FTA: "Two battalions from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division are on prepare-to-deploy orders in Minnesota, according to a US defense official. It is unclear what tasks they would take on, though the official said it could include crowd control or support for law enforcement, similar to the role active-duty forces played in Los Angeles last summer."

In 2022, this unit was stood up under the Biden administration as a counter to Russian threats in the Arctic.

Now the "Law of Unintended Consequences" rears its ugly head.

The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") would be the lead unit (along with the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, NY) to invade and occupy the populated regions of Greenland.

Minnesota may be the test grounds for the "Arctic Angels" to see how they do occupying territory and dealing with an angry white population. Neighboring Canada is no doubt monitoring this potential Alaska to Minnesota US troop movement.

There are not many left in the US, maybe none today, but once America had colleges where the curriculum was strictly reading classical literature and history books. (No karate, basket weaving like what Sheridan Bouquet studied, accounting, football, economics, pre-med/pre-law, engineering, etc).

Called the "Great Books Colleges," classes were small and students read the Greek and Roman classics, philosophy, Shakespeare, history books, Charles Dickens, French and Russian novelists, in order to learn the lessons hidden in those gems. Seniors were assigned as tutors to guide the juniors that needed help.

In terms of practicality for a career, the capitalist system would not know where or how to place these graduates.

However when their tassels are finally turned from right to left at graduation, these alumni would be quite literate and learned at the tender of 21, 22, or 23.

Hi DBT2:

A few years ago I met a gentleman who is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), an area I have the least amount of experience in investigating or analyzing (that and distasteful sexual offenses). Anyways we were discussing previous cases and I realized that his Arabic and Hebrew were both perfect. I finally got him round to confess that he is of mixed descent like Nora Bussigny, although not nearly as pretty as she. The poor guy was uncomfortable discussing the horrible situation in Israel.

Anyways, regarding the Nora Bussigny expose, the loathsome ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu did a masterful job with his reprisal pogrom (AKA the Nakba) against the Palestinians in Gaza and his allowing Settlers to steal land in the West Bank, that he globally collectivized antisemites, anti-Zionists, and anti-Israelis, as we see in France.

The "Crime Minister" put a target on the back of innocent Jews worldwide, whether they are Ashkenazi (like himself) or Sephardic (like the gentleman I referred to above), Haredim or Secular, Labor or Likud, 'Buddhist' or atheist.

Note that there is no antisemitism or Islamophobia within the Israeli Communist Party (the "Makis") because their common cause is standing up to oppression and the oligarchs. These poor devils might be irrationally hated by these French antisemites/anti-Zionists simply because many of them are Jewish (albeit atheist).

France has a history of exploiting Muslim (and Asian countries like Vietnam), but now has a fairly substantial minority of Arab-descent people in the country. In Paris you could see black and Arab-looking police officers and soldiers on patrol with their white colleagues. These people are loyal to the French state but sympathize with the victims of white colonialism, i.e. the Palestinians.

One feels for Nora Bussigny and history holds a lesson for her. Centuries ago, the Irishmen who owned land and worked with the English were never comfortable anywhere. In Ireland they were viewed as "English" and when they visited London they were viewed as "Irish." Oscar Wilde may have felt similar pangs as an Anglo-Irishman, but we can't be sure.

*** Democratic Senator John Fetterman is OK with US Attacking Greenland; CBS News Concurs ***

John Fetterman (D-PA) wants to bomb Iran as well and doesn't give a lick about the Palestinian people.

The Democratic Party I knew last century would defend the underdog.

All 435 Congressmen and 35 (out of 100) Senators are up for re-election on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

On Election Day, progressives and antiwar Samaritans won't be voting for any warmongers within the Democratic Party.

They will stay home in disgust.

John Fetterman is up for re-election in 2028.

It's always the same people.

#6 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-17 03:57 PM | Reply | Was there ever any doubt?

ICE Headquarters:

"Massive anti-American protest? Well, what are we waiting for? TDY money and overtime! Let's go boys!"

"But it's in Greenland, Sir!"

"How long is the drive?"

And now everyone wants to study abnormal psychology.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-17 01:52 PM | Reply | Flag: Quip of the Week

*** FAA Issues Another Advisory to US Aircraft Flying in Pacific Ocean Near Latin America ***

Hah! So true.

"The DOJ argued that a 1927 law, which made it illegal to use the Postal Service to mail concealable firearms, such as pistols and revolvers, infringes on the Second Amendment.

Section 1715 makes it difficult to travel with arms for lawful purposes, including self-defense, target shooting, and hunting."
The statute also imposes significant barriers to shipping constitutionally protected firearms as articles of commerce, which interferes with citizens' incidental rights to acquire and maintain arms," the opinion continued.

Postal Service policy mandates that nonmailable firearms found in the mail stream "must be immediately reported to the United States Postal Inspection Service," and investigations are then referred to the relevant US attorney's office for prosecution.
The agency categorizes "pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on a person," including short-barreled shotguns and rifles, as handguns. It also notes there are no restrictions on mailing rifles and shotguns between licensed dealers, manufacturers, and importers.

Major private carriers, including UPS and FedEx, also restrict the shipping of firearms to only licensed dealers, which the opinion argued effectively creates a "complete ban" for unlicensed people."

~snip~

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee for 2025 consisted of five members appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.

The members are:

Jrgen Watne Frydnes (Chair)
Asle Toje (Vice Chair)
Anne Enger
Kristin Clemet
Gry Larsen

I wonder what each of them are thinking today.

The Dummkopf Trumpf nominee to be US Ambassador to Iceland referred to it as the "52nd State" and that he would be the first US Governor of it.

Har-har-har.

Every US Senator that confirmed each of Dummkopf Trumpf's junta members and ambassadors should be flogged with micturated cat o' nine tails from dawn to dusk and then have Kosher salt basted into their open wounds.

The hidden meaning of Shakespeare's line "there is something rotten in the state of Denmark" refers to the "throne" being "venereally infected" by syphilis after Claudius married Hamlet's mother.

Syphilis was rampant in London and in Hamlet the Bard of Avon cleverly refers to this pestilence in slang throughout the play, Denmark mirroring London and vice versa. Mercury was a favored treatment by the shamans, quacks, and physicians of London in the Elizabethan Age and beyond. You see this briefly in the new Frankenstein film.

And on TV, Hillbilly Hypocrite JD Vance referred to this sycophant "...and our great Secretary of State, Marco Rubio..." as if he's a reincarnation of Thomas Jefferson, George C. Marshall, or Dr Henry Kissinger.

Hah!

This merdivore's litany of blasphemies is lengthy:

~Undermined Obamacare in 2015
~Expedited $4bn of hardworking American taxpayer funds to the IDF in March 2025 to help their ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
~Dismantled JFK's USAID
~Dimed out informants to the tinpot dictator of El Salvador so he could imprison our migrants at CECOT
~Took down the US State Dept web portal to report war crimes
~Fired seasoned diplomats and recalled Ambassadors not loyal enough to MAGA
~Pushed for Christianity globally and in the State Dept, but didn't give a darn about Palestinian or Ukrainian Christians getting killed
~Worked with CIA to undermine and destabilize Venezuela, leading to the unlawful abduction Nicolas Maduro
~Delegated highly-trained and well-paid DSS Special Agents from the domestic offices to augment brutal ICE operations
~Constantly prevaricates to the media and the US Congress about Trumpf's intentions
~Lickspittle to mega-oligarch Larry Ellison and ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu
~Does nothing but serve as an office decoration while Trumpf insiders Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are the "Special Enjoys"

Simply put, Marco Rubio is just a shallow, faux Christian who is a willing accomplice of the warmongering Trumpf junta.

Hideous. Stomach-churning hideous.

Most. Underqualified. US. Secretary. of. State. in. American. History. Ever. Period.

An estimated 40.7% of adults in Pennsylvania have guns in their homes.

Pennsylvania Firearm Licenses in 2021: 348,167

In an average year, 1,806 people die and 4,020 are wounded by guns in the Keystone State. Those wounded must pay for their medical bills if they are under- or uninsured.

Nationally, every eleven minutes someone in the US is killed with a firearm, either by an assailant, by accident, or by committing suicide.

Who needs ISIS, al-Qaida, the Taliban, or Russia to kill Americans every year when we do a fine job of it for them?

"John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol, was involved in securing a roughly $250 million deal for Venezuelan oil. Addison donated about $6 million to PACs backing Dummkopf Trumpf's 2024 re-election effort, including $5 million to Maga Inc in Oct 2024.

The oligarch with a personal net worth of at least $30 million also attended a Trumpf junta meeting with the self-declared President of Venezuela last week. Ben Marshall, head of Vitol's US operations, a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of the Dallas Energy Advisory Council, also attended. Vitol was the only company represented by two senior executives at the talks.

At that sinister meeting to split the spoils of Venezuela's oil, Addison told Trumpf that Vitol would aim to secure the best possible price for Venezuelan crude, adding that Trumpf's "influence... over the Venezuelans will ensure that you get what you want." Vitol said Addison's political donations were made in a personal capacity."

~snip~

Jonathan Ross' reaction wasn't "OMG! Why didja make me shoot you? Call for an ambulance fer Chrissake!"

This sociopathic misogynists' last words were: "---- Bitch!"

In the video, you can the other ICE officer put his hands to his head or ears as he walks away in disgust or amazement after Jonathan Ross needlessly fired his weapon at Ms. Good.

The US State Department is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries, marking one of the most sweeping moves yet in Donald Trump's renewed immigration crackdown. USSECSTATE Marco Rubio already revoked more than 100,000 visas, including 8,000 student visas, of people who have had "encounters with law enforcement" since Donald Trump returned to office.

The diabolical Trumpf junta will freeze visa processing indefinitely for applicants from countries including Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, and Yemen. The US State Department did not immediately clarify if non-immigrant visas, such as for tourism and business, would be affected.

Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs good-for-nothing Mora Namdar, daughter of wealthy Iranian emigres and owner of a mini-chain of beauty salons in Texas, directed consular officers to refuse visa applications until screening and vetting procedures are reassessed.

The pause goes into effect on 21 January. Older or overweight applicants could be denied, along with those who had any past use of government cash assistance or institutionalization.

"The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who would become a public charge on the US and exploit the generosity of the American people," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott bleated.

"Good Morning. My name is General Dan Caine. I am the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the highest-ranking military officer in the United States of America. As you can see from my military bio below, I have spent decades attending military colleges, universities, and training programs, was a combat pilot and a senior advisor at CIA."

**** Dummkopf Trumpf Threatens Tariffs Against Greenland's Allies ***

"I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland," the toddler-minded geriatric pedophile occupying the half-demolished White House whined, without providing details. "I need Greenland to exploit its natural resources."

The self-declared President of Venezuela for months has insisted the US should control Greenland, a self-governing territory that's part of the kingdom of Denmark.

But the Dotard-in-Chief with the instincts of a spoiled child had not previously mentioned using tariffs to try and force the issue.

European leaders have joined Denmark in saying the US can't control the world's largest island."