Former McDonald's Worker (?) Kamala Harris Buys $8 Million Graft Mansion

Boy, "civil servants" who supposedly make much less money than they would command in the private sector sure do get filthy rich.

How does that happen?

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is upgrading her Los Angeles real estate portfolio, trading one celebrity-soaked neighborhood for another.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff recently dropped a little over $8 million ($8.15 million) on a 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, six-bathroom home in Point Dume, a neighborhood in Malibu that's home to a who's who of both Hollywood and -- more recently -- Silicon Valley power players, the California Post has learned.

Oh right, her woman-beating husband is a lawyer.

In recent weeks several Point Dume residents have spotted Emhoff strolling through the neighborhood which rests on a 63-acre promontory perched above one of California's most famous and exclusive beaches known as Little Dume.
Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.
While much of Malibu remains devastated by the one-two punch of the 2018 Woolsey Fire and the 2025 Palisades Fire, Point Dume is in relatively good shape compared to other parts of Malibu.

Speaking of: Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass promised they would clear the red tape to allow people to rebuild the houses the California government burned down.

Barely any houses have been rebuilt.

Mike Kelley
@MikeKel25187159
Jan 12
Adam Carolla just revisited Malibu. He found one house being rebuilt. The owner had to spend $2.5 million just for his foundation to meet CA requirements. It looks like a missile silo. Meanwhile, the nearby wooden pier still stands after 120 years.

Yup, they sure cleared out that red tape...

Look at what the government required this property owner to build before he could put down the first beam of his house: Caissons four stories deep!

They're also forcing him to build a sea wall to protect against erosion. The sea wall is also required to be built with caissons extending down four to five stories to the bedrock.

Clearing out the red tape, requiring citizens to build sea walls to protect the coast one property lot at a time.

Posted by: Ace at 01:38 PM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)

2 And a SPONGE!?

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (NcvvS)

3 There's a lot of money in BJs.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (vFG9F)

4 You’re an Excitable Boy they all said, Ace.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (pDt9x)

5 Kamala will be stymied trying to work the garbage disposal.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (Nnyqs)

6 She's in grift contention with MTG.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (abIsI)

7 What do you expect?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 14, 2026 01:40 PM (YlWIZ)

8 Did not Kamala marry money?

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (pDt9x)

9 Adam Carolla just revisited Malibu. He found one house being rebuilt. The owner had to spend $2.5 million just for his foundation to meet CA requirements. It looks like a missile silo. Meanwhile, the nearby wooden pier still stands after 120 years.

Isn't this one of the areas the left says will be underwater in 12 years?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

10 Missile silo?

Well makes a good roof for the fallout shelter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 14, 2026 01:42 PM (Nnyqs)

11 Exclusive neighborhood for Commie-La.

Can't be the Town Drunk if you're the only one in the town.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 01:42 PM (iXqHn)

12 *spitting on hands*
*running up the black flag*
*getting out knife*

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at January 14, 2026 01:43 PM (asXVI)

13 "Piker."

-- The Obamas

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (zWMSe)

14 Looks like the entire Verizon network is down. Cyber attack?

Posted by: Rando Calrissian at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (s9LpA)

15 So *that's* where that 20 million went....

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (g078z)

16 >>Can't be the Town Drunk if you're the only one in the town.
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 01:42 PM (iXqHn)

Isn't that how one becomes the Town Drunk? Being the only one in town?

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (NcvvS)

17 Cackles!
- kumayl

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (o2ZRX)

18 Malibu’s New Owners? Kiwi Billionaires Snap Up $65 million of Fire-Ravaged Lots

https://youtu.be/G0Sanr040Dk

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

19 >>Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.

I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)

20 14 Looks like the entire Verizon network is down. Cyber attack?
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (s9LpA)

Cannot speak for everyone but mine is working.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 01:45 PM (pDt9x)

21 Now we see where the government money goes

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (i+wP0)

22
Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.

Nevermind that all California beaches are in fact, public property by law, and access is supposed to be free to all, either through direct connection to other public land or through access easements across private land.

The rich commie cocksuckers in Malibu have been fighting to appropriate public beaches for their own exclusive use for decades.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (y9nCu)

23 LA struggles to rebuild, like they are just putting they have into helping the owners put their communities back together but the challenges are insurmountable.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (2ap+5)

24 My understanding is that a vast majority of these lots have "for sale" signs (at least temporarily). I'm willing to bet that if you do a dive in on real estate transactions about a year from now you will see a large conglomerate buying up the vast majority of them, and that conglomerate will have a long established relationship with "The Hair Gel Wizard."

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

25 Dougie E. makes a shizzle ton as an entertainment attorney. I would bet money he is a far better attorney than Kamala is / was. I mean he has actually litigated cases. 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (OoFl2)

26 More like Point Doom, amirite?

/At least she didn't buy a winery ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (206Al)

27 Emhoff was a successful sleazy lawyer but it is amusing that nets you an $8M house isn't it?

Also, remember, the Democrats are the party of the little people

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

28
Place needs a name, like The Libations or Heels Up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:47 PM (tgvbd)

29 Point Dume is where Sauron used to surf.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:47 PM (pV1bd)

30 Saw recently out of like 12,000 homes burned out not 100 have even started to get rebuild

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (i+wP0)

31 14 Looks like the entire Verizon network is down. Cyber attack?
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at January 14, 2026

It’s working here.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (OoFl2)

32 While I have no doubt LA is fucking over its residents on rebuilding, this story about the caissons doesn't show it.

The house is literally on the sand of an ocean beach. It's standard construction practice to install caissons going down 40 feet or more when you are building a very significant structure on sand or other unstable surface. The idea is the caissons have to go down all the way to solid rock bed, or else the entire structure will be unstable. How else are you going to build on sand?

And yes, caissons can look like missile silos.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

33 Wouldn't the original caissons still be there?

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (2ap+5)

34
I keep seeing predictions that California is going to collapse, and areas of it will be essentially uninhabitable. I could see that happening. Every the state government spends more, steals more, prevents and interferes more, and provides less actual service.

If true, it's really going to suck. A chaotic exodus, with the state running after the people who leave, to try and take more of their money. And wildfires and crime running rampant and unopposed.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (biznJ)

35 So between the Obama estate on MV Island and now the Harris estate literally on the beach...I guess they think Trump is going to solve global warming?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

36 You gotta start in the morning if you're going to drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (0NfMy)

37 Can't be the Town Drunk if you're the only one in the town.
Posted by: XTC

It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

38 Looks like I'm headed back to Annandale.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 14, 2026 01:50 PM (2ap+5)

39 Over hill, over dale, We will hit the dusty trail, And those caissons go rolling along....

(now I'm confused on what a caisson is)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Dv3i1)

40 It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

You don't want to snort coke in the same bathroom where your husband just left a a partially digested burrito...

Posted by: Kamala Harris at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

41
It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

__________

The Jewish American Princess's dream house: six bathrooms and no bedroom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (tgvbd)

42 Saw recently out of like 12,000 homes burned out not 100 have even started to get rebuild
Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 01:48 PM (i+wP0)

***

The build out will be complete in 2276.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (Bo9Yf)

43 She must make a lot of money on those Venn diagrams.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (Oy/m2)

44 I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)
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I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.

This is the kind of shit I'd have fun with if I had money to burn. I'd boat in homeless and derelicts to hang out on the beach. I'd give them all burner phones and about $100 each, and tell them to order Dominos incessantly.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)

45 I got my spoils.

Posted by: Bernie at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (abIsI)

46 Dougie E. makes a shizzle ton as an entertainment attorney. I would bet money he is a far better attorney than Kamala is / was. I mean he has actually litigated cases. 😂
Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 01:46 PM (OoFl2)
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Tough to say whether he's a good lawyer or just very politically connected. Hillary made a lot of money as a lawyer, but that was 99% because of the political connections and influence she had married to the governor of AK.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (iFTx/)

47 Incidentally, it turns out hitting a person with a car is extra illegal in Minnesota under a law signed in 2020 by Walz to protect Antifa. Hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

48 Oh, no. William and Mary won’t do.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (o2ZRX)

49 IIRC, the single home that has been built in Pacific Palisades was one that received approval before the fire.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (206Al)

50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)

51 I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.
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Paddle in. Paddle out. Great workout and you might score some wealthy pussy.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 01:53 PM (pLaQB)

52 Incidentally, it turns out hitting a person with a car is extra illegal in Minnesota under a law signed in 2020 by Walz to protect Antifa. Hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

Check subparagraph (d) for exceptions.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (YZZyB)

53 And I'm never going back to my old school

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Bo9Yf)

54 50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head.
_____

Shame Kamala lost. She would have been a great role model for young women everywhere.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

55 You forget that the young beauty queen Ella Emhoff is bringing in bags of cash with her modeling and fashion career. Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn and a Neanderthal all wrapped up in a gorgeous package.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (qwx/I)

56 I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)
______________________________

I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.

This is the kind of shit I'd have fun with if I had money to burn. I'd boat in homeless and derelicts to hang out on the beach. I'd give them all burner phones and about $100 each, and tell them to order Dominos incessantly.
Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)
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Yea, this is constantly as issue in rich areas like Hamptons. The rich want a private beach, but no beaches are private. The next best thing is to so restrict public access to the beach that it's almost impossible for anyone who doesn't own property on the beach to get on it. There are constant lawsuits over public access to beaches lined with expensive homes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

57
Well, it's on now. Iranian state TV just ran footage of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump with the caption, "This time, the bullet won't miss."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (w6EFb)

58 well this truly is a slow news day, isn't it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (uWKK8)

59 And did I mention the wine cellar?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (0NfMy)

60 i don't know but I think the word "caisson" has a broad meaning, all having to do with being a, well, case for something else. So ammunition is carried in a caisson, and you build your foundation piers inside caissons.

I was close:

caisson(n.)

"ammunition wagon; wooden chest for bombs, gunpowder, etc.," 1704, from French caisson "ammunition wagon," originally "large box" (16c.), from Italian cassone, augmentative form of cassa "a chest," from Latin capsa "a box" (see case (n.2

Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (1wjle)

61 50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head

Head to get ahead

Posted by: B A at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (HcoTw)

62 I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.
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My experience has been that the portion that is 'public' extends to the high tide mark

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

63 Sucking cock is how you get a head.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 14, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)

I'm not falling for that one at 20th time.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (g078z)

64 > I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.
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Typical. We saw a lot of this not only in California, but in ritzy beachside communities in Florida, Georgia, N/S Carolina, VA, MD... etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (NwnyJ)

65 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.

Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

66
It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

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For all her urination and vomiting needs?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (azNOR)

67 We are just thankful that Ms Emhoff hasn't decided to get rid of us...

Posted by: Ella Emhoff's Armpit Hairs at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (Bo9Yf)

68 I decided to have malted milk for a snack yesterday, and after dissolving the malt in a couple of teaspoons of hot water, I discovered that the milk had gone off - not just off but more than a bit lumpy.

I must say, malted buttermilk is not bad.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (rbvCR)

69 I have a caisson

Posted by: Leah Dunham at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (HcoTw)

70
♫ ♪ ♬ ♩ ♩
Limber front, limber rear,
Prepare to mount your tanned ol' rear,
And those Caissons go rolling along.
♫ ♪ ♬ ♩ ♩

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (206Al)

71 mmm, malt

I wish there was such a thing as low-carb malt mix (there's not, I checked)

Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (1wjle)

72
I looked it up. While the beach, itself, is indeed public. Access to the beach is gated by private property. So, technically, it is a public beach. But, there is no way to get to it without trespassing.

Posted by: Orson at January 14, 2026 01:51 PM (dIske)

It's my understanding that there are supposed to be public access easements, which is the focal point of a lot of the snooty commie cocksuckers' legal maneuvering. They would often put locked gates at the access points, which would take months to be removed.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)

73 Both guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore of The Doors lived in Pacific Palisades. I wonder what their situation is regarding homelessness.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (pLaQB)

74 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

World+dog knows how the elections work in California, and the reported results have nothing to do with the votes cast by citizens.

Flow chart: 1986 amnesty -> flood of illegals -> Democrats institute permanent cheating under cover of illegals -> Gavin Newsom

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

75 I can see Kammie producing her Pioneer, 'itches cooking show from there.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (DgMqy)

76 Perhaps Kamala sold the secret recipe for the Big Mac special sauce.

Or the source animal for the McRib (think smaller...think more legs).

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (qwx/I)

77 I don't understand why they have to build on these massive pilings when fire destroyed their home, not the ocean.

I get the point of the cassions and drilling the foundation. But why not give permits for rebuilding the existing homes? It was not a hurricane, it was a fire, probably arson.

I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

78
It's my understanding that there are supposed to be public access easements, which is the focal point of a lot of the snooty commie cocksuckers' legal maneuvering. They would often put locked gates at the access points, which would take months to be removed.

I wonder what they'd say about Trump's border wall?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

79 After Kamala recently threatened to run again, it was obvious the Democrats would pay her off. And they'll keep paying her too. She could single-handedly give the next election to Vance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:00 PM (Exs4i)

80 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

Can we not say the same for the 20-year-olds under the Mullahs in Iran?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)

81 54 50 Pay attention, ladies.

Sucking cock is how you get a head.
_____

Shame Kamala lost. She would have been a great role model for young women everywhere.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

you know the rule, Give a little, get a little.

give a lot....

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (uWKK8)

82 >>I don't understand why they have to build on these massive pilings when fire destroyed their home, not the ocean.

Expense.

Doing so is so prohibitively expensive that they see it as a way of reducing development.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (ZcsJV)

83 Wasn't Doug Emhoff the guy kissing Dr. Jill on the lips? I guess after doing the dirty with your stepson, Hunter Biden, your standards are set pretty low.

There's a reason why we're tearing down the White House and rebuilding it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (BSdIE)

84 It's why she needs six bathrooms in a four bedroom house.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 14, 2026 01:49 PM (pV1bd)

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For all her urination and vomiting needs?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 14, 2026 01:57 PM (azNOR)

Extra bathrooms are in the servant's areas. You can't have those people using the same toilets as their masters.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:02 PM (dGCAG)

85 >>Can we not say the same for the 20-year-olds under the Mullahs in Iran?

Are you retarded? Who voted for the Islamic Republic?

Certainly not someone who was born 29 years after they took over in a violent coup.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:02 PM (ZcsJV)

86 77 I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

(D) will never protest (D).

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (iXqHn)

87 The beach has not eroded with all of these homes up all these years. Now they would force each home to have a seawall; what could possibly go wrong?

Obviously, they're raising the cost of rebuilding to discourage it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (tbyEy)

88 Well, it's on now. Iranian state TV just ran footage of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump with the caption, "This time, the bullet won't miss."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 01:55 PM (w6EFb)
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Bold strategy Cotton. Lets see if it works.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (Exs4i)

89 Malted Milk powder, Ice Cream, etc. it is not “low carb” nor is intended to be.

Nutmeg is a fine addition, fresh ground. Required, really. The powdered stuff is no bueno, get the pods or beans or whatever they are. Trust Me.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (dDLWu)

90 Fucking insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:03 PM (zZu0s)

91 Also, if a cob has time and cares to, can you take a look at 12.75.217.46. Its the IP for my phone when I am not connected to work wifi and it appears to be blocked.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

92 Jumanji Jackson really is too stupid to be on the Court.

She misses the point of the analogy, argues besides the point and then pretends she has rebutted the point entirely.

ACB is not a big picture/thinker.
She gets bogged down in process and prior rules, missing the actual results of both her preferred "pocketbook harm" position and the old rules.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (HXT0k)

93 Zero Sympathy for the Fire “victims” in Cali. They voted for this for the past 40 years. Can’t fix stupid.
Posted by: Really?? at January 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kgFPv)

Can we not say the same for the 20-year-olds under the Mullahs in Iran?
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:00 PM (rbvCR)

There's no oil in Malibu.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (dGCAG)

94 When I noted earlier that today's decision is huge, I think it is:

"Candidates also have an interest in a fair process."
"Win or lose, candidates suffer when the process departs from the law."
"The counting of unlawful votes--or discarding of lawful ones--erodes public confidence in election results and the elected representative."
"Counting first and ruling upon legality afterwards is not a recipe for producing election results that have the
public acceptance democratic stability requires."
"And in much the same way, an unlawful extension of vote counting deprives candidates of the opportunity to compete for election under the Constitution and laws of the United States. "

This was written by Roberts.
All the "no standing, now or then" bullshit is done.
This ends the PA "opps, we forgot to keep the provisional ballot segregated and counted them."
No more CA, AZ, et al., "we have to count for weeks after."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 02:05 PM (HXT0k)

95 Ackshually .. there is quite a lot of oil in Malibu

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:05 PM (dDLWu)

96 Expense.

Doing so is so prohibitively expensive that they see it as a way of reducing development.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:01 PM (ZcsJV)
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Ah. I figured most were bazillionaires and this was their second home.

Granted, when I saw photos before the fire I thought, no way would I want a busy hwy in my backyard...neighbors so close I could reach out and touch them...even for my front yard to be the beach and Pacific Ocean.

It had to be cool to live in Malibu. Once. Maybe when I was in college and a bit wild.

Now, if I had a house where Mel Giblson's was, on a mountain, I'd consider it. Especially if he came with the house (well,and I wasn't already married to my man).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (WONhk)

97 >>There's no oil in Malibu.

You might want to check the Coastal Waters off Malibu.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (ZcsJV)

98 Still don't understand why some think Newsom would be a tough candidate to beat in 2028. He's destroyed California which is not easy to do given the enormous natural benefits that state has that no other state can match.

On top of that he comes off as a greasy, effeminate used car salesman. He's a worse candidate than Harris.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)

99
Read the X shit, I think an attack on Iran is imminent. Says our refueling planes are taking off all over the place in the region.

An IDF guy was quoted as saying, "this time, we will end Iran if they attack us".

Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

100 100

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (o2ZRX)

101 Drip, drip....

@nettermike

BREAKING: TSA data reveal nearly $700 million in declared US cash flagged in luggage by Somali couriers departing Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and yet the Biden The White House told TSA to stand down.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Administration (TSA) flagged approximately $692 million ($342.4 million in 2024 and $349.4 million in 2025) in declared U.S. currency detected in passengers' luggage departing from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)—roughly $1 million per day over the two years—John Solomon, the editor-in-chief of Just the News reports.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)

102 There's no oil in Malibu.
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I bet there is.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (pLaQB)

103 I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

It really should be clear to all of us by now that inside the US, every single "protest" going back to maybe even the 60's has been organized and paid for by foreign actors and home grown oligarchs. This idea that "protests" are organic and represent popular will is one of the most destructive fantasies that we still cling to.

The only true Protests are the ones that will cause the government to quickly call out the military and police to crush brutally, such as the Canadian truckers during Covid, J6, and the Iranian marchers today. If there is no strong reaction, then it should be obvious that the "protestors" are acting with the approval and authority of at least a good part of the government.

For example, the "protestors" in Minneapolis are acting with the will and the blessing of Minnesota's state government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK8)

104 >>I bet there is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (pLaQB)

Betting against Burt's assertions is a solid retirement plan.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (ZcsJV)

105 Ackshually .. there is quite a lot of oil in Malibu
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:05 PM (dDLWu)

Is that where Diddy lived?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (dGCAG)

106 Still don't understand why some think Newsom would be a tough candidate to beat in 2028. He's destroyed California which is not easy to do given the enormous natural benefits that state has that no other state can match.

On top of that he comes off as a greasy, effeminate used car salesman. He's a worse candidate than Harris.

Rahm Emanuel has been out recently making noise about him being the only electable 2028 candidate.

I'll wait until everyone stops laughing, although I think on paper at least he's light years ahead of Kamala or Newsom.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (2ocoG)

107 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:04 PM (zZu0s)

You should really keep those details to an email

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (g078z)

108 This is the kind of shit I'd have fun with if I had money to burn. I'd boat in homeless and derelicts to hang out on the beach. I'd give them all burner phones and about $100 each, and tell them to order Dominos incessantly.
Posted by: Orson

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This is my point. In all states (AFAIK) by federal law, the land below high tide mark and sea is public.
But CA also has a law (that they, and Huell Howser of California Gold were always very proud of) where public also has to have a way to reach that beach. No private gates. Or so they claim. There were even maps published so you could reach every beach in the state.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (n2ZBr)

109 Betting against Burt's assertions is a solid retirement plan.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (ZcsJV)

Not as solid as betting you don't get a joke.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (dGCAG)

110 mmm, malt

I wish there was such a thing as low-carb malt mix (there's not, I checked)
Posted by: ace at January 14, 2026 01:58 PM (1wjle)

I went to the brewing supply store and got malt powder - in this case wheat malt, which has slightly fewer calories than milk gram for gram, but it has a higher glycemic index than whole milk. The carbs are an issue if you go no carbs, that is true.

since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (rbvCR)

111 Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:06 PM (w6EFb)

The Saudi's are getting all weak knee'd about it because they're scared some missiles will be tossed at their refineries and export terminals. So they're trying to grovel as best they can.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (uWKK8)

112 Sell $600 worth of garage sale pickin’s on eBay?….well we’ve got our eye on YOU, comrade!

$$$ Millions in cash in suitcases leaving for Somalia? Nothing to see here, move along.

I hope these MFers die in a fire

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (dDLWu)

113 You should really keep those details to an email
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:08 PM (g078z)

Probably valid. Too late now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (zZu0s)

114 Yea, this is constantly as issue in rich areas like Hamptons.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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You should stab them

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (n2ZBr)

115 Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

===

Incoming flying carpets!!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (g47mK)

116 >>Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

They don't have much...and that would require 100% of their Military Personnel to be Jihadis.

Israel showed them what happens the instant they go online with guidance systems the last time they got their shit pushed in.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (ZcsJV)

117 since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (rbvCR)

You can always give some away. That's what I do.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

118 How much would Iran have at this point? When the nuke sites got smashed, they were going to do the same thing, no? Or tried.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

119
UK is pulling all its personnel out of Qatar base.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (w6EFb)

120 Probably valid. Too late now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (zZu0s)

A cob or ace can go in and wipe it

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

121 For example, the "protestors" in Minneapolis are acting with the will and the blessing of Minnesota's state government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK

MN, the retard state.

Saw the arrest of the latest protester making faces on the UK DM. She must practice those faces of horror and fear in the mirror.

I see the nose ring I'd "accidently" rip out as I grabbed her with my thick gloves. This would stop the faces and outrage quickly and ruin her theatrics. She'd then weep or go into mute shock at all the blood pouring out of her slit nostril or septum.

Should I send this idea to ICE?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (WONhk)

122 104 >>I bet there is.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (pLaQB)

Betting against Burt's assertions is a solid retirement plan.
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I just remember pictures of the 1910 beaches of LA covered in oil derricks. I, also, remember getting oil tar balls on my feet and bathing suit from swimming in SoCal beaches. Fortunately, as a kid I wore a high and tight haircut administered by my father.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (pLaQB)

123 Tough to say whether he's a good lawyer or just very politically connected. Hillary made a lot of money as a lawyer, but that was 99% because of the political connections and influence she had married to the governor of AK.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14

What?! He saved the Taco Bell Chihuahua! That should be resume enough for you! He and Kamala have only been married like 10 years. He was rich and successful before they married. Probably why she swiped right. Or left. Whatever the I will go out with you direction is.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (OoFl2)

124 Iran may pull the "Samson option". Throw everything they have at Israel.

Meanwhile hundreds of mosques in Iran have been burned down, and for some reason a lot of them were reported to have generated significant secondary explosions.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

125 You can always give some away. That's what I do.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

The Korean wife?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

126 I still say it's Pete. Don't ask me to make sense of it. Ain't gonna be a woman.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (g078z)

127 They don't have much...and that would require 100% of their Military Personnel to be Jihadis.

Israel showed them what happens the instant they go online with guidance systems the last time they got their shit pushed in.
Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:10 PM (ZcsJV)

What this does mean is that a significant part of any first strike must be devoted to any remaining ballistic missile sites.

It wasn't publicized much, but in the last go-round they did get one good hit in on a US base.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (uWKK8)

128 The Korean wife?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

I guess I walked into that

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (g078z)

129 Up here in Maine - we had two back-to-back winter storms 3 years ago (I think it was 3).

Our neighbor has parents that live up the coast from us, and during those storms, the ocean claimed their 100+ year old sea wall, and half of their backyard.

They just this past summer got the seawall rebuilt but it took $1.5m to do it. For about 50' of seawall.

That will just disintegrate again.

Nucking futs.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (WYStd)

130 I really hope the protesters looted what small arms they could carry before they torched the mosques.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)

131 Cut calories, and carbs are OK at least in strictly limited quantities. They taste way too good to eliminate entirely. If I can’t have say, fresh bread and butter, sheesh, send me off to the glue factory

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (dDLWu)

132 "Speaking of: Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass promised they would clear the red tape to allow people to rebuild the houses the California government burned down."
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ALLOW?!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (kpS4V)

133 The Saudi's are getting all weak knee'd about it because they're scared some missiles will be tossed at their refineries and export terminals. So they're trying to grovel as best they can.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:09 PM (uWKK

They may not trust Lindsay Grahams promise of 100% support

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

134 -------------
This is my point. In all states (AFAIK) by federal law, the land below high tide mark and sea is public.
But CA also has a law (that they, and Huell Howser of California Gold were always very proud of) where public also has to have a way to reach that beach. No private gates. Or so they claim. There were even maps published so you could reach every beach in the state.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14,

It's a thing where the millionaires put up gates and no access signs at the stairs to beaches in Malibu and I know for a fact that if you try to walk in front of Brad Pitt's house on the beach his on site security will chase you off the beach.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (fszBn)

135 You can always give some away. That's what I do.
Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:11 PM (g078z)

The Korean wife?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:13 PM (dGCAG)

*perks up*

Posted by: David French at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)

136 103 For example, the "protestors" in Minneapolis are acting with the will and the blessing of Minnesota's state government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:07 PM (uWKK

Minnedishu is acting with the will and blessing of Somalia's government.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:15 PM (uEmCf)

137 Cut calories, and carbs are OK at least in strictly limited quantities. They taste way too good to eliminate entirely. If I can’t have say, fresh bread and butter, sheesh, send me off to the glue factory
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (dDLWu)

Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs. It is possible, maybe, to cycle in and out but not if you are fighting metabolic syndrome.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:15 PM (rbvCR)

138 I also don't understand why the Californians, going through these hoops with their ghey mayor and retarded governor, are not protesting like an army of pink haired lesbos over this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 14, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)
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Party Uber Alles.

They dare not.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (3BwY8)

139 They may not trust Lindsay Grahams promise of 100% support
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

Lindsey Graham is not one i would want standing behind me.

Does anyone else look at him and KNOW what his handshake would feel like. Weak, wet, cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)

140 The Saudi's are getting all weak knee'd about it because they're scared some missiles will be tossed at their refineries and export terminals. So they're trying to grovel as best they can.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Except both parties are aware that something like 90% of Iran's oil is shipped from Kharg Terminal. Iran hits one Saudi facility and that island is a smoking pile.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (mlg/3)

141 They did jig the abquaiq refinery in 2018 if memory served

They recovered in a day

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 14, 2026 02:17 PM (bXbFr)

142
That will just disintegrate again.

Nucking futs.
Posted by: Defenestratus at January 14, 2026

At least they can build it, here you have to fight the CA coastal commission in court and it takes millions and years to even get it approved.
The CCC are the same people telling Elon he can't shoot his missiles off from Vandenberg.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:17 PM (fszBn)

143 Lindsey Graham is not one i would want standing behind me.

Does anyone else look at him and KNOW what his handshake would feel like. Weak, wet, cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)

And always with a slight mist on his upper lip.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:17 PM (dGCAG)

144 I just remember pictures of the 1910 beaches of LA covered in oil derricks. I, also, remember getting oil tar balls on my feet and bathing suit from swimming in SoCal beaches. Fortunately, as a kid I wore a high and tight haircut administered by my father.
Posted by: Pudinhead

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There are still derricks on Long Beach, but they are hidden and made to look like buildings.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (n2ZBr)

145 Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs
——

Now that’s Bullshit. If you are in a caloric deficit, you will reach ketosis, autophagy, etc. Doesn’t matter.

The human body will not burn any fat unless and until carbohydrate stores are exhausted (liver, bloodstream, etc) That much is true.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (dDLWu)

146 Willowed:

One of my High School friends got his head taken off by a bus mirror while walking down a state road.

Just under 50 years ago I was riding a bicycle when a large pickup truck pulled out and ran over me - dragging me about 30 feet. I tried so hard to get on the hood of that truck, but failed. The happiest I have ever been in my life was when I woke up under that truck. I couldn't believe I was alive. That was the day I quit smoking; I wanted something nice to remember about the day. It took me about a year to recover from my injuries. As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (Da7Vv)

147 A bit surprised the mullahs have decamped to Moscow yet after seeing what happened to their nuke development site and to Venezuela. There is 0 chance they can win a military engagement with the US or Israel for that matter.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (viF8m)

148 since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.
Posted by: Kindltot

On a whim, I started baking bread. I didn't realize fresh home baked bread could taste (and smell) so good. I make a couple of loaves every week or so and give some away. It only lasts 2 or 3 days at most (I use beeswax lined linen bags).

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Dv3i1)

149 There are still derricks on Long Beach, but they are hidden and made to look like buildings.
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Yeah, they were common sights in the 60s.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (pLaQB)

150 (I use beeswax lined linen bags)
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This sounds odd.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (pLaQB)

151 The fraud in Maine seems to be tightly linked with the Fraud in Minnesota. - From Alpha News:

[Steve] Robinson and [Liz]Collin appeared together on Tucker Carlson’s show to talk about fraud in their respective states. The similarities can’t be ignored, but the mainstream media appear to be doing just that, according to Robinson.

Robinson told Collin that “when we dug a little further, we discovered that Abdullahi Ali, the CEO [of Gateway Community Services, an LLC that founded by a Somali-American refugee, Abdallahi Ali in Maine], was in fact running for president of Jubaland, Somalia, the semi-autonomous region of southern Somalia. So at the same time, he’s receiving five million a year roughly in MaineCare money, millions of dollars in no-bid contracts, close to $700,000 in a PPP loan, and likely some forms of government money through partnerships and arrangements we don’t even know about or haven’t discovered yet.”

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

152 since I bake bread all the time (and my wife is Korean so rice is obligatory), I don't do low carb.

Posted by: Kindltot at January

I don’t do low carb either and I am not married to a Korean. Yet here I stand, still over 80 pounds lighter than I was 4 years ago, no meds, blood pressure is great (low, actually), blood work great, not grouchy, etc. Not bad for 29. I do watch what I eat, I am very careful there most of the time. But it’s not low carb. It’s appropriate carbs, protein and fats.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (OoFl2)

153 Stratotankers are busy over Qatar

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (h/O4U)

154 I think that Trump is going to try and goad Iran into doing something stupid. And Israel will probably be involved.

Maybe a no-fly zone or something non kinetic.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbIOb)

155 a lot of the Cape Cod beaches that aren't specifically town or county have "pass through" access below the high tide mark, with the additional stipulation that someone passing through is not allowed to "settle", i.e. sit, lie down, spread a towel and sunbathe, have a picnic, start fishing, etc. IOW, keep steppin, plebe, and your shoes better be in the wet.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (enw9G)

156 Except both parties are aware that something like 90% of Iran's oil is shipped from Kharg Terminal. Iran hits one Saudi facility and that island is a smoking pile.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (mlg/3)

The biggest reason Kharg is off limits is that China gets a lot of its oil from that source. If anyone hits it or cuts off the flow, that brings China and it's army into the fight, and Nobody on any side wants that.

At the end of the last 12 day war a few weeks ago, Iran itself threatened to shut down the straits of Hormuz, which was always supposed to be their big "trump" card to play. China sent out a very short message, simple and to the point - "Don't do it, or we're going to have to come over there."
Iran immediately said "we were just joking! Never mind, never mind."

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (uWKK8)

157 The fraud in Maine seems to be tightly linked with the Fraud in Minnesota. -
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

I thought it would have stayed mainly on the plain.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (dGCAG)

158 Just under 50 years ago I was riding a bicycle when a large pickup truck pulled out and ran over me - dragging me about 30 feet. I tried so hard to get on the hood of that truck, but failed. The happiest I have ever been in my life was when I woke up under that truck. I couldn't believe I was alive. That was the day I quit smoking; I wanted something nice to remember about the day. It took me about a year to recover from my injuries. As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

Holy smokes, this sounds scary.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:23 PM (OoFl2)

159 154 I think that Trump is going to try and goad Iran into doing something stupid. And Israel will probably be involved.

Maybe a no-fly zone or something non kinetic.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:21 PM (rbIOb)

He needs some kind of "casus belli" to begin hostilities. It may seem like a small point, but it isn't.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:24 PM (uWKK8)

160 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

***

I hope you are still living off of the settlement proceeds

Posted by: Ella Emhoff's Armpit Hairs at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (Bo9Yf)

161 On a whim, I started baking bread. I didn't realize fresh home baked bread could taste (and smell) so good. I make a couple of loaves every week or so and give some away. It only lasts 2 or 3 days at most (I use beeswax lined linen bags).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Dv3i1)

I follow my mother's sacred traditions and keep my loaves in plastic bags we get from the produce section of the grocery story.

If your house is dry enough the bread just dries out instead of molding, you can use the stale bread for toast. It is also good if you do the sort of cooking that is based around sops or croutons.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)

162 He needs some kind of "casus belli" to begin hostilities. It may seem like a small point, but it isn't.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Despite what the Dems and the media (BIRM) screech, Trump does follow the law.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (Dv3i1)

163 Stratotankers are busy over Qatar
Posted by: PA Dutchman
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The op should be code-named 'Lucille'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

164
I thought it would have stayed mainly on the plain.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026

Nope. That is pretty much just the rain.

Posted by: Piper at January 14, 2026 02:25 PM (OoFl2)

165 He needs some kind of "casus belli" to begin hostilities. It may seem like a small point, but it isn't.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:24 PM (uWKK

I know! Let's pretend they send a bunch of drugs here!!

Ok, I'm gonna see myself out.....

Posted by: BurtTC at January 14, 2026 02:26 PM (dGCAG)

166 Well, it's on now. Iranian state TV just ran footage of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump with the caption, "This time, the bullet won't miss."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

Neither will the Ohio class sub parked offshore.

Enjoy the winter sunshine.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 14, 2026 02:26 PM (TezPK)

167 As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

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"Every day should be unwrapped as a gift."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (n2ZBr)

168 Awww, these mullahs have some spunk.

Might want to wipe that up guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

169 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (Da7Vv)

My gosh, I'm sorry that happened to you. That's horrible and you are lucky you're here to talk about it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (fszBn)

170 143 Lindsey Graham is not one i would want standing behind me.

Does anyone else look at him and KNOW what his handshake would feel like. Weak, wet, cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)
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I worked in the Senate many years ago. Miss Lindsey was a friend of my boss. I shook his hand and I can confirm the accuracy of your assessment. He's even more of a mincing priss than his TV persona lets on.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (3BwY8)

171 In CA, beaches - up to the high tide line - are pubic property. Homeowners around Malibu and some other placesoften try to limit access, but if you can get to the beach, there is no law being broken.. there are no "Private beaches" below the high tide line...

Posted by: Alexander Scipio at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (029Oi)

172 The price of oil just jumped almost $2/bbl.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (rbIOb)

173 Lindsey Graham, lounging in flannel PJs in his southern mansion. Calls for Willy, family trusted butler for generations, to dim the lights and put on the 8mm movies, the cub scout ones taken from the van at public poolside. Lindsey sips a julep and looks over war plans while the projector warms up, debating nuclear or conventional.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (gm9Sb)

174 167 As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is
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I would guess you won first place in road rash contest.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (pLaQB)

175 168 Awww, these mullahs have some spunk.

Might want to wipe that up guys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

Lindsay Graham would be happy to.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (uEmCf)

176 >>At the end of the last 12 day war a few weeks ago, Iran itself threatened to shut down the straits of Hormuz, which was always supposed to be their big "trump" card to play.

They tried that in '87 during the tanker war. It led to Operation Earnest Will and Operation Prime Chance.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (Y1sOo)

177 >> As a result of that accident I'm going to have to have a hip replacement soon.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is

I am in the same boat. Left Hip will eventually have to be replaced due to an injury from a Hit and Run in Tucson.

Same scenario. Car passed me in the bike lane, drove through me to make a right turn and dragged me.

Hip has never been the same, since.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (ZcsJV)

178 The price of oil just jumped almost $2/bbl.
Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:28 PM (rbIOb)

Gas went up here by .50 a gal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (zZu0s)

179 Now that’s Bullshit. If you are in a caloric deficit, you will reach ketosis, autophagy, etc. Doesn’t matter.

[ . . . ]
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (dDLWu)

Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs. It is possible, maybe, to cycle in and out but not if you are fighting metabolic syndrome.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

180 Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Dv3i1)

Most of it also freezes incredibly well. Slice when cooled and pop into sealed freezer bags.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (g078z)

181 The biggest reason Kharg is off limits is that China gets a lot of its oil from that source. If anyone hits it or cuts off the flow, that brings China and it's army into the fight, and Nobody on any side wants that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:22 PM (uWKK

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I mean I guess the threat is there but wake me up when China has the ability to project power that far outside of its homeland.

Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (3BwY8)

182 Ketosis is impossible if you are eating carbs
——

Now that’s Bullshit. If you are in a caloric deficit, you will reach ketosis, autophagy, etc. Doesn’t matter.

The human body will not burn any fat unless and until carbohydrate stores are exhausted (liver, bloodstream, etc) That much is true.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:18 PM (dDLWu)

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If you start a keto diet and you go zero carbs (I usually totally fast the first week) -- you should only do that for 2 weeks as longer can damage your kidneys.

Then you stick with low carb, and you can still remain in ketosis and drop the poundage ...

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (r/LbC)

183 Next assassination attempt on President Trump the c assassin should be drawn and quartered, and on live tv

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 02:31 PM (Ia/+0)

184 An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM

How long were you in the hospital?

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 02:31 PM (Oy/m2)

185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

186 Most of it also freezes incredibly well. Slice when cooled and pop into sealed freezer bags.
Posted by: ...

This is what I do. After a couple days, anything left gets frozen. I make bagels, rolls, and loafs. The bagels and rolls go into round deli containers I save from buying cut fruit.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (n2ZBr)

187 It's a 4 bedroom, 6 bath house - with 29 liquor cabinets

Posted by: Wally at January 14, 2026 02:33 PM (0e5Te)

188 33 Wouldn't the original caissons still be there?
Posted by: Oglebay

They went rolling along.

Posted by: Over Hill, Over Dale... at January 14, 2026 02:33 PM (oftw2)

189 >>good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.

Dude's IQ hovers right around 'Somali' on the chart.

Posted by: garrett at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (ZcsJV)

190
Gas went up here by .50 a gal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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C'mon Trump, do something transactional and personal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Jxa0O)

191 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

Says a guy who is perpetually stoned

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (VE6XX)

192 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

we need more of these people, really great content!

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (g47mK)

193 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:32 PM (pDt9x)

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And in his next show, he will marvel at the size of the immigrant fraud in the country and wonder when anyone's going to do about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (GBKbO)

194 It's a 4 bedroom, 6 bath house - with 29 liquor cabinets
Posted by: Wally

And a grow room.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (NLIsQ)

195 Are you trying to use song titles in a sentence? Why you think i'm Henry the Eight?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:35 PM (EyfuW)

196 Look up recipes for Finnish hole bread ( can't remember the proper complicated spelling). Was created to be hung from rafters to get a thick crust hard, slowing aging.Very good stuff I grew up on.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 14, 2026 02:36 PM (gm9Sb)

197 Same scenario. Car passed me in the bike lane, drove through me to make a right turn and dragged me.

Hip has never been the same, since.
Posted by: garrett

A small act of defiance.
- Jon Stewart

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

198 The op should be code-named 'Lucille'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Who has 4 hundred chil'ren???

Posted by: Adriane the Way Too Cynical Critic . . . at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (3ZUWJ)

199 And in his next show, he will marvel at the size of the immigrant fraud in the country and wonder when anyone's going to do about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:34 PM (GBKbO)

difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

200 I mean I guess the threat is there but wake me up when China has the ability to project power that far outside of its homeland.
Posted by: ballistic at January 14, 2026 02:30 PM (3BwY

They'd have to March through Pakistan, Afghanistan.

Actually, I'd like to see them try. Would be entertaining. I doubt they could maintain logistics at all.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (zZu0s)

201 He was the mechanic on newsradio

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (bXbFr)

202 Hip has never been the same, since.
Posted by: garrett

A small act of defiance.
- Jon Stewart
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (Dv3i1)

Word.
-Steven King

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

203 I learned about good bread storage options on a Kamala thread. Thank'ee much.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (Dv3i1)

204 difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

205 Verizon is down. Chinese screwing with us over Iran?

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 02:39 PM (rbIOb)

206 Holy smokes, this sounds scary.
Posted by: Piper
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Indeed. I often wonder how many times I, and others, have narrowly escaped death, without even knowing it, let alone known near-brushes.

I have been in two aircraft 'incidents' that would keep most people awake at night.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

207 204 difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

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This is the best defense of Joe Rogan I've ever seen.

I am in awe.

I bow to you, good sir.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

208 204 difficult to believe he is a GROWN ADULT
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:37 PM (g47mK)

It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

Somehow, this is always the Alpha and Omega argument.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:40 PM (uEmCf)

209
So, 45 years of "Death to America" Friday scream-fests in Tehran aren't war worthy.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 02:40 PM (Y8DZL)

210 Adam Carolla just revisited Malibu. He found one house being rebuilt. The owner had to spend $2.5 million just for his foundation to meet CA requirements. It looks like a missile silo. Meanwhile, the nearby wooden pier still stands after 120 years.

Isn't this one of the areas the left says will be underwater in 12 years?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
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And the state and local government will probably build low-income housing right up to his fence line for his trouble.

Posted by: mrp at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (rj6Yv)

211 I hope you are still living off of the settlement proceeds

My settlement was that the VA bandaged me up. While I was recovering the apartment manager who was stealing my rent, had me evicted from my apartment. I limped the five miles to the court room to try to fight the eviction, but got there just after the court closed. I then limped the five miles back to my apartment. I stopped at a convenience store to get some food, and a high school team mate from football and wrestling saw me. He and his wife took me in for a year while I recovered. There is no way to pay that back, so I paid it forward by taking in my dying friend for the past two years when he got too sick to work.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (Da7Vv)

212 Earthquakes. They’re required to dig deep for foundations because of earthquakes.

Posted by: Kolin at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (uK5Gm)

213 >>I have been in two aircraft 'incidents' that would keep most people awake at night.

Only two?

Rookie number.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (Y1sOo)

214 It must bother you that he is far richer than you are.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:38 PM (rbvCR)

*another sperg comment, what a shock!

Thank you for your attention to this matter !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

215 Mark Cuban is richer than all of us combined will ever be.

Still kind of retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GBKbO)

216 “Every day should be unwrapped as a gift."

That’s why it’s called the “Present”!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (J48Co)

217 Anyhow, I just put the loaf in the oven. Today it is oatmeal (one cup) and white flour.
Oatmeal can keep the baked loaf moister longer, but if you use too much it will affect the texture.

Another way to keep the bread fresh longer is to add sugar, which will hold moisture in the bread longer, so it is not stale textured.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

218 I started watching the Carolla video.

He knows a lot, but he makes a lot of errors. OK, maybe not errors, but he does that too, but he isinaccurate and incomplete in a lot of things. The last video I saw he was explaining concrete form tech and made such a hash of it, it was embarrassing.

The caissons are really just another word for concrete piles -- they are piles. (And logically, they are NOT caissons even though they call them that.) And pile foundations are mostly friction piles where they do not reach bedrock, they only go down deep enough that the soil supports the load. (coastal construction is different, but he drew a mountain in that one shot.)

And Venice is built on wood piles -- they can last forever if done right. Creosote is wood tar -- it is the gook that comes off of burnt wood without enough O2, like wood turpentine, and is kind of natural even though enviros hate it.

Just little things like that the make me annoyed. But mostly he is informative I guess.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (n2ZBr)

219 How can this be when Kamala's campaign blew through more than $1 billion in spending, and it was reported that the campaign is $20 million in the red?

Something is fishy?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (NpAcC)

220 I know for a fact that if you try to walk in front of Brad Pitt's house on the beach his on site security will chase you off the beach.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (fszBn)
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Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill, but I think people try their best to ignore the big, bad dudes with thingees in their ear.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (KT/Ka)

221 215 Mark Cuban is richer than all of us combined will ever be.

Still kind of retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GBKbO)

Remember: Drunken Commie-La and Doug E. Entertainment are better people because they have more money.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (uEmCf)

222 Lindsey Graham is a loose cannon looking for a strong hand to wrangle him into submission. He's quivering at the prospect there's a bull or big buck on his horizon.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (BSdIE)

223 He and his wife took me in for a year while I recovered. There is no way to pay that back, so I paid it forward by taking in my dying friend for the past two years when he got too sick to work.
Posted by: An Observation
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This is the stuff of genuine human compassion,and friendship.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (XeU6L)

224 219 How can this be when Kamala's campaign blew through more than $1 billion in spending, and it was reported that the campaign is $20 million in the red?

Something is fishy?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (NpAcC)

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Her book tour? Sold out everywhere.

Her connections in San Francisco? She still has them.

The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)

225 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
__

ICE has been doing the exact same thing they have been doing for years, including under Obama/Biden, to get crooks and pedos out of the country. Except now they have crazy Karens and Antifa agitators obstructing them for the cameras and the clicks and now ICE is the problem.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:44 PM (Dv3i1)

226 225 185 Ah, good old Joe Rogan. He calls ICE villains, compares them to the Gestapo.
__

ICE has been doing the exact same thing they have been doing for years, including under Obama/Biden, to get crooks and pedos out of the country. Except now they have crazy Karens and Antifa agitators obstructing them for the cameras and the clicks and now ICE is the problem.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:44 PM (Dv3i1)

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"Why doesn't ICE do this in Texas!!!!"

"Well, Texas isn't a sanctuary state, so they cooperate with DHS and ICE isn't necessary."

"That doesn't make sense!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (GBKbO)

227 >>Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill, but I think people try their best to ignore the big, bad dudes with thingees in their ear.

Just stay within 10 feet of the high tide mark and they can bitch all they want but can't stop it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m)

228 *another sperg comment, what a shock!

Thank you for your attention to this matter !
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:41 PM (g47mK)

I find your continual outrage confusing. I would hope some day you find something more useful than be like the dog howling at sirens.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

229 Hey, don't knock former McDonald's workers. Trump worked at McDonald's only last year!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

230 Nope, fat loss is not easy, but it is simple.

You can lose weight - burn fat - eating nothing but candy bars, if you want. Pure carbs.

I would not recommend that. Caloric restriction however has always been, and remains the only way to lose weight. Carbs taste good. I know people like to talk about what won’t work in theory, but in the real world you’ll discover life without carbs tends to be bland.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (J48Co)

231 I work in a Silly Putty factory.

You know, something of puttyness and add something to make the putty burn.

Hillbilly napalm.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (EyfuW)

232 I find your continual outrage confusing. I would hope some day you find something more useful than be like the dog howling at sirens.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

neither Rogan , nor Cucker , nor crazy Ovens know how valiantly you are defending them and how closely you are moderating the comments on AOSHQ, maybe you should tell them

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (g47mK)

233 Milk powder or milk is also very good for keeping bread. And oil. But if you like a crusty loaf then those are prohibitive.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (g078z)

234 I get the sense that a lot of mass communicators do not have firm core values, except maybe that of making money and getting attention. Rogan is one of quite a few of those, I’m afraid.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (pDt9x)

235 >>Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill,

I read that as Witch Hill.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (Oy/m2)

236 neither Rogan , nor Cucker , nor crazy Ovens know how valiantly you are defending them and how closely you are moderating the comments on AOSHQ, maybe you should tell them
Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (g47mK)

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (rbvCR)

237
I, also, remember getting oil tar balls on my feet and bathing suit from swimming in SoCal beaches. Fortunately, as a kid I wore a high and tight haircut administered by my father.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 02:12 PM (pLaQB)

About every other year, the news media in Santa Barbara would start screaming about tar balls on the beaches, blaming the oil companies that still extract oil from the decades-old pumpjacks around South Ellwood, just north of the city.

They'd scream for a couple of weeks, and then about a month or so later, they'd issue a quiet correction noting that the tar balls were natural, and that the Chumach injuns would use them to waterproof their boats and canoes long before the white man came along.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (y9nCu)

238 147 A bit surprised the mullahs have decamped to Moscow yet after seeing what happened to their nuke development site and to Venezuela. There is 0 chance they can win a military engagement with the US or Israel for that matter.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:19 PM (viF8m)

fanatics want to go down fighting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (uWKK8)

239 I have been in two aircraft 'incidents' that would keep most people awake at night.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)

I imagine they would seeing as I would rather walk than fly.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (6xRrr)

240 is Kindletot trying to date me ? I am confused by his incessant attention to my comments, mind you , I do not engage him, and yet..so much attention !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (g47mK)

241 but in the real world you’ll discover life without carbs tends to be bland.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:46 PM (J48Co)

Garlic mashed potatoes. Mmmmm.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (g8Ew8)

242 buttermilk muffins

this crosses the boundary of drugs and food.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 14, 2026 02:48 PM (EyfuW)

243 >>I get the sense that a lot of mass communicators do not have firm core values, except maybe that of making money and getting attention. Rogan is one of quite a few of those, I’m afraid.

Not just values but intelligence. A lot of these "influencer" types are good at communicating but a lot of what they communicate is mind numbingly stupid.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (viF8m)

244 I do low carb not no carb and it makes the weight come off faster. Along with calorie restriction.

Although I was only really overweight once (benefits of Crohns disease I guess). But low carb and mild intermittent fasting were both excellent.

I wouldn't want to do no carb either.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (g078z)

245
The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)
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And those supporters of hers are core voters for Dems; activists who can dominate primaries in some important states and also many who are delegates to the convention. In my view, she has a good chance of winning the nomination on their side (with some money and good luck), but she obviously has near-zero chance of winning the general.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (KT/Ka)

246
On a whim, I started baking bread. I didn't realize fresh home baked bread could taste (and smell) so good. I make a couple of loaves every week or so and give some away. It only lasts 2 or 3 days at most (I use beeswax lined linen bags).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:20 PM

I have a big sheet that I think is part beeswax to wrap fresh bread and it works really well.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:50 PM (fszBn)

247 245 And those supporters of hers are core voters for Dems; activists who can dominate primaries in some important states and also many who are delegates to the convention. In my view, she has a good chance of winning the nomination on their side (with some money and good luck), but she obviously has near-zero chance of winning the general.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:49 PM (KT/Ka)

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Black women will be a near majority, if not a clear majority, of primary voters in SC.

The last Dem to lose SC and win the Dem primary was in 1988.

And SC has just gotten a whole lot more important in the calendar since. Iowa is a joke, and NH's early primary actually isn't recognized by the DNC (the real one is after Super Tuesday, the state's delegation is being punished by the DNC for some reason).

The only early state that matters...Kamala will win by 50 points. And then all the other states will just...do the complete opposite?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

248 Headline from ZH, "Denmark Says It's Clear Trump 'Has A Desire To Conquer Greenland' After WH Meeting".

"Trump the Conquerer!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (36PRH)

249 Egg wash on french bread is nice, and maybe spray with ice water, a pan underneath with water, etc. Brush with butter, more etc.

Crispy, crackly fresh bread crust drenched in butter. Yum!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (J48Co)

250 Denmark blew it.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (g47mK)

251 As much as I could want to believe that Pelosi, Clinton, Kumdumpster, etc. are wickard smart investors who beat the markets by thousands of percent, the historically very common bribery, fraud, graft, etc. by government officials is simplest explanation and should be assumed*.

*Presumption of innocence is presumption of normal. Normal people don't rape. Steal, murder. Normal people make 5% on index funds. The fact that they made millions on high risk investments and more opaque means is proof itself of the corruption.
Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (/lPRQ)

252
I have met any number of people who are rich or narrowly focused and yet remarkably ignorant of the large and small things going on in the world.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Y8DZL)

253 It turned out Kameltoe never did work at McDonald's, it was a fake job.

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (Ia/+0)

254
They'd scream for a couple of weeks, and then about a month or so later, they'd issue a quiet correction noting that the tar balls were natural, and that the Chumach injuns would use them to waterproof their boats and canoes long before the white man came along.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 02:47 PM (y9nCu)

You always get tar on your feet and swimsuit at the beach. When I was a kid my teachers used to tell us it was because of all the oil drilling, liars.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (fszBn)

255 NOOD

Somali cash couriers

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (ULPxl)

256 Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work.
___

They haven't caught me yet!
-Adam Schiff

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 02:52 PM (Dv3i1)

257 NOOD ALERT!

Posted by: Max Power at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (SwyyQ)

258 Along with calorie restriction.
——

There’s no “with” here. Get in your head, you have to restrict calories below metabolic needs to burn off fat. There is no other mechanism that will do this, by definition.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (J48Co)

259 220 I know for a fact that if you try to walk in front of Brad Pitt's house on the beach his on site security will chase you off the beach.
Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:14 PM (fszBn)
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Taylor Swift has that same deal going in Watch Hill, but I think people try their best to ignore the big, bad dudes with thingees in their ear.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 02:42 PM (KT/Ka)

The biggest liberals sure are a bunch of hypocrites, they're for the little people as long as they don't have to look at them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (fszBn)

260 There’s no “with” here. Get in your head, you have to restrict calories below metabolic needs to burn off fat. There is no other mechanism that will do this, by definition.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 02:53 PM (J48Co)

I was just saying that calorie restriction plus lowering carbs made me lose faster. I wasn't saying anything else or trying to break any hearts.

Posted by: ... at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (g078z)

261 Look at what the government required this property owner to build before he could put down the first beam of his house: Caissons four stories deep!

Well, you have to be the right property owner. When Rick Caruso buys up those depressed properties and starts building apartment blocks, you can bet the signoffs go smoothly- as if they were greased!

Posted by: t-bird at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (J0qLT)

262
Last Thursday my mom came by the shop to visit, and brought me a loaf of homemade sourdough for my shop freezer. She usually works with traditional yeast breads, but she's experimenting with the sourdough lately. Either way, it's good stuff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 14, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)

263 ...The idea that Kamala is hated by every Democrat is stupid. A lot of Democrats still like her. A bunch of them still love her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, barreling through the action thrills with Wolfgang Petersen at January 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GBKbO)

True.

Democrats have to love their candidates as they would gods. It makes the voters good people to support such good candidates.

Think of her as Hillary!...I'll wait...There! You see.

I look at Hillary! and see an unpleasant, angry, antisocial, mentally unstable, drunken harpy.

Democrats see a great and good woman of nearly goddess-like ability destined to lead our country and who should've won if not for the perfidy of the Orange Horror Trump!!!!

It's going to take a while for the Kamala spell to wear-off, unless she totally screws up or bails, she'll be the early favorite for the Dim Party's Preezy candidate.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 02:56 PM (iJfKG)

264 Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work

LOL

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Da7Vv)

265 and NH's early primary actually isn't recognized by the DNC (the real one is after Super Tuesday, the state's delegation is being punished by the DNC for some reason).
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NH was largely Anglican. The rest of New England was Puritan. Explains a lot.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (pLaQB)

266 You know.

The uber rich enviro commies voted for this over regulation. This is what they prayed for.

They can kiss my ass.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 14, 2026 03:00 PM (CbDvl)

267 In my view, she has a good chance of winning the nomination on their side (with some money and good luck), but she obviously has near-zero chance of winning the general.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

These people just started existing in 2021? Because she didn't make it out of 2019 the first go round.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 03:01 PM (FxH7T)

268 It's going to take a while for the Kamala spell to wear-off,

Do you think she'll Pick Tampon Tim again for her VP candidate?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 03:03 PM (Da7Vv)

269 >>Access to Little Dume, which boasts one of the most coveted surf breaks in all of California requires a special key that only a select group of Point Dume residents can possess.

I thought CA had strict public access to beaches law, and that every town had to provide right of way path for public to reach beach?

Anyone know what is going on here?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 14, 2026 01:44 PM (n2ZBr)

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I think the key is for access to the private roads and streets where the houses are. Like a gated community. But the beach itself can be accessed from the water, or by walking north or south to it. No fences across the beach.

Posted by: EFG at January 14, 2026 03:07 PM (QJpW8)

270 Like finding a dead boy in the bed " I do not know how that got there" does not work
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[recalls the Robert Fulghum book, 'It was on fire when I lay down on it']

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 14, 2026 03:10 PM (XeU6L)

271 Finnish hole bread

hey baby, you wanna see my bread hole?

Posted by: Pierre Poppycock at January 14, 2026 03:21 PM (Vu7A1)

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