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-Short Attention Span Theater-
KBJ Comes Up With a New Word in SCOTUS Trans Athletes Case That Has Everyone in Stitches
[RedState] Huh, what? My colleague Ward Clark reported earlier on the SCOTUS trans athletes case and some of the bizarre word salad offered up there by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Perhaps that's not surprising, coming from someone who couldn't define what a woman was during her confirmation hearing because she wasn't a "biologist."

"For cisginger girls, they can play consistent with their gender. For transgender girls, they can't," Jackson declared.

I'm not sure how the West Virginia Solicitor General Michael Williams held it together after that.

What the heck is "cisginger"? I thought perhaps I misheard it and listened to it a few times to make sure. But it wasn't slurred; it was quite clear. Does that mean a redheaded kid who still identifies as a redheaded kid? Um, that's called reality. But it's an example of how people toss around invented terms like "cisgender," and, in this case, don't even know what they are saying.

It instantly made me think of South Park and how they mocked the subject, jokingly referring to "transginger." Obviously, they were anticipating Ketanji Brown Jackson's unique take. So I do have to give them a hat tip for their ability to predict this.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/14/2026 05:23 || Comments || Link || [1822 views] Top|| File under:

#1  DEI hiring
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/14/2026 6:26 Comments || Top||

#2  She identifies as a spice, but she’s really a vegetable.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Knuckles Grundy1702 || 01/14/2026 8:59 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Snark of the Day Candidate
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/14/2026 9:23 Comments || Top||

#4  She identifies as a spice, but she’s really a vegetable.

daaaaammn!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/14/2026 9:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Okay, now that's funny right there.
Posted by: alanc || 01/14/2026 11:35 Comments || Top||

#6  Outstanding, Knuckles!
Posted by: Matt || 01/14/2026 17:16 Comments || Top||

#7  😀
Posted by: Knuckles Grundy1702 || 01/14/2026 23:25 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
History Repeats Itself: The 1954 Capture of the Tuapse Tanker as a Lesson for the Future
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
by Andrey Khrustalev

[REGNUM] Starting in 2025, the United States and other Western countries began to strike the so-called shadow fleet transporting sanctioned oil.

The most high-profile case so far was the near-pirate hijacking of the tanker Marinera by American ships, which occurred on January 7 of this year in the North Atlantic off the coast of Iceland.

During the chase, the Marinera managed to change jurisdiction from Panamanian to Russian. The last time a similar incident occurred involving a Russian vessel was in 2010, when Somali pirates also hijacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

But there's also an even older story, one that also involves the Americans. During Soviet times, the navy always sailed under a single flag, without any subterfuge, offshore schemes, or "double bottom." Nevertheless, the Americans, through their Taiwanese proxies, didn't hesitate to orchestrate the seizure of the tanker Tuapse in 1954, since even then, high politics dictated certain actions.

What emerged was a tragedy, an instructive story, and a feature film.

SECRET KEROSENE
In late 1953, the Black Sea Shipping Company took delivery of a new ship commissioned by the Danes at the Burmeister & Wein shipyard in Copenhagen. The vessel inherited the name "Tuapse" from its predecessor, sunk by the German submarine U-129 in the Gulf of Mexico during the war.

In the spring of 1954, a brand new tanker with first-class navigation equipment made two voyages to Antarctica, where it delivered fuel and provisions to whalers and brought whale oil back.

In early June, the ship returned to Odessa and, after a short rest, set sail for the Romanian coast with a crew of 49. In Constanta, the Tuapse took on 10,000 tons of kerosene, which, according to the documents, was listed as lighting fuel, but was actually aviation fuel. Sanctioned, one might say.

Only Captain Vitaly Kalinin and a few others on board knew about this. The cargo was destined for the People's Republic of China (PRC), which had only existed for five years, and the tanker was headed there.

The voyage proceeded without incident until the Tuapse entered the waters of the South China Sea and approached Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek's followers, rivals of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communists who fled the mainland five years ago, had also dug in there.

Taiwan's navy, created with American assistance, blocked the sea route for ships traveling to and from China. Consequently, in February 1951, a Norwegian cargo ship was seized, and on February 19, an attempt to seize a British vessel was recorded. And on June 23, 1954, the tanker Tuapse spotted the Taiwanese destroyer Danyang, which demanded they stop.

The Soviet vessel was sailing in neutral waters and refused to comply. The Taiwanese then opened fire, firing shells forward and astern of the vessel. The captain was forced to halt the vessel. The first mate, who had been sent aboard the destroyer with the ship's documents, was immediately tied up on deck, and several boats carrying soldiers headed toward the Tuapse. The tanker's radio operator broadcast a message about the capture, which was received in Vladivostok.

During this time, engine mechanics Anton Bespalov and Vladimir Egerev damaged the ship's diesel engines.

The Taiwanese herded the team into the "red corner"—the room where Lenin's portrait hung, a red banner stood, and political briefings were held.

The fight only took place on the quarterdeck, where three sailors— Leonid Anfilov, Nikolai Zibrov, and Boris Pisanov —tried to prevent the Taiwanese from tearing down the Soviet flag.

A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, a former intelligence officer, a recipient of the Medal for Courage and the Order of Glory, 3rd degree, Anfilov, had his teeth knocked out with a rifle butt.

The tanker was towed to the port of Kaohsiung, where it was unloaded, its kerosene was appropriated, it was repainted, and it was renamed the Kuaiji. But the captain and crew were immediately accused of attempting to supply enemies of the Republic of China (as the Taiwanese government had dubbed itself) with valuable raw materials.

The crew was given a chance to avoid harsh treatment by signing papers requesting political asylum.

"OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED"
Meanwhile, Moscow was trying to figure out what was happening. The day after the seizure, the US ambassador to Moscow was handed a note of protest.

Pravda published a report stating that "the seizure of a Soviet tanker by a military vessel in waters controlled by the US Navy could only have been carried out by US naval forces. The Soviet Government expects that the US government, in connection with this attack on a Soviet merchant vessel on the high seas, will take measures to ensure the immediate return of the vessel, its cargo, and its crew. At the same time, the Soviet Government insists on the strict punishment of the US officials involved in organizing this illegal act…"

The United States denied the seizure of the tanker, but a month later, two military personnel defected from Taiwan to China, reporting that two American naval officers were present on the Taiwanese destroyer, who gave direct commands to the Taiwanese and were the first to inspect the Tuapse.

According to Chinese intelligence, two US Navy destroyers provided cover for the operation. Diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the USSR did not exist at the time, so Soviet diplomats contacted the French Embassy and the Red Cross to establish contact with the captured crew.

The provocation by the Chinese authorities was condemned at a session of the UN General Assembly. But it had no effect—it was only a year later, in July 1955, that the 29 Tuapse crew members were released.

Another 20 people succumbed to psychological manipulation. Incidentally, one of those who interviewed the sailors and manipulated the Tuapse crew was a descendant of Russian émigrés, a former interpreter for Generals Eisenhower and Patton, and a CIA officer named Alexander Sokolov.

Soviet citizens were divided into groups, their food was cut, and mosquito nets were removed from the windows. A gramophone played constantly outside the room where the captain was being held, featuring a recording of a child's cry—the Taiwanese knew Kalinin had a small son in Odessa.

The first to surrender was the radio operator, Mikhail Ivankov-Nikolov. Later, when the Taiwanese had divided the crew into pairs and began to exert more psychological pressure, focusing on the younger sailors.

Unable to withstand the constant pressure, engine driver Nikolai Voronov even tried to cut his own throat.

But eventually, twenty crew members signed asylum documents, as insisted by Taiwanese intelligence and the CIA. They were resettled in small houses, given good food again, and life seemed to be returning to normal. But then it turned out that the rest were being returned to the Soviet Union: after 13 months of imprisonment, with the assistance of French diplomats, the sailors returned home via China.

There they were greeted as heroes – they were paid their full salaries and a bonus of 2,000 rubles each, they were all awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, and they were given vouchers to a sanatorium to restore their health.

Those who remained realized they had made a mistake and tried to take everything back, and then they were subjected to real torture: they were given electric shocks and beaten with sticks on their heels, their fingers were broken, and they were forced to renounce their request to return.

Another educational measure was the news that nine people who had not participated in the "Komsomol meeting," where everyone had vowed to return to their homeland, were sent to the United States in October 1955. There, they were taken into the hands of propagandists.

Ivankov-Nikolov diligently gave interviews about his escape to the "free world," sailor Viktor Tatarnikov appeared on Radio Liberty, and accountant Nikolai Vaganov declared on Voice of America*:

"We chose freedom ourselves, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten our homeland. We will return home, but we will return when there is complete freedom and democracy there..."

Five of the nine diligently sought contact with Soviet diplomats and managed to locate the USSR Mission to the UN. From there, their evacuation to Moscow was arranged. Four remained in the United States. Tatarnikov and Viktor Eremenko enlisted in the US Army, Valentin Solovyov's trail disappeared, and the former radio station director continued to appear periodically on air.

In 1959, the Odessa Regional Court sentenced all of them to death in absentia for treason. And, tellingly, that same year, American authorities handed Ivankov-Nikolov over to representatives of the Soviet embassy: he had suffered mental derangement and was placed in a psychiatric hospital upon his arrival in the USSR.

THE LONG WAY HOME
Of those who remained in Taiwan, one hanged himself, two died of illness, three were released in 1988, and the paralyzed baker Vsevolod Lopatyuk was released only in 1991. Four others had rather unusual fates, including two participants in the initial fight over the flag.

In 1957, Vladimir Benkovich, Pavel Gvozdik, Leonid Anfilov, and Nikolai Zibrov left for Brazil, with which the USSR had no diplomatic relations at the time. A few months later, they secretly moved to Uruguay, and from there, Soviet diplomats sent them to Moscow.

Back home in Odessa, the sailors were paid four years' wages and given a two-month vacation, at the end of which they were all arrested. Even though they had recently participated in a press conference, recounting the torments in Chiang Kai-shek's prison, exposing the imperialists. At the trial, the prosecutor demanded the death penalty for all, but the military panel of the Supreme Court sentenced Benkovic and Zibrov to 15 years each, and Gvozdik and Anfilov to 12.

As modern newspapers write, “because Khrushchev didn’t like their photo under the palm trees.”

But, as the verdict states, "it turned out they not only sought asylum themselves, but also persuaded others to do so." Under Anfilov's influence, the remaining three filed applications. They then became the core of agitators who helped the Taiwanese "cultivate" others.

Particularly zealous was the Knight of the Order of Glory, who, as it turned out, was a secret KGB informant on the ship (like the sailor Gvozdik) - which he told in detail to the foreign intelligence officers who interrogated him.

And for his work he received money:

"In September 1954, Anfilov and Zibrov, on orders from Chiang Kai-shek's Gao, persuaded sailor Kalmazan to commit treason, for which they received 1,000 yuan from Gao... For refusing to return to their homeland and for their willingness to cooperate with Chiang Kai-shek's followers, the latter gave each of the defendants 2,000-3,000 yuan, and subsequently paid them these sums monthly."

These guys subsequently worked closely for Taiwanese propaganda, and Benkovic and Gvozdik, as stated in the verdict, underwent CIA intelligence training.

The general public, of course, did not know all of this.

For her, the Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv produced the film "ChP: An Emergency," starring Vyacheslav Tikhonov. It was the only film from Kyiv to top the box office, attracting 47.4 million viewers. A post-war generation of Odessa boys played "ChP," and Tikhonov could have forever been known not as Stirlitz, but as Raisky, after the name of his film character.

These days, everything is repeating itself, with more or less similar settings. However, in 2026, the two Russian crew members of the Marinera tanker were already returned home, so they won't face the ordeal their colleagues endured 70 years ago.

But the Americans have no intention of returning the tanker itself to anyone, preferring, as in previous times, to exercise the right of might.


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Europe
'The future of Europe is our children, our collective responsibility…' - Italian PM Meloni
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DESTABILIZED LIVE: MELONI DEMOLISHES MACRON IN BRUSSELS IN 12 SECONDS! 🔥
"The future of Europe is our children, our collective responsibility…"
Meloni interrupts, icy tone: "Mr. Macron, you speak on behalf of the children…"
Macron nods.
"…but you don't have any."
Brutal silence.
Macron tries: "Parenthood is not a condition for governing…"
"WRONG!" Meloni cuts in. "When you raise a child, every law has a face, every decision has a real cost. You speak in theory, I speak from experience."
Macron stammers, looks at his notes.
Meloni presses: "Europe is not led with slogans, but with assumed responsibilities."
Advisors frozen. Translation interrupted. Room under total tension
Session president overwhelmed: "We're moving on to the next point!"
Viral clip in 30 minutes 📈 — networks on fire: "She put him face to face with reality" 🔥


Posted by: 3dc || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Stop importing sand humpers and have your own kids.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/14/2026 0:41 Comments || Top||

#2  'The future of Europe is our children, our collective responsibility…' - Italian PM Meloni

Please explain PM Meloni why Europe must kill off millions of it's young people in conflicts and war every ten years of so ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/14/2026 10:15 Comments || Top||

#3  PM Meloni is a woman, a delightful one, who does the greatest eye-rolls when another euro says something stoopid. She does that often
Posted by: Frank G || 01/14/2026 10:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Thanks Frank, my error.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/14/2026 10:37 Comments || Top||

#5  Kinder, Küche, Kirche bitch!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/14/2026 11:18 Comments || Top||

#6  Wise and delightful as Prime Minister Meloni is, she has only one child — and so has not done her duty to the future of Italy as she ought.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/14/2026 11:56 Comments || Top||



Whose Greenland is it? There was another side to the dispute over the island's ownership.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
by Pavel Anisimov
Look at the left hand, not the right? What’s being done that we’d rather not be noticed?
[REGNUM] Following the American operation in Venezuela, the world has become more serious and, perhaps, more wary of Donald Trump's ongoing statements about his Western Hemisphere neighbors. This applies both to the south—Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia—and to the north. Trump has repeatedly said that the United States should purchase or otherwise acquire Greenland (a Danish possession), but in January 2026, Washington demonstrated a willingness to put words into action.

On January 11, the US president instructed Joint Special Operations Command to develop a detailed plan for an invasion of the world's largest island. On January 12, Trump's special envoy for Greenland, Jeff Landry, stated that Denmark had occupied the polar territory since the end of World War II, ignoring UN norms. The White House's official social media account posted a collage of the US president against a map of the island and urged everyone to "monitor the situation."

Trump's rhetoric has prompted many to consider the region's significance and the reasons for major powers' interest in it. Meanwhile, current debates often overlook Greenland's rich history, its complex history, and its distinctive cultural heritage.

And the map of Greenland deserves a closer look—after all, in the 20th century, one state attempted to "re-draw" it, challenging Denmark's rights to the island. And it wasn't the United States.

NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTION
To understand the claims to Greenland, we must turn to the beginning of its development by Europeans.

The first settlement of Scandinavians, originally from Iceland, appeared on the “green island” in the 980s.

The Inuit, who arrived in Greenland around the 12th–13th centuries, gradually spread along the coast, becoming the direct ancestors of today's Inuit. Contact with Europeans facilitated the spread of new materials and technologies among the local population.

Since the late 13th century, Greenland, along with Iceland and the Faroe Islands, had been under Norwegian rule. However, it was the inhabitants of the Norwegian settlements who actually agreed to join the kingdom, while most of the island's territory remained inhabited by Inuit.

By the 15th century, the descendants of the first settlers had died out (there are several theories—from epidemics or imported plague, from the deteriorating climate during the Little Ice Age, or from conflicts with the Inuit). But the island, inhabited exclusively by Inuit for three centuries, was not considered "nobody's" in Europe—de jure, it belonged to the Kingdom of Norway.

After the unification of Norway and Denmark in 1536, the Greenlandic lands became part of the Dano-Norwegian Union.

During the Age of Discovery, European interest in Greenland grew. In the 16th century, English and Dutch expeditions began, interested in discovering the Northwest Passage and whaling around the island's shores.

Traditional Inuit culture was closely tied to nature and shamans (angakkok), but Christianization began in the 18th century. The first mission arrived in West Greenland in 1721 under the leadership of the Norwegian priest Hans Egede. Missions followed in the east and northern tip of the island.

Although the language barrier initially hampered the missionaries' work, two of Egede's sons grew up in Greenland and spoke the local language fluently. One of them, Poul, prepared the first version of the New Testament translation into Greenlandic and a dictionary of the language.

DISPUTES OVER SOVEREIGNTY
In 1814, treaties were signed in the northern German city of Kiel, ending the Danish-Swedish (1813–1814) and Anglo-Danish (1807–1814) conflicts. In the pan-European Napoleonic Wars, Denmark sided with France, while Britain and Sweden fought against Napoleon—thus leaving the Danes on the losing side. The Treaty of Kiel replaced the Danish-Norwegian Union with the Swedish-Norwegian Union.

The Swedish king received Norway. But by the same agreement, Denmark retained rights to the old Norwegian territories, including Greenland, despite their medieval Norwegian affiliation.

Even after the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian Union in 1905, the question of Greenland's status as a former Norwegian colony arose. Norway laid claim to the eastern half of the island, considered by some circles to be a no-man's land. Denmark's sovereignty over the western half remained internationally recognized.

In 1919, Norwegian Foreign Minister Niels Claus Ihlen announced that the country had no objection to expanding Danish control over all of Greenland. However, the agreement concluded in 1924 stipulated that Norway retained fishing rights in the eastern part of the island, leaving the question of future sovereignty open.

Following the dispute, a Norwegian hunting expedition led by Halvard Devold landed in East Greenland and declared de facto occupation of part of the territory. The Norwegian flag was officially raised in the village of Mygbukta, and Norway declared the annexation of that part of Greenland.

On July 11, 1931, King Haakon VII of Norway issued a decree formally declaring Norwegian sovereignty over the "Land of Erik the Red".

This act caused an international outcry, leading to proceedings at the International Tribunal in The Hague in 1933. Denmark emerged victorious.

The International Court of Justice ruled that East Greenland was not terra nullius (no-man's land), as Norway had claimed, and recognized it as part of Danish territory.

This decision sealed the dispute: Norway renounced its claims to Greenland. However, Norway's defeat sparked a domestic political crisis, leading to accusations against the government and revelations of problems in its foreign policy management.

AMERICAN PRESENCE
The German occupation of Denmark in April 1940 led to a severing of ties between Greenland and the mainland. Governance of the island passed into the hands of local authorities, and German patrols soon began appearing near the Greenlandic coast.

To protect against the threat of invasion, the Danish Ambassador to the United States, Henrik Kaufman, signed an agreement with the Americans, according to which the defense of the island came under US jurisdiction.

The agreement entered into force on April 9, 1941. The United States was not yet at war with Germany at that time—the United States entered World War II in December 1941.

The American government reaffirmed Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland, pledging to defend the island even despite its formal neutrality in global conflicts.

This allowed the Americans to build important defensive installations, such as the large air bases at Narsarsuaq and Kangerlussuaq, which played a key role in providing Allied sea transport to the North Atlantic.

After World War II, Greenland played a key role in American Cold War strategy. Two airfields, two radio stations, and one storage depot remained on the island, while American troops abandoned their posts on the east coast.

After Denmark joined NATO in 1949, the old Kaufmann Agreement was replaced by a new treaty of April 27, 1951. It reaffirmed Danish sovereignty over Greenland but made the island a NATO joint defense area, allowing American troops to be based there.

Nevertheless, the American strategy envisioned a complete reorganization of the military presence on the island. Insignificant military installations were transferred to Denmark, the airfield at Narsarsuaq was closed in 1958, and later civilian access was also allowed to the base at Kangerlussuaq. In exchange, in 1952, the United States built the powerful Thule military base (now Pituffik) in the far northwest of Greenland, which became a vital link in the early warning system for Soviet missile strikes.

***

History shows that attempts to challenge Greenland's status face serious legal obstacles.

Any arguments in favor of purchasing or annexing Greenland appear untenable in the face of historical facts and international obligations previously confirmed by the United States itself.

By recognizing Denmark's independence over the island under agreements dating back to World War II, Washington itself confirmed the legitimacy of Copenhagen's sovereign rights. Any new claims ignore historical agreements and call into question the established order of international law.

However, Trump stated directly in an interview with The New York Times: "I don't need international law; I'm not going to harm people." Posing in front of a map of Greenland, which is being prepared for annexation, fits this logic perfectly. Incidentally, the map used in the collage is purely peaceful.

It was created by NASA during Operation Icebridge (2009–2019) to monitor the state of Arctic and Antarctic ice. Far from being a military project, this mission made a significant contribution to climate change research by collecting unique data on ice cover through aerial observations.

Moreover, IceBridge was part of an international scientific cooperation, which the American president also has a rather cool attitude towards, especially regarding issues related to the North Pole.
Posted by: badanov || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1788 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Another great post, Bad.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 01/14/2026 3:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Norway, stolen by the Hauge.
Posted by: Woodrow || 01/14/2026 3:56 Comments || Top||

#3  I know why Trump wants Greenland - to deport all the Somalis there.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/14/2026 11:20 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ If they liked Minnesota, they'll love Greenland.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/14/2026 12:13 Comments || Top||

#5  By the 15th century, the descendants of the first settlers had died out (there are several theories—from epidemics or imported plague, from the deteriorating climate during the Little Ice Age, or from conflicts with the Inuit)

The first Viking settlers in Greenland were farmers and herders. That worked until the Little Ice Age and then it didn't. The Inuit, hunters and fishermen, were better adapted to the icy conditions. Maybe with a little global warming Greenland could be the breakbasket of the North again.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/14/2026 12:33 Comments || Top||

#6  #5 Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/14/2026 12:56 Comments || Top||

#7  After Denmark joined NATO in 1949, the old Kaufmann Agreement was replaced by a new treaty of April 27, 1951. It reaffirmed Danish sovereignty over Greenland but made the island a NATO joint defense area, allowing American troops to be based there.

So, if we can legally have a military presence on the island, I don't see the problem. Does the treaty specify how large that military presence can be? Somehow, I kinda doubt it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/14/2026 12:57 Comments || Top||

#8  Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland

I think the walrus would have been seen as a source of food by the Inuit which could well have exacerbated tensions between the Vikings and the Inuit and hastened even more the Viking departure.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/14/2026 13:05 Comments || Top||

#9  Abu, read a bit about the Vikings - if Inuit gave them any trouble, there would be no Inuit. (It's just that Europe got access to elephant ivory).
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/14/2026 13:20 Comments || Top||

#10  I have read some about the Vikings and, from what I read, they were over-extended in the New World and the Inuit did not fear them like the French did. There are indications that the Vikings made it all the way to Canada and New England. They were very fierce, tough and adventurous but they were stretched too thin to compete with the Native Americans.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/14/2026 13:33 Comments || Top||

#11  Who did the Inuit have to kill off to 'claim' the island. Or as the historians would say, what population did the Inuit displace.

Greenland will be American. It is destiny.

Posted by: mossomo || 01/14/2026 13:35 Comments || Top||

#12  ^A manifest one?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 01/14/2026 13:38 Comments || Top||

#13  As manifest as Lebanon and Syria.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/14/2026 14:29 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Mamdani's $230 million taxpayer heist sending cash to his cousin
[X]

… by the City 5 Years Ago – Is About to Get a LUXURY MAKEOVER on YOUR DIME, All So Mamdani Can LINE His Family's Pockets!

"Forget Socialism – This Is Straight-Up NEPOTISM ROBBERY! He's Forcing the City to Buy What NO ONE ELSE Wants From His Own Kin!"

Blasts NY Republican Spokesman. "Pure CROOKED DEAL Masquerading as 'Free Stuff' – While the Mamdani Clan RAKES IN the MILLIONS!"

Is This the ULTIMATE BETRAYAL? Your Hard-Earned Taxes FUNNELING to Elite Family Scams?

NYC Crumbling While They Get Rich!

Share If You're SICKENED and Demand JUSTICE NOW!

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Posted by: 3dc || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1807 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  So much for his inauguration speech guff about catering to the poor and not the rich.
Posted by: JohnQC || 01/14/2026 21:59 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Tim Walz Calls In Somali Military To Fight Against ICE
[BEE] MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Governor Tim Walz took decisive action to back up his aggressive rhetoric against federal immigration operations in his state by calling in the Somali Armed Forces to assist in the fight against ICE.

"They're the most potent fighting force at my disposal," Walz told the media. "As a former football coach, I am uniquely qualified to lead a strategic ground war against the federal government, which is why I've called in armed combatants from war-torn Somalia to take the fight to ICE."

Walz ended his remarks by assuring the public that Minnesota would not fail in its mission because of his close ties to the most elite Somali military task forces.

In support of the governor, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey added, "We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children, and our families to keep up our fraud. For Minnesota and Allah."

According to combat reporters on the ground, approximately 150 Somali soldiers from their paratrooper division, known as the Danab Brigade,
…it’s a real thing…
made landfall at 0500 and stormed the nearby Mall of America in Bloomington to set up a base of operations from which to direct supplies and forces. By 0700, they were marching on downtown Minneapolis with a mission to secure the area and make it safe for fraud.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was engaging directly with the Somali forces, who, according to sources, said, "We are the immigration officers now."

President Donald Trump expressed outrage at the turn of events, calling Governor Walz "a total loser" and "very, very gay" and vowed to respond in kind.

At publishing time, U.S. Marines had landed in Duluth via amphibious transport from Lake Superior to the north and began their march south to liberate the Twin Cities.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/14/2026 10:29 || Comments || Link || [1823 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
So when will Walzy arrested?
This call for rebellion is FELONY insurection.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/14/2026 21:36 Comments || Top||

#2  It’s the Babylon Bee, dear NN2N1.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/14/2026 23:26 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Asmongold makes a strong case for US regime change in Iran: This is what the ICE protesters think is happening in America. The Mullahs are killing thousands as we speak.
[YouTube] If you don't know who Asmongold is, you should. He's a video game streamer and in the mainstream of the online right.

I don't often say "watch the whole thing" but it's totally worth it if you want to know what the cool kids are thinking today.

He makes an excellent case for US regime change in Iran and talks shit to all the woke haters of Jews and America. A bunch of woke Reich in his chat try to push lies about "muh Gaza genocide" and he calls them out and clearly tells his audience no such genocide occurred (which is why it seems sometimes he's having a conversation with nobody.)

He says he doesn't even make Jew jokes any more. This used be "edgy" on the MAGA right but we've all seen it's just a step on the road to full-blown antisemitism.

He says America shouldn't execute the regime's killers and uses terms kids understand. "The Persians need to do this themselves! Imagine fighting a boss monster in World of Warcraft and someone jumps in at the last moment and steals your kill. No kill-stealing!"

Brilliant. Asmongold speaks their language. He also talks about the Left being unable to understand second-order effects or the Trolley Problem because they are ruled by their emotions. Just like the Sith.




Related: Asmongold’s Grokipedia page, which looks to have been cribbed straight from Wikipedia


Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1814 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  He has no Qatari sponsors.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/14/2026 6:34 Comments || Top||

#2  If you don't know who Asmongold is, you should. He's a video game streamer and in the mainstream of the online right.

This is correct. One of the major eroders of residue media out there.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/14/2026 10:25 Comments || Top||

#3  He apparently cleans his room — with great ceremony — once a year. At two years in a row, he is close to setting a pattern.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/14/2026 12:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Asmon is a good metric for Millennials being a Millennial himself, and has good takes on GenZ, I think b/c of his closeness with the gamer community.
Posted by: mossomo || 01/14/2026 13:50 Comments || Top||

#5  At two years in a row, he is close to setting a pattern.

Yes, bit of SOP for gamers, even back before the intertubes. Not being condescending, but a bit like showing off bruises after sportsball practice, if you will.

And in the youth alternative to residue media sphere, on the other side of the coin, Hasan Piker. He has a very clean room, especially for having a dog.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/14/2026 16:03 Comments || Top||

#6  ...that is shocking.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/14/2026 17:02 Comments || Top||



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