World's Largest Ball Of ONT

Hello everyone. Welcome to Friday night. I know it's early in the season, but I'd like to propose a trade:

Fido Friday: Purrrr

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Good point

King of battle

Sing along

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My disasters are scratch cooked

This place has great customer service

Double dog dare

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Romance based on current events

It's-a Pizza

Welcome to NATO

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Tough week for the libs

I'm getting tired of waiting

"Honey, can you stop and pick up dinner on the way home?"

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Truth

BOO!

Suicide by cop

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What a tangled web we weave...

Game to scare the kiddies

When you hit an oil slick in mid air

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This is absolutely how these things always go

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Ents:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

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1 Yay, Friday Night ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (lUFok)

2 I'm a conservative.

I conserve momentum.

🤩

Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (FMpsC)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

4 On a more mercenary note;

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I)

5 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (SRRAx)

6 Blanco victorious.

I'll go tell the cafe.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (FMpsC)

7 Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H)

8 Regarding the man filming his daughter - I took a terrific photography class during college. We did all kinds of very cool stuff: sound activated shutters, super long exposures, high speed objects, etc. Lots of fun.

Our professor warned us though - he said something like, you can either photograph an event or experience it - never both.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)

9 I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.

Without BC & SK.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (FMpsC)

10 We need to cut California off that map too. Does Australia have any rational territories we could trade it for?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:06 PM (nYv2H)

11 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

12 Detained by Desire. Good one, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (n4Qav)

13 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.

Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

14
Shite. Reading content like a fooking newbie. Could have been #3.

*i read the content, and clicked the linkies*

Nice ONT Wierd Dave, thank you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (QVmho)

15 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

Build AWFL trebuchets. We never seem to run out of AWFLs.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)

16 I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.

Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)

17 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (hybOl)

18 Ok, I don't get the AP pizza. is it Chicago grammar vs AP grammar?

And the ents??

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I)

19 I am never going to be able to hear "Chariots Of Fire" the same way again. Thanks a lot.

Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....

Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)

20 Good one, Mr. WeirdDave. Couldn't stop perusing long enough to drop an egregious dull comment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and now I did at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC)

21 Thanks for the ONT, WD!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 16, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

22 What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon

If you have already gone to direct fire and then have run out of shells, you have way bigger problems than just the shells.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)

23 Ok, I don't get the AP pizza. is it Chicago grammar vs AP grammar?

Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I)

Chicago Book of Style vs Associated Press?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (n4Qav)

24 That bird doing the spin midair was kind of cool. I'm guessing he is a hawk and his name is Tony.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:17 PM (nYv2H)

25 Had to ask MiladyJo on the pizza one. Style guides, she guesses. Oh, yeah. Ok. Chicago style guide was outside my frame of reference.

Doesn't the AP style guide insist on they/them pronouns? And no Oxford commas?
🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the stuff I used to know at January 16, 2026 10:18 PM (FMpsC)

26 Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

27 "Honey, can you stop and pick up dinner on the way home?"

I haven't done much fishin', but my thought was, that looks kinda small.

Then he threw it back. Maybe I ain't as unfisherman as I think I be?

Posted by: mindful webworker - good catch, though, at January 16, 2026 10:20 PM (FMpsC)

28 I don't get the pizza one.

But I guess that means my sense of humor has room to grow.

This is good

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:21 PM (ciYHQ)

29
Ents?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (QOikT)

30 That dog "purring" is pretty darn cute!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (SRRAx)

31 11 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

32 9 I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.

Without BC & SK.
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing
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Ad a little here, cut some slack over there, make Putri Rico a state and you've got DEMOCRACY.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I)

33 There are worse gifts than a trip to Florida to see the manatees.

At my mother's former residence, there was a dock out back that I occasionally fished off of. Every so often we would have some manatees come by to visit while doing so. Very fun to see them float by.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (nYv2H)

34 There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.

I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100.

My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

35 Malory Archer RIP

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (KAi1n)

36 Great good evening, Horde!

WD--I'm still laughing at all the great memes here.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (D6+4s)

37 Love the doggo getting his ear-rubbys!

Cute.

Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:24 PM (rdVOm)

38 What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)

* Warthog has entered the chat *

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (ciYHQ)

39 Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....

The "Gilligans Island" theme fits in that mix as well. "Amazing grace" to the "Gilligans Island" theme is quite a hoot.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (8JzZF)

40
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:27 PM (x4Mz/)

41 7 Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H)

Sorry. When I saw on the internet that those were termites, not crabs, it became an emergency.

Posted by: Pinocchio at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q)

42 There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.

I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100.

My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

***

When I was commissioned, it was for a regular army slot in military intelligence. As part of the process back then, I did a year detail in field artillery so I did my OBC at Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

43 Ents?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

There is unrest in the forest
Trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (ciYHQ)

44 Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right? The giant tree people?

I never have been able to get into those books - then again, my knowledge of classic literature is pretty much non-existent. The year I would have gotten a good grounding in that the only times the class was offered at my high school were also the only times the 2 advanced science classes I wanted to take were offered.

So science it was. Engineering curriculum in college didn't require any literature courses, and after that I was busy studying and being a new bride.

I read, but just never got around to reading the classics.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)

45 MN regime change, not sale to Canada

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (xcxpd)

46 Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
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Yesterday's compliment is today's lawsuit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (3UR/I)

47 31 11 In re: Artillery barrage:

What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H)
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Well, if you have the USS Iowa offshore....

Posted by: clarence at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (f2oT+)

48 Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ONT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

49 Canada: (Looks at the mess in Minnesota) Oh, HELL no!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (sS8Vs)

50 Greetings All

Thank you for ONT Weird Dave

Coupla questions:

What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.

Second - I don't get the Chicago vs AP pizza.

Be back later to read thru all comments as is my wont...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH)

51 Hey Theresa! How are you, girl?

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (D6+4s)

52 40
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

It was a tumbler pigeon.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (vzcgi)

53 Not a fan of Chicago pizza. The best I can say about it is that it's better than that Hawaiian pizza with pineapple.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

54 I always liked the Ents, was rooting for them the whole time

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (pscAN)

55
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.

Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi)

56 Evening all.

FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe

In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad.

THAT IS TREASON

https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r)

57 I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?

He is constantly edging with dudes.

Too much smoke there.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)

58 Teresa,
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB)

59 A Ladyl sighting!

Almost as rare as an honest dem.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

60 59 A Ladyl sighting!

Almost as rare as an honest dem.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

I'm gonna try to visit more often!

How are ya?

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (D6+4s)

61 56 Evening all.

FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe

In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad.

THAT IS TREASON

https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r)

Well...WaPo reporter...they do this.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (xcxpd)

62 16 I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)

I believe the proper Law Enforcement term is DRT. As in "Dead rat there!"

Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 16, 2026 10:37 PM (saXwr)

63 Ents are the shepherds/protectors of trees and wild forests, created by the Vala Yavanna specifically to defend plants against exploitation (originally foreseen as a counter to the Dwarves' hunger for wood and stone)

Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ciYHQ)

64 Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx)

In fairness though...

Amazing Grace - 1772
O Little Town of Bethlehem - 1868
House of the Rising Sun - 1930s

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ExV1e)

65 ENT?

There used to be an EMT before there was a Morning Report.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

66 A friend raised pigeons when we were young.
If I recall correctly, he raised three types. Homing pigeons, raised for longest trips back to the coop. Racers, raised for fastest trip back to the coop.
And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (sl73Y)

67 Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.

You know, we live on the edge down here!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)

68 That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.

Posted by: Mario's Pizza at January 16, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2)

69 What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.

Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi)

Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e)

70 Thnx and great ONT Dave!

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (Vvo0d)

71 Y'ever wonder why they call it Longbottom leaf?

Posted by: The Ents at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q)

72 Trump is bragging on X about supposedly getting Iran to NOT hang 800 people.
When thousands have been murdered.

But at least Trump got to hang out with the Stanley Cup champs, and that's something we can all take pride in!

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)

73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm)

74 Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

Right? It was weird when I did not hear the whoomp and the thud.

It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)

75 I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)

The theory is that chicks don't give up secrets for the promise of sex. O'Keefe would have to hand them stacks of cash to get them to give up the info.

DC Dudes, OTOH...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (ExV1e)

76 >>And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.

Well, of course.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

77 I approve of the map up top. Minnesota can go to hell or Canada, I don't care.

Posted by: Case at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (4rWc3)

78 67 Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.

You know, we live on the edge down here!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)

Sounds grand to me!

Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (D6+4s)

79 I have enjoyed the ONT offerings. I know that dog noise. I have made that noise myself.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt)

80 I was watching a video about the impacts of nuclear war and obviously its a horrible possibility people have been considering for decades but one thing I haven't see commented on - would the animals that survived develop a higher tolerance to radiation then animals generally have now?

Presumably any mutation that would increase your resistance to damage from radiation would dramatically increase your changes of survival...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)

81 That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.
Posted by: Mario's Pizza

It is not good dough.
It is Bisquick.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

82 I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them.
Posted by: Diogenes

Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (vzcgi)

83 It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)

I was at Herzo Base in Germany. Just two battalions there, an 8 inch (I was the S2) and a Lance Battalion. Also the 210th Group HQ.
A great assignment!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)

84 Evening, WD, and ONT Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B)

85 Great ONT - thanks WeirdDave

Also, no thank you to lumping BC into the trade. It is lovely, but as liberal as can be

Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (hdZBB)

86 …he only times the class was offered at my high school…

When I was in college, there was an English class that covered Tolkien and some other classic fantasy authors. I saw no reason whatsoever to have gone to college to do the work involved in a course like that, but I was interested in the topic. So I just showed up at the class and didn’t do any of the work.

I didn’t completely think it through, though. The professor liked to have pop quizzes; whenever he announced that today was a quiz day, I would walk out, assuming that the fact that it was a giant pop-culture class with literally hundreds of students in an auditorium would hide me. It did not. The last time I walked out, he addressed me directly telling me I wasn’t going to pass the course if I didn’t take the tests.

Which of course wasn’t a problem, but it did threaten the anonymity I craved then and still do. I would’ve been that guy in 1776: The Musical who voted for independence just so that no one knew my name.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK)

87
THAT IS TREASON

https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce
Posted by: rickb223

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I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (x4Mz/)

88 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
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I had forgotten that.

Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:48 PM (FqCIy)

89 I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

When ICE started using real bullets. 😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:49 PM (sui1r)

90 The problem with Alberta is it's full of hosers. If they can't step up their game in the Stanley Cup we trade them to Russia.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 10:50 PM (BSdIE)

91 LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (hxusQ)

92 Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees.
Posted by: Diogenes at

That's when you have to decide either to tell him, or to take it to the grave with you.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (sl73Y)

93 include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California

Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC)

94 Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)

Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)

95 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,

If that doesn’t work you call on ole Davy Crockett

Posted by: Javems at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (zFsEm)

96 I am all nostalgic for the Army now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

97
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd)

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The women expose their disloyalty on social media, and in presentations to friendly audiences. O'Keefe chases them down the street asking them to comment.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:56 PM (XeO61)

98 I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?

I vaguely recall seeing his GF in some pictures of him and...she is a dime.

O'Keefe isn't the one flirting with gay lefties.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm)

99 Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)

Being the S2 in an 8 inch battalion meant I was the defacto FO since we didn't have any organic ones. Best job to have and I spent every Graf trip on the OPs. Coldest I've ever been though. And lots of wild boar. My only break was for NRAS.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

100 — → publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor
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Specifically, who is the contractor?
What company does he work for?
Who hired him?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (3UR/I)

101 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)

It would be feasible to build a highway from northern Saskatchewan to link up with the Alcan Highway. But probably more practical to make the three main E/W highways (and railways) neutral territory insofar as the rights of way go. Treat them sort of like toll roads; an Alberta licence plate would let you enter/exit those highways at will, no stop required. Plate from any other province would be dinged for a fee for every entry and exit, save for highway rest stops and gas stations.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)

102 Alberta, and a province to be named later.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 10:59 PM (/F7JY)

103 When I was at the Falcon heavy demo launch, I’d been told don’t take any pictures. Just watch it. Amazing advice. I’d pass that along to anyone who’s going to a launch.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (z3oKc)

104 That's a lame-o pizza pie. Can we give Chicago to Canada too? Put some gravy on it at least, sheesh.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (BSdIE)

105 I am all nostalgic for the Army now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

Use a buffer on the floor.
Polish your boots.
Make some SOS for breakfast.
Have a bier.
It'll pass.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)

106 That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

107 Can't tell a Vancouverite from a Washingtonian.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3UR/I)

108 I'm getting tired of waiting
=
+1000

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (vSvIl)

109 Chicago style pizza is not pizza.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (KDPiq)

110 I'm still laughing about a meme about the Democrats' 2028 Presidential Primary. Maduro is ranked third, kicking Peter to 4th.

I know it's a joke, but it's also possible.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (S/Y4j)

111 include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC)

Great idea!
I've met some ladies from Saskatchewan. Not everything is flat in Saskatchewan.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

112
A bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop drivers.

The story is at Daily Mail.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K)

113 The swap with Canada would resolve that Lake of the Woods thing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

114 I think that cop shooting thing was staged: it’s too perfect.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

115 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,

That's what she said.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

116
73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk

Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm)

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In the before time, the possibility of blackmail
was cited as justification for a ban. Now that the gays are out and proud, they betray secrets to be fabulous, and humiliate anybody who trusted them. It turns out that "gay" correlates with "character defects, and delusions." Who knew?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (XeO61)

117 Here's the thing. Canadas economy depends on oil. Oil pays for welfare programs in Ontario and trans lesbian dance classes in Vancouver.

Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.

Canada is fckd, eh?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU)

118 Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?

Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1)

119 @FoxNews
·
9h
REPORTER: "Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?"

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself.

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt)

120 Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1)

Can I be her boyfriend if I defend her?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (KDPiq)

121 It's hard to say what the best of Cobra is.

But the part in the denoument where the cult leader says "your Courts are civilized, aren't they, pig?" and then Stallone says "this is where the law stops, and I start!" and then hooks him up on a crucible is probably it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2)

122 42 -- Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh)

123 LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.

If you read any of his (unpublished during his lifetime) backgrounds, such as the Silmarillion, they are literally choirs of angels around God creating the world.

I’m currently reading volume 5 of Christopher Tolkien’s collection of his father’s writings and it’s fascinating.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)

124 115 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16,

That's what she said.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

All artillery is 8 inches on the internet.

Posted by: Dog Posting Online at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (FJl0E)

125
I convinced myself.
Posted by: Don Black

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Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/)

126 I'm thinking we could frack Venezuela into the ocean and it would be one for the history books. Like a modern day Atlantis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE)

127 Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
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Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 16, 2026 11:14 PM (epPlm)

128 Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.

Canada is fckd, eh?
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU)

Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (8zz6B)

129 Chinese are over fishing the Pacific.

A sub off the coast of South America could radio fisher boat 1 (from where? out of nowhere) and tell him to prepare rescue for boat 2 and 3. Do the same with boat 4. Then sink boat 2,3,5 and 6.

Then go to the South China Sea and do the same thing and leave.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (3UR/I)

130 bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver

It's not a retaliation, it's a response to escalation. Totally different, FO bitch.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (sl73Y)

131 Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right?…
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Definitely a candidate for entry into The Big Book of Hilarious Autoincorrects.

(Read the Lord of the Rings to find out what the landlord Rents charged Saruman.)
🤔

Posted by: mindful webworker - in a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit... at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (FMpsC)

132 But then there's the part where Cobra is gunning down the motorcycle gang from the back of the a pickup truck.

Or the motel shootout.

Or the hostage scenario in the grocery store at the beginning.

Every part of that movie kicks ass.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)

133 West Texas crude is around $60 a barrel, too. But are you sure about Venezuelan oil? I thought it came out as a wax that needed extra refining?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (SEFV4)

134 bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
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Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl)

135 SpaceX launch in 19 minutes.

youtube.com/live/9dJFs0Bt_0A

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (sS8Vs)

136 Never saw Cobra. Just the trailers . You're the disease and I'm the cure.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)

137 >Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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who knows
in the meantime, the massacres continue

Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (ZxPkt)

138 A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.

Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are

https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)

139 Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
--------
Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha
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It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)

140 Everybody is going tribal these days. That's what happens when you get into a global, third-world shithole tribal conflict on another continent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:22 PM (BSdIE)

141 You're the disease and I'm the cure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq)

See? That's from the first five minutes of the movie, and it only keeps getting cooler from there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:23 PM (BI5O2)

142 Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are

https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)

I'm guessing the yacht was nowhere near Iran. Saudi women lose the veil as soon as the plane they are on leaves Saudi airspace, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B)

143 ""I know it's early in the season, but I'd like to propose a trade:""

I'm sure there are a few other retarded states we can throw in to sweeten the deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

144 Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/)

You could try asking a Washington Post reporter. They might know.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (sS8Vs)

145 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC)

146 Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e)

Ents raised trees and became like them in form and pace and lifespan, and some of the trees likewise became like the ents in sentience and mobility. The entwives raised flowers, and no one has seen them in an age...

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (Sy6m/)

147 Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh)

And PT is volleyball, but once a year they have to complete 18 holes of golf WITHOUT using a cart.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)

148 That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

I recognized the video from the still. He and another cop had been talking to this guy about what was essentially a squatter situation for around 20 minutes IIRC. That it ended up in a shooting was avoidable on his part, I think the worst they were going to charge him with was breaking and entering (he hadn't taken the copper pipes off the property yet). Just sad.

Posted by: pookysgirl watches too many Donut Operator videos at January 16, 2026 11:32 PM (Wt5PA)

149 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

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Seriously, why?

We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights.

In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2)

150 bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
-
Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight.

Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl)

The lack of proper love for volcanoes is disturbing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (snZF9)

151 A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.

Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are

https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I)

***

No wonder the Regime is working so hard to jam starlink.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)

152 From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)

153 Eagle Wings@CRRJA5 . 7h

The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (3UR/I)

154 But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I)

155 From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)

Well, if some sort of air campaign against Iran is contemplated, it makes a great deal of sense to delay until all your assets are in theater. Also keeps the weirdbeards guessing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (8zz6B)

156 Secretary Brooke Rollins . @SecRollins

A federal judge just FORCED the @USDA to CONTINUE sending SNAP administrative funds to Minnesota — even though they're refusing to help root out massive fraud!

This isn't protecting taxpayers or the families who truly need help; it's letting crooks game the system.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (3UR/I)

157 What a magnificent ONT. Thank you very much, Weird Dave!

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 16, 2026 11:39 PM (X+xvk)

158 Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake.
-AP
--------
Factoid -
The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar.
Posted by: buddhaha
====

It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ)

***

Hey! That's Maize Pops to you white man!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB)

159 It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I)

One would hope that the locations of all the fixed launchers are known, as well as where the mobile launchers are garaged. Destroy the missiles on the ground as much as is possible.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B)

160 Letting crooks game the system?

Of course. What else is new? And it's not a matter of letting anyone do anything, either. They aren't asking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)

161 145 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.

Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC)

I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/)

162 It's also possible Trump is trying to force Khameini to escape Iran so as not to create a martyr. That's entirely speculation on my part. I read somewhere that Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (DK5Sh)

163 If we were in a position to tell anyone anything, shit wouldn't have gotten so fucked up, would it have?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)

164 Iran stands no chance. Let's hope the common citizen can find shelter before we (US and Israel) obliterate the regime with surgical strikes. Long overdue.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:50 PM (BSdIE)

165 Evening all

Posted by: Joyenz at January 16, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y)

166 I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.

Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/)

NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9)

167
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.

Good morning, Mister Phelps.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 11:53 PM (pkeXY)

168 Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.

That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast.

And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years.

Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM)

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