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The Morning Rant: Spain Is Lost

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50 years of American-sponsored welfare at the expense of any sense of national pride, desire to participate in the defense of its own culture, and the active importation of subwits from the 3rd World because they were just too lazy to pick up their own garbage and mop their own floors has led to the current situation in Spain. Or should we be honest and call it Al-Andalus?

After the death of Franco in 1975, the die was cast on Spain. They fled from any sense of nationalism, civic pride, love of Western culture, and perhaps most telling, their religiosity. The decay of a once formidable culture has led to their startling acquiescence to the invaders from the Muslim world. After a massive terrorist attack on the Madrid train system in 2004, in which almost 200 people were killed, the country tucked its tail firmly between its legs and ran from the West, ran from self-determination, ran from solidarity with 2,500 years of western culture, straight into the arms of a post-modern malaise, compounded by the Muslim invaders in their midst.

Their natural inclination for powerful government at the expense of the individual made their "social democracy" experiment a thinly veiled cradle-to-grave socialist state. Except of course their own defense! That was supplied by their membership in NATO, which means it was provided by the United States.

Their current betrayal of America and the effort to wrest the West away from ascendant Islam is not surprising; it is a natural result of the arrogance and obliviousness of the current European mindset that values diplomacy and negotiation over all, even at the expense of...everything!

Key US ally blocks airspace to military flights over Iran, escalating standoff with Trump

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles confirmed the move, saying Spain has denied both airspace access and the use of joint U.S.-Spanish bases for any operations tied to the Iran conflict.

"This was made perfectly clear to the American military and forces from the very beginning," Robles said. "Neither the bases are authorized, nor, of course, is the use of Spanish airspace authorized for any actions related to the war in Iran."

Spain already had refused to allow U.S. forces to use the strategically critical Rota and Morón bases in southern Spain, installations long viewed as key hubs for American military operations into Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The expansion of that restriction to Spanish airspace effectively cuts off another logistical pathway for U.S. operations and signals that Madrid is willing to directly limit U.S. military movement despite its NATO membership.


The answer for America is simple...close those bases, and spend the billions of dollars in some other countries that will be more appreciative of America and its effort to free the world from Iran's evil.

And for the taxpaying citizens of America? Don't go to Spain. Don't buy Spanish products. It's simple. They don't support us, so why should we support them?

Besides, it is a country that is rapidly descending into the evil of progressive atheism, in which the value of life and culture is measured by an amoral calculation more akin to Mao than to Ignatius of Loyola (whatever you might think of him).

Here is a powerful bit of data that Spanish culture is gone... replaced by the same post-modern melange currently engulfing Canada, the UK, and a few other Western countries.

Father loses legal fight to halt euthanasia of 25-year-old daughter in Spain

Noelia Castillo Ramos' case galvanized international attention after her father, Gerónimo Castillo, mounted a legal battle against the authorization of various Spanish courts for his daughter to receive euthanasia in 2023. Aided by Abogados Cristianos (Christian Lawyers), a conservative Catholic organization, Mr. Castillo exhausted all appeals to the Spanish courts.

The father argued that his daughter wasn’t fully psychologically able to make a decision regarding euthanasia and that she needed better medical and psychiatric care. His legal battle was ultimately shut down by the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, on March 10.


It's called psychiatric illness, and giving its sufferers agency over their own treatment and lives is, frankly, insane. But it illuminates the interest of the collective over the individual, and the total rejection of an objective morality that has been the backbone of the West, courtesy of religion, for 2,500 years.

Spain has chosen its path, and we should respect that choice. But no amount of Serrano ham, Paella, and magnificent art should lure us to continue our support of this failed state.

[France too is barring American use of its airspace, but that is a discussion for another time!]

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:00 AM (9E5Ho)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 31, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:01 AM (9E5Ho)

4 Spain thought 'The Libs can't be that bad.'

Commies are that bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)

5 Their current betrayal of America and the effort to wrest the West away from ascendant Islam is not surprising; it is a natural result of the arrogance and obliviousness of the current European mindset that values diplomacy and negotiation over all, even at the expense of...everything!

As with the UK, it is reliance by the current people in power on the votes of the people who want to destroy their country to remain in power. And power is all that matters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:03 AM (ExV1e)

6 Father loses legal fight to halt euthanasia of 25-year-old daughter in Spain

Fuck. The World sucks ass.

As if we needed any more illustrations of why we needed Christ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)

7 My boycott of Spanish products will include, uh, ummm

Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

8 I don't thee the problem.

Posted by: Mothammad Mothammad Mothammad at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (eOFY+)

9 7 My boycott of Spanish products will include, uh, ummm

Hmmm.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

Sangria?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)

10 France barred its airspace for El Dorado Cannon.

Nothing new from France.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (2GVsD)

11 I think the last few conflicts the US has been involved with should be eye opening.

Outside of Britain we got no real help in the WoT.

And with the further slide of Britain to EuroSoc with an Islamic taint they aren't interested in assisting with the Iran conflict.

So what then is the value of defending countries that are objectively every bit our opponents as much as Russia or China?

Time to leave NATO

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)

12 Boycott complete!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

13 France also prohibited US military flights. Don't know if it's still in place, but it once was.

Trump's telling the EU to step up and come get their own damn oil. He's not going to "just send it to them"

NATO is toast.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (AkEZC)

14 Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Their current betrayal of America and the effort to wrest the West away from ascendant Islam is not surprising; it is a natural result of the arrogance and obliviousness of the current European mindset that values diplomacy and negotiation over all, even at the expense of...everything!

As with the UK, it is reliance by the current people in power on the votes of the people who want to destroy their country to remain in power. And power is all that matters.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


The Gates of Vienna will be raped, torn dow & sold as scrap before I lift a finger to help.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (9E5Ho)

16 acks

El Dorado Canyon

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (2GVsD)

17 Time to leave NATO
Posted by: 18-1



AND get the UN OUT OF THE US.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (9E5Ho)

18 Father loses legal fight to halt euthanasia of 25-year-old daughter in Spain

Spain paid to bring these people to their country.

To put them on welfare.

And then to keep them there ignored their crimes.

What value do actual Spaniards get? None. More taxes, more crime, less social cohesion.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

19 ‘ After the death of Franco in 1975, the die was cast on Spain. ’

My lesson from Spain? You can’t let up on the Communists. Not even after you die. Franco screwed up by not leaving an explicitly anti-Communist government behind him.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 11:06 AM (jbnUc)

20 I doubt there will be anyone for another Reconquista this time.

Spain is likely to be forever lost to Islam, and the descendants of those who threw them out happily invited that demonic religion back.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)

21 Hopefully the iran war will wake people up and President Trump will withdraw us from nato.

Fuck them all.

Posted by: Worthless As Tits On A Bull at March 31, 2026 11:06 AM (OoSEI)

22 Stop putting women in charge.

The Spanish Def Min has no experience with military issues. She's a career bureaucrat who intentionally killed a bunch of people in nursing homes using COVID.

So this title is her reward for doing so

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

23 What value do actual Spaniards get? None. More taxes, more crime, less social cohesion.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:06 AM (sKqQm)

Power for Commies.

That is the only benefit they want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)

24 AND get the UN OUT OF THE US.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (9E5Ho)


I hear Pyongyang is quite nice this time of year.

Posted by: At least that's what the Nork media says at March 31, 2026 11:07 AM (eOFY+)

25 Spain Is Lost

now do italy (space inserted): https://freerepublic.com/focus /f-news/4373012/posts

Italy denies use of Sicily airbase to US planes carrying weapons for Iran war

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 11:07 AM (oY6Yp)

26 Held: Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy, as applied to Ms. Chiles’s talk therapy, regulates speech based on viewpoint, and the lower courts erred by failing to apply sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 11:08 AM (RHGPo)

27 yeah super disappointed in italy

oh well!

fuck em all

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 11:08 AM (j+aD2)

28 Spain is euthanizing the wrong people. She would have been partially healed if Spain and euthanized her rapists instead.

Posted by: Persnickety at March 31, 2026 11:08 AM (NXsA/)

29 Trump's telling the EU to step up and come get their own damn oil. He's not going to "just send it to them"

NATO is toast.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (AkEZC

The CBC actually had an interesting segment this morning on how the US could take Kharg island.

The biggest concern would be drones and missiles...whatever's left.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:08 AM (Sco7b)

30 Pursuant to President Trumps EO on debanking, the FTC has sent a letter to Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Strype that they cannot deny people financial services based on religious or political grounds.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:08 AM (2GVsD)

31 Italy has also barred the US from using the base in Sicily for attacks on Iran.

It's not clear that it's past time for what I've been advocating for years, leave NATO. There is no point in being part of a one-way alliance. We can defend ourselves and it's a waste of our money and people to sacrifice for people who won't sacrifice for us.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (viF8m)

32 Theb French have such a great sense of humor:

https://x.com/JFBoilley/status/2037867757669101579

Posted by: pawn at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (qmOsv)

33 Stop putting women in charge.

Damn straight.

Posted by: Archer at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (wvc0i)

34 Time to leave NATO
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)


1992 waves hello.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)

35 Another part in all this socialists win enough votes via fraud, the votes of immigrants, and honestly the Euro-FSA.

But...the FSA should not want the immigrants. They are taking a share of the loot that could be available to the FSA otherwise.

It is interesting that this area is not causing issues, at least yet, for the people running Europe.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

36 Alberta’s push for independence reached a major milestone Monday after organizers announced they have surpassed the 177,000 signatures required to trigger a provincial referendum.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (RHGPo)

37 When the left screamed dire warnings that Russia would march from Ukraine on to the rest of Europe, I said, "And what would be the problem with that?"

It would be safer, freer, more prosperous and more Christian.

But we're supposed to imagine Putin is so evil that he'd ... do what?
Import illiterate immigrants to rape girls, then kill the girl for being raped?
Just so he could harvest and sell her organs?

Who is the fucking monster here?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 11:10 AM (HXT0k)

38 Of course, this is the same country that bragged about bringing in hordes of third world savages because they despise their own people so much.

Good luck to the few sane people left in that country. Run while you can.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 31, 2026 11:10 AM (OPGS/)

39 The decision of Western and Central Europe to commit suicide will be the defining story of the 21st century.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 31, 2026 11:11 AM (n1OCj)

40 Netanyahu says he’s talking to Arab leaders about ‘fighting together’

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 11:11 AM (RHGPo)

41 16 acks

El Dorado Canyon


i hear the womp rates there aren't much bigger than two meters

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 11:11 AM (oY6Yp)

42 Funny the strongest allies in NATO are the former Warsaw Pact countries.

Posted by: Archer at March 31, 2026 11:11 AM (wvc0i)

43 But...the FSA should not want the immigrants. They are taking a share of the loot that could be available to the FSA otherwise.



The FSA are too STUPID to see past the end of their noses.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:11 AM (9E5Ho)

44 The Spanish Def Min has no experience with military issues. She's a career bureaucrat who intentionally killed a bunch of people in nursing homes using COVID.

So this title is her reward for doing so
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)


So, arguably, more lethal than the rest of the Spanish military.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)

45 When the left screamed dire warnings that Russia would march from Ukraine on to the rest of Europe

I remember the left giggling like schoolgirls when Romney talked about the Russian threat. But the moment Russia said they were not going to let gay men adopt children, they became The Enemy.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (OPGS/)

46 did we lose the rain on the plain?

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (578V/)

47 Daily Beast: New Investigation Corroborates Claims of Woman Who Says Trump Sexually Abused Her at 13

So the headline is true — the woman who accused Trump of sexually abusing her has had some of her details corroborated … just none related to Trump, but instead, someone named Jimmy Atkins.

Jimmy Atkins’ business back in Ohio was running trade schools. But on Hilton Head, he took over a small company that specialized in long-term rentals. Property in the island’s gated subdivisions, called plantations in reference to the local antebellum history, attracted vacationing families and wealthy retirees. Corporate executives and global financiers descended by private plane to survey the frenzy some two decades into the island’s transformation.

At Harbour Realty and Rentals, with an office near Coligny Beach, Atkins came into contact with a teenage girl who would later claim to the FBI that she was sexually assaulted by him and a young Jeffery Epstein, the infamous and now deceased sexual predator. She alleged to agents that the two men also conspired to extort her mother to embezzle money. The mother eventually ended up in prison.

... axe meet grinding stone

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (RHGPo)

48 But...the FSA should not want the immigrants. They are taking a share of the loot that could be available to the FSA otherwise.

It is interesting that this area is not causing issues, at least yet, for the people running Europe.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

Because for immigrants at least, they do not see the thing they are looting as of value. There is always a desire or the thought that they can just go back where they came when the loot runs out. Why were the Somalians sending billions back to Somalia?

You assume that they want to build a life here, that is not the goal. Loot. Then leave. But stay as long as the loot is good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

49 👍

And Ireland and Norway.

Not coincidentally.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 11:13 AM (NFX2v)

50 Alberta’s push for independence reached a major milestone Monday after organizers announced they have surpassed the 177,000 signatures required to trigger a provincial referendum.

You're forgetting Canadian law, as interpreted by Canadian courts, which states that Quebec has the right to secede from Canada, but that no one else does.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 31, 2026 11:13 AM (n1OCj)

51 I read through some leftwing threads on this Spanish girl.

The general points:

1) She didn't report the assaults at the time, so she was lying and probably had voluntarily had sex with them - Women lie about sexual assaults all the time

2) This is because European countries are still too patriarchal - in a true feminist society women would feel good about having sex

3) This is also because of discrimination against immigrants. If they had more money, status, and influence they would be more quick to adopt European mores about how to relate to women.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

52 Just what could Spain do if we just used their airspace whether they liked it or not?

Posted by: From about That Time at March 31, 2026 11:13 AM (sl73Y)

53 Ah I love nuance and translations. I think Italy's statement can be read as 'don't land fighter jets here. But the tankers are okay.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:13 AM (2GVsD)

54 Spain's unemployment rate is 10%. Why is the country allowing Africans and Muslims to invade and reside there? And if the country needs certain categories of workers, why not recruit from Latin America and the Phillipines?

Posted by: mr tmz at March 31, 2026 11:14 AM (rJ48h)

55 This isn't really worth worrying over. We do need to stop funding shiite worldwide, but let's not assume that any other nation state is "our friends".

'Cause they aren't.

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:14 AM (XuXeR)

56 I'm trying to find the article I read, but I'm fairly certain the 25 year old that Spain just allowed doctors to murder was gang-raped by Muslims, too.

So the answer to the trauma caused by the musselmen savages is to murder the rape victim. I guess Spain really is an Islamic hellhole- that's the punishment for getting raped in Muslim countries, too.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 11:14 AM (N1DT3)

57 I still think of the bitter irony when the US, Israel and Iran are in a face off with the soon-to-be European Islamic Caliphate.

Europe is lost. NATO is toast.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (AkEZC)

58 I remember the left giggling like schoolgirls when Romney talked about the Russian threat. But the moment Russia said they were not going to let gay men adopt children, they became The Enemy.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (OPGS/)

Ukraine was never anything more than a prybar to get massive amounts of cash flowing. They knew that the idea of Russian expansionism would also hit their enemies (us.) So, wambo presto 'I will accept a limited incursion' into 'WE HAVE TO STOP THE RUSSIANS OR THEY WILL MARCH TO THE ATLANTIC!' and all the fucking think tank shits who were playing tiddly winks since the end of the cold war jumped on board.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

59 The decision of Western and Central Europe to commit suicide will be the defining story of the 21st century.

Fun fact: more people are born in Nigeria than in Europe and Russia combined.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (n1OCj)

60 You assume that they want to build a life here, that is not the goal. Loot. Then leave. But stay as long as the loot is good.

No, my point is about the native FSA. Putting immigrants on welfare puts them in conflict with the FSA's wish to get as much government loot as possible.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (sKqQm)

61 Spain is euthanizing the wrong people. She would have been partially healed if Spain and euthanized her rapists instead.
---
They never tried to catch the rapists.
Because they didn't want to.
Better girls be raped than an illiterate, unassimilated, violent, muslim immigrant suffer a day in jail.

The whole of Europe needs a fire burned upon it:
Pile it with the bodies of the muslim and everyone who holds office.
Then we can decide if they deserve to not be nuked.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (HXT0k)

62 The FSA probably won't care until the dole runs out and by then the Muslims will be well entrenched.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (2GVsD)

63 Just what could Spain do if we just used their airspace whether they liked it or not?"

Starlink laughs and laughs

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (XuXeR)

64 I remember the left giggling like schoolgirls when Romney talked about the Russian threat. But the moment Russia said they were not going to let gay men adopt children, they became The Enemy

The left doesn't really believe in anything they say. The issue is never the issue. It is always the narrative.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)

65 more people are born in Nigeria than in Europe and Russia combined."

Hey, let's send them more food!

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:16 AM (XuXeR)

66 Dystopian.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2026 11:16 AM (Suwql)

67 And if the country needs certain categories of workers, why not recruit from Latin America and the Phillipines?
Posted by: mr tmz at March 31, 2026 11:14 AM (rJ48h)


Or... other countries in the EU?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (ExV1e)

68 When the left screamed dire warnings that Russia would march from Ukraine on to the rest of Europe, I said, "And what would be the problem with that?"

Britain has more political prisoners then Russia does.

Yes, Vlad is an autocrat who rules Russia without a concern for traditional western norms about human rights.

But so does Starmer. And unlike Starmer, Vlad is at least a nationalist, which means he has some level of concern about his own people...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (sKqQm)

69 Alberta’s push for independence reached a major milestone Monday after organizers announced they have surpassed the 177,000 signatures required to trigger a provincial referendum.

You're forgetting Canadian law, as interpreted by Canadian courts, which states that Quebec has the right to secede from Canada, but that no one else does.
Posted by: The ARC of History!


Here's what people forget because no one's done it yet.

YOU & I can't stop sending taxes to DC because it's automatically taken out of our paychecks.

What happens when, say, Texas decides not to forward tax payments to DC?

What's DC's actual response? What can they do? Try to take over Austin? Sharp words? Angry letters?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (9E5Ho)

70 Catching rapists is Islamophobic!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7)

71 Theb French have such a great sense of humor:

https://x.com/JFBoilley/status/2037867757669101579
Posted by: pawn at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM


*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (kgE5c)

72 #BringBackVlad

We used to understand what to do with the muslim.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (HXT0k)

73 45 When the left screamed dire warnings that Russia would march from Ukraine on to the rest of Europe


Putin should promise to expel the muslims, get rid of most regulations and government and a maximum 10% tax rate. He'd probably get volunteers.

'The View' is going to have on Rahm Emanuel. They covered Kid Rock, the ballroom in 'The People's House' and now Vance's wife. 2026 ratings - 2.563 million.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (Sco7b)

74 Spain was never truly a country in the sense of one united culture and ancestry. Spain was three -- if not four -- different cultures, ethnicities, and loyalties that didn't much like each other, all vying for power and influence.

In my travels there, it was common to find people in the east refer to themselves not as "Spanish" but as "Catalonian." "Spanish" to them was almost an insult, as they considered the central Spaniards from Madrid the "Spanish" people.

And don't even ask about the Basque.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

75 Europe is lost. NATO is toast.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 11:15 AM (AkEZC)


NATO will never be toast so long as our campaign contributors are receiving generous contracts to supply Europe with materiel at the expense of US taxpayers. -- Congress

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:19 AM (ExV1e)

76
Brought forward --

She read her dissenting opinion from the Bench. Um KBJ, is was an 8-1 opinion.

Posted by: WisRich


She is bound by contract to deliver a certain number of pages of her delivered opinions for her magnum opus, "Justicin' for Dummies" and she won't be steered off that path.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:20 AM (xG4kz)

77 Also, f*ck Al Andalus, the UN, NATO and the rest of Europe.

And of course there's a Moron in Spain. I suspect the one in Cuba will be more desirable in 25 years.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 11:20 AM (kgE5c)

78 Meanwhile, Leftist researchers in Germany have discovered a new form of unacceptable discrimination:

"Our findings reveal a high willingness among recent male refugees to partner with resident women, whereas resident women exhibit significantly lower openness towards romantic relationships with male refugees."

Can't imagine why German women aren't interested in having sex with Third World Muslim "refugees" who view women as cattle.

Obviously, more laws and education are needed.


Is it a match? The congruence of partnership preferences between Syrian and Afghan refugees and the German population

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 31, 2026 11:20 AM (n1OCj)

79 Ukraine was never anything more than a prybar to get massive amounts of cash flowing.

I suspect that killing off a good portion of a generation of Ukrainian men was seen as a bonus by TPTB.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:20 AM (ExV1e)

80 Based upon what Trump and Rubio have said in the past few days, I expect a serious nut punch to NATO soon after the war against Iran winds down.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 31, 2026 11:20 AM (tYGL3)

81 Catalans consider themselves Spanish if the mens national team is doing well at the Euros or World Cup.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 31, 2026 11:21 AM (rJ48h)

82 NATO will never be toast so long as our campaign contributors are receiving generous contracts to supply Europe with materiel at the expense of US taxpayers. -- Congress
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


They don't need NATO to keep making bank.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:21 AM (9E5Ho)

83 In my travels there, it was common to find people in the east refer to themselves not as "Spanish" but as "Catalonian." "Spanish" to them was almost an insult, as they considered the central Spaniards from Madrid the "Spanish" people.

And don't even ask about the Basque.
---
That's why I said, when they and Ireland decided they'd recognize the Palestine as a state, I said, Trump should say we're then recognizing their ethnic regions as state.
See how they like war on their doorsteps ....

It's time to stir up a war in Europe ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 11:21 AM (HXT0k)

84 "key US ally", lol

for what? since when?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 11:22 AM (MIIRH)

85 She is bound by contract to deliver a certain number of pages of her delivered opinions for her magnum opus, "Justicin' for Dummies" and she won't be steered off that path.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:20 AM (xG4kz)
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Kagan and Soto even took a shot at KBJ in a footnote in their concurring opinion.

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 11:22 AM (G0vdT)

86 Putin should promise to expel the muslims, get rid of most regulations and government and a maximum 10% tax rate. He'd probably get volunteers.

'The View' is going to have on Rahm Emanuel. They covered Kid Rock, the ballroom in 'The People's House' and now Vance's wife. 2026 ratings - 2.563 million.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:18 AM (Sco7b)

I don't think he can do that, because he uses the musselmen as part of his army. It keeps him from having to use actual Russians as cannon fodder. (And keeps Moscow and St. Pete from getting angry over their very few sons dying.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 11:22 AM (N1DT3)

87 My boycott of Spanish products will include, uh, ummm

Hmmm.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

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Ballistic: X vs Sever - it stars Antonio Bandaras. Don't watch it!

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 31, 2026 11:23 AM (f1kZG)

88 Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles - This tells you everything you need to know, she is a communist as is the rest of the Spanish government. It is time to leave NATO to its own devices and ultimate destruction. They have all fallen under the influence of the Muslims and there will be no return for them.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at March 31, 2026 11:23 AM (Q/FnY)

89 "Our findings reveal a high willingness among recent male refugees to partner with resident women, whereas resident women exhibit significantly lower openness towards romantic relationships with male refugees."

Last time I was in Europe, I see endless immigrants in hijabs pushing baby carriages.

There were native Euro-women jogging/biking/whatever in short shorts.

The immigrant women want to get married to men from their own culture and have kids. The Euro-women maybe want a boyfriend and the immigrant men are more then happy for that role irrespective of whether they marry a woman from their own culture...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:24 AM (sKqQm)

90
Spain is one of the favored refuges for American lefties fleeing Trump. They take their American remote-work salaries and live like -- what's that hated type of person? Kings. Then they go on social media and talk about how great it is compared to the US, since they can afford great food, entertainment, and housing for practically nothing, as if that's how the locals live.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 11:24 AM (n7rxJ)

91 There's never an El Cid around when you need one.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)

92 The spanish girl was disabled. Wheelchair bound. She was put into a residential care facility years earlier. It was in the facility that she was abused, workers, who where migrants. Becuase thats where you would hire uncivilized barbarian men, to care for helpless teenage girls in wheelchairs.

Posted by: The horror of reality overwhelms all fiction at March 31, 2026 11:24 AM (CJTQo)

93 They don't need NATO to keep making bank.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:21 AM (9E5Ho)


Every means of siphoning off tax dollars is a loved and wanted means of siphoning off tax dollars. -- Congress

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:25 AM (ExV1e)

94 I hope Trump sticks to his threat to never open the Strait of Hormuz.

Let Europe starve.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 11:25 AM (HXT0k)

95
The Euro-women maybe want a boyfriend

Posted by: 18-1

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

That's not really how that story goes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 11:25 AM (n7rxJ)

96 The Spanish girl that was murdered ... er, euthanized ... is a very sad and tragic case.

The girl was clearly seriously mentally ill. She tried suicide at least once before. She claimed to have been raped by half the men in Spain. I seriously doubt those claims; I think she was mentally ill and making up dramatic stories.

Regardless, there's no way she had the mental capacity to decide to end her life. Spain basically murdered her.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (iFTx/)

97 The poor Spanish woman, tis Terry Schiavo all over again.

The State decides your fate. The State deemed her life was without meaning.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (2GVsD)

98 What would you propose to do with all the US Navy ships homeported in Rota?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

99 and talk about how great it is compared to the US, since they can afford great food, entertainment, and housing for practically nothing, as if that's how the locals live.

I was reading some threads on reddit on the cost of living in Spain.

It was full of Brits and Americans arguing about how affordable everything is unlike back home...and a handful of Spaniards complaining everything is too expensive especially housing.

Now, if you import a bunch of wealthy foreigners, what happens to the cost of things like housing?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (sKqQm)

100 94 I hope Trump sticks to his threat to never open the Strait of Hormuz.

Let Europe starve.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 11:25 AM (HXT0k)

Agreed. At some point the deadwood has to burn.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:27 AM (Sco7b)

101 What would you propose to do with all the US Navy ships homeported in Rota?
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

Move them.

Posted by: Common Sense at March 31, 2026 11:28 AM (OoSEI)

102 Spain's been "lost" before, and not just once.
It enters history as a colony of Carthage, was the scene of major wars and conspiracies before Rome had an empire -- and then came the Vandals. Not just for the weekend.

Then, all the other stuff, centuries at a time. They expelled Islam -- in the same movement that expelled Jews, and then Protestants.

If you're not used to this by now, your mental image of Spain is kind of Disneyfied. Historically, they've been allies of the US for a few minutes at a time.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 31, 2026 11:29 AM (zdLoL)

103 >Now, if you import a bunch of wealthy foreigners, what happens to the cost of things like housing?

It goes up and downwardly mobile Spaniards are pissed out it. I don't blame then.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 31, 2026 11:29 AM (rJ48h)

104 Did Italy say anything about the use of Aviano?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:29 AM (2GVsD)

105 It's time to stir up a war in Europe ...."

So it's just like the last 5,000 years m

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:30 AM (XuXeR)

106 100
‘ Agreed. At some point the deadwood has to burn.’

And when it does, we’ll call it the warmth of collectivism.

Posted by: Dr.Claw at March 31, 2026 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

107 Move them.
Posted by: Common Sense"

Heh.

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:31 AM (XuXeR)

108 In one sense, sucks to be them, but in another, every retreat in the West hurts us.

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:31 AM (4NO2D)

109 If Chevy Chase is to be believed, evidently I'm still dead!

Posted by: Generalissimo Francisco Franco at March 31, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

110 Keep flying. What are the Spaniards and French going to do — shoot down our planes? I don’t think so…

Posted by: FIIGMO at March 31, 2026 11:31 AM (R/nr4)

111 What would you propose to do with all the US Navy ships homeported in Rota?
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

Move them.
Posted by: Common Sense at March 31, 2026 11:28 AM (OoSEI)


Isn't Portugal reasonably friendly? It's not even that far.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)

112 If you're not used to this by now, your mental image of Spain is kind of Disneyfied"

And they have trains!

/murrican turist

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:32 AM (XuXeR)

113
In my travels there, it was common to find people in the east refer to themselves not as "Spanish" but as "Catalonian." "Spanish" to them was almost an insult, as they considered the central Spaniards from Madrid the "Spanish" people.

And don't even ask about the Basque


How did referring to them as "Mexicans" go over? Or, better yet, "Hispanic"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:33 AM (xG4kz)

114 My Andorran dream will live on. High mountains, low taxes. The duties of the state are outsourced jointly to Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, Bishop of Urgell, and to Macron the Flaccid, but they seem to mostly let Andorra operate as one large ski resort for the rest of Europe. Perhaps not quite heaven, but as close as one can hope to get.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)

115 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

Agree, with rare exceptions.

Women should run households, not governments.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew8)

116 Robert Shaw sang about Spain.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:34 AM (pDt9x)

117 Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher have entered Chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 11:35 AM (2GVsD)

118 111
What would you propose to do with all the US Navy ships homeported in Rota?

Move them.

Isn't Portugal reasonably friendly? It's not even that far.

So is Gibraltar.

Posted by: Dr.Claw at March 31, 2026 11:35 AM (jbnUc)

119 115 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at March 31, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

Agree, with rare exceptions.

Women should run households, not governments.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew

Umbrage will be taken. Wait for it

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:35 AM (pDt9x)

120 Rather than giving up Diego Garcia, England should return Gibraltar to Spain.

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:35 AM (4NO2D)

121 There are only two things I get from Spain, Paella Pans, they make the best, and I have several, and Saffron.

I guess I can make do with rot-gut saffron, but such is life.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:36 AM (XV/Pl)

122 This is what happens when you stop wearing stockings that feature a codpiece.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:36 AM (n17eQ)

123
What would you propose to do with all the US Navy ships homeported in Rota?
Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at March 31, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

Move them.
Posted by: Common Sense


See how Morocco feels about leasing out Ifni.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:37 AM (xG4kz)

124 Daily Beast: New Investigation Corroborates Claims of Woman Who Says Trump Sexually Abused Her at 13

So the headline is true — the woman who accused Trump of sexually abusing her has had some of her details corroborated … just none related to Trump, but instead, someone named Jimmy Atkins.


How is that not clear journalistic malpractice* and outright libel? OK, taken individually each part of the sentence is true but the clear intent is to deceive. Seems at least as bad as the BBC's time slicing scandal for which Trump is suing them.

* BIRM

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 11:37 AM (vTZFs)

125 Rather than giving up Diego Garcia, England should return Gibraltar to Spain.

The people in Gibraltar don't want union with Spain.

But of course that's because Britain has controlled it for a long time and the people that live there are not Spanish in any real sense.

This is the problem with immigration and allowing alien cultures to set up shop in your land.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:37 AM (sKqQm)

126 How many Paella Pans can a man use?

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:37 AM (4NO2D)

127 Why is it so difficult to find an even-handed English language history of Antonia Salazar? He seems to me to have been a great man. Yes, he did banish some retarded communist mutineers, but they deserved worse.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 11:37 AM (2ap+5)

128
I don't think the US under Trump is giving up Diego Garcia. Maybe if Democrats regain the Presidency, but not now.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 11:38 AM (VWtfl)

129 120 Rather than giving up Diego Garcia, England should return Gibraltar to Spain.
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Well, they no longer need it since they no longer control the Suez. Hitler should have slowed his roll and won big.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:38 AM (n17eQ)

130

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so never more shall we see you again.

Posted by: Quint at March 31, 2026 11:38 AM (Cqx++)

131
So is Gibraltar.
Posted by: Dr.Claw


Do not count out Kweer Starmer returning that colony to Spain.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:38 AM (xG4kz)

132 @126

>>How many Paella Pans can a man use?

Uhm.. How many people are we serving is the correct question.

You need the right pan for the job.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:38 AM (XV/Pl)

133 One paella pan a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Gun control Karen McAwfl at March 31, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

134 126 How many Paella Pans can a man use?
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Moar means moar Chicken Dance.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:39 AM (n17eQ)

135 90
Spain is one of the favored refuges for American lefties fleeing Trump. They take their American remote-work salaries and live like -- what's that hated type of person? Kings. Then they go on social media and talk about how great it is compared to the US, since they can afford great food, entertainment, and housing for practically nothing, as if that's how the locals live.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants. If they cannot do it here, then they go abroad where they live their lives privileged with enough money to get people to do what they want.

Same phenomenon with Karens, some minorities, etc.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

136
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 11:40 AM (y9nCu)

137 All of my desire to hike the Camino de Santiago is extinguished.

St. James, pray for Spain.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 11:40 AM (qFwJc)

138 I have always wondered why Hitler didn't take Gibraltar right after the fall of France, even over Spanish objections, if necessary.

It would have made German strategy in the Med a lot easier.

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:40 AM (4NO2D)

139 Close any and all bases in Spain, pull out of any that are jointly operated, and tell the regime there that we'll put our bases in the just-conquered Persia. Oh, and go fuck yourself.

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 31, 2026 11:40 AM (KiBMU)

140 127
‘ Antonia Salazar? He seems to me to have been a great man. Yes, he did banish some retarded communist mutineers, but they deserved worse.’

And sent food to Nazi Germany but who didn’t in those days?

Posted by: Dr.Claw at March 31, 2026 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

141 "122 This is what happens when you stop wearing stockings that feature a codpiece.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:36 AM (n17eQ) "

that may not be the entire reason, but this is ... not wrong ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 11:41 AM (MIIRH)

142 How is that not clear journalistic malpractice* and outright libel? OK, taken individually each part of the sentence is true but the clear intent is to deceive. Seems at least as bad as the BBC's time slicing scandal for which Trump is suing them.

* BIRM
Posted by: Oddbob
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Daily Beast is not a journalism outlet but rather a partisan psy op for the left. Repulsive leftist people and ownership.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

143 Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants. If they cannot do it here, then they go abroad where they live their lives privileged with enough money to get people to do what they want.


In Cuba the government offers underage hookers to their Canadian/American visitors - I wonder if Spain does the same for their British residents/visitors?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)

144 Holy cow.
9th Circuit rules California’s anti-hunting legislation unconstitutional.

The state tried to ban advertising that could “appeal to minors,” but the reality was simple, this would’ve shut down promotion of youth hunts, hunter education, and beginner firearms. Lawful, truthful outreach to the next generation was treated like a crime, with fines up to $25,000 per violation.

After a 4-year legal fight, the court ruled it violated the First Amendment by restricting legal speech, while also colliding with Second Amendment protections tied to lawful firearm use. California ultimately backed down, the law is permanently blocked, and the state is now paying the legal fees.

Thanks to the Sportsmen’s Alliance, SCI, and the other groups that stood up and fought to protect our hunting heritage.

Aaron B. Futrell, Author|Owner,Killshot Coffee

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (9E5Ho)

145 I have an assortment of general purpose Paella Pans and an old copper one for special occasions where I want to make a statement.

I love Paella, all the permutations of Paella.

Sucks that Spain is full of communist a**holes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (XV/Pl)

146 *Daily Beast is not a journalism outlet but rather a partisan psy op for the left. Repulsive leftist people and ownership.*


Is this about me?

Posted by: Politico at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Heck, Hitler could have ordered Vichy France to take Gibraltar for him.

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D)

148 In my travels there, it was common to find people in the east refer to themselves not as "Spanish" but as "Catalonian." "Spanish" to them was almost an insult, as they considered the central Spaniards from Madrid the "Spanish" people.

And don't even ask about the Basque

How did referring to them as "Mexicans" go over? Or, better yet, "Hispanic"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:33 AM (xG4kz)
_____

I just called them "dagos" and they really liked that

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

149 Speaking of Daily, I stopped reading the Daily Caller. They have some funny takes on things.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (pDt9x)

150 "Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants."

this cannot be overemphasized

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 11:43 AM (MIIRH)

151 140 127
‘ Antonia Salazar? He seems to me to have been a great man. Yes, he did banish some retarded communist mutineers, but they deserved worse.’

And sent food to Nazi Germany but who didn’t in those days?
Posted by: Dr.Claw at March 31, 2026 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

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He stopped Spain from joining German in WWII.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 11:43 AM (2ap+5)

152 I have always wondered why Hitler didn't take Gibraltar right after the fall of France, even over Spanish objections, if necessary.

Spain has a lot of coast line. If Hitler goes for Gibraltar, Britain would have directly intervened in Spain either to support the government in opposing Hitler or sailing up and down the coast destroying everything within shelling distance of the ocean...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

153
Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants. If they cannot do it here, then they go abroad where they live their lives privileged with enough money to get people to do what they want.


I was reliably informed by a dyed in the wool denizen of Minneapolis that they have the "greatest selection of restaurants there". With food spit upon by the staffs quite often, I'd wager, because Sinemotans are insufferable pricks.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:44 AM (xG4kz)

154 I will support the re-reconquesta of Spain if it happens, but for now I will not provide any support to Spain as it capitulates to the caliphate. Let’s close our bases and stop pretending that Spain is an ally, or even part of western civilization.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at March 31, 2026 11:44 AM (EB8vC)

155 One caveat about Spain. It is currently run by a thoroughly corrupt leftist minority government. Due to Spanish law, a minority government can stay in place for a very long time due to the fragmentation of political parties.

"Minority governments have been common in Spain since its democratic transition, with around 75% of cabinets being minority ones. Before 2020, governments were typically single-party minority administrations, but the political landscape shifted after the 2015 elections, which fragmented the party system. This led to Spain’s first national coalition government in 2020, formed by PSOE and Unidas Podemos.

Recent minority governments have faced challenges due to polarization and fragmented parliaments. The Sánchez government depends on backing from parties like ERC, Junts, PNV, and EH Bildu—some of which advocate for Catalan or Basque independence—while excluding the conservative PP and far-right Vox. Despite difficulties in passing budgets and legislation, such governments have used executive decrees and strategic alliances to maintain governance."

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

156 Here we go. The power ofAI....grok.

Me. Are there any products from Spain I can boycott here in North America?

Olive oil, wine,

Food and Grocery Items: Cured meats: Jamón Serrano/Ibérico (if imported and available—note US import rules can restrict some raw pork products), chorizo.

Cheese: Manchego and other Spanish varieties.

Other: Paella rice (Bomba or Calasparra), olives, tinned seafood (conservas), almonds, citrus (oranges/lemons in season), and some spices or confectionery


Also some fashion and perfumes.

See, that was easy.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:44 AM (Sco7b)

157 142
‘ Repulsive leftist people and ownership.’

I don’t see a distinction between that and regular journalists.

Posted by: Dr.Claw at March 31, 2026 11:44 AM (jbnUc)

158 Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants. If they cannot do it here, then they go abroad where they live their lives privileged with enough money to get people to do what they want.
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Yes. And subcons iously, it is a herd mindset survival instinct. The cows on the periphery are the ones getting picked off by the wolves. Who leave the core alone. Social climbing is a herd survival instinct on a subconscious level. On a conscious level they are also looking for ego gratification.

Posted by: Weirdos at March 31, 2026 11:45 AM (CJTQo)

159 Spain has a lot of coast line. If Hitler goes for Gibraltar, Britain would have directly intervened in Spain either to support the government in opposing Hitler or sailing up and down the coast destroying everything within shelling distance of the ocean...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:43 AM


I don't see that as a show stopper. It's not like they were bombing Germany or anything.

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:45 AM (4NO2D)

160 Manchego and olives - no can boycott.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 11:45 AM (2ap+5)

161 Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants."

One thing I with the wealthier lefties I interact with is a constant complaint about how much services that are mostly just a person's time cost - massage, daycare, gardening, etc etc

These same people also complain "the rich" have too much and should be forced to "share" with those less well off.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:46 AM (sKqQm)

162 In my travels there, it was common to find people in the east refer to themselves not as "Spanish" but as "Catalonian."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:33 AM (xG4kz)


They are quite proud of their culture, although they are also lunatic leftists, so it's an odd combination.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 11:46 AM (n9ltV)

163 Close the Spanish bases and demo them. No easy pickins for China or anybody else.

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 31, 2026 11:46 AM (cS1cw)

164 I read a biography of Franco maybe 7 years ago. Very interesting. He was far from perfect but I don’t think he was a monster either. He loved Spain…. Their current leaders seem pathetic

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 11:46 AM (X5Baq)

165
See, that was easy.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care


What about castanets?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 11:47 AM (xG4kz)

166
If you look at how crazy radical the Spanish communists of the 1930s were, and if you assume they never really went away but were merely suppressed, this suicidal outcome for Spain makes sense. Not just the US airbase denial, their larger fall as a Western society.

The original Muslim invasion of Spain in the 8th century was invited in by a faction in Spain that sought an advantage over another faction. Kind of like all of Western Europe today, but with welfare for the invaders now, until the governments there can't afford it anymore. I guess that's going to be ugly -- old school looting and mass murder by the invaders when the welfare runs out.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 11:47 AM (VWtfl)

167 I read a biography of Franco maybe 7 years ago. Very interesting. He was far from perfect but I don’t think he was a monster either. He loved Spain…. Their current leaders seem pathetic

It seems he wasn't eager for the coup unlike some others. But when it because clear the leftist government was just going to kill/imprison anyone opposed to it he had little choice...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

168 Every time I think Trump has reached the pinnacle, he leaps further up. Now he tells the UK to "go get its oil itself.." in response to an alleged shortage of jet fuel.

Setting aside the obvious difference between oil and jet fuel, it still cracks me up.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at March 31, 2026 11:48 AM (s1NDj)

169 152
‘ If Hitler goes for Gibraltar, Britain would have directly intervened in Spain’

And had a friendly land power on the continent to help tie down Germany. A peninsular campaign like they had against Napoleon.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 11:49 AM (jbnUc)

170 Saw a photo of communists in Spain digging up dead nuns for display, mocking them and defiling the dead bodies.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)

171 149 Speaking of Daily, I stopped reading the Daily Caller. They have some funny takes on things.
Posted by: tubal

Tucker's former outfit and he still has influence there I am sure. He had to sell ownership when he started at Fox. Guy running it now I think was co-founder (Neil Patel).

This blurb from Wikipedia should tell you something,

"In 2020, The New York Times noted that "several former Daily Caller reporters occupy prominent roles in Washington journalism," specifically noting CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins and Daily Mail reporter David Martosko."

Daily Mail also hired a guy named Phillip Nieto who used to be at the Daily Caller as well. Nieto has dropped several stories putting Tucker's claims up front and center like the being banned from Israel bullshit.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

172 Australia is wishing they refined their own products now.

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:49 AM (4NO2D)

173 150 "Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants."

this cannot be overemphasized


because pixy didn't give us a tag for that

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 11:49 AM (oY6Yp)

174 Heck, Hitler

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:42 AM (4NO2D)

I don't think that's how that goes

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 11:50 AM (zYlFc)

175 Any word on Cuber?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:50 AM (n17eQ)

176 When did Spain last win a war? 1814?

Posted by: Gref at March 31, 2026 11:50 AM (5rh/l)

177 The ancient Kings and Queens of Spain are rolling in their graves
Enjoy the Caliphate Spain

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 11:51 AM (gX32c)

178 175 Any word on Cuber?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:50 AM (n17eQ)

MS Now said Putin sent a shipment of oil through.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 11:51 AM (Sco7b)

179 177 The ancient Kings and Queens of Spain are rolling in their graves
Enjoy the Caliphate Spain
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 11:51 AM (gX32c)

Al-Andalus returns.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:52 AM (pDt9x)

180
I recall hearing that when deGaulle & Co.ordered NATO (the US) airbases to be handed over to France, the US demolished everything on the way out Even broke up the runways.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 11:52 AM (VWtfl)

181 overemphasized

because pixy didn't give us a tag for that
Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 11:49 AM (oY6Yp)


OVEREMPHASIZED

You just have to want it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)

182 170
‘ Saw a photo of communists in Spain digging up dead nuns for display, mocking them and defiling the dead bodies.’

That sounds like communists all right. If they were humane they wouldn’t be communists.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 11:53 AM (jbnUc)

183 Spain seems to have been incompetent when they had the power to change the arc of history. But they did eventually drive out the Moops and I believe they will do so again.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

184 One product from Spain that I like is their brandy. El Fundador I have fond memories of. I liked the Spanish brandy because it has multiple flavors in comparison with French brandy which is monotone in its presentation.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 11:54 AM (n17eQ)

185 176
‘ When did Spain last win a war? 1814?’

1939. Of course, that was against Spain.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 11:55 AM (jbnUc)

186 Was it Spain that drove out the Musslemen? Or was it Aragon and Castile?

Posted by: toby928(c) is keeping a low profile at March 31, 2026 11:55 AM (4NO2D)

187 In my travels there, it was common to find people in the east refer to themselves not as "Spanish" but as "Catalonian."

I was in Barcelona last year, and if my interpretation of their bookstore shelving is correct (Ace would be the expert, of course) there were three major languages whose people preferred reading in their own language enough to be catered to.

There was often a completely separate French section; and sometimes even a separate Italian section; before devolving into a catch-all foreign language section. But these were just a case or two, not a large section of the bookstore.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:55 AM (EXyHK)

188 Spain seems to have been incompetent when they had the power to change the arc of history. But they did eventually drive out the Moops and I believe they will do so again.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)


Britain was best at it but then they forgot that weren't part of Europe and, after killing most of their men, they became gay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:56 AM (ExV1e)

189 What are we going to do with all this paella!?

Posted by: Mrs. Costanza at March 31, 2026 11:56 AM (P7vXf)

190 I should look up the stats on the number of Spaniards who now declare themselves Christian. If they follow the European model, that number would show a very steep decline.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)

191 These Socialist communist countries really like their euthanasia.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 11:57 AM (abIsI)

192
The Spanish Def Min has no experience with military issues. She's a career bureaucrat who intentionally killed a bunch of people in nursing homes using COVID.

So this title is her reward for doing so
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:07 AM (sKqQm)

So, arguably, more lethal than the rest of the Spanish military.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)



Funny how the commie cocksuckers in the West have been caterwauling about how Franco shot some commie shit-heads back during the Civil War. Never mind that the commies started the war by killing every Catholic clergyman they could get their hands on, and once the war started, they spent almost as much energy massacring fellow commies and socialists for apostacy than they did in actually fighting Franco's Phalangists.

And now they're going to get on their high horse and whine about the US allying with Israel to crush the Iranian mullahs and free up the Persian people?

Fuck Spain, have fun with the inevitable cleansing of the Cathedral of Cordoba back into a mohammedan mosque, pinche pendejo assholes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 11:57 AM (y9nCu)

193 Putin is an anti-freedom monster, but he differs from the Euroscum only in that he remembers how to use force. But yes, if he or a successor actually removed most of their internally repressive moves of the last 15 years and negotiated some kind of settlement with Ukraine (so less Russian men would die futilely and the sanctions would mostly end), Russia would, ironically, be well-positioned to really become a major power like he desires. I could even see a free-er Russia and US joining hands to contain China's ambitions, if their current leadership would toss out their Soviet-era instincts.

Posted by: RandomDave at March 31, 2026 11:57 AM (GFDvZ)

194 was invited in by a faction in Spain that sought an advantage over another faction"

Isn't that kinda S.O.P. ... forever? Enemy of my enemy is my friends cousin... or something.

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 11:57 AM (XuXeR)

195 How long until Spain changes its name back to al-Andulus?

Out: Espanol
In: Durka durka. Mohammed jihad. Durk, durk allah.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (3cXfB)

196 Italy has also barred the US from using the base in Sicily for attacks on Iran.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 11:09 AM (viF8m)

The details being reported thus far on Italy's denial of landing authorization to US military aircraft -- reportedly a flight of B-1s looking to gas-and-go -- on March 27 at Sigonella is not a blanket denial as is the case with Spain and its airspace.

So, for the moment, anyway, let's get that butane lighter away from your hair.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (Y1sOo)

197 Who are our allies in this world? Just off the top of my head I can only think of Israel and Japan. Maybe a South American country or two. Poland? Canada is not an ally. Mexico is not an ally. UK is not an ally. Australia is not an ally. France is not an ally.

I get tired of hearing about any "ally" BS.

Posted by: JROD at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

198 Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz both seem like nice fellows and they’re certainly good at tennis so Spain at least has that bragging right

Oh and Seve Ballesteros… great golfer

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (X5Baq)

199 No habla.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2026 11:59 AM (LHPAg)

200 The immigrant women want to get married to men from their own culture and have kids.

Assumes facts not in evidence.

They are married to men from their own culture and have kids.

The culture they come from is indifferent to whether they want to do this.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 11:59 AM (a+4eV)

201 197 Who are our allies in this world? Just off the top of my head I can only think of Israel and Japan. Maybe a South American country or two. Poland? Canada is not an ally. Mexico is not an ally. UK is not an ally. Australia is not an ally. France is not an ally.

I get tired of hearing about any "ally" BS.
Posted by: JROD at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

I would add Hungary, but they are not a military player. Maybe Croatia.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)

202 I said no habla!

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2026 12:00 PM (LHPAg)

203 Imagine the scene where the forces of Satan/the Muslims are routing the Christians, and Christ returns and the blood of Satan's minions flows deeper than a horse's bridle!

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 12:00 PM (2ap+5)

204 Who are our allies in this world? "

I prefer Washington's take on alliances...

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:00 PM (XuXeR)

205 The Spanish civil war was brutal mainly because the commies were just as bad (if not more) than commies usually are….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:00 PM (X5Baq)

206 In Cuba the government offers underage hookers to their Canadian/American visitors - I wonder if Spain does the same for their British residents/visitors?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)


*Ears Perk Up*

Posted by: Denny Crane - Suddenly, I Love Cuba! at March 31, 2026 12:02 PM (dmDsy)

207 LOL. Seems Alberta has hit a huge Canadian nerve. Lots of squealing from Easterners about how they aren't guaranteed a deal to separate. Albertans are saying FU. Stop us. They are starting to ask what I asked upthread. "What are you going to do to stop us?"

LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 12:03 PM (9E5Ho)

208 This lovely Spanish girl is just waiting for someone to rescue her from the welfare state of Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/55yhws4e

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 12:03 PM (abIsI)

209 I personally think we should start pulling our troops off the bases in Spain with the intention of shutting down the bases. It will affect Spain's economy I'm sure and it will send the message that if they aren't there for us, then we ain't there for them.

Posted by: AlecK at March 31, 2026 12:03 PM (cMlC1)

210 Oh BTW…. You all know this but worth noting: Spain is a member of NATO. Great allies!

Why does NATO continue more than 30 years after the USSR dissolved??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (X5Baq)

211 201 197 Who are our allies in this world? Just off the top of my head I can only think of Israel and Japan. Maybe a South American country or two. Poland? Canada is not an ally. Mexico is not an ally. UK is not an ally. Australia is not an ally. France is not an ally.

I get tired of hearing about any "ally" BS.
Posted by: JROD at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

I would add Hungary, but they are not a military player. Maybe Croatia.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)


South Korea, maybe?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (dmDsy)

212 207 LOL. Seems Alberta has hit a huge Canadian nerve. Lots of squealing from Easterners about how they aren't guaranteed a deal to separate. Albertans are saying FU. Stop us. They are starting to ask what I asked upthread. "What are you going to do to stop us?"

LOL.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 12:03 PM (9E5Ho)

Send in the Dudley Dorights!!

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (pDt9x)

213 This lovely Spanish girl is just waiting for someone to rescue her from the welfare state of Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/55yhws4e
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 12:03 PM (abIsI)
__________

Isn't that a young Cindy Crawford?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

214 Who are our allies in this world? Just off the top of my head I can only think of Israel and Japan. Maybe a South American country or two. Poland? Canada is not an ally. Mexico is not an ally. UK is not an ally. Australia is not an ally. France is not an ally.

I get tired of hearing about any "ally" BS.
Posted by: JROD at March 31, 2026 11:58 AM (IlL6s)

I would add Hungary, but they are not a military player. Maybe Croatia.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)


South Korea, maybe?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (dmDsy)
__________

Grand Fenwick

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

215 Who are our allies in this world? Just off the top of my head I can only think of Israel and Japan.

Hungary, El Salvador, and Argentina. Likely Chile as their new anti-commie government gets going. Maybe Venezuela after they hold elections.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 12:05 PM (3cXfB)

216 Why not simply assert our absolute authority over our bases in Spain? If we launch attacks against the muslim hordes from Spain, what are they going to do about it?

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 12:05 PM (2ap+5)

217 Penelope Cruz is the best thing Spain has produced for a long time.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:06 PM (pDt9x)

218 This lovely Spanish girl is just waiting for someone to rescue her from the welfare state of Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/55yhws4e
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 12:03 PM (abIsI)
__________

Isn't that a young Cindy Crawford?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

Cindy Crawford is Spanish??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:06 PM (X5Baq)

219 "My boycott of Spanish products will include, uh, ummm

Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless"


Boring soccer games?

Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2026 12:06 PM (GUOwU)

220 219 "My boycott of Spanish products will include, uh, ummm

Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless"


Boring soccer games?
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2026 12:06 PM (GUOwU)


Scoooooore!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (pDt9x)

221 Who are our allies in this world? Just off the top of my head I can only think of Israel and Japan. Maybe a South American country or two. Poland? Canada is not an ally. Mexico is not an ally. UK is not an ally. Australia is not an ally. France is not an ally.

I get tired of hearing about any "ally" BS.
Posted by: JROD


Fiji

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (abIsI)

222
I sometimes reflect on Trump's first term, and how the Empire struck back to steal the 2020 election and impose 'progressive' looting, invasion, and tyranny. I try to think of what I could do to prepare for another such turn, which would be much worse now. (The leftists are salivating at the prospect, and starting to openly tell us what they're planning to do.)

I can't come up with anything other than, this must not happen.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (VWtfl)

223
I recall hearing that when deGaulle & Co.ordered NATO (the US) airbases to be handed over to France, the US demolished everything on the way out Even broke up the runways.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 11:52 AM (VWtfl)



One of the great post-war mistakes has to have been our full-throated initial support for that spindly shit-head DeGaulle. His asshole behavior all through the war years should have been a clue.

Even worse is when we allowed DeGaulle to enter the political alliance of NATO when they refused to also enter the military part of NATO. So we basically gave them the idea that they could politically control NATO without a military commitment.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (y9nCu)

224 Do they still have bull fights?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (Cqx++)

225 216 If we launch attacks against the muslim hordes from Spain, what are they going to do about it?
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho


Well, they have a lot of potential splodeydopes they can mobilize against us...

Posted by: NR Pax at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (OPGS/)

226 "Much of leftists emotional drive is to become nobility over peasants."
---
Yup.

They swoon at the medieval fictions of kings, queens etc.

I see dirty, filthy, uncomfortable lives in every way worse than being even a poor today.

But, all they see is the false portrayal of unlimited power.
And that fills them with greed and envy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 12:08 PM (HXT0k)

227 Isn't that a young Cindy Crawford?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)


Assuming that URL is correct, it's a young Ines Sastre.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 12:09 PM (ExV1e)

228 Gdansk has an excellent harbor and could provide coverage of the northern region. The Poles like us a lot at the moment. Plus it would have the bonus feature of pissing off Putin.

For southern coverage, maybe between them Portugal, Israel, and one of the Gulf States?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 12:09 PM (IG3/x)

229 South Korea, maybe?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 31, 2026 12:04 PM (dmDsy)
__________

Grand Fenwick
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)


I had to look that up...

LOL

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 31, 2026 12:09 PM (dmDsy)

230 MS Now and CNN - gas prices are going to go exponentially higher and the United States is completely doomed.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)

231 "My boycott of Spanish products will include, uh, ummm

Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless"

No more Port wine!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)

232 230 MS Now and CNN - gas prices are going to go exponentially higher and the United States is completely doomed.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)

======

Oh no, this sounds horrible!

Posted by: XOM Shareholder at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (2ap+5)

233 59. Fun fact: more people are born in Nigeria than in Europe and Russia combined.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

As of early 2026, Aliko Dangote remains the richest person in Nigeria and Africa with an estimated net worth of $28.5 billion, driven by his cement and refinery businesses. He is followed by industrialist Abdulsamad Rabiu ($11.2 billion) and telecom mogul Mike Adenuga, making them the top three titans. (More billionaires follow.)

OTOH: persecution org, 2026/03/30
🔥 Dozens Killed During Palm Sunday Attacks in Nigeria
March 30, 2026 | Africa

Why?

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 12:11 PM (NFX2v)

234 Ay Caramba!

Posted by: Bart Voice at March 31, 2026 12:11 PM (FhXTo)

235 Why not simply assert our absolute authority over our bases in Spain? If we launch attacks against the muslim hordes from Spain, what are they going to do about it?
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 12:05 PM (2ap+5)

Nothing except fill their diapers and bitch and moan.

Fuck them.

Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 31, 2026 12:12 PM (/1l9x)

236 Christians in Nigeria are slaughtered for sport is my take. Muslims just out for a lark.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:13 PM (pDt9x)

237 "Scoooooore!!!!!
Posted by: tubal "

How boring is soccer?

It is so boring when somebody actually makes a goal the crowd and announcer go nuts like somebody just hit a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth or completed a Hail Mary pass in the final seconds.

That's how boring soccer is.

Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2026 12:13 PM (GUOwU)

238 Who's the fag that came up with the reverse beep for all vehicles?

What kind of helmet clad world must we all endure for the sake of FUCKING MORONS

Posted by: melodicmetal at March 31, 2026 12:14 PM (m+L0i)

239 > f we launch attacks against the muslim hordes from Spain, what are they going to do about it?
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 12:05 PM (2ap+5)

Nothing except fill their diapers and bitch and moan.

Fuck them.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 31, 2026 12:12 PM (/1l9x)

Ask us how that works.

Posted by: Cubans looking over the fence at Gitmo at March 31, 2026 12:14 PM (IG3/x)

240 No more Port wine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)

Drink Starboard wine instead!

Greetings from Victoria, BC. I am going to to try to help my nephew do some renos on niece's house. Converting small drive-under garage to an office. Lovely sunny Spring day here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 12:14 PM (2JFBE)

241 gas prices are going to go exponentially higher and the United States is completely doomed."

Funny, that. Both gas and road use diesel have gone down the past few days...

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:14 PM (XuXeR)

242 > No more Port wine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)

Port is Portuguese. Sherry is Spanish.

Posted by: Cubans looking over the fence at Gitmo at March 31, 2026 12:15 PM (IG3/x)

243 The gay mayor of Providence, RI has succeeded in removing a mural of that young Ukrainian girl murdered on a train… it offended him. Typical Dem attitude

And yes he’s literally gay; he has a husband

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:15 PM (X5Baq)

244 Spain shows both what is needed to curtail the commies, and what happens when you fail to keep up the required maintenance.

It also shows some of the glaring flaws in the US constitution, though one might argue that the founding fathers were realistic and understood it wasn't going to last forever - and of all things, the 2A, even as curtailed as it has been, is the only thing giving us a real chance to last long enough to avoid total destruction (see the UK as an alternative and a warning)

You cannot, and should not, tolerate those who announce their intent to enslave you or to erase your population. That's fucking stupidity of the highest order.

9/11 and the global response was enough for me to categorize islam. 2020 and the J6 response with the backdrop of debanking, child grooming, and foreign invasion were the final nails for progressivism. At best, coexistence within a single polity is not possible.

Posted by: heya at March 31, 2026 12:15 PM (RW4Zm)

245 You'd think the job market for useless Tranzis hadn't gotten flooded by Trump cuts recently the way the Euro branch is campaigning for unlimited vacation without pay.

Posted by: DaveA at March 31, 2026 12:16 PM (FhXTo)

246 This morning's Fox Business Varney & Co. Trivia Question:

How much is each American expected to spend, on average, for Easter this year?

$135
$155
$175
$195

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:16 PM (QGaXH)

247 Why does NATO continue more than 30 years after the USSR dissolved?"

Now that's funny right there.

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:16 PM (XuXeR)

248 Maybe we give too much credence, and attention, to the propaganda of the dinosaur media. People glued to their Teevees watching that drivel are beyond hope in any event.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:16 PM (pDt9x)

249 I would add Hungary, but they are not a military player. Maybe Croatia.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)

South Korea, maybe?
Posted by: SSBN 656

We have lots of minor nations that work closely with us. The Philippines have a pretty good relationship with us, as they have concerns with China. Kosovo is tiny, but they deploy troops within Iowa National Guard units and train with them all the time.

Taiwan, maybe? They can't offer much, but we work with them.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 31, 2026 12:16 PM (xQtaY)

250
242 > No more Port wine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)

Port is Portuguese. Sherry is Spanish.

Posted by: Cubans looking over the fence at Gitmo at March 31, 2026 12:15 PM (IG3/x)

What about Madeira?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:17 PM (VWtfl)

251 Port is Portuguese. Sherry is Spanish."

Oh Sherry is Journey...

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:17 PM (XuXeR)

252 "MS Now and CNN - gas prices are going to go exponentially higher and the United States is completely doomed.
Posted by: Stateless"


Bidens economic policies were so bad they did more damage to the country and consumer pain than Trump/US going to war.

Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2026 12:17 PM (GUOwU)

253 243 The gay mayor of Providence, RI has succeeded in removing a mural of that young Ukrainian girl murdered on a train… it offended him. Typical Dem attitude

And yes he’s literally gay; he has a husband
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:15 PM (X5Baq)

Is he like the mayor of Munchkinland?

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:17 PM (pDt9x)

254 240 No more Port wine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)

Drink Starboard wine instead!

Greetings from Victoria, BC. I am going to to try to help my nephew do some renos on niece's house. Converting small drive-under garage to an office. Lovely sunny Spring day here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 12:14 PM (2JFBE)

I figured that was why you were in Port Angeles yesterday - getting ready to take the ferry across.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:17 PM (QGaXH)

255 Please

AI Overview: Gas lines in the 1970s were caused by severe gasoline shortages stemming from two major oil crises—the 1973 Arab oil embargo and the 1979 Iranian Revolution—which severely disrupted oil supply. These shortages were worsened by US price controls, panic buying, and high reliance on foreign oil, causing massive lines and rationing. (NPR, History dot com and others)

Drivers with license plates ending in odd numbers could only buy gas on odd days, and vice versa.
Gas stations often ran out of fuel, leading to reduced hours or closures.
Conservation Measures: The maximum speed limit was reduced to 55, and gasoline was severely rationed.
And lines stretched almost forever.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 12:18 PM (NFX2v)

256 What about Madeira?"

Portuguese

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:19 PM (XuXeR)

257 "I can't come up with anything other than, this must not happen.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:07 PM (VWtfl)"

Keeping on topic with Spain, you can think of things. They just require care in publishing them.

Look into how and why the non-lefties in Spain had arms and training when things went sideways.

Posted by: heya at March 31, 2026 12:19 PM (RW4Zm)

258 So the headline is true

My favorite misleading headline still is "Former Bush Aide Guilty"

(of stealing internal Bush election campaign strategy documents and giving them to the democrats)

Posted by: Chuck C at March 31, 2026 12:19 PM (D0HYP)

259 Oh Sherry is Journey...
Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:17 PM (XuXeR)

That was Steve Perry solo! On his solo album Street Talk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:19 PM (X5Baq)

260 An old friend of mine has long held the opinion that any territory for which US troops have fought should become, at our option, part of the United States. In other words, we wouldn't *have* to take all of it (who TF would want all those Frenchmen), but we could pick and choose selected parts. Good harbors, mineral deposits, prime farmland...

I don't think he has a newsletter but if he did I'd subscribe to it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 12:19 PM (IG3/x)

261 Bread lines/Gas lines. The communist dream scenario.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:20 PM (pDt9x)

262 218 This lovely Spanish girl is just waiting for someone to rescue her from the welfare state of Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/55yhws4e
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Nice to see an image designed for landscape viewing for a change. Many of mine are best viewed with a screen, too, but for a different reason.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 31, 2026 12:20 PM (xQtaY)

263
256 What about Madeira?"

Portuguese
Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:19 PM (XuXeR)

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Less filling!

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:20 PM (VWtfl)

264 251 Port is Portuguese. Sherry is Spanish."

Oh Sherry is Journey...
Posted by: man at March 31, 2026

I always thought he was singing "Cinnamon gum!"

Posted by: Josephistan at March 31, 2026 12:21 PM (FLx59)

265 > How much is each American expected to spend, on average, for Easter this year?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:16 PM (QGaXH)

How in the world do you spend that kind of money on Easter?

New clothes for church, maybe?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 12:21 PM (IG3/x)

266 255 Please

AI Overview: Gas lines in the 1970s were caused by severe gasoline shortages stemming from two major oil crises—the 1973 Arab oil embargo and the 1979 Iranian Revolution—which severely disrupted oil supply. These shortages were worsened by US price controls, panic buying, and high reliance on foreign oil, causing massive lines and rationing. (NPR, History dot com and others)

Drivers with license plates ending in odd numbers could only buy gas on odd days, and vice versa.
Gas stations often ran out of fuel, leading to reduced hours or closures.
Conservation Measures: The maximum speed limit was reduced to 55, and gasoline was severely rationed.
And lines stretched almost forever.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 12:18 PM (NFX2v)

I started driving in late 1974, a year after gas prices basically doubled to 50 - 60c/gal. Later, in 1978 they went to $1/gal. I recall people wondering how they could do that since the mechanical pumps could only go up to 99.9c/gal. The solution was to easily adjust the pumps to register price per quart or half gallon.

That was confusing. Glad they didn't start selling it per liter....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:21 PM (QGaXH)

267 207 LOL. Seems Alberta has hit a huge Canadian nerve. Lots of squealing from Easterners about how they aren't guaranteed a deal to separate. Albertans are saying FU. Stop us. They are starting to ask what I asked upthread. "What are you going to do to stop us?"

LOL.
Posted by: rickb223
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The Easterners, in the finest British bobby manner, shall say, "Stop! or I shall say Stop! again in a really cross manner."

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

268 That was Steve Perry solo! On his solo album Street Talk"

Wasn't that the odd "medieval" video? Or am I misremembering a staircase scene?

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:23 PM (XuXeR)

269 262 218 This lovely Spanish girl is just waiting for someone to rescue her from the welfare state of Spain.

https://tinyurl.com/55yhws4e
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Nice to see an image designed for landscape viewing for a change. Many of mine are best viewed with a screen, too, but for a different reason.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 31, 2026 12:20 PM (xQtaY)

Yeah...but after about 6 months (or less) you'll be so sick of her s*** you'll never want to see another woman again.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:24 PM (QGaXH)

270 I recall people wondering how they could do that since the mechanical pumps could only go up to 99.9c/gal. The solution was to easily adjust the pumps to register price per quart or half gallon.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Sounds somewhat familiar.

Posted by: Y2K scare at March 31, 2026 12:24 PM (xQtaY)

271 No more Port wine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)

Port is Portuguese. Sherry is Spanish.

Posted by: Cubans looking over the fence at Gitmo at March 31, 2026 12:15 PM (IG3/x)
______

"No. Cherie is HOT."

-- Hardline

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

272 Gas stations often ran out of fuel, "

Economics, how do it work?

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:24 PM (XuXeR)

273
Regarding even/odd day rationing: the last day of most months is the 31st. The following day is the 1st of the next month. That's two odd days in a row. What did they do about that?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:25 PM (VWtfl)

274 Maybe we give too much credence, and attention, to the propaganda of the dinosaur media. People glued to their Teevees watching that drivel are beyond hope in any event.
Posted by: tubal
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This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: No Kings geriatrics at March 31, 2026 12:25 PM (XeU6L)

275 Greetings from Victoria, BC. I am going to to try to help my nephew do some renos on niece's house. Converting small drive-under garage to an office. Lovely sunny Spring day here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
=======
Last there over thirty years ago on a daytrip from Comox AB up north on Vancouver Island.

The Island was beautiful with great weather at the time.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:25 PM (E4rtv)

276 All this Spain, and no Hoyt Axton.

I am dissapoint. Again

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:26 PM (XuXeR)

277 > I recall people wondering how they could do that since the mechanical pumps could only go up to 99.9c/gal. The solution was to easily adjust the pumps to register price per quart or half gallon.

That was confusing. Glad they didn't start selling it per liter....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:21 PM (QGaXH)

You've just solved a long-standing mystery for me. A gas station in the town I was living in at the time did in fact sell by the liter for a time.

I'm betting you're dead on... their pumps couldn't be set for more than a dollar a gallon, so they switched to liters until they could get new pump guts (or get the old ones adjusted or whatever).

Perhaps the pump guts even came from the factory able to handle either gallons or liters, so they could be sold internationally.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 12:26 PM (IG3/x)

278 It's long past time that the US cut pretty much all of Europe loose and let them fund their own defense alongside their cradle-to-grave welfare states.

The downside is that they'll be overrun even faster by the Muslim invaders and we'll end up having to fight another continental war over there, but I think that's inevitable anyway.

They're well into the "good times make weak men" phase of their existence, and they need to face some hard times sooner rather than later.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 12:26 PM (oqH4h)

279 269
‘ after about 6 months (or less) you'll be so sick of her s*** you'll never want to see another woman again’

Then you can run for mayor of Providence, RI.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 12:26 PM (jbnUc)

280 Weird story from Daily Mail and NY Post,

NY Post,
"Former Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem is “devastated” by salacious allegations that her husband, Bryon, lives a double life in which he dabbled in cross-dressing and chatted online with fetish models.

“Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,” Noem’s representatives told The Post."

According to reporting by the Daily Mail, Bryon Noem chatted up women from the so-called “bimbofication” fetish scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a “Barbie doll”-like appearance.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

281 272 Gas stations often ran out of fuel, "

Economics, how do it work?
Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:24 PM (XuXeR)

There were price controls on oil. (and airlines, telephones, etc). You should have heard the hysterical screeching and dire predictions when Reagan lifted all of them.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:27 PM (QGaXH)

282 > I always thought he was singing "Cinnamon gum!"
Posted by: Josephistan at March 31, 2026 12:21 PM (FLx59)

No, that was Neil Young.

"I could be happy/the rest of my life/with some cinnamon gum."

Neil was easily satisfied back then.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 12:28 PM (IG3/x)

283 Good harbors, mineral deposits, prime farmland...

I like the notion that if we have to fight some nation, we have claim to their resources until the amount of money it cost us to fight them is paid back.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 31, 2026 12:28 PM (OPGS/)

284 SAY NO TO SPANISH PEANUTS!

Posted by: human at March 31, 2026 12:28 PM (Vu7A1)

285 According to reporting by the Daily Mail, Bryon Noem chatted up women from the so-called “bimbofication” fetish scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a “Barbie doll”-like appearance.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)


Yikes....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 12:28 PM (kamC8)

286 Weird story from Daily Mail and NY Post,

NY Post,
"Former Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem is “devastated” by salacious allegations that her husband, Bryon, lives a double life in which he dabbled in cross-dressing and chatted online with fetish models.

“Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,” Noem’s representatives told The Post."

According to reporting by the Daily Mail, Bryon Noem chatted up women from the so-called “bimbofication” fetish scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a “Barbie doll”-like appearance.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)
__________

"Meh"

-- Gay Trans Furry Subculture

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

287 >>Weird story from Daily Mail and NY Post

https://archive.ph/eAO2E

Weird nipples

Posted by: one hour sober at March 31, 2026 12:29 PM (Y1sOo)

288 sorry that Noem story is kinda funny

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 12:29 PM (j+aD2)

289 That's two odd days in a row. What did they do about that?"

"Those thieving bastards"

/guy with 2 even number plates

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:29 PM (XuXeR)

290 Yikes....
Posted by: It's me donna
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Daily Mail story and NY Post story have pictures. Not recommended to view before lunch.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

291 Spain probably is lost. Unfortunate. But then much of Western Europe is lost.

Russia Ukraine was never difficult. Putin wanted to recreate the security profile of the Soviet Union. He had no desire to go to Paris, or even Berlin. He did want to get to Moldova, and he wanted to grab the government of Ukraine quickly to try and end the war that way and install a puppet that would allow him to isolate the Baltic states.

Poland was always going to be the hard one, and perhaps he would have been happy to just stay there at the Polish border - but geographically I believe his best stopping part was around Warsaw. I'm not sure the Russians could beat Poland at this point, if they ever managed to get there.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 31, 2026 12:29 PM (GZYu7)

292 No more Port wine!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 12:10 PM (RDqo2)


Port wine comes from Portugal not Spain.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 31, 2026 12:30 PM (ZVgZ4)

293 > in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a “Barbie doll”-like appearance.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

Amateurs.

Posted by: Castro District Scrotum Inflators at March 31, 2026 12:30 PM (IG3/x)

294 "Señor, nos vendría bien un hombre como Francisco Franco otra vez___."

Posted by: rechill at March 31, 2026 12:30 PM (K1zyu)

295
Kristi Noem: Bad hire.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:31 PM (VWtfl)

296 275 Greetings from Victoria, BC. I am going to to try to help my nephew do some renos on niece's house. Converting small drive-under garage to an office. Lovely sunny Spring day here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Enjoy it. The scenery too.

Minus the injection sites...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 12:31 PM (Sco7b)

297 273
Regarding even/odd day rationing: the last day of most months is the 31st. The following day is the 1st of the next month. That's two odd days in a row. What did they do about that?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 12:25 PM (VWtfl)

Either made the 31st an 'even/odd day' or told the even-numbered plate holders 'sux to be u'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 12:31 PM (QGaXH)

298 Kristi Noem’s husband has been caught by @DailyMail sending pics where he crossdresses with giant fake breasts.

They also say he’s been paying fetish accounts to trade pornographic "busty bimbo" content.

Yikes

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 12:31 PM (abIsI)

299 Did Ace forget to spring forward a few weeks ago?

Posted by: Dave's not here at March 31, 2026 12:31 PM (kp5iD)

300 That was Steve Perry solo! On his solo album Street Talk"

Wasn't that the odd "medieval" video? Or am I misremembering a staircase scene?
Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:23 PM (XuXeR)

My memory is imperfect but I think you’re right that video does have a scene where Sherry is walking up or down some stairs

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:31 PM (xT8gx)

301 and we'll end up having to fight another continental war over there, but I think that's inevitable anyway."

"uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule."

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 12:32 PM (XuXeR)

302 How much is each American expected to spend, on average, for Easter this year?

$135
$155
$175
$195
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan


Someone is going to be paying close to $400 then. Because I'll be lucky to spend $12.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 12:32 PM (9E5Ho)

303 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 31, 2026 12:32 PM (NcvvS)

304 Of course, a nationalist like Putin wasn't at all motivated by the EU/US deep state placing Banderites in power in Ukraine, who Jim-Crowed ethnic Russians.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (EcHpA)

305 298 Kristi Noem’s husband has been caught by @DailyMail sending pics where he crossdresses with giant fake breasts.


Might explain her "alleged" affair with that Corey guy..

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (kamC8)

306 "Señor, nos vendría bien un hombre como Francisco Franco otra vez___."

I read that in Hilaria Baldwin's voice.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (Y1sOo)

307 Noem husband WTF?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (xT8gx)

308 Did Ace forget to spring forward a few weeks ago?
Posted by: Dave's not here


Probably forgot his password again.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (9E5Ho)

309 A difference between us and them is that if Noem was a Leftist none of this would be mentioned and we would defend her to the death, along with hubby.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (pDt9x)

310 Russia Ukraine was never difficult. Putin wanted to recreate the security profile of the Soviet Union. He had no desire to go to Paris, or even Berlin. He did want to get to Moldova, and he wanted to grab the government of Ukraine quickly to try and end the war that way and install a puppet that would allow him to isolate the Baltic states.

Poland was always going to be the hard one, and perhaps he would have been happy to just stay there at the Polish border - but geographically I believe his best stopping part was around Warsaw. I'm not sure the Russians could beat Poland at this point, if they ever managed to get there.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Estimates are now that 15-20 percent of the population in Moscow and St. Petersburg are now Muslims from the outlying areas of the former Soviet Union.

That is because he stuck his dick in a meatgrinder in Ukraine and it, along with fleeing high skilled Russians, meant a severe labor shortage filled with Muzzies in primarily white Russian areas.

Undid years of Putin's attempts to restore Russia.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)

311 Is it too much to ask that people elected or appointed to the highest levels of government not be hiding some weird-ass sexual perversion in their own home?

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (oqH4h)

312
MS Now and CNN - gas prices are going to go exponentially higher and the United States is completely doomed.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)



DOOM!!!

I miss Monty.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 12:34 PM (y9nCu)

313 307 Noem husband WTF?


it's like DTF St Louis come to life lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 12:34 PM (j+aD2)

314 266 I started driving in late 1974, a year after gas prices basically doubled to 50 - 60c/gal. Later, in 1978 they went to $1/gal. I recall people wondering how they could do that since the mechanical pumps could only go up to 99.9c/gal. The solution was to easily adjust the pumps to register price per quart or half gallon.

i've seen a lot of pumps where they used tinsnips to make the digit window bigger and added a digit to the counter.

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 12:36 PM (oY6Yp)

315 The Ramos euthanasia case really bothered me, it is so sad, that poor young lady suffered so much.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 31, 2026 12:40 PM (y171U)

316 Estimates are now that 15-20 percent of the population in Moscow and St. Petersburg are now Muslims from the outlying areas of the former Soviet Union.

That is because he stuck his dick in a meatgrinder in Ukraine and it, along with fleeing high skilled Russians, meant a severe labor shortage filled with Muzzies in primarily white Russian areas.

Undid years of Putin's attempts to restore Russia.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
==
Interesting the unintended consequences when you throw a hail mary and it doesn't work.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 31, 2026 12:47 PM (GZYu7)

317 If you lower your expectations of Europe, you won't be disappointed.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 31, 2026 01:09 PM (wGerL)

318 Trump on Strait of Hormuz: Anyone with courage can have it.

Well, that most certainly won't be the UK.
They recently pretty much ceded the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain by giving them control of the border.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:36 PM (RHGPo)

319 TRUMP: *Go get your own oil!*

All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.

You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated.

The hard part is done.

Go get your own oil!

President DJT

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (RHGPo)

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