A famous person once said something to the effect that: "Government isn't the solution, government is the problem."

  Everywhere you look, it seems that the Democrats are leading with a glass jaw. The riots in Minnesota?  The Dems side with the criminal element, while inciting protests that interfere with deportations of the same.  Also, the Dems want to run on "affordability".

  If Dems policies are so affordable, then why is the bluest state--California, so expensive?

  Then there's this tweet.  That's what reminded me of Reagan. Well, the Democrats are the party of government, and the government, as this tweet shows, has a heavy hand in those parts of the economy in which they control.

  The Republicans can't beat this???

  Time to clean house in the GOP party if they won't do anything to counter the nonsense coming from the Dems.   Primaries start soon!  They start early here in Texas.  Maybe as early as next month, you can vote some of the these bums out.

No one is in charge. That's why they're cheap. https://t.co/AJBfBVmLCj

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) January 26, 2026

Why Trump mustn't stop enforcing Immigration Law in Minnesota

  He may not be doing what some are fearing that he is doing.  However, if he is, it's going to be a big mistake.

  Here's an article which shows where the real problem is, and it isn't with ICE.

  The squeaky wheel gets the grease, the old saw says.  The left is making a lot of noise, and may get their way because of it.  If this does indeed happen, it is because of the continuance of giving in to them.

  Now the left wants to do a shutdown over this.  You know, the GOP isn't exactly getting rave reviews over its wobbly legs in the budget agreement as is.  If the left tries to push their luck, maybe the GOP ought to re-visit the entire funding situation.  That's the second part of the problem.  Too many squishes.

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The recent shooting in Minnesota

  There are no links that go with this post. But that doesn't mean I haven't watched some videos of what happened.

  This may be one of those situations that may require a lot of close study in order to come to a conclusion about anything.

  One thing that has grabbed me a bit after reading a lefty blog, which had the usual "murder" accusations against the ICE officers.  From what I can see of the videos, it isn't cut and dried, either way.

  A caveat is in order.  I haven't watched and studied this to the greatest possible extent.  I'll just comment on one thing: I think that the left WANTS there to be incidents like this so that they can use it.

  But was there any excessive use of force?  From what I can see, I cannot tell.

  The left doesn't want anybody to look at this guy's associations.  It appears that he is part of a network of people who have dedicated themselves to harassing and interfering with law enforcement.  There's no way that this can be condoned. Indeed, if the guy had followed the law closely, the situation could have been avoided.  If the local authorities were more cooperative, this could have been avoided.  You could list the number of mistakes this guy made, but for some reason, a law enforcement officer is expected to be absolutely perfect.

  Bias can creep in.  I am more in favor of immigration laws being enforced.  It is quite clear that the political left wants it to stop.  You could fall on either side of that bias.

  This is not cause for ICE to be pulled back out of there.  That would be a big mistake.  I don't think that additional training is going to make any difference.  It would seem that they should be more cooperative about law enforcement, as opposed to agents not being trained well enough.  But if they want more training, then provide the funds.  But they probably want to deny the funding.

  Anyway, all of this could've been predicted.  There are those who want bad things to happen.  That so that they could use it for political goals.

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Mob rule in Minnesota

  A fire chief has said that the mob rules.

  It may be argued that he is only stating the obvious.  Even so, there should not be a public statement without a condemnation of such mob rule.

  (The article embedded may have to be pulled down, but while it is up, you can view it here.   But the link will remain, so if it is pulled down, you can still link to it.)

  The article says that any justification of this is the same argument that the slave states made prior to the Civil War.

  Basically, Minnesota is claiming the right to the "heckler's veto", or nullification of Federal law by a state.

  History has shown that this will not hold.  Texas VOTED to secede.  Lincoln said no.

  That is, if the President of the time allows it.  Lincoln didn't.

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There is so much wrong here that something has to be done

  If the Legacy Media won't report the truth, and that results in serious civil disturbance, could that not be grounds for revoking their license to broadcast?

There is a First Amendment, but that doesn't include the right to incitement.

The various media outlets have a duty to serve the public interest. How is this in the public interest?

The Left Doesn’t Want You to Know This About Alex Pretti, the Man the Border Patrol Shot https://t.co/NATauKMDpE Question: Does the legacy media report anything like this?

— BootsandOil (@BootsandO6892) January 25, 2026

Mr. Plow

  Hey, Mr. Plow!

  I'm all snowed in! Can you help me, Mr. Plow?

  Psst! I'm not your Grand Pa, even if I look like him.

Marcus House's Starship, et al -- Update 1/25/26

  Author: Marcus House

Description: "SpaceX is kicking off a massive new construction phase at Starbase, with clear signs of major site expansion now underway. "

This one will go into the database.

BTW, I rode out the ice storm, and none the worse for it.

Now for digging out of all this friggin' ice.