Althouse: Tea with Larry...

December 27, 2025

Tea with Larry...

It's a no-news Saturday, the day after the day after Christmas.

120 comments:

Quaestor said...: Who is Larry? Who is Lidiya? One boiled the water, the other poured it into a cup?

Accountability is good. Opacity, not so much.; 12/27/25, 9:34 AM
Iman said...: All I want for Christmas is World Peace and…

https://x.com/OntWtf/status/2004731808488010078?s=20; 12/27/25, 9:37 AM
Peachy said...: Looks charming and cozy in there.; 12/27/25, 9:38 AM
Zavier Onasses said...: "Larry" is the name Mead uses when ordering. Easier to distinguish from "Mead" when shouted in a noisy restaurant. (one syllable, ends in suppressed soft consonant, sounds like "Me", is not a common name).

My own choice is Aloysius.; 12/27/25, 9:45 AM
john mosby said...: Larry can sound too much like Harry, Barry, Jerry, Carrie, Mary, Perry, Terry, &c. Not a problem when you're listening for your own name, but a problem in the barista getting it right when you tell him/her. Then the error propagates as you tune out Carrie or whatever they're saying when your order's ready.

Do you spell it out for the barista, just to make sure? CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 9:51 AM
Dave Begley said...: No news? Trump is destroying OUR democracy and you claim there is no news? White racists waging a racist campaign on the Somalis who built Minnesota? An undeclared war against Venezuela? People being deported without extreme due process? Nebraska basketball in the Top 20?

No news indeed!; 12/27/25, 9:51 AM
Iman said...: “My own choice is Aloysius.”

Mine is “Welhung”…; 12/27/25, 9:55 AM
Iman said...: I must say it’s a challenge to keep a straight face when picking up an order.; 12/27/25, 9:57 AM
Old and slow said...: My girlfriend identifies as Frank when ordering at the counter. Not sure why...; 12/27/25, 9:58 AM
Jaq said...: You sure it's not "bankwalker," Iman?; 12/27/25, 10:06 AM
tcrosse said...: The Somalis didn't actually build Minneapolis. It is more accurate to say that they were the catalyst that transformed it.; 12/27/25, 10:16 AM
narciso said...: I dubbed them blank pages (david) ht they live; 12/27/25, 10:18 AM
Curious George said...: Ha. Reminds me of the clerihew I wrote for Althouse back in 2016:

"Professor Ann Althouse
Larry’s her spouse.
He helps her with blogging
And the sink when clogging.

Good! First line is the name of a ((famous)) person and nothing more. Second line rhymes, then 2 more lines that rhyme with each other. There's no rule about meter or number of syllables, but keep it amusing and delightful.

Curious George
Knew how to forge
A Clerihew about me, Meade
And the clogging he freed."

I went with Larry because Lawrence didn't flow as well.; 12/27/25, 10:19 AM
FormerLawClerk said...: Minnesota Somali's have set up fake day care centers where they're extracting MILLIONS in federal $$$. Local journalists are demanding to see the children inside these day care centers and finding they are all locked up and just fake storefronts.

No kids.

Trump/Bondi are NOWHERE to be found.

America is literally being stolen from us by a bunch of imported hood rats and Donald Trump can't be bothered to get off the golf course long enough to save the country.

There's some news for you.; 12/27/25, 10:20 AM
narciso said...: The us atty is following up the treasury department thompson is his name; 12/27/25, 10:23 AM
Peachy said...: You are all racist! for calling out the truth about Somali crimes and corruption under the leadership of White Fraud Walz(D).; 12/27/25, 10:23 AM
narciso said...: The satrapy of minneapolis; 12/27/25, 10:26 AM
paminwi said...: There is the possibility, FormerLawClerk, that the feds are doing the investigation in a manner that will ensure good indictments and convictions. And maybe there aren’t assholes involved that want to leak everything to the press.
At least that my hope.; 12/27/25, 10:28 AM
bagoh20 said...: I'm asking Duck.A.I. about killing coyotes in self-defense versus hunting. It tells me there are very different ramification for the two scenarios. Coyotes in Nevada are not protected, and you can hunt them with no limit or license required. They are considered large potentially lethal cockroaches.
Through an ensuing Q & A it tells me that if I'm out legally hunting coyotes and I kill one in self-defense, because it approaches me menacingly, I then need to justify the killing on self-defense grounds, even though I'm hunting, and there could be legal and ethical ramifications. A person would not make that argument. A lawyer might, but not a human.; 12/27/25, 10:30 AM
FormerLawClerk said...: Sorry, Pam. Somali's stole $9 billion tax dollars before the local press (basically the guys at Powerline) exposed it all. And that was just on the food stamp scam. There are literally dozens of scams they have going.

Trump is MISSING IN ACTION.

I did see on Kai's YouTube channel her and the President playing a round of golf though. So his priorities are clear. He's spending hours and hours boosting her YouTube views.; 12/27/25, 10:33 AM
narciso said...: Timmahs on a tear again,; 12/27/25, 10:35 AM
bagoh20 said...: We all know the crime would be obvious and without nuance if it was Republican voters in Florida accused.
That's really the basis for fact versus racist innuendo.; 12/27/25, 10:39 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: No news? Trump is destroying OUR democracy and you claim there is no news? White racists waging a racist campaign on the Somalis who built Minnesota? An undeclared war against Venezuela? People being deported without extreme due process? Nebraska basketball in the Top 20?

...

America is literally being stolen from us by a bunch of imported hood rats and Donald Trump can't be bothered to get off the golf course long enough to save the country.

Trump is doing all this to distract us from the Epstein files! Don't be fooled!

Any Day Now!; 12/27/25, 10:40 AM
bagoh20 said...: Trump should sail Marines to the shores of Minnesota. That's how Jefferson handled a very similar problem.; 12/27/25, 10:47 AM
narciso said...: Drone strike like in puntland; 12/27/25, 10:48 AM
Humperdink said...: I see Meade’s receipt says “for here plated”. Plated? Not seen that before.; 12/27/25, 10:50 AM
Achilles said...: I am not seeing enough motivation from the Trump team to deal with the fraud.

Everyone knows that Illinois, California, and New York and every other blue city/state are doing the same thing and that Minnesota is just a drop in the bucket.

It was local media that reported this. Not DOJ investigators.

Bondi is so not ready for this. How could she have fucked up the Epstein files more than she did?; 12/27/25, 10:56 AM
bagoh20 said...: A.I. says: " Even though hunting laws give you the right to kill coyotes, the legal standards for self-defense may require more justification. There may be an expectation to prove that non-lethal options were not viable."

You can kill them at will unless they threaten you.
A.I. is a leftist.; 12/27/25, 10:57 AM
Beasts of England said...: ’Trump should sail Marines to the shores of Minnesota.’

Is Minnesota the state with 10,000 lakes? I get confused…; 12/27/25, 11:02 AM
Original Mike said...: "Plated? Not seen that before."

You don't watch cooking shows.
I don't either, but my wife does.; 12/27/25, 11:10 AM
MadTownGuy said...: My dad was Lawrence (with a W) but always went by Larry.; 12/27/25, 11:12 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Looks like "plated" means in a cup & saucer, rather than in a disposable cup.; 12/27/25, 11:14 AM
narciso said...: ☕️PARDON ME ☙ Saturday, December 27, 2025☙ C&C NEWS 🦠 https://share.google/iBuwfgrxtytDRwjSd; 12/27/25, 11:15 AM
Original Mike said...: "Looks like "plated" means in a cup & saucer, …"

Yeah, that's stretching the meaning.; 12/27/25, 11:16 AM
narciso said...: https://notthebee.com/article/british-politician-celebrates-welcoming-in-islamic-terrorist-who-said-i-hate-white-people-wants-to-kill-colonialists-and-zionists-refers-to-brits-as-dogs-and-monkeys; 12/27/25, 11:24 AM
narciso said...: He seems nice; 12/27/25, 11:32 AM
narciso said...: Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino on X: "This blooper is one for the books! A driver ran a red light in Slidell, LA and accidentally crashed into a vehicle used by Operation Catahoula Crunch. It turns out she was an illegal alien from Honduras. Apparently she never learned the lesson that red means stop, not https://t.co/HoA7ytGR11" / X https://share.google/YEoLrUK53PEPk6IQr; 12/27/25, 11:43 AM
john mosby said...: Achilles: "It was local media that reported this. Not DOJ investigators."

I wouldn't be so hard on Bondi. (1) obviously no work was done on this 2021-2024. So you are expecting a complex fraud case to go from zero to dudes in cuffs in 11 months. Doesn't really happen. (2) Took a while (October 2025) to get a Trump US Atty confirmed. (3) God knows what's been going on since the inauguration in the FBI office or OIG of any agency that ultimately supplies the money for these programs. (4) Biden burrowers in the USAO, FBI, &c, have been applying friction. (5) Even if every federal employee in the state had been immediately enthusiastic on Jan 20 to lock up the Skinnies, it's not the only case in town, and many of those feds have been shuttling all over the country on the immigration and street crime initiatives. (6) drawing attention to this case prior to the various state/local elections recently held in MN would not, as in a normal civilization, lead to cries of "throw the bums out," but rather to circling the wagons around "our bums," so not politically adventageous for MAGA. (7) outsourcing to the press saves your tax dollars! Back in the day when liberals didn't like Dem machines, this happened all the time, like the Mirage Tavern long-term undercover journalism project in Chicago. CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 11:44 AM
narciso said...: See sayyid flanagan and ferenghi frey as examples; 12/27/25, 11:46 AM
Kakistocracy said...: Quick thing on Bari Weiss: She's not a real journalist, she doesn't have real political convictions, she's a pick me girl for rich older conservatives. You know..."My daughter who barely speaks to me since I left her mom says I'm a caveman for voting for Trump, but Bari understands me...And she's a hip young lesbian. She knows I'm a thoughtful thinker with serious thoughts about free speech, not a doddering asshole like my estranged daughter says."

Bari focuses on being Jewish and a lesbian a lot right now but it's just an angle she's playing. She doesn't care about other lesbians or other Jewish people. She's a JD Vance super fan!; 12/27/25, 11:47 AM
narciso said...: The fact that a good portion of state funds ended in the hands of al queda affiliate al shabaab *the youths, is concerning

Im sure michigan and probably wisconsin have similar arrangements; 12/27/25, 11:53 AM
narciso said...: The former with hezbollah the latter who knows; 12/27/25, 11:55 AM
bagoh20 said...: Obsessed with identity politics is no way to live. We live among real people who are individuals. Dropping them into your labeled bucket robs you of wisdom, and robs them of dignity.; 12/27/25, 11:56 AM
narciso said...: Army confirms Boko Haram suicide bomber behind Borno mosque explosion - Vanguard News https://share.google/XKp2LPNHmHrzkcJF7; 12/27/25, 12:03 PM
Rocco said...: tcrosse said...
“The Somalis didn't actually build Minneapolis. It is more accurate to say that they were the catalyst that transformed it.”

You jes’ gotta learn how to speak Prog: The Somalis did build today’s Minneapolis by fundamentally transforming it into the vibrant, diverse 3rd world city it is today.

Actually, BLM did a lot of the work in the beginning. But BLM is persona non grata today, so they don’t get a shout out.; 12/27/25, 12:06 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: Quick thing on Bari Weiss: She's trying to make people watch CBS "News" again. Remember, this is the network of Dan "I Type Up Fake Tang Memos" Rather. Literally manufactured obviously faked memos (this was before AI) to rig our Presidential election.

Let's hope she fails and we can get back to dunking on the absolute morons at CBS who can't even fake news correctly.; 12/27/25, 12:07 PM
narciso said...: Dejavu
Andrew Beck on X: "When I was on loan to the large advertising group responsible for the launch of the Lightning, I had ideas for marketing to existing pickup owners shot down because it would “look like we were catering to Trump voters.”" / X https://share.google/QevpXwo3xburq03rH; 12/27/25, 12:07 PM
Not an oldster. said...: "On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
a plated cu-up of tea!"
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Just don't be one of those people who insists on returning it when you decide: eh, you weren't in the mood for peppermint after all and changed your mind well after enjoying it, k?

Your fellow shoppers and especially the harried delivery people thank you...

(Think before you order, people? If you open it and try it out, and just later decide you paid too much and it's just not your thing, after the moment has passed, YOU eat the cost. That will make you more careful with the fine details the next time you order, no? NOTE: this does not apply if the product does not come as ordered, or if you open the outer packaging and realize it is not what you want BEFORE you use it...
Please stop over-ordering and cheaply returning your perfectly fine, but now used products* human beings have rushed to deliver to you to meet your ever-growing materialistic dreams??)

* That's what garage sales are for, where you recoup some of your losses when your "I wants" are greedier than your pocketbook can afford... Imagine if we ALL gamed the system like that!

Ok, sorry to kill your peppermint buzz, Larry. This is clearly not about you, I just needed to get that pet peeve off my chest.... thank you and don't get me started about people who late order then complain if the very-human delivery people don't get you what your heart desires immediately after you order.

That is not what Christmas is about, people: exploiting the loopholes in the consumer market and thinking yourself clever, much less entitled. We're all in this together, right... right??; 12/27/25, 12:08 PM
Rocco said...: I think the Somalis need to start doing land acknowledgments praising the original Scandinavians who built a safe prosperous city for them to take over.; 12/27/25, 12:08 PM
Wince said...: bagoh20 said...
A.I. says: " Even though hunting laws give you the right to kill coyotes, the legal standards for self-defense may require more justification. There may be an expectation to prove that non-lethal options were not viable."

Not sure what your search questions was. I usually try multiple, more precise search questions after anomalous answers. What I've found is AI sometimes seems to assemble answers from entirely different data sources and contexts, especially in answer to compound questions.

For example, it may be taking "self-defense" independently from shooting coyotes and applying the human standard. Or assuming shooting coyotes for self-defense in a residential area (versus hunting area). It may even be reading coyote as a human trafficker.; 12/27/25, 12:09 PM
Not an oldster. said...: (Yeah, I interpreted this as an open thread, not just a place to discuss Larry's choice of tea... Do they have anise flavored?, to keep things on topic.); 12/27/25, 12:10 PM
narciso said...: Like the cheese shop sketch

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulmaj13/p/saturday-comments-77b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2czur; 12/27/25, 12:12 PM
narciso said...: It has been a while

https://youtu.be/_Dfc89TY-aA?si=poy8qeo_3EY1JeTj; 12/27/25, 12:16 PM
narciso said...: Ais can aggregate data but it cant intuit a conclusion; 12/27/25, 12:23 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Tea with Larry...

I guess Moe and Curly couldn't make it, huh?; 12/27/25, 12:25 PM
Not an oldster. said...: You folks know Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino was originally set in Minneapolis, not Detroit, right?

Moral of the story: if you wealthy white folk move to the wealthy suburbs, you cede the city to the latest legal immigrants, be they Hmong or Somalis or true African-Americans.

Definitely doesn't justify fraud -- you should have a system of "checks" in place to prevent others from taking advantage and being led into temptations* -- but let's not pretend anybody "took over" the city. They just got pushed into the low-cost, often rundown city housing when they legally got placed here after American military intervention into the Somali civil war failed under Clinton, and well-meaning but naive religious groups brought them from the refugees camps to work here...

No lie, Barron, Wisconsin has a growing population after Mrs. Jerome of the Turkey Store realized people good with machetes would be good stripping turkeys of their skins and unwanted parts, when not enough American workers could be found to work in their turkey-processing plant... (she was religious and wealthy, so in they came.... big populations in the schools now, and their kids/grandkids are smart and competitive too. Immigrants hungry for success and all that... they're here to stay, sorry to disappoint folks. Go after the criminals, not the ethnicity?)

Doing the jobs Americans won't. legal immigration 101. Same as it ever was. If you can hunt and... field dress dozens of coyotes, you can strip dead turkeys, gentlemen. Work with your hands, yes you can...
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* Did you know Minnesota has a law that you can't leave your keys in the ignition in a running car when you pop into a store, or have it warming up in wintertime because it's considered a temptation/attractive nuisance? Cops just got tired of responding to so many stolen, and dumped cars when poor people without transportation hopped in in the bitter cold, and took it where they needed to go. It's a poor people thing, not immigrants pulling that...

People take advantage.
Human nature 101.; 12/27/25, 12:40 PM
Eva Marie said...: The story about sex and Ozempic got me thinking about another unintended consequence of these weight-loss drugs.
It would seem that women who’ve lost significant weight on Ozempic couldn’t donate their old plus-size clothes to thrift stores fast enough. We’re talking about a flood of high-quality, larger-size items hitting the market.
What a dilemma for overweight women: jump on the Ozempic bandwagon themselves, or snag a great wardrobe for pennies on the dollar?
I’m kidding about the second part - but the first point is supported by reports from thrift stores across the country.
It also appears that people who’ve shed pounds with these drugs are shopping with renewed enthusiasm (and perhaps extra energy too).
Bottom line: How much of the “surprising” growth in Q4 GDP - or the economy overall in 2024 - can be attributed to the usage of these new weight-loss drugs?; 12/27/25, 12:43 PM
Captain BillieBob said...: I like my tea with lemon and honey. I’m a gonna get me some right now. Who’s with me?; 12/27/25, 12:44 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: Get something straight ladies: Ozempic will get all those cheeseburgers off your fat asses ... but will leave you with a bunch of baggy skin that makes you look so gross we are never going to ever touch you again.

You're a disgusting lot. Get yourselves sorted properly.; 12/27/25, 12:49 PM
tcrosse said...: Downtown Minneapolis wasn't always so wonderful. Back in the 1960s there was a vast urban renewal project along the Washington Avenue and Gateway District skid row. And the Democrats, or should I say the DFL, have been running the place forever.; 12/27/25, 12:52 PM
narciso said...: well lileks seems to make the best of it, but then something changed with the arrival of pat smiley, and the target heir,; 12/27/25, 12:57 PM
boatbuilder said...: "Not an oldster" slanders Meade and completely misunderstands the incredibly successful Amazon business model, which has now been adopted by Walmart and virtually every large clothing retailer.

What a surprise!; 12/27/25, 1:01 PM
john mosby said...: My commenters and I
Have one wish before we die
And it may sound strange
As if our minds are deranged
Please don't ask us why
Beneath the sheltering sky
We have this strange obsession
You have the means in your possession
Tea at Colectivo with you
Tea at Colectivo with you
The young man agreed
He would satisfy their need
So they blogged for his pleasure
With a joy you could not measure
They would wait for him here
The same place every year
Beneath the sheltering sky
Across Madison he would fly
Tea at Colectivo with you
&c
The sky turned to black
Would he ever come back?
They would climb the Cap'tol
They would scream like a radical
But he'd never return
So commenters would burn
As their eyes searched the land
With their cups full of sand
Tea at Colectivo with you
&c
CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 1:06 PM
boatbuilder said...: I tried several times to figure out whether our local county landfill transfer station (which is generally open for residential loads on Saturday mornings 8-12) was open today. AI gave me multiple answers, including that the landfill was "...closed for Christmas and the day after Christmas, December 26, so it is closed today, December 27, which is within the holiday period," and that the landfill is only open on the first Saturday each month (which is not true).
In fairness to AI, I wasn't able to find the answer by going to the county website, either.
So I will wait until Monday.
But AI doesn't always make much sense. I never rely on it's answers--always check the source.; 12/27/25, 1:10 PM
boatbuilder said...: There was a system of "checks." The Democratic machine--of which Tim Walz was the leader--ignored the obvious fraud that the "checks" were flashing in their faces. The Biden Administration seems to have played along. When one particular community is receiving grossly disproportionate "benefits" for their population size, that's a massive red flag.; 12/27/25, 1:16 PM
tcrosse said...: Here on the western fringes of Las Vegas my next door neighbor was a widow lady who would go for long walks with her well-behaved shih tzu. She would pack heat, in case a coyote came down from the hills and tried for her dog. She had been an officer in the Army, so I imagine she knew how to shoot. It's illegal to discharge a firearm within city limits, but she figured that when the chips were down she could get away with it.; 12/27/25, 1:19 PM
john mosby said...: If some journo or youtuber did a Mirage Tavern op today, they'd be locked up for every fraud statute in the book, and probably a few privacy-violation statutes as well. Maybe, maybe if Trump saw the footage he might order Bondi and the USAO to do something with the footage. Maybe. CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 1:20 PM
Original Mike said...: "closed for Christmas and the day after Christmas, December 26, so it is closed today, December 27,"

I seen this multiple times in AI searches; a result which any sentient being would reject as nonsensical. But AI is incapable of recognizing its own errors. It has, after all, produced what it calculated was the most probable result. How can it then conclude that it is wrong?; 12/27/25, 1:24 PM
narciso said...: coyotes like wolves may be intelligent animals but they aren't cuddly animals, just like the unwarranted love shown to black bears, by the usual suspects down here,; 12/27/25, 1:25 PM
Original Mike said...: "When one particular community is receiving grossly disproportionate "benefits" for their population size, that's a massive red flag."

Red flags are for those who are trying to identify fraud. For the fraudsters, they're something to bury.; 12/27/25, 1:28 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2003378794900652442; 12/27/25, 1:31 PM
john mosby said...: Oh no, what about the Shipping Forecast? Is it fake news, too? CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 1:40 PM
narciso said...: magic eightball says maybe

its a wonder how much effort is employed in grand mal frauds, equivalent to the gdp of small island nations, conjuring of non existents weather stations, et al, as opposed to productive work,; 12/27/25, 1:49 PM
narciso said...: as rush called it 'the drive by media' by the time, you catch up they are on to some other artifice, defaming some worthy person or institution,; 12/27/25, 1:50 PM
Yancey Ward said...: I guess one Stooge is better than none.; 12/27/25, 1:53 PM
narciso said...: policy is determined because of those frauds, and real life people suffer, privation, sometimes death,; 12/27/25, 1:54 PM
Achilles said...: john mosby said...

Achilles: "It was local media that reported this. Not DOJ investigators."

I wouldn't be so hard on Bondi. (1) obviously no work was done on this 2021-2024. So you are expecting a complex fraud case to go from zero to dudes in cuffs in 11 months. Doesn't really happen. (2) Took a while (October 2025) to get a Trump US Atty confirmed. (3) God knows what's been going on since the inauguration in the FBI office or OIG of any agency that ultimately supplies the money for these programs. (4) Biden burrowers in the USAO, FBI, &c, have been applying friction. (5) Even if every federal employee in the state had been immediately enthusiastic on Jan 20 to lock up the Skinnies, it's not the only case in town, and many of those feds have been shuttling all over the country on the immigration and street crime initiatives. (6) drawing attention to this case prior to the various state/local elections recently held in MN would not, as in a normal civilization, lead to cries of "throw the bums out," but rather to circling the wagons around "our bums," so not politically adventageous for MAGA. (7) outsourcing to the press saves your tax dollars! Back in the day when liberals didn't like Dem machines, this happened all the time, like the Mirage Tavern long-term undercover journalism project in Chicago. CC, JSM

Not good enough.

If Vance decides he is going to have a flacid DOJ like this I am voting for anyone else in 2028.

There is no world where Walz is not in jail right now being squeezed. There is more than probable cause here. Ilhan Omar has millions in the bank. Why is she not arrested? They have the receipts.

Conservatives have been arrested for so much less than what they have on Tim Walz. This DOJ is a joke. They do not want to prosecute fraud. They had to have their arms twisted to release the Epstein files. AIPAC still owns congress. How is this legal? They just don't give a shit about the people or the law.

I will be interested to see if Dan Bongino still has a soul.; 12/27/25, 2:17 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTubeThe giant foot in Monty Python's Flying Circus

AI Answers: what the giant foot in Monty Python's Flying Circus mean? (Link); 12/27/25, 2:21 PM
jim5301 said...: I don’t get it when people say that Bari Weiss is not a journalist. Of course she is. How do you define journalism? Have you read any of her articles at the Free Press.

I thought she was a smart choice to head CBS. But it clearly is too early to tell.; 12/27/25, 2:23 PM
narciso said...: can we be grown ups or pretend, you see how the possums prevented habba and halligan from securing convictions, you see how 'maryland man,' is 'the man who wouldn't leave' same for Effendi Khalil because of the Foreign Office or their Syrian counterpart

we have to dot every i cross every t and still there is some paid off myrmidon who blocks the matter, sometimes all the way up to the Supreme Court; 12/27/25, 2:24 PM
narciso said...: as we saw this week with the National Guard, same with the Guard deployment, they have unlimited time and unlimited personnel, the ngo archipelago, we have to snip every tripwire sometimes several times,; 12/27/25, 2:27 PM
narciso said...: even in red states like indiana, they have backstabbing weasels to contend with,; 12/27/25, 2:35 PM
Aaron said...: Do Althouse commenters understand that the US Attorney already brought Somali corruption cases?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/walz-minnesota-officials-question-us-attorneys-office-claim-that-fraud-could-reach-9-billion/ar-AA1SHDJ6?ocid=BingNewsSerp; 12/27/25, 2:35 PM
bagoh20 said...: Incidentally, I asked Grok the same coyote question, and it had the obvious correct answer that evaded Duck.ai.

Grok: "Shooting one in self-defense while already out legally hunting them aligns with state wildlife regulations, as the act falls under permissible taking of unprotected mammals."

I have no intention of shooting any coyote unless I have too. I see them all the time while out hiking, and my dog is not big enough to defend herself. I just wondered if that would get me in trouble. It clearly depends on where you are.; 12/27/25, 2:49 PM
john mosby said...: There's lots of other stuff you can do besides shoot them: run into the fake cave painted into the rock wall; look at the Acme Time Bomb then walk away; run between two cliffs in midair; etc. CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 2:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The problem with the fraud in Minnesota is that it doesn't have a pithy catchy name. People can't get exited about a nameless, faceless scandal in Somalia. A nick name could (maybe) strip it off it's racial overtones.; 12/27/25, 2:55 PM
narciso said...: what was that mencken phrase,

https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/12/27/mamdanis-new-fire-chief-has-never-fought-fires-but-has-one-big-resume-item-n4947593; 12/27/25, 2:55 PM
narciso said...: now you're talking john mosby; 12/27/25, 2:57 PM
bagoh20 said...: When ordering coffee or tea, give the name "Sire" or "Milord". It just makes the service seem better.; 12/27/25, 2:58 PM
Achilles said...: narciso said...

can we be grown ups or pretend, you see how the possums prevented habba and halligan from securing convictions, you see how 'maryland man,' is 'the man who wouldn't leave' same for Effendi Khalil because of the Foreign Office or their Syrian counterpart

we have to dot every i cross every t and still there is some paid off myrmidon who blocks the matter, sometimes all the way up to the Supreme Court

This is your problem. You people accept this bullshit. Those judges were traitors too and they should have been impeached by now and thrown in jail. Judges don't just get to make things up.

Unless they are democrats of course. Republicans tried to throw Trump in jail in Georgia. The Desantis supporters all supported the effort to throw Trump in jail for disputing the Georgia election. They blamed Trump and MAGA for losing the Georgia senate seats. And now we find out there were 315000 explicitly illegal votes.

Kemp and Raffesburger belong in jail too. And that gets to the hart of the issue. It is Republicans like Bondi and Raffesburger and the McCainites in Arizona that are the real problem here.

Republicans are betraying their voters just like they always do.; 12/27/25, 3:01 PM
Achilles said...: narciso said...

even in red states like indiana, they have backstabbing weasels to contend with,

Exactly.; 12/27/25, 3:03 PM
narciso said...: the powers that be, don't want it to trend, thats the problem,; 12/27/25, 3:04 PM
imTay said...: Re Bari Weis, I used to watch Bloomberg every weekday morning, they had three hosts and while they were not MAGA, they did listen to and discuss both sides of issues Trump related. Then in 2022, they replaced one with a lady who relentlessly pushed Biden’s side of every issue, and the two that were left had their wings clipped.

So basically Democrats are doing S.O.P., accusing people of the stuff they are guilty of themselves.; 12/27/25, 3:12 PM
john mosby said...: Lem: "The problem with the fraud in Minnesota is that it doesn't have a pithy catchy name."

Somaliscam? Somaligate? Moga-Scam or -Gate? Skinnyscam? Operation Horn of Minnesota? Moga-Street-Pew? Somali Invisikids? Jihadi Nice? Twin Spouses? Cuntland? Black Fraud Down? The Revenge of Gordon and Shugart? Skinny Betta Have Mah Money? I Got No Snack Bar (say it aloud)? CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 3:13 PM
narciso said...: and you have to get every republican including those four possums to vote for it,; 12/27/25, 3:14 PM
Kirk Parker said...: Aaron,

We are talking about Walz and Omar.; 12/27/25, 3:15 PM
john mosby said...: "Mogadishu - how bout Mega-Fuck-You!"? "The Shabaab-it: Money Going There And Back Again?" "Who's the Captain Now?" "Captain Fuck-Ups?"

Ooh, I think I like that last one best. Trump should start calling Walz that. CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 3:18 PM
narciso said...: yes, and they probably covered their tracks, although jazz hands might have been sloppy,

the difference with the dems was when they were hanging by four seats, they let the tail wag the dog, so they gave in to every crazy wish of v'ger and the barmaid,
the possums don't think that way,; 12/27/25, 3:20 PM
Mason G said...: "The problem with the fraud in Minnesota is that it doesn't have a pithy catchy name."

Feeding Our Fraud; 12/27/25, 3:21 PM
Humperdink said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/27/25, 3:21 PM
john mosby said...: Ciso: V'Ger - ha! CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 3:31 PM
Humperdink said...: Some NFL team should move into Arrowhead Stadium.; 12/27/25, 3:32 PM
john mosby said...: Of course, comparing her to the beautiful and talented Persis Khambatta z''l may be a crime against humanity....CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 3:38 PM
john mosby said...: Best part of Operation I Got No Snack Bar is Leavitt can say it in the press room, and a few newsies will spring to their feet and say the real thing in reflexive response. Like the Benny Hill "I'm Littler!" sketch. Then those august members of the press can be carted off to Gitmo. CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 3:41 PM
Achilles said...: Kash Patel is trying to make Bondi look competent.

He was going to shut down the DC FBI office and turn it into a museum.

Now he is simping for his girlfriend using the FBI jet to get her to her podcasts and concerts.

This is not what we voted for.; 12/27/25, 3:59 PM
narciso said...: these are serious issues, but ridiculous people,; 12/27/25, 4:04 PM
FullMoon said...: "FormerLawClerk said...
Quick thing on Bari Weiss: She's trying to make people watch CBS "News" again. Remember, this is the network of Dan "I Type Up Fake Tang Memos" Rather. Literally manufactured obviously faked memos (this was before AI) to rig our Presidential election.

Let's hope she fails and we can get back to dunking on the absolute morons at CBS who can't even fake news correctly."

100 % Incorrect. Let's hope she succeeds in accurately turning cbs news to the right , becomes most watched and profitable news by far. Then NBC and ABC and others will follow suit. 90% reason people against Trump and America is due to MSM propaganda.
If MSM headlined Trump success, and ignored his failures, he would be most popular president in recent memory.; 12/27/25, 4:07 PM
narciso said...: hoover had his faults, any security chief would, but on balance he understood who were the enemies of the people, he outstaid his welcome,; 12/27/25, 4:13 PM
narciso said...: instead you have nitpicking like what we see here, from kyle seraphin, he gave us that bogus pipebomber story, we work with what we got,; 12/27/25, 4:19 PM
narciso said...: she made a tiny gesture toward sanity, with the cecot story,
(which was like reheated meatloaf from last march); 12/27/25, 4:24 PM
bagoh20 said...: "...catchy name."
Walz is already named the Fraud Father.
The whole mess could be:
Minnesota Vice
A Handout's Tale
Pirates of the Karen Being.; 12/27/25, 4:25 PM
bagoh20 said...: The CBS tagline will always be "Fake But Accurate".; 12/27/25, 4:29 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/thestustustudio/status/2004997538802212906; 12/27/25, 4:29 PM
narciso said...: you might say truthy, there is a long history of this, going back to murrow in 53; 12/27/25, 4:30 PM
john mosby said...: bagoh20: those are great! "Minnesota Vice" is crying out for an AI video with Trump rolling around in a convertible with stubble and an unconstructed blazer, bustin caps as he goes. CC, JSM; 12/27/25, 4:31 PM
rhhardin said...: Ring Tones in the style of various classical composers.; 12/27/25, 4:38 PM
Humperdink said...: Correction to above post. It’s peacock, not Netfart. Same thought process; 12/27/25, 4:43 PM
narciso said...: tomato tomatoe; 12/27/25, 5:03 PM
John D said...: Can't post photos. But here is a link to one that our Hostess will surely identify with. https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2025/12/image004-4.png; 12/27/25, 5:03 PM
narciso said...: https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/12/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-says-its-sad-that-latino-americans-are-joining-ice/; 12/27/25, 5:22 PM