The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 8/11/25

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a nice weekend and a happy Nagasaki day on Saturday. Scramble the letters and you get Saganaki, which is a flaming Greek cheese.

In any event, considering the uproar caused by National Guard troops being called up to assist ICE in the processing (if not actual arrest and detention) of illegal aliens . . .

Meh, if President Trump invented a cure for cancer, his and our enemies would be screaming louder than the Concord's engines at full volume through a stack of Marshall amps in defense of sweet innocent cancer from "literally Hitler!" In the name of our precious democracy, of course. Pfft. So, with that in mind, the holy hell this move from President Trump will cause is going to be off the charts.

The US military is preparing to activate hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC as a part of President Trump’s sweeping federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital, according to authorities.
Trump has yet to make a final decision about the activation of federal troops, but the National Guard is currently readying to deploy them, two US officials with knowledge of the operation confirmed to Reuters.
The preparation comes as 120 FBI agents from across the country have already begun patrolling DC streets overnight and backing up area cops at carjacking hot spots, despite many lacking local patrol work training, The Washington Post reported. . . “Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday ahead of a planned White House press conference Monday morning about the city’s cleanliness and general condition.

This announcement comes on the heels of last week's announcement by the President of his intention to strip DC of home rule and bring it under federal control.

Considering that the majority of crimes of all kinds in our nation's cities are committed by black youths, and that said cities have been run for decades by Democrats, you don't have to be Kreskin or Jeanne Dixon to predict the reaction. As a former resident of New York City who came of age in the bad old days of the 60s through the 80s and then experienced the miraculous renaissance engendered by he coming of Rudy Giuliani, the feeling of not having to have eyes in the back of your head nor having to worry about riding the subway at night was truly liberating.

All of the anti-crime policies that the usual suspects on the Left scream about as racist and have done all they can in the years since Rudy left Gracie Mansion to eliminate benefit and protect the so-called "communities of color." non-white criminals by and large prey upon blacks and latinos most of all. But of course, the Left cannot attain power without sowing division and tearing at the scars of racialism that they inflicted on us for decades. It's why this item disgusts me no end:

Illinois Lt. Governor Tweets That Michael Brown Was “Murdered” In fact, Brown was shot when he sucker punched a cop and tried to grab his service weapon. . . Yet 11 years after Brown’s shooting, the lie persists and is spread by politicians and activists.On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot dead by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. According to the narrative, Brown was a “gentle giant” who was shot by a racist cop just for being black, while his hands were raised shouting ‘don’t shoot.’

Of all the vile depredations perpetrated on our nation and society by Barak Obama during his accursed tenure defiling the Oval Office by his mere presence behind the Resolute Desk, his poisonous racism set us back 50 years or more in terms of the advances in becoming a colorblind society. The bitter irony is that in order for Obama and his ilk to gain and maintain power, they need America to be the racist illegitimate colonialist hell on earth they have blood libeled it as for years.

Elsewhere, Forget deploying the National Guard to DC. or perhaps even the efforts to go after the Russian Colluion hoax purveyors that will likely gain very little traction. Not that it isn't necessary regardless of the slim to none chances of the wicked conspirators facing the music. I'd much rather the DOJ and FBI go after these bastards with fistfuls of RICO charges.

In 2022, leftist online warrior and Media Matters for America Founder David Brock launched Project 65, which has the explicit goal to “disbar and discredit” any attorney who helped Donald Trump in his challenges to the veracity of the 2020 election. . . The “65” in Project 65 is ostensibly in the name because they were targeting 65 attorneys who, in their eyes, tried to overthrow democracy with Trump, though the number is entirely arbitrary. The board consists of assorted leftists both familiar and unfamiliar, as well as establishment Republicans. . . All of these names direct their time and resources to sowing chaos in our streets by advocating for people and policies that undermine the concept of law and order itself. As for George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and the Sandler Foundation, I contend they are attempting to buy our democracy outright – attempting to do so through lawfare.

Penniless, rotting in prison or swinging from a noose should be their fate. Because ultimately, that is what they have planned in one form or another for every real American citizen. That is, you and I my friends. It's us or them.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Roger Kimball: The George Floyd case shows how America traded the rule of law for the rule of narrative—leaving Derek Chauvin to serve the sentence the storyline demanded.
Why Derek Chauvin Will Languish in Prison—Regardless of the Facts
“Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday. (Termite tent DNC HQ - jjs)
US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington DC to fight local crime and youth violence: report

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS

“Josue Santiago Perez-Gomez stands accused of some disgusting and disturbing crimes and represents a clear threat to the children of our Rhode Island communities. Releasing an alleged child sex offender the very day of his arrest begs the question, what is the point of arresting him at all?”
ICE Rips Portsmouth, RI PD Over Allegedly Ignoring Detainer on Illegal Accused of Pedophilia
USCIS Director Joseph Edlow — who was sworn in as USCIS director in July — predicts these findings may just be the tip of the iceberg. “Unfortunately, I do expect to uncover more,” Edlow said to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The SIJ program has been something that I think USCIS has not been administering appropriately for many years.”
EXCLUSIVE: Immigration Chief Reveals How Amnesty Program For Kids Has Been Exploited By Criminal Adults For Years
Mass deportation of illegal immigrants is not enough to save America. We have to recover an insistence on assimilation. (this includes the deprogramming of 3 generataions of native-born libs - jjs)
Mass Immigration, Legal Or Illegal, Is Incompatible With National Survival
“The Trump administration is working in lockstep to eliminate information silos and to prevent illegal aliens from taking advantage of benefits meant for hardworking American taxpayers.”
Report: IRS Chief Ousted for Refusal to Provide Taxpayer Data on Suspected Illegal Aliens
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Barack Obama’s presidency didn’t just strain America—it shattered its social fabric, fueling the political divide that made today’s bitter polarization inevitable.
Thanks, Obama
We certainly dodged a bullet when the Harris/Walz campaign failed.
The FBI covered for Tim Walz and China
The funders of the lawfare superstructure are waging a political battle against MAGA and on behalf of the institutional left. The “law” itself is disregarded. It’s all about politics. And they have learned that with relatively small amounts of cash — methodically allocated — they can remake America in their preferred image.
Buying Our Democracy — Meet the Billionaire Leftists Behind the Lawfare Chaos
"There are no refs in this game."
‘F*** The Rules!’: Beto Goes Off The Rails, Says Dems Will Win ‘Whatever It Takes’ (assassinations, riots and election theft? Pfft! Tell me something we don't know - jjs)
In fact, Brown was shot when he sucker-punched a cop and tried to grab his service weapon. Yet 11 years after Brown’s shooting, the lie persists and is spread by politicians and activists.
Illinois Lt. Governor Tweets That Michael Brown Was “Murdered”
'If a job qualification … is chosen because it will tend to result in more people of a particular race being hired, it's a violation,' says U.S. Commission on Civil Rights member Gail Heriot
A DC Government Initiative Exclusively Hires HBCU Graduates. Legal Experts Say That's Likely Illegal.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Issues like birthright citizenship and President Donald Trump’s tariffs, while not yet on the docket, appear on track to also make it there soon.
These Cases Are Already On The Docket For SCOTUS’ Coming Term
The ideal outcome in Louisiana v. Callais would be for SCOTUS to definitively declare that ‘race should never be a factor in redistricting,’ Hans von Spakovsky said.
Upcoming SCOTUS Case Could Reshape Redistricting As We Know It
The checks delivered by Abbott on Saturday were part of the more than $7 million raised during Strait’s benefit concert on July 27. Aid and other support for Hill Country communities is being delayed by Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to stop the state’s congressional redistricting plan.
Governor Abbott Delivers George Strait Checks to Texas Flood Victims Ignored by Fleeing House Democrats
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
In the summer of 2016, James Comey positioned himself at the center of a coordinated effort by the Obama administration to control the Russia narrative, bypassing normal intelligence protocols to help shape a political operation against Donald Trump.
How Comey Became Obama’s Gatekeeper in the Russian Collusion Hoax
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents and a memo on July 18 detailing what she described as a “years-long coup” against President Donald Trump after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. Vance told “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo that Obama administration officials “defrauded” Americans with false claims Trump colluded with Russia.
‘They Broke The Law’: JD Vance Says ‘A Lot Of People’ Will Be Indicted For Russia Hoax
Justice served is the highest ideal. But we can enjoy a side benefit of swamp creatures’ exposure in the meantime.
If Trump Can’t Handcuff the Swamp, This Will Do
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration is planning to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public later this year. The plans could involve selling between 5 percent and 15 percent of their stock, valuing the mortgage giants at approximately $500 billion.The two companies, which have been under government control since the 2008 financial crisis, might remain under government conservatorship, though this detail remains unclear. Analysts suggest the transaction could raise $30 billion, but questions remain about the feasibility of the timeline.
Trump Admin Eyes IPOs for Mortgage Giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: Report.
ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al
The remarks, delivered during a July 29 interview on the Mazeej Podcast by Al-Arabiya Network, come as major European nations, including France, the United Kingdom, and Canada, prepare to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations next month, a move that critics warn rewards terrorism and validates Hamas’s strategy of using mass murder to achieve diplomatic gains.
Former Palestinian Authority PM Calls Oct. 7 Massacre ‘Courageous,’ Calls for Hamas-PLO Unity (the only acceptable "Palestinian" state is a state of decomposition - jjs)
“The war could end tomorrow if Hamas lays down its weapons.”
Netanyahu: Israel ‘Has No Choice But To Finish The Job’ And Defeat Hamas In Gaza
The Israel/Hamas war in Gaza illustrates how technological superiority cannot guarantee military victory.
Weaponizing Victimhood
Prime Minister Netanyahu: “Germany is rewarding Hamas terrorism.”
Germany Imposes Partial Arms Embargo On Israel Over Plan To Capture Gaza City (to hell with Germany; they'll be Islamic in less than a generation - jjs)
He may have died since the video was made.
Here’s What a Hostage, and Real Hunger, Look Like
Video footage obtained by The Daily Wire contradicts the timeline and details of former GHF contractor Tony Aguilar’s widely-publicized story.
EXCLUSIVE: New Evidence Calls Into Question Viral Story Of Gazan Boy ‘Amir’ Killed At GHF Aid Site

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
“If anyone needs a public school in NYC to attack"
Titty-Caca AOC Organizer Arrested After Urging Attack on Public School Attended by Jews
Robert Spencer: His long record says otherwise.
Zohran Mamdani SAYS He’s Not Antisemitic, But…
It’s like a disease, with several strains. Let’s enumerate them.
Explaining the Geyser of Jew-Hatred
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Christian Toto: Filmmaker Eli Steele shares disturbing update on film upending media narratives
Is Amazon Punishing ‘Michael Brown’ Doc (Again)?
The Wall Street Journal has attacked Trump’s America First sugar policy, siding with globalists over hardworking American farmers, workers, and economic sovereignty.
The Wall Street Journal vs. American Workers: A Bitter Brew of Globalism and Elitism
If you look at what the media are desperately scrambling to cover, you can get a better sense of the president’s agenda.
Trump Hijacks News Cycles
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
To paraphrase the great Groucho Marx, they have values, and when those wreck things, they have others.
California Goes Groucho On Gasoline
Energy Innovation CEO Sonia Aggarwal, a former Biden climate adviser, goes unmentioned in coverage of her firm's study
Mainstream Media Reports Cite ‘Nonpartisan’ Research Firm to Trash Trump’s Repeal of Green Energy Subsidies. Its Leader Helped Biden Write Those Subsidies Into Law.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The new ordinance “imposes maximum fines of $2,000, plus the possibility of up to 90 days in jail, for adults whose children continuously commit unruly acts.”
NJ Township Targets Parents in Crackdown on Youth Misbehavior
Could we be on the verge of another great crime decline?
The 2020 Murder Spike Is Officially Over
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The problem with America’s K-12 education runs a lot deeper than some policy changes at the top.
Getting Washington, D.C. out of American classrooms is not enough
Data collection will allow the federal government to keep tabs on universities trying to hide their racial discrimination.
Education Dept. Demands Receipts From Universities That Do Affirmative Action Under The Table
SECOND AMENDMENT
Democrats are trying to save “our democracy,” which is the opposite of our constitutional, representative republic.
Guns: California ignores the Constitution
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The Trump administration is turning the last page on another destructive and ineffective Biden-era policy. Despite this move, the damage from the Biden-era mandate cannot be completely undone.
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Remove Records of Employees’ Covid Vaccination Status
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Clarice Feldman: For ages, if there was a way to subvert the law for electoral advantage, the Democrats would do it, but under new leadership Republicans are fighting back
The Gerrymandering War and International Peace
“Just because a map ends up with one party having more seats than another, doesn’t mean it was gerrymandered.”
Sitz-Pritzker’s ‘Defender of Democracy’ Act in Texas Redistricting Fight May Backfire
The Democrats have long had a lock on gerrymandering, but Texas is aiming to change that, and Democrats are panicking, California most of all.
The Great Gerrymandering War Of 2025
. . . like spoiled children who’d had their toys taken away, they can’t cope.
Texas Redistricting Breaks The Democrat Party
Democrat California congressional candidate (and filthy shit-whore slag)Esther Kim Varet is doubling down on her racist attack against Republican California Rep. Young Kim, during which she characterized the three-term lawmaker’s accent as “so embarrassing.”
Dem Goes On ‘Unhinged’ Racist Rant Against ‘Judas’ GOP Opponent — Then Immediately Doubles Down
“Attorney General Bondi and President Trump have given me a very serious and mission,” Martin told the outlet. “For months DOJ and the FBI have been working on these two cases, it is my job to stick the landing.”
Report: DOJ Appoints Prosecutor To Probe Adam Schiff-for-brains, Letitia James Mortgage Fraud Allegations
POLITICS
Trump’s second term is transforming the GOP and America—cracking down on illegal immigration, crushing woke culture, and delivering bold conservative wins like never before.
Six Months Into Trump 2.0, I Stand Corrected
'We can win the Democrat primary in 2028,' one convention delegate says
Inside the DSA Convention, Where Socialists Declared Dominance Over Dems and Set Their Sights on 2028
The real "good days" may just be getting started. (Get ready, here comes Katie PorKer - jjs)
California’s Nightmarish Post-Newsom Future
However, seeing what the really woke want is an illuminating insight into the mind of hardcore leftists, especially when it comes to the fantasies driving their policies.
For Some People, Seattle’s Leading Mayoral Candidate Just Isn’t Quite Woke Enough!
It remains to be seen if this is smart PR. Perhaps this liberal storytelling will take hold and become the go-to narrative for the 2024 election. (Or, at least, soothe the wounded feelings of disgruntled DNC donors.) Perhaps demonizing “they/them” ads is their best defense.
The Return of the Most EVIL Political Attack Ever: Dems in Full Freakout Mode Over ‘They/Them’ Ads
Mayor Pete has momentum in the polls, but it’s impossible to imagine him achieving a presidential victory without the black vote.
Pete Buttigieg: Beloved of old, elite whites; hated by blacks
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Putin reportedly presented the pitch to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday, proposing that Ukraine cede the Russian-speaking Donbas region to Moscow in exchange for a halt to the fighting, according to the WSJ. President Donald Trump has been pursuing peace in the region since the beginning of his presidency, and the war is believed to have taken hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides since the conflict began in 2022.
Putin Reportedly Willing To End War If He Gets Eastern Ukraine
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Donald Trump stays true to his line and asserts dominance over the geopolitical chessboard -- symbolically as well as practically.
Trump Meets Putin in Alaska
Thad McCotter: To checkmate China, the U.S. must revive Nixon’s grand strategy—this time triangulating with India and even a wayward Russia to avoid being the odd superpower out.
On the Strategic Triangulation of Communist China
Most serious historians regard the atomic bombings as a logical and regrettably necessary extension of a campaign to bombard Japan into surrender. A loud minority in the United States and elsewhere argues that they were gratuitous, and perhaps even criminal, acts of revenge. Some of this view's adherents made waves in the recent Japanese election, provoking a fear that America's strongest ally in Asia is about to head down a dark path. Thankfully, these fears are overstated.
Japan Looks To Embrace Peace Through Strength. That’s a Good Thing.
According to the latest polling, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer‘s lead over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as the preferred prime minister has shrunk. In May, Starmer held a 44 percent to 29 percent advantage over Farage, but this has now fallen to 35 percent to 28 percent in August. The decline reflects a shift in public sentiment, particularly among left-of-center voters.
UK’s Labour Govt Tanking Among Voters as Nigel Farage Soars.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly defended Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, who has been formally accused by the U.S. government of being the leader of the narco-terrorist organization Cartel De Los Soles and has a $50 million reward offered for his capture.
Mexican President Defends Accused Narco-Terrorist Maduro – U.S. ‘Must Show Evidence’
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
U.S. analysts risk blinding America to China’s growing military power by reviving “threat deflation,” downplaying the PLA’s expanding global reach and capabilities.
Running Aground in the Face of Communist China’s Military Expansionism: The Return of Threat Deflation
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Rising diagnoses among the 45-49 year cohort between 2019 and 2022 included a 50% relative growth in diagnoses between 2021 and 2022, from 11.7 to 17.5 cases per 100,000. This age range’s regular 1.1% annual increase in diagnoses skyrocketed to 12% per year between 2019 and 2022, largely due to the detection of local-stage tumors. The study found that local-stage tumors for colon cancer increased annually by 18.8% and by 25.1% for rectal cancer, according to the press release.
Cancer Diagnoses Skyrocketed In Recent Years And Officials Are Just Figuring Out Why Now
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
China is progressing towards its objective of landing astronauts on the Moon by 2030. The communist country announced a significant milestone in its lunar exploration program, successfully completing the first “comprehensive landing and takeoff test” of its manned lunar lander, Lanyue. The test was conducted at a facility in Huailai County, northern China, and was described as a breakthrough by the China Manned Space Agency.
China Makes Significant Breakthrough In Planned Moon Landing
Once again it is important to note that this recovery is being done entirely by a private company and its employees. Once Endurance undocked from ISS NASA had no part to play. It purchased the ride from SpaceX, and SpaceX is providing the service.
Endurance capsule splashes down safely, returning four astronauts from ISS
The direction of regulation has shifted 180 degrees since Trump’s election. Under Biden, federal agencies were constantly tasked to increase oversight so that it often took years to get approvals. Under Trump, those same agencies are now beginning to eliminate regulation across the board.
FCC eliminates red tape for both satellite companies and space stations

FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"We're letting hate win," the drag queen said. (Hatred of Monstrous Evil is God-given normalcy - jjs)
Vile Subhuman Pervert Drag Queen Furious After His Event For Children Canceled
Sworn to “do no harm” - when the opposite is often the case.
Understanding Transgender Surgery

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
It's a fact.
On International Day of Indigenous Peoples… Remember There’s No Such Thing as Indigenous Peoples
The 48-year-old New Jersey native worked the bases during Saturday’s doubleheader at Truist Park and then took her place behind the plate for Sunday’s game.
MLB’s First Female Ump Donates Cap to Hall of Fame (To quote Bob Bulldog Briscoe 'Finally a chest worth protecting!' - jjs)
For leftists, the contrast between their maddened world view and reality epitomizes that hard-to-define word: Irony.
'Irony' Can Mean The Moment When Reality Catches Up With You
Commentary by coaches complaining about the sexualization of women only revealed the humorlessness with which she and the entire WNBA are imbued.
The WNBA has a dildo problem
HITHER & YON
Lovell had the courage to push the limits of human exploration, even though he knew he would be doing it in a tiny and very fragile spacecraft using technology that humans had barely yet invented. May we all have the courage and vision as he did to make his life achievement merely the first chapter in the human effort to explore and settle the solar system.
Jim Lovell, the world’s first space cadet, passes away at 97
Chester Arthur didn’t birth the Deep State—he curbed corruption; the true father was Woodrow Wilson, who envisioned expert-run bureaucracy shielded from politics.
Chester Arthur was a Champion of Government Accountability, not the Architect of the Deep State
Victor Davis Hanson: In 1945, Truman’s decision to drop two atomic bombs was grim—but it ended a war that could have cost millions more lives on both sides and unleashed even greater horrors.
Disinformation and the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

2 Tech thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

3 Not sure why the post says it went up 22 minutes ago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

4 Strange time phenomena.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

5 Someone else will stop by eventually.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

6 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 07:23 AM (gbOdA)

7 Until then I'll just keep posting random comments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:23 AM (ExV1e)

8 3 Not sure why the post says it went up 22 minutes ago.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

Oops. I neglected to change the time. Fixed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2025 07:24 AM (x0n13)

9 “ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. “

Galatians 5:22-23

Posted by: Marcus T at August 11, 2025 07:25 AM (SEVUm)

10 morning horde,

happy monday or something.

got the lad all moved in to college. and damn if is his mom didn't hook him up. I've had apartments with less furnishings... -_-

and now time for covfefe & content

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 11, 2025 07:26 AM (nXhwP)

11
*flicks invisible lint from sleeve*

Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2025 07:26 AM (kkTda)

12 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

13 "Could we be on the verge of another great crime decline?"

Nope, there are way too many large cities that are either not reporting crime or fudging the numbers on what they do report.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2025 07:30 AM (0N4FZ)

14 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 11, 2025 07:30 AM (u7pQw)

15 Happy Monday, Horde! Off to read the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 07:31 AM (RjOoY)

16 It’s “interesting” how the Narrative has changed. The old PSAs from the 50s and 60s were pretty clear “Don’t judge people on their skin color or ethnicity or national origin, only on their character”.

Why has the left abandoned this? Completely. Judging anyone on their character is called “white supremacy” or somesuch. Or lack of character. Seems to me it is leftists who, without publicly stating this, must apparently believe their pet minorities are simply incapable of integrating or functioning in a modern society. Whose fault is that? I’ve never subscribed to leftist notions in the first place.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2025 07:33 AM (DUXLF)

17 While I'm not too much of a fan of using military force in our cities, DC has been allowed to be a problem for far too long. Add that to Trump pushing to get the homeless removed and things might turn around.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 07:34 AM (RjOoY)

18 Contemporary DC is Haiti writ large.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 11, 2025 07:36 AM (rJ48h)

19 Why has the left abandoned this?

They haven't. It's just a Kafka trap.

Judge by the content of character? Das raysis.
Judge by the color of their skin? Das raysis.

Mind you, it never applies to them because they Care So Hard™ for those poor minorities!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 07:36 AM (RjOoY)

20 Right on the cusp of the Digital Electronic Total Information Awareness Panopticon, leftist run cities decided to no longer make arrests. That can’t be a coincidence

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2025 07:36 AM (DUXLF)

21 I'm in favor of deploying troops to DC, under orders to kill every living thing, including plants and animals.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2025 07:37 AM (W1xpJ)

22 Putin Reportedly Willing To End War If He Gets Eastern Ukraine

Would that be the area currently controlled by Russia which Ukraine has no possibility of retaking without actual NATO troops getting involved in the fighting? I guess Zelensky should have taken that 2022 agreement he walked away from.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

23 Cancer Diagnoses Skyrocketed In Recent Years And Officials Are Just Figuring Out Why Now

JJ, this link goes back to the main page.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

24 Oops. I neglected to change the time. Fixed.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2025 07:24 AM (x0n13)

You can change time??!!

Can you please put me back in 1965?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2025 07:40 AM (0eaVi)

25 Listening to NPR this a.m they cite that Israel has killed over 200 Palestinian "journalists". I have serious doubts a single one of those Journalists actually ever prepared a news item. I'm disappointed that NPR failed to identify them as austere scholars.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 11, 2025 07:40 AM (A0ECY)

26 Remember when the SCOAMF wanted to replace all of our currency with, presumably, renditions of exceptionalism out of his twisted brain?

Fuck that guy was both useless and worthless.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2025 07:41 AM (9bq/n)

27 “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement in this? Who holds the moral authority, who holds the ability to do that? Because we are not seen as a neutral actor and we maybe never were,” Walz told ex-Biden advisor Neera Tanden at a Center for American Progress event.

He later suggested, “It might be the Chinese.”

If by moral authority you mean that they have no issues in wiping out both the Muslims and the Jews.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

28 JJ can also change the weather!

Posted by: We knew it! at August 11, 2025 07:42 AM (XQo4F)

29 Oh, btw JJ, would you consider having Sarah Hoyt on your podcast? She has a monster book coming out next month?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2025 07:43 AM (0eaVi)

30 If Trump found a cure for cancer you would see *cancer patients* shambling around in agonizing pain with professionally printed placards saying "Racism Isn't Healthcare," "Cancer Is My Sign," and "My Cells Aren't Abnormal, Fascism Is!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2025 07:44 AM (voq+2)

31 Releasing an alleged child sex offender the very day of his arrest begs the question, what is the point of arresting him at all?

That can lead to the question of "Why not just end him here and be done with it?"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 07:45 AM (RjOoY)

32 Good morning!

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 07:45 AM (0I+GC)

33 Threat of thunderstorms every day through this coming Sunday.

Gonna be a tough one keeping the lawn under control.

But at least the birdbath will be full.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2025 07:46 AM (a1415)

34 Getting Washington, D.C. out of American classrooms is not enough
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On the right track, but doesn't go far enough. I do like that it argues the problem is NOT federal involvement (bad as that is). It's far more fundamental.

The real answer: abolish public schools.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 11, 2025 07:47 AM (s0JqF)

35 Do Palestinians have passports?

If so, from what nation.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2025 07:47 AM (a1415)

36 “That’s why I do the work that I do,” (the drag queen) added. “That’s why I read books to kids."
_________ ____

But not to the elderly.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2025 07:48 AM (Cpt4e)

37 Zohran Mamdani SAYS He’s Not Antisemitic, But…

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Won't matter. There will be plenty of NYC leftist Jews who "trust him" and unless there is a miracle, he will be their next mayor.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 07:49 AM (qBdHI)

38 33 Looks like I get a break in the weather, good for lawn mowing on Wednesday.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 07:49 AM (0I+GC)

39 During the run-up to the election, Trump mentioned "cleaning up" the capitol city as one of first things he'd do. He's always been sort of "appearances are everything" when it comes to stuff the public sees.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 07:50 AM (Q4IgG)

40
Barack Obama’s presidency didn’t just strain America—it shattered its social fabric, fueling the political divide that made today’s bitter polarization inevitable.

Obama could have said something like, "Our racial past did not come up to the ideals on which this country was founded. My election shows we have moved past that. Let's take this country forward, together." And had a centrist administration. Hell, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt at his inauguration.

But, no. He had to be an entitled, lecturing, prissy little ponce who exacerbated every racial and social problem in the US with his stupid rhetoric. I don't think we'll ever overcome the damage he caused.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2025 07:50 AM (kkTda)

41 Texas Governor Greg Abbott traveled to Ingram, Texas, to deliver $25,000 checks from country-western legend George Strait to families devastated by the deadly Independence Day Hill Country flooding. The checks delivered by Abbott on Saturday were part of the more than $7 million raised during Strait’s benefit concert on July 27.

The Cali Fire Money was sent to groups like Social Justice for Gay Dog Owners.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)

42 Launch coming up

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - KF-02 (Project Kuiper)
SLC-40 - CCSFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 11, 2025
Launch Time: 8:35 a.m. EDT (1225 UTC, 14:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/gmLgVD_vLdI

Posted by: Joyenz at August 11, 2025 07:51 AM (sPQoU)

43
Eleven years since big dummy Michael Brown fulfilled his destiny. Eleven years. Damn.

Barack Obama / Hussein Soetoro did not exactly set race relations back. (I mean the people behind him -- he did what he was told.) He fucked up
race relations in whole new ways.

Half a century of affirmative action and the welfare state created new opportunities. Also half a century of demoralizing caucasians. They thought the time was right.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 11, 2025 07:51 AM (ES1Rb)

44 Palestinians passports, lol. It would just be a crude drawing of a guy riding backward on a camel, and an Arabic caption reading "me can travel."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2025 07:52 AM (voq+2)

45 But, no. He had to be an entitled, lecturing, prissy little ponce who exacerbated every racial and social problem in the US with his stupid rhetoric. I don't think we'll ever overcome the damage he caused.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2025 07:50 AM (kkTda)

There is no doubt he wanted a more violent Middle East that forced US to spend blood and dollars for NADA.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 07:52 AM (gbOdA)

46 Obama could have said something like, "Our racial past did not come up to the ideals on which this country was founded. My election shows we have moved past that. Let's take this country forward, together." And had a centrist administration. Hell, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt at his inauguration.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2025 07:50 AM (kkTda)

He's a D. I never gave him the benefit of the doubt. I knew nothing good would come of his presidency. He was sent as a punishment.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2025 07:53 AM (0eaVi)

47 "During the run-up to the election, Trump mentioned "cleaning up" the capitol city as one of first things he'd do. He's always been sort of "appearances are everything" when it comes to stuff the public sees."

Clean up ALL our cities. I don't see why DC should get special attention. In fact, many of us have suggested dispersing fed govt functions out of DC, throughout the nation, so as to de-sanctify the rotten place.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 07:53 AM (0I+GC)

48 "The Cali Fire Money was sent to groups like Social Justice for Gay Dog Owners."

I did't know that there were a group of folks who identify as owning gay dogs.

Heck, TBH, I wasn't aware that there were a lot of gay dogs either.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2025 07:53 AM (a1415)

49 29 Oh, btw JJ, would you consider having Sarah Hoyt on your podcast? She has a monster book coming out next month?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2025 07:43 AM (0eaVi)

Sure. Send me her info

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2025 07:53 AM (x0n13)

50 If Trump walked on water, the story would be that he can't swim.

They cannot credit him with a single accomplishment, for if they did their absolutist narrative would crumble.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 07:54 AM (UseAb)

51
Of course, Obama wasn't really an American anyway. I don't mean that from a birth-certificate perspective, I mean that mentally he thought this was just another place in the world. He thought and still thinks that it's just a latifundium ripe for sowing globalist policies and socioeconomic discord.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2025 07:54 AM (kkTda)

52 Sure. Send me her info
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2025 07:53 AM (x0n13)

Thanks, will do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2025 07:55 AM (0eaVi)

53 "Palestinians passports, lol. "

It's actually sort of a serious question.

If someone from Gaza wishes to enter another country legally, what documentation do they provide?

For US citizens, it's usually a passport.
How do occupants of Gaza pass through other national borders?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2025 07:56 AM (a1415)

54 Cancer Diagnoses Skyrocketed In Recent Years And Officials Are Just Figuring Out Why Now

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Link circles back here, but I did find it by the headline. Says something about a particular strain of e coli that has been more prominent in the younger set and it could be the cause of such a rise. Also, stop eating red meat, the lady doctor said. Eat more fiber, drink less alcohol...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

55 i]He thought and still thinks that it's just a latifundium ripe for sowing globalist policies and socioeconomic discord.

Damn. Had to go to the dictionary. Well stated, sir.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 11, 2025 07:57 AM (luW68)

56 One unmentioned issue on the DC thing...Fed employees, many who now are loyal to Trump, have been living with weekly after school time shootings around their buildings and Metro stations. Since they aren't looking at bonuses and raises and are looking at continued 5 day in office work, many have a limit to how much they'll give the country to do the "grunt work" (aka, not everyone is Blue Balls) that pays less than what many were doing before.

This is one way Trump is now looking out for his own people = it's not a surprise this comes up now, as many have finally been confirmed and 1st hires are being brought in. It's why he wants to take over DC, b/c patrolling the streets doesn't stop the teens from getting right back out after arrests, but being 100% in charge on martial law probably could...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2025 07:57 AM (tOcjL)

57 "Obama could have said something like, "Our racial past did not come up to the ideals on which this country was founded.""

Nope. STOP apologizing for America's "racial past," period, full stop. It's no worse than any other nation's "racial past."

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 07:58 AM (0I+GC)

58 Link circles back here, but I did find it by the headline. Says something about a particular strain of e coli that has been more prominent in the younger set and it could be the cause of such a rise. Also, stop eating red meat, the lady doctor said. Eat more fiber, drink less alcohol...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

I think we'll find it's not "one" thing, but a bunch of things causing younger cancer...I think RFK is the best person ever to start unraveling the wide and deep puzzle...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2025 07:59 AM (tOcjL)

59 57>> I see the turd blossom has flowered this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 11, 2025 08:00 AM (luW68)

60 Obama selling his RussiaGate to NPR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Z1WN_aaRw

This no makes me think maybe NRP was in on this too, else how would they bring it up.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:01 AM (gbOdA)

61 Link circles back here, but I did find it by the headline. Says something about a particular strain of e coli that has been more prominent in the younger set and it could be the cause of such a rise. Also, stop eating red meat, the lady doctor said. Eat more fiber, drink less alcohol...
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

I'm curious if the ketone craze (meaning a diet preponderant in red meat and near-zero carbohydrates) has anything to do with it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:01 AM (UseAb)

62 I see the turd blossom has flowered this morning.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 11, 2025 08:00 AM (luW6

ASS should start a channel called "ASSed Up History" where it's nothing but half hour videos of getting history completely wrong while being a dick about it, and everyone can laugh at it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:02 AM (VoAdT)

63 One thing about Aliassmithsmith (aptly acronym'd as ASS) is that it's a reliable broken record.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

64 JJs Photoshop

- We're afraid to go with you, Bluto. We might get in trouble.

- Well, just kiss my ass from now on!

- Not me! I'm not gonna take this!

- Wormer, he's a dead man!

- Marmalard, dead!

- Neidermeyer?

- Dead.

- Bluto's right.

- Psychotic, but absolutely right.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

65 saw a headline this morning, NY Tourist shot in Puerto Rico...

the evil art of my brain said "wow, he must really feel like he's at home"...

i hope he recovers and they catch and kill the perp...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 11, 2025 08:03 AM (nXhwP)

66 Says something about a particular strain of e coli that has been more prominent in the younger set and it could be the cause of such a rise.

- Stop eating plants harvested by people who poop in the fields.
- Stop licking each others anus, or anything which has previously been shoved in an anus.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:04 AM (ExV1e)

67 A web search for Social Justice for Gay Dog Owners led me to this "research paper." - "Decolonizing Animal Welfare Through a Social Justice Framework"

" Ableism is as normative to our society as colonial whiteness."

" We argue animal welfare must build authentic relationships with intersectional BIPOC communities to holistically address the challenges that impact these communities and their pets. In essence, this work requires the disruption of the status quo within animal welfare to benefit pets within marginalized communities.'"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2025 08:04 AM (Cpt4e)

68

CANCER Link is fixed!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2025 08:05 AM (x0n13)

69 In essence, this work requires the disruption of the status quo within animal welfare to benefit pets within marginalized communities.'"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2025 08:04 AM (Cpt4e)

Mad Libs are hilarious.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:05 AM (VoAdT)

70 Moving 120 FBI hamneggers from their sinecure in DC to actual front line engagement with the bad guys is one way to mitigate the ongoing treachery of the deep state.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at August 11, 2025 08:05 AM (luW68)

71 >>>Anne Frank was an illegal immigrant who rather than self deport chose to hide out.

>Wasn't Anne Frank born in Germany? She hid out in German occupied Netherlands. WTF are you babbling about?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2025 08:05 AM (9bq/n)

72 "I think RFK is the best person ever to start unraveling the wide and deep puzzle..."

Why do people regard him as a medical expert?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (0I+GC)

73 ...many have a limit to how much they'll give the country to do the "grunt work" (aka, not everyone is Blue Balls) that pays less than what many were doing before.

Maybe so. According to a recent study, fed workers now get 30% higher pay + benefits compared to private sector workers doing the same job. Some of them may leave only to discover that the concept of poor government pay has become a myth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

74 WTF are you babbling about?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2025 08:05 AM (9bq/n)

He didn't even mention that she was gay.

What a bigot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (VoAdT)

75 I think our troll needs to change his game a bit. Maybe try telling us how Jesus was a transgender illegal alien.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 08:08 AM (RjOoY)

76 In essence, this work requires the disruption of the status quo within animal welfare to benefit pets within marginalized communities.'"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2025 08:04 AM (Cpt4e)

Translation:
Pitbull dog fighting strengthens the BIPOC community.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

77 I think we'll find it's not "one" thing, but a bunch of things causing younger cancer...I think RFK is the best person ever to start unraveling the wide and deep puzzle...

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I agree. I can't be convinced that it's not a result of highly processed and over processed foods, everything made with bad seed oils, cancer-causing food dyes, things that just weren't in the diet for Americans many decades ago. That's not to let the covid vax off the hook either, but overall, what we call food today is not like the food of yesteryear. There's no getting around the connection, imho.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

78 Why do people regard him as a medical expert?
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (0I+GC)

He's an anti-expert, and to my mind far more credible.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:08 AM (UseAb)

79 Good morning all and JJ. The cancer diagnosis story seems to bounce right back here like a green dildo.

Posted by: Hoot Mon! at August 11, 2025 08:08 AM (G5+As)

80 "I think our troll needs to change his game a bit."

His game seems just fine, since he seems to have gotten attention from at least a half-dozen of you.

Ignore trolls.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:09 AM (0I+GC)

81 Heck, TBH, I wasn't aware that there were a lot of gay dogs either.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2025 07:53 AM (a1415)

Boy dogs sniff other boys dogs' butts.
Also - they lick their own nuts. No matter how good it might feel to them, they're still licking nuts!

Posted by: Doof at August 11, 2025 08:09 AM (wkXwO)

82 "I think RFK is the best person ever to start unraveling the wide and deep puzzle..."

Why do people regard him as a medical expert?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (0I+GC)
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Compared to the last half a century plus of "trust the science" "experts"?

Pffftt. My pups would do a better job!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 08:10 AM (Y+jbb)

83
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 11, 2025 08:10 AM (tljrc)

84 Morn' all.....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 08:11 AM (VE6XX)

85 Barky isn’t particularly black nor American, culturally speaking. Warren isn’t particularly Indian, other than crabcake recipes. Imposters. That smarmy, hectoring pseudo-intellectual twaddle. They got that down.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2025 08:11 AM (v9Y2Y)

86 "He's an anti-expert, and to my mind far more credible."

What makes him credible?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:11 AM (0I+GC)

87 ... or swinging from a noose should be their fate.
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Firing squad in the public square.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 08:12 AM (Y+jbb)

88 Says something about a particular strain of e coli that has been more prominent in the younger set and it could be the cause of such a rise.
- Stop eating plants harvested by people who poop in the fields.
- Stop licking each others anus, or anything which has previously been shoved in an anus.

Oh My!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at August 11, 2025 08:12 AM (u5iGG)

89 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

I never really knew Giuliani's NY, I was already gone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:12 AM (JvZF+)

90 What makes him credible?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:11 AM (0I+GC)
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Intelligence and assumed independence.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 08:12 AM (Y+jbb)

91 AliasSmithSmith is wrong wrong about Anne Frank and illegal immigration to the U.S.. Related Letter to the Editor- Bakersfield paper:

https://tinyurl.com/bdx54d4r

Posted by: AliasJonesJones at August 11, 2025 08:13 AM (2GCMq)

92 Ignore trolls.
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:09 AM (0I+GC)

Screw that. Open fire.

I'm not passing up an opportunity to be mean to a dickhead. I refuse to quote, though. That's just plain good manners.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:13 AM (VoAdT)

93 'Compared to the last half a century plus of "trust the science" "experts"?

Pffftt. My pups would do a better job!'

You'll just dismiss 50 years of medical science, all of it, as if it's totally meaningless. OK, granted that, I still ask, what makes RFK Jr himself more credible?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (0I+GC)

94 I never really knew Giuliani's NY, I was already gone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:12 AM (JvZF+)
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Kotch did some good, too. Then if I recall, it was Dinkins and downhill.

We visited NY post 9/11 when Giuliani was in charge. Noticeable difference for the better in many aspects.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (Y+jbb)

95 74 ...many have a limit to how much they'll give the country to do the "grunt work" (aka, not everyone is Blue Balls) that pays less than what many were doing before.

Maybe so. According to a recent study, fed workers now get 30% higher pay + benefits compared to private sector workers doing the same job. Some of them may leave only to discover that the concept of poor government pay has become a myth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

That's the GS-9s and below...when you have professionals, they make less...while secretaries and janitors make wildly more...yes, Trump is probably worried about secretaries and janitors, too, but not about top talent jumping ship...

And let's not talk GS-15s and SES who make nothing like their counterparts...it's why the IRS is having trouble filling any boss rolls...the bosses dropped back to line accountants b/c there is NO pay raise to be the boss...and yet, SO EASY to fire...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (tOcjL)

96 Today is Presidential Joke Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

97 I never really knew Giuliani's NY, I was already gone.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

He's gone, gone!
And nothings gonna bring him back.
He's gone!

Posted by: Hunter/Garcia at August 11, 2025 08:15 AM (G5+As)

98 You'll just dismiss 50 years of medical science, all of it, as if it's totally meaningless. OK, granted that, I still ask, what makes RFK Jr himself more credible?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (0I+GC)
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Science.

Now scratch your head some more.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 08:15 AM (Y+jbb)

99 edit - dang uncoffeeed brain - he's NOT AS worried about secretaries and janitors jumping ship as his his top underpaid talents doing so...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2025 08:16 AM (tOcjL)

100 You'll just dismiss 50 years of medical science, all of it, as if it's totally meaningless. OK, granted that, I still ask, what makes RFK Jr himself more credible?
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (0I+GC)

Would that be the 50 years of medical science largely funded by pharma (or ag) or the 50 years of medical science where studies can't be replicated?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

101 what makes RFK Jr himself more credible?
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (0I+GC)

Nothing. That's the point.

He isn't going out and saying shit, calling it "Science!", and demanding respect. Right or wrong, he typically shows his work. So who he is doesn't matter outside of having a bigger megaphone.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:16 AM (VoAdT)

102 Let’s put this in perspective. The U.S. sugar industry sustains 142,000 jobs across 22 states. It supports 11,000 family-owned farms working more than 2 million acres. The economic output from this sector is staggering: $4.2 billion injected annually into local communities and $23 billion into the broader American economy. That’s not protectionism—it’s patriotism.

And yet, the Journal would have us abandon it all on the altar of theoretical efficiency. Their editorial reads like a love letter to the World Trade Organization and a break-up note to every rural American who dares to want a shot at economic survival.

I quit reading WSJ about 15 or so year ago.
And why must every Biz Degree person agree with pure global FREE TRADE that does NOT exist in real world.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:17 AM (gbOdA)

103 Mayor Pete has momentum in the polls, but it’s impossible to imagine him achieving a presidential victory without the black vote.
Pete Buttigieg: Beloved of old, elite whites; hated by blacks
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Old, elite whites love incompetence. And Pete Butt delivers massively.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 11, 2025 08:17 AM (Dv3i1)

104 83 "I think RFK is the best person ever to start unraveling the wide and deep puzzle..."

Why do people regard him as a medical expert?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:06 AM (0I+GC)

He's not...but he's actually invested in finding the answer vs being paid off by the industry, so that's a 1st in a long time...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2025 08:17 AM (tOcjL)

105 My plan to sell nets at twice the going rate is coming to fruition in WNBA arenas from coast-to-coast. See how easy that was? Heh, Heh.

Posted by: Dildo Nets, Inc. at August 11, 2025 08:19 AM (G5+As)

106 First they came for the Cheetos and I didn't say anything because I rarely eat Cheetos...

Posted by: Knee Mauler at August 11, 2025 08:19 AM (XQo4F)

107 Today is Presidential Joke Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 08:15 AM (NpAcC)
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I can trump that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (Y+jbb)

108 "Would that be the 50 years of medical science largely funded by pharma (or ag) or the 50 years of medical science where studies can't be replicated?"

I've already granted you your premise that 50 years of medical science is meaningless and useless. The question is, why HIM?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (0I+GC)

109 Mayor Pete has momentum in the polls...

We're, what, 30 months or so before Presidential primaries even start again? Polls on the topic today mean even less than polls do in general. And that's saying something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

110 The troll would have betrayed Anne Frank in an instant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (JvZF+)

111 Obama is/was a guided missile aimed at the USA.

Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (i0F8b)

112 The announcement was made mere days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill X2-1, granting the state the power “to require oil refiners to maintain a minimum inventory of fuel to avoid supply shortages.”

They are refineries, not storage faculties. The market, terminals, wholesalers, marketers, and gas stations make money on storage, not the refineries.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

113 “Unhinged Democrat Esther Kim Varet is a hate-filled bigot who embodies the worst of today’s political discourse,” NRCC spokesperson Christian Martinez said in a statement. “Californians will reject this vile extremist who has no business representing them in Congress.”

Mr. Martinez, are you familiar with California? Hate-filled bigots are acceptable as long as they are Democrats. Most Californians will vote for her because "At least she's not a Republican!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (RjOoY)

114 "He's not...but he's actually invested in finding the answer vs being paid off by the industry, so that's a 1st in a long time..."

You all believe he has integrity that nobody else has. I'll let it go at that. Thanks!

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:21 AM (0I+GC)

115 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2025 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

116 Morning JJ and the Horde

Posted by: Jonah at August 11, 2025 08:21 AM (YCxFk)

117 You'll just dismiss 50 years of medical science, all of it, as if it's totally meaningless. OK, granted that, I still ask, what makes RFK Jr himself more credible?
Posted by: Rolling Donut

He's not chasing funding.

Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:22 AM (rqka2)

118 Good morning from Seattle!

Couple of things: flying first class only sucks slightly less than flying in general..

Second thing: My wife now understands why I hate to fly.

Anyway, we're off on a three hour, I mean, 10 day cruise in a bit.

Cunard QE II, if anyone cares to know.

Thanks again for the morning report, JJ!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 11, 2025 08:22 AM (vOH33)

119 Only a politician would look at his car with an empty gas tank and go steal twenty bucks to buy an empty jerry can to fix it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:22 AM (VoAdT)

120 The market, terminals, wholesalers, marketers, and gas stations make money on storage, not the refineries."

The only ones to make bank on "storage" are the trading firms, buying supply low, selling high.

Oh wait, did I give away a soopersecret?

Heh.

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:22 AM (tubbA)

121 How do occupants of Gaza pass through other national borders?
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Violently.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 11, 2025 08:22 AM (Dv3i1)

122 You'll just dismiss 50 years of medical science, all of it, as if it's totally meaningless. OK, granted that, I still ask, what makes RFK Jr himself more credible?

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Perhaps aside from the actual medical advances in the past half century, I no longer believe in the expertise of the experts. Why? One look at the rise in all kinds of diseases that were not prevalent 100 years ago tells me something is wrong. Is he credible? Well, no more or less than the people who were instrumental in getting us to this unhealthy point. I'm not one to poke a hornet's nest, but RFK, Jr. is at least trying to right the ship. Something Big Food and Big Pharma don't seem to care about as much as making a buck. YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2025 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

123 Why do people regard him as a medical expert?"

Ah, who does that?

Beuller?

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:23 AM (tubbA)

124 The question is, why HIM?

Cuz he's not on the take. Cuz he's - seemingly - genuinely interested in finding the answer. Cuz he's rich enough and famous enough that he might be able to actually push through the investigation without being bought off.

He's not doing any of the research himself, he's just trying to make sure that people don't have a conclusion decided before they start the process.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

125 well said Lady in Black:

Well, no more or less than the people who were instrumental in getting us to this unhealthy point. I'm not one to poke a hornet's nest, but RFK, Jr. is at least trying to right the ship

and if the initial studies were fraudulent, which in many cases seems likely, you have built something rotten over those 30 years.

poisoned fruit from a poison tree. science should ALWAYS be questions. always. if not, it's not science at all, it's dogma.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 11, 2025 08:24 AM (Pv3Rg)

126 Why do people regard him as a medical expert?
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Yes, that is crazy.

Posted by: Bill Gates at August 11, 2025 08:24 AM (Dv3i1)

127 'I think our troll needs to change his game a bit. Maybe try telling us how Jesus was a transgender illegal alien"
__________________

Transgender justice-involved NEURO DIVERGENT illegal alien who experienced homelessness

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2025 08:25 AM (Cpt4e)

128 The troll would have betrayed Anne Frank in an instant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (JvZF+)

I think you're being unfair to ASS. Anne Frank was 15. He'd have kept her as a sex slave for a while before he turned her in.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

129 I am so proud of RFK Jr.

as to "why him?" something in his life happened to teach him humility. it's rare to see. he will still change his mind, when warranted, at 70! this is such a rare quality.

smart man. lived an interesting life. we are lucky to have him now, in the place where he is.

Posted by: Black Orchid at August 11, 2025 08:26 AM (Pv3Rg)

130 Thanks, JJ, have a great day yourself!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2025 08:26 AM (dKEEs)

131 The green dildos are literal violence against women of color and the LGBQT+ community… please people stop making light of this naked violence!! Ooh…. I said naked (giggle)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2025 08:27 AM (c99AZ)

132 Cancer skyrocketing, let's blame lifestyle and not the vax.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 11, 2025 08:27 AM (6Tzur)

133 Governor Newsom just ensured more refineries will close in CA because there is no way refineries will get the necessary permits to build on site storage.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 11, 2025 08:28 AM (vOH33)

134 Nigel Farage has stated that the future of Reform is the mohammedans vote.

The only person that can save England is Rupert Lowe, and he doesn't have a party.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2025 08:28 AM (6Zsq7)

135 134 Cancer skyrocketing, let's blame lifestyle and not the vax.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 11, 2025 08:27 AM (6Tzur)

It was going up in the young before the vax...vax can also be a part, but it's not the only thing...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 11, 2025 08:28 AM (tOcjL)

136 What makes him credible?
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:11 AM (0I+GC)

The totality of his experiences and farsighted, counter-intuitive courage of his causes. Anti-fluoridation in particular, as it relates to my own and my family's experience. The faddish and social-virtueing "science" was wrong about fluoridation from the beginning and derided and defamed all the "kooks" who insisted on its inefficacy and risks. My father was right in 1958 when -- citing actual science besmirched as "disinformation" -- he fought it in our small town and paid the price.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:28 AM (UseAb)

137 Did everyone see the report put out in the last couple of days, that perhaps 3,000 to 4,000 completely fraudulent tech papers, generated by AI, are being published each year now? There’s an industry generating them that sells them to academics who need to publish something

No doubt it’s happening in medical science too - nothing the “experts” say can be trusted now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2025 08:29 AM (MOJY1)

138 57>> I see the turd blossom has flowered this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...

That poster is a vile POS.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 11, 2025 08:29 AM (QcUc+)

139 138 It's personal for you.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:30 AM (0I+GC)

140 Posted by: Black Orchid at August 11, 2025 08:26 AM (Pv3Rg)

Exactly. And indicative of Trump's magnanimity and vision to choose him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:30 AM (UseAb)

141 Did everyone see the report put out in the last couple of days, that perhaps 3,000 to 4,000 completely fraudulent tech papers, generated by AI, are being published each year now? There’s an industry generating them that sells them to academics who need to publish something

No doubt it’s happening in medical science too - nothing the “experts” say can be trusted now.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Legal field. Referencing cases that don't exist.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:30 AM (rqka2)

142 I don't really like RFK Jr. I don't trust him much. But i don't need to like him or trust him, so long as he's willing to use his position and relevance to upend a thorough corrupted facet of our thoroughly corrupted "System". How many aspects of the mind boggling leviathan of official and unofficial state power are predicated on this bait and switch, motte and bailey kind of mythos?

They hold the secrets. They are in control. They know what's best. Health. Science. Education. Foreign Policy. "Conservatism" in general. All completely bass-ackwards because people get to say Trust Me, and are automatically trusted.

Anyone chipping away at that monolith gets my support.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:31 AM (VoAdT)

143 It was going up in the young before the vax...vax can also be a part, but it's not the only thing..."

Indeed. Testing rates, for example, are a factor...

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:31 AM (tubbA)

144 I’m on vacation so it’s hard to be serious but I will ask this question: which man has more credibility? RFK Jr or Anthony Fauci??

I’ll leave the answer to be provided by this learned forum

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2025 08:31 AM (c99AZ)

145 It's personal for you.
Posted by: Rolling Donut

It's personal for RFK, Jr too. Crooked government killed his father & uncle.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:32 AM (rqka2)

146 “You don’t even speak English well enough to hold a single cohesive argument. You ESL puppet. So embarrassing,” Kim Varet continued. “A real life Judas to our community.”

I love minority hate on minorities.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:32 AM (gbOdA)

147 Learning from whistleblowers about his deep connections with the Chinese, the House Oversight Committee opened an investigation into Walz in 2024, even before he became Kamala Harris’s running mate. Homeland Security stonewalled the Committee’s subpoenas. The Committee asked the FBI for information and was also stonewalled.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:32 AM (RHGPo)

148 Blake and Mrs. Blake, enjoy a fabulous cruise!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:33 AM (JvZF+)

149 Transgender justice-involved NEURO DIVERGENT illegal alien who experienced homelessness
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

And was a furry. Hm. That might be going too far.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 08:33 AM (RjOoY)

150 144 Thank you for a serious, helpful response to my question!

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:33 AM (0I+GC)

151 Texas Redistricting Breaks The Democrat Party
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A friend pointed out something to me. As usual, the Republicans are playing small ball. Why are they just talking of redistricting the TX congressional map? Why not their own state legislature?

At least it would be likely to get the Dems back to try to defend THEIR OWN seats.

Note, this could be applied to other states, as well.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 11, 2025 08:33 AM (s0JqF)

152 And was a furry. Hm. That might be going too far.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 08:33 AM (RjOoY)

Nobody expects a hobo to be smooth, do they?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (VoAdT)

153 which man has more credibility? RFK Jr or Anthony Fauci??"

I would turn it around - which man is looking (at least by reports) to increase management and control over my (and familie's) life?

Claiming the Food and Drug Administration (note the last word there) is "medical" is quite a reach...

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (tubbA)

154 Tim Walz brings back the original meaning to "useful idiot"

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (RHGPo)

155 I'm headed to the airport after a week at the Cape. I've managed to avoid all News except for Red Sox box scores for 7 days. It's been glorious. Now, back to reality. Sigh.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (AcM/G)

156 Ah, another beautiful Monday here. 😊

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (i67OH)

157 Today is our last full day in Sonoma. I am dreading the cold and fog.

Sonoma: sunny high of 82
San Francisco: cloudy high of 66

Sadz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (JvZF+)

158 No doubt it’s happening in medical science too - nothing the “experts” say can be trusted now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2025 08:29 AM (MOJY1)

The one paper on prions (IIRC) caused Alzheimer's means that around $40 B and 12 or so year of research is WORTHLESS.
Picture were both faked and reversed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

159 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 11, 2025 08:35 AM (1DIPA)

160 "which man has more credibility? RFK Jr or Anthony Fauci??"

False dichotomy.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:35 AM (0I+GC)

161 GO Falcon 9 - GO KF-02 (Project Kuiper)

Finally got off the pad!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

162
The troll would have betrayed Anne Frank in an instant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:20 AM (JvZF+)

There was some dreadful movie about Ann Frank with Pia Zadora playing her. It was so bad that in the scene when the Nazis showed up, someone in the audience yelled, "She's in the attic!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (kkTda)

163 Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:35 AM (0I+GC)

What is it about RFK that you dislike?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

164 Everything is personal. If we love our country then the innumerable lies told by the experts over our lifetime in the name of their grifts, sinecures, grants and general lust for power and subversion of our Constitution is a matter of the personal.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (UseAb)

165 Hank Jones Trio:
youtube.com/watch?v=_tCGKFDpxDw

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (0I+GC)

166 Mainstream Media Reports Cite ‘Nonpartisan’ Research Firm to Trash Trump’s Repeal of Green Energy Subsidies. Its Leader Helped Biden Write Those Subsidies Into Law.
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Come on. You know perfectly well that, in mediaspeak, "nonpartisan" is a synonym for "Democrat".

Posted by: Eeyore at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (s0JqF)

167 NEW: The UN's July data on humanitarian aid is out—and more aid is being looted. Let's break it down.

1. 1,123 trucks collected aid.
2. 1,055 were intercepted by Gazan civilians or "armed actors."
3. 73 trucks arrived—a 6.5% success rate.
4. Aid looting is on the rise.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

168 False dichotomy."

Que? That's an excellent example of a contrast between two that are opposed or different?

Or is there a different dictionary?

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (tubbA)

169 Fair winds and following seas, Jim Lovell.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2025 08:38 AM (jgmnb)

170 There are indications that some of the FBI files that Trump had declassified at the end of his 1st term, had been reclassified till 2095 by Biden just two months before they were sought at Mar a Largo when the FBI raided.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

171 It's not about the person or personality of RFK, it's about policy and results.

He is an iconoclast and I Voted For That!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:38 AM (JvZF+)

172 Cancer? I blame the clot shot.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2025 08:39 AM (ZmEVT)

173 RFK Jr. is having the same sort of... intransigence... in rolling out reforms as Bondi/Patel/Gabbard are with their respective agencies. They all are.

We haven't heard the last from the Dept. of Education, or the DoD yet. Two FedGov entities up to their eyeballs in leftists.

Next month it will be some domestic agency like the EPA or DoT that has a bunch of employees on the chopping block pissing and moaning about "reforms."

The "resistance"... it's going to take awhile to rid ourselves of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 08:39 AM (Q4IgG)

174 I'm not a medical expert, but I can certainly read scientific papers and glean the info from them.
Look at our "food pyramid". RFK is revamping it. It needed it. It was a crock of shit.
Look at the infant vaccine schedule, and its changes over the last 20 years. Does it take a PhD to tell you something was wrong.
Et cetera ad nauseum.

Posted by: MkY at August 11, 2025 08:39 AM (+Pp+Q)

175 The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester — a tax-exempt nonprofit based in upstate New York — announced on Thursday that it was canceling an all-ages “drag bingo” fundraiser set for August 17.

Drag Bango would be more appropriate name.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:39 AM (gbOdA)

176 1. 1,123 trucks collected aid.
2. 1,055 were intercepted by Gazan civilians or "armed actors."
3. 73 trucks arrived—a 6.5% success rate.
4. Aid looting is on the rise.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

=====

5. It's the Israeli's fault

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:40 AM (JvZF+)

177
1. 1,123 trucks collected aid.
2. 1,055 were intercepted by Gazan civilians or "armed actors."
3. 73 trucks arrived—a 6.5% success rate.
4. Aid looting is on the rise."

All "your tax dollars at work", too...

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:41 AM (tubbA)

178 166 Everything is personal. If we love our country then the innumerable lies told by the experts over our lifetime in the name of their grifts, sinecures, grants and general lust for power and subversion of our Constitution is a matter of the personal.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:37 AM (UseAb)
The experts hate me personally. And I never did anything to them.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2025 08:41 AM (jgmnb)

179 FBI files that Trump had declassified at the end of his 1st term, had been reclassified till 2095 by Biden
https://x.com/RealSLokhova/status/1954522169712455815

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

180 Rising diagnoses among the 45-49 year cohort between 2019 and 2022 included a 50% relative growth in diagnoses between 2021 and 2022, from 11.7 to 17.5 cases per 100,000.

This is probably attributable to the inability to obtain meaningful healthcare during the pandemic.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2025 08:41 AM (TdYBy)

181 For the hell of it, I looked up RFK Jr on Wikipedia. Jeezus, what a hit job. They really hate him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:42 AM (UseAb)

182 Using the NG to help stop the current invasion is the most Constitutionally accurate use of them since the modern NG came to be (1903/1916/1933 depending on which date you want to claim)

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 08:42 AM (t0Rmr)

183 Holy cow Blake, we crossed the Atlantic on the QEII in 1975. Happened to meet Art Buchwald on that trip. Is that old tub still floating?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 11, 2025 08:42 AM (A0ECY)

184 The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester — a tax-exempt nonprofit based in upstate New York — announced on Thursday that it was canceling an all-ages “drag bingo” fundraiser set for August 17.

Drag Bango would be more appropriate name.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:39 AM (gbOdA)
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Ha! They were a partner when I was in the government. The only thing in Rochester is Dinosaur BBQ. Literally, the only thing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:42 AM (JvZF+)

185 Hey SMOD

https://x.com/RealSLokhova/status/
1954522169712455815

Note same doc reclassified to get Trump in Mar Raid.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 08:43 AM (gbOdA)

186 Pay? Cali minimum wage is $20
Fed GS 1 pay starts at half that
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith

If you're gonna troll, be accurate.

That rate you cite is from 1989 when I started.

Do Better. Be Better.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 11, 2025 08:44 AM (JkCto)

187 45 There is no doubt he wanted a more violent Middle East that forced US to spend blood and dollars for NADA.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2025 07:52 AM (gbOdA)

He wanted a Nuclear Iran that could rattle its saber at the West (and Israel).

Posted by: XTC at August 11, 2025 08:44 AM (UnA8+)

188 5. It's the Israeli's fault
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:40 AM (JvZF+)

6. October 7 was glorious.

Posted by: HamasHoles at August 11, 2025 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

189 'What is it about RFK that you dislike?'

Compared to you folks, I'd consider myself a neutral 'let's wait and see' vote on him. I'm satisfied that you all truly believe that he has a uniquely unshakable integrity, and that belief is born largely from faith, bolstered by deep distrust of the regnant 'scientific' regime.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:44 AM (0I+GC)

190 Canadian wildfires affecting the Northeast.
They should be paying a tariff.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

191 Ask a leftist if the military should make decisions "independently" on how and when to deploy military force and the left will howl that's fascism, we must have civilian control of the military!*

But ask them if the FDA, EPA, DoE etc should make decisions "independently" and they'll support the idea. Well, its the same thing as letting the military do it.

*Well maybe not with Trump now I guess since they hate him so

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 08:45 AM (t0Rmr)

192 At least it would be likely to get the Dems back to try to defend THEIR OWN seats.

If the legislature cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on federal redistricting then they cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on state redistricting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

193 185 Holy cow Blake, we crossed the Atlantic on the QEII in 1975. Happened to meet Art Buchwald on that trip. Is that old tub still floating?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway

No, sadly Art Buchwald passed on in 2007.

Posted by: The Hands of Time at August 11, 2025 08:46 AM (G5+As)

194 Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

LIBERATION DAY IN D.C.WE ARE TAKING OUR CAPITAL BACK!!!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

195 If the legislature cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on federal redistricting then they cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on state redistricting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

So they can actually stop it ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 08:47 AM (VE6XX)

196 If the legislature cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on federal redistricting then they cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on state redistricting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

Nobody cares about plot holes when the movie is entertaining enough.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2025 08:47 AM (VoAdT)

197 "and that belief is born largely from faith,"

Not exactly. Or rather, a faith born from his track record which is demonstrative of character.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:47 AM (UseAb)

198 The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester — a tax-exempt nonprofit based in upstate New York — announced on Thursday that it was canceling an all-ages “drag bingo” fundraiser set for August 17.

A Unitarian Church near me was advertising an event for "trans-teens" but with an all ages welcome dance with adult drag performers. But remember, its not grooming because, uh...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 08:47 AM (t0Rmr)

199 The Trump–Ukraine scandal was a political scandal that arose primarily from the discovery of U.S. president Donald Trump's attempts to coerce Ukraine into investigating his political rival Joe Biden and thus potentially damage Biden's campaign for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination. -- Wikipedia

There it is "potentially damage Biden's campaign for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination" as a precursor to Trump's impeachment. When the call to Zelenskyy occurred in July 2019, it was not a done deal that Joe Biden would be the Democrat nominee.

When Letitia James went after Trump, it was much more clear that Trump would, absence the legal action, be the Republican nominee.
If Trump deserved an impeachment over trying to legally (remotely) question a political candidate, then Letitia James deserves as much of the same as the law allows.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:49 AM (RHGPo)

200 Did everyone see the report put out in the last couple of days, that perhaps 3,000 to 4,000 completely fraudulent tech papers, generated by AI, are being published each year now?

Was this report about the 3k-4k fraudulent papers also a product of AI?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 11, 2025 08:49 AM (/TiS1)

201 191 'What is it about RFK that you dislike?'

Compared to you folks, I'd consider myself a neutral 'let's wait and see' vote on him. I'm satisfied that you all truly believe that he has a uniquely unshakable integrity, and that belief is born largely from faith, bolstered by deep distrust of the regnant 'scientific' regime.
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:44 AM (0I+GC)

My take on RFK Jr. is that he can't possibly be worse than any of the other HHS Secretaries over the last 20 years. "But he's a nutter!" Compared to whom in government? They're all nutters, he's just lacks the conventional, approved shared delusions.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2025 08:49 AM (TdYBy)

202 Saw that story about a total of 4 trans persons laid off from military

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:49 AM (RHGPo)

203 200 A Unitarian Church near me was advertising an event for "trans-teens" but with an all ages welcome dance with adult drag performers. But remember, its not grooming because, uh...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 08:47 AM (t0Rmr)

I still don't understand what the left was doing by trying to make Drag and Trooning Out the same thing.

Seems counter-productive to their cause.

Posted by: XTC at August 11, 2025 08:50 AM (UnA8+)

204 Falcon 9 first stage safely on the drone ship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2025 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

205 https://x.com/Project_Veritas/status/1953628752887656710

‼️Texts, notes, and emails EXPOSE @FultonCountyDA
Fani Willis and Bill Barr worked together on the RICO case targeting @RealDonaldTrump

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

206 'I'm not a medical expert, but I can certainly read scientific papers and glean the info from them.'

Me too.

'Look at our "food pyramid". RFK is revamping it. It needed it. It was a crock of shit.'

That brings up a good question. Piper and I were discussing what's a good reliable nutrition textbook. We came up with the two 'standards' I guess: Whitney and Rolfe, and Gropper et all. These cover what I contend is "standard accepted" nutrition science. I've spent most of the weekend studying them.

Are they a complete crock of shit? Am I wasting my time reading the results of standard accepted scientific research as a guideline to my diet?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:51 AM (0I+GC)

207 Time for We The People to stop being polite.

Working within the system only empowers the system. And the system is broken for us.

We need disrupters. People who question assumptions. People who don't get blinded by credentialism. People who can look holistically and not only see that something is wrong, but who will do the dirty work and dig into the why. To make the system uncomfortable.

I see RFK jr as one of those people.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at August 11, 2025 08:51 AM (edx/H)

208 I think the fact anyone like RFK Jr ever got close to a high government position is a tribute to Trump. And I think RFK Jr feels the same way.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 08:51 AM (UseAb)

209 Aliassmithsmith at August 11, 2025 07:57 AM (Rvchk)

Do you have to work at being this stupid or does it come naturally?

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at August 11, 2025 08:51 AM (NY+zX)

210 CNN ‘Global Affairs Analyst' Kim Dozier:

The big worry about a Russiagate grand jury probe is that it furthers the aims of Russian influence operations to sow chaos and turn Americans against each other.

"Moscow is going to be cheering!"

.. perhaps Obama should have thought of that

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

211 Compared to you folks, ...

You're funny. And seemingly confused.

What were Hobby's qualifications anyway?

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:52 AM (tubbA)

212 At least it would be likely to get the Dems back to try to defend THEIR OWN seats.

If the legislature cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on federal redistricting then they cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on state redistricting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

AND, if Abbott saying, "as of 3:00 pm, you are not back, you are no longer employed as a representative" bring them back, nothing will.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:52 AM (rqka2)

213 good morning JJ, Horde

There's more to the story about National Guard linking up with ICE to bust illegals. Those are regular Guard, or vanilla units. They're not special ops, or black units.

So the joint operation will be run by ... Vanilla ICE.

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 11, 2025 08:52 AM (U08HM)

214
Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden
stairwell.

https://tinyurl.com/tn8aafxf

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

215 Huh. I see the graphic tweets over at Insty about 'White people invented slavery'.

This is a tough one. I'd say slavery has been around so long that the question starts to lose all meaning. I'd say as soon as you had agriculture, you had slavery.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (bss/y)

216 So they can actually stop it ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 08:47 AM (VE6XX)

If enough of them remain outside the state long enough, yes. It should be noted that they've fled twice in the past and both items they were trying to prevent eventually passed.

What the Republicans need to do in the next regular legislative session is to amend the state Constitution to say that any member who leaves the state to prevent a quorum is automatically removed from office with no judicial review possible and they are banned from holding any state office for life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

217 > If the legislature cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on federal redistricting then they cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on state redistricting.
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The absent State Reps can be replaced/appointed by the governor? Once they're determined to have abandoned their positions.

Which I thought was the whole point of this exercise on Abbott's side.

Or... no?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)

218 216
Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden
stairwell.

https://tinyurl.com/tn8aafxf
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (NpA

I'd prefer the dumpster....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (VE6XX)

219 The best Jim Comey left at the FBI were the fart holes in his chair

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

220 211 Aliassmithsmith at August 11, 2025 07:57 AM (Rvchk)

Do you have to work at being this stupid or does it come naturally?
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at August 11, 2025 08:51 AM (NY+zX)

I'd like to think he works at it. I envision a Push-It-To-The-Limit-style montage, with him typing ever dumber comments to the approval of a mentor.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2025 08:54 AM (TdYBy)

221 Holy cow Blake, we crossed the Atlantic on the QEII in 1975. Happened to meet Art Buchwald on that trip. Is that old tub still floating?
Posted by: actually inside the beltway

No, that ship is a wreck in Hong Kong harbor. There is a new Queen Elizabeth, built in 2010.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2025 08:54 AM (UG1oo)

222 "173 It's not about the person or personality of RFK, it's about policy and results.

He is an iconoclast and I Voted For That!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:38 AM (JvZF+) "

exactly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2025 08:54 AM (dKEEs)

223 A ruling from a federal judge in Mississippi contained factual errors — listing plaintiffs who weren’t parties to the suit, including incorrect quotes from a state law and referring to cases that don’t appear to exist — raising questions about whether artificial intelligence was involved in drafting the order.

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate issued an error-laden temporary restraining order on July 20, pausing the enforcement of a state law that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools and universities.

This is a high-profile case, in which the judge obviously used an artificial intelligence program to write a pro-DEI opinion. As often happens with AI, the opinion was inexplicably, and wildly, inaccurate:

The original order lists plaintiffs such as the Mississippi Library Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., who have never been involved in the pending litigation and who do not even have cases pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

224 RFK Jr himself more credible?
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 08:14 AM (0I+GC)

I would say, for a couple reasons:
he seems to be asking questions and actually listening to the answers,
i don't know that i've heard a variation of "trust the science" out of him,
he's asking for more study - actual rigorous scientific study, not 'confirm the conclusion i want' studies,

Also, the left seems to hate him, so that's a plus.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (nXhwP)

225 Huh. I see the graphic tweets over at Insty about 'White people invented slavery'.

Our word for slavery comes from the ethnic group of Slavs, who are white people.

Imagine the outrage if our word for slavery came from an African ethnic group.

But, slavery appears to be about as old as history - and written history starts in the middle east and Egypt.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (t0Rmr)

226 If the legislature cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on federal redistricting then they cannot meet the quorum requirement to vote on state redistricting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

So they can actually stop it ?
Posted by: It's me donna

They've done it before.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (rqka2)

227 Am I wasting my time reading the results of standard accepted scientific research as a guideline to my diet?

The standard accepted scientific research said that the covid vax was safe and effective.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

228 I'd say as soon as you had agriculture, you had slavery."

"I make Ogg run in front of big horned cow, then feed Ogg if he's still alive"

Heh.

Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (tubbA)

229 Is it rude to point out that more people have been arrested for the kinetic deposition of phallic objects on a WNBA court than for "Russiagate" or being on Epstein's list?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (0sNs1)

230 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at August 11, 2025 08:56 AM (XQo4F)

231 All last year over at zerohedge.com, they were laughing at the divergence between the “household survey” and the “business survey” which culminated with the correction of removing 818,000 non-existent jobs in August which lowered every month of the year.

They really had become the Bureau of Labor Shitistics

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:56 AM (RHGPo)

232

Meanwhile, genuine humanitarian crises elsewhere are met with near silence: Uyghur Muslims detained in Chinese camps, Christians slaughtered in Nigeria, Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS, Rohingya Muslims driven from Myanmar, and mass killings in Sudan. These tragedies barely register in the headlines, let alone spark sustained outrage. There are no emergency sessions of the UN, no massive street protests, no cultural boycotts. -NYP
====

The list is a lot longer than that. The Turks still occupy, displace, and imprison the Christian population on Cyprus.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:57 AM (JvZF+)

233 Trump seems to have chosen good people this time.. And if not he removes them fast like the IRS guy....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 08:57 AM (VE6XX)

234 It's not about the person or personality of RFK, it's about policy and results.

The GOPe rode the notion you had to have a Romneyesque demeanor and gravitas into the ground.

But I'm not electing people to be moral paragons - I'm electing them to implement policy.

And in the end all those supposed "good" men the GOPe put up where every bit as personally troubled as the supposed cranks they were opposing.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 08:58 AM (t0Rmr)

235 If enough of them remain outside the state long enough, yes. It should be noted that they've fled twice in the past and both items they were trying to prevent eventually passed.

What the Republicans need to do in the next regular legislative session is to amend the state Constitution to say that any member who leaves the state to prevent a quorum is automatically removed from office with no judicial review possible and they are banned from holding any state office for life.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The next regular session is 2027. People will have forgotten by then.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:58 AM (rqka2)

236 old: stuttering clusterfuck of miserable failure
new entitled lecturing prissy little ponce

SOCAMF > ELPLP?

Posted by: 3X12ax7 at August 11, 2025 08:58 AM (M3HT1)

237 The absent State Reps can be replaced/appointed by the governor? Once they're determined to have abandoned their positions.

Which I thought was the whole point of this exercise on Abbott's side.

Or... no?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)

That wasn't my point. Removal requires a judge to sign off. That may be in progress or not.

It was suggested that the legislature should redistrict the state districts, not just the fed but the actions that the Dems are taking to to prevent the latter also prevent the former so it wouldn't bring any of them back.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

238 Rolling Stone just can't deal with the reality that they are a CIA asset

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

239 But I'm not electing people to be moral paragons - I'm electing them to implement policy.

Exactly! Oh, he says horrible things? Don't care. He does the job.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 08:59 AM (RjOoY)

240 Nigel Farage has stated that the future of Reform is the mohammedans vote.

The only person that can save England is Rupert Lowe, and he doesn't have a party.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 11, 2025 08:28 AM

Good Triggernometry interview with Tommy Robinson.

Notes that Mein Kampf is banned, but the Koran is not.

Britain is on the Brink

YouTube: https://bit.ly/45ILFQu

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 11, 2025 09:00 AM (P5BPp)

241 I can recall in the not too distance past and group of Senators meeting to talk about a problem and one of the Senators asking if there was somebody assigned to handle censoring of social media to maintain the proper narrative.
I think it was Tim Kaine (D-VA), Hillary's running mate in 2016.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

242 225 ...
The original order lists plaintiffs such as the Mississippi Library Association and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., who have never been involved in the pending litigation and who do not even have cases pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

WhatMs fascinating about this is that a federal district judge usually has 2 full-time law clerks (usually newly minted lawyers). No one in the office is apparently doing any of the traditional lawyer work, like cite checking or proofreading.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2025 09:00 AM (TdYBy)

243 I'd prefer the dumpster....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (VE6XX)
*****
I'm sure he would have preferred that... they just wouldn't let him.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

244 Very First Call by Very First Female Umpire in MLB Was a Bad One

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

245 234 The list is a lot longer than that. The Turks still occupy, displace, and imprison the Christian population on Cyprus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 08:57 AM (JvZF+)

Remove Kebab.

Posted by: XTC at August 11, 2025 09:01 AM (UnA8+)

246 But I'm not electing people to be moral paragons - I'm electing them to implement policy.

Exactly! Oh, he says horrible things? Don't care. He does the job.

And as an example of this, I hired a contractor to do some work on my house. Every so often I'd hear him swear up a storm while working. But the work was done on time, on budget, and as I requested it.

And I didn't even bother looking to see if he had made any mean tweets...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:02 AM (t0Rmr)

247 Nigel Farage is a sell out eh?

What the hell is up with British 'conservatives'? They all seem to go the same way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:02 AM (bss/y)

248 Saturday on MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed Republicans had taken their hoods off in President Donald Trump’s second term.

... because they could find a paper bag to put over her head

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

249 Thank you SanFran Psycho.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 11, 2025 09:03 AM (vOH33)

250 The next regular session is 2027. People will have forgotten by then.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 08:58 AM (rqka2)

Abbott can keep calling special sessions.

Also, isn't the state required to redistrict based on a court order from the 5th Circuit? If so, seems like we could get Trump to send the Marshals to grab our wayward legislators since they're defying the kings in black robes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

251 Thx JJ. Good morning everyone, happy Monday. Just finished nine. Beautiful morning but heading over 90° the next few days.
The meeting with Putin should be interesting. The Russians are breaking through the front lines at a number of places. Not much but flat land till they reach the east bank of the Dnieper

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2025 09:03 AM (O8bOp)

252 Hollywood's 'progressive snowflake era' is over with shows now 'hot, horny and white,' NYT guest essay says

... it's about time

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

253 effective.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

230 I'd say as soon as you had agriculture, you had slavery."
"I make Ogg run in front of big horned cow, then feed Ogg if he's still alive"
Heh.
Posted by: man at August 11, 2025 08:55 AM (tubbA)

This is a point I’ve long argued - slavery came in with the agricultural revolution, because for the first time societies had a need for a large amount of low skill labor, and they now had enough food to support division of labor. (They could afford full time soldiers now, for example).
Hunter gatherers didn’t have slaves because food was always tight and they didn’t need extra mouths to feed. Catch some stray man, and better for the group to have a BBQ night.
(Women on the other hand always had a value of their own)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2025 09:04 AM (MOJY1)

254 Also, isn't the state required to redistrict based on a court order from the 5th Circuit? If so, seems like

we could get Trump to send the Marshals to grab our wayward legislators since they're defying the kings in black robes.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

And either jailed or shot for resisting arrest.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 09:04 AM (rqka2)

255 asking if there was somebody assigned to handle censoring of social media to maintain the proper narrative.
I think it was Tim Kaine (D-VA), Hillary's running mate in 2016.

One of the things that continues to amaze me is whenever some leftwing nutter goes on a shooting spree their social media gets professionally cleaned before the name is released.

Like clockwork.

Hell the one time they didn't succeed is one of the would be Trump assassins had posted a bunch of lefting crap on Gab and the guys running it released it...

Which says the left/deep state has a pretty good handle on these people before they go all shooty...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:04 AM (t0Rmr)

256 249 Nigel Farage is a sell out eh?

What the hell is up with British 'conservatives'? They all seem to go the same way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:02 AM (bss/y)

Shame that Sargon of Akkad (Carl Benjamin) nuked his political career before it could even get started.

Posted by: XTC at August 11, 2025 09:04 AM (UnA8+)

257 CNN reports the official portrait of Obama now sits in an out-of-the-way corner, away from guests who don’t need a reminder of Obama’s disastrous legacy and his effort to frame Trump with collusion charges. This is more than redecorating — it’s a statement about accountability and honesty in presidential legacies.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

258 Anybody see any meteors? I've been monitoring meteor scatter radio traffic on 6m since Sat afternoon, running through Wednesday. I got some pings.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 09:05 AM (0I+GC)

259 259 CNN reports the official portrait of Obama now sits in an out-of-the-way corner, away from guests who don’t need a reminder of Obama’s disastrous legacy and his effort to frame Trump with collusion charges. This is more than redecorating — it’s a statement about accountability and honesty in presidential legacies.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

LOL.. I doubt that's how CNN portrayed it....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:06 AM (VE6XX)

260
"Nothing will happen."
_______________________
Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2025 09:06 AM (Cpt4e)

261 Anybody see any meteors? I've been monitoring meteor scatter radio traffic on 6m since Sat afternoon, running through Wednesday. I got some pings.
Posted by: Rolling Donut

Supposed to peak Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 09:07 AM (rqka2)

262 58 AM (M3HT1)

239 The absent State Reps can be replaced/appointed by the governor? Once they're determined to have abandoned their positions.

Which I thought was the whole point of this exercise on Abbott's side.

Or... no?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 08:53 AM (Q4IgG)

Abbott and Paxton have been running a great big bluff. They’re setting up a narrative to campaign in in 2026, but their chances of saving this special session (which ends in about 10 days) are zip. They really don’t have the power to do any of the things they’ve been threatening.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2025 09:08 AM (MOJY1)

263 Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe dies after campaign shooting in June

https://tinyurl.com/yc5ab46k

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (NpAcC)

264 Saw an article saying Australia will recognize a palestinian state

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (AOsQT)

265 NBCnews: Sydney Sweeney fans can now lather up with the actor's bathwater in a limited-edition soap made by men's natural body wash brand Dr. Squatch. The Emmy-nominated star, who rose to fame on the HBO series "Euphoria," appeared soaking in a bathtub in a viral Dr. Squatch commercial in October, inspiring the new product release. You kept asking about my bathwater after the @drsquatch ad… so we kept it," Sweeney wrote in the caption of a joint Instagram post with the company announcing the product. "Sydney's Bathwater Bliss" will be available on the Dr. Squatch website for a limited time

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

266 > CNN reports the official portrait of Obama now sits in an out-of-the-way corner, away from guests who don’t need a reminder of Obama’s disastrous legacy and his effort to frame Trump with collusion charges. This is more than redecorating — it’s a statement about accountability and honesty in presidential legacies.
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I hope it's replaced with Obama's mug shot.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (Q4IgG)

267 266 Saw an article saying Australia will recognize a palestinian state
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (AOsQT)

I saw over 100 Countries are...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:11 AM (VE6XX)

268 269 266 Saw an article saying Australia will recognize a palestinian state
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (AOsQT)

They have one.. It's called Jordan

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:12 AM (VE6XX)

269 Sydney Sweeney's bathwater?

Posted by: Ewwww at August 11, 2025 09:12 AM (XQo4F)

270 Sydney Sweeney fans can now lather up with the actor's bathwater

Simp culture strikes again

I don't mind looking at her but...why the hell would someone pay for something like this

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:12 AM (t0Rmr)

271 I saw over 100 Countries are...

And if it becomes a country, they will be held accountable for the terrorist attacks against Israel, right? Right?

cricket chirp

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 09:13 AM (RjOoY)

272 Abbott and Paxton have been running a great big bluff. They’re setting up a narrative to campaign in in 2026, but their chances of saving this special session (which ends in about 10 days) are zip. They really don’t have the power to do any of the things they’ve been threatening.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2025 09:08 AM (MOJY1)

The interesting thing is... what do the Dems do when the clock runs out? Return?

Then Abbott pre-positions Rangers, calls a new special session, and has the Dems escorted to the Capitol.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

273 Saw an article saying Australia will recognize a palestinian state
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (AOsQT)

I saw over 100 Countries are...

The reason things like Oct 7 happen is because the jihadis get rewarded for terror attacks.

You get more of what you reward.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:14 AM (t0Rmr)

274 249 Nigel Farage is a sell out eh?

He's always been a squish.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2025 09:14 AM (UseAb)

275 "I don't mind looking at her but..."

hehehehehehehe...

Posted by: Beavis at August 11, 2025 09:15 AM (i0F8b)

276 My Midwest state National Guard has been preparing for the ICE support mission since at least early July. The size has reduced a bit since the initial warning order, but there will be a few teams scattered across the State to help ICE with various logistical and administrative support functions. No actual civil disturbance, arrest, law enforcement or detainee ops at this point.

Posted by: Military Moron at August 11, 2025 09:15 AM (JCZqz)

277 270 Sydney Sweeney fans can now lather up with the actor's bathwater

Simp culture strikes again

I don't mind looking at her but...why the hell would someone pay for something like this
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:12 AM (t0Rmr)

Strike while the iron's hot they say.. Or the bathwater ...Ewwwww

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:15 AM (VE6XX)

278 Tensions are high across the UK today with demonstrations outside migrant hotels planned for multiple locations, with tensions flaring in Nuneaton as anti-racism protesters incurred the wrath of passing locals, with chants of "Keir Starmer's a ******".

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

279 Strike while the iron's hot they say.. Or the bathwater ...Ewwwww

I get why she is selling.

But it is a sign of degraded culture that men are buying it...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:17 AM (t0Rmr)

280 >> Sydney Sweeney fans can now lather up with the actor's bathwater

Simp culture strikes again

I don't mind looking at her but...why the hell would someone pay for something like this
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It's the closest they'll ever get to her. That, and they're weirdos.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2025 09:17 AM (Q4IgG)

281 Saw an article saying Australia will recognize a palestinian state
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:10 AM (AOsQT)

Fine. Whatever. Who gives a shit.

They recognize Palestine, Israel points out that they were at war with the new super-popular country before everyone recognized them and that Israel will remain at war with them until they surrender unconditionally.

What are all these AWFL countries gonna do? Are they gonna have a mutual defense treaty with Hamas? No. They're gonna bitch about the Joos exactly like they're already doing.

Fuck them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:17 AM (ExV1e)

282 I don't mind looking at her but...why the hell would someone pay for something like this
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:12 AM (t0Rmr)

Probably most of the soap will never even be opened. They'll just have it. It's stupid but so is most of the world.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

283 Why is it that all Democrats speak with a stutter?

Barry. Joe. Kamala.

It might be more of a gargle with all of that Soros cock in their mouths.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2025 09:20 AM (9bq/n)

284 It's D-Day in DC:

@WhiteHouse
·
25m
"Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN... Thank you for your attention to this matter." - President Donald J. Trump

Good luck

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:20 AM (AOsQT)

285
Nigel Farage has stated that the future of Reform is the mohammedans vote.

What the...?

Choose your destroyer Britain:

Insane Tyrannical Socialist Hell or Insane Tyrannical Religious Hell?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2025 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

286 An article on Wednesday about how the Trump administration will gain access to the standardized test scores and grade point averages of all applicants to Columbia and Brown University misstated the findings of an SAT report from the College Board. The report found that 1 percent of the African American high school graduates who took the SAT in 2024 scored between 1400 and 1600, the highest possible scores, and 27 percent of the Asian graduates scored at that level. It is not the case that, of all the high school graduates who scored between 1400 and 1600 in 2024, 1 percent were African American and 27 percent were Asian.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:21 AM (RHGPo)

287 Choose your destroyer Britain:

Insane Tyrannical Socialist Hell or Insane Tyrannical Religious Hell?

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2025 09:20 AM (iJfKG)
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Let's just skip to "Airstrip One"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2025 09:22 AM (JvZF+)

288 The only thing that could further enhance Sweeney's virality at this point would be to wrap her in bacon.

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 09:22 AM (0I+GC)

289 Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling. Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for six days in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to a gay couple on religious grounds, is appealing a $100,000 jury verdict for emotional damages plus $260,000 for attorneys fees.

More fundamentally, she claims the high court's decision in Obergefell v Hodges -- extending marriage rights for same-sex couples under the 14th Amendment's due process protections -- was "egregiously wrong."

They said Roe v Wade would never be overturned too. And during confirmation hearings, some nominees said it was settled law (Stare decisis). Look how that turned out.

I hate to agree, but liberals held the majority then. It passed 5-4. with Roberts, Thomas and Alito all writing dissenting opinions. It could indeed be overturned.

Why can't people like Kim Davis go away? I'm sick of these people. Americans overwhelmingly support gay marriage. I would like to think the Supreme Court will laugh her away, but I have given up expecting them to behave in a humane manner.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 11, 2025 09:23 AM (JCZqz)

290 The story presents a compelling case for not joining a terrorist organization and exposing one’s family to injury and hardship. But the AP was exclusively focused on the “suffering” caused by Israel. Regrettably, the outlet could not find any terrorists who suffered “injuries to their crotch areas” during the pager attack. There were many such cases, according to reports, and they deserve to tell their stories.”

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

291 I don't mind looking at her but...why the hell would someone pay for something like this
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:12 AM (t0Rmr)

Strike while the iron's hot they say.. Or the bathwater ...Ewwwww
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:15 AM (VE6XX)

The bathwater was a thing before the jeans ad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:23 AM (bss/y)

292 The bathwater was a thing before the jeans ad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:23 AM (bss/y)

Right but might as well capitalize on it now

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:24 AM (VE6XX)

293 ~~Strike~~ Slap while the iron's hot they say.
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:15 AM

Suggested edit.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2025 09:24 AM (0sNs1)

294 The only thing that could further enhance Sweeney's virality at this point would be to wrap her in bacon.
Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 09:22 AM (0I+GC)

Her Baskin Robbins ad is pretty amusing.

https://youtu.be/8xbgTm3NHVY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

295 Why can't people like Kim Davis go away? I'm sick of these people.

Then: You can't have individual office holders implementing their view of the law

Now: WE ARE THE RESISTANCE! We in the federal bureaucracy will not comply with illegal orders!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:24 AM (t0Rmr)

296 Why can't people like Kim Davis go away? I'm sick of these people. Americans overwhelmingly support gay marriage. I would like to think the Supreme Court will laugh her away, but I have given up expecting them to behave in a humane manner.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

Why can't your faggot asses go away? I'm sick of the 24/7 gay/pedo shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 09:26 AM (rqka2)

297 Then: If you just allow us to get married it will never have any effect on you or your family

Now: You will let us groom your kids and you will call me Mrs no matter how long my beard is!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:27 AM (t0Rmr)

298 Americans overwhelmingly support gay marriage.

Not really.. We were forced to accept it...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:27 AM (VE6XX)

299 The bathwater was a thing before the jeans ad.

Mommy Dr. Jill, I made brown bubbles in my bath water!

Posted by: President Emeritus at August 11, 2025 09:27 AM (G5+As)

300 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 11, 2025 09:25 AM (E2Row)

Wow. FOX disagrees with Trump? That really makes me rethink things. What does MSNBC have to say? They're straight shooters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

301
Wow. FOX disagrees with Trump? That really makes me rethink things. What does MSNBC have to say? They're straight shooters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2025 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

If that was true about the crime numbers why does the Mayor back Trump on it ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2025 09:28 AM (VE6XX)

302 Why can't your faggot asses go away? I'm sick of the 24/7 gay/pedo shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2025 09:26 AM

So soon after Pride Month?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2025 09:28 AM (0sNs1)

303 "Her Baskin Robbins ad is pretty amusing.

https://youtu.be/8xbgTm3NHVY"

Never saw it until now. I looked up my local BR locations the other day, and I bet the reason is that I was reacting indirectly to hearing the Sweeney ad buzz. That is viral marketing power!

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at August 11, 2025 09:29 AM (0I+GC)

304 Contra the great Breitbart, it isn't as clear that politics is downstream from culture as he thought...

Even CA voted against gay marriage and now the polling says its supported by strong majorities.

I suspect if you ran the same polling (as inaccurate as it is) after it was revoked you'd find most now oppose gay marriage.

For a large number of people illegal = immoral and they don't think any more deeply then that

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:30 AM (t0Rmr)

305 Fox fact checks "crime out of control in DC"
Does not go well for Trump or his enabler JJ

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at August 11, 2025 09:25 AM (E2Row)
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Show me on the doll where it hurts you:

https://x.com/FoxNews

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2025 09:30 AM (Y+jbb)

306 Who is the guy you meme'd in JJ? He seems familiar. Looks like he is dressed up like a UN peacekeeper.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:31 AM (bss/y)

307 >>>Does not go well for Trump or his enabler JJ

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith

>JJ the enabler is worse [/] than Hitler!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2025 09:31 AM (9bq/n)

308 Nood. Art.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:31 AM (bss/y)

309 Show me on the doll where it hurts you:

https://x.com/FoxNews

Scrolling down their twitter feed, I enjoyed looking at the second headline way more then the first...

Anyone else feel the urge to buy some jeans?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2025 09:31 AM (t0Rmr)

310 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Stratton's on X showing how she's hanging with the Texas Democrats who've fled their state & miserably failed their constituents. Btw, Stratton's also running for U.S. Senate.

Joined in message by Rep. LaMonica McIver; Rep. Frederica Wilson; Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks, and attorney Bernice King (youngest daughter of MLK), it looks like an East, West, North, South call for action.

Wouldn't be surprised if the administration's actions aren't prep for the havoc we might be facing - likely dicier than during 2020 - for the 2026 mid-term elections.

Peace, when possible.

Posted by: L - No nic, cell phone at August 11, 2025 09:32 AM (LL19j)

311 “Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday. (Termite tent DNC HQ - jjs)

US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington DC to fight local crime and youth violence: report

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Deport all the criminals and illegal aliens to Califzuela, sell it to The Mexican Cartels for 1 peso, and build a Big Beautiful Wall around it!

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2025 09:33 AM (P5ydE)

312 >"Her Baskin Robbins ad is pretty amusing.
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she is cuter than a speckled pup

IMO

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Don't fisk me, bro at August 11, 2025 09:34 AM (AOsQT)

313 Who is the guy you meme'd in JJ? He seems familiar. Looks like he is dressed up like a UN peacekeeper.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2025 09:31 AM (bss/y)

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At first I thought Hunter Biden, but after zooming it believe it's Doug Neidermeyer (portrayed by Mark Metcalf), the sadistic ROTC officer and central antagonist in Animal House (197

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2025 09:37 AM (P5ydE)

314 As I said elsewhere, I want the cleansing of DC to be so thorough that even Singapore envies our level of safety.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2025 09:40 AM (RjOoY)

315 J.J.:"his poisonous racism set us back 50 years or more in terms of the advances in becoming a colorblind society."

And to think that many white people voted for Obama in the belief it would help ease racial tensions. Biden came along and stirred the pot some more

Ironically, it's Trump who's improving and and reducing crime for all people. Let's hope the votes in the 2026 elections reflect this.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 11, 2025 09:48 AM (TvPmY)

316 The innocence project has gotten hundreds of people out of prison by proving faulty police work, false confessions, or other errors. Perhaps they will help with Derek Chauvin's case, or that be too politically incorrect?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 11, 2025 09:54 AM (Fju+s)

317 The regulator reportedly said: “You must only share personal information in a way that’s proportionate and necessary to achieve your purpose.”

The advice comes in the wake of police demanding that a vintage clothes shop owner in Wales take down a sign describing shoplifters as “scum” as it might be taken as “provocative and offensive”.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2025 10:02 AM (RHGPo)

318 and central antagonist in Animal House (1977 ).

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Dean Wormer at August 11, 2025 10:11 AM (0sNs1)

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