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ckbro
ckbro

From the stack:
U.S. Army draws up invasion plan for Greenland — on orders from President Trump.
Question:
What’s the difference between Russia invading Ukraine and the U S invading Greenland?

Dee
Dee

None. I think this is insane, if true.

P D Q
P D Q

Indeed!

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

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Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Like this short story as I am a potato/french fry lover.

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

Grew up very close to Santa Rosa and his name was on everything there.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Amazing how much difference one person can make in the world. Stories like his fascinate me. I think all people make a bigger difference than they know especially over time as he would not have been without his ancestors. Just me thinking too much.

P D Q
P D Q

Did the US use directed energy weapons during the Maduro raid?
Survivor describes injuries, but not how the weapon was deployed (by a crew or single man? drone or helicopter?)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/10/world-news/us-used-powerful-sonic-weapon-in-venezuela-during-raid-to-capture-madouro-incredible-witness-account/
The WH Press Secretary has amplified this survivor account
https://x.com/presssec/status/2009997866425897308

Spike Warbird
Spike Warbird

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P D Q
P D Q

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ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud

On Cuba-
““Papito Trump… please, put an end to this already, because honestly, this can’t take any more,” expressed the user in a video shared this Friday on the account of the internet user Yannkomesa17. The young man stated that he does not speak on behalf of all Cubans, but rather “says what many would like to say but don’t.”
https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-01-11-u1-e208574-s27061-nid318265-cuba-joven-lanza-suplica-directa-trump

“Cuba Stages “People’s War” Drills as U.S. Marines Showcase Training”
https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/318268

“”#Cuba has never received any monetary or material compensation for security services provided to any country,” Rodríguez declared on his X account. “Unlike #USA, we do not engage in mercenary activities, nor do we resort to blackmail or military coercion against other nations.”
https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/318281

P D Q
P D Q

“U.S. Army draws up invasion plan for Greenland — on orders from President Trump.”
I still say going to war with NATO is not a good idea.
I don’t care if 50 NeoCon advisors say it’s worth the risk.

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

there must be something pressing discovered by intelligence. first the move on Venezuala and now a move on Greenland. China and Russia are working together on something we are unaware of. They had 4 years of distraction and payoffs to our government. No telling what they’ve cooked up.

I would prefer more attention stateside than all this bombastic behavior however, I trust Donald Trump to protect our national security. There is something more.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

I would rather buy it than invade it. I think invasion threat is only being used as a hard core negotiation tactic. There is much more here at play for national security than most people are aware of.

Mama Pajama
Mama Pajama

yes this is Trump art of the deal 101.

I wish we could just take care of America. There’s so much to do here..

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

I think this is part of taking care of America and I agree with what you are saying. In the past we spent too much on foreign lands with nothing to show for it. He has such a small window of time and so much opposition that he will never achieve the greatness for us he could have. Trump would have done so much with great support instead of the death by a thousand small cuts his opposition has delivered to him.

flyinpiglet
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ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud
Boycott In 3, 2, 1
Boycott In 3, 2, 1

“Effective January 1, 2026, the export of fishery products from 12 major Vietnamese fishing grounds to the United States has been officially suspended.

This disruption follows a formal decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deny “comparability findings” for these regions, citing failure to meet the rigorous standards of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).”
https://www.nationthailand.com/business/trade/40061082

ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud

-But not any influence by Netanyahu….
“Israeli police have detained a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for questioning over allegations he attempted to interfere with an investigation into the leak of classified intelligence to a foreign media outlet, authorities said on Sunday.”
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/artc-netanyahu-s-chief-of-staff-reportedly-detained-in-leak-probe

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-882925

ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud

Really? Come on Milei.
“In December, Argentina criticized Navitas and UK firm Rockhopper for announcing what it said was an “illegitimate” oil drilling project worth roughly $2.1 billion off the coast of the Falkland Islands, as it was not approved by Argentina and therefore was a “unilateral decision” made by the UK government.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-argentina-halts-jerusalem-embassy-move-over-falklands-drilling-dispute/

ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud

“Khamenei’s attempt to reduce the scale of the uprising to “burning trash bins” and “damaging buildings” was not merely dismissive—it was revealing. Such language signals an inability to engage with the deep political consciousness driving the revolt.
By attributing the uprising to the “pleasure of foreigners,” he implicitly acknowledged that he has no serious political response to the magnitude and coherence of the resistance confronting him.”
https://irannewsupdate.com/news/infightings/khameneis-words-under-the-microscope-fear-and-exhaustion-in-the-face-of-organized-resistance/

Pres of Iran reads the script.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/01/11/iran-president-to-address-economic-situation-people-s-demands-in-interview-state-tv

Dee
Dee

Hope you have a great Sunday ! ☕️

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ckbro
ckbro

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ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n from beautiful Arizona
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A question that has been rolling around in my mind as I read the reports (don’t watch TV news) of the rioting and demonstrations around the country: Is it possible that these people see themselves as the same as the revolution in Iran?

Dee
Dee

I’m sure some do ckbro. But they are mislead.
I hope those in Iran are as safe as possible, but Iran government has a tendency to just go around and shoot everyone.

ckbro
ckbro

Morn’n Dee. I believe they do too. So many deceived, hate-filled hearts

WombatsWobble
WombatsWobble

Love your photos! Could you just provide a short blurb on where they are taken!

P D Q
P D Q

Ann Coulter: The media are in a dither, demanding to know who’s going to “run” Venezuela. The president should tell them, “Whomever the CIA chooses.”
Venezuela’s squalor and criminality was hurting the US, and we must protect ourselves.

https://anncoulter.com/2026/01/10/the-trump-corollary-were-nation-building-our-nation/

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Money for Maine mass shooting victims directed to Somali-linked nonprofits | Vargas Reports

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

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Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

18 U.S. Code § 111 – Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees

(a)In General.—Whoever—

(1)forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties; or
(2)forcibly assaults or intimidates any person who formerly served as a person designated in section 1114 on account of the performance of official duties during such person’s term of service,

shall, where the acts in violation of this section constitute only simple assault, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, and where such acts involve physical contact with the victim of that assault or the intent to commit another felony, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.

(b)Enhanced Penalty.—
Whoever, in the commission of any acts described in subsection (a), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon (including a weapon intended to cause death or danger but that fails to do so by reason of a defective component) or inflicts bodily injury, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

helterhaze
helterhaze

what, me worried?
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RDKyle
RDKyle

Not Black
Not Polar
Not Grizzly

Kardiac Bears

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

What a game! I thought they were cooked!!

My daughter is a very happy girl!!

ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud

They may not have a fluid team yet, but BEAR DOWN!

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

U.S. used a new weapon for the first time on a foreign military against Venezuela.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/leavitt-use-warpower/2026/01/10/id/1241612/

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal
Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Wild story, it seams if modern warfare just changed again.

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Wasted Years.
Iron Maiden acoustic cover
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SkMNrOsTuRU&pp=0gcJCTIBo7VqN5tD

I like Iron Maiden lyrics but find their music to be jarring and over the top.

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

If we cant have a trial and execution for the hildabeast
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We can take comfort that Bill is still her husband
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Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

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Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

1776: Paine, Common Sense (Pamphlet)
https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1776-paine-common-sense-pamphlet

I think we forget the nature of violent oppression that The Founding Father’s suffered.
An absolute Monarchy coupled with an constitution of England
‘…so exceedingly complex, that the nation may suffer for years together without being able to discover in which part the fault lies; some will say in one and some in another, and every political physician will advise a different medicine…’
made redress impossible and life intolerable.
The quartering of troops must have been the very worst part of all, no peace, no privacy, the fruits of your labor divided by whim on threat of deadly force in the privacy of your own home.
Divide your table, your larder, your rooms, your fire, your beds, everything.
Imagine having a beautiful daughter, or several, as My Best Girl and I do.
What outrages they must have suffered…
I’m surprised the 3rd Amendment wasn’t the 1st.

‘The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.
Many circumstances have, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all lovers of mankind are affected, and in the event of which their affections are interested.
The laying a country desolate with fire and sword, declaring war against the natural rights of all mankind, and extirpating the defenders thereof from the face of the earth, is the concern of every man to whom nature hath given the power of feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure.’
Thomas Payne

Dan Dale
Dan Dale

In Canada the youth are beginning to appreciate what a decade of liberal govt has done. I don’t see a fiery spirit anymore from anyone wishing to right the listing ship. I believe that most are now aware that the damage is insurmountable. I can only pray for my children’s future.
DD

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Looking outside in, the fact that most of Canada’s government officials are Sikhs is alarming.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Revolution Calling – Queensryche

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Scattering embers ensures that fires will continue to flare up.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Unfortunately Communism came out of Pandoras box and probably will never put back in so the best we can hope for is to minimize it.

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

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Global Governance Blob
Global Governance Blob

Fuse lit in the EU.
https://en.ara.cat/economy/five-roads-remain-blocked-by-the-farmers-protest-against-mercosur_25_5614155.html

France is boiling.
“The criticism centers on the risk of a massive influx of South American products, particularly beef, which is seen as unfair competition for French farmers. Beef produced in Brazil or Argentina is significantly cheaper than European beef, due to lower production costs (land, labor, animal feed) and less stringent health and environmental regulations (the use of pesticides and antibiotics).”
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2026/01/10/eu-mercosur-agreement-five-key-questions-about-where-things-stand_6749274_8.html

https://www.roscommonherald.ie/news/watch-ming-says-meps-across-europe-still-have-choice-to-reject-mercosur-deal_arid-83516.html

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

European Men woke up too late.
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Thought Criminal
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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Perfect demonstration of the insanity of liberals!

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

‘But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.’
Lenin

Study materials.
Know thy enemy.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/quotes.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/index-mobiles.htm

P D Q
P D Q

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Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

The most terrible part is that most of the woke are white women.
Whites are 8% of the Earth’s population.
Whites are an endangered species and the women are insane.
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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Most of the young women today are woke and that alone may doom the West. I know several who are not but I fear there are not enough of them for the future of our people.

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

What about survival of the fittest? How does that fit in here?

P D Q
Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Mad Respect for the Amish.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

That is part of what we are experiencing I believe. Hopefully we can wake enough of the young before it is too late. The world is in a dangerous place now, much worse than the Cold War when we were young. Fittest can mean many different things so you can overcome greater physical numbers if your weapons are powerful enough and you are willing to use them. Weapons doesn’t have to mean of war, but can be education and proper awareness of the potential future problems and their solutions.

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Well said TB

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

We all know Mama P is squared away.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Love Mama P!

Thunderbird
Thunderbird
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Thunderbird

Thunderbird
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Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Mexicali Blues

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Touch of Grey
Grateful Dead

https://youtube.com/watch?v=aEKmbDbFMI8

Every silver linings got a touch of grey…

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Grateful Dead – Truckin’ (Official Audio)
Grateful Dead

https://youtube.com/watch?v=h_bwoXuUGho

What a long
Strange trip it’s been

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Saw them in Dallas, don’t remember how I got home 3 days later…
If you find my shoe you can keep it.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Seen them twice in the late 70’s they were a trip!

jori
jori

So sad. RIP Bobby.
Looks Like Rain ~ Live Giza, Egypt 1978

Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Jori!

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

❤️❤️

jori
jori

xoxo

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Hey! Jori glad to see you if this post doesn’t disappear like the others. Said hi several times but they vanished.

jori
jori

Hi Tb!

jori
jori

Hey TC!
lol lost your shoe.
I only saw them once at MSG. Had tickets to next close show and then Jerry died, so that was it for me. I came to the fun late. My husband saw them 5 times starting in 73 at RFK Stadium and collects every thing new put out for years. Dick’s picks now Dave’s picks.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

👍 Jori

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Trump signs order meant to protect money from Venezuelan oil

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2026/01/10/venezuela-executive-order-oil

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

U.S. launches new strikes against ISIS in Syria this afternoon

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/military/2026/01/10/syria-strikes-isis-second-round

Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Dream A Little Dream
Dream A Little Dream

In between violence.
“Ethiopia begins construction of Africa’s biggest airport: PM”
https://www.newarab.com/news/ethiopia-begins-construction-africas-biggest-airport-pm

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

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Mama pajama
Mama pajama

You gotta give the Republicans a chance to screw this up as well.
They never fail to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

Don’t crush my dreams just yet there is a tiny chance they will get it right at least once 🤣🤣🤣

Mama pajama
Mama pajama

“Will” us a victory Tbird!! 🧨🧨

WeatherWitch
WeatherWitch

☝️☝️

ChesterMcCloud
ChesterMcCloud

“Speaking to Israel’s Army Radio, Eliyahu confirmed Israel used on-the-ground agents during last year’s 12-day war with Iran, adding that similar operatives remain active during the country’s current crisis.

“When we struck Iran last year, we were on their territory and knew how to prepare the ground for the attack. I can assure you that our people are working there right now,” Eliyahu, who called for nuking Gaza during the Israeli genocidal war on the strip, said.”
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/560247/World/Region/Israel;s-;nuke-Gaza;-minister-says-Mossad-agents-;.aspx

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

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Thought Criminal
Thought Criminal

Too late, I’m broke and my tax bill is due.

Thunderbird
Thunderbird

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