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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
One percent of Californians pay well over 50 percent of the state’s income taxes—and is leaving in droves. Power is exorbitant, in part due to inefficient solar/wind/green mandates, restrictions on oil, natural gas, nuclear energy, and new hydroelectric production. In addition, some 4 million—or nearly 25 percent of utility users—simply no longer pay their monthly power bills and are yet usually not subject to cutoffs of power. They in turn must be subsidized by a shrinking number whose rates climb almost yearly.
That sounds like a dystopia in the making. And it is, mostly because of the exact policies that Californians have enthusiastically voted for over the last generation. The California of the 60s and 70s is gone. Replaced with a compliant, government-loving populace that seems more like lemmings than entrepreneurs. In the grand scheme, California should be allowed to fail, and the voters (or whoever is actually casting those votes) should suffer the consequences of their stupidity. California going bankrupt would be a huge shock to our financial system, but it would emerge stronger on the other side, and California would be forced into a period of fiscal responsibility that would go a long way to correcting the damage done by the Democrat juggernaut (I count Schwarzenegger as a Democrat) that has controlled California for 25 years. Except... the very policies that California forcefully rejects may very well save it from itself. President Trump is busily repairing the damage done by the Obama/Biden/GOPe junta that was driving the entire country into insolvency and cultural rot. California is fighting Donald Trump and his merry band of cabinet officials at every turn, but they will ultimately prevail, and the economy and culture of California will be saved from its own excesses. Maybe not permanently, because the entire state is built on an unsustainable model, and shifting to a sane government structure will require the pain and suffering of a default and a total re-imagining of the state's relationship with its citizens and its resources. It will be very interesting to observe a temporary resurgence in the Golden State that is entirely the result of MAGA. I wonder how Governor hair gel will explain it away? * They played in my student co-op's dining room. Good show!
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]
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Howdy!
Posted by: Moonbeam at March 27, 2025 11:02 AM (rbKZ6)
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Mish
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 27, 2025 11:02 AM (pIgH5)
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There are rumors of capable Republican governors being elected in CA, e.g. Rick Grenell. It will be interesting to see if the denizens of that state are still capable of learning.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:03 AM (xCA6C)
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In addition, some 4 million—or nearly 25 percent of utility users—simply no longer pay their monthly power bills and are yet usually not subject to cutoffs of power. They in turn must be subsidized by a shrinking number whose rates climb almost yearly.
its socialism through the backdoor.
Have one class of people not pay taxes and get "tax refunds" and benefits, have another class administer this and get wealthy, and a third class do all the actual work.
its socialism through the backdoor.
Have one class of people not pay taxes and get "tax refunds" and benefits, have another class administer this and get wealthy, and a third class do all the actual work.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2025 11:04 AM (t0Rmr)
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Considering the way they counted 2024, California will not be allowed to recover.
You invited the Hun in, and he feels like staying.
You invited the Hun in, and he feels like staying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2025 11:04 AM (/x6eu)
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I wonder how Governor hair gel will explain it away?
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I suspect he'll try to claim credit for any successes and try to ride that wave into the White House.
Good luck with that plan...
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I suspect he'll try to claim credit for any successes and try to ride that wave into the White House.
Good luck with that plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2025 11:04 AM (7fElN)
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I'm in CA... Ain't gonna happen....
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (VE6XX)
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There are rumors of capable Republican governors being elected in CA, e.g. Rick Grenell. It will be interesting to see if the denizens of that state are still capable of learning.
The bad news is that Kevin McCarthy has already said he would not run. /sarc
The bad news is that Kevin McCarthy has already said he would not run. /sarc
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (xCA6C)
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here are rumors of capable Republican governors being elected in CA, e.g. Rick Grenell. It will be interesting to see if the denizens of that state are still capable of learning.
Hard to out vote the numbers some bureaucrat enters using the ballots of those that don't vote and illegals.
Hard to out vote the numbers some bureaucrat enters using the ballots of those that don't vote and illegals.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (t0Rmr)
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But there were clouds on the horizon.
Reagan's 1986 amnesty of illegal aliens is what permanently changed California politics.
This, of course, is the model for what Obama/Biden were trying to do nationally.
As Elon Musk noted, if California politics become intolerable, you can leave California, but what do you do when the whole country has the politics of California?
Reagan's 1986 amnesty of illegal aliens is what permanently changed California politics.
This, of course, is the model for what Obama/Biden were trying to do nationally.
As Elon Musk noted, if California politics become intolerable, you can leave California, but what do you do when the whole country has the politics of California?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (xTIDn)
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6 I suspect he'll try to claim credit for any successes and try to ride that wave into the White House.
Good luck with that plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2025 11:04 AM (7fElN)
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He'll end up about 8th in the SC primary.
It'll be interesting to claim electability after that.
Good luck with that plan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2025 11:04 AM (7fElN)
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He'll end up about 8th in the SC primary.
It'll be interesting to claim electability after that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (GBKbO)
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As Elon Musk noted, if California politics become intolerable, you can leave California, but what do you do when the whole country has the politics of California?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (xTIDn)
'I had somewhere to escape to.'
-good speech by a great man
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (xTIDn)
'I had somewhere to escape to.'
-good speech by a great man
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 27, 2025 11:06 AM (/x6eu)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 27, 2025 11:08 AM (EFZgU)
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I didn't experience California 50 years ago but I lived there for 7 years after college starting in '88. It was on the glide path then and we left when it became clear that we would never be able to own a home or raise healthy kids there. All that said, there are still things I miss about it.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2025 11:08 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2025 11:09 AM (cQ64p)
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- So I gather from the first eleven comments that this post is about Newsome and California politics?
I'll check back in an hour or so to see what ace puts up.
Unless the storms pass by then. If so, to the lake I'll be headed.
I'll check back in an hour or so to see what ace puts up.
Unless the storms pass by then. If so, to the lake I'll be headed.
Posted by: TeeJ at March 27, 2025 11:09 AM (L8+qQ)
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Reposted because on point.
Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!
75 Days After Fire Devastation, LA Has Approved Only Handful of Building Permits
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And by "handful" they mean 4. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!
75 Days After Fire Devastation, LA Has Approved Only Handful of Building Permits
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And by "handful" they mean 4. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:10 AM (L/fGl)
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CA . is hopeless... We have Adam Schiff as a Senator.... That pretty much says it all...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2025 11:10 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (xTIDn)
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It had too many people.
I'm not sure why, but just looking empirically, when you get a large congregation of populace, the voting public becomes very stupid- it votes in short-sighted ways.
I'm not sure if it's because people get more selfish and short-sighted when they are surrounded by large numbers of people (and, ironically, lose close connections to people) OR if stupid, short-sighted people are drawn to large congregations of people.
Either way, the more populace, the stupider the voting. (BE VERY AFRAID, Florida)
I'm not sure why, but just looking empirically, when you get a large congregation of populace, the voting public becomes very stupid- it votes in short-sighted ways.
I'm not sure if it's because people get more selfish and short-sighted when they are surrounded by large numbers of people (and, ironically, lose close connections to people) OR if stupid, short-sighted people are drawn to large congregations of people.
Either way, the more populace, the stupider the voting. (BE VERY AFRAID, Florida)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (N1tpc)
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Speaking of California:
The LA City Clowncil banned the N word and C-bomb from being uttered during public comment, which guaranteed that these words were directed at Clowncil Members by a number of the regulars that address the Clowncil.
Spindler, the lawyer with the goat puppet, made an earnest attempt to get arrested as a test case, but the Clowncil did not bite.
Three Inch Shrimp made a case for the sex workers on Figueroa (LOL), demanding safe orgasms.
More fun at tomorrow's meeting, I am sure.
All the fun on Smoke N Scan...
The LA City Clowncil banned the N word and C-bomb from being uttered during public comment, which guaranteed that these words were directed at Clowncil Members by a number of the regulars that address the Clowncil.
Spindler, the lawyer with the goat puppet, made an earnest attempt to get arrested as a test case, but the Clowncil did not bite.
Three Inch Shrimp made a case for the sex workers on Figueroa (LOL), demanding safe orgasms.
More fun at tomorrow's meeting, I am sure.
All the fun on Smoke N Scan...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (ufFY8)
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18 CA . is hopeless... We have Adam Schiff as a Senator.... That pretty much says it all...
As with alcoholics, you have to hit rock bottom before you can get better. I'd say you're close.
As with alcoholics, you have to hit rock bottom before you can get better. I'd say you're close.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (xCA6C)
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I don't know if my father was prescient or not but in 1968 he went to California on temporary assignment with Lockheed while we stayed in Louisiana to see if he would accept a permanent position. After the 6 month assignment he decided that he would not move his family to California. He hated hippies that much.
I always wondered how my life would be different raised as a CA kid instead of a South Louisiana kid.
I always wondered how my life would be different raised as a CA kid instead of a South Louisiana kid.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (VofaG)
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California is on the fringe of the continent and it's home to the lunatic fringe.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:12 AM (L/fGl)
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Either way, the more populace, the stupider the voting. (BE VERY AFRAID, Florida)
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Doesn't Miami have a Republican mayor?
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Doesn't Miami have a Republican mayor?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2025 11:12 AM (cQ64p)
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Newsome will never be president of the US.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2025 11:12 AM (g8Ew8)
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California has had net outmigration of people born in the United States for 35 years now.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:13 AM (xTIDn)
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The whole system of CA is beyond saving as they are one of the few states that can run a deficit and have eagerly done so to the extent they are in a debt trap just like IL.
A GOP governor with a Dem supermajority is basically a eunuch that can change little in that state other than perhaps stave off the fiscal collapse for mebbe 4 years. The endless boards of this and that, the powerful public labor unions, and the lopsided and idiotic court systems along with the plural executive gives a reform governor no chance to fix things.
Basically, CA is going to have to crash and crash hard to the extent that it smashes the existing rotten status quo. I think that is pretty much true of the Left Coast.
A GOP governor with a Dem supermajority is basically a eunuch that can change little in that state other than perhaps stave off the fiscal collapse for mebbe 4 years. The endless boards of this and that, the powerful public labor unions, and the lopsided and idiotic court systems along with the plural executive gives a reform governor no chance to fix things.
Basically, CA is going to have to crash and crash hard to the extent that it smashes the existing rotten status quo. I think that is pretty much true of the Left Coast.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:13 AM (ctrM5)
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I would not be surprised if there's a bail-out in the works for California. Some strings might be attached.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 11:13 AM (Q4IgG)
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Small quibble:
"The California of the 60s and 70s is gone. Replaced with a compliant, government-loving populace that seems more like lemmings than entrepreneurs."
Government loving Government employees who vote for candidates who give them pay raises.
We need a Cali DOGE
"The California of the 60s and 70s is gone. Replaced with a compliant, government-loving populace that seems more like lemmings than entrepreneurs."
Government loving Government employees who vote for candidates who give them pay raises.
We need a Cali DOGE
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 27, 2025 11:14 AM (FxH7T)
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What happened to California makes me sad. I lived there for many years and so I witnessed the decay up close.
California is unsustainable.
California is unsustainable.
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at March 27, 2025 11:14 AM (fY84s)
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DOGE Finds 10 Swamp Consulting Firms Will Rake in $65 Billion Taxpayer Dollars in “Systemic” Problem
Vaughn then referenced a recent interview in which Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, explained how wasteful contractors and consultants have been like boa constrictors in the way they squeeze federal agencies, such as the IRS. She said, “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the chokehold these consulting firms have on government spending has shocked him the most since he moved to DC and started opening up the books.”
Concluding, Vaugh explained how a major issue DOGE has exposed regarding federal spending is that contracts issued to the consultants are based on the time spent by them on a project, not how well they complete it, something that encourages more time to be spent on it, and thus more spending. She said, “The problem is systemic. DOGE saying that these consulting groups write contracts so that they are paid for time, not performance”
Vaughn then referenced a recent interview in which Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, explained how wasteful contractors and consultants have been like boa constrictors in the way they squeeze federal agencies, such as the IRS. She said, “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the chokehold these consulting firms have on government spending has shocked him the most since he moved to DC and started opening up the books.”
Concluding, Vaugh explained how a major issue DOGE has exposed regarding federal spending is that contracts issued to the consultants are based on the time spent by them on a project, not how well they complete it, something that encourages more time to be spent on it, and thus more spending. She said, “The problem is systemic. DOGE saying that these consulting groups write contracts so that they are paid for time, not performance”
Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2025 11:14 AM (RHGPo)
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Texas always had a large population and moved further Right. The Left has been trying for 3 decades now to reverse the trend. Unfortunately they have made some dents in formerly conservative counties that contain liberal cities.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:15 AM (VofaG)
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Sen. Ted Cruz says that within two weeks after the crash at Reagan National hundreds of commercial aircraft crews received Terminal Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) resolution advisories (RA) of potential mid-air conflicts, some of which required pilots to take evasive action.
As it turns out, these were false RAs created by the Secret Service and the U.S. Navy conducting anti-drone testing at Reagan National using the same frequency spectrum utilized by the TCAS system.
As it turns out, these were false RAs created by the Secret Service and the U.S. Navy conducting anti-drone testing at Reagan National using the same frequency spectrum utilized by the TCAS system.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 27, 2025 11:15 AM (Y1sOo)
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Three Inch Shrimp made a case for the sex workers on Figueroa (LOL), demanding safe orgasms.
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I don't know what this means. But I want to point out that unsafe orgasms can be more fun that safe ones. Depends on the type and amount of risk, of course.
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I don't know what this means. But I want to point out that unsafe orgasms can be more fun that safe ones. Depends on the type and amount of risk, of course.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2025 11:16 AM (cQ64p)
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We need a Cali DOGE
It appears to be spreading.
U.K. plots own DOGE amid huge global shifts
https://is.gd/6ZJnof
It appears to be spreading.
U.K. plots own DOGE amid huge global shifts
https://is.gd/6ZJnof
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:16 AM (xCA6C)
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Get some election integrity again and get rid of our huge crop of illegals, and there is still hope for the state. And yes, I live here.
Posted by: Inisfree at March 27, 2025 11:16 AM (3g6r+)
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California seems like The Capitol, 'the seat of power in Panem, known for its opulence and decadence, while the districts are in varying states of poverty.'
I have no idea what could be so monumental to change its embedded elitism.
Sorry to debase The Hunger Games.
I have no idea what could be so monumental to change its embedded elitism.
Sorry to debase The Hunger Games.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 27, 2025 11:16 AM (NFX2v)
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ow-ow-OW!1!!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi Gets Angry When Asked About Being Primaried
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She's queen, damn it!, and doesn't answer to the likes of you!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi Gets Angry When Asked About Being Primaried
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She's queen, damn it!, and doesn't answer to the likes of you!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:17 AM (L/fGl)
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NYTimes:
Germany, perhaps more than any other country in Europe, feels adrift, orphaned and even betrayed by its closest ally. But if Germans have been pushed out of the nest, they are also beginning to respond, amid deep soul searching and questioning about the future — both their own and Europe’s. The biggest indication that shock is giving way to action came this week, as the German Parliament voted to loosen the country’s long aversion to debt so that it could begin rebuilding a military and a domestic infrastructure that had fallen into neglect.
.. I don't see them completing this project, especially if a Democrats ever again wins the White House
Germany, perhaps more than any other country in Europe, feels adrift, orphaned and even betrayed by its closest ally. But if Germans have been pushed out of the nest, they are also beginning to respond, amid deep soul searching and questioning about the future — both their own and Europe’s. The biggest indication that shock is giving way to action came this week, as the German Parliament voted to loosen the country’s long aversion to debt so that it could begin rebuilding a military and a domestic infrastructure that had fallen into neglect.
.. I don't see them completing this project, especially if a Democrats ever again wins the White House
Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2025 11:18 AM (RHGPo)
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A retrial is starting in the booming metropolis of Paw Paw, MI.
Some lady named Stermer burnt a house down about 20 years ago, killing her husband. She was convicted, but in 2020 it was overturned because of inadequate counsel.
Recovery Addict on utube is covering it live.
Some lady named Stermer burnt a house down about 20 years ago, killing her husband. She was convicted, but in 2020 it was overturned because of inadequate counsel.
Recovery Addict on utube is covering it live.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2025 11:18 AM (ufFY8)
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28 Basically, CA is going to have to crash and crash hard to the extent that it smashes the existing rotten status quo. I think that is pretty much true of the Left Coast.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:13 AM (ctrM5)
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What would an actual crash be, though?
They're running $80 billion deficits. That's after the accounting tricks of a decade ago that moved the old state debt onto localities.
What will actually cause CA to stop paying their bills at this point?
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:13 AM (ctrM5)
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What would an actual crash be, though?
They're running $80 billion deficits. That's after the accounting tricks of a decade ago that moved the old state debt onto localities.
What will actually cause CA to stop paying their bills at this point?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
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I wish I could have seen the California of the '60s and '70s. Aside from the glimpses on TV shows, that is. My visit to LA in 2014 was fun, but the waiters in the diner across from the hotel didn't speak English, and there was way too much traffic even on Sunday. And the posted gas prices I saw around town were horrifying even then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (J2vNu)
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33 Texas always had a large population and moved further Right. The Left has been trying for 3 decades now to reverse the trend. Unfortunately they have made some dents in formerly conservative counties that contain liberal cities.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:15 AM (VofaG)
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While completely losing the border and shifting TX 5 points further to the right since 2016.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:15 AM (VofaG)
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While completely losing the border and shifting TX 5 points further to the right since 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (GBKbO)
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My understanding per VDH is that California schools are now ranked number 50 out of 50 in the country. Mississippi is vindicated.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (lTGtQ)
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Germany, perhaps more than any other country in Europe, feels adrift, orphaned and even betrayed by its closest ally. But if Germans have been pushed out of the nest, they are also beginning to respond, amid deep soul searching and questioning about the future — both their own and Europe’s. The biggest indication that shock is giving way to action came this week, as the German Parliament voted to loosen the country’s long aversion to debt so that it could begin rebuilding a military and a domestic infrastructure that had fallen into neglect.
Yeah, the ability to run up huge debts is the last thing they need. They need to face reality and make hard choices between military spending and social welfare, not incur large new obligations for their grandkids.
Yeah, the ability to run up huge debts is the last thing they need. They need to face reality and make hard choices between military spending and social welfare, not incur large new obligations for their grandkids.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (xCA6C)
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It wasn't that long ago that Newsom bragged that California had a HUGE surplus that payed for all the deadbeat Red staes. What happened since?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (63Dwl)
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What happened to California makes me sad. I lived there for many years and so I witnessed the decay up close.
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Meanwhile, here in Colorado . . .
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Meanwhile, here in Colorado . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)
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What happened to California makes me sad. I lived there for many years and so I witnessed the decay up close.
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Meanwhile, here in Colorado . . .
NoVa says hi!
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Meanwhile, here in Colorado . . .
NoVa says hi!
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:20 AM (xCA6C)
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47 It wasn't that long ago that Newsom bragged that California had a HUGE surplus that payed for all the deadbeat Red staes. What happened since?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (63Dwl)
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1. It was an accounting trick that moved state debt to municipalities.
2. The whole argument is bullshit.
3. CA has something like 25% of all welfare recipients. And homeless.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (63Dwl)
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1. It was an accounting trick that moved state debt to municipalities.
2. The whole argument is bullshit.
3. CA has something like 25% of all welfare recipients. And homeless.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
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a major issue DOGE has exposed regarding federal spending is that contracts issued to the consultants are based on the time spent by them on a project, not how well they complete it, something that encourages more time to be spent on it, and thus more spending.
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This is an age old problem with hourly billing of any type. Encourages churning and fluffing the bill. See, eg, The Firm.
But the alternatives to hourly billing have their own problems.
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This is an age old problem with hourly billing of any type. Encourages churning and fluffing the bill. See, eg, The Firm.
But the alternatives to hourly billing have their own problems.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 11:20 AM (Dm8we)
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It wasn't that long ago that Newsom bragged that California had a HUGE surplus that payed for all the deadbeat Red staes. What happened since?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Reality is a bitch!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Reality is a bitch!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:21 AM (L/fGl)
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The California we saw in Once Upon a Time . . . in L.A./i] was beautiful.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:21 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:21 AM (J2vNu)
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29 I would not be surprised if there's a bail-out in the works for California. Some strings might be attached.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
They are going to crash unless you get a Dem House Senate and prezzie. To make it more complicated, states cannot declare bankruptcy. So it would be a default where it cannot make its debt payments.
A bailout for Cali is a difficult political sell beyond its borders. Once that happens, then essentially lenders quit lending except at nosebleed rates and that in turn necessitates killing the public sector spending on all sorts of gimmedats and government employees including pension plans to get any new lending.
Last time a state defaulted was Arkansas in 1933 over some highway district bonds during the Great Depression.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
They are going to crash unless you get a Dem House Senate and prezzie. To make it more complicated, states cannot declare bankruptcy. So it would be a default where it cannot make its debt payments.
A bailout for Cali is a difficult political sell beyond its borders. Once that happens, then essentially lenders quit lending except at nosebleed rates and that in turn necessitates killing the public sector spending on all sorts of gimmedats and government employees including pension plans to get any new lending.
Last time a state defaulted was Arkansas in 1933 over some highway district bonds during the Great Depression.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:21 AM (ctrM5)
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CA has something like 25% of all welfare recipients. And homeless.
Remarkably, when you put out traps baited with sugar, you get lots of flies and ants.
Remarkably, when you put out traps baited with sugar, you get lots of flies and ants.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:21 AM (xCA6C)
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In the grand scheme, California should be allowed to fail, and the voters (or whoever is actually casting those votes) should suffer the consequences of their stupidity
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The Lex Luther plan doesn’t seem too bad. The other state that would’ve gotten knocked out was New Jersey.
Perhaps the actual villain in Superman TMP was Superman.
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The Lex Luther plan doesn’t seem too bad. The other state that would’ve gotten knocked out was New Jersey.
Perhaps the actual villain in Superman TMP was Superman.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 27, 2025 11:21 AM (k5PtY)
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My understanding per VDH is that California schools are now ranked number 50 out of 50 in the country. Mississippi is vindicated.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2025
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We're right in there, panting along!
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2025
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We're right in there, panting along!
Posted by: Lousy-ana Schools at March 27, 2025 11:22 AM (J2vNu)
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My understanding per VDH is that California schools are now ranked number 50 out of 50 in the country. Mississippi is vindicated.
Please! Oregon has the worst schools in the country, adjusted for demographics (as they put it delicately).
Translation: Oregon is still a very white state, and has the worst-performing white students in the country.
Guess who runs Oregon politics.
Please! Oregon has the worst schools in the country, adjusted for demographics (as they put it delicately).
Translation: Oregon is still a very white state, and has the worst-performing white students in the country.
Guess who runs Oregon politics.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:22 AM (xTIDn)
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It will be very interesting to observe a temporary resurgence in the Golden State that is entirely the result of MAGA.
I wonder how Governor hair gel will explain it away?
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Easy. He'll take credit for it.
It will be very interesting to observe a temporary resurgence in the Golden State that is entirely the result of MAGA.
I wonder how Governor hair gel will explain it away?
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Easy. He'll take credit for it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:22 AM (5Iuq/)
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I lived in California back in 1966.
They were building new highways, and it was still nice to visit Pismo Beach.
There were problems with air pollution, especially in LA, where on some days the schools would not let the children out for recess because the smog would have them tearing.
They were building new highways, and it was still nice to visit Pismo Beach.
There were problems with air pollution, especially in LA, where on some days the schools would not let the children out for recess because the smog would have them tearing.
Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2025 11:22 AM (RHGPo)
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The Seals, Warriors, A's and Raiders fans might ask why all these teams left Oakland.
Posted by: Burnin' Down The House at March 27, 2025 11:23 AM (G5+As)
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So far, the impact of Trump's "scary" Auto Tariffs on the Markets: 0.
So far, the impact of Trump's "scary" Auto Tariffs on the Markets: 0.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2025 11:23 AM (ImEUK)
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I enjoy watching California go further and deeper down the shit hole of history. The people that live there enjoy it and there has to be a place where assholes like them can live their asshole dreams to fulfillment so enjoy! Not every asshole can live in the Northeast.
Posted by: The Gimp at March 27, 2025 11:24 AM (ce5If)
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Three Inch Shrimp made a case for the sex workers on Figueroa (LOL), demanding safe orgasms.
I don't know what this means.
LOL.
Three Inch Shrimp is a tall-ass asian guy that uses three minutes of his agenda item speaking time to sing in some gookinese language, and the final minute to make some sort of point.
Figueroa St. Is apparently where the hookers congregate, and there was a regular call-in speaker that would regularly opine about Figueroa, before they eliminated call-ins this January. So, Figueroa is a running joke, which pisses off the Clowncil.
Shrimp usually wears a triggering MAGA hat and Trump sweatshirt.
I don't know what this means.
LOL.
Three Inch Shrimp is a tall-ass asian guy that uses three minutes of his agenda item speaking time to sing in some gookinese language, and the final minute to make some sort of point.
Figueroa St. Is apparently where the hookers congregate, and there was a regular call-in speaker that would regularly opine about Figueroa, before they eliminated call-ins this January. So, Figueroa is a running joke, which pisses off the Clowncil.
Shrimp usually wears a triggering MAGA hat and Trump sweatshirt.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 27, 2025 11:24 AM (ufFY8)
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As a kid California was beautiful. As an adult it was NJ with sunshine.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 11:24 AM (Hpgos)
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>>I wonder how Governor hair gel will explain it away?
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>>Easy. He'll take credit for it.
"Yup!"
-- Bill Clinton
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>>Easy. He'll take credit for it.
"Yup!"
-- Bill Clinton
Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2025 11:25 AM (Cki93)
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California is broke and broken. The cost of living is high and it's cities are unlivable. Their state government is terrible. They have no plans to reverse their downward spiral. They are going to crush themselves in debt while still spending money on illegals and homegrown drugged out bums. The Golden State is now the Stupid State. It is what it is. They done it to themselves and should not count on the rest of the country to bail them out.
Posted by: Case at March 27, 2025 11:25 AM (OrSPY)
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It wasn't that long ago that Newsom bragged that California had a HUGE surplus that payed for all the deadbeat Red states.
When tech is doing well, and there are lots of IPOs, California collects a river of money in capital gains taxes.
When tech isn't doing well, not so much.
When tech is doing well, and there are lots of IPOs, California collects a river of money in capital gains taxes.
When tech isn't doing well, not so much.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:25 AM (xTIDn)
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In the grand scheme, California should be allowed to fail, and the voters (or whoever is actually casting those votes) should suffer the consequences of their stupidity
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Pour encourager les autres.
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Pour encourager les autres.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:25 AM (L/fGl)
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U.K. plots own DOGE amid huge global shifts
Color me skeptical that lifelong leftist politicians/bureaucrats will put together a system to look into/publicize all the stupid things the government spends money on.
Color me skeptical that lifelong leftist politicians/bureaucrats will put together a system to look into/publicize all the stupid things the government spends money on.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:26 AM (ExV1e)
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I think one of the problems with California is that California thinks the US needs it more than they need the US.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 11:26 AM (Q4IgG)
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72 I think one of the problems with California is that California thinks the US needs it more than they need the US.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 11:26 AM (Q4IgG)
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California would be a paradise if Mississippi were forced to operate like California.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 11:26 AM (Q4IgG)
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California would be a paradise if Mississippi were forced to operate like California.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (GBKbO)
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I can't stop singing that song lol
that's cool they played at your school!
that's all I have to say, Commies destroying Cali. Sad.
that's cool they played at your school!
that's all I have to say, Commies destroying Cali. Sad.
Posted by: Black Orchid at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (Pv3Rg)
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We choose to look upon California's journey as a cautionary tale.
Posted by: The other 49 states at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (EZX4Q)
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You only have to look at the large urban centers to see that it's liberal Democrat policies that cause failure . Of the 50 largest cities in the US only 8 have Republican mayors. But the insane continue to vote for failure. The insane even had a number of examples of what could be if they only voted against the same Dem policies. Rudy , multiple Republican mayors of San Diego, etc. but they seem not to want safe and desirable cities.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (VofaG)
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What would an actual crash be, though?
They're running $80 billion deficits. That's after the accounting tricks of a decade ago that moved the old state debt onto localities.
What will actually cause CA to stop paying their bills at this point?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The same thing that would happen with the Federal government except no power to inflate the debt away (not able to issue currency). As you get deeper in debt, interest rates rise, if you default, then interest rates for future debt spike to the level that paying it is unsustainable requiring immediate and massive cuts in expenditure--willingly or not.
Fed covid easy money bailed out a bunch of rotten fiscally irresponsible states like IL, CA, NJ, etc. for a time but that was a one time deal not likely to be repeated. And that did not fix the systemic problems of these state's problems.
The people that should be most scared are state pensioners as they usually get the ax versus cutting spending on current services, etc. IL will probably be the first test of that one. When you start borrowing to pay current bills on things like employee pensions etc., then a state is circling the drain.
They're running $80 billion deficits. That's after the accounting tricks of a decade ago that moved the old state debt onto localities.
What will actually cause CA to stop paying their bills at this point?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The same thing that would happen with the Federal government except no power to inflate the debt away (not able to issue currency). As you get deeper in debt, interest rates rise, if you default, then interest rates for future debt spike to the level that paying it is unsustainable requiring immediate and massive cuts in expenditure--willingly or not.
Fed covid easy money bailed out a bunch of rotten fiscally irresponsible states like IL, CA, NJ, etc. for a time but that was a one time deal not likely to be repeated. And that did not fix the systemic problems of these state's problems.
The people that should be most scared are state pensioners as they usually get the ax versus cutting spending on current services, etc. IL will probably be the first test of that one. When you start borrowing to pay current bills on things like employee pensions etc., then a state is circling the drain.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (ctrM5)
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It wasn't that long ago that Newsom bragged that California had a HUGE surplus that payed for all the deadbeat Red states.
.. that was a lie. They still hadn't made CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) whole.
.. that was a lie. They still hadn't made CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) whole.
Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (RHGPo)
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75 We choose to look upon California's journey as a cautionary tale.
Posted by: The other 49 states at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (EZX4Q)
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"Don't speak for me!"
-Massachusetts
Posted by: The other 49 states at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (EZX4Q)
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"Don't speak for me!"
-Massachusetts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (GBKbO)
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I would have loved growing up in CA in the 1920s through 1960s. I had a grape season in CA in the late 80s and was actually happy to return to NJ. Then I moved to VA.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 11:29 AM (Hpgos)
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Lefty Newsom lied . I shall not believe that !!
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:29 AM (VofaG)
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79 75 We choose to look upon California's journey as a cautionary tale.
Posted by: The other 49 states at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (EZX4Q)
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"Don't speak for me!"
-Massachusetts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (GBKbO)
At least we suck with good weather...
Posted by: The other 49 states at March 27, 2025 11:27 AM (EZX4Q)
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"Don't speak for me!"
-Massachusetts
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (GBKbO)
At least we suck with good weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 27, 2025 11:29 AM (VE6XX)
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I hope Trump withholds every d@mn cent that Gavin has requested to bail them out of spending billions on free healthcare on illegals.
Gavin will make the productive, law-abiding citizens cover it, which stinks, but this is a money is fungible situation. If Gavin did get the money from Trump, he'd go and waste billions more on something else he'd then make the CA citizens pay for. They never stop.
And have they started the audit on the high speed train to nowhere expenses that have resulted in. . . nothing? Trump mentioned he wanted to. Chop, chop!
Gavin will make the productive, law-abiding citizens cover it, which stinks, but this is a money is fungible situation. If Gavin did get the money from Trump, he'd go and waste billions more on something else he'd then make the CA citizens pay for. They never stop.
And have they started the audit on the high speed train to nowhere expenses that have resulted in. . . nothing? Trump mentioned he wanted to. Chop, chop!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 27, 2025 11:29 AM (Cki93)
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U.K. plots own DOGE amid huge global shifts
Color me skeptical that lifelong leftist politicians/bureaucrats will put together a system to look into/publicize all the stupid things the government spends money on.
I agree that this is a Potemkin attempt at a Trumpesque overhaul, because I suspect lots of people in GB and elsewhere are looking at us and wondering why that can't have the same housecleaning. However, such things have a way of getting away from their putative masters.
Color me skeptical that lifelong leftist politicians/bureaucrats will put together a system to look into/publicize all the stupid things the government spends money on.
I agree that this is a Potemkin attempt at a Trumpesque overhaul, because I suspect lots of people in GB and elsewhere are looking at us and wondering why that can't have the same housecleaning. However, such things have a way of getting away from their putative masters.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:29 AM (xCA6C)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)
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‘ Germany, perhaps more than any other country in Europe, feels adrift, orphaned and even betrayed by its closest ally.’
Germany only likes the US when democrats are in charge and all but spit in our faces otherwise.
They should have seen being kicked to the curb by Trump as inevitable.
‘ Germany, perhaps more than any other country in Europe, feels adrift, orphaned and even betrayed by its closest ally.’
Germany only likes the US when democrats are in charge and all but spit in our faces otherwise.
They should have seen being kicked to the curb by Trump as inevitable.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 11:30 AM (jbnUc)
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San Andreas has really let me down
Posted by: TalkyTalk at March 27, 2025 11:31 AM (9INg6)
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The David Lee Roth version is better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)
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Army General at the hearing got his ass torn into by Ted Cruz for the Army's policy of that unit involved in the crash flying ADS-B-out turned off while conducting training missions in and around DCA.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (Y1sOo)
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43 I wish I could have seen the California of the '60s and '70s. Aside from the glimpses on TV shows, that is. My visit to LA in 2014 was fun, but the waiters in the diner across from the hotel didn't speak English, and there was way too much traffic even on Sunday. And the posted gas prices I saw around town were horrifying even then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (J2vNu)
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The California of my dreams is a great place, almost entirely based on 70s and 80s TV.
Hanging out at the Regal Beagle, taking the occasional cruise on the Princess, getting caught up in some caper with Rockford, trying to avoid one of the daily 50 car pile ups on the freeway.
Great times in my mind.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:19 AM (J2vNu)
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The California of my dreams is a great place, almost entirely based on 70s and 80s TV.
Hanging out at the Regal Beagle, taking the occasional cruise on the Princess, getting caught up in some caper with Rockford, trying to avoid one of the daily 50 car pile ups on the freeway.
Great times in my mind.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (k5PtY)
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The west coast is lost. CA. OR, WA. Next state to turn is TX. Too many CA transplants. The feckless GOP is a complete failure.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (/U5Yz)
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He's stirring up trouble again!
Breaking911@Breaking911
POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman."
Breaking911@Breaking911
POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:33 AM (L/fGl)
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The west coast is lost. CA. OR, WA. Next state to turn is TX. Too many CA transplants. The feckless GOP is a complete failure.
Major Healey thought things sucked
Eeyore
Eeyore
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Major Healey thought things sucked
Eeyore
Eeyore
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Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:33 AM (xCA6C)
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I'm in CA... Ain't gonna happen....
Posted by: It's me donna
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Ditto.
My perspective: There are too many nice neighborhoods where people jog on paseos and play pickleball and the biggest danger is that your cat gets eaten by a coyote that lives on the grassy hills at the end of the cul-de-sac. Debt? Inner cities? Crisis in education? Why, my 16-year-old daughter knows at least 3 underrepresented groups that she needs to be extra-nice to!
I'm in CA... Ain't gonna happen....
Posted by: It's me donna
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Ditto.
My perspective: There are too many nice neighborhoods where people jog on paseos and play pickleball and the biggest danger is that your cat gets eaten by a coyote that lives on the grassy hills at the end of the cul-de-sac. Debt? Inner cities? Crisis in education? Why, my 16-year-old daughter knows at least 3 underrepresented groups that she needs to be extra-nice to!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:34 AM (5Iuq/)
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92 He's stirring up trouble again!
Breaking911@Breaking911
POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:33 AM (L/fGl)
During Women's History Month!
Breaking911@Breaking911
POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:33 AM (L/fGl)
During Women's History Month!
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:34 AM (CQE5S)
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78 It wasn't that long ago that Newsom bragged that California had a HUGE surplus that payed for all the deadbeat Red states.
.. that was a lie. They still hadn't made CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) whole.
Posted by: SMOD
That is a massive problem beyond CA's borders. There are quite a few red states with that problem namely KY and MS. Arguably though, these states have more capacity to raise taxes to pay for it.
NJ, IL, and CT, probably do not have that ability to raise taxes much to fund pensions without cutting services. At a certain point, raising taxes generates less revenue as productive people flee such a state and you get a spiraling downward effect as you raise and raise taxes to get less and less total revenue which happens when you drive the productive out of your state.
.. that was a lie. They still hadn't made CalPERS (California Public Employees' Retirement System) whole.
Posted by: SMOD
That is a massive problem beyond CA's borders. There are quite a few red states with that problem namely KY and MS. Arguably though, these states have more capacity to raise taxes to pay for it.
NJ, IL, and CT, probably do not have that ability to raise taxes much to fund pensions without cutting services. At a certain point, raising taxes generates less revenue as productive people flee such a state and you get a spiraling downward effect as you raise and raise taxes to get less and less total revenue which happens when you drive the productive out of your state.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:35 AM (ctrM5)
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Either way, the more populace, the stupider the voting. (BE VERY AFRAID, Florida)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (N1tpc)
Thinking over it more, it might be that when you get large numbers of people in close proximity, it becomes much easier to move easily led people to vote.
As a result, you get the urban machines that vote in short-term beneficial, long term negative ways, allowing the corrupt political class to rule as they see fit with the accompanying grift.
And then the locusts flee when the long term comes.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:11 AM (N1tpc)
Thinking over it more, it might be that when you get large numbers of people in close proximity, it becomes much easier to move easily led people to vote.
As a result, you get the urban machines that vote in short-term beneficial, long term negative ways, allowing the corrupt political class to rule as they see fit with the accompanying grift.
And then the locusts flee when the long term comes.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:36 AM (N1tpc)
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91 The west coast is lost. CA. OR, WA. Next state to turn is TX. Too many CA transplants. The feckless GOP is a complete failure.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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History is rarely deterministic. In 2016, no one had DJT on their scorecard and everyone thought DJT was finished in 2020. Never underestimate how things can change.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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History is rarely deterministic. In 2016, no one had DJT on their scorecard and everyone thought DJT was finished in 2020. Never underestimate how things can change.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:36 AM (ctrM5)
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At a certain point, raising taxes generates less revenue as productive people flee such a state and you get a spiraling downward effect as you raise and raise taxes to get less and less total revenue which happens when you drive the productive out of your state.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:35 AM (ctrM5)
The Laffer Curve is no joke.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:35 AM (ctrM5)
The Laffer Curve is no joke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 11:37 AM (8zz6B)
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100
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:37 AM (CQE5S)
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Listen to this bitch and the phrases she uses. She thinks she's FBI or a police Detective.
"I'm conducting an investigation."
"I'm asking the questions, here."
https://is.gd/bYIX8I
Listen to this bitch and the phrases she uses. She thinks she's FBI or a police Detective.
"I'm conducting an investigation."
"I'm asking the questions, here."
https://is.gd/bYIX8I
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2025 11:38 AM (ImEUK)
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California has been lost ever since Gage, DeSoto, Friday, Gannon, Ponch, Jon, Malloy and Reed retired. Oh, and Dr. Welby and Barnaby Jones took down their respective shingles.
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at March 27, 2025 11:38 AM (G5+As)
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Sorry to go OT, but I want to say it again.
Thank you, all of you, for your thoughts and prayers for the First Lady during this ridiculously difficult journey the last several months. Your kind words and heartfelt prayers really made a difference for her and we're eternally grateful for it. God is great and we've crossed over what should be the final big hurdle in this battle. She's over the moon excited and is feeling incredibly blessed today.
God Bless you all and thank you so very much.
Thank you, all of you, for your thoughts and prayers for the First Lady during this ridiculously difficult journey the last several months. Your kind words and heartfelt prayers really made a difference for her and we're eternally grateful for it. God is great and we've crossed over what should be the final big hurdle in this battle. She's over the moon excited and is feeling incredibly blessed today.
God Bless you all and thank you so very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)
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98 History is rarely deterministic.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:36 AM (ctrM5)
Rarely or never?
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:36 AM (ctrM5)
Rarely or never?
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (CQE5S)
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The Palisades' fire and the State's response to it say that Californians have learned nothing. Sad, I lived in Southern California from 71 to 89 and it was the Golden State. Key word is "was".
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (BpMGC)
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And have they started the audit on the high speed train to nowhere expenses that have resulted in. . . nothing? Trump mentioned he wanted to. Chop, chop!
Posted by: Lizzy
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That train was turning its life around and was about to get its GED.
And have they started the audit on the high speed train to nowhere expenses that have resulted in. . . nothing? Trump mentioned he wanted to. Chop, chop!
Posted by: Lizzy
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That train was turning its life around and was about to get its GED.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (5Iuq/)
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History is rarely deterministic. In 2016, no one had DJT on their scorecard and everyone thought DJT was finished in 2020. Never underestimate how things can change.
Posted by: whig
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I don't like the longer term trends for western civilization. Like since the French Revolution. We've been on a slow, bumpy decline since then.
Posted by: whig
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I don't like the longer term trends for western civilization. Like since the French Revolution. We've been on a slow, bumpy decline since then.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (Dm8we)
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98 91 The west coast is lost. CA. OR, WA. Next state to turn is TX. Too many CA transplants. The feckless GOP is a complete failure.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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History is rarely deterministic. In 2016, no one had DJT on their scorecard and everyone thought DJT was finished in 2020. Never underestimate how things can change.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:36 AM (ctrM5)
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The Democrat Party could be saved tomorrow by some billionaire saying, "Fuck this shit. No more illegals, and single payer healthcare for all."
Probably won't be tomorrow. Maybe within the next few years.
But something is going to turn the Party around at some point.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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History is rarely deterministic. In 2016, no one had DJT on their scorecard and everyone thought DJT was finished in 2020. Never underestimate how things can change.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:36 AM (ctrM5)
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The Democrat Party could be saved tomorrow by some billionaire saying, "Fuck this shit. No more illegals, and single payer healthcare for all."
Probably won't be tomorrow. Maybe within the next few years.
But something is going to turn the Party around at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
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The Laffer Curve is no joke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You get something similar with the pricing of labor. Backward bending curve.
At the extreme edge of the curve, a person simply cannot work 24 hours/7 days per week regardless of the pay as they drop dead.
Ditto for a 100 percent tax rate--you might pass it but the existing system dies either via revolt or the productive fleeing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You get something similar with the pricing of labor. Backward bending curve.
At the extreme edge of the curve, a person simply cannot work 24 hours/7 days per week regardless of the pay as they drop dead.
Ditto for a 100 percent tax rate--you might pass it but the existing system dies either via revolt or the productive fleeing.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (ctrM5)
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103 God is great and we've crossed over what should be the final big hurdle in this battle. She's over the moon excited and is feeling incredibly blessed today.
God Bless you all and thank you so very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)
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Congrats!
God Bless you all and thank you so very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)
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Congrats!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
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British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Dude, I don't think it's the Japanese that are the problem.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Dude, I don't think it's the Japanese that are the problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (L/fGl)
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Congrats!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
Thank you.
Congrats!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
Thank you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)
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111 British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Dude, I don't think it's the Japanese that are the problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (L/fGl)
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When will Starmer get really serious and start locking up white men who refuse to bang trannies? The real scourge on British society.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
-
Dude, I don't think it's the Japanese that are the problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (L/fGl)
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When will Starmer get really serious and start locking up white men who refuse to bang trannies? The real scourge on British society.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
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Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Completely missing the REASON you now suddenly need to ban ninja swords. It's not because of ninjas........
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Completely missing the REASON you now suddenly need to ban ninja swords. It's not because of ninjas........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)
115
I lived in California for about 13 years. 2000 - 2013. First in Silicon Valley (Mountain View) then later near Monterey. A major culture shock coming from West Virginia. Sometime around Obama's first administration we were picking up on some unsettling vibes. He gets the moniker "Chocolate Messiah" but in CA they really sort of believed it. And got a bit more radical, more in your face if you didn't go along.
I'm not sure what to attribute that change to. Certainly had something of "a cult like" feel though.
I'm not sure what to attribute that change to. Certainly had something of "a cult like" feel though.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (Q4IgG)
116
The Democrat Party could be saved tomorrow by some billionaire saying, "Fuck this shit. No more illegals, and single payer healthcare for all."
Probably won't be tomorrow. Maybe within the next few years.
But something is going to turn the Party around at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Parties can die too. The world's oldest party, the Conservatives aka Tories, seems to be in the process of doing that. The Democrats are no different if they cannot scrape together a coalition for sanity.
There will be a leftist party of some sort but whether it is the Democrat party is up for question.
Same goes for the GOP--probably more so if they try to go back to the Bush years.
Probably won't be tomorrow. Maybe within the next few years.
But something is going to turn the Party around at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Parties can die too. The world's oldest party, the Conservatives aka Tories, seems to be in the process of doing that. The Democrats are no different if they cannot scrape together a coalition for sanity.
There will be a leftist party of some sort but whether it is the Democrat party is up for question.
Same goes for the GOP--probably more so if they try to go back to the Bush years.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (ctrM5)
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British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
After that problem is solved, will he address Viking battle axes, or perhaps Mongol bows?
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
After that problem is solved, will he address Viking battle axes, or perhaps Mongol bows?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (xCA6C)
118
I’m a Californian, born and raised. Things won’t change because many of the people are so seriously ignorant and indoctrinated.
The best thing for California is NO FEDERAL BAILOUT.
The best thing for California is NO FEDERAL BAILOUT.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (17s+e)
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114 Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Completely missing the REASON you now suddenly need to ban ninja swords. It's not because of ninjas........
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The good news is machetes are still okay.
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Completely missing the REASON you now suddenly need to ban ninja swords. It's not because of ninjas........
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The good news is machetes are still okay.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (Hpgos)
120
Listen to this bitch and the phrases she uses. She thinks she's FBI or a police Detective.
"I'm conducting an investigation."
"I'm asking the questions, here."
https://is.gd/bYIX8I
Posted by: Soothsayer
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I got as far as "I'm conducting an investigation." What a joke.
Listen to this bitch and the phrases she uses. She thinks she's FBI or a police Detective.
"I'm conducting an investigation."
"I'm asking the questions, here."
https://is.gd/bYIX8I
Posted by: Soothsayer
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I got as far as "I'm conducting an investigation." What a joke.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (5Iuq/)
121
Maybe he can do something about banning the Muzzie kamikazes.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 11:44 AM (Dm8we)
122
I think all the signs of CA's decline were there since the 60's but understandably residents can't see the forest because of the trees. The slow boil another appropriate metaphor.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:44 AM (VofaG)
123
The David Lee Roth version is better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)
The visuals sure are.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)
The visuals sure are.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:45 AM (ExV1e)
124
120
Listen to this bitch and the phrases she uses. She thinks she's FBI or a police Detective.
"I'm conducting an investigation."
"I'm asking the questions, here."
https://is.gd/bYIX8I
Posted by: Soothsayer
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I got as far as "I'm conducting an investigation." What a joke.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (5Iuq/)
She is so dislikeable.
Listen to this bitch and the phrases she uses. She thinks she's FBI or a police Detective.
"I'm conducting an investigation."
"I'm asking the questions, here."
https://is.gd/bYIX8I
Posted by: Soothsayer
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I got as far as "I'm conducting an investigation." What a joke.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (5Iuq/)
She is so dislikeable.
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:45 AM (CQE5S)
125
California has been lost ever since Gage, DeSoto, Friday, Gannon, Ponch, Jon, Malloy and Reed retired. Oh, and Dr. Welby and Barnaby Jones took down their respective shingles.
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles
And Dirty Harry. Don't forget Dirty Harry!
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles
And Dirty Harry. Don't forget Dirty Harry!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:45 AM (L/fGl)
126
Lex Luthor had the right idea in Superman: The Movie (197
. If only that interloper Superman hadn't fucked up Luthor's genius plan.
. If only that interloper Superman hadn't fucked up Luthor's genius plan.Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2025 11:45 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (5Iuq/)
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That's why Fake News is dying and podcasts are the new news shows. Fake News TV is either an Interrogation or a Propaganda Show.
That's why Fake News is dying and podcasts are the new news shows. Fake News TV is either an Interrogation or a Propaganda Show.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (ImEUK)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (pIgH5)
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California can continue on its current disastrous path for decades longer, unfortunately
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (AMd6i)
132
Next state to turn is TX. Too many CA transplants. The feckless GOP is a complete failure.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (/U5Yz)
Ackshully, Texas is turning redder and, as frustratingly slow as it is, we're turning out the Bushites from the Legislature.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (/U5Yz)
Ackshully, Texas is turning redder and, as frustratingly slow as it is, we're turning out the Bushites from the Legislature.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)
133
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Good. Now do goatfuckers with kitchen knives.
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Good. Now do goatfuckers with kitchen knives.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (8zz6B)
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128
That's why Fake News is dying and podcasts are the new news shows. Fake News TV is either an Interrogation or a Propaganda Show.
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Its a Protection/Extortion Racket.
That's why Fake News is dying and podcasts are the new news shows. Fake News TV is either an Interrogation or a Propaganda Show.
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Its a Protection/Extortion Racket.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (Hpgos)
135
Cowabunga! The Beach Boys, as the wise and inimitable CBD has pronounced, are The World's Greatest Band.
Do not accept MisHum's espousal of FZ&TMoI in lieu thereof!
Do not accept MisHum's espousal of FZ&TMoI in lieu thereof!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (a3Q+t)
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California is a nice place, especially if you like young boys. Now that I've gotten an official presidential endorsement, I can say these things. Now you may ......
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (/U5Yz)
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Ackshully, Texas is turning redder and, as frustratingly slow as it is, we're turning out the Bushites from the Legislature.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)
Abbott better stay on top of the incoming muslham takeover attempt.......
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)
Abbott better stay on top of the incoming muslham takeover attempt.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)
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127
Parties can die too.
...
Posted by: whig
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Posted by who?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (5Iuq/)
heh
Parties can die too.
...
Posted by: whig
=================
Posted by who?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (5Iuq/)
heh
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (CQE5S)
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Breaking911@Breaking911
POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman."
HE'S NOT A BIOLOGIST!!!
POTUS: "No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman. You're not going to be a woman."
HE'S NOT A BIOLOGIST!!!
Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (/y8xj)
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132 Next state to turn is TX. Too many CA transplants. The feckless GOP is a complete failure.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (/U5Yz)
Ackshully, Texas is turning redder and, as frustratingly slow as it is, we're turning out the Bushites from the Legislature.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)
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The tale of Blue Texas is so long told that you'd think someone might notice that Texas has gotten more Republican since the tales started.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:32 AM (/U5Yz)
Ackshully, Texas is turning redder and, as frustratingly slow as it is, we're turning out the Bushites from the Legislature.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (ExV1e)
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The tale of Blue Texas is so long told that you'd think someone might notice that Texas has gotten more Republican since the tales started.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
141
The Democrat Party could be saved tomorrow by some billionaire saying, "Fuck this shit. No more illegals, and single payer healthcare for all."
Probably won't be tomorrow. Maybe within the next few years.
But something is going to turn the Party around at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
I really hope someone is able to highlight the great Canadian single payer system where you have to wait 13 months to get an MRI to check for a brain tumor.
NO ONE gets turned away!... but if you die while waiting, that's just how it goes.
Probably won't be tomorrow. Maybe within the next few years.
But something is going to turn the Party around at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (GBKbO)
I really hope someone is able to highlight the great Canadian single payer system where you have to wait 13 months to get an MRI to check for a brain tumor.
NO ONE gets turned away!... but if you die while waiting, that's just how it goes.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (N1tpc)
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Cowabunga! The Beach Boys, as the wise and inimitable CBD has pronounced, are The World's Greatest Band.
Do not accept MisHum's espousal of FZ&TMoI in lieu thereof!
Pfffft.
Do not accept MisHum's espousal of FZ&TMoI in lieu thereof!
Pfffft.
Posted by: The Captain and Tennille at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (xCA6C)
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I moved to so cal in the early 80s with my best friend, one lamp, a sleeping bag, 2 crappy cats, a clock radio and about $450. We knew 1 person who luckily was on tour and let us sleep on his studio city apartment floor for 2 weeks In short, we had nothing except excitement, a work ethic, and belief in ourselves The state was full of opportunities, republicans, and few barriers. We both did very well and stayed for decades and loved it. Its a entirely different world now Even the native beauty is being destroyed by the homeless, fire management , and insane policies. Its unbelievable what has happened in 40 years.
Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (lCppi)
144
Britain has a ninja fever pandemic!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (L/fGl)
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Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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lol, that's why you never promise the RIGHT action. It's too hard.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
============
lol, that's why you never promise the RIGHT action. It's too hard.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (5Iuq/)
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...2 crappy cars, not cats!!
Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (lCppi)
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Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
In my defense, this is a Samurai sword. It's specifically labelled as "not for ninja use". So I'm good.
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
In my defense, this is a Samurai sword. It's specifically labelled as "not for ninja use". So I'm good.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (ExV1e)
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141 I really hope someone is able to highlight the great Canadian single payer system where you have to wait 13 months to get an MRI to check for a brain tumor.
NO ONE gets turned away!... but if you die while waiting, that's just how it goes.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (N1tpc)
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Someone else paying for all of healthcare is a popular prospect no matter how many examples of failure there are to point at.
A Democrat Party that called for an end to illegal immigration and for the government to spend that welfare money on Americans through single payer would be quite popular.
NO ONE gets turned away!... but if you die while waiting, that's just how it goes.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (N1tpc)
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Someone else paying for all of healthcare is a popular prospect no matter how many examples of failure there are to point at.
A Democrat Party that called for an end to illegal immigration and for the government to spend that welfare money on Americans through single payer would be quite popular.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (jbnUc)
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I blame the Brady Bunch.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (/U5Yz)
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111 British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Blimey! Now what do we do?
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Blimey! Now what do we do?
Posted by: Law-abiding British Ninjas at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (PiwSw)
152
Newsome will never be president of the US.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2025 11:12 AM (g8Ew
Donald Trump will never be president of the US --George Clowney
At least I was a president - BroncoBama, dropping the mic.
You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. PT Barnum
Never say never. Morons everywhere
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2025 11:12 AM (g8Ew
Donald Trump will never be president of the US --George Clowney
At least I was a president - BroncoBama, dropping the mic.
You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. PT Barnum
Never say never. Morons everywhere
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 27, 2025 11:50 AM (FCbAQ)
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When will Starmer get really serious and start locking up white men who refuse to bang trannies? The real scourge on British society.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
I suspect the next group they'll go after is white tween girls who haven't been gang-raped yet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
I suspect the next group they'll go after is white tween girls who haven't been gang-raped yet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:50 AM (ExV1e)
154
Lex Luthor had the right idea in Superman: The Movie (1977 ). If only that interloper Superman hadn't fucked up Luthor's genius plan.
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2025
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"Beachfront property . . . AUSTRALIA!"
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2025
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"Beachfront property . . . AUSTRALIA!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:50 AM (J2vNu)
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Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
In all seriousness, if he were trying to show he's a clueless idiot, what would he do differently?
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
In all seriousness, if he were trying to show he's a clueless idiot, what would he do differently?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:50 AM (xCA6C)
156
Good morning! I can’t believe it’s already Thursday.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (BgmlQ)
157
California is a nice place, especially if you like young boys. Now that I've gotten an official presidential endorsement, I can say these things. Now you may ......
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (/U5Yz)
It's great Lindsey that you can come out at a time of your own choosing, instead of being wrenched from your closet, your voice cracking, your cheeks crimson with shame!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (/U5Yz)
It's great Lindsey that you can come out at a time of your own choosing, instead of being wrenched from your closet, your voice cracking, your cheeks crimson with shame!
Posted by: Ed Buck, democrat Rump Ranger at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (ce5If)
158
Posted by who?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (5Iuq/)
heh
Posted by: m
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Well played. I am actually an older strain of Whiggism, aka the original British types that the Founding Fathers emulated. Think 1688 and 1776 rather than 1832.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:46 AM (5Iuq/)
heh
Posted by: m
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Well played. I am actually an older strain of Whiggism, aka the original British types that the Founding Fathers emulated. Think 1688 and 1776 rather than 1832.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (ctrM5)
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Pfffft.
Posted by: The Captain and Tennille at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM
Here ya go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV_7a0FQs
Posted by: The Captain and Tennille at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM
Here ya go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV_7a0FQs
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (a3Q+t)
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143 I moved to so cal in the early 80s with my best friend, one lamp, a sleeping bag, 2 crappy cars, a clock radio and about $450. We knew 1 person who luckily was on tour and let us sleep on his studio city apartment floor for 2 weeks In short, we had nothing except excitement, a work ethic, and belief in ourselves The state was full of opportunities, republicans, and few barriers. We both did very well and stayed for decades and loved it.
Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (lCppi)
Great story!
Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (lCppi)
Great story!
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (CQE5S)
161
Newsome will never be president of the US.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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He'll never be president, but he might be the candidate.
Newsome will never be president of the US.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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He'll never be president, but he might be the candidate.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 11:52 AM (5Iuq/)
Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2025 11:52 AM (/y8xj)
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California has been lost ever since Gage, DeSoto, Friday, Gannon, Ponch, Jon, Malloy and Reed retired. Oh, and Dr. Welby and Barnaby Jones took down their respective shingles.
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles
*
And Dirty Harry. Don't forget Dirty Harry!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025
***
And Frank Cannon, and Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer of 77 Sunset Strip!
Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles
*
And Dirty Harry. Don't forget Dirty Harry!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025
***
And Frank Cannon, and Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer of 77 Sunset Strip!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 27, 2025 11:53 AM (J2vNu)
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133
‘ Good. Now do goatfuckers with kitchen knives.’
Starmer would die of a stroke if he ever tried to speak the truth about muzzies in Britain.
MultiCulti is embedded in his constitution.
‘ Good. Now do goatfuckers with kitchen knives.’
Starmer would die of a stroke if he ever tried to speak the truth about muzzies in Britain.
MultiCulti is embedded in his constitution.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 11:53 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: That guy who always wants to sound street at March 27, 2025 11:53 AM (xCA6C)
166
I blame Three's Company.
Posted by: But it would be fun to try it for awhile at March 27, 2025 11:53 AM (EZX4Q)
167
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
And, when that doesn't solve the problem, we will ban forks.
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
And, when that doesn't solve the problem, we will ban forks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2025 11:53 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)
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Starmer would die of a stroke if he ever tried to speak the truth about muzzies in Britain.
MultiCulti is embedded in his constitution.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Without mohammedans, labour would never win another election.
MultiCulti is embedded in his constitution.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Without mohammedans, labour would never win another election.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (xCA6C)
171
So Britain is going full Kung Fu, now?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (Hpgos)
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149 126
‘ Lex Luthor had the right idea in Superman: The Movie ’
I miss Gene Hackman.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (jbnUc)
Hey, if you're a Gene Hackman fan. Prime is sorta having a mini-GH film festival over there with the rarely seen but very good films:
"Bite the Bullet"
"March or Die"
"Enemy of the State"
and some others.
Check them out for all your Gene Hackmanian needs!
‘ Lex Luthor had the right idea in Superman: The Movie ’
I miss Gene Hackman.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (jbnUc)
Hey, if you're a Gene Hackman fan. Prime is sorta having a mini-GH film festival over there with the rarely seen but very good films:
"Bite the Bullet"
"March or Die"
"Enemy of the State"
and some others.
Check them out for all your Gene Hackmanian needs!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (iJfKG)
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When more than 25% of nation's homeless live in CA, and you supply them with niceties and subsidize them, that's a large nut to crack.
Posted by: Burn The Welcome Mat at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (G5+As)
174
Good morning! I can’t believe it’s already Thursday.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (BgmlQ)
ONLY Thursday.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2025 11:51 AM (BgmlQ)
ONLY Thursday.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (N1tpc)
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did it again UGG
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (N1tpc)
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Whigs didn't completely die out ...
She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten 'till the lake pipes roar
And if that ain't enough to make you flip your whig
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip, daddy
She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten 'till the lake pipes roar
And if that ain't enough to make you flip your whig
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip, daddy
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 11:54 AM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (/U5Yz)
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The cloying progressive stench in CA was already overpowering way back in the early '80s.
There is no fixing California. They worship their taint.
There is no fixing California. They worship their taint.
Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida. at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (MkuC5)
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Thanks Maj. Wasn't fast enough
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (N1tpc)
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Posted by: LASue at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (lCppi
Looking back I bet you can recall signs that things were eventually going to go sideways but in your world things were going great so easy to ignore.
Looking back I bet you can recall signs that things were eventually going to go sideways but in your world things were going great so easy to ignore.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (VofaG)
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Somebody did a bad thing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
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I hunger.
Posted by: The Barrel at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (8zz6B)
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Close tags in the nic. You owe me, Formerly Virginian.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (/y8xj)
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And, when that doesn't solve the problem, we will ban forks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
__________
I saw a man lying on the street half dead
With knives and forks sticking out of his leg.
And he said,
Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow
Can somebody get that knife and fork out of my leg, please?
Can somebody please remove these cutleries from my knees?
Posted by: Thomas Paine
__________
I saw a man lying on the street half dead
With knives and forks sticking out of his leg.
And he said,
Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow
Can somebody get that knife and fork out of my leg, please?
Can somebody please remove these cutleries from my knees?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (Dm8we)
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Someone else paying for all of healthcare is a popular prospect no matter how many examples of failure there are to point at.
A Democrat Party that called for an end to illegal immigration and for the government to spend that welfare money on Americans through single payer would be quite popular.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It gets a little weird in the US due to prior existing health insurance for most people and opposition from Big Health to something like one payer.
Few nations have emulated the NHS or even the Canadian system but rather the hybrid model seems to work a bit better politically.
I don't think it is a silver bullet for the Dems due to the existing system. Everyone is most conservative about what they know best and selling everyone on a new system when they have one already is a tougher sell.
A Democrat Party that called for an end to illegal immigration and for the government to spend that welfare money on Americans through single payer would be quite popular.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
===========
It gets a little weird in the US due to prior existing health insurance for most people and opposition from Big Health to something like one payer.
Few nations have emulated the NHS or even the Canadian system but rather the hybrid model seems to work a bit better politically.
I don't think it is a silver bullet for the Dems due to the existing system. Everyone is most conservative about what they know best and selling everyone on a new system when they have one already is a tougher sell.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (ctrM5)
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The tale of Blue Texas is so long told that you'd think someone might notice that Texas has gotten more Republican since the tales started.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
They haven't noticed that the Tranny/gay shit totally disgusts the Hispanic segment, which is moving up to be about 1/3 of the vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:48 AM (GBKbO)
They haven't noticed that the Tranny/gay shit totally disgusts the Hispanic segment, which is moving up to be about 1/3 of the vote.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (uWKK8)
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Looking back I bet you can recall signs that things were eventually going to go sideways but in your world things were going great so easy to ignore.
True dat.
True dat.
Posted by: Street Neville Chamberlain at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (xCA6C)
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182 Somebody did a bad thing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
Well, almost certainly!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
Well, almost certainly!
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:56 AM (CQE5S)
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If a COB goes in and fixes a formatting error, is it still a barrelling offense?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
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After that problem is solved, will he address Viking battle axes, or perhaps Mongol bows?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (xCA6C)
Eventually he'll have to ban recycled metal files and bench grinders. Anything to avoid addressing the actual problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:43 AM (xCA6C)
Eventually he'll have to ban recycled metal files and bench grinders. Anything to avoid addressing the actual problem.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (FCbAQ)
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Somebody did a bad thing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
Nobody did nothing.
/hides from the barrel
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:55 AM (ExV1e)
Nobody did nothing.
/hides from the barrel
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (N1tpc)
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167 Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
And, when that doesn't solve the problem, we will ban forks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March
All pointy things, banned! Except shish-kabob sticks. For reasons.
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
And, when that doesn't solve the problem, we will ban forks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March
All pointy things, banned! Except shish-kabob sticks. For reasons.
Posted by: Piper at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (d2kuJ)
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I was wondering what crappy cats would be like.
Posted by: Kitten Natividad at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (G5+As)
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Can somebody please remove these cutleries from my knees?
Did he want to be a sans-cutlerotte?
(Okay, it's a reach)
Did he want to be a sans-cutlerotte?
(Okay, it's a reach)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (xCA6C)
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And if that ain't enough to make you flip your whig
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip, daddy
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Heh. I guess though I have to get a Whig, er wig, horsehair like the ones that barristers and judges wear in the UK.
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip, daddy
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Heh. I guess though I have to get a Whig, er wig, horsehair like the ones that barristers and judges wear in the UK.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (ctrM5)
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111 British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Blimey! Now what do we do?
Posted by: Law-abiding British Ninjas at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (PiwSw)
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting !
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Blimey! Now what do we do?
Posted by: Law-abiding British Ninjas at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (PiwSw)
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (NtVYv)
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UK needs a revolution.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
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I don't have much to say about CA cuz-
every election day the collective voters of CA figuratively pull out a .38 and blow the top of their heads off.
They keep voting for this stupid shit.
I just wish that the Democrats who voted for their own ruin would stay out of Texas and stay home or settle in Colorado as it's already pretty much a big ole pile now too.
I don't have much to say about CA cuz-
every election day the collective voters of CA figuratively pull out a .38 and blow the top of their heads off.
They keep voting for this stupid shit.
I just wish that the Democrats who voted for their own ruin would stay out of Texas and stay home or settle in Colorado as it's already pretty much a big ole pile now too.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (iJfKG)
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There are bad things, and then there are things that result in a mark in your Permanent Record here at the AoSHQ.
Choose wisely.
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (a3Q+t)
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200
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (CQE5S)
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Magnum PI also made Hawaii look like a great place to live.
If you ever watched Dog the Bounty Hunter you would get a different perception.
If you ever watched Dog the Bounty Hunter you would get a different perception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
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Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Good. Now do goatfuckers with kitchen knives.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (8zz6B)
If you're any kind of halfway decent Ninja, there's no way that ponce would see you coming.
If you get your Ninja sword taken away, you deserve to get your Ninja sword taken away.
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Good. Now do goatfuckers with kitchen knives.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 11:47 AM (8zz6B)
If you're any kind of halfway decent Ninja, there's no way that ponce would see you coming.
If you get your Ninja sword taken away, you deserve to get your Ninja sword taken away.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)
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UK needs a revolution.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM
It's coming by 2050.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM
It's coming by 2050.
Posted by: Abdully McAbdulface at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (a3Q+t)
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If a COB goes in and fixes a formatting error, is it still a barrelling offense?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
Guilty!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
Guilty!
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at March 27, 2025 11:59 AM (ce5If)
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Magnum PI also made Hawaii look like a great place to live.
If you ever watched Dog the Bounty Hunter you would get a different perception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
The newer Hawaii 5.0 showed me that Hawaii is a crime riddled shithole and you're taking your life in your hands every time you go there.
If you ever watched Dog the Bounty Hunter you would get a different perception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
The newer Hawaii 5.0 showed me that Hawaii is a crime riddled shithole and you're taking your life in your hands every time you go there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)
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Magnum PI also made Hawaii look like a great place to live.
If you ever watched Dog the Bounty Hunter you would get a different perception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
It's a great place to live...
If you mooch off some rich guy and don't have to pay for vehicles or housing. (Or if you are massively rich and can afford a Ferrari)
Not so great otherwise.
If you ever watched Dog the Bounty Hunter you would get a different perception.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
It's a great place to live...
If you mooch off some rich guy and don't have to pay for vehicles or housing. (Or if you are massively rich and can afford a Ferrari)
Not so great otherwise.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (N1tpc)
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There are bad things, and then there are things that result in a mark in your Permanent Record here at the AoSHQ.
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (a3Q+t)
Tell me about it.......
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM (a3Q+t)
Tell me about it.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)
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Movie news:
The new Avengers movie cast was announced.
Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.
I hope they spend $500 million on the movie. I hope they fail to make that money back at the box office.
The new Avengers movie cast was announced.
Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.
I hope they spend $500 million on the movie. I hope they fail to make that money back at the box office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (GBKbO)
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The smug is wearing off in California. The U-Haul migration East, vast wastelands in the urban centers, businesses fleeing, etc. They'll persist for awhile longer.
And I still think if it comes down to it there will be a federal bail-out for them. Certainly if there's a Democrat in the White House. If it's a Republican with even a tinge of MAGA, it'll come with strings attached.
The Chinese influence needs to be addressed as does the Central and South American cartel influences. Neither help with the baseline corruption in the state government.
And I still think if it comes down to it there will be a federal bail-out for them. Certainly if there's a Democrat in the White House. If it's a Republican with even a tinge of MAGA, it'll come with strings attached.
The Chinese influence needs to be addressed as does the Central and South American cartel influences. Neither help with the baseline corruption in the state government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (Q4IgG)
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Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM
Thank you for the shout out! May you have a blessedly penguin-free day!
Posted by: m at March 27, 2025 11:58 AM
Thank you for the shout out! May you have a blessedly penguin-free day!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (a3Q+t)
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‘ Check them out for all your Gene Hackmanian needs!
Posted by: naturalfake’
Thanks for the heads up!
Posted by: naturalfake’
Thanks for the heads up!
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (jbnUc)
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It's a great place to live...
If you mooch off some rich guy and don't have to pay for vehicles or housing. (Or if you are massively rich and can afford a Ferrari)
Not so great otherwise.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (N1tpc)
Also, it helps to look like Tom Selleck from around that time.
If you mooch off some rich guy and don't have to pay for vehicles or housing. (Or if you are massively rich and can afford a Ferrari)
Not so great otherwise.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (N1tpc)
Also, it helps to look like Tom Selleck from around that time.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 12:01 PM (ExV1e)
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UK needs a revolution.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
We need to start a "Gun-dles for Britain" campaign. Donate small, cheap pistols, and find a way to ship them to the few remaining native conservatives in Britain.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
We need to start a "Gun-dles for Britain" campaign. Donate small, cheap pistols, and find a way to ship them to the few remaining native conservatives in Britain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
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Magnum did use a 1911, so he has that going for him.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 12:02 PM (a3Q+t)
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215 UK needs a revolution.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
We need to start a "Gun-dles for Britain" campaign. Donate small, cheap pistols, and find a way to ship them to the few remaining native conservatives in Britain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
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Get Scotland to vote for independence again.
Cut off Scotland, the UK goes pretty far to the right over night.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)
We need to start a "Gun-dles for Britain" campaign. Donate small, cheap pistols, and find a way to ship them to the few remaining native conservatives in Britain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
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Get Scotland to vote for independence again.
Cut off Scotland, the UK goes pretty far to the right over night.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (GBKbO)
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We need to start a "Gun-dles for Britain" campaign. Donate small, cheap pistols, and find a way to ship them to the few remaining native conservatives in Britain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
Not a bad idea........
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:02 PM (8zz6B)
Not a bad idea........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
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The new Avengers movie cast was announced.
Captain Black America
Iron Lesbian
She Hulk
Thor in a Dress
400 Pound Black Widow
Captain Black America
Iron Lesbian
She Hulk
Thor in a Dress
400 Pound Black Widow
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
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The new Avengers movie cast was announced.
Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.
I hope they spend $500 million on the movie. I hope they fail to make that money back at the box office.
Orrrrr, they could, you know, try making a movie with a new idea for a change. Naaaaaahhhhhhh.
Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.
I hope they spend $500 million on the movie. I hope they fail to make that money back at the box office.
Orrrrr, they could, you know, try making a movie with a new idea for a change. Naaaaaahhhhhhh.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (xCA6C)
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British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
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Dude, I don't think it's the Japanese that are the problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (L/fGl)
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When will Starmer get really serious and start locking up white men who refuse to bang trannies? The real scourge on British society.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
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Wtf is a "ninja sword"? Any sword can be a ninja sword. The swords most associated with ninja are called "ninjato," but it's basically just a shorter, straighter katana. So you can't carry a ninjato, but you can carry a katana or wakizashi (a shorter katana that's very similar to a ninjato)? Or machete or meat cleaver or Stormbringer?
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
-
Dude, I don't think it's the Japanese that are the problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 11:40 AM (L/fGl)
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When will Starmer get really serious and start locking up white men who refuse to bang trannies? The real scourge on British society.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:41 AM (GBKbO)
_____
Wtf is a "ninja sword"? Any sword can be a ninja sword. The swords most associated with ninja are called "ninjato," but it's basically just a shorter, straighter katana. So you can't carry a ninjato, but you can carry a katana or wakizashi (a shorter katana that's very similar to a ninjato)? Or machete or meat cleaver or Stormbringer?
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (iFTx/)
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Thank you for the shout out! May you have a blessedly penguin-free day!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (a3Q+t)
Doo bee doo bee doo.........
Thank you for the shout out! May you have a blessedly penguin-free day!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 27, 2025 12:00 PM (a3Q+t)
Doo bee doo bee doo.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)
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As Elon Musk noted, if California politics become intolerable, you can leave California, but what do you do when the whole country has the politics of California?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (xTIDn)
Apparently, Elon decided that the answer is Space.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 27, 2025 11:05 AM (xTIDn)
Apparently, Elon decided that the answer is Space.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 27, 2025 12:04 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:04 PM (VofaG)
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For the record, if we lose a state to hopeless liberalism, my money is on Arizona well before Texas. That blasted Phoenix population explosion isn't our friend, and the state GOP is worse than useless.
Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2025 12:04 PM (9VDxG)
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‘ Everyone is most conservative about what they know best and selling everyone on a new system when they have one already is a tougher sell.’
Selling me on any healthcare system that might some day be controlled by democrats is impossible.
‘ Everyone is most conservative about what they know best and selling everyone on a new system when they have one already is a tougher sell.’
Selling me on any healthcare system that might some day be controlled by democrats is impossible.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (jbnUc)
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California spreads like a virus. The game Pandemic is about California.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)
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The people that should be most scared are state pensioners as they usually get the ax versus cutting spending on current services, etc. IL will probably be the first test of that one. When you start borrowing to pay current bills on things like employee pensions etc., then a state is circling the drain.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (ctrM5)
==
Public employees pensions are codified in the Illinois State Constitution, so they have primacy, and eventually a judge in Illinois will rule that the income/sales tax must be increased to pay the debt. There is no energy to eliminate this provision.
Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2025 11:28 AM (ctrM5)
==
Public employees pensions are codified in the Illinois State Constitution, so they have primacy, and eventually a judge in Illinois will rule that the income/sales tax must be increased to pay the debt. There is no energy to eliminate this provision.
Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (GZYu7)
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Adios buying any more Mega Million tickets.
April 8 the price of a ticket will jump from $2 to $5. Starting jackpot will be $50 million. And they say chances of winning will rise slightly.
Just price yourselves right out of business you idiots.
April 8 the price of a ticket will jump from $2 to $5. Starting jackpot will be $50 million. And they say chances of winning will rise slightly.
Just price yourselves right out of business you idiots.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (ZDASR)
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219 The new Avengers movie cast was announced.
Captain Black America
Iron Lesbian
She Hulk
Thor in a Dress
400 Pound Black Widow
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
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Very surprisingly, it seems like She-Hulk is not included. Even Ms. Marvel was included, though.
Captain Black America
Iron Lesbian
She Hulk
Thor in a Dress
400 Pound Black Widow
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 27, 2025 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
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Very surprisingly, it seems like She-Hulk is not included. Even Ms. Marvel was included, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: British Samurai at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (7Q0e+)
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The newer Hawaii 5.0 showed me that Hawaii is a crime riddled shithole and you're taking your life in your hands every time you go there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)
If you avoid Honolulu, you'll miss most of the crime.
It really seems to me like the closest example of the third world in the U.S.
MASSIVE oppulance almost right next door to boarded up shacks.
It's not quite so bad because the middle class is still hanging on by a thread there, but it's almost been destroyed.
Almost no production there, tourism is their only major industry, followed by government spending (mainly defense.) Their agriculture industry is basically at the level of hobby farms.
It's sad. Some tariffs might actually allow it to have a productive industry once again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)
If you avoid Honolulu, you'll miss most of the crime.
It really seems to me like the closest example of the third world in the U.S.
MASSIVE oppulance almost right next door to boarded up shacks.
It's not quite so bad because the middle class is still hanging on by a thread there, but it's almost been destroyed.
Almost no production there, tourism is their only major industry, followed by government spending (mainly defense.) Their agriculture industry is basically at the level of hobby farms.
It's sad. Some tariffs might actually allow it to have a productive industry once again.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)
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I'll also note that the Marvel "casting announcement" yesterday spoiled at least two and maybe more of the big upcoming projects: we know exactly who in the Thunderbolts isn't making it out now, and none of the principles from Armor Wars were listed as returning.
Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (9VDxG)
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At this point, the long-anticipated "Big One" off the San Andreas may actually be the best-case scenario for kick-starting a comeback for California...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at March 27, 2025 12:07 PM (bJ1R7)
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Ninja assassination attempt on Trump!
Watch the Secret Service return this toddler to his parents after he crawled through the White House fence
https://shorturl.at/nfAjO
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They're good at disguises.
Watch the Secret Service return this toddler to his parents after he crawled through the White House fence
https://shorturl.at/nfAjO
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They're good at disguises.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 27, 2025 12:07 PM (L/fGl)
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I'll also note that the Marvel "casting announcement" yesterday spoiled at least two and maybe more of the big upcoming projects: we know exactly who in the Thunderbolts isn't making it out now, and none of the principles from Armor Wars were listed as returning.
Oh no! Anyway...
Oh no! Anyway...
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 12:07 PM (xCA6C)
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DEVELOPING: Democrat Rep Justin Pearson lunged at Rep. Andrew Farmer Sevierville during a heated debate over gun legislation at the Tennessee capitol in Nashville.
https://tinyurl.com/y9ynu9cu
Things getting a little feisty in TN.
https://tinyurl.com/y9ynu9cu
Things getting a little feisty in TN.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 27, 2025 12:07 PM (/U5Yz)
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233 I'll also note that the Marvel "casting announcement" yesterday spoiled at least two and maybe more of the big upcoming projects: we know exactly who in the Thunderbolts isn't making it out now, and none of the principles from Armor Wars were listed as returning.
Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (9VDxG)
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You know how desperate Marvel is?
They're selling Thunderbolts like an A24 movie.
You know that A24 is a relatively popular production house, but they never, ever make anything like Marvel money.
Their biggest film? Civil War. $127 million. Total. Worldwide.
Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (9VDxG)
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You know how desperate Marvel is?
They're selling Thunderbolts like an A24 movie.
You know that A24 is a relatively popular production house, but they never, ever make anything like Marvel money.
Their biggest film? Civil War. $127 million. Total. Worldwide.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Almost no production there, tourism is their only major industry, followed by government spending (mainly defense.) Their agriculture industry is basically at the level of hobby farms.
It's sad. Some tariffs might actually allow it to have a productive industry once again.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)
Got married on the north beach 21 years ago on Kauai. We really do want to go back. Just not excited as we once were about it, tho.
Liberals ruin everything.
It's sad. Some tariffs might actually allow it to have a productive industry once again.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)
Got married on the north beach 21 years ago on Kauai. We really do want to go back. Just not excited as we once were about it, tho.
Liberals ruin everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)
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There's a reason CA is called 'Failifornia' ...
Posted by: Dr_No at March 27, 2025 12:08 PM (ayRl+)
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Selling me on any healthcare system that might some day be controlled by democrats is impossible.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (jbnUc)
You think there are any MAGA Republicans at all on the boards of Big Insurance and Big Pharma?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (jbnUc)
You think there are any MAGA Republicans at all on the boards of Big Insurance and Big Pharma?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (8zz6B)
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‘ Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.’
More comic book shit. When will American movie goers grow the hell up?
‘ Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.’
More comic book shit. When will American movie goers grow the hell up?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (jbnUc)
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The only good news about Thunderbolt and Avengers is, it can't do any worse than Snow White. Right?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (ZDASR)
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Sen. Ted Cruz says that within two weeks after the crash at Reagan National hundreds of commercial aircraft crews received Terminal Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) resolution advisories (RA) of potential mid-air conflicts, some of which required pilots to take evasive action.
As it turns out, these were false RAs created by the Secret Service and the U.S. Navy conducting anti-drone testing at Reagan National using the same frequency spectrum utilized by the TCAS system.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 27, 2025 11:15 AM
This raises questions to me: mostly, who authorized the testing? Because it is supposed to be cleared/signed off on by both the FAA and the FCC and NOTAMs issued. I'd be very surprised if both of those orgs signed off on conducting that kind of testing in the NCR, especially at that scale. It's happened before, but in very controlled circumstances (I can't say more than that).
As it turns out, these were false RAs created by the Secret Service and the U.S. Navy conducting anti-drone testing at Reagan National using the same frequency spectrum utilized by the TCAS system.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 27, 2025 11:15 AM
This raises questions to me: mostly, who authorized the testing? Because it is supposed to be cleared/signed off on by both the FAA and the FCC and NOTAMs issued. I'd be very surprised if both of those orgs signed off on conducting that kind of testing in the NCR, especially at that scale. It's happened before, but in very controlled circumstances (I can't say more than that).
Posted by: Bert G at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (VARTN)
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Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (ZDASR)
That's crazy. I always said they needed to lower the jackpot amount and add it to the 5 , 4 and 3 number ticket winners amount. . . I believe that would generate more ticket sales.
That's crazy. I always said they needed to lower the jackpot amount and add it to the 5 , 4 and 3 number ticket winners amount. . . I believe that would generate more ticket sales.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:10 PM (VofaG)
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‘ Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.’
More comic book shit. When will American movie goers grow the hell up?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (jbnUc)
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"Westerns are for little boys."
-old people in the 1950s.
But...the comic book genre is dying. Has been for a while.
‘ Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X.’
More comic book shit. When will American movie goers grow the hell up?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (jbnUc)
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"Westerns are for little boys."
-old people in the 1950s.
But...the comic book genre is dying. Has been for a while.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
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Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (GZYu7)
I praise The Lord as often as possible for my dad getting us out of there while I was still young enough to overcome it's indoctrination.
Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2025 12:05 PM (GZYu7)
I praise The Lord as often as possible for my dad getting us out of there while I was still young enough to overcome it's indoctrination.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
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More comic book shit. When will American movie goers grow the hell up?
At this point, I don't think you can blame movie goers. It's the studios that resolutely refuse to see that the age of the comic book movie is over.
At this point, I don't think you can blame movie goers. It's the studios that resolutely refuse to see that the age of the comic book movie is over.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2025 12:10 PM (xCA6C)
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More comic book shit. When will American movie goers grow the hell up?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (jbnUc)
I don't need to relive my childhood that bad.
I read The Hobbit in high school. Liked it. Didn't need an entire generation of f*cking movies about it.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:09 PM (jbnUc)
I don't need to relive my childhood that bad.
I read The Hobbit in high school. Liked it. Didn't need an entire generation of f*cking movies about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:11 PM (Zz0t1)
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> DEVELOPING: Democrat Rep Justin Pearson lunged at Rep. Andrew Farmer Sevierville during a heated debate over gun legislation at the Tennessee capitol in Nashville.
https://tinyurl.com/y9ynu9cu
Things getting a little feisty in TN.
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Democrats are getting a bit "handsy" in a lot of places. Texas guttersnipe Jasmine Crockett got her hands on a reporter who's filing ethics complaints against her.
https://tinyurl.com/y9ynu9cu
Things getting a little feisty in TN.
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Democrats are getting a bit "handsy" in a lot of places. Texas guttersnipe Jasmine Crockett got her hands on a reporter who's filing ethics complaints against her.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 12:11 PM (Q4IgG)
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" Marvel is going very big in terms of trying to attract audiences back. It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X."
A gay love story.
That'll win the fans back.
A gay love story.
That'll win the fans back.
Posted by: Stateless...77% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 27, 2025 12:11 PM (jvJvP)
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Got married on the north beach 21 years ago on Kauai. We really do want to go back. Just not excited as we once were about it, tho.
Liberals ruin everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)
One of the sad things would be to look at housing prices 20 years ago in Hawaii and now. One could afford to buy a house on a middle class salary in the early 2000s. Not a chance now.
Liberals ruin everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)
One of the sad things would be to look at housing prices 20 years ago in Hawaii and now. One could afford to buy a house on a middle class salary in the early 2000s. Not a chance now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:11 PM (N1tpc)
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Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: Black JEM
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It seems to me like a lot of states are screwed as bad as California. Minnesota isn't doing so great.
Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: Black JEM
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It seems to me like a lot of states are screwed as bad as California. Minnesota isn't doing so great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 12:12 PM (5Iuq/)
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I praise The Lord as often as possible for my dad getting us out of there while I was still young enough to overcome it's indoctrination.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
My mother and sister are still there, but I did escape. (And the indoctrination isn't really there if you are outside of the cities in Illinois.)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
My mother and sister are still there, but I did escape. (And the indoctrination isn't really there if you are outside of the cities in Illinois.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:13 PM (N1tpc)
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One of the sad things would be to look at housing prices 20 years ago in Hawaii and now. One could afford to buy a house on a middle class salary in the early 2000s. Not a chance now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:11 PM (N1tpc)
That's ok. They're going to burn everything down so Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey can build shelters to save humanity.
One of the sad things would be to look at housing prices 20 years ago in Hawaii and now. One could afford to buy a house on a middle class salary in the early 2000s. Not a chance now.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:11 PM (N1tpc)
That's ok. They're going to burn everything down so Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey can build shelters to save humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)
Until I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter I didn't know that Hawaii had a number of homeless beaches.
Until I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter I didn't know that Hawaii had a number of homeless beaches.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:13 PM (VofaG)
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Adios buying any more Mega Million tickets.
April 8 the price of a ticket will jump from $2 to $5. Starting jackpot will be $50 million. And they say chances of winning will rise slightly.
Just price yourselves right out of business you idiots.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (ZDASR)
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Funny you should say that because I said to myself no more MegaMillions for me when I saw that.
The big lottery jackpots are just too much for me to resist so when they're big enough I throw a coupla bucks at them to "keep hope alive", as Jesse Jackson once said.
5 bucks isn't a couple anymore.
Maybe it'll be irresistible after a billion. Maybe
April 8 the price of a ticket will jump from $2 to $5. Starting jackpot will be $50 million. And they say chances of winning will rise slightly.
Just price yourselves right out of business you idiots.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (ZDASR)
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Funny you should say that because I said to myself no more MegaMillions for me when I saw that.
The big lottery jackpots are just too much for me to resist so when they're big enough I throw a coupla bucks at them to "keep hope alive", as Jesse Jackson once said.
5 bucks isn't a couple anymore.
Maybe it'll be irresistible after a billion. Maybe
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 27, 2025 12:14 PM (FCbAQ)
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Almost no production there, tourism is their only major industry, followed by government spending (mainly defense.) Their agriculture industry is basically at the level of hobby farms.
It's sad. Some tariffs might actually allow it to have a productive industry once again.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)
I doubt it will have much productive industry. Energy and land are too expensive.
That said, I think you’re really overstating how bad it is. It’s quite lovely. The poverty is no worse than a lot of the mainland, and the crime isn’t that bad
It's sad. Some tariffs might actually allow it to have a productive industry once again.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:06 PM (N1tpc)
I doubt it will have much productive industry. Energy and land are too expensive.
That said, I think you’re really overstating how bad it is. It’s quite lovely. The poverty is no worse than a lot of the mainland, and the crime isn’t that bad
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 27, 2025 12:14 PM (l3YAf)
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Carroll Shelby moved from Texas to Califonia to open a manufacturing business!
The time they are a changin
The time they are a changin
Posted by: I M Simpleton at March 27, 2025 12:15 PM (cwq7b)
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My mother and sister are still there, but I did escape. (And the indoctrination isn't really there if you are outside of the cities in Illinois.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:13 PM (N1tpc)
I still have family up there. They're mostly conservative, and paid for it in a lot of ways. Their oldest child is a libtard Bernie supporter, but she was heavily ridiculed in school because her mother ran for city council as an R.
Liberals are vile assholes.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 27, 2025 12:13 PM (N1tpc)
I still have family up there. They're mostly conservative, and paid for it in a lot of ways. Their oldest child is a libtard Bernie supporter, but she was heavily ridiculed in school because her mother ran for city council as an R.
Liberals are vile assholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)
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‘Westerns are for little boys."
-old people in the 1950s.’m
We showed kids that sometimes bad guys need shot. We didn’t have to dress up like a bunch of Kansas City faggots to do it.
‘Westerns are for little boys."
-old people in the 1950s.’m
We showed kids that sometimes bad guys need shot. We didn’t have to dress up like a bunch of Kansas City faggots to do it.
Posted by: Cowboys at March 27, 2025 12:15 PM (jbnUc)
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Carroll Shelby moved from Texas to Califonia to open a manufacturing business!
The time they are a changin
Posted by: I M Simpleton at March 27, 2025 12:15 PM (cwq7b)
Uh.......
The time they are a changin
Posted by: I M Simpleton at March 27, 2025 12:15 PM (cwq7b)
Uh.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)
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Congrats Sponge, and to the missus.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (nXhwP)
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california uber alles evolved into we've got an even bigger problem now.
Posted by: cmeat at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (6+aIJ)
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Adios buying any more Mega Million tickets.
April 8 the price of a ticket will jump from $2 to $5. Starting jackpot will be $50 million. And they say chances of winning will rise slightly.
Just price yourselves right out of business you idiots.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Lottery odds just make it a tax on stupidity. But I am still occasionally stupid.
April 8 the price of a ticket will jump from $2 to $5. Starting jackpot will be $50 million. And they say chances of winning will rise slightly.
Just price yourselves right out of business you idiots.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Lottery odds just make it a tax on stupidity. But I am still occasionally stupid.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (Dm8we)
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Congrats Sponge, and to the missus.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (nXhwP)
Thank you very much.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (nXhwP)
Thank you very much.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
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If you come up to Washington State, it's not getting any better.
1. HB 1334 - Raise the 1% annual limit property tax increases to 3%, a 200% increase.
2. HB 1319 - New property tax on financial assets (>$250m)
3. HB 1503 - $2 fee on every internet connect device sold for over $250
4. HB 1763 – 6% AirBnB tax
5. HB 1100 – New 0.5% sales tax increase
6. HB 1319 – Wealth Tax of 1% per year on owned assets over $100 million
7. HB 1480 – Real Estate Excise tax increase of 0.5% on home sales
8. HB 1181 – Business & Occupation tax increase from 0.02% to 0.5% on businesses
9. HB 1702 – New County Utility Taxes on ALL utilities
10. HB 1785 – Tax CEOs a higher rate
11. HB 1867 - Increase the Real Estate Excise Tax on property sellers, AGAIN
12. HB 1044 - 300% in the fee to file real estate excise tax affidavits
13. HB 1858 - Expands document recording fees
14. HB 1996 - New 0.1% local sales tax for county behavioral health diversion programs
15. HB 2015 - New 0.1% local sales tax for criminal justice
16. HB 1805 - New 0.1% local sales tax for services for children and families
17. HB 1907 - New Sales Tax on Storage Units
18. HB 1839 - Remove the Cap on Employer Payroll Taxes
1. HB 1334 - Raise the 1% annual limit property tax increases to 3%, a 200% increase.
2. HB 1319 - New property tax on financial assets (>$250m)
3. HB 1503 - $2 fee on every internet connect device sold for over $250
4. HB 1763 – 6% AirBnB tax
5. HB 1100 – New 0.5% sales tax increase
6. HB 1319 – Wealth Tax of 1% per year on owned assets over $100 million
7. HB 1480 – Real Estate Excise tax increase of 0.5% on home sales
8. HB 1181 – Business & Occupation tax increase from 0.02% to 0.5% on businesses
9. HB 1702 – New County Utility Taxes on ALL utilities
10. HB 1785 – Tax CEOs a higher rate
11. HB 1867 - Increase the Real Estate Excise Tax on property sellers, AGAIN
12. HB 1044 - 300% in the fee to file real estate excise tax affidavits
13. HB 1858 - Expands document recording fees
14. HB 1996 - New 0.1% local sales tax for county behavioral health diversion programs
15. HB 2015 - New 0.1% local sales tax for criminal justice
16. HB 1805 - New 0.1% local sales tax for services for children and families
17. HB 1907 - New Sales Tax on Storage Units
18. HB 1839 - Remove the Cap on Employer Payroll Taxes
Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2025 12:17 PM (W/lyH)
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Of course the comic book movies they should be making they aren't.
Dredd could have been a profitable series but a not great box office had the studio brainiacs ignore the post box office popularity.
Instead they keep making Suicide Squad and Fantastic 4 movies.
Dredd could have been a profitable series but a not great box office had the studio brainiacs ignore the post box office popularity.
Instead they keep making Suicide Squad and Fantastic 4 movies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:17 PM (VofaG)
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Lottery odds just make it a tax on stupidity. But I am still occasionally stupid.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (Dm8we)
Texas passed a state lottery and said the money would go to schools.
Texas is currently closing a shitload of schools due to 'school choice.'
Seems the stated benefits didn't benefit......
Lottery odds just make it a tax on stupidity. But I am still occasionally stupid.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (Dm8we)
Texas passed a state lottery and said the money would go to schools.
Texas is currently closing a shitload of schools due to 'school choice.'
Seems the stated benefits didn't benefit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)
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In fairness, Thunderbolts actually looks fun, and like more of a classic action movie throwback. I hope it is.
Posted by: American Hawkman at March 27, 2025 12:18 PM (9VDxG)
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Got married on the north beach 21 years ago on Kauai. We really do want to go back. Just not excited as we once were about it, tho.
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Stationed at Kaneohe MCAS, lived on Kalua beach. No desire to return. 3 years is enough for HI. I do miss the beef Teriyaki.
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Stationed at Kaneohe MCAS, lived on Kalua beach. No desire to return. 3 years is enough for HI. I do miss the beef Teriyaki.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 12:18 PM (Hpgos)
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Canada's version of Mega Millions is $5 a ticket. And the bastards moved the top limit of the jackpot from $60 million to $80 million. Once it hits that, there are $1 million dollar prizes to soread the wealth around. Socialist bastards.
Back from Walmart. This cashier saw an older couple behind me and gushed over their hats that read "Canada is not for sale!"
I'd prefer US invasion, executing our entire leadership and their bloodlines, too.
Back from Walmart. This cashier saw an older couple behind me and gushed over their hats that read "Canada is not for sale!"
I'd prefer US invasion, executing our entire leadership and their bloodlines, too.
Posted by: Stateless...77% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (jvJvP)
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Until I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter I didn't know that Hawaii had a number of homeless beaches.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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Catch a documentary called 11/8/16 on Prime or Pluto. You'll see some of those people up close.
Until I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter I didn't know that Hawaii had a number of homeless beaches.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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Catch a documentary called 11/8/16 on Prime or Pluto. You'll see some of those people up close.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (5Iuq/)
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I am still trying to figure out what the BONDI, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. VANDERSTOK ET AL decision means in a practical sense. I can tell that Polymer80 was the big loser though.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (jc0TO)
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268 Of course the comic book movies they should be making they aren't.
Dredd could have been a profitable series but a not great box office had the studio brainiacs ignore the post box office popularity.
Instead they keep making Suicide Squad and Fantastic 4 movies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:17 PM (VofaG)
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Post box office popularity has a really bad connection to box office performance.
The biggest example off the top of my head is Pitch Black whose DVD success led to the massively overbudgeted The Chronicles of Riddick which was something of a box office bomb.
Dredd could have been a profitable series but a not great box office had the studio brainiacs ignore the post box office popularity.
Instead they keep making Suicide Squad and Fantastic 4 movies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:17 PM (VofaG)
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Post box office popularity has a really bad connection to box office performance.
The biggest example off the top of my head is Pitch Black whose DVD success led to the massively overbudgeted The Chronicles of Riddick which was something of a box office bomb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
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Folks retired there. Getting more and more worried about them. Thankfully, they have decent medical care in the area.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (lXoJ5)
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There's a movie coming out, I think anyway, that has the dude that played the flaming Freddie Mercury as an action hero type character.
Yeah.......out.
Yeah.......out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)
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There's a great antiques roadshow in LA. A former employee of North American Aviation, which built the lunar command modules, had the original serial number placard from the Apollo 11 module flown to the moon.
He said the government wanted the command modules sanitized for display so all the scorched safety placards had to be removed. They were just in a pile to be discarded.
He said the government wanted the command modules sanitized for display so all the scorched safety placards had to be removed. They were just in a pile to be discarded.
Posted by: I M Simpleton at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (cwq7b)
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Texas passed a state lottery and said the money would go to schools.
Texas is currently closing a shitload of schools due to 'school choice.'
Seems the stated benefits didn't benefit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck
Within two weeks of it passing, the then D governor denied ever saying that it was to fund school.s
Texas is currently closing a shitload of schools due to 'school choice.'
Seems the stated benefits didn't benefit......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck
Within two weeks of it passing, the then D governor denied ever saying that it was to fund school.s
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (lTGtQ)
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‘ It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X."
A gay love story.
That'll win the fans back.’
If you can’t appreciate 2 limeys in their 70s Bufu-ing each other then it’s clear you don’t understand art.
‘ It's even got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X."
A gay love story.
That'll win the fans back.’
If you can’t appreciate 2 limeys in their 70s Bufu-ing each other then it’s clear you don’t understand art.
Posted by: Cowboys at March 27, 2025 12:20 PM (jbnUc)
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Lottery odds just make it a tax on stupidity. But I am still occasionally stupid.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (Dm8we)
You get to rent a dream for a couple of bucks. The stupid part is when you buy more many tickets in the hope of turning that rental into ownership.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 27, 2025 12:16 PM (Dm8we)
You get to rent a dream for a couple of bucks. The stupid part is when you buy more many tickets in the hope of turning that rental into ownership.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:21 PM (8zz6B)
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NOOD BONDI / KASH
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 27, 2025 12:21 PM (qoLdL)
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Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2025 12:17 PM (W/lyH)
Flood the zone with a wish list.
Some of them go through.
Decry the ones that don't as due to haters and MAGATs.
Watch the rich leave.
Flood the zone with a wish list.
Some of them go through.
Decry the ones that don't as due to haters and MAGATs.
Watch the rich leave.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 27, 2025 12:21 PM (FCbAQ)
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State lotteries have always bugged me. Not because I am opposed to gambling but because if the state is saying that the lottery is okay, why can't I just play the numbers with my local bookie?
I'd get better odds.
I'd get better odds.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
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Until I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter I didn't know that Hawaii had a number of homeless beaches.
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Don't ride your bike by one of these beaches. The squatters don't like Haoles. Just ask Sen. Hirono.
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Don't ride your bike by one of these beaches. The squatters don't like Haoles. Just ask Sen. Hirono.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 27, 2025 12:22 PM (Hpgos)
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I'd prefer US invasion, executing our entire leadership and their bloodlines, too.
Posted by: Stateless...77% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (jvJvP)
This.
Posted by: Stateless...77% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (jvJvP)
This.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2025 12:23 PM (8zz6B)
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267 If you come up to Washington State, it's not getting any better.
1. HB 1334 - Raise the 1% annual limit property tax increases to 3%, a 200% increase.
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DOGE is in the process of turning the funds off at the national level for the money laundering of revenue stolen from federal tax payers, so now Dems are forced to turn it up at the state level. Sucks to be in a blue state where the burden will increase of funding green energy scams, tranny bullcrap, DEI, but mostly theft.
1. HB 1334 - Raise the 1% annual limit property tax increases to 3%, a 200% increase.
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DOGE is in the process of turning the funds off at the national level for the money laundering of revenue stolen from federal tax payers, so now Dems are forced to turn it up at the state level. Sucks to be in a blue state where the burden will increase of funding green energy scams, tranny bullcrap, DEI, but mostly theft.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2025 12:23 PM (cQ64p)
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What will actually cause CA to stop paying their bills at this point?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
Pretty much when the majority of vendors no longer accept state of california checks or state credit and bank cards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
Pretty much when the majority of vendors no longer accept state of california checks or state credit and bank cards.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2025 12:23 PM (D7oie)
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267
‘ If you come up to Washington State, it's not getting any better.’
I had no plans in that direction but you helped me decide for later.
‘ If you come up to Washington State, it's not getting any better.’
I had no plans in that direction but you helped me decide for later.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2025 12:24 PM (jbnUc)
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The biggest example off the top of my head is Pitch Black whose DVD success led to the massively overbudgeted The Chronicles of Riddick which was something of a box office bomb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
I liked the entire Riddick series. Must have been good enough to make the 3rd one, Riddick.
And if they were using their brains they would have figured out that Stallone's Judge Dredd contributed to Dredd's disappointing box office .
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:19 PM (GBKbO)
I liked the entire Riddick series. Must have been good enough to make the 3rd one, Riddick.
And if they were using their brains they would have figured out that Stallone's Judge Dredd contributed to Dredd's disappointing box office .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:25 PM (VofaG)
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State lotteries have always bugged me. Not because I am opposed to gambling but because if the state is saying that the lottery is okay, why can't I just play the numbers with my local bookie?
I'd get better odds.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
and you have some recourse if your bookie steals from you, or manipulates the outcome to put money in his buddies' pockets
I'd get better odds.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
and you have some recourse if your bookie steals from you, or manipulates the outcome to put money in his buddies' pockets
Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2025 12:25 PM (D7oie)
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State lotteries have always bugged me. Not because I am opposed to gambling but because if the state is saying that the lottery is okay, why can't I just play the numbers with my local bookie?
I'd get better odds.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
Because the biggest gang, Government, doesn't get their vig.
I'd get better odds.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 12:22 PM (jc0TO)
Because the biggest gang, Government, doesn't get their vig.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 27, 2025 12:25 PM (FCbAQ)
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Back from Walmart. This cashier saw an older couple behind me and gushed over their hats that read "Canada is not for sale!"
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Canadians are so loveable, but incredibly stupid.
- China, buying up Canada multiple politicians at a time
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Canadians are so loveable, but incredibly stupid.
- China, buying up Canada multiple politicians at a time
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2025 12:25 PM (cQ64p)
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Illinois is screwed.
Posted by: Black JEM
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It seems to me like a lot of states are screwed as bad as California. Minnesota isn't doing so great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 12:12 PM (5Iuq/)
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Illinois is continuing to pile on unfunded liabilities which would be difficult to discharge. Bankruptcy might have given them a chance to pay 50 cents on the dollar. Having it enshrined in the State Constitution means it has to be paid - in full. Front of the line.
Posted by: Black JEM
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It seems to me like a lot of states are screwed as bad as California. Minnesota isn't doing so great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 27, 2025 12:12 PM (5Iuq/)
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Illinois is continuing to pile on unfunded liabilities which would be difficult to discharge. Bankruptcy might have given them a chance to pay 50 cents on the dollar. Having it enshrined in the State Constitution means it has to be paid - in full. Front of the line.
Posted by: Black JEM at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GZYu7)
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Chicago runs the state of Illinois. Chicago is the reason Illinois is going downhill. I know people in the southern part of the state. Good people, work hard and overwhelmed with the crap that comes out of the Chicago area. Crap liberal government that helps nobody but themselves.
Posted by: Case at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (OrSPY)
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290 I liked the entire Riddick series. Must have been good enough to make the 3rd one, Riddick.
And if they were using their brains they would have figured out that Stallone's Judge Dredd contributed to Dredd's disappointing box office .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:25 PM (VofaG)
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A third Riddick got made because the writer/director David Twohy got the rights from the studio and independently financed it.
And if they were using their brains they would have figured out that Stallone's Judge Dredd contributed to Dredd's disappointing box office .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:25 PM (VofaG)
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A third Riddick got made because the writer/director David Twohy got the rights from the studio and independently financed it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
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Our daughter and her family fled California back in August. The cost of living was off the hook. This was back when the prices for most everything was skyrocketing.
I think some of the so-called legacy residents who don't have deep pockets are fleeing the state. Not all are leftists either.
I think some of the so-called legacy residents who don't have deep pockets are fleeing the state. Not all are leftists either.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2025 12:27 PM (Q4IgG)
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A third Riddick got made because the writer/director David Twohy got the rights from the studio and independently financed it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO
So a guy with a brain.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO
So a guy with a brain.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:28 PM (VofaG)
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298 A third Riddick got made because the writer/director David Twohy got the rights from the studio and independently financed it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO
So a guy with a brain.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:28 PM (VofaG)
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It might have made a profit. Maybe. It's on the cusp.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO
So a guy with a brain.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:28 PM (VofaG)
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It might have made a profit. Maybe. It's on the cusp.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
And I don't understand you defending studio's decision making in regard to movies.
And I don't understand you defending studio's decision making in regard to movies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:30 PM (VofaG)
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I've always wanted to retire to Hawai'i (Oahu) — my dad was stationed at Hickam from '68–'72. Lived in Waipahu, Wahiwa, while waiting for Base Housing (and Honolulu for about 3 months while waiting to rotate back to the CONUS.) Of course, as a kid you don't see the poverty or crime — especially from base housing. But I loved every minute there.
I finally made it back to the island exactly 50 years after leaving for a vacation. Honolulu/Waikiki were of course way more vertical than they were in '72, and several of the places there that we used to visit in Downtown had transformed into soulless Haole Karen centers (Ala Moana and International Market Place I'm looking at you!), but my old neighborhood in Wahiwa was almost exactly the same as it was when I lived there. Nearly all the houses were still there (except the one we lived in.) The Pali Highway and North Shore were also pretty much the same experience.
But it is impossible for an average guy like me to afford to live there now. So I'll just have dreams and memories of my time in paradise....
I finally made it back to the island exactly 50 years after leaving for a vacation. Honolulu/Waikiki were of course way more vertical than they were in '72, and several of the places there that we used to visit in Downtown had transformed into soulless Haole Karen centers (Ala Moana and International Market Place I'm looking at you!), but my old neighborhood in Wahiwa was almost exactly the same as it was when I lived there. Nearly all the houses were still there (except the one we lived in.) The Pali Highway and North Shore were also pretty much the same experience.
But it is impossible for an average guy like me to afford to live there now. So I'll just have dreams and memories of my time in paradise....
Posted by: goozer at March 27, 2025 12:32 PM (V1MWf)
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300 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:26 PM (GBKbO)
And I don't understand you defending studio's decision making in regard to movies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:30 PM (VofaG)
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I'm saying that DVD success doesn't lead to box office success.
I'm saying that Dredd being popular after its box office failure doesn't mean that Dredd 2 would have made a lot of money.
I'm saying that Riddick is an example of studios trying that and failing.
And I don't understand you defending studio's decision making in regard to movies.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 27, 2025 12:30 PM (VofaG)
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I'm saying that DVD success doesn't lead to box office success.
I'm saying that Dredd being popular after its box office failure doesn't mean that Dredd 2 would have made a lot of money.
I'm saying that Riddick is an example of studios trying that and failing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 27, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
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Denmark has a petition to try to buy California. Why not just make it a 1-for-1 trade? We'll give them California, and they give us Greenland as our 50th state. We can then continue the border fence up the edge of California to keep undocumented danish Californians out of the US.
Posted by: Russ at March 27, 2025 12:33 PM (w8i50)
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197 111 British PM leaps into action!
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Blimey! Now what do we do?
Posted by: Law-abiding British Ninjas at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (PiwSw)
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (NtVYv)
Are they using the Marquis of Queensbury rules?
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
When we promise action we take it.
Blimey! Now what do we do?
Posted by: Law-abiding British Ninjas at March 27, 2025 11:49 AM (PiwSw)
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting !
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 27, 2025 11:57 AM (NtVYv)
Are they using the Marquis of Queensbury rules?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 27, 2025 12:35 PM (VNX3d)
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Senator Blumenthal: "Something something blah blah criminal something blah resignations blah blah impeachment!"
Goldberg awarded 'National Medal of Something' retroactively by Joey who agreed to an autopen declaration of affection this morning.
Full coverage on "All Things Considered" on NPR this afternoon.
Senator Blumenthal: "Something something blah blah criminal something blah resignations blah blah impeachment!"
Goldberg awarded 'National Medal of Something' retroactively by Joey who agreed to an autopen declaration of affection this morning.
Full coverage on "All Things Considered" on NPR this afternoon.
Posted by: Auspex at March 27, 2025 12:46 PM (j4U/Z)
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Bring the gang members back on a Boeing 737 MAX.
Oopsie, it was just there a second ago on my radar screen!
Oopsie, it was just there a second ago on my radar screen!
Posted by: Those Creepy Twins at March 27, 2025 01:09 PM (c6twD)
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Magnum PI couldn't have been any more cliche if they had made him a Navy Seal.
Posted by: Rev Wishbone at March 27, 2025 01:20 PM (fY84s)
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The avg total utility cost per house per month electirc,gas,water, varies by state. However not by as much as we might think. Avg bills total 347 in Cali, but 307 in TX,Lu are 307 per month.
But Cali median household income it 90K while TX is 10k less. Since the avg house pays 500$ more per year in Cali but has 10k more in income, his argument is pretty underwhelming
But Cali median household income it 90K while TX is 10k less. Since the avg house pays 500$ more per year in Cali but has 10k more in income, his argument is pretty underwhelming
Posted by: pete at March 27, 2025 01:53 PM (59BGO)
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But Cali median household income it 90K while TX is 10k less. Since the avg house pays 500$ more per year in Cali but has 10k more in income, his argument is pretty underwhelming
Posted by: pete at March 27, 2025 01:53 PM
That's why everyone is moving there.
Posted by: pete at March 27, 2025 01:53 PM
That's why everyone is moving there.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 27, 2025 02:12 PM (jc0TO)
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267 If you come up to Washington State, it's not getting any better.
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Took the words out of my mouth. WA and OR are fast becoming CA Redux. The WA Policy Center estimates that we have at least the 5th-worst tax policy in the nation, and it's going to get much, much worse if all these bills get passed. Plus our 2A rights are getting chainsawed.
Looking longingly at Idaho...
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Took the words out of my mouth. WA and OR are fast becoming CA Redux. The WA Policy Center estimates that we have at least the 5th-worst tax policy in the nation, and it's going to get much, much worse if all these bills get passed. Plus our 2A rights are getting chainsawed.
Looking longingly at Idaho...
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at March 27, 2025 02:38 PM (uY1j2)
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As a SoCal native - exfiltrated (2016) to AZ with my family and salary - who has backpacked in the Sierras for 50 years, SCUBA dived up and down the coast and the Channel Islands, skied and waterside in various CA resorts, rivers and lakes, and camped all over the desert, as well as attended theater and dining across SoCal... the place was a great place to grow up in (b. 1954), but I'd never return there today. And the problem is much deeper than most admit. NOTHING will stop Ds from going as far left as they want as long as they hold the female vote, and as long as abortion is an issue (ie forever) As they KNOW they can't lose this cohort, they will continue marching leftwards and nothing will stop them. It's exactly the same as LBJ on the black vote in 1964: "We'll have the ____ voting for us for a hundred years." And, of course, with female suffrage, you get weaponized empathy - the root of all current social pathologies, from "Oh that poor...." illegal alien, incarcerated thug, fatherless gangbanger, crappy teacher, single mom, etc., and below-replacement fertility... Civilization... OR ... female suffrage... a binary choice... can't have both.
Posted by: Alexander Scipio at March 27, 2025 03:56 PM (029Oi)
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When your State is run by the Dumb-O-Crats you get this
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at March 27, 2025 05:48 PM (wGqjj)
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