, I watched the new documentary on Andrea Yates.

It's pretty good. I didn't know anything about the cult leader dude.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (dGCAG)

111 Old: Lawn Gnomes

New: Lyin' Gnomes

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (TezPK)

112 The Freedom Tower cost 3.9 billion.

renovations of a much less of a building that costs
2.7 billion is out of control.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 02:52 PM (KDPiq)

113 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML
Posted by: toby928(c)

it's done

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2026 02:52 PM (g47mK)

114
LinkedIn is the professional version of Facebook. Nuff sed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 02:52 PM (t2vGZ)

115 anyway, the whole point of creating a central bank was to prevent banking crises, so the fed res system has not really done much beside make a 5 cent candy bar (early sixties) into a buck fifty candy bar. which might have been the whole point, i dunno
Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 12, 2026 02:43 PM (CWTWj)

It's been like fixing the 'fuses popping problem' in your house by sticking pennies in the fusebox instead.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 02:52 PM (8avO+)

116 How many stories is the Fed again?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

One: "20 bucks, same as in town."

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:52 PM (B+PQY)

117 My sources in the region sounds so much better than my invisible friends.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 02:52 PM (9cHSL)

118 It's in the neighborhood of 2.5m sqft of office space, how big is the fed?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (iqlej)
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Look at an aerial view of the intersection of Constitution Ave and 21st St. NW in Washington DC.

Then laugh.

Posted by: ballistic at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (5aZAZ)

119 2 How do you spend $2.5 billion on a renovation, when you could build a magnificent new building from the ground up for about $300 million?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (uWKK

_____________________________________

I'm sure it's due to some nonsense preservation of history rule. Somehow, the Fed building became an historic piece of history. Sort of like the time I fell off my bike as a kid. No one cares, least of all me. But, thems da rules.

Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (dIske)

120 >>LinkedIn News is gawdawful tripe. They humped Biden's leg for five years and do nothing but doom and gloom now.

LinkedIn was founded by Reid Hoffman. He sold it to Microsoft.

Doesn't get much further left than that.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (viF8m)

121 OT, CBS is interrogating Shah Jr.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

I saw him do a 3 hour PBD podcast a year or so ago.

He's a very slick fella. Which probably helps if you want to run an oil rich nation.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (dGCAG)

122 Eff these guys and their $2.5 billion buildings.
My local school put in "temporary" portable classrooms that are made from house trailers.
Temporary.
Everyone see that word temporary?
They were put in 25 years ago. One is a classroom for a teacher who used to be a third grader in it.
If it's good enough to teach the children of this country, then these dickheads Can work in cheap, drafty house trailers.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (2WIwB)

123 > They're complete ass. Even the high-end, or the ones marketed and sold as high-end anyway, appliances break down the second the warranty expires.

Bosch seems to fight the trend.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (Yp6az)

124 Don't forget me!
Posted by: Girlbosse smiling with her arms crossed over her chest at January 12, 2026 02:51 PM (t2vGZ)

You ain't nothing but another Shutterstock photo.

Posted by: SLAY THAT LATTE, GURRRRRL! at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)

125 Trump oughta' declare the IRS "stand down" for the remainder of his term and forego collecting any individual/joint tax returns.

I feel like a patsy having my money stolen and given to Somali pirates by the Feds.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Amen. Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the criminal political class if he did this?

Posted by: Cheri at January 12, 2026 02:54 PM (oiNtH)

126 Wait till Marco turns in his OT at the end of the administration. Treasury won't be able to cover it and will have to give him a country or two in trade. I can see Trump try to give him Greenland or a Canadian province but hopefully he holds out for Cuba or Venezuela.

Posted by: fleabag at January 12, 2026 02:54 PM (feoTU)

127 I have a Kenmore stand up freezer from 2000 that is a fucking workhorse.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:54 PM (B+PQY)

128 Trump doesn't want to audit the Fed. He wants to kill the Fed and I cannot support that enough.

Posted by: Mister Fabulist at January 12, 2026 02:54 PM (x8eGV)

129 When I was unemployed, I could barely figure out how to even use LinkedIn. I went and updated it, etc. as a part of my job search.

It's part blog, part social network, part news site, part jobs board and it's all smeared together into an undifferentiated and virtually incomprehensible mess full of visual and notification noise. It's a train-wreck.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 02:50 PM (GyQIQ)

My corp once had us install it. It was never used by us, and the only contacts it promoted to me were by my own sister who had been dead for some years.

next phone, it was not installed.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 02:55 PM (8avO+)

130 123 > They're complete ass. Even the high-end, or the ones marketed and sold as high-end anyway, appliances break down the second the warranty expires.

Bosch seems to fight the trend.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (Yp6az)

We have a Viking we've had since 2005

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 02:55 PM (VE6XX)

131 Need a gas oven? Don't fuck around go with Frigidaire.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:55 PM (B+PQY)

132 The internetz search tells me that the new Fed Building will be 1.1M square feet.

Posted by: mrp at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (rj6Yv)

133 64 anyway, the whole point of creating a central bank was to prevent banking crises, so the fed res system has not really done much beside make a 5 cent candy bar (early sixties) into a buck fifty candy bar. which might have been the whole point, i dunno
Posted by: gnats local 678
=======
And yet over the years that the Fed existed versus before with all the panics, etc, inflation is worse under the Fed than before the Fed.

The Fed exist to allow banks to create fiat currency via lending and give the patina of a sound currency without anything to back it. So you get inflation over what would be in the alternative.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (WDjG6)

134 Lots of serious stuff going on today. Here's a palate cleanser:

Critical Drinker reviews the career of Steven Seagal in his ongoing Crash and Burn series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YelCxIWxtw

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (Riz8t)

135
LinkedIn was where I found out the people I went to school with were chief scientists and SVPs while I was still just a lab rat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (t2vGZ)

136 Big appliance company is coming back to Kentucky.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (9cHSL)

137 I have a Kenmore stand up freezer from 2000 that is a fucking workhorse.
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:54 PM (B+PQY)

Is your refrigerator still running?

Then what the hell are you doing wasting time here in the AoSHQ comments section??

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (dGCAG)

138 The giveaway was the golden urinals they installed to piss way our tax dollars.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (wtvvX)

139 122 Eff these guys and their $2.5 billion buildings.
My local school put in "temporary" portable classrooms that are made from house trailers.
Temporary.
Everyone see that word temporary?
They were put in 25 years ago. One is a classroom for a teacher who used to be a third grader in it.
If it's good enough to teach the children of this country, then these dickheads Can work in cheap, drafty house trailers.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (2WIwB)

Wish our school district did this. $90mm for a new high school 7 years ago. Was also pitched, approved and bonded to also cover new ball fields (football, baseball, track). Sports fields got erased due to cost overruns. Today they are getting $20mm for those same ball fields.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 12, 2026 02:57 PM (N39Ws)

140 🚨🚨 CAUGHT: Over 7,600 fake diplomas were distributed for NURSING JOBS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES!

The investigation involved many international nursing candidates, including those from INDIA who purchased these credentials to work in the U.S.

Aspiring nurses bought fake documents to pass the NCLEX (nursing board exam) and get licensed in various states, securing nursing jobs across the U.S.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 02:58 PM (RHGPo)

141 1 A whole bunch of Indians over on LinkedIn were lecturing the rest of us about how important it was that the Fed be independent.
Wonder what they're saying now.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 12, 2026 02:28 PM (gKWVE)

I guess that would make them....................................

Linked InDians???

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 12, 2026 02:58 PM (wtvvX)

142 It's part blog, part social network, part news site, part jobs board and it's all smeared together into an undifferentiated and virtually incomprehensible mess full of visual and notification noise. It's a train-wreck.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
======
Owned by Microsux and Reid Hoffman, pedo friend of Epstein, financier of leftist riots, etc. was the main tech tycoon before he and stockholders sold it to Microsoft.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 02:58 PM (WDjG6)

143 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML
Posted by: toby928(c)

it's done
Posted by: runner

Make a jumper to b6pass fontrols to bump the compressor. If it doesn't bump then the capacitor is bad. Get a universal capacitor from the 'Zon overnight.

Posted by: Operator Error at January 12, 2026 02:58 PM (hr1MU)

144 False.

Opposing Trump makes one moral and upright and unable to break the law.

Therefore, any investigation of one opposing Trump is prima facie political and without merit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

145 Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document (England)

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 02:59 PM (RHGPo)

146 The renovation project is a whopping $700 million over budget.

That should be enough to get jail time.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 02:59 PM (u/kd+)

147 Trump oughta' declare the IRS "stand down" for the remainder of his term and forego collecting any individual/joint tax returns. ...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 02:34 PM (NwnyJ)
++++
And then, during the next admin, they audit and go after everyone for back taxes plus interest and penalties...
---
Not if Trump issues a blanket pardon.

And the Dems can fight that.

And unwind the thousands of blanket pardons Biden issued.

Trump should call it DACA-T
Deferred Adjudication for Collecting the Assessment of Taxes.
Since, you know, the courts all said it's super cool for a President to just ... decide not to enforce the law.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 02:59 PM (HXT0k)

148 The internetz also informs me that the 60-story JPMorgan HQ will cost about $3B.

The 55-story BoA building in Manhattan, completed in 2009, cost about $1.6B in 2025 dollars.

Posted by: mrp at January 12, 2026 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)

149 > How do you spend $2.5 billion on a renovation, when you could build a magnificent new building from the ground up for about $300 million?

Remember when the UN did a renovation with an initial projected cost of $1.2-1.6 billion? Trump was out telling anyone who would listen he could do it for half a billion and it'd be nicer than their plan. Trump didn't get the project. It ended up costing closer to $2.3 billion and it wasn't as nice as Trump's plan.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (Yp6az)

150 Jerome Powell is Asshole.

Posted by: Jerome's Mom at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (n+1Zi)

151 122 Eff these guys and their $2.5 billion buildings.
My local school put in "temporary" portable classrooms that are made from house trailers.
Temporary.
Everyone see that word temporary?
They were put in 25 years ago. One is a classroom for a teacher who used to be a third grader in it.
If it's good enough to teach the children of this country, then these dickheads Can work in cheap, drafty house trailers.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2026 02:53 PM (2WIwB)

during WWII they put trailers around the Washington monument

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (RHGPo)

152 France sometimes prosecutes Government fuckups.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (9cHSL)

153 anyway, the whole point of creating a central bank was to prevent banking crises, so the fed res system has not really done much beside make a 5 cent candy bar (early sixties) into a buck fifty candy bar. which might have been the whole point, i dunno
Posted by: gnats local 678

After the crash the Fed could have stopped the bank run that caused the depression but Hoover's guy convinced him to let the banks fend for themselves. Who knows how the world would have been different if the Fed had done what they had been created to do.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (KDPiq)

154 Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document (England)
Posted by: SMOD

Well, that's interesting, considering that Muslims practice circumcision.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (77rzZ)

155 For those who haven't seen the viral youth hockey fight video:

https://tinyurl.com/56rnt64d

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 12, 2026 03:01 PM (XvL8K)

156 Meatloaf is on.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:01 PM (9cHSL)

157 The humorous thing about this is who they're dealing with. The president just initiated the Ballroom in the White House at no cost to the taxpayer. And, should he feel it necessary, he could whistle up a couple of his preferred contractors from the Trump stable to come in and audit what's being done at the Fed, and determine the true cost down to the nickel. It's what he does....and does pretty solidly.

This is a sidetrack issue, but it just might end up being pretty entertaining.

Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

158
It wouldn't surprise me if Ft Knox was 1/2 empty
Posted by: Skip

It's all radioactive.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 03:01 PM (pkeXY)

159 > I have a Kenmore stand up freezer from 2000 that is a fucking workhorse.

The trick to refrigerators seems to be to get a basic model. Not even a water or ice dispenser. If you want those things, get standalone units.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:02 PM (Yp6az)

160 So in case you guys don't know, Patrick Ben David (PBD) is scum and a mouthpiece for the terrorists who committed jihad in CA the other day. His ties to that MEK were recently exposed. PBD is an Armenian with very thin ties to Iran, an online youtune narcissist who pretends to be an expert on Iran, which he ain't. in other words a typical leftist sharmuta.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2026 03:02 PM (g47mK)

161 Enjoy the consequences of your own choices, California.
---
If the Republicans would fund climate change, there would have been grant money to fund the storage tank upgrades at the gas stations for free.

/s/ California voter, voting yet again straight-ticket D. Because it's always the Republicans fault.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (HXT0k)

162 Video no play.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (9cHSL)

163
Regarding Sydney Sweeney...

The lovely and delightful Mrs naturalfake wanted to see "The Housemaid", so off we went to the movies.

Anyway, during the movie it became obvious that Sydney Sweeney is a little gal.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's less than 5 feet tall.

I suppose that puts her bodacious tatas in perspective a bit. However, as she displays in the movie (discreetly), she does have good genes.

That's all.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (iJfKG)

164 Democrats insane, Fed government corrupt but nobody is discussing the fact that there may be no WNBA season. Why is no one talking about that ? Won't someone think of the mebounds

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (9ShUO)

165 > My local school put in "temporary" portable classrooms that are made from house trailers.
Temporary.
Everyone see that word temporary?

I'm pretty sure most schools have, "portables" that have been in use for years. It's ridiculous.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (Yp6az)

166 Trump should have fired Powell like last year!

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (g47mK)

167 Is your refrigerator still running?

Then what the hell are you doing wasting time here in the AoSHQ comments section??

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (dGCAG)

How DARE you

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (B+PQY)

168 LOL Trump and Marco banter is fantastic. LOL I don't think there has ever been a politician more deserving of their paycheck than Marcoooo.

Posted by: Joe at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (Uy/WF)

169 135
LinkedIn was where I found out the people I went to school with were chief scientists and SVPs while I was still just a lab rat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
--------
Judging yourself via others is a prime route to unhappiness.

Use the Bible as a guide instead and judge yourself from that eternal source.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (WDjG6)

170
For those who haven't seen the viral youth hockey fight video

___________

Kids haven't learned about fight etiquette yet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 03:04 PM (t2vGZ)

171 Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document (England)
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 02:59 PM

That one won't get by their new Muslim overlords.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 03:04 PM (bFu5X)

172 158
It wouldn't surprise me if Ft Knox was 1/2 empty
Posted by: Skip

____________________________

Last full external audit was back in the 70's. But, internally, it's audited regularly by the Treasury Dept. And, I have to believe that Bessent wouldn't shirk on that duty.

Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 03:04 PM (dIske)

173 Look, here are the facts:

1) The renovation was wildly expensive.
2) Despite that they still went $700 million over budget.
3) The renovation includes a lot of luxury additions.
4) Powell was in charge of the renovation.
5) He approved the cost overruns and luxury add ons.
6) he lied to congress about the add ons.

These are the facts, and they are not in dispute.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (tV890)

174 The trick to refrigerators seems to be to get a basic model. Not even a water or ice dispenser. If you want those things, get standalone units.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:02 PM (Yp6az)

I've had good luck with the top freezers too. Side by sides are weirdly inefficient and kind of dumb.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (B+PQY)

175 >>>The internetz also informs me that the 60-story JPMorgan HQ will cost about $3B.

The 55-story BoA building in Manhattan, completed in 2009, cost about $1.6B in 2025 dollars.

too big to fail

Posted by: brak at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (jGJov)

176 Does Sydney don a French maid outfit in the movie?

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (77rzZ)

177 Posted by: Orson at January 12, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

Technically The Fed renovation also uses no taxpayer money though they make money on our money which allows them to pay for it in addition to all their other expenses like salaries.

I think that's the way they operate.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (KDPiq)

178 In the year 2000, the Fed Balance sheet was right about $7 Trillion...

It is now north of $25 Trillion.

Funny how they got so much in assets, while just allowing banks to print money.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)

179 That one won't get by their new Muslim overlords.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 03:04 PM (bFu5X)
++++
Since when does Britain prosecute Muslims?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:06 PM (GyQIQ)

180
Judging yourself via others is a prime route to unhappiness.

____________

Oh, I now realize that I completely lack the qualities needed for higher-level positions. And that I richly deserved all the bad stuff that happened to me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 03:06 PM (t2vGZ)

181 166 Trump should have fired Powell like last year!
Posted by: runner

He tried firing the other Fed who committed mortgage fraud and Scotus balked when that is patently fraudulent behavior of a regulator.

Same but worse for Powell. If Powell lies to Congress, it is highly likely that the man lies when he feels whenever it is to his benefit to do so. Now imagine that creature as Fed Chief handling the economy's monetary policies.

Powell needs to resign in shame but that is curiously lacking today in our looter ruling class types.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:06 PM (WDjG6)

182 Use the Bible as a guide instead and judge yourself from that eternal source.
Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (WDjG6)

Man, i haven't slain nearly enough Amalekites since New Year's....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 03:06 PM (JwNbV)

183 Do we still keelhaul unruly, criminal shipmates? Powell seems like a prime candidate for keelhauling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (BSdIE)

184 161 Enjoy the consequences of your own choices, California.
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If the Republicans would fund climate change, there would have been grant money to fund the storage tank upgrades at the gas stations for free.

/s/ California voter, voting yet again straight-ticket D. Because it's always the Republicans fault.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (HXT0k)

====

CA has apparently lost half of its billionaire wealth in the last few months simply because of the prospect of a wealth tax.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (GBKbO)

185 Anyway, during the movie it became obvious that Sydney Sweeney is a little gal.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's less than 5 feet tall.

Reportedly, 5' 3.5".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

186 The trick to refrigerators seems to be to get a basic model. Not even a water or ice dispenser. If you want those things, get standalone units.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:02 PM

Seriously. My mother still has a standup freezer that my parents bought in something like 1975. Admiral, I think. Runs like a boss. Their refrigerator from that era is still running like a watch out in the garage.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (bFu5X)

187 Man, i haven't slain nearly enough Amalekites since New Year's....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I haven't pissed against any walls, either.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (77rzZ)

188 Does Sydney don a French maid outfit in the movie?
Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (77rzZ)

Unfortunately, no.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (iJfKG)

189 I think it's pretty obvious Powell leaked it, probably because his responses to subpoenas were not looking good in terms of lying to Congress.
---
What if he has gotten wind that Humphrey's Executor, including the specific protection for the Fed, is going to be found unconstitutional?

This could also be a part of the same ploy, "he can't fire me; this is political retribution."

IDK, I think he's a POS and I believe all evils told on him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (HXT0k)

190 Need a gas oven? Don't fuck around go with Frigidaire.
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 02:55 PM (B+PQY)

I have an original 1950's Tappan Deluxe natural gas range. It doesn't have pilot lights or electric starters. One must light burners or oven with a stick match or a lighter.
This is literally the best kitchen stove and oven I have ever had. We got it when my dad's cousin passed and his wife's family were clearing out the cousin's dad's house. My dad's uncle died in 1987 and his house was left exactly as he left it until 2017. We went in and got the kitchen stove and spent weeks getting it cleaned up and working. It's heavy enough to hold the house down if a tornado hit us!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (2J/Lj)

191 My local school put in "temporary" portable classrooms that are made from house trailers.
Temporary.
Everyone see that word temporary?

I'm pretty sure most schools have, "portables" that have been in use for years. It's ridiculous.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (Yp6az)

My class was the peak of the baby boom in our area. Our 9th grade was split and put into 2 closed school buildings for space and there was a class in a trailer too.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (8avO+)

192 Oh, I now realize that I completely lack the qualities needed for higher-level positions. And that I richly deserved all the bad stuff that happened to me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You are judging yourself using the world's standards: the true measure is following Christ faithfully, not what you do for a living. Paul made tents and refused a salary for his preaching. Peter was a fisherman, Matthew was a tax collector.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (WDjG6)

193 >>>In fact, Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).

I want this job. Investigation includes a literal wringer, in which every last ill-begotten penny is wrung out of these thieves.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (dK+Kv)

194 Going Full Spartacus: Democrats Hold Chest-Thumping Press Conferences To Fuel Anti-ICE Rage

Democratic leaders rushing to outdo each other to ride the rage in the aftermath of the shooting of Renee Good

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (RHGPo)

195 50 years?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (9cHSL)

196 Funny how they got so much in assets, while just allowing banks to print money.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)
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That's how money-printing works. The Fed doesn't just print money and drop it out of helicopters. They get new money into the system by buying assets. This is how "quantitative easing" works.

The Fed makes new money and hands it out to people in exchange for assets. Treasury securities, private bonds, mortgage bonds, etc. New money exits the Fed, an asset enters the Fed. The Fed has to buy something to get the money out into the world. It could be a mortgage bond or a used car, but it has to be *something.*

The explosive growth of the Fed's balance sheet shows the amount of money-printing it's done since the "financial crisis."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:09 PM (GyQIQ)

197 > CAUGHT: Over 7,600 fake diplomas were distributed for NURSING JOBS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES!

Damn. I'll bet they were all going to work in nursing homes, too.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:09 PM (Yp6az)

198 CA has apparently lost half of its billionaire wealth in the last few months simply because of the prospect of a wealth tax.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (GBKbO)

Say... don't they pay an enormous portion of Cali's income tax? Seems like that could cause a bit of an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (ExV1e)

199 That one won't get by their new Muslim overlords.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 03:04 PM (bFu5X)
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Since when does Britain prosecute Muslims?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:06 PM (GyQIQ)

It is obviously to prosecute Christians. Muslims will be ignored.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)

200 Anyway, during the movie it became obvious that Sydney Sweeney is a little gal.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's less than 5 feet tall.

Reportedly, 5' 3.5".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

I don't believe it.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (iJfKG)

201 Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 03:00 PM (KDPiq)

Yeah, funny how they created the Fed to stop crashes, right before the biggest crash in out history.

It's like the really strange co ink e dink that US Student test scores have dropped every year since we made a Federal Department of Edumuhcation.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (mP0Kj)

202 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (2J/Lj)

Just looked up pics, that thing looks pretty sweet.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (B+PQY)

203 I would put Ron Paul in charge of dissolving the fed, Send Ted Nugent and Sammy Hagar to run Venezuela for a while

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (jrgJz)

204 LinkedIn was where I found out the people I went to school with were chief scientists and SVPs while I was still just a lab rat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 02:56 PM (t2vGZ)

Its amazing how many people are rich and successful on LinkedIn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (zZu0s)

205 I wonder if Marco's wife and children even recognize him anymore on the rare occasions when he comes home - just kidding. A lot of women couldn't take a husband that was gone that much. I loved it when my husband would go on business travel as I loved my alone time and I did the lion's share of child care and housework anyway, but I know a lot of women who couldn't handle the load and being the lone adult.

Posted by: Cheri at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (oiNtH)

206 CAUGHT: Over 7,600 fake diplomas were distributed for NURSING JOBS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES!

Damn. I'll bet they were all going to work in nursing homes, too.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 12, 2026 03:09 PM (Yp6az)

Who will do our dancing during fake pandemics ?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)

207 I can't imagine going $700 mil over budget and not getting an audit.
JPM Chase would chase me down for a 10 cent overdraft

Posted by: Kindltot at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)

208 It is obviously to prosecute Christians. Muslims will be ignored.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)
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I don't know how widespread circumcision is among gentiles in Britain.

This is almost-certainly aimed at the Jews. The Muslims will do it anyway and the British government will decline to notice it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (GyQIQ)

209 198 CA has apparently lost half of its billionaire wealth in the last few months simply because of the prospect of a wealth tax.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (GBKbO)

Say... don't they pay an enormous portion of Cali's income tax? Seems like that could cause a bit of an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (ExV1e)

=======

Barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

210
CA has apparently lost half of its billionaire wealth in the last few months simply because of the prospect of a wealth tax.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen

____________

Is a wealth tax even constitutional?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (t2vGZ)

211 Pam Bondi just announced the creation of a new Deputy AG with a very specific jurisdiction: defrauding the federal government (and taxpayers).

===

huh, I knew Marco Rubio has a Juris Doctorate, but does he really have time ???

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (g47mK)

212 198 CA has apparently lost half of its billionaire wealth in the last few months simply because of the prospect of a wealth tax.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (GBKbO)

Say... don't they pay an enormous portion of Cali's income tax? Seems like that could cause a bit of an issue.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (ExV1e)

So, to chase revenues they lowered the Highway Speed Limit, and now allow photo enforcement AND the ticket just goes to the owner of the car... no matter who was driving.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)

213 You don't have to follow the NFL to watch this and go damn thats gonna leave a mark.

tiny.cc/eakx001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (vzcgi)

214 Anyway, during the movie it became obvious that Sydney Sweeney is a little gal.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's less than 5 feet tall.

Reportedly, 5' 3.5".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

That's laying on her back.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (dK+Kv)

215 Anyway, during the movie it became obvious that Sydney Sweeney is a little gal.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's less than 5 feet tall.

Reportedly, 5' 3.5".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

I don't believe it.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (iJfKG)

Actors overall tend to be smaller than average with larger heads.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)

216 Is a wealth tax even constitutional?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (t2vGZ)
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Does it matter?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (GyQIQ)

217 local school put in "temporary" portable classrooms

My jr high put in temporary bldgs 29 years ago. Still there.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (Kt19C)

218 There ain't a single agency in this country that needs a $2.5b building unless it's heavy infrastructure.

These office buildings are just a bunch of fucking overhead.

Build them kennels with desks stacked three high along paternosters, so they're always breathing the next guy's farts. Recycle the room air through a fart concentrator, so the top guys don't get away from the farts.

The bathrooms can be a latrine ditch behind the building, and the cafeteria will be an automat on each floor.

Invest the bulk of the construction budgets on the merciless knouters who oversee these swine.

Done.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (BI5O2)

219 No. But neither is the income tax.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (9cHSL)

220 You don't have to follow the NFL to watch this and go damn thats gonna leave a mark.

tiny.cc/eakx001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (vzcgi)

AI. And Baltimore had a super bowl trophy before Harbs got his, just a few years earlier.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:13 PM (8avO+)

221 What if he has gotten wind that Humphrey's Executor, including the specific protection for the Fed, is going to be found unconstitutional?

This could also be a part of the same ploy, "he can't fire me; this is political retribution."

IDK, I think he's a POS and I believe all evils told on him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Humphrey's Executor was a knee jerk reaction by the Court to thwart FDR. Myers, merely ten or so years earlier was the true precedent, Humphreys sought to use mealy mouthed quasi judicial and quasi legislative bullshite to distinguish why the FTC appointments (Humphreys) should be treated differently than Postmasters (Myers).

Chief Justice Taft lays down the history in Myers and it is an originalist opinion better suited for Congress and Presidential relations as the Constitution itself does not make the bureaucracy a fourth branch.

Congress has power in funds and providing the law by which the President must execute its will but does not have the constitutional power to split the executive into independent bureaucrats with a president competing with Congress and the courts to run them.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:13 PM (WDjG6)

222 This busty bikini blonde wouldn't mind a piece of all this fraud sloshing around:
http://tiny.cc/lakx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (GyQIQ)

223 >>>CAUGHT: Over 7,600 fake diplomas were distributed for NURSING JOBS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES!

Damn. I'll bet they were all going to work in nursing homes, too.

Posted by: bonhomme

>All across the country was heard a cry from 7,600 strippers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (BSdIE)

224 The mullahs threatened America today on X, and posted the threat in pig-Russian.

Are they saying Russia will defend them?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (jKGsh)

225 Invest the bulk of the construction budgets on the merciless knouters who oversee these swine.

Done.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (BI5O2)

One man's merciless knouter is another man's Occupational Enthusiasm Therapist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (JwNbV)

226 So the stress, expense, and inconvenience of the investigation and the indictment is the punishment for disobedience? Absolute power corrupts Absolutely.

"They did it to me!" Is what Donald keeps yelling at people… the only problem with that is the reason they did it to him was because he committed way more than 34 felonies. Not to mention the whole insurrection. That’s just all they could make stick

Why haven’t they opened up an investigation onto the missing East Wing of the White House? Of course it is politically motivated!

What’s wild is Powell’s term is over in May, and the fed is already lowering interest rates. How dire is the situation that Trump feels the need to start this farce, to speed up dropping interest rates a bit faster, a few months early.

It's not about getting interest rates dropped a bit more before Powell leaves. It’s like Putin throwing people out of windows: he does it so everyone knows it’s him and it is a message to others to behave.

POTUS appointed powell in his first term. Now he accuses him of a crime. it's like 🍊 is admitting he picks criminals.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (JCZqz)

227 208 This is almost-certainly aimed at the Jews. The Muslims will do it anyway and the British government will decline to notice it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (GyQIQ)

Done on the backs of gullible incels who think their dick would be significantly bigger if they hadn't gotten circumcised.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn)

228 Is a wealth tax even constitutional?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (t2vGZ)

Property taxes are effectively wealth taxes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:15 PM (ExV1e)

229 Done on the backs of gullible incels who think their dick would be significantly bigger if they hadn't gotten circumcised.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn)
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I hadn't heard that one.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:15 PM (GyQIQ)

230 Mannix babes are of high quality today

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2026 03:16 PM (jKGsh)

231 The waterline tower in Austin was built on a bare site, 1,034 feet tall, for $500 million.

Brand new construction.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 12, 2026 03:16 PM (tV890)

232 Anyway, during the movie it became obvious that Sydney Sweeney is a little gal.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's less than 5 feet tall.

Reportedly, 5' 3.5".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

I don't believe it.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (iJfKG)

Actors overall tend to be smaller than average with larger heads.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)
___________

There seems to be an epidemic of casting tiny women to play roles in movies and TV. Many times, you won't notice this because the men are small too. But when you see these women in scenes with normal-sized men (or women), it looks ridiculous.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 12, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

233 Democratic leaders rushing to outdo each other to ride the rage in the aftermath of the shooting of Renee Good
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (RHGPo)

If the stuff coming out about her is true they might want to back off a bit on the Saint stuff

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 03:16 PM (VE6XX)

234 Reportedly, 5' 3.5".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:07 PM (ExV1e)

That's laying on her back.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

LOL.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:16 PM (77rzZ)

235 Two things the government has, that they shouldn't... billion dollar buildings and an excess amount of land.

It's the same sort of philosophy our political thieves have with our money.

They have it. We don't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 03:17 PM (NwnyJ)

236 Let me tell you about Jeanine Pirro.

Back when she had her show on Fox, she did one about the George Floyd case. She put forward her case for why the cop should be charged with Murder One.

She then proceeded to outline all the facts in the case, one after another. It's actually where I first really learned about what happened.

What I noticed was that the facts quite obviously, I thought, showed that the cop was completely innocent. Floyd was having those breathing issues the whole time, which is what happens when you overdose.

So Pirro got the message out, even though, I presume, her masters forced her to declare him guilty. Says something about Fox also, of course.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:17 PM (hOOi9)

237
Done on the backs of gullible incels who think their dick would be significantly bigger if they hadn't gotten circumcised.

Admire this

Posted by: Uncut Gem at January 12, 2026 03:17 PM (HcoTw)

238 How much do they think they're cutting off FFS?

Damn, people are stupid.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (JwNbV)

239

Think about that. 2.5 billion for a building to house….just what exactly.

How big is it? Ive been on big projects. 2.5b is a big ass building.

Is it just a reno? What are they doing?

Posted by: E Buzz at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (C6d3X)

240 Is a wealth tax even constitutional?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

For states, yes. They have plenipotentiary powers for day to day life for its residents. Property tax and inventory taxes are examples of wealth taxes. For the Feds, it would be an unconstitutional direct tax not covered by the income tax amendment. In theory, by apportioning it via the states, it could be done by teh feds but very difficult. See Hylton v. US (1796) for an excellent discussion of taxing powers of Congress.

Likewise in Calder v. Bull, states can pass retroactive laws but only in civil matters.

Forbidden to Congress and states to do it in criminal matters.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (WDjG6)

241 Actors overall tend to be smaller than average with larger heads.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (8avO+)

She's certainly got larger something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (ExV1e)

242 Okay. Thank you interwebz. I put the frig in diagnostic mode, told it to reset and it appears to working again.

Why does everything have to have a fucking computer control board in it?

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (jc0TO)

243 You don't have to follow the NFL to watch this and go damn thats gonna leave a mark.

tiny.cc/eakx001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (vzcgi)

Bridges gone, BTFO, as far as the eye can see. Fun to watch though.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (dK+Kv)

244 If the stuff coming out about her is true they might want to back off a bit on the Saint stuff
Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 03:16 PM (VE6XX)

Police records, even for child abuse, don't matter to the Left.

Hell, look at Saint George Floyd's po po record.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (mP0Kj)

245 This is almost-certainly aimed at the Jews. The Muslims will do it anyway and the British government will decline to notice it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM (GyQIQ)

Done on the backs of gullible incels who think their dick would be significantly bigger if they hadn't gotten circumcised.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn)
________

Philippine boys are almost all circumcised too. At age 13. OUCH!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

246 Just looked up pics, that thing looks pretty sweet.
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 03:10 PM (B+PQY)

Yep! The only issue we have had with it is the clock. It wouldn't work. Hubbymayhem and Pappymayhem made it work. For a few months. Then it quit working. Then it worked again and quit again. A few months ago Hubbymayhem was baking cookies and the clock suddenly started working again after years of being dead. It is still going and keeping accurate time. We have no clue why it did this.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 03:20 PM (2J/Lj)

247 This busty bikini blonde wouldn't mind a piece of all this fraud sloshing around:
http://tiny.cc/lakx001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (GyQIQ)

I wish we could see her eyes, but she is squishy in all the right places.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:20 PM (dK+Kv)

248 Philippine boys are almost all circumcised too. At age 13. OUCH!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Same thing in Turkey. Everybody has a big party while the poor kid is in bed, in pain, until his unit heals up.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:20 PM (77rzZ)

249 >>> 169 135
LinkedIn was where I found out the people I went to school with were chief scientists and SVPs while I was still just a lab rat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Judging yourself via others is a prime route to unhappiness.

Use the Bible as a guide instead and judge yourself from that eternal source.
Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:03 PM (WDjG6)

whig Johnson is right!

Consider who and/or what they may have done to get those positions.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 12, 2026 03:20 PM (ULPxl)

250 The Cali wealth tax IMHO will be found unconstitutional. The 16th amendment allows for income tax. To peoples property , money is property, without appropriate compensation is unconstitutional. If the government takes a million from someone with this tax, they'd then have to pay the person a million

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2026 03:21 PM (9ShUO)

251 229 I hadn't heard that one.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:15 PM (GyQIQ)

See enough Late Millennial dudes posting on social media and a lot of them whine about having been circumcised.

And usually because they think they'd either have a bigger dick or would be more sexually desirable. It's not entirely a Jew-Hate thing (well, it is on the part of the politicians, but...)

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (FpHTM)

252 Yep! The only issue we have had with it is the clock. It wouldn't work. Hubbymayhem and Pappymayhem made it work. For a few months. Then it quit working. Then it worked again and quit again. A few months ago Hubbymayhem was baking cookies and the clock suddenly started working again after years of being dead. It is still going and keeping accurate time. We have no clue why it did this.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 03:20 PM (2J/Lj)

Wonder if the temperature changes and possible oil and dust accumulation account for the almost universal broken clocks on ovens.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)

253

Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.

"Nurses on strike! ... Fair contract now!" they shouted on a picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's campus in Upper Manhattan. Others picketed at hospitals in the Mount Sinai and Montefiore systems, where a 2023 nursing strike fed off pandemic-era frustrations and led to a deal to boost staffing and pay.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (pkeXY)

254 Islamaphobia sweeps Iran. 500 to 1000 Mosques torched.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (9cHSL)

255 Grandpa Simpson in a hard hat.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (pDt9x)

256 The markets do appear to have shrugged off the Powell thing. But good volatility. I'm plus +.69% for the day.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (jc0TO)

257 Hey, J, refuse to sign the citation. (Bart Simpson laugh)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (YlWIZ)

258 Done on the backs of gullible incels who think their dick would be significantly bigger if they hadn't gotten circumcised.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn)

A friend of mines 2 sons were not circumcised and they had numerous yeast infections as kids

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (VE6XX)

259 194 Going Full Spartacus: Democrats Hold Chest-Thumping Press Conferences To Fuel Anti-ICE Rage

Democratic leaders rushing to outdo each other to ride the rage in the aftermath of the shooting of Renee Good
Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 03:08 PM (RHGPo)

I've been calling her a Darwin Award winner, but I'm rethinking that.

With how the Globalist establishment is programming people like her to get themselves killed for their benefit, it seems more like a human sacrifice ritual.

Man, those Globalists are REALLY keyed in on the foreign invasions, and REALLY, REALLY don't want the US to have Greenland. Both things must be extremely important in this World War vs Globalism that Trump is leading the charge in.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (hOOi9)

260 254 Islamaphobia sweeps Iran. 500 to 1000 Mosques torched.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (9cHSL)

A good start. I am not a “ nuanced” Christian.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 03:24 PM (pDt9x)

261 Why doesn't Powell just retire? What is in it for him at this stage?

He is 72 years old, he should just go and have a life. Staying on and fighting Trump tells me that he is not in it for the country, the people or even just pure economics. It's all about ego. He didn't mind doing as he was told by Biden admin.

Posted by: Decaf at January 12, 2026 03:24 PM (Z8jzG)

262 Okay. Thank you interwebz. I put the frig in diagnostic mode, told it to reset and it appears to working again.

Why does everything have to have a fucking computer control board in it?
Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (jc0TO)

I bought a dryer with one of those, and it quickly failed. Repair was close to the cost of the unit. I babied it for a while, and finally just got a new dryer with knobs knobs knobs.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:24 PM (8avO+)

263 Islamaphobia sweeps Iran. 500 to 1000 Mosques torched.

Is the backlash we have been warned about?

Posted by: Uncut Gem at January 12, 2026 03:24 PM (HcoTw)

264 Here's my take: Trump may in fact favor an investigation for political reasons and yet the investigation may still be fully warranted by the circumstances.
_______
Well, we know that no Democrat favored hearings on Watergate for political reasons. And none pushed them on Iran-Contra for political reasons, either.

And of course, not one of the Trump impeachments was politically motivated.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 12, 2026 03:24 PM (s0JqF)

265 45/47 produces the receipt on camera. Will J react? Depends

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 12, 2026 03:24 PM (YlWIZ)

266 Nurses are highly paid from what I have seen but they are also at a premium.

Kinda hand in hand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

267
Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.

"Nurses on strike! ... Fair contract now!" they shouted on a picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's campus in Upper Manhattan. Others picketed at hospitals in the Mount Sinai and Montefiore systems, where a 2023 nursing strike fed off pandemic-era frustrations and led to a deal to boost staffing and pay.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

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

Discontent in the land of Commie Mamdani?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2026 03:25 PM (Jxa0O)

268 I very much doubt Bondi just opened the investigation. More likely that it was opened a while ago and Trump just brought it to everyone's attention because the timing to do so is right.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 03:25 PM (viF8m)

269 Done on the backs of gullible incels who think their dick would be significantly bigger if they hadn't gotten circumcised.
Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (iXqHn)

A friend of mines 2 sons were not circumcised and they had numerous yeast infections as kids

Posted by: It's me donna at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (VE6XX)

Yeah, thanks, Mom and Dad, for not leaving me with a dog dick looking yeast factory. Gross.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:25 PM (dK+Kv)

270 J is 72?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 12, 2026 03:25 PM (YlWIZ)

271 I do endorse those 'Audit the Fed' noises.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

272 A lying deep state member?
Quick to my fainting couch I run.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (kgFPv)

273 254 Islamaphobia sweeps Iran. 500 to 1000 Mosques torched.
Posted by: Boss Moss

The untold story is that Iran was using these like the Palestinians, storing weapons, having secret storage under them, etc.

An internal memo from one panicky senior cleric had him mention that the mosques were empty and only about 25-30 percent of the population anymore were faithful Muslim. Supposedly Zoroastrianism and even Christianity have taken root as the theocracy has destroyed its own legitimacy.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (WDjG6)

274 as Julie Kelly puts it.

Where did she put it?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (Kt19C)

275 There seems to be a vast amount of energy about circumcision. I am fine without the turtleneck. Seems normal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

276 Man, those Globalists are REALLY keyed in on the foreign invasions, and REALLY, REALLY don't want the US to have Greenland. Both things must be extremely important in this World War vs Globalism that Trump is leading the charge in.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (hOOi9)

Greenland really is just a symbol of how Europe is no longer in the driver's seat. It is Fortress Americas going forward.

The Globalists want us tied into forever wars in the Ukraine and elsewhere at their direction. So does the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)

277
Yeah, thanks, Mom and Dad, for not leaving me with a dog dick looking yeast factory. Gross.
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Don't run naked through the blackberries bushes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2026 03:27 PM (pLaQB)

278 There seems to be a vast amount of energy about circumcision. I am fine without the turtleneck. Seems normal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

It's ironic that there's so much noise about stopping circumcision but if you were to cut the whole thing off cuz your infant drooled in the girlish fashion you'd be feted as stunning and brave.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (ExV1e)

279 Why can't da Fed pay for it's own renovations? It's a private entity isn't it?

Posted by: DaveA at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (FhXTo)

280 dog dick looking yeast factory

Sourdough starter!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)

281 I saw Dog Dick looking Yeast Factory open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Asembly hall in '94.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

282
I've been calling her a Darwin Award winner, but I'm rethinking that.

With how the Globalist establishment is programming people like her to get themselves killed for their benefit, it seems more like a human sacrifice ritual.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (hOOi9)

It might be controversial - and I hope that ICE people don't get hurt or worse - but these mega-karens are doing society a favor yeeting themselves out of the gene pool and oxygen contest.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)

283 261 Why doesn't Powell just retire? What is in it for him at this stage?

He is 72 years old, he should just go and have a life. Staying on and fighting Trump tells me that he is not in it for the country, the people or even just pure economics. It's all about ego. He didn't mind doing as he was told by Biden admin.
Posted by: Decaf
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Maybe he wants someone like Andrea Mitchell as a future wife like Greenspan accomplished.

There are several old rotten apple types working at mass media that are in his age bracket. Single too.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (WDjG6)

284 Uncircumcised and loving it. Of course there is a Seinfeld episode to cover this topic

Posted by: Uncut Jim at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (HcoTw)

285 222 This busty bikini blonde wouldn't mind a piece of all this fraud sloshing around:
http://tiny.cc/lakx001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 03:14 PM (GyQIQ)

BigNaturals dot com

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (xcxpd)

286 Discontent in the land of Commie Mamdani?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2026 03:25 PM (Jxa0O)

There are plenty of other parasites in NYC that resent this guy thinking he will take over.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:29 PM (8avO+)

287 Barely an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 12, 2026 03:11 PM

I understood this reference.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 03:29 PM (bFu5X)

288 dog dick looking yeast factory

Sourdough starter!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)

Fuckjng hell.

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

289 There seems to be a vast amount of energy about circumcision. I am fine without the turtleneck. Seems normal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

I figured in the scheme of things it is less trauma than being shoved through a 10cm cervix, and better at preventing penile cancer from human papilloma virus than a shot of Gardasil and hep C vaccine both.

If I cared to be crude and nasty.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 12, 2026 03:29 PM (rbvCR)

290

Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday — challenging Hegseth’s move to demote Kelly’s military rank after the senator told service members to defy the Trump administration’s “illegal orders.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 03:29 PM (pkeXY)

291 3rd refrigerator I've owned since I bought this place died.

Maybe something is wrong with your electricity.

Posted by: DaveA at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (FhXTo)

292 Last full external audit was back in the 70's.
——

Nope, not since the 1950s! They sent a dog and pony show with the press in the 1970s and opened a single vault and took a few pictures.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (Q9ENj)

293 Circumcised or uncircumcised is of no importance, according to Paul.

Posted by: tubal at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (pDt9x)

294 Don't run naked through the blackberries bushes.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 12, 2026 03:27 PM (pLaQB)

I think this applies, regardless.

Also, do not piss in large bush by Lincoln Road Sixth Grade Center, instead of going inside to use the bathroom.

There be wasps there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (dK+Kv)

295 By the way, how much did it cost to repair Notre Dame cathedral after the fire damage? How does it compare to Powell's vanity project?

Posted by: Decaf at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (Z8jzG)

296 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 03:20 PM (2J/Lj)

How does a woman know what time it is?

There's a clock on the stove.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (B+PQY)

297 Wonder if the temperature changes and possible oil and dust accumulation account for the almost universal broken clocks on ovens.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)

Was trying to figure out how to get decades old grease that had built up over decades off of every part of this stove and a former poster called Uncle Palpatine told me to use waterless hand soap. It was amazing how well that worked. Couldn't use it on the clock innards though. So there's probably some gunk stuck in there.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 03:30 PM (2J/Lj)

298 Nood. Waltz.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 03:31 PM (bFu5X)

299 It's ironic that there's so much noise about stopping circumcision but if you were to cut the whole thing off cuz your infant drooled in the girlish fashion you'd be feted as stunning and brave.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (ExV1e)

In the UK they were forced to crack down on the conversions they were doing in secret a little while ago. This might be a ploy to get that operation running.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:31 PM (8avO+)

300 Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday — challenging Hegseth’s move to demote Kelly’s military rank after the senator told service members to defy the Trump administration’s “illegal orders.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Doesn't he have to appeal it through military channels first?

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 03:31 PM (77rzZ)

301 4
Evil gnome Powell has the Fauci creepy vibe.
Posted by: sifty boones
......

Big government is a disease.

Posted by: wth at January 12, 2026 03:31 PM (UjdFS)

302 And now: The Donald Serves Papers, Act one. Followed by Act Two: These Aren't My Pants.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 12, 2026 03:31 PM (YlWIZ)

303 Uncircumcised and loving it. Of course there is a Seinfeld episode to cover this topic

Posted by: Uncut Jim at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (HcoTw)

Someone here probably likes the cut of your Jim and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:32 PM (dK+Kv)

304 I will go out on a limb and say this guy is not going to jail. I am also going to say he was just signing whatever was floating across his desk and whoever stood in front of him saying we neeeeerddddd to do this, he said well, if we need to, then we do it. I am curious about project update meetings, stage gates, budget reporting. Did any of this happen?

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 03:33 PM (p4NUW)

305 250 The Cali wealth tax IMHO will be found unconstitutional. The 16th amendment allows for income tax. To peoples property , money is property, without appropriate compensation is unconstitutional. If the government takes a million from someone with this tax, they'd then have to pay the person a million
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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16th only applies to fedgov. States are allowed all manners of taxation as the property and inventory taxes are actually specialized wealth taxes.

In Pollock case in the 1890's the federal income tax was declared unconstitutional. It had been legislated first in the ACW and then appeared off and on until then. If you read the opinions in Hylton, you get how the Constitution''s direct and indirect taxes worked and how to categorize them. Justice Paterson was at the Constitutional Convention and as a senator, wrote much of the Judiciary Act of 1789 setting up the courts. Justice Iredell attended NC ratifying convention for the constitution. Both of them explain quite lucidly how the direct tax prohibition was to work and why the tax in Hylton was viewed as an excise tax, not a direct tax.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:33 PM (WDjG6)

306 " ... Why does everything have to have a fucking computer control board in it?
Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 03:18 PM (jc0TO)"

my guess?: it's easier than figuring out how to do an old-school control system, they probably don't even teach that any more.
these days, AI can probably design the circuit board and write the code ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 12, 2026 03:34 PM (Cjt/F)

307 >>Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday — challenging Hegseth’s move to demote Kelly’s military rank after the senator told service members to defy the Trump administration’s “illegal orders.”

Sounds like that sternly worded letter had an impact.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 03:34 PM (viF8m)

308 So the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is spending likely over a billion or possibly even close to 2 billion to renovate a building.

They are taking the Salt Lake Temple, which took 40 years to build from the 1850s through the 1890s, and is the largest temple of the Church and the massive, iconic attraction for Utah, and earthquake proofing it. How? By jacking up the entire Temple (made out of granite) and replacing the foundations with some sort of earthquake dampers to help absorb potential shock. Lots of other internal upgrades as well.

That's the kind of renovation 2 billion gets you: a massive, historic landmark literally being jacked up into the air and modernized as best as possible without destroying the building.

That's NOT what Powell was doing. How can he be spending more money on a "renovation" than what the Church is doing to restore their most important building?

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 12, 2026 03:34 PM (/ZkOF)

309 My view on circumcision is simple. It's a religious obligation for Jews, so of course they should do it - when it works, which is the vast majority of the time, it doesn't do any harm, and it has some benefits.

If you live in a filthy country without a lot of indoor plumbing, or a bad cultural problem about hygiene - do it. You don't want a stinky weiner with smegma all up in it.

But if you're a gentile in a first world country, I don't see the point. Even though the risks are very small, I don't see the benefit as good enough to justify them. Why gamble on possibly mangling your son's shlong so he can (voluntarily) skip showers for weeks at a stretch?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 03:35 PM (BI5O2)

310 304 I will go out on a limb and say this guy is not going to jail. I am also going to say he was just signing whatever was floating across his desk and whoever stood in front of him saying we neeeeerddddd to do this, he said well, if we need to, then we do it. I am curious about project update meetings, stage gates, budget reporting. Did any of this happen?
Posted by: Piper
========
He lied directly to Congress, specifically the US Senate in a hearing specifically about the features of the new and over budget Fed Reserve hq building. Lied about it not having a private dining room nor a new VIP elevator just for the governors etc.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:35 PM (WDjG6)

311 >>>>Why doesn't Powell just retire? What is in it for him at this stage?

I think he is going to retire this summer at the end of his term.

The things he has done during his terms is end the LIBOR and start the SOFR giving the US control over the overseas price of dollars, and in keeping rates fairly high he has sucked lots of money out of the ECB and City of London, leaving them a bit stretched for ready cash.

Low fed rates mean easy money, which drives the business cycle higher for the next crash. Keeping it high bleeds off some of the overheating. It is literally restricting access to Keynes' punchbowl if you like that economics paradigm

Anyways, he is not loved overseas by European bankers. We should give him a watch on his way out for just that.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 12, 2026 03:35 PM (rbvCR)

312 213 You don't have to follow the NFL to watch this and go damn thats gonna leave a mark.

tiny.cc/eakx001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 12, 2026 03:12 PM (vzcgi)

That's so awesome! HAS to be AI generated dubbing though, right?

The same could be said by the BUF coach, if they were to fire him. He brought playoff games back into the vernacular of WNY, and has the longest current streak of winning 11 games or more, but it's ALL because of Josh Allen, right? And failures of Josh and the rest of the team don't count.

(Not to throw shade on Josh Allen - he's the best QB in a generation, if not all time. But when he gets hurt, and plays hurt, he loses games. It's not because of the coaches.)

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:35 PM (hOOi9)

313 307 >>Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday — challenging Hegseth’s move to demote Kelly’s military rank after the senator told service members to defy the Trump administration’s “illegal orders.”

Sounds like that sternly worded letter had an impact.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Court should dismiss as Kelly has not exhausted his administrative remedy yet. Exhaustion doctrine.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 03:37 PM (WDjG6)

314 Wonder if the temperature changes and possible oil and dust accumulation account for the almost universal broken clocks on ovens.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)

Global warming.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 03:39 PM (g8Ew8)

315 276 Man, those Globalists are REALLY keyed in on the foreign invasions, and REALLY, REALLY don't want the US to have Greenland. Both things must be extremely important in this World War vs Globalism that Trump is leading the charge in.
Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:23 PM (hOOi9)

Greenland really is just a symbol of how Europe is no longer in the driver's seat. It is Fortress Americas going forward.

The Globalists want us tied into forever wars in the Ukraine and elsewhere at their direction. So does the EU.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 12, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)

Funny thing is, it's really not much different from when Alaska was bought. Nobody in Europe wet their pants about THAT. If anything, they got a good chuckle out of it.

But objectively, why should ANYBODY in Europe have a problem with the US having Greenland? Probably most of them didn't even know it was a Danish territory, before a few years ago. It certainly doesn't HURT Europe, and I can't believe most of them give a crap about Denmark in the least.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:40 PM (hOOi9)

316 When did circumcision get generally adopted, and why? I read something about WWI troops getting dick-rot from the conditions in the trenches sparking it.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 12, 2026 03:40 PM (LdBR/)

317 It might be controversial - and I hope that ICE people don't get hurt or worse - but these mega-karens are doing society a favor yeeting themselves out of the gene pool and oxygen contest.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 12, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)

It's basically like Picard picking off his own crew members with impunity, in that one Star Trek movie - because they had been assimilated by the Borg. They're actually victims, but also weapons being used against us.

Posted by: MrExcitement at January 12, 2026 03:42 PM (hOOi9)

318 When did circumcision get generally adopted, and why? I read something about WWI troops getting dick-rot from the conditions in the trenches sparking it.

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I don't know about that specifically. But yeah, circumcision is a good thing for soldiers for the obvious reason, and I can only imagine how horrible trenchdick would be.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 12, 2026 03:43 PM (BI5O2)

319 Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday — challenging Hegseth’s move to demote Kelly’s military rank after the senator told service members to defy the Trump administration’s “illegal orders.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 03:29 PM

He is claiming his demotion runs afoul of the speech and debate clause protection he has as a senator. Problem is, he did not make that video on the floor of the senate or in his office at the capitol.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 12, 2026 03:44 PM (0N4FZ)

320 .
.
SMoD bless Jerome Powell.

Posted by: Marooned at January 12, 2026 04:48 PM (kt8QE)

321 FWP, my refrigerator compressor isn't running. The lights are on but nobody's home, so to speak.

FML
Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 02:33 PM (jc0TO)
******
Ours died in less than 4 years.
Meanwhile, my in-laws are still using a refrigerator they INHERITED from my wife's grandmother in 1975.
But we live in a golden age, not one that's on the decline. Yes, we're so much better now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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You pay a thousand bucks for a new refrigerator every 4 years, so.what?
You saved $40 a year on electricity.
Sheeesh! You're so ungrateful for who everything we do for you!

Posted by: buddhaha at January 12, 2026 06:01 PM (4YokX)

322 >>>Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.

"Nurses on strike!

>Learn to work the pole. We got you covered.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 12, 2026 06:26 PM (BSdIE)

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