Althouse: Sunrise — 7:28, 7:46.

21 జనవరి, 2026

Sunrise — 7:28, 7:46.

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Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26499371-dhs-ice-memo-1-21-26/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPeNe1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwZWlCVEFzMjdiTHJLdVpxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhTmMlujacZtLL_WCL2-enEKdDRPstKPx5bbhEB0xJ1xzQO6wwMU_vGBYJfc_aem_kGNW90z7c-Nru4VBEjbYkA#document/p2; 21-01-26 6:49 PM
tcrosse చెప్పారు...: I traced her little footprints in the snow...."; 21-01-26 6:54 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: IDF Discovers ‘Dozens of Weapons’ in Gaza Compound, Indicating Hamas Has No Plans To Disarm as US Begins Phase Two of Peace Plan https://share.google/38lSMVJdvaJdBqSWY; 21-01-26 7:04 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: RJW: And? CC, JSM; 21-01-26 7:21 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Democrats are using anti-black race based gun laws to argue for a history of gun control today.

The Democrat party hasn't changed since it was founded to defend slavery and importing cheap exploitable labor.; 21-01-26 7:22 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://tinyurl.com/yc5wf2c2; 21-01-26 7:24 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Not an actual memo but one of this dowdified ones; 21-01-26 7:28 PM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: Remember last week when Inga posted some tearjerker of a story about some poor, poor, innocent family on the way home from a basketball game and their poor, poor baby got teargassed? I mean, they simply took a wrong turn and found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, right?

Turns out the thug parents were deliberate participants in the riot - for at least 45 minutes - and left their kid in the car.

But hey, they raised more than $200K from stupid people who will believe anything if it fits a preconceived narrative.; 21-01-26 7:30 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: I had a funny experience today. I was at the coffee shop reading my Meditations and having a cup, and the owner saw what I was reading and sat down to talk to me, and we got to talking about a lot of things, and it turns out that he lived in Russia, I think he may be Russian and just doesn't want the grief from admitting it, and his wife is Ukrainian. They run the café together. He said the same thing Achilles says, that the Russian people are like the American people, and Russia and America should be friends.; 21-01-26 7:31 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: North of the border, a Toronto citizen recites Taxpayer Land Acknowledgment at City Hall.

Politicians appear... unpleased.; 21-01-26 7:33 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Whistleblowet aid was founded by mark zaid the tarot reading lawyer behind the colonel bearclaw fraud (vindman) for which they tried to pull his security clearances; 21-01-26 7:34 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: All of these hacks should be disbarred for a myriad of fraudulent actions; 21-01-26 7:37 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: You can bust down any doors you want to make an arrest - heck, bust down another country's doors, like we just did for Maduro and years ago did less spectacularly for Kiki Camarena's killers - and it doesn't affect the validity of the arrest. The court deals with the person in front of it, no matter how he got there.

And it doesn't matter if it's an arrest warrant from an Art III judge or a deportation warrant from an ALJ. Heck, you can bust down doors to make a warrantless arrest just based on probable cause.

The damage to the house and the privacy of the inhabitants? If it's the arrestee's house - there isn't any.

If it's a third party's house, then if they want they can enter the wonderful world of trying to sue the fedgov.

Bondi and Harmeet certainly are not going to attempt any criminal process against the agents. And even if they did, it would be pretty difficult to make a criminal civil-rights rap stick based on a brief intrusion that resulted in an arrest. CC, JSM; 21-01-26 7:38 PM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: “And”?

Well Mr Mosby, if this is true, I would think this contradicts with the 4th Amendment beyond reasonable doubt, something Trump swore under oath to protect.

So I would think that normal people in normal times would be debating on if it is actually true or is it not. But then, we know where that, “yeah but” leads.; 21-01-26 7:39 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: "I would think this contradicts with the 4th Amendment beyond reasonable doubt, "

You would think this because you have never kicked in a door. You have never arrested anyone. You have never applied for or executed a warrant of any type. You have never surveilled a suspect into his home.

But hey, you lot did this to yourselves with the exclusionary rule. If all I care about is getting the person and not any evidence, I'll go warrantless all day - you're never going to have a chance to apply the exclusionary rule.

Good old Miss Mapp. CC, JSM; 21-01-26 7:47 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The provenance of this memo is dubious, as is the conveyor; 21-01-26 7:47 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://www.yaacovapelbaum.com/2019/11/13/mark-zaid-the-superhero-fortune-teller/?amp=1; 21-01-26 7:51 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Fox News is fixated on the idea that ICE should declare victory and leave Minneapolis. A lot of reasons to do it: something like 10K illegals have been extracted, Walz isn't running again, there's a team of Main DOJ attorneys there to work the Somaligate case, etc.

But a lot of reasons not to do it, mainly that the left won't admit or even understand they've been beat. They'll propagandize lefties in other cities that if they blow enough whistles and eat enough lead, they, too, can push ICE out.

It really needs to be Germany/Japan-level defeat for the resisting cities. Otherwise there will be more resistance. Which isn't about dick measuring; it's about avoiding harm to everyone involved, including the lefties and the illegals.

I don't know why Fox has suddenly taken this tack. CC, JSM; 21-01-26 7:58 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Because they are largely mamby pamby; 21-01-26 8:04 PM
FullMoon చెప్పారు...: So, the guy is cleaning up after shooting the other guy in the head. A gallon of blood on the floor. Using a spray bottle of 409 cleaner. Interesting example of product placement.
Right up there with the bad guy in another movie dismembering a body with a Milwaukie Sawzall.
Now, the sawzall would doo the deed, but AI says 409 , especially a small bottle, is really not goof for cleaning up blood.
Makes me wonder about product placement. Do the businesses paying the movie producer have any say in how their product will be displayed? Plenty of bad examples.
Now, Apple computers is the champ of product placement. Every actor using a laptop in a movie will be Apple. Except for the bad guys. Apple so prevalent that if the laptop has no design on the cover, people automatically think of Apple.; 21-01-26 8:20 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: I'm old enough to remember when Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before vote counting was far enough along to even hazard a guess.; 21-01-26 8:23 PM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: I know we have a few guitarists and followers here so I’m gonna tell a long story to ask a short question… lol

My favorite band of the last thirty years is the jam band Widespread Panic. They’ve had three lead guitarists in that time, including the original guy, a very brief second player, and then Jimmy Herring for about the last fifteen years. Jimmy is dealing with some health issues so they’ve brought in a temp starting with this week’s four day run at the Riviera Maya.

Maybe not the biggest deal for an average rock band, but like the Dead, they don’t repeat songs, so over the four day run they’ll do 90+/- songs and be on stage for about ten hours. And the songs are very complex, varying in style, and never played exactly the same way twice; changing tempo, expanding jams, etc.

I’m live-streaming the second night now (they’re on break) and this guy, who I’ve never heard of, is really doing the impossible. And I say that having played daily for over fifty years, and as a former band member and session musician. It’s an extraordinary display of musicianship.

So the short question: has anyone heard of Nick Johnston? He’s from Canada and played in the band Mastadon. (Haven’t heard of them either.). Anyway, total props and respect.; 21-01-26 8:23 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: I’m listening to Remarkably Human. Thanks BofE; 21-01-26 8:40 PM
DINKY DAU 45 చెప్పారు...: Many people say trump is starting to look and sound like Gary Busey only 220 lbs bigger. Many people say in 6 months you wont e able to tell the difference. Gary i son the really Kool commercials,a real trip!!; 21-01-26 8:45 PM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Jim At.
... I recall Inga's boo hoo falsehood. Yet another one.
She's good at the trixie and the false.; 21-01-26 8:47 PM
hawkeyedjb చెప్పారు...: I went to a dinner where Larry Arnn, the president of Hillsdale College, was the speaker. He’s an interesting fellow - eats lunch with the students and teaches a class every semester. He did he got a lot of good intel on how to make a liberal arts college successful by listening to students. He also takes pride in helping to civilize young men, who are barbarians by nature.

That seems to me one of the most important functions of a college - to turn boys into men, not to feminize them.; 21-01-26 8:48 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: john mosby said...

I don't know why Fox has suddenly taken this tack. CC, JSM

Because the Murdoch sons run Fox News and they are globalist show runners.

Fox is just the democrat party with different people to lie to and some of their talent wants to make money.; 21-01-26 8:54 PM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: I liked what Trump had to say about Windmills.
Excellent points; 21-01-26 8:55 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Trump ran a series of public bilateral meetings with various leaders around the world today.

He has more energy than any 2 people who were president in the last 50 years.; 21-01-26 8:57 PM
Mark చెప్పారు...: iCE keeps screwing up

A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and the local medical examiner has indicated that his death will likely be classified as a homicide.

... which it now has been.; 21-01-26 8:58 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: Hmmm : I can ask AI to "synthesize" a video for me.; 21-01-26 9:28 PM
Inga చెప్పారు...: “iCE keeps screwing up

A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and the local medical examiner has indicated that his death will likely be classified as a homicide.

... which it now has been.”

No wonder they are trying to keep Congressional inspections from happening.; 21-01-26 9:39 PM
Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...: It's notable how little attention was given to ICE—essentially the federal government weaponizing its authority against American citizens in the process. While the messaging focuses on ridding the country of "undesirable" immigrants, the approach has involved surging thousands of federal agents into formerly calm cities, leading to clashes, protests, and now active-duty troops placed on standby. Rather than simply enforcing immigration law, this seems designed to generate chaos.; 21-01-26 9:41 PM
Inga చెప్పారు...: “I don't know why Fox has suddenly taken this tack. CC, JSM”

Maybe they’re trying to extricate themselves from Trump’s Gestapo era write up in the history books.; 21-01-26 9:45 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: Former Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales has been found not guilty on all counts of child endangerment for not attempting to engage Salvador Ramos when he entered the school and began shooting children. Gonzales nevertheless will have to spend the rest of his life knowing that he is a contemptible coward.; 21-01-26 9:48 PM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Ah poor Inag - not bothered at all by illegal actions by her fellow cultists. Not bothered at all by illegal aliens and their child sex trafficking.; 21-01-26 9:48 PM
Maynard చెప్పారు...: Go to sleep Igna. You are really deranged tonight.; 21-01-26 9:48 PM
Caroline చెప్పారు...: Here in Dallas, we are expecting the kind of snow and ice that Althouse and Meade find eminently strollable. The grocery shelves are empty and the news is an endless loop of imminent catastrophe. I made a nice big pot of chili, cancelled saturdays Pilates session, and looking forward to being Wisconsin for a day!; 21-01-26 9:49 PM
Fritz చెప్పారు...: "Hmmm : I can ask AI to "synthesize" a video for me."

Example

It might be amusing to do a similar prompt for an American MAGA girl.; 21-01-26 9:50 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Yeah, but if we don’t want courts judging the decisions cops make in the stress of an emerging situation, we can’t want them going to jail for not taking action. CC, JSM; 21-01-26 9:51 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: "Former Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales has been found not guilty on all counts of child endangerment for not attempting to engage Salvador Ramos when he entered the school and began shooting children."

Something to remember when the gun grabbers show up again and bleat "Why do you need a gun? Call the police." Because they will.; 21-01-26 9:53 PM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Anyone know how to access this without a subscription?

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/black-america-needs-a-moral-rejuvenation-1af5df01; 21-01-26 9:56 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: https://archive.ph/4FQgz; 21-01-26 10:05 PM
wildswan చెప్పారు...: Well, Greenland is over, too bad, it was sort of fun. Now back to The ICE and The Protestors. Today's Episode: Insurrection Slips on Black Ice. In an unexpected development, Tampon Timmie's personal insurrectionists and ICE form a United Front and disrupt City Hall with demands for better snow clearance and complaints about potholes ruining the alignment of their cars.; 21-01-26 10:09 PM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: It is being reported, that the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the US has declined precipitately in the last few months. Various bubble-headed morons are attributing this to the attempts by the Trump administration to interdict smugglers. Much as I would love to give trump credit for this, I have to ask a very simple question; What has happened to the street price of fentanyl?
This is not a thing it is impossible to know. But it is a thing that it is apparently impossible to report on. But figure it out. If fentanyl deaths are down, because people are using less of it, because there is less of it, then the price will have to have gone up. That is the only way that reduced supply can reduce consumption.
But I very much doubt that is true. 'Cuz we would have heard about it. It's not like no one knows the street price of fentanyl.; 21-01-26 10:39 PM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: So, if it's not reduced supply increasing price, and thereby reducing demand, what is it?
Well, how about, the fentanyl being sold in the US has become less lethal? Is that possible?
Of course it is. If they were putting poison in it, and they stopped, that would do it.
Am I actually the only person on Earth capable of stitching two or three thoughts together in a row? No, we'd all be broke if that were true. And we're not all broke. But this analysis is pitifully simple. It requires monumental stupidity, or willful ignorance, to fail to grasp these simple facts.; 21-01-26 10:45 PM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: I suppose I should clarify what I mean by "putting poison in it". It is conceivable that the people in China who make the fentanyl precursors, or the people in Mexico who convert them into fentanyl, were intentionally poisoning the product. But it is far more likely that they were unintentionally producing a product with lethal contaminants, and they have figured out how to avoid that. After all, it may be the case, that the Chike government looks the other way when their citizens sell drugs to Westerners. They have not forgotten that the British fought wars with them to force them to allow the British to sell opium to their people.
But the people actually making the precursors in China, and the people converting them into fentanyl in Mexico (and Canada), are in it for the money. They don't desire or intend to kill their victims. They want to addict them, and milk them. Just as the British wanted to do to the Chinese.; 21-01-26 11:31 PM
TeaBagHag చెప్పారు...: Just a reminder from the $787,000,000 Fox defamation case; Fox programming is entertainment, not news. Its basically rage bait for MAGAts to get a stiffy for "owning" the libs.; 21-01-26 11:34 PM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: @Jupiter:

I read an interesting online discussion today between my best friend (a surgeon who owns a surgery center and a few imaging centers) and a buddy (who owns several car dealerships and is a heroin aficionado), i.e., both intelligent and successful guys who are familiar with data.

My best friend had posted a graph showing a spike in fatal overdoses starting in early 2021 and dropping to the pre-2021 level in early 2025, so you can guess his implication. My buddy argued that the drop was due to the availability of Narcan.

The graph is startling and corresponds to the increase and later decrease in border crossings. And I, thankfully, have no idea about the street price of fentanyl.; 22-01-26 1:15 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: https://www.abc.com.py/gente/2023/10/12/la-princesa-leonor-estrella-del-desfile-del-12-de-octubre-en-espana/
https://www.tatler.com/article/royal-pride-king-felipe-queen-letizia-of-spain-princess-leonor-as-she-graduates-from-military-school

Views of our Crown Princess Leonor, who is a hard worker by all accounts. Also pics of her with her dad. Obviously she's daddy's girl, they are very cute together. She's a crowd-pleaser.; 22-01-26 1:41 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: TeaBagHag:

The Fox News network (their name, not mine) settled a defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, acknowledging that certain claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false.; 22-01-26 2:21 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: Aggie said...
I'm old enough to remember when Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before vote counting was far enough along to even hazard a guess.

But don't you also remember that a recount showed that Biden did win the election in Arizona?

She must belong to San Francisco
She must have lost her way
Postin' a poster of Pancho and Cisco
One California day
She said she believes in Robin Hood and brotherhood
And colors of green and grey
And all you can do is laugh at her
Doesn't anybody know how to pray?

Arizona, take off your rainbow shades
Arizona, have another look at the world, my, my
Arizona, cut off your Indian braids
Arizona, hey, won't ya go my way?; 22-01-26 2:45 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: The Nasty Italian🍷🇺🇸 🇮🇹
@sayitnspinit
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Why the fuck would anyone who lives in the United States say that President Trump wanting to protect the U.S. from being screwed by other countries is somehow embarrassing?? WTF is wrong with you people? You live in the United States!!! Incredible!

https://x.com/sayitnspinit/status/2014042525388955696?s=20; 22-01-26 4:24 AM
Danno చెప్పారు...: Peachy re: your 9:56 pm-
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/black-america-needs-a-moral-rejuvenation-1af5df01?st=ZymymS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink; 22-01-26 5:27 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-614.6 as follows:

§ 2.2-614.6. State agency administration of federal funds; eligibility determination exemption for nonprofit organizations.

No state agency responsible for the administration of federal funds shall impose a requirement on a nonprofit charitable organization providing a federal public benefit to determine, verify, or otherwise require proof of eligibility of any applicant for such benefits.

As used in this section, "federal public benefit" has the same meaning as provided in 8 U.S.C. § 1611(c).; 22-01-26 5:33 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Don’t be bold.; 22-01-26 5:39 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Leland, wow, that bill is pretty blatant. It is just a bill at this point. I almost thought it was an R prank bill, but no, it was introduced by a D.

I suppose they will justify it under the logic of other sanctuary laws. I don't see how it could overcome Supremacy Clause challenges.

It should be an R campaign ad on loop for the midterms. The D's may have the VA state house, but they could lose the VA congressional delegation with crap like this. CC, JSM; 22-01-26 5:41 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: Hmm. If VA Democrat citizens vote for themselves and the rest of us citizens to be ripped off, is there a list of them somewhere? Asking for a friend.; 22-01-26 5:52 AM
Political Junkie చెప్పారు...: Caroline - Let's see if the storm actually happens. Wife and I hope for snow, but don't want all the ice. Worried about losing plants, etc.; 22-01-26 6:30 AM
Marcus Bressler చెప్పారు...: Danno booked 'em... but Peachy: sometimes removepaywall dot com works.; 22-01-26 6:34 AM
Marcus Bressler చెప్పారు...: Hey, Beast: referencing Widespread Panic, a late friend of mine (who I helped rescue from a decade-long drug habit and end his trafficking in opiods and got sober until he died two years ago) was a BIG WSP fan. He was a gregarious guy who wore a floppy leather hat and let his ugly grey beard grow and by the virtue of his personality, had people befriend him all the time. He made money by making bootleg WSP T-shirts (one of which had a Dr. Suess book image on the front) and hawking them at the "concerts". I know because I fronted him the money for production, material, and mailing and he paid me back during the tour. That was his only source of income and was much better than sponsoring another addict. He bummed rides and stayed with other WSP fans so his meals were also taken care of. He was the kind of person you didn't realize was taking advantage of you. At the end of the day, you realized it, but forgave it because of how he "was" and also because you both loved Panic. I only listened to WSP music in the background before he lost his house to debt and foreclosure and it wasn't my bag, but to each their own. I suppose the lifestyle of following a band cross country was appealing as he didn't mind sleeping outside with his stash of t-shirts.
Last bit: before "Covey", as he was known, passed away due to natural causes, and while he was still using, he used to go to outdoor concerts in Florida and sell balloons filled with helium. He got busted once and he called me when he got released from the Ocala lockup and I drove 10 hours to get him. He slept overnight in an unlocked funeral home van with a white sheet over him. It was cold in Ocala that night. He said he heard the funeral director and staff loading a stiff into a hearse parked next to his van, but he was left for "dead. Grateful dead, I suppose" (I waited until now to write that. Groan); 22-01-26 6:46 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: JSM, I thought the same initially, but that's why I linked the source. That's the actual text of the bill in consideration, and yeah blatant as hell. This is what the Democrat Party actually does when they get in power, not the lies they tell to the media and via bots. I can't say it is enabling fraud, because what it is actually doing is taking away the ability to commit fraud, much like California did with voting. Don't ask, don't tell is still the way Democrats scoff at laws.; 22-01-26 6:48 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: At least they aren't hiding it any more: "I seek to dismantle the United States. I hope you seek to dismantle the United States." - University of Colorado Professor; 22-01-26 6:54 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 22-01-26 6:58 AM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: Nebraska basketball is 19-0. We have entered the Twilight Zone.; 22-01-26 6:59 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Cue the theme; 22-01-26 7:02 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 22-01-26 7:02 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_8aZZ9d_EA; 22-01-26 7:04 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Brundlefly repeats lawfare claims shocket; 22-01-26 7:11 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 22-01-26 7:11 AM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: John mosby said @ 7:58
“Fox News is fixated on the idea that ICE should declare victory and leave Minneapolis. A lot of reasons to do it: something like 10K illegals have been extracted, Walz isn't running again, there's a team of Main DOJ attorneys there to work the Somaligate case, etc.

But a lot of reasons not to do it, mainly that the left won't admit or even understand they've been beat. They'll propagandize lefties in other cities that if they blow enough whistles and eat enough lead, they, too, can push ICE out.”

Kinda saying the quiet part out loud there- that the real enemy never was the fabricated criminal immigrants but rather the political opponents needing to be crushed.

You’ve made clear that you support suspending or bypassing the 4th and that ICE agents should not be legally accountable for “ decisions cops make in the stress of an emerging situation”. Your justification is a bit fuzzy. Was the 4th, due process, and accountability glitches all along or has the present situation, or perhaps in your case, opportunity, created a situation that demands drastic action?; 22-01-26 7:13 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: I see Brits, after handing over their country to the Muslim hordes, are now contemplating giving the Chagos Archipelago territory to Mauritius. Unfortunately this archipelago contains the island of Diego Garcia which houses a large U.S. military base and airstrip. Talk about a strategic location. Talk about stoopid.

As an aside, my son did his around the world “tour” in a C-17 beginning at McChord AF base to the Middle East (Iraq war) to Diego Garcia and then back to McChord, with a few stops along the way.; 22-01-26 7:22 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: I would say evil, but tomatoe tomato; 22-01-26 7:27 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: are now contemplating giving the Chagos Archipelago territory to Mauritius

That treaty was ratified by the UK last year. That’s how quickly the EU wants to give up strategic security, and why a Greenland deal needed to be made immediately.; 22-01-26 7:29 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: ’He made money by making bootleg WSP T-shirts (one of which had a Dr. Suess book image on the front) and hawking them at the "concerts".’

Thanks for sharing that, Marcus. I don’t know exactly how many of their shows I’ve attended but it’s at least 70 (and counting), and every show has designated area of the parking lot called ‘Shakedown Street’ where merchandise, tapes, grilled cheese, and balloons are sold.

There are hundreds of fans exactly like your friend, and if I didn’t have a family and career when I first got the WSP bug I may have been traveling around the country selling t-shirts, too. But the fans are a big family, and almost without exception, the nicest people I’ve ever known.

I have a group of Panic friends who still travel around the country and when I see them at the Birmingham shows in April I’ll ask if any knew ‘Covey’. I won’t be surprised if someone remembers him… :); 22-01-26 7:33 AM
Christopher B చెప్పారు...: Prompt to Gemini - "does the 4th amendment cover police action during an arrest if no evidence is being collected"

Gemini response (emphasis added) -

Yes, the Fourth Amendment absolutely covers police actions during an arrest, even if no new evidence is collected at that specific moment, because the core protection is against "unreasonable searches and seizures" of a person, requiring probable cause for the seizure (arrest) itself; an arrest is a seizure, so it must be justified, and any subsequent search (like a search incident to arrest or pat-down) must also meet reasonableness standards, with or without finding more evidence. The lack of evidence collection doesn't negate the initial constitutional requirements for a lawful arrest.

Key Principles:

Probable Cause is Key: An officer needs sufficient facts and circumstances to believe a crime has occurred and the person committed it to make a lawful arrest (a seizure).; 22-01-26 7:33 AM
Inga చెప్పారు...: Key distinctions under the Fourth Amendment include:
Standard of Probable Cause: Administrative warrants (such as those for OSHA inspections or immigration) are held to a more "flexible" standard of probable cause than criminal warrants. Instead of requiring evidence of a specific crime, they may be justified by showing that a search is part of a reasonable, neutral administrative plan.

Lack of Judicial Oversight: Unlike judicial warrants, which must be signed by a neutral judge or magistrate, administrative warrants are often issued by executive agency officials.

Limited Authority for Entry: Under current Fourth Amendment interpretations as of 2026, administrative warrants generally do not authorize law enforcement (such as ICE) to forcibly enter a private home or non-public space without consent. Only a judicial warrant signed by a judge typically carries that authority.

Enforcement Controversy: In early 2026, a secretive policy directive by the Department of Homeland Security claimed that administrative warrants could justify forced entry in specific cases, such as when a final order of removal exists. Legal experts and whistleblowers have challenged this as potentially unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.

Gemini; 22-01-26 7:51 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) చెప్పారు...: Yeah dummies "limited authority" is still the lawful authority to do it. Trace the reforms back and it is your own side that wrote that too.; 22-01-26 7:53 AM
Vance చెప్పారు...: You know what's funny? How the commentariat here went back and destroyed one of Inga's false sob stories early in this thread.... and then Inga shows up later and completely ignores that her credibility was absolutely destroyed as she posts yet more sob stories from leftists.

Why should we believe anything Inga posts? You clearly lie and love lying.

And RJW's "Goodness gracious, how DARE Republicans actually want to beat leftists! Why, that's treason to not want leftists to violently riot and destroy the cities and states of this country!" Is funny too.

I know he thinks that Democrats have divine authority to rule as dictators forever and ever without opposition of any kind, but newsflash: That' isn't the case.; 22-01-26 7:55 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Perhaps instead of AI, you could consult recent Supreme Court rulings?; 22-01-26 7:58 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Yes this game of fizbin gets old; 22-01-26 8:03 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 22-01-26 8:03 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Take teh Greenland Off-ramp or Europe to No Good!; 22-01-26 8:10 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://x.com/jarvis_best/status/2014094710609158410; 22-01-26 8:12 AM
Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...: After listening to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's Bloomberg interview, I'd argue he deserves serious consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize. Through masterful diplomacy (or manipulation), he got Trump to fully back down on Greenland—Trump withdrew his tariff/sanction threats, dropped the "ownership" demands, and settled for a vague "framework" focused on Arctic security. And crucially: no concessions from Denmark, Greenland, or Europe on sovereignty.

Trump's retreat appears driven by:
• Widespread unpopularity in the United States—even among many Republicans—who saw the Greenland push as overreach.
• Negative market reactions and economic jitters from the threatened tariffs.
• Europe's unyielding stance, with clear expectations (and preparations) for economic retaliation if pushed further.

Rutte managed to defuse a major transatlantic crisis without giving an inch on the core issue. Impressive maneuvering, whatever you call it.; 22-01-26 8:13 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: WTF! There were Deadheads and then there were Widespreadheads? Or was it Panicheads?

Please advise if there are Leftover Salmonheads.; 22-01-26 8:14 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Greenland is strategic and negotiable… and
Leverage beats lectures; 22-01-26 8:15 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://x.com/ThatAlexWoman/status/2014270298430816715; 22-01-26 8:16 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Its a flesh wound ritmo get it tended; 22-01-26 8:18 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: “THE BIG PICTURE (WHY THIS WAS A SMACKDOWN)

Europe wasn’t offended because Americans were rude.

Europe was offended because America stopped pretending.

Davos runs on:
•Polished language
•Managed outcomes
•Consensus without accountability

America showed up with:
•Leverage
•Direction
•Consequences

Yes, it was harsh.
Yes, it was uncomfortable.

But here’s the thing:

After all the outrage…
after all the editorials…

Deals still happened.
Including Greenland.

Yes: Trump and Greenland came to an agreement.

See the structure European leadership?

Try it sometime.

Intent.
Planning.
Action.
Delivery.
Results.”

—— Stephen Eugene Kuhn; 22-01-26 8:19 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: We are proudly Spreadheads, Iman! No word on Salmonheads but I’ll let you if I see any… ;); 22-01-26 8:22 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: 😁; 22-01-26 8:22 AM
Inga చెప్పారు...: “After all the outrage…
after all the editorials…”

Trump was successful in maintaining the status quo with Greenland/NATO.; 22-01-26 8:24 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: ’Europe's unyielding stance, with clear expectations (and preparations) for economic retaliation if pushed further.’

First big laugh of the day - thanks!!; 22-01-26 8:24 AM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: Vance said…”And RJW's "Goodness gracious, how DARE Republicans actually want to beat leftists! Why, that's treason to not want leftists to violently riot and destroy the cities and states of this country!" Is funny too.

I know he thinks that Democrats have divine authority to rule as dictators forever and ever without opposition of any kind, but newsflash: That' isn't the case.”

Sounds like another admission that the Brown people were merely pawns all along and the true enemy are those in opposition to MAGA.

So once again and what I’m trying to establish is if the present situation, be it an ethnic or political cleansing, or both if you like, created a need to suspend he constitution and rule of law in order to achieve that initiative?; 22-01-26 8:26 AM
MadTownGuy చెప్పారు...: ShipwreckedCrew (@shipwreckedcrew) on X:

"Explain how you get around Alito's 9-0 decision in Plumhoff.

Here's a reminder:

"We now consider respondent’s contention that, even if the use of deadly force was permissible, petitioners acted unreasonably in firing a total of 15 shots. We reject that argument. It stands to reason that, if police officers are justified in firing at a suspect in order to end a severe threat to public safety, the officers need not stop shooting until the threat has ended. As petitioners noted below, “if lethal force is justified, officers are taught to keep shooting until the threat is over.”

9-0. Including RBG, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan.

Take it up with them."

Responding to:

Ryan Goodman (@goodlaw)

"As a lawyer, I've been waiting for this.

Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. Strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about second or third shot through left-side window.

It's second and third shots that make easiest criminal case of a willful killing."; 22-01-26 8:27 AM
Dogma and Pony Show చెప్పారు...: "...the approach has involved surging thousands of federal agents into formerly calm cities...."

Similarly, why did the Dallas Police Department choose to surge so many officers to a formerly calm movie theater to detain Lee Oswald?; 22-01-26 8:27 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: gadfly said...

Aggie said...
I'm old enough to remember when Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before vote counting was far enough along to even hazard a guess.

But don't you also remember that a recount showed that Biden did win the election in Arizona?

You can recount your fake votes all you want.

We know why you wont let anyone look at the voter rolls or audit the election.

You wont let anyone look at the machines that were used.

You wont let anyone ask the AG why they ran out of ballots in Republican heavy areas and see her communications where she obviously coordinated that.

You wont let anyone else see the actual ballots except your own party vote counters.

It is a joke. You are a joke. Nobody gives a shit about your stupid obvious lies.; 22-01-26 8:28 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: If the EU tries to back out of whatever deal they made on Greenland, I have one word, "Malvinas".; 22-01-26 8:35 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: "I would think this contradicts with the 4th Amendment beyond reasonable doubt, "
Except where there is reasonable certainty that a life is in danger or an obvious crime is being committed.
Did you know that a game warden is the only law officer that doesn't need a warrant to enter your home.; 22-01-26 8:44 AM
Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...: Davos and Trump have been an all-round embarrassment for the US. Trump is like that drunk uncle that you have to cope with. Yes he's part of the family, he has his good sides, and can be funny. But he doesn't make sense, is childish, occasionally threatening, and needs to be 'managed'.

A lot would be forgiven if Trump et al would manage just one thing. One single thing -- a good lasting peace in Ukraine. But I don't believe they can do it, unfortunately. Because he would need to get tough with Putin.; 22-01-26 8:49 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: ’Did you know that a game warden is the only law officer that doesn't need a warrant to enter your home.’

I didn’t know that, but know in Alabama they have unlimited jurisdiction and can confiscate your weapon, vehicle, boat, and most anything else one the spot. Be nice to the dudes in the green pickups. lol; 22-01-26 8:49 AM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: Lowest murder rate since 1900 per survey of 35 cities.

https://x.com/presssec/status/2014337159302402133?s=61

Amazing what happens when you get tens of thousands of violent criminals off the streets.; 22-01-26 8:51 AM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: “ Did you know that a game warden is the only law officer that doesn't need a warrant to enter your home.”

I still don’t know that.; 22-01-26 8:53 AM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: Poor Nakima

https://x.com/immeme0/status/2014350739343110355?s=61; 22-01-26 8:57 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: Game wardens can enter posted private land without a warrant and I’ve had them do that on our hunting farm, and I’m certain they can search hunting vehicles for game without a warrant, but I don’t think that applies to homes.; 22-01-26 9:07 AM
Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...: That's a common belief, but it's not entirely accurate; while game wardens have broad search powers on private land due to the "Open Fields Doctrine," allowing entry to "open fields" without a warrant, they generally still need a warrant to enter your home or curtilage (immediate private area around a house), though exceptions like emergencies or probable cause for a crime might apply, similar to other law enforcement.; 22-01-26 9:10 AM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: Opps.. more to come.

UPDATE: A second arrest has been made at my direction. Chauntyll Louisa Allen has been taken into custody.; 22-01-26 9:10 AM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Mason G.
THANKS!; 22-01-26 9:13 AM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: The Open Fields Doctrine gives game wardens broad search power of vehicles, boats, tents, campers but not one’s home, enclosed porch, or outbuildings. The tents and campers can be iffy but generally fair game.; 22-01-26 9:14 AM
Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...: Mr Mosby writes: "Yeah, but if we don’t want courts judging the decisions cops make in the stress of an emerging situation, we can’t want them going to jail for not taking action."

I guess each individual ICE agent gets to decide what is legal or illegal then?; 22-01-26 9:17 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: That’s my understanding, as well, Ronald.; 22-01-26 9:18 AM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: "Sounds like another admission that the Brown people were merely pawns all along and the true enemy are those in opposition to MAGA."

Actually, RJW, MAGA has known for a long time that the Left don't care what flavor of foreign criminals you import to pad the voter rolls, as long as they can be induced to vote Democrat. Which is why Democrats are so fond of Somalis and Haitians. They will always constitute a welfare-dependent criminal underclass -- natural Democrat clients.; 22-01-26 9:32 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Iman: "Please advise if there are Leftover Salmonheads"

Those would be the orcas with salmon hats. CC, JSM; 22-01-26 9:32 AM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: The Brown people were merely pawns all along and the true enemy are MAGA. The Left always accuses the right of what the Left is doing.; 22-01-26 9:33 AM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: "My buddy argued that the drop was due to the availability of Narcan."
Hmmmm ... Maybe. Nalaxone has been around for a long time, but I suppose it may be becoming more widely available.; 22-01-26 9:36 AM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: Jersey Fled, maybe it’s just that lefty thing of me but for the DOJ to jump all over a church service interruption or heckling, or perhaps a misdemeanor trespassing, somewhat reeks of politicizing and intimidation of free speech.

Who would have thought a brief, nonviolent political speech in a worship space could trigger DOJ scrutiny and arrest?; 22-01-26 9:37 AM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Mason G - Thank you.
I didn't see last night because I got tired.; 22-01-26 9:43 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Kak et al, ref actions taken in the heat of a confrontation, compare these two scenarios:

Sheriff Peckerwood wakes up, pulls his permanently sweat-stained khaki shirt over his wife-beatered beer belly, grabs his rope and axe handle, and says "yee-hah, another day of oppressin me some knee-grows! Les get to it!" Spotting the first insuficiently deferential African American of the day, he cracks the axe handle over the lad's head and drags him behind his battered 57 Chevy cruiser.

Officer Smith spends all day dealing with ordinary retail offenses: gliding thru stop signs, drinking in public, shoplifters, etc, without incident. He puts Otis in the drunk tank again and hands out a few tickets. Then he encounters that 1% of offenders that resists with deadly force. He uses his own deadly force to save his own life, but puts one or two bullets too many into the offender.

The first is clearly a civil rights crime, as well as multiple garden-variety common law felonies (yes, we are no longer have common law crimes - everything is statutory - but you know what I mean - crimes that had their origin in the common law).

The second is nothing. NOTHING. N.O.T.H.I.N.G.M.O.U.S.E.

Or should be. But for people like you who wank to the sight of cops being locked up. CC, JSM; 22-01-26 9:44 AM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Kak - Oh no - it's you leftists who get to decide what is legal and illegal.
and if you want to use your car to hit a ICE officer - your righteous rage makes it Pelosi-legal - in corruptocrat 'merica.; 22-01-26 9:46 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: "I guess each individual ICE agent gets to decide what is legal or illegal then?"

As does every policeman on the spot, according to his best judgement. He might be wrong, but there usually isn't the time or opportunity to check. That is police work for you.
Similar to any case where you have to make real-time decisions.; 22-01-26 9:53 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: ’Nalaxone has been around for a long time, but I suppose it may be becoming more widely available.’

I didn’t buy his argument, myself, as he’s not a neutral observer. The data plot looked like an outline of Devil’s Tower - straight up, a plateau, and straight down - corresponding to Biden’s four years.; 22-01-26 10:12 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Buwaya: “ Similar to any case where you have to make real-time decisions.”

Good point. It takes a lot to get locked up for bad surgery, or bad legal arguments. It takes the Sheriff Peckerwood level of evil from my hypo, or really horrid negligence. But nicking an artery? Or not thinking of a case-changing question on cross? Maybe your malpractice premiums go up.

Part of it is because people hate cops and love them some schadenfreud. And part of it is regulatory capture by doctors and lawyers. But I think part of it on a practical level is the malpractice insurance. It won’t pay out for crimes. So there’s an incentive for the victim to not want to prosecute the doctor or lawyer.

Cops on the other hand are mostly poor, and the “insurance” comes from suing their employer. So why not get the mugshot for your wank bank.

That’s why I kind of like the occasional movement to require cops to have insurance. Once you tell Pookie he has to choose between a rap sheet for the officer or a check from the officer, he and Crump will choose the check. CC, JSM; 22-01-26 10:28 AM
grog చెప్పారు...: Kak says:
"...A lot would be forgiven if Trump et al would manage just one thing. One single thing -- a good lasting peace in Ukraine."

Why is Trump et al responsible for a good lasting peace in Ukraine?
Why aren't the Europeans responsible? Ukraine is much closer to them than the U.S.
What about the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who you commend so highly in an earlier post on this thread for his "masterful diplomacy (or manipulation)"?; 22-01-26 10:58 AM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: Mason G - Thank you.
I didn't see last night because I got tired.

You're welcome. Most times when I've wanted to see a paywalled article and checked https://archive.ph/, it's already available.; 22-01-26 11:00 AM
Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...: @grog — I seem to recall candidate Trump claiming he would solve the Ukraine/Russia war on day one.; 22-01-26 11:13 AM
grog చెప్పారు...: @Kak
If true, that makes him responsible for it?
Everyone else can just wash their hands of it?; 22-01-26 11:42 AM
Peachy చెప్పారు...: Kak - Trump at least tried.
Kak - your corrupt prenitwit - that's when the war started.; 22-01-26 11:52 AM
Hassayamper చెప్పారు...: Who would have thought a brief, nonviolent political speech in a worship space could trigger DOJ scrutiny and arrest?

Who would have thought old ladies praying OUTSIDE an abortion clinic could trigger the same or worse?; 22-01-26 12:04 PM
Hassayamper చెప్పారు...: the Left don't care what flavor of foreign criminals you import to pad the voter rolls, as long as they can be induced to vote Democrat.

Everyone knows that if Mexicans voted like Cubans, there would have been a 100 foot high wall on the southern border since the Johnson administration, with machine gun nests, land mines, and a moat with alligators.

I don't believe a word of the Democrats' professed concern for refugees. Look what they are saying about the Boer farmers fleeing from South Africa. The Dems don't give a shit for anything but seizing political power. Totally devoid of principles or honesty.; 22-01-26 12:09 PM
Hassayamper చెప్పారు...: But don't you also remember that a recount showed that Biden did win the election in Arizona?

Recounts aren't audits. It's like counting the counterfeit bills in the cash register and coming up with the same sum each time.; 22-01-26 12:11 PM
Hassayamper చెప్పారు...: 56 people died while in ICE/Border Patrol/Customs detention during the Obama administration. Not to mention all the kids they kept locked in wire cages.

How many did Inga and Ward shed a tear for?; 22-01-26 12:16 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Wait, wut? We now have sovereignty over our bases in Greenland and are not at risk of being kicked out the way we are at risk at Diego Garcia?

So all Trump had to do was throw a hissy fit and suddenly our Arctic bases are secure against the vagaries of Danish and Greenland politics?; 22-01-26 1:10 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: "somewhat reeks of politicizing and intimidation of free speech."

Waaaah! Trump won't let our Brownshirts have free rein in Minnesota!; 22-01-26 1:14 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: How hard would it be to get a majority of the voters on an island of 75,000 souls to vote to kick out bases? Look at how easy it was for organized immigrants brining their culture from their homeland to seize control of the DFL in Minnesota by disciplined heavy turnout in normally light turnout primaries?; 22-01-26 1:17 PM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: If a game warden has a reasonable suspicion that you have illegal game in your home they can enter your home . This done because by the time the warden goes to a judge and obtains a warrant the game will be gone.; 22-01-26 2:22 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Can’t wait until the 7th Day of Christmas?; 22-01-26 2:49 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Above meant for another thread. On general news, Mann loses appeal related to the Trial of the Century. Mann has done more harm to his reputation than Rand Simberg could have imagined, and now he owes Rand and must pay in 30 days.; 22-01-26 2:55 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Rustygrommet: "If a game warden has a reasonable suspicion that you have illegal game in your home they can enter your home . "

Well, considering "they're eating the dogs and the cats," this should be a no-brainer. CC, JSM; 22-01-26 2:58 PM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: https://x.com/foxnews/status/2014451691400081787?s=61

If only they knew the FACE act applied to places of worship along with abortion clinics.; 22-01-26 4:05 PM
Jersey Fled చెప్పారు...: “ Who would have thought a brief, nonviolent political speech in a worship space could trigger DOJ scrutiny and arrest?”

Anyone who read the law.; 22-01-26 4:08 PM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: Perhaps Jersey, anyone who read the law would also know the FACE Act requires force, threat of force, or physical obstruction — not merely speech.

The debate isn’t whether churches or service interruptions are mentioned in the statute. It’s whether brief, nonviolent expression meets the law’s true intent. That’s far from settled.

The present DOJ, or better yet DOI (Department of Injustice) seems to struggle with that concept which is why very few of their charges stick.; 22-01-26 4:33 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: (2) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship

Very clear by their own words that they were there to intimidate the pastor and interfere with the entire congregation exercising their Rights. Force or threat of force isn’t required. Physical obstruction is sufficient (as we learned from the Biden DoJ) or intimidation, which is what the perps claimed they were there to do.; 22-01-26 6:22 PM
Ronald J. Ward చెప్పారు...: Nope Leland, that polish simply doesn’t shine.

It doesn’t say “intimidation alone is enough.”
Grammatically and legally, “by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction” modifies everything that follows — including intimidation and interference.

Courts didn’t hold that any disruption equals physical obstruction. They held that blocking entrances, surrounding individuals, or preventing movement qualifies.

In other words, intimidation only qualifies if it’s done through force, threats, or physical obstruction. Speech by itself doesn’t satisfy that element.; 22-01-26 6:33 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Yeah, they used their physical presence to obstruct and intimidate the free exercise of religion, and thanks to Don Lemon, we have the conspiracy of them intending to do so. Your poor understanding of English is not a valid defense.; 22-01-26 7:41 PM

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