Rubio Blasts Our Frenemy "Allies:" You Know, We Don't Rely On Oil That Passes Through the Strait of America. <i>You</i> Do.

Rubio Blasts Our Frenemy "Allies:" You Know, We Don't Rely On Oil That Passes Through the Strait of America. You Do.

Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

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Secretary Marco Rubio just delivered a BRUTAL wake-up call to U.S. allies refusing to step up on the Strait of Hormuz.
"We depend very little on the straits -- this is a problem for the WORLD."
RUBIO: "Well, the Straits of Hormuz, those are international waters, so anything Iran does to impede commercial traffic is illegal."
"For all these countries that like to talk about international law, it is a violation of international maritime law to impede the free flow of travel in international waters, so that's number one."
"Number two, it's illegal to bomb and hit and attack commercial shipping, and sink them."
"That's what the Nazis did during World War II in the Atlantic, and that's what they are doing now to ships from countries they don't like, flagged by countries they don't like."
"These are TERRORISTIC acts that they are undertaking."
"So the United States gets very little energy through the Strait of Hormuz."
"Our allies ship out a lot of oil through there...and certainly countries in Asia and Europe on it."
"We depend very little on the straits, if, in fact, Iran decides to set up a toll, if, in fact, Iran decides that they are going to illegally control the Straits of Hormuz..."
"I imagine that will be the president's call whether he wants to help but this is a problem for the world."
"It's countries around the world that should be stepping up and dealing with that and saying that's intolerable and that's what we've encouraged them to do."
Rubio just exposed the truth -- Iran is committing terroristic acts in international waters and America's allies are sitting on their hands.

🚨 Secretary Marco Rubio just delivered a BRUTAL wake-up call to U.S. allies refusing to step up on the Strait of Hormuz.

“We depend very little on the straits — this is a problem for the WORLD.”

RUBIO: “Well, the Straits of Hormuz, those are international waters, so anything… pic.twitter.com/3GuZxK74Sw
— Overton (@overton_news) April 1, 2026

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Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (GD0B3)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

3 hahah! they are still kvetching about IRAs and SS...

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (GD0B3)

4 Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

5 Not only mooch but sniff disdainfully down their raised honkers at us while doing so.

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (YwEeS)

6 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

==

Enough!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (GD0B3)

7 THE BLADE IS ... FIRST!*

* Using leftspeak to mean "not first"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

8 A cruel Ace is a wonderful Ace.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (m+r/u)

9 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

I NEED TEEPEE!!!!

Posted by: Beavis at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

10
Trump needs to have the NATO alliance "reassessed". He needs to say that tonight in his national address.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (IifOV)

11 Rubio now > old Rubio.

Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (98kQX)

12 Euros are not allies, more like dependents.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (GD0B3)

13 Euros are not allies, more like dependents.
Posted by: runner

I'd suggest 'leeches' or 'moochers'.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (cYBz/)

14 Tis true. Very little oil there goes to the U.S. in comes the 23 year veteran Masturbating Pete soon. I remind you he has been here for 23 years. He will remind you of that too.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (z/ZK2)

15 "Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes."

This has been nominated to the Webby Awards, for online excellence.

Slow Claps

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (IifOV)

16 As Ace has suggested, rename it the Strait of America and start charging Europe Billions in passage fees.

F*ck it. We're the world's police, funder and overall punching bag. Time to pay the piper, f*ckholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

17 Rubio just exposed the truth -- Iran is committing terroristic acts in international waters and America's allies are sitting on their hands.
---
Because not one of them has the stones or the military capability to do anything about it.

If the US went home tomorrow and left control of the Straits to Iran, there is NOTHING that any other country could or would do to stop them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (ESVrU)

18 I'm old enough to remember when 'fartclam' was a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

19 Bold Prediction: The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they're all a bunch of soft-ass homos.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (oqH4h)

20 @14 the key to dealing with lefty trolls is not to engage. yourwelcome.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

21 Tis true. Very little oil there goes to the U.S. in comes the 23 year veteran Masturbating Pete soon. I remind you he has been here for 23 years. He will remind you of that too.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (z/ZK2)

I've been here longer.

He can play a nice rousing game of hide and go f*ck himself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

22
Spain & France need to be made examples of. Especially Spain. Fuck them.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (IifOV)

23 Remember, the Strait was the "Strait of Muz" before your mother was there, Trebek.

Posted by: Zombie Sean Connery at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

24 Want to really stir up the pot? Make up with Russia and have them be a no-kidding ally against the Euroweenies.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (GjEvj)

25 OT, but I got willowed:

Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass believes solar-powered streetlights will make it harder for thieves to swoop in and plunge neighborhoods into the dark.

"Luddites and anti-intellectuals do not master the differential equations of thermodynamics or the biochemical cures of illness. They stay in thatched huts and die young.” – Edward O. Wilson

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (SRRAx)

26 I NEED TEEPEE!!!!
Posted by: Beavis at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM

Piss off!

Posted by: Fauxcahontas at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (bFu5X)

27 France. Home to the world’s greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.

The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effete men yelling anti-Semantic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.

With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

28 Want to really stir up the pot? Make up with Russia and have them be a no-kidding ally against the Euroweenies.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

You know who else was an ally of Russia (for a time)?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (cYBz/)

29 Wait....maybe I haven't been here longer. I don't really remember.

But my point still stands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)

30 Um, Marco? It's the Strait of Hormuz. Singular.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Y1sOo)

31 OT, but I got willowed:

Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass believes solar-powered streetlights will make it harder for thieves to swoop in and plunge neighborhoods into the dark.

LOLWUT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)

32 Rubio now > old Rubio.

Rubio before he betrayed everyone and made Ace stop sniffing his garbage was good too. I still don't trust him.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)

33 Bold Prediction: The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they're all a bunch of soft-ass homos
***
So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.

Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)

34 The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effete men yelling anti-Semantic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.

With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Careful! They may fart in our general direction.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (cYBz/)

35 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

36 Europe is dead or very quickly dying. Nothing can save Europe, because it does not want to survive. The entire continent is basically one big MAID suicide club.

The European population of Europe is old, lazy, and dying out. They only want to hold onto their pensions and what little retirement assets they have. They have neither the will nor the ability to resist the feral class of foreign savages invading their countries. Some of them -- just like in the USA -- are cheering on their own colonization.

Trump understands that Europe is dying. That's why he's been bolstering and building relationships with other countries, like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

37 Euros wanted the US to go to war with Russia for some insane fantasy they had, but removing ME jihadi pain in the ass that's been messing up our cards for the last 50 years is none of their concern? ok. How much real estate does mujtaba owns in London again? what about the French riviera for the rest of IRGC honchos ?

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (GD0B3)

38 The gays of Hormuz had no comment...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ynpvh)

39 So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.
Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)

They're going to be wiping their ass with their bare hands soon anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

40 With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?

You stopped hating the French? Rookie mistake.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

41 The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effete men yelling anti-Semantic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.

With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?
Posted by: toby928(c)

CBD hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)

42 So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.
Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)
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Good. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (oqH4h)

43 France. Home to the world’s greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.

===

take out the painters and chefs and you got UK

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)

44 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

It's Dire Straits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

45 Rubio now > old Rubio.
Posted by: huerfano

He really is good when he has someone to point him in the right direction.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (a+4eV)

46 42 So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.
Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)
-----

Good. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (oqH4h)

Don't forget freezing...when winter comes again.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (ynpvh)

47
It's Dire Straits
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

Twistin' by the pool!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

48 Straits and Strait seem to be interchangeable. I don't know if there is a rule.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (CNl8/)

49 Oh FFS.

Here we go again.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

50 45 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

It's Dire Straits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...

Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

51 Strait of Trump. I know he wants it!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)

52 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

Thanks for giving away the details of the lead float in this year's Pride Month Parade.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Y8DZL)

53 I'm going to hold my water until Trump and the Shah give the go signal for the uprising. It may fail, it may succeed, but either way, it's going to change the facts on the ground in ways that we cannot anticipate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (4NO2D)

54 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher...

No way those white boys are bigger than me. -- Big Mike Obama

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

55 52 Strait of Trump. I know he wants it!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)

The Queer of Obama...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (ynpvh)

56 It's Dire Straits

...and The Sultans they played Creole

Creole

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (DgMqy)

57 Oh FFS.

Here we go again.......

Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

58 Bold Prediction: The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they're all a bunch of soft-ass homos.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (oqH4h)

Do you have any Grey Poupon ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (NtVYv)

59 Spain & France need to be made examples of. Especially Spain. Fuck them.
Posted by: Frank Barone

And the Should Be Speaking German UK.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (sUjod)

60 @54 either way , we are way, way, WAY ahead then where we were 30 days ago!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (GD0B3)

61 To be fair, Europeans - the actual indigenous people - are plagued by politicians even worse than ours. Look at how they change the rules to keep decent people out of power.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (AlhUl)

62 First line from Wikipedia:

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (CNl8/)

63 Rubio just exposed the truth -- Iran is committing terroristic acts in international waters and America's allies are sitting on their hands.

-
Iran Strike Sets [Kuwaiti] Oil Tanker Ablaze off Dubai Coast

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (ndZc7)

64
Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

except, she dead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)

65 64 First line from Wikipedia:

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (CNl8/)

Because it is a strait on either side?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (ynpvh)

66 27 France. Home to the world’s greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.
The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course,
...
With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?

Why? away bemused for the Noodle Headed Macaroni to be put on carbonite dislay next to Zelensky for thinking he would fare any better than Napoleon or Hitler against Russa.

Hormuz is strategically linked to the security of Tawain for the next 50 years.

Why?
China cannot invade, let alone continue to maintain status as they do without Iran/Oil. Any invasion of the Taiwan strait will involve mining it, which when the euroMONSTERS are desperate enough will beg Trump to demine Hormuz in a way that will forever preclude China's mining of the strait and forever close the window on their Taiwan ambitions

“Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States,” Pelosi'24 feeling that she's getting real on IceKingJOE

The LIBs ceaseless quest for the unearned remains forever ceaseless because the Value Illicitly Obtained retains no Value forWAR'd !!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (K9ch3)

67 Appropos of most of our lives, I finished washing the car about an hour ago and now it's pouring outside.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (cYBz/)

68 51 45 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

It's Dire Straits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

And his name is "George".

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (SRRAx)

69 >>Straits and Strait seem to be interchangeable. I don't know if there is a rule.

Oh, there is a rule. We follow it.

Posted by: world maps at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Y1sOo)

70 First line from Wikipedia:

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar....

-
Damn wishy washy Wikiwashers!

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

71 Appropos of most of our lives, I finished washing the car about an hour ago and now it's pouring outside.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (cYBz/)

Can you come to NTX and wash your car, please?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)

72 ...sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

Throw in some fake boobies and I'm there!!

Posted by: B. Noem at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (8C1eU)

73 I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

Strait up now tell me

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (NtVYv)

74 And his name is "George".
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (SRRAx)

He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

75 I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard

And his name is "George".
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

Amen.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (sUjod)

76 > 41 The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

You forgot "think Jerry Lewis was the greatest comedian in history".

> 11 Rubio now > old Rubio.
Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (98kQX)

I think his balls must've finally dropped some time between 2020 and now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (IG3/x)

77 Rubio now > old Rubio.
Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (98kQX)

The question being which is the real Rubio.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (ExV1e)

78 If the straight of Hormuz is the world's problem - and sounds like it is - then pack up our military and bring them home.

Nukes are gone.

If the Iranian people can't overthrow the Mullahs and IRGC, not our problem.

We can just pound the next iteration of their nuke program to dust.

It's been real, Europe!

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (fq8Zx)

79 Restrained himself from saying, That ain't no joke, on First April MMXXVI. What a diplomat!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (YlWIZ)

80 China is truing to figure out why all the military technology they stole from the US is not working for them !

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (GD0B3)

81 69 Appropos of most of our lives, I finished washing the car about an hour ago and now it's pouring outside.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (cYBz/)

Now wait for the flock of Canadian geese who just finished an 8-course lunch to fly over.

Posted by: Think of it as a marbling effect at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)

82 Ghey or Strait ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (NtVYv)

83 I liked when we called Rubio; Dondi. You can't unsee it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (4NO2D)

84 I do like him and Trump calling this out. Pay me now or pay a lot more later.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (n5tGW)

85 > ..and The Sultans they played Creole

Creole
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (DgMqy)

Trump don't give a damn about any turban-wearing man.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (IG3/x)

86 "Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes."

Yes, but also I think a major reason why Europe doesn't want to help out in any war against an Islamic country is because they have been so infiltrated and invaded by radioactive Muslim CHUDs that European leaders are afraid of murderous reprisals by these lunatics. And on that score, they are probably right.

We in the USA have our own Muslim problem. It is much worse in Europe. If Keir Starmer comes out in support of USA against Iran, those gay Ukrainian rentboys will be the least of his worries. Muslims run the UK now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

87 He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.
Posted by: Sponge

Been to one concert in my life. And that's only because the ex (before she was an ex) wanted to go. Never understood paying to hear music I was going to hear on the radio for free.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (sUjod)

88 So did they run out of tall buildings for the
Oh never mind

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (YlWIZ)

89 Shorter version -"Europe is full of ungrateful freeloaders."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (2vHPe)

90 Hormuz is only a problem because Trump decided to illegally invade for no reason. Why should Europe help with an illegal and unnecessary war? And Trump only cares about Hormuz because the oil price is biting him in the ass!

Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (hOdBU)

91 89 He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.
Posted by: Sponge

Been to one concert in my life. And that's only because the ex (before she was an ex) wanted to go. Never understood paying to hear music I was going to hear on the radio for free.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (sUjod)

My wife enjoyed going to concerts. I went to two concerts...one with her, and one with her and the kids. I do, one day, want to see an opera...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (ynpvh)

92
I saw Bunghole Fingerers open for Old McSpringsteen in ...

... that's a lie, actually. I never saw Bunghole Fingerers open for anybody.

But if I had, I have no doubt that they would have done so for Old McSpringsteen.

And he would have loved it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (xG4kz)

93 Rubio was on Hannity yesterday.

Grok said Canada actually has 16 oil refineries and Australia has 2. I thought the Aussies grabbed that golden Net Zero ring and had none.

More info.

Canada sends the vast majority of its exported crude oil to the United States to be processed in U.S. refineries (particularly those configured for heavy oil sands crude in the Midwest/PADD 2 and Gulf Coast/PADD 3). In recent years (2023–2025 data), Canada exported approximately 3.8 to 4.3 million barrels per day (MMb/d) of crude oil to the U.S., representing about 95–97% of Canada's total crude exports.

This volume accounts for roughly 60% of all U.S. crude imports and about 23–24% of total U.S. refinery throughput. U.S. refineries process this Canadian crude (mostly heavy grades) into refined petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and petrochemicals.

The "returned" portion (refined products imported back to Canada)

Canada has limited domestic refining capacity (~1.9 MMb/d total, with much of it in Ontario, Quebec, and the West), so it imports a significant share of its refined petroleum products (RPPs) from the U.S.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (Sco7b)

94 I don't understand what happened to concert tickets over the years.

When Young Rodrigo was a broke-ass teen metalhead, he could sometimes scrape up enough for a concert ticket by collecting pop bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a trailer load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

95 Wow, Trump invaded a strait! All those ships are also invaders too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ynpvh)

96 The Russo-Ukrainian War has been illuminating in many ways. One of them has been the glaring disconnect between European rhetoric and action. Even with four years now to build up their militaries in the face of what they claim to be an existential threat, most of them have done no such thing. I don't think they're just pretending; the Poles have certainly acted on it. I think Western and Southern Europe is literally incapable, with levels of corruption that make New York, California, and Illinois look like pillars of rectitude.

I'm talking all of their national wealth already looted, and -- my new guesstimate based on Cali's bespoke butterfly bridge -- 85% of their of annual budgets going poof every year, vaporized by grift, fraud, and outright theft. It helps explain why they're bending over for a lightly-armed barbarian invasion, if they literally *can't* do anything to stop it.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (Sy6m/)

97
"Get This" ace is some of the best ace.

Posted by: Person who likes Get This at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

98 Bet Rubio had his zipper boots on when he delivered this speech. Rubio is Badass in Zipper Boots.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (n17eQ)

99 96 I don't understand what happened to concert tickets over the years.

When Young Rodrigo was a broke-ass teen metalhead, he could sometimes scrape up enough for a concert ticket by collecting pop bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a trailer load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

Sounds like Weimer Republic Germany...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (ynpvh)

100 Why do they call them 'sliced' bagels, when they aren't?
They should be called 'barely-nicked' bagels.
Or maybe 'Tis But A Flesh Wound' bagels.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)

101 My wife enjoyed going to concerts. I went to two concerts...one with her, and one with her and the kids. I do, one day, want to see an opera...
Posted by: jim

Does Phantom of the Opera count? Saw that at the Bass Music Hall in Ft. Worth or is that just a musical?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (sUjod)

102 He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

I believe it is the people in charge of selling the tickets who set those prices.

FWIW, I am seeing him twice this month (Bucket List rules) - nosebleed cheapo tix (nowhere near $800), but I'm going for the music this time, not the great view.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (SRRAx)

103 Picnic Bagel Disaster Scenario:
Dad: 'OK kids, who's hungry?'
Kids: 'We are! we are!'
Mom: 'Bob, I can't divide these bagels cleanly.'
Dad: 'Did you buy the sliced? I told you to get the sliced.'
Mom: 'Yes, but they aren't.'
Kids: 'We're hunnnngryyy!!'
Dad: 'Try "unscrewing" them. That works sometimes.'
Mom: 'I told you to bring a knife, Bob. Didn't I TELL you?'
Dad: 'And I told YOU to get the sliced.'
Mom: [Rips up the damn bagels and flings them at Dad.]
Kids: 'I hate bagel pieces! They taste icky! WAAAAH!'

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)

104 Europe is pathetically weak. We all new it but, Trump and Rubio proved it to the world.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (NpAcC)

105 Europe is dead or very quickly dying. Nothing can save Europe, because it does not want to survive. The entire continent is basically one big MAID suicide club.

A large segment of the European population is like a certain segment of the elderly in this country. They do not want their nation to exist when they are gone. So they do everything to kill it, and to ensure that those who follow cannot save it.

They are evil.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

106 Oil supply and price is global. If Hormuz is blocked all oil gets expensive no matter where it comes from. This is a bad argument.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (IlFr/)

107 Is anyone just exhausted from listening to commies and their stupid bullshit commie thoughts all day long?

Maybe the internet was a bad idea. I liked it better when it was just cookie recipes and porn.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (DWX+q)

108 Sorry. The constitution says you can’t leave NATO. It’s right there nowhere in the text.

Posted by: John Roberts and the SCOTUS Scum at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (HsXHq)

109 Let's see if the PLAN can sail any ships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (2vHPe)

110 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

111 106 Picnic Bagel Disaster Scenario:
Dad: 'OK kids, who's hungry?'
Kids: 'We are! we are!'
Mom: 'Bob, I can't divide these bagels cleanly.'
Dad: 'Did you buy the sliced? I told you to get the sliced.'
Mom: 'Yes, but they aren't.'
Kids: 'We're hunnnngryyy!!'
Dad: 'Try "unscrewing" them. That works sometimes.'
Mom: 'I told you to bring a knife, Bob. Didn't I TELL you?'
Dad: 'And I told YOU to get the sliced.'
Mom: [Rips up the damn bagels and flings them at Dad.]
Kids: 'I hate bagel pieces! They taste icky! WAAAAH!'

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)

There's also St. Louis sliced bagels...they slice it on one of the other axes...(plural of axis)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (ynpvh)

112 Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

except, she dead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)

Damn, I forgot. Let's see, who would be an acceptable substitute...

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

113 17 If the US went home tomorrow and left control of the Straits to Iran, there is NOTHING that any other country could or would do to stop them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (ESVrU)

So true Perfessor, so true...

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (y171U)

114 113 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

They put up barriers like Obama did during the Gov't shutdown?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (ynpvh)

115 Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financ (BZ=F)

100.65 -3.32 (-3.19%)
As of 1:40:14 PM EDT. Market Open.

Crude Oil May 26 (CL=F) WTI

99.00 -2.38 (-2.35%)
As of 1:40:41 PM EDT. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (4NO2D)

116 92 Hormuz is only a problem because Trump decided to illegally invade for no reason. Why should Europe help with an illegal and unnecessary war? And Trump only cares about Hormuz because the oil price is biting him in the ass!
Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (hOdBU)

He's baaaack.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (SRRAx)

117 BTW, good job everyone not engaging the paid Islamic troll.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

118 113 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

Same.

We keep hearing that their military is destroyed. So how the fuck are they maintaining a naval blockade? Something doesn’t add up.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (IlFr/)

119 In WWII did any of the combatants attack non-combatants vessles for shits and giggles?

Posted by: Operator Error at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Hh5dq)

120 Unified theory.

Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.

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Responsible contrary opinions will be ignored.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

121 96 I don't understand what happened to concert tickets over the years.

When Young Rodrigo was a broke-ass teen metalhead, he could sometimes scrape up enough for a concert ticket by collecting pop bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a trailer load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

Hate to say it but greedy corporations played a large role in it, starting with Ticketmaster and all these other rent-seeking middlemen. Concerts used to be far more accessible to the people who loved the music but didn't have a lot of scratch. Now it's 3 and 4 figures for nosebleed seats.

Posted by: One of many sad trends at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)

122 Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (hOdBU)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)

123 Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

https://tinyurl.com/56d7hvpj

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ExV1e)

124 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

They put up barriers like Obama did during the Gov't shutdown?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (ynpvh)

HEH!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (dmDsy)

125 121 113 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

Same.

We keep hearing that their military is destroyed. So how the fuck are they maintaining a naval blockade? Something doesn’t add up.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (IlFr/)

It's not a blockade, they're just using drones to attack ships now and then.

Basically anyone in the region could "close the straits" in the same manner.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (okun6)

126 Why do they call them 'sliced' bagels, when they aren't?
They should be called 'barely-nicked' bagels.
Or maybe 'Tis But A Flesh Wound' bagels.
Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)
*******
Split English Muffins are the worst. I wish they would be split them in half so that they would be even on both sides.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)

127 St. Louis Sliced Bagels...
https://youtu.be/KgEvyPQ3n08

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (ynpvh)

128 Europe should care about this because we now know that Iran's missiles have the range for Paris and Berlin. The mullahs have an ideology to bring about the end of the world as a good thing. Enrichment for nukes takes two weeks from 60% to weapons grade 90%. F the oil prices, it's existential.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

129 @NickFondacaro
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.

Seems Trump should be jumping back on the 'sue' train.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

130 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Same. They have no boats to do any harassment, although it was kind of funny to see the CENTCOM footage of them blowing up random fishing boats with outboard motors that IRGC was trying to use after their real ships all got sunk.

And the ship tracker yesterday was showing quite a bit of traffic going through.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)

131 Lloyds of London is scared of the alleged Iranian threat so ship owners are being skittish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (2vHPe)

132 Just looked at the Maritime tracker. Strait seems open to me.

Of course, that could just be the Jooos faking us out again.

Posted by: Grover at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (9CBNQ)

133 "I wanna get something Strait up the whore muss"

-- Whoever Noem's creepy husband is

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

134 Oil is sold to the highest bidder
Gasoline is sold to the highest nidder

If the Euros will pay more than USA the oil goes there

The biggest teginetu on the USA is owned by the David (Trump approved thst dale?/ They will always send the gasoline to whatever country pays the most
Capitalism !!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (GSpuR)

135 So it's a bagel thread?

Posted by: Just got here at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

136 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

What about a baseball game. Not that I'd ever go again but you need about 750 for a day at the ballpark with decent seats.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (DWX+q)

137 Do the Gulf States not have any fast boats of their own they can run around the Strait and fight Iranian ones and water drones? Or would that just draw the A10s? Deconflicting might be a bitch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (4NO2D)

138 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)

Missiles if the story about hitting a Gulf States taker is correct.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (sUjod)

139 138 So it's a bagel thread?
Posted by: Just got here at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

Oy vey!

Posted by: Beware the bagel lenders! at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (TbWk/)

140 I thought Ace banished the Ass Hole ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (FtULh)

141 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (4NO2D)

142 Sportsbra!

GO BOOBS!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (Zz0t1)

143 Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)
______________________

I think it's deeper and more nefarious than that. Just like George Galloway and Iraq, I'm convinced that there are quite a few European politicians and bureacrats who were making a rather nice nest egg off of the Iranians by covertly allowing them to circumvent sanctions for a little personal scratch.

These same politicians need the regime to stay in place for financial, and reputational reasons (also criminal reasons).

Personally, I think there are quite a few European opportunists that are pissed off something fierce because of this, but can't come out and explain themselves....so they just sit back and do nothing.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (dIske)

144 Split English Muffins are the worst. I wish they would be split them in half so that they would be even on both sides.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)

Awww, I like that you use a fork and decide which one is flat and which one is more rounded....

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love Thomas, Whoever He Is! at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (dmDsy)

145 US to Europe:

"If my help's not appreciated, then lotsa luck, gentlemen."

Posted by: Winston Wolf at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (bNf8H)

146 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (GSpuR)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

147 https://tinyurl.com/56d7hvpj
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ExV1e)

You can tell Redditors are gay since the top upvoted comment on that post is that she isn't hot.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (2ocoG)

148 AI says even a small risk from drones, mines, etc, speedboats is enough to deter ships.

Take that for what its worth. lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (DgMqy)

149 Don't take Teginetu if you're allergic to Teginetu.

Posted by: Big Farma at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (2Ez/1)

150
Sorry. The constitution says you can’t leave NATO. It’s right there nowhere in the text.

Posted by: John Roberts and the SCOTUS Scum

WRONG! It's on that bronze plaque held by the Statute of Libertine! Know wan noes the Constipation like wee due, MAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAA...!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (xG4kz)

151 One mine in the strait is enough. Most would probably be lucky going through but who is gonna take that chance with the value of their cargo ships.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

152 Helpful memory tool: Straits aren't always straight, but they are always narrow. Thus the Strait Undnaro.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (NYInA)

153 I saw the methinks jabber in the last thread...

According to "experts," text using "methinks" and em dashes is a sign that it was written by AI.

I like to use both — methinks I am screwed.

(Guess what text is readily available to train AI on? Literature from pre 1900s in the public domain, which liberally uses both. I suspect that is why AI adds it to writing so much.)

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (gWBY1)

154 Rubio must surrender passport. Neither parent was American citizen when he was born hefe

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (GSpuR)

155 "So it's a bagel thread?"

No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

156 ace does not ban like he used to, sometimes it was just for fun!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (GD0B3)

157 The ASS is too stupid to understand what “here legally” means. Hint: doesn’t have to be citizenship.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (IlFr/)

158 According to "experts," text using "methinks" and em dashes is a sign that it was written by AI.

Those of us who know the rules of English grammar are offended that either of those are considered AI.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

159 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (GSpuR)

Never gets old.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (4NO2D)

160 Man what fruity pebbles is A$$ gargling to post the Candy Ovens grade stuff?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2vHPe)

161 Why did the chicken cross the road? Because of white supremacy and the patriarchy!
- Progressive comedian Whitney Cummins

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ndZc7)

162 134 Lloyds of London is scared of the alleged Iranian threat so ship owners are being skittish.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (2vHPe)

Didn't President Trump take the insurance part of the equation out of it by offering some kind of US insurance?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love That Gekko! at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (dmDsy)

163 159 "So it's a bagel thread?"

No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

No bagels for practicing Jews for the week of unleavened bread...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ynpvh)

164 Europe is pathetically weak. We all new it but, Trump and Rubio proved it to the world.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (NpAcC)

They have certainly made mention of the apparent lack of attire of the European rulers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

165 No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

Comment 100 only matters on the Art Thread and the themed weekend threads. Really.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

166 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

The petroleum monopoly needs to be dismantled and let the companies and countries compete instead of price-fixing.

Posted by: p-squared at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (0prFs)

167 Is an Everything bagel properly named?
I mean "Everything" is a VERY inclusive word...

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

168 Whitney Cummings a little while ago was saying how the woke have fucked up the left. I guess she’s back to being super woke.?

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (IlFr/)

169 165 Why did the chicken cross the road? Because of white supremacy and the patriarchy!
- Progressive comedian Whitney Cummins

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ndZc7)

Why did the one-handed man cross the road? To get to the second hand store...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ynpvh)

170 80 If the straight of Hormuz is the world's problem - and sounds like it is - then pack up our military and bring them home.
...
Nukes are gone.
...

If they wan't nuclear weapons we should gift it to them.

Each facility gifted with a 100Megaton warhead, their gov't now responsible for preventing their own incoherant masses from setting it off...
which you know they will...

And if, after upon adequate, reflection and a period of house arrest, they can be removed, upon request...
if they ask nicely, after decades of good behavior, or self-remove rapidly, if they don't.

FACT: They use their own people as human shields, and the rest of the world hostage, and if, the euroMONSTERs don't act after they off the first ones, what good are they anyway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n29c-q3_8Q&t=44s

forWAR'd !!!
Remember who did this:
I remember Judas, that was Bill Clinton before he Disgraced his office and Betrayed us ALL!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (K9ch3)

171
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.

Oh, yes, the Teddy Ruxpin Ninja teams.

Mickle dangerous they are and uncontrollable!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (xG4kz)

172 155 One mine in the strait is enough. Most would probably be lucky going through but who is gonna take that chance with the value of their cargo ships.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

Let the countries pledge to cover any losses.
Take it from the stash.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Sco7b)

173 Bagels and English muffins are both acceptable delivery systems for excessive amounts of butter.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)

174 "So it's a bagel thread?"

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The Jews control everything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (ndZc7)

175 ASS is an unmitigated mental retard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Zz0t1)

176 123 Unified theory.

Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.
-
Responsible contrary opinions will be ignored.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)
********
Where do these people come up with this crap? Bluesky and Reddit?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (NpAcC)

177 Rubio is shaping out to be really great.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (6U1c2)

178 Sidebar
>>>In more marketing for Project Hail Mary, scientists say they've found the biosigns indicating life growing on an alien planet.

In related news:

A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu - Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/
s41550-026-02791-z

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

179 172 Is an Everything bagel properly named?
I mean "Everything" is a VERY inclusive word...

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

Bagels and donuts have holes...does Ariana Grande lick both?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (ynpvh)

180 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

The petroleum monopoly needs to be dismantled and let the companies and countries compete instead of price-fixing.
Posted by: p-squared at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM

Where are you buying?

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (4NO2D)

181 I just thought of a good way to fix this problem of allies not helping militarily - Just have the Supreme Court decide that everyone on the planet is a US Citizen. That way, for example, President Trump can order the Royal Navy to the Straits of Hormuz.

Eezy Peezy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (tWc/t)

182 Artist make the bulk of their money from ticket sales.

So blame artists as well.

Tickets to see The Doors at the LA Forum in '68 were around 6 bucks accounting for inflation, it would be 50 bucks today.

The average price of a concert ticket today is 130 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (XV/Pl)

183 The Phillippines is almost out of oil. Like, out-out. Like not a drop of oil left in the country. They rely on oil that passes through Hormuz and they are screwed.

Methinks they should buy oil from the US going forward...

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (gWBY1)

184 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

Other commodities are priced separately by origin. It's actually retarded that oil isn't.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (2ocoG)

185 178 Bagels and English muffins are both acceptable delivery systems for excessive amounts of butter.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)

But bagels work better for smoked salmon and Phily cream cheese...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (ynpvh)

186 Yesterday, a British pundit made a great point - just a few months ago, Keir Starmer was all up for committing UK troops to Ukraine, actual boots on the ground. Never happened, of course.

When the US and Israel committed air force, naval, and infantry forces to impose their demands by means of an armed conflict with the government of Iran, Starmer was unable or unwilling to send a single ship or aircraft to the theater of operations, even to protect British interests, for three weeks.

All talk and posturing from Starmer. Lies for his putative "friends", deference to his country's enemies.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (rj6Yv)

187 Let the countries pledge to cover any losses.

What's a ship worker's life worth?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

188 Aren't bagels made with judo?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (wBaIH)

189
Comment 100 only matters on the Art Thread and the themed weekend threads. Really.

Posted by: Ian S.

There is no Comment 100 Rule on the Moon, actually.

As a matter of fact, it's all Comment 100 Rule.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (xG4kz)

190 No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

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

https://youtu.be/cWEu9Rn-PaE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

191 I just gave the wheels its monthly drink. $38 dollars at $3.19 a gallon. Beats the fuck out of radiation poisoning.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (gm9Sb)

192 The worst picnics were actually the ones where Dad remembered to bring the knife. Things could get dicey.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)

193 But no one wants a Nagel Bagel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2vHPe)

194 171 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

—

It’s a global market.

Gold works the same. The price you pay is the same, it doesn’t matter where the gold is
Mined. All commodities work like that. It’s a fungible product so the price is the same everywhere.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (IlFr/)

195 And why do bagels need locks? I mean are bagels worth so much money that you have to...
What? Oh.
Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2Ez/1)

196 But bagels work better for smoked salmon and Phily cream cheese...

I'll take your word on that. I am *violently* allergic to salmon.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2ocoG)

197 Methinks they should buy oil from the US going forward...
Posted by: LizLem

That would be lovely. California can refine all that oil they got sitting there up along their coa-
Oh. Right.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (gKWVE)

198 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

Makes me want to say "Betlejuice" three times....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (dmDsy)

199 I thought bagels were a dog breed.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (tWc/t)

200 . All commodities work like that. It’s a fungible product so the price is the same everywhere.
Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM

Except for shipping and handling. I live relatively close to refineries and fuel here is well below world price.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

201 Aren't bagels made with judo?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (wBaIH)

Hi Karate

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (Zz0t1)

202 201 And why do bagels need locks? I mean are bagels worth so much money that you have to...
What? Oh.
Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2Ez/1)

Yeah, fer sure!

Posted by: Jenny Telia at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

203 190 178 Bagels and English muffins are both acceptable delivery systems for excessive amounts of butter.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)
_________________________

I almost fell over laughing when I ordered a personal single size pizza up in N. New Hampshire, and they handed me an English muffin with sauce, cheese and oregano.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)

204 >>Rubio is shaping out to be really great.

He's certainly evolved into a much more sensible option than Vance, imo.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (0CqYd)

205 I thought Ace banished the Ass Hole ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (FtULh)

Probably using a VPN. They wouldn't want to miss the 3-way "we're doomed" circle jerk with Sid and Wanking Larry.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

206 The simple truth is that European countries are simply not capable of providing troops, they don't have the man power, the equipment nor the intestinal fortitude.

So asking them to provide that which they don't have is folly.

Or factoring in their assistance in any meaningful way is double folly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (XV/Pl)

207 2pm

CBC and CNN - Artemis
MS Now - Supreme Court
FoxNews - President Trump's speech.

"Due to Europe's inaction, I have decided that the best way to protect the world from a dangerous Iran is the limited use on lower yield nuclear weapons. Bombing should start in 5 minutes!

April Fools!!!"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (Sco7b)

208 Commercial ships need defensive weapons. For centuries of sailing ships, the merchant ships had almost as many gun ports as the military ones.

Posted by: MartynWW at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (M9zxq)

209 We're happy paying the jizya toll to the Iranian mullahs.
-European 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

210 >>>In more marketing for Project Hail Mary, scientists say they've found the biosigns indicating life growing on an alien planet.
----------

Life = a "biosign" growing on an alien planet
Not Life = The clump of cells growing inside a woman

#Science

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (DWX+q)

211 Quite Seriously: Dear God, please keep everybody safe on the Artemis mission. Amen!

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (N8ZBc)

212 Is an Everything bagel properly named?
I mean "Everything" is a VERY inclusive word...
Posted by: I gotta ask

I never got bewbs with my everything bagel.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (sUjod)

213 Me sowing: "Oh hell yeah! Fuck Europe! Let's make them pay through the nose for fuel!"

Me reaping: "Well this sucks, why is my fuel so expensive?"
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (FAJQW)

Where the fuck do you get your retarded fucking talking points from?

That 3rd Grade boy you talked about last week.

Fucking pedo.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (dmDsy)

214 174 165 Why did the chicken cross the road? Because of white supremacy and the patriarchy!
- Progressive comedian Whitney Cummins
...
Why did the one-handed man cross the road? To get to the second hand store...

How did LIB's learn to think so quickly with their feet?

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-OBAMA-theBirdie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrueFaceOfLIBTerrorism
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheBotchmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTVpGuzk1M&t=51s
What happened to the American Dream? It came TRUE! forWAR'd !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (K9ch3)

215 Sesame seed bagels are the best.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (NpAcC)

216 206 . All commodities work like that. It’s a fungible product so the price is the same everywhere.
Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM

Except for shipping and handling. I live relatively close to refineries and fuel here is well below world price.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

Spreads on Brent and Murban over WTI were also massive for a few days because benchmarks are also tied to delivery in specific areas. Markets aren't frictionless and oil for that matter isn't uniform.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (okun6)

217 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

ASS and Sid also showed up. There's probably a Troll Alert system that pages them when Ace posts about Iran. He can test it later on with a thread about Flock of Seagulls.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)

218 We're happy paying the jizya toll to the Iranian mullahs.
-European 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

Ahhhh and that's the stuff right there.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (DWX+q)

219 You can tell Redditors are gay since the top upvoted comment on that post is that she isn't hot.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (2ocoG)

Yeah, I almost didn't post that link because it went to reddit but I liked the photo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)

220 215 We're happy paying the jizya toll to the Iranian mullahs.
-European 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

They also like it when you jizya their face...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

221 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2vHPe)

222 If it were up to me, I'd outright allow Iran to collect "tolls", while we continue to beat the shit out of them. Any payoffs are just going into the pockets of IRGC goons to use when they flee.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

223 >>Sesame seed bagels are the best.

Toasted Pumpernickel slathered with Butter.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (0CqYd)

224 Someone remind me, who was it that Pete wanted to be the Republican nominee for 2016? 2020? 2024?

Posted by: Open Channel D at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (gYnrv)

225 223 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

ASS and Sid also showed up. There's probably a Troll Alert system that pages them when Ace posts about Iran. He can test it later on with a thread about Flock of Seagulls.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)

I almost ran, ran so far away, on that comment...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (ynpvh)

226 So asking them to provide that which they don't have is ~~folly~~ punctuating the point that they are useless welfare leeches in the NATO treaty relationship[/].

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (XV/Pl)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)

227

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)

228 186 I just thought of a good way to fix this problem of allies not helping militarily - Just have the Supreme Court decide that everyone on the planet is a US Citizen.

By this definition, how many really are?
A: STARSHIP TROOPERs -- citizenship is not a birthright; it is a status earned

"The difference between a civilian and a citizen? A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not."

A World Safe for Socialism? needs de-bugging. no more Iraqnid's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV_IPiVDdLc

forWAR'd !!!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (K9ch3)

229 Commercial ships need defensive weapons. For centuries of sailing ships, the merchant ships had almost as many gun ports as the military ones.
Posted by: MartynWW

The reason they don't is because of ports.
A way around that is, a boat, like a pilot boat, goes out and either collects the weapons or weapons and mercs before the ship enters port. Nothing stops them from having weapons on the open ocean. It's just countries laws while in port.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (sUjod)

230 234 Sorry to spoil the party guys but I remember this triumphant nonsense and ridiculing of pessimistic opinion on this Smart Military Blog from Iraq and Afghanistan, and it appears that 99% of you have learned not a single thing from the experience.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (FAJQW)

Which is why you support a ground invasion to drive regime change?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (okun6)

231 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2vHPe)

You mean the Apolla 8 reboot?

Meh. Reboots are never as good as rhe original.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (zZu0s)

232 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2vHPe)

do we have to include the Canadian?

*I kid

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)

233 Nothing stops them from having weapons on the open ocean. It's just countries laws while in port.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM

and, oddly, insurance companies. They don't like it.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)

234 Kramer and the bagel worker's strike:

https://youtu.be/ffCPUS7GNuI

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 01, 2026 02:09 PM (2Ez/1)

235 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.

Amen!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 02:09 PM (Kt19C)

236 You will be gone the moment it's clear you are wrong and not a second later.

At least people like Sid stick around for their rightful beating.

Holy crap - imagine Sid having more spine than you.

Damn.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (DWX+q)

237 The average price of a concert ticket today is 130 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (ndZc7)

238 The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they let the barbarians through the gates and worry about riots.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (qFwJc)

239 Sanctus? Ah DeSantis autocucumber.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

240 Apparently it sounds like it's Earth Month now. It's a month now? The gays get a season. McCain's funeral is ongoing.

The Blacks should be pissed only getting a day.

Oh, I'd like my Soylent Green to be unjabbed and in Tex Mex flavor.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Sco7b)

241 Hillary, Biden, Kamala

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (DWX+q)

242 What's a ship worker's life worth?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

Tree fiddy.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (g8Ew8)

243 You will be gone the moment it's clear you are wrong and not a second later.

At least people like Sid stick around for their rightful beating.

Holy crap - imagine Sid having more spine than you.

Damn.
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM

You have to applaud the strength of their delusions.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (4NO2D)

244 What's a ship worker's life worth?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

Back when I was in the Navy, 27 cents an hour. Although I got paid all 24 hours.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

245 Nothing stops them from having weapons on the open ocean. It's just countries laws while in port.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM

and, oddly, insurance companies. They don't like it.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Honestly? I think an insurance company should be bankrupted if one person dies due to that prohibition.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (sUjod)

246 >>> What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

I got to shoot the breeze with a friend that has a family farm. The price of fertilizer never went down, and is currently outrageous. If the price of diesel does not drop back to below $5 a gallon soon, there's a lot of small family farms that need to fertilize soon, and they won't be able to afford the gas to power their equipment to put down the fertilizer on their fields.

My friend was kicking themselves they didn't stock up on diesel, back when gas prices plummeted right before the Iran conflict happened. But they thought it would keep dropping.

They voted for Trump and don't regret it. But the point of Trump is that the little guy in America feels heard and looked after. They are not feeling that right now. Trump can't afford to lose rural America in the midterms. If there's any way to ease our pump prices soon, I have a feeling he'll have to do it so he doesn't lose support.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (gWBY1)

247 All the jaw boning over Kharg Island was to prod the EU into providing security for their own shipments of oil. Sitting on the sidelines, expecting the US to setup some sort of armed convoys for them was never going to happen with the current state of affairs.

Trump's already told the EU that if they want oil shipments, come and get them. Taking Kharg Island with the tanker terminals, refineries and whatnot would only provide security at that point, not in Hormuz.

If Europe isn't willing to do that little bit of security for their own goddamn oil shipments, I haven't a clue what they're usefulness is anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (AkEZC)

248 Honestly? I think an insurance company should be bankrupted if one person dies due to that prohibition.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM

It's usually just Pakis and Filipinos dying.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (4NO2D)

249 You know what chaps my hide?

Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

250 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

Makes me want to say "Betlejuice" three times....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (dmDsy)

I'd go with Sydney Sweeney but you do you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)

251 Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (FAJQW)

That's what we in the real world call "an absolute fucking lie"...

Face it, Whackin' Pete, you have no sway here, except for the 10 cents you get per post....

Maybe get a real job, you fucktard?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)

252 heh... 27 cents an hour, 24 hours a day, 85 year life expectancy... fuck wait that's math!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (n5tGW)

253 The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they let the barbarians through the gates and worry about riots.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (qFwJc)

That is true. Profoundly true.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (tWc/t)

254 You know what chaps my hide?

Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

We have a solution for that.

Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (Zz0t1)

255 259 237
Which is why you support a ground invasion to drive regime change?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
______

Yes.

If Iran is an existential threat, then I want a full-scale invasion to role the regime, coordinated with the opposition to ensure a transition to a stable, friendly government. From what I've seen that's doable.

But that's the kind of thing that we have to be sure about. It's the kind of thing that Congress needs to authorize, and the public had to get on board with. If we're going to do this, we need to commit to it and do it right.

I'm not convinced that Iran is that kind of threat though, not least because Trump never tried to convince me. He was just like "Trust me bro."

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (FAJQW)

So the lesson you took from Iraq and Afghanistan is you want to use the same approach Bush did? Hell of a takeaway.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:14 PM (okun6)

256 257 You know what chaps my hide?

Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

It's the PNW. Just poop on the beach.

Posted by: I'm not retarded, you're retarded at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (hqQIL)

257 "Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route."

I'd say wade in and poop out in the ocean. But the ocean is full of poop. So that's out.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (N8ZBc)

258 217 Quite Seriously: Dear God, please keep everybody safe on the Artemis mission. Amen!
Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (N8ZBc)

I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (g8Ew8)

259 Suzy Creamcheese >>> Bagel with cream cheese

Whats’s got into you?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (NZIuw)

260
Face it, Whackin' Pete, you have no sway here, except for the 10 cents you get per post....

Maybe get a real job, you fucktard?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)

Wait. I can get 10 cents a post?

"Amerikkka sucks and Iran is smarter than Trump!!"

Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

261 ...and shit.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

262 And, France and Spain won't even let us fly through their airspace to defund it.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (D7v4F)

263 Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

(ascends high horse) You would really not enjoy Crohn's Disease.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (DWX+q)

264 Iran is not attacking U.S. or Israeli ships. They are attacking unarmed, civilian ships from third parties.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (D7v4F)

265
I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM

It's a 3 way collaboration between Lockheed, SpaceX and NASA, isn't it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

266 And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

We clean ours out monthly.

Posted by: Honey Bucket Inc. at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (abIsI)

267 I am surprised how riled up people are getting talking about something where we don't actually know what is going on, or what is being planned, and that we have zero control over. We will have a much better sense of how things are going to work out in a month or so.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (4NO2D)

268 Rubio's a born jefe? Interesting take, Ass!

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (Sy6m/)

269 Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)

270 And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

We clean ours out monthly.
Posted by: Honey Bucket Inc. at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (abIsI)

We have syringe disposal units for the crackheads!

Posted by: Starbucks! at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)

271 Iran launched two missiles 1800 miles a week or so ago, they admit they have enough material for 10 nukes, they are a threat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (n5tGW)

272 nurse, have you considered just pooping in your pants?

Posted by: Joe Potato at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Y1sOo)

273 And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

The world is your toilet.

Posted by: Seattle and Portland at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (abIsI)

274 We will have a much better sense of how things are going to work out in a month or so.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (4NO2D)

Now do Ukraine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

275 I used to know the time and distance to every toilet in a five mile radius. God has blessed me with a large degree of healing in latter years so I am NOT complaining.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (DWX+q)

276
And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

Pretend it's Paris...
Or San Francisco

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Sco7b)

277 "Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience."

First you have to clear out all the pervs. Weirdos commute from over 100 miles away to perv in our park restrooms here in Shitsville.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (N8ZBc)

278 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)

Wait. I can get 10 cents a post?

"Amerikkka sucks and Iran is smarter than Trump!!"
Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

Sorry, dude, we don't pay for sock fail posts.....

Posted by: The Retards That Pay These Other Retards. at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (dmDsy)

279 Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

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And then there's the camp system of The Boy Scouts of America

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (nEEKE)

280 nurse, have you considered just pooping in your pants?
Posted by: Joe Potato at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Y1sOo)

This is sage advise. Cayenne, even.

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

281 Admit? More boast. I kind of think they are full of shit. Do not get me wrong, they have been begging for this ass kicking for 40 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)

282 187 Artist make the bulk of their money from ticket sales.

So blame artists as well.

Tickets to see The Doors at the LA Forum in '68 were around 6 bucks accounting for inflation, it would be 50 bucks today.

The average price of a concert ticket today is 130 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (XV/Pl)

Back in 68 The Doors had a tiny sound system on a bare stage with one or two roadies.

My friend recently went to a Lady Gaga concert and it was more like a Broadway show with extended stages, video screens, light shows, costumes, backup dancers, incredible sound.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (y171U)

283 Now do Ukraine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM

I don't know how that is going to work out either. All I can do is bitch at my Reps about it costing me money.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

284 That Pete fella ought to up his game.

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (KtOUo)

285 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)

286 Nood. Criminals or something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (ExV1e)

287 nurse, have you considered just pooping in your pants?
Posted by: Joe Potato

Only if you have someone around to wipe you.

Posted by: Biden at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (abIsI)

288 Yeah, they lie a lot, but you want to take that chance? And I agree, this war should have been done many presidents ago with all their f'ing terrorism.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (n5tGW)

289 Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

My normal running route used to be along the ocean in SoCal... I had a running partner who would run with me about once a week. Like clockwork this guy would have to stop in one of the restrooms down on the strand; something about running made him have to take a dump. Sometimes I'd wait but most of the time I was on my way... I'm like I'm all warmed up and now I have to stand here waiting for 10 minutes (or longer)... no thanks

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 02:22 PM (xT8gx)

290 Oil price may be global, but gas at the pump is over $8/gal in Europe, while it is $4/gal in the USA.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (vbXSk)

291 >>> Posted by: Honey Bucket Inc.

I always thought that was a hilarious name for a port-a-potty company. Really trying to spin what they do so it doesn't sound gross.

If they can get that judge's ruling nixed that stopped the WH ballroom construction for now, soon there will be no more honey buckets at the WH for large events with world leaders. Honestly, I love the concept of someone like King Charles having to stoop to using a Honey Bucket. But it's not the best look for the US either.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (gWBY1)

292
Expensive gas in California and Europe is just what they've been wanting for a decade, right?

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Y8DZL)

293 I love Sec Rubio and he knows me from FL emails. I voted for him. He's doing very well and this job was made for him.

I wonder if gheys are going to find offense with the Straits of Hormuz (or however it's spelled). They will freak out that it doesn't look straight to them and should be inclusive or have an equity card.

Straight Jacket of Hormuz
Strait Queer Bay of Hormuz
Fire Island Whores of Hormuz
Strait Is Homophobe of Hormuz
S&M of Hormuz

I am waiting on my man to bring me a sammich so I can be productive on this rainy and cold day. Finally we have a normal spring day in the mountains!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:29 PM (WONhk)

294 278 Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience.
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The worst shitter I was ever in was Azerbaijan. How they got shit all over the walls is beyond my imagination. Nasty.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (n17eQ)

295
Income-based gas prices is the only moral solution.

Extra privilege tax for the you-know-who's.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Y8DZL)

296 300 Oil price may be global, but gas at the pump is over $8/gal in Europe, while it is $4/gal in the USA.
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The fallacy of collectivism is you can vote to make your neighbor make you rich.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (n17eQ)

297 After arguments, Turley says this decision will be 7-2 in favor of outright birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (FmapG)

298 295 Income-based gas prices is the only moral solution.

gas is a basic human right, like health care and food!

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (oY6Yp)

299 294 The worst shitter I was ever in was Azerbaijan. How they got shit all over the walls is beyond my imagination.

same way you get to carnegie hall. practice, practice, practice.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (oY6Yp)

300 188 The Phillippines is almost out of oil. Like, out-out. Like not a drop of oil left in the country. They rely on oil that passes through Hormuz and they are screwed.

Methinks they should buy oil from the US going forward...
Posted by: LizLem
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Thailand seems to be in the same boat (pun intended).

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (VkY89)

301 With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?
Posted by: toby928(c)

I'm way ahead of you Toby!

Posted by: The guy that says nothing will happen (again) at April 01, 2026 03:10 PM (6uxuX)

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