Monday Overnight Open Thread (02/02/26)

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“It was a call for reflection on the role nurses play in ensuring health for all and a reminder that we are all united not only in grief today but also in hope for a better and more just tomorrow.” Penn Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel

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So the low-IQ types from Moronstan are winning, and the smart guys are exiting the stage of history. The average inbred Somali appears to know enough - unlike, say, an NPR-listening lesbian - not to attempt to mow down the most heavily armed constabulary on the planet. Mark Steyn

Well of course they fucking would. Did you ever have any doubt?

A federal appeals court tossed out a Justice Department misconduct complaint against Judge James Boasberg.

AS previously reported, DC Chief Judge James Boasberg and other DC Judges admitted bias against the Trump Administration during a March 2025 judicial conference with Chief Justice Roberts, according to a memo obtained by The Federalist.

If you can make it through the entire 22:59 with verification, you too could be an Open Blogger. Because I sure as hell couldn't.

The Climate Question -The Climate Question
What is climate anxiety and how can you cope with it?

Speaking of climate, there is a reason I ice-fish by myself.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul or somebody did something to all that cash.

Topline: Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander claims one of the city’s health insurance funds has “no path to solvency” after labor unions used it to cover pay raises, Weight Watchers and more.

Key facts: New York’s taxpayer-funded Health Insurance Stabilization Fund owes $3.1 billion to outside vendors and the city that it’s unable to pay. The actual amount is likely much higher because expenses from 2024 and 2025 have not been totaled yet, according to Lander’s Dec. 30 audit.

The fund was created in 1985 to help employees afford the city’s Group Health Insurance (GHI) plan, a more costly alternative to the older Health Insurance Plan (HIP).

As a resident of the Frozen Tundra I have had my fair share of ice-capades. And I'm a firm believer in calcium chloride liberally applied to anything remotely looking like asphalt or concrete. What happens when you don't? Just ask the Germans.

Berlin Hospitals Struggle to Treat Hundreds of Falls During Winter Freeze Because Environmental Laws Forbid Use of Salt on Sidewalks

Repeated snowfall and freezing rain have coated the open-air insane asylum known as Berlin in a thin sheet of slippery ice since the beginning of January. To spare plants, city environmental laws have long forbidden using salt on pedestrian paths and stairways, and so residents have been falling and injuring themselves at such high rates that emergency rooms have had trouble keeping up:

A contributing factor to many elderly deaths is the broken hip.

No Pepsi! Coke. Genius Award Winner.

US Man Arrested For Threatening Murder After Being Denied PepsiBrian Champagne, 47, was arrested in Seymour, Missouri, for attempting to enter a bedroom and harassing a woman whilst demanding Pepsi.

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