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January 15, 2026
MATTHEW YGLESIAS: GET SOME DRESS SHIRTS THAT FIT! “I want to address the young men of America on the subject of buttoning your top button and wearing a necktie: If this is uncomfortable, that’s because your shirt doesn’t fit. It is annoying that simple S/M/L/XL sizing makes it kind of a crapshoot as to whether any given dress shirt will have appropriate length sleeves for your arms and fit your midsection and also your neck. But if you go to Brooks Brothers or Charles Tyrwhitt (just to name two stores that exist in most cities), they size their shirts with separate neck and arm lengths, and you can get one that fits. Or you can go to Proper Cloth or another “made to measure” place where they’ll sell you a shirt that fits exactly. Unfortunately, all of these options are a little more expensive than what you’ll pay for a shirt that doesn’t fit. But you either don’t need to wear a tie very often, in which case getting one shirt that fits is not a major investment, or else you do need to wear a tie frequently, in which case you shouldn’t be uncomfortable all the time.”
This is good advice.
I have always had a fairly big neck, even when I was skinny and didn’t lift weights; when I was in college I generally covered that my top button wasn’t buttoned by pulling my tie up. Now that I do lift weights, my neck is big (19 inches), and shirts sized for my neck fit me like a tent since they assume you have a big neck because you’re fat, not because you do high pulls and deadlifts and farmer’s carries. I get some shirts custom made at a local fancy clothing shop. I don’t wear a tie all that often, but that means that when I do, the occasion is important and I want to look nice. Shirts that fit aren’t that much more expensive, and they look a lot better. In fact, I remember John Malloy of Dress for Success fame saying that most people can’t tell much difference between an okay suit and an expensive one, but that it’s easy to tell the difference between a cheap shirt and an expensive one.
January 14, 2026
DEPOSE HIM AND PLACE MINNESOTA UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL UNDER THE INSURRECTION ACT:
⚠️IMPORTANT⚠️
I don’t say this lightly, but everyone needs to watch this.
I think we just witnessed Tim Walz incite an insurrection. He is trying to paint ICE as the equivalent to the Gestapo, claiming they are hunting down all “people of color” and “asking for papers”.
This… pic.twitter.com/mxpy3WNNKN
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) January 15, 2026
FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN:
⚡️When global maritime flows evacuate without formal blockade, it confirms operators now price in kinetic action as near-term probable.
This is where capital, cargo, and risk converge to front-run escalation. It is not theory. It is energy in motion.
Five core implications… https://t.co/77CFLqtyWj
— SightBringer (@_The_Prophet__) January 14, 2026
Related:
We no longer need the U.S. base in Qatar.
It was built for Afghanistan and Iraq logistics support – that role is over.
We can't use it to attack Iran's proxies attacking Americans in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.
We can't use it to defend Israel against Iran's missiles.…
— Michael P Pregent (@MPPregent) January 14, 2026
UPDATE (From Ed): Let’s Engage in Baseless Speculation for a Moment, Shall We? The Skies Over Iran Have Emptied.
ANOTHER UPDATE (FROM GLENN):
⚡️CENTCOM’s refinement confirms phase transition.
This is alignment.
The shift from general plans to objective-matched refinements signals the decision tree has narrowed. The Pentagon is no longer presenting a menu. They’re tailoring a strike package to a defined end state:… https://t.co/PLfxSNTSlL
— SightBringer (@_The_Prophet__) January 15, 2026
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE #RESISTANCE:
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) January 14, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.
WELL, THAT POINT SEEMS INARGUABLE: The US really wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. ‘Achieving this future requires harnessing nuclear power,’ NASA chief says.
IT’S BEEN GOING ON SINCE LUNCHTIME: Verizon still working to resolve network issue snarling cellphone service. Mine was out for a while; I know some people who still don’t have service.
UPDATE: My phone just got a bunch of texts from around 2 pm which suggests to me that they’ve fixed the outage, or at least a major chunk of it, just now.
I MEAN, IT’S TRUE:
“in the UK, they revoke your visa if you defend free speech but they fly you in and offer free housing if you rape girls” https://t.co/VxBM4hKwCL pic.twitter.com/OycqgIroJT
— vittorio (@IterIntellectus) January 14, 2026
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Influencer who went viral for marrying her HS teacher nearly 40 years her senior claps back at haters.
21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: The Great Sensor War Behind Self-Driving Cars Just Got Way More Interesting.
BOB GRABOYES IS BACK: 2026 and the Return of Bastiat’s Window. Just a taste:
BAVARIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC 2026: In 1919, a group of young, angry, incompetent communists and anarchists established the Bavarian Soviet Republic in southern Germany and, in doing so, created one of the most unhinged and economically illiterate political entities of the 20th century. Among other things, they:
promised free money for everyone;
declared war on Switzerland;
decreed that no house could have more than three rooms (with a legal mandate that the living room must always be above the bedroom and kitchen);
formed a cabinet that included at least one convicted criminal (moral turpitude) and one mental patient; and
sent telegrams informing Vladimir Lenin and Pope Benedict XV that the ousted leader of Bavaria had stolen the key to the restroom when he fled.
In 2026, New York City voters have decided to replicate the Bavarian experience by electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor. Only time will tell whether Mamdani and his friends outdo the Bavarians in their lunacy.
History repeating.
THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Medieval plague victims likely found in mass grave in Germany.
ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME THE TARIFFS WOULD CAUSE INFLATION: Inflation rate held steady in December at 2.7% compared to same time last year.
#JOURNALISM:
How CNN frames 6% inflation under Joe Biden vs. 2.7% inflation under Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/aei8JnQEl5
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) January 13, 2026
LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: You can now reserve a hotel room on the Moon for $250,000.
RULE OF LAW:
HUGE! Almost every 2020 election fraud lawsuit was dismissed by corrupt courts b/c the plaintiffs lacked “standing”.
None of the evidence was able to even be introduced.
Now SCOTUS has ruled that candidates have standing to sue for election fraud.
The Democrat scam machine… https://t.co/Lmn6azh7iN
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 14, 2026
HIGH RISK: Female sex and higher education linked to escalating prevalence of obesity and overweight in Africa. “Women’s odds of obesity in Africa are five times greater than those of men’s, while obesity is three times more likely in those with tertiary level education than in those with lower levels, the findings indicate.”
DO NOT TRUST CONTENT FROM JACOB FREY:
.@MayorFrey would you like to correct your earlier statement that the ICE officer agent "walked away with a hip injury that he might as well have gotten from closing a refrigerator door with his hips" … ? https://t.co/bhNcUgPxXt
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) January 14, 2026
A STORY RIPPED FROM TODAY’S HEADLINES: The Trafficker: A Novel. This is by Scott Gerber, who’s been mentioned on this blog many times. I haven’t read it yet, but I bought it and have high expectations.