No Digital Footprint Cafe

7 You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.

---

We had one just like that. My cats loved it. They would catch the "mouse" though, and the machine couldn't handle the strain.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (j9K6i)

8 A debate point:
============
- Here's what's going down in Minneapolis;
ICE goes in and does their job arresting/processing and deporting illegals. Local leftists get torqued, gin up anti-ICE protests and get national/international monetary support for it. The situation degrades.

Call in Border Patrol Service. The proverbial mounted calvary. Ride in, break some shit, kill a few leftists. Be the stick.

Local politicos, especially one governor who's a weirdo, gets a sternly worderd memo about FAFO. A couple days later the BPS is pulled from Minneapolis and the governor would like to talk to Trump about "turning down the heat."

The plot to nearly every fucking Western. Ever.

Walz caved. Minneapolis is restored to order by the end of the week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (qwVdq)

9 Should have gone with a rape gang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

An apprenticeship would have been enough for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (cYBz/)

10 I fear that's an England whose time has passed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cxFcK)

11 Should have gone with a rape gang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

An apprenticeship would have been enough for me.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (cYBz/)

I went with a rape gang once.

You'll never guess what happened.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (j9K6i)

12 >Awww, looks like a nice place to park 1500 swarthy muzzies.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:27 PM (j9K6i)

Just add a minaret or two and Bob's your uncle, ye olde pub is now is now a mosque.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (GTqXr)

13 Would we could all have so much fun in the snow as that dog. And on another happy note, I saw about 25 kids and their parents who were having fun sledding at the park today. It made me glad to see they were not in front of their electronic devices on a day off from school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (ix8EF)

14 Cats are such assholes.

I love them.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (kpS4V)

15 FML. Serious FWP. Picked up 2 lbs bacon last Thursday. Half pound for each day, Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday.

That's about 10 half strips (5 full strips) of Kroger butcher case thick slice hickory smoked bacon.
Then I would pick up two lbs more on Thursday.

Due to frozen/icy roads, we're WFH tomorrow. So now I'm out of bacon.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:33 PM (zILP0)

16 I fear that's an England whose time has passed.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cxFcK)

Find a copy of "I Vow To Thee, My Country" by Holst. Preferably with a big freakin' chorus.

I dare anyone to not feel the swell of pride, followed by the crushing sadness of what has come.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:34 PM (db2L3)

17 That cat and dog could fit in that bed together

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

18 >>>The toy they really want? The box the toy came in.

The hire some real geniuses to be drivers for Amazon.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (syz1S)

19 There's a plaque hanging in the Minnesomalia capital from Satanists to Walz. He let them put up some exhibit.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

20 So now I'm out of bacon.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:33 PM (zILP0)

—————

I recognize these words as English, but…

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (u73oe)

21 14 Cats are such assholes.

I love them.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (kpS4V)
_-_
Of course, my cat's a jerk...but he's a barn cat, and he kills rats and mice a lot, so I keep putting out feed for him. A contract's a contract!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (vd6bO)

22 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.

Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (UjdFS)

23 That cat and dog could fit in that bed together
Posted by: Skip

Yeah, but that would require the cat to share when it's obviously in the mood to rassle

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (a+4eV)

24 Due to frozen/icy roads, we're WFH tomorrow. So now I'm out of bacon.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:33 PM (zILP0)
----

Call 911.

"I'm out of bacon!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (kpS4V)

25 I am pretty sure I can scrute out that dog's motivation.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 26, 2026 07:36 PM (OKjYk)

26 Cotswold cottage got some serious structural roof sag issues.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 07:36 PM (snZF9)

27 Ok, there exists two good uses for okra, 1) fried, 2) this:

x.com/DudespostingWs/status/
2015883628572545272

Posted by: banana Dream at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM (3uBP9)

28 Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth

i would hope you could avoid most of those by picking them up as infants and raising them indoors...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM (a+4eV)

29 So it is true, the GOPe is all wet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM (2GVsD)

30 Go Ginger Cat! Dump that doggie out!

Posted by: Felix, Stifel, and Floyd (My Cats) at January 26, 2026 07:38 PM (oftw2)

31 I went with a rape gang once.
You'll never guess what happened.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (j9K6i)

Like that old joke about if you don't know who the pigeon is, the pigeon is you?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 26, 2026 07:39 PM (syz1S)

32 i would hope you could avoid most of those by picking them up as infants and raising them indoors...
Posted by: FeatherBlade

You can. I rehabbed them for 8 years. From newborns to adults and never got sick.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:39 PM (zILP0)

33 I fear that's an England whose time has passed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cxFcK)

Yup, done, stick a fork in it, its over. Its a conquered land.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 07:39 PM (snZF9)

34 Cotswold looks ratty and old. Nice Urban Renewal, some high rises, and you've got a nice 15 minute city. Plus, you'll be able to get Chicken Vindaloo at 2 AM.

Posted by: Out With The Olds at January 26, 2026 07:41 PM (oftw2)

35 So it is true, the GOPe is all wet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM

Well that's what I heard.

Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at January 26, 2026 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

36 What is it with people taking their dogs EVERYWHERE they go? I round the corner at Harbor Freight the other day, and there's this mature Boerboel actin' all Cujo about my presence in the aisle...kinda like takin' a horse into the store. Damned thing was HUGE!

Mind you, I like dogs, have had several myself. They have an honored place in our lives, but don't take them EVERYWHERE!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 07:41 PM (vd6bO)

37 Holy crap! Looks like gold and silver prices are finally catching up to Biden’s inflation. I wish I had bought more.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 26, 2026 07:42 PM (ljGJy)

38
*waves to cheering crowd*
*accepts bouquet of flowers*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

39 Cotswold looks ratty and old. Nice Urban Renewal, some high rises, and you've got a nice 15 minute city. Plus, you'll be able to get Chicken Vindaloo at 2 AM.

Along with the enriching aspects of robbery, rape, drug use, and rape. And if the contractor is a bit dodgy, well it will all catch fire and collapse around you.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:42 PM (2GVsD)

40 >>>Poor dog..

Now give me your lunch money.
--The Cat

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 26, 2026 07:43 PM (syz1S)

41 Speaking of no digital footprint, I've introduced grandson to CodeMonkey, and we've been working through it pretty quickly, he's loving it.

I've also slowly introduced him to Python he's getting into it simply for the name and that he can tell his fellow 2nd graders, he's learning Python.

We're building a Zork clone and introducing him to text adventure is.

He's pretty psyched he can make the adventure whatever he wants.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2026 07:43 PM (XV/Pl)

42 Our first puppy was part husky/malamute. She loved the snow. On sunny days would sleep on it.

She and my husband had a hockey type game with a tennis ball. No matter how deep the snowdrift she'd stick her head in and find the ball. The goal was her doghouse and she was the goalie. It was rare to score a point on her.

She'd jump up for snowballs, etc, like the doggie above.

We took her to my parent's farm and then the beaches of Panama City, where she managed to get fleas (rare in the West). She also wanted to kill the lifeguard dead on the beach, but otherwise she was good. Oh, she killed an opossum within minutes of arriving at my parent's farm.

She did protect me once, so I was glad she liked me. Either a peeping Tom or a potential burgler (idiot, we had nothing to rob). She sensed I was stressed and was right next to me as I dressed. We rarely locked the back door. I opened it and he got the surprise of his life when I told her to "get him." She leapt at him from the three steps and he ran. She did get a his jean pocket and bit his arse as he jumped the back fence. Good girl! She was not trained to attack, she just knew what to do

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 07:44 PM (WONhk)

43 Looks like they elected a new Pope in Cotswold. Hope he's better than the last two.

Posted by: Ecclesiastically Challenged at January 26, 2026 07:44 PM (oftw2)

44 You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.
---
Yep. Sounds about right.

Save yourself money--toss them the empty toilet paper roll.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 07:45 PM (ESVrU)

45 So now I'm out of bacon.
Posted by: rickb223

Or to state another way...

Piss poor planning...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM (qo38o)

46 A paucity of penguins is always pleasant despite the pertinacious pecksniffianism of the Big Penguin dupes and fanbois.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

47 It is more fun to watch kittehs play hockey with a soda cap.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM (2GVsD)

48 Cotswold looks ratty and old.
Posted by: Anna Puma

There's a funny episode of the original Bob Newhart show where Jerry considers touring Europe. A retired guy tells him, "Europe needs paint." I always thought that was funny.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM (cxFcK)

49 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (UjdFS)
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It's also tough to find a purple pimp hat that's just the right size.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM (ESVrU)

50 Super. Snowing again.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)

51 Or to state another way...

Piss poor planning...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM

The 7 P's: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

52 Ginger cat says:

"There can be only ONE!" (in the cozy cave)

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (rdVOm)

53 Paint? A simple white wash... oh wait that is now racist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

54
I fear that's an England whose time has passed.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

____________

Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (tgvbd)

55 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?" -- column in the New York Times Magazine.

I dunno, hoss? Do you want to get rid of that last tiny shred of un-cucked self-respect in your body? Does your body still have trace levels of testosterone, and you want to drive it all the way down to zero?

Only you can answer these questions.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (IG3/x)

56 I bought all these cute stuffed toys and balls and stuff for the cat, and she was going nuts with a wadded up ball of paper for like half an hour.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V)

57
Carried over from the previous thread (quoting Walz or Frey):

I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end. The president agreed the present situation can’t continue.

I read somewhere within the last day or two that the Minnesota DFL Party had originally wanted to hook Laos' Hmong people in the 70s and 80s as their new "little brown brothers" to swap in for Hispanics, who the DFL saw at that time as wandering off their dependency plantation in the not too distant future. But the Hmong were having none of that, being a proud, forthright and capable people.

So the DFL cast about for a replacement population and eventually latched on to the intellectually challenged Somalis. And the rest is history.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (xG4kz)

58 Reserve currency status for the dollar was a curse, I think, in retrospect. I understand why things were setup in the postwar period the way they were, but it has caused great damage.

Congress has the ability to spend what are essentially unlimited amounts of borrowed money, that does not exist, on whatever they want. And the “debt shall not be questioned” we are admonished.

None of the insanity we have been subject to for the last 60 years would have been possible without prodigious or copious quantities of confetti-buck dollars shot from the Fed cannon.

In a legitimate or at least sane monetary system, these sorts of insane spending sprees either on stupid foreign wars or whack job domestic fraud programs, none of it is possible. There isn’t enough money in the world.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 07:49 PM (BORTq)

59 You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.

My cat's favorite toys are wads of parchment or wax paper.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 07:49 PM (ULPxl)

60 Hmong to DFL, "you just like the Commies who kept trying to kill us. Go away before we kill you."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD)

61 It's also tough to find a purple pimp hat that's just the right size.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM

Dude. While the chapeau is stylish, pimp is such a deadname for the profession. They're now Professional Pleasure Procurers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

62 > Congress has the ability to spend what are essentially unlimited amounts of borrowed money, that does not exist, on whatever they want.

Back in the day the final limit was how fast they could run the printing presses.

Now they just have some mook at the Federal Reserve (or wherever) type a few more zeros into a ledger.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2026 07:51 PM (IG3/x)

63 England has spent a decade falling into the swamp.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (u82oZ)

64 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?" -- column in the New York Times Magazine.
---------

Doood...

Reminds me of when XH & I were ending things. Told him to leave the house and "go back to that whore"... and he said: "We broke up."

The correct (my) response?

HAW HAW HAW!!! SUCKS TO BE YOU, DOESN'T IT?

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (rdVOm)

65 Our cats loved paper balls

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

66 I did maintenance and renovations for a company that ran group homes. One old house in Portsmouth, VA was empty for 6-8 months and I went over to see what was needed to get it back running. Squirrels had chewed their way into the attic and were having a great time up there. The moment I turned the key and walked in dozens of fleas jumped onto my socks and legs. (wearing shorts).Left, called the exterminator before I went back. They chewed A/C, Heat wiring and made real pests of themselves.

Posted by: Cute Tree Rats at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)

67 2 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (UjdFS)

Exactly! Plus plague with those fleas. I tell people that growing up in Colorado is why I hate and fear all things small, cute, and fluffy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 26, 2026 07:53 PM (lFFaq)

68 Dear England, Shelley's Ozymandias was not supposed to be your national epitaph.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:53 PM (2GVsD)

69 The 7 P's: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I was lucky to remember the last 3!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM (qo38o)

70 Its bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

71 Found a dead rat that had bitten into some knob and tube wiring in an old house once.

Yeah, that was Mickey's last snack.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM (IG3/x)

72 I have noticed I like to keep a strategic “Bacon reserve” on hand. Usually a pound is the bare minimum before protocol demands resupply, although I’ve a can of pre-cooked Bacon for this purpose for the extreme. Also “must haves” includes coffee, tea, cocoa, peanut butter, oats, macaroni, popcorn. Corned beef hash in a can is good stash, too. Crack a couple eggs on top when done, cover & steam poach them. Quick and tasty.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 07:56 PM (BORTq)

73 Poor Cat-- had to give him de-wormer pill-and-a-half today-- and then he bolted outside when I opened the door.

Ten minutes later, he came back and got his treat of chicken meat.

Poor, poor spoiled Cat!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 07:57 PM (rdVOm)

74 Ace, there isn't a town in England called Cotswold. There is a region in England called The Cotswolds, which is roughly a couple of hours drive to the northwest from London.

Posted by: Ralph at January 26, 2026 07:59 PM (8WZD4)

75 Buy bacon on sale and fill your freezer with it. Keeps for a long time and is only an inch thick. There is NO excuse for EVER running out.

Posted by: Bacon Promotion Board at January 26, 2026 07:59 PM (oftw2)

76 The 7 P's: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I was lucky to remember the last 3!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM

The andragogical efficacy of a size 9.5 combat boot being applied with some enthusiasm to one's fundament by a Senior Chief should not be underestimated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

77 73 I have noticed I like to keep a strategic “Bacon reserve” on hand. Usually a pound is the bare minimum before protocol demands resupply.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 07:56 PM (BORTq)

Mr Scary uses that exact term. Strategic bacon reserve. It is not allowed to dwindle. I am sitting on a strategic bacon grease reserve.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:03 PM (lpTXP)

78 Radical pro-abortion Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton will resign from Congress! Eighteen terms I think.

Ace did a great post about her inspecting a self driving vehicle years ago. She speechifies then is invited to sit in the car. In the dash is a large red button that says DO NOT PUSH (I guess it was an emergency stop button). The first thing she did was push it which killed the car and the whole exhibit, takes hours to reset the car.

She didn't design it, she didn't build it, she had no idea what she was doing. A perfect metaphor to most politicians careers.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 08:05 PM (cxFcK)

79 Codswallop looks like the perfect place to get a pint and some bangers and mash.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (/lPRQ)

80 I cook a pound of bacon at a time, put it in a baggie and it's ready when needed, lasts about a week.

Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (LHPAg)

81 While rabid penguins are rarely encountered, they do act as hosts for salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and a wide variety of venereal diseases.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

82 I am sitting on a strategic bacon grease reserve.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:03 PM

Properly and selectively applied (i.e. behind the ears and on the popliteal regions), that might be as effective as Hoppe's No.9 in raising interest!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

83 I have noticed I like to keep a strategic “Bacon reserve” on hand. Usually a pound is the bare minimum before protocol demands resupply.
Posted by: Common Tater

We must not allow...a Bacon Reserve gap!!!

Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:07 PM (cxFcK)

84 Obese penguin chick can barely maintain his balance after being stuffed with fish. There's some cruelty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 08:07 PM (oT7pT)

85 I cook a pound of bacon at a time, put it in a baggie and it's ready when needed, lasts about a week.
Posted by: Eromero
-------

It lasts that long?

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:07 PM (rdVOm)

86 Super. Snowing again.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM

Yup. On top of 20". Yay, us.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 08:08 PM (Wnv9h)

87 *Strategic Bacon Reserve*

LOL! Stolen!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:08 PM (rdVOm)

88 Is that Earth weeks?

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

89 I am sitting on a strategic bacon grease reserve.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:03 PM

I, too, dabble in oils.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Wnv9h)

90 Two pounds of bacon in the freezer. One pound in the fridge. 🥓

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 26, 2026 08:10 PM (QxMMC)

91 A week? LOL, yeah … no.

I thought a package makes a nice single serving. I usually only eat one meal a day. So a pound of burger is about right too. Or a couple chicken breasts, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 08:11 PM (BORTq)

92
8PM and 23F here. Temp dropped like a rock at sundown.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

93 With penguins, the *number one* thing you need to remember is what goes in comes mephitically out.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

94 There's evidently some virus going around in India that's threatening to go pandemic. China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because it is spread by...fecal matter. A problem for India but not so much for the rest of the world.

Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (cxFcK)

95 I think DHS should use the humane approach with the protesters.

Herd them into a cattle truck(SRO) or a swine truck (seated). Make sure it prevents cell phones from connecting.

Take them into the wild, at least 10 miles from any town, and 2 from any farm.

Empty the truck. Repeat until the protest is over.

Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)

96 Or to state another way...

Piss poor planning...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Exactly.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (zILP0)

97 No social media guy, is my spirit animal!

I've never had any of it. No, not even a MySpace! (gasp!)

Pfft. *Real life* is enough! More than enough...

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:15 PM (rdVOm)

98 A belly is about 9 pounds.
We freeze 10 pieces of bacon at a time...what fits on a cookie sheet. +,- 12 oz.
So, when we get to around 4 packs, it's time to cure the next belly.

Posted by: MkY at January 26, 2026 08:16 PM (q6tQZ)

99 There's evidently some virus going around in India that's threatening to go pandemic. China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because

Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson

Because there's no money in it for them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:16 PM (zILP0)

100 *shifty eyes*

Posted by: New Delhi sidewalk shitter at January 26, 2026 08:16 PM (QxMMC)

101 Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)

That isn't how we deal with raccoons in the country. They are predators and are dealt with accordingly.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:18 PM (lpTXP)

102 China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because it is spread by...fecal matter. A problem for India but not so much for the rest of the world.
Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (cxFcK)

I recall that the key to ending cholera epidemics was realizing that you shouldn’t let your sewage contaminate your drinking water.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 08:19 PM (Sxl5b)

103 I have an emergency 2lb of bacon frozen from when it was on sale.

Strategic Bacon Reserve.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

104 It is 3 here. Just the three degrees.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

105 It is 3 here. Just the three degrees.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That close to Kevin Bacon?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:22 PM (zILP0)

106 Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)

That isn't how we deal with raccoons in the country. They are predators and are dealt with accordingly.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:18 PM (lpTXP)

Some people can't bear the thought of killing an animal. Besides this helps keep Ace out of trouble.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:22 PM (S/Y4j)

107 Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Even the raccoons are humanely euthanized.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 08:22 PM (/lPRQ)

108 China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because it is spread by...fecal matter. A problem for India but not so much for the rest of the world.
Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (cxFcK)

I recall that the key to ending cholera epidemics was realizing that you shouldn’t let your sewage contaminate your drinking water.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 08:19 PM (Sxl5b)

We need one million H1Bs anually

Posted by: Vivek R at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (vSvIl)

109 Find a nice farm for them to go and live at. A hog farm, maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

110 Coons...
We live in a wooded area in the City. Friggin' idiots trap coons, and release them around us.
Trap-shy coons that we then have to trap, then dispatch.
Idiots.

Posted by: MkY at January 26, 2026 08:26 PM (q6tQZ)

111 I missed the Bezos thread earlier. Funny to think about all those WaPo asshats getting ready to tumble.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 08:28 PM (Sxl5b)

112 Re: Kanye

I did not know car crashes made one and antisemite. Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

113 I watched an interesting documentary about urban raccoons. Apparently Japan imported a bunch back in the day because of a cute cartoon character. The coons were getting in Buddist temples and causing trouble.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (lpTXP)

114 Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (qwVdq)

Epilogue: Someone discovers gold (fraud) in California, and the whole town (Minneapolis de Somali) picks up and heads west in their tribal wagon train. Leaving naught but a snow covered ghost town.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (dIske)

115 Single digits are singularly depressing. “It’s 6 today.” Fucking 6

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (BORTq)

116 "Single digits are singularly depressing. “It’s 6 today.” Fucking 6
Posted by: Common Tater"

That's what she said?

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2026 08:34 PM (vFG9F)

117 Saw Lea Thompson posted a video, since we're all wondering what a Hollywood actress thinks about the insurrection.
I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (65cLN)

118 Evenin’, All. Happy Tuesday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (77rzZ)

119 116 Evening, Ace, and Cafe layabouts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (8zz6B)
I take exception to that remark, sir! I am pretending to work!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (vd6bO)

120 @117. I know how you feel Tater. Not much better here.
Low tonight 9.

Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 08:36 PM (E7+ue)

121 I think DHS should use the humane approach with the protesters.

Herd them into a cattle truck(SRO) or a swine truck (seated). Make sure it prevents cell phones from connecting.

Take them into the wild, at least 10 miles from any town, and 2 from any farm.

Empty the truck. Repeat until the protest is over.

Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)
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Wouldn't you relieve them of their phones? Don't want them using GPS to find their way back home...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 08:36 PM (ESVrU)

122 I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (65cLN)

Dennis Quaid also dodged a bullet. They were a thing back in the day.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:37 PM (lpTXP)

123 Kinda nice here - turned sunny and warm, so the youngest started building a snow fort.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 08:37 PM (vd6bO)

124 After Howard the duck, I did not see her in much.

Fucking the duck <<<<<< Jumping the shark

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)

125 I lived for 3 years on Palisade Avenue in Riverdale, Bronx, right up the cliff from the Hudson. NYC, but you'd hardly believe it. The garage under the house was big enough for 3 cars and was drilled, probably blasted into the granite. Caught 9 raccoons in Havahart trap after moving in. Released them into a big park a few miles north. The neighborhood also had the most ring-necked pheasants I've ever seen.

Posted by: A Coon's Age at January 26, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)

126 Snow fort! Oh, to be a young child again-- snow forts are cool!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:39 PM (rdVOm)

127 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth

You know, I'm beginning to get offended that you humans call those things "tree rats."

Posted by: a regular rat at January 26, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

128 No social media guy, is my spirit animal!
I've never had any of it. No, not even a MySpace! (gasp!)
Pfft. *Real life* is enough! More than enough...
Posted by: JQ

I watched the video, and thought:

"Well of course I know him. He's me." -- every Moron

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:42 PM (VHUov)

129 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 26, 2026 08:43 PM (GITLP)

130 Posted by: A Coon's Age at January 26, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)

______________________

I categorize the danger associated with animals by how smart they are. Raccoons and weasels are on that list. Any animals that take a look at a garbage can and non-chalantly take off the lid aren't as innocuous as some people seem to think they are.

That's why I always lock my car.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 08:43 PM (dIske)

131 snow forts are cool!
_-_
My nagging is starting to show results on this youngster. He drew up a plan first. I've been after him about all the aborted projects he leaves in the shop 'cause he didn't think it through first (wonder where he learned that?).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 08:43 PM (vd6bO)

132
Just looking at the GFS and forecast. The Really Cold Axis overnight runs from sort of slightly north of the TX/OK/AK corner NE toward WV, then a bit steeper toward Vermont. Then another Really Cold bubble dipping down to WI, MN and ND.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:44 PM (w6EFb)

133 "Californy is the place you oughts be."

No. No it's not.

Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 08:45 PM (E7+ue)

134 >>> 110 Find a nice farm for them to go and live at. A hog farm, maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

Why you hate my pigs?!

Posted by: Mr Wu at January 26, 2026 08:46 PM (ULPxl)

135 Good news-- BIL has (kinda) been located. His truck broke down/got stuck (?) & he was hitch-hiking, treated & released from a hospital last week (they can't tell me what's up with that) and so now have a bulletin out for him to contact me if they can find him again. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (rdVOm)

136 *Strategic Bacon Reserve*

LOL! Stolen!
Posted by: JQ

I try to have one or two packages (frozen) beyond the one I'm currently using. So it's more of a tactical bacon reserve.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (VHUov)

137 Saw Lea Thompson posted a video, since we're all wondering what a Hollywood actress thinks about the insurrection.
I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (65cLN)

I'm guessing she blew past seahag and right into hagraven status?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (snZF9)

138 Good news-- BIL has (kinda) been located. His truck broke down/got stuck (?) & he was hitch-hiking, treated & released from a hospital last week (they can't tell me what's up with that) and so now have a bulletin out for him to contact me if they can find him again. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (rdVOm)

How does this dude go through life without a helmet?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:49 PM (snZF9)

139 Then another Really Cold bubble dipping down to WI, MN and ND.
Posted by: publius

* shakes fist at AOP *

Keep yer clippers in Alberta where they belong!

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (VHUov)

140 Paul Joseph Watson had a video earlier. A bunch of actresses repeating the same scripted remarks.

Posted by: steevy at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (YwEeS)

141 JQ, glad your BiL seems to be okay. What was the deal with the weird messages you got? From him, or the hospital?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (lpTXP)

142 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?"

Yes. You are, how you say, the consolation prize.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (Q+gd/)

143 137 >>> 110 Find a nice farm for them to go and live at. A hog farm, maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

Why you hate my pigs?!
Posted by: Mr Wu at January 26, 2026 08:46 PM (ULPxl)
_______________________

There are many uses for pigs I'm told.

Posted by: Robert Pickton "The Pig Farmer Killer" at January 26, 2026 08:51 PM (dIske)

144
GSP has issued an Extreme Cold Warning for the counties on the NC/TN state line in their area.

National map showing those cold warnings at weather.gov.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:51 PM (w6EFb)

145 Good news-- BIL has (kinda) been located. His truck broke down/got stuck (?) & he was hitch-hiking, treated & released from a hospital last week (they can't tell me what's up with that) and so now have a bulletin out for him to contact me if they can find him again. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ

How does this dude go through life without a helmet?
Posted by: Berserker

Like that. God watches over fools and Polacks.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:52 PM (VHUov)

146 How does this dude go through life without a helmet?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Up until his wife died, *she* babysat and took care of everything for him I presume.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:52 PM (rdVOm)

147 140 Saw Lea Thompson posted a video, since we're all wondering what a Hollywood actress thinks about the insurrection.
I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally
====
All the actors have PR handlers and they look at these situations as opportunity to a) remind people these actors are still in the biz and looking for work, b) pay obeisance to the hivemind because Hollywood is particularly nasty toward employing anyone to the right of Hillary Clinton.

For the most part, the one off type posts are easy to ignore. But some assholes tattoo their opinion over and over again to the extent that it damages the audiences ability to see them as the character rather than the asshole actor.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

148
Just looking. The NWS current "Extreme Cold Warning" criteria is temps and/or wind chills below 5F are expected within 24 hours. "Expected" means some level of high enough probability is reached.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

149 Epilogue: Someone discovers gold (fraud) in California, and the whole town (Minneapolis de Somali) picks up and heads west in their tribal wagon train. Leaving naught but a snow covered ghost town.
Posted by: Orson

Don't get stuck in the mountains. Those skinnies will starve.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (zILP0)

150 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?"

Yes. You are, how you say, the consolation prize.
Posted by: The Paolo

* Thunderous Applause *

.....because there's nothing "golf clap" about The Paolo.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (VHUov)

151 Walz caved. Minneapolis is restored to order by the end of the week.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I think the toothpaste has been squeezed. Good luck getting it back in the tube.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (uaYsl)

152 Keep yer clippers in Alberta where they belong!
Posted by: mikeski

Current temp in Rowley, Alberta is 8 degrees, but it will be 38 for a high on Saturday.

Posted by: Hippie Dippy Weatherman at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (oftw2)

153 132 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”
Posted by: SMOD
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Where will the alphabet youths of Jackson County go to be groomed now that their pron shop librarian is fired and in jail.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)

154 What was the deal with the weird messages you got? From him, or the hospital?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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He left his phone at the truck I guess. Somebody found it and contacted me. BIL doesn't have a phone now and is probably wandering around near San Bernardino.

Don't know why he went to CA? Maybe his late wife has family there? I never knew her family & only met her on 3 occasions. She was deaf also.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

155 We had those single digit temps the other day but got up to 31 today. Water is working in the bathroom again! So hang in there, it should start to get better

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2026 08:55 PM (+mUZM)

156 Just looking. The NWS current "Extreme Cold Warning" criteria is temps and/or wind chills below 5F are expected within 24 hours. "Expected" means some level of high enough probability is reached.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

These are the same 'experts' who said we would get between 18 and 24 inches of snow over the weekend. We got maybe 5 and a lot of ice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

157 For the most part, the one off type posts are easy to ignore. But some assholes tattoo their opinion over and over again to the extent that it damages the audiences ability to see them as the character rather than the asshole actor.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

I immediately see the asshole actor and they become dirt on my shoes. Musicians too, which is a real pissoff to me. Shut the fuck up and play.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:56 PM (snZF9)

158 CBS;

Recently released federal data shows the rate of improper payment in Minnesota's Medicaid program is far below the national average, the state's Department of Human Services says. According to the data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the error rate in Minnesota is slightly over 2.1%, compared to the national average of 6.1%. The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.

Posted by: SMOD at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (GITLP)

159 I'm glad you got an answer JQ. Silence is maddening at times.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (uaYsl)

160 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”
Posted by: SMOD

So if you're a famous presidential assassin, you go by all three names (John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald).

If you're only hiring one, you just use your middle initial?

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

161 I actually quit eating bacon on an every day basis. When I did eat bacon I bought the 3 lb thick cut packages when they were on sale. I'd bake 1.5 lbs on a couple of broiler pans and refreeze the rest of the pack. The edge pieces would be good day of baking. Interior slices were perfect for microwaving for future meal additions, and bacon was usually an addition and not most of the meal, except on baking it day.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (hhkIi)

162 I think the toothpaste has been squeezed. Good luck getting it back in the tube.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
=======
The left views violence as a dial, not a switch. Walz and Frey are dialing back the heat right now, just as likely to spike it tomorrow but we shall see.

Notice how the BLM riots or No Kings, or any of their other color rev shit suddenly shut off when counterproductive to Dems in polling? And they ramp it up when they want to create impressions of Resist.

I do note the calm down signal is being sent right after one guy penetrated their Signal network, another (Data Republican) penetrated their funding network, and a couple of their footsoldiers got penetrated with 124 gr 9mm HPs.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

163
When my folks lived in Wisconsin for a time after Dad retired, from time to time their domicile would be plagued by raccoons. They would live trap them and in the evenings Dad would drive the offending miscreant several miles outside town and release it on the edge of a side road.

When I went with him one time, the side road happened to abut a Native American Reservation. This time, as he banged on the back of the cage, Dad said, "Go visit your brudders" (on the Reservation).

I larfed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (xG4kz)

164 Cotswold cottage looks like it would make a killer man cave.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (snZF9)

165 *Looks at Latitude*
*Looks at calendar*
*Looks outside at 15” of fluffy snow on top of 5” base*

Yup. Winter.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (30Gj0)

166 Single digits are singularly depressing. “It’s 6 today.” Fucking 6
Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (BORTq)
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You underestimate the Paolo.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (krQz2)

167 From what Ryan Hall said today, the European weather model got the storm right. Our weather service got it wrong

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (+mUZM)

168 I immediately see the asshole actor and they become dirt on my shoes. Musicians too, which is a real pissoff to me. Shut the fuck up and play.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:56 PM (snZF9)

At thist point I don't watch TV or listen to music. I'm tired of nodding and smiling and saying I can appreciate the artist anyhow.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:00 PM (lpTXP)

169 Recently released federal data shows the rate of improper payment in Minnesota's Medicaid program is far below the national average, the state's Department of Human Services says. According to the data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the error rate in Minnesota is slightly over 2.1%, compared to the national average of 6.1%. The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.
Posted by: SMOD at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (GITLP)
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So most states stole more than 19 billion?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2026 09:00 PM (krQz2)

170 Cotswold cottage needs a new roof.

Too bad the UK imported Muzzies instead of Mexicans.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:01 PM (Q+gd/)

171 Cotswold cottage needs a new roof.

Too bad the UK imported Muzzies instead of Mexicans.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:01 PM (Q+gd/)

It needs new framing under that new roof. That sucker is sagging worse than pelosi's boobs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:03 PM (snZF9)

172 Cotswold. Isn't that where Ellen Degenerate moved to? The posh Brits live there, I believe.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:04 PM (lpTXP)

173 I immediately see the asshole actor and they become dirt on my shoes. Musicians too, which is a real pissoff to me. Shut the fuck up and play.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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True, they break the wall and trust between audience by showing them being an asshole in real life and that carries over to whatever they do on stage or screen. Alec Baldwin is a perfect example of a piece of shit that got away with manslaughter being an entitled Hollyweird royalty.

I can't stand that guy even briefly appearing on teh screen even before that from his anti Trump idiocies. DeNiro likewise.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:04 PM (E4rtv)

174 176 Cotswold. Isn't that where Ellen Degenerate moved to? The posh Brits live there, I believe.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Reportedly she wants to move back, just like Rosie O Donnell does from Ireland. Turns out they find being D rated celebutards in UK or Irish society sucks. The Brits have real royalty soap opera stars and the Irish have booze and U2 to worship, not worn out old Rosie.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)

175 Imagine you're Tom Homan. You thought you were retired, but then you get The Call. Trump has called you back to active service, and after only a year, you know it's the most consequential time of your entire career.

I am happy in retirement, but I kind of envy Mr. Homan.

Also, I badly want transcripts of the talks he's going to have with Messrs Frey and Walz. Bet they'll really be something.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (7DKa5)

176 If America were still a serious country, right now that bitch would be enjoying the first quarter of her helicopter half-ride.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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There is still coal in those hills to be mined. She might do fine as a donkey substitute pulling a cart.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (E4rtv)

177 Dunno much about Cotswold, but if you ever run across a gin by that name, it's exceptional, but not expensive.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (7DKa5)

178 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”
Posted by: SMOD

So if you're a famous presidential assassin, you go by all three names (John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald).

If you're only hiring one, you just use your middle initial?
Posted by: mikeski

Three names are for closers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (zILP0)

179 The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.
Posted by: SMOD
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Cough, bullshit, MN officials have no legitimacy to claim much of anything about their honesty.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

180 127 After Howard the duck...

Hey, wait a second! When did we get the ability to use less-than symbols? Was that an undocumented feature of Minx 0.8 beta?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 26, 2026 09:08 PM (Fs0KI)

181 Reportedly she wants to move back, just like Rosie O Donnell does from Ireland. Turns out they find being D rated celebutards in UK or Irish society sucks. The Brits have real royalty soap opera stars and the Irish have booze and U2 to worship, not worn out old Rosie.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)

Guessing the average Brit cares more about the cast of EastEnders than a washed-up lesbian TV host.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:09 PM (lpTXP)

182 One famous “absent minded professor” his name escapes me at the moment, his wife had a stroke and was hospitalized and couldn’t care for his basic needs. Brilliant mathematician, but he literally died of starvation. I think it was Neils Bohr who would show up for work at the fenced and secured camp within a camp Los Alamos theoretical division building wearing strange mismatched clothes, and clothesline in lieu of a belt, when his wife wasn’t around. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (tE2Wy)

183 My attempt to adapt the Steely Dan song "Hey 19" into a song about Omar Fateh, called "A19," to honor both the traditional light bulb shape, and the very similar shape of Mr Fateh's head, has been an utter failure. I thought it was a natural, but it just doesn't work.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa5)

184 181 Dunno much about Cotswold, but if you ever run across a gin by that name, it's exceptional, but not expensive.
Posted by: Splunge
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Eh, gin works well in a G&T for me but Gordons to me works as good as Tanqueray, Boodles, or Bombay for that.

Better spend more on the tonic water than more on the gin. I suppose those that like gin martinis might feel differently.

Beyond that, only serious alkies drink gin straight.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)

185 186 One famous “absent minded professor” his name escapes me at the moment, his wife had a stroke and was hospitalized and couldn’t care for his basic needs. Brilliant mathematician, but he literally died of starvation.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Happened to Gene Hackman apparently after his wife died. Sucks to have dementia with no one to take care of you. Worse, out isolated in the countryside.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:11 PM (E4rtv)

186 Guessing the average Brit cares more about the cast of EastEnders than a washed-up lesbian TV host.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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It would be the same as Graham Norton showing up here and expecting to be a big deal. Piers Morgan too although he has been over here for quite some time.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)

187 188 Beyond that, only serious alkies drink gin straight.
Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)

Pistols at dawn, sir!

None of the gins you mention actually taste good. There is a whole other world beyond your imaginings.

Also, most gins are substantially improved by a few drops of Miracle Mile's Bergamot Bitters.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:13 PM (7DKa5)

188 If you’ve got a name like “Lee Wayne Ray” you should just turn yourself in on general principles.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 09:14 PM (tE2Wy)

189 At thist point I don't watch TV or listen to music. I'm tired of nodding and smiling and saying I can appreciate the artist anyhow.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

One of the main reasons I switched to anime.

And, as anyone who's clicked my youtube links can attest, I don't really follow any bands who are big enough to be bigmouthed assholes about leftist causes.

https://youtu.be/N34qCTcG8h4
https://youtu.be/rw8071RawzU

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (VHUov)

190 *Looks at Latitude*
*Looks at calendar*
*Looks outside at 15” of fluffy snow on top of 5” base*

Yup. Winter.
Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM

You only got 15"?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (Wnv9h)

191 Recently released federal data shows the rate of improper payment in Minnesota's Medicaid program is far below the national average, the state's Department of Human Services says. According to the data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the error rate in Minnesota is slightly over 2.1%, compared to the national average of 6.1%. The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.
Posted by: SMOD

Outliers when viewed from a QA perspective indicates that something is not being done - like random audits.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (/lPRQ)

192 The left views violence as a dial, not a switch. Walz and Frey are dialing back the heat right now, just as likely to spike it tomorrow but we shall see

Violence is easier to instigate and dial up. I don't think they have the level of control necessary to just turn it down. The chimps are on a rampage, are the zoo keeers going to lure them back into their cages with bananas and gentle coaxing or with tasers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:18 PM (uaYsl)

193 I was stationed close to Cotswold, England. Pretty part of the country. I visited it frequently because it was easy to get to, even by bus. Glad I saw the UK before it became a colony for islamdom.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:18 PM (sAmhv)

194
I do note the calm down signal is being sent right after one guy penetrated their Signal network, another (Data Republican) penetrated their funding network, and a couple of their footsoldiers got penetrated with 124 gr 9mm HPs.
Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

×××××××

Comment of the week right here!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:19 PM (Vvh2V)

195 It would be the same as Graham Norton showing up here and expecting to be a big deal. Piers Morgan too although he has been over here for quite some time.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)

Graham Norton. I've actually found him entertaining. O'Donnell and Degeneres not so much. But I get your point.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:19 PM (lpTXP)

196 Washington State needs a governor like Dixie Lee Ray again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I used to enjoy your comments.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:20 PM (uaYsl)

197 This Somali shit is pissing me off.

I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

198 >>> 181 Dunno much about Cotswold, but if you ever run across a gin by that name, it's exceptional, but not expensive.
Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (7DKa5)

This one?
https://is.gd/VWfo8j

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (ULPxl)

199 82 While rabid penguins are rarely encountered, they do act as hosts for salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and a wide variety of venereal diseases.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

I am too tired to look it up but wonder how penguins get VD.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (WONhk)

200 mikeski, thanks for sharing your YouTube links. I have enjoyed many of your musical links.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:24 PM (lpTXP)

201 I am happy in retirement, but I kind of envy Mr. Homan.

Also, I badly want transcripts of the talks he's going to have with Messrs Frey and Walz. Bet they'll really be something.
Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (7DKa5)

Be just grand if the talks were accompanied by a couple of hickory shampoos, for effect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:24 PM (6Bc88)

202 I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Right there with ya, fellow chump!

We should start up a daycare/medical transport/home medical outfit... Profit!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 09:25 PM (rdVOm)

203 My attempt to adapt the Steely Dan song "Hey 19" into a song about Omar Fateh, called "A19," to honor both the traditional light bulb shape, and the very similar shape of Mr Fateh's head, has been an utter failure. I thought it was a natural, but it just doesn't work.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa5)

A noble goal, but a tough song to work with. I checked the lyrics, and they're all over the map, no real rhyming, weird lyric rhythm. You would literally have to write a new story somehow involving her light bulb shaped head and fit it to that music. Could be done, but much work.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:25 PM (snZF9)

204 The Cotswolds are an area of England, not a town. That looks like the village that always wins the most picturesque village in England award. Can't remember the name, but it has Castle in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:25 PM (Vvh2V)

205 I hope the talks with Homan, Walz and Frey end up with Walz and Frey sounding like they have something in their mouths.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:27 PM (lpTXP)

206 Also, those are slate roofs, in no danger of failing just yet.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:27 PM (Vvh2V)

207 Squirrels are just Rats with a fluffy tail...

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (J9q9v)

208 202 This Somali shit is pissing me off.

I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

Oh, come now. You are a nurse. How many "homeless" indigents have you treated? You pay for all that, too. Not to mention paying for their brand spankin' new tents, winter gear, narcan, and fuckall.

A few billions to the sub-human Somalis can't possibly move my blood pressure any more than it already has.

And don't get me started about the wetbacks and filthy Scandis.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (6Bc88)

209
I am too tired to look it up but wonder how penguins get VD.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (WONhk

Same as in town.. 😉

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (Vvh2V)

210 None of the gins you mention actually taste good. There is a whole other world beyond your imaginings.

Also, most gins are substantially improved by a few drops of Miracle Mile's Bergamot Bitters.
Posted by: Splunge
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Eh, mixed drinks and expensive top tier alcohol are a waste together. I prefer single malt adulterated only with cold spring water if I had my druthers. But a G&T is fine in summer. And can easily be simulated if you want with club soda and a twist of lime. Keeps a drink in your hand to fit into place but you get to stay totally sober.

I can get passionate about particular vintages of wine and grape varieties, meh on domestic bourbons, and like specific liquors.

But since being on my anti inflammatories/biologics for psoriatic arthritis for years now, I don't drink at all nor miss it much either.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)

211 You only got 15"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (Wnv9h)

That’s what she said …

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (30Gj0)

212
Speaking of Ryan Hall, I just read his analysis of what saved us in the Carolinas (as a whole) from Icemaggedon. It fell mostly as sleet, which I noted and kept my fingers crossed.

The dreaded warm nose was there, but the surface layer was cold enough high enough to allow most it to refreeze as sleet. Had that been a little different, it would've been terrible. That's the what the probability ball bounced. Now for Miss. and Tenn. they did get ice big time, and they are in the dark big time as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (w6EFb)

213 This Somali shit is pissing me off.

I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (snZF9)

214 209 The Cotswolds are an area of England, not a town. That looks like the village that always wins the most picturesque village in England award. Can't remember the name, but it has Castle in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Yep. East of Oxford, more or less.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:29 PM (sAmhv)

215 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (ULPxl)

Yup, that's the one. I think it was about $30 US in London, which is where I encountered it. Great stuff.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:29 PM (7DKa5)

216 The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (snZF9)

Why bother with rafts?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (6Bc88)

217 I don't think they have the level of control necessary to just turn it down. The chimps are on a rampage, are the zoo keeers going to lure them back into their cages with bananas and gentle coaxing or with tasers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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A lot of those assholes are paid and controlled when their paymasters tell them to stop. If you notice, these riots were not primarily the usual BLM types in previous years but pasty white millennials doing the shit. Even the Somalians have more sense not to try to run over ICE or trying to rescue some white femme getting moved out by ICE officers.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)

218 I spent an hour or so chipping away at the mini glacier that has me blocked in my parking spot. It's annoying and I'm not done. Snow you can shovel. A mini glacier, not so much. Have to chop it up in smaller chunks before you can shovel it. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be 'warmer'. Not single digits anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (sAmhv)

219
The difference between me here and Nashville was a couple hundred feet of below freezing air. And that was all the difference between "meh, not bad" and icemageddon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (w6EFb)

220 I’m a simp.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hogwash!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:32 PM (uaYsl)

221 The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Nope. The worst part is that you and I paid for it.
And we’re expected to continue.
April 15 is right around the corner.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (30Gj0)

222 216 You only got 15"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (Wnv9h)

That’s what she said …
Posted by: RI Red
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Got a permit for your short barrelled rifle? Or is it an AOW.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (E4rtv)

223 For once, can we just follow the money? Whomever is paying for these "protestors" who are actually terrorists needs to pay in jail. I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here? I don't see them leaving this country, which is so horrible they just can't even.

I'm firmly in the love it or leave it camp. You don't like it? Take a fuckin' hike.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (6Bc88)

224 Why bother with rafts?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (6Bc8

Because they aren't worth the cost of helicopter fuel. A raft would be miserable until its...not.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (snZF9)

225 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:29 PM (sAmhv

It really is a lovely place. And I have twice been thwarted in my attempts at thoroughly exploring Oxford. Once by the presence of the Queen of Spain ( security had blocked everything off) and once by something to do with soccer.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:34 PM (Vvh2V)

226 223 I spent an hour or so chipping away at the mini glacier that has me blocked in my parking spot. It's annoying and I'm not done. Snow you can shovel. A mini glacier, not so much. Have to chop it up in smaller chunks before you can shovel it. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be 'warmer'. Not single digits anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (sAmhv)

Salt that shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:34 PM (6Bc88)

227 Oh, and neither of the unalived protesters were natives in MN but drawn there for some unexplained reason so far except both were in the signal groups just decoded and busted.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:35 PM (E4rtv)

228 Because they aren't worth the cost of helicopter fuel. A raft would be miserable until its...not.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (snZF9)

Just tie 'em all together and shove 'em in the ocean, on the current to Africa. Problem solved.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:35 PM (6Bc88)

229 I am too tired to look it up but wonder how penguins get VD.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Penguin Facts is a vile Fountain Of Misinformation. It is probably Mental Ilness at the core.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (oftw2)

230 228 For once, can we just follow the money? Whomever is paying for these "protestors" who are actually terrorists needs to pay in jail. I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here? I don't see them leaving this country, which is so horrible they just can't even.

I'm firmly in the love it or leave it camp. You don't like it? Take a fuckin' hike.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Data Republican has already done a lot on it and sent her openly verifiable spreadsheet to Fedgov. You can take a look at it too, on X or a link to X on places like Instapundit dot com.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)

231 Because they aren't worth the cost of helicopter fuel. A raft would be miserable until its...not.
Posted by: Berserker
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Inflatables. Get them a few miles off the coast in shark-infested water... *Pop!*

Oh. Oh, darn.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

232 Have fun for the evening. I am out.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)

233 For once, can we just follow the money? Whomever is paying for these "protestors" who are actually terrorists needs to pay in jail. I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here? I don't see them leaving this country, which is so horrible they just can't even.

I'm firmly in the love it or leave it camp. You don't like it? Take a fuckin' hike.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (6Bc8

Its why trump needs the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare. Send the team out, find these people, track them down one by one, and quietly remove them from the planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (snZF9)

234 I’m a simp.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

When the well runs dry, and I think it will, they will return to being a bitter tribe , scrabbling in the dirt.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:37 PM (uaYsl)

235 Not just an AOW, Whig.
It is a weapon of mass production.

Or so I imagined when a lot younger.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:37 PM (30Gj0)

236 Inflatables. Get them a few miles off the coast in shark-infested water... *Pop!*

Oh. Oh, darn.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

and this one gets it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:37 PM (snZF9)

237 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (w6EFb

They grossly over estimated our snow levels, whole simultaneously getting the sleet wrong. They said we'd get 12-18inches of snow and no sleet or anything else. We got maybe 6 inches of snow, then sleet all night.

I'm grateful we missed the ice, but they were way off for us, even Ryan!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:38 PM (Vvh2V)

238 FWIW, I'm not sure I've ever seen non political comment sections go against dems as I am now. I saw an AP channel story on YouTube go a dozen comments before one pro-illegal nugget. One of local Minnesota TV Channels had fifty comments in a row that were pro enforcement. Usually they'd be maybe 50/50 on a good day.

There's reasons this is only happening on one place.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 26, 2026 09:39 PM (w/O5Q)

239 I spent an hour or so chipping away at the mini glacier that has me blocked in my parking spot. It's annoying and I'm not done. Snow you can shovel. A mini glacier, not so much. Have to chop it up in smaller chunks before you can shovel it. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be 'warmer'. Not single digits anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (sAmhv)

Flame thrower. Kill it with fire.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (snZF9)

240
This Somali shit is pissing me off.

Posted by: nurse ratched

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

The moral outrage and the feelings of betrayal about this are so high that we're going to have to have an honest face-to-face when it's all over. Like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa or Pope Paul III's admissions after the excesses that led to the Protestant Reformation or yes, even Bill Clinton's televised confession. We can NOT allow the left to mumble it under the rug and shuffle away with some equivocating bullshit about "but Trump is a ped0" or "okay the fraud happened, but the targeting was racist."

We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (n2vmh)

241 I'm guessing Minneapolis has an annual Somali Festival to celebrate the cultural heritage of Somalia.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (Q+gd/)

242 reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.

××××××

They both have gone their entire lives without knowing it rains a lot in England. Tell me you're a leftist without telling me you're a leftist.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:41 PM (Vvh2V)

243 AsRadar reported, an insider claimed the Arrested Development star and comedian decided to move back to the States as the "reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.
=====

Dear Ellen and Portia,

A day late, a dollar short. Go back to your third world sh*thole.

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 09:41 PM (RIvkX)

244 You have the right to peaceable assembly to address grievances with your government. You do not have the right to impede federal officers while they are lawfully conducting operations, as stipulated by the US Congress in laws passed by duly elected Congresscritters.

Therefore, these "protestors," particularly the ones impeding ICE but also those trespassing and attacking Churches, need to be rounded up and sentenced under Federal charges of terrorism. Gitmo would be too kind for most of them. Those who fund these terrorists are likewise terrorists and should face the same penalties.

They have stolen from my pocket, they have injured and harmed US citizens, and, to my mind, the worst is that they frightened children.

Fuckers need to pay. And if some of them fall down stairs on the way to trial, well, shit happens.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:42 PM (6Bc88)

245 Oh, popped back from X for this from Data Republican,

List of donors by name etc. You can download them yourself if you search for her on X.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

246 I love y’all.

I really do. Validation goes a long way to keeping me from *types*
*deletes*

Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (IhIKR)

247 They grossly over estimated our snow levels, whole simultaneously getting the sleet wrong. They said we'd get 12-18inches of snow and no sleet or anything else. We got maybe 6 inches of snow, then sleet all night.

I'm grateful we missed the ice, but they were way off for us, even Ryan!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:38 PM (Vvh2V)

We got about 8 inches. They were talking like we were going to see a bearded Kurt Russell walking around with a flame thrower.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9)

248 I'm guessing Minneapolis has an annual Somali Festival to celebrate the cultural heritage of Somalia.
Posted by: davidt

They will have dirt and water on the menu. Also cat, until they run out.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (abIsI)

249 Don't believe everything on the internet, #58585858858

@EricLDaugh 2h
🚨 BREAKING: Border Commander Greg Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties, DHS says

ASSISTANT SEC. TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN: "Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2026 09:44 PM (mlg/3)

250
We can NOT allow the left to mumble it under the rug and shuffle away with some equivocating bullshit about "but Trump is a ped0" or "okay the fraud happened, but the targeting was racist."

We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

My $ is on sweeping it under the rug. This is going to take 1860s Kansas and Missouri kinetic skirmishing to unfuck.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 09:44 PM (QVmho)

251 I seem to remember she was in favor of nuclear power. Certainly less bad than the current shitmaggot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Amongst all of the sh*t heel, asswipe democratic governors we have had, she is still at the top of my list.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (uaYsl)

252 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9)

It's like a bunch of 8th grade girls are in charge of weather predictions now; hysteria all over the place.

I do love Ryan Hall, but even the independent youtube guys get caught up in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (Vvh2V)

253 We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (n2vmh)

And a lot of helicopter rides.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (snZF9)

254 My $ is on sweeping it under the rug. This is going to take 1860s Kansas and Missouri kinetic skirmishing to unfuck.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 09:44 PM (QVmho)

In that case, nothing short of heads on pikes will satisfy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (6Bc88)

255 AsRadar reported, an insider claimed the Arrested Development star and comedian decided to move back to the States as the "reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.

https://t.ly/k9S-r

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2026 09:38 PM (pkeXY)

But she and her Australian side piece will be immediately taken into a concentration camp for lesbians upon their return. Right? Stupid cunts.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (lpTXP)

256 We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (n2vmh)

Still waiting for the COVID trials/executions.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (LMRVO)

257 But she and her Australian side piece will be immediately taken into a concentration camp for lesbians upon their return. Right? Stupid cunts.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (lpTXP)

They are so put-upon. We are so mean. Poor babies have to live on just millions, instead of trillions.

/spit

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:48 PM (6Bc88)

258 Still waiting for the COVID trials/executions.
Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (LMRVO)

I would so love a Nuremburg for that shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:48 PM (6Bc88)

259 Geez, tcn, you’re wound up tonight!

I’m just waiting for the Pickle Queen to smite Minnesota.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (LMRVO)

260 It's like a bunch of 8th grade girls are in charge of weather predictions now; hysteria all over the place.

I do love Ryan Hall, but even the independent youtube guys get caught up in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (Vvh2V)

It frigging retarded. Its winter, it snows during winter, shit happens. Our asshole governor says "we haven't had a storm like this in a decade". Bullshit, we had one a few years ago just like this, and we had worse. Jersey goes through periods of no snow for a few winters and after a few years of that, we get frigging snow.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (snZF9)

261 >> I'm grateful we missed the ice, but they were way off for us, even Ryan!

It's a game of juggling probabilities. Weather behavior is where Chaos Theory got its start. Several years ago I asked my late cousin, retired meteorologist who was at GSP for years, if it was going to snow. He earnestly replied, "Well, it might and it might not, and if it does, could be a little, could be a lot."

That's all he could say with certainty. As he mentioned many times, they walk a thin line between too much warning and not enough. Say there's a 20% chance something really bad will happen. There's an 80% chance it won't. If they shout from the rooftops to get ready, a Bad Moon is on the rise, run for you lives, and it doesn't happen, they're Chicken Little.

But on the other hand, if they don't warn people, and the really bad thing happens, it's why didn't you warn us!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (w6EFb)

262 Disclose.tv
@disclosetv
NEW - 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox
6:17 PM · Jan 26, 2026

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (9aVck)

263
When the well runs dry, and I think it will, they will return to being a bitter tribe , scrabbling in the dirt.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

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I've been wondering about that, and the trouble I see is that they're utterly disinclined to work. How many of them speak comprehensible English? Would you hire one of those things in those videos? "Whut? No. No no no. They say bad things him here." The women are loping, bedraggled slobs who couldn't function in any job like cleaning, serving, stocking shelves, or greeting guests. The men look like they can barely pick up their feet when they walk.

They don't have any intention of getting with the program. We'll need more laws cutting them off welfare.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:52 PM (n2vmh)

264 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox

Thus the phone call.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (Q+gd/)

265 Fuck the rafts, let the fucking skinnies swim back, through shark habitat. Barren Karens can follow and nurture them. Retard and Twink need their heads on pikes. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (/7Zv0)

266
NEW - 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox
6:17 PM · Jan 26, 2026
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe

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Huzzah!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (n2vmh)

267 Interior decorating question. There is no lodge pole in my house. When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (uaYsl)

268 >> It's like a bunch of 8th grade girls are in charge of weather predictions now

That's the problem. Youtube and TV weathermen going nuts with hype. They look at the worst case, the lower tails of the probability distributions and run with it.

It's click bait. Doom and gloom gets hits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

269 We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."

Posted by: mindful webworker - Invade Salvadore Dali at January 26, 2026 09:54 PM (OJSFI)

270 Fuck the rafts, let the fucking skinnies swim back, through shark habitat. Barren Karens can follow and nurture them. Retard and Twink need their heads on pikes. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (/7Zv0)

I'm ok if the have rafts, but the have to compete with robins for suitable twigs. Nothing wider than 1/8", or longer than 4".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 09:55 PM (S/Y4j)

271 I would so love a Nuremburg for that shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:48 PM (6Bc8

I’d volunteer to be a judge/executioner for that.
For free!

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:55 PM (LMRVO)

272 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (snZF9

Same here. They have taken to calling things rare, then in the same sentence saying it happened 5 years ago.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:56 PM (Vvh2V)

273 Interior decorating question. There is no lodge pole in my house. When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (uaYsl)

Some shadowboxes from Hobby Lobby? Buy them on a week when they're half off.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:56 PM (lpTXP)

274 We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."
Posted by: mindful webworker

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it."

Posted by: zombie Mitch Hedburg, Minnesotan at January 26, 2026 09:57 PM (VHUov)

275
reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.

××××××

They both have gone their entire lives without knowing it rains a lot in England. Tell me you're a leftist without telling me you're a leftist.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

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I bet it's not just the rain. I bet they miss hanging out with The Best People and being invited to every opening and event in a town full of glitzy, hollow characters.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:58 PM (n2vmh)

276 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

I think the 24 hour news cycle is the problem; they gotta fill up time, so they get into the weeds and carried away with possibilities.

Old School guys like your cousin could make you understand that it could be bad, so be prepared, but admit that they didn't really know fir sure.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:58 PM (Vvh2V)

277
We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."
Posted by: mindful webworker

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Those are hilarious! Now I'm going to spend the evening thinking up some more.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:59 PM (n2vmh)

278 Some shadowboxes from Hobby Lobby? Buy them on a week when they're half off.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I'm considering the ceiling fan.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (uaYsl)

279 Posted by: zombie Mitch Hedburg, Minnesotan

Apologies for misspelling your name, zombie Mr. Hedberg.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

280
Thus the phone call.
Posted by: davidt

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Ahhh yes. Trump didn't have a picture of Tim Walz's house, but he DID have an 8th Circuit decision...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (n2vmh)

281 >>> 285
We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."
Posted by: mindful webworker

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Those are hilarious! Now I'm going to spend the evening thinking up some more.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:59 PM (n2vmh)

Old but good:
"Stop Plate Tectonics!"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 10:01 PM (ULPxl)

282 There is no lodge pole in my house. When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Scalping is messy, tedious work, and then you have to dispose of the rest.

Save time with fences decorated Vlad Dracul method.

Posted by: mindful webworker - classic style at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (OJSFI)

283 "When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?"

Personally, I'm a "heads-on-sticks" kinda guy. You can really gussy up a picket fence with heads on sticks.

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (pXTL4)

284 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:58 PM (n2vmh)

For sure! They should've moved to London. I doubt thry would've gotten enough attention to suit them, but neither strikes me as the rural type.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (Vvh2V)

285 279 I would so love a Nuremburg for that shit.
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Spanish Inquisition. I still have enough hand strength to turn a crank.

Posted by: clarence at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (jgwdN)

286 /willowed

Re: Top reporter at WaPo says newsroom rattled by cuts

Call me crazy but confessing you didn't see this coming isn't the argument you want to be making as a journalist.

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (ciYHQ)

287 "A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump."

Huh? I worked as an LM3 at UT. I don't eve know what LM3 stands for but I remember my librarians. And in those memories they're always lecturing us to not do Teh Stupid on the internet.

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (ciYHQ)

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