Flannelman

Wool. Can't go wrong with L.L. Bean wool boot socks. Smartwool socks are good too. If you want to get crazy, there are socks from the Blue Alpaca Store in Belfast, Maine.

Thanks. Here are the newest. Because in Maine, there is no such thing as too much flannel.

$1 billion dollars a day? Just think of wasted opportunity for more tax cuts!

What do they call the Middle East in the Middle Kingdom (China)?

Prices are going to go so low that gas stations will be giving the stuff away for free.

In view of the ongoing war, can we look forward to Hobby Lobby stocking Persian antiquities? Because the Iraqi antiquities are running super low.

Nice tree lighting.

Well, I guess I have my answer. Not just planning to dumb down the enlisted, but the officer corps too. Will also skew retention. bsky.app/profile/dbur...

Pathetic.

If you hit a paywall, the site is jmail.world/wiki. Looks like a work in progress.

In view of the ongoing Epstein revelations, what are the odds that Biden was encouraged to choose Harris as his VP to guarantee she would NOT be considered for Attorney General?

Remember when Madison Cawthorn talked about Capitol Hill orgies? And he was mocked? In light of the info trickling out from the Epstein files, can we revisit that chapter? Because I have questions.

Didn't Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" have an entire chapter that boiled down to: if you want your workers to have kids, you need to pay them better than a subsistence wage? The forgotten basics of capitalism.

Andrej Babiš - Wikipedia

Can't put my finger on why, but Babis' bio and Russian ties seem awfully familiar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_...

Big fan of planned leftovers.

Brings to mind resetting the countdown timer on "Lost".

Attempting to make sense of what I am reading here makes my brain malfunction bc what? But if you think you need to step on that guy's skull, shoe choice makes all the difference.

Needed more AI perhaps? Super Clippy is upon us.

a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a monster plant that says feed me Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to a monster plant that says feed me

All good. Always works out for the best.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of flags with the word progresso on them Alt: Putin in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of national flags, toasting with a coffee cup.

Putin's long game looks like it is coming to fruition, with the end of NATO and the end of the Dollar as a reserve currency both within reach.

Weapons free but don't shoot me?

Pentagon will begin review of 'effectiveness' of women in ground combat positions The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."

Would dumbing-down eligibility requirements for men be a feature or a bug in the eyes of those in charge? www.npr.org/2026/01/06/n...

It stands to reason that if women are discouraged from entering service, then the military will need to lower their minimum academic and aptitude requirements for men in order to fill their ranks.

Two takeaways from the article are: (1) women have become essential to meeting recruitment goals; and (2) an alarming number of men are unable to meet basic enlistment requirements.

Surge of Female Enlistments Helped Drive Army Success in Reaching 2024 Recruiting Goal Nearly 10,000 women signed up for active duty in 2024, an 18% jump from the previous year, while male recruitment increased by just 8%, the data shows.

With The Pentagon calling into question the 'effectiveness' of women in combat roles, this article from last January is worth revisiting. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

It would be super funny if the Mexican Navy appeared and interdicted a ghost fleet tanker. 🇲🇽

a man in a suit and bow tie is standing next to another man in a room . Alt: Matt Smith as Dr. Who in a suit and bow tie is standing next to another man in a room, taking out blank credentials consisting of psychic paper (in which the subject sees what is suggested).

Their mistake was failing to show their psychic paper.

I grew up with a guy who is now a mouthpiece for what I assume is AIPAC. I saw him pushing this exact narrative (almost word-for-word) earlier today on FB. :-/

I had lined up my car to plow headlong into a double parked car tonight just for the lulz. And then they turned on their hazard lights. So I broke off bc it didn't seem sporting.