Documents: Partisan DC Judge Beryl Howell Had Secret <i>Ex Parte</i> Conversations with Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith

Documents: Partisan DC Judge Beryl Howell Had Secret Ex Parte Conversations with Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith

In a court, all communications with the judge are supposed to include counsel for both sides. So that both sides may weigh in on proposals and motions.

But Obama appointee and Democrat ringer Beryl Howell had secret ex parte communications with Jack Smith, behind Trump's lawyers' backs.

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
You may have heard that anti-Trump Judge Howell had secret communications with Jack Smith, telling him she "liked" and even "loved" an omnibus approach, meaning all executive privilege claims would be decided in one sweep. The full story is even worse.
At a hearing before those communications, Howell told Trump's lawyers she needed to review executive privilege claims on a case by case basis, probably because she wanted to create massive legal costs and keep anti-Trump investigations in the news by dragging them out.
But as soon as Smith was appointed, she saw a chance to deliver the knockout blow and completely flipped, privately telling Smith she wanted to do a swift, all-at-once ruling. Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her.

Hans Mahncke for The Federalist:

Chief Judge Howell Privately Endorsed Jack Smith's Get-Trump Lawfare

Behind closed doors, the judge overseeing Trump's grand jury told prosecutors she 'loved' their legal strategy.
A Department of Justice briefing document released by Sen. Chuck Grassley shows that Jack Smith's special counsel team engaged in private communications with two federal judges overseeing Trump-related investigations: Chief Judge Beryl Howell and her successor, Judge James Boasberg, both Obama appointees on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and both known for their outspoken anti-Trump positions.
The document was prepared for then-Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 13, 2023. It was released by Grassley ahead of this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election. Smith took over the investigation in November 2022, and at that point, his team likely engaged in improper communications with the two judges.
According to the briefing document, Smith's team informed Garland that they had been in touch with Howell and that "She liked our approach of pursuing the executive privilege litigation in an omnibus fashion," meaning the consolidation of various motions into a single filing rather than handling each separately. The notes record that Howell was aware such a motion was coming "and loves the idea." A separate entry referenced a forthcoming meeting with Boasberg scheduled for Saturday, March 18, 2023, the day after he became chief judge, taking over from Howell.
Judges are generally not allowed to privately communicate with one party in a pending case without notifying the other party. However, there are exceptions. In the dispute over President Trump's executive privilege before Howell, the issues arose in the context of grand jury proceedings. As Chief Judge overseeing grand jury administration, she and the DOJ were technically allowed to communicate without Trump's lawyers present on matters strictly related to the grand jury. Such communications could include scheduling witness testimony, addressing procedural questions, or resolving other administrative issues necessary for the grand jury to function.
What they could not do in secret was discuss the substance of pending litigation, offer advice on prosecutorial strategy, signal support for one side's approach, or endorse a plan that would effectively pre-decide disputes between the parties. Expressing enthusiasm for the DOJ's omnibus strategy in executive privilege litigation falls clearly into that forbidden category.

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This forced Trump's team into a defensive posture, preparing for many separate legal battles. Yet by later secretly endorsing the DOJ's omnibus plan, she green-lit a mechanism to pierce those privileges in bulk, effectively rigging the process in the government's favor.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

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1 THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 27, 2026 01:11 PM (LdBR/)

3 This Howell bitch is no Lovey!

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at March 27, 2026 01:13 PM (oftw2)

4 In a court, all communications with the judge are supposed to include counsel for both sides. So that both sides may way in on proposals and motions.

But Obama appointee and Democrat ringer Beryl Howell had secret ex parte communications with Jack Smith, behind Trump's lawyers' backs.

How is there any way this person can be allowed to remain on the bench?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

5 Cen-O-biiiiite!!!!

Posted by: Jimmy JJ Walker at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (45LId)

6 Breaking: Water is Wet!

You know that this means, don't you?

It's sternly....it's sternly written letter time!

Posted by: Leave Pam Bondi Alone! at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (xGBkT)

7 Bukele was correct about a corrupt judiciary.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 27, 2026 01:15 PM (rJ48h)

8 Judges are generally not allowed to privately communicate with one party in a pending case without notifying the other party. However, there are exceptions.

==

I am afraid this will be considered "an exception".

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (GD0B3)

9 In a court, all communications with the judge are supposed to include counsel for both sides. So that both sides may way in on proposals and motions.

But Obama appointee and Democrat ringer Beryl Howell had secret ex parte communications with Jack Smith, behind Trump's lawyers' backs.

How is there any way this person can be allowed to remain on the bench?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 27, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

Boasberg also routinely met with only the attorneys for the illegals when he was fighting Trump's deportation, off hours and even advised them on how to write their briefs to avoid them losing at once.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (8avO+)

10 Bukele was correct about a corrupt judiciary.

100%. And he's got the results to prove it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:16 PM (aUxYo)

11 Can someone slam the blackpiller for good ? thanks

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

12 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

guess why
-------

News from 2024? But seriously it's a little freaky how fast they move in and take over. Starts to make one think.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (45LId)

13 I believe this is covered under the But Trump Clause in Article III.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (4NO2D)

14 * Search for "Beryl Howell"
* Click on images
* Yikes

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (2ap+5)

15 Can someone slam the blackpiller for good ? thanks

On the last post Ace was the blackpiller so I don't know how that would work.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (aUxYo)

16 KFC Canada is switching to halal prepared chicken, and ditching all pork products

They do know that Canada is now owned by the ChiComs and the CCP doesn't really like Muslims, right?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (aUxYo)

17 Just like Captain Renault... I'm shocked! Shocked to find that TDS-getTrumpAtAllCosts is going on in here.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (xT8gx)

18 Gangster Judiciary.

Posted by: davidt at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (Q+gd/)

19 "weigh in" to be pedantic.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (n5tGW)

20 Boasberg as also part of this anti-American revolutionary cabal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (xEtsj)

21 sides may way in"

Ahem.

Judge Howell? Why does that ring a bell...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR)

22 Ethics? Why would we need any ethics? Those are for the little people.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (DwqWV)

23 21 sides may way in"

Ahem.

Judge Howell? Why does that ring a bell...
Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (XuXeR)

weigh?

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (DwqWV)

24 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (wemAv)

25 Also, it would be more on brand if KFC Canada started serving kittens, to go along with Canada's new status as China's newest province.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (aUxYo)

26 I see a red pill and I want it painted black

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (45LId)

27 I for one, disagree with everything Ace has written, and furthermore, demand that my comment be inserted into Ace's own post while his broken and thoroughly immasculated writing timidly watches, from its textual cuck chair, my dominant and virile words ravaging his blog.

Respectfully yours,

Posted by: banana Dream at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (3uBP9)

28 What does this have to do with The Hobbit?

Posted by: far cry at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (Uy8FE)

29 >>So that both sides may weigh in on proposals and motions.

I think you meant 'Whey', ace.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (W7FsI)

30 Disbarment. For Smith and the Judge.

I mean, unless you draw a bright red line, this will keep happening.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (7E6R4)

31 Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:19 PM (DwqWV)

Hey!

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (45LId)

32 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Easy. Read neither.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (muXU/)

33 weigh?"

Down upon the Swanee river....

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (XuXeR)

34 On the last post Ace was the blackpiller so I don't know how that would work.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:17 PM (aUxYo)

you can recognize the difference between a well thought out argument and shitposting to strip the pot, yes?

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

35 Weigh?
No weigh!

Posted by: What about the hen? at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (wemAv)

36
That is Verboten, isn't it?

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (IifOV)

37 What does this have to do with The Hobbit?"

Have you seen the fur on it's toes?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (XuXeR)

38 Wus up?

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen at March 27, 2026 01:21 PM (qAeYZ)

39 From the cheap seats, it looks like RICO.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (+mpku)

40 They do know that Canada is now owned by the ChiComs and the CCP doesn't really like Muslims, right?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:18 PM (aUxYo)

Bullshit. Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield, and any interaction with Red China is incidental.

Though I would not turn down a fourth passport from the PRC to add to my other three.

Posted by: PM Mark Carney at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (muXU/)

41 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

42 I don't know about the blackpillers, but I think one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small.

Posted by: Go Ask Alice at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)

43 Way, Hey, and up she rises....

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (DwqWV)

44 Jack Smith being tired in Florida, is that it ?

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)

45 The Hobbit of LOTR"

"Of"?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (XuXeR)

46 Weigh?
No weigh!
Posted by: What about the hen?

Whey!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (+mpku)

47 >>Posted by: banana Dream at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (3uBP9)

LOL

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (W7FsI)

48 Little know fact - McCartney/Jackson changed their song from Way, way, way to Say, say, say because of AoS commentors.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:23 PM (n5tGW)

49 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Farmer Giles of Ham.

Posted by: davidt at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (Q+gd/)

50 41 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Don’t bother with those either.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (muXU/)

51 "When I use the law," Judge Howell said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean- neither more nor less."

"The question is," said the DoJ, "whether you can make the law mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Judge Howell, "which is to be master-that's all."

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (Dv3i1)

52 51,

Golf clap

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (XuXeR)

53 25 Also, it would be more on brand if KFC Canada started serving kittens, to go along with Canada's new status as China's newest province.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 27, 2026 01:20 PM (aUxYo)

Part of the New World Order.

Posted by: PM Mark Carney at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (muXU/)

54 Bob Dole thinks Bob Dole will take the pill Bob Dole likes to refer to as "Bob Dole's little blue friend" and that's what Bob Dole is gonna do!

Posted by: The ghost of Bob Dole at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (wemAv)

55 Damn. I really wish that before I brought a motion or used a legal strategy, I had secret conversations with the judge where she told me ahead of time what she thought of the strategy. That woulda saved me a lot of time and effort and won me more motions!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

56 Ace, if you're reading this, the YouTube channel In Deep Geek recently did a video about the "other" rings of power that might answer some of the questions you had in the sidebar. It's a quick listen (~10 min) and the guy really knows his Tolkien lore (and other major fantasy franchises).

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (FvGZA)

57 42 I don't know about the blackpillers, but I think one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small.
Posted by: Go Ask Alice at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)

Viagra.

Potassium nitrate.

Posted by: Alice, PharmD at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (TbWk/)

58 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Dune.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)

59 Right to a fair trial is covered in the 5th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution. Arguably, you could say that the due process application of that is violated. Thus, the Judge violated the US Constitution.

Big deal, right? Well, that could conceivably open the door to remove sovereign immunity from the Judge and allow a civil suit for violation of Constitutional Rights. And, Trump isn't shy about civil suits.

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (dIske)

60 I sure would like to hear from the administration how, and when they're going to address the ongoing judicial coup. Personally, I think they're wasting valuable time throwing shit at a wall and seeing if it'll stick.

If there's doubt about the judge or any of the other legal parts to the puzzle, they've got a real problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (AkEZC)

61 Judge Howell? Why does that ring a bell...

“Moolah, moolah, moolah.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (EXyHK)

62 *peeks in* Holy shit!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (g8Ew8)

63 Oh, it's a question of "impartiality". Ok, then.

Posted by: runner at March 27, 2026 01:27 PM (GD0B3)

64 Sid is a antisemite. Who knew?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:28 PM (muXU/)

65 Oh, wait. Wrong thread. Whoo.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 01:28 PM (g8Ew8)

66 One thing I'll say for the troll, this is the sentiment I see on lefty sites nowadays.

Yes we steal elections. Yes we investigate, harass, and imprison opposing politicians, yes we steal money from the government.

We have a right too for (some BS reason), and we will continue to do so. And you won't do anything to stop us.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

67 As bad as the NY Times has become, they did send around "27 of Our Best Passover Recipes" and they do look good.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2ap+5)

68 Judge Howell: “So, now you give Trump the benefit of law!”

MAGA voter: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after Trump?”

Judge Howell: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in the Country to do that!”

MAGA voter: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and Trump turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Howell, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the c*nt to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give Trump benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”

Judge Howell: "Are you even aware of the GOPe?"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (Dv3i1)

69 I'm starting to think we need to burn it all down and start over.

Or herd the bad guys into one room and scare them straight with cattle prods.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (WONhk)

70 Oh, dear me. Sid is upset and using kiddie language Wee wee. LOL. I guess the Republicans didn't do so badly after all in Congress today!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (rZCVI)

71 Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)
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I came back to Dune after many years (and having read it many times in my youth) and was shocked to see how poorly written it is. Perhaps my tastes have changed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (FvGZA)

72 How is there any way this person can be allowed to remain on the bench?

Have you seen the GOPe that controls Congress?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

73 I came back to Dune after many years (and having read it many times in my youth) and was shocked to see how poorly written it is. Perhaps my tastes have changed.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:30 PM (FvGZA)

YMMV. Imagine is Stephen King wrote it. The thing would be 20,000 pages long.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (muXU/)

74 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)

Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (8avO+)

75 >>> Judge Beryl Howell Had Secret Ex Parte Conversations with Fake Special Counsel Jack Smith

Kind of a 'No shit Sherlock' moment.
When you all belong to the DC Deep State Key Club it is kind of hard not to talk business between spit-roasts.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (Hh5dq)

76 YMMV. Imagine is Stephen King wrote it. The thing would be 20,000 pages long.

And end with an underage orgy

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

77 Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

I'm pretty certain sid - or at least certain versions of him - is not a lefty. Gives himself away.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (45LId)

78 I would like Sid to know that I have never given a second thought to having a tiny "wee wee".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (rZCVI)

79 68 As bad as the NY Times has become, they did send around "27 of Our Best Passover Recipes" and they do look good.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho

How many ways are there to prepare a lamb shank bone and a matzoh?

Posted by: You don't Have To Be Jewish To Love Levy's at March 27, 2026 01:32 PM (oftw2)

80 I was going to comment on the blog-in-the-side bar but I see this thread has a few cave trolls.

Posted by: Corona_Exile at March 27, 2026 01:32 PM (3wNhr)

81 As bad as the NY Times has become, they did send around "27 of Our Best Passover Recipes" and they do look good.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2ap+5)

go look in the files and see when in the 50s it was written

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:32 PM (8avO+)

82 I've read The Hobbit and LOTR... The Hobbit is good, but not good enough for a re-read. The LOTR is IMHO a masterpiece. I've read it a total of 4 times (at least), the latest being a few months ago. Those readings took place over a period of 30 years... it holds up very well after all that time. It is not light reading, however... gotta concentrate a little....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:33 PM (xT8gx)

83 Dune is a good novel, but it comes from a time when good SF novels were common.

Anytime I pick up SF I find myself reading things written 40+ years ago

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

84 I hope Jack Smith gets jail time but I doubt the Commassar Judges will do it

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (KyaUN)

85 I'm pretty certain sid - or at least certain versions of him - is not a lefty. Gives himself away.

The theory he is Moo Moo or someone like that is plausible, but the sentiment is accurate to what I see on lefty sites.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

86 So what?

Yes, the judge and prosecution conspired to frame the President.

But the fact remains, you fags won't do anything about it...

Posted by: Sid at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (w41Yb)

This is what nearly every Democrat believes.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (G1ktt)

87 One thing I'll say for the troll, this is the sentiment I see on lefty sites nowadays.

Yes we steal elections. Yes we investigate, harass, and imprison opposing politicians, yes we steal money from the government.

We have a right too for (some BS reason), and we will continue to do so. And you won't do anything to stop us.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

Leftists steal money, break rules, defraud elections because their heart is pure and they have a cause. The cause is to steal money, break rules and defraud elections.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (8avO+)

88 The thing would be 20,000 pages long."

I tried!

/Asimov

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (XuXeR)

89 I didn't read what the loon mayor or Toronto said regarding ice agents, not worth my time, however US CBP agents have been in numerous Canadian airports that have international flights, for decades. They do a preclearance for American citizens flying home.

I'm glad they do enforce USA immigration laws for citizens travelling back thru Canadian airports.

Posted by: old chick at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (F3Dlr)

90 Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.
Posted by: Oldcat

That and “Finnigan’s Wake”

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (W2Pud)

91 If this keeps up, lawyers might get a bad reputation.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (w/O5Q)

92 What does this have to do with The Hobbit?
Posted by: far cry
......

There's one hiding under Judge Beryl Howell's robe.

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (UjdFS)

93 77 YMMV. Imagine is Stephen King wrote it. The thing would be 20,000 pages long.

And end with an underage orgy
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM
+++
But enough about the Epstein files.

Posted by: Hey-oooo! at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (wemAv)

94 The Chronicles of Narnia are also great; I've read them multiple times. Great storytelling but as literature not on as high a plane as LOTR...

IIRC, Tolkien and CS Lewis had a bit of a falling out because Tolkien didn't regard the chronicles as great literature. I think that was the direction of the "insult" and I think Tolkien was right... and I LOVE the Chronicles of Narnia but it's not great lit...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (xT8gx)

95 but I see this thread has a few cave trolls."

Well, don't knock stuff down the well, ok?

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:36 PM (XuXeR)

96 but I see this thread has a few cave trolls."

Well, don't knock stuff down the well, ok?
Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:36 PM (XuXeR)
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Fool of a Took!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 01:36 PM (FvGZA)

97 From the cheap seats, it looks like RICO.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (+mpku)
---

Suave'

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (OVakp)

98 If this keeps up, lawyers might get a bad reputation."

Old Billy was right...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (XuXeR)

99 So, like, not “good behavior” for a judge?

If only there was like some Constitutional remedy for this situation that the Reps could use.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (eerEz)

100 trumptards are trying to explain why they support their cheeto messiah after he was convicted of 34
Felony counts

Posted by: raimondo at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (4IdQF)

101 What pill have I taken when I say I'm just disgusted as fuck that nothing is ever done about any of this?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 27, 2026 01:37 PM (YxMyw)

102 How many lawyers does it take to shingle a roof?

Posted by: Depends how thin you slice them at March 27, 2026 01:38 PM (wemAv)

103 Just to clarify, I'm disgusted as fuck about the judge thing, not that this is turning into a Tolkien thread again.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 27, 2026 01:38 PM (YxMyw)

104 Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.
Posted by: Oldcat

That and “Finnigan’s Wake”
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (W2Pud)

I was warned off of that one by Physics class telling me that's where the then nonsense word Quark came from. I don't like reading books in languages I can't read.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (8avO+)

105 If only there was like some Constitutional remedy for this situation that the Reps could use.

Kagan wrote Obamacare then ruled it was constitutional instead of recusing herself.

And no one is even discussing impeaching her.

That remedy will not be used

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

106 So it's a book thread?

Posted by: Just got here at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (wemAv)

107 I would like Sid to know that I have never given a second thought to having a tiny "wee wee".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
.......

Not even when somebody tells a really funny joke or scares you?

Posted by: wth at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (UjdFS)

108 goodness all the repeat loser trolls have show up together.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (8avO+)

109
What would it take for a discovery like this to lead to action against the judge? What could actually be done?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (mS8PE)

110 So it's a book thread?
Posted by: Just got here at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (wemAv)
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If you are wearing pants, it's a book thread by definition.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:40 PM (ESVrU)

111 Books are for nerds. This is definitely a gun thread.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:40 PM (eerEz)

112 Hans Mahncke: Did you order the Code Orange?

Judge Howell: You're g-d d-mn right I did!

Posted by: mikeski at March 27, 2026 01:40 PM (zR9UB)

113 IIRC, Tolkien and CS Lewis had a bit of a falling out because Tolkien didn't regard the chronicles as great literature.
___

CS Lewis dabbled in SciFi - Ransom Trilogy aka Space Trilogy. The last book might be the most relatable - That Hideous Strength. Wiki says - The story involves an ostensibly scientific institute, the National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments (N.I.C.E.), which is a front for sinister supernatural forces.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Dv3i1)

114 So it's a book thread?"

Boob.

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (XuXeR)

115 I'm glad they do enforce USA immigration laws for citizens travelling back thru Canadian airports.
Posted by: old chick at March 27, 2026 01:35 PM (F3Dlr)
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Me, too.

Posted by: mrp at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (rj6Yv)

116 I find this troll boring as he is on repeat and has a limited IQ. Possibly a furrie in a mangy squirrel outfit.

Could be a trans man with PMS for all I know or care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (WONhk)

117 Part of the New World Order.
Posted by: PM Mark Carney at March 27, 2026 01:25 PM (muXU/)

Mark refers to his stipend from the PRC as "muXU/ pork".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (CMKMQ)

118 3 This Howell bitch is no Lovey!
Posted by: Thurston Howell III
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That made me LOL at the office - shame shame..

* fist bump *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (VkY89)

119 The Hideous Strength reads out like a story from during COVIDmania...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

120 If you are wearing pants, "

Shorts. It's 80, and headed to Brenham shortly...

Posted by: man at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (XuXeR)

121 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

122 "...which is a front for sinister supernatural forces."

And a money laundering operation.

Posted by: Naturally at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (wemAv)

123 Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

If you were a sufficiently butthurt "former" commenter, how would you go about trying to "anger" people here...?

There are many ways but pretending to be a leftard because you're actually just fucking stupid and spineless beyond measure is a pretty good gambit.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (45LId)

124 I'm usually an optimist, but the problems with have with our judiciary seem insoluble to me... leftist judges and judges of the John Roberts persuasion (maybe that's the same thing) are dug into the system like Alabama ticks and they've been burrowing in for at least a century....

I mean maybe some president like Trump could find an appropriate moment where he could come out and announce "I'm ignoring this SCOTUS ruling because it's wrong and they're corrupt" and then watch the shit-storm.... I think even republicans would vote to impeach (depending on the case).... long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (xT8gx)

125 I dunno... the quality of trolls we get here in the say, last year? They just aren't them same...MooMoo and that other fuckstick I can't remember at least used to interact, to try and defend the retarded things they were saying.

Now? We get aliasshitshit, who dive-bombs here, drops their payload of shit, and flies off....

Makes the place more peaceful, but a little less fun... lol

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (dmDsy)

126 This Howell bitch is no Lovey!
Posted by: Thurston Howell III at March 27, 2026 01:13 PM

Obviously a Yale woman!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (kgE5c)

127 55 Damn. I really wish that before I brought a motion or used a legal strategy, I had secret conversations with the judge where she told me ahead of time what she thought of the strategy. That woulda saved me a lot of time and effort and won me more motions!
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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This is much more common among judges and lawyers than people suspect.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (E4rtv)

128 " Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her."

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Egg-zactly!!!

She's 'in the club'. We're not.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (QGaXH)

129 IIRC, Tolkien and CS Lewis had a bit of a falling out because Tolkien didn't regard the chronicles as great literature.
___

CS Lewis dabbled in SciFi - Ransom Trilogy aka Space Trilogy. The last book might be the most relatable - That Hideous Strength. Wiki says - The story involves an ostensibly scientific institute, the National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments (N.I.C.E.), which is a front for sinister supernatural forces.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Dv3i1)

Part of why I didn't go far in CS Lewis' series of books is that they *were* allegories.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (8avO+)

130 "long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution" ...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (xT8gx)

... that any of us are willing to employ.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 01:44 PM (G1ktt)

131 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (5bGGs)

132 CS Lewis dabbled in SciFi - Ransom Trilogy aka Space Trilogy. The last book might be the most relatable - That Hideous Strength. Wiki says - The story involves an ostensibly scientific institute, the National Institute for Co-ordinated Experiments (N.I.C.E.), which is a front for sinister supernatural forces.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Dv3i1)

I love Lewis' space trilogy... That Hideous Strength is very prescient he seems to have anticipated our modern love of "the experts" (along with demon possession of the rich and powerful)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)

133 " Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her."

This calls for a strongly worded letter!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)

134 It's a shame no heads will roll for this blatant violation of US Law.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (5bGGs)

135
Make star chambers (for corrupt judges) great again. still waiting on the burning times, wjere are they?

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (7cgIX)

136 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM

You see, son?! That's persistence!

Posted by: Lord of Swamp Castle at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (kgE5c)

137 goodness all the repeat loser trolls have show up together.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:39 PM (8avO+)

It would be better if they weren't so repetitive and had their own opinion instead of trying to launder someone else's opinions on things.

Of course that would require them to not be trolls, but of course we can pray for them

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)

138 This here shiny nickel says that John Roberts will have not a damn thing to say about this.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 01:46 PM (2UnvF)

139 It's Sphinxes all the weigh down.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (45LId)

140 134 " Absolutely shocking misconduct, and yet nothing will happen to her."

This calls for a strongly worded letter!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)
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Jim Jordan is rolling his sleeves up now!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (0bjKf)

141 I love Lewis' space trilogy... That Hideous Strength is very prescient he seems to have anticipated our modern love of "the experts" (along with demon possession of the rich and powerful)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)

Love for the 'experts' is not so modern that it wasn't rife in the 20s and 30s.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (8avO+)

142 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first.

So lion sex?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)

143 >This calls for a strongly worded letter!

____
And no adjective is off the table.

Posted by: Harrumph! at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (wemAv)

144 I'll just leave this here with no implication whatsoever.......

https://youtu.be/aAITxlCsj4Y

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (5bGGs)

145 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Dune.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (muXU/)
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Dune stands out as one of very, very few of the multiple tens of thousands of books I've started reading that I did not finish. Another was a book on Roman Parthia relations in 100 BC who blamed it on US Imperialism.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:31 PM (8avO+)

I suppose the "thinking" proceeds along these lines:

1) The U.S. is imperialist because of the da jooos (tm)
2) Da jooos (tm) have time machines
*** Rome decided to fight Parthia

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (ksbjf)

146 Apropos of nothing, I recently saw a commercial featuring Caitlin Clark (the female basketball player) and she's showing off a bare midriff... and I must say at least in that ad she is looking very HOT.... never found her hot when she's wearing her BBall uni, but that ad.... smoking

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:48 PM (xT8gx)

147 139 This here shiny nickel says that John Roberts will have not a damn thing to say about this.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Not sure whether to take the bet. He might say stop picking on judges because their feelings will get hurt.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:48 PM (Dv3i1)

148 147 Apropos of nothing, I recently saw a commercial featuring Caitlin Clark (the female basketball player) and she's showing off a bare midriff... and I must say at least in that ad she is looking very HOT.... never found her hot when she's wearing her BBall uni, but that ad.... smoking
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

149 I mean maybe some president like Trump could find an appropriate moment where he could come out and announce "I'm ignoring this SCOTUS ruling because it's wrong and they're corrupt" and then watch the shit-storm.... I think even republicans would vote to impeach (depending on the case).... long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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There are solutions. Criminal charges, removing absolute immunity for judges from civil lawsuits, defunding staffs and buildings, disbarment, etc.

You can even eliminate or reorganize district and appellate courts--See Stuart v. Laird. (1802).

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)

150 From the Sidebar Hobbit Challenge:

"The Hobbit is written as if it's for children, but one of those smart children's stories that are also for adults. Don't worry, there's also real fighting and violence and horror in it, too...."
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But there's no steamy sex scenes in it as I recall.....so blah....LOL!

I read Hobbit and LoTR years ago.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (QGaXH)

151 Bigger sphinx have smaller sphinx upon their backs to bite 'em.
Smaller sphinx have even smaller sphinx,
And so ad infinitum.

Posted by: O. Nash at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (wemAv)

152 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

Depends how big your wallet is.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (45LId)

153 I love Lewis' space trilogy...

I do too. And reading Out Of The Silent Planet was one of those perception expanding occurrences for a Young Andrew.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (DgMqy)

154
But there's no steamy sex scenes in it as I recall.....so blah....LOL!

I read Hobbit and LoTR years ago.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (QGaXH)

I read them in HS as a sophomore for English class.

I enjoyed them. I never revisited them again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM (5bGGs)

155 House Republicans poised to reject Senate-passed DHS funding bill: ‘Shouldn’t have left town’

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (RHGPo)

156 There are solutions. Criminal charges, removing absolute immunity for judges from civil lawsuits, defunding staffs and buildings, disbarment, etc.

You can even eliminate or reorganize district and appellate courts--See Stuart v. Laird. (1802).
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)

Those things would require congressional action/cooperation, right? I'm not confident our republican congress will act in this direction sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (xT8gx)

157
Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

I'd have a feeling it'd be similar to letting them know their stance on the binary scale.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5bGGs)

158 122 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

Just begging for a sphincter pun......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 01:51 PM (QGaXH)

159 The actions of Judge Howl and Bozoberg are illegal

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (RHGPo)

160 I suppose the "thinking" proceeds along these lines:

1) The U.S. is imperialist because of the da jooos (tm)
2) Da jooos (tm) have time machines
*** Rome decided to fight Parthia
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:47 PM (ksbjf)

that would have made more sense. It was more like Parthia is in modern day Iraq, so anyone who fights them is as bad as George Bush who fought modern day Iraq, who of course was paying for her college professor salary all her life. She approved of that.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

161 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

Depends how big your wallet is.
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:50 PM

*crosses "serviceable" off compliment list*

Posted by: Lord of Swamp Castle at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (kgE5c)

162 The actions of Judge Howl and Bozoberg are illegal

Posted by: SMOD at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (RHGPo)

They're DEMOCRATS.

There ARE no laws for Democrats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (5bGGs)

163 Part of why I didn't go far in CS Lewis' series of books is that they *were* allegories.
Posted by: Oldcat

For a fun one, dig up a copy of Silverlock by John Myers Myers. Loosely, I do mean loosely modeled on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Myers has his protagonist stranded by a shipwreck in a world full of characters and references from classic literature.

Reads like a more modern version of Don Quixote where one thing happens after another but the fun is recognizing the places, characters, and events that the protagonist ends up in the midst of.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

164 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

the term "fit to purpose" is not well received.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

165 Yabba dabba do
Its quitting time

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (KyaUN)

166

Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

167 OT but still funny.
Secret service agent assigned to Jill Biden had shot himself today.
How the incident was heard (maybe):

"IS THERE A DOCTOR"

"I'M A DOCTOR"

"GOD DAMNIT JILL NOT NOW"

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

168 Funny thing is it’s not even a sphinx. Sphinxes are from Greek mythology, not Egyptian, and have wings. They don’t even know what the Egyptians called it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (eerEz)

169 What happens in a society where judges (and law) are no longer respected...or accepted?

They'd better clean up their act.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (2WIwB)

170 160 The actions of Judge Howl and Bozoberg are illegal
Posted by: SMOD
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Conspiracy actually. If those were actions done to further Jack Smith's illegal conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their civil rights.

Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

171 The Hideous Strength reads out like a story from during COVIDmania...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
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That's when I read it and it was terrifying...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (ESVrU)

172 Off, Monty Python sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (kgE5c)

173 There's nothing untoward here. Just asking questions. Like Tucker.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (Fbc0I)

174 It Sphinx!!

Posted by: Jay Sherman at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (PSEDc)

175 Apparently, there's a second Sphinx buried under the first. The story.

https://is.gd/7BILWn

Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 27, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

I liked the one where the two pyramids are cat ears.

I read somewhere that the Sphynx is carved out of a large solid block of rock, which caused some issues when trying to do the back parts since there was a fault or fissure there.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (8avO+)

176 "IS THERE A DOCTOR"

"I'M A DOCTOR"

"GOD DAMNIT JILL NOT NOW"

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

Nice. There is a Bee headline in there just screaming to get out.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:55 PM (45LId)

177 147 Apropos of nothing, I recently saw a commercial featuring Caitlin Clark (the female basketball player) and she's showing off a bare midriff... and I must say at least in that ad she is looking very HOT.... never found her hot when she's wearing her BBall uni, but that ad.... smoking
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I've always thought she had something going on...

Posted by: Denny Crane - And By Something, I Mean A Really Hot Sexy Body. at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (dmDsy)

178 Funny thing is it’s not even a sphinx. Sphinxes are from Greek mythology, not Egyptian, and have wings. They don’t even know what the Egyptians called it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (eerEz

Clearly it is a sirrush that some Pharaoh carved his own face on.

That or it is a Jackal. I think the jackal is the best guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

179 I'm usually an optimist, but the problems with have with our judiciary seem insoluble to me... leftist judges and judges of the John Roberts persuasion (maybe that's the same thing) are dug into the system like Alabama ticks and they've been burrowing in for at least a century....

I mean maybe some president like Trump could find an appropriate moment where he could come out and announce "I'm ignoring this SCOTUS ruling because it's wrong and they're corrupt" and then watch the shit-storm.... I think even republicans would vote to impeach (depending on the case).... long-winded way of saying there's seemingly no solution
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 27, 2026 01:43 PM (xT8gx)

Pres. Andrew Jackson ignored a SCOTUS ruliing and pushed-in the Chief Justice's fudge while doing so. Pretty much nothing happened.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (ksbjf)

180 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

I've been meaning to ask, how are you doing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (5bGGs)

181 Or herd the bad guys into one room and scare them straight with cattle prods."

I think you misspelled "flamethrowers"

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (cO6oP)

182 Conspiracy actually. If those were actions done to further Jack Smith's illegal conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their civil rights.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

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Given that Congress will never impeach, let alone remove this judge, indictment may be the only recourse. Is there any way to move it out of the DC circuit?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (2UnvF)

183 Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

Might still be asleep as he had a LONG travel day yesterday.

Or, they found is AoS posts and he's been detained by customs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (5bGGs)

184 DataRepublican keeps posting that the ICE thing is a full defunding.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (iXqHn)

185 I read somewhere that the Sphynx is carved out of a large solid block of rock, which caused some issues when trying to do the back parts since there was a fault or fissure there.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:54 PM (8avO+)
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There's an HP Lovecraft story (in collaboration with Harry Houdini) where the protagonist (Houdini) goes to Egypt and finds his way deep, deep under the pyramids, where man was never meant to go, only to discover the hideous truth about the Sphynx...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (ESVrU)

186
I've always thought she had something going on...
Posted by: Denny Crane - And By Something, I Mean A Really Hot Sexy Body. at March 27, 2026 01:56 PM (dmDsy)

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/p98PjtSfNWo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (5bGGs)

187

Sponge,

Thanks and lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (3ek7K)

188 Is there any way to move it out of the DC circuit?
------------------
Yes, a serious outbreak of dying District Judges all at once.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (n17eQ)

189 Given that Congress will never impeach, let alone remove this judge, indictment may be the only recourse.

A rules-based world order keeps honest people honest.

Posted by: Congress at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (vhFJq)

190 Sponge,

Thanks and lol.

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:58 PM (3ek7K)

Have to admit, it's a lot more entertaining than "I got nuthin...."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (5bGGs)

191 DataRepublican keeps posting that the ICE thing is a full defunding.

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 01:57 PM (iXqHn)

Doesn't Trump have to sign it?

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 01:59 PM (45LId)

192 that would have made more sense. It was more like Parthia is in modern day Iraq, so anyone who fights them is as bad as George Bush who fought modern day Iraq, who of course was paying for her college professor salary all her life. She approved of that.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

You do know who lives in the vicinity of modern-day Iraq?

Da jooos (tm)

QED: Time-traveling Jews made Rome fight Parthia.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (ksbjf)

193 >>> Artist's rendition of what it possibly would look like.

https://is.gd/aUo1MB

=====

So is the rendition based on ground penetration radar? Or just wishful thinking?

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (CyFyf)

194 Given that Congress will never impeach, let alone remove this judge, indictment may be the only recourse.
---------

Key word: "may"

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (45LId)

195 Defunding ICE would be the biggest clusterf*ck this country's seen since Biden.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:00 PM (5bGGs)

196 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM

Workmanlike.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (4NO2D)

197 50 41 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Don’t bother with those either.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (muXU/)

James Herriott's 'Dog Stories' FTW.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (QGaXH)

198 I know the Dems will scream "CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!!!" because they always do, but if Trump just lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says that he won't follow any of their rulings, won't it at least force the Supreme Court to kick those 2 in the ass and let them know that this shit has to stop?

Posted by: Wally at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (65cLN)

199 >>> And you won't do anything to stop us.

I mean, they're not wrong.

Posted by: Max Power at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (q177U)

200 I read somewhere that the Sphynx is carved out of a large solid block of rock, which caused some issues when trying to do the back parts since there was a fault or fissure there.

Umm, that's why we put the back part back there...

Posted by: The People Before The Egyptians at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (vhFJq)

201 I know the Dems will scream "CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!!!" because they always do, but if Trump just lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says that he won't follow any of their rulings, won't it at least force the Supreme Court to kick those 2 in the ass and let them know that this shit has to stop?

Posted by: Wally at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (65cLN)

Name a dem that's faced consequence for their actions.

Lower courts have already been told to stop. They haven't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (5bGGs)

202 Conspiracy actually. If those were actions done to further Jack Smith's illegal conspiracy to deprive the defendants of their civil rights.
Posted by: whig

Whoa!
Someone should make a law...
Maybe something deprevation of civil rights under color of law... and make sure it covers judges too

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:02 PM (Hh5dq)

203 if Trump just lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says that he won't follow any of their rulings, won't it at least force the Supreme Court to kick those 2 in the ass and let them know that this shit has to stop?

Posted by: Wally at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (65cLN)

If Trump lays out the info on Boasberg and Howell and then says he won't follow any of their rulings, he'll be impeached and removed. By Republicans. With John Roberts of the Supreme Court presiding.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 27, 2026 02:03 PM (G1ktt)

204 If it was only one it would have been called a Sphink

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:03 PM (45LId)

205 Good. Maybe we can finally nail one of these MF judges.
IDC how but Trump’s people need to arrange for this bitch tried in a red state.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (jbnUc)

206 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM

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Advice for those younger hordelings. Approach a woman and calmly say "you'll do." She'll recognize that you have high standards and will be thrilled she met them.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (2UnvF)

207 Enough of these partisan hacks.

They have completely destroyed the respect for the rule of law.

May they live in interesting times.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)

208 59 Right to a fair trial is covered in the 5th and 6th Amendments of the Constitution. Arguably, you could say that the due process application of that is violated. Thus, the Judge violated the US Constitution.

Big deal, right? Well, that could conceivably open the door to remove sovereign immunity from the Judge and allow a civil suit for violation of Constitutional Rights. And, Trump isn't shy about civil suits.
Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 01:26 PM (dIske)

I keep hoping that the Grand Jury in Florida will announce a yuuuugggge RICO with numerous indictments for violating Trump's civil rights in numerous states and numerous years. Annnnd that the courts in NY finally dismiss/reverse his conviction and judgements against him and he files a 50B $ lawsuit against the state.

I also keep hoping for a puppy and a kitty.

Guess which is likely to happen......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (QGaXH)

209 For a fun one, dig up a copy of Silverlock by John Myers Myers. Loosely, I do mean loosely modeled on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Myers has his protagonist stranded by a shipwreck in a world full of characters and references from classic literature.

Reads like a more modern version of Don Quixote where one thing happens after another but the fun is recognizing the places, characters, and events that the protagonist ends up in the midst of.
Posted by: whig at March 27, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

I have read it and liked it, if not as much as Niven/Pournelle who suggested it somewhere. Possibly because I did not go as heavily into literature so didn't get all the jokes.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (8avO+)

210 If it was only one it would have been called a Sphink
Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:03 PM (45LId)

What if it was owned originally by a guy named Sphink? Then, it'd be Sphink's, but they didn't have the apostrophe yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (5bGGs)

211 An NGO is training possible jurors in DC all about jury nullification to "combat the illegal actions of President Trump"

I suspect that might be enough reason to get a change of venue.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)

212 “A commenter asked which should be read first, The Hobbit of LOTR?”

Read The Lion,the witch, and the wardrobe, or the Screwtape Letters.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 27, 2026 01:22 PM (IifOV)

Don’t bother with those either.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 27, 2026 01:24 PM (muXU/)

James Herriott's 'Dog Stories' FTW.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:01 PM (QGaXH)

Catcher in the Rye is popular around here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)

213 Has AOP checked in yet?

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 01:53 PM (3ek7K)

Yep, In Tonopah, NV, on the road again in a few minutes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (CMKMQ)

214 Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (QGaXH)

215 Sid at 60 is quotable saying out loud what they really think.
But it did tone it down a bit and left out the next chapter about camps.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (Hh5dq)

216 207 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM

First I would laugh. Then surprise you with a left hook to your chin.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (WONhk)

217 Why aren’t these judges hanging from lampposts?

Nobody is reigning these subversives in. Maybe it’s time for the people to do it.

Posted by: That Guy at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (jlI90)

218
Advice for those younger hordelings. Approach a woman and calmly say "you'll do." She'll recognize that you have high standards and will be thrilled she met them.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (2UnvF)

I think this is the best advice ever to grace the database of Minx 0.8 beta.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (5bGGs)

219 This is the Senate DHS Bill, right?

https://tinyurl.com/4espwfcu

I hate the way bill are written.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

220 "DataRepublican keeps posting that the ICE thing is a full defunding."

"No additional funding..."

What's already been approved is still there. That funding runs until the end of 2028.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (cO6oP)

221 Guess which is likely to happen......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 27, 2026 02:05 PM (QGaXH)

If you get them then you have to take care of them, and make sure they are cleaned up after, and kept safe. RICO cases are not for just Easter and Christmas, you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 27, 2026 02:07 PM (rbvCR)

222 67 One thing I'll say for the troll, this is the sentiment I see on lefty sites nowadays.

Yes we steal elections. Yes we investigate, harass, and imprison opposing politicians, yes we steal money from the government.

We have a right too for (some BS reason), and we will continue to do so. And you won't do anything to stop us.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 27, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

They understand what it takes to gain and hold onto political power.

Unfortunately, it takes being underhanded and going for constant kill shots.

And when one side cares about what happens to their immortal souls after they die, and the other side is just immoral, well...

Posted by: XTC at March 27, 2026 02:07 PM (FpHTM)

223 Catcher in the Rye is popular around here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (dK+Kv)

I was a replacement actor in "Catcher in the Ass."

Posted by: Barack Hussein Owebama at March 27, 2026 02:07 PM (5bGGs)

224 Synopsis of ace's next post
:

Muslim man/counttry bad.
Israel dindu nuffin'.
Tucker mean man.

7000 Bibi Bucks Achievement Unlocked

Posted by: Captain Obvioud at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (peE+y)

225 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)

Yo. ICYMI can I recommend last evening's Olympic post. But don't drink anything while you're reading it.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (45LId)

226

AOP,

Yay!!! Safe travels!!!

Posted by: four seasons at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (3ek7K)

227 All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (4NO2D)

228 Yep, In Tonopah, NV, on the road again in a few minutes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Did you stay at the Clown Motel?

Posted by: Nothing Personal at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)

229 Sid at 60 is quotable saying out loud what they really think.
But it did tone it down a bit and left out the next chapter about camps.
Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:06 PM (Hh5dq)

He knows we'd have to build them and run them for him.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (8avO+)

230 All trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (4NO2D)

HE sucks cock by CHOICE!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:09 PM (5bGGs)

231 $7000 buys a LOT of Shelving.

Posted by: garrett at March 27, 2026 02:09 PM (W7FsI)

232 The original Average Joe posts were pretty good. The secret imbedded 'DRINK YOUR OVALTINE' messages took a lot of work.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)

233 Did you stay at the Clown Motel?
Posted by: Nothing Personal at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)
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Hot and cold running clowns?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (FvGZA)

234 "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (cO6oP)

235 Yo. ICYMI can I recommend last evening's Olympic post. But don't drink anything while you're reading it.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (45LId)

I did miss it. I have been busy with children's theater and now baseball. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)

236 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (5bGGs)

237 Did you stay at the Clown Motel?
Posted by: Nothing Personal at March 27, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)

I think that's in Ely, or Elko?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (CMKMQ)

238 ParisParamus, a former regular, was average joe, a pretty good troll parody to start, then he actually became a troll or at least started arguing with everyone and being angry.

This place is so fucking weird sometimes.

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:11 PM (45LId)

239 > "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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I actually went back to see what I posted. Memory lapse. lol

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (AkEZC)

240 did miss it. I have been busy with children's theater and now baseball. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at Mar

I will always give just the tip

Posted by: ... at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (45LId)

241 ParisParamus, a former regular, was average joe/i]

Thanks, I was trying to remember that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:12 PM (4NO2D)

242 dammit

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (4NO2D)

243 196 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 27, 2026 01:49 PM
_______________________________

Well, you have to sell it. It's always best to start by saying "let me see your teeth."

Posted by: Orson at March 27, 2026 02:13 PM (dIske)

244 OK, I lolled at the Olympic tranny retard lamentations post. I am sure I would have lolled louder if I was familiar with what a cenobite is.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

245 Are women flattered if you call their looks 'servicable'?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Only if you come up with a really good answer for the follow-up question of "Serviceable for what purpose?"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (a+4eV)

246 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:16 PM (Ia/+0)

247 What we're seeing in the judiciary and Congress are the symptoms of a dying government.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:17 PM (g8Ew8)

248 > "Post 60 - Nasty piece of work.....and the post wasn't too nice either....."

Post 60 is by Martini Farmer. Maybe next time post the hash instead?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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I actually went back to see what I posted. Memory lapse. lol
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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D3leted

Posted by: Operator Error at March 27, 2026 02:18 PM (Hh5dq)

249 dying government.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 27, 2026 02:17 PM

Dying Republic

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:19 PM (Ia/+0)

250 The Republic is already dead. Plan for what comes after.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 27, 2026 02:20 PM (4NO2D)

251 Well if there was a will to do it, this could be solved quite quickly. I would direct the head of the US Marshals (read Attorney General of the United States) to remove all security from US district courts.

And then at the inevitable phone call, I would let the judges know that I would be making an announcement that there is no longer any security at the various federal court houses. They're basically out of business at that point.

Let them piss and moan and go on and on about constitutional crisis, blah, blah, blah

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at March 27, 2026 02:23 PM (Iwv3U)

252 If it was only one it would have been called a Sphink
Posted by: ...
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Someone is familiar with 'Carousel' lyrics.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 27, 2026 02:25 PM (LdBR/)

253 Not sure its dead, just Civil War II maybe just ahead.

Posted by: Skip at March 27, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

254 Oh wow, that's crazy. It's too bad that no one seems to care at all about this. If only there was someone is a position to do something, anything at all. Oh well.

Posted by: Attorney General Pam Bondi at March 27, 2026 02:55 PM (4cFWh)

255 I would prefer to see the Headline "Partisan DC Judge Beryl Howell" with an accent over the final vowel of "Partisan" to emphasize the French Revolutionary fervor of Judge Beryl Howell or at least substitute "Jacobin" for "Partisan" to make the inference clear.

Posted by: kurtz at March 27, 2026 03:35 PM (jzrwJ)

256 Is The Hobbit the one where Captain Kirk and the Ninja Turtles use The Force to ride a worm to get the Ring back?

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 27, 2026 03:38 PM (PUrHv)

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