Mike Looks Back: January 2026

Friday, January 9, 2026

vrijdag 9 januari 2026

vrijdag 9 januari 2026 This looks like one happy Canadian. I gave this dude a ❤️ for his dazzling pirouette. Stunning view of Toronto.

Protests are erupting all over the United States. Colbert called on citizens to non-violently oppose what he characterized as the Trump administration's obey or die approach to power. This is terrifying. Paula Poundstone: We have 309 Days to Save Our Democracy. My reply: Greetings from Northeast Ohio. My senators are Husted and Moreno. My rep. is Latta. They’re all Republican SOBs! Thank you, Paula. ❤️

Poor kids. Poor parents. Poor teachers. Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) canceled all in-person classes and activities for the rest of the week, specifically for Thursday, January 8, and Friday, January 9, 2026. The decision was made out of an abundance of caution due to safety concerns following a fatal shooting involving an ICE agent and a subsequent Clash at Roosevelt High School on Wednesday, January 7.

Thursday, January 8, 2026

donderdag 8 januari 2026

donderdag 8 januari 2026 Greetings from Cosmo in Amsterdam. The Dutch were dumped on with lots of unexpected snow... Storm Goretti hits Europe. The Dutch ride their bikes in the snow. ❄️ 🙂 Doedoei!

Another weather phenomenon: low clouds bury the city of Seattle.

I'm sooo enchanted by Mixed Up Everything. Don't Speak! Veryyyy amazing, everyone! Cheers from America!! 👏🏽 😂 🎉 🎁 🍻 RFK Jr. declares war on unhealthy processed food! No alcohol for breakfast?? WHAT?! Bloody Mary and mimosa!! Cute, Guillermo! 🤣

This why we read George Orwell's 1984. Federal officials flood the zone with lies about Minneapolis ICE shooting. We should be shocked and alarmed, but I’m not. I'm disgusted_ heartsick_ furious. We reached a tipping point long ago, but now, there is no turning back. ICE murdered a woman in cold blood and left her to die (if she wasn’t already dead).

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

woensdag 7 januari 2026

woensdag 7 januari 2026 The Most Outrageous Things Donald Trump Said at the GOP Kennedy Center Meeting. 🤦🏻‍♂️ What a buffoon! It was another one of his rambling speeches. Comments: The world is looking in disbelief at this moron in charge of America. The US Military kidnapped the wrong president!! What a low IQ performance. Trump is even failing as clown. TRUMP is a complete moron... he is INSANE. Thanks, MeidasTouch, for giving us the highlights. Watch Trump LOSES IT in DISASTER BRIEFING with GOP OVER INVASION.

Who is this handsome dude... asking us to subscribe? Jordy Meiselas 😊

In an alternate timeline Arizona State alumni William “Billy” Coltran is president of the USA. He was here to Party. Watch Oats Studios: Bad President/Oil Spill. It's part of a series of short experimental films.

Chris Coles: Denmark announces historical claim to North America. Based on Danish Vikings arriving in North America in Year 1021 AD, 755 years before the USA existed. What about the Native Americans?

Timothée Chalamet and Omar Rudberg... In glorious black & white. They're like friends sharing my desktop.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

dinsdag 6 januari 2026

dinsdag 6 januari 2026 An honest suggestion from Alex Mark: Denmark is preparing to annex America and give the people free healthcare- free education- free speech and a trustworthy government 🇩🇰 and all Americans can be Danish ♥️ BUT no guns!

You have dibs! All sane Americans: We surrender! Let's just doooo it!

Monday, January 5, 2026

maandag 5 januari 2026

maandag 5 januari 2026 Ben Crandall is a young teenage boy who's obsessed with 50s sci-fi films (with whom I can highly relate). Ben experiences vivid dreams. He wants to explore the universe and become an astronaut. Watch the 1985 American science fantasy film Explorers.

The boys - Ben, Wolfgang and Darren - build a working spaceship and, before long, it transports them to an alien craft in the stars. The Earth boys are the perfect ambassadors to meet the aliens. What a hoot! Prepare yourself for Cultural Whiplash! From Outer Space to US Politics... 😬 It was about a year ago when Barack Obama was interviewed on The Pivot Podcast. WCPT played this poignant clip this morning on Chew's Views. Don't ever let someone make you feel like you don't belong... You're amazingly amazing, Barack! 💙

Boldly rewatching old Star Trek episodes... Deela [addressing Capt. Kirk]: I despise devious people, don't you? Wink of an Eye. Kirk fires his phaser at Deela and she steps out of the way because the beam is moving so slowly (which is ridiculous). HEY!?! The laws of physics?!?

Just wondering... How is 2026 treating you and treating Pete Davidson?

Sunday, January 4, 2026

zondag 4 januari 2026

zondag 4 januari 2026 What surprises me today... I'm alive and well in 2026 (69-yrs_old). The thing is... Noah Schnapp is eating TBH Nutella.

Dane: We just want to know if you built the hole, and what it's about. Watch the 2009 American dark fantasy horror film The Hole. The film follows two brothers who move into their new house with their single mother. The brothers discover a trap door in the basement and accidentally unleash a supernatural force. The Grand Lunar: You say men cling to different tongues and beliefs. Is there no one ruler? Watch the 1964 British sci-fi film First Men in the Moon. The insectoid creatures (the Selenites) are creepy.

Saturday, January 3, 2026

zaterdag 3 januari 2026

zaterdag 3 januari 2026 I'll wait for you like a stone. Alone.

Space... the final frontier. Space might seem mysterious and unfathomable to us now. Boldly go... where no one has gone before! Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. Congress must exercise its power, halt this conflict and impeach this war criminal. And the best part of this plan... No one can stop me. -Doctor Evil.