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Attorney General Pamela Bondi
@AGPamBondi Today @TheJusticeDept sued the state of Minnesota for allowing boys to play in girls' sports and use girls' locker rooms. This DOJ acknowledges biological reality and we refuse to let high school girls be subjected to this treatment. It's not only unfair -- it's deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Proud to partner with @SecKennedy and @EdSecMcMahon on this important litigation.
The vile Daily Mail published a straight-up hoax, claiming the bullets recovered from Charlie Kirk's body did not match those from Tyler Robinson's gun. This is a lie. The bullet broke into pieces. It could not be matched to any gun because it is shattered and deformed. (It also couldn't be excluded as a match to Tyler Robinson's gun -- due to the poor shape of the bullet, tests are "inconclusive," as they often are.) But the Daily Mail is thirsty for clicks, so they lied:
The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit Monday against Minnesota and the state's high school sports league for allowing boys to compete in girls' sports. According to the DOJ, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) have engaged "in sex-based discrimination by requiring girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions that are designated exclusively for girls and allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated exclusively for girls." In doing so, MDE and MSHSL have openly defied Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funding, the DOJ said in a press release. "The Justice Department cannot ignore a state's brazen defiance of federal antidiscrimination law," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. "In service of radical gender ideology, Minnesota's actions violate Title IX and deny female athletes their hard-earned trophies, records, dignity, and safety." The lawsuit highlights the story of Marissa Rothenberger, a biological male who pitched for the girls' varsity softball team as a junior at Champlin Park High School. Rothenberger threw multiple shutouts, including a complete-game shutout in the Class 4A state championship game, leading the Rebels to the 2025 title. The performance prompted federal investigations into Minnesota's compliance with Title IX and drew criticism from female athletes who said they were displaced or put at a disadvantage.
Megan BashamI will no longer link to this outlet. If I have to quote one of their articles, I'll just say it's from the Daily Mail with no link. Ever wonder why Israel always has thousands of terrorists in jail that they have to release every other year because Hamas and Hezballah take a bunch of civilians hostage? Ever wonder why Israel just doesn't kill them? Well Israel is wondering about that too, and the left is -- get this -- outraged!
@megbasham 20h This is clickbait trash and completely discrediting to the @DailyMail. Spoke to a LEO who told me fragmentation that makes it impossible to get a match to ANY weapon happens all the time. Yet the Daily Mail is echoing Tyler Robinson's defense team nearly verbatim. They did NOT quote a single law-enforcement officer not connected to Robinson's defense who would've given their readers a better understanding of what's happening here. They're purely leaning into this because they know there are a bunch of rabid conspiracy theorists who will not take the time to understand this. Which makes the Daily Mail and its reporter scum in my book.
🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to get a radical leftist judge IMPEACHED after she RELEASED a known predator who went on to kill an innocent 5-year-old girl
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 31, 2026
YES!! Start a nationwide trend! 🔥
DeSantis is petitioning the State Legislature to impeach Judge Tiffany… pic.twitter.com/2zUFGLQYHB
Flashback from Hot Air:
REPORT: Judge Teresa Stokes released Decarlos Brown just months before he stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zaruska because he wrote her a "written promise."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 8, 2025
Remarkable.
According to court documents, Stokes decided to release Brown because he "promised" her he would return for… pic.twitter.com/F9dQHoxpHz
Overton
@overton_news 🚨 CNN panel just got absolutely DESTROYED. Ana Navarro attacked President Trump for his "flippant" communication on Iran -- when former Iranian regime prisoner Kian Tajbakhsh dropped a NUCLEAR truth bomb straight from inside Iran: TAJBAKHSH: "I want to share one thing about Donald Trump's communication style." "When I spoke to someone inside Iran who I trust -- he runs a very big business, he's not a politician but he has to follow very closely all the tea leaves -- he told me, that guy is a genius!" "And he's talking about Trump." "And I said, why?" "You know, he said, because he's completely confused the Iranians." "Finally, the Iranians have met someone who is like a match for them." Abby Phillip couldn't handle it -- she cut him off twice mid-sentence: PHILLIP: "But do you think that's really true?" TAJBAKHSH: "I think it's true. I think it's true, let me--" Shut down again. The anti-Trump narrative just got torched live on air by someone who actually knows Iran.
🚨 CNN panel just got absolutely DESTROYED.
— Overton (@overton_news) March 31, 2026
Ana Navarro attacked President Trump for his “flippant” communication on Iran — when former Iranian regime prisoner Kian Tajbakhsh dropped a NUCLEAR truth bomb straight from inside Iran:
TAJBAKHSH: “I want to share one thing about… pic.twitter.com/mVETFAuS5L
🚨 BREAKING: In a moment of betrayal, Gov. Tim Walz pledges his ALLEGIANCE to “Somali Minnesotans”
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 28, 2026
“We’ll never leave the side of Somali Minnesotans…your great grandchildren will be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history.”
RESIGN! 🤡pic.twitter.com/b0rBxdG43a
NEW: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz says he was briefed about a secret program where aliens were breeding with humans to make a hybrid race.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 31, 2026
Gaetz says the humans who were involved were allegedly abducted from war zones and migrant caravans.
"What they explained is that the… pic.twitter.com/GMkzxQ0S5z
“Is it a little bit homophobic to focus on the straights of Hormuz rather than the gays of Hormuz?”
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) March 31, 2026
No Kings protester, completely serious: “Yes, absolutely, I agree.” pic.twitter.com/ugCREhF8WZ
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: GF at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (2t4Em)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (gtcuf)
They will eventually pre-halt everything Trump does with Federal Judges. I'm surprised they don't just go ahead and have Federal Judges rule that Trump isn't president. That's the result. Just do that over and over again forever. What would be the difference?
Roberts is a f'ing traitor. He could stop this. But this is his desire.
The judicial/legal system is our Communist State Politburo and Roberts is the General Secretary.
Am I wrong? I am not wrong.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (3uBP9)
This is a lie. The bullet broke into pieces. It could not be matched to any gun because it is shattered and deformed. (It also couldn't be excluded as a match to Tyler Robinson's gun -- due to the poor shape of the bullet, tests are "inconclusive," as they often are.)
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Glad you posed this, ace. I saw some idiots running with this BS. Daily Mail needs a serious boycott. Fvckers.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (3uBP9)
Geddy's voice was a bit pitchy and I thought the new chick drummer was just OK, but damn it was good to see the boys back on stage. Extra points for playing the first song from their first album for their big return.
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (gtcuf)
Really?
So no weather incoming?
No technical hiccups?
I want to believe but recent NASA performance has me skeptical.
It's going to be really cool seeing astronauts going back to the moon. Since I missed Apollo this will be a brand new thing to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bryon Noem at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (aTgV0)
Centered. And the no-click off ad returns.
Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (aUxYo)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Not wrong. John Iscariot Roberts won't stop it because he doesn't want to stop it, full stop. Everything that happens, happens because he wants it that way.
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (gtcuf)
Since he was, reportedly, looking for his phone, I don't think it was an option.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)
In case you ever wondered what it would really be like if the inmates have taken over the asylum this entire NDP convention would be the perfect example.
The next best example was the Evergreen State College takeover in Oregon back in 2017.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)
whoa! did they pass the law ?!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (GD0B3)
Not gonna watch if I can help it
Posted by: epador at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (+4D1M)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (3uBP9)
old D&D, they're dog people. Modern day, they're lizard people only smol
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (xcxpd)
My bad, I misread it as looking for her phone.
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (qFwJc)
How? How could he stop this? People keep making this claim but, as near as I can discover, Roberts has exactly zero authority over the lower court judges. That's up to Congress.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)
Since he was, reportedly, looking for his phone, I don't think it was an option.
The old saying about being unable to find his ass with both hands and a flashlight seems apropos here.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (Riz8t)
My mum always told me it was a "rag". I didn't want to believe it.
I want to believe instead that something changed, that it wasn't always complete shite.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)
In case you ever wondered what it would really be like if the inmates have taken over the asylum this entire NDP convention would be the perfect example.
The next best example was the Evergreen State College takeover in Oregon back in 2017.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)
Olympia, WA
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (GD0B3)
Why didn't the fool have his phone with him?
Hello idiot, you're supposed to have your phone with you so you can be made aware of any updates on threats to the person you are protecting.
Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (3ek7K)
They will eventually pre-halt everything Trump does with Federal Judges. I'm surprised they don't just go ahead and have Federal Judges rule that Trump isn't president. That's the result. Just do that over and over again forever. What would be the difference?
Roberts is a f'ing traitor. He could stop this. But this is his desire.
The judicial/legal system is our Communist State Politburo and Roberts is the General Secretary.
Am I wrong? I am not wrong.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Appellate courts are where Trump is winning. Well over 70 percent of the time. But, as Trump is being more active than any GOP president of any recent vintage, he is drawing a lot of flak from leftists nationwide and DC's rotten borough judges. And Congress sits on its ass despite being run by the GOP supposedly.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)
This tends to happen when you take a defense lawyer's word as gospel truth.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (6ydKt)
Seriously...not the Straights of America.
The Straights of America Baby.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)
Artemis II scheduled launch time is 6:24 PM EDT tomorrow. I'm going to bet on a scrub the first attempt tomorrow, but I think they will launch sometime this week.
They've got six daily opportunities, Apr. 1 - 6, each launch window about two hours long.
If you're interesting NASA online coverage will begin sometime tomorrow morning.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (w6EFb)
My mum always told me it was a "rag". I didn't want to believe it.
I want to believe instead that something changed, that it wasn't always complete shite.
Posted by: gKWVE
It became big in the US under Biden due to no other news media outlets covering much of anything about Biden's junta and it is now exploiting that influence.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)
@megbasham
20h
This is clickbait trash and completely discrediting to the @DailyMail.
Oh, I'm sure the Brits will tell you that DM completely discredited itself decades ago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (YlWIZ)
I'm going to assume that it fell out of his pocket.
Hello idiot, you're supposed to have your phone with you so you can be made aware of any updates on threats to the person you are protecting.
That's why he went back to get it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (6ydKt)
That's the best his voice has been since 2004. It was *really* dire on the last 3 tours before Neil died. FMW is a John Rutsey song which Annika played the same as the record (as did Neil). She can and has done a lot more.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (aUxYo)
On another site I frequent, there is a popular gif that is played showing a woman fully dressed, running away from a short green alien with a rather large unit flopping about.
I suppose that this is what Gaetz had in mind.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (hHbeA)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (YlWIZ)
Later the blue metal that was killing the clumsier miners was isolated and named "cobalt" in their "honor".
I've been down some pre-1875 mines here and there. Safety standards were nonexistent. Nobody was sweeping the floors of sharp dangerous rubble. And miners tended to be broke-ass sons of bitches, "going down pit" was considered a last resort for people with no income. ("Firefly" got that much right, "couldn't think of a reason to get into that line of work if you weren't born to it")
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
That's for emergency stays and shit. They don't have authority over the lower court judges. It's all very weird and assumes that Congress will act honorably. Bad assumption.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)
Really?
So no weather incoming?
No technical hiccups?
I want to believe but recent NASA performance has me skeptical.
It's going to be really cool seeing astronauts going back to the moon. Since I missed Apollo this will be a brand new thing to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
I'm very much afraid for the crew on this mission. I have no faith in anything run by NASA.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (gtcuf)
He was using the Glock light to search for his phone. I wonder if he uses it to search for his dick when he has to take a leak?
Should be grounds for instant dismissal from the Secret Service (or any law enforcement agency, for that matter).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (2JFBE)
@ClydeDoSomethin
All the talent has left Canada.
What in the hell would you call this performance at the Juno awards?
Did she have a stroke?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (YlWIZ)
Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission. Because the SLS is the biggest boondoggle NASA has ever done, which is saying something, the current SLS configuration doesn't have the delta-v/fuel margin to put Orion into lunar orbit and get out and back to earth. So, it's just going to be a free-return figure 8 flyby.
They will go "higher" (farther beyond the Moon) that any Apollo mission did, so they'll set the record for greatest distance humans have been from earth. The return leg will also hit geocentric velocity of a smidge over 25K mph, and beat Apollo 10's return speed record by a little bit as well.
And that's about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (3uBP9)
*********
Kobolds have to be cat people because there are already Lizardmen and Troglodytes in D&D.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (hHbeA)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:50 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 06:50 PM (3ek7K)
Well worth the, presumably, tens of billions of dollars spent.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)
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She's definitely a 1.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (ZwdAr)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Gonzotx at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)
That's one step below the Homer Simpson method of firing the gun and using the muzzle flash to look for the phone.
Posted by: Nelly at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Orson at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)
He oversees the administration of the federal judiciary. He appoints the directors of their administrative office, sets their budget, and their policy. He is their authority.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)
In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."
SHE got exactly what she wanted. An excuse to scold fucking everybody and to assert her delusion that she's smarter than everyone else in the room.
Posted by: Get your ass to Mars at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (hHbeA)
Pro-Tip, when they say "“Yes, absolutely, I agree, fer shure."
Add the "fer shure" part when you quote it, for sure.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (6ydKt)
Iranians lie, and expect you to believe their lies, because they insist on it.
Trump doesn't bother listening to their lies. He's the "Nice power plant you have there. Shame if something happened to it." kinda guy. Also the "You know, if I really wanted to fuck with you, I'd wipe out all your power and water supplies." Kinda guy. He's both subtle and obvious.
It's a weird kind of push pull. He knows how to rachet up the pressure ion people. And he always leaves an open door for them to walk through to get out of the mess.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 06:55 PM (D7v4F)
***
Navarro cut him off. And then she ate him.
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:55 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (xcxpd)
Ahh, that's right.
I'm used to it being Oregon for some reason.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:55 PM (6ydKt)
Just posting that here in case the guy is reading this and wants to brush up on the gun safety rule that could've saves his ass
Posted by: 496 at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (EQnjS)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
Well, they are not going to the Moon. Just doing a drive-by. Which is kind of pointless, if you ask me. Doing the first drive-by made sense; they had to prove out the systems to do that, before making the landing attempt.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (2JFBE)
That definitely weighed in his favor for the job.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (hHbeA)
$93B for the whole thing, SLS and Orion through 2025. And that doesn't include other parts of the boondoggle. The SLS was going to be upgraded to a more powerful second stage. Isaacman has cancelled that, because it wasn't going anywhere, delays and cost overruns. Now, that upgraded SLS (Dubbed Block 1B and Block 2) was going to need a bigger mobile launcher.
Bechtel got the contract for that back in 2019 or sometime. Original cost was to be about $380M and it was supposed to be completed by 2023 or something. Well, as of now, it ain't nowhere near completion, projected cost his $2.7B, and it wouldn't be ready until 2029 at least.....
Isaacman put that out of its misery as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: heavy metal poison at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (gKWVE)
What a good shot man.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (aTgV0)
R. Budd Dwyer.
Great song.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (cxFcK)
I don't why but I am absolutely convinced Trump put him up for AG knowing full well he has zero chance of ever getting confirmed. He's the male version of Nancy Mace. Maybe nuttier.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)
In case you ever wondered what it would really be like if the inmates have taken over the asylum this entire NDP convention would be the perfect example.
The next best example was the Evergreen State College takeover in Oregon back in 2017.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)
Olympia, WA
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at M
Capitol Hill.
Downtown Seattle.
I'm sensing a theme...
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (g8Ew
I hope Elon has SpaceX ready for a rescue mission to be honest.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)
What a good shot man.
We need to normalize politicians committing suicide on live TV. It'd get better ratings than the Super Bowl.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (sabhw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (ndZc7)
It completely discombobulates his opponents. They think he's crazy, which makes them afraid. They think he's dumb, so that makes them angry and confrontational, and makes them not think very hard about their strategy. And they think he's smart, which confuses the other two thoughts they had. They start to act schizophrenically. Can't agree on a strategy. Can't even agree on what is actually happening.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (D7v4F)
And let their freak flag fly.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (ZwdAr)
+1 to chill.
+2 saving throws against all jerks.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (hJH5n)
Masturbatin' Pete is saying "I TOLD YOU SO!" right now.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (sabhw)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)
With hip carry you can also shoot your femoral artery and bleed out in a few minutes.
I think that the location of the holster is secondary to the training.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (2JFBE)
Oh I know.
The goal is to go back to the moon in a few years, though.
I think they want to test the systems first, basically.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
Orion has possible heat shield problems, and the life support system hasn't really been fully tested. Robert Zimmerman is really worried about that.
I'm not really all that worried about this. That it, I don't think this mission will kill the crew. It could, of course, but I don't think it's as risky as some think. And that's just me, which, well, ain't worth too much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (ndZc7)
which ..whaaat ??
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (GD0B3)
And Rush is an acquired taste, which I never acquired.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (2JFBE)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission. Because the SLS is the biggest boondoggle NASA has ever done, which is saying something, the current SLS configuration doesn't have the delta-v/fuel margin to put Orion into lunar orbit and get out and back to earth. So, it's just going to be a free-return figure 8 flyby.
They will go "higher" (farther beyond the Moon) that any Apollo mission did, so they'll set the record for greatest distance humans have been from earth. The return leg will also hit geocentric velocity of a smidge over 25K mph, and beat Apollo 10's return speed record by a little bit as well.
And that's about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)
Hence why I am pleading with Elon Musk to put together a mission that goes to lunar orbit! Think of the publicity, man! I know he’s a pub hound!
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (hJH5n)
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (2JFBE)
I'll do you one better...I have no idea what they are for!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (n9ltV)
How about installing a public ally accessible tracking in her skull and have it live on the internet at all times.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)
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I thought it was pretty obvious Trump was sacrificing him to give the Never Trumpers a scalp so that he could have a freer hand with the core of his appointees, who have done very well. Hegseth is amazing, breaking the DoD monolith, changing the culture, and purging the time-serving hacks from flag ranks.
So many rock stars, it's hard to really pick the best.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)
The ENTIRE starship project, including launch towers, cost < $10 billion. Or 1/10th the cost of Artemis. And that include the cost for a factory that can build 100 rockets a year, for $50 million a pop.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (D7v4F)
They're going to shoot at the Moon? What did it do to them?
Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (sabhw)
I have a question. Should I treat every gun like it's loaded?
Should I not point the gun at anything I don't want to kill?
Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (BSRx7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Seems like, regardless of carry, if one kept
His Finger Off the Trigger, the weapon would not fire.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (ZwdAr)
****
Wel, his gun found his ass.
Posted by: clarence at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (bbCED)
Apollo 8 was something of a lark as well. Such a CSM only lunar orbit mission wasn't originally planned. Trouble was, there were big delays with the lunar module, and the CSM was ready well before the LM would be, and that messed up the planned mission profiles. Somebody his on the idea of a lunar orbit, and it was a hit, giving the famous Earthrise photo, probably one of the most iconic of the Apollo era. They penciled Apollo 8 as a "C-prime" mission, something they just made up on the fly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip
The way it was first released it sounded like he was looking for his phone in his butt using the flashlight.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM
Me either.
And I've also somehow missed "Canada's Drag Race."
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:05 PM (2JFBE)
I'm not seeing the problem here.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 07:05 PM (sabhw)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 31, 2026 07:05 PM (b1HmG)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (aTgV0)
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"Don't shoot your eye out using this one weird trick!"
Posted by: 496 at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (MxCkF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Halfhand
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Both have more credibility than the regular media, the BBC, Economist, WSJ, NYT, AP, etc. Occasionally you would get the news from the DM or the National Inquirer that the news media purposefully hides from their audience.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 31, 2026 07:07 PM (2NHgQ)
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
==
about time
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
They will also likely be beheading the great-grandchildren of Tim Walz, but by then, Minnesota will be Canada's problem.
Posted by: Wally at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (zG4BR)
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Yup.
And Benny is fast becoming the video version of Gateway Pundit--sometimes right, often early, but mostly just chasing clicks.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (HXT0k)
The plan is for an actual landing in 2028. I'm not optimistic. Trump admin is really worried the Chicoms may beat us back to the Moon, which would be double not good.
The SLS-Orion is basically sunk-cost fallacy at this point, but killing it would mean a delay, and they worried about that. Can the Chicoms realistically land Chicoms on the Moon before 2030? I have no clue really, but they will not be constrained by worries about safety and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good
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Let's do Gazans next.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (ZwdAr)
Posted by: steevy at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)
She says that as though it were a bad thing. Firing squads are better for mass executions, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (2JFBE)
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"Fundamentally non-serious" selection.
Posted by: Crusader at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: 496"
I would totally watch that YouTube video.
Every little bit counts.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (+nEug)
I have a question. Should I treat every gun like it's loaded?
Should I not point the gun at anything I don't want to kill?
Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?
Posted by: eleven
It is really tempting to a lot of people that should know better like cops that the weapons light on the end of the rail is NOT a substitute for a flashlight.
It is to identify targets, not light the back of your trunk up to find something and obviously used as a regular flashlight will violate pointing the gun at something you rather not destroy.
Carry a regular flashlight for light in the darkness, not a weapons light on the end of a pistol or rifle.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)
I think that the location of the holster is secondary to the training.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (n9ltV)
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Depends on how you do it. Every carry method I use has the muzzle aimed away from my body. Of course I also use a revolver.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Then cremated. Ashes separated and buried in different plots.
That also goes for any psycho chasing you.
Horror movies are paying off....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (ZwdAr)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)
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I've seen people talk about how a light is a great way to search their house when there's a bump in the night and I always let them have it. What if the "bump" is a cop responding a neighbor who heard a louder bump?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)
That's why I used the word "can."
The failure was in the training, not the holster choice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Navin Johnson at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (ZwdAr)
More like Nelly Fattardo....That's 2026.
She needs to go away and stop scaring people. Sooooofat.
Disgustingly fat. Fatty McFat.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (AknkO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (2JFBE)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Never cared much for Benny nor really for most of the online right 'influencers'. On the right, there are damned few actual reporters that develop leads, investigate, etc. Most of the right's publications rely on commentary or aggregating news from other places, not actually doing hard work on developing sources themselves.
But, if anything, the left is even worse and not even pretending to act like real reporters. They just sit in their office with their online accounts and make up shit or rewrite press releases from leftists organizations.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"
Honest question...how is that better?
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (aTgV0)
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
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Only a 5 million more Palis to kill and they can apply to be a probationary member of the Genocide Club.
Islam is a founding member so ... it's a tough vote--"we hate the Jews but we love the killing of millions ...."
Maybe the residual members from the Commie Bloc will still fondly recall their early dalliance with communism.
Still, it's a worthy goal to seek--every time a Pali dies, another angel flies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Halfhand at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (BSRx7)
It used to be ran more tightly by Murdoch. I think he's just phoning most things in now. Helprin's Freddy and Fredericka has a reoccurring theme about the two major tabloids, both devoted to scandal, T&A pictures, and shoddy reporting, but one is for communists and the other for conservatives.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (n9ltV)
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There was indeed much failure, the holster choice being almost incidental.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Let's send this terrorist to Israel.
Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (0CqYd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)
He oversees the administration of the federal judiciary. He appoints the directors of their administrative office, sets their budget, and their policy. He is their authority.
Posted by: banana Dream
District Court Judge would put an injunction on his ass if he tried anything.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (/lPRQ)
That's actually the plan. A modified version of Starship, dubbed Starship HLS (Human Landing System) will land and take off from the lunar surface. They're working on it, and say "good progress" is being made, but I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (w6EFb)
She needs to go away and stop scaring people. Sooooofat.
Disgustingly fat. Fatty McFat.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint"
Speaking of....have you seen Bridgette Fonda these days?
Holy crap.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (aTgV0)
There was some blue city cop whose "job" it was to go into the elementary schools and explain to kids with silhouettes from gang killings tattooed on their ribs that guns are illegal, and that only law enforcers were properly trained to use them - then demonstrated this by pointlessly drawing his sidearm and capping himself in the leg.
Then there was the Denver FBI Field Office Top Man with a Boy Scout Cross and Ham & Egg Clusters who got wasted at some nightclub, did a cartwheel or something on the dance floor, dropped his sidearm, and attempted to recover it - whereupon he discharged into the crowd, shot *some other guy* in the leg, and then bravely ran away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (n9ltV)
Nor I, and if Rush did not play there I wouldn’t have heard of any of it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 07:15 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)
great! now they will be aligned with all the other civilized countries....the United States of America!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Yep. There is also the risk to inadvertently shoot by impulse if something startles you.
Searching and clearing a house is risky even for trained people, not advisable to do as a homeowner. Same reason I have security cameras in areas less frequented in the house like carport, basement, etc. as well as outside cameras.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (2JFBE)
There outta be a UN resolution that Palestinians should be hanged on sight.
Clear up a lotta problems in the middle east.
Posted by: Zombie Dag Hammarskjold at March 31, 2026 07:17 PM (AknkO)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)
And at a very impressive closing velocity I bet.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (aTgV0)
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The double action trigger is quite stiff, so pulling it by accident is a lot more difficult.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)
There was some blue city cop whose "job" it was to go into the elementary schools and explain to kids with silhouettes from gang killings tattooed on their ribs that guns are illegal, and that only law enforcers were properly trained to use them - then demonstrated this by pointlessly drawing his sidearm and capping himself in the leg.
Then there was the Denver FBI Field Office Top Man with a Boy Scout Cross and Ham & Egg Clusters who got wasted at some nightclub, did a cartwheel or something on the dance floor, dropped his sidearm, and attempted to recover it - whereupon he discharged into the crowd, shot *some other guy* in the leg, and then bravely ran away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice"
Hah...
Yeah officer Chillax shooting himself in the leg was comedy gold Jerry.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (aTgV0)
I have a question. Should I treat every gun like it's loaded?
Should I not point the gun at anything I don't want to kill?
Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?
Posted by: eleven
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Is the only way to clean a gun is if it's loaded?
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"
THX
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:19 PM (aTgV0)
There was some blue city cop whose "job" it was to go into the elementary schools and explain to kids with silhouettes from gang killings tattooed on their ribs that guns are illegal, and that only law enforcers were properly trained to use them - then demonstrated this by pointlessly drawing his sidearm and capping himself in the leg.
Then there was the Denver FBI Field Office Top Man with a Boy Scout Cross and Ham & Egg Clusters who got wasted at some nightclub, did a cartwheel or something on the dance floor, dropped his sidearm, and attempted to recover it - whereupon he discharged into the crowd, shot *some other guy* in the leg, and then bravely ran away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Most cops AND military are not that familiar with firearms beyond annual qualifications. Hard to quantify but mebbe about 10-15 percent are 'gun nuts'.
FWIW, Jim Cirrillo of the NYPD's Stakeout Squad (and later was a Fed Law Enforcement Training Center Instructor (FLETC) mentioned that those that were hunters and strong in religious faith were the ones that could be considered long termers in that job.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)
The reason he shot himself on TV was that, against all evidence at the time, he was innocent.
It's freakish not because a politician killed himself, but because one was honest.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: scottst at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (gbwMD)
Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission.
They won't be doing any bible reading on the radio?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)
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The smart play is to shelter in place and call the cops.
I have to laugh at some of the advice given in the 1980s, like leave the lights off because you know the house better in the dark.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (3uBP9)
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice"
I would only clean the gun if it was loaded.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (aTgV0)
Gad!
What a bunch of freaks!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Paddle Switch on the back of the unit and the rails are pretty much universal other than length. Obviously smaller units fit compact guns, etc. Usually a flip down or up bilateral switches or on cheaper/inferior units, a button that you press.
Ideally, you want one that will activate and turn off with gross movements, thus a paddle type switch rather than some button you have to press just so.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Perhaps I'm nitpicking. YMMV at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (TbWk/)
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Now, now, I'm sure they'll hang Iranian, Syrian, and Houthi terrorists too, if they have any on hand.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 07:23 PM (a+4eV)
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stop threatening me with a good time!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)
So, exactly how would one stage a mass execution by hanging? Would sequentially hanging a large cohort of prisoners from the same gallows qualify? Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (2JFBE)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (aTgV0)
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Something somewhat comedic is watching a group of guys examining someone's new gun, and even though they've all watched three other guys clear it, they go and do it anyway because it's just a habit. A very good habit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (ZOv7s)
"What are they going to threaten them with? BB guns? They have nothing left."
LOL
We'll never have another like him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (HXT0k)
And that's about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)
Well considering we've been out of the business for some 40 years going in small stages works for me.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (+nEug)
I have to laugh at some of the advice given in the 1980s, like leave the lights off because you know the house better in the dark.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yep. But cameras accessible through a smartphone help lessen false alarms and keep monkey temptation to go and look at a minimum.
Also have a perimeter alarm system with motion detectors/glass breakage for areas I or my wife don't frequent at night.
Also holing up in place can allow access to the big artillery rather than a handgun. Shotguns or rifles end the fight quickly versus a relatively underpowered handgun. Easy to point and aim as well.
Clearing a house with such though is something for people that practice it regularly in teams as too easy to get your weapon taken from you doing it yourself.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (aTgV0)
This is a classic example of The Ugly American.
Clearly CNN thinks that the Iranian leadership shares all the same social and societal values as they do.
Clearly it is beyond the mental capacity of those idiots to understand other cultures are in fact alien.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (2WIwB)
A tragedy is necessarily self-inflicted. A brilliant businessman bankrupting himself playing whist is a tragedy.
A tornado killing you and your kids while you're watching a football game in your living room is just sad.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (BI5O2)
Gad!
What a bunch of freaks!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (2WIwB)
Someone needs to p-shop a paintbrush moustache on that beeyotch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (2JFBE)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (tYGL3)
Wasn't that on The X-Files? Not just one episode, but like a whole story arc covering multiple seasons.
Of course, that doesn't mean it's not true.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (syz1S)
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stop threatening me with a good time!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)
So, exactly how would one stage a mass execution by hanging? Would sequentially hanging a large cohort of prisoners from the same gallows qualify? Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (2JFBE)
You could do it how Romans did mass crucifixions. Drive poles in along a road. Pull people up, move on to the next site down the road.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)
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That's why you put a bayonet on it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Rolls off the tongue....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (Sco7b)
I keep hoping to encounter this.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at March 31, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)
If memory serves, Israel jumped on the death penalty bans that were all the rage in Europe and Canada.
They had to make a special exception to hang Eichmann.
I'm glad to see them get their heads on straight.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 07:28 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: fd at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (ZN5Ar)
Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
As seen in Hang 'Em High
www.imdb.com/title/tt0061747
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)
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No; there's a recent Israeli film, June Zero, that deals with Eichmann's execution, cremation, and disposal.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (btAW9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I'm weird about it. I even put a pinky in the semi auto's chamber and touch the empty cylinder holes of revolvers to make sure no cartridge or case is left.
Doing that as a habit means even in the dark, you can check your firearm status by feel without light.
Otherwise trying to reload a revolver with a case stuck in it (common for snubbies btw unless you raise it 90 and punch the ejector rod) or a semi auto not having the chamber cleared can happen in the wrong circumstances and tie up the firearm when you need it most.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)
- So... he appoints the head of court HR (which has no authority over the actual judges).
- He doesn't set their budget, Congress does. Court HR compiles the budgetary request. It doles out the money appropriated by Congress but can't just decide that it's not paying Joe's court cuz the CJ has beef.
He does set policy but they've ignored actual SCOTUS rulings, what if they ignore policy as well? Oh, that's different. Then he can exactly fuck all.
It's not a corporation, it's not the military, and it's not the executive. He's not the boss of them. Congress is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m)
They won't be doing any bible reading on the radio?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
Art Of The Deal.
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (vmtci)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (2JFBE)
One by one so they can each watch.
Defile each body by putting them in pigs.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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All he needs is a tanker to refuel he could do it now.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (ZwdAr)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Rolls off the tongue....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care
More pithy, freaks.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)
So sequential, then. To me, "mass execution" sort of implies the means of death is applied to the unfortunate recipients in a large group, all at once.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (2JFBE)
Posted by: Nazdar at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (NcvvS)
When I feel the need to have the house gun in my hand, the light is on if it's after dark. I'd rather not shoot the coat rack at 3AM.
Posted by: buddhaha at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (nwB28)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (btAW9)
OH. Like we did with Bin Ladin...OK.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)
That's what Issacman is doing. Artemis III was supposed to be actual landing mission. No more. It's going to be an Apollo 9 style test in earth orbit. If Starship HLS is ready, they will launch everything into earth orbit around 2027, and test docking and all that. Elon is also supposed to do an unmanned landing test of HLS on the Moon in 2027 as well.
Since SpaceX is private, they don't have to publicize their progress too much, so I really have no clue how well those HLS plans are going.
Bezos is trying to get in the lunar lander act as well, with their "Blue Moon" lander. The more the merrier, hopefully.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: J. Random Moron
Surefire makes the best and most tested. Olight is a Chinesium knockoff that is popular and cheaper.
Rifle lights usually have pressure pads to activate. My shotgun weapons light has a paddle switch.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw "
That's not where the light is.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (aTgV0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)
And at a very impressive closing velocity I bet.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)
Sure if they put in a total effort to it. Tech is better than 1965-70. They'd have to put in serious efforts to purge all the half assery in their manufacturing out of the process because you don't want cardboard instead of titanium or whatever.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM
Ahem.
Posted by: zombie Judge Roy Bean, aka "The Law West of the Pecos" at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)
So sequential, then. To me, "mass execution" sort of implies the means of death is applied to the unfortunate recipients in a large group, all at once.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (2JFBE)
Shooting people into trenches is a mass execution. They don't all happen the same instant. If you wanted it to be more at the same time, have many teams on many roads with synchronized watches.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Because the ocean wants to keel you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (ZwdAr)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 07:38 PM (MIIRH)
Doing that as a habit means even in the dark, you can check your firearm status by feel without light.
Otherwise trying to reload a revolver with a case stuck in it (common for snubbies btw unless you raise it 90 and punch the ejector rod) or a semi auto not having the chamber cleared can happen in the wrong circumstances and tie up the firearm when you need it most.
Posted by: whig
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Be honest, you just want to fondle it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:48 PM (ZwdAr)
I have the same misgivings about the NASA moon shot that I had about the space shuttle. Bad signs of mismanagement, and of being technically unsound. Trump should stop this from going ahead. Get some low level official to convey the news. Going ahead with it to save face is just wrong.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (VWtfl)
FWIW, Jim Cirrillo of the NYPD's Stakeout Squad (and later was a Fed Law Enforcement Training Center Instructor (FLETC) mentioned that those that were hunters and strong in religious faith were the ones that could be considered long termers in that job.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)
This was why I bought the M9 and later the M18. Not enough range time with them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 08:02 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (VWtfl
Probably right. Delay, or cancel, or just bullshit everyone. NASA isn't capable of this. It's questionable if SpaceX could do it.
It would require a gigantic amount of money for NASA to poach the talent & tech necessary for this. IMHO.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 08:09 PM (BI5O2)
What on earth? Did he fall into a vat of Botox and have his scalp ripped off and replaced by a chimp on meth?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 09:31 PM (WONhk)
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