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Law according to the honor system

I recently saw a perplexed, sort-of conservative person on social media ask why Trump needed to send all those rough ICE agents to Michigan just because of a few reports of daycare fraud by Nick Shirley. But before Nick Shirley, there was a NYT report blasting Tim Walz about fraud, as well as Chris Rufo pointing out that taxpayer money was ending up in the hands of Somali terrorists.

Why didn't she know this?

Oh. And there was also this LONG written piece before any of the above:


LOOTING, PILLAGING, THEFT, BILLIONS IN

DISBURSEMENTS, ALL ON THE HONOR SYSTEM

We have discussed this piece before, but I don't think we have emphasized the honor system factor, based partly on a previous Norwegian high-trust society which was prominent in Michigan (Ooops - Minnesota - hope it doesn't spread) for a long time.

We are all Somalis now

The Shame of Our Cities

The specifics of how these fraudulent systems seem to have developed are remarkable. I don't think it's all "cultural differences". I think a lot of it is leftism. Pick an example from this piece and see what you think. In one case, a whistleblower report of fraud was sent back to the ringleader of the fraud for resolution!

So much fraud was reported for so long, and IGNORED for so long.

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Going even further back in time. . .


TRUST THEM. NOMADS WILL BE GOOD CITIZENS.

I haven't verified this (I don't understand Somali). Ilhan would have been about 20 years old at this time. It was before she was elected to Congress.

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Democrats proudly keeping citizens of Huntington Beach, California from requiring voter I.D. in 2026.


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The Honor System

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THE HONOR SYSTEM GOES PHILOSOPHICAL

Schrödinger’s Government

Michael Smith

There exists a state, a donut hole of existence, where law exists and doesn't exist at the same time.

I think we are watching something in Minneapolis that is amazing and terrifying at the same time.

It appears to me that a strange new form of governance is emerging in modern democracies, especially in America where the strongest protection of individual liberty exists. It is a governing system that exists in a state of perpetual contradiction and it has spread to Washington where Democrats recognize there are actual immigration laws they don’t like, but instead of attacking them and changing them, they want to defund the agency charged with the enforcement of the laws and the removal of those who broke them to stop the law from being enforced. They want to play another round of “Defund the Police” with national security and sovereignty in the balance.

So, law exists but it doesn’t exist because it can’t be enforced.

In this new system, the fundamental legitimacy of democratic processes, elections, legislation, and judicial rulings becomes conditional, subject to acceptance by those affected. If you (and an extreme minority composed of other chaos agents) disagree with an electoral outcome or dislike any passed law (whether newly passed or settled), you can simply declare it invalid, at least for yourself. The social contract that binds citizens to respect democratically enacted rules, even those they oppose, becomes entirely situational and voluntary.

This rejection of authority operates parasitically within the very system it denounces. Those who refuse to accept certain laws simultaneously invoke other laws and constitutional protections as absolute shields. They weaponize rights to assembly, speech, and due process—protections they claim are inviolable—while coordinating sustained campaigns of civil disruption designed to make governance impossible.

The asymmetry is deliberate: the system must respect procedural limits and individual rights even as those same individuals work to paralyze it. You can even use the system against itself, tying it in knots by using its own processes to delay judicial outcomes for weeks, months, and in some cases—years.

The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .

read the whole thing . . .


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WEEKEND


The Week In Pictures: Pre-Groundhog Day Edition

Next Monday is Groundhog Day, but it needs updating. No, not because the PETA lunatics want us to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a hologram (see Section 3 below), but because there are other persistent things for which the groundhog indicator could be redeployed. Like ICE protests, because it is the categorical imperative of the Omnicause that protests must go on no matter how cold the weather. Or like Sydney Sweeney. If the groundhog spots Sweeney’s new lingerie line hanging on the Hollywood sign, it means at least six more weeks of Sweeney in the news. As our pal RS says sagely, if Sweeney doesn’t win all the Golden Globes awards, then words have no meaning.

We cover this important ongoing and vital story in memes in Section 3 of today’s TWiP, and if that doesn’t keep you scrolling, we can’t help you. (Actually we can, as we have “Amelia” to cheer us up in Section 1 today. . .

The cartoon below, from "X", is NOT Amelia.

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Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs


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Last week's thread, The WEF has been a little different this year

Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 11:05 AM




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1 Present!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:09 AM (g47mK)

2 Helllloooo--ooo-ooooo.

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (g47mK)

3 Ooh, could been first. Wouldn't know what to do with it.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (sl73Y)

4 hola

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 31, 2026 11:10 AM (van9r)

5 Canada's MAID law is awful. So much demonic abuse of it to get organs or "decrease the surplus population", I suppose

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (7RYym)

6 I don't like Somali pirates.

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (g47mK)

7 Michigan?

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (qpQFJ)

8 Demond Wilson, the original Lamont, is Mortadella.

Posted by: XTC at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (6Uni8)

9 And so the cartoon is spot on!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (7RYym)

10 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:13 AM (Ia/+0)

11 The stories about American leftists fleeing to Canada after Trump was elected are amusing. They've no clue about Canada's immigration laws.

And they are horribly disappointed when they finally find out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:13 AM (jtM2q)

12 The law that isn't enforced is the law that doesn't exist.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 11:14 AM (2Ez/1)

13 Nothing on this great year of Trump has made me change my mind that we are not getting back to our republic peacefully. In fact the last year has reinforced that belief. The left is going collectively bonkers and must be put down hard and with prejudice for humanity’s sake.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 31, 2026 11:18 AM (xvV+O)

14 Replacement Theory is totally a conspiracy though.

Posted by: Really?? at January 31, 2026 11:18 AM (qpQFJ)

15 First thought I have reading content is going back to Dennis Prager, his saying Leftists lie with the ease you breath also refers to their moral values which to me is they have none. Lying, cheating , looting because other than getting caught by government, and these days even then let off is no penalty.

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:20 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Thx K.T.

The Spanish civil war started because leftists started burning churches . Importing 500k for leftist power could trigger a second one

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 31, 2026 11:20 AM (IDEQi)

17 I haven't verified this (I don't understand Somali).

Excuse me, but I speak Jawa. Durk, durk Allah. Muhammad jihad!

Posted by: Matt Stone and Trey Parker at January 31, 2026 11:21 AM (ycI94)

18 Thanks for your time and insights, K.T.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 11:22 AM (looXz)

19 MN, not MI

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 31, 2026 11:22 AM (pscAN)

20 The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .“

It’s only an impossible dilemma for a legalistic democracy. The proponents of such don’t realize that it is easily solvable by a Bukele, or a Franco, or a Cromwell. And a man like that is the unavoidable end state if this is allowed to go on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 11:23 AM (IUuBi)

21
On the plus side,

The Superb Owl is coming next week for all you fans of frilly dresses.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 31, 2026 11:24 AM (iJfKG)

22 The proponents of such don’t realize that it is easily solvable by a Bukele, or a Franco, or a Cromwell. And a man like that is the unavoidable end state if this is allowed to go on.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Why is it unavoidable? The left is aiming for a Lenin rather than a Franco, Bukele or Cromwell.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 31, 2026 11:26 AM (XvL8K)

23 Professional wimp in Minneapolis, Will Stancil, has been having a high old time pursuing ICE agents in his car, frequently inviting members of the media along in his escapades, and publicizing his exploits to the heavens.

Well, it turns out that the mysterious people running the insurgency in Minneapolis have decided that Will has violated "opsec", and has cut him off from their Secret Chats, so he no longer knows which cars to chase.

Poor Will. He's constantly whining about this on Bluesky, of course.

What I am trying to convey is that I am not able to get updates because I have been removed from the networks where the updates are provided. I need to know what’s going on in my neighborhood and I have been specifically barred from doing so.
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What I actually did was allow credentialed press from mainstream outlets sit in my car on the condition that they identify no one but myself, something dozens of observers have done, but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours


Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:26 AM (n1OCj)

24 So, is there any word on whether the Clintons are going to be held accountable for not showing up for their congressional Q&A session? That was.... weeks ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)

25 What's all this folderol about Youth In Asia? Let the Asian parents worry about raising their own children. We US Americans have enough to worry about!

Posted by: Emily Litella at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (oftw2)

26 Well, it turns out that the mysterious people running the insurgency in Minneapolis have decided that Will has violated "opsec", and has cut him off from their Secret Chats, so he no longer knows which cars to chase.


A lot can be explained by the left's realization that they're a laughable bunch of Nancys. They use military jargon to try and butch it up, but they always fail miserably, provoking much ridicule.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 31, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

27 The mayor of NYC could be bitten by every groundhog in his grasp, and then it could be dropped on its head, and I wouldn't shed a tear.

Maybe NYC should drop the mayor on his head.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 11:32 AM (oT7pT)

28 As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

What starts as a plea for compassion for the terminally ill soon will mirror MAID in Canada, perhaps even accepting aid in dying without a terminal illness.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 11:33 AM (F3Dlr)

29 Those 2 dudes with Sur were or are Somali Government officials.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 11:34 AM (gbOdA)

30 I recently saw a perplexed, sort-of conservative person on social media ask why Trump needed to send all those rough ICE agents to Michigan just because of a few reports of daycare fraud by Nick Shirley.

I am certain there is also massive fraud here in Michigan, what with all the Indians here taking our jobs either through H-1B or outsourcing and with all the Muslims planning to turn the state into an Islamic state.

But Nick Shirley exposed the daycare fraud in Minnesota.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:34 AM (P5BPp)

31 24 So, is there any word on whether the Clintons are going to be held accountable for not showing up for their congressional Q&A session? That was.... weeks ago.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)

No and Hilldog just wrote a column of being a Christian.
Like Sur writing a column on Honesty in Government.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 11:36 AM (gbOdA)

32 Hildabeast is also raising for the Minnesota Cultural Marxism protests

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:37 AM (Ia/+0)

33
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are on the road again. Both headlights and both tail lights got replaced. Even though there's other stuff that needs repair, those are the important things. She would like to get to NYC tonight, but if so, she'd be getting in at around 8:00.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:38 AM (tgvbd)

34 Leftists have long viewed the rule of law, consent of the governed, everything as a kind of Smorgasbord. If they don’t like a law they refuse to enforce it.

This “high trust society” business isn’t optional, it isn’t merely just a nice thing to have. Without it a functional society, and all those things we take for granted cannot and will not exist.

A large “middle class” isn’t optional either. They’ve been papering over deep flaws for decades. Certain elements of the government have been hell bent on de-industrialization of the US, for any number of purported reasons, but ultimately to destroy self-determination and sovereignty or independence of the individual as well as the nation.

Dumbed down, dependent people who know nothing of where they’ been nor where they are going. It cannot be coincidence that seemingly every policy advocated by the “experts” in recent decades in government, the press or academe are objectively toxic and counterproductive to both individual and societal health, wealth, and liberty.

If they were merely stupid and incompetent, by the law of averages they would make mistakes on behalf of the people, yet it never, ever shakes out that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (QZlK3)

35 As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 11:33 AM

Wow, did not know it was so many. Grok'd it:

California (End of Life Option Act, effective 2016)
Colorado (End of Life Options Act, effective 2016)
Delaware (effective 2025/2026)
Hawai'i (Our Care, Our Choice Act, effective 2019)
Illinois (effective 2025/2026)
Maine (Death with Dignity Act, effective 2019/2020)
Montana (legal via Supreme Court ruling in Baxter v. Montana, 2009; no statute)
New Jersey (Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, effective 2019)
New Mexico (Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act, effective 2021)
Oregon (Death with Dignity Act, first in the U.S., effective 1997)
Vermont (Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act, effective 2013)
Washington (Death with Dignity Act, effective 2009)

Washington, D.C. (Death with Dignity Act, effective 2017)

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (P5BPp)

36 I posited to my Wife and Daughter that they will not like the new Low Trust Society we are moving towards.
I also suggested that the lawlessness of the Obama/Biden years was to create suck a chaos that there would be a Federal Police.
Either a new Police State or maybe a system that places all Metro Police (>500 officers) into a single unified force.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (gbOdA)

37 Unfortunately a lot of people won’t get it until they get Virginia’d. They’ll fall for the rhetoric and pay for their failure with a government that is the real autocracy. The one that has distracted you by calling the government and movement that is before your eyes restoring your rights and getting rid of the cancer, Nazi’s and fascist. The one deporting illegal immigrants who are one of their main weapons in seizing power.

It is a complete top to bottom corruption of the entire government and court system so that it serves itself, not you and your family. Not just that, as one can see in Virginia they are rigging the electoral system, so it’s less secure, allows illegal aliens to vote, permits no investigation of malfeasance and ultimately is designed to keep them in power, with you under their thumb, forever.

People better wake up to the reality these people won’t quit. Their goal is to gain power then wield it against you to subvert the country. This isn’t about politics, it’s about survival.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM (nmw7B)

38 There's fucking fraud all over the country and it's been going on for a long time.

We'll never get an honest accounting of how much of the $38T debt is fraud.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 11:41 AM (gw/qA)

39 Get on the cart !!

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:41 AM (cwGMH)

40 We've also discovered a new form of racism - against Scandinavians.

A number of people have noticed that Scandinavians in Sweden and Minnesota built incredibly high-trust societies, yet somehow failed to realize that inviting people from piratical cultures into your high-trust society is equivalent to inviting wolves into the sheep pen.

Noticing this is evil, evil, evil - you're free to denounce "whiteness" all day long, but don't you dare notice that Scandis are terminally naive.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:42 AM (n1OCj)

41 *They use military jargon to try and butch it up, but they always fail miserably, provoking much ridicule.*
+++

"Why do you have REAL bullets?"

Posted by: Scissorsing Sister Rebecca Good at January 31, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)

42 When getting up a good harumph over the swarthy foreigners, and Democrat politicians who are giving them our money, spare some of your outrage for the Republican Congress, which hasn't done diddly squat to cut off the funding.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:42 AM (nNWyK)

43 > What starts as a plea for compassion for the terminally ill soon will mirror MAID in Canada, perhaps even accepting aid in dying without a terminal illness.
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I'd consider those who'd likely take advantage of this. Nobody with an ounce of sanity will.

You'll get the transgenders, the clinically insane leftists, over medicated liberal white women, etc. Sounds like it would benefit the country as a whole if it was a national policy.

And I'm only scraping the surface with snark.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:43 AM (jtM2q)

44 You mean Minnesota, of course. Not Michigan. Although I'm sure the same type of thing is going on there, too.

Posted by: Paco at January 31, 2026 11:43 AM (2L+MU)

45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_cqTCT5g0

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (jrgJz)

46 "...why Trump needed to send all those rough ICE agents to Michigan just because of a few reports of daycare fraud by Nick Shirley."

There are reports of Nick Shirley committing daycare fraud in Michigan?!

WTF, Nick?!

Posted by: some people at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (Y1sOo)

47 Demond Wilson, the original Lamont, is Mortadella.
Posted by: XTC at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (6Uni

From I have always heard, he was a good guy. Served in Vietnam, awarded a Purple Heart.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (5xuJ/)

48
As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 11:33 AM


Let's leave aside my religious objections to MAID and I'll point out that it's being presented as "How can you be so cruel as to keep people dying in agony," while eventually it will be used for organ harvesting and getting inconvenient sick people out of the way. Not to mention the host of depressed teenagers the MAID ghouls will prey on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:44 AM (tgvbd)

49 I also suggested that the lawlessness of the Obama/Biden years was to create suck a chaos that there would be a Federal Police.

Yep - that is the desired end-state.

The state of Washington is currently trying to make it possible to remove elected sheriffs if the state government doesn't like them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:45 AM (n1OCj)

50 The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .“

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A "twilight zone" if you will.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (Vh9CX)

51
Our Big Dummy will carry Demond Wilson's work on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (tgvbd)

52 24 So, is there any word on whether the Clintons are going to be held accountable for not showing up for their congressional Q&A session? That was.... weeks ago.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 11:27 AM

+++++

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)

53 There's fucking fraud all over the country and it's been going on for a long time.

We'll never get an honest accounting of how much of the $38T debt is fraud.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 11:41 AM (gw/qA)

One reason we'll never get an accounting is because both sides are in on it.

For example, if one considers DoD to be the realm of Republicans, when's the last time they passed an audit?

When we were about to give them $960 billion this past year, they were bitching about it because they asked for a cool trillion. And more recently, Trump promised to give them $1.5 tril.

Everyone's in on the grift.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM (nNWyK)

54 People better wake up to the reality these people won’t quit. Their goal is to gain power then wield it against you to subvert the country. This isn’t about politics, it’s about survival.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:39 AM

Yep, agreed.

Pretty much every day for the past 5+ years I have come here to read the Morning Report and then catch up on the other news posts throughout the day, the line from Captain Barbosa in Pirates of the Caribbean comes to mind:

"You best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!"

Only with the actions of the left in the U.S.A. the past 5-10 years, what runs through my head is "you best start believin' in civil wars, Americans... you're in one!"

People for years keep saying "the left wants a civil war" or "we're getting close to civil war", etc. All I keep thinking is the left has been fighting a civil war for at least 5-10 years now and the right has not been paying attention.

The past 5-10 years, the left has been using Cloward-Piven to overload the system with so much corruption, fraud and illegal aliens - and now insurrection - it's impossible to tackle all of it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (P5BPp)

55 Good morning all!

It's snowing and about 20 degrees here in Knoxville. The new pup loves the snow. Puts his face down and plows through it. He is black as pitch, but he looks like a white pup when we let him back inside.

Posted by: jmel at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (bVhJi)

56 Unfortunately a lot of people won’t get it until they get Virginia’d.

Republicans do much less in office than they promise on the campaign trail.

Democrats do much more in office than they promise on the campaign trail.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (n1OCj)

57 The Vampire of New York, Hochul, along with the Democrat Ghoul Chorus in the legislature, also just signed a right to murder you law. I imagine a line of elderly and infirm people will start to be chosen for death, because the state says they’re not worth supporting anymore.

People have no idea where this is really going. Their entire platform is to try and kill you before you’re born, control you while you’re breathing, and murder you when they say you’ve become a liability.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:47 AM (nmw7B)

58 And stop calling me Nick.

Posted by: Surely at January 31, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)

59
MAID is like abortion. The very small number of hard cases are used as a lever to open the door to the real outcome desired, like aspirant girlbosses getting rid of their babies so they can make partner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:48 AM (tgvbd)

60 Another thing Leftists do that's not political is have a philosophy of 'good enough'. And cause it in society as a whole. You see it in all commie countries.

They work only as much as is necessary and don't care about the quality of their work because they have no self pride in their work product. Those that once did lose it because what's the sense when you're not rewarded for it . The slacker gets the same as you because of the Leftist , socialist systems.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM (cwGMH)

61 @Hadrian the Seventh

What day is breed judging at Javits?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)

62 If you’re counting on any political to do everything they promised, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

I’m gonna give Republicans the benefit of the doubt for now. They just pass bills which restored regular order for the first time since 1997. Up next is an election security bill that will no doubt pass the House and will only have trouble in the senate because it needs 60 votes and Democrats don’t want election integrity.

I think that’s a pretty good start.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 11:51 AM (nmw7B)

63 It's not even, or primarily, the imported people with zero or inverse public ethics codes that is most discouraging. That problem can be (is, on a limited basis, at the moment) dealt with.

It's the mentality behind this jaw-dropping CA action to forbid - forbid - the most basic, common sense election integrity measure that is universal and de minimis in *any* society with any level of administrative capacity.

We've all seen the chart with 38 normal/daily/basic things requiring a photo ID in our society, and the one lonely item - voting - on the other side, not requiring ID. This indefensible idiocy is not just imposed (and bragged about, per KT's item) by electeds, it is protected by "courts". But most concerning, it is passively or actively accepted by tens of millions of "Americans". This is the sort of thing that makes it impossible to be informed, rational, and optimistic all at the same time.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (U/Byj)

64 Will Stancil continues to whine:

You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (n1OCj)

65 >>>Our Big Dummy will carry Demond Wilson's work on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

>So now this blog is the BDLOSHQ?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (oT7pT)

66 We're also lucky that the Left's good enough philosophy is evident in their 'revolution' .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:53 AM (cwGMH)

67
What day is breed judging at Javits?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM (Y1sOo)


Monday: Hounds, Non-Sporting, Herding, Toys

Tuesday: Working, Terrier, Sporting, Best in Show

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (tgvbd)

68 Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (n1OCj)

He must be a homo.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (cwGMH)

69 You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out

It's just like being in the French Resistance in 1943!

Posted by: Whiny Will! at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (n1OCj)

70 Everyone's in on the grift.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:46 AM

Yep. Everyone. At every level of government and national institution. In every state.

Remember the Plandemic where the entire medical industry was compromised. Dancing nurses. Lying about masks and distancing and treatments. Purposely wrongly classifying patients and deaths and giving incorrect treatment to ensure people died to get federal C.A.R.E.S. Act money.

Can't trust anyone in any government or private institution anymore. Everyone is lying to you. Everyone is corrupt. Government, media, schools, entertainment, corporations, businesses, banks, medical industry, science industry, you name it.

Even religions and churches. Going back to Obama Administration with the Catholic Church supporting him and illegal invasion. The popes for as long as I can remember have been leftists. And on and on and on.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

71 Noticing this is evil, evil, evil - you're free to denounce "whiteness" all day long, but don't you dare notice that Scandis are terminally naive.
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That’s the strategy, and remarkably effective. The movers and shakers know how to best keep the population off balance, back on their heels, and fighting amongst themselves. That’s ultimately what all this is about, destabilizing society and fomenting revolution.

The “newcomers” cannot, and should not be expected to follow the norms of civilized society. That’s all “white supremacy” and oppression. Expectations - to be reasonably free from violent crime - that makes you a nazi, you see.

They’ve been laying the groundwork, the mind fuckery, guilt trips and gaslighting for years. They got this shit down to a science for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (Ai1Ju)

72 Article at American Thinker yesterday or so on Canada's die as fast as you can. Wouldn't doubt or Leftists are following their lead

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (Ia/+0)

73 this is very much OT but it is very important.

Per La Nacion (Argentina) Delcy Rodriguez, the new Pres of Venezuela has announced she is promulgating a general amnesty law covering the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present, and is closing the political prison called The Helicoide - a rather odd looking shopping mall in Caracas that was converted into a political prison by Chavez.

This isn't as big as closing, say, the Lubyanka, but it is really f'n big.

This may be a recovery from the Chavism and a step back from a dictatorship - It might get Rodriquez re-elected.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

74 50 The result is a kind of legal donut hole, a void where law simultaneously exists and doesn’t exist. Authorities face an impossible dilemma. . .“

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A "twilight zone" if you will.


a zone of sparkly vampires

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 11:56 AM (edU/H)

75 Nick Shirley did the smart thing and went to a place he can wear shorts and a t-shirt (San Diego) to open his next can of worms. Supposed to hit 80 today. Swimming workout at a college pool with the deck covered by (mostly) hawt co-eds working on their skin cancer looks like the call.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 11:56 AM (U/Byj)

76 Only a gay guy or a woman would say getting skinny and hot is a silver lining.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:56 AM (cwGMH)

77 We need to split the union. Let them form city states and leave the rest of us to our freedom. Cut them off from all federal funding. And the courts can eat shit too. It's time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 31, 2026 11:57 AM (g8Ew8)

78 Even religions and churches. Going back to Obama Administration with the Catholic Church supporting him and illegal invasion. The popes for as long as I can remember have been leftists. And on and on and on.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

I think that was one of the more revealing things that happened during Covid. Government told churches to close their doors, and they closed their doors.

Bars and casinos stayed open, but churches closed. The Faithful were getting sick, were getting discouraged, were losing their way, and the churches said "Go away, we're closed."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 11:58 AM (K8/Vy)

79 Nothing on this great year of Trump has made me change my mind that we are not getting back to our republic peacefully. In fact the last year has reinforced that belief. The left is going collectively bonkers and must be put down hard and with prejudice for humanity’s sake.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 31, 2026 11:18 AM (xvV+O)

Absolutely. You see what they're threatening to do if they get back in power. Its never about how to improve the country, or what they'll do for the country. Its always about tyranny, what they are going to do TO people, and how they'll make them pay. It always about who *deserves* to pay when they pass one of their fucked up laws. You hear them talking about deprogramming trump supporters. No, they can never ever be allowed to gain power again, because if it happens there's going to be gun fire, and the choice will be who ends up in a shallow grave, them or you.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 31, 2026 11:58 AM (snZF9)

80 Will Stancil continues to whine:

You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM (n1OCj)


according to a guy who survived Sarajevo and wrote a book on it, during the siege, a can of Spam and a warm room would buy you a night with just about any woman you asked, so there is that, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)

81 If you’re counting on any political to do everything they promised, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
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Of course not. Americans reasonably expect elected officials to do their best to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. That’s their JOB.

If they don’t want to do that, then they need to find another line of work. Instead they think it’s their right to destroy the system from within while simultaneously enriching themselves, and causing even more strife and misery.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:59 AM (Ai1Ju)

82 60 Another thing Leftists do that's not political is have a philosophy of 'good enough'. And cause it in society as a whole. You see it in all commie countries.

They work only as much as is necessary and don't care about the quality of their work because they have no self pride in their work product.


agile?

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 12:00 PM (edU/H)

83 My point was casting stones.

It is here now, it's time to concentrate on the ever increasing states that are adopting the belief and work to prevent it from spreading here.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 12:00 PM (F3Dlr)

84 Even religions and churches. Going back to Obama Administration with the Catholic Church supporting him and illegal invasion.

What are we - chopped liver?

Posted by: Lutheran Family Services! at January 31, 2026 12:00 PM (n1OCj)

85 Democrats have always, and will always be about what they’re going to do to people, not what they’re going to do for them. Unless you’re an illegal immigrant, of course.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:01 PM (nmw7B)

86 Certainly the left and right look at things differently. One thing I've noticed is that the left never, ever lets up on their efforts. Whether it's in the social or political arena, they never quit.

Many on the right look at an election won and think "the fight's over, we won." And quit. Same goes for some social policy or whatever... one person who's clearly insane and thinks they're a woman is run out of the sport they're participating in or out of the woman's locker room and the right thinks the transgender fight is over.

The issues surrounding illegals, fraud and ICE in Minnesota are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There was no "win" in Minneapolis. There was an agreement by the local government to abide by the minimum federal law requirement regarding the release of illegals into the communities.

Note; they'll still release them instead of holding them until ICE can detain them at a police station or wherever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (jtM2q)

87 Of course not. Americans reasonably expect elected officials to do their best to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. That’s their JOB.

If they don’t want to do that, then they need to find another line of work. Instead they think it’s their right to destroy the system from within while simultaneously enriching themselves, and causing even more strife and misery.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 11:59 AM (Ai1Ju)

That's the problem, the people think it's their job to serve the people.

The politicians know what their job is: It's to serve the elites and the donor class.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (K8/Vy)

88 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (nmw7B)

89 8 Demond Wilson, the original Lamont, is Mortadella.
Posted by: XTC at January 31, 2026 11:11 AM (6Uni

Better than returning as a gabbaghoul.

Posted by: RIP you big dummy at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

90 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Thanks. I meant your breed. I know Working is Tuesday. My male is sire to one of the Bullmastiff entries.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (Y1sOo)

91 Clyde Shelton with a good description of the acid of corruption that has dissolved so much of the social and civic fabric.

Some bishop last week actually called to "defund ICE".

Of course there are third rails best left untouched, at least here. And the mystery of how a high-trust comparatively low-corruption society degrades becomes a little less mysterious.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (U/Byj)

92 >>legal donut hole

Headline and excerpt: EU democracy now has fewer guardrails than the average hooker

By Rachel Marsden
January 31, 2026

https://tinyurl.com/y3vmnrsu

"The unelected European Commission is basically using policy and the absolute outer bounds of executive prerogative powers (that is, the powers to decide foreign policy and national security strategy) as a substitute for the checks and balances of legal due process. And they absolutely neglect to define any terms in a way that people can understand, avoid punishment, or even argue coherently that they’re not in breach. You want to accuse someone of working for Russia? What does that even mean? It’s not like we’re talking about Russian officials here.

There seems to be a rampant and ridiculous assumption that because someone works in another country and agrees with its approach on certain things, they’ve abandoned their integrity and values at the border – along with their critical faculties. As if employment abroad automatically comes with a complimentary lobotomy."

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:04 PM (rbvCR)

93 89 Demond Wilson, Vietnam Vet, Army Infantry, Purple Heart.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 31, 2026 12:05 PM (gm9Sb)

94 Morn' all... Looks like something is up in Iran.. Lots of explosions...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 31, 2026 12:05 PM (VE6XX)

95 Another thing Leftists do that's not political is have a philosophy of 'good enough'. And cause it in society as a whole. You see it in all commie countries.

They work only as much as is necessary and don't care about the quality of their work because they have no self pride in their work product.


Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 11:50 AM

You just described pretty much all the outsourced Indian and Mexican "engineers" at my company. I think part of it is their culture, especially those in India. Not to mention, half of them seem to be retards. But what you describe is their "work ethic". They don't care about presentation, spelling, being prepared for meetings so the meetings are efficient, bothering to send out meeting notes and next step so the team knows the tasks and responsible people for them, etc.

There is simply no sense of the fact they are engineers and are supposed to pay attention to detail. We screw something up in our product design and best case it costs the company billions, worst case it costs customers injuries or their lives. But nah, these outsourced retards don't give a damn.

And worse, none of the people in charge hold them accountable.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:06 PM (P5BPp)

96 From my experience handling Workers Compensation claims, if you make it easy to cheat the system they are going to cheat the system. But these grifters are lazy and if you just make them have to work hard to cheat the system you will eliminate 90% of the grifters.

It's just so damn easy to cheat the welfare system.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 31, 2026 12:07 PM (cwGMH)

97
Thanks. I meant your breed. I know Working is Tuesday. My male is sire to one of the Bullmastiff entries.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 31, 2026 12:03 PM (Y1sOo)


Borzoi are judged Monday at 2:15. I think they have to be on the bench at 10:00 and can't leave until 4:00. The benching space is smaller than the smallest crate The Big Dummy can fit in. However, it's not my problem.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 12:07 PM (tgvbd)

98 The crime syndicate will kill millions without batting an eye.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:08 PM (gw/qA)

99 This may be a recovery from the Chavism and a step back from a dictatorship - It might get Rodriquez re-elected.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 11:55 AM (rbvCR)

I wouldn’t bet on elections happening any time soon, but you are right, this is a huge step in the right direction. The worst group in Venezuela has been the paramilitary forces and street thugs run by Interior Minister Diadoso Caballo; he was the arm of terror inside Venezuela, and he answered to no one but Maduro (and him barely). He has always been a rival to the Rodriguez family (Delcy and her brother, who runs the legislature)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 12:08 PM (IUuBi)

100 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM (nmw7B)

Reminds me of that time when Jesus was going around Galilee, and He came upon a town, with a sign out front that said: "No Preaching."

So Jesus saw the sign, He said to His disciples, "Sorry boys, they are forcing us to close," so they turned around and went the other way.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:11 PM (+p+ZH)

101 The federal government is a swindle. Always has been and always will be.

Posted by: Broke, Borrowed and In Debt at January 31, 2026 12:12 PM (R/m4+)

102 There is no law requiring local/state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

That's the problem.

Well actually the problem is that there is zero will or desire at the federal level, outside this temporary anomaly of the Trump crew, to do anything whatsoever to enforce immigration laws, sovereignty, or borders. Because if there were, there'd be decisive, easy action to compel state cooperation: $$$$.

I can write the language without even sending it to legislative counsel. Short. Require certification from DOJ/DHS of full cooperation from local authorities before any appropriated $$ can be disbursed to a given jurisdiction. Game over, instantly. If you don't understand, check out "55MPH" speed limits, or dozens of other policies forced on the states vis conditional appropriations.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 12:12 PM (U/Byj)

103 So Trump and Rubio have hit on a brilliant way to curtail Caballo’s power, one that has not been remarked on much. The only money Venezuela has is from oil sales and drug running. Drug running is cut way back, thanks to the fleet, and now all oil money is funneled through Delcy Rodriguez.
Caballo only gets money to keep his thugs paid by asking Delcy for it, and those two have always despised each other. Plus , everything she doesn’t give him she gets to keep for herself. As I said, it’s brilliant. The thugs won’t be openly abolished, but they will die on the vine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 12:13 PM (IUuBi)

104 > but it’s fascinating how paranoiac mania over that imagined offense has evolved into vast crimes in 24 hours
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"I know, right? Fascinat-"
(chop)


-Maximilien Robespierre

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 12:15 PM (ZxPkt)

105 Don’t want to live in your pee and poo? Canada may be just right for you!

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (IAc3W)

106 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM


I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (lrtx8)

107
64 Will Stancil continues to whine:

You know I would have thought one silver lining of being in a city under siege is that you’d get skinny and hot but instead I sit in my car all day getting fat and not having time to work out
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 31, 2026 11:52 AM

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The good news is, every BTU of methane his disordered digestion causes him to fart into his car's upholstery represents body fat not accumulated.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (ES1Rb)

108 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

109
I don't like Somali pirates.
Posted by: runner


They're eating the dogs.
They're eating the cats.
They're eating the parrots.

Posted by: Booji Boy at January 31, 2026 12:27 PM (sPCyh)

110 I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (lrtx

Even the modern church is fake and ghey, just like every other venerated institution.

Posted by: FedGov, the courts, corporate america, education at January 31, 2026 12:27 PM (TbWk/)

111 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

Is there a way for ICE supporters to jam ham radios?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (Bw1/o)

112 As of now, 12 states and Washington, D.C. have legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This includes states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, among others.

California's version should be applied to Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (QZThv)

113 The point of modern government is Looting the taxpayers. Anything else it dies us incidental

Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

114 Somalis and their ilk act like an invasive species. Come in where they don't belong, choke out the native species, ravage all available resources, and destroy the ecosystem.

Posted by: BUT BUT BUT THEY'RE PEOPLE TOO! at January 31, 2026 12:29 PM (TbWk/)

115
I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.
Posted by: toby928(c)


Every bishop should have told the civil authorities to go piss up a rope. That while the faithful were dispensed from their obligations, every church would remain open and that Mass would be held every day. And that they themselves would be willing to be arrested if need be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 12:30 PM (tgvbd)

116 You forget the federal government under Democrat leadership, and especially states under Democrat leadership forced and coerced churches to close.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 31, 2026 12:02 PM

Reminds me of that time when Jesus was going around Galilee, and He came upon a town, with a sign out front that said: "No Preaching."

So Jesus saw the sign, He said to His disciples, "Sorry boys, they are forcing us to close," so they turned around and went the other way.


Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:11 PM

That's my take on this statement as well. Remember when we were all told to stay inside, yet after George Floyd died of a drug overdose, BLM took to the streets and dancing nurses went outside and cheered them on.

Churches could have stayed open had they done what they should have done and collectively defied the government. As pretty much everyone on the left did. Instead, churchgoers collectively cowered at home, too many of them also falling for the BS about the Plandemic.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:32 PM (P5BPp)

117 The “newcomers” cannot, and should not be expected to follow the norms of civilized society. That’s all “white supremacy” and oppression. Expectations - to be reasonably free from violent crime - that makes you a nazi, you see.

Related: now that the war has killed most of the white men in the Ukraine, Zelensky the dick pianist is mass importing Africans and running ads encouraging women to bang them. I don't think he understands that the great replacement isn't supposed to be that obvious.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:33 PM (QZThv)

118 The social contract that binds citizens to respect democratically enacted rules, even those they oppose, becomes entirely situational and voluntary.

But it's not just "democratically enacted" rules. It's the essence of a Republic which they want to make conditional. That is, long established rules and norms; things like common law and preset agreements like rights and constitutions.

I also think you're wrong about a lot of the people. They do in fact think they're practicing "democracy" - that is, populist rule. It's why the media pushes so hard to make the riots and such a grassroots effort. It is why these folks stay inside their bubble. They need the bandwagon effect to make it look like "this is what the people want."

Posted by: GWB at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (IXgFt)

119 The point of modern government is Looting the taxpayers. Anything else it dies us incidental
Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

But why do they need taxpayers, when they can just print money?

It starts to look like the purpose of taxpaying is to keep the riff raff enslaved.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (mKmH+)

120 We have discussed this piece before, but I don't think we have emphasized the honor system factor, based partly on a previous Norwegian high-trust society which was prominent in Michigan (Ooops - Minnesota - hope it doesn't spread) for a long time.
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One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (AlhUl)

121 From the synopsis, the movie The Iron Lung does not promise to be the "feel good" movie of 2026.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)

122 Well actually the problem is that there is zero will or desire at the federal level, outside this temporary anomaly of the Trump crew, to do anything whatsoever to enforce immigration laws, sovereignty, or borders. Because if there were, there'd be decisive, easy action to compel state cooperation: $$$$.

I can write the language without even sending it to legislative counsel. Short. Require certification from DOJ/DHS of full cooperation from local authorities before any appropriated $$ can be disbursed to a given jurisdiction. Game over, instantly. If you don't understand, check out "55MPH" speed limits, or dozens of other policies forced on the states vis conditional appropriations.


Posted by: rhomboid at January 31, 2026 12:12 PM

Exactly. This is not a case of not enough laws. This is a case of lack of will to enforce laws that have been on the books for decades. And the reason there is no will to do it, is because the UniParty is in on the illegal invasion. This has been evident since the amnesty push by W, McCain and Grahmnesty in 2006. The GOP has not changed in the past 20 years. The Trump Administration is not the GOP, they are MAGA. But the GOP is not MAGA.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (P5BPp)

123 The Melania movie is great.
Go see it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (2Ez/1)

124 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)


They better have better encryption.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

125 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM


The US military can jam those frequencies if they want to.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (0N4FZ)

126 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM



I'm open. When would a low-trust society be superior?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (lrtx8)

127 Not only better encryption, but some way to figure out the bogus transmissions inserted into the net from hobbyists

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)

128 I love this!! The "Proud of us" movement in Britain sounds wonderful. Make British history classes great again. And I love the claymation art style of the little British working folks fighting to make a difference! Brilliant work. We need this here too.

Only 64% of Brits feel proud to be British. Demoralization by design is what lets the color revolutions happen in the west. Yuri warned us.

@Artemisfornow
I wonder how much of this history is being taught in our progressive schools? Probably not much.
Working class British people deserve more than the contempt they’re given by government and liberal shills who hate us.
Britain deserves better.

https://x.com/Artemisfornow/status/
2017153317969842366

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:38 PM (gWBY1)

129 I'm hoping Don Lemon gets sent to a prison that doesn't allow buggery.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 31, 2026 12:38 PM (p31pK)

130 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

Are they licensed? If not the Friendly Candy Commision will not be very kind. Hefty fine. They'll be very easy to find if the FCC sets up a van somewhere in the vicinity.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

131 126 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM


I'm open. When would a low-trust society be superior?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (lrtx

How are we defining "high trust" and "low trust" societies? What are the necessary and sufficient conditions for each?

Posted by: Seems an important step in the discussion at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (TbWk/)

132 I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM (lrtx

I did quit my church when they bent the knee to Baal. Their descent into idol worship has been heartbreaking...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (nbLIj)

133 Every bishop should have told the civil authorities to go piss up a rope. That while the faithful were dispensed from their obligations, every church would remain open and that Mass would be held every day. And that they themselves would be willing to be arrested if need be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 31, 2026 12:30 PM (tgvbd)

The irony is, if they had the courage to do that, there's no freakin' way government would have gone after them.

It could have been a watershed moment, with church leaders standing on the steps of their houses of worship, inviting any and all to come in, and receive the blessings of Christ, in this time of strife.

If ANY government sent a bunch of cops or Natty Guardsmen to close the churches down, I would imagine a LOT of those cops and soldiers would have said no, and joined the Faithful.

But no, we gotta protect our tax exempt status. No Word Of the Lord for you.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (lNoSp)

134 Guten morgen from the House of Former Plague. Pooky is now suffering from not taking his pills yesterday and taking care of Lil Pooky. Pookette is trying to rest up before her turn kneeling at the porcelain throne. I'm drained, so Lil Pooky and I are just going through his Frankfurt Radio Symphony playlist.

Posted by: pookysgirl still needs rest at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM (Wt5PA)

135 Hopefully Bad Bunny is still going to do the halftime show and Netflix will show all the episodes of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" so I can see Gus Fring in all his glory while getting me some smokes and liquor on my EBT card at Wendys! I love Gus!

Posted by: Minnesota Voter at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (R/m4+)

136
120

One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?
Posted by: Eeyore at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM

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It's good until the enforcement mechanism dies. The ancient enforcement mechanism was to not starve or freeze to death. The unprecedented material wealth of modern Western societies has done away with that mechanism.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (pW3IX)

137 I'm open. When would a low-trust society be superior?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:37 PM (lrtx


One of the things that allowed large scale commerce was getting rid of the need for personal relationships and trust for deals to be made.
If you don't need to trust anyone to make that deal for . . . I dunno, Copper? -- then it is easier to make deals for commodities and services

Think of making a deal for a million dollars on a handshake for someone you don't know and can't verify. That is a low trust situation. You have to engineer it so trust is not a factor.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (rbvCR)

138 I almost quit my church when they WANTED to close during Covid. I pointed out that bishops were excommunicated for closing their churches during the BLACK PLAGUE. When things are bad, more the need for the church to minister.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:20 PM

A friend of mine who was involved with his church leadership ended up quitting his church a year or so after churches started holding services again after COVID. His reason was that because of not holding in-person services during COVID, a lot of the congregation did not return. So the church leadership was running low on money and decided they needed to do two things: (1) raise the money leadership members were required to donate to the church and (2) change the outreach to attract a different demographic of people into the congregation. So they went full focus on woke and diversity and inclusion.

Of course that backfired. Not only did they not attract more people, they offended most of the original congregation that remained.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (P5BPp)

139 121 From the synopsis, the movie The Iron Lung does not promise to be the "feel good" movie of 2026.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)

If you know anything about the game it's based on then it's definitely not anywhere close to anything remotely resembling feeling good.

Posted by: Kinda doomy at January 31, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

140 FINALLY!!!

DJT told Cuckson, oWens and the rest to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣

New Video !!

https://tinyurl.com/474d92jr

(KT, please send to ace and COBS ...)

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:42 PM (g47mK)

141 Lamont Sanford morte at 79

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (abIsI)

142 Are they licensed? If not the Friendly Candy Commision will not be very kind. Hefty fine. They'll be very easy to find if the FCC sets up a van somewhere in the vicinity.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

Ah, the alternative acronyms I learn from this place!

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to figure out her favorite at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

143 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?

Japan is arguably the highest-trust society in the world. Even liberals come back from it in awe of how clean and orderly and safe it is, they just misinterpret why/how that is. You can walk through dark alleys in Tokyo at 3 AM and nothing will happen to you. If there are bad things about that I've not heard any.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (QZThv)

144 I will not wait for the overaged AOSHQ groyper brigade (basically 3-4 losers ) to try defend garbage mouths' honor. So I am counting on the normals to appreciate it!

Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (g47mK)

145 If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (Ia/+0)

146 >>> The Melania movie is great.
Go see it. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 31, 2026 12:36 PM (2Ez/1)

The TDS critics reviews are almost a parody. One basically said Ratner is the new a Leni Riefenstahl without style. "Trump of the Will" propaganda for the TDS elites to hate. And every article had to bring up Ratner's sexual assault allegations.

The critics said watching it was excruciating. Now they know how I felt sitting through An Inconvenient Truth.

A Mamdami documentary is coming out soon. I doubt critics will call that "propaganda." It's the same exact thing as Melania's: a documentary on a specific period of time for a political figure, building to a moment of triumph. (Trump inauguration vs the NYC election.) but they will treat it like a hagiography of Mamdami.

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:45 PM (gWBY1)

147 FINALLY!!!

DJT told Cuckson, oWens and the rest to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
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End says Dilley Meme Team produced the video. Misleads everyone with the DT account template.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 12:45 PM (GHvvy)

148 I knew when I voted for it that Measure A wasn't going to be let stand. But it was worth a shot.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (QGaXH)

149 140 FINALLY!!!

DJT told Cuckson, oWens and the rest to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣

New Video !!

https://tinyurl.com/474d92jr

(KT, please send to ace and COBS ...)
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:42 PM (g47mK)

No he didn't. The guy who made the video said that.

Posted by: Let's keep it accurate please at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (TbWk/)

150 108 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.

that'll at least keep the islamists out

Posted by: anachronda at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (edU/H)

151 I note that my mother really liked visiting Singapore. It was so clean and orderly. I pointed out that it was rather severe in limiting rights there. Her response was that "You have the right to do right."

A West Texas Prussian she was.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:46 PM (lrtx8)

152 The Melania movie has one of the most lopsided critics vs. audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes of all time. 7% vs 99% positive.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)

153 RIP ya big dummy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:47 PM (lrtx8)

154 Well, we are in the midst of a full-blown insurgency. This is no longer a joke.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 12:48 PM (4b7CV)

155 >If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

Posted by: Skip
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8 hours community service, $50 fine
NEXT

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 12:48 PM (ZxPkt)

156 Just saw that Demond Wilson passed yesterday

No more Big Dummy

Posted by: PMRich at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (RqfTw)

157 152 The Melania movie has one of the most lopsided critics vs. audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes of all time. 7% vs 99% positive.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)

Sure. The left-wing faggot movie critics hated it while the normies loved it. Favorable indicator that it's a good film for those inclined to see it.

Posted by: If critics hate it, go see it at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (TbWk/)

158 Great read KT. Save me from having to buy some red yarn.

The red yarn traces back to them all.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (EyfuW)

159 If ANY government sent a bunch of cops or Natty Guardsmen to close the churches down, I would imagine a LOT of those cops and soldiers would have said no, and joined the Faithful.

But no, we gotta protect our tax exempt status. No Word Of the Lord for you.


Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 12:40 PM

Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

The church in Chicago that was notably shut down (or had its gathering dispersed) by police during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was St. Odisho Assyrian Church (also referred to as Saint Odisho Church or Mar Odisho Church), an Assyrian Church of the East parish located in the Pulaski Park area on the northwest side (around 6200 North Pulaski Road).

On March 29, 2020 (a Sunday), Chicago police responded to reports of a large gathering inside the church during a funeral service.

Full Grok summary: https://bit.ly/4bA6v8l

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

160 If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

He'd really enjoy jail, so we'd need to come up with some alternative form of punishment.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (QZThv)

161 X mentions numerous unexplained building explosions in Iran today

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (ZxPkt)

162 I will not wait for the overaged AOSHQ groyper brigade (basically 3-4 losers ) to try defend garbage mouths' honor. So I am counting on the normals to appreciate it!
Posted by: runner at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (g47mK)


Freedom means obeying, after all.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

163
The insurrectionists switching to ham radio because their internet apps are compromised, is reminiscent of Hezbollah moving to pagers, for the same reason.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (biznJ)

164 Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

The church in Chicago that was notably shut down (or had its gathering dispersed) by police during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was St. Odisho Assyrian Church (also referred to as Saint Odisho Church or Mar Odisho Church), an Assyrian Church of the East parish located in the Pulaski Park area on the northwest side (around 6200 North Pulaski Road).

On March 29, 2020 (a Sunday), Chicago police responded to reports of a large gathering inside the church during a funeral service.

Full Grok summary: https://bit.ly/4bA6v8l
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

That's impossible. They're Heroes in Blue™ who serve and protect, and faithfully uphold their oaths to uphold the Constitution.

Posted by: Push comes to shove they follow orders at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

165 X mentions numerous unexplained building explosions in Iran today

Probably the Mossad greasing some skids.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:52 PM (QZThv)

166 I wonder if Rollo is still alive?

Posted by: Julio at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (R/m4+)

167 I wonder if Spain is headed for another civil war?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)

168 @Artemisfornow
I wonder how much of this history is being taught in our progressive schools? Probably not much.
Working class British people deserve more than the contempt they’re given by government and liberal shills who hate us.
Britain deserves better.
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I noted here several years ago that the UNC School of Journalism (ranked 4th in the nation) had eliminated any requirement for any history courses pre-1865, and also eliminated Econ 101:

"In 2015, the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Media and Journalism (now the Hussman School of Journalism and Media) updated its curriculum to eliminate required foundational courses, including certain history and economics classes, aiming to provide more flexibility for students. "

Posted by: MacArthur Park at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (XeU6L)

169 The insurrectionists switching to ham radio because their internet apps are compromised, is reminiscent of Hezbollah moving to pagers, for the same reason.

Ham radio is not encrypted and is trivially jammable, especially in urban environments. So yeah, it's very reminiscent.

Also, it's not for nothing that the best name anyone's come up with for Antifa is "Vanilla ISIS".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:53 PM (QZThv)

170 I guess I'm lucky to have a good police department. Thank God for small town Southern living.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM (lrtx8)

171 Oops /MacArthur Park

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM (XeU6L)

172 Eight!!!???
Hell, I vouch for all you 'Ron and 'Ettes!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)

173 Eight!!!???
Hell, I vouch for all you 'Ron and 'Ettes!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:54 PM


That garrett guy is a little sketchy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:55 PM (lrtx8)

174 One thing we take for granted is that a "high trust" society is an unalloyed good. Is it? Is this something we are not allowed to question?

Japan is arguably the highest-trust society in the world. Even liberals come back from it in awe of how clean and orderly and safe it is, they just misinterpret why/how that is. You can walk through dark alleys in Tokyo at 3 AM and nothing will happen to you. If there are bad things about that I've not heard any.


Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM

That unfortunately has changed over the past few years when Japan started to allow immigration from third world shitholes. However, Japan just recently elected new leadership in government who is basically the Japanese version of Trump and her plan is to deport every last one of these people.

And her explicit reason is because these third world jackasses have no respect for Japanese culture and are turning it into a shithole like their home countries.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:55 PM (P5BPp)

175 Speaking of Trump telling Candace to shut up...

Maybe I'm a cynical autist who has been in the marketing field too long, but I listened to the leaked audio of Erika after Charlie's memorial, rallying and thanking the TPUSA staff. It doesn't ring alarm bells for me, I wasn't shocked. It was marketing team meeting 101, with personal touches, after a tragedy.

None of what she said sounded weird or callous or "off" to me. Am I missing something? I just don't get why people are so quick to hang her high and act like she's not mourning properly. And Candace wants her destroyed for reasons I don't know.

Plenty of grieving people can pull it together after a spouse dies. Including those that have an unshakable belief in heaven and know they will see their spouse again. Not everyone goes full sackcloth and ashes, even if they deeply loved the person. Erika was a powerhouse before Charlie met her. She was a force, who gave up worldly power and influence to support Charlie and raise their kids. She's putting on her CEO pants now and running a company. Something that I could tell from 5 minutes of researching her background she'll be able to handle. I thought libs want boss babes?

Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:57 PM (gWBY1)

176
Disrupting the communication networks of the insurrection psy op has the greatest return for effort of any measure taken against them. Their operation lives or dies by rapid communication capability.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:58 PM (biznJ)

177 Schrödinger’s Government

heh.
Trust me, did deep enough into what the dems are doing and you will be assailed by the stench of Marxism.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)

178 That garrett guy is a little sketchy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 31, 2026 12:55 PM (lrtx


Point taken.
Maybe it takes two or three "rons to vouch for that guy?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 12:59 PM (2WIwB)

179 I am confident that in the long run, right will prevail. As it did in 1815 at Waterloo, 1865 at Appomatox and 1945 in Tokyo Bay. But look at the cost. The Democrat party does not care.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 12:59 PM (4b7CV)

180 The law only exists for those who obey it. This seems to be the Democrat operating principle.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2026 01:01 PM (MZ+PY)

181 Just saw that Demond Wilson passed yesterday

No more Big Dummy

Posted by: PMRich at January 31, 2026 12:49 PM (RqfTw)
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We'll always have Ace!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:02 PM (GHvvy)

182 If our government is unpleasing to the eyes, your government would not allow any sharing of power or money.

If your government were here, i would be killed. Then trust is not needed.

Trust is like the collar pin holding a vast machine together.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 31, 2026 01:02 PM (EyfuW)

183 Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

The church in Chicago that was notably shut down (or had its gathering dispersed) by police during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was St. Odisho Assyrian Church (also referred to as Saint Odisho Church or Mar Odisho Church), an Assyrian Church of the East parish located in the Pulaski Park area on the northwest side (around 6200 North Pulaski Road).

On March 29, 2020 (a Sunday), Chicago police responded to reports of a large gathering inside the church during a funeral service.

Full Grok summary: https://bit.ly/4bA6v8l
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

Yeah, I wouldn't expect Chicago cops to go against the man.

In Colorado, when the state passed gun grabber laws, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:03 PM (42HNu)

184 It doesn’t matter whether it is an “unalloyed good” or not don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good. It is the pre-requisite of a functioning society, not a secondary product or derivative. We as a society seem to have forgotten that, at the institutional level.

As a result, instead of locking up the crooks they lock up the shampoo. This is ultimately unworkable.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 31, 2026 01:03 PM (x4uGH)

185 Unfortunately, this did happen in a neighborhood in Chicago during the Plandemic. Police were sent and the church services shut down.

Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 12:50 PM (P5BPp)

Kind of makes the point, though. It didn't even have to be a majority of churches. Maybe a dozen out of the hundreds in a given city standing on their 1A freedom to practice their faith. Churches, synagogues, temples...make them stretch their enforcement resources week after week.

The fact that so few were willing to practice their faith in the face of oppression made it easy for that oppression to succeed. The number of lukewarm ministries exposed during that operation was heartbreaking.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM (nbLIj)

186 I am confident that in the long run, right will prevail. As it did in 1815 at Waterloo, 1865 at Appomatox and 1945 in Tokyo Bay. But look at the cost. The Democrat party does not care.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 31, 2026 12:59 PM

I used to think that. Until I saw the response during the Plandemic.

People allowing the government to mass murder their family members in hospitals and nursing homes. People allowing those hospitals and nursing homes to deny them access to their family members while they died.

People allowing their children to be masked up and "vaccinated".

If people will not even fight for their family and children, why would they fight for their country. The Plandemic response was eye-opening for me. And not in a good way.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM (P5BPp)

187 Disrupting the communication networks of the insurrection psy op has the greatest return for effort of any measure taken against them. Their operation lives or dies by rapid communication capability.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 31, 2026 12:58 PM (biznJ)


Its even more fun to spoof them. Get into their nets and send them to the wrong places, have them dress differently, etc. If you are effective enough, it forces the leadership to change their tactics, or to come find you...and that is like winning the game.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (2WIwB)

188 Brett Cooper runs down all the new insane socialist bills they are trying to enshrine into VA law:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAHfuDYIAUk

(Virginia politicians can already rent back their properties to the government, and are cleaning up. Which we taxpayers pay for. With a new VA bill, the politicians will also be able to use taxpayer money to buy property! So taxpayers will fund their mortgages and then pay their rent. What a disgusting, brilliant scam!)

And ShoeOnHead discusses Amelia!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=70uTOeDpgTo



Posted by: LizLem at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (gWBY1)

189 SEa

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

190 Freedom means obeying, after all.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

When Trump disagrees with someone, he let's the have it.

He uses more words, not less.

Those who have nothing to say are the ones who try to silence others.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (42HNu)

191
Sea monsters are real

https://tinyurl.com/5ccubz67

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

192 The law only exists for those who obey it. This seems to be the Democrat operating principle.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 31, 2026 01:01 PM

Another way of putting it...

The law only exists if there are those in a position of authority with the will to enforce it.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (P5BPp)

193 I guess I'm lucky to have a good police department. Thank God for small town Southern living.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Our small town is 30 miles from the county seat. Last week when the temp was -40 w/windchill and blustery, the treasurer and 2 others drove up to assist people with applying for the primary residence property tax credit, identity theft prevention, etc.
The chief of police also drove up, he met every person coming into the firehall, visited with them, then escorted them into the meeting room and directed them to the person we should meet with.
Small town, big benefits.

Posted by: old chick at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (F3Dlr)

194 > Ham radio is not encrypted and is trivially jammable, especially in urban environments. So yeah, it's very reminiscent.
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"Ham radio" is somewhat generic. These insurrectionists could have access to P25 encrypted radios. They're ubiquitous anymore. Certainly there are methods to listen in, but I would not put it past some financer of these riots to have access to this tech, or something along the lines of the app "Zello."

The leftists, the ones pulling the strings and pouring money into the riots, they're nothing if not adaptable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (jtM2q)

195 Boston’s Mayor Wu:

“Every single human being has the legal right to come to the United States and seek shelter”

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It's in the good and plenty clause.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 31, 2026 01:07 PM (J+Psw)

196
Experts!

Headline (The College Fix):

"Women’s & gender studies professor: Renee Good killed b/c she ‘knew white silence is violence’"

Posted by: mrp at January 31, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv)

197 In Colorado, when the state passed gun grabber laws, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce it.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:03 PM

Same here in Michigan. When Wretched Whitmer announced all her lockdown orders, there were several Michigan sheriffs who stated they would not enforce most of her ridiculous nonsense.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:08 PM (P5BPp)

198 People allowing their children to be masked up and "vaccinated".

Correct. And those same people would go around and want anyone not masked up to be arrested, browbeaten, hauled away and vaporized. In a prison, your worst enemy is your fellow prisoners.

Still unbelievable years later.

Posted by: Men's Room Wall at January 31, 2026 01:09 PM (R/m4+)

199 The fact that so few were willing to practice their faith in the face of oppression made it easy for that oppression to succeed. The number of lukewarm ministries exposed during that operation was heartbreaking.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM (nbLIj)

It reminds me of those videos you see of sheepdogs herding their flock.

Dozens or hundreds of sheep will be running around, and the dog, through sheer speed and skill, will get EVERY sheep to move in the direction the dog decides.

If a handful of sheep were to defy the dog, with some going one way, and some going another, there's really not much the dog could do. He could stop one group of them, but not both, or all others who run off.

But sheep are sheep.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:09 PM (42HNu)

200 Not surprised the Virginia Deep State residents are looting the Republic

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 01:09 PM (Ia/+0)

201 Ah, the alternative acronyms I learn from this place!
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to figure out her favorite at January 31, 2026 12:43 PM (Wt5PA)

I, being an electronic geek as a teen in the 60's, had a, uh, radio station on the air. Nearly was caught. The Friendly Candy Company was what we geeks called them back then. Around 1964. A number of years later, I began work in the REAL broadcast world, back in the day when one had to possess a First Class Radiotelephone license issued by the FCC after passing a rigorous technical exam. Little did they know.....

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 01:10 PM (5xuJ/)

202 Plenty of grieving people can pull it together after a spouse dies. Including those that have an unshakable belief in heaven and know they will see their spouse again. Not everyone goes full sackcloth and ashes, even if they deeply loved the person.

She's been attacked both for grieving too much and not grieving enough. The attacking is the point. (That said, "not grieving enough" seems to especially resonate with AWFLs, who go loopy every time their vegan cat dies).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2026 01:11 PM (xComp)

203 130 Looks like Retards with Radios is happening. No more signal chat, so they're using ham radios.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 31, 2026 12:21 PM (gw/qA)

Are they licensed? If not the Friendly Candy Commision will not be very kind. Hefty fine. They'll be very easy to find if the FCC sets up a van somewhere in the vicinity.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 12:39 PM (5xuJ/)

Maybe getting into a SIGINT pissing contest with the US government isn't the wisest tactical choice. There's lots of things the government sucks at, but you chose this?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 31, 2026 01:11 PM (w/O5Q)

204 You folks in the mid-north have too much time on your hands:

https://tinyurl.com/2s36sdyv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:11 PM (GHvvy)

205 Kind of makes the point, though. It didn't even have to be a majority of churches. Maybe a dozen out of the hundreds in a given city standing on their 1A freedom to practice their faith. Churches, synagogues, temples... make them stretch their enforcement resources week after week.

The fact that so few were willing to practice their faith in the face of oppression made it easy for that oppression to succeed. The number of lukewarm ministries exposed during that operation was heartbreaking.


Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:04 PM

100% agreed. And in my opinion what all churches should have done. There is no possible way local law enforcement could have shut down even a small number of the churches in a city if every church held their services.

Instead, almost all of them cowered to the Plandemic orders. Yet another thing that turned me away from church and religion overall over the years. Exposed the hypocrisy of religion when they could not stand for their beliefs in the time when it was the most important.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:12 PM (P5BPp)

206 Remember when that Kenyan said he would "fundamentally change the United States"?

This is that.

Now that we are a fully-feathered Matriarchy the Karen Klass Ruling Brood will just politely smile an earnest "I'll show YOU whose boss!" smile.

Embrace the suck.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at January 31, 2026 01:13 PM (m0F9m)

207 I just read Big Dummy Demond Wilson died yesterday.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 31, 2026 01:13 PM (p31pK)

208 "Ham radio" is somewhat generic. These insurrectionists could have access to P25 encrypted radios. They're ubiquitous anymore. Certainly there are methods to listen in, but I would not put it past some financer of these riots to have access to this tech, or something along the lines of the app "Zello."

The leftists, the ones pulling the strings and pouring money into the riots, they're nothing if not adaptable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2026 01:06 PM (jtM2q)

The carrier is still detectable and can be tracked. The modulation is encrypted.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 31, 2026 01:14 PM (5xuJ/)

209 LizLem at January 31, 2026 12:57 PM (gWBY1)

I really think Charlie Kirk's murder broke Candace Owens. It seems obvious to me now that she saw herself as Mrs. Kirk, and when she left (was forced out from?) TPUSA, she still held hopes that she might ultimately win him. Maybe her marriage was a step in her accepting reality, but his death sent her back into that emotional tailspin. She sees Erika as taking the limelight that she imagined for herself, so her mission now is to destroy it since she can't have it.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:16 PM (nbLIj)

210 Instead, almost all of them cowered to the Plandemic orders. Yet another thing that turned me away from church and religion overall over the years. Exposed the hypocrisy of religion when they could not stand for their beliefs in the time when it was the most important.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 31, 2026 01:12 PM (P5BPp)

Reminds me of that other passage from the Good Book, when Jesus was among the lepers. One of his disciples said "Teacher, how hast thou trod amongst the vermin and the insane, without covering thine face. And lo, Jesus replied, 'Oops, you are are right, brother. I almost forgot.' And so it was, Jesus donned the face diaper, and continues to minister to the disgusting filthy heathen scum."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:18 PM (mPQMK)

211 I really think Charlie Kirk's murder broke Candace Owens. It seems obvious to me now that she saw herself as Mrs. Kirk, and when she left (was forced out from?) TPUSA, she still held hopes that she might ultimately win him. Maybe her marriage was a step in her accepting reality, but his death sent her back into that emotional tailspin. She sees Erika as taking the limelight that she imagined for herself, so her mission now is to destroy it since she can't have it.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 31, 2026 01:16 PM (nbLIj)

Or it's possible there really is something seriously wrong with TPUSA, and she's getting inside info from whistleblowers, who the organization is trying to hunt down and silence.

One or the other. Time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:20 PM (mPQMK)

212 No one wants to point out that only mono-ethnic societies have the capability of being high-trust societies. And only some of those.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 01:23 PM (IUuBi)

213 If I had to bet money on Lemon it would be he doesn't see a inside of a jail

Posted by: Skip at January 31, 2026 12:44 PM (Ia/+0)
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I'm sorry. The betting window is closed now.

https://t.co/kdBzJXrIu0

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (GHvvy)

214 My Dad was a Norwegian from the Northwoods. Great guy. But spending so much time up there as a kid, it is funny these days the Norwegians are held up as the ideal immigrant stock.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (wGerL)

215 Peak Candace Owens was a week ago when she blasted the interwebs with her demand for the government to explain why the ice wasn’t melting, even though it was 30 degrees outside.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (IUuBi)

216 One or the other. Time will tell.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 31, 2026 01:20 PM (mPQMK)
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I feel sorry for you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 31, 2026 01:26 PM (GHvvy)

217
The carrier is still detectable and can be tracked. The modulation is encrypted.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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See: Foxhunt

Posted by: Mike Hammer, Know Code Extra at January 31, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

218 Same here in Michigan. When Wretched Whitmer announced all her lockdown orders, there were several Michigan sheriffs who stated they would not enforce most of her ridiculous nonsense.

I noted earlier that the state of Washington is considering a law that would allow the state government to remove recalcitrant elected sheriffs.

In most blue states, the majority of the counties are red and elect conservative sheriffs, so it makes sense that the blue state governments would want a mechanism to remove them.

Posted by: Lutheran Family Services! at January 31, 2026 01:28 PM (n1OCj)

219 Cthulhu spotted

https://tinyurl.com/yfnjzntv

Posted by: Don Black at January 31, 2026 01:29 PM (ZxPkt)

220 Tribalism is a mechanism for survival. I believe the Western world had advanced beyond this, which is what separates a modern first-world country from a third-world shithole. The more we engage with these illegal immigrants the further we get away from a modern civilization.

You get to choose your poison and from what I see, the left is devolving into barbarism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 31, 2026 01:30 PM (oT7pT)

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