So many links today. So much going on.
¡enlaces!
Maduro is in federal custody in New York and made his first appearance in court. Lets hope he doesn’t kill himself like the last high profile criminal in New York.
Remember this is just like Iraq. We totally left the rest of the Ba’athists in power to detain journos after Saddam was captured.
El Presidenté Mujer has opinions.
I just want to roll back the clock about two weeks, post this link here, and ask if the Shaman made any other predictions for this year?
They probably want to export something besides baseball players.
Columbia’s president responded they will take up arms if the Orange Man comes for him. By arms he means girl cock.
It was nice knowing you guys.
The Arabs are spooked, apparently.
Time to get to work. Have a great Tuesday!
Were the AWFLs throwing their panties at Maduro?
Doubtful. He’s not handsome like Luigi.
He’s tall and dreamy though
And he is rich.
Once again the left is making a martyr of the very worst type of person. The easy retort is that Biden put a $25 million bounty on Maduro.
That’s a long tradition on the left, back to Trotsky, Che, take your pick.
For some reason they seem immune to easy retorts.
It’s almost like that bounty was just for show.
“…the last high profile criminal in New York.”
Wasn’t that Trump?
I tried to make an Epstein joke, but I guess that didn’t kill itself either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
not with his wife of 20 years, but with Linda Yepes, who made history as Colombia’s first transgender female TV reporter, Telemundo reported.
Doing research.
For a story.
Narcos taught me that Colombian guys really like anal but their chicks aren’t into it.
Maybe it isn’t really cheating if he’s not dipping it into another pussy?
Ah, the Bill Clinton doctrine. And/or “God’s loophole.”
The Loophole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZF_R_j0OY&list=RDj8ZF_R_j0OY&start_radio=1
The Provo push.
*spits coffee*
I find this somewhat hard to believe.
It just means he was a commie guerilla.
Spell check probably changed it from man-of-piece.
It began when President Gustavo Petro was spotted on an official visit to neighboring Panama, not with his wife of 20 years, but with Linda Yepes, who made history as Colombia’s first transgender female TV reporter, Telemundo reported.
That’s sad that in a country like Colombia, the president can’t do better than a guy pretending to be a woman.
I looked up Linda Yepes. At least he/she is putting in the effort. But to say there aren’t any hotter biological women in Columbia is a stretch.
Columbia is the epicenter of hotness in our hemisphere. I had no idea until I dated a Columbian woman and started running in their circles. Good lord….
I would argue that epicenter is Brazil.
Ah c’mon, politics has always made strange bedfellows.
Petro did 18 months in stir back in his M-19 days – it’s not unheard of for dudes to get a taste for the wiener while they’re inside…
There is at least a couple of entendres in that statement.
Mouthwash should fix that
Splitting the difference between the dead girl and the live boy?
He wanted the extra surprise.
There’s a sizzling hot take.
“who made history as Colombia’s first transgender female TV reporter”
Making history sure is coming at a steep discount these days.
And as three former DHS officials in contact with their former colleagues at the agency each described to me, the expectation among current officials is that one Democratic-led city in particular is about to become the next focus of arrests, detentions, and deportations: Phoenix.
Nobody likes a tattletale.
I’m surprised that wasn’t one of the earlier cities.
Tucson is run by more rabid left Dems than Phoenix.
More Mexicans per square mile, too.
The Dems would probably cheer for a GOP-led city to be terrorized by ICE if they could find one.
Andrea Flores, who served as the director of border management on the National Security Council during the Biden administration and oversaw coordination between ICE and CBP, warned that the use of soft-sided facilities as overflow immigration detention space raises significant humanitarian concerns.
“It’s extremely expensive, and these are not spaces people should be in for a long time, frankly—they were very poorly managed even under Biden,” she told me. “The concern is you expand soft-sideds to expand detention space, but just because you do doesn’t mean you can expand removals. Then you’re just going to have a bunch of people detained in the desert.”
The obvious answer is permanent large scale luxury apartment complexes. That would be much cheaper (and more humane), and we can put homeless people in them, too.
Those ‘soft-sided facilities’ seem to be fine for troops deployed overseas…
I managed in soft-sided accommodation, in the desert, for a long time.
Representatives of grassroots groups preparing for the influx of federal agents say the groups are currently working as a loose network of organizations with no formal leadership structure. The members of the ad-hoc coalition include NDLON; LUCHA AZ, a mainstay in organizing as well as political work activating Latino voters in the state; most of the local labor unions; established groups like Chicanos Por La Causa; and some more radical entities such as the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Right out of Mao’s Little Red Textbook.
Yup.
But to be fair, this started with Ferfuson and if you couldnt see it in 2020 you were blind.
LUCHA AZ. Is that like Mein Kampf AZ?
And Chicanos por la Causa. What Causa might that be?
Columbia is not the country I would have expected that from… maybe Brazil, maybe not. I suppose there’s just no winner — it is more of a thai.
NONE OF THAT NOW!
Speaking of Venezuela and “I’m surprised some Dem judge hasn’t ordered him returned”
This is yet another hint that the CIA guys finally came to an arrangement. We started with the destruction of their slush fund machine in USAID… but then… the gutting stopped.
Epstein stopped. The democrats started screaming for the files. Why? Because they knew stuff had been planted?
He stood down the neocons on going to war with Iran…
Now this?
And he is talking like they had some sort of deal with the government of Venezuela. They hinted at all sorts of incredible intelligence capabilities.
So… now they are confident that no deep state judge is going to cut them off at the knees? They have a court all lined up?
My supposition is that this isnt a Trump original… but that the Intel community brought it to him as a pre-existing plan they have wanted for some time. Otherwise, “the resistance” would have sabotaged it to a much greater degree.
CIA realized we dont need to waste money in shit hole deserts and focused on our hemisphere?
“We can funnel all the money we need through daycares!”
“You’re a nice little boy. Do you want to ride in my van?”
Finishing up on this interesting adaptation of Robin Hood.
It works but doesnt? Hard to explain
I’m partial to the Disney variant…
“Robin Hood and Little John walkin’ through the forest, ood-a-lolly, ood-a-lolly, golly what a day.”
They drew from that I swear! And I am right with ya…love that version.
The one with, what’s it? Russell Crowe? (looks it up) No, Hugh Jackman, ‘The Death of Robin Hood?’ Just heard about it. Not sure I care or should be interested in it. Further thoughts welcome.
Robin Hood w Costner ‘n Rickman is a cultural flick in our house. It’s just… brilliant in every way. With a spoon.
Why a spoon, cousin?
Costner’s Robin Hood was pretty good.
The one with Crowe was a disaster.
I was excited to go to the theater to see it, the trailer looked good and after Gladiator, I thought it would be epic.
It was not.
BECAUSE it’s dull you twit! It’ll hurt more!!
That and especially this bit have entered common use when something ‘mysteriously’ goes awry: “…Something vexes thee?”
?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107977
“Hey, Blinken”
I’d rather the FEC descend on Maricopa County (and then Fulton and Dekalb) if we’re going to have Federal agencies attempt to raise cities from the ashes.
Raise cities or raze cities?
Well, if you are talking Phoenix…
“Raising Arizona” is one of the few good Nic Cage movies.
Well, I know that when I think of international law and fostering global human rights…. the Arabs are the first people that leap to mind.
(More seriously — just get us out of the UN already so everyone understands “international law” extends as far as — and only as far as someone is willing to enforce it. That’s just the way the world works and to think we won’t play the game too is stupid.)
World safety is at risk translates to America is cruelly following its own path instead of fighting where we want it to.
Excellent translation.
The UN is basically the Allied powers puppet for staving off wars by providing a forum. As long as it remains a toothless tiger, it serves the purpose. 3rd world countries get to posture and green, but nothing happens.
The danger is when our allies use it to push other political agendas and then our own citizens seize upon that for leverage here in the US.
Well, if Taiwan holds the Chinese vote and the Soviets boycott the security council because of it, you can get the UN to start a war.
The UN human rights office says the US military intervention that ousted Venezuela’s leader violates international law and the UN Charter
Oh, my. Well, I guess that settles things.
“Everywhere you go in the world somebody’s raping women, expelling the ethnic Chinese, enslaving stone-age tribesmen, shooting communists, rounding up Jews, kidnapping Americans, settling fire to Sikhs, keeping Catholics out of the country clubs and hunting peasants from helicopters with automatic weapons.” — P. J. O’Rourke
Let’s ignore all of that and concentrate on the FBI snatch-and-grab of a tinpot dictator instead.
The Human Rights Office shouldnt be commenting on this anyway. Nobody’s rights are at stake (group-wise). We’ll, except maybe the property rights of folks who had their properties expropriated. I have a colleague who’s family lost everything – a nice hotel and jazz club on the ocean in Caracas, homes… his brother tried to stay and work with Chavez. Worked a deal to build housing for the poor. Built a large development with a bunch of small houses. The government then took them without payment and he had to flee to avoid arrest.
So, I suppose there are a few human rights at stake.
I find myself not very upset about this. If the replacement leader has the fear of God instilled into them (a big IF), it would be strategically very good for the US.
If the replacement leader is smart, she would work out a deal to get out of their current death spiral. Quick reforms, a trade deal with the US, repatriation, a deal to have the US bring back oil production…. they could all be billionaires in a rich country within the decade.
TOK:
Personally, I would much rather there be capture and assassination of heads of state than war.
Half of that ORouke quote sounds like a lot of fun.
If you need a reason to be stoic, try dealing with a water main break.
Oh no. How cold is it outside?
Mid 30s. It’s a town issue, not an issue with the house.
I got to deal (well I hired someone) with a frozen septic pipe yesterday.
It’s hard to be stoic when there are turds and used toilet paper floating in your bathtub.
Hawt.
That’s a stew.
“While Colombia is the world’s largest producer of cocaine there is no evidence that the president Gustavo Petro, who was elected in 2022, is in any way involved in the business.”
When reporters start declaring “there is no evidence”, I strongly suspect that the thing for which there is “no evidence” is actually a flat fact they have been told to deny.
Or just dont go looking for it. Prrss release said it so, report it and move on.
If you know what’s good for you.
Isn’t standing by and letting it happen bad enough? He doesn’t need a paycheck, just favorable treatment for turning a blind eye.
M-19 got most of their funding from hiring out as security for the cartel plantation sites. So yeah, I’m calling bullshit.
The UN human rights office says the US military intervention that ousted Venezuela’s leader violates international law and the UN Charter
Maybe they should kick us out of the UN, then.
Enforce it then Blue Helmets
As part of its growing presence in Arizona, DHS is expected to build controversial soft-sided facilities, the former official relayed. The tent-like structures are easier to put up quickly, but they are difficult to manage humanely because of their greater exposure to the elements, which contributes to a variety of serious problems for detainees.
Okay, hear me out. Put the facilities on the shores of Lake Powell, and stock the lake with dolphins. Then the most able and ambitious of inmates can earn their green cards by becoming cetacean trainers.
It should work out splendidly, for all in tents and porpoises.
That was a lot of work even for you LOL.
*Golf clap
Wow. That was a long way to go for that pun. Well done. Very BBC radio of you.
Worked fine for Sheriff Joe.
Something tells me “the elements” in AZ aren’t really that bad this time of year.
*narrows gaze*
On that Swiss bar fire, apparently all the guests lit sparklers tied to champagne bottles. The ceiling was quite flammable and the whole place went up. Picture just before and as the fire kicked off.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/691/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/2/af14bb5b-79e5-4e75-a826-88239c94667b.jpg.webp
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2026/1/2/d0869397-7dd4-4205-ae90-27f035e900ff.jpg.webp
Sparklers are basically thermite on a stiff piece of wire. They’re fun, but you can’t be stupid with them.
“You cant be stupid with them”
Me and everyone dude i ever met: “Wanna bet? Hold my beer…”
Well, you *can* be stupid with them; it’s just not going to lead to a good outcome.
“Have you met humanity?”
The whole intent of sparklers are to be stupid with them. Lighting one and giving it to an 8 yo?
There is a video of them chanting and singing and having a grand old time watching the fire spread above them, not realizing that they were facing a deadly situation.
This video was surprisingly hard to find. It was everywhere yesterday, and today my searches on YouTube and Google only returned news sites. Even X was flooded with “reputable accounts” linking news stories
https://x.com/i/status/2007167822292758682
There is a much longer video that shows the bottle showering sparks on the roof and igniting the fire, then people standing under it dancing and watching with fascination. One guy finally tries to beat it out with a towel, but doesnt really get much help.
I can’t imagine being drunk enough to not spot the flaw in that plan.
Looks like they had the same kind of foam that led to the Great White fire.
I was about to say, that looks like open-cell packing foam, which is only slightly less flammable than napalm. I’ve gone into clubs, seen that shit on the walls, and turned around and nope’d the fuck out of there.
Meanwhile, code enforcement here patrolling the neighborhood all the time looking for anything they can cite.
That’s exactly what I thought of.
Damn foam egg crate padding
Learned back in the 80s camping not to get that close to the fire.
The Dems would probably cheer for a GOP-led city to be terrorized by ICE if they could find one.
They’d probably be ecstatic if ICE stormed Austin. It’s in Texas, and that’s good enough for government work.
Do Ft. Worth or Midland instead?
I couldnt find the full version. Grok managed to find this longer cut that shows the key moments
https://x.com/i/status/2007312170879729877
More here
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/2007326602380607488/pu/vid/avc1/320×568/rldW2BoaBbGywRcF.mp4
It’s the most un-Swiss thing I’ve ever seen. I would have assumed they’d be lousy with various inspections and safety regs.
They had that fire in Switzerland that inspired the Deep Purple song Smoke on the Water, but that was some dude shooting a flare into the ceiling.
That is more a German thing.
American tourists stranded across the Caribbean after airspace closed for Maduro capture
Despite the Federal Aviation Administration reopening the Eastern Caribbean airspace following the dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces, some American tourists said they remain stranded across the region.
You take a nice sun-filled vacation with your squeeze, and through no fault of your own, your return plans get Grenada-d.
STOP!
Happy Anniversary for those who celebrate.
So who shanked Waltz? Ellison?
https://www.wfmz.com/weather/tuesday-marks-30th-anniversary-of-blizzard-of-1996-which-dumped-up-to-2-feet-of/article_8ca33f2d-391c-400b-a4be-6c32a9d2f5a8.html
Local news. Was a big deal.
Not this date, but 5 years ago we got like 4-5 feet of snow, so I’m a little surprised that 2 feet back in ’96 is so historic.
I remember that storm.
I need OMWC’s take on the Harbaugh firing.
They wanted to see who they could pick up cheap following Black Monday?
Too bad the gig with TTUN has been taken. 🙄
Table Top United Nations?
lol Worst RPG ever.
Wrong Harbaugh.
I know it’s not the same Harbaugh. Since you brought it up, though, BOTH Harbaughs are wrong.
Stefanski to Ravens; Harbaugh to Browns?
I’ve seen dumber things proposed… including Deion as the Browns coach. I don’t think my liver could handle that.
Stefanski: My mom’s father’s Polish name until they came Stateside in the early 1920s, changed to ‘Stevens,’ w Mom’s dad the first born in America.
Harbaugh basically gets to pick from any of the available openings (except Ravens obviously). He’s probably not picking the team he had a .750 winning percentage against.
I haven’t bothered to read any of it. Are the “experts” saying Trump has tacitly given Xi the green light to crush Taiwan by sphere-of-influencing Venezuela?
I get the feeling that as long as Taiwan has enough missiles capable of destroying the Three Gorges Dam, they’re probably pretty safe.
The trick with Taiwan is China has to capture it without killing it. Really attacking/destroying is very quickly a Pyrrhic victory.
How does Taiwan have a monopoly on semiconductors? It isn’t the materials, AFAICT, and I don’t see how they, and they alone, have some actual Ancient ‘Chinese’ Secret that no one else has access to.
My fortune reads: “Ignorant are you, of many things” cuz Yoda-speak, more trustworthy is.
Venezuelans who showed up in Denver are having a harder time turning a buck at taxpayer expense…
https://kdvr.com/news/politics/funding-for-venezuelan-population-in-colorado-decreasing/
“We had 17 federal grants last year supporting a variety of programs that we do at the Village Exchange Center. $2.5 million of our federal funding was terminated in the beginning of 2025,”
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“We have been involved in SNAP and Medicaid enrollment. ”
I guess we’re out of the “Newcomers aren’t eligible for, and don’t receive, assistance payments, racist dummy.” phase of this whole thing. Google AI is stuck in the old way of thinking, because the answers to my searches still say this.
“Newcomers” is one of those phrases the media use that drive me nuts. It’s designed to obfuscate the real situation.
What do you have against Sam Francisco?
Maybe they were big fans of Alien Nation?
It could be worse, I suppose. German-language media use the euphemism “people with a migration background”.
I am surprised they don’t use Rootless Cosmopolitans”
And out of the other sides of their mouths: None of these “immigrants” are getting SNAP or Medicaid benefits!!!
Illegals don’t get federal money. These are asylum seekers, not illegals. And even if they were illegal, it’s state money, not federal and it’s not like money is fungible. It’s all word games.
Meanwhile, when my wife was getting her green card, she had to swear that she wouldn’t get any kind of government support for 12 months. Surely these newcomers have a similar requirement, right?
Gov. Tim Walz: “Over My Dead Body” Will I Resign, “When Does The Guy In The WH Resign?”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/01/06/gov_tim_walz_over_my_dead_body_will_i_resign_republicans_want_to_tear_this_state_down.html
Over/under on how quick? I’m putting my marker at a week.
His tuff-gai act is precious.
You’re just in awe of his masculinity.
It’s about as eye-roll inducing as it gets.
I hope he ends up in a federal prison.
He’d love that Sean.
“Republicans want to tear this state down,” he said. “And I’m here to help them”
When the going gets tough politicians have a news conference.
“ And expect for the next 11 months for me to ride you like you have never been ridden”
He’s totally not a child molester
The best interpretation of Robin Hood was done by Daffy Duck.
Change my mind.
I wouldn’t dream of it.
“Actually, it’s a buck-and-a-quarter quarter staff. But I’m not telling him that. 🤨 🤨 “
Careful with the beak, Daffy.
I say “yoicks and away” sometimes.
Chuck Jones was fond of cliffs.
Would it be cultural appropriation to give a Peruvian shaman a cheeky spank?
I was told there would be no kink shaman.