They've Stolen Another One and They're Daring You to Accuse Them

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Los Angeles City 6/6 Drop

🔵 Nithya Raman -- 23,514 (40.2%)
🔵 Karen Bass -- 19,312 (33.0%)
🔴 Spencer Pratt -- 10,336 (17.7%)

Raman's rough benchmark against Pratt was 8.7%, so this is a 14-point overperformance.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Mail-ins arriving before Election Day:
🔵 Bass: 38.1%
🔴 Pratt: 27.9%
🔵 Raman: 20%

Mail-ins arriving after Election Day:
🔵 Raman: 37% (+17% surge)
🔵 Bass: 34.9% (-3% drop)
🔴 Pratt: 19% (-9% drop)

Who are we kidding here? This is fraud.

Clay Travis
@ClayTravis

14h

Five days after the LA election, Spencer Pratt falls to third place and a woman who hardly anyone voted for in person, Nithya Raman, totally dominated in mail voting to come in second. No one with a functional brain believes these results.

@amuse
@amuse

LA MAYOR RACE: A magical late mail drop just put Raman at 39.9%, Bass 32.8%, Pratt 17.8%. Raman steals the runoff spot from Pratt. They did it right in front of us. Outlaw election month, end late mail ballots, require universal voter ID & citizenship.

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MORNING RANT: The Renormalization of Slavery – Great Britain is Backing Off from Forced Labor Ban in Pursuit of Net Zero Objectives

One of the great triumphs of western civilization, especially since the Age of Enlightenment, has been the rejection of slavery in western societies. Human chattel and slave labor were the norm throughout most of human existence. The rejection of slavery these past couple centuries has been an anomaly. Or maybe I should say “had been an anomaly.” Slavery is now being justified by the climate cultists as necessary to save the planet.

Disturbingly, there is a broad coalition of westerners who fancy themselves as being “enlightened,” but they are actually leading the effort to re-establish slavery. As I documented in an American Spectator piece titled “The War on Labor Expense is Renormalizing Slavery, Just in a 21st Century Form,” free market libertarians advocate for the use of offshore forced labor so as to lower labor costs. With a straight face they make the argument that a prohibition on the use of foreign slaves is a tax on American consumers. Where slavery can’t be offshored, human trafficking cartels are importing slave labor into the United States and other western countries. Their human chattel is put to work by legitimate business entities, but through an opaque hiring process involving layers of “sub-contractors.”

Among the greatest achievements of the British empire and the Royal Navy was the eradication of slavery in the western world / in the 19th century. But with the Church of Climate replacing Christianity as Britain’s state religion, slavery is being re-normalized as a necessary sacrifice to please their angry climate God.

“UK Retreats from Forced Labor Pledge” [Politico EU – 5/14/2026]

The U.K. government has walked back a promise to banish forced labor from the supply chains of its state-run clean energy company, as ministers rush to hit climate goals.

“Ban on Slave Labour Sidelined to Meet Red Ed's Net Zero goals” [MSN – 5/19/2026]

The UK has backtracked on its pledge to ban slave labour from its renewable supply chain to meet Ed Miliband's Net Zero goals.

Labour enshrined in law a promise that its state-run company GB Energy would not fund companies using forced labour. But following a probe that revealed that it had funded solar panels for schools without guarantees that they were ethically manufactured, it rowed back.

In a statement, the energy department introduced a new caveat to say that it would only ensure panels were free from forced labour 'as far as possible'.

It came as the Government announced that it would push to rid the energy system of fossil fuels and focus on renewables instead.

The Sustainable Organic Church of the Climate Apocalypse is a demonic religion that first advocated for a reduction in human standards of living, and is now embracing the re-normalization of slavery. Its high priests are actually making the argument that the use of slave labor is a moral good when used in pursuit of the church’s anti-carbon mission.

We on the right often joke that “You are the carbon they want to eliminate,” but with the climate cultists now openly endorsing slavery, they are just one small step away from openly advocating for radical “de-population” efforts in pursuit of their Net Zero utopia.

Too many Republicans in the U.S. and “conservatives” abroad have played nice with those pushing the climate agenda, accepting the false premise that “climate actions” are motivated by good intentions. That’s not acceptable. We must realize that the left and its climate agenda are a de-humanizing death cult that is heading full-steam toward a societal overhaul such as what was imposed by Mao and Pol Pot.

Net Zero must be repudiated and politically de-fanged. We cannot let this get any further out of control.

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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
Jean-Léon Gérôme

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The Morning Report — 6/ 8 /26

Good morning kids. We are loaded with links to kick off the new week. First up, there was a massive earthquake that struck the Philippines, so prayers up for those affected.

Also overseas there seems no real end in sight for the conflict with Iran. Certainly no real long term good end to it...

In a post on X, Barak Ravid, a global affairs correspondent for Axios, shared that Trump told him he was “going to call Netanyahu” and tell Netanyahu “not to strike back.” Trump’s comments to Ravid come after Iran retaliated with a missile strike on Israel after Israel struck Beirut in response to an attack from Hezbollah, according to Axios. Axios reported that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “said sirens sounded in northern Israel as four missiles were launched from Iran”:

. . . One United States official, along with “two other sources” told the outlet that Israel had “notified the Trump administration before the strike” on Beirut. Another U.S. official told the outlet that the U.S. “supports Israel’s right to self-defense and stands with the legitimate Government of Lebanon as it works to deliver a better future for its citizens.”

Yes,I get it that unnamed sources as well as propaganda organs like Axios are to be taken with a grain of salt. But there is no doubt that President Trump no doubt would like the conflict to be over with as soon as possible, both to spare the lives of American service personnel and any innocent parties on the ground and to staunch the political fallout here at home as we get closer and closer to the crucial midterm elections.

But to expect Israel to not respond after a massive and deadly missile barrage is just as clueless as not understanding the nature of not merely Iran but of that nation's motivating force Islam. That is why there really is no successful endgame other than the absolute defeat of the Mullahs and the eradication of those who support it and the replacement of some sort of at least minimally benign regime that will not export Islamic terrorism and aggression in he name of Islamic global conquest and the destruction ofAmerica, the West and our allies. that is why negotiations are delusional unless President Trump himself is somehow using them as some sort of feint before delivering some sort of unknown knockout blow that will give him an unambiguous victory. And I have no idea what that would be.

“This is regime change,” Trump added. “One regime is gone, another regime is gone, we’re dealing with the third. Pieces of it, because some of them are gone, too.”

Regrettably, the president’s math is premised on a misguided assumption. Regime change requires the eradication of the ruling ideology, not merely the removal of some of the rulers who enforce it.

The two obvious examples of successful regime change that spring to mind are from World War II. Both prove the point in different ways.

When the U.S. and its allies occupied Nazi Germany following its unconditional surrender, de-Nazification was a comprehensive, whole-of-society effort to eradicate both the ruling ideology and the rulers themselves. This was necessary to eradicate over a decade of Nazi indoctrination and genocidal totalitarian rule over the German people, as well as the vile regime’s similar domination of occupied nations, which occurred with the support of elements within those local populations. Consequently, a root-and-branch elimination of the Nazi ideology followed. While Hitler and other top Nazis cheated the hangman, the Nuremberg war crimes trials resulted in the execution and/or imprisonment of remaining key regime leaders. Thus, in the instance of regime change in Nazi Germany, both the National Socialist ideology and its regime’s leadership were eradicated.

And of course closer to home Ho-Hum-Ho-Hum the Democrats have stolen yet another election.

The way the game is being played this time is even sleazier with an attempt to knock out Spencer Pratt, who finished second on Election Night, in the first round with a whole lot of ‘late arriving ballots’ for the third place candidate, Nithya Raman.

It’s not remotely credible for a third place candidate who finished on Election Night in the twenties to be picking up 40% of late arriving ballots.

The previous defense that Democrats pick up more late arriving ballots doesn’t work either because it turns out that the Democrat who gets the most late arriving ballots is… the one who needs them more.

Magical isn’t it.

All with a turnout that somehow topped the much more popular and momentous 2022 mayoral election.

You know, getting rid of the Mullahs is all well and good, but unless and until the Democrat/Left is wiped off the face of the earth for all time (rhetorically speaking of course!) we are going over the cliff.

Have a great day,

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Daily Tech News 8 June 2026

Top Story

• The Sound Blaster Katana V2X is a walking disaster. (Ars Technica)
  
  It's a USB speaker. How bad can it be?
  
  Well, it is a USB speaker, yes. It also supports Bluetooth connectivity for your mobile devices. At the same time.
  
  And it makes it easy to upgrade the firmware should you need to do so.
  
  Over Bluetooth. Without authentication. While it is plugged into your PC.
  
  Meaning that anyone within Bluetooth range can reprogram it with arbitrary functionality. Make it open Powershell and wipe your hard drive? Sure. The only problem there is the lack of imagination.
  
  Oh, and Bluetooth is always on, even when the device is powered down to "sleep" mode, so just turning it off won't save you.
  
  Creative - the company that sells Sound Blaster devices - states that it does not regard this as a vulnerability, which leaves me to wonder what kind of creeping cosmic horrors they would regard as vulnerabilities.
  
  

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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - June 7, 2026 [Doof]

From sun

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday night ONT. First one of June 2026. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Gun Thread: First June Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving hell did it get to be the First June Edition? For those keeping track at home, there will be four June Gun Threads this month. That is to say one per week, on Sundays. Please do try and keep up, 'kay?

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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Food Thread: Brisket, Patty Melts, And Other Fine Foods

Pastrami is the quintessential Jewish deli meat, and when done well can be delicious. It can also be too lean, dried out, and very disappointing! Too many delis around here overcook the pastrami and dry it out, and even worse, buy into the hysterical diet insanity that fat is bad, and sell lean meat that is devoid of flavor.

Of course pastrami is nothing more than smoked and spiced corned beef, and corned beef is nothing more than salted brisket! And do we know where a lot of good brisket is made using a very different technique? Why yes...we do!

Texas!

But Unlike pastrami, Texas brisket is almost always smoked with a simple preparation of salt and black pepper. That is not a bad thing, and in fact, a good Texas smoked brisket is one of the glories of the food world.

So what happens when you combine the two? Magic. Magic is what happens!

A friend was kind enough to bring a brisket from a place in Austin for a small gathering. And when I say "a place in Austin," I mean a pizza joint. This is where the fabric of the universe is torn, and the strong forces start doing strange things!

This unassuming pizza place (called "Pieous") makes absolutely spectacular pastrami, that is really a blend of the best of Jewish deli pastrami and Texas brisket. I hesitate to describe it further because I have never had anything like it, and it is better than either of its progenitors! It has the smoke of Texas, the interesting spiciness of the deli, but it blends them perfectly into something unique.

It reminds me of a place in Northern Maryland...also a pizza joint...that makes the best crab cakes I have ever had. The pizza is crap, but damn, the crab is amazing.

Anyway, if Austin weren't terminally weird and leftist, this pastrami would be a damned good reason to move there!

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First World Problems...

If there was a Platonic Ideal of oven mitts, that would be it!

Except...the designers clearly fell down on the job and did not design it to last forever, so my three mitts (I bought two more as soon as I realized that it was perfect) are not long for this world.

Sadly, the manufacturer discontinued the design in favor of a clearly inferior one, but probably cheaper and easier to manufacture.

I have considered having it copied and manufactured for myself, and even hit up you maniacs for advice, but the small-run required is not cost effective.

The alternatives are grim: keep using the mitts and accept the occasional burn as they fall apart, then stop using mitts altogether, and accept burns every day; or stop cooking.

It is a real struggle!

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The Democrat Party Is The Party Of Violence And Hatred, And They Are Proving It Every Day

[Hat Tip: TC]

The normalization of violence and class/racial/ethnic hatred is a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. Consolidate power, then kill your enemies is the tried-and-true playbook, and the reality is that nothing else will work. A non-violent socialism will fail eventually because of the innate desire of man to better himself, and socialism restricts that possibility.

And they know it. The ruling class of every totalitarian regime in history has internalized the primacy of violence, and see it as a tool to acquire and use power. So the exposure of violent tendencies in a Democrat politician is surprising only because he has allowed the mask to fall away. The violence and hatred is simply part of the political philosophy! From Democrat politicians raping children to their street thugs burning cities...they are indistinguishable from the totalitarians of history because they ARE totalitarians.

Platner Has Best Fundraising Day After Being Accused of Assaulting Women

Graham Platner, the likely Democrat Senate candidate for Maine, who got an SS Nazi tattoo and lied about most of his past, and cheated repeatedly on his wife while she was undergoing IVF was featured in a New York Times article describing how he had abused an ex and discussed raping people.

And raised $200,000 making it his biggest fundraising haul since Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race.

A whole lot of Dems and lefties are voting with their bucks and supporting what they like .

Violence against women? Rape as a tool of power? That is perfectly acceptable for the Democrat party because the acquisition and exercise of power over the people is the only thing that matters, and any tool that allows them to achieve those goals is perfectly reasonable.

How else to explain Platner's fundraising haul? All of those middle-aged blue-haired lunatic women who find him exciting are curiously quiet when it comes to his casual misogyny. And if they find rape to be acceptable, they certainly won't blink an eye at his Jew-hate.

'What else do we have?' Maine Democrats signal they'll stick with Graham Platner, some with regret

That is a clear signal that power is more important to any ethical standards in the Democrat Party. They would rather have a violent rape-fantasizing Nazi than cede the election to a milquetoast ersatz Republican.

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Book Thread: June 7th, 2026 (MP4)

Good morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes. It’s time once again for the monthly MP4-hosted Sunday Book Thread. As it’s June, it’s time for Royal Ascot!

So ask the barman at the Enclosure for a 1995 Louis Roederer, covfefe or tea and let’s get started!

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Daily Tech News 7 June 2026

Top Story

• I mentioned before how PCIe switches - at least ones operating faster than PCIe 3.0 - are prohibitively expensive and reserved for enterprise customers except for the ones built into every mainstream PC motherboard. All but the cheapest models have a chipset, and that chipset's primary function is to act as a PCIe switch.
  
  And hobbyists have started tinkering with using AMD's B650 chip, which is a serviceable and reasonably priced example - plus one that already works because every operating system has drivers to support it.
  
  Now it's moving beyond a hobby. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Raspberry Pi shop WisdPi announced its PROM21 All In Expansion Card - the codename for the chip in the B650 chipset is Promontory 21. For $199 - not cheap, but it's a small production run - you get four extra M.2 slots, five 10Gb USB 3 ports, a selection of USB 2 headers, and an OCuLink header that can provide four PCIe 4.0 lanes or through an adaptor cable four SATA ports (the magic happens in the chipset, so the cable is easy). And it's a single slot half-height half-length card so it will fit easily into any PC.
  
  Minisforum is preparing a similar card.
  
  This would have been much more interesting before storage prices went into orbit, but at least it exists.

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Saturday Night Club ONT - June 6, 2026 [D Squared]

School is out, summer is in. Time for some backyard barbecue and quality time spent with good people in good places.

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino (with a dash of guest Doggo tonight!). We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front will keep watch).

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The 1980s Movie [Lex]

When conceiving this post, I began broadly. I came up with a slew of titles that I believed represented “a 1980s movie.” My list included Hoosiers (1986), Mr. Mom (1983), Nine to Five (1980), Cloak and Dagger (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Risky Business (1983), and The Karate Kid (1984).

Why these movies? I deliberately left out blockbusters from the 1980s, such as E.T., Star Wars, and any of the Indiana Jones pictures. Spectacles and blockbusters have been a given since at least the 1920s, so I didn’t feel a high budget movie qualified as representative of any particular decade. Different appetites (sword and sandal, war, sci-fi), yes, but no distinctive aspect that would tie any big-budget series of films to a decade.

I also put Academy Award-style films to the side—for the same reason. Movies seeking Oscar glory are always going to exist and don’t necessarily possess anything unique to a decade. Finally, I did not count the burgeoning independent film scene of the 1980s or foreign films.

What then, in my estimation, made the films on my list “80s” movies, other than the years in which they were produced? These mainstream domestic pictures, in my opinion, were particular to the 1980s because they were mid-budget fare, well-structured, quite clear in their dramatic purpose, and reflective of the more ordered zeitgeist of the Reagan era.

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Hobby Thread - June 6, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is on target. It spun and spun and ended up deciding on an archery theme for this Hobby Thread.

A what? Yes, an archery thread. This is like the gun thread except with different launching apparatus and projectiles, less bang and boom, and no movies about the wonders of ball bearings. But fundamentals still matter...

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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 6

Courtesy Terry Glenn

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 6

My terrace garden is pretty small so each blossoming is a little thrilling.This tiger lily was one tiny plant two years ago. I had trouble getting a good photo because they are in the planter and it is taller than I am. Of course, if you've met me, that is not difficult.

Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Thrilling photos! You did well in compensating for the height of the planter!

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Discussing American Things as we approach the 250th anniversary of the country

Air Conditioners are even accessible to poor folk now

An Important American Invention

In 2015, the Washington Post declared that the refrigerator was history's greatest invention, but also noted this important point: "Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid."

With the recent news of mounting deaths due to heat in Europe, the latter position is becoming somewhat embarrassing.

Back in 2019, the Smithsonian actually published a positive piece on the American invention of air conditioning: The Unexpected History of the Air Conditioner

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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[H/T: Sharon(willow's apprentice)]

There is just one little problem with this advice. What if yours truly doesn't want to hear funny jokes in the morning?

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Daily Tech News 6 June 2026

Top Story

• SpaceX just launched 50 more Starlink satellites into orbit in a single day, using a pair of its trusty Falcon 9 boosters from facilities at Cape Canaveral and Vandenburg. (Space)
  
  And recovered both boosters, with them landing autonomously on the company's two purpose-built drone ships.
  
  I was curious as to how long it took mankind to launch its first 50 satellites into orbit, and the answer surprised me: Withing four years of Sputnik there were over a hundred satellite launches. "Space race" is no misnomer.

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