The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

I don't care whether "gun violence" increases or decreases when the United State Constitution's Second Amendment is honored rather than eviscerated. In fact, I reject the term "gun violence" as a hyper-emotional misdirection. Guns are inanimate objects and do not operate independently of their users. Violence is violence, and it doesn't really matter what tool the criminal uses, because he is responsible for the violence, and blaming the tool removes agency from the criminal and allows a leftist-dominated law enforcement and judiciary to treat murderers and armed robbers as if they littered or rolled through a stop sign.

What is important is that our natural, God-given rights to self defense and defense against tyranny have been (belatedly) honored. Our founders intended the People to be independent of and superior to the government, and that means responsible for their own defense. But the current incarnation of the police state wants us to be helpless and utterly dependent on them. That is why cops and the growing security establishment want us disarmed. THEY want the power. THEY want the guns.

New study claims permitless carry didn't increase Ohio gun violence, but police argue against it

“It’s hard to say if the fact that crime dropped since the permitless carry bill has been enacted,” Sexton responded. “I do know that we can say that it didn’t make things worse.”
The study results didn’t come as a surprise to Dean Rieck, also with Buckeye Firearms.
“Those who oppose gun rights believe anyone with a gun is a potential murderer,” Rieck said. “But that’s phobia, not fact. The facts show that the vast majority of violent crime is consistently committed by a tiny fraction of the population. Most ordinary people will never commit a crime of any kind.”

That's the kicker! Most ordinary people are not criminals. But here is the mouthpiece for the police state that would make the Stasi proud jabbering non sequiturs and selecting incomplete data to make his point.

But the data doesn’t tell the full story, the Fraternal Order of Police’s Brian Steel said.
“We also had an all-time homicide rate — Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati combined,” Steel said.
Researchers only analyzed data from June 2021 to June 2023.
Pandemic gun violence was unique and peaked like never before, so it is natural for a decrease, Steel explained.
“If crime went down a little bit, I do not classify it as significant,” he said. “I think we have to expand the study a little more, and then see what happens.”

I wonder what the data would show if the "gun violence" were separated into two classes...one in which the shooter had prior arrests or convictions for felonies, and one in which he didn't?

I'll bet there would be a stark and obvious difference. As the state gun organization representative pointed out, most violent crime is perpetrated by a tiny proportion of society.

But...my natural right to self defense against all evil is not dependent on the whims of statistical analysis of violent crime. It is not dependent on government permission. It is not dependent on anything other than my existence as a human being. So any restriction on that right by government is an affront to my humanity, and an intolerable use of government power.

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A bit of sad news...longtime commenter "moon_over_vermont" passed away at the end of December. I never met him, but had some great email conversations with him. He was a fine man, and I am saddened that we were never able to meet. He will be missed.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 11:00 AM (9yWhg)

2 Yesss!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 11:00 AM (9yWhg)

3 st!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:01 AM (z8vUP)

4 th!

And SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2024 11:02 AM (Wnv9h)

5 RIP.

Damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 11:03 AM (zZu0s)

6 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2024 11:03 AM (9jCEt)

7 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:03 AM (1Yy3c)

8 Police should only be allowed access to whatever weapons a citizen in their jurisdiction has access to.

They aren't supposed to be the military or the national guard.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 18, 2024 11:04 AM (ibTVg)

9 “It’s hard to say if the fact that crime dropped since the permitless carry bill has been enacted,” Sexton responded. “I do know that we can say that it didn’t make things worse.”
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There is an honest way to do this, if you happen to be an honest person.

"We have seen a decline in crime since the implementation of constitutional carry, but there are many variables and other changes. There is clearly a correlation, but causation is entirely unknown. Conversely, we also see that there is no correlation between constitutional carry and increased crime since its implementation."

But that wouldn't be useful if your goal is to deny people their rights.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:04 AM (z8vUP)

10 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 11:04 AM (Q4IgG)

11 Is there anything more manipulated than "polls" or "studies".

Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2024 11:05 AM (AwYPR)

12 Flag on the play. Too late in the thread to comment on the art. Five-yard penalty. Repeat first down.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

* turns around, lifts kilt, moons Bulgaroctonus.*

Posted by: Sock Monkey * stand and deliver at January 18, 2024 11:05 AM (AgaYL)

13 That's the kicker! Most ordinary people are not criminals. ...
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:: glances at US Code ::
:: glances at the Code of Federal Regulation ::

Gotta call you on that one, CBD. Most people are most definitely criminals. Just the way the government likes it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:05 AM (z8vUP)

14 Is there anything more manipulated than "polls" or "studies".

Biden's drug cocktails?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:06 AM (CsUN+)

15 I wonder what the data would show if the "gun violence" were separated into two classes...one in which the shooter had prior arrests or convictions for felonies, and one in which he didn't?
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I wonder what the data would show if they called out obvious or suspect gang/drug shootings in a different category from all other shootings.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:06 AM (z8vUP)

16 Hi all.

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE today at January 18, 2024 11:06 AM (qfLjt)

17 A bit of sad news...longtime commenter "moon_over_vermont" passed away at the end of December. I never met him, but had some great email conversations with him. He was a fine man, and I am saddened that we were never able to meet. He will be missed.
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That's awful.

Prayers for his family.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:07 AM (z8vUP)

18 A fine Morning Rant. Thanks.

May "moon_over_vermont" RIP. Condolences to family & friends.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 18, 2024 11:07 AM (GshMh)

19 Maybe a generalization, but I think the police overwhelmingly would prefer an unarmed public.

The reasons for that transcend "safety."

Given the path this country's on I wouldn't trust the law enforcement sector to protect me or my rights.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 11:07 AM (Q4IgG)

20 I've been multiple places where people are either open-carrying or concealed carrying. I've never felt safer because everyone there made gun safety their top priority.

Anyone who introduces "gun violence" at such a setting gets what they deserve.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:07 AM (7fElN)

21 14 Is there anything more manipulated than "polls" or "studies".

Biden's drug cocktails?
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Economic indicators?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:08 AM (LVNnd)

22 Nobody manipsmates me!

Posted by: Tawana Brawley at January 18, 2024 11:08 AM (V5BDR)

23 *pours one out for moon_over_vermont*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 18, 2024 11:09 AM (Wnv9h)

24 I've been multiple places where people are either open-carrying or concealed carrying. I've never felt safer because everyone there made gun safety their top priority.

Anyone who introduces "gun violence" at such a setting gets what they deserve.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:07 AM (7fElN)
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I live in a place with constitutional carry.

It's the only place I've lived where I don't feel the need to be armed at all times.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:09 AM (z8vUP)

25 Guns are inanimate objects and do not operate independently of their users.

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Unlike SUVs.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:09 AM (htl4C)

26 19 Maybe a generalization, but I think the police overwhelmingly would prefer an unarmed public.
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I think there is a difference between Sheriff's offices and Police Forces. One answers to the voter. The other answers to a Mayor and city council.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:09 AM (LVNnd)

27 It is 10 times easier to get an abortion than to buy a gun.

And it is 100 times easier to get an abortion than an adoption.

The Democrats do not have a problem with children being killed-- they just want the mother to do it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice - Personality Commentator at January 18, 2024 11:09 AM (PFILT)

28 My guess is the increase of gun crimes is first letting out prisoners way before they should be, and not arrest criminals due to Cultural Marxism.
I'll take your response off the air

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2024 11:09 AM (9jCEt)

29 Yo!

Posted by: Commentator what thinks he's funny by answering rollcall with Yo! at January 18, 2024 11:10 AM (4I/2K)

30 The crime rate in America's Big Blue Shitholes is among the highest in the world.

The crime rate in normal America is one of the lowest in the world.

The problem isn't guns, the problem is the people running the Big Blue Shitholes

Posted by: 18-1 at January 18, 2024 11:10 AM (ibTVg)

31 Rhymes with buffoon.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (FVME7)

32 ///

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (991eG)

33 21 14 Is there anything more manipulated than "polls" or "studies".

Biden's drug cocktails?
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Economic indicators?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:08 AM (LVNnd)
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Jeffrey Tubin's....oh, nevermind.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (N3zMI)

34 NYPost: It’s the groceries, stupid:
Why the pundits are puzzled by Biden’s putrid polls

Posted by: SMOD at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (RHGPo)

35 I’ve been surprised that the courts didn’t rule that the right to bear arms does not extend to concealing arms. Thus open carry okay but concealed not.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (MNhXM)

36 Aaaaand it's gone!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (z8vUP)

37 Guess the Ape just went to lunch.

Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:12 AM (1Yy3c)

38
R.I.P. Prof. Peter Schickele. alias PDQ Back

A sampling of some of his music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=kbjXViAKkcI&list=PLys18dU1NHZPwt8Cq7JV1hnZ6T

kVkVbA7

(remove extra spaces)

Yeah, it's a schtick but a funny one and he was good at it.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:12 AM (nFnyb)

39 SPACEX LAUNCH
Falcon 9 rocket topped with a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX/Axiom - Falcon 9 - Axiom 3 - LC-39A -
Cape Canaveral SFS
New ISS Crew
The launch window is at 4:49 p.m. ET,
21:49 UTC, and 22:49 CET,
Commentary starts at 2:40PM EST
January 18, 2024
http://tinyurl.com/2x4ft8b8

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE today! at January 18, 2024 11:13 AM (qfLjt)

40 Aaaaaand we're back

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:13 AM (z8vUP)

41 Oh hell...I hate this software!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:13 AM (gSZYf)

42 I like gun "violence".

When mark-ass marks, trick-ass marks, punk bitches, and skip-skap skanks and scallywags, hos, heifers, hee-haws, and hootie-hoos shoot each other in places like Chicago or Baltimore it should be celebrated on ESPN with a running total and the city with the most each year gets an award.

Trying to stop those folks from doing what comes natural is like trying to stop the sea from rushing to the shore.

Don't hate, celebrate!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 18, 2024 11:13 AM (R/m4+)

43 Gotta call you on that one, CBD. Most people are most definitely criminals. Just the way the government likes it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:05 AM (z8vUP)

I stand corrected.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:14 AM (gSZYf)

44 Metaphysically, individualism holds that the person is unique, not a sample of the mass, owing his peculiar composition and his allegiance to his Creator, not his environment. Because of his origin and existence, he is endowed with inalienable rights, which it is the duty of all others to respect, even as it is his duty to respect theirs; among these rights are life, liberty, and property. Following from this premise, society has no warrant for invading these rights, even under the pretext of improving his circumstances; and government can render him no service other than that of protecting him against his fellow man in the enjoyment of these rights.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:14 AM (D7oie)

45 Gotta call you on that one, CBD. Most people are most definitely criminals. Just the way the government likes it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:05 AM (z8vUP)

So many laws that everyone sometime in their lives have broken some. If LEO's wanted to, they could arrest everyone who's lived past the age of 10.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2024 11:15 AM (BdMk6)

46 Are disappearing threads part of the transition from Minx 0.7 to Minx 0.8?

Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:15 AM (1Yy3c)

47 In Britain, they got rid of the guns, and are now dealing with "knife violence". Crazy how that works.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 18, 2024 11:15 AM (fs1hN)

48 I stand corrected.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:14 AM (gSZYf)
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LOL. You're completely correct in real terms that matter.

But there ain't no such thing as a "law-abiding citizen" anymore. Peaceable citizens abound, though. For now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:15 AM (z8vUP)

49

R.I.P. Prof. Peter Schickele. alias PDQ Bach

A sampling of some of his music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=kbjXViAKkcI&list=PLys18dU1NHZPwt8Cq7JV1hnZ6T

kVkVbA7

(remove extra spaces)

Yeah, it's a schtick but a funny one and he was good at it.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:16 AM (nFnyb)

50 The crime rate in America's Big Blue Shitholes is among the highest in the world.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 18, 2024 11:10 AM (ibTVg)

Not even close.

Our ghettos are awful, but compared to some parts of the world they are amazingly safe.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:16 AM (gSZYf)

51 Kid in PA shot his dad dead after the dad killed the step daughter and was going to kill the wife and other kids.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:16 AM (MNhXM)

52 "'We also had an all-time homicide rate — Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati combined,' Steel said."

Gee . . . I wonder what all three of those cities have in common? Me being a daring and dashing individual, I'll venture a guess. One, these cities all have big gang violence problems, having been infiltrated by ultra-violent gangs like MS-13. Two, I'll bet you any amount of money these cities have strict gun laws . . . for law-abiding citizens. For Edenillo "La Fuerza Negra" Velasquez of MS-13, not so much.

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

53 PDQ Bach was good.

PDQ Buxtehude was excellent.

Posted by: Classical Ass at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (V5BDR)

54 "R.I.P. Prof. Peter Schickele. alias PDQ Back"

Saw him at the Ohio Theater in Columbus back in the 70's. He made his entrance swinging from the balcony to the stage like Tarzan. Hilarious show.

Posted by: Tuna at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (oaGWv)

55 This is Scott Kirby, the CEO of @united. He’s a drag queen and has been incorporating drag into @united. Watch the video.

http://tinyurl.com/2ys93m5u

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE today! at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (qfLjt)

56 17 A bit of sad news...longtime commenter "moon_over_vermont" passed away at the end of December. I never met him, but had some great email conversations with him. He was a fine man, and I am saddened that we were never able to meet. He will be missed.
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That's awful.

Prayers for his family.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:07 AM (z8vUP)

Ditto.

That's two. We also lost Captain Hate around the holidays.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (N39Ws)

57 31 Rhymes with buffoon.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (FVME7)

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Just remember, Thune is McConnell's presumptive successor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

58 Eh, sorry for the double post.

I guess that first one actually went through when this thread was in The Twilight Zone.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (nFnyb)

59 Remember, "gun violence" includes suicides.

They deliberately throw that in to obscure how concentrated homicides are in big blue cities.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (YAtuc)

60

Without your new affliction, don't need your new restrictions
Gimme that old time religion, it's good enough for me

Moonlight on Vermont

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (63Dwl)

61 Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (FVME7)

Plenty of room in SD...not much infrastructure...how about a canal?

Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (AwYPR)

62 8 Police should only be allowed access to whatever weapons a citizen in their jurisdiction has access to.

They aren't supposed to be the military or the national guard.
Posted by: 18-1
__________

Arming local police forces with "surplus" military armaments was another outstanding contribution to our civil liberties by GWB.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 18, 2024 11:18 AM (gf7Ez)

63 Gotta call you on that one, CBD. Most people are most definitely criminals. Just the way the government likes it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I stand corrected.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Tripped up by the old malum in se/malum prohibitum distinction.

Posted by: mikeski at January 18, 2024 11:18 AM (DgGvY)

64 But there ain't no such thing as a "law-abiding citizen" anymore. Peaceable citizens abound, though. For now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:15 AM (z8vUP)

That's more accurate.

Although driving in NYC last night, my impression was that I may be the only law-abiding driver in Manhattan.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:18 AM (gSZYf)

65 Eh, sorry for the double post.

I guess that first one actually went through when this thread was in The Twilight Zone.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (nFnyb)
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:: channels Sponge ::

You asked for it:
https://youtu.be/a1sf2CzEq0w

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:18 AM (z8vUP)

66 54 "R.I.P. Prof. Peter Schickele. alias PDQ Back"

Saw him at the Ohio Theater in Columbus back in the 70's. He made his entrance swinging from the balcony to the stage like Tarzan. Hilarious show.
Posted by: Tuna at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (oaGWv)

Early 80's in San Antonio. Think he used a zip line that time.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 18, 2024 11:19 AM (N3zMI)

67 Glitch in the Matrix.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 18, 2024 11:19 AM (4I/2K)

68

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited ~~migration~~ invasion

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2024 11:19 AM (63Dwl)

69 CBD: Threaten the computer with reprogramming via soldering iron, or an axe. It's always worked for me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 18, 2024 11:20 AM (qPw5n)

70 *LOAD PC LETTER*

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 18, 2024 11:20 AM (4I/2K)

71
I saw PDQ Bach long ago and faraway in college.

Hilarious show.

I even wound up buying a few of his albums.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:21 AM (nFnyb)

72 The Democrats do not have a problem with children being killed-- they just want ~~the mother to do it~~ their share of the murder fee.

Edited for accuracy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 18, 2024 11:21 AM (zhLdt)

73 R.I.P. Moon Over Vermont.

Been too much of that, going around now. And every loss is noted, and deeply felt.

Really, it's preferable if y'all Horde would stick around, okay?

Oh, and listen to Melei's speech at Davos. Every word.

Took 'em to the woodshed, he did.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Daffy at January 18, 2024 11:21 AM (e6UQI)

74 https://youtu.be/a1sf2CzEq0w
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:18 AM (z8vUP)

Oh sweet jumping' Jesus, this song has been following me around all morning. Can a man be stalked by a mid-80s pop song?

Someone...please...make it stop.

Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:21 AM (1Yy3c)

75 {55} This is Scott Kirby, the CEO of @united. ...

Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE today! at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (qfLjt)

I bet his company buys all Boeing aircraft. Screw loose, bolts loose.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 18, 2024 11:22 AM (qPw5n)

76 59 Remember, "gun violence" includes suicides.

They deliberately throw that in to obscure how concentrated homicides are in big blue cities.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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You are correct---suicides by firearms compose about 2/3rds of total firearm deaths. And suicide by firearms numbers are dwarfed by the number of deaths via fentanyl and other horrid drugs via OD's which one can argue are suicides by other means.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (gvoQe)

77 Oh, and listen to Melei's speech at Davos. Every word.

Took 'em to the woodshed, he did.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Daffy at January 18, 2024 11:21 AM (e6UQI)
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If only they were willing to listen. They are going to mock him relentlessly as being a clueless Trump-clone who doesn't understand how the world really works.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (7fElN)

78 You are correct---suicides by firearms compose about 2/3rds of total firearm deaths. And suicide by firearms numbers are dwarfed by the number of deaths via fentanyl and other horrid drugs via OD's which one can argue are suicides by other means.
Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (gvoQe)
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Only sort of, though. Deaths by OD may be inevitable for many users, but they are not usually intentional.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (z8vUP)

79 76 You are correct---suicides by firearms compose about 2/3rds of total firearm deaths. And suicide by firearms numbers are dwarfed by the number of deaths via fentanyl and other horrid drugs via OD's which one can argue are suicides by other means.
Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (gvoQe)

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10,000 deaths by guns feels less like a national catastrophe that needs overbearing federal response, up to and including the repeal of an actual constitutional amendment, than 30,000.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

80 If only they were willing to listen. They are going to mock him relentlessly as being a clueless Trump-clone who doesn't understand how the world really works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (7fElN)
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While the marginalize and attempt to destroy him because he understands too well.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (z8vUP)

81 Oh sweet jumping' Jesus, this song has been following me around all morning. Can a man be stalked by a mid-80s pop song?

Someone...please...make it stop.
Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:21 AM (1Yy3c)

back when Hello Kitty was the big thing, I was driving around town with my girlfriend, and started noting the Hello Kitty blankets, totes, signs and finally told her, "Hello Kitty again, I think that bitch is stalking me"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (D7oie)

82 Well I for one feel the worthy La Nain brothers have been unduly wronged, and we should all band together and demand a major display of their work in the near future.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (zdLoL)

83 And suicide by firearms numbers are dwarfed by the number of deaths via fentanyl and other horrid drugs via OD's which one can argue are suicides by other means.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (gvoQe)

They carefully describe ODs as "accidental," thus obscuring the reality.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (gSZYf)

84 45 Gotta call you on that one, CBD. Most people are most definitely criminals. Just the way the government likes it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:05 AM (z8vUP)

So many laws that everyone sometime in their lives have broken some. If LEO's wanted to, they could arrest everyone who's lived past the age of 10.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2024 11:15 AM (BdMk6)
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The cops would be breaking laws like everyone else and then we could ask 'whom amongst you has not broken any laws may cast the first stone'.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm looking at you. at January 18, 2024 11:25 AM (qfLjt)

85 Arms control:

End Wokeness @EndWokeness 2h
Daniel Penny (24) put a homeless felon in a fatal chokehold to stop him from attacking people on his NY train.

Bail: $200,000
Appeal: Rejected

Jordan Williams (20) stabbed and kiIIed a homeless man to stop him from attacking people on his NY train.

Bail: $0
Charges: Dropped

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 11:25 AM (2yu8s)

86 @EndWokeness
Daniel Penny (24) put a homeless felon in a fatal chokehold to stop him from attacking people on his NY train.
Bail: $200,000
Appeal: Rejected

Jordan Williams (20) stabbed and kiIIed a homeless man to stop him from attacking people on his NY train.
Bail: $0
Charges: Dropped
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 11:25 AM (2yu8s)
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Seems to be a tad inconsistent.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:26 AM (z8vUP)

87 Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:11 AM (FVME7)

Plenty of room in SD...not much infrastructure...how about a canal?
Posted by: BignJames at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (AwYPR)

SD is far from the southern border. His voters may prefer the border closed but the impact to them isn't, necessarily, shoved in their faces every day.

This is a situation where the direct election of Senators + no recall fucks us. If Abbott were to phone SD and suggest that they might be the recipient of a few busloads of love they'd get on the phone to Thune PDQ and suggest that he change his position on the matter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 18, 2024 11:27 AM (zhLdt)

88 Slippery slope.

Toronto bans sledding ahead of winter storm on the majority of city hills, calls it "unsafe"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:27 AM (FVME7)

89 This is Scott Kirby, the CEO of @united. He’s a drag queen and has been incorporating drag into @united. Watch the video.
http://tinyurl.com/2ys93m5u
Posted by: Ciampino - ROCKET SCIENCE today! at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (qfLjt)

Hopefully Scott The Sodomite finds time to get married and adopt some children so he and his husband and kids can live a nice, quiet life.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 18, 2024 11:27 AM (R/m4+)

90 Seems to be a tad inconsistent.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:26 AM (z8vUP)

Oh, I think it is perfectly consistent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:28 AM (gSZYf)

91 I wonder what the data would show if the "gun violence" were separated into two classes...one in which the shooter had prior arrests or convictions for felonies, and one in which he didn't?

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I KNOW what the data would show if the number of crimes prevented & innocent lives saved each year by law-abiding citizens merely brandishing a firearm in self-defense was frequently publicized, paraded, and celebrated.

Unfortunately, journalism outside of mostly-censored investigators on the right (and a few red-pilled old-school liberals) has been largely suffocated with a giant MyPillow.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:28 AM (pFzCu)

92 Our ghettos are awful, but compared to some parts of the world they are amazingly safe.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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For now.

When the "free shit army" discovers they're no longer at the forefront of the handout line things will get sporty. The blacks in nearly every city that has had an influx of illegals are royally pissed off at them.

They see the illegals getting phones, room and board, medical care and so on. Not that welfare kings and queens don't, but there's a lot of resentment in the ghettos about all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 11:28 AM (Q4IgG)

93 51 Kid in PA …

The kid’s a goddamn hero if this is true.
I hope it doesn’t mess him up.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 18, 2024 11:28 AM (jbnUc)

94 85 Arms control:

End Wokeness @EndWokeness 2h
Daniel Penny (24) put a homeless felon in a fatal chokehold to stop him from attacking people on his NY train.

Bail: $200,000
Appeal: Rejected

Jordan Williams (20) stabbed and kiIIed a homeless man to stop him from attacking people on his NY train.

Bail: $0
Charges: Dropped
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 11:25 AM (2yu8s)

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Almost like white dudes are second class citizens in NYC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:28 AM (GBKbO)

95 83 And suicide by firearms numbers are dwarfed by the number of deaths via fentanyl and other horrid drugs via OD's which one can argue are suicides by other means.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (gvoQe)

They carefully describe ODs as "accidental," thus obscuring the reality.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (gSZYf)
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Anyone read Ann Coulter's column today? I think she's dead wrong about China not making the lion's share of fent nowadays. It may be true that China isn't directly supplying the USA anymore (although I have my doubts). But they are now just shipping it to Mexico to be delivered to the USA. I thought this was common knowledge. I laughed when Coulter cited the CCP as the source for China not exporting fent any more. The CCP. Right. "We no do dat any mores."

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

96 Almost like white dudes are second class citizens in NYC.
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Your use of the word citizen is amusing.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:29 AM (pZ64F)

97 One interesting factoid is that even in blue cities, murders via firearms (and other means) are overwhelmingly criminal offenders and victims with past criminal histories. From the NIJ

"The overlap between victim and those committing offenses is substantial. For violent crimes such as homicide, most victims have also committed offenses.[4] In Chattanooga, for example, more than half of all shooting victims in 2015 had criminal histories with a violent crime or gun charge.[5] One study found that violent offending increases risk for victimization by 68% in neighborhoods where the street code of violence is strong.[6] Another study found that victims of violence are 55% more likely than non-victims to commit a violent crime.[7]"

Plenty more evidence in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, etc.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:29 AM (gvoQe)

98 Deaths by OD may be inevitable for many users, but they are not usually intentional.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:24 AM (z8vUP)

Is playing Russian Roulette and the resulting 1/6 deaths suicidal behavior?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 18, 2024 11:29 AM (gSZYf)

99 Nick Short on X: "The feds have successfully used Jan.6th as a pretense to justify the creation of their new pre-crime division. If you're a conservative and you dare to exercise your rights under the First or Second Amendment, then you forfeit your rights under the Fourth Amendment."

http://tinyurl.com/ymwkakzc

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm looking at you kid at January 18, 2024 11:30 AM (qfLjt)

100 When the "free shit army" discovers they're no longer at the forefront of the handout line things will get sporty. The blacks in nearly every city that has had an influx of illegals are royally pissed off at them.

They see the illegals getting phones, room and board, medical care and so on. Not that welfare kings and queens don't, but there's a lot of resentment in the ghettos about all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 11:28 AM (Q4IgG)

I know that I should feel bad about this but somehow I can't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 18, 2024 11:30 AM (zhLdt)

101 If only they were willing to listen. They are going to mock him relentlessly as being a clueless Trump-clone who doesn't understand how the world really works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (7fElN)

They will find a reason not to listen to him. "too gauche" "says dammit in official speeches" "has a bad haircut" "he is an intentionally made up personna" "his economics are millennial utopian dreams and they can't possibly solve all the problems we face"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:30 AM (D7oie)

102 Anyone read Ann Coulter's column today? I think she's dead wrong about China not making the lion's share of fent nowadays. It may be true that China isn't directly supplying the USA anymore (although I have my doubts). But they are now just shipping it to Mexico to be delivered to the USA. I thought this was common knowledge. I laughed when Coulter cited the CCP as the source for China not exporting fent any more. The CCP. Right. "We no do dat any mores."
Posted by: Elric Blade
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China ships the precursor chemicals to the cartels in Mexico who then bring it into the US.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:31 AM (gvoQe)

103 Violence is Violence. Why do we feel the need to make the distinction of " gun " violence. Witness someone beaten to death. I have, after the fact, and it is one of my most horrific memories. Phuc academia and their spreadsheet analysis of little boxes.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * stand and deliver at January 18, 2024 11:31 AM (AgaYL)

104 101 They will find a reason not to listen to him. "too gauche" "says dammit in official speeches" "has a bad haircut" "he is an intentionally made up personna" "his economics are millennial utopian dreams and they can't possibly solve all the problems we face"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:30 AM (D7oie)

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"He's right and we don't care because we're here to oppress the masses and enrich ourselves and that's the whole point," will probably win out in the end.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

105 That's two. We also lost Captain Hate around the holidays.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (N39Ws)

And poster Gnu Breed has gone into hospice care, reported here by himself. How much time remains to him is unknown to us.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2024 11:32 AM (tkR6S)

106 Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati-what percentage of the killers were white?

Posted by: mr tmz at January 18, 2024 11:32 AM (rJ48h)

107 Toronto bans sledding ahead of winter storm on the majority of city hills, calls it "unsafe"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I've been to Toronto briefly. What hills are you protecting us from?

Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2024 11:32 AM (iYUv5)

108 As Urkel would say: Did I do that?

If so, I sincerely apologize.

Returning to the shadows now. I clearly have much more to learn.

Posted by: Long Lurkin' Linda at January 18, 2024 11:32 AM (JCLJi)

109 China ships the precursor chemicals to the cartels in Mexico who then bring it into the US.
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True. Also true is that the Pharma State, NJ, decided to locate most of their precursor chemicals manufacture to China. So if China prospers then so does NJ. Win-Win.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:33 AM (pZ64F)

110 Dim Dem Freshman Rep. Frost Mocked After Proposing Bill to Remove Statue of Liberty in Protest of GOP Border Security Bill

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Yeah, fuck that liberty shit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:33 AM (FVME7)

111
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has locked arms with President Joe Biden in calling for a deal to surrender to unlimited migration

Perhaps the two of them can indulge us and engage in a "hemp lock"; these are best applied at the neck area.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2024 11:33 AM (xG4kz)

112 110 Dim Dem Freshman Rep. Frost Mocked After Proposing Bill to Remove Statue of Liberty in Protest of GOP Border Security Bill

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Yeah, fuck that liberty shit!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:33 AM (FVME7)

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Sure. Remove it. It'd effectively be removing the extra constitutional amendment that allows for unlimited immigration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

113 I think I learned in the 5th grade D.A.R.E. program that drugs could kill me. So anyone younger than 50 should've gotten the memo. If ignored, oh well. Gene pool cleansing.

Posted by: nckate at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (EPm6B)

114 74
‘ Someone...please...make it stop’

This is a madhouse. Feels like being gone.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (jbnUc)

115 Sure. Remove it. It'd effectively be removing the extra constitutional amendment that allows for unlimited immigration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)
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TJM just read my mind, nearly verbatim.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (z8vUP)

116 Anyone read Ann Coulter's column today? I think she's dead wrong about China not making the lion's share of fent nowadays. It may be true that China isn't directly supplying the USA anymore (although I have my doubts). But they are now just shipping it to Mexico to be delivered to the USA. I thought this was common knowledge. I laughed when Coulter cited the CCP as the source for China not exporting fent any more. The CCP. Right. "We no do dat any mores."

I sometimes disagree with her, but one thing that rarely happens is that she publishes a column without thoroughly researching it, with copious citations.

Is she right here? Beats me, but as the column cites, the Congressional Research Service agrees with her conclusions.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (CsUN+)

117 They carefully describe ODs as "accidental," thus obscuring the reality.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Accidental as in Russian Roulette. Used to do survival analysis and my guess is long term survival for people using street drugs approaches zero over about ten years. My impression is too that synthetic drug addiction is probably harder to kick over the longer term but we simply do not have the data as of yet.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (gvoQe)

118 Slippery slope.

Toronto bans sledding ahead of winter storm on the majority of city hills, calls it "unsafe"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:27 AM (FVME7)

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"Isn't it time to ban driving? Imagine how many lives would be saved, injuries a avoided, and gasoline left unburned!"

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:35 AM (pFzCu)

119 Deaths by OD may be inevitable for many users, but they are not usually intentional.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Is playing Russian Roulette and the resulting 1/6 deaths suicidal behavior?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Dying to the first pull of the trigger playing Russian Roulette may be "accidental."

Dying to the sixth pull can't be described that way.

Are there many one-time Fentanyl users out there?

Posted by: mikeski at January 18, 2024 11:35 AM (DgGvY)

120 115 Sure. Remove it. It'd effectively be removing the extra constitutional amendment that allows for unlimited immigration purple monkey dishwasher.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (GBKbO)
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TJM just read my mind, nearly verbatim.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (z8vUP)

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Closer?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

121 China ships the precursor chemicals to the cartels in Mexico who then bring it into the US.

And she acknowledges that, but points out that the pre-precursors are chemicals with legitimate uses.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (CsUN+)

122
Dim Dem Freshman Rep. Frost Mocked After Proposing Bill to Remove Statue of Liberty in Protest of GOP Border Security Bill

*covers eyes*

Lemme guess ... an affirmative action grifter!

*uncovers eyes*

But of course! What were the odds? WHAT WERE THE ODDS?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (xG4kz)

123 Closer?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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Nailed it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (z8vUP)

124 And worth every penny!

Disney CEO Bob Iger Increases Pay to $31.6M Amid String of Box Office Bombs and Company Laying Off 7,000 Employees

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (FVME7)

125 Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:29 AM (gvoQe)

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

I’m sure the 2nd highest group of victims a result of domestic violence.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:37 AM (MNhXM)

126 123 Closer?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (GBKbO)
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Nailed it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (z8vUP)

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*fist pump*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:37 AM (GBKbO)

127 Disney CEO Bob Iger Increases Pay to $31.6M Amid String of Box Office Bombs and Company Laying Off 7,000 Employees
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I have to admit I find this endlessly entertaining.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:37 AM (pZ64F)

128 124 And worth every penny!

Disney CEO Bob Iger Increases Pay to $31.6M Amid String of Box Office Bombs and Company Laying Off 7,000 Employees
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:36 AM (FVME7)

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I remember when the left hated CEOs for getting paid anything, much less getting raises, when they were laying off employees who made a fraction of their salary.

Is the left pissed at Bob Iger right now?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (GBKbO)

129 Damn - another hordeling has passed away. Condolences and prayers for the loved ones of moon_over_vermont.

As Glaveston Jim (Daffy???) said - it's preferable if y'all Horde would stick around, okay?

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (eNASR)

130 China may ignite worldwide pandemics and steal our intellectual property, but if China were wiped off the face of the Earth, 100,000 Americans would still die every year from fentanyl. If we had a wall, the deaths would end.

We know Trump won’t build it, and now we know that Haley won’t, either. Only Gov. Ron DeSantis will. But do what you want, New Hampshire. The next million fentanyl deaths are on you.

I guess she's a DeSantis supporter. And a wall builder. I can live with that.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (CsUN+)

131 If only they were willing to listen. They are going to mock him relentlessly as being a clueless Trump-clone who doesn't understand how the world really works.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:23 AM (7fElN)

I hope (and think) he's smart enough not to make the same mistake as Bolsonaro in Brazil; he needs to put a lot of effort into making sure the Military is run by his people and is on his side when the inevitable counter-coup arises. Bolsonaro never understood that; all Leftists do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (i9ffA)

132 114 74
‘ Someone...please...make it stop’

This is a madhouse. Feels like being gone.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (jbnUc)
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Minor correction: the lyrics are "Feels like being cloned . . . ."

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

133 For those interested in precursor chemicals, a series of investigative reports are found here
http://tinyurl.com/yersdd5x

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:39 AM (gvoQe)

134 We know Trump won’t build it, and now we know that Haley won’t, either.

True of Haley, but less true of Trump, IMHO.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:40 AM (CsUN+)

135 H.E.A.T. - One By One

https://youtu.be/kFaPjl9jYNw

Do you like ridiculously fun high energy songs that sound like they could come from the 80s?

Cuz boy oh boy does this song here hit the mark.

Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:40 AM (1Yy3c)

136 I would agree to remove the Emma Lazarus poem from the SoL.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:40 AM (MNhXM)

137 Morn' all... I see we're still screwed.. And not in a good way

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:40 AM (n2vyf)

138 I would agree to remove the Emma Lazarus poem from the SoL.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:40 AM (MNhXM)

Me too... Damned Socialist

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:41 AM (n2vyf)

139 Beats me, but as the column cites, the Congressional Research Service agrees with her conclusions.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (CsUN+)

Aha! An unbiased source, far from the tentacles of the Deep State.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2024 11:41 AM (tkR6S)

140 We also lost Captain Hate around the holidays.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 18, 2024 11:17 AM (N39Ws)

I've been wondering about him. We used to exchange emails occasionally. I sent him a few last year that went unanswered so I feared the worst. You say "around the holidays" -- as in just last month? Had he been here at all last year??

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 11:41 AM (eNASR)

141 Dim Dem Freshman Rep. Frost Mocked After Proposing Bill to Remove Statue of Liberty in Protest of GOP Border Security Bill
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Yeah, fuck that liberty shit!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Sure. Remove it. It'd effectively be removing the extra constitutional amendment that allows for unlimited immigration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Not for Jackoff Frost's reasons, of course, but sure. Send it back to France with a note "we don't deserve it anymore," backdated to J6.

Posted by: mikeski at January 18, 2024 11:42 AM (DgGvY)

142 Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (CsUN+)

She’s been a one issue voter since 2016 . That no wall was built changed her previous support of Trump.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:42 AM (MNhXM)

143 136 I would agree to remove the Emma Lazarus poem from the SoL.
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Removing Ghetto Graffiti from US monuments should be a Federal Law. Co-opting American achievements should not be permitted.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:42 AM (pZ64F)

144 Mike Pompeo: Joe Biden Can't Show Weakness on Guyana

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Wanna bet?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:42 AM (FVME7)

145 Is the left pissed at Bob Iger right now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (GBKbO)

Slurp

Slurp

Slurp

Slurp

Wipes lips

Posted by: The Left at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (1Yy3c)

146 OK Horde, I need some advice and who better than youse guys??!!

One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

147 Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

Blue pills?

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:44 AM (MNhXM)

148 Minor correction: the lyrics are "Feels like being cloned . . . ."
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

I always hear "feels like Vietnam."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 18, 2024 11:44 AM (xPJvm)

149 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

A rubber chicken

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (n2vyf)

150 Mike Pompeo: Joe Biden Can't Show Weakness on Guyana
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Wanna bet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:42 AM (FVME7)
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Oy. How long until we launch an amphibious invasion of New Guinea?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (z8vUP)

151 I think that in the end, rather than banning Fentanyl, it would be far more effective to ban the manufacture and use of Narcann, the drug that brings the OD'd back to life. Without that, at least we'd be slowly culling the herd.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (i9ffA)

152 150 Mike Pompeo: Joe Biden Can't Show Weakness on Guyana
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Wanna bet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:42 AM (FVME7)
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Oy. How long until we launch an amphibious invasion of New Guinea?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (z8vUP)

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Do we need another place to put some extra arms that we need to lose?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

153 Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

Blue pills?
Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:44 AM (MNhXM)
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You'll need a 25-year-old trophy wife to go along with those...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (7fElN)

154 Start a rumor that the Statue of Liberty is a confederate monument.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (63Dwl)

155 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

A gift card for a bottle of top-shelf liquor, if he enjoys a tipple.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (tkR6S)

156 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
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Bourbon?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (pZ64F)

157 Do we need another place to put some extra arms that we need to lose?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
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It was a joke. Biden is a demented old retard who would hear "be tough on Guyana" as "better invade New Guinea."

It fell flat. I have the suck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (z8vUP)

158 I hope (and think) he's smart enough not to make the same mistake as Bolsonaro in Brazil; he needs to put a lot of effort into making sure the Military is run by his people and is on his side when the inevitable counter-coup arises. Bolsonaro never understood that; all Leftists do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (i9ffA)

Bolsinaro had the backing of the military, but they weren't willing to engage in a coup for him. the army would protect protesters from the police during the protests.

Milei had been doing a series of "backing the security forces" with a lot of discussion of giving them back their honor, and his minister of the interior Bullrich had been pushing the point that protests are legal but blocking the streets are not.
So, he is trying.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (D7oie)

159 Fuck Pompeo in particular. Use Coulters dick.

Posted by: DOYLE at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (Z8Yh2)

160 148 Minor correction: the lyrics are "Feels like being cloned . . . ."
Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

I always hear "feels like Vietnam."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 18, 2024 11:44 AM (xPJvm)
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Some of the lyrics are barely intelligible and the whole song is almost stream of consciousness. But if you listen closely, he's singing "cloned" and in the video for the song, there's a point where he sings that lyric and sees multiple clones of himself. So I'm confident it's "cloned."

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

161 I’m sure the 2nd highest group of victims a result of domestic violence.
Posted by: Titanium White
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For women yes, for men no.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (gvoQe)

162 What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
________

A Porsche

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (Q4IgG)

163 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
Posted by: Diogenes

A gift card to their favorite eating spot/watering hole. Those blue plate specials aren't that cheap anymore! I got an elderly relative one for Christmas and he loved it!

Posted by: Cheri at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (oiNtH)

164 I think I learned in the 5th grade D.A.R.E. program that drugs could kill me. So anyone younger than 50 should've gotten the memo. If ignored, oh well. Gene pool cleansing.

Posted by: nckate at January 18, 2024 11:34 AM (EPm6B)

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In Driver's Ed class in the late 70s, we were forced to watch real-life videofilm of the injuries, blood, guts, & automobile carnage following accidents involving driving drunk and/or high.

And then there was the prison documentary "Scared Straight" ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (A1oHd)

165 This fiction that Trump didn't build a wall and attempt to build as much wall as he possibly could with the entire Uniparty/Judicial apparatus thwarting him at every turn is maddening.

Even the GOP wrote language in CR's preventing him from trying to use discretionary money to build the wall.

Trump is not a dictator no matter how much people shout that he is.

Ann Coulter has become an unhinged whack job and hasn't been relevant to any discussion for nearly a decade.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (rc3Z7)

166 This leggy Asian has a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where:
http://tiny.cc/3l77wz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (z8vUP)

167 109 China ships the precursor chemicals to the cartels in Mexico who then bring it into the US.
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True. Also true is that the Pharma State, NJ, decided to locate most of their precursor chemicals manufacture to China. So if China prospers then so does NJ. Win-Win.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:33 AM (pZ64F)
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You can thank unions, OSHA and EPA for that when they label almost every chemical a hazard.

Posted by: Ciampino - ridiculous regulations at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (qfLjt)

168 157 Do we need another place to put some extra arms that we need to lose?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
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It was a joke. Biden is a demented old retard who would hear "be tough on Guyana" as "better invade New Guinea."

It fell flat. I have the suck.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (z8vUP)

=======

Mine was also a funny, this one playing on the idea that Biden leaves large amounts of military equipment wherever he sends the military after the Afghanistan bugout.

It was hilarious.

There was much rejoicing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:48 AM (GBKbO)

169 Mike Pompeo: Joe Biden Can't Show Weakness on Guyana

Bomb them! You can tell me where Guyana is afterwards.

Posted by: Miss Lindsay Graham at January 18, 2024 11:48 AM (g4WLj)

170 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
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Bourbon?
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 11:46 AM (pZ64F)

Never the wrong answer!!!

Posted by: Doof at January 18, 2024 11:48 AM (eNASR)

171 165 Ann Coulter has become an unhinged whack job and hasn't been relevant to any discussion for nearly a decade.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (rc3Z7)

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Objection:

She is relevant to the ongoing debate on whether a female Skeletor can be bangable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:49 AM (GBKbO)

172 Rob Reiner
@robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

-
And don't forget! He said "pussy"!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:49 AM (FVME7)

173 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

Gas station dick pills.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 18, 2024 11:49 AM (WVAwc)

174 Slippery slope.

Toronto bans sledding ahead of winter storm on the majority of city hills, calls it "unsafe"

One of my childhood regrets is that I never broke a minor bone tobogganing. I always wanted a cast.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 11:49 AM (kSHhA)

175 What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
________

A Porsche

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (Q4IgG)

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I hope when my mid-life crisis finally occurs that I'm around 80.

/Still waiting ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:50 AM (A1oHd)

176 If we decide to get involved in Guyana, what are the odds that we accidentally invade French Guiana or Surinam?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:50 AM (z8vUP)

177 172 Rob Reiner
@robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

-
And don't forget! He said "pussy"!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:49 AM (FVME7)

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But, I don't support the candidate who finger raped a secretary and showered with his daughter.

I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

178 Dear FOP,

My rights are more important than your feelings. The fact that the crime rate dropped should have had you a lot happier.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 18, 2024 11:50 AM (4olE8)

179 Rob Reiner
@robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

But enough about Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:50 AM (CsUN+)

180 >This leggy Asian has a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where.

Vagina dentata?

Posted by: mr tmz at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (rJ48h)

181 Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (rc3Z7)

Always excuses. He failed at the main promise he made. What makes it worse is he immediately pivoted his focus from building the wall to focus on other matters the day after he was inaugurated.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (MNhXM)

182 @robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

But enough about Bill Clinton.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 18, 2024 11:50 AM (CsUN+)
++++
LOL.

Rob Reiner is not a mental titan.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (z8vUP)

183 This leggy Asian has a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where:
http://tiny.cc/3l77wz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (z8vUP)

Looks like we're gonna have to do a full body cavity search.

*Snaps gloves*

Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (1Yy3c)

184 I don't want the police making decisions about what the laws should and shouldn't be. I don't want lawyers doing so either, but lawyers are harder to convince that they don't know jack shit about these things.

Sorry, you're too close to it. People who work outside the justice system need to be making decisions about how it works. Otherwise, you get the society we have now. Which isn't working. Obviously.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (dGCAG)

185 Rob Reiner
@robreiner

This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

--------------

* Tara Reade has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (A1oHd)

186 Knife violence?

Posted by: Never heard of it at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (k+K1l)

187 Some of the lyrics are barely intelligible and the whole song is almost stream of consciousness.

-
Like a Biden speech.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (FVME7)

188 Rob Reiner
@robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

And he doesn't believe Senile Joe has ever committed a rape? Interesting.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (kSHhA)

189 I wonder what punishment Rob-baby feels should fall on the heads of actors and directors who rape anyone?

another directing position? An Emmy?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (D7oie)

190
Here's a nice upcoming French movie for AtC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnzimOQVNSA&t=54s

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (nFnyb)

191 172 Rob Reiner
@robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

-
And don't forget! He said "pussy"!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 18, 2024 11:49 AM (FVME7)
________

What is this fat has-been pork-rinding slob even referring to? That looney-tunes twat with sicko rape fantasies who claimed Trump assaulted her somewhere in some department store at some time she couldn't remember?

Posted by: Elric Blade at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

192 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
Posted by: Diogenes

A gift card for a bottle of top-shelf liquor, if he enjoys a tipple.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

A bottle of Glenlivet's 80-year-old "Generations."

Get the whole golf club to pitch in; the first bottle sold at auction for $193000, and there are only 250 of them.

Posted by: mikeski at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (DgGvY)

193 182 @robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

Trump's a lot of things but he's not a rapist... Especially that nut case who accused him of it and didn't remember the date or year....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (n2vyf)

194 188 And he doesn't believe Senile Joe has ever committed a rape? Interesting.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 11:52 AM (kSHhA)

======

Tara Reade was wearing a really short skirt and deserved it.

Also, she went to Russia which means that she's a Russian collusionist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

195 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

A 1960 Impala Convertible

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 18, 2024 11:54 AM (wtvvX)

196 193 Trump's a lot of things but he's not a rapist... Especially that nut case who accused him of it and didn't remember the date or year....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (n2vyf)

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I'm pretty sure Reiner is talking about her. That trial is going on right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

197 One of the old geezers I play golf with (when the weather is warmer) is turning 80. What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2024 11:43 AM (W/lyH)

Annual pass to a golf course ??

Posted by: runner at January 18, 2024 11:54 AM (V13WU)

198 Always excuses. He failed at the main promise he made. What makes it worse is he immediately pivoted his focus from building the wall to focus on other matters the day after he was inaugurated.
Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (MNhXM)

*sigh*

OK, tell me who you support and why I should join you.

"Half of Team Blue hate free markets, and half of Team Red hate Team Blue"
This is why you fail, you define yourself solely by who you hate.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 18, 2024 11:55 AM (D7oie)

199 This leggy Asian has a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where:
http://tiny.cc/3l77wz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (z8vUP)

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That's either a Photoshop or some very weird perspective going on there ... and almost Fen-compliant.

Out: Fed-compliant.
In: Fen-compliant.

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 11:55 AM (A1oHd)

200 I'm pretty sure Reiner is talking about her. That trial is going on right now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

Second trial because Trump said mean things about her after the first... This should be good for another 20 mil

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:55 AM (n2vyf)

201 190
Here's a nice upcoming French movie for AtC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnzimOQVNSA&t=54s

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 11:53 AM (nFnyb)

It was nice knowin' ya.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 18, 2024 11:55 AM (wtvvX)

202 If we decide to get involved in Guyana, what are the odds that we accidentally invade French Guiana or Surinam?
Posted by: Joe Mannix

World's biggest no-knock raid.

Posted by: mikeski at January 18, 2024 11:55 AM (DgGvY)

203 You'd think Rob Reiner would find being a public idiot would be embarrassing.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (kSHhA)

204 Looks like we're gonna have to do a full body cavity search.

*Snaps gloves*
Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (1Yy3c)
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*On* her person, not *in* her person.

Prepositions matter, people!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (z8vUP)

205 182
Rob Reiner is not a mental titan.

I don’t think of Meathead as stupid so much as he is a slave to his own fantasies. He genuinely believes he can wish away facts just because he doesn’t like them.
Of course, one could argue that that’s just another way of saying stupid.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (jbnUc)

206 Rob Reiner
@robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

A few things you tub of goo - He didn't rape anyone and the whole story sounds like something a bad writer from Hollywood made up - raped in a depar0tment store changing room? Were you the writer Rob? Also, you and your fellow travelers don't care if groups of Jewish women were raped, tortured, brutalized and killed by terrorists but that's were you are.

Posted by: Cheri at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (oiNtH)

207 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (9jCEt)

208 203 You'd think Rob Reiner would find being a public idiot would be embarrassing.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (kSHhA)

I think he would be perfect for The View

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 11:56 AM (n2vyf)

209
robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.

Juanita Broderick would like to have a word with you.

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:57 AM (MNhXM)

210 204 Looks like we're gonna have to do a full body cavity search.

*Snaps gloves*
Posted by: Robert at January 18, 2024 11:51 AM (1Yy3c)

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We don't get enough Wayne's World references round these parts.

It's sad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:57 AM (GBKbO)

211 199 This leggy Asian has a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where:
http://tiny.cc/3l77wz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (z8vUP)

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That's either a Photoshop or some very weird perspective going on there ... and almost Fen-compliant.

**************

Everything in that pic below the waist looks.... odd.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 18, 2024 11:57 AM (wtvvX)

212 This is a defamation trial I believe. NY is just doing Soviet show trials now. They didn’t dismiss the Marine’s manslaughter case either .

Posted by: Titanium White at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (MNhXM)

213 I think that in the end, rather than banning Fentanyl, it would be far more effective to ban the manufacture and use of Narcann, the drug that brings the OD'd back to life. Without that, at least we'd be slowly culling the herd.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (i9ffA)

Agree.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (BdMk6)

214 Everything in that pic below the waist looks.... odd.

==

this comment reminds of ace's AI is Getting Scary link. I am still LOLing

Posted by: runner at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (V13WU)

215 210 I thought the full body cavity search thing was from Beavis and Butthead Do America.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (tyThE)

216 213 I think that in the end, rather than banning Fentanyl, it would be far more effective to ban the manufacture and use of Narcann, the drug that brings the OD'd back to life. Without that, at least we'd be slowly culling the herd.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (i9ffA)

Agree.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (BdMk6)

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You know what might be more workable in reality?

A series of complex rules and forms to fill out every time Narcan needs to be used. With a bonus to hospital admins for the number of correctly filled out forms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:00 PM (GBKbO)

217 In 1938, Hayden's photo was taken during the annual Gloucester, Massachusetts, Fishermen's Race. It went on the cover of a magazine prompting Paramount Pictures to call and offer a screen test. Hayden did a test in New York with Jeanne Cagney, James Cagney's sister. Hayden:

I was completely lost, ignorant, nervous. But the next thing I knew, Paramount made me a seven-year contract beginning at $250 a week, which was astronomical. I got my lovely old mother and bought a car, and we drove to California... I was so lost then I didn't think to analyze it. I said, 'This is nuts, but, damned, it's pleasant.' I had only one plan in mind: to get $5,000. I knew where there was a schooner, and then I'd haul ass.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 18, 2024 12:00 PM (pZ64F)

218 A series of complex rules and forms to fill out every time Narcan needs to be used. With a bonus to hospital admins for the number of correctly filled out forms.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
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But then how would we manage the emergency Narcan kits are highway rest areas?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 12:01 PM (z8vUP)

219 215 210 I thought the full body cavity search thing was from Beavis and Butthead Do America.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (tyThE)

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Maybe, but the friendly cop does definitely stop Rob Lowe as he speeding to Wayne's basement while Tia Carrera is playing, snaps on a white glove, and goes down for the full cavity search.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

220 “Those who oppose gun rights believe anyone with a gun is a potential murderer,” Rieck said. “But that’s phobia, not fact."

THIS. I'm going to use the term "Gunphobic". That seems to be the Lefts 'go to' for everything. So stick it up your giggy Lefty.

Posted by: ....and here we go at January 18, 2024 12:01 PM (SNVFk)

221 219 215 210 I thought the full body cavity search thing was from Beavis and Butthead Do America.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 18, 2024 11:59 AM (tyThE)

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Maybe, but the friendly cop does definitely stop Rob Lowe as he speeding to Wayne's basement while Tia Carrera is playing, snaps on a white glove, and goes down for the full cavity search.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

Cut to next scene where Rob Lowe ain't walkin' right.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (KbCG3)

222 218 A series of complex rules and forms to fill out every time Narcan needs to be used. With a bonus to hospital admins for the number of correctly filled out forms.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
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But then how would we manage the emergency Narcan kits are highway rest areas?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 12:01 PM (z8vUP)

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Lock and key that can only be opened by a hospital admin at the hospital 50 miles away?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (GBKbO)

223 A Viking male was to have his weapon(s) within reach at all times.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (a3Q+t)

224 "I think he would be perfect for The View."

We'd have to put a few pounds on old Meathead, but yeah, then he'd be just like us.

Posted by: Whoopi and Navarro at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (l+Afe)

225 I think he would be perfect for The View
Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024

Odd thing about The View. Everytime someone gets added to the panel its totally combined IQ shrinks.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (kSHhA)

226 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (+sD5M)

227 I believe the traditional 80th birthday gift is bourbon, bacon, and a BJ.

Posted by: Jukin at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (17s+e)

228 226 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (+sD5M)

Cutting it kind of close there, sponge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (zZu0s)

229 F*ck yes I'll do what you tell me!!!

Posted by: Rage Along Side the Machine at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (+sD5M)

230 Odd thing about The View. Everytime someone gets added to the panel its totally combined IQ shrinks.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (kSHhA)
++++
LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 12:04 PM (z8vUP)

231 Cutting it kind of close there, sponge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (zZu0s)

I'm hoping for a willow situation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:04 PM (+sD5M)

232 This leggy Asian has a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where:
http://tiny.cc/3l77wz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 18, 2024 11:47 AM (z8vUP)

Looks Korean. Cute.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2024 12:04 PM (BdMk6)

233 226 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (+sD5M)

Cutting it kind of close there, sponge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (zZu0s)

lol. yep, thought the same.

Posted by: ....and here we go at January 18, 2024 12:05 PM (SNVFk)

234 233 226 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:03 PM (+sD5M)

Does anyone ever claim Last!!! ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (n2vyf)

235 Odd thing about The View. Everytime someone gets added to the panel its totally combined IQ shrinks.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 18, 2024 12:02 PM (kSHhA)

and they need to strengthen the floor.

Posted by: ....and here we go at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (SNVFk)

236 223 George Smith Patton maintained "a gentleman is always armed".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (0EOe9)

237 So, will Ace come out belching fire this morning, or will he ramp up, like he did yesterday?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (a3Q+t)

238
Rob Reiner is not a mental titan.

"I didn't know my anti tobacco bill would make cigars more expensive!"

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (lM2MM)

239
Does anyone ever claim Last!!! ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (n2vyf)

Posting on old threads will get you banned.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:07 PM (+sD5M)

240 237 So, will Ace come out belching fire this morning, or will he ramp up, like he did yesterday?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (a3Q+t)

=======

He will ramp up to a 10,000 word review of Tammy and the T-Rex.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:07 PM (GBKbO)

241 We have a Narcan "vending machine" here at the police station. 50 doses. It's free. And needs refilling about 3x a month.

There might be 15K people within a 5 mile radius of the thing.

It's been empty, or only partially full a lot recently, so maybe the grant money that was used to put it in is drying up...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2024 12:07 PM (Q4IgG)

242 Does anyone ever claim Last!!! ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2024 12:06 PM (n2vyf)

I've done it a few times. sometimes I actually was last, but not often.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 18, 2024 12:07 PM (xPJvm)

243 Looks Korean. Cute.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 18, 2024 12:04 PM (BdMk6)

Yep, she's had the plastic surgery to remove her epicentral folds, and build-up the bridge of her nose that-

is required for all Korean movie stars, singers, and models these days.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 18, 2024 12:08 PM (nFnyb)

244 Rob Reiner @robreiner
This is where the vast majority of Republicans are: They are comfortable supporting a man who raped a woman.
----
Catturd ™ @catturd2 6h
The fix is in.

Inner City Press @innercitypress 20h Replying to @innercitypress
Habba: Ms. Carroll, are you aware it is illegal to delete evidence?
Carroll's lawyer: Objection
Habba: I move for a mistrial, evidence has been deleted
Judge Kaplan: Denied and the jury will disregard everything Ms. Habba just said

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)

245 being last all the time could be a thing...just not in old threads. Hang out until you're sure everyone is gone. But no one sees you're last...oh, nevermind.

Posted by: ....and here we go at January 18, 2024 12:09 PM (SNVFk)

246 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 18, 2024 12:09 PM (+sD5M)

247 NOOD borders

Posted by: ShainS at January 18, 2024 12:09 PM (TgVp6)

248 213 I think that in the end, rather than banning Fentanyl, it would be far more effective to ban the manufacture and use of Narcann, the drug that brings the OD'd back to life. Without that, at least we'd be slowly culling the herd.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 18, 2024 11:45 AM (i9ffA)

Agree.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Social Darwinism is one solution to drug problems but a lot of families with loved ones battling addiction don't see it that way. There is always a cost to whatever public policy is pursued including benign neglect which is what places like Portland have done.

Personally, I have no answers to the illegal drug trade--legalization will simply increase deaths and societal dysfunction, prohibition will spur a black market and empower cartels and other criminals, and using the public health approach with free 'safe' drugs via prescription and supervised 'shooting up' doesn't seem to be working either.

Lower the barriers to a product that a lot of people want will stimulate consumption of that product whether legal or illegal.

Posted by: whig at January 18, 2024 12:09 PM (gvoQe)

249 237 So, will Ace come out belching fire this morning, or will he ramp up, like he did yesterday?

I predict another Disney titty baby moment.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 18, 2024 12:09 PM (jbnUc)

250 244 Inner City Press @innercitypress 20h Replying to @innercitypress
Habba: Ms. Carroll, are you aware it is illegal to delete evidence?
Carroll's lawyer: Objection
Habba: I move for a mistrial, evidence has been deleted
Judge Kaplan: Denied and the jury will disregard everything Ms. Habba just said
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 18, 2024 12:08 PM (2yu8s)

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Remember when Cuomo told conservatives to get out of NY?

I 'member.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 12:09 PM (GBKbO)

251 Want to reduce "gun" violence? Disarm democrats!

Posted by: Bob in Idaho at January 18, 2024 12:18 PM (8pLV0)

252 Local News- Investigation underway after new homeowners find human head in deep freezer

http://tinyurl.com/ym7b49hd

We drive right past this house on the way between our place and our daughters' places. A local blogger has gathered a bunch of gossip from neighbors, but I won't link to that site. Rumors of a man and wife and young adult son lived there, man died a couple years ago. The family were described as "hoarders". The woman and son moved out recently and a home "flipper" bought the place and found the head in a plastic bag in the freezer. Other rumors that a few years ago a young girl (daughter?) lived there, but she has not been seen by neighbors for quite some time (?years).

Nice town you've got there, Muldoon!

Pro Tip: Do NOT do an internet search for "human head found in freezer". The number of hits will daunt you.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 18, 2024 12:20 PM (991eG)

253 Reiner's father, Carl Reiner, was a far left champion so Rob was raised to believe these things. He never broke out of his dad's mold and became an independent thinker. He would have been better off being raised by Archie Bunker.

Posted by: Cheri at January 18, 2024 12:20 PM (oiNtH)

254 What kind of gift do you get a guy turning 80?

My last three birthday gifts to 80-year-olds:
Clarinet reeds
Vibraphone hammers
Metering rods for Carter AFB

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 18, 2024 12:23 PM (zdLoL)

255 Pro Tip: Do NOT do an internet search for "human head found in freezer". The number of hits will daunt you.
Posted by: Muldoon

Right near my house. Yes, the locals are wagging their tongues and rumors are wild. Finding a head in the freezer is wild enough but people being people, try to make it even worse.

Posted by: Cheri at January 18, 2024 12:24 PM (oiNtH)

256 a firearm secreted away somewhere on her person - but she won't tell you where

Pretty easy call. She clearly has a couple of shotgun barrels where her thigh-bones used to be.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 18, 2024 12:27 PM (zdLoL)

257 And again, I will ask: why is “gun violence” bad and all other means of violence OK?

Also, if you’re a cop, you forfeit the ability to join a union. Period. And, to be fair, if you take a paycheck funded from taxpayer money, you should NEVER belong to a union. If I had my way anyway.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 18, 2024 01:34 PM (8sMut)

258 Of course the FOP whores didn't like it.

Posted by: ChupaMe at January 18, 2024 01:46 PM (T5svW)

259 I remember when the left hated CEOs for getting paid anything, much less getting raises, when they were laying off employees who made a fraction of their salary.

Is the left pissed at Bob Iger right now?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, walking with hope in America with Frank Capra at January 18, 2024 11:38 AM (GBKbO)

America, increasingly Marxist as it is, would much prefer CEOs get minimum wage.

I love the stupid meme “I was taught to respect the janitor as much as the CEO.” In this hate-filled, envious country, I feel sorry for the janitor in that case.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 18, 2024 01:56 PM (8sMut)

260 Mitch needs to jump face first into a speeding semi truck. The sooner the better.

Posted by: Kevin T at January 18, 2024 03:51 PM (7xFB3)

261 Whenever there's a mass shooting(In Gun Free Zones)the Stupid Jackass Party(Liberal Democrats)can be counted on for proposing or supporting more useless Gun Control and the M.S. Media will be on the story all day long

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