1 ఫిబ్రవరి, 2026

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Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

Both are lovely!

Jaq చెప్పారు...

Maybe another TACO moment, God, I hope so.

Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

What causes the ice to be textured as in the top photo? Winds?

Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...

Unintelligible gibberish…

"I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything." ~ Donald Trump

Lucien చెప్పారు...

The Constitution allows one representative for at least 30,000 constituents, so we could have about 11,000. So why not expand from 438 to 1,000 or so (not married to any particular number)? For those who think the Senate has to many votes in the Electoral College, this would dilute that. All 1,000 districts would be newly drawn, & there would be no true incumbents & at least 562 new faces.
What are the pros & cons?

Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

’What are the pros & cons?’

It’s a great idea but I don’t know how it would be implemented. Congress won’t dilute their own power and I’m doubtful that we’ll ever see another amendment survive the proscribed constitutional ratification.

Jaq చెప్పారు...

Kak, maybe you could cut and paste it into Grok, and have it break it down for you.

Jaq చెప్పారు...

"The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez." - Pro Publica

Apparently Latino white supremacists.

john mosby చెప్పారు...

Lucien, I suggested a similar Big House proposal here a few months ago.

Beasts: the existing Congresscritters would resent being diluted, but the parties as a whole might rejoice at the chance to have even more seats, with the accompanying budgets, etc.

It would make lobbying more difficult, but that could backfire and just give more advantage to huge interest groups that can afford even more man-hours, dinners, etc.

On the other hand, with a better rep-to-repped ratio, ordinary people will have a better chance to get their Congresscritter's ear. Could be more like British MPs' 'surgery,' where they sit and take complaints from all comers.

CC, JSM

john mosby చెప్పారు...

Jaq, yes, I understand why the left try to avoid mentioning the majority-minority workforce of ICE and CBP. I fail to understand why the right doesn't mention it every chance they get.

Even 30 years ago at FLETC, the Border Patrol classes were very brown. CC, JSM

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

YouTube: CERN Unannounced, Unexplained Anomaly They fear it may not be valid.

"If living right is easy, what goes wrong
You're causing it to drown" -- Son Volt - Drown (1995)

Breezy చెప్పారు...

“For those who think the Senate has to many votes in the Electoral College, this would dilute that.“

Huh? There are two Senators per state, last I checked.

Breezy చెప్పారు...

Also, let’s try removing heads that don’t belong here, then figure out the right number of reps.

Original Mike చెప్పారు...

"What causes the ice to be textured as in the top photo? Winds?"

Looks like snow to me.

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

If more money has not solved problems, and to the contrary, it has exacerbated them (See Education Department Funding), how does more people with the power to throw more devalued money at problems going to solve anything?

With a bigger House and Senate, I only see more Minnesota in the horizon.

john mosby చెప్పారు...

"The records viewed by ProPublica" - what kind of complete nonhuman would give the officers' names to a press outfit, knowing full well the doxing and physical risk that will descend on them and their families? That is orders of magnitude more evil than even the worst possible interpretation of the Pretti shooting. CC, JSM

Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

’Looks like snow to me.’

Thanks. I don’t have much experience with frozen lakes or snow… lol

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

Speaking of winds. This morning I saw an electronic speed detector in a community apparently attempting to slow drivers down, the detector, however, was picking up wind speed, there were no cars moving. It was hilarious when it suddenly started flashing "TOO FAST".

Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind

I took a little video. I just don't know where it might be safe to put on Reddit.

Mason G చెప్పారు...

"how does more people with the power to throw more devalued money at problems going to solve anything?"

It's not the number of people, it's the ability to throw money at problems that's the problem. If you scale back the size/scope of government to... I don't know- what's authorized by the Constitution, maybe?... things would sort themselves out as the grifters and Democrats (BIRM) realized there was nothing to be had there and they persued more promising opportunities as crash test dummies and volunteers for experimental STD treatments.

Original Mike చెప్పారు...

"Thanks. I don’t have much experience with frozen lakes or snow… lol"

Always happy to help out the less fortunate.

Duty of Inquiry చెప్పారు...

Lucien,
Well, it almost certainly destroys the Connecticut compromise.
The big cities on the east and west coasts will elect every president from then on and control the house. Small states will have no say in national policy.

Also, how do you manage five or six hundred AOC's?

narciso చెప్పారు...

A problem in search of a solution

Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...

“ What causes the ice to be textured as in the top photo? Winds?”

It’s wind blown snow on top of the ice.

Iman చెప్పారు...

“Also, how do you manage five or six hundred AOC's?”

With a flamethrower 🔥

Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

’Always happy to help out the less fortunate.’

Well played!! :)

bagoh20 చెప్పారు...

As expected it was a beautiful day on our lake (Lake Mead) yesterday. Low 70's, no wind, full moon rising.
Pic:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bagoh20/55073719850/in/dateposted-public/

Beasts of England చెప్పారు...

’It’s wind blown snow on top of the ice.’

Thank you!

Kakistocracy చెప్పారు...

@ Jaq: A bad effort to avoid dealing with the cancellations. You don’t need to be Freud to understand that this is the behavior of a small man. One compensatory move after another.

Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...

I estimate there are at least two dozen men named ‘Jesus Ochoa’ in the U.S. and at least three dozen named ‘Raymundo Gutierrez’. All four names are quite common among Hispanics. Every single one of them who is not visibly under 18 or over 70 is now in serious danger of bodily harm or death. Ironically, a fair percentage of them (20%? 25%? 30%?) are illegals, but that won’t save them: “Liar! You’re an undercover ICE man! Die!”

Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...

Won’t save them or their wives, children, and live-in aunties and grandparents, I should have written.

n.n చెప్పారు...

the majority-minority workforce of ICE and CBP. I fail to understand why the right doesn't mention it

Diversity (i.e. class-disordered ideologies) is religious dogma of leftists who indulge color judgments and obsess with diverse labels, equivocation, and other inanitiies with pride and prejudice.

Jaq చెప్పారు...

Let's say that your mind reading is correct, Kak, why should I give a flying fig about what a bunch of spoiled artists think? But there are plenty of people who would be more than happy to perform, but I am sure that you would say in your best Thurston Howell III, "They're not our sort, Luvy"

Democrats have become the party that despises the working class, because their policies are self serving, and nothing serves Democrats better than screwing over the working class, by driving down wages, and driving up rents by flooding the country with illegals. As for long waits for medical services, because remakably few of these millions of illegals are, you know, doctors? Well "our sort" just pays for concierge care, so no worries.

Josephbleau చెప్పారు...

“ So why not expand from 438 to 1,000 or so “

The problem would be that we would have to spend another billion making another 562 people incredibly rich, like we do for all Congress people. And the 562 would come with pet trillions in demanded spending.

Readering చెప్పారు...

I guess NFL knew what it was doing: Bad Bunny wins Grammy for album of the year.

Inga చెప్పారు...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15516349/Epsteins-sex-empire-KGB-honeytrap-Paedophile-financier-Putin-Russian-girls.html

Not just Mossad, KGB too. Epstein had lots of dirt on lots of rich powerful men, including Trump.

A source said: 'You have Andrew, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and all the rest placed in compromising positions on an island bristling with technology. It's the world's largest honey trap operation.

Jim at చెప్పారు...

A source said: 'You have Andrew, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and all the rest placed in compromising positions on an island bristling with technology.

Name one time Trump visited Pedo Island, Inga. Just once.

You can't. Because it never happened.

So the 'source' - much like you - is full of shit.

Eva Marie చెప్పారు...

From the photos, that island looked pretty seedy.

Inga చెప్పారు...

“Name one time Trump visited Pedo Island, Inga. Just once.”

LOL, Elon musk claimed he was never on the island either…

Inga చెప్పారు...

Other messages revealed Epstein claimed he could give the Kremlin valuable insight into Mr Trump ahead of a summit with Putin in Helsinki.

The financier messaged Thorbjorn Jagland, then secretary general of the Council of Europe, suggesting he could pass on a message to Putin about how to handle the US President.

In a June 2018 exchange, Epstein indicated that Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the UN, 'understood Trump after our conversations'.

The extraordinary exchanges took place before the totemic Helsinki summit between Mr Trump and Putin in July 2018.”

Josephbleau చెప్పారు...

‘We fight not for glory, honour or riches, but for freedom alone, which no good man loses but with his life.’

From the declaration of Arbroath, written in Scotland in 1320.

effinayright చెప్పారు...

Lucien said...
The Constitution allows one representative for at least 30,000 constituents, so we could have about 11,000. So why not expand from 438 to 1,000 or so (not married to any particular number)? For those who think the Senate has to many votes in the Electoral College, this would dilute that. All 1,000 districts would be newly drawn, & there would be no true incumbents & at least 562 new faces.
What are the pros & cons?
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Sorry, but you're not arguing for better government---you're arguing for GIGANTIC government.

effinayright చెప్పారు...
ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...

99.99999% of the world’s population “claims” they weren’t on the island. You’re saying they were all there? Man it must have been crowded.

gadfly చెప్పారు...

Jaq:

We don't know if Ochoa and Gutierrez are real agents, let alone brown-skinned agents, since all of these CBP nazis wear masks. There are Mexicanos blancos, that date back to the Spanish Conquest, donchaknow?

Disparity of Cult చెప్పారు...

Not to mention the telenovela actresses!

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

I may have to comeback to X just so I can post stuff I capture while out and about.

wendybar చెప్పారు...

Georgie Soros strikes again. The man should be hung.

ProPublica, a liberal nonprofit funded by George Soros, has doxxed the Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti as part of an ideological crusade.

“ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti,” the organization posted in a statement on social media. “We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.”

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/01/soros-funded-nonprofit-doxxes-agents-involved-in-alex-pretti-shooting-n2670495

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

I take it The Epstein Files are missing the peep hole videos from the island? Does that mean the files are incomplete and… the fat lady has not sung. Or, the fat lady did sing and nobody heard her because she is now on Ozempic. Couple with her Ozempic face she’s completely unrecognisable. And now you know why nothing seems to ever get put to bed these days. Everything just keeps going on and on. I’m on the second episode of the 50 cent Doc on Puff. Finding out how Tupac and Biggie Smalls may have been rubbed off.

wendybar చెప్పారు...

Spanberger and her cohorts will be actively fighting for this "Virginia Man" to stay and be free to murder Americans now... She'll claim it isn't fair, that he is a family man trying to make it in America....

https://www.foxnews.com/us/alleged-ms-13-gang-member-accused-5-murders-home-country-nabbed-virginia

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