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Hey guys, this looks like a big storm that is gonna dump a lot of snow with cold/wind on areas that aren't used to it. Be careful out there and if your not used to driving in those conditions, don't ;-)
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We didn't get any snow up in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, but we hit -25 yesterday (thermometer and not wind chill), and we'll be close to that today and tomorrow as well.
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If a lot of people are snowed in, I think that means 2026 IBC Winter Meetings! Let's get some deals done!
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Twins wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:15 am We didn't get any snow up in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, but we hit -25 yesterday (thermometer and not wind chill), and we'll be close to that today and tomorrow as well.
Yikes. That's miserable. Not a great time to be in Minneapolis.

My best wishes for the safety of you and your family - and if any of you happen to be non-white or have a foreign accent, shelter in place. Please.

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So far, kind of a regular snowstorm from the beforetimes (when CT didn't share a climate with Palma de Mallorca).

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We just hit 2' here.
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Orioles wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:48 pm
Twins wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:15 am We didn't get any snow up in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, but we hit -25 yesterday (thermometer and not wind chill), and we'll be close to that today and tomorrow as well.
Yikes. That's miserable. Not a great time to be in Minneapolis.

My best wishes for the safety of you and your family - and if any of you happen to be non-white or have a foreign accent, shelter in place. Please.
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At about a foot now with more to come.
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Astros wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:57 pm
Orioles wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:48 pm
Twins wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:15 am We didn't get any snow up in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, but we hit -25 yesterday (thermometer and not wind chill), and we'll be close to that today and tomorrow as well.
Yikes. That's miserable. Not a great time to be in Minneapolis.

My best wishes for the safety of you and your family - and if any of you happen to be non-white or have a foreign accent, shelter in place. Please.
Thoughts on the gaggle of Somalis banding together to start 3574684476 fake day care centers?
The President's white supremacist attack on all Somali people as "garbage" because a bunch of them committed fraud in Minnesota is so three weeks ago. We've moved on to the armored, masked, jackbooted federales enforcing the current administration's white nationalist agenda, provoking outrage and public protest by their unconstitutional behavior, then shooting American citizens who are lawfully protesting or trying to document ICE's activity in their neighborhood. Pretty fucked up shit, actually. Hilarious though, right? Just Trump being Trump. Innocent people being gunned down in the street by agents of the federal government. Ha Ha Ha. Pure comedy. :|

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Here on Drakes Island we have about 8 inches of snow so far ... Expecting close to 20 when it finally ends sometime Monday ... The beer is good though.
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Padres wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 6:42 pm Here on Drakes Island we have about 8 inches of snow so far ... Expecting close to 20 when it finally ends sometime Monday ... The beer is good though.
Loaded up on my favorite local beer here in TX. Not nearly as good as ME, so had to drive around to collect, but definitely putting a dent in it.
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We are probably getting 3 inches of snow per hour right now ... Along with steady 12 to 15 mph winds with frequent 35 mph gusts. We are going to have some awesome drifts in the morning!
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Astros wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:57 pm
Orioles wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 5:48 pm
Twins wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:15 am We didn't get any snow up in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, but we hit -25 yesterday (thermometer and not wind chill), and we'll be close to that today and tomorrow as well.
Yikes. That's miserable. Not a great time to be in Minneapolis.

My best wishes for the safety of you and your family - and if any of you happen to be non-white or have a foreign accent, shelter in place. Please.
Thoughts on the gaggle of Somalis banding together to start 3574684476 fake day care centers?
Rules to debating a Leftist (remember they ignore facts that don't work towards their agenda):

First, never leave an open question where they can define the narrative. ICE is doing nothing wrong. Idiots that are no longer protesting but interfering in a response are in the wrong. 1st amendment allows for peaceful protest, what these assholes are doing is not that, plain as day.

Second, never let them set up a straw man. None of these Leftist idiots had to die, they made a FAFO choice because rather than stand on the sidewalk propping up a sign, they decided to become part of the action. They could be alive at home if they weren't interjecting on behalf of illegals which is a federal crime.

Third, never let them have the high ground. Leftists and the political leaders want anarchy. During "democratic" administrations, these asshats did nothing. It wasn't until a Republican administration pointed out the fraud and abuse that suddenly they throw a tantrum. Leftists rely on fraud to maintain power, this is why they hate voter ID.

Finally, just assume democrat citizens are brainwashed and have a similar IQ to the illegals that are imported. Afterall, how else can you support an influx of military age males that have zero intention to integrate and will commit crimes and abuse the welfare system at twice the rate of the standard American citizen.

You can't fix stupid, but eventually we do reach a point of FAFO.

PS: The government is corrupt, no one in their right mind would allow 10K, 20K, or 40K of a refugee group to settle in one area if they weren't expecting for that group (especially if they are borderline retarded) to pick one of their own to lead them and fall in line. Ilhan Omar didn't naturally rise up, she is a retarded pawn in the system.
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Ended up with 31" here. Time to go shovel the driveway!
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Athletics wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:43 am First, never leave an open question where they can define the narrative. ICE is doing nothing wrong. Idiots that are no longer protesting but interfering in a response are in the wrong. 1st amendment allows for peaceful protest, what these assholes are doing is not that, plain as day.
Wow. Kristi Noem couldn't have said it better herself. I'm not sure you understand what the 1st amendment says if you have seen the many many camera angles of ICE initiating and escalating contact with a guy just filming them on his phone before pepper spraying him, tackling him, then shooting him 10 times (including 5 times while he lay motionless on the street). Do you honestly believe Noem and Bovino and Trump when they lie to your face and tell you these people were "domestic terrorists" who deserve to die? Use your fucking eyes instead of believing the people who will say anything that fits their narrative without a shred of evidence right to your face. They are calling you stupid, and you are lapping it up.
Athletics wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:43 am Second, never let them set up a straw man. None of these Leftist idiots had to die, they made a FAFO choice because rather than stand on the sidewalk propping up a sign, they decided to become part of the action. They could be alive at home if they weren't interjecting on behalf of illegals which is a federal crime.
Again, I'm not sure you understand either the protections of the 1st amendment or what the difference is between protesting and rioting/ interfering. For example, Alex Pretti was peacefully protesting, whereas the January 6 violent criminals were rioting against law enforcement. That's what a riot looks like. You are spitting false talking points like just another shill for Trump, parroting every single one of the administration's totally baseless and weak "arguments."
Athletics wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:43 am Third, never let them have the high ground. Leftists and the political leaders want anarchy. During "democratic" administrations, these asshats did nothing. It wasn't until a Republican administration pointed out the fraud and abuse that suddenly they throw a tantrum. Leftists rely on fraud to maintain power, this is why they hate voter ID.
Yeah, because all those many many congressional hearings lead by James Comer and investigations into "election insecurity" and the "Biden crime family" turned up so much evidence of fraud and corruption that Trump has been able to bring at least one legitimate indictment against someone using his personal attack dog DOJ, right? I mean, if you can indict a ham sandwich named James Comey, you can indict anyone. The truth is that elections are actually quite secure, as all of the actual evidence will tell you. Trump repeated his childish election lie again and again to soothe a bruised ego with zero evidence after more investigations than anyone can imagine, and 65 courts (many with his own appointed judges) found nada. Zip. Zilch. Only you, Trump, the pardoned violent criminals from January 6th and the My Pillow guy actually think elections are insecure in this country. Also, you are an idiot if you think Trump, the most openly corrupt president ever, cares one whit about fraud or abuse. He fired and failed to replace every single Inspector General and government watchdog in the executive branch just so he could be openly corrupt without consequences. It's hilarious that you've never heard any of this, or are somehow pretending all of these facts are untrue, like Trump.
Athletics wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:43 am Finally, just assume democrat citizens are brainwashed and have a similar IQ to the illegals that are imported. Afterall, how else can you support an influx of military age males that have zero intention to integrate and will commit crimes and abuse the welfare system at twice the rate of the standard American citizen.
And theeeeere it is! That's the white supremacy we're looking for! It is an act of impressive idiocy for you to believe Donald Trump when he declares with no evidence that other countries have dumped their prisons and insane asylums on us, and that all immigrants (especially Somalians, or Haitians, or Mexicans, or Venezuelans, etc) are stupid and dangerous even though the data does not support that conclusion at all. Your willingness to go along with white nationalist policies that unnecessarily place American citizens in fear and danger of harm or death is sad, but not surprising. About 45% of Republicans can't shake Fox News and still agree with you.
Athletics wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 4:43 am PS: The government is corrupt, no one in their right mind would allow 10K, 20K, or 40K of a refugee group to settle in one area if they weren't expecting for that group (especially if they are borderline retarded) to pick one of their own to lead them and fall in line. Ilhan Omar didn't naturally rise up, she is a retarded pawn in the system.
Ilhan Omar is many things, including unacceptably antisemitic at times, but she is definitely not "retarded." Unless it's her brownness that makes it so, which you seem to be implying. Large refugee groups (of all colors) have been settled together for 100+ years to meet community labor needs and fill available housing where advantageous. A group of people who committed fraud shared something in common that happened to be their nation of origin. It wasn't where they are from that caused them to commit fraud. There are Somali-Americans who contribute plenty to their community as police officers and doctors and teachers. Are they "garbage" too?

See, Trump and Steven Miller have tricked you into thinking white people are in danger because of immigrants from non-white countries, as evidenced by the new policy denying asylum to everyone but "victims" of the "white genocide" in South Africa. There are many many examples of how racist the Trump administration is, including rolling back DEI, tearing down placards and historical information at national sites that discuss the fact that SLAVERY HAPPENED and changing the schedule of free admission days at national parks to specifically remove MLK day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday. ICE's violent and aggressive treatment of non-violent immigrants (including those legally present in the country) and US citizens is meant as a scare tactic and means of reducing the number of non-white people in the population. If they really wanted to deport the dangerous criminals, they could've done it like the "Deporter in Chief," Barack Obama, who deported millions more illegal immigrants than Trump has without creating fear, harm, death and outrage in American cities.

My wife and stepson were afraid the other day to go into Hartford to their favorite bakery because it's in an immigrant neighborhood full of Brazilians and Dominicans, and ICE could show up at any time and collect anybody with an accent. I personally don't think my government should make my family, who hold valid green cards, afraid to go out somewhere in the area because they aren't white or have a foreign accent. The US has not been, and should never be, a country where the authorities go around asking people for their papers based on how they look. Not acceptable.

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20” of snow here in RI.

Seems like it snowed 6’ cunts in CT.

Be safe everyone!
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BlueJays wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 9:03 am 20” of snow here in RI.

Seems like it snowed 6’ cunts in CT.

Be safe everyone!
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22.5 inches plus so far … tallest drifts about up to my shoulders (I am 5’ 10.5”) … still snowing though it is slowing done. Patti & I finished phase 1 of our shoveling about 4 pm when we were at 19.5. Been enjoying some Weller Antique 107 since …
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Jim - The more you type, the more I want to have an evening of alcohol with you.

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22.5 inches and still going? Damn. We got about 15-18" and it seems like it's done snowing. I was somehow able to get down and back up my extremely steep and winding driveway (that unfortunately needs another salt and plow already) by picking up speed down my street, gunning it up the driveway and skidding around the curve up at the top just fast enough to not go over the edge down the hill into the woods. Too little speed and I will slide back down the hill into a tree stump I have to get removed. They charge me an insane amount for a plow because it's kinda fucking dangerous for their trucks. Sucks but I don't think I have any other options. I need some kind of super-powered ride-on snowblower with tank treads that can climb a 50 degree grade with a big fat guy on it. I'm pretty sure such a machine does not exist.

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Yankees wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 9:45 pm Jim - The more you type, the more I want to have an evening of alcohol with you.

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Orioles wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 10:29 pm 22.5 inches and still going? Damn. We got about 15-18" and it seems like it's done snowing. I was somehow able to get down and back up my extremely steep and winding driveway (that unfortunately needs another salt and plow already) by picking up speed down my street, gunning it up the driveway and skidding around the curve up at the top just fast enough to not go over the edge down the hill into the woods. Too little speed and I will slide back down the hill into a tree stump I have to get removed. They charge me an insane amount for a plow because it's kinda fucking dangerous for their trucks. Sucks but I don't think I have any other options. I need some kind of super-powered ride-on snowblower with tank treads that can climb a 50 degree grade with a big fat guy on it. I'm pretty sure such a machine does not exist.
Pretty flat here by the ocean ... Just a shitload of snow to (a) move, and (b) find a place to move it to ... We still shovel (mostly me) though if I can flag down a plow driving by tomorrow I will pay him (or her) to plow out the area in front of a strip of mailboxes I maintain that not only has the 20+
but also all the snow the town pushed off the road so it's probably close to 12 feet of 40 inch plus snow. I usually give someone who does this a $40 gift card to a local bar - fortunately doesn't usually more then once per season ...
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We didn't get a ton of snow here, maybe 6 inches, but I bet we're out of school all week. I'm on day 3 of virtual learning. Main roads are clear but plows can't get into neighborhoods
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