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She also called for a full embrace of the Great Replacement, saying that Western culture is "very thin" and we need to embrace "class-based internationalism" as a Great Replacement of Western culture.
Marco FrieriBecause the entire mission of the left is to claim that Western culture produced nothing and everything was created by "the Global South." That's why the BBC now features black Viking queens. Rubio didn't stutter or giggle or go into a little girl voice to elicit sympathy so that people would overlook his complete incompetency.
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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 12:12 PM (Wnv9h) 2
Afternoon, Ace! How you doin'?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 12:12 PM (Wnv9h) 3
Suggested edit: Realistic vs. Operative
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 16, 2026 12:12 PM (aVO1v) 4
rd?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 12:12 PM (Wnv9h) 5
Realist. Auto-cucumber.
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 16, 2026 12:13 PM (aVO1v) 6
The Others have been summoned.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 12:13 PM (Wnv9h) 7
"Retardation is a serious impediment towards climbing the rungs of authority in the Democrat Party."
-Joe Biden Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:14 PM (GBKbO) 8
“They want the culture, but it’s very thin! We need class-based internationalism!”
======= So...just textbook Marxism. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:14 PM (GBKbO) 9
@TudorDixon
· Follow AOC in Munich giggles excitedly when asked if she will impose a wealth tax as president. Moments later, her ignorance is exposed by Argentinian politician Daiana Fernández Molero, who has actually seen the destruction caused by a wealth tax. ====== California is already seeing wealth flight by just talking about a wealth tax. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO) 10
Willowed, but a pet peeve:
The average person cannot change a flat tire. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:13 PM (/lPRQ) Considering how the motherfuckers usually wrench the motherfucking wheel nuts down, I am not surprised. I should not have to use a fucking cheater bar as long as John Holmes' dick in order to break the fucking nuts loose. *end rant* Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y) 11
My favorite clip of the weekend was Cortez laughingly saying that horse culture had nothing to do with the Spanish.
Brilliant analysis. Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (0U5gm) 12
Second look at Rubio's garbage?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y) 13
Because the entire mission of the left is to claim that Western culture produced nothing and everything was created by "the Global South." That's why the BBC now features black Viking queens.
======= The Spanish stole cowboys from Cleopatra, who was Nubian. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:16 PM (GBKbO) 14
Yea, AOC has really got a shot at the big chair. /s
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2026 12:16 PM (jtM2q) 15
President Washington was known for blowing off work whenever he could. Obama was just honoring him.
Posted by: steevy at February 16, 2026 12:17 PM (YwEeS) 16
How many black and Mexican cowboys greeted Columbus when he dropped off the first cattle in the new world?
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2026 12:17 PM (98kQX) 17
>>>2 Afternoon, Ace! How you doin'?
good, and you?! I got good sleep and am on like day 12 of a fast, with a couple of slip-ups here and there. I'll get in a half-jog half-walk at 3 or so. I'm going to get some reading done today, which is nice. Posted by: ace at February 16, 2026 12:17 PM (1wjle) 18
Pedantic: General Washington's actual birthday isn't until Sunday
/pedant (I hate the loss of "Washington's Birthday" and "Lincoln's birthday" as celebrated days in society. I suspect a conspiracy, it all seemed to disappear around the same time...) Posted by: RandomDave at February 16, 2026 12:18 PM (aJQbY) 19
I'm looking forward to the Chuy posts because we know Chuy's people really built Ace of Spades HQ...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2026 12:18 PM (ESVrU) 20
14 Yea, AOC has really got a shot at the big chair. /s
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2026 12:16 PM (jtM2q) ====== Winning the Democrat Primary is about name recognition and energizing the black vote, never about intelligence (Joe Biden), good ideas (Bernie's coalescing of everyone but the black vote twice), or morality (Hillary). AOC could get the nomination at some point, and once with the nomination she probably has at least a 40% chance of becoming president. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO) 21
May I congratulate ace on his expert use of blockquote tags in this insightful post?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (GBKbO) 22
11 With those choppers you would think she knows a lot about horses..
Posted by: steevy at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (YwEeS) 23
19 I'm looking forward to the Chuy posts because we know Chuy's people really built Ace of Spades HQ...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2026 12:18 PM (ESVrU) Well, when ace does his 40 days in the desert, that could be the Chuy and Lamont Memorial threads. Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y) 24
little marco is big clanging balls marco now
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Homeless Ranger at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (REq0p) 25
Yea, AOC has really got a shot at the big chair. /s
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2026 12:16 PM (jtM2q) Hell, I'd vote for her. She's got big tits. -- half the guys on this blog Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (ExV1e) Posted by: Banky Edwards at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv) 27
The Governor General of Cuba has been impressive this term.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (jc0TO) 28
In short: "akshually, your appeal to shared Christian heritage between USA & Europe is false because we replaced the Christian population with Afghans"
------------ Make The Caliphate Great Again! Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (CNwL1) 29
Posted by: ace at February 16, 2026 12:17 PM
Niice. I'm good. Took a very long weekend down south, got some sun and warm weather with friends, and I'm ready to hit the work work hard. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (Wnv9h) 30
22 11 With those choppers you would think she knows a lot about horses..
Posted by: steevy at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (YwEeS) Or eating an apple through a chainlink fence? Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y) 31
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Willowed. ‘ FoD, I'm with you there. But Princess Bride? BURN THE WITCH’ I don’t hate it. I just think it’s meh. Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (jbnUc) 32
Happy Presdent Obama day two everyones.
Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (jwBFW) 33
She's what Bugs Bunny warned us about; a maroon
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (t/Eo5) 34
Oh, and you geography buffs will be surprised to learn, per Cortez, that Venezuela is below the equator.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (0U5gm) 35
26 The Spanish stole cowboys from Cleopatra, who was Nubian.
What's a Nubian? Posted by: Banky Edwards at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv) $20, same as in town. Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y) 36
26 The Spanish stole cowboys from Cleopatra, who was Nubian.
What's a Nubian? Posted by: Banky Edwards at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv) ===== This is a reference to a Kevin Smith movie which makes you a bad person! Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (GBKbO) 37
But the left thinks she's an intellectual heavyweight.
To quote Jim Carey: "Shyeah, in your BRA!" Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 16, 2026 12:21 PM (zjgNU) 38
AOC's staff must hate her to put her on the world stage like this...
Posted by: Ann at February 16, 2026 12:21 PM (w9jrX) 39
What's a Nubian?
Posted by: Banky Edwards at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM 20 bucks, same as in town. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2026 12:21 PM (Wnv9h) 40
Mexico , Texas, Cowboys and Long Horns all connected.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 12:21 PM (cwGMH) 41
The Reverse Nubian is extra.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 16, 2026 12:21 PM (jc0TO) 42
My favorite clip of the weekend was Cortez laughingly saying that horse culture had nothing to do with the Spanish.
One of the Left's funniest self-contradictions: Spanish people from Spain are white, but Spanish people in the Americas are black. I guess it's at least consistent with their belief that the US is magic dirt and every third worlder deserves to touch it. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:22 PM (QZThv) 43
1) The Great Replacement Theory is a far-right white supremacist conspiracy theory
2) Okay there's a little replacement going on but it's small and manageable 3) Okay the Great Replacement is in full swing and it is AWESOME ----------- 4) Okay, the Great Replacement isn't happening fast enough and we need to KILL WHITEY ASAP!!! Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:22 PM (CNwL1) 44
Has spike lee turned into a black burgess meredith? (re: picture at Insty.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y) 45
She also called for a full embrace of the Great Replacement, saying that Western culture is "very thin"
What does that even mean? Does she mean that the culture of Shakespeare, DaVinci, Einstein, and Newton is shallow? Who would she say has a "deep" culture? Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t) 46
Cowboy culture is known for going one and done in the playoffs for the last thirty fucking years.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (u73oe) 47
...Michigan Fantasy Presidential Hopeful Gretchen Witchmer... Gretchen Whitmer is the Jussie Smollet of governors and / or Gretchen Whitmer is the AOC of Kamala Harrises Posted by: AltonJackson | Contractual Obligation Comment at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (tljrc) 48
43 4) Okay, the Great Replacement isn't happening fast enough and we need to KILL WHITEY ASAP!!!
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:22 PM (CNwL1) ===== The funniest part of all of this in the United States is that most Hispanics consider themselves white already. They have this tendency of integrating into the dominant culture around them over a couple of generations as easily as the Italians did. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (GBKbO) 49
Rubio is correct. Vaqueros and their tradition are the basis for the cowboy way.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (0KSrI) 50
Cowboys Rule !! Sheep herders Drool !!!
Posted by: Old West Meme at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (cwGMH) Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (CNwL1) 52
That blonde in the AOC video can cycle my expenditures.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (nbv7V) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (J+Psw) 54
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‘ Considering how the motherfuckers usually wrench the motherfucking wheel nuts down, I am not surprised. I should not have to use a fucking cheater bar as long as John Holmes' dick in order to break the fucking nuts loose.’ I had the same thing happen after work last summer. I had to fashion a cheater bar from plumbing fittings to get the lug nuts to break loose. Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (jbnUc) 55
Who would she say has a "deep" culture?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t) Communists. Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:24 PM (bss/y) Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2026 12:24 PM (rvl1b) 57
I saw Realist v Retarded open for Aerosmith at the Topeka Civc Arena circa 1991.
Posted by: Left at February 16, 2026 12:24 PM (kHHSi) 58
38 AOC's staff must hate her to put her on the world stage like this...
They'd probably hate to put her on the Howdy Doody stage, you know, if Howdy Doody was still around. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t) 59
>>AOC is very dumb.
The Wall looms. And. The Glass Ceiling rubs its hands in gleeful anticipation. Posted by: garrett at February 16, 2026 12:25 PM (gH8T+) 60
Afternoon Ace. Have a tall cold one to honor George.
When AOC babbles like this there should be a moderator who says "alrighty then, show us your tits" Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 16, 2026 12:25 PM (Ggsrp) 61
Does it really matter what AOC says? Does it affect her standing one iota? I remember watching Biden in the early 2020 primary debates and saying to myself, no way this incoherent dotard can win anything.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2026 12:25 PM (fZiTB) 62
There will be no one in Europe to fight the 21st century Reconquista. We're too busy with the quislings and Fifth Columnists, to say nothing of our own invaders.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 16, 2026 12:25 PM (5yDGQ) 63
Cowboy culture is known for going one and done in the playoffs for the last thirty fucking years.
*********************** At least youre not us! Posted by: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (REq0p) 64
My favorite clip of the weekend was Cortez laughingly saying that horse culture had nothing to do with the Spanish...
It wasn't Bill Maher trying to p'wn the White House with his suicide by CO2 retarded snark? Posted by: Old West Meme at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (cwGMH) 65
Primaries are not the means by which democrat presidential candidates are selected. Those are a sop to the base. The convention is a party where the commoners are allowed to cast their worthless votes for whomever a state's voters have chosen. Then, the super delegates pick the actual candidate who can raise the most money and maybe beat the republican.
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (98kQX) 66
This is a reference to a Kevin Smith movie which makes you a bad person!
Has Smith denounced himself for the whole Hooper X character yet? I saw this weekend that Silence of the Lambs has been judged Wrongthink by the trannies. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (QZThv) 67
Off hard men period sock
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (cwGMH) 68
61 Does it really matter what AOC says? Does it affect her standing one iota? I remember watching Biden in the early 2020 primary debates and saying to myself, no way this incoherent dotard can win anything.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 16, 2026 12:25 PM (fZiTB) ====== With every passing cycle, black people increasingly become the main deciders of Democrat primary politics. It's why Crockett is going to waltz to her primary win over Talarico in 3 weeks. The progressive wing is steadily freaking out about it. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (GBKbO) 69
I have learned that black slaves were the first to cook meat over a fire.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (cS1cw) 70
>>> Rubio is right to say cowboys evolved from Spain's vaqueros.
Guessing that Spanish vaqueros brought free-range cattle ranching to the new world. Not sure if other NW European cultures used that method for raising cattle. Then again, not sure if Spanish did either. So, maybe Spain had the first free-range cattle ranching in the new world. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (/lPRQ) 71
My favorite clip of the weekend was Cortez laughingly saying that horse culture had nothing to do with the Spanish...
She probably thinks the horses in the Americas come from spontaneous generation. Well, she would if she knew what those words mean. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t) 72
65 Primaries are not the means by which democrat presidential candidates are selected. Those are a sop to the base. The convention is a party where the commoners are allowed to cast their worthless votes for whomever a state's voters have chosen. Then, the super delegates pick the actual candidate who can raise the most money and maybe beat the republican.
Posted by: huerfano at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (98kQX) ====== Wow. When was the last time that the delegates ignore the primary vote and selected someone else? Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (GBKbO) 73
It wasn't Bill Maher trying to p'wn the White House with his suicide by CO2 retarded snark?
Posted by: Old West Meme at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (cwGMH) Not sure.. He may be that stupid... Big difference between Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide... Posted by: It's me donna at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (mS7ek) 74
The Wall looms.
She's already hit the wall like Wile E. Coyote in a rocket car. If she didn't have tits everyone would've noticed. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv) 75
AOC hates rich people and white people.
She’s our gal!! Posted by: Left at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (kHHSi) 76
We need class-based internationalism=global communism
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (gbOdA) 77
I've got some chewy posts all done for the day so I can take a half day off.
------------ In addition to "Disinformation Expert Ace" and "Lamont The Big Dummy," didn't Ace used to comment here occasionally as "Chewy?" Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (CNwL1) 78
This is a reference to a Kevin Smith movie which makes you a bad person!
Has Smith denounced himself for the whole Hooper X character yet? I saw this weekend that Silence of the Lambs has been judged Wrongthink by the trannies. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:26 PM (QZThv) As a Christian I actually feel sorry for Kevin Smith now. He did the only unforgivable sin according to Jesus. His soul is lost forever. Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (cwGMH) 79
Michigan Fantasy Presidential Hopeful Gretchen Witchmer...
Gretchen Whitmer is the Jussie Smollet of governors and / or Gretchen Whitmer is the AOC of Kamala Harrises Posted by: AltonJackson | Contractual Obligation Comment Hillzabub, get this, made a fool of herself there and I thought this comment was precious. America’s ex-wife https://is.gd/qMza25 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (J+Psw) 80
It's gonna be great watching all the Young Commie Cuntbags throwing shit at each other to try to best position themselves as frontrunners for 2028. There can be only one!
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/) 81
we need to embrace "class-based internationalism" as a Great Replacement of Western culture
AKA, "The New Aristocracy" Posted by: Halfhand at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (cO6Mr) 82
Barry said that there are no aliens in an underground Air Force facility, at least they didn't tell the President of the United States. Talk about legitimacy!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (YlWIZ) 83
Paniolo
Hawaiian Cowboy The Hawaiian cowboy, known as the Paniolo, is a significant figure in Hawaiian history and culture. They are responsible for herding cattle and have played a crucial role in the island's ranching economy. The term "Paniolo" is derived from the Spanish word "Español," meaning Spanish or Spaniard, and reflects the cultural exchange that occurred when Mexican vaqueros were brought to Hawaii in the 1830s. These vaqueros taught the Hawaiians the skills of cattle ranching, roping, and horsemanship, which were essential for managing the growing cattle population.... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (/lPRQ) 84
We need class-based internationalism=global communism
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (gbOdA) ----------- TL;DR? We need death camps. Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (CNwL1) 85
76 We need class-based internationalism=global communism
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 16, 2026 12:28 PM (gbOdA) ======= "Well, you see, it's not actually communism, it's a subset of communism called international workers union which is completely different from communism and would actually work perfectly if every implemented." -overeducated leftist Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (GBKbO) 86
Quien is mas imbe'cil, AOC or Jasmine Crockett?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t) 87
Rubio and AOC Offer Competing Visions of Foreign Policy, Realist Vs. Retard
That got a chuckle. And to think AOC also represents me over there as she's my Rep. Maybe retard is right -- on both counts. Posted by: RickZ at February 16, 2026 12:30 PM (gKDq2) 88
@TudorDixon
· Follow AOC in Munich giggles excitedly when asked if she will impose a wealth tax as president. Moments later, her ignorance is exposed by Argentinian politician Daiana Fernández Molero, who has actually seen the destruction caused by a wealth tax. ====== California is already seeing wealth flight by just talking about a wealth tax. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO) == I'm sure somebody has done the math, at what point does a certain percentage of billionaires leaving result in the bankruptcy of California. Posted by: Black JEM at February 16, 2026 12:30 PM (GZYu7) Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 16, 2026 12:30 PM (jbnUc) 90
>>>(I hate the loss of "Washington's Birthday" and "Lincoln's birthday" as celebrated days in society. I suspect a conspiracy, it all seemed to disappear around the same time...)
Posted by: RandomDave a --- It was efficiency expert, Richard Nixon who put them together on a Monday so (everyone) could have a three day weekend. The working world said, nah bro. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:30 PM (MF/Oh) 91
Objection! Assumes facts not in evidence!
Stephen King @StephenKing Very tired of progressives being demonized as "lunatic leftists." We're not. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 12:31 PM (J+Psw) 92
Quien is mas imbe'cil, AOC or Jasmine Crockett?
Crockett's a rich retard pretending to be a poor retard. AOC is just a retard. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:31 PM (QZThv) Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 16, 2026 12:31 PM (Kt19C) 94
The first thing that Western Europe needs to do is to meet their gorram NATO defense spending obligations. Most of them don't hit the 2% of GDP requirement, and most of that is probably pensions. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 12:31 PM (kTyBw) 95
The funniest part of all of this in the United States is that most Hispanics consider themselves white already.
They have this tendency of integrating into the dominant culture around them over a couple of generations as easily as the Italians did. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:23 PM (GBKbO) Because they ARE white. Most of them also speak English (and often don't speak any Spanish but what they learn in school). Many families have been Americans for 150+ years. They see their heritage like Germans or Polish descendants do- something to enjoy and celebrate but not their entire identity. Which is why the left gets really angry that they don't see "Hispanic" as some oppressed, overbearing identity. (The ones who DO use it that way are already on the left and compete for oppression points. Without the left's divisive aims, they'd be like the rest of their community.) Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 16, 2026 12:31 PM (zjgNU) 96
UK lost 16,500 millionaires in 2025, to out migration. That’s the highest number by any country since that number started getting tracked.
We never learn. Posted by: Left at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (kHHSi) 97
Paniolo
Hawaiian Cowboy The Hawaiian cowboy, known as the Paniolo, is a significant figure in Hawaiian history and culture. They are responsible for herding cattle and have played a crucial role in the island's ranching economy. The term "Paniolo" is derived from the Spanish word "Español," meaning Spanish or Spaniard, and reflects the cultural exchange that occurred when Mexican vaqueros were brought to Hawaii in the 1830s. These vaqueros taught the Hawaiians the skills of cattle ranching, roping, and horsemanship, which were essential for managing the growing cattle population.... Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:29 PM (/lPRQ) ------------ When I was at Stanford in the mid-80s, I had several classmates from Hawaii who'd attended Punahou High School -- and that's even where the DogEater supposedly attended (but we have no transcripts). Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (CNwL1) 98
86 Quien is mas imbe'cil, AOC or Jasmine Crockett?
Of course, there's always Gavin Newsome, honorary female. I'll never forget him talking to the Germans about ICE as the new Gestapo, and saying essentially "you know what I'm talking about". Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t) 99
Somebody explain to me the exact mechanism which allows politicians who hate their country and own citizens become leaders of those countries through elections.
I can see the occassional rise to the top, but consistently for decades seems a bit sus to me. Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (Vh9CX) 100
AOC is a fucking retard. Its a main reason I don't give a shit about the abortion issue, because one day this retard will breed, and it shouldn't.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (snZF9) 101
UK lost 16,500 millionaires in 2025, to out migration. That’s the highest number by any country since that number started getting tracked.
We never learn. Posted by: Left at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (kHHSi) ------------ "Pikers!" -- Califzuela Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (CNwL1) 102
AOC will never be president but she will likely get a lot of attention in the primary.
My belief has always been that she'll run, lose, and then 'carry the mission elsewhere' that just so happens to make her a billionaire. To sum up...today she has great tits. In a few years she'll have 1000 million dollars and great tits. Posted by: MJ at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (XOmY9) 103
There were no horses in America until the Spanish re-introduced them. In a weird twist of fate, horses originated in the Americas. Some migrated over the Bering bridge and into Europe and Asia, where they flourished.
But horses eventually died out here. There were no horses here for thousands of years before the Spanish re-introduced them. American Indians did not ride horses until the Spanish came. Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/) 104
AOC is a fucking retard. Its a main reason I don't give a shit about the abortion issue, because one day this retard will breed, and it shouldn't.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (snZF9) -------------- Back in the 90s all the kids used to say "Kill it before it multiplies." Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:34 PM (CNwL1) 105
I have learned that black slaves were the first to cook meat over a fire.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (cS1cw) It was something to do while we were re-discovering calculus - which we had previously discovered but the Greeks stole and abandoned. -- Blacks (who, for some reason, believe that African nations were technologically advanced yet lost a war, and all their technology, to a small nation of spear wielders.) Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:35 PM (ExV1e) 106
Back in the 90s all the kids used to say "Kill it before it multiplies."
Pffffft. I said that in the 70s. I might have started it, you don't know. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t) 107
102 AOC will never be president but she will likely get a lot of attention in the primary.
My belief has always been that she'll run, lose, and then 'carry the mission elsewhere' that just so happens to make her a billionaire. To sum up...today she has great tits. In a few years she'll have 1000 million dollars and great tits. Posted by: MJ at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (XOmY9) ====== If Kamala doesn't run in 28, AOC probably has as good a shot as anyone else. However, if Kamala does run, and if Crockett beats Talarico and loses to Paxton/Hunt/Cornyn by 12, and Kamala ends up losing to Vance... Oh lord in heaven, the left may finally enter the civil war it needs as the progressive left just starts outright blaming black voters for their troubles. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO) 108
Don't make me repeat myself. Posted by: History at February 16, 2026 12:36 PM (GAK49) 109
Somebody explain to me the exact mechanism which allows politicians who hate their country and own citizens become leaders of those countries through elections.
I can see the occassional rise to the top, but consistently for decades seems a bit sus to me. Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (Vh9CX) ------------- One word (per F. Joe Biden): /See Venezuela, Smartmatic/Dominion, and the Serbian Server. Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:36 PM (CNwL1) 110
Considering how the motherfuckers usually wrench the motherfucking wheel nuts down, I am not surprised. I should not have to use a fucking cheater bar as long as John Holmes' dick in order to break the fucking nuts loose.
*end rant* Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y) ---- You always had to work the nuts when it came to John Holmes. Posted by: Seka at February 16, 2026 12:36 PM (H4qGm) 111
I would say that rather than evolving out of the Spanish vaquero culture, American West cowboys were a unique strain in and of themselves, and that the emergence oof 'buckaroo' from 'vaquero' represented the interface between the two distinct cultures in Texas and the Southwest.
Note: I am not an expert, but I do own the complete box set of all 20 seasons of Gunsmoke. Posted by: muldoon at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (qgHp7) 112
Guessing that Spanish vaqueros brought free-range cattle ranching to the new world.
Not sure if other NW European cultures used that method for raising cattle. Then again, not sure if Spanish did either. So, maybe Spain had the first free-range cattle ranching in the new world. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (/lPRQ) When I was a yoot, I was taught that this was done so that later colonists could round them up and have a herd. Is that true? I dunno but that's what the book said. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (ExV1e) 113
Well AOC would keep the Dem streak going as having a progressively worse Presidential nominee each election since Jimmy Carter( I consider Bill Clinton worse than JC)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (cwGMH) 114
Umm does Stephen King know why the left ditched the progressive label?
Posted by: steevy at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (YwEeS) 115
To sum up...today she has great tits. In a few years she'll have 1000 million dollars and great tits.
Posted by: MJ at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (XOmY9) Then, without a bra, her tits will be touching her navel. She'll become a fatter Nancy Pelosi. Posted by: RickZ at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (gKDq2) 116
AOC: "We must connect on a material level, it's class based internationalist perspective"
This is how you say, using AOC garbage words, "I am going to kill the middle class, like with bullets and camps in remote Alaska where I give no one shoes or coats" Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (Km8js) 117
However, if Kamala does run, and if Crockett beats Talarico and loses to Paxton/Hunt/Cornyn by 12, and Kamala ends up losing to Vance...
It's looking very promising that we'll finally be rid of Cornyn. I expect he'll be on The View shortly thereafter. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t) 118
I have learned that black slaves were the first to cook meat over a fire.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (cS1cw) They also invented the graphite pencil but it didn't get popular until the 1970s. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:38 PM (/lPRQ) 119
When I was at Stanford in the mid-80s, I had several classmates from Hawaii who'd attended Punahou High School -- and that's even where the DogEater supposedly attended (but we have no transcripts).
The DogEater (not to be confused with the DogShocker) said in his own book that he sucked at basketball and got bullied by the Hawaiians at Punahou. I'm not sure why someone with his substantial ego would allow Bill Ayers to write that unless it's true. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:38 PM (QZThv) 120
Where does the vaquero come from, is the next question. Did they herd cattle on that scale in al-Andalus? What about north Africa.
I bet the Arabs of the Syrian steppe did a lot of this. Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 12:38 PM (gKWVE) 121
Also, AOC doesn't know what a "Mexican" is descended from, obviously. She's an irritating git who belongs working back in a bar.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (Km8js) 122
Meanwhile, the current governor of California, G. Newsom, sat in a chair in Germany, in front of German people, and compared the US National Guard and federal LEOs to Nazi stormtroopers.
The Dem A Team. Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (rj6Yv) 123
I'm'a need to think a bit on what "class-based internationalism" actually means ... at first glance it sounds like a return to feudalism, which is pretty much what I have always believed their ultimate goal to be.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (Cjt/F) 124
Oh lord in heaven, the left may finally enter the civil war it needs as the progressive left just starts outright blaming black voters for their troubles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO) ------------- "Nobody knows the trouble that we've seen Nobody knows our sorrow ..." Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (CNwL1) 125
should be a moderator who says "alrighty then, show us your tits"
Agree. Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 16, 2026 12:31 PM *puts down a Benjamin* Areolas like silver dollar pancakes. Posted by: toby928(c) at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (jc0TO) 126
Nubians built the first rudimentary lathe thousands of years ago, leading to their advanced culture.
Posted by: Hysterical Facts at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (oftw2) 127
I have learned that black slaves were the first to cook meat over a fire.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 16, 2026 12:27 PM (cS1cw) They also invented the graphite pencil but it didn't get popular until the 1970s. This is untrue. They were all occupied developing the Tokamak. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t) 128
Then, without a bra, her tits will be touching her navel. She'll become a fatter Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: RickZ at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (gKDq2) Commonly referred to as Belly Whackers. Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 12:40 PM (cwGMH) 129
And Stephen King is a cracked-out crackpot. I'm open to arguments that Spanberger isn't a lunatic - just a cynic riding a communist wave. King, on the other hand, fried his brain in the early 1980s.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 12:40 PM (gKWVE) 130
"99 Somebody explain to me the exact mechanism which allows politicians who hate their country and own citizens become leaders of those countries through elections."
I think the fanatical resistance to the SAVE act explains it quite well. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 12:40 PM (Cjt/F) 131
Are European leaders waking up (some of them)? For Sec Rubio to receive a standing ovation surprises me a bit, altho he deserves it.
To stand alone and state your beliefs in a crowd of evil malcontents takes courage and conviction. The Macrons and Starmers of the world want to coast on their power vs do anything for their people. President Trump picked well with Rubio and I am proud of him as a former Floridian who voted for him. Also proud to have him speak for me. Every night, unless I fall asleep, the last of my prayers is for the UK and Europe to wake up, rise up (Christians and Jews) and fight back...and follow our lead with deportations of invading barbarians. Rupert Lowe is a start, following Poland.May God see that he succeeds. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 16, 2026 12:41 PM (WONhk) 132
I'm'a need to think a bit on what "class-based internationalism" actually means ... at first glance it sounds like a return to feudalism, which is pretty much what I have always believed their ultimate goal to be.
Don't overthink it. She has no idea what it means, she just gets a food pellet when she says it. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t) 133
To sum up...today she has great tits.
Really? https://tinyurl.com/mtuacc3u+ Great appears to have a mighty low bar. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e) 134
It's looking very promising that we'll finally be rid of Cornyn. I expect he'll be on The View shortly thereafter.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t) ---------- They can change the name of the show to "Four Women and A Funeral." Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (CNwL1) 135
If Kamala doesn't run in 28, AOC probably has as good a shot as anyone else.
However, if Kamala does run, and if Crockett beats Talarico and loses to Paxton/Hunt/Cornyn by 12, and Kamala ends up losing to Vance... Oh lord in heaven, the left may finally enter the civil war it needs as the progressive left just starts outright blaming black voters for their troubles. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO) == The beauty is that the civil war will destroy them for at least a decade. Between the census and voting integrity issues they'll be locked out for a bit. They could fix it right now, which they are paying lip service to. But pretty much everybody now knows they are lying. Posted by: Black JEM at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (GZYu7) 136
I think the fanatical resistance to the SAVE act explains it quite well.
Collins says she'll vote aye on SAVE. I guess she's a bit worried about reelection, or perhaps voter fraud in Maine. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t) 137
124 Oh lord in heaven, the left may finally enter the civil war it needs as the progressive left just starts outright blaming black voters for their troubles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO) ------------- "Nobody knows the trouble that we've seen Nobody knows our sorrow ..." Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (CNwL1) ====== When a racial group votes as a block and for one party at 85% levels consistently for decades, they get a lot of say in the direction of the party. They get preference for things like patronage, and major candidates have to do a surprising amount of rhetorical pleading in the primary phase. Yes, they can take them for granted in the general for a long, long time, but the incentive structure within the party is to kneel to them over anyone else. White voters may end up splitting a hundred different directions over a hundred different issues, but black voters will just say, "Buy my vote with supplication," in the primary. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (GBKbO) 138
I'm open to arguments that Spanberger isn't a lunatic - just a cynic riding a communist wave.
Spanberger is CIA, and the CIA, after being slapped around in the 1970s for being anti-Communist and hurting the DNC's feelings, *way* overcorrected. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (QZThv) 139
King, on the other hand, fried his brain in the early 1980s.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 16, 2026 12:40 PM (gKWVE) That and getting hit by a minivan while walking. Posted by: RickZ at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (gKDq2) 140
Don't overthink it. She has no idea what it means, she just gets a food pellet when she says it.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t) === That's how she learned to play a musical instrument. Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (rj6Yv) 141
Pretty sure Italy has replaced france as the number 3 economy in the eu zone.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (xvV+O) 142
Vaquero were wandering around Alta-California. Gaucho were Portuguese Spaniards. Lots of Portuguese were roaming around central-coastal California. Salinas was very Portuguese.
Posted by: 13times at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (2C+zD) 143
When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (xGgfV) 144
If Kamala doesn't run in 28, AOC probably has as good a shot as anyone else.
However, if Kamala does run, and if Crockett beats Talarico and loses to Paxton/Hunt/Cornyn by 12, and Kamala ends up losing to Vance... Oh lord in heaven, the left may finally enter the civil war it needs as the progressive left just starts outright blaming black voters for their troubles. ----------------------- That would be kinda funny. I wonder if the unsteady alliance between the blacks and the rich crackers will ever, um, crack. From their perspective Obama is Jesus but Biden was a huge misfire. Posted by: MJ at February 16, 2026 12:44 PM (XOmY9) Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt) 146
Don't overthink it. She has no idea what it means, she just gets a food pellet when she says it.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t) ----------- How many times has AOC heard the phrase "open wide?" Especially when she's doing trains ... Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:44 PM (CNwL1) 147
>>>Crockett's a rich retard pretending to be a poor retard. AOC is just a retard.
Posted by: Ian S. --- Or Crockett's a smart, rich, black woman playing a retard in order to get in on the big grift. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:45 PM (MF/Oh) 148
Alexandria Donkey-Chompers, on the other hand, revealed herself again as a giggling buck-toothed stuttering imbecile.
She demonstrated herself to be an idiot several years ago - when Amazon proposed putting HQ2 in New York City, Amazon was looking at a $25 billion state and local tax bill over the next twenty years, and negotiated a tax break of about 10% of that amount - $2.5 billion. Reasonable people can disagree on whether that was a good idea or not, but when AOC and others blocked the Amazon HQ, AOC sent out a tweet proudly announcing that NYC now had an extra $2.5 billion to spend on schools and subways. Uh, that's not how tax breaks work, idiot - she actually thought that New York was going to be writing a check to Amazon. Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 16, 2026 12:45 PM (n1OCj) 149
135 The beauty is that the civil war will destroy them for at least a decade. Between the census and voting integrity issues they'll be locked out for a bit. They could fix it right now, which they are paying lip service to. But pretty much everybody now knows they are lying.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (GZYu7) ====== There's obvious concern that certain issues are hurting the party. Hillary saying that mass migration went too far is a signal of that. However, the party actually with their hands near the levers of power keep talking about defunding ICE instead. Certain issues either need an outside voice to clear the deck of insanity (the Trump but Democrat option), or the issue needs to honestly just fall off the radar for years. Democrats should be rooting for Trump to fix immigration on a certain level, because then they can ignore it, paying it bare lip service, and then talking about taxing billionaires as their newest path to power again. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO) 150
> But horses eventually died out here.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/) I believe they were one of the many species that coincidentally went extinct shortly after the so-called Native Americans came in from Siberia. Coincidentally. Pretty much every species of megafauna in the Americas that wasn't incredibly prolific and also an absolute badass got wiped out. Bison (badass, interval between births around a year): survived. Mammoths (badass, interval between births probably around four years): toast. Deer (not badass, breed like bacteria): survived. And so on. "But the Native Americans lived in sustainable harmony with nature"... Yeah? Tell it to the giant ground sloths. Oh, right: you can't. Because they're all dead. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 12:46 PM (IG3/x) 151
When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (xGgfV) Money for nothing and chicks for free isn't a principle of Islamic governance. -- International Union of Goat-fucker Emigres Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e) 152
The cowboy method or tradition for herding cattle requires a horse and a rope. You go with what works best at the given place and period.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 12:46 PM (gVUi7) 153
To sum up...today she has great tits.
Really? https://tinyurl.com/mtuacc3u+ Great appears to have a mighty low bar. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e) ___ As Ace (I think) once said in response to comments about how hot a mid girl was, "I think some of you guys are in prison." Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/) 154
Uh, that's not how tax breaks work, idiot - she actually thought that New York was going to be writing a check to Amazon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 16, 2026 12:45 PM (n1OCj) Yet she votes on laws that affect you and me. Posted by: RickZ at February 16, 2026 12:47 PM (gKDq2) 155
Pretty sure Italy has replaced france as the number 3 economy in the eu zone.
Germany is the largest economy in the Eurozone (EZ) and European Union, acting as its primary economic engine. As of 2025, Germany boasts a GDP of roughly $5T. Following Germany, the next largest economies in the Eurozone are typically France and Italy, which are key drivers of the single market Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t) 156
>Alexandria Donkey-Chompers, on the other hand, revealed herself again as a giggling buck-toothed stuttering imbecile.
---- I guess she thought 'barroom smart' (think Cliff Clavin) would translate to the House of Representatives turns out, not so much Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 12:47 PM (ZxPkt) 157
> Uh, that's not how tax breaks work, idiot - she actually thought that New York was going to be writing a check to Amazon.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 16, 2026 12:45 PM (n1OCj) And she claims to have a degree in "economics". I'm guessing not the kind of economics that involves differential equations. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 12:47 PM (IG3/x) 158
When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 12:43 PM (xGgfV) ------------ Because Western countries welcome and encourage child rape gangs -- and give you all kinds of free shit to boot? /rhetorical Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:47 PM (CNwL1) 159
Oh, it's going to be that kind of a year.
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And she claims to have a degree in "economics".
I'm guessing not the kind of economics that involves differential equations. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 12:47 PM (IG3/x) ---------- "Home Economics 101 -- How to Wipe Down Vomit At A Bar." Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:48 PM (CNwL1) 161
150, yeah that was my first thought, too. Hunted to extinction.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 12:48 PM (Cjt/F) 162
Spanberger is CIA, and the CIA, after being slapped around in the 1970s for being anti-Communist and hurting the DNC's feelings, *way* overcorrected.
There is no such thing as an ex-CIA agent. Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 16, 2026 12:49 PM (n1OCj) 163
> Great appears to have a mighty low bar.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e) They were pretty nice at one time. Lately, though, she's hitting the wall, and her tits are on the way to hitting the floor. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 16, 2026 12:49 PM (IG3/x) 164
AOC is proof that there are a lot of retarded and stupid voters in her district.
Posted by: 50% of Americans are Retarded and Stupid at February 16, 2026 12:49 PM (Ksqrb) 165
Verse 3 of 'Where the Short Grass Grows', Ian Tyson:
Rubio is correct. Vaqueros and their tradition are the basis for the cowboy way. Posted by: Ben Had ---------- Verse 3 of 'Where the Short Grass Grows', Ian Tyson: Early evening light Boys practice roping The days fades away The night rolls on Lives of pride Men who ride They keep the old skills That came up the trail From Mexico ---------- Nice tune: http://tiny.cc/cd1z001 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 16, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L) 166
Or Crockett's a smart, rich, black woman playing a retard in order to get in on the big grift.
I used to believe that, but even in situations where she doesn't have to be in character she still sounds like a retard. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:50 PM (QZThv) 167
Class based internationalism is what it says.
Internationalism in this sense > the supreme governing authority is global, not national. It is class based, there is a heirarcy, the managers at the top subject to no rules, everyone else subject to them and their rules. World government. World servitude. Who could be in charge? Hmm lets see..... I dunno maybe. ..... Posted by: The Church Lady Knew a long time ago at February 16, 2026 12:50 PM (RLbsR) 168
Great appears to have a mighty low bar.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e) They were pretty nice at one time. Lately, though, she's hitting the wall, and her tits are on the way to hitting the floor. I see nothing wrong with her in the picture, but then I'm not gay. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t) 169
How many actual citizens are there in Sandy Cortez's district. IIRC, she keeps getting renominated by something like 9% of the eligable voters. A being the Democrat nominee is going to win the general.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (jc0TO) 170
167 World government. World servitude. Who could be in charge? Hmm lets see..... I dunno maybe. .....
Posted by: The Church Lady Knew a long time ago at February 16, 2026 12:50 PM (RLbsR) ===== "Nobody. People will just let their unfettered power over the masses to impose a classless society flitter away to nothing. They will take no action to continue their power because they will be New Socialist Men who refuse all personal gains." -the Left Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (GBKbO) 171
For Sandy Donkey-Chompers learing:
Horses were reintroduced to North America by Spanish explorers, starting with Christopher Columbus in 1493 and later by Hernán Cortés in 1519. These horses quickly became integrated into Indigenous cultures across the continent. So yeah, the Spanish introduced cowboying. And what is with slaves? Africans did not ride horses. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (xvV+O) 172
I've got some chewy posts all done for the day so I can take a half day off. ------------ Wooden teeth Chewy. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (Cqx++) 173
Had Cortez as cattle escaped rather than his horses, the Plains Indians would have rode cows.
Somehow the Comanche would seem less fierce. Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (wBaIH) 174
As Ace (I think) once said in response to comments about how hot a mid girl was, "I think some of you guys are in prison."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 16, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/) Well... my personal preference is for a more moderate bosom but I don't think that there's anything particularly noteworthy about AOC's bust. The term 'great' should, seemingly, be reserved for something that probably 20% of American women (or more) can bring to the party. OTOH, I am aware that a significant portion of the commentariat here would sell their family down the river for any woman sporting a 'D' or better. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 12:51 PM (ExV1e) 175
The King has spoken!
Bozoberg orders Trump to bring back all illegal aliens he's deported to El Salvador Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 12:52 PM (J+Psw) 176
It continues to be astonishing that European elites looked at Lebanon, and thought: "Yeah, we want to be like that."
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 16, 2026 12:52 PM (n1OCj) 177
Out and busted: How are you going to get Thai food at 3 AM if you don't import millions of muslims?
New Hotness: How is your stupid white devil whore of a daughter going to be raped into thinking she is a boy if you don't import millions of muslims? Posted by: Your betters at February 16, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm) 178
The feral pigs in North America descend from 12-16 that escaped from the Spanish in St. Augustine.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 16, 2026 12:52 PM (jc0TO) 179
Willowed, but a pet peeve:
The average person cannot change a flat tire. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:13 PM (/lPRQ) Considering how the motherfuckers usually wrench the motherfucking wheel nuts down, I am not surprised. I should not have to use a fucking cheater bar as long as John Holmes' dick in order to break the fucking nuts loose. *end rant* Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 16, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y) The problem is that some of these lug nuts have 100 lbs of torque on them, and you are not changing that with the soup stirrer they give you as a lug wrench. I keep a long breaker bar with the right socket in my cars because of that. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 12:52 PM (snZF9) 180
Horses were reintroduced to North America by Spanish explorers REintroduced? So that had been here before? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM (Cqx++) 181
Had Cortez as cattle escaped rather than his horses, the Plains Indians would have rode cows.
Somehow the Comanche would seem less fierce. Say it to my face. Posted by: Mongo at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t) 182
Yippi Kayee, esse.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM (I0oKc) 183
I'm not sure who's more stupid, AOC or the people that think she's a political powerhouse.
Or her staff that keeps telling her to speak her mind. Our political class really is full of retards and dimwits. You can see the results when any given politico has to speak without notes, or having been prepped with talking points. What comes out of their pea brains is nonsense. Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM (jtM2q) 184
175 The King has spoken!
Bozoberg orders Trump to bring back all illegal aliens he's deported to El Salvador Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 12:52 PM (J+Psw) ====== The Trump admin outright said no to another judge's orders to bring back a deported person a little over a week ago. Almost no one has heard of it, but they did. "We respectfully decline," is in the filing. After Garcia, don't expect the admin to treat these district judges who don't have statutory jurisdiction over immigration matters like they have statutory jurisdiction over immigration matters anymore. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO) 185
What's a Nubian?
Posted by: Banky Edwards at February 16, 2026 12:19 PM ——— That’s not important right now. Posted by: Dirac_Delta at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM (0ZgZq) 186
It continues to be astonishing that European elites looked at Lebanon, and thought: "Yeah, we want to be like that."
There was an article probably 10 years back now where someone observed that the elites think the world and its peoples are more homogenous than reality because everywhere they go there's a Hilton and a Starbucks. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:54 PM (QZThv) 187
Horses were reintroduced to North America by Spanish explorers
REintroduced? So that had been here before? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2026 12:53 PM Horses originated in North America. Then went west all the way around the world. Posted by: toby928(c) at February 16, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO) 188
AOC, "My Favorite Part Is He Said Cowboys Are Rooted in Spain, Uhhh, Speak to Mexicans, but you will have to ask them in their native language, Spanish."
Posted by: Eric at February 16, 2026 12:54 PM (a2F+C) 189
Sheep Hearders vs. Cowboys is how Nevada got some of the most awesome treeless National Forests.
Droopy dog lost BTW. Posted by: Reforger at February 16, 2026 12:54 PM (onCFI) 190
I'm pretty sure every ranchhand and cowhand I worked with didn't take an undergraduate course on the history of the vaquero to train be a cowboy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 12:55 PM (gVUi7) 191
Sheep hearders?
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 12:56 PM (I0oKc) 192
All discussion about Cowboys must begin and end with the Greatest Cowboy off all... Jerry "Jerrah" Jones. And if you don't believe me ask Jerry "Jerrah" Jones.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at February 16, 2026 12:56 PM (8PnhC) 193
AOC: The US shouldn't engage in actions like the one against Maduro just because Venezuela is “below the equator."
Venezuela is not below the equator. Got a round of applause anyway. https://is.gd/7CJXxV Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t) 194
Wow, AOC is a regular Spengler.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 16, 2026 12:57 PM (2ap+5) 195
Before opening every border to overrun every country, maybe we should have given more thought to how and where we expected to remain in power...
Posted by: WEF at February 16, 2026 12:57 PM (qXAQs) Posted by: Reforger at February 16, 2026 12:57 PM (onCFI) 197
When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
Moslems should only be allowed to immigrate to Red China, North Korea and Cuba. Posted by: Socialist Paradise at February 16, 2026 12:57 PM (Ksqrb) 198
>The average person cannot change a flat tire.
---- well, on my F150, the spare is wired up to the underside of the truck bed this is a real pain in the ass once you pass 29 Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (ZxPkt) 199
"Dana Eden, the Emmy Award-winning producer behind Apple TV’s espionage thriller “Tehran,” was found dead in an Athens hotel room on Sunday at age 52, just weeks into filming the show’s fourth season. Greek police are investigating the case as a probable suicide based on evidence recovered at the scene, including pills and bruising on her neck...investigators found pills at the scene along with bruising on her neck and lower body."
Classic suici...wait, wut? Posted by: one hour sober at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (Y1sOo) 200
There were no horses here for thousands of years before the Spanish re-introduced them. American Indians did not ride horses until the Spanish came.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade The Spanish not only brought them here, they taught indians how to manage them. Indians east of the Mississippi had no horse culture, but after the Pueblo Revolt in the southwest, Pueblos showed western indians how to use horses. Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (0U5gm) 201
Doesn't the equator run through Equador further South?
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (I0oKc) 202
AOC: The US shouldn't engage in actions like the one against Maduro just because Venezuela is “below the equator."
You know who else liked to engage in actions 'below the equator'... Posted by: Bill Clinton - Now available for parties! at February 16, 2026 12:59 PM (qXAQs) 203
It continues to be astonishing that European elites looked at Lebanon, and thought: "Yeah, we want to be like that."
- The liberal take: OMG! All these Muslims countries are terrorist shit holes! We must bring their inhabitants here! The conservative take: OMG! All these Muslims countries are terrorist shit holes! Keep them the hell out of here! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 12:59 PM (J+Psw) 204
Doesn't the equator run through Equador further South?
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (I0oKc) ----------- I was told there would be no math. Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:00 PM (CNwL1) 205
well, on my F150, the spare is wired up to the underside of the truck bed
this is a real pain in the ass once you pass 29 Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (ZxPkt) I had to change a tire last year and I confess that I needed the wife's assistance. I couldn't lift it, arrange it to go on the bolts, and hold it while screwing the first nut in by my lonesome. Getting older sucks sometimes. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:00 PM (ExV1e) 206
Quite a weekend for great speeches! One from our Secretary of State, and the other from Rupert Lowe.
Thank you, Donald Trump! Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 01:00 PM (rj6Yv) 207
The average person cannot change a flat tire.
---- well, on my F150, the spare is wired up to the underside of the truck bed this is a real pain in the ass once you pass 29 Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (ZxPkt) yeah, my pickup has the spare under it. I don't think it's moved since the truck was new. At this point I don't think its coming out, not without a sawzall anyway. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:00 PM (snZF9) 208
Tying two themes:
I had a 67 Cortez motorhome and had a blowout. I carried a 3/4 drive breaker bar and a 1' heavy walled pipe 3 foot long. I had to extend both and stand on it it to break loose the lug nuts. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 01:01 PM (xvV+O) 209
Vaqueros are about the art of creating a good horse. The cowboy became the let er buck version of horsemanship.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01:02 PM (0KSrI) 210
I just haul my spare in the bed. That locking underbed mount failed years ago.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:02 PM (I0oKc) 211
>>well, on my F150, the spare is wired up to the underside of the truck bed
I just dropped mine on day one and threw it in the bed. Much easier to deal with a flat that way. Posted by: garrett at February 16, 2026 01:02 PM (gH8T+) 212
It continues to be astonishing that European elites looked at Lebanon, and thought: "Yeah, we want to be like that."
Lebanon was carved out of Syria specifically to be a Christian enclave. Then two things happened: Christian Lebanese emigrated, because they were highly successful elsewhere; and the Muslims outbred them. Now it's a basket case. Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 16, 2026 01:02 PM (n1OCj) 213
Read Empire of the Summer Moon.
Posted by: 13times at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (2C+zD) 214
We didn't have horses until Spain brought them over. Rubio is 100% correct. In fact, almost all cowboy terminology is rooted in a Spanish word, to include Mustangs, which are direct descendants of Iberian horses. The Spaniards taught the Vaqueros, when MX was little Spain. They brought saddles, lassos, chaps, cattle drives, etc.
Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (Wmg4n) 215
"Dana Eden, the Emmy Award-winning producer behind Apple TV’s espionage thriller “Tehran,” was found dead in an Athens hotel room on Sunday at age 52, just weeks into filming the show’s fourth season. Greek police are investigating the case as a probable suicide based on evidence recovered at the scene, including pills and bruising on her neck...investigators found pills at the scene along with bruising on her neck and lower body." ===
Future Headline Dana Eden had evidence against Hillary Clinton. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (xvV+O) 216
88 I'm sure somebody has done the math, at what point does a certain percentage of billionaires leaving result in the bankruptcy of California.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 16, 2026 12:30 PM (GZYu7) I think we're already bankrupt. Now the state is just living off the loose change that fell between the seat cushions back when we were a prosperous state. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (QGaXH) 217
I am above average, apparently.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (I0oKc) 218
yeah, my pickup has the spare under it. I don't think it's moved since the truck was new. At this point I don't think its coming out, not without a sawzall anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:00 PM (snZF9) I'm not looking forward to the day I have to remove it. I looked at the manual when I first bought the truck but will have to return to it like IKEA instructions if that day ever comes. Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (cwGMH) 219
They brought saddles, lassos, chaps, cattle drives, etc.
Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (Wmg4n) The chaps were assless. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (ExV1e) 220
My spare is in the bed of the truck.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (0KSrI) 221
199 "Dana Eden, the Emmy Award-winning producer behind Apple TV’s espionage thriller “Tehran,” was found dead in an Athens hotel room on Sunday at age 52, just weeks into filming the show’s fourth season. Greek police are investigating the case as a probable suicide based on evidence recovered at the scene, including pills and bruising on her neck...investigators found pills at the scene along with bruising on her neck and lower body."
Classic suici...wait, wut? Posted by: one hour sober at February 16, 2026 12:58 PM (Y1sOo) Best I got is tried to hang herself, couldn't go through with it, and moved to pills if they went the suicide angle...or slept with a male, regretted it, and OD'd on pills and alcohol in depression but they wanted to call it suicide vs accidental? Posted by: Nova Local at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (tOcjL) 222
Dana Eden had information that would have led to the arrest and prosecution of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (CNwL1) 223
The equator is just an imaginary lion that runs through South America.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (J+Psw) 224
Judaism? YUCK.
Christianity is for boring old judgmental fuddie daddies. Islam IS SO SUPER NEATO!!! Posted by: U.S. media at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (uWjgT) 225
I had to change a tire last year and I confess that I needed the wife's assistance. I couldn't lift it, arrange it to go on the bolts, and hold it while screwing the first nut in by my lonesome.
Getting older sucks sometimes. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:00 PM (ExV1e) I use the same trick I use on harleys. I jack it up so the lugs are level with the wheel and walk it in. I can still lift it on, but why strain. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (snZF9) Posted by: garrett at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (gH8T+) 227
Every time Hillary Clinton slithers out of the fetid dungeon in which she dwells, she reveals herself to the increasingly embittered and hateful. She can't shuffle off to her eternity as stan's fellator-in-chief soon enough.
This country has dodged many bullets. Dodging having HRC become President is one of the largest. Posted by: ballistic at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (3BwY8) 228
Read Empire of the Summer Moon.
Posted by: 13times at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (2C+zD) I was just thinking about that. The Comanche method of breaking horses was efficient and very effective. Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (PSEDc) 229
Personally, I think the most momentous news was the EO signed at the White House reversing Barry's unilateral declaration that CO2 emissions required regulation by the EPA. That drove an effin' stake through the dark heart of Globull Warming.
Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (rj6Yv) 230
Alexandria Donkey-Chompers, on the other hand, revealed herself again as a giggling buck-toothed stuttering imbecile.
She demonstrated herself to be an idiot several years ago - when Amazon proposed putting HQ2 in New York City, Amazon was looking at a $25 billion state and local tax bill over the next twenty years, and negotiated a tax break of about 10% of that amount - $2.5 billion. Reasonable people can disagree on whether that was a good idea or not, but when AOC and others blocked the Amazon HQ, AOC sent out a tweet proudly announcing that NYC now had an extra $2.5 billion to spend on schools and subways. Uh, that's not how tax breaks work, idiot - she actually thought that New York was going to be writing a check to Amazon. Posted by: The ARC of History! AOC has an actual great chance of losing her seat. Supposedly, she's running third in her district race. Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (xGgfV) 231
>I just dropped mine on day one and threw it in the bed.
Much easier to deal with a flat that way. Posted by: garrett --- my luck, it would be stolen Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 01:06 PM (ZxPkt) 232
You carry spares in the bed of the truck? Y’all ain’t worried about theft?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 01:06 PM (uWjgT) 233
Oh, and you geography buffs will be surprised to learn, per Cortez, that Venezuela is below the equator.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 16, 2026 12:20 PM (0U5gm) ~~~~~ Wait 'til she finds out the origin of her name, Cortez. Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 16, 2026 01:06 PM (3ImbR) 234
I'm not sure anyone in this thread has noted the irony of a woman whose last name includes Cortez is talking about how Europe has no culture and brought nothing to the Americas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 01:06 PM (GBKbO) 235
Data republican on X has a nice post on how basically AOC could say random words and those who swoon over her would still swoon over her.
Because what she says is irrelevant--she displays the proper tribal signals and phrases at the opening, so she is "one of us" and nothing else she does is bad or wrong. I mean, she could have ended her speech with, "and I'm going to kill all of you, chop you up and feed you to pigs while I sip champagne and laugh" and they would have cheered. Another example, they had a man pretending to be a woman as the authority on how protecting women's rights means full acceptance of men pretending to be women. And the women there cheered that .... Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (HXT0k) Posted by: garrett at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (gH8T+) 237
AOC has an actual great chance of losing her seat. Supposedly, she's running third in her district race.
Step off, bitch, The View is my corner! Posted by: John Cornyn at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t) 238
Any bona fide scholars out there care to comment on AOC's theory that "cowboy culture" was originated by American indigenous people and descendants of Black slaves? They usually have a lot to say. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (n7rxJ) 239
You know what else Spain did? They powerhoused my equestrian event, Dressage and the Great Letterbox in which to do it. 😂
Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (Wmg4n) 240
AOC and others like her, if they could, would kill all rich people. Unless you are an entertainer or in government, because reasons.
And I bet that bitch is obsessed with making money as soon as our backs are turned. Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (uWjgT) 241
Spare is still there after 7 years. It is new even.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (I0oKc) 242
Bray child, bray to the moon.
Posted by: kingsman at February 16, 2026 01:08 PM (ehY6c) 243
237 AOC has an actual great chance of losing her seat. Supposedly, she's running third in her district race.
Step off, bitch, The View is my corner! Posted by: John Cornyn at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t) As long as I get to appear on Fox News!!! Posted by: Gov. Greg Abbott at February 16, 2026 01:08 PM (uWjgT) 244
This could be the theme song for our European diplomacy -- and if you aren't familiar, it's really fantastic, I highly recommend:
Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself youtube.com/watch?v=5NZsCYOM4j0 Posted by: SciVo at February 16, 2026 01:08 PM (Sy6m/) 245
'The cowboy' is some romanticize ideal created by people who have never worked cattle. It's a thankless, ballbusting occupation, and if you're not crippled by 30 years old, you weren't very good at being a cowboy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 01:08 PM (gVUi7) 246
They brought saddles, lassos, chaps, cattle drives, etc.
Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 01:03 PM (Wmg4n) The chaps were assless. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:04 PM (ExV1e) ------------- I saw Assless Saddles open for Harry Rash at the Y-Not Festival in 2012. Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (CNwL1) 247
Why a lock on under bed mount?. That is stoopid.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (I0oKc) Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (cwGMH) 249
The DogEater (not to be confused with the DogShocker) said in his own book that he sucked at basketball and got bullied by the Hawaiians at Punahou. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 12:38 PM (QZThv) You just KNOW that the conversation between the pasty white commies that ran Punahou went like this. "Our basketball team sucks. We're getting our asses handed to us by those brown kids at Ilima Junior High School. We need a ringer." "Why not that negro kid who hangs out with the other stoners? Negros are good at basketball!" "Brilliant!" Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (kTyBw) 250
230 AOC has an actual great chance of losing her seat. Supposedly, she's running third in her district race.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (xGgfV) ====== I went looking, and I'm not sure where you're getting this. No polling. She has a massive cash advantage. She has no primary opponent, and she won her last race by 70 points. You may be confusing it with a presidential primary poll. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO) 251
Only time anyone ever took a spare out of my truck bed was on a guide trip.
They left a note saying that they needed to borrow it and would drop it off at the Fly Shop the next morning. Sure as shit, they brought it back and paid for my shuttle and lunches that day. Posted by: garrett at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (gH8T+) Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (5f2Z8) 253
Several years ago we had a flat in our Jeep Cherokee. After returning home I signed up for AAA.
Homey's too old to be dicking around with wheels, tires and traffic. Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (jtM2q) 254
Another example, they had a man pretending to be a woman as the authority on how protecting women's rights means full acceptance of men pretending to be women.
And the women there cheered that .... Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 16, 2026 01:07 PM (HXT0k) That just proves we need sharia law. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (snZF9) 255
AOC has an actual great chance of losing her seat. Supposedly, she's running third in her district race.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (xGgfV) As I understand it, as she grabs headlines, she does nothing concerning constituent services in her district. Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (uWjgT) 256
Will Penny
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (cwGMH) According to Big Bang Theory lore, every chance she gets. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e) 257
158 When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
Posted by: rickb223 --- That's not where the stuff is. Duh Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (MF/Oh) 258
>>You know what else Spain did? They powerhoused my equestrian event, Dressage and the Great Letterbox in which to do it. 😂
Years ago a saw a performance by a group of Spanish riders and their Andalusian horses. That was impressive. Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (viF8m) 259
Did the Comanches scalp their horses? They scalped everything else.
Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (pDt9x) 260
Spanish is the language of the colonial oppressors who ruthlessly ruled in the Americas and the Caribbean for over 300 years.
If Bad Bunny and the rest of the fake Latino Left wanted to fight oppression, they'd refuse to speak Spanish. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (HXT0k) 261
Book Across Atlantic Ice.
Solutrean hypothesis: The Solutrean hypothesis on the peopling of the Americas is the claim that the earliest human migration to the Americas began from Europe during the Solutrean Period, with Europeans traveling along pack ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Posted by: 13times at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (2C+zD) 262
255 AOC has an actual great chance of losing her seat. Supposedly, she's running third in her district race.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:05 PM (xGgfV) As I understand it, as she grabs headlines, she does nothing concerning constituent services in her district. Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (uWjgT) ===== She won her last race by 70 points. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (GBKbO) 263
Speaking of losing her seat, AOC looks like she may have dropped some tonnage.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (2ap+5) 264
Four wheelers are much better for working livestock.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (I0oKc) 265
Well, it would be sort of entertaining that have Marco Rubio as a Presidential candidate debating AO-C.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (m6Eem) Posted by: Brie Larson at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (qXAQs) 267
AOC and others like her, if they could, would kill all rich people. Unless you are an entertainer or in government, because reasons.
And I bet that bitch is obsessed with making money as soon as our backs are turned. Posted by: Cow Demon === Well she came into congress bankrupt, much like fellow racist commie Obama, and now she is worth tens of million of dollars. Again, similar to fellow racist commie Obama. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (xvV+O) 268
Do you guys chain your spare in the bed?
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (cwGMH) 269
'The cowboy' is some romanticize ideal created by people who have never worked cattle. It's a thankless, ballbusting occupation, and if you're not crippled by 30 years old, you weren't very good at being a cowboy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 01:08 PM (gVUi7) ------------ Wait, are you telling me that the TV Series "Yellowstone" is fictional? /And what was the deal with the hired hands getting branded (literally owned chattel)? Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (CNwL1) 270
Why a lock on under bed mount?. That is stoopid.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (I0oKc) ======= Think of it as a two-fer after they remove your catalytic converter. Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (rj6Yv) 271
256 Will Penny
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:09 PM (cwGMH) According to Big Bang Theory lore, every chance she gets. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e) She was quite the little whore. Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (pDt9x) 272
>>>she couldn't give a straight answer on committing U.S. troops to defend Taiwan from invasion!
I can see how it would throw her. Our official policy towards the China / Taiwan question isn't complicated, but there is a certain amount of subtlety to it. We want the status quo. Independent Taiwan. But, we don't want Taiwan poking China on the issue and we don't want China getting aggressive. So, although we have not committed to going to war to protect Taiwan, we hint that we just might. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (syz1S) 273
245 'The cowboy' is some romanticize ideal created by people who have never worked cattle. It's a thankless, ballbusting occupation, and if you're not crippled by 30 years old, you weren't very good at being a cowboy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February My Grandaddy was a cowboy. His relationship with horses was amazing, he could just read them. There are very few people in the world like this…our own Ben Had is one. Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 01:12 PM (Wmg4n) 274
Boss Moss, I'll pay to watch you rope a 2,000lb bull off a 4wheeler.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01:12 PM (0KSrI) 275
Willowed, but a pet peeve:
The average person cannot change a flat tire. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 12:13 PM (/lPRQ) Considering how the motherfuckers usually wrench the motherfucking wheel nuts down, I am not surprised. I should not have to use a fucking cheater bar as long as John Holmes' dick in order to break the fucking nuts loose. *end rant* Buy a cheap Harbor Freight 1/2" impact gun or make a cheater bar from a chain link fence post for on the road use. Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 16, 2026 01:12 PM (H0l69) Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 01:12 PM (Riz8t) 277
No chain.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:12 PM (I0oKc) 278
Do you guys chain your spare in the bed?
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (cwGMH) Wouldn't the wife object? Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (ExV1e) 279
Homey's too old to be dicking around with wheels, tires and traffic.
Posted by: Martini Farmer --- Might break more than a lug nut. Not worth it. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (MF/Oh) Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (GBKbO) 281
Speaking of Bison, what ever happened to Beefalo?
Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (pDt9x) 282
Speaking of losing her seat, AOC looks like she may have dropped some tonnage.
Posted by: Oglebay at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (2ap+5) ~~~~~ Rumor from a couple of months ago was that she was preggers. Sadly, dems know how to lose that weight. Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (3ImbR) 283
And I don't even understand how AO-C could be so terribly unprepared. I could do a better job and I'm not in government.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (m6Eem) 284
No chain.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:12 PM (I0oKc) ======= No tow straps, either. Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (rj6Yv) 285
The DogEater (not to be confused with the DogShocker) said in his own book that he sucked at basketball and got bullied by the Hawaiians at Punahou.
I married the biggest, burliest powerlifter I could find- for protection! Posted by: Barry O. at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (qXAQs) 286
Imagine if you will, AOC as the next president of the United States.
Every country would take advantage of us and we would be a laughingstock of wokeness. Posted by: redridinghood at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (NpAcC) 287
The Nazis drank water! Anyone who drinks water is a Nazi! Reeeeeee!!!!
Posted by: aliasdipshitdipshit at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (qUkBO) 288
Well she came into congress bankrupt, much like fellow racist commie Obama, and now she is worth tens of million of dollars. Again, similar to fellow racist commie Obama.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (xvV+O) ------------ Next you'll be telling me that The DogEater and AOC were both the products of focus groups. Wait, wut? Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (CNwL1) 289
I had to change a tire last year and I confess that I needed the wife's assistance. I couldn't lift it, arrange it to go on the bolts, and hold it while screwing the first nut in by my lonesome.
Getting older sucks sometimes. Posted by: I used to have a different nic If you have standard "L" shaped lug wrench or a breaker bar you can use it as a lever to lift the wheel into place with one hand and the other hand positition it onto the studs. Posted by: Operator Error at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (Fohq2) 290
The spare is chained to the 5th wheel plate.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (0KSrI) 291
If you want a wealth tax in the US, you'd need a new Constitution. Because federal-level wealth taxes would be blatantly unconstitutional:
Fourth Amendment -- no government seizure of personal property Eighth Amendment -- excessive fines shall not be imposed. Tenth Amendment -- The federal government has no powers other than those specified here. No power to steal your money is specified here. I could go on, but that's a start right there. Posted by: zombie at February 16, 2026 01:15 PM (se8lQ) 292
287 The Nazis drank water! Anyone who drinks water is a Nazi! Reeeeeee!!!!
Posted by: aliasdipshitdipshit at February 16, 2026 01:14 PM (qUkBO) ====== It's a weird thing to try and counter since we have literal leftist politicians in the recent news screaming into microphones about how they are trying to make replacement theory into a reality. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 01:15 PM (GBKbO) 293
Does it count if you make tea out of the water?
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:15 PM (I0oKc) 294
Piper, I still have much to learn.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01:15 PM (0KSrI) 295
When I was at Stanford in the mid-80s, I had several classmates from Hawaii who'd attended Punahou High School -- and that's even where the DogEater supposedly attended (but we have no transcripts).
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 12:32 PM (CNwL1) Insolence. Posted by: U.S. Media at February 16, 2026 01:16 PM (uWjgT) 296
Welp, Robert Duvall died.
He was 95. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 16, 2026 01:13 PM (GBKbO) I knew that day was near. Clint probably next . They teamed up for a great movie, Joe Kidd. Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:16 PM (cwGMH) 297
"Well, you see, it's not actually communism, it's a subset of communism called international workers union which is completely different from communism and would actually work perfectly if every implemented."
-overeducated leftist --- Democratic Socialism is not socialism. What happens if the people don't want to pay the taxes necessary to support the Democratic Socialism? Well, that's where the People's Democratic Army makes sure you keep your enthusiasm for Democratic Socialism and continue to volunteer to pay your fair share. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 16, 2026 01:16 PM (HXT0k) 298
Duvall was one of the greats.
Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2026 01:16 PM (pDt9x) 299
Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters Criminality is not random Only 0.2% of people ever commit murder, yet 67% of **all murders**are committed by people with prior arrests People inclined to commit crime will continue to, unless stopped. When those people are stopped, the crime stops. Posted by: Crusader at February 16, 2026 01:16 PM (TN0g+) 300
We don't have a tax problem. We have a spending and corruption problem.
We already pay too much in taxes. Posted by: JackStraw at February 16, 2026 01:16 PM (viF8m) 301
Well, it would be sort of entertaining that have Marco Rubio as a Presidential candidate debating AO-C. Posted by: FenelonSpoke ============== That's what I say! And I especially would like to see a debate in Spanish. I'd need English subtitles, but I bet it would be hilarious to watch him destroy her in the very language of their shared "marginalized" identity. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 01:17 PM (n7rxJ) 302
JackStraw, Hear Hear
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01:17 PM (0KSrI) 303
Wait, are you telling me that the TV Series "Yellowstone" is fictional? /And what was the deal with the hired hands getting branded (literally owned chattel)? Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:11 PM (CNwL1) Yellowstone is Montana Godfather with cowboy hats. Whatever the Duttons were in generations past, by the time that Costner was in charge they were basically an organized crime family. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 16, 2026 01:17 PM (kTyBw) Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 01:17 PM (rj6Yv) 305
294 Piper, I still have much to learn.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01 I wish I knew what you have forgotten! Posted by: Piper at February 16, 2026 01:18 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:18 PM (xGgfV) 307
That's what I say! And I especially would like to see a debate in Spanish. I'd need English subtitles, but I bet it would be hilarious to watch him destroy her in the very language of their shared "marginalized" identity.
I wonder how well she really speaks Spanish. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t) 308
291 If you want a wealth tax in the US, you'd need a new Constitution. Because federal-level wealth taxes would be blatantly unconstitutional:
Fourth Amendment -- no government seizure of personal property Eighth Amendment -- excessive fines shall not be imposed. Tenth Amendment -- The federal government has no powers other than those specified here. No power to steal your money is specified here. I could go on, but that's a start right there. Posted by: zombie at February 16, 2026 01:15 PM (se8lQ) ------- Interesting argument. Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at February 16, 2026 01:18 PM (3BwY8) 309
'The cowboy' is some romanticize ideal created by people who have never worked cattle. It's a thankless, ballbusting occupation, and if you're not crippled by 30 years old, you weren't very good at being a cowboy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 01:08 PM (gVUi7) I never romanticized about it. Its why I never watch westerns, even as a kid. All I saw were sweaty people living in dusty or muddy hellscapes, and bow legged cowboys from too much time on a horse chasing cows. Yeah there was always nice looking stuff 50 miles away in the background. I started watching rawhide after my surgery because I was up early and nothing else was on. Yeah, no way I would live like that. I give a shit ton of credit to those who did though. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 16, 2026 01:18 PM (snZF9) 310
Piper, I still have much to learn.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2026 01 I wish I knew what you have forgotten! Posted by: Piper Amen. Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:19 PM (xGgfV) 311
You just KNOW that the conversation between the pasty white commies that ran Punahou went like this.
"Our basketball team sucks. We're getting our asses handed to us by those brown kids at Ilima Junior High School. We need a ringer." "Why not that negro kid who hangs out with the other stoners? Negros are good at basketball!" Probably. Unfortunately for the plan, the book says he sucked so bad he was a permanent benchwarmer. Posted by: Ian S. at February 16, 2026 01:19 PM (tUj8P) 312
A Night in Old Mexico. Classic Duvall.
Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2026 01:19 PM (pDt9x) 313
If you tax something you get less of it…
Posted by: Oglebay at February 16, 2026 01:19 PM (2ap+5) 314
'The cowboy' is some romanticize ideal created by people who have never worked cattle. It's a thankless, ballbusting occupation, and if you're not crippled by 30 years old, you weren't very good at being a cowboy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone Work them one summer. You'll understand why we eat them. Posted by: rickb223 at February 16, 2026 01:20 PM (xGgfV) 315
Probably. Unfortunately for the plan, the book says he sucked so bad he was a permanent benchwarmer.
I'll bet Mooch could have taken him. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 01:20 PM (Riz8t) 316
Oh, and furthermore: Federal level taxation was repeatedly deemed unconstitutional, so to get around that they actually idid have to amend the Constitution to allow taxation, with the 16th Amendment.
BUT -- the 16th Amendment only allows for the taxation of income, not existing assets. Here it is verbatim: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." So all the previous rulings declaring taxation unconstitutional would still obtain when it comes to a wealth tax n existing assets. Posted by: zombie at February 16, 2026 01:20 PM (se8lQ) 317
Wait until someone explains that vaqueros and the de Vaca name has a direct line to the Spaniards driving the muslim scum out of Spain.
Something to do with placing a cow skull to mark "cleared of muslim scum" or something like that. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 16, 2026 01:20 PM (HXT0k) 318
Vast herds of bumbling, stumbling imbeciles once roamed our Great Plains. Now all that remains of them are culls like AOC and Wretched Whitmer, who did just fine all by herself to demonstrate her lack of foreign policy chops in Europe this past weekend, too. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2026 01:20 PM (YW5wb) 319
Next you'll be telling me that The DogEater and AOC were both the products of focus groups.
Wait, wut? ------------- The Brains Behind AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" by Chris Kohls (AKA "Mr. Reagan"): youtube.com/watch?v=1h5iv6sECGU Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist at February 16, 2026 01:20 PM (CNwL1) 320
> And I don't even understand how AO-C could be so terribly unprepared.
----- her self-esteem is nearly limitless she needs no preparation! Posted by: Don Black at February 16, 2026 01:21 PM (ZxPkt) 321
Nood.
Posted by: Nazdar at February 16, 2026 01:21 PM (NcvvS) 322
Vast herds of bumbling, stumbling imbeciles once roamed our Great Plains.
Lieawatha (Liz Warren) is the last remaining member of her tribe. Posted by: Archimedes at February 16, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t) 323
There's more to being a cowboy than being on a cattle drive.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 16, 2026 01:21 PM (gVUi7) 324
The thing they leave out in Westerns is the amount of care required for the horses.
Horses are treated as cars in the movies. Posted by: Opinion fact at February 16, 2026 01:22 PM (cwGMH) 325
Tenth Amendment -- The federal government has no powers other than those specified here. No power to steal your money is specified here.
Oh, my sweet summer child. -- Chief Justice John Roberts Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 16, 2026 01:22 PM (ExV1e) 326
Bugeyed Sandy goes to Europe.
Posted by: tubal at February 16, 2026 01:22 PM (pDt9x) 327
AOC did a video where she failed to assemble prefab furniture.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 16, 2026 01:22 PM (I0oKc) 328
She also called for a full embrace of the Great Replacement, saying that Western culture is "very thin" What does that even mean? Posted by: Archimedes =============== I think AOC is so incredibly genius that she's now commenting on some meta-theory of culture itself. Culture is always evolving, you see, so it's never really "deep," but rather thin. Again, I do wish some Ph.D.s in Anthropology or History at our finer universities would comment. They usually love to comment. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 01:23 PM (n7rxJ) 329
Probably. Unfortunately for the plan, the book says he sucked so bad he was a permanent benchwarmer. His nickname was "Splints". Not because he played bis heart out and frequently was injured, but because he collected so many splinters in his bony ass as he rode the bench almost constantly. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 16, 2026 01:23 PM (YW5wb) 330
316 Oh, and furthermore: Federal level taxation was repeatedly deemed unconstitutional, so to get around that they actually idid have to amend the Constitution to allow taxation, with the 16th Amendment.
BUT -- the 16th Amendment only allows for the taxation of income, not existing assets. Here it is verbatim: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." So all the previous rulings declaring taxation unconstitutional would still obtain when it comes to a wealth tax n existing assets. _____ When four new DEI monsters are added to SCOTUS, all bets are off. Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at February 16, 2026 01:23 PM (qUkBO) 331
I don't know how Gavin has the audacity to show his face, let alone lecture ANYONE on ANYTHING. fuckin guy is responsible for the complete demolition of his state. In a sane world, he would be on his way to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
Posted by: melodicmetal at February 16, 2026 01:24 PM (61TgR) 332
If you tax something you get less of it…
----- This assumes that one believes in supply and demand curves. Liberals only believe in supply and demand curves when it suits their position--in all other matters they believe "good intentions" triumph over supply and demand curves. Posted by: Crusader at February 16, 2026 01:24 PM (TN0g+) 333
"Class based internationalism"
So, bog-standard Marxism. They will never get their own ideas, ever. Posted by: Clinging to failure and death at February 16, 2026 01:24 PM (TbWk/) 334
Robert Duvall in "The Great Santini".
And Lucky Ned Pepper in "True Grit". Posted by: mrp at February 16, 2026 01:17 PM (rj6Yv) I saw that movie on HBO when it was titled "The Ace." Posted by: RickZ at February 16, 2026 01:24 PM (gKDq2) 335
Duvall's best performance was as the character THX-1138 in the movie THX-1138. So powerful. Should have won the Oscar for that. But it was a low-budget indie film (Lucas's first movie), and back then indies didn't get Oscars.
Posted by: zombie at February 16, 2026 01:25 PM (se8lQ) 336
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 16, 2026 01:17 PM (n7rxJ
Yes; That would be entertaining. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 16, 2026 01:26 PM (PFs9e) 337
Duvall also should have gotten a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his small role as the doctor in the 1996 movie Phenomenon. Took a minor part, made it unforgettable.
Posted by: zombie at February 16, 2026 01:28 PM (se8lQ) 338
And what was the deal with the hired hands getting branded (literally owned chattel)?
--- Because Yellowstone is the Sopranos with better scenery. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 16, 2026 01:28 PM (HXT0k) 339
Democratic Socialism is not socialism.
What happens if the people don't want to pay the taxes necessary to support the Democratic Socialism? Well, that's where the People's Democratic Army makes sure you keep your enthusiasm for Democratic Socialism and continue to volunteer to pay your fair share. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February At the request of 50.000000000001% of voters, under Democratic Socialism, the government POLITELY confiscates the fruits of your labor and gives it to others. If you fail to comply, the government arrests you. Posted by: Cow Demon at February 16, 2026 01:28 PM (uWjgT) 340
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That's what I say! And I especially would like to see a debate in Spanish. I'd need English subtitles, but I bet it would be hilarious to watch him destroy her in the very language of their shared "marginalized" identity. Posted by: Blonde Morticia ----------- Puerto Ricans and Cubans get on so well. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:29 PM (MF/Oh) 341
147 >>>Crockett's a rich retard pretending to be a poor retard. AOC is just a retard.
Posted by: Ian S. --- Or Crockett's a smart, rich, black woman playing a retard in order to get in on the big grift. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 12:45 PM (MF/Oh) So she's larping as a r*tard? Gotta be a portmanteu that can be made out of that; Larptarding? Posted by: Nelly at February 16, 2026 01:31 PM (7gpcF) 342
When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
Posted by: rickb223 Because they wouln't let them in. Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 16, 2026 01:32 PM (H0l69) 343
123 I'm'a need to think a bit on what "class-based internationalism" actually means ... at first glance it sounds like a return to feudalism, which is pretty much what I have always believed their ultimate goal to be.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2026 12:39 PM (Cjt/F) It actually means nothing. Like "Hope and Change" it's the sort of crap the left spews that can be interpreted to mean whatever the listener thinks it means. I think you can win about 95% of the arguments with the Left if you could just force them to define their terms. You would find out they either don't have a clue what they are talking about or they would accidentally tell the truth and lose about 80% of the adults listening. Posted by: JB1000 at February 16, 2026 01:33 PM (kL/ln) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 16, 2026 01:36 PM (MF/Oh) 345
AOC did a video where she failed to assemble prefab furniture.
=== Also one where she did not know what the monster under the kitchen sink was. Her smard and very lernd. Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 16, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O) 346
That's what I say! And I especially would like to see a debate in Spanish. I'd need English subtitles, but I bet it would be hilarious to watch him destroy her in the very language of their shared "marginalized" identity.
I wonder how well she really speaks Spanish. Posted by: Archimedes Probably with a Puerto Rican accent... which means nobody else can recognize it as "spanish". Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2026 01:59 PM (/lPRQ) 347
Somewhat off topic, but speaking of Spanish, the messaging out of this White House has been rather lousy. In 2002 and 2003, the last time we had budget surpluses to give away money through the tax code, there was a $600 credit for every filer. People would come to my office and ask if they could get "Lo del Bush," which if you are bilingual is funny double entendre, but the point is Bush got all the credit for this mini stimy. This year so many Spanish speaking filers are getting huge tax benefits from Trump's no tax on tips and no tax on overtime policies. (There are bad policies if you believe in the old Reagan-Rosty system of broadening the base to lower rates and no carve outs, but that is beside the point.) No one gives Trump any credit. When I mention it's because of Trump, they don't acknowledge it. They need a Rove or Axelrod or someone that knows messaging, not to change policy but to get credit for what they are doing. And Trump needs to be positive.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 16, 2026 01:59 PM (wGerL) 348
143 When the goatfuckers emigrate, why don't they emigrate to one of the other 57 goatfucking countries?
**** Because all 57 are shitholes and the natives of one do not like any of the other 56. Posted by: clarence at February 16, 2026 02:27 PM (5OgL1) 349
I'm sick of hearing that, once it became an undesirable policy, replacement is now a """theory,""" when it was just "the openly stated plan" until ten years ago.
Read the Emerging Democratic Majority, by Teixeira & Judis. This isn't controversial, or a conspiracy theory. It's a stated goal by influential Dem strategists, going back a quarter-century, and it's been the broadly accepted one for most of the time since. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 16, 2026 03:26 PM (BI5O2) 350
"Armies do not fight for abstractions," he said. "Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life."
Rubio is paraphrasing Mussolini against the commies. I'm OK with that. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at February 16, 2026 04:00 PM (w6EFb) 351
Armies have fought for abstractions before, many times.
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