The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 4/1/26

Good morning kids. Lots of things happening, and ground to cover this morning. First to Iran where President Trump is making lots of things go boom including the heads of Leftists and miscreants. But in Iran:

Writing in Ynet on Tuesday, Israeli military analyst Ron Ben-Yishai — a veteran Yediot Ahronot correspondent and Israel Prize recipient — assessed that the strike reflects a deliberate U.S. effort to neutralize Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile by entombing it beneath rock, soil, and collapsed tunnel infrastructure rather than attempting to remove it by force.

Perhaps this was the plan all along and the deployment of several thousand US troops to or near the theatre was a big head-fake. Iran's nuclear program was always the prime if not sole reason why the President decided to attack, with regime change or as it stands the chance for regime change an enticing side benefit.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, the pressure on the global economy as the free flow of Middle Eastern oil is severely hampered is tremendous, to say nothing of the political pressure as gas prices rise as a crucial midterm election season kicks into high gear.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Operation Epic Fury in Iran will come to an end in the next two or three weeks, or perhaps even sooner.

If the reports of Iran's enriched Uranium stockpile being buried forever are accurate, that is certainly a very good thing. And assuming their centrifuges are now also a pile of rubble and their nuclear and rocket scientists now so much moldering worm food, the odds of them being able to reconstitue what they once had, certainly in the near term are low. But, can we really breathe a sigh of relief if even a shadow of the Mullahocracy is allowed to take the reins of power. We are after all dealing not only with a 47-year old regime but with a 1500-year old ideology spanning the globe that seeks to conquer it and make it Planet Islam.

Yes, regime change is a good thing, But regime change begins at home!

The apparent eagerness of Trump to make a deal with Iran, leaving in place the current regime, has left many Iranians feeling deceived and disappointed. They are particularly alarmed that his mediators have been talking to the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. More on Ghalibaf can be found here: “Iranians feel ‘deceived, abandoned’ as Trump weighs striking deal with Iran’s old guard,” by Omid Habibinia, The Media Line, March 25, 2026 . . .

Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line. We've done more than enough heavy lifting already. The rest is up to you. What's better, living on your knees of dying on your feet?! I hope it doesn't come to that for you and every innocent decent person, but the ball is in your court.

And speaking of regime change beginning at home as well as President Donald Trump, he has done more to change the regime of business as usual here at home than any President since Reagan and Coolidge. Certainly more than the GOP that has been stabbing him in the back at almost every turn. For example:

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening signed an executive order focused on election integrity, including a measure to ensure that mail-in ballots are sent to eligible voters and returned by them. Trump signed the order in the Oval Office while flanked by White House staff secretary Will Scharf and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick . . . “We’re going to take federal data, we’re going to ensure that each state’s election officials are provided with a comprehensive view of who the eligible voters in their jurisdiction actually are, allowing them to properly verify that everybody voting in their elections is legally able to vote,’ Scharf said of the first measure.

No doubt the lawsuits and phony injunctions from Justices Buch M. Danno and Mac A. Damia will be forthcoming. But still. At least we at long last have a real leader putting his ass on the line, unlike the GOP that is doing jack shit and worse, doing what they can to sabotage the efforts.

And speaking of literally leading from the front:

President Trump to Attend SCOTUS Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship. . . Soon after taking office last year, Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists, often referred to as “anchor babies” as they anchor their parents permanently in the U.S. and can sponsor their immediate relatives for green cards once they become of legal age.

Wow. I'm no presidential historian but I think this is unprecedented. That said, I know of no rule that forbids Trump from sitting in on the SCOTUS session, especially since he himself, or his policy, is one of the parties in the case.

My first reaction is perhaps politically it's not such a great move as it gives the Leftists a potential talking point to attack him as a tyrant/Hitler intimidating the judiciary or some such rot. Then again, it brings the issue of the madness of the birthright citizenship abomination into the public discourse, alongside the madness of illegal aliens and election non-integrity that illegal aliens voting is a huge part of.

God bless and keep President Trump. Say what you will, but this is what I voted for. LEGALLY three times. One vote in each of three elections, for the record.

And if none of this is interesting enough, we have Muslim boys molesting girl mannequins for your April Fool's entertainment.

And to my fellow Jews and really to all of you, I send Passover greetings and wishes for a Ziessen Pesach and may the angel of death pass over you and pay a nice long visit to all our enemies, wherever they lurk. May they be thwarted, defeated and their legacy of dissolution and destruction be eradicated and expunged for all time.

Have a great day!

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

“Jihad is a gateway to heaven; one that Allah opens to his chosen ones.”
Hezbollah Dearborn Terrorist Also Plotted Attack on Trump Rally

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Trump said securing the Strait will be the responsibility of the countries that depend on it for oil, adding that it will probably be secure from threats by the time the U.S. leaves.
Trump Says U.S. Will Exit Iran in 2-3 Weeks
President Trump emphasized the need for allied nations to take a more active role, while reiterating the U.S. military’s progress in the region.
Trump Says U.S. Will Abandon Efforts to Reopen Hormuz ‘At Some Point’ But ‘Not Quite Yet.’
Trump footage shows secondary blasts at Isfahan strike site.
What Was The U.S. Aiming For With Massive Overnight Bunker Busters?
Writing in Ynet on Tuesday, Israeli military analyst Ron Ben-Yishai — a veteran Yediot Ahronot correspondent and Israel Prize recipient — assessed that the strike reflects a deliberate U.S. effort to neutralize Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile by entombing it beneath rock, soil, and collapsed tunnel infrastructure rather than attempting to remove it by force.
Israeli Military Analyst: U.S. Bunker‑Buster Strike ‘Entombed’ Iran Uranium Deep Underground, Avoiding High‑Risk Ground Op
“We are prepared to keep operating for weeks to come. We have the targets for that, the munition for that, the manpower for that. And it’s up to the leadership to decide,” Shoshani said on Tuesday.
Israel Prepared to Continue Iran Strikes for ‘Weeks to Come’
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Dan Caine added that B-52 bombers are now conducting their first 'overland missions' of Operation Epic Fury
Iranian Missile Strikes Fall to Lowest Level Seen During War As ‘Widespread Desertions’ Squeeze Regime’s Fighting Force, Hegseth Says
Israel’s military also reported Tuesday that four more of its soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, where the war has spilled and where they are clashing with Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
Iran Fires Missiles Across Middle East as Trump Threatens Oil Hub
In a statement published by Tasnim News Agency, one of the Islamic Republic’s state media agencies, the IRGC claimed the companies were “involved in terrorist operations” against Iran. The statement listed 18 companies including Tesla, Palantir, and Microsoft.
Iran Threatens To Blow Up American Tech Firms
The once “Shi’ite crescent” is isolated.
Lebanese Government Expels Iranian Ambassador
When appeasement is a path to war.
Why Confronting Iran Now Prevents World War III
Concern spreads that the Islamic Republic might ultimately remain in power. (Time to put your own asses on the line - jjs)
Iranians Feel Deceived by Trump

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Truth-telling hero or friend to anti-Semites?
The Whitewashing of Joe Kent
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“No kings” in name only—power is dispersed across institutions and networks that police speech, shape culture, and impose control without a crown.
No Kings
The X account “LibsofTikTok” posted a video of the user making the threat, coupled with a second video of the user saying he’d been “deactivated” on Monday evening. In the initial video posted March 13, the TikTok user, who goes by “esoteric_eriik,” threatened to destroy the orders if he saw a “MAGA sign” on the customer’s front lawn.
Left-Winger Says He’ll Destroy Food Ordered By Trump Supporters, Whines When DoorDash Drops Him
The Human Rights Campaign thinks so, but its own data undermine that narrative.
Is “White Supremacy” Causing an “Epidemic” of Transgender Murders?
Politicians like to use the phrase “consent of the governed” to explain the policies that regulate our lives.
The ‘Consent of the Governed’ Myth

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Soon after taking office last year, Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists, often referred to as “anchor babies” as they anchor their parents permanently in the U.S. and can sponsor their immediate relatives for green cards once they become of legal age.
President Trump to Attend SCOTUS Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship
This article won’t stifle the immigration debate, it’ll simply lay out the tab.
The Economic Cost Of Open Borders

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Scenes from the Somali takeover of a mostly white Minnesota town.
Somalis Demand Schools Teach in Somali So Their Kids Don’t Learn English
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
New law requires investment advisors to put Kentucky retirees’ financial interests first
Heartland Impact Commends Kentucky Legislature for Overriding Beshear’s Veto of SB 183
Residents report vibrating homes, sleepless nights, and unhappy children and pets.
Mysterious Nighttime Hum Haunts Communities in New Jersey, Ohio, and Connecticut
Over 300,000 gone since 2020
LA Suffers Worst Population Loss in Nation
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
This isn't an isolated incident in this part of the world.
Someone Please Save the Mannequin From this Little Muslim Boy!
Democratic leaders in the West without sound judgment—vain, short-sighted, and negligent of history—have opened the borders to a civilian invasion by Muslims.
‘The New Europe’

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED, AND OTHER ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
NYC mayor under fire from anti-Semitism opponents after celebrating Ramadan with pro-Hamas activists
Mamdani Attending ‘Postmodern’ Passover Seder With Don Lemon and ‘Drag Queen’ Rabbi
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The Supreme Court found 8-1 Tuesday that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” was viewpoint discrimination against Kasey Chiles, who was barred under the law from offering talk therapy encouraging gender-confused kids to feel comfortable in their bodies.
Liberal Justices Baffled By Ketanji Brown(-25) Jackson’s Solo Dissent In ‘Textbook’ Free Speech Case
Castro claimed that he knows the majority of Cubans want to live under capitalism but called hatred against his grandfather, a mass murderer who enthusiastically eliminated thousands with firing squads, “unproductive.”
CNN Promotes Fidel Castro’s Influencer Grandson as Gen-Z Friendly Face of Murderous Cuba Regime

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The layoffs have sparked frustration and uncertainty among employees, with some criticizing Oracle’s approach and others warning of more cuts to come.
Oracle Announces Mass Layoffs as Billions Plowed Into Data Centers.
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
American consumers shrugged off the Iran war and rising gas prices in March, pushing the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index up to 91.8 from 91.0 in February — well above the 87.9 reading economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected.
Trump Effect: Consumer Confidence Defies War Fears, Rises for Second Straight Month
In fact, some Democrats kinda … like it? As part of the tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, Republicans carved out a provision allowing for tax deductions on overtime pay up to $25,000. According to new Treasury Department data, nearly 20 million Americans have already reaped its benefits this filing season, Politico reported Tuesday.
Trump Hits Nail On Head With Affordability Policy And Democrats Don’t Know What To Do About It
As usual, California is looking in the wrong place to find out why prices are so high.
Hunting For The Witches Behind Rising Gas Prices

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Despite the defense claims about the bullet fragments, prosecutors note that Robinson’s DNA has been found on the rifle’s trigger, on the spent cartridge casing, and on two unspent casings found at the scene.
Tyler Robinson’s Attorneys Continue Delay Tactics in Charlie Kirk Assassination Trial.
In an increasingly no-bail society, the judicial system ignores the victims who keep appearing in court for trials at which the defendant is a no-show.
Second Chances For Defendants, No Justice For Victims
Renter Raymond Elders, 65, had black and blue residue on his hands and was holding a lighter when police took him into custody.
BOOM MYSTERY: Dozens of pipe bombs discovered in suburban NY apartment after neighbors heard loud booms for weeks
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
As war fuels new climate urgency, the numbers show renewables still cannot replace the energy that powers modern civilization.
No, Sorry, the War Doesn’t Mean ‘Renewables’ Will Replace Oil
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Parents are abandoning Chicago’s public schools, which are controlled by the nation’s worst teachers’ union.
Windy City School Woes
Jewish students now comprise 9.5 percent of Yale students, dipping below an era when admissions offers worked to exclude 'alien' Jews
As Yale's Jewish Population Declines to 1940s Quota Levels, University Leaders Say Jewish Community is ‘Thriving’
ABORTION
White House Spokesman Kush Desai confirmed the report in a statement provided to The Daily Caller News Foundation on Tuesday afternoon, saying the Trump administration “has issued the fifth and final year of Title X grants that were locked in place during the Biden [so-called quote-unquote] presidency.”
Pro-Lifers Shred Trump Admin’s Biden-Era Title X Extension As ‘Inexplicable Slap In The Face’
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
“We’re going to take federal data, we’re going to ensure that each state’s election officials are provided with a comprehensive view of who the eligible voters in their jurisdiction actually are, allowing them to properly verify that everybody voting in their elections is legally able to vote,’ Scharf said of the first measure.
Trump Signs Order to Verify Mail-In Ballots Used by Eligible Voters
ERIC has 25 member states and the District of Columbia — only three are run by Republicans. Each of the Democrat-run states has senators arguing against passing the SAVE America Act.
Blue States Withhold Voter Rolls From DHS While Giving Them To Leftist Orgs For Free
While 80 percent of Americans disapprove of Congress, 80 percent of voters approve of voter verification. So Congress goes on spring break.
SAVE Act Is 4 Times More Popular Than Congress
There’s only one way such a deeply arrogant and out-of-touch party can continue to win elections.
What happened to the Democrats?
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
The former first lady, who has a new memoir coming out, was unable to provide medical care
What Did He Know? Dr Jill Biden’s Secret Service Escort Suffers ‘Accidental’ Gunshot Wound
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The husband of the Brooklyn Democrat Party chair.
$200 Million Haitian Migrant Shelter Investigation Targets Top NY Dems(Call me cynical, but I very much doubt these criminals will reach for their Donald Manes steak knives to evade justice. at least in this life - jjs)
Led SF's response to the drug overdose death of George Floyd
SF DEI Boss Appointed To Redistribute Wealth to Black Community, Redistributed Wealth to Her Boyfriend
POLITICS
If this measure passes, it ‘would make Virginia the most gerrymandered state in the country,’ Virginia GOP Chair Jeff Ryer told The Federalist.
Virginia Redistricting Battle Will Test Republicans’ Post-2024 GOTV Operation
I think this Harris poll is closer to the truth on Iran than all the doom and gloom we keep hearing about.
Forgive us if we are confused with the polls
“His pugilism and his critique of the party’s leftward lurch will create a gauntlet his would-be rivals will have to navigate.”
Can Rahm Emanuel Win the 2028 Democrat Presidential Nomination? (white, non-homo Male, Jew with direct ties to Israel - No way! - jjs)
A hilarious article in Axios over the weekend re-upped one of my favorite self-perpetuating problems in the Democrat Party — the party’s refusal to do anything but change its destructive, unpopular policy positions.
Dems Hope To Hide Anti-American Policies Behind ‘Straight, White, Christian Man’ 2028 Nominee
The Southern states seem to have found a winning formula.
The Resurgence of the South
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
It's pretty simple. You start with a standard Russian T-72B3M tank, add "a frame for drone-defeating metal plating and spines, installs floors under the plating to support infantry and hatches for the infantry to ingress and egress." And don't forget the dangling steel chains to cover any gaps.
War Is Crazy: The Return of the Giga Turtle Tank
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Speaking with the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera Media Network, Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
Rubio: NATO Alliance Unsustainable if It is Just America Protecting Europe
The suspension highlights internal tensions within Labour over its controversial plans to scrap most jury trials.
UK Govt Suspends Elected Member Who Criticized the End of the Right to Jury Trials.
"Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."
Noelia Castillo Ramos asked for 6 MORE MONTHS to reconsider euthanasia—Spain put her to death anyway: family attorney
We all know now that Bukele did what it took to clean up El Salvador. He had to rely on desperate action to handle a desperate situation. But the global elites, like these folks at the UN High Horse Commission or whatever you call it, like to sit in their ivory towers and tell other countries how to do their business, pretending as if those minors who participate in systematic organized crime are simply kids who are a little misguided.
Nayib Bukele Just Went Nuclear on the UN and Rightfully So
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas, 23, is accused of stealing military ammunition and a Javelin anti-tank missile system from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where he worked as an Ammunition Technician Specialist, according to the indictment filed in Arizona District Court. Prosecutors say Amarillas transported the weaponry and munitions to Arizona, where he sold them to unnamed co-conspirators in a plot uncovered by an undercover law enforcement operation.
US Marine Allegedly Steals Anti-Tank Arsenal To Sell On America’s Streets
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Despite its broad appeal, RFK’s agenda has had little impact.
Has MAHA Made a Difference?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
All of the data post-Voyager-2 remains very coarse and uncertain, as we are looking at Neptune at a great distance. Thus, no theory about what is happening carries much weight, especially because we do not know why Neptune produces so much more internal heat than Uranus, fueling this fast-changing weather.
Voyager-2 discovered Neptune to be a planet of quickly changing weather
This is the second time in just over three months that a Starlink satellite has failed suddenly. In mid-December a Starlink satellite began to tumble when fuel began venting from a tank. It burned up in the atmosphere a month later.
A 2nd Starlink satellite since December fails catastrophically
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
‘Coming in second to a biological male at a national championship is not fair. That’s not hate. That’s my new reality.’
Female Swimmer Beaten By Male Faces Lifetime Competition Ban For Talking About It
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
This will come as news to Christian warriors throughout history.
Pope: Jesus Rejects the Prayers of Those Who Wage War (Pope Leo the Lip? - jjs)
“The world proclaims LGBTQ, right? They proclaim Pride Month—and the NBA does too. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month, to celebrate unrighteousness.”
NBA Player Jaden Ivey Waived by Bulls After Criticizing Pride Month
The left does not want tolerance. Tolerance was the sales pitch. What they want is compliance.
The NBA just told every Christian in America where they stand by cutting Jaden Ivey
“They’re lying saying my conduct is detrimental to the team. That’s a lie. Ask any one of them coaches in there, ‘Was I a good teammate?’ All I’m preaching about is Jesus Christ and they waived me,” he said.
‘Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted’: Christian Pro Athletes Stand Behind Jaden Ivey
Statues should not be torn down on impulse, but judged by clear standards that honor real contributions, expose grave wrongdoing, and preserve a truthful memory of our history.
Which Statues Should Stay? Which Should Go?
Christian Toto: Star Milly Alcock already attacking fans, playing gender card to boost box office
‘Supergirl’ Adopts Insane ‘Lady Ghostbusters’ PR Push
“Here the horror is not racism, but abandonment... They learned to read their failure as personal and individual... The great mass of the poor, the marginal, the vulnerable of Liverpool disappear.”
In ‘Candyman,’ Race Erased Class

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:45 AM

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 01, 2026 07:45 AM (0N4FZ)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

3 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

4 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (DMuRG)

5

GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE
@GOP_is_Gutless
🚨 Fetterman Drops a Bomb on Oprah:

Senator John Fetterman just exposed how Oprah Winfrey allegedly tried to buy his vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

“She had her assistant approach me and offer me $20 million to vote against the bill,” Fetterman told the Senate Oversight Committee.

“I told her that’s not how our country works.”

He immediately informed Democrat leadership.

Their response?

“They swept it under the rug.”

A Democrat senator turning down $20M from one of the most powerful liberals in America — and his own party buried it.

Integrity over cash.

Rare sight in DC.

What do you think — real stand or political theater? 👇

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (OKKmJ)

6 April Fools

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (m+r/u)

7 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

8 Hi, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (jjoN6)

9 "President Trump to Attend SCOTUS Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship"

Unprecedented and IMO not a good idea.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (0N4FZ)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 07:48 AM (AkEZC)

11
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 07:50 AM (tljrc)

12 Mornin’ Mow-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 01, 2026 07:50 AM (ewuvP)

13 My first reaction is perhaps politically it's not such a great move as it gives the Leftists a potential talking point to attack him as a tyrant/Hitler intimidating the judiciary or some such rot.

They're going to do it no matter what. Nothing short of him leaving office in shackles will satisfy them and even then, they'll be miserable and angry.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:52 AM (jjoN6)

14
>A Democrat senator turning down $20M from one of the most powerful liberals in America — and his own party buried it.

Integrity over cash.

Rare sight in DC.

What do you think — real stand or political theater? 👇
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM
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My first response is to check the calendar and make note of today's date.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.

Agreed. They've already been attacking the Basij and having success. The mullahs could be turned into bearded wind chimes by next week.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (jjoN6)

16 You can't win a war from the air.

If the idea is that scuttering Iran's nuclear program is sufficient, that's an absurd idea.

The Iranian people have been completely disarmed so the notion they are going to rise up and overthrow the people with the guns is lunacy.

If we want a stable ME long term, the regime in Iran needs to be replaced, and that only happens one way.

Uggh, the ME and Asia will always be a f**** quagmire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (XV/Pl)

17 The little muslim boy getting pedo on the doll was all at the request of the skanky muslim dude holding the camera. He was the one getting off.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (BCuCF)

18 >Concern spreads that the Islamic Republic might ultimately remain in power.
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that's what I'm afraid of

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

19 What do you think — real stand or political theater? 👇
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (OKKmJ)

Theater...Mammy Oprah should play the race card and have Fetterman banned from the senate.

Posted by: Race Card Joe at April 01, 2026 07:56 AM (/1l9x)

20 The Iranian people have been completely disarmed

"Hello, Amazon? I have a shipping need that I think you can handle."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:56 AM (jjoN6)

21 Again, we're asking people with no guns to dislodge people with guns.

It's not going to happen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (XV/Pl)

22 14 Who killed Charlie Kirk?

The bullet recovered from his body can not be tied to the rifle Tyler Robinson carried .

… you got fooled. The ATF said due to fragmentation, the ballistic test was INCONCLUSIVE

The defense is trying to stop a metallurgical test comparing the fragments to the other three bullets in the recovered gun

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (OKKmJ)

23 >Politicians like to use the phrase “consent of the governed” to explain the policies that regulate our lives.
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I take back my consent

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (ZxPkt)

24 15 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.

Agreed. They've already been attacking the Basij and having success. The mullahs could be turned into bearded wind chimes by next week.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (jjoN6)

I saw the Bearded Wind Chimes open for Hawkwind at Earl's Court in '79

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)

25 "Trump Says U.S. Will Exit Iran in 2-3 Weeks."

We already hit week four of the four day regime change operation. And the numbers of Marines and ships in the neighborhood are growing.

GWOT 2: Islamic Boogaloo, coming to a theater near you?

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (DMuRG)

26 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Easy for us to say. How many guns and how much ammo have we dropped there? That is what they really need.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (AlhUl)

27 "If the idea is that scuttering Iran's nuclear program is sufficient, that's an absurd idea."

*****
>Blows whistle
>Throws flag

The word you're looking for is "scuttling."

Posted by: Smug grammatical twit at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

28 The countdown for NASA's DEI-fueled rocket launch has begun.

From Breitbart:

Unlike Apollo, which sent only men to the moon from 1968 through 1972, Artemis’ debut crew includes a woman, person of color and a non-U.S. citizen.

Artemis II’s pilot Victor Glover said over the weekend that he wants young people to see them and think, “Girl power and that’s awesome, and that young brown boys and girls can look at me and go ‘Hey, he looks like me and he’s doing what???’”

At the same time, Glover, who is Black, looks forward to when ”one day we don’t have to talk about these firsts” and exploring the cosmos becomes an all-encompassing “human history.”

******

Also, according to the NYT, girlboss Charlie Blackwell-Thompson -- NASA's first female launch director in the history of forever!! -- is in charge of lighting the candle.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (Y1sOo)

29 Don't need to commit "*awwwkkkk!! boots on the ground awwwwwkkkk!!!**

Just need to start delivering arms and munitions to the right people and do it asap.

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (cO6oP)

30 Muslims are not the British who can be shamed into giving up control and power, Muslims will cut your f****g head off and take the heads of your entire family.

People don't seem to understand this fully.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)

31 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."

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So what they're saying is she signed on the dotted line to end her life, and there was no going back if she changed her mind?

If true...that is mind-blowing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

32 Happy Democrat Day!

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (AlhUl)

33 > Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Three weeks ago there was talk about "air dropping firearms." Maybe revisit that? Or covertly get arms into the civilian hands that will then use them.

The leadership that is talked about to come lead the country currently isn't even in Iran. Maybe change that too?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (AkEZC)

34 26 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Easy for us to say. How many guns and how much ammo have we dropped there? That is what they really need.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (AlhUl)

IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)

35 >‘Supergirl’ Adopts Insane ‘Lady Ghostbusters’ PR Push

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saw the trailer
absolutely ridiculous
IMO YMMV

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)

36 Good morning J.J. and Horde.

OT but fascinating: Rick Beato lists the songs off his favorite childhood/teens four-record album "Best of the 70's" (1973) and guarantee you know 95-100% of these songs:

https://tinyurl.com/2stx3msf

It highlights not just the superiority of popular music from that era, but the shared experience of radio. He then challenges the viewer to compile a "Best of the 2020's" album. Dont take that bet.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (kpS4V)

37 I saw the Bearded Wind Chimes open for Hawkweed at Earl's Court in '79
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I just missed meeting you by about two years then.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:01 AM (jjoN6)

38 Both Pahlavi and Trump have tod the Iranians to stay out of the streets until called. Maybe make that call now?

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 01, 2026 08:01 AM (cO6oP)

39 saw the trailer

I lost interest the instant she started bagging on Superman.

"He sees the good in people. I see what's real."

The writers can't help themselves.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:02 AM (jjoN6)

40 So if you start distributing guns and ammo won't the people who already have guns and ammo shoot their way into the distribution points and get all the new guns and ammo?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Is that Fetterman story an April Fools joke ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:03 AM (OKKmJ)

42 36 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (kpS4V)

I enjoy Beato's videos. And I likely do know the majority of those tunes without even watching.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:03 AM (x0n13)

43 Happy Democrat Day!
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (AlhUl)

They's fish-eyed fools!

Posted by: Aunt Esther at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (wVcYX)

44 Left-Winger Says He’ll Destroy Food Ordered By Trump Supporters, Whines When DoorDash Drops Him

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This idiot looks just like you'd expect. Throwing an order out the window because he doesn't like your politics is better than him leaving his DNA in your food, I guess.

I'm really tired of these ignorant, intolerant and vile people.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

45 @34

>>IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.

Going to the streets and protesting is a whole other thing from dislodging the people with guns and monopoly on violence.

And looking at history, winning the bad guys to your cause is typically not the norm, the norm is the guys with the guns are dislodged with other people with guns.

The Iranian people don't have guns, or really a plan of real succession for rule.

In short, it's a f****g mess, and yet another mess in the Middle East.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (XV/Pl)

46 ‘Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted’: Christian Pro Athletes Stand Behind Jaden Ivey
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KBJ could explain how this has nothing to do with freedom of religion, or speech, or conscience. They are just limiting the harm of bigotry, and the White Man's Religion.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:05 AM (AlhUl)

47 >My first reaction is perhaps politically it's not such a great move as it gives the Leftists a potential talking point to attack him
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FFS, they attack him for waking up in the morning
Let Trump Be Trump

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 08:05 AM (ZxPkt)

48 Meanwhile, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to piggyback off Trump’s tax cuts and has proposed a complete end to income tax for people making under $46,000.

No. No, no, no. Unless they eliminate the income tax altogether, this nonsense of making large swaths of the population unconcerned about government spending has got to end.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

49 O’Keefe Media Group: California Identity Scam: Petition Fraudsters Log Into Online Database to Get Real Voter Names for Forged Signatures

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:07 AM (OKKmJ)

50 Meanwhile, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to piggyback off Trump’s tax cuts and has proposed a complete end to income tax for people making under $46,000.

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Don't they pay pretty much nothing already?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

51 As Yale's Jewish Population Declines to 1940s Quota Levels, University Leaders Say Jewish Community is ‘Thriving’

Why, Shlomo there hasn't been assaulted in days. Thriving, I tell you! -- Yale

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

52 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."
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Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:08 AM (AlhUl)

53 I used to have a different nic

Everyone deciding our leaders should have a lot of skin in the game. System works well without free riders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

54 @52

>>Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis.

This story makes me physically ill just thinking about it, all of the monsters involved in the act of pure evil need to be chucked feet first into an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

55 !SLOOF LRIPA

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:11 AM (NpAcC)

56 There’s only one way such a deeply arrogant and out-of-touch party can continue to win elections.

Because the other party is also deeply arrogant and out-of-touch?

Outside of Trump, maybe 2 Senators and a dozen members of the House, which Republican would you cross the street to piss on if they were on fire?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

57 SAVE Act Is 4 Times More Popular Than Congress

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This angers me on a level I can't truly describe. These sons'a'b*tches, who represent the people who put them there, are being told by a huuuge margin what we want them to enact. And they refuse to get done what is being demanded by their constituents. There's no better sign that they don't give a flip what the people want.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

58 The former first lady, who has a new memoir coming out, was unable to provide medical care

Nice snark.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

59 Dems Hope To Hide Anti-American Policies Behind ‘Straight, White, Christian Man’ 2028 Nominee
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First they'll have to find one. I suppose they can use Hochul's "Please come back" speech as a model.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:12 AM (AlhUl)

60 Again, on one side you have the ruling faction and the guys with the guns, on the other side you have what?

Two foreign nations bombing stuff from the air, what exactly does anyone think they are going to get out of that?

You're going to get 5 dollar gas, average price in NJ is now 4 bucks or so up from 2.30.

And you're not going to get regime change.

Troops have to go in at this point or this effort will be for naught.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:13 AM (XV/Pl)

61 With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed"

Still whipping that one, are we?

Coffeve?

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)

62 Fun fact I recently learned. There is a special chair at the Supreme Court reserved for the President. The fact that it has rarely been used for anything other ceremonial events doesn't mean it doesn't exist for hearing arguments.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)

63

Eris: There was only one song that I did not recognize out of all the tracks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)

64 Left-Winger Says He’ll Destroy Food Ordered By Trump Supporters, Whines When DoorDash Drops Him

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This idiot looks just like you'd expect. Throwing an order out the window because he doesn't like your politics is better than him leaving his DNA in your food, I guess.

I'm really tired of these ignorant, intolerant and vile people.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

It's a shame when a fine fellow's bright, promising, and long career as a Dasher, or in the food service industry, or any kind of guest services employment, is cut short by a youthful indiscretion. Anyways . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (wVcYX)

65 If this measure passes, it ‘would make Virginia the most gerrymandered state in the country,’ Virginia GOP Chair Jeff Ryer told The Federalist.
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It would help if the VA GOP were worth a barrel of warm p*ss. They have been pretty bad since Dick Obenshain died.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:15 AM (AlhUl)

66 You're going to get 5 dollar gas"

Keeps dropping around here. $3.29 yesterday.

Doesn't cost that much to transport. Yeah, must be Trump's fault.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)

67 Rahm Emanuel the ballerina?

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 08:15 AM (ZN5Ar)

68 I'm really tired of these ignorant, intolerant and vile people."

They've always been around. We just get to see them...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

69 @66

>>Doesn't cost that much to transport. Yeah, must be Trump's fault.

Uhmm... yeah, it is his doing, these are the direct results of us going to war with Iran.

You can't half step these things.

It's time for everyone to put on the big boy pants and do what has to be done.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:17 AM (XV/Pl)

70 So, Neptune produces more internal heat than Uranus. This is news we can use!

Posted by: Penguin Trans-Galactic Pioneer at April 01, 2026 08:18 AM (paPdW)

71 If the VA redistricting is testing VA GOP Get out the Vote, they've lost.

Heck, I, being female, got a handwritten postcard from Dems to vote yes...already. The same thing that worked for 18-29 women in 2025 has been expanded to all women in the state. It's genius, it's effective, the GOP is doing no similar effort for men, and it's likely to succeed, especially with the 54-1 monetary advantage.

So, please vote, but if you think it's a VA GOP get out the vote referendum, it's not. It's a display of how effective DEM Get Out the Vote efforts have become vs GOP ones...the personalized attention in this day and age was a winner in 2025, and it may be again in 2026, if nothing changes.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (tOcjL)

72 Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has halted his office’s investigation into alleged inconsistencies in last November’s special election on redistricting over legal challenges from California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a voting rights group.

Bianco, who is currently a leading Republican candidate for governor in 2026, said in a statement to The Epoch Times that his office placed the probe “on hold because of the politically motivated lawsuits and court filings.”

Seriously?

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (Y1sOo)

73 Eris: There was only one song that I did not recognize out of all the tracks!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)
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Me too! And I was a kid who only listened to classical music. But you got it through osmosis.

My one song was "Happy" by the Stones.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (kpS4V)

74 There’s only one way such a deeply arrogant and out-of-touch party can continue to win elections.
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That article overlooks the other way. Having an opposition - the GOPe - which positively encourages its base to sit out the election. It's the only thing establishment Republicans are good at.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (AlhUl)

75 Putin has got to be laughing about NATO.
What a bunch of losers to not even let us use our own landing bases.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

76 About the DoorDash dude:

“So I guess I went viral on alt-right Twitter"

1. I am very tired of how it's acceptable to label anyone to the right of Mao is "alt-right", "far-right", "huwite soopremacists" or any thing other than just "right."

2. He's lucky that he only lost his job. Some people are getting malicious enough to start tracking down addresses.

3. It's adorable how he posts this drivel out in the open and he can't understand how a huge corporation would cut him out like the cancer he is.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:20 AM (jjoN6)

77 Uhmm... yeah, it is his doing, these are the direct results of us going to war with Iran."

So NJ prices are Trump's issues. Got it.

My $.02 is that we're punching them in the face. Not occupying....
If the people there want to stay in the 7th century, let them. Not my monkey, not my circus....

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

78
I can't imagine anything more boring than Jill Biden's "memoir."

Chapter 1: My Babysitter Job Really Paid Off
Chapter 2: I'm a Doctor!
Chapter 3: Dressing Like a Teenager at Age 70 is Fun
Chapter 4: My Husband Liked to Shower with Our Daughter
Chapter 5: Leading Joe Around the White House by the Arm

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

79 It's time for everyone to put on the big boy pants and do what has to be done.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:17 AM (XV/Pl)

True...put troops in there, kill as many of the regime thugs and their families, arm the opposition with regime weapons, hang a few mullahs for effect, the leave. Let the savages sort themselves out.

Posted by: Sgt. Rock at April 01, 2026 08:22 AM (/1l9x)

80 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

81 The regime has already been changed. How many times has Trump and Rubio said over the last few weeks they have decapitated multiple levels of Iran's top leadership? So much so they've been searching for someone to actually negotiate terms.

After watching Trump for the last decade why anyone would just assume Trump doesn't have a plan is beyond me.

>>@EricLDaugh
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18m
>>🚨 JUST IN: UK PM Keir Starmer REALIZES President Trump is serious and announces military planners are meeting to discuss securing the Strait of Hormuz after the war ends

>>"This will not be easy!" 🤡

>>When big America leaves, sht gets real. Imagine that.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)

82 Somalis Demand Schools Teach in Somali So Their Kids Don’t Learn English
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Surely that should read "Lear English".

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:24 AM (AlhUl)

83 There are 90 million people in Iran. How does it take to arm up even 500,000?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (+nEug)

84 Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis."

Urus? Sounds painful.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

85 There have been seven cars named after planets. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Terra, Mars, Pluto, and Venus. We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!

Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (paPdW)

86 Somalis Demand Schools Teach in Somali So Their Kids Don’t Learn English

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Here's a solution. Get your filthy asses back to Somalia, where they can lear in their own country with their own language.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (qBdHI)

87 73 Eris: There was only one song that I did not recognize out of all the tracks!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)
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Me too! And I was a kid who only listened to classical music. But you got it through osmosis.

My one song was "Happy" by the Stones.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (kpS4V)

He didn't play the one I didn't recognize. Run Run Run from Jojo Gunne.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (x0n13)

88 What do you think — real stand or political theater?

Hard to say. Part of me thinks that Fetterman, while a doctrinaire leftist, is a genuine guy. The other part notes that I don't believe that he's ever bucked the party when his vote made the difference.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

89 A Joyous Passover to all the observant morons!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

90 UK PM Keir Starmer REALIZES President Trump is serious and announces military planners are meeting to discuss securing the Strait of Hormuz after the war ends"

But wait... I was told that we had to maximize flow for .... what?

Oh, we can be fully self sufficient in Oil/Gas production?

*BTW, not all crudes are equal. Despite what the newz says*
Annexing Alberta would do more for us.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

91 In 2023, the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that about 225,000 to 250,000 anchor babies were delivered to illegal alien parents, accounting for about seven percent of all U.S. births that year.

Crazy

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)

92 My parents would not have allowed me to act like that boy

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (lrMw0)

93 No Kings is about as impactful and significant as the MAGA slogan.

"The King Is A Fink!"

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (m5cxz)

94 We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!
Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus"

There's a whole Galaxy out there. Right, Ford?

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

95 We had that TDS lunatic yesterday yelling at people, demanding to know "is it ok with you if the Iranian regime remains in place?! Is that acceptable to you?!"

I disengaged after he was shrieking quite insanely that you're a neocon if you don't support NATO, but the answer to that is "yes, definitely."

There's a laundry list of things I'd like to see come out of this dustup. I suppose regime change is one, but that is far down the list. I'd be perfectly fine with some IRGC strongman who toes the line WRT to American demands - or blowing him up if he tries deceiving us. Either is fine.

As for the freedom of the Iranian people, that's even further down. Regime change or no, that's really not our problem. This ain't a charity, guys. If blood's to be spent on your liberty, it ought to be yours.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (BI5O2)

96 17 The little muslim boy getting pedo on the doll was all at the request of the skanky muslim dude holding the camera. He was the one getting off.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (BCuCF)

That was my first thought. 6 year old boys don’t do that unless they’re trained and/or directed by some man to do it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (0/dnM)

97 My one song was "Happy" by the Stones.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Got my chance to do lead vocals. I did not disappoint.

Posted by: Keith Don't Go To Toronto! at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (paPdW)

98 Meanwhile, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to piggyback off Trump’s tax cuts and has proposed a complete end to income tax for people making under $46,000.

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Don't they pay pretty much nothing already?
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:07 AM
****
It's the absolute drop everything and get it filed that drives me nuts. Every damned year.

Posted by: torabora at April 01, 2026 08:30 AM (KtOUo)

99 > Noelia Castillo Ramos asked for 6 MORE MONTHS to reconsider euthanasia—Spain put her to death anyway: family attorney

I strongly suspect that a rather high percentage of the people involved in this shite are sociopaths who have found themselves a way to legally kill people.

When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, his response was "Because that's where the money is."

Same thing.

Same reason that so many pedophiles go into teaching.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (IG3/x)

100 Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
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Gee, ya think?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

101 There's a whole Galaxy out there. Right, Ford?
Posted by: man

Ahem. Galaxie.

Posted by: Ford Has A Better Idea at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (paPdW)

102 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (y9ksN)

103 GWOT 2: Islamic Boogaloo, coming to a theater near you?

The operation is about to end. The war will drag on for decades. The US will remove the mullahs. The US has betrayed the Iranian people. The US will emerge victorious. Derka Derka.

None of us knows what the actual state of things is. None of us knows what Trump plans. None of us knows what Trump will settle for. And none of us knows what the final outcome will be.

How you feel about the conflict today likely reflects how you feel about Trump and which media guesses, or lies, you accept to validate that feeling.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

104 It's adorable how he posts this drivel out in the open and he can't understand how a huge corporation would cut him out like the cancer he is.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:20 AM (jjoN6)
*******
Clicks and Views outweighs Common Sense for a lot of people.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

105 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."

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So what they're saying is she signed on the dotted line to end her life, and there was no going back if she changed her mind?

If true...that is mind-blowing.

Posted by: Lady in Black

They had already sold her organs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (0U5gm)

106 Well Said JJ. Morning Horde. Trump is a real leader, and we all should be behind him 1000%.

Every time in a GOP Admin, the Libiterian ship rats and Rino's , come out of the woodwork showing MSM polls that doom is coming. They did this in the fall of 16 and 24 also.

Posted by: Jonah at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

107 If this one is in the links, I missed it.

Obama judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of hundreds of thousands illegals granted by Biden cellphone One App program.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y1sOo)

108 Truth-telling hero or friend to anti-Semites?
The Whitewashing of Joe Kent
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No one cares.

His 15 minutes ended 20 minutes ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

109 A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $182 billion annually before offsetting taxes paid by these individuals. After applying that offset, the net loss is $150.7 billion per year. This represents roughly a $35 billion increase from FAIR’s 2017 estimate of $116 billion, driven by population growth and expanded state benefit programs.

More than any of the following:
FDIC
D of En
PBGC
DoI
DoJ

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

110 34 26 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Easy for us to say. How many guns and how much ammo have we dropped there? That is what they really need.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (AlhUl)

IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)
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That rings hollow from people like you and me, sitting safe over here. They've already lost thousands. "Let's you and him fight" is not a good look.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (AlhUl)

111 The little muslim boy getting pedo on the doll was all at the request of the skanky muslim dude holding the camera. He was the one getting off.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (BCuCF)

That was my first thought. 6 year old boys don’t do that unless they’re trained and/or directed by some man to do it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Women are for breeding. Boys are for pleasure.
Posted by: Some Shit Some Goatfucker Said

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 08:34 AM (sUjod)

112 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 01, 2026 08:34 AM (53oGX)

113 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?

Posted by: Josephistan

Different grades of oil provide different products. Meanwhile, our refineries supply 70 grades of fuel to 10,000 stations, and have to provide the right quantities of the right types to each in order to meet expected demand. What happens when a war starts? Everyone fills their tanks.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:35 AM (0U5gm)

114 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?"

We've (the US) done a fantastic job of limiting our own output, and California is shutting down even more output, thereby raising demand from other sources (and they're more $$$).
Not building pipelines, Not adding refining capacity (did y'all forget Valero a couple of weeks back?), and adding more taxes and regulations make for a fragile market. Throw in some speculation and *presto*, prices fluctuate.

I do note the higher price areas have added even more regulations lately...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)

115 If the idea is that scuttering Iran's nuclear program is sufficient, that's an absurd idea.

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I think you mean scuppering

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

116 > Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
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All the talk about Kharg Island and the oil terminal/refineries there is really prodding the EU to at least make an effort to protest their interests (oil) that the US can, if needed, secure there.

Trump's "come and get it" urging suggests he's not going to setup American flagged convoys to deliver product to the EU. They've got to get with the program.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 08:36 AM (AkEZC)

117 The word you're looking for is "scuttling."
Posted by: Smug grammatical twit at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)
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nope

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

118 > effort to ~~protest~~ protect their interests

*sighs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 08:37 AM (AkEZC)

119 AAGHarmeetDhillon
@AAGDhillon
There’s literally a chair set up at SCOTUS for our presidents to sit in for oral argument. Your separation of powers nonsense is more imitation pearl-clutching hauteur.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

120 Today is also,
National Sourdough Bread Day 🥖

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

121 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?

Posted by: Josephistan

Different grades of oil provide different products. Meanwhile, our refineries supply 70 grades of fuel to 10,000 stations, and have to provide the right quantities of the right types to each in order to meet expected demand. What happens when a war starts? Everyone fills their tanks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Also, oil is a commodity. When Europe can't get mid-east oil, they buy on the open market. That sparks a bidding war. Which means our oil companies buy & sell at the bidding war price.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 08:39 AM (sUjod)

122 > Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
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actually, if NATO were to go away, it just might help end the "special military operation" in Ukraine because Ukraine could no longer join a non-existent organization that supposedly was a major point of contention at the beginning

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

123 I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (+nEug)

124 85 There have been seven cars named after planets. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Terra, Mars, Pluto, and Venus. We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!
Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM
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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Comet, Galaxie and Nova at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

125 119 AAGHarmeetDhillon
@AAGDhillon
There’s literally a chair set up at SCOTUS for our presidents to sit in for oral argument. Your separation of powers nonsense is more imitation pearl-clutching hauteur.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

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I've got a crush on you, A A G
All the day and night-time, hear me sigh

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (BydOW)

126 Oil pricing in all supply contracts is now set in relationship to international commodities market pricing; has been for decades now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 08:41 AM (0/dnM)

127 >>Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis.

This story makes me physically ill just thinking about it, all of the monsters involved in the act of pure evil need to be chucked feet first into an industrial wood chipper.
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No, too quick. they need a good Roman torture death.

I'm partial to the one where they smear them with milk and honey, lock them in a box with just the hands and feet exposed.
Then set them afloat to sea.
The flies will find them, lay their eggs and the maggots will do the rest.
While they are alive.

Except, I say skip the sea part:
Leave them in the shade.
Give them water.
Make sure they live as long as possible.
The public needs to hear their cries and wails.
They too are guilty.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 08:42 AM (HXT0k)

128 When Europe can't get mid-east oil, they buy on the open market. "

Kinda sorta... except most of those facilities can't handle heavy sour. Which we can refine, and could (esp since Canadian and Venezuelan *extra heavy* crude already are), but we won't/can't build more of those facilities.

Fuel price spikes in the US are largely self inflicted.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

129 Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Comet, Galaxie and Nova at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

Vega baby Vega

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

130
I strongly suspect that a rather high percentage of the people involved in this shite are sociopaths who have found themselves a way to legally kill people.

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Close. Really, really close. But expand that to "all of them, and also everyone in any high-powered government position."

If you understand the psychology of people who enter government and especially the demons who rise to the top of it, you understand why they push for euthanasia programs, and why they should be denied them.

All the terrible things they do, they do to feed the demons gnawing on their innards, but nothing satisfies like murdering the innocent and vulnerable. It's like a tomahawk ribeye for power demons.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

131 I laughing at the EU. They can suck it. They'll figure it out eventually. Outrage at the UN will be off the charts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 08:43 AM (m5cxz)

132 There have been seven cars named after planets. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Terra, Mars, Pluto, and Venus. We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!
Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus

Come get your fudge packed in Uranus, Mo.
the best fudge comes from Uranus.

They really missed a Burma Shave type advertising blitz.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (sUjod)

133 Pedro Pascal, Madonna, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, America Ferrera, Elliot Page and Jane Fonda are among the dozens of Hollywood names who have signed an open letter calling on the federal government to shut down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, where ICE has been detaining children and their parents.

The Dilley Immigration Processing Center, also known as the South Texas Family Residential Center, has a significant history in the United States. Opened in December 2014, it was the largest immigrant detention center in the country, designed to accommodate up to 2,400 women and children from Central America.

.. who was President in 2014 ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (RHGPo)

134 Just to clarify, 87 octane gasoline sold in California is refined separately from 87 octane sold in Pennsylvania, which is also different than 87 octane sold in Florida, etc. Regulations require different methods and additives. It amazes me that we can get legal fuel to every station on a timely basis. Any disruption, from war to weather to refinery or pipeline damage always causes prices to jump around for a while.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (0U5gm)

135 Annexing Alberta would do more for us.
Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

Or... letting Alberta remain independent, possibly joining any other contiguous territories which leave Canada and with which they're sympatico, and just buying the oil from them. They don't actually need to become part of the US to do that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

136 Kinda sorta... except most of those facilities can't handle heavy sour. Which we can refine, and could (esp since Canadian and Venezuelan *extra heavy* crude already are), but we won't/can't build more of those facilities.

Fuel price spikes in the US are largely self inflicted.
Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

We are building a $300 B refinery here in Texas.
Brownsville, I assume to get Mexico and US oil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

137 107 If this one is in the links, I missed it.

Obama judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of hundreds of thousands illegals granted by Biden cellphone One App program.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y1sO

900 thousand to be exact... And Morn' all

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 08:45 AM (eANu3)

138 .. who was President in 2014 ?"

*LALALALAICANTHEARYOU*

/

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

139
123 I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (+nEug)

Meloni is just the PM; not nearly as independent or strong as we like to picture her as being, She still has to do what the true powerbrokers in her party tell her to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (0/dnM)

140 Great. I've just been told that I have to come into the office more than everybody else from now on.

And since I work in a place where there are no individual raises, I won't even get anything for it.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (iXqHn)

141 We are building a $300 B refinery here in Texas."

That's a light shale facility. And yes, I'm in Texas.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

142 >>I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?

Not sure, Ben Had. A bit disappointed in her.

I've been wondering since the beginning why EU countries have been stiff arming us. I'm sure some of it is habit, we always carry the load. Some of it is probably the shitty condition of their militaries.

But I wonder if the fact they opened their borders to a much greater percentage of Muslims they clearly have no control over played a part. It looks like the leadership in the Netherlands is about to flip and Wilders is talking about mass deportations and closing the borders.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

143 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (y9ksN)

Oil is fungible. When country X, which gets its oil from the PG, is cut off, they have to buy oil from elsewhere, raising prices everywhere.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

144 why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?

Posted by: Ben Had

The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

145 As for the freedom of the Iranian people, that's even further down. Regime change or no, that's really not our problem. This ain't a charity, guys. If blood's to be spent on your liberty, it ought to be yours.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (BI5O2)
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If you were referring to Burkina Faso, Malawi, or Fiji, I would agree.

Iran and the Iranian people are too important to be held as slaves to Islamic fascists, exporting violence and terrorism worldwide.

They must be removed root and branch for the safety and security of the American people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

146 I now consider myself a Climate Refugee because it didn't rain like I wanted it to last night.

HAHA April Foolz!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (DgMqy)

147 The countdown for NASA's DEI-fueled rocket launch has begun.

Are we really supposed to believe that NASA is going to administrate its way back to the Moon today, April 1st?

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (iFEms)

148 .. who was President in 2014 ?"

*LALALALAICANTHEARYOU*

/
Posted by: man

But Obama was doing this for the Right Reasons.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (jjoN6)

149 Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie will appear at the Seder by video from Israel. The rabbi and human rights activist is best known as the subject of the documentary film Sabbath Queen (2024).

Sabbath Queen sounds like a death metal hair band.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

150 At my employer the Ok, Everybody Back In The Office edict lasted less than a year.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

151 I wish I knew how to link stuff. The American media coverage and commentary on this war, even from the “right” has been atrocious. I’ve abandoned our media coverage and tune in or read mainly news from Israel. Unless it’s the crafty Jews fooling me the news on this conflict isn’t as bleak as portrayed even here in the AoS comment section. We shall see I guess.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (PLgLU)

152 87 octane gasoline sold in California is refined separately"

Cali is importing gasoline from overseas. Not oil, GAS.
Idiots.
And that's driving the Nat'l "average" price up as well.

*that plus the change to "summer blends" in the "CA emissions states"*

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

153 If/when the Venezuelan oilfields are producing product again and refining it for US consumption, what goes on in the Middle East will become a lot less relevant to the US.

As far as fuel products are concerned.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 08:49 AM (AkEZC)

154 105 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."

--

So what they're saying is she signed on the dotted line to end her life, and there was no going back if she changed her mind?

If true...that is mind-blowing.

Posted by: Lady in Black

They had already sold her organs.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (0U5gm)

You don't cross China.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 08:50 AM (tOcjL)

155 I don't care what happens with or who ends up running Iran.
Could be a peace-loving hippie.
Or the most radical muslim.

I don't care.
Not my problem.

All I care is, whoever it is, knows two things that they fear above all--even whatever god they worship:
1) Don't touch our stuff
2) Don't touch our people
3) Don't threaten either.

Die, suffer or thrive--I don't GAF.
Just remember those rules.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 08:50 AM (HXT0k)

156 Nobody watches the "news" anymore.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

157 142 I've been wondering since the beginning why EU countries have been stiff arming us. I'm sure some of it is habit, we always carry the load. Some of it is probably the shitty condition of their militaries.

But I wonder if the fact they opened their borders to a much greater percentage of Muslims they clearly have no control over played a part. It looks like the leadership in the Netherlands is about to flip and Wilders is talking about mass deportations and closing the borders.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

It's definitely Islam.

The UN has already made all of its component arms Shari'ah-compliant, so why wouldn't the EU also make Islam it's #1 consideration?

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 08:51 AM (iXqHn)

158 A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $182 billion annually before offsetting taxes paid by these individuals.

Is that just the cost in direct government outlays? Cuz I'm betting that the increase in healthcare costs caused by them filling ERs and paying nothing is more than that just by itself. What about the costs in automobile insurance to cover the damages from uninsured motorists? Or the costs associated with citizens being out of work because employers hire illegals. Or...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

159 The destruction of the nuclear program is a big deal of course.

But the most important outcome is market-rate oil for the Chinese. That's the brass ring in this conflict.

Those two things, and an end to state sponsored terror abroad, are the important goals. The rest is just static, and we can always repeat this process if they step out of line on the important things.

If some regime strongman is willing to meet those demands, he can oppress his subjects with reckless, bloodthirsty abandon, AFAIC. Foreigners. Do not care. They'd never lift a finger for us besides the middle one, and that's only dug into their palms for the moment because they want something from us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

160 IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)
________
That rings hollow from people like you and me, sitting safe over here. They've already lost thousands. "Let's you and him fight" is not a good look.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (AlhUl)

There have been reports of defections within the regular army and even some from the IRGC. I don't know if those reports are true, or if the defectors could link up somehow and oppose the remaining regime, but it's interesting. Time will tell.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

161 Oil is fungible."

Sorta. Well, not really. Send a few tankers of xtra heavy sour crude to most of the world's refineries and they'll choke on it. Gasoline (and other products) tend to be more fungible... *except for California and Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Washington D.C*

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

162 Very smart of Trump to do major Iran address on April 1. Later he can always he was joking!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

163 I figure we owe it to the people of Iran to set things right. Jimmy Carter had a hand in pushing out the Shah and enabling the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Man, was that guy an asshole or what.

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 08:54 AM (ZxPkt)

164 That 'Candyman' essay is worth a read.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 08:55 AM (rJ48h)

165 Man, was that guy an asshole or what."

Well, he could be kinda hardcore, I guess.

Oh, you meant Jimmeh....

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

166 78
I can't imagine anything more boring than Jill Biden's "memoir."
_____

We have pre-ordered 100,000 of these books. Not to read, silly. We're going to recycle them, responsibly of course.
- Money Laundering Service

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 08:55 AM (Dv3i1)

167 I figure we owe it to the people of Iran to set things right."

Interestingly enough, most (if not all) of the various regime issues there date back to the .... British.

Yeah, those assholes. Again. And State had to follow along, as they loved some BritShiitte...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:57 AM (XuXeR)

168 I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (+nEug)

I don't follow Italy enough to say. I've heard grumbles in the past that she talks big but toes the line when it comes down to it. It may be that the EU has Italy by the short hairs fiscally and she doesn't have room to maneuver. I just don't know.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

169 Regulations require different methods and additives. It amazes me that we can get legal fuel to every station on a timely basis. Any disruption, from war to weather to refinery or pipeline damage always causes prices to jump around for a while.

Their distribution systems have got to be awfully rigid. When you're making 2¢: per gallon profit, you're not going to have spare trucks and drivers and time laying around to deliver substantially more or less gasoline if someone decides to have a sale.

I think that's why prices go up and, eventually, down in unison. The prices are dictated by the minute to keep the deliveries flowing.

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (iFEms)

170 Trump going to SCOTUS and looking straight in the eyes the weak, feckless Amy Phony Barret , the hopelessly compromised and duplicitous John Roberts and the SCOTUS estrogen , communist voting bloc as they destroy American Constitutional justice may be one of the truly greatest things Trump has ever done—or will do.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (y/2Cz)

171 150 At my employer the Ok, Everybody Back In The Office edict lasted less than a year.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

Feds are having issues. Good employees all went back. Bad employees all played the disability card and kept full telework. This is causing issues b/c bad employees can't just be fired (b/c they aren't bad "enough" and they have docs going to bat for them), and now good employees and new Trump employees are getting bitter.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

172 >>Unless it’s the crafty Jews fooling me the news on this conflict isn’t as bleak as portrayed even here in the AoS comment section. We shall see I guess.

I'm not bleak at all. In the last 3 months Trump took Maduro and in doing so freed Venezuela from the grip of China and Iran (hezbollah was part of Maduro's coalition), taken back control of the Panama Canal from China and back into western hands and decapitated Iran with our strong ally Israel. The GCC countries are now lining up with us against Iran and China is left trying to negotiate with Iran to stop the war because they are running out of fuel.

Then there's Cuba which is now slipping away from the communists and NATO as we knew it is pining for the fjords. That's just some of the highlights of a massive shift in global alignment. Just the other day the president of Costa Rica said she is going full Buekle and Chile has a new rightwing president.

Things are in motion, way more than just Iran. I'm enjoying it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

173 wish I knew how to link stuff. The American media coverage and commentary on this war, even from the “right” has been atrocious. I’ve abandoned our media coverage and tune in or read mainly news from Israel. Unless it’s the crafty Jews fooling me the news on this conflict isn’t as bleak as portrayed even here in the AoS comment section. We shall see I guess.
Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (PLgLU)
******
FNC has done a good job reporting it. They're reporting how well we are doing.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

174 Things are in motion, way more than just Iran. I'm enjoying it."

NOOOOO.

You MUST be concerned 24/7!!! No happiness allowed!

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

175 150 At my employer the Ok, Everybody Back In The Office edict lasted less than a year.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

This is literally only for me. Nobody else has to come in as often as I do. New Boss said that since I've been here the longest and am the oldest, she expects me to be able to work the fastest, so she needs me to do all the in-office stuff, which is great since it's always 100 degrees in here.

(And since I have no marketable skills, I'm stuck in a state job, so no raises and no promotions, ever.)

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 09:00 AM (iXqHn)

176 ... the dozens of Hollywood names who have signed an open letter calling on...

It amazes me that no one in the entertainment industry has come to the realization that we could not care less about their opinions on matters, even if we were to spend our every waking moment trying.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

177 California's oil refining process primarily involves the processing of heavy crude oil, which is a dense and viscous variety that is uniquely suited for the state's extensive refining infrastructure. This heavy crude is processed to produce various products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, and other refined products.

Pennsylvania's oil processing industry is known for refining Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil, which is a type of sweet crude oil found primarily in the Appalachian basin. This oil is characterized by its high viscosity index, low sulfur content, and high paraffin levels, making it ideal for refining into lubricants and other products.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

178 I had the thought this morning that Trump is the new Lawrence of Arabia. Except his name is Trump of Arabia.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (n17eQ)

179 Doesn't scuttling involve sinking ships to prevent it from into the enemy's hands?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (Oy/m2)

180 I'm enjoying it.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
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I haven't been this optimistic about foreign affairs since the Sandinistas took Nicaragua.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

181 But the most important outcome is market-rate oil for the Chinese. That's the brass ring in this conflict.
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Every one of those tankers has $100-$200 million in oil.
At market rate.

China was getting it for like $50 million or less.
Often as trade for military hardware.

That 50-75% energy savings was--with their slave labor--what made "manufacture in China" so cheap.
Everything in China will now cost 50% more.

Few are calculating the effect or even the realization of that, that China's whole economy, already sinking, just suffered a fatal blow.

But they have solar farms!!
LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:03 AM (HXT0k)

182 American consumers shrugged off the Iran war and rising gas prices in March, pushing the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index up to 91.8 from 91.0 in February.

Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

183 >>@EricLDaugh
·
14m
>>🚨 BREAKING: Iran has asked President Trump for a CEASEFIRE in a huge development

>>47 says he will blast them into the STONE AGES until the Strait of Hormuz is open

>>"Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!"

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)

184 The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

Since Hungary is landlocked, that would kind of fuck them a bit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

185 178 I had the thought this morning that Trump is the new Lawrence of Arabia. Except his name is Trump of Arabia.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (n17eQ)

No Gay enough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (bss/y)

186 Few are calculating the effect or even the realization of that, that China's whole economy, already sinking, just suffered a fatal blow.

But they have solar farms!!
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:03 AM (HXT0k)

They are building 34 nuke power plants

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

187 Won't you please give to the Biden Presidential Libary Fund? We plan a replica Amtrak car, to go along with the replica Oval Office, and replica gang shower staffed by nubile junior high staff. Give til it hurts! The many Biden grandchildren will be on the Board, sucking up stipends. Not that Navy Joan, though!

Posted by: Joetato Libary Fund at April 01, 2026 09:05 AM (paPdW)

188 Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 09:00 AM (iXqHn)

Sounds like age discrimination, and that is something a labor attorney might be interested in!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 09:05 AM (n9ltV)

189 Trump attending today's hearing is a great opportunity for one of the liberal justices to pose a hypothetical about a Slovenian prostitute mothering an anchor baby

NO Us sitting president has ever attended a live Supreme Court oral argument in the 235 year history of the Supreme Court. The US Congress created a US monarchy, centralizing federal power to Trump who rules the US by Decrees.

He truly believes he is a King.

If he's lucky, he'll only fall asleep. He's also at risk of shitting himself, having a dementia outburst and telling random blondes they're hot, etc.

this could be really stupid by Trump. There's no valid legal question for SCOTUS to consider, so there’s a decent chance this case is only being heard because it’s an easy way for them to deliver a loss to him.

Roberts is obsessed with the court's image, so two cases in the term go against the administration seems like a thing he’d do

If Trump wins, any of us could be in danger of deportation. All they have to do is say our birth citizenship was obtained by fraud or was invalid at birth.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 01, 2026 09:06 AM (v/9T6)

190 The Jimmy Carter malaise was his highest achievement.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (m5cxz)

191 California's oil refining process primarily involves the processing of heavy crude oil, "

AI? Benicia is set up for sour (extra sulfer and hydrogen sulfide), not heavy.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

192 >>They are building 34 nuke power plants

Hope they found better engineers than the guys who designed their radar systems. Could get glowie.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (viF8m)

193 Joe Kent ran twice for a safe Red congressional seat in Wash State, and lost because he could not keep his mouth shut. He is a war hero, but you cannot do anything, if you do not win

Posted by: Jonah at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)

194 184 The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

Since Hungary is landlocked, that would kind of fuck them a bit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

I want to throw out some pithy comment, but these people are really authoritarian wankers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (bss/y)

195 They are building 34 nuke power plants"

How many will actually produce 'lectric? I wonder...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)

196 BOING!

חג פסח כשר ושמח - ושקט - לכל עם ישראל

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (kwzqw)

197 "If he's lucky, he'll only fall asleep. He's also at risk of shitting himself, having a dementia outburst and telling random blondes they're hot, etc."

Hey! That hurts. Get out of my head!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (bss/y)

198 They are building 34 nuke power plants
---
Which is good.
Except.
Like 90% of what China makes is plastic.
Cheap oil = cheap plastic.

Maybe they can start recycling all the hundreds of tons of plastic they throw into the oceans every year?

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (HXT0k)

199 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

200 196 BOING!

חג פסח כשר ושמח - ושקט - לכל עם ישראל
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (kwzqw)

No idea. But pretty. I should get this as a tattoo!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:09 AM (bss/y)

201 Perhaps this was the plan all along and the deployment of several thousand US troops to or near the theatre was a big head-fake. Iran's nuclear program was always the prime if not sole reason why the President decided to attack, with regime change or as it stands the chance for regime change an enticing side benefit.

Don't tell that jackoff jackass because he thinks we're just wasting money and the mullahs will still have nukes when it's all said and done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

202 No idea. But pretty. I should get this as a tattoo!"

"Eat At Mel's"?

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:10 AM (XuXeR)

203
Nations go to war over oil fields.
Nobody ever goes to war over solar panel fields.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

204 If Trump wins, any of us could be in danger of deportation. All they have to do is say our birth citizenship was obtained by fraud or was invalid at birth.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

STOP! It can only get so hard! I'm cutting diamonds now!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (sUjod)

205 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (kwzqw)

How are things going over there during Holy Week?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Oy/m2)

206 If Trump wins, any of us could be in danger of deportation. All they have to do is say our birth citizenship was obtained by fraud or was invalid at birth.

Retardation Level: 8.5

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)

207 No idea. But pretty. I should get this as a tattoo!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:09 AM (bss/y)

Buddy of mine from Japan saw a guy with a Japanese tattoo.

"Chicken?"

"What? No. It means 'peace.'"

"No, it says 'chicken.'"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

208 What is another word for "living off others"?
The term "living off others" can be paraphrased or rephrased in various ways, depending on the context. Here are some alternative phrases and synonyms for "living off others":

Parasite: A person who lives off the resources or support of others, often without contributing anything in return.

Sponge: A person who relies on others for support, often without giving anything in return.

Exploiter: A person who takes advantage of others for personal gain, often at the expense of others.

Manipulator: A person who uses others to achieve their own goals, often at the cost of others.

Narcissist: A person who uses others for their own benefit, often at the expense of others.

These terms capture the essence of someone who relies on others for sustenance or support, often without reciprocation. They highlight the idea of dependency and the potential for exploitation in relationships.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

209 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 09:12 AM (Y1sOo)

210 Doesn't scuttling involve sinking ships to prevent it from into the enemy's hands?
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (Oy/m2)

Yes. Scuppers are drains.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

211 Buddy of mine from Japan saw a guy with a Japanese tattoo.

"Chicken?"

"What? No. It means 'peace.'"

"No, it says 'chicken.'"
Posted by: Sponge

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (sUjod)

212 The Jimmy Carter malaise was his highest achievement."

Release the Rabbits!

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (XuXeR)

213 209 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 09:12 AM

+++++

East.

Posted by: Pierside Brass at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

214 “Our team is vigilantly monitoring the retail, wholesale, and spot markets,” Tai Milder, first director of the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight (DPMO) for the California Energy Commission, announced last week, as gas prices were rising. “Any reports of unfair practices or market manipulation will be taken seriously, and we will not hesitate to refer any illegal conduct for further investigation and prosecution.”

You could drop the 189 different blends of gas and cut you state taxes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)

215 Heh, the redditards are in rare form today.

Hard to pick a favorite out of todays buffet offering.

I'm going to go with the goofy "if he wins, any of us could be deported" delusion.

That is so insane, there's literally no starting point where you could begin to unpack it.
And no facts could convince that person otherwise.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (HXT0k)

216 What is another word for "living off others"?

Teenagers.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (sUjod)

217 Good morning!

HA!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Suwql)

218 Joe Kent ran twice for a safe Red congressional seat in Wash State, and lost because he could not keep his mouth shut. He is a war hero, but you cannot do anything, if you do not win
Posted by: Jonah at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)

Remember. Eyepatch McCain gave his EYE for this country.

He was STILL a useless grifter stealing money when he got to congress.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

219 197 "If he's lucky, he'll only fall asleep. He's also at risk of shitting himself, having a dementia outburst and telling random blondes they're hot, etc."

Hey! That hurts. Get out of my head!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Of course I picked a hot blonde for SCOTUS. You see what the Democrats put on the bench? Two-baggers, that's what I call them. Disgusting. It's tough to find smart and hot, believe me, but Biden, he didn't get either with Ketanji. Sad. Kentanji...what a judge, right? So embarrassing, even her fellow liberal justices left her on the latest decision.

Posted by: Trump at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (v/9T6)

220

Teenagers.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (sUjod)

They can stay home and live off your insurance till they're 26 now!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

221 "No, it says 'chicken.'"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Mmmm. Chicken.

There are worse things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (bss/y)

222 Here’s how those exajoules stacked up by fuel source in 2024. Of the 592 exajoules produced (EJs), 199 came from oil, 165 came from coal, and 149 came from natural gas. That constitutes 87 percent of all energy consumed. The share of global energy produced by oil, coal, and gas is rising, not falling. Nuclear energy produced 31 EJs, hydroelectricity produced 16, and “renewables” altogether produced 33 EJs, but five of those were from biofuel.

28/592=4.7%

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (/+uur)

223 The Sun:

IRAN has asked America for a ceasefire, claims Donald Trump – but the president has vowed to continue blitzing the rogue state until the Strait of Hormuz is freed.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

224 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.

Not gonna divulge that information. Not gonna do it. Read my lips. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:16 AM (gtcuf)

225 I saw Pierside Brass open for The Wharf Rats at the Norfolk Scope in '93.

Posted by: Back in the day at April 01, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

226
I'm going to go with the goofy "if he wins, any of us could be deported" delusion.

Fine. Deport everyone. Start with those illegally here and work your way down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

227 It doesn't matter where oil is refined, it's bought and sold in a market, the market price is dictated by all of the usual metrics, with uncertainty and risk being additional inputs.

So when the US goes to war with a major oil producer and you one of the main arteries for petroleum transport is affected, you're going to price spikes and other inefficiencies and constraints.

This is how things have literally worked, forever.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (XV/Pl)

228 Remember. Eyepatch McCain gave his EYE for this country.

He was STILL a useless grifter stealing money when he got to congress.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Ok, was he at all useful at the beginning though? Or was he always a grifting asshat?

I seem to recall a lot of people talking about him, but I don't remember anything actually substantive- but then again that is true of virtually all of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (bss/y)

229 Mmmm. Chicken.

There are worse things.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (bss/y)

Not if you have a poultry allergy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

230 hypothetical about a Slovenian prostitute mothering an anchor baby

Gratuitous insult to Melania notwithstanding, she has one child, Barron, and became a citizen in the year that he was born. Since becoming a citizen is not an instantaneous event, she must have been working on it prior to him being born.

But this is reddit so one cannot expect an effort at actual understanding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

231 These terms capture the essence of someone who relies on others for sustenance or support, often without reciprocation. They highlight the idea of dependency and the potential for exploitation in relationships.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

Part II of the Adam Smith famous quote:
Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Even a beggar does not depend upon it entirely. The charity of well-disposed people, indeed, supplies him with the whole fund of his subsistence. But though this principle ultimately provides him with all the necessaries of life which he has occasion for, it neither does nor can provide him with them as he has occasion for them. The greater part of his occasional wants are supplied in the same manner as those of other people, by treaty, by barter, and by purchase.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)

232 Ask your doctor if Exajoule is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 01, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

233
I seem to recall a lot of people talking about him, but I don't remember anything actually substantive- but then again that is true of virtually all of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (bss/y)

I seem to recall everyone having high hopes for him because he was a former Seal badass hero that was going to congress to make changes and make America great again.

He ended up Amber Hearding and lining his pockets.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

234
We are seeing the end of 90 years of Ivy League Democrat Socialist Internationalism that has cost America trillions of dollars and thousands of lives.

The system Europe and Canada have imposed is a collapsing failure.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (TvPmY)

235 103 "How you feel about the conflict today likely reflects how you feel about Trump and which media guesses, or lies, you accept to validate that feeling."

Generally speaking, sure. But I'm a political professional and a veteran. Reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources are a life and death matter to me.

That's one of the reasons I shouted from the rooftops here early on about the Covid-19 shots.

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (DMuRG)

236 He ended up Amber Hearding and lining his pockets.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

Heh. Shitting the bed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (bss/y)

237 I want the Iran thing to be "over" but what will victory look like ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (eANu3)

238
This is causing issues b/c bad employees can't just be fired (b/c they aren't bad "enough" and they have docs going to bat for them), and now good employees and new Trump employees are getting bitter.
Posted by: Nova Local

Then those bitter and angry employees should take over the union, change some rules, and keelhaul the dirtbags.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (QVmho)

239 East.
Posted by: Pierside Brass"

Nah. They're taking Petersburgh.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR)

240 RedWave Press
@RedWavePress

Fox News’ Will Cain EXPOSES Birthright Citizenship: “Reports of foreign wealth being used to manipulate the system. One Chinese billionaire reportedly has more than 100 U.S.-born children through surrogacy. The idea: build a future family and business succession plan. Some clients, by the way, request up to 100 babies via multiple surrogates. It can cost as much as $200K per child… Also, surrogacy is illegal in China. Nearly 41% of international surrogate parents in the U.S. are Chinese.”

“Juan Carlos Valencia González… was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1984. His parents were from Mexico. He happens to also be the stepson of ‘El Mencho,’ the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. And now he is reportedly leading that very same cartel.”

https://tinyurl.com/2s3hdymd

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)

241 No doubt the lawsuits and phony injunctions from Justices Buch M. Danno and Mac A. Damia will be forthcoming.

Heh.

Nicely done, JJ.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

242 164 That 'Candyman' essay is worth a read.
Posted by: mr tmz

Agreed completely. The movie was good but I should try and find the story at some point.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (jjoN6)

243 I don't know any or ever met a Slovenian.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)

244 As I recall, there was an initial burst of good feelings toward Eyepatch McCain after some CNN or MSNBC creature mocked his disability and he handled it with grace and good humor. It didn't last.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (gtcuf)

245 Heh. Shitting the bed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (bss/y)

CORRECT!

*hands over cigar*

*lights zippo*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

246 @233

>>He ended up Amber Hearding and lining his pockets.

The existing system does not lend itself to major change, critters like Eyepatch realize this quickly and determine that the only thing they can really do materially is feather their own beds.

Critters with little honor and integrity go that route, critters with higher orders of honor and integrity, don't stick around long.

There is a subset of those without honor and integrity but also do not have the ability to feather their own beds very well. Guys like Flake come to mind.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 09:22 AM (XV/Pl)

247 SAVE Act Is 4 Times More Popular Than Congress

Butthole itch is 4 X more pop than congress

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)

248 How dare you use my name as a verb!

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

249 IRAN has asked America for a ceasefire, claims Donald Trump – but the president has vowed to continue blitzing the rogue state until the Strait of Hormuz is freed.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

He should respond with, "The word you're looking for is surrender."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

250 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

You did that to yourself, sugartits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

251 XTC, I'm not a fan of working from home. When Covid hit, being in construction our company worked the entire time and went into the office while much of the government was able to stay home for years. We had one girl who played that card with the masks and bitching about the rest of us saying "f" it and carrying on about our business like normal. She worked from home and never came back. Get your asses back to work, all of you. That said, hire the lawyer. Why not.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (BCuCF)

252 What is another word for "living off others"?
The term "living off others" can be paraphrased or rephrased in various ways, depending on the context. Here are some alternative phrases and synonyms for "living off others":

You left out the obvious "leaching."

Posted by: Confused Moron at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

253 "The existing system does not lend itself to major change"

Yes. If you're gonna bring major changes, you don't get in.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (DgMqy)

254
“Juan Carlos Valencia González… was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1984. His parents were from Mexico. He happens to also be the stepson of ‘El Mencho,’ the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. And now he is reportedly leading that very same cartel.”

https://tinyurl.com/2s3hdymd
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)

Bhussein had no issues executing Citizens.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

255 Strait of Hormuz

Renaming it Straight of America should be a non-negotiable requirement in any peace treaty.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:25 AM (gtcuf)

256 We would have also accepted "mooching."

Posted by: The Judges at April 01, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

257 248 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Well, then maybe you should not have shit in that bed- and let everyone know in such a high profile manner- young lady!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:26 AM (bss/y)

258 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM

Bitch, please...

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (bFu5X)

259 243 I don't know any or ever met a Slovenian.
Posted by: dantesed

I met several in Kosovo, two of which I worked with daily. The dude was short, scrawny, and soy. The woman was a stacked, super-hot brunette.

I like to believe they're representative of their entire national demographic.

Posted by: Military Moron at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (JCZqz)

260 You did that to yourself, sugartits.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

You know the sad thing is the only thing I remember seeing her in (never watched Aquaman) was Zombieland.

Yes, she was pretty hot, but there was nothing particularly special about her. She seemed to be a personality void.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (bss/y)

261 The prices are dictated by the minute to keep the deliveries flowing."

You're not really kidding... values of truckloads can (and do) change while on the road.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (XuXeR)

262 >>Renaming it Straight of America should be a non-negotiable requirement in any peace treaty.

Big Beautiful Strait of America!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (Suwql)

263 leech

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ZxPkt)

264 @228 Aetius451AD-unfortunately we on the right like to fawn all over any of our warrior class running for high office. When you are retired military you are an automatic expert on war and foreign relations. You are above reproach because “did you serve!”. Even sites for military veterans are getting “veteran fatigue”. Comment sections get pretty heated.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (PLgLU)

265 But I'm a political professional and a veteran. Reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources are a life and death matter to me.

And do you have reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources regarding the current events? The closest I come is Tousi, who seems to be trying to get accurate information.

But my general attitude about information regarding Iran is the same as it was about Ukraine. Everything you hear is a lie. Even if it's actually factually correct, that's only accidental.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)

266 Prices here went to 3.99 across the board. I really wonder if there is some sort of set price ceiling or whether this is just all of the station owners trying to keep things mentally acceptable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (bss/y)

267 Everything would work out great if the Persians would just.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (2ap+5)

268 257 248 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Well, then maybe you should not have shit in that bed- and let everyone know in such a high profile manner- young lady!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I told you it was the dog!! (Punch) Now look what you made me do! Stop crying, I didn't hit you! Be a man!

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (JCZqz)

269 I have no choice but to work from home. The whole company works by remote. We're all over the country, no office to go to.

I miss going to the office lately. Used to be you could get a lot of personal stuff done working from home. But being in the international trade biz, the tariff mess has made us busier and busier and busier, just a slave to the grindstone anymore. In those circumstances, it would be nice to have officemates to commiserate with.

(The tariff mess is also making us richer, and we keep hiring and hiring, so it's been good for business. Not so much for our mental health!)

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (gtcuf)

270 Get your asses back to work, all of you. That said, hire the lawyer. Why not.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (BCuCF)

Sure, I go in when I HAVE to, but I LOVE working from home. I mean, besides the weight gain because I tend to snack too much......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

271 I wonder if it is a good idea for Trump to sit in the SCOTUS today ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (eANu3)

272 Prices here went to 3.99 across the board."

You may have just one local distributor, regardless of brand names. A local monopoly...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)

273 Art is nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (CaljU)

274 But my general attitude about information regarding Iran is the same as it was about Ukraine. Everything you hear is a lie. Even if it's actually factually correct, that's only accidental.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)

Ok, here is an interesting psychological thing (in my own head): I always thought Ukraine was completely manufactured. But I do not think about Iran the same way. What's fascinating is that the other side is reacting exactly the way I did to Ukraine- just to Iran.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)

275 Yes, she was pretty hot, but there was nothing particularly special about her. She seemed to be a personality void.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (bss/y)

I downloaded a movie she was in because she was naked the first 15 minutes of the movie.

I don't remember anything about the movie other than that as I didn't watch it after the first 15 minutes.

Oh, and Musk got her to dress up as an Overwatch character........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

276 >>I miss going to the office lately.

It's amazing how much is accomplished and how many opportunities are discovered in unplanned conversations before/after meetings, bumping into colleagues in the hall or kitchen, and even at happy hour.

I am an introvert, and after transitioning to WFH I missed the little bits of social interaction that enabled me to stay connected. It's not the same over the phone, not even close.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Suwql)

277 Sure, I go in when I HAVE to, but I LOVE working from home. I mean, besides the weight gain because I tend to snack too much......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

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This is a problem in retirement - food is always a short reach away. Fortunately, I am a cheap b*st*rd and have a long list of home improvement projects, none of which involves being in the kitchen.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 01, 2026 09:34 AM (2ap+5)

278 I wouldn't get a kanji tattoo if I ever got ink.

We don't have a Japanese community where I live, so I wouldn't trust anyone here to not mess up the kanji and make it say something it's not supposed to.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (iXqHn)

279 265 "And do you have reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources regarding the current events? The closest I come is Tousi, who seems to be trying to get accurate information."

That's a work in progress, unfortunately. Lots of misinformation, disinformation, news blackouts from the region out there.

"Is all of this theater?" is a frequent question.

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 09:37 AM (DMuRG)

280 Obama judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of hundreds of thousands illegals granted by Biden cellphone One App program.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y1sOo)

Dear Judge, Please perform an anatomically impossible sex act upon yourself.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: D.J.T at April 01, 2026 09:47 AM (5xuJ/)

281 The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

Yeah, piss off the Hungarians. That'll work just fine.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy (crazy Magyar) at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (5xuJ/)

282 209 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.
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Odds on Cuber?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 09:57 AM (n17eQ)

283 PASS THE FVCKING SAVE ACT!!! Why are congresscritters getting two weeks off?!?!

Posted by: rechill at April 01, 2026 10:03 AM (K1zyu)

284 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

A good Passover to all.
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American exceptionalism. Remember when it became a topic of debate in this country, and then beyond, about 16, 17 years ago?

"No Kings." The bitter joke that half of our political class and many of the builders of 'civil society,' along with some millions (in total) in our streets - joined by the clown show that is now much of Europe - march for, practically begging attachment to a continent that has never shed its now symbolic kings & queens and its embedded social classes, even as it becomes a New Europe (links above).

Apr 1st, 2026:
Bloomberg, UK's Starmer Urges Deeper EU Ties With World on 'Volatile Path'

aa dot com: EU Commission moves forward with Ukraine $104B loan plan as political deadlock persists
Bloc proposes allocating €45 billion ($49B) by end of year as part of broader loan package

NDTV: Will Bring Together 35 Nations, Take Steps To Reopen Hormuz Strait: UK PM35 countries have signed a statement committing to work together on restoring maritime security to the key oil transport route.

Al Jazeera English: Britain’s PM Starmer pledges UK won’t be dragged into war on Iran

Posted by: L - No nic at April 01, 2026 10:26 AM (NFX2v)

285 Theater, so much theater, but for the transformation of Europe, largely through Z's Ukrainian-Russian War with US support, and the continuance of the US as the global the piggybank and lead undocumented dumping ground.

BTW:
Spain's energy mix is primarily of wind and solar, supplemented by hydropower and nuclear.
France has primarily nuclear power, which provided roughly 65–69% of electricity in 2024–2025. Hydropower is the second-largest source, followed by rising contributions from wind, solar, and natural gas.

>Reuters, European power companies plot US expansion despite past struggles, 31 Mar 2026

The US needs investment.
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Good day 🤗

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 10:26 AM (NFX2v)

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