Yeah, I am under the impression that Greenland has lots of ice. On to branding: Rename "Greenland" to "Trumpland," create a new chapter for "The Trump Purchase" in the history books -- bigger than the Louisiana Purchase at 828,000 sq. miles, Greenland has 836,000 sq. miles.

said in The Putinization of US foreign policy: That oil tanker the US has been chasing… They caught it.

Somebody did a whole lot of work on that house before abandoning the project. They even replaced the floor joists. I wonder why they didn’t finish.

The most depressing part of that story to me is that they claim someone born in 1945 is over 80 years old…

I'm not reading anything. I'm watching history videos. My latest obsession is the Byzantine Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire

Ha ha ha

Resistance training three times a week will go much farther than waiting for a pill.

Let that be said for both parties. I thought it couldn't possibly be worse that Clinton-Trump. I was wrong.

@wtg said in Meanwhile, in Venezuela: said in Meanwhile, in Venezuela: She's sunk. She didn't thank you-know-who by name. I was going to make a joke about her swapping her Nobel for Y-K-W's support of the opposition. Turns out it's no joke. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Monday she wants to share her Nobel Peace Prize with US President Donald Trump and personally thank him following his administration's military intervention in Venezuela. In an interview with Fox News, Machado praised Trump for the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, describing Washington's actions as "a huge step for humanity, for freedom and human dignity". https://www.euronews.com/2026/01/06/venezuelas-machado-says-she-wants-to-share-nobel-peace-prize-with-trump Prescient.

Ai-yi-yi!

Showing disdain for the Basij militia ... https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/2007153498933342536?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2007153498933342536|twgr^6f989b0c353f029ecf6195d8ec2d008208387d7a|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranintl.com%2Fen%2F202601029390

@jon-nyc except for that trifling lung ailment, you have enviable genes - the metabolic gift you just mentioned and (even more desirable IMO) somehow only getting by on about half the average sleep the rest of us poor slobs need. (And I'm the opposite - need at least ten hours sleep )