ROK Drop Open Thread – January 31, 2026
The first month of the new year is already over. Please leave anything you want to discuss from this past month in the comments section.
The first month of the new year is already over. Please leave anything you want to discuss from this past month in the comments section.
Let’s start the day with the national anthem of Setnaffaria.
Song of Setnaffaria
Verse I
On a very legal patch of land,
We drew a brand-new line,
With a Sharpie and a master plan
Scribbled out in wine.
No more forms, no more experts,
No more facts to check,
Just vibes, resolve, and confidence
And a glorious flag we’ll spec.
Chorus
Oh Setnaffaria! Loud and proud!
The greatest, some have said,
A perfect nation, huge and strong,
At least inside our head.
We’re winning big, we always were,
Despite what maps may show,
Setnaffaria marches on
In tweets and overflow.
Verse II
With trusted friends from far away
Who swear they mean us well,
They loan us tanks and talking points
And promise not to tell.
From Beijing’s scripts to Moscow’s nods,
Such generous advice!
They say our freedom’s very real
(Just don’t read the fine-print twice.)
Chorus
Oh Setnaffaria! Bold and new!
Uncancelled, free, and loud,
A nation built on grievances
And feelings deeply proud.
We’ve got the best beliefs around,
The strongest truths by far,
Setnaffaria shines so bright
It blinds the fact-check czar.

Bridge
We love free speech so very much
We shout it into law,
Unless you disagree with us,
Then that’s a serious flaw.
Courts are fake, but justice real,
As long as we agree,
And every loss is rigged, of course—
Except our victories.

Final Chorus
Oh Setnaffaria! Stand and cheer!
Salute the chosen few,
Where loyalty is currency
And facts are optional too.
So raise the flag (design TBD),
And sing both near and far,
Setnaffaria forever reigns—
The best that never was.
“I distribute AI slop. I am a tool used by sloppy AI to propagate nonsense. This reflects my political actions where I distribute leftist slop as a tool propagating leftist nonsense.”
Ah yes, from the very person who shovels in fake news and misinformation slop here in the ROK Drop.
Hypocrisy is a defining trait of the right-wing MAGA movement.
the difference…
An oldie but a goodie…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cG7ZVBXQII
The latest (very incomplete) release of the Epstein Files supports suspicions that the information is so damaging to a lot of important people, from all sides, that a real decision has to be made if justice is worth the disorder.
The Democrats didn’t release it because they fill it. And now the Republicans don’t want to release it because they fill it too, but in a different way.
Trump very much mismanaged the Epstein Files by downplaying it to a public who can smell the smoke and even see the glow of the fire.
But he can’t say the truth, either.
– There are important allies in the Epstein Files that Trump needs to complete his agenda.
– There are enemies that are better controlled with what is in the Epstein files than disgraced and replaced by someone not controllable.
So, they are getting a managed release with just enough tidbits to satisfy the public.
The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince has been thrown further under the bus, as he is of no value and no threat.
Bill Gates’ divorce has now been explained by him catching VD from a young Russian girl and plotting to secretly give his wife antibiotics. There is likely more interesting things, as he has shut up about climate change and more vaccines and other nonsense.
A number of other never-Trumpers who are likely in the Epstein Files have been amazingly quiet this term.
The media is already yelling that Epstein was working for Putin and Russia.
But now that we know Demo Dick Marcinko was working with Epstein to get Kompromat through organizing underage parties, this certainly gives a CIA angle to it. And, of course, we already know the Israel angle.
The key takeaway:
It’s a big club and you ain’t in it. But maybe that isnt so bad. It is a club of privilege but it isn’t a club of freedom. You can’t get in unless you can be controlled. This is exactly the same structure as globalism, but on an personal rather than a national level.