Hey...Nike! Stay Away From Our Children! Isn't Using Them As Slave Labor Enough?

VP Vance Takes On Nike's Alleged Funding Of Youth Trans Study: 'Craziness Hasn't Gone Away'

Nike appears to have, at some point, helped fund a study on the effect of "gender-affirming" care among young male athletes to see if it's possible to impair them enough so they can "fairly" and "safely" compete in girls' and women's sports.
While the company has since told OutKick that the study "was never initialized" and "is not moving forward," it's unclear when those decisions might have been made. The company has refused to provide additional context, despite the study's head researcher – Dr. Kathryn Ackerman – and a secondary researcher – Joanna Harper, a male who "identifies" as a woman – both publicly stating that Nike was funding the study.

Boycott...Boycott...Boycott.

There is no other way to get through to companies that are hellbent on supporting the destruction of our children and our culture.

Well, maybe just nuke Nike from orbit...it's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: CBD at 06:15 PM

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1 Is that a riff on leave those kids alone?

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2025 06:15 PM (E0p3T)

2 Nukem

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 29, 2025 06:16 PM (Wcf+j)

3 Just fo it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:16 PM (VUnvY)

4 We're no strangers to love....

Posted by: Rick Astley at April 29, 2025 06:17 PM (PiwSw)

5 Hey Nike, Leave them Kids alone!

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:17 PM (ctrM5)

6 Boycott...Boycott...Boycott.

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Ok

Posted by: runner at April 29, 2025 06:17 PM (g47mK)

7 Nukem
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 29, 2025 06:16 PM (Wcf+j)

Time to send in Duke Nukem?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 06:18 PM (VNX3d)

8 Another company I can't boycott any more than I'm doing already.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at April 29, 2025 06:18 PM (6YdsJ)

9 Boycott...Boycott...Boycott Nike.

Been doing it all my life. Never bought anything from them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:18 PM (u82oZ)

10 Wait: so besides sexually mutilating them, they wanted to physically handicap them?

Millstone. Necks.

Matthew 18:6.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:18 PM (W5ArC)

11 Maybe Nike would be more comfortable in Canada.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 06:18 PM (RIvkX)

12 The Harrison Bergeron Shoe Co. & Cremotoria Inc.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 06:19 PM (RIvkX)

13 I've boycotted Nike products for years. Their world HQ is in PortlandOR. Should tell you something.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2025 06:19 PM (/U5Yz)

14 Hey Nike, Leave them Kids alone!

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:17 PM (ctrM5)

Yes them not those. I knew it didn't sound right.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2025 06:19 PM (E0p3T)

15 1 Is that a riff on leave those kids alone?
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2025 06:15 PM (E0p3T)

/Looks at Picture of Great Wall of China...

Just another Ho on the Wall?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 29, 2025 06:19 PM (QAkQ3)

16 In fact, with NIL and open portals changing college teams at whim, I have lost interest in all sports. So all those endorsements are wasted money.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:20 PM (u82oZ)

17 I am astonished the Nike brand had this much staying power.

Maybe Trump will talk about the #Woke company at his MI rally, now in progress:

https://tinyurl.com/47z3vycy

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:20 PM (Ql5aA)

18 8 Another company I can't boycott any more than I'm doing already.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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Make rude comments to those wearing them.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:20 PM (ctrM5)

19 You know what?

It's kind of insane to think we could go to other parts of the internet and 'people' are celebrating this.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:20 PM (jvJvP)

20 Haven't bought their crap for eons

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:20 PM (SATZE)

21 I have been boycotting them for years.

Our Salesman bought Nike polo shirts for his people to wear at a convention and our investor made him throw them away. hah

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 29, 2025 06:21 PM (NtVYv)

22 > Boycott...Boycott...Boycott Nike.

It's now "Pyrsyncott", hater.

Posted by: Pyrsyn Pyrsyn at April 29, 2025 06:21 PM (W5ArC)

23 10 Wait: so besides sexually mutilating them, they wanted to physically handicap them?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:18 PM

1984 was an accurate prediction.

Atlas Shrugged was an accurate prediction.

Now Harrison Bergeron is coming true.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 29, 2025 06:21 PM (HlyYF)

24 Make rude comments to those wearing them.
Posted by: whig

Hey that swoosh looks like your mothers dick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2025 06:21 PM (/U5Yz)

25 Kami came from Miami to LA
Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A.
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then she was a political Ho

She says, "Hey Joey B, take a walk on the wild side"
Said, "Hey honey, take a walk on the wild side"

Kami came from out Pacific Palisades
In the backroom, Kami was everybody's darling
But she never lost her head
Even when she was giving head

She says, "Hey Joey B, take a walk on the wild side"
Said, "Hey Joey B, take a walk on the wild side"

And the colored girls go
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 29, 2025 06:21 PM (m0DDW)

26 I have never, ever bought Nike crap. Not once. Never even got it second hand and worn for yard work. Never.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 29, 2025 06:21 PM (2J/Lj)

27 Have you all seen the billboard nike put up for the London marathon?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (mIoFl)

28 Yes them not those. I knew it didn't sound right.
Posted by: ...
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Wife is a teacher, of course I know the lyrics.

Same with School's Out.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (ctrM5)

29 not much more I can do; been boycotting them for oh, 20 or 25 years at least ... doesn't seem to have hurt them much ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (/Ghsb)

30 Nike... Just Kill Kids

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (VNX3d)

31 Never owned a pair of Nikes. Are Reeboks still a thing?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (VUnvY)

32 Good, glad to see JD taking control

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (ypFCm)

33 >> Our Salesman bought Nike polo shirts for his people to wear at a convention and our investor made him throw them away. hah

Still made the sale! Cha-ching!

Posted by: Nike at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (l3YAf)

34 Hey that swoosh looks like your mothers dick.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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That's Entertainment!

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:23 PM (ctrM5)

35 > She says, "Hey Joey B, take a walk on the wild side"

Nah, you're way too old for me, Kammie.

Posted by: Joey B at April 29, 2025 06:23 PM (W5ArC)

36 Its been really easy for me to boycott Nike, I won't pay 350% more for a product I can get cheaper from someone else.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:23 PM (2VST1)

37 Are Reeboks still a thing?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (VUnvY)

If you're 80

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:23 PM (SATZE)

38 Nike appears to have, at some point, helped fund a study on the effect of "gender-affirming" care among young male athletes to see if it's possible to impair them enough so they can "fairly" and "safely" compete in girls' and women's sports.
++++
I remember when the Handicapper General was symbolic of a dystopian communist future, not symbolic of dystopian *gay* communist future.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (WkNQM)

39 I mean, uh... 29

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (SATZE)

40 I swear there's some kind of contest at Nike to design the stupidest and ugliest looking shoe and see if it sells just because they put some basketball thug's name on it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (2VST1)

41 Pillage Idiot

We need a compact with Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. To isolate us from the insane ur-zombies. Put Chris Koback on it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (u82oZ)

42 31 Never owned a pair of Nikes. Are Reeboks still a thing?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Woke.

New Balance is made in the USA and support veterans and the military.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (/U5Yz)

43 I started wearing New Balance because they were one of the last companies to make their shoes in the US.

That's no longer the case, but I've stuck with them.

Maybe the tariffs will reverse that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (W5ArC)

44 Are Reeboks still a thing?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (VUnvY)

If you're 80
Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:23 PM (SATZE)

I hear they have them at the K-Mart.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (l3YAf)

45 I can't boycott nike as I have never bought a single thing from them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 29, 2025 06:25 PM (e5NfL)

46 I might buy some converse, those canvas shoes like we used to get in the 70s. I remember those being really comfortable. But I just got some really comfortable slip on Sketchers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:25 PM (2VST1)

47 Are Reeboks still a thing?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:22 PM (VUnvY)

They still exist in their iconic style. Can get them at JCPenney.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (2J/Lj)

48 Nike's new tagline.

When losing isn't enough, wear Nike!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (VNX3d)

49 43 I started wearing New Balance because they were one of the last companies to make their shoes in the US.

That's no longer the case, but I've stuck with them.

This gives me the sadz.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (/U5Yz)

50 I mean, uh... 29
Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (SATZE)

Don't get the all black ones with the velcro !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (NtVYv)

51 Trump is getting the crowd fired up by showing the TdA deportation vid

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (Ql5aA)

52 yeah, I wore New Balance steel-toe shoes for many years; excellent, and available in a 15 xtra wide!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (/Ghsb)

53 I didn't think the group that valued owning Nikes were on board with the sex freaks.

Hey bro, you wearin freak kicks?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:27 PM (oXfCm)

54 But I just got some really comfortable slip on Sketchers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:25 PM (2VST1)

That's great, Grandpa.

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:27 PM (SATZE)

55 Boycott...Boycott...Boycott.
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Nike's like Target. It's fine for the foreseeable future.

Unless pro or amateur leagues decide to change vendors over this crap, they're fine. Virtually everyone who would be inclined to boycott Nike already was long before this crap, which also isn't going to get much press. Their remaining customers - virtually every pro and amateur sports league, "hood" denizens where their shoes are status symbols, young women who like their spandex, etc. - are there to stay barring some major huge and new thing. This isn't huge or new.

Boycotts and brand preference shifts *can* do damage - just ask Gillette and AB-InBev - but Nike has already weathered that storm. Like Target, "woke" is part of their brand. They could possibly do more damage by backtracking than by keeping the hammer down. It's who they are, and their customers either like it or don't care.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:27 PM (WkNQM)

56 That's great, Grandpa.

I wish. I'm just old, no kids or grandkids

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:27 PM (2VST1)

57 >> I might buy some converse, those canvas shoes like we used to get in the 70s.

Converse is owned by Nike.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at April 29, 2025 06:28 PM (l3YAf)

58 Asics fit me well. Going Japanese.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:28 PM (u82oZ)

59 46, Chuck Taylor All-Stars are crazy expensive these days

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:28 PM (/Ghsb)

60 might buy some converse, those canvas shoes like we used to get in the 70s. I remember those being really comfortable. But I just got some really comfortable slip on Sketchers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:25 PM (2VST1)

Chuck Taylor All Stars!!! Love those! Especially the high tops.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 29, 2025 06:28 PM (2J/Lj)

61 I remember when the Handicapper General was symbolic of a dystopian communist future, not symbolic of dystopian *gay* communist future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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A future crop of lawyers are slavering at going after Nike for the inevitable lawsuits from that evil act.

Unlike govt, corporations are fair game for big damages.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:28 PM (ctrM5)

62
to see if it's possible to impair them enough so they can "fairly" and "safely" compete in girls' and women's sports.

Harrison Bergeron

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (63Dwl)

63 Twisted X is the only shoe for me.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (oXfCm)

64 > This gives me the sadz.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2025 06:26 PM (/U5Yz)

Certain high-end models are still made here, but the basic models are not, sadly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (W5ArC)

65 Hoka. Very comfortable.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (2sdmh)

66 I remember when the Handicapper General was symbolic of a dystopian communist future, not symbolic of dystopian *gay* communist future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (WkNQM)
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See Anthony Burgess's novel M/F

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (RIvkX)

67 Chuck Taylor All-Stars are crazy expensive these days

Cost like 82 cents to make, too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:30 PM (2VST1)

68
Going Japanese.

I really think so.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 29, 2025 06:30 PM (63Dwl)

69 Joe Mannix

Nike gear is an alternate warning system for woke. Usually, it is unnatural hair colors. I treat those people like I treat a coral snake. Avoid.

Sure is a lot of alienation going around.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:30 PM (u82oZ)

70 > If you're 80
Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:23 PM (SATZE)

When you hit puberty, son, you'll learn that it doesn't actually matter what brand of shoes you wear.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:30 PM (W5ArC)

71 We may still have some Nike's in the inventory. The thought of Nike being nuked by a Nike is intriguing...and alliterative

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., the at April 29, 2025 06:30 PM (XeU6L)

72 65 Hoka. Very comfortable.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (2sdmh)

That's all I use for work anymore.

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:31 PM (SATZE)

73 I might have bought Nike. Once Mayne 30 years ago

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 06:31 PM (ypFCm)

74 I've made money on Nike stock but I haven't bought a pair since 1992.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (jc0TO)

75 Nike appears to have, at some point, helped fund a study on the effect of "gender-affirming" care among young male athletes to see if it's possible to impair them enough so they can "fairly" and "safely" compete in girls' and women's sports.

This is hilarious.

NIKE
Be a Woman! Just Be a Crippled Woman!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (iJfKG)

76 I really enjoy my Saucony running shoes.

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

77 I've been holding out so long
I've been sleeping all alone
Lord, I miss you
I've been hanging on the phone
I've been sleeping all alone

Well, I've been haunted in my sleep
You've been starring in my dreams
Lord, I miss you, Monica
I've been waiting in the hall
Been waiting on your call

When the phone rings
It's just some Homo Democrat friends of mine that say
"Hey, what's the matter, man?
We're goingna come around at twelve
With some Puerto Rican girls like AOC thats just dying to meet you

We're goinna bring a case of Mogan David wine
Hey, let's go mess and fool around you know, like we used to before Hillary finds out

Posted by: Bill Clinton at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (m0DDW)

78 Nike running shoes are too narrow.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (jc0TO)

79 Converse is owned by Nike.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Really? I haven't owned actual Chucks for decades. I got cheap knock offs and haven't had those since 2004. Car wreck, crushed heel, must have better cushioning and arch support. Chuck style doesn't work for me anymore.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (2J/Lj)

80 Rodrigo Borgia, respectfully disagree. My ancient knees have to have a soft flexible sole.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (oXfCm)

81 I used to run and want to get back to it.

I had an old pair of tennis shoes. When I finally went to the store to replace them, the kid was shocked I was running 20 to 25 km in them.

NBC Nightly News......apparently President Trump is a horrible demon....

Assholes....

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (jvJvP)

82 I see that Diana Moon Glampers has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., the at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (XeU6L)

83 WHAT KIND OF FUCKING CONTEXT WOULD MAKE THAT STUDY OK?!?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (c3LJP)

84 The only Nike I like is Nike Hercules.

A strong contender for the most cockamamie weapon ever devised... IMO only surpassed by the Davy Crockett portable nuke.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (W5ArC)

85 Boycotts and brand preference shifts *can* do damage - just ask Gillette and AB-InBev - but Nike has already weathered that storm. Like Target, "woke" is part of their brand. They could possibly do more damage by backtracking than by keeping the hammer down. It's who they are, and their customers either like it or don't care.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Overreliance on China production is what is going to hurt Nike. Plus they are passe and as a corporation, past their heyday. They are in a very competitive marketplace where even slight downturns in demand can escalate into a problem quick and the secular decline in sportsball is making things worse.

Luxury pricing for a mass market good means a downturn can escalate into a real revenue problem quickly.

Their FY projections for 2026 are already softening and their current P/E is about 19.

If anything, Nike may be ready for a short than going long.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (ctrM5)

86 72 65 Hoka. Very comfortable.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 29, 2025 06:29 PM (2sdmh)

That's all I use for work anymore.
Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:31 PM (SATZE
I have some Hokas too. Very comfy, but if I hear one more ‘Hey, where’d you get the clown shoes?’somebody’s gonna get a red nose.

Posted by: Eromero at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (LHPAg)

87 Can't fool me.
I know you guys are all wearing Crocs.

Posted by: wth at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (v0R5T)

88 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (u82oZ)

89 Nike running shoes are too narrow.
Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (jc0TO)

If you have a wide foot, most shoe companies suck balls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (c3LJP)

90 > 80 Rodrigo Borgia, respectfully disagree. My ancient knees have to have a soft flexible sole.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (oXfCm)

Making a decision based on actual functionality is fine.

Basing it on what brand the "cool kids" are wearing is just plain dumb.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (W5ArC)

91 for various 'screw ups' by nike in the past (as well as adidas and puma) I switched to New Balance USA made shoes about 15 yrs ago and never looked back.

Posted by: Evil Bunny at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (db2M0)

92 My Dad worked at the Nike sites.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (VUnvY)

93 76 I really enjoy my Saucony running shoes.

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

Me too.

I got tons of kilometerage out of them.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (jvJvP)

94 They could just cut off their toes or thumbs or something to make it more equal.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (vFG9F)

95 NIKE
Be a Woman! Just Be a Crippled Woman!

Posted by: naturalfake
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Somehow I don't think the open wound brigade using dilators are going to be buying many sports shoes due to medical issues.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (ctrM5)

96 wth

Only garret wears Crocs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (u82oZ)

97 If you have a wide foot, most shoe companies suck balls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM

That's why New Balance are the running shoe of the geezer set.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (jc0TO)

98 > If you have a wide foot, most shoe companies suck balls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (c3LJP)

That's another good thing about New Balance. They still come in widths.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM (W5ArC)

99 Never like the child slave labor stench of Nike, but now I want to key their sneakers and fire bomb their outlet stores.

I hear this approach is heroic.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (wBaIH)

100 NaCly, dearest. You are in my thoughts daily. When I think of dedication it has your picture.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (oXfCm)

101 Only garret wears Crocs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:35 PM

I wear 'gators' in the yard. They are faygo crocs.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (jc0TO)

102 I remember a Nike Hercules base on Lake Michigan, just north of Diversey Harbor ... just about all I know about them ... what made them so cockamamie?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (/Ghsb)

103
NBC Nightly News......apparently President Trump is a horrible demon....

Assholes....
Posted by: Stateless.
------

"Sen. Schumer: Trump's first 100 days may be 'one of the worst, if not the worst' of any administration"

Utter bullshit, of course, but if that is true so far as the impact on Schumer himself, I'm good with it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (XeU6L)

104 Or high arches.

Fuck chucks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (c3LJP)

105 I really enjoy my Saucony running shoes.

Posted by: Crusader
.......

Don't step in the Grey Poupon.

Posted by: wth at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (v0R5T)

106 Trump talking about prices going down, gas $1.98 in some places.
Inflation is down

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (Ql5aA)

107 Converse is owned by Nike.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Figures. Oregon and MA....wicked queeah on both coasts.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (Wnv9h)

108 Nike running shoes are too narrow.

I have heard all Nike shoes are too narrow, but I grew up wearing Payless Shoe Store specials, so I don't know.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (2VST1)

109 New Balance is still made in the USA. Says so on the sneakers.

Posted by: runner at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (g47mK)

110 49 43 I started wearing New Balance because they were one of the last companies to make their shoes in the US.

That's no longer the case, but I've stuck with them.

This gives me the sadz.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

SAS- San Antonio Shoes was another making most of them in the US. Dunno about now. A female dress shoe company, Munro based in the US is just now closing as well.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:38 PM (ctrM5)

111 "Nike appears to have, at some point, helped fund a study on the effect of "gender-affirming" care among young male athletes to see if it's possible to impair them enough so they can "fairly" and "safely" compete in girls' and women's sports."

I seem to remember a short story along those lines, only not just based sex of the people but abilities of all.

Posted by: javems at April 29, 2025 06:38 PM (8I4hW)

112 I watched part of a collector's show on MeTV Sunday night and they had on a guy who collects Crocs. A room full of Crocs. He was as weird as you might think.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 06:38 PM (vFG9F)

113 My first running shoes were Brooks, I think. Chariots maybe. Which I see looked nothing like they do now.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:38 PM (jc0TO)

114 Saucony and Asics are WAY better running shoes anyway. They're probably made with foreign slave child labor too, but at least they aren't into dick-chopping, as far as I know.

Posted by: That's got to count for something, right? at April 29, 2025 06:38 PM (TbWk/)

115 what made them so cockamamie?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (/Ghsb)

Think of a nuclear patriot missile.

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (c3LJP)

116 I can't boycott Nike any harder than I already have for about 30 years. New Balance is the official dad shoe, and I have been with them for at least 20 years now.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (U6Q8K)

117 > 102 I remember a Nike Hercules base on Lake Michigan, just north of Diversey Harbor ... just about all I know about them ... what made them so cockamamie?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (/Ghsb)

They dated from the time before the Sovs had ICBMs, so they were an anti-bomber defense.

They defended against incoming waves of bombers is by setting off nukes in their paths.

On US soil.

Like I said: cockamamie.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (W5ArC)

118 How hard is this to study? If you're a male who wants to compete with females in sports, all you have to do is superglue your feet to your buttocks, and your upper arms to your torso. Now you're competitive.

Oh, you want to dominate? Be a man and compete with men, or give up!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (VNX3d)

119 "I seem to remember a short story along those lines, only not just based sex of the people but abilities of all.
Posted by: javems"

Is that the one where they make everyone equally stupid?

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (vFG9F)

120 If you have a wide foot, most shoe companies suck balls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM

Brooks "Beast GTS"

You're welcome!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (iJfKG)

121 > 109 New Balance is still made in the USA. Says so on the sneakers.
Posted by: runner at April 29, 2025 06:37 PM (g47mK)

Only some models.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (W5ArC)

122 What was El Chapparal?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (VUnvY)

123 Storm coming
Sky is a continuous rumble of thunder

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (Ew+5k)

124 javems

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (u82oZ)

125 I really enjoy my Saucony running shoes.

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 06:32 PM

Ditto. Just bought a new pair.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (Wnv9h)

126 Guess I need to do just barefoot workouts. At least I know I was made in the USA.

Posted by: ScaryMary at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (uksS7)

127 PM (u82oZ)

97 If you have a wide foot, most shoe companies suck balls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM

I started going barefoot a while back before Canada went dystopian in 2020. Getting running shoes was horrible.

I actually have shoe stretchers.

By the way, running barefoot through my tiny, 2 stoplight town....gets you stopped by 2 police cars.....

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (jvJvP)

128 How can I boycott Nike when I already don't buy any of their stuff?

And I guess the answer here is we should make sure urban yute know that Nikes are the shoes for homos and child molestors....

Posted by: 18-1 at April 29, 2025 06:41 PM (t0Rmr)

129 "What was El Chapparal?
Posted by: Boss Moss"

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: See Senior at April 29, 2025 06:41 PM (vFG9F)

130 Howdy NaCly!

Should we start investing in "wall futures" for the territory of free states you have described above?

If so, then I am all in. (For profit and for the actual wall components.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 29, 2025 06:41 PM (HlyYF)

131 The only Nike I like is Nike Hercules.

A strong contender for the most cockamamie weapon ever devised... IMO only surpassed by the Davy Crockett portable nuke.

Posted by: Rodrigo
-------

The very sadly named Sgt. York.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2025 06:41 PM (XeU6L)

132 What was El Chapparal?

Wasn't that the air car tried in the 70s, basically a huge vacuum cleaner on wheels that could corner faster and won a bunch of races?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:41 PM (2VST1)

133 "What was El Chapparal?
Posted by: Boss Moss"

$20. Same as in town.
Posted by: See Senior at April 29, 2025 06:41 PM

$5 extra if you want The Twirl.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (jc0TO)

134 By the way, running barefoot through my tiny, 2 stoplight town....gets you stopped by 2 police cars.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (jvJvP)

Is your Sheriff Will Teasle?

Posted by: There's a diner about 30 miles up the road at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (TbWk/)

135 I mean, uh... 29
Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (SATZE)

I can relate. My youngest still gets mail here. Today it was her first junk mail from AARP.
At first I laughed. Then...a deep sigh.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (W/lyH)

136 Trump just polled the crowd their preference between
"Crooked Joe" or "Sleepy Joe"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (RIvkX)

137 I've noticed its harder and harder to get wide width shoes as well, and I've lost weight so its not my feet getting fatter.

Low quality off shore products? More small consumers from south of the border? Or...something else?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (t0Rmr)

138 Ah yes, "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut.

Posted by: javems at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (8I4hW)

139 wow

just ... wow

probly woulda messed up the smelt netting for years

thanks! I never knew that ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (/Ghsb)

140 Wait: so besides sexually mutilating them, they wanted to physically handicap them?

Millstone. Necks.

Matthew 18:6.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Bullet.
John 3.08

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (KP+Ym)

141 Nike ... helped fund a study ... to see if it's possible to impair them enough so they can "fairly" and "safely" compete in girls' and women's sports.

I hear you saying that it is neither fair nor safe for men and women to compete against each other...

Posted by: t-bird at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (QHX6R)

142 Shoe companies have been harming feet for ages.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (oXfCm)

143 Doug Emhoff fired from Holocaust Memorial Museum Board by DJT...also fired Ron Klain, Biden’s first chief of staff, Susan Rice...and Tom Perez, former labor secretary and senior advisor to the former president.

There's no reason the president should have control over museums and cultural venues. That’s something that also needs to be reigned in, in the future.

It will probably be reigned in once another Dem in the WH. Dems will self-reign in and leave MFer's appointees in place.

Expect more speeches from JD, encouraging everyone to stop feeling guilty about mass murder

How does Trump have spare time to mess with the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, boards of directors, truck drivers getting language tests? Who is behind all of this?

This revenge shit is getting ridiculous. With more power I think it's fair to say nothing is off the table for Trump. He needs to be removed. I no longer care how.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)

144 Overreliance on China production is what is going to hurt Nike. Plus they are passe and as a corporation, past their heyday. They are in a very competitive marketplace where even slight downturns in demand can escalate into a problem quick and the secular decline in sportsball is making things worse.

Luxury pricing for a mass market good means a downturn can escalate into a real revenue problem quickly.

Their FY projections for 2026 are already softening and their current P/E is about 19.

If anything, Nike may be ready for a short than going long.
Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 06:33 PM (ctrM5)
++++
None of which has anything to do with their wokeness. Bad business management, sure. Bad supply chain management, sure. But not the wokeness. That's a part of their brand, and they're fine from that standpoint.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (WkNQM)

145 What was El Chapparal?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM

El Guapo's more successful brother.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (Wnv9h)

146 Matthew 18:6.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Bullet.
John 3.08
Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (KP+Ym)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone bot at April 29, 2025 06:44 PM (c3LJP)

147 > Bullet.
John 3.08
Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (KP+Ym)

Good one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:44 PM (W5ArC)

148 Trump talking about reopening ANWR and removing coal restrictions

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (Ql5aA)

149 Did yall see where Joe touched Melania's butt? PDT never should have allowed that creepy bastard next to her.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (vFG9F)

150 Pillage Idiot

No walls. Belt-fed crew-serviced weapons cover more area.

What we really need is to steal the water in the Missouri River up in Montana to replenish the Ogallala Aquifer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (u82oZ)

151 Does Nike make a womens size 14 Wide?

Posted by: wth at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (v0R5T)

152 This revenge shit is getting ridiculous. With more power I think it's fair to say nothing is off the table for Trump. He needs to be removed. I no longer care how.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM

That guy should get right on it, well, after his helper monkey brings him another Hot Pocket.

Posted by: toby928 at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (jc0TO)

153 I have a pair of Puma's I wear only when I ride the Monster.

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (SATZE)

154 I have some Hokas too. Very comfy, but if I hear one more ‘Hey, where’d you get the clown shoes?’somebody’s gonna get a red nose.
Posted by: Eromero at April 29, 2025 06:34 PM (LHPAg)

Hokas look like somebody was trying to bake a cake and wound up with shoes.

I'm sure they're comfortable but very silly looking.

Give Brooks Beast a whirl.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (iJfKG)

155 124 javems

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:40 PM (u82oZ

Sorry didn't see your reply. I cheated and looked it up

Posted by: javems at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (8I4hW)

156 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)
====
I drink their tears with Joy!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 06:45 PM (RIvkX)

157 ... There's no reason the president should have control over museums and cultural venues. That’s something that also needs to be reigned in, in the future. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)
++++
I fully and completely agree with this DU poster. It's rare, but it *does* happen. It's preposterous that the president can fire museum boards of directors and the like and the government - and its leader - shouldn't have influence over cultural venues.

So yes, I agree with this DU poster. The museums and cultural venues should all be privatized and receive no state support or sponsorship so they can operate independently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:46 PM (WkNQM)

158 Ice Nine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:46 PM (VUnvY)

159 Lol Trump just misgendered a leftard disruptor that got bounced

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:46 PM (Ql5aA)

160 158 Ice Nine.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:46 PM (VUnvY)

Posted by: Rick Astley at April 29, 2025 06:46 PM (PiwSw)

161 I hear you saying that it is neither fair nor safe for men and women to compete against each other...

That does appear to be what they are admitting. Probably why it was secret.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:47 PM (2VST1)

162 Is that wrong?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

163 If you look you can still find Nike site roads.

They lead to nowhere with a hole in the ground.

Posted by: DaveA at April 29, 2025 06:47 PM (FhXTo)

164 158 Ice Nine.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2025 06:46 PM (VUnvY)

https://tinyurl.com/57mx5er7

Posted by: jsg at April 29, 2025 06:48 PM (SATZE)

165 This revenge shit is getting ridiculous. With more power I think it's fair to say nothing is off the table for Trump. He needs to be removed. I no longer care how.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 29, 2025 06:43 PM (ycI94)

What's funny about this is, Trump MAY be taking revenge, but it's not against the people who supported the whore and the Alzheimer's patient, it's the bigwigs of various types, who think they're supposed to run everything.

So yeah, no. Let's not let the whore's husband keep his board slot, or the assholes who ran Biden's White House for him.

Heave ho time, ho's.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 29, 2025 06:48 PM (dGCAG)

166 Is your Sheriff Will Teasle?
Posted by: There's a diner about 30 miles up the road at April 29, 2025 06:42 PM (TbWk/)

I actually had to do research.

I need to watch more movies.....

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:49 PM (jvJvP)

167 Make rude comments to those wearing them.
Posted by: whig

Did your gay uncle give you those?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2025 06:49 PM (/U5Yz)

168 Hey! Nike! Leave them kids alone!
All in all we're just bricks in the wall

So yes, I agree with this DU poster. The museums and cultural venues should all be privatized and receive no state support or sponsorship so they can operate independently.

Ditto.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:49 PM (2VST1)

169 I remember a Nike Hercules base on Lake Michigan, just north of Diversey Harbor ... just about all I know about them ... what made them so cockamamie?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 06:36 PM (/Ghsb)

They dated from the time before the Sovs had ICBMs, so they were an anti-bomber defense.

They defended against incoming waves of bombers is by setting off nukes in their paths.
On US soil.
Like I said: cockamamie.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 29, 2025 06:39 PM (W5ArC)
***

Got a tour of the last active battery in Seattle. It was pretty awesome.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 29, 2025 06:49 PM (W/lyH)

170 Does Nike make a womens size 14 Wide?

How about some sweats with extra room in the crotch?

Posted by: Nike at April 29, 2025 06:50 PM (BU22l)

171 ...Michelle. We were talking to Michelle.

Posted by: Nike at April 29, 2025 06:50 PM (NEvbT)

172 I remember when the Handicapper General was symbolic of a dystopian communist future, not symbolic of dystopian *gay* communist future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (WkNQM)

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

Communists are not fussy, whatever gets them there is good.

Posted by: Decaf at April 29, 2025 06:51 PM (unUNN)

173 Years ago... decades really... I wanted a pair of Adidas running shoes. All the track stars had them. I badgered my mom into taking me to some athletic store. Don't remember the name.

Anyway I wanted a pair of the leather Adidas running shoes... white with the green stripes.

The salesman sniffed when we asked to see if the store had them in stock and said:
"These are track shoes... running shoes... not for everyday ware."

I was heartbroken. But my mom said... "What difference does it make once I've bought them whether he wears them on the track on in the bathtub?"

Yea... I think mom was right.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 29, 2025 06:52 PM (Q4IgG)

174 I remember when the Handicapper General was symbolic of a dystopian communist future, not symbolic of dystopian *gay* communist future.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:24 PM (WkNQM)

And like 1984, Harrison Bergeron was meant to be a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual.

Posted by: Total equality! What a GREAT idea! at April 29, 2025 06:52 PM (TbWk/)

175 UAW official is onstage getting crowd stoked for midterms

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:52 PM (Ql5aA)

176 NaCly Dog , I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I would be completely lost without my Mrs. My best wishes to you.

Posted by: javems at April 29, 2025 06:53 PM (8I4hW)

177 Communism has succeeded in China, Cuba and North Korea. Too bad nobody can ask those living under it how they view it.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:53 PM (oXfCm)

178 I'll never forget that Target that it was perfectly fine to have a transgender section for children's swimsuits. Think again about that one--somebody inside Target's corporate suites dreamed that one up and not a soul inside the building said "Yeah, we probably shouldn't do that." It was just another day of the week for them.

Its not exaggeration to say that there is a battle in play for the soul of this nation.

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

179 I might buy some converse, those canvas shoes like we used to get in the 70s. I remember those being really comfortable. But I just got some really comfortable slip on Sketchers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:25 PM (2VST1)

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All of my walking shoes are Skechers, I particularly like that they are slip on so I don't have to bend to put them on. I even have a pair of sparkly ones for holidays.

Posted by: Decaf at April 29, 2025 06:54 PM (unUNN)

180 And like 1984, Harrison Bergeron was meant to be a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual.
Posted by: Total equality! What a GREAT idea! at April 29, 2025 06:52 PM (TbWk/)
++++
Spoiler alert: they're *all* instruction manuals.

1984
Animal Farm
Brave New World
Harrison Bergeron
The Giver
The Twilight Zone
The Outer Limits
Black Mirror
Countless others

All of them are instruction manuals.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 06:55 PM (WkNQM)

181 The salesman sniffed when we asked to see if the store had them in stock and said:
"These are track shoes... running shoes... not for everyday ware."

I was heartbroken. But my mom said... "What difference does it make once I've bought them whether he wears them on the track on in the bathtub?"

Yea... I think mom was right.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 29, 2025 06:52 PM (Q4IgG)

If they have the little spikes on the bottom, you probably shouldn't wear them to church.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 29, 2025 06:55 PM (dGCAG)

182 javems

Thank you. The Horde is a great help with coping.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

183 Nike has always had a 'woke' streak that bent it in the direction that took it where it is today. I'm glad I never bought one damned pair of their shoes … 'course, that's mainly 'cos I didn't get all impressed by their spokesJoneses ... or MJ .... suck it, Nike.

Posted by: Dr_No at April 29, 2025 06:57 PM (ayRl+)

184 176 NaCly Dog , I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I would be completely lost without my Mrs. My best wishes to you.

Posted by: javems at April 29, 2025 06:53 PM (8I4hW)

I missed something. What happened?

I was going through the comments, but I'm drinking tonight.

There's a few people cutting down on booze. I'm joining you tomorrow.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 06:57 PM (jvJvP)

185 or MJ .... suck it, Nike.

Michael Jordan totally took a year off to try baseball, he wasn't suspended for gambling at all

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 06:57 PM (2VST1)

186 Make rude comments to those wearing them.
Posted by: whig

Did your gay uncle give you those?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

F'n chick at work was wearing a pair of White Nike Coronados with the red swoosh. I almost said "boy! You look good!" But I like my job. Back in 1982, guys were the ones with the red swoosh and girls wore the ones with the blue swoosh.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 06:58 PM (KP+Ym)

187 A collapse of a bell distribution of human ability would be a catastrophe. So of course the kiddy -diddlers all want that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 06:58 PM (u82oZ)

188
Its not exaggeration to say that there is a battle in play for the soul of this nation.
Posted by: Crusader
--------

We are become Babylon, I fear.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2025 06:58 PM (XeU6L)

189 I celebrate that I have never given one red cent to Nike or Starbucks.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 06:58 PM (oXfCm)

190 Trump will be delivering commencement addresses at U AL and West Point

Posted by: kallisto at April 29, 2025 06:59 PM (Ql5aA)

191 What's funny about this is, Trump MAY be taking revenge, but it's not against the people who supported the whore and the Alzheimer's patient, it's the bigwigs of various types, who think they're supposed to run everything.

So yeah, no. Let's not let the whore's husband keep his board slot, or the assholes who ran Biden's White House for him.

Heave ho time, ho's.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 29, 2025 06:48 PM (dGCAG)

The hilarious things is that DU doesn't get that these boards have been patronage machines for the Left as long as they've been in existence. Trump is just ending the practice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 29, 2025 06:59 PM (uWKK8)

192 I have bought Starbucks, to find out about the hype. Its not very good coffee. Like ten better places just in my home town.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:00 PM (2VST1)

193 So horseshoes, hand grenades, and Nike missiles.
That's what makes a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: torabora at April 29, 2025 07:00 PM (kNXTC)

194 Its not exaggeration to say that there is a battle in play for the soul of this nation.
Posted by: Crusader
--------

We are become Babylon, I fear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

When did we get to start shooting them?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 07:00 PM (KP+Ym)

195 Its easy for me not to buy Starbucks--I don't like hot beverages or cold food.

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 07:00 PM (TN0g+)

196 Mike Hammer

The nation would thrive without Leftists in power or having any influence. The opposite is not true.

And GOPers are listed with the Left Dems. Corrupt, self-important, destroyers of Civilization all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:01 PM (u82oZ)

197 Not sure which brands to boycott.

Nike-check

Adidas-check (Adibas is almost same but cheaper)

Puma-????

Must consult Anna Puma

Posted by: Miklos, unauthorized reseller at April 29, 2025 07:02 PM (IKhKt)

198 192 I have bought Starbucks, to find out about the hype. Its not very good coffee. Like ten better places just in my home town.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:00 PM (2VST1)

I'm in Canada,

Tim Horton's. Just over 2 bucks. And they give the give the dog a free TimBit. Sometimes 2 or 3.

I'm not fussy for food or coffee.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 07:02 PM (jvJvP)

199 Christopher Taylor, call me cheap but I'm not paying anybody 4 bucks for something that I can make at home for 20 cents.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:02 PM (oXfCm)

200 Christopher R Taylor

My brother in law was the best coffee machine repairman in DC. He had the Starbucks instal contract. His description: Starbucks burns coffee.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

201 Another company I can't boycott any more than I'm doing already.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
========
Make rude comments to those wearing them.
Posted by: whig

"Hey dude, really rockin' the Swish"

Posted by: Miklos, with mild subtlety of language at April 29, 2025 07:04 PM (IKhKt)

202 The hilarious things is that DU doesn't get that these boards have been patronage machines for the Left as long as they've been in existence. Trump is just ending the practice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 29, 2025 06:59 PM (uWKK

++++
Oh, I'm sure some of them get it - and love it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:04 PM (WkNQM)

203 Mike Hammer

The use of Babylon is brilliant. Because we can not talk to each other. We are separating into tribes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

204 192 I have bought Starbucks, to find out about the hype. Its not very good coffee. Like ten better places just in my home town.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:00 PM (2VST

I went into a Starbucks once and ordered a café au lait. They suggested I should go next door to a Dunkin' Donuts, which I did, First and last try.

Posted by: javems at April 29, 2025 07:05 PM (8I4hW)

205

Horde respected shoes:

https://t.ly/evj2w

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 29, 2025 07:05 PM (63Dwl)

206 Boobylon > Babylon

Posted by: Should go without saying at April 29, 2025 07:06 PM (TbWk/)

207 We are become Babylon, I fear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

When did we get to start shooting them?
Posted by: rickb223

You're such a tease

Posted by: Miklos, seeing no need for excessive delay at April 29, 2025 07:06 PM (IKhKt)

208 Maybe Nike can convince Kaepernick to chop his privates off. First tranny NFL player

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2025 07:06 PM (Er3Q7)

209 In desperate situations I admit going to SBucks. It's usually disappointing and I'll say "I'm never going there again".

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:06 PM (vFG9F)

210 rickb223, I have your six any day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:07 PM (oXfCm)

211 I went to a Starbucks once...got in line and listened to things I never heard...got to the counter and ordered a coffee. A regular cup of coffee with nothing else. You'd think I was sprechen sie deutsch.

The only other times (2) were to meet someone over work stuff. I don't drink coffee in the afternoon.

Posted by: DanMan at April 29, 2025 07:07 PM (8uzBS)

212 My brother in law was the best coffee machine repairman in DC. He had the Starbucks instal contract. His description: Starbucks burns coffee.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:03 PM (u82oZ)
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They do, and there's a reason for it. I used to have a friendly working relationship with a guy at Starbucks HQ and I once asked him why their coffee sucks. He gave a very sensible answer, and it has nothing to do with over-roasting to extend shelf life (the most common reason I see).

He put it along the lines of, "it's because we don't really sell coffee. We sell milkshakes with coffee in them. To taste coffee in a Frapuccino at *all,* the coffee has to be extremely strong and bitter. Our coffee is usually an ingredient, not a beverage on its own."

Made sense to me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:07 PM (WkNQM)

213 I don't drink coffee, so I don't have to worry about Starbucks. The wife prefers Dunkin' Donuts coffee over Starbucks anyway.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 07:07 PM (KP+Ym)

214 My brother in law was the best coffee machine repairman in DC. He had the Starbucks instal contract. His description: Starbucks burns coffee.

I'd bet there's a strong overlap between the people who like SB's dark roast and those who like smoky, peaty Scotch.

Yes, I'm one of them.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:08 PM (s8j++)

215 Starbucks is basically the ultimate representation of corporate America - shitty product at a premium price that people pay because they're brainwashed into thinking it's hip, cool or progressive.

Posted by: Shit products + poor wages = C suite bonus! at April 29, 2025 07:08 PM (TbWk/)

216 Dunkin has much better coffee and they have donuts too.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:08 PM (vFG9F)

217 Christopher Taylor, call me cheap but I'm not paying anybody 4 bucks for something that I can make at home for 20 cents.
Posted by: Ben Had

Don't know why I though of this-

"Sex is affordable amusement for the poor".

Posted by: Miklos, seeing potential consequences at April 29, 2025 07:08 PM (IKhKt)

218 I'll say this for sbux, there aren't many places you can get a triple expresso at 0530 ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 07:08 PM (/Ghsb)

219 Maybe Nike can convince Kaepernick to chop his privates off. First tranny NFL player
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2025 07:06 PM (Er3Q7)

Become Cole'en Kaepernick, and play on a WNBA team.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:08 PM (VNX3d)

220 I don't drink coffee, so I don't have to worry about Starbucks. The wife prefers Dunkin' Donuts coffee over Starbucks anyway.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 07:07 PM (KP+Ym)
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Dunkin' consistently has good coffee. So does McDonald's. So does 7-11. So do most Circle-K gas stations I've seen. Truck stops pretty uniformly have good coffee, too.

Good - at least decently good - coffee is not hard. It's just not Starbucks' main business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:09 PM (WkNQM)

221 Paul Simon made a song about Starbucks: 'One Trick Pony' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at April 29, 2025 07:09 PM (ayRl+)

222 Dr. Kathryn Ackerman would be kind of hot if she didn't have that dorsal fin of a nose attached to her face.

Posted by: Orson at April 29, 2025 07:09 PM (dIske)

223 What are you people with the wide feet? Rhinos?

Posted by: Normal In Every Way at April 29, 2025 07:10 PM (G5+As)

224 those who like smoky, peaty Scotch.

Aye Laddie

20 pounds, same as in Edinburgh

Posted by: smoking Scottish Pete at April 29, 2025 07:10 PM (IKhKt)

225 Good, glad to see JD taking control

Can we just start calling him "Forty Eight"?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 29, 2025 07:10 PM (a4flb)

226 I'm happy with a 30 cent Kroger K-cup coffee. My tastes are simple and cheapskate.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:11 PM (vFG9F)

227 This busty redhead in a dress isn't too fond of coffee, but likes hanging out at Starbucks because it's a hot spot and they let her bring her pup along:
http://tiny.cc/ge6i001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:11 PM (WkNQM)

228 I admit I am very bad at consumerism.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:11 PM (oXfCm)

229 Dr. Kathryn Ackerman would be kind of hot if she didn't have that dorsal fin of a nose attached to her face.

When she does the backstroke, I'll bet the other swimmers hear duh duh,
Duh Duh
DUH DUH!!!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:11 PM (s8j++)

230 "Sex is affordable amusement for the poor".

'The bedroom is the poor man's opera house'

from a quote by somebody else

Posted by: DanMan at April 29, 2025 07:11 PM (8uzBS)

231 Dr. Kathryn Ackerman would be kind of hot if she didn't have that dorsal fin of a nose attached to her face.
Posted by: Orson

So

The stories about horny rapey dolphins are true.

Posted by: Ichthymologist Miklos at April 29, 2025 07:12 PM (IKhKt)

232 Dunkin' consistently has good coffee.

Really like the Donut Shop Blend on the Keurig. Dunkin clone. Good stuff.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at April 29, 2025 07:12 PM (McYvC)

233 Dunkin' consistently has good coffee. So does McDonald's. So does 7-11. So do most Circle-K gas stations I've seen. Truck stops pretty uniformly have good coffee, too.

No. It's the equivalent of Folger's.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:12 PM (s8j++)

234 Really like the Donut Shop Blend on the Keurig. Dunkin clone. Good stuff.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at April 29, 2025 07:12 PM (McYvC)
++++
I buy it in bulk from Costco for the office. The place I work now is the first place I've ever worked without free coffee. That was a shock when I started. They *do* have Kuerig in the break room, though, and I've been pleased with that brand. Good enough, cheap enough.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:13 PM (WkNQM)

235 DanMan, how did the meal with the green chili stew turn out?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:13 PM (oXfCm)

236 Hello, dear Hordelings. We would love to see you at the NoVaMoMe on June 21. For info please send me an email to the address or my nic or click on the link on the left sidebar on the homepage.

Posted by: bluebell at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (79pEw)

237 Yeah Starbucks roasts their coffee more than I like, but some people really like it. And yeah they serve coffee flavored milkshakes really, not so much coffee.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (2VST1)

238 None of which has anything to do with their wokeness. Bad business management, sure. Bad supply chain management, sure. But not the wokeness. That's a part of their brand, and they're fine from that standpoint.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
------
Trooning is a 20/80 issue for Nike. No upside for pissing off parents that buy a lot of these shoes while Pride! is not as problematic.

There is a very serious backlash on Troonism to the point that actually funding desexing males to compete in female sports is a lot more likely to cause damage than supporting that Kaepernick or Pride! would.

Competitors don't even have to run negative ads against Nike, let the Trump officials do that every time the subject comes up.

Pushing males into female sports and doing it explicitly is far different than rhetorical support.

That gets specifically at parents who buy a big proportion of gear from Nike versus adults.

All Adidas, Asics, and Reebok have to do is keep their mouths shut while Nike spirals downward in consumer favorability over this. They don't even have to say one word.

Nike is not someone that has a natural monopoly on selling sports ballshoes anymore with the demise of malls

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (ctrM5)

239 rickb223, I have your six any day.
Posted by: Ben Had

I appreciate that. We may have to one day soon.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (KP+Ym)

240 awesome! DanMa'am got it right! Thanks

Posted by: DanMan at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (8uzBS)

241 STANDOFF! Police Chase. SUSPECT in TREE HIDING From ICE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW-x-lyXAh4

SAN ANTONIO - A man with a warrant for his arrest fled up a tree to escape authorities.
The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday near S Navidad and Hazel St.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, they attempted to execute a deportation warrant for 29-year-old Guatemalan national Raul Ical. They tried to make the arrest during a traffic stop where Ical was a passenger, but he fled the scene and climbed a tree.
DHS says Ical entered the United States unlawfully on March 27, 2013, was deported to Guatemala on April 24, 2013, and then illegally reentered the U.S. again.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (9aVck)

242 I went to the Starbucks on Van Ness last week only because I had a gift card, otherwise I avoid them. Quite the river of humanity flowing before me as I sipped my mocha.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

243 WI Supreme Court has reportedly suspended Judge Hannah Dugan.

https://tinyurl.com/4s2ewwfc

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (paSBy)

244 Normal In Every Way

I can still wear something from my long-ago days in the Service, that fits well.

Socks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:15 PM (u82oZ)

245 Dunkin etc coffee is fine, but if you have really good coffee you'll never look back. Its like how store bought ice cream tastes fine but if you have home made you forget that store stuff even exists.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:15 PM (2VST1)

246 He put it along the lines of, "it's because we don't really sell coffee. We sell milkshakes with coffee in them. To taste coffee in a Frapuccino at *all,* the coffee has to be extremely strong and bitter. Our coffee is usually an ingredient, not a beverage on its own."

Made sense to me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Also, SBUX gets its coffee, mainly, from Vietnam. The commies there are the second largest coffee producers in the world, all of it B-grade.

Posted by: Fun Fact Miklos at April 29, 2025 07:15 PM (IKhKt)

247 She also took a jar to our local HEB and asked them to get it! good stuff

Posted by: DanMan at April 29, 2025 07:15 PM (8uzBS)

248 Grandma to Fake News:
Q: Are you prepared to pay higher prices [due to tariffs]?
A: I been paying higher prices, sweetie.

He couldn't have been pancaked any harder except if she'd said "bless your heart."

Benny Johnson has the clip.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 29, 2025 07:15 PM (NwfFc)

249 "SUSPECT in TREE HIDING From ICE'

I would pelt him with a slingshot until he came down.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

250 @NaCly Dog: I followed up with John Van Stry about the review of "Sometimes in the Fall" you put in the book thread this past Sunday.

First, he's glad you enjoyed the book. :-) Second, he's curious about this EMP howler you mentioned... Can you provide more detail in that regard? (John's an engineer and was USAF. He likes to get things right.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (O7YUW)

251 I can still wear something from my long-ago days in the Service, that fits well.

Socks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

But where?

Posted by: Innocent Lil' Miklos at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (IKhKt)

252 Leftists sure want to start a revolution

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (ypFCm)

253 239, endorsed. and dittoed.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (/Ghsb)

254 Leftists sure want to start a revolution
Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (ypFCm)

Leftists are revolting !

Posted by: runner at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (g47mK)

255 Skip, some people should be careful of what they wish for.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:18 PM (oXfCm)

256 If that didn't work I would get out my Red Ryder BB gun.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

257 Dunkin etc coffee is fine, but if you have really good coffee you'll never look back.

I've had it in Argentina and Brazil. Its better - but its not here and the Donut K Cups still work for me.

I like Wild Turkey - but I can drink Jim Beam just fine if thats what we're having.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at April 29, 2025 07:18 PM (McYvC)

258 249 "SUSPECT in TREE HIDING From ICE'

I would pelt him with a slingshot until he came down.
Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

Use ice cubes in the slingshot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (VNX3d)

259 252 Leftists sure want to start a revolution
Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (ypFCm)

It would help if they could at least start a lawnmower.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (KP+Ym)

260 bluebell, is there no way to contribute?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (oXfCm)

261 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest cat of them all) says, "Hello!" and that she would never be caught dead wearing Nikes or drinking Starbucks coffee.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (GlyvH)

262 Innocent Lil' Miklos

My feet, silly.

Posted by: Even more innocent NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (u82oZ)

263 lol, fd!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (/Ghsb)

264 "SUSPECT in TREE HIDING From ICE'

I would pelt him with a slingshot until he came down.
Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

Use ice cubes in the slingshot.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

How tall is the tree? Because I have a chainsaw.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2025 07:19 PM (KP+Ym)

265 I'll bet Ace is sitting on a beach somewhere, an umbrella drink in hand, thinking about how much he misses us.

......NAAAHHHHHHHH

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (s8j++)

266 This revenge shit is getting ridiculous. With more power I think it's fair to say nothing is off the table for Trump. He needs to be removed. I no longer care how.
---
Repeating my comment from earlier:

War is democracy--both sides get a vote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (NwfFc)

267 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

How do I get in touch with him?

Posted by: Even more innocent NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (u82oZ)

268 I like Wild Turkey - but I can drink Jim Beam just fine if thats what we're having.

Nine-Banded out of Austin is very smoove.

Posted by: DanMan at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (8uzBS)

269 If that didn't work I would get out my Red Ryder BB gun.
Posted by: fd

You could put some eyes out with that thing!

Posted by: Ralphie's Mom Miklos at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (IKhKt)

270 ... There is a very serious backlash on Troonism to the point that actually funding desexing males to compete in female sports is a lot more likely to cause damage than supporting that Kaepernick or Pride! would.
...
Pushing males into female sports and doing it explicitly is far different than rhetorical support.

That gets specifically at parents who buy a big proportion of gear from Nike versus adults. ...

Nike is not someone that has a natural monopoly on selling sports ballshoes anymore with the demise of malls
Posted by: whig at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (ctrM5)
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Nike has long been activist. Will it change now? Maybe - we are in the midst of a preference cascade, so anything is possible - but I kind of doubt it.

A monopoly they most certainly are not. I wouldn't be long Nike (not financial advice, of course) because of their other problems, but so far, the wokeness and activism hasn't been an issue.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (WkNQM)

271 How tall is the tree? Because I have a chainsaw.

Like that one girl who camped out in a tree to stop the old growth forest from being harvested by loggers in Oregon. They let her stay and gave up eventually. I mean. Dude. Climb up and get her, and stop allowing food up to her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:21 PM (2VST1)

272 266, and the aggressor sets the ROE

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 29, 2025 07:21 PM (/Ghsb)

273 "You could put some eyes out with that thing!
Posted by: Ralphie's Mom Miklos"

I also have a BB machine gun. Don't make me escalate.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:21 PM (vFG9F)

274 I'll bet Ace is sitting on a beach somewhere, an umbrella drink in hand, thinking about how much he misses us.

He's got some cutie in a bikini oiling and combing his ewok fur, I doubt he even remembers he has a blog

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:21 PM (2VST1)

275 Focused clinical book type intelligence really is a strong indication of outright ignorance. What this "non-existent" study is, essentially, is an example of a Harvard/ Johns Hopkins educated sports medicine endocrinologist from Boston Children's Hospital exploring ways to handicap children purposefully so they can play a game.

THAT is macabre. Someone possessing the least modicum of common sense and morality would look at the endeavor and feel a strong urge to smack the good doctor in the face and tell her to wake up and recover her humanity/ humility.

There. I feel better now.

Posted by: Orson at April 29, 2025 07:22 PM (dIske)

276 Archimedes

Bluebell planned his wedding, so maybe this is a honeymoon with his new wife. The one who picks out all the animal videos in the Cafe threads.

Or maybe moving to Utah to be next to the big Internet pipes near the NSA/Google complex.

Posted by: Even more innocent NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:22 PM (u82oZ)

277 254 Leftists sure want to start a revolution
Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (ypFCm)

Leftists are revolting !

Posted by: runner at April 29, 2025 07:17 PM (g47mK

I think a lot of us wouldn't mind.

I don't remember the poster, someone commented years ago, that the left ups the violence to get what they want and then they tone it down.

Conservatives are binary. Jobs. Family.

One. Let's deal with this. Let's deal with this. Horrible. Let's adapt.

Two. Kill them all.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 07:22 PM (jvJvP)

278 265 I'll bet Ace is sitting on a beach somewhere, an umbrella drink in hand, thinking about how much he misses us.

......NAAAHHHHHHHH
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:20 PM (s8j++)

Well, I miss him!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 29, 2025 07:22 PM (6PCLE)

279 THAT is macabre. Someone possessing the least modicum of common sense and morality would look at the endeavor and feel a strong urge to smack the good doctor in the face and tell her to wake up and recover her humanity/ humility.

There. I feel better now.
Posted by: Orson at April 29, 2025 07:22 PM (dIske)
++++
I am sure his ethicist said it's fine.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:23 PM (WkNQM)

280 "SUSPECT in TREE HIDING From ICE'

I would pelt him with a slingshot until he came down.
Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

Use ice cubes in the slingshot.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

How tall is the tree? Because I have a chainsaw.
Posted by: rickb223 "SUSPECT in TREE HIDING From ICE'

I would pelt him with a slingshot until he came down.
Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

Use ice cubes in the slingshot.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

How tall is the tree? Because I have a chainsaw.
Posted by: rickb223

Animal Control with the tranq dart.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 29, 2025 07:23 PM (/lPRQ)

281 Thank you TJM and CBD for keeping the lights on today.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:23 PM (oXfCm)

282 I read that the blackout in Spain was caused by a mysterious loss of 15 GW of power, which was more power than the country's five nuke reactors could put out.
so either there was a glitch at one of the solar arrays causing the instantaneous drop, or somewhere in Spain there is an enormous singe where a dead-short happened

Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:23 PM (D7oie)

283 sock_rat_eez

"What Happened at the Coup." Matt Bracken.

Posted by: Even more innocent NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:24 PM (u82oZ)

284 Ace said he was going to work on his shelves. He's probably under the rubble right now, wishing he had his cell phone with him.

Posted by: fd at April 29, 2025 07:24 PM (vFG9F)

285 A bit off topic, but I like the idea that Amazon and Walmart (and others) list how much of the cost comes from tariffs. It would make it easier to spot crap made overseas.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:24 PM (VNX3d)

286 tinyurl.com/muzy2pc4
20 Posts tonight from Doug Ross Journal

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:24 PM (ypFCm)

287 I'll bet Ace is sitting on a beach somewhere, an umbrella drink in hand, thinking about how much he misses us.

maybe

Ask Garret

Posted by: Miklos wonders if they traded Crocs for flip flops at April 29, 2025 07:25 PM (IKhKt)

288 either there was a glitch at one of the solar arrays causing the instantaneous drop

Trigglypuff took a ride on Bezos' penis rocket, and accidentally eclipsed the sun.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:25 PM (s8j++)

289 Off sock from foot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:25 PM (u82oZ)

290 It would make it easier to spot crap made overseas.

I suspect that is one of the reason that Amazon didn't follow through with the idea. As I mentioned earlier, the Amazon app doesn't even list country of origin, but the PC site does.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:26 PM (2VST1)

291 Hour of the Wolf 👍

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:26 PM (ypFCm)

292 Spain should probably not think this was a one off.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:26 PM (oXfCm)

293 my 8 yo grandson got into mastering a slingshot. He was slinging anything he could fit in it until he broke the strap.

I takes him to WalMart for a new one and he sees the big jar of ammo. "sure, just don't aim it at me"

get to the self check-out and he wants to scan it. No! said the attendant looking on. You have to be 18 to buy that!

Posted by: DanMan at April 29, 2025 07:27 PM (8uzBS)

294 Ace being gone for the week reminds me of the sitcoms from the 70s where Alice was gone from the Brady Bunch or Sgt Carter was gone from Gomer Pyle's platoon. I'm sure I'm forgetting another one or two.

So to follow the plots of those shows, the interim hosts have to keep the site running well for a few days until JUST BEFORE Ace comes back we suddenly realize that Ace will feel despondent if everything went well with him gone, and then we have to make a mess of the place so that Ace will realize he was needed!

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 07:27 PM (TN0g+)

295 >>> 285 A bit off topic, but I like the idea that Amazon and Walmart (and others) list how much of the cost comes from tariffs. It would make it easier to spot crap made overseas.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:24 PM (VNX3d)

Agreed. There was another Moron commenting earlier that it may backfire when customers see just how much shit is from CHYna.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 29, 2025 07:27 PM (Vqx30)

296 Thank you TJM and CBD for keeping the lights on today.
Posted by: Ben Had

Hey-

I lit the Drinking Lamp

*F88K* forgot

*Illuminates Drinking Lamp*

*Also the Smoking one*

Posted by: Miklos makes minor contributions here and there at April 29, 2025 07:27 PM (IKhKt)

297 @Christopher R Taylor: Thank you for the recommendation on the Levon Cade books. I bought the entire series and am plowing through them.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 07:28 PM (O7YUW)

298 I read that the blackout in Spain was caused by a mysterious loss of 15 GW of power, which was more power than the country's five nuke reactors could put out.
so either there was a glitch at one of the solar arrays causing the instantaneous drop, or somewhere in Spain there is an enormous singe where a dead-short happened
Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:23 PM (D7oie)

Probably a couple of squirrels getting it on in exactly the wrong place, going out with a bang.

Either that, or a bolt of lightning.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:28 PM (VNX3d)

299 The way to deal with the illegal alien in the tree?

Tranquilizer dart, like they do with the bears and such. He'll wake up in Guatemala wondering what happened.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at April 29, 2025 07:28 PM (IQhz0)

300 I saw a young (high school age) girl today wearing a black hoodie that said, in white lettering on the back, "Dead Pedos Don't Re-Offend"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:29 PM (D7oie)

301 >>> 298 I read that the blackout in Spain was caused by a mysterious loss of 15 GW of power, which was more power than the country's five nuke reactors could put out.
so either there was a glitch at one of the solar arrays causing the instantaneous drop, or somewhere in Spain there is an enormous singe where a dead-short happened
Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:23 PM (D7oie)

Probably a couple of squirrels getting it on in exactly the wrong place, going out with a bang.

Either that, or a bolt of lightning.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:28 PM (VNX3d)

Not sure which is funnier to me, this or the Paris blackout at the start of the Olympics.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 29, 2025 07:29 PM (Vqx30)

302 Trump talked Canadian smack knowing absorbing all of Canada was a non starter. Now with Carney going full national suicide/anti carbon, Canadian politics will self correct in a few years. Some combination of Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Maritimes will petition the US to join to escape the madness. Canada is a fake " multicultural" " diversity is our strength" country. What can not last, will not.

Posted by: Theories at April 29, 2025 07:29 PM (0pLZt)

303 Ace being gone for the week reminds me of the sitcoms from the 70s where Sgt Carter was gone from Gomer Pyle's platoon. I'm sure I'm forgetting another one or two.

If Ace shows up with a sword from Inchon, we'll know he had quite the time.

Posted by: Miklos Pyle, Pfc. at April 29, 2025 07:29 PM (IKhKt)

304 94 Ace being gone for the week reminds me of the sitcoms from the 70s where Alice was gone from the Brady Bunch or Sgt Carter was gone from Gomer Pyle's platoon. I'm sure I'm forgetting another one or two.

Posted by: Crusader at April 29, 2025 07:27 PM (TN0g+

Chrissy. "Three's Company."

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 07:30 PM (jvJvP)

305 Hm. Not sure exactly what this means, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Judge Hannah Dugan, she of the "hide the brutal illegal gang thug" fame who got arrested

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:30 PM (2VST1)

306 I've been boycotting Nike for 20 years already...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 29, 2025 07:30 PM (VrVs2)

307 "Tranquilizer dart, like they do with the bears and such. He'll wake up in Guatemala with an ear tag and a tracking collar wondering what happened"

FIFY

Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:30 PM (D7oie)

308 Miklos, a drink shared with you would be a treasure.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:31 PM (oXfCm)

309 I saw a young (high school age) girl today wearing a black hoodie that said, in white lettering on the back, "Dead Pedos Don't Re-Offend"

I endorse this message

Thank you for the recommendation on the Levon Cade books

They are all great, I love how his daughter develops. She's a terrific kid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:32 PM (2VST1)

310 @amuse
DOGE: How do you get half of the woke lawyers in the DOJ to quit? Tell them they're going to have to combat antisemitism and keep men out of women's bathrooms. Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon managed to get 50% of the woke lawyers in the Civil Rights Division to voluntarily resign.
The Washington Post reported that roughly half of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division lawyers resigned after Harmeet Dhillon, the new division head, directed the team to prioritize addressing antisemitism, transgender women's participation in women's sports, and "woke ideology."

Harmeet K. Dhillon
7:14 AM · Apr 29, 2025

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 29, 2025 07:32 PM (RIvkX)

311 I am sure his ethicist said it's fine.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

*starts Zeke Emmanuel Death Clock*

Posted by: Miklos will hold him to his proscriptions at April 29, 2025 07:32 PM (IKhKt)

312 I'm still boycotting Nike for pushing racial division with Kapernick sp? Need the rappers and black preachers to tell Nike's core consumer base to boycott until they provide evidence that they are no longer pushing for boys to mutilate themselves surgically or chemically.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 29, 2025 07:33 PM (bP/i4)

313 @NaCly Dog: You can reach him at the email address he provides in his books he publishes via Amazon:

vanstry@gmail.com

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 07:33 PM (O7YUW)

314 Harmeet! Harmeet! YES!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 29, 2025 07:34 PM (oXfCm)

315 Miklos, a drink shared with you would be a treasure.
Posted by: Ben Had

*starts saving up for some Good Stuff*

*looks forlornly at almost empty bottle of Old Crow*

Posted by: Miklos might could do this at April 29, 2025 07:35 PM (IKhKt)

316 We have a Nood.

Posted by: Stateless.. 21% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at April 29, 2025 07:35 PM (jvJvP)

317 How do you get half of the woke lawyers in the DOJ to quit? Tell them they're going to have to combat antisemitism and keep men out of women's bathrooms.

I love this shift. Changing the Civil Rights division to actually battle civil rights violations instead of using the federal government's power to leverage your twisted ideology is a bridge too far for these idiots though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:35 PM (2VST1)

318 Trigglypuff took a ride on Bezos' penis rocket, and accidentally eclipsed the sun.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2025 07:25 PM (s8j++)

____________________________

I had a strange curiosity to see what the iconic Ms. Trigglypuff was up to at present. LMAO...I found her.

https://tinyurl.com/5d3dfce2

Cora Segal (she/her pronouns) is a first year Master’s student in Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work examines how state and capitalist violence such as borders, policing, prisons, and colonial occupation create what is considered a normative body-mind.

They highlighted her for winning some award. Nice to see good people getting their due. heh.

Posted by: Orson at April 29, 2025 07:35 PM (dIske)

319 Dunkin is cheap coffee with a higher percentage of caffeine. I don't care for it, but I don't drink hot coffee, I'm one of the milkshake with coffee in it people.

I like Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf as far as chains go, but they are not in Arkansas. I like Kona as far as type of beans, but since I like the ice blended drinks, and don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for a blender that gives the desired result, I pay for Starbucks or a local equivalent when we go to town. It's an occasional treat, that I very much enjoy. Our Starbucks is in a grocery store, and I like the kids who work there, and I like the current caramel drink I'm getting. When I want an ice blended mocha, I go to the local place.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 29, 2025 07:36 PM (Vvh2V)

320 Harmeet! Harmeet! YES!
Posted by: Ben Had

I audialized that as an Ululation

Posted by: Miklos hears things at April 29, 2025 07:36 PM (IKhKt)

321 *starts Zeke Emmanuel Death Clock*
Posted by: Miklos will hold him to his proscriptions at April 29, 2025 07:32 PM (IKhKt)
++++
Remember Mannix's Iron Law of Job Titles:
Anyone in who has the word 'ethic' in any of its forms in his job title is an evil monster.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 29, 2025 07:36 PM (WkNQM)

322 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Thank you.

I'll add a message to him to my list of things to do.

May you have safe travels, well-behaved kids, grateful parents, and fun trips. Note the Oxford commas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 29, 2025 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

323 My wife likes Starbucks. She doesn't drink the coffee, but she gets the used coffee grounds for the garden by the trashbag full for free.
Coffee grounds are the Nitrogen portion of a "natural" garden fertilizer I make.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:38 PM (D7oie)

324 @322/NaCly Dog: Y'welcome, and Oxford commas are always appreciated. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 29, 2025 07:39 PM (O7YUW)

325 My coffee grounds go in the compost, but read somewhere worms don't like them

Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:41 PM (ypFCm)

326 NOOD Dress Code

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2025 07:43 PM (VNX3d)

327 My coffee grounds go in the compost, but read somewhere worms don't like them
Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2025 07:41 PM (ypFCm)

No, worms are supposed to adore them.
The first stage in compost is bacterial and fungal decomposition anyways, that is when it heats up like a furnace. The following stages are the bugs and worms when it cools down. Coffee grounds help get it heated up.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 29, 2025 07:44 PM (D7oie)

328 Straight running New Balance since 17.

Posted by: Pendejo at April 29, 2025 07:50 PM (92ma5)

329 WI Supreme Court has reportedly suspended Judge Hannah Dugan.

https://tinyurl.com/4s2ewwfc
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 29, 2025 07:14 PM (paSBy)

Can't imagine how the witnesses on the wife beating case felt watching the judge shepherd the illegal out the door to escape. I'm sure they were gonna get a fair shake from the judge. And think of all the dozens of gang bangers before this one who were getting this corrupt judge pass them on.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 29, 2025 07:50 PM (n7h9X)

330 Hm. Not sure exactly what this means, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Judge Hannah Dugan, she of the "hide the brutal illegal gang thug" fame who got arrested
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 29, 2025 07:30 PM (2VST1)

She's expended herself. No way she can go back to that building

Posted by: Oldcat at April 29, 2025 07:54 PM (n7h9X)

331 As to transgenderism, I am against the sterilization of the mentally ill.

As to Nike, I'm tempted to make a villainous superspeedster for a story named Nike who kidnaps kids at superspeed from playgrounds to work in his slave factory.

Posted by: Eric2 at April 29, 2025 09:25 PM (q7Vou)

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