Quick Hits

LOL: Close friend of both Jeffrey Epstein and Queer Starmer, "Prince of Darkness" Peter Mandelson, has been arrested on suspicion of "public misconduct." This is almost certainly regarding his passing of confidential government information about the UK preparing to bail out the British banks to Epstein, who no doubt used that information for profit.

And it probably includes the payments of over $90,000 Epstein made to Mandelson and his husband. What was that money for?

British police on Monday arrested Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the United States, in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It came days after a friendship with Epstein landed the former Prince Andrew in police custody.
Both men are suspected of improperly passing U.K. government information to the disgraced U.S. financier, and the high-profile British arrests are some of the most dramatic fallout from the trove of more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related documents released last month by the U.S. Justice Department.

In his dissent to Friday's tariff decision, Clarence Thomas ripped the anti-law majority.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ripped the court's decision blocking President Donald Trump's use of an emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs on trading partners, calling it a fundamental misread of both the governing statute and the Constitution's separation of powers.
"As (Kavanaugh) explains, the Court's decision ... cannot be justified as a matter of statutory interpretation. Congress authorized the President to 'regulate ... importation,'" Thomas wrote in his dissent. "Throughout American history, the authority to 'regulate importation' has been understood to include the authority to impose duties on imports."
The court invalidated Trump's use of an emergency law to impose tariffs in a 6--3 decision Friday morning after weeks of Trump championing that the court should rule in his favor as part of his larger effort to boost the economy, jobs and bring down costs for Americans. Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito joined Justice Brett Kavanaugh in dissenting from the ruling, with Thomas also offering his own separate dissent.
The majority of the court ruled Friday that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president, even after declaring a national emergency, to impose tariffs -- and that Congress did not speak clearly enough to transfer its tariff-and-tax power to the executive branch.
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is a 1977 law that allows the president, after declaring a national emergency in response to foreign threats, to regulate or block certain economic transactions and property interests, such as by imposing sanctions.
"The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope," Supreme Court Justice John Roberts wrote for the court. "In light of the breadth, history, and constitutional context of that asserted authority, he must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it."
In his dissent, Thomas argued that nondelegation doctrine is a narrow constraint, saying a line is crossed only when Congress delegates "core" power to make rules triggering deprivations of "life, liberty, or property" -- not "from delegating other kinds of power," such as tariffs.
The nondelegation doctrine forbids Congress from delegating core legislative power to the president.

Alarmingly, the Court's two most reliable conservative justices may retire this summer.

At least so Josh Hammer speculates:

Justice Samuel Alito is 75 years old -- and will be 76 by the end of this term. Justice Clarence Thomas is 77 years old -- and will be 78 by term's end. Alito just celebrated 20 years of service on the high court, and Thomas would mark 35 years of service this October -- nice round numbers. Alito has a forthcoming book set for release this October, around the start of the next Supreme Court term. That isn't anywhere near dispositive -- Justice Amy Coney Barrett published a book last September, and Justice Neil Gorsuch has released two books since he was confirmed to the court in 2017 -- but it has certainly fed speculation.
Thomas and Alito are, by some order of magnitude, the two most principled conservative justices currently sitting on the high court. It stands to reason that they would like to be replaced by ideological fellow travelers -- something that likely requires a likeminded president and a likeminded U.S. Senate majority. As the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who was very much an ideological fellow traveler, told Chris Wallace in a 2012 interview, "I would not like to be replaced by someone who immediately sets about undoing what I've tried to do for 25-26 years. I mean, I shouldn't have to tell you that, unless you think I'm a fool."

It's better that these old guys retire when the Senate is safely in Republican hands.

But I have no earthly idea where Trump will find their equal. So far he's appointed one libertarian (Gorsuch), one soft-handed establishment RINO (Kavanaugh), and one flaky AWFUL (Coney-Barrett).

Judge Aileen Cannon has barred the fake Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing his fake report on the fake classified documents scandal, because he's not a duly authorized special counsel and has no right or power to issue reports.

She points out that it is wrongful for a "prosecutor" who was unable to obtain any indictments to release a report smearing the very people he was unable to indict.

A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the release of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents that led to charges once seen as the most perilous of the four criminal cases the Republican faced.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, granted a request from the president to keep under wraps the report on an investigation alleging Trump stored sensitive documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after he left the White House following his first term and obstructed government efforts to get them back.
Smith and his team produced a two-volume report on the classified documents investigation and a separate probe into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election after he lost to Joe Biden. Both investigations produced indictments that were abandoned by Smith's team after Trump's November 2024 election win in light of longstanding Justice Department legal opinions that say sitting presidents cannot face federal prosecution.
Attorney General Pam Bondi had already determined that the report was "an internal deliberative communication that is privileged and confidential and should not be released" outside the Justice Department, according to court papers. The Trump administration has characterized Smith's investigation as politically motivated and said in recent court papers that the report belongs in the "dustbin of history."
Cannon's order, however, blocking the release also applies to Bondi's successors at the Justice Department. Cannon, who in 2024 dismissed the case after concluding that Smith was unlawfully appointed after multiple other favorable rulings for Trump, said the release of the report would present a "manifest injustice" to the president and his two co-defendants.
"Special Counsel Smith, acting without lawful authority, obtained an indictment in this action and initiated proceedings that resulted in a final order of dismissal of all charges," she wrote. "As a result, the former defendants in this case, like any other defendant in this situation, still enjoy the presumption of innocence held sacrosanct in our constitutional order."

What AP hides from you, but Julie Kelly reports, is that Jack Smith continued ignoring Aileen Cannon's ruling that he was not a duly appointed special counsel and kept using his non-existent authority to subpoena documents -- and write this report!

Conversation
Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
@julie_kelly2
·
6h
I am certain Judge Cannon's legitimate and provable allegations that Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team repeatedly violated her court order dismissing the documents case in July 2024 after finding Smith had been unconstitutionally appointed with get NONE of the same coverage as phony, baseless accusations of Trump DOJ violating court orders.
As I noted in the Halligan dismissal order and threats by at least one judge to hold her in contempt for continuing to sign her name as "US Attorney" in court filings, Jack Smith continued to represent himself as "Special Counsel Jack Smith" for MONTHS after Cannon removed him as special counsel in the documents case.
She called him out again today in an order prohibiting the release of Smith's "report" on the docs investigation, which Smith prepared after he was disqualified. Smith used discovery in the dismissed case to prepare the report and, along with AG Garland, tried to publish the document before Trump was inaugurated. (Cannon denied that stunt as well.)
Cannon: "Despite the Court's holding in July 2024 that 'the actions of Special Counsel Smith in connection with this proceeding must be set aside' due to his unconstitutional appointment Special Counsel Smith and his team went ahead for months, undeterred, preparing Volume II using discovery collected in connection with this proceeding and expending government funds in the process. Defendants learned of this continued work in December 2024 through media reports and then timely raised their objections to Special Counsel Smith--but he continued unabated, offering defendants only the courtesy of brief review under strict conditions, including forced deletion of discovery materials in the custody of the defense."
She continued. "To say this chronology represents, at a minimum, a concerning breach of the spirit of the Dismissal Order is an understatement, IF NOT AN OUTRIGHT VIOLATION OF IT." (Emphasis added.)
So will the media offer the same level of performative outrage about Smith's ACTUAL contempt of court conduct for MONTHS that it has offered on a near-daily basis about baseless allegations Trump DOJ prosecutors are intentionally defying court orders?

Hm, maybe we do have someone to replace Alito or Thomas with. Though the faggy RINO Senators would of course balk. They want someone with a better pedigree who will reliably vote in favor of the leftwing Regime.

Mamdani prayed at a mosque which just so happens to be a front for Iran. After Mamdani's prayer, the imam called for the murders of all infidels.

Can you feel the Diversity Strengthening you?

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended Friday prayers at Al Khoei Islamic Center, associated with the Alavi Foundation, which the DOJ has cited as an Iranian front; the imam prayed for the Mahdi to strike down non-believers. pic.twitter.com/zmBFrtw7FM
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 23, 2026

Jon Levine
@LevineJonathan
NEW from me
On Oct 9, 2023 -- two days after Hamas' Oct 7 massacre in Israel -- the Muslim Democratic Club of New York put out a statement blaming Israel for the attack, saying they stood "in solidarity with the besieged Palestinian people"
Today, the founders of this group occupy top posts in City Hall under NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

I've asked this before, but you all remember when the Democrat/soft-hand establishment wet themselves over Trump occasionally using profanity at rallies?

Well, it turns out that Leftists Once Again Believe None of the Things They Say They Believe. Because the moment they thought (incorrectly) that Profanity = Perceived Authenticity -- no, authenticity is authenticity, it just so happens that Trump's authentic self is given to profanity -- they started cursing like sailors.

Wait, sailors don't curse as much as AWFUL Wine-Mom Karens. Well, they started cursing like AWFUL Wine-Mom Karens.

This toad is the latest and greatest (in terms of girth):

Katie Porter is a vile pathetic troll pic.twitter.com/afmUoq8GUI
— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) February 22, 2026

She and Eric Fartwell are the two leading of the very unpopular, incompetent Democrat candidates for governor in California.

I haven't mentioned this before, because it seems wacky and unrealistic, but the two current leaders in the gubernatorial race are Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco are among the top three candidates. (Eric Fartwell slipped into second.)

Because California has a "jungle primary" in which all candidates compete in a single primary, it is possible that Hilton and Bianco take both slots for the general election campaign.

For a decade it's been an article of faith in the Resistance that Trump is Putin's lackey. There are a lot of facts--always have been--that prove otherwise. Now, from NYT op-ed: "Talk aside, the Trump White House has not been good for Russia." https://t.co/tHwOLAbvwp pic.twitter.com/JBF8VuQszj
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 23, 2026

"You know, I actually have a black friend of my own, named Franklin, and he's here with me on stage tonight. Franklin, why don't you say hello."

"Wasssuuuuuuuuuppp" pic.twitter.com/0eMwofA7rE
— Paul Hundred, GED (@paul_hundred) February 23, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 'ello

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:41 PM (Drm1A)

2 I hope the Men's Hockey Team takes coolers full of beer to the SOTU.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:42 PM (Drm1A)

3 WTF? Trifecta?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:43 PM (Drm1A)

4 I nooded, and yet I feel like the last living cell in Joe Biden's brain.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:43 PM (Drm1A)

5 They said "Trump appointing so many SCOTUS judges would be TERRIBLE for Free America" ... And They Were RIGHT.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 23, 2026 06:43 PM (vbXSk)

6 I guess it's you and me buddy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:44 PM (Drm1A)

7 Cannot think of much to say to that pile of shit....

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

8 Everyone else must be at dinner.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:45 PM (Drm1A)

9 So, I finished my first round of colonoscopy prep slop, but I haven’t had to go yet. Weird.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 06:45 PM (77rzZ)

10 So, I finished my first round of colonoscopy prep slop, but I haven’t had to go yet. Weird.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 06:45 PM

Are you gurgling yet?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:47 PM (Drm1A)

11 I am not all that concerned about the judges retiring. Thomas was appointed by Bush, who was not interested in a very conservative judge. Reagan appointed some turds. You can never tell how its gonna go.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 23, 2026 06:47 PM (PYyV9)

12 Trump should appoint Judge Cannon to the court to replace Alito or Thomas.

I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 23, 2026 06:47 PM (6ydKt)

13 Yes, I am gurgling. And farting. But nothing more.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 06:48 PM (77rzZ)

14 You after president wrong everything jack smith no you supreme fancy. This that's your justice

Posted by: Sid...who likes to be on the bottom at February 23, 2026 06:48 PM (Tv5eD)

15 Well, it turns out that Leftists Once Again Believe None of the Things They Say They Believe.

Paging Fen. Fen to the white courtesy phone.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:48 PM (Drm1A)

16 Why is Keir Starmer, who's promoted Mandelson all over the place still not in jail ??

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 06:49 PM (/M/4v)

17 Franklin Meme at the end is perfect. Chef's Kiss.

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 06:50 PM (1Udfd)

18 After some snow cleanup my bride decided I deserve a wee bit of the Irish whiskey, and now I want to pick a fight with Gavin Newsom. Is that wrong?

Ah well, he infests Sacramento and thats about 2500 miles and several state troupers away, so he's safe and I'm not in jail. The good news.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 06:50 PM (9kF3q)

19 Love that wallpaper.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2026 06:50 PM (Cqx++)

20 9 So, I finished my first round of colonoscopy prep slop, but I haven’t had to go yet. Weird.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 06:45 PM (77rzZ)

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

I had my second colonoscopy last month (after ten years). The first one had the gallon jug of not-so-great-tasting liquid, but it cleaned my innards out really well. This last one, which had the so-called new and improved solution, which did taste better, didn't do quite as good a job of cleaning me out, but the proctologist said it was good enough for him to do the colonoscopy.

I prefer the first way since I knew the night before that I was ready for the procedure.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (+55Uv)

21 runner

He has power, can't be replaced without shoving the Government to Nigel, and is more evil than the others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (u82oZ)

22 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (/PQmQ)

23 I think Sid doesn't know what the word "justice" means. The lefty ignorance of all things amazes me every day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (9kF3q)

24 "Yes, I am gurgling. And farting. But nothing more.
Posted by: Bulg"

Gradually, then all at once.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough at February 23, 2026 06:52 PM (vFG9F)

25 "and to replace Justice Alito, I nominate JUDGE DREDD!!!"
--President Trump

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 23, 2026 06:52 PM (PYyV9)

26 So, the Supremes said Congress can't delegate its core powers...

But Article 3 : In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

In 1934, Congress delegated the writing or Regulations for the conduct of Courts, to the Supreme Court.

Therefore, by the Precedent set in the Tariff ruling, all the Lower Court Rules which make things like broad injunctions, or even Contempt of Court, possible... are moot.

The DOJ should sue the Supremes.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 06:52 PM (mP0Kj)

27 Anything for a buck.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2026 06:52 PM (Cqx++)

28 >>> Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (/PQmQ)

20

Posted by: banana Dream - Same as in town at February 23, 2026 06:53 PM (3uBP9)

29 That colonoscopy prep drink tastes like film emulsion to me.

You kids probably don't know what that tastes like.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:53 PM (Drm1A)

30
The DOJ should sue the Supremes.
Posted by: Romeo13

Is Diana Ross still with us?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2026 06:53 PM (Cqx++)

31 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.

"Still better than that guy that was *$@*ng a bear that one time"
--Spurbury Police

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 23, 2026 06:53 PM (PYyV9)

32 If you had on your Bingo Card British get the worst of Epstein files collect your winnings

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

33 He has power, can't be replaced without shoving the Government to Nigel, and is more evil than the others.

==

I am not as impressed by Nigel as some other people for PM. He did a fantastic job delivering Brexit, but I believe Rupert Lowe might be the guy UK needs.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 06:54 PM (/M/4v)

34 So, I finished my first round of colonoscopy prep slop, but I haven’t had to go yet. Weird.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 06:45 PM (77rzZ)

Soon.

Posted by: Burgeoning Gut Pressure at February 23, 2026 06:54 PM (8zz6B)

35 The first one had the gallon jug of not-so-great-tasting liquid, but it cleaned my innards out really well. This last one, which had the so-called new and improved solution, which did taste better, didn't do quite as good a job of cleaning me out

Posted by: Sasquatch
__________

The first one your're referring to was probably phospho soda. It did clean you out, but with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (XvL8K)

36 The prep you can still drink black coffee and beer

Posted by: doug at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (Hy+R4)

37 So, I finished my first round of colonoscopy prep slop, but I haven’t had to go yet. Weird.
Posted by: Bulg

It takes a while. Don't worry, it will start and keep on until your inside is squeaky clean.

Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (lJ0H4)

38 Fucking a dead deer beside the road. Guys, I mean, whores are not THAT expensive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (zZu0s)

39 Diana Ross is still with us. 81.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (77rzZ)

40 "a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road"

Surely he did not mistake it for a couch.

Posted by: Buck fuck at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (vFG9F)

41 I am not all that concerned about the judges retiring. Thomas was appointed by Bush, who was not interested in a very conservative judge. Reagan appointed some turds. You can never tell how its gonna go.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 23, 2026 06:47 PM (PYyV9)

Thomas got a bit of a wake up call when Biden and Metzenbaum stabbed him in the back at his nomination. He had to defy almost all the GOP as well to shame the assholes to get in. That has galvanized him not to play the game ever since.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (8avO+)

42 runner

Lowe sounds good, but no organic organization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (u82oZ)

43 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (/PQmQ)

Twenty dollars, same as in town.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (8zz6B)

44 Fucking a dead deer beside the road. Guys, I mean, whores are not THAT expensive.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM

Officer, I swear the deer was dead when I checked into the room.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (Drm1A)

45 Judge James Ho is on the short list

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (gQ15S)

46 TMI

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (/M/4v)

47 18 After some snow cleanup my bride decided I deserve a wee bit of the Irish whiskey, and now I want to pick a fight with Gavin Newsom. Is that wrong?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 06:50 PM (9kF3q)

I don't see the point. Yes, Sparkle Beach Psycho deserves it and looks easy to beat up, but you might as well whale on a demon's meat suit as one piloted by a sociopath. I think it would be failing to reach the problem.

Posted by: SciVo at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (Sy6m/)

48 runner, Rupert Lowe is going to kick Farage to the curb and take his lunch money.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (+nEug)

49 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I think that it would improve the country if people who did this kind of thing were summarily executed.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (a+4eV)

50 The first one your're referring to was probably phospho soda. It did clean you out, but with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 06:55 PM (XvL8K)

***********

Yup, and it was worth it, even though it tasted worse. I'm going back to that one when I have my next colonoscopy in ten years.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (+55Uv)

51 He has power, can't be replaced without shoving the Government to Nigel, and is more evil than the others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (u82oZ)

The Liberal party can vote to replace him. They need 20% of their MPs to get another name on the ballot. It is an internal decision, and does not involve parliament until they put up another PM.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (n9ltV)

52 He has power, can't be replaced without shoving the Government to Nigel, and is more evil than the others.

==

I am not as impressed by Nigel as some other people for PM. He did a fantastic job delivering Brexit, but I believe Rupert Lowe might be the guy UK needs.
Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 06:54 PM (/M/4v)

Nigel has several times led the UK to the river to the promised land then turned back. This new guy might be the one to fight all the way, since there isn't much hope left for England aside from Amelia.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

53 Rupert Lowe is going to kick Farage to the curb and take his lunch money.

==

best they work together if they can. of course parliamentary systems do not require such things.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (/M/4v)

54 30
The DOJ should sue the Supremes.
Posted by: Romeo13

Is Diana Ross still with us?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2026 06:53 PM (Cqx++)

/Starts singing..

STOP! in the name of law.... before you break my heart

Think it ovvvveerrrrr

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 06:58 PM (mP0Kj)

55 runner

Lowe can provide candidates that meet his criteria to serve as Nigel's votes in Parliament.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:58 PM (u82oZ)

56 He has power, can't be replaced without shoving the Government to Nigel, and is more evil than the others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (u82oZ)

The Liberal party can vote to replace him. They need 20% of their MPs to get another name on the ballot. It is an internal decision, and does not involve parliament until they put up another PM.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (n9ltV)

Not sure if it even does then, as the Tories replaced their PM what, three times last time without a general election? Boris -> Liz Truss -> Some Indian Dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)

57 Garage has gone completely wobbly on deportations.

I am afraid that Farage should go fuck himself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

58 Rupert Lowe is going to kick Farage to the curb and take his lunch money.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (+nEug)

Maybe. But Reform is stagnant at about 30%, and Lowe's party is a rounding error, so that tells me that the UK is now a leftist country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)

59 Nigel opposes remigration. He doesn't want to stop LEGAL migration.

He's Boris Johnson 2.0.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (Drm1A)

60 Farage also put a bunch of Muslims in key positions in Reform.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (gQ15S)

61 Advance UK is whining because Lowe won't merge with them

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (+nEug)

62 Farage, not garage.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

63 The Liberal party can vote to replace him. They need 20% of their MPs to get another name on the ballot. It is an internal decision, and does not involve parliament until they put up another PM.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (n9ltV)

Labour, CBD. Brit Liberals are extinct, IIRC. And the Canadian Liberals should emulate that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (8zz6B)

64 CharlieBrown'sDildo

A sneaky No Confidence vote can derail that plan. Labour is not expecting one, but it could happen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)

65 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 06:51 PM (/PQmQ)

DOE!

Posted by: Homer Simpson at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (TbWk/)

66 GD people are nasty as hell

Posted by: nckate at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (uQzkA)

67
this chronology represents, at a minimum, a concerning breach of the spirit of the Dismissal Order is an understatement, IF NOT AN OUTRIGHT VIOLATION OF IT."

=================

How did Jack Smith subpoena materials when he had no authority to do so? Could I get a piece of this action?

I'd like to subpoena a few companies about pending acquisition deals that aren't public yet, the recipe for Coca-Cola, all the evidence in the White House cocaine non-bust, the Clintons' back records, Ilhan Omar's email accounts and texts, and a few other things.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (Nh98F)

68 Not sure if it even does then, as the Tories replaced their PM what, three times last time without a general election? Boris -> Liz Truss -> Some Indian Dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 06:58 PM (8avO+)

Yes, I think you are correct. The new PM is presented to the King and then to Parliament. It's not for their approval, it's just a formality.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 07:01 PM (n9ltV)

69 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 06:59 PM (n9ltV)

So are you saying they should give up? make sure their daughters are ready to get raped by their Muslim masters?

I know youre not, but that is what it is coming down to. Although, voting may not work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

70 Restore Britain has been a party for two weeks now? The big concern is that they haven't laid out how they will govern. Give them a few more weeks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 07:01 PM (gQ15S)

71 CBD, latest numbers have Restore Britain at 57 % already.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:01 PM (+nEug)

72 They're making plans for Nigel.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)

73 I guess I should go watch some Lotus Eaters.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 07:02 PM (Drm1A)

74 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (8zz6B)

Well...shit. You are of course correct. Labour. LABOUR!

Not liberals.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 07:02 PM (n9ltV)

75 45 Judge James Ho is on the short list
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (gQ15S)

He's not that short for a Hawaiian.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 23, 2026 07:03 PM (I40wl)

76 I've always thought that when Renquist retired, W should have promoted Thomas and made Roberts a mere Associate Justice.

Posted by: RandomDave at February 23, 2026 07:03 PM (aJQbY)

77 A sneaky No Confidence vote can derail that plan. Labour is not expecting one, but it could happen.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)

Labour has a huge majority. No way a non-confidence motion will pass, unless they are so sneaky as to do it when all the Labour MP's are engaged in a circle-jerk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:03 PM (8zz6B)

78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgSZeOWBF8M

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 23, 2026 07:03 PM (jrgJz)

79
Yes, it would be funny if California's jungle primary pushed 2 Republicans into the top spots, but Chad Bianco is not the guy. He has made several explicit anti-ICE and pro-illegal alien policy statements. He says Riverside County will not participate in any deportations -- not in a separation-of-authority way, but in a "Illegal aliens are safe from ICE in my jurisdiction" way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (Nh98F)

80 The Liberal party can vote to replace him. They need 20% of their MPs to get another name on the ballot. It is an internal decision, and does not involve parliament until they put up another PM.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 06:57 PM (n9ltV)

Labour, CBD. Brit Liberals are extinct, IIRC. And the Canadian Liberals should emulate that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:00 PM (8zz6B)

Labor has a huge lead since conservatives chose to punish the Tories (Conservative) for screwing up Brexit, Immigration, and Ukraine and being more leftist than Labor while the Tories conspired to keep out Farage's Reform candidates with the other parties. Liberal Dems are just tony city types and are riding low.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (8avO+)

81 >>Trump should appoint Judge Cannon to the court to replace Alito or Thomas.

>>I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

Not yet. She's busy right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)

82 I don't think I will ever understand British government. It appears they can throw a fit at any time and just replace everybody. Not sure how that's a stable way to run the place. Any moistened bint heaving a scimitar....

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (I40wl)

83 I seem to recall Wisconsin having to pass a law against screwing dead animals a few years ago because a dude got caught and it wasn't illegal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 07:05 PM (XvL8K)

84 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

DOE!
Posted by: Homer Simpson

Marge: A deer!

Lisa: A *female* deer!

Bart: Ray..... is dropping his pants?

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:05 PM (VHUov)

85 How To Avoid Getting Shot By ICE !

https://tinyurl.com/ypmbcfdx

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 07:06 PM (/M/4v)

86 Yes, it would be funny if California's jungle primary pushed 2 Republicans into the top spots, but Chad Bianco is not the guy. He has made several explicit anti-ICE and pro-illegal alien policy statements. He says Riverside County will not participate in any deportations -- not in a separation-of-authority way, but in a "Illegal aliens are safe from ICE in my jurisdiction" way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (Nh98F)

Don't think that's possible. Still hold out hope that the redistricting backfires because the Dems have lessened their margins to try and take them all and are burning a lot of bridges in state with their misrule.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

87
when Renquist retired, W should have promoted Thomas and made Roberts a mere Associate Justice.
Posted by: RandomDave

===============

!!! Can the president do that? Like, can Trump promote Cannon and demote Roberts? Because those FISA abuses regarding Carter Page, I think (fogged on the details), are they still within a statute of limitations?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2026 07:06 PM (Nh98F)

88 Best I have seen for Restore Britain is 10%. And that is an outlier.

Reform is at about 30%

How much of their support is being cannibalized from Reform and the conservatives? Probably all of it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 23, 2026 07:07 PM (n9ltV)

89 JackStraw

How high is the snow? Still have power?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:07 PM (u82oZ)

90 I wonder what kind STDs you could get from screwing a dead deer.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:07 PM (77rzZ)

91 That colonoscopy prep drink tastes like film emulsion to me.

You kids probably don't know what that tastes like.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 06:53 PM (Drm1A)
---
The last time I had to go through it, the solution was so sour it turned my mouth inside out. It worked, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 23, 2026 07:07 PM (ESVrU)

92 I'm not sure why it's not used, probably because it cost 3 bucks, but 3 tablespoons of castor oil, will clean you out from your stomach on out.

Obviously Big Medicine is in the thrall of Big Prep.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 23, 2026 07:07 PM (XV/Pl)

93 This is why I come here for information:

"It's better that these old guys retire when the Senate is safely in Republican hands."

Who knew?

Posted by: Dantes at February 23, 2026 07:08 PM (qBmPL)

94 82 I don't think I will ever understand British government. It appears they can throw a fit at any time and just replace everybody. Not sure how that's a stable way to run the place. Any moistened bint heaving a scimitar....
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (I40wl)

No Constitution, and much of their written law is based on Traditions of the Monarchy.

According to actual written law right now, the King could dissolve Parliament and force Elections.

Won't happen because the Last Queen essentially ceded all the Crown power to Parliament... as She helped the Empire Disintegrate.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Any problem with Thomas and Alito vetting their replacements? If so it’s not like they have to put it in writing.

Posted by: Clay at February 23, 2026 07:08 PM (iVNpG)

96 90 I wonder what kind STDs you could get from screwing a dead deer.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:07 PM (77rzZ)

apparently.... he was... Horny?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 07:09 PM (mP0Kj)

97 CBD, latest numbers have Restore Britain at 57 % already.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:01 PM (+nEug)
******************************************

Latest numbers have them at 57% of what?

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 23, 2026 07:09 PM (CYyQm)

98 I wonder if a poll would measure what the Amelia memes have done to the remaining native electorate in the UK.

When the Saxons begin to hate seems to be happening, out of the eye of the BBC. Admittedly, the BBC gets so much wrong.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:09 PM (u82oZ)

99 I don't think I will ever understand British government. It appears they can throw a fit at any time and just replace everybody. Not sure how that's a stable way to run the place. Any moistened bint heaving a scimitar....
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 23, 2026 07:04 PM (I40wl)

That is supposed to be a feature of a parliamentary system, it allows quick swings of direction. It becomes a bug when you allow third parties to become common and powerful, because any election will require some minor fringe group to get more power than they deserve.

Outside the UK it has more or less been a disaster.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

100 Because California has a "jungle primary" in which all candidates compete in a single primary, it is possible that Hilton and Bianco take both slots for the general election campaign.
=====

Narrator: it's not possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (RIvkX)

101 100

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (vfth7)

102 I seem to recall Wisconsin having to pass a law against screwing dead animals a few years ago because a dude got caught and it wasn't illegal.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Wasn't illegal? How the heck does that work? Bestiality / animal-abuse law required live animals, and necrophilia / abuse-of-a-corpse law required the corpse be a human?

So Randy McRoadkill saw the loophole and plowed right in?

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)

103 >>How high is the snow? Still have power?

Looks like we are at about 30 inches, Salty. Shut the whole place down. Haven't seen a plow all day and the roads are officially closed. I lost power earlier today at the height of the wind for a couple hours but all good now.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)

104 Willowed: a guy in Kentucky got arrested for having sex with a dead deer on the side of the road. Necrophilia and bestiality. Don't know if it was a buck.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

DOE!
Posted by: Homer Simpson

Marge: A deer!

Lisa: A *female* deer!

Bart: Ray..... is dropping his pants?
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:05 PM (VHUov)

Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?

Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (wVcYX)

105 First time I did that

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (vfth7)

106 A man using a meat cleaver to kill his wife and daughter and wound his son-in-law in an apartment in Fairfax County, Virginia, was stopped when police shot and killed him.

Disgruntled former federal worker?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (abIsI)

107 Guy heard 'Yes Dear, not tonight' one too many times?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 07:11 PM (mP0Kj)

108 So Randy McRoadkill saw the loophole and plowed right in?
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM

So to speak.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (Drm1A)

109 My Ridiculously, go watch Tousi's segment about Habib.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (+nEug)

110
I spent four hours this afternoon excavating snow with a shovel and a snow thrower. Wet stuff -- not the wettest with which I have had to deal, but wet enough to penetrate my boots.

I'm wrapping up two hours in bed to restore body heat to my feet and hands. But the job is done!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (xG4kz)

111 Won't happen because the Last Queen essentially ceded all the Crown power to Parliament... as She helped the Empire Disintegrate.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 23, 2026 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)

The Brits settled that when they forced their Nazi sympathizer King to abdicate in the 30s. Before Liz' time.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (8avO+)

112 Uh oh. I think it’s coming.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (77rzZ)

113 I had it a couple years ago, didn't bother me

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0)

114 I wonder what kind STDs you could get from screwing a dead deer.
Posted by: Bulg

STDs, hell. Who unfurls their wedding tackle anywhere near an animal that frequently dies of something called "chronic wasting disease?"

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (VHUov)

115 Blonde Morticia -

Well, at the time, Thomas was already on the Supreme Court... I just don't understand why the new Chief Justice wasn't a promotion-from-within, then a new Associate filling the empty lesser slot.

Posted by: RandomDave at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (aJQbY)

116 Uh oh. I think it’s coming.
Posted by: Bulg

* "Jaws" theme intensifies *

Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:13 PM (VHUov)

117 Romeo13

Charles the III dies unexpectedly of cancer related complications, William takes over, and then uses his reserve powers to dissolve the government. The crowd goes wild! Extra points if he quotes Cromwell.

Only handguns were confiscated after the Dunblaine Massacre. Not long guns or shotguns.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:13 PM (u82oZ)

118 Coney Barrett had a book out? Was it Rewriting the Constitution? Making DEI Work For Karens? I Am NOT a Huge Disappointment?

Posted by: Wally at February 23, 2026 07:13 PM (0e5Te)

119 I'm wrapping up two hours in bed to restore body heat to my feet and hands. But the job is done!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (xG4kz)

Put your parts in the bathtub. Works faster.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 23, 2026 07:13 PM (I40wl)

120 STDs, hell. Who unfurls their wedding tackle anywhere near an animal that frequently dies of something called "chronic wasting disease?"
Posted by: mikeski at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM

Don't use Crisco as lubricant.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 07:14 PM (Drm1A)

121 116 Uh oh. I think it’s coming.
Posted by: Bulg

* "Jaws" theme intensifies *
Posted by: mikeski

Gonna need a bigger jerk sock.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 23, 2026 07:14 PM (abIsI)

122 101 100
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (vfth7)
=====

Please not to stab.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

123 Judge James Ho is on the short list

He's solid and relatively young. Don't know who I would pick for a second opening.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (Fs0KI)

124 CBD, latest numbers have Restore Britain at 57 % already.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:01 PM (+nEug)
******************************************

Latest numbers have them at 57% of what?
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 23, 2026 07:09 PM (CYyQm)

Voter preference. A lot of that probably comes from Reform. And oddly, up to now polls in the UK have been accurate they say. Well they said that about Canada last time too, so it is accurate until they need to steal one.

Starmer's game seems to not allow elections until forced to.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (8avO+)

125 A man using a meat cleaver to kill his wife and daughter and wound his son-in-law in an apartment in Fairfax County, Virginia, was stopped when police shot and killed him.

Disgruntled former federal worker?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (abIsI)

Resort hotel caretaker.

Posted by: Delbert Grady at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (wVcYX)

126 Looks like we are at about 30 inches, Salty. Shut the whole place down. Haven't seen a plow all day and the roads are officially closed. I lost power earlier today at the height of the wind for a couple hours but all good now.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)

30?? Shit man, thats insane. We got about 18 in some of the open areas, but there are some big drifts that are higher. Parts of my driveway were just about 2 feet. Its a heavier snow too. The snow blower was having a rough time. I didn't even finish before it got dark. I'll deal with it tomorrow.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (snZF9)

127 Deer sexer picture looks like he enjoys the finer things in life like meth, meth and more meth.

Posted by: nckate at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (uQzkA)

128 >>STDs, hell. Who unfurls their wedding tackle anywhere near an animal that frequently dies of something called "chronic wasting disease?"

Waste not, Want not.

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (1Udfd)

129 Uh oh. I think it’s coming.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:12 PM (77rzZ)
====

*sets off incense bombs*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:16 PM (RIvkX)

130 Wasn't illegal? How the heck does that work? Bestiality / animal-abuse law required live animals, and necrophilia / abuse-of-a-corpse law required the corpse be a human?

Posted by: mikeski
_______

Yes. That is my pretty much exactly my recollection. But I could certainly see states overlooking to pass a law against that. Who'd have anticipated screwing dead animals?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 07:16 PM (XvL8K)

131 Who'd have anticipated screwing dead animals?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 07:16 PM

Those bastards.

Posted by: The Toaster at February 23, 2026 07:17 PM (Drm1A)

132 >>Wasn't illegal? How the heck does that work? Bestiality / animal-abuse law required live animals, and necrophilia / abuse-of-a-corpse law required the corpse be a human?

He aimed for the Loophole.

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:17 PM (1Udfd)

133 Thank God for Alito but we only got him because the backlash against chimpy mcbushhitler picking an obvious rino crony was so severe

I hope if Trump makes another bad pick we’re all screaming at the top of our lungs 24/7 until he acquiesces and just simply clones Thomas

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at February 23, 2026 07:17 PM (REq0p)

134
A big snow is a character tester and an annoyance all in one.

Posted by: Auspex at February 23, 2026 07:17 PM (Y8DZL)

135
I just don't understand why the new Chief Justice wasn't a promotion-from-within, then a new Associate filling the empty lesser slot.
Posted by: RandomDave

==============

I don't understand how that works, either.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2026 07:18 PM (Nh98F)

136 (Katie Porter's ex-husband holding his divorce papers and staring at an old vase)

"I get two more wishes, right?"

Posted by: Orson at February 23, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

137 134 A big snow is a character tester and an annoyance all in one.

dunno what the big deal is. a big snow is obviously a whitespace character.

Posted by: anachronda at February 23, 2026 07:18 PM (sGtp+)

138 Can't we just train an AI on Clarence Thomas' findings and writings?

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:19 PM (1Udfd)

139 >>Wasn't illegal? How the heck does that work? Bestiality / animal-abuse law required live animals, and necrophilia / abuse-of-a-corpse law required the corpse be a human?

He aimed for the Loophole.
Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:17 PM (1Udfd)

Izzat by the Backstrap?

Posted by: Whuffo at February 23, 2026 07:19 PM (wVcYX)

140 So they showed a picture of the guy who bumped the deer. But did they, you know, show a picture of the deer? I mean, how'd her hide look? And mouth?

Posted by: Lonely Guy at February 23, 2026 07:20 PM (0e5Te)

141 Ace, if you have any control over your advertising contract, change it! Your advertising is doing its best to destroy the user experience and drive people away. To click on the "Continue Reading" button is to nuke the screen with timed ads and destroy the page. I no longer click on half of the "Continue Reading" buttons because it's not worth the hassle of trying to get back to where I was.

Posted by: bradc at February 23, 2026 07:20 PM (3hcA3)

142 Can't we just train an AI on Clarence Thomas' findings and writings?

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:19 PM (1Udfd)
====
Not to sh*t on your point, but yes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:20 PM (RIvkX)

143 >>Not to sh*t on your point, but yes.

I think we've solved our problem.

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:21 PM (1Udfd)

144 Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (wVcYX)

And that right there was what won her her Oscar ...

Posted by: browndog moving slowly at February 23, 2026 07:21 PM (3sXRv)

145 Lonely Guy

She just laid there, not moving. And the flies are annoying.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:21 PM (u82oZ)

146 I just don't understand why the new Chief Justice wasn't a promotion-from-within, then a new Associate filling the empty lesser slot.
Posted by: RandomDave

Because W Booosh was playing 6-7/8 dimensional chess!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 07:21 PM (wVcYX)

147 11
' Reagan appointed some turds. You can never tell how its gonna go.'

Then as now it's a senate cowardice problem. I wish those bastards were as afraid of us as they are the media and the democrats.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 23, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)

148 I just don't understand why the new Chief Justice wasn't a promotion-from-within, then a new Associate filling the empty lesser slot.
Posted by: RandomDave

==============

I don't understand how that works, either.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2026 07:18 PM (Nh98F)

The CJ is only changed when the CJ retires, there is no requirement to nominate a sitting judge to that post. There isn't any rule or tradition to do so all the time

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:22 PM (8avO+)

149 Yes. That is my pretty much exactly my recollection. But I could certainly see states overlooking to pass a law against that. Who'd have anticipated screwing dead animals?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 07:16 PM (XvL8K)

muslims can screw dead wives. I guess goats would qualify, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:22 PM (8zz6B)

150 A man using a meat cleaver to kill his wife and daughter and wound his son-in-law in an apartment in Fairfax County, Virginia, was stopped when police shot and killed him.

Disgruntled former federal worker?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (abIsI)
----
"Why didn't the cops use a tranquilizer gun?" -- Idiot leftists everywhere

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 23, 2026 07:22 PM (ESVrU)

151 Ace, if you have any control over your advertising contract, change it! Your advertising is doing its best to destroy the user experience and drive people away. To click on the "Continue Reading" button is to nuke the screen with timed ads and destroy the page. I no longer click on half of the "Continue Reading" buttons because it's not worth the hassle of trying to get back to where I was.
Posted by: bradc at February 23, 2026 07:20 PM (3hcA3)

This is just what everyone has told you to do, ya silly! Click on Comments.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:23 PM (8avO+)

152 This is just what everyone has told you to do, ya silly! Click on Comments.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:23 PM

or use Brave.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 07:24 PM (4NO2D)

153 hank God for Alito but we only got him because the backlash against chimpy mcbushhitler picking an obvious rino crony was so severe

Yeah, we got lucky that Miers wasn't the hill W decided to die on. When Thomas was nominated, I bought into the MSM take that he was just another, not all that bright, bureaucrat. Which TBH, is probably what GHWB thought too. So we got lucky twice.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 23, 2026 07:24 PM (Fs0KI)

154 141 Ace, if you have any control over your advertising contract, change it! Your advertising is doing its best to destroy the user experience and drive people away. To click on the "Continue Reading" button is to nuke the screen with timed ads and destroy the page. I no longer click on half of the "Continue Reading" buttons because it's not worth the hassle of trying to get back to where I was.
Posted by: bradc

Try just clicking directly on comments.

Posted by: Clay at February 23, 2026 07:24 PM (IWP3l)

155 This is just what everyone has told you to do, ya silly! Click on Comments.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:23 PM

or use Brave.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 23, 2026 07:24 PM (4NO2D)

I'm too cowardly.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)

156 Vile doesn't even begin to describe Porter. What a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (5hc9+)

157 " I wonder what kind STDs you could get from screwing a dead deer."

You have to be careful. Them armadildoes can give you the lepersy.

Posted by: Rodger Roadkill at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

158 Necrophilia? It's something penguins around the world practice regularly.

Why would you say it's a Bad Thing?

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

159 Why would anyone click on “Contnue Reading” instead of going straight to the comments?

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (77rzZ)

160 "Perfessor" Squirrel

There is much weirdness out there. My life is pretty boring compared with the shenanigans of the Meth Corps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (u82oZ)

161 Oldcat - right, but, it would have made more sense IMO to promote Thomas, Scalia, or Alito to CJ.

Would have probably also tipped the scales on some things over the years.

Posted by: RandomDave at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (aJQbY)

162 44 Fucking a dead deer beside the road. Guys, I mean, whores are not THAT expensive.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Deer Penthouse....

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (DsA2n)

163 It's time to put all of these geezers on the SCOTUS and Congress out to fucking pasture.

They don't have enough retirement to sustain themselves until death and to support their families thru a legacy of inheritance?

Step down, your shtick is stale and exasperating. It's beginning to smell like old ass in here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 23, 2026 07:26 PM (gVUi7)

164 >>30?? Shit man, thats insane. We got about 18 in some of the open areas, but there are some big drifts that are higher. Parts of my driveway were just about 2 feet. Its a heavier snow too. The snow blower was having a rough time. I didn't even finish before it got dark. I'll deal with it tomorrow.

It's hard to tell exactly because there was so much wind earlier today there are huge drifts but definitely more than 2 feet. Got a robo call from the police a while ago they opened the grammar school is a shelter but you have to call the cops for a ride because the roads are officially closed.

Looks like we are getting a couple more days of snow this week. I'm officially done with winter.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

165 Newsom dressing like Col. Sanders and going to speak at a black church is on my bingo card.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 23, 2026 07:27 PM (UGqhV)

166 Vile doesn't even begin to describe Porter. What a nasty piece of work.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (5hc9+)
=====
You can see she would enjoy working in the camps.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:27 PM (RIvkX)

167 Oldcat - right, but, it would have made more sense IMO to promote Thomas, Scalia, or Alito to CJ.

Would have probably also tipped the scales on some things over the years.
Posted by: RandomDave at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (aJQbY)

well, they probably didn't want things tipped up all that much.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)

168 Dead deer by the side of the road you say?

Posted by: Loudon Wainwright III at February 23, 2026 07:27 PM (wVcYX)

169 (Katie Porter's ex-husband holding his divorce papers and staring at an old vase)

"I get two more wishes, right?"
Posted by: Orson at February 23, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

Thread winner material right here!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 23, 2026 07:27 PM (5hc9+)

170 Brave doesn't help on my iPhone even with AB plus

Posted by: nckate at February 23, 2026 07:28 PM (uQzkA)

171 Looks like we are getting a couple more days of snow this week. I'm officially done with winter.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

Yeah, I'm over it, too. Sure wish that global warming thing was real.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 23, 2026 07:28 PM (zYpTz)

172 Imagine you're a deer. You're prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water... BAM! A fuckin bullet rips off part of your head! Your brains are laying on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now I ask ya. Would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son of a bitch who shot you was wearing?
Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM

Depends. Did the person do it while the AoSHQ Book Thread was live?

Posted by: zombie Deer at February 23, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

173 >>Vile doesn't even begin to describe Porter.

OK, Morons.

Katie Porter or the Dead Deer?

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:29 PM (1Udfd)

174 Diogene

Please send Orson's comment to Rex for the Saturday ONT.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:29 PM (u82oZ)

175 Looks like we are getting a couple more days of snow this week. I'm officially done with winter.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

Yeah, I'm over it, too. Sure wish that global warming thing was real.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 23, 2026 07:28 PM (zYpTz)

I remember the 70s when it was all Ice Age coming.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:29 PM (8avO+)

176 "Perfessor" Squirrel

There is much weirdness out there. My life is pretty boring compared with the shenanigans of the Meth Corps.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:25 PM (u82oZ)
----
Same here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (ESVrU)

177 Allow me to be the first to predict Mandelson will claim that they're only prosecuting him because he's a fag.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (fd80v)

178 Dead deer by the side of the road you say?
Posted by: Loudon Wainwright III
--------
It should have looked left, it should have looked right...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

179 OK, Morons.

Katie Porter or the Dead Deer?
Posted by: garrett

I’m following the deer into the light.

Posted by: Clay at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (IWP3l)

180 "Katie Porter or the Dead Deer?
Posted by: garrett"

I'll take Bambi. Or Fawn. No bucks though, I'm not gay.

Posted by: Rodger Roadkill at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (vFG9F)

181 OK, Morons.

Katie Porter or the Dead Deer?
Posted by: garrett at February

Well the dead deer would certainly be less frigid.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 23, 2026 07:31 PM (MGB5H)

182 garret

The dead deer was a pawn of life, but not anymore.

Porter worked to be as vile as she is, and she is proud of it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:31 PM (u82oZ)

183 180 Bambi was a male.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:31 PM (77rzZ)

184 Allow me to be the first to predict Mandelson will claim that they're only prosecuting him because he's a fag.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (fd80v)

Not sure that works in England. Almost everyone in government is.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (8avO+)

185 [Canadian MP] Heather McPherson
@HMcPhersonNDP
Many Canadians, especially members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, are in Puerto Vallarta, where violence has quickly escalated. A shelter-in-place order is in effect.
Please stay vigilant and consult the Government of Canada travel advisories for Mexico:

-
I know the 2SLGBTQIA+ Doo Dah Doo Dah community was my first thought too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (FXNzP)

186 I try to read about morons complaining about a little cold weather precipitation with compassion.

But when it gets really foggy around here, I get no love. I'm serial you guys.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (RIvkX)

187 >>Well the dead deer would certainly be less frigid.

Don't discount the fact that you'll be having steaks for dinner!

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (1Udfd)

188 Allow me to be the first to predict Mandelson will claim that they're only prosecuting him because he's a fag.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (fd80v)

Good and sufficient reason though it may be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (8zz6B)

189 The deer can't make mashed potatoes

Posted by: nckate at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (uQzkA)

190 "180 Bambi was a male.
Posted by: Bulg"

Aren't you supposed to be in the bathroom?

Posted by: Rodger Roadkill at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

191 >> The deer can't make mashed potatoes

We know what the Keto Bros are choosing.

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (1Udfd)

192 A man using a meat cleaver to kill his wife and daughter and wound his son-in-law in an apartment in Fairfax County, Virginia, was stopped when police shot and killed him.

Disgruntled former federal worker?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 23, 2026 07:10 PM (abIsI)

Resort hotel caretaker.
Posted by: Delbert Grady at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (wVcYX)

They were corrrrrrrrected.

Posted by: Sharp guy that Grady at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (TbWk/)

193 Bambi was a male.
Posted by: Bulg

Uh..., why are so many strippers named Bambi then? They sure seem female. Or so I'm told.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (u82oZ)

194 I try to read about morons complaining about a little cold weather precipitation with compassion.

But when it gets really foggy around here, I get no love. I'm serial you guys.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (RIvkX)
Look you don't want to look outside at SFO anyhow.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)

195 190 I’m done with the first installment.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (77rzZ)

196 Bambi's mom has it goin' on

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 23, 2026 07:34 PM (DsA2n)

197 More lies! Penguins are patriots, have high morals, and make good friends and neighbors. You will all soon find out!

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at February 23, 2026 07:34 PM (oftw2)

198 I know the 2SLGBTQIA+ Doo Dah Doo Dah community was my first thought too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (FXNzP)

Pro tip for the cartel kidnap gangs: the alphabet mob has lots of money.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:35 PM (8zz6B)

199 Man I despise Leftist American women with the heat of a thousand suns. The AP en's hockey team declined invite to the White House.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 07:35 PM (cntUY)

200 "180 Bambi was a male.
Posted by: Bulg"

Aren't you supposed to be in the bathroom?
Posted by: Rodger Roadkill at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

that's where he got that flash of insight. I never realized the paradox of Bambi the Deer versus Bambi the Bimbo.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)

201 Gov. Brylcreem just nailed the vote with illiterate black folk with an IQ below 90. That's some top notch campaigning, right there.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 23, 2026 07:35 PM (gVUi7)

202 Bambi Wood >>> all other Bambis.

If You Know, You Know

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (wVcYX)

203 103
'I lost power earlier today at the height of the wind for a couple hours but all good now.'

I'm glad you got power. That is a huge advantage at a time like that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (fd80v)

204 190 I’m done with the first installment.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (77rzZ)

surely an ex-stallment.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (8avO+)

205 [Canadian MP] Heather McPherson
@HMcPhersonNDP
Many Canadians, especially members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, are in Puerto Vallarta, where violence has quickly escalated. A shelter-in-place order is in effect.
Please stay vigilant and consult the Government of Canada travel advisories for Mexico:

-
I know the 2SLGBTQIA+ Doo Dah Doo Dah community was my first thought too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (FXNzP)
---
I have a hard time believing the cartel thugs are going out of their way to target the "Two-Spirit" (2S) community.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (ESVrU)

206 Have a great night, everyone.

JackStraw, do you know a comfy friend that needs to share body worth. Here is your chance, yet again, to be a hero.

For everyone else, "one under a blanket freezes, but two under a blanket thrives." What movie had that line, and who said it?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

207 Deer sexer picture looks like he enjoys the finer things in life like meth, meth and more meth.
Posted by: nckate at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (uQzkA)

The United Church of Meth-odists.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (zZu0s)

208 Hope Bulg has some classic Reader's Digests commode side. I am Joe's Colon is a great article.

Posted by: Down In The Dumps No More at February 23, 2026 07:37 PM (oftw2)

209 It’s odd to me that New Englanders are freaking out about a major winter storm. Suck it up, buttercup. Show me how tough you are. Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2026 07:37 PM (A5RD0)

210 190 I’m done with the first installment.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:33 PM (77rzZ)

By the time the echoes die away, the bell will ring for Round 2.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:38 PM (8zz6B)

211 Allow me to be the first to predict Mandelson will claim that they're only prosecuting him because he's a fag.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 23, 2026 07:30 PM (fd80v)

Maybe that's the charge that will stick? Capone went in for tax evasion, not mafia biz. The two stoo, er Brits will be convicted for passing secrets because they dare not accuse and convict them of the sex ring. All the pols there are probably connected to stuff like that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 23, 2026 07:38 PM (uQesX)

212 Voter preference.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (8avO+)
***************************************

Don't know where you saw that 57% figure, but no.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 23, 2026 07:38 PM (CYyQm)

213 For everyone else, "one under a blanket freezes, but two under a blanket thrives." What movie had that line, and who said it?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

That sounds Bond-esque.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 07:38 PM (wVcYX)

214 >>I'm glad you got power. That is a huge advantage at a time like that.

Thanks. That was kind of bumming me out but they got it fixed at the height of the storm so hats off to them.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

215 It’s odd to me that New Englanders are freaking out about a major winter storm. Suck it up, buttercup. Show me how tough you are. Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2026 07:37 PM (A5RD0)

yeah where's the sleighbells and horse drawn sleds crap now?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (8avO+)

216 But when it gets really foggy around here, I get no love. I'm serial you guys.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (RIvkX)

I thought you would repeat one of my favorite Mark Twain quips.

The coldest winter I've spent was a summer in San Francisco.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (cntUY)

217 Well the dead deer would certainly be less frigid.

Don't discount the fact that you'll be having steaks for dinner!
Posted by: garrett
--------

There is a scene in one of the 'Master and Commander 'books where Stephen Maturin and Jack Aubrey are having coffee, and have just discussed a sailor flogged that day for sodomizing a goat. Aubrey offers Maturin milk for his coffee, Maturin hesitates and says, 'Uh, no ,thanks'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (XeU6L)

218 208 I never read when I’m on the pot. Too unsanitary.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

219 I know the 2SLGBTQIA+ Doo Dah Doo Dah community was my first thought too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 23, 2026
_______

Saw a Canadian news show interview yesterday in which they were interviewing one of their staff on vacation there. He said he was part of a large group spread out over several resorts. And he looked ghey as shit.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (XvL8K)

220 Voter preference.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:15 PM (8avO+)
***************************************

Don't know where you saw that 57% figure, but no.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at February 23, 2026 07:38 PM (CYyQm)

I didn't see any number but would assume that's what a poll would feature.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 23, 2026 07:40 PM (8avO+)

221 By the time the echoes die away, the bell will ring for Round 2.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I just hope he doesn't bring his phone in there.

Posted by: Samsung Superfund at February 23, 2026 07:40 PM (oftw2)

222 The coldest winter I've spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Posted by: Opinion fact
-----
something, something...Mandolin Wind.

Posted by: Rod at February 23, 2026 07:40 PM (XeU6L)

223 I never read when I’m on the pot. Too unsanitary.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

Use a Kindle Bleach.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 23, 2026 07:40 PM (8zz6B)

224 208 I never read when I’m on the pot. Too unsanitary.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

The bookstore, get this, has a system for tracking books browsed in the gentleman's room.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 23, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX)

225 I try to read about morons complaining about a little cold weather precipitation with compassion.

But when it gets really foggy around here, I get no love. I'm serial you guys.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 07:32 PM (RIvkX)

Imagine how hard it is when there's no clouds and it's 70 degrees. What lousy weather.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 23, 2026 07:41 PM (uQesX)

226 208 I never read when I’m on the pot. Too unsanitary.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

The bookstore, get this, has a system for tracking books browsed in the gentleman's room.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 23, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX)

227
Thanks. That was kind of bumming me out but they got it fixed at the height of the storm so hats off to them.
Posted by: JackStraw
------

Linemen do not get the respect that they deserve.

Posted by: Rod at February 23, 2026 07:42 PM (XeU6L)

228 >>Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2026 07:39 PM (XeU6L)

lol

Posted by: garrett at February 23, 2026 07:42 PM (1Udfd)

229 LE CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

NUDE

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

230 This "release the Epstein files to take down Drumpf" isn't really working so well for them, is it?

Posted by: Max Entropy at February 23, 2026 07:43 PM (oxDA9)

231 There is a scene in one of the 'Master and Commander 'books where Stephen Maturin and Jack Aubrey are having coffee, and have just discussed a sailor flogged that day for sodomizing a goat. Aubrey offers Maturin milk for his coffee, Maturin hesitates and says, 'Uh, no ,thanks'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

It’s Master and Commander- the first book. I keep a copy in the car for emergency reading material.

Posted by: Clay at February 23, 2026 07:44 PM (IWP3l)

232 Who unfurls their wedding tackle anywhere near an animal that frequently dies of something called "chronic wasting disease?"

And all the ticks and such :/

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 23, 2026 07:45 PM (PYyV9)

233 196 Bambi's mom has it goin' on
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 23, 2026 07:34 PM (DsA2n)

Had ... HAD it going on

Posted by: Nasty Hunter with a Boom Stick at February 23, 2026 07:48 PM (3sXRv)

234 Ace writes:

"Can you feel the Diversity Strengthening you?"
-------

Gimme that ol' time diversity
Gimme that ol' time diversity
Gimme that ol' time diversity
It's good enuf fo me

It was good enuf fo Barack
It was good enuf fo Barack
It was good enuf for Barack
It's good enuf fo me

It was good enuf fo Kamala
It was good enuf fo Kamala
It was good enuf fo Kamala
It's good enuf fo me...

Shall I go on?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 07:48 PM (QGaXH)

235 You know.

It was kind of aggressive of PDT to specifically invite the women’s hockey team to the White House. It makes the athletes make a “political statement.”

He should just make a blanket invitation to all the athletes to come for a celebration of their achievement. Those who show up, enjoy an amazing opportunity. Those who choose to make it an anti Trump statement don’t get much of a stage. Be low key about it. Make it about the athletes. And congratulate them on being the best of the best in their discipline.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2026 07:49 PM (A5RD0)

236 Time to call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

237 75 45 Judge James Ho is on the short list
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 06:56 PM (gQ15S)

He's not that short for a Hawaiian.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 23, 2026 07:03 PM (I40wl)

on the short list >>>> on the short bus.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 23, 2026 08:10 PM (QGaXH)

238 Trump is an agent of Putin....

Trump is someone who says nice things while stabbing you in the back. he saves his best insults for his friends.

People also forget, Russia has enough nuclear weapons to incinerate the U.S. So, I dunno, maybe talking nice to them is, I know this sounds weird, part of a strategy?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 23, 2026 08:57 PM (tV890)

Processing 0.03, elapsed 0.0448 seconds.
14 queries taking 0.0124 seconds, 246 records returned.
Page size 137 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.