The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 4/ 21/26

Good morning kids, As combat operations continue above and around Iran and quite possibly on the ground with both American and Israeli soldiers or special forces/intel operatives if not mass formations of troops (thank goodness that that has not happened). For sure the Iranian regime has got the living shit kicked out of it, but rest assured, cardboard cutouts notwithstanding, the head of the snake has yet to be cut off and can still inflict a serious bite.

Israel on Monday exposed the global terror network operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through its covert “Unit 4000,” detailing how the apparatus directed plots against Israeli officials, embassies, and strategic infrastructure worldwide while key commanders were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran.
According to the joint statement, members of the cell were arrested with explosive drones and fragmentation charges they had smuggled into the country, after gathering intelligence on targets through surveillance and photography under direct orders from handlers in Iran. . . The arrests led Israeli intelligence agencies to uncover the broader structure and chain of command of Unit 4000, a covert division within the IRGC’s intelligence apparatus responsible for directing terrorist activity abroad against Israeli and Western targets, including attempts to smuggle advanced weaponry into Israel.

Remember that "Global" doesn't just mean Israel since given the nature of our pre-Trump era nearly non-existent southern border or even the smallest iota of an illusion of border security going back decades, and with Iranian agents operating with impunity all over Latin America (especially Cavez/Maduro ruled Venezuela), it's safe to assume that quite a few Iranian and other Islamic terror cells have made it over the border along with the wetback lettuce and grape-pickers.

That said, it's I was expecting some sort of Iranian backed or executed terror attack on our soil, despite the decapitation strikes on Iran's military and intelligence leadership. It's a good thing that our law enforcement and intelligence agencies are fully on board with protecting the American homeland and citizenry.

Okay you can stop laughing, and start weeping:

Maryland’s new immigration enforcement restrictions are drawing sharp pushback from law enforcement, who warn the “sanctuary” shift undermines public safety and cooperation with ICE. . . . Maryland is flexing its “sanctuary state” muscles, working against its own citizens in an effort to protect illegal immigrant criminals who are acting in the state.
Ridiculous. And the reasoning behind this is even worse. Senator Mary Beth Carozza noted the following: “Maryland Sheriffs have warned that legislation like this could actually increase the presence of ICE agents in Maryland. Without open lines of communication, we are only raising the chances that Maryland could become the next Minnesota.
But it’s funny. When you actually ask law enforcement about how something like this can take effect, you get a much different answer.

Yes, multi-billion dollar grifting as well as rapes, robberies and murder are bad enough but as noted above potential mass casualty terrorist events are quite something else. Yes, it's encouraging that the author notes "Pushback" from Maryland's law enforcement rank and file, but unless the latter en masse informs the MD governor and legislature that they will disregard and disobey this illegal and insane law by fully cooperating with ICE, it's just just hot air.

Take a stand or dry up and go away.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s political imagination builds heroes, villains, and entire histories untethered from reality, substituting narrative for fact until it collapses under scrutiny.
All the Dream Houses of the Left

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

The president is likely to authorize further military action.
Deadline Tehran: All Hell About To Break Loose.
The Democrats are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong position we are in with respect to Iran. Despite World War I lasting 4 years, 3 months, and 14 days, World War II lasting 6 years and 1 day, the Korean War lasting 3 years, 1 month, and 2 days, the Vietnam War lasting 19 years, 5 months, and 29 days, and Iraq lasting 8 years, 8 months, and 28 days, they like to say that I promised 6 weeks to defeat Iran, and actually, from the Military standpoint, it was far faster than that, but I’m not going to let them rush the United States into making a Deal that is not as good as it could have been. I read the Fake News saying that I am under “pressure” to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly!
Trump: I Won’t Let Democrats Rush Me into Iran Deal That Isn’t Optimal
In a rare joint statement, the Mossad, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and Israel Defense Forces said the exposure of the network followed a series of operational breakthroughs during the campaign — known in Israel as Operation Rising Lion and in the United States as Operation Epic Fury — which began on February 28 targeting Iran’s military, intelligence, and senior leadership hierarchy, including top regime figures, as a fragile ceasefire is set to expire Tuesday evening.
Israel Unmasks Iranian ‘Unit 4000’ Global Terror Network — Top IRGC Commanders Eliminated, Major Plots Foiled
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fired upon and seized the Touska, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship trying to blow past the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. In the 33-second video posted on X by CENTCOM, Marines are seen rappelling onto the vessel from Sikorsky MH-60S helicopters, a navalized version of the UH-60 Blackhawk.
Video Shows US Marines Rappel Onto Iranian Blockade Runner
Trump ends the era of illusions.
No More Deals With Devils
Spanish socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday announced Spain will propose to the European Union it “breaks” its Association Agreement with Israel over the ongoing war in Iran.
Spain to Propose E.U. ‘Breaks’ Association Agreement with Israel

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A United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister said Sunday that the country has become a primary target of Iran’s attacks due to its commitment to tolerance and economic growth. UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy told ABC’s “This Week” host Jonathan Karl that, unlike Iran, which uses its oil wealth to fund terrorist groups, the UAE has used its resources to build a “model of prosperity and tolerance.”
Neighboring Country: ‘We Used Our Oil Wealth To Build An Economic Powerhouse,’ Iran Used Theirs For Evil
The authorities allege Mafi started working for Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security after securing a green card in 2016, “using an Omani shell company to move weapons and cash between the government and its proxies.”
Iranian-Born Woman Arrested for Allegedly Helping Iran Traffic Weapons to Sudan

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
From fake impeachments to battles with a KGB-created religious movement, Trump is engaged in a “to the political death” battle with the left.
Gabbard’s Declassified Documents Are Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
The message was clear: the wealthy have too much and their wealth must be taken from them and experts must then decide how best to dole it out to those with less.
Progressive leaders revealed what they really think of us at their big Barcelona meet-up.
“If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress, can be made beyond these propositions.”
The Shifting and Regressive Nature of Progressivism
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“And even if you’ve already [committed fraud], and you think you’ve gotten away with it, we’re going back,” Edlow said. “As you noted earlier, we are looking at old cases, we are going back and re-vetting cases for people who were granted green cards and granted other benefits during the Biden junta, when there was no vetting. There’s vetting now, and we’re looking at these old cases, so be prepared to face the consequences.”
Trump Administration Actively Re-Vetting Biden Migrants Given Green Cards
There are sharp differences in opinion on party lines, as most Republicans, 57 percent, believe “all” legal immigrants should be deported. Only 24 percent of independents and seven percent of Democrats agree. Most Democrats and independents — 81 percent and 63 percent, respectively — believe illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes should be deported.
Poll: Nearly One-Third of Registered Voters Say All Illegal Immigrants Should Be Deported
Heading into the midterms, the last thing the GOP should be doing is alienating its core voters on immigration. Rep. Maria Salazar’s legislation does just that.
Republicans toy with migrant amnesty — and risk destroying their own party
Maryland’s new immigration enforcement restrictions are drawing sharp pushback from law enforcement, who warn the “sanctuary” shift undermines public safety and cooperation with ICE.
Even Maryland’s Own Police Aren’t Fans of the New Bill That Limits Them from Working Alongside ICE
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
California leaders kept a $2 billion budget error quiet for months while publicly warning of painful cuts and pushing through a contentious budget process. The mistake stems from two miscalculations tied to the CalPERS pension system, according to the New York Post (NYP). Gov. Gavin Newsom’s January budget plan assumed a $2.9 billion shortfall, a number called into question after officials discovered problems in the pension math.
California Leaders Concealed $2 Billion Accounting Mistake For Months
Chavez-DeRemer’s resignation leaves the Department of Labor under increased scrutiny, with Keith Sonderling stepping in as Acting Secretary
Trump’s Labor Secretary Has Resigned. Here’s What We Know.
House lawmakers advanced a farm bill in March that would spend more than $1 trillion over a decade without putting a dent in the U.S.’s massive spending deluge.
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: Inside Swamp’s New Farm Bill
So, to recap, in Jackson’s view, the police had no basis to make a stop when an officer saw two passengers flee a vehicle simply at the sight of police, and then observed a third person attempt to drive away so hastily that the car door was left open. That, apparently, is not suspicious at all.
Justice Jackson Takes Aim at Fellow Justices, and the Results Aren’t Pretty
Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked, the public saw just how far pro-abortion activists were willing to go to try and stop the court from overturning Roe v. Wade after a would-be assassin was arrested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home.
New Report Of Powder Mailed To Alito After Dobbs Leak Shows Threats Were Worse Than Reported
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"If you had the opportunity to kill the family again, would you?"
Will ICE Deport ‘Allah’ Back to Afghanistan?
A school district in the Minneapolis suburbs is remodeling two high schools to fit "student needs," by which it means adding a prayer room and foot-washing facilities specifically for Muslims.
Minneapolis Schools Remodel to Add Muslim-Specific Facilities
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
In July 2025, Makled shared a post from Candace Owens, in which Owens referred to Israelis as "demons."
Dems Make A Stunning Switch And Backlash Is Building Fast
Amir Makled represented Michigan students who faced criminal charges related to the school’s anti-Israel encampment and introduced El-Sayed at an event featuring Hasan Piker
UMich Regent Candidate Who Praised Hezbollah Wins Democrat Nomination
The high court announced on Monday that it will hear arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, which centers around Colorado’s apparent exclusion of Catholic families and preschools from its “universal” preschool program. As Andrea Picciotti-Bayer previously described in these pages, the state told Catholic parishes upon the program’s enactment that “they could participate — so long as they abandoned Church teaching on sexual orientation and human identity.”
SCOTUS To Decide Whether Colorado’s ‘Universal’ Preschool Program Can Exclude Catholic Families
Jew-haters are losing. (Meh, they've been around for 5,000 years, so let's not count our matzoh balls before they float-jjs)
Antisemite’s $10 Million Dollar Lawsuit Thrown Out
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Witnesses subpoenaed to testify before DC grand jury in John Brennan investigation, AP sources sayBy ERIC TUCKERAssociated PressThe Associated PressWASHINGTON
Witnesses subpoenaed to testify before DC grand jury in John Brennan investigation, AP sources say
“In sum, Brennan’s testimony before the Committee… was a brazen attempt to knowingly and willfully testify falsely and fictitiously to material facts.”
DOJ Taps Trump Ally diGenova for Brennan Probe
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“Defendants are of course free to criticize the leadership of the FBI,” the complaint filed in a federal district court in Washington says. “But they crossed the legal line by publishing an article replete with false and obviously fabricated allegations designed to destroy Director Patel’s reputation and drive him from office,” it says.
FBI director files $250 mn defamation suit against US magazine
Amazon removed the paperback edition of French writer Jean Raspail’s 1973 novel “The Camp of the Saints” from its U.S. listings Friday, citing a violation of its offensive content policy. Vauban Books, the publisher of the 2025 English edition, made the announcement Monday after the dystopian novel was flagged for “offensive content.”
Amazon Removes Classic Anti-Mass Immigration Novel For ‘Offensive Content’
Ad Fontes Media analyst Meisam Zamanabadi was an editor for a Tehran newspaper controlled by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the city's former mayor and now the speaker of Iran's parliament
Former Iranian State Media Editor Now Works for US ‘Media Bias’ Group That Rates Liberal Outlets as More Reliable Than Their Conservative Counterparts
If we really want to wage war against the Fake News Industrial Complex, it’s time that the U.S. bans this terrorist organization disguised as a media outlet, too.
Al Jazeera should be banned in the US
Democrats rushed to politicize the tragedy in Louisiana…until the inconvenient truth came out.
Dems Loved this Story-Until it Didn't Fit the Narrative
The American Trump-loathing media floods the airwaves and headlines with falsehoods and soundbites in a tone of impending doom.
The Media’s Trump: A 'Firehose of Falsehood'

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They aren’t the funny drunken-looking stumblers and bumblers they were just a few months ago.
Laughing our way into the ‘Terminator’ apocalypse
Cook leaves the CEO role after presiding over an expansion period that saw Apple’s market value surge to $4 trillion, marking more than a twentyfold increase during his tenure, according to the announcement. Company filings show he received $74.6 million in total compensation last year, including a $3 million base salary and significant stock awards, while estimates place his net worth near $3 billion.
Tim Cook Announces Exit As Apple CEO
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Trump believes gas prices will fall once the operation in Iran ends.
Trump Remains Confident Gas Prices Will Fall Before 2026
Americans will face continued financial strain as high fuel costs ripple through the economy, affecting transportation, goods, and services. If Wright is correct, the prolonged timeline for a significant price drop could affect the midterms in November, with inflationary pressures pushing up costs and undermining public faith in the administration’s economic record.
Trump’s Energy Sec Says Gas May Remain Expensive Until 2027.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
A Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for civil suits against both the purveyors and backers of ideologically motivated violence.
The Constitution Is Not a Shield for Foreign Terrorists
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
To stop these laws, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Budd (R-NC), and Mike Lee (R-UT), as well as Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), introduced the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act, a bill that they believe would stop this Democrat “climate lawfare.” The legislation would bar frivolous climate lawsuits against American energy producers from being brought in either federal or state courts.
Senate Republicans Move to Stop State Democrat ‘Climate Lawfare’ from Stifling American Energy Production
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Empirical record shows little relationship between school expenditure levels and convergence in black–white cognitive performance.
Funding Has Not Closed the Gap: School Expenditure and the Persistence of Black–White Differences in Cognitive Performance
Donald Trump, meanwhile, has launched investigations into over 50 universities and withheld billions of dollars in federal funding from schools like Harvard University, Northwestern University, Columbia University, Cornell University, and Brown University. Stefanik supports the White House’s actions, saying universities had their chance to fix themselves but instead dug in deeper and deeper during the Biden Junta years. They have to be forced to address the "rot" on their campuses.
Going to Harvard: A Badge of Pride or a Mark of Shame?
May Day promises to see the US and its classrooms saturated with leftist propaganda.
Groom and Doom
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors ‘acted unlawfully and exceeded its statutory authority by seizing [Recorder Heap’s] personnel, systems and equipment and refusing to return them.’
Arizona Judge Overrules Stephen Richer’s Election Power Grab In Maricopa County
On the eve of the election, Virginia’s junior U.S. senator acknowledged that the point of the gerrymandering plan proposed by his party is to disenfranchise millions of his constituents in order to rig opposition to Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Tim Kaine Admits VA Democrats’ Gerrymandering Was Never About ‘Fair Maps’
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The lawsuit could have significant implications for ActBlue, which processed over $1.78 billion for Democrat campaigns and causes in 2025. The allegations, if proven, may lead to criminal charges. The case also bolsters Paxton’s credentials as a Republican who has pushed hard to advance the Trump administration’s America First agenda on election integrity, public health, and other priorities, in contrast with his primary rival, Senator John Cornyn, who has a long history of backstabbing President Donald J. Trump.
Ken Paxton is Suing Democrat Donor Platform ActBlue for ‘Rampant’ Fraud.
In a press release, it was revealed that the House Judiciary Committee, House Administration Committee, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report titled, “Fraud on ActBlue, Part II: Illicit Foreign Donations and a Cover-up Sour Mass Resignations and Firings on ActBlue’s Legal and Compliance Team.”
Report: ActBlue Employees Plead the Fifth over 100 Times During House Depositions
POLITICS
Despite the drop, Veep's favorability remains rock-solid with GOP base voters.
J.D. Vance’s Approval Dips Into The Red In 2026; Can He Reverse That In Time For 2028 Vote? I&I/TIPP Poll
It would be a high-risk strategy for the GOP because Samuel Alito is a known quantity and a reliable, dependable, conservative justice. There’s no guarantee the next nominee will be as conservative — or even survive the confirmation process. It’s impossible to 100% vet anyone; who knows what skeletons are hiding in the next nominee’s closet?
Democrats Fear THIS ‘October Surprise’ Will Cost Them the Senate in 2026 — and for Good Reason
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
This move positions Hungary as a more compliant partner within the European and global institutions compared to Orbán, while potentially straining diplomatic relations with Israel. “We have a legal obligation to enforce the court’s rulings, and I’m sure he knows this,” Magyar said on Monday, in reference to Netanyahu possibly attending upcoming events commemorating Hungary’s 1956 uprising against its former communist regime.
Hungary’s New PM Just Pledged to Arrest Netanyahu.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”
Latest Caribbean Strike Kills Three Suspected Narco-Terrorists
According to the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security (MSP), the two countries have come together once again to make the Western Hemisphere a little safer. (Pura Vida! - jjs)
From Drug Busts to Deportations: How One Ally Is Helping Trump Secure Our Region
"And it's WORKING!"
Victor Davis Hanson: There is a Plan for EVERYTHING Trump is Doing...to turn Russia and China against each other.”
Xi spent a decade cultivating the Islamic Republic as the armed underwriter of Chinese influence in the Middle East.
Its erosion in this campaign hands Washington immense leverage.
Epic Fury just sent China’s Xi Jinping an unmistakable message
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
What’s the point in dying for your country when your government just hands it over to foreigners anyway?
Ukraine plans to replace the war dead with Africans and give them all the jobs and benefits
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Lawmakers in the U.S. and U.K. have taken steps to demand greater accountability from organizations suspected of advancing Beijing’s agenda.
U.S., U.K. Lawmakers Finally Scrutinize China’s Use Of ‘Cultural Associations’ As Communist Fronts
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
“Marijuana remains the most misunderstood vice in America...We have an enormous and growing industry that profits from addiction...Industry lobbying groups have spent significantly and gone on to win state-level policy fights.”
The Marijuana Backlash Is Here
By administering these EVs through a nasal spray, researchers were able to deliver a payload of therapeutic micro-RNAs directly into the hippocampus.
A Simple Spray Could Treat Dementia
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Cool image time! The picture. . . was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released today. It shows a small section of the Trifid Nebula, located about 5,000 light years away.
Hubble looks at the Trifid Nebula again
The report lists three commercial companies that might be able to provide alternative suits, and thus some redundancy. . .
NASA’s IG: With only Axiom building NASA’s future spacesuits, the agency’s lunar program faces great scheduling risk
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The Court announced it will not intervene in a case brought by two parents claiming they had a right to be told—and to object—when their school “socially transitioned” their daughter to another sex.
Supreme Court Rejects Parents’ Appeal to Protect Rights in School Gender-Transitioning Case
Women feel profoundly unhappy, distrust men, loathe their country, and view motherhood as optional at best.
Young, Angry Leftist Women are Destroying Britain and America
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
In the battle for the future, the side having children may have already won.
Demography Is Destiny — And the Left Isn’t Reproducing
Christian Toto: Phelim McAleer, Anne McElhinney decry yet another attack on the arts
‘October 7’ Play Cancellation Sign of the Antisemitic Times?
"The Savant" is rumored to be coming out in July.
Leftist ‘Fever Dream’ Series Plows Ahead Despite Massive Conservative Backlas
In about 50 years, experts agree, Wikipedia will have a page called “Antebellum Wokism” discussing the rage and the impotence of late-stage progressivism.
The Anger of the Antebellum Wokies
There is only so much reality the romance of convenience can absorb.
The City Sold Me The Dream. The Fine Print Changed Everything.
HITHER & YON
“It’s exactly the link given to the Bible. It’s 300 Egyptian cubits. For us, these are all positive lines that we’re pursuing, and it’s showing that there’s more to be found.”
The plot thickens Noah’s Ark mystery deepens as researcher blows lid on strange rock formations in Turkey

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1 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)

2 Morning, all!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 07:35 AM (99eI0)

3 1st

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at April 21, 2026 07:35 AM (hybOl)

4 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 21, 2026 07:35 AM (CWTWj)

5 Senior intelligence and law enforcement officials working with the Department of Justice’s probe into former CIA Director John Brennan were issued subpoenas to testify before a grand jury.

The subpoenas of the FBI and other intelligence officials were issued after the DOJ had directed an attorney aligned with President Donald Trump to take over the investigation, according to CBS News. The probe into Brennan centers around false statements he provided to Congress regarding his involvement in investigations between the Russian government and Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 07:35 AM (a3e+b)

6 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 21, 2026 07:38 AM (53oGX)

7 Whoa, top ten.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (WQDw6)

8 *yawns*
*smacks lips*
*stretches luxuriously*

Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

9 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

10 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

11 'The probe into Brennan centers around false statements he provided to Congress regarding his involvement in investigations between the Russian government and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Posted by: SMOD'

Only 10 years later. If they wait long enough, Brennan will be a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. Or dead.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

12 I’ve defended my Christian beliefs for European skeptics by noting that, despite inter sectarian wars, Christianity is the basis for Western Civilization…which I admire.

Now, my congregation is sponsoring a speaker who is an authority on “ Christian Nationalism”. The library doesn’t have her book, but googling the topic suggests that I am in the target zone of a lot of hatred.

Posted by: Fenderbender at April 21, 2026 07:46 AM (1FEc1)

13 The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at April 21, 2026 07:46 AM (WQDw6)

14 Perhaps it's time for a new congregation.

Posted by: He mumbled quietly under his breath at April 21, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

15 In Johnny Somali news

File this under, what were they thinking category.

Johnny Somali has appealed his light sentence. The prosecution then filed their appeal over the light six-month sentence.

This means Johnny stays in a detention center until the new trial starts which maybe in September at the earliest. Johnny's appeal and the prosecution's appeal will go before a three judge panel at that time, Bong Bong and others will probably have to testify again.

If Johnny Somali had stayed quiet and the prosecution had not appealed, Jonny would have been released in November. Before winter really starts to set in in South Korea.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 07:49 AM (2GVsD)

16 Thank you JJ

That story about the Iranian woman who was let into our country and then goes about dealing weapons for the mullahs…. Makes my blood boil. We’ve been letting enemies in for a long time. We need a moratorium on all immigration for at least 10 years….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 07:51 AM (xT8gx)

17 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
=====

Congratulations welcome to the club.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

18 VA election day. Men have not been contacted by either party, so if you know a male VA voter, get him to the poll (spouse has received no info about the election whereas my daughters and I got about 30 pieces of mail, just in the last week, from both parties).

Prediction is a +5 win for Yes (aka gerrymandering). So, if that's gonna flip, men have to show out in force today.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:52 AM (tOcjL)

19 I will admit… though Johnny Somali has been mentioned here, I’d never heard of the guy and still don’t know who he is or what he does…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 07:53 AM (xT8gx)

20 Linus

If you look up 'obnoxious and worthless human being,' Johnny Somali's picture is there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 07:54 AM (2GVsD)

21 Good morning Nazi pig!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

22 If ICE seeks to detain someone in police custody, the police lets the person go and they commit another crime, why isn't the individual that let the criminal go also criminally culpable?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 07:55 AM (sKqQm)

23 19 I will admit… though Johnny Somali has been mentioned here, I’d never heard of the guy and still don’t know who he is or what he does…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 07:53 AM (xT8gx)

A Black Nuisance Streamer that has harassed locals in Japan, Israel, and South Korea.

And has basically made sure that no black person will be welcome to visit Asia ever again.

Posted by: XTC at April 21, 2026 07:55 AM (iXqHn)

24 (FWSq7)

Stormfront is over there in the sewer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 07:55 AM (2GVsD)

25 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 07:56 AM (8YpvS)

26 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 07:56 AM (Zz0t1)

27 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

28 While it is ~~likely~~ a fact that Iranian terrorists made it over the border here, it is incredibly unlikely they did so with their sort of drones and major weaponry.

It doesn't mean they can't also smuggle in weapons, but it is a lot bigger effort to do so than walking across an open border with a million other people. (Note the Israelis caught them.)

Just keep things realistic in terms of threat analysis.

Posted by: GWB at April 21, 2026 07:57 AM (mQFgh)

29 Remember that "Global" doesn't just mean Israel since given the nature of our pre-Trump era nearly non-existent southern border or even the smallest iota of an illusion of border security going back decades, and with Iranian agents operating with impunity all over Latin America (especially Cavez/Maduro ruled Venezuela), it's safe to assume that quite a few Iranian and other Islamic terror cells have made it over the border along with the wetback lettuce and grape-pickers.

Democrats import terror.

Terror activated.

Public clamors for government to "do something."

Democrats enact martial law.

Democrats take your guns.

Game over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 07:57 AM (Zz0t1)

30 "While it is likely a fact that Iranian terrorists made it over the border here, it is incredibly unlikely they did so with their sort of drones and major weaponry."

You can turn a rental truck into a terror weapon.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

31 but googling the topic suggests that I am in the target zone of a lot of hatred.

Good luck to you. I can understand being respectful of a speaker but I hope you are going to counter her forcefully.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 07:59 AM (99eI0)

32 Prediction is a +5 win for Yes (aka gerrymandering). So, if that's gonna flip, men have to show out in force today.
Posted by: Nova Local

It's absolutely heartbreaking what has happened to VA...

Posted by: Oedipus at April 21, 2026 08:00 AM (Z6vKV)

33 If you're in Virginia, go vote. Take someone with you to go vote (unless they're a lefty - in that case, deflate their tires).

I have very low expectations, but you can't win if you don't fight.

This is the lesson of Trump.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 21, 2026 08:00 AM (G1ktt)

34 Stormfront is over there in the sewer.
Posted by: Anna Puma

He thinks that his neck would be spared because he's one of the "good ones."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:00 AM (99eI0)

35 It's absolutely heartbreaking what has happened to VA..."

Like voting in Doug Wilder?

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

36 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
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Congratulations! Resist the temptation to be productive.

Posted by: Weasel at April 21, 2026 08:01 AM (yN/vH)

37 VOTE NO!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:02 AM (GD0B3)

38 I wonder how many technical difficulties will red areas of VA suffer today?

Or will they go straight for attacks in red areas?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:02 AM (2GVsD)

39 You can turn a rental truck into a terror weapon.
Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:59 AM

+++

Or a pressure cooker.

Posted by: The brothers Tsarnaev at April 21, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

40 I like how fast impotent trolls are zapped. On morning threads...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:03 AM (GD0B3)

41 “DIGNIDAD Act” — Spanish for “dignity.”

Take some hate, add a does of hate, and cover it with a splash of hate.

That is just the beginning of how much RINOs hate you.
They hate you, they hate your family, they hate your ideas and your faith.

And if the RINOs hate you that much then think about how much the (D)s hate you.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

42 Anna puma

Seizing power over others is a hell of a high for totalitarian Leftists.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

43 Trannies for Palestine showing up near red polling places to protest?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:04 AM (2GVsD)

44 I wonder how many technical difficulties will red areas of VA suffer today?

Or will they go straight for attacks in red areas?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:02 AM (2GVsD)

I think the Dems need to 'win clean' this time. It'll be an overwhelming flood of ballots in NoVa, precisely calculated to override the rest of the state.

Which, ironically, is exactly what they want for us all the time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 21, 2026 08:04 AM (G1ktt)

45 Prediction is a +5 win for Yes (aka gerrymandering). So, if that's gonna flip, men have to show out in force today.
Posted by: Nova Local

It's absolutely heartbreaking what has happened to VA...
Posted by: Oedipus at April 21, 2026 08:00 AM (Z6vKV)

I’m old enough to remember when VA was competitive enough that Ollie North came within a whisker of winning a senate seat…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:04 AM (xT8gx)

46 DataRepublican has confirmed what many suspected: the Deep State has been trying to spin up a military coup to remove The Donald. They trained 5 of the "Seditious Six" in what to say that would maximally incite active-duty military to defy the command structure, and their own documentation identifies Pete Hegseth as enemy #1 towards accomplishing that.

https://tinyurl.com/3ndfxrjb and read the whole thread

Posted by: Ian S. at April 21, 2026 08:04 AM (AIhUY)

47 I heard someone on the radio yesterday talking about people in Virginia showing up to vote being told they already voted.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

48 36 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
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Congratulations! Resist the temptation to be productive.
Posted by: Weasel at April 21, 2026 08:01 AM
+++
I have but one objective today: purge the closet of all company logowear.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Allie is curled up in my lap. Normally not a big deal.

But she's also sitting on the book I'm trying to read.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (gnNyN)

50 Washington Nearsider

We have one thing going for us. The trunk of a EV is far smaller than that of a Buick.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (2GVsD)

51 Now that I think about it, it’s quite surprising we haven’t had any major terrorist attacks here since Epic Fury started. I’m very glad about that of course…. Can we maybe conclude that the mullahs and IRGC are more impotent than we assumed? They’re too busy ducking and hiding

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (xT8gx)

52 Poll: Nearly One-Third of Registered Voters Say All Illegal Immigrants Should Be Deported

==

Was I dreaming when not-too-distant polls from Trump's reelection to date had 60+% of the population wanting all illegals deported?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

53 Sssshhhhh!
I'm trying to become New Jersey!

Posted by: Virginia at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

54 I have but one objective today: purge the closet of all company logowear.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

Shoulda done that the day before retiring. If they want you to return the stuff, make sure you send it back dirty.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (1Ff7Z)

55 Dems gain any type of power and they go with it like the Borg Collective. The Gentleman GOP of Indiana and Nebraska decide its not fair to Gerrymander when we have power.

Posted by: Jonah at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (YCxFk)

56 I'm alright
Nobody worry 'bout me
Why you got to give me a fight?
Can't you just let it be?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 21, 2026 08:08 AM (2J/Lj)

57 We had important news from Uranus late last week-now silence.
Has the coverup begun? Deep State Deep Space Powers that be flexing their muscle?

Posted by: The Truth Is Out There at April 21, 2026 08:08 AM (oftw2)

58 I am enjoying watching the stupid people in Virginny sweating it out as they are herded into the democrat paradise of gerrymandering and the permanent state of democrat rule.

Their chickens have come home to mooch.

Posted by: Cavman at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (79nfv)

59 Ian S.

I hope awake (not woke) Op planners have a contingency plan to retake America if the Dems take over. Because the Dems will go full Stalin and Pol Pot on seizure of power by fraud. The Left hates an effective military, which is sworn to defend the Constitution against foreign and domestic enemies.

First Lensman by E.E. Smith has a sub-plot of a fair election. If only.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

60 JJ is a big fan of wars against Muslims.

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And I'm a big fan of JJ.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

61 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

*seethes with jealousy*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

62 There are sharp differences in opinion on party lines, as most Republicans, 57 percent, believe “all” legal immigrants should be deported.

Presumably, that should read illegal?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

63 Now that I think about it, it’s quite surprising we haven’t had any major terrorist attacks here since Epic Fury started. I’m very glad about that of course…. Can we maybe conclude that the mullahs and IRGC are more impotent than we assumed? They’re too busy ducking and hiding
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (xT8gx)

No! They are our peers. Powerful as the Soviet Union. We're just being lucky.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

64 In VA you see the difference between the GOPe and Dems.

The former screwed around in IN, while the later already has the bank of fake votes they'll need to push this over the top in VA...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (sKqQm)

65 {{{Madamemayhem (uppity wench)}}}

Live long and prosper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

66 Their chickens have come home to mooch.

So your chickens came home in 2020, Biden won legitimately, and you deserved it?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (AIhUY)

67 JJ is a big fan of wars against Muslims.

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And I'm a big fan of JJ.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

Why wouldn't anyone be? They're a source for 95% of the violence around the world.

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

68 Today is my first day of retirement.

==

Now you can double your AOS commenting output ! Triple even !

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)

69 I'm alright
Nobody worry 'bout me
Why you got to give me a fight?
Can't you just let it be?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 21, 2026 08:08 AM (2J/Lj)

*gopher dances*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (Zz0t1)

70 Police in Italy have arrested a Nigerian man for grilling a cat near a park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)

71 Hey, Paul said something I agree with and want. There's no cohabitation in modern civilization with Muslims. Everyone knows it. Astute for a troll.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

72 “Republicans” blocking Warsh’s confirmation as Fed Chair.

The same “Republicans” who voted for idiots like Jackson as a SCOTUS justice and people like Mayorkas.

Time to clean out the senate of these turncoat fossils.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 21, 2026 08:11 AM (7kply)

73 Was I dreaming when not-too-distant polls from Trump's reelection to date had 60+% of the population wanting all illegals deported?

I think this is one of those polling question things.

Should all illegal aliens be deported? Gets a strong majority

Should undocumented immigrants that have not committed any crimes be allowed to stay? Also gets a majority

Here Trump's team messaging has been solid. They just keep calling them illegals.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:11 AM (sKqQm)

74 Allie is curled up in my lap. Normally not a big deal.

But she's also sitting on the book I'm trying to read.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (gnNyN)

Plotting ways to kill you and feast on your rotting carcass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

75 Police in Italy have arrested a Nigerian man for grilling a cat near a park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)

But there's no way the Haitians would do that here!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 21, 2026 08:12 AM (G1ktt)

76 Now you can double your AOS commenting output ! Triple even !
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)
=====

All of a sudden I started showing up on the Leaderboard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

77 The issue in VA as in many purple to red states that keep showing up blue is that once you get a large enough blue stronghold they can produce as many votes as they need to win.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:13 AM (sKqQm)

78 Allie is curled up in my lap. Normally not a big deal.

But she's also sitting on the book I'm trying to read.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2026 08:07 AM (gnNyN)

Plotting ways to kill you and feast on your rotting carcass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)
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It's a trick!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:13 AM (RIvkX)

79 JJ is a big fan of wars against Muslims.

Who isn't?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 21, 2026 08:13 AM (AIhUY)

80 Now you can double your AOS commenting output ! Triple even !
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)
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All of a sudden I started showing up on the Leaderboard.

When both of you break 1,000 comments in a week, get back to me. Break 2,000 then talk to Sven about your victory.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:13 AM (2GVsD)

81 So Amazon has gotten into the book banning business. Good to know...

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

82 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
In my blue county violence seems to be increasing. A guy from the southern part of the county went across the bridge to Poughkeepsie and was shot dead. Yesterday a stabbing occurred. Victim not dead but not good. Given the murders in the rest of the country I think we are looking at a very nasty summer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:14 AM (gu0hJ)

83 The one thing going is the D South VA may not be a fan of D NoVa in the election, b/c the 2 minority majority districts were eliminated in this plan, with power going to northern Ds.

If there's a shock win, it's b/c the power struggle of minority vs white Ds and north vs south Ds surprises the Yes vote.

I mean, Fairfax is gonna overwhelmingly go Yes b/c why wouldn't it? 5 seats to protect one county - if you could have extra power, why wouldn't a self-interested party take it?

Thus, we'll see if the other Dem counties want to give Fairfax that much power...they might...they might not.

Other than Fairfax, I don't know how cleanly Ds split on Yes and No for this vote.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:14 AM (tOcjL)

84 But there's no way the Haitians would do that here!!

Among the sworn statements from OH locales about the Haitians eating wildlife and pets was picture of a Haitian carrying two dead Canadian geese.

But since some government peon said they weren't doing that, that's not true or something

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:14 AM (sKqQm)

85 He quoted Jackson’s comments to ABC News where she said, “I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people in my opinions how I feel about the issues, and that’s what I try to do.”

Issues are not the law.
Issue change daily and some can not even written down today as they will change tomorrow.
We are a very stupid people to allow this person into our law system.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

86 The issue in VA as in many purple to red states that keep showing up blue is that once you get a large enough blue stronghold they can produce as many votes as they need to win.

As the saying goes about Islamic terrorism, you have to be perfect defending against it, while they only need to win once. Similarly, the Democrats win once and immediately install the voting fraud apparatus. California after the 1986 amnesty was the model: they won once there and never let go.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 21, 2026 08:15 AM (AIhUY)

87 Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 07:55 AM (2GVsD)

Or you could do what has been asked of commenters consistently over the years; ignore the trolls and let the moderators and cobloggers deal with it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:16 AM (n9ltV)

88 Among the sworn statements from OH locales about the Haitians eating wildlife and pets was picture of a Haitian carrying two dead Canadian geese.

But since some government peon said they weren't doing that, that's not true or something
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:14 AM (sKqQm)

Oldie but goodie..........

https://youtu.be/3BrCvZmSnKA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

89 Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.

Feels like a Saturday
Feels just like any day
Feels like a moment suspended in time
Of laughter in somebody's yard
I pulled the wild card
Looks like another day
Everything's fine

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 21, 2026 08:16 AM (DgMqy)

90 In military news

Australia is buying from Japan three Mogami class warships.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:17 AM (2GVsD)

91 Today is my first day of retirement.

So, more coffee, right?

Posted by: dantesed at April 21, 2026 08:17 AM (Oy/m2)

92 68 Today is my first day of retirement.

==

Now you can double your AOS commenting output ! Triple even !
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM
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Funny you say that.
The reason I so frequently made the "top ten sock puppeteer" list is because I was often posting while *air quotes* "at work."

Truth is I was Retired In Place since the COVID era. I quietly quit after I watched my entire management chain bully pregnant women into a medical procedure they didn't want.

"Ethics" training? No. Go away.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

93 ignore the trolls and let the moderators and cobloggers deal with it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:16 AM (n9ltV)

CBD in full effect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:17 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Congrats, dantesed! Mr. Black has 2 1/2 years to go and cannot wait.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

95 Ukraine plans to replace the war dead with Africans and give them all the jobs and benefits

Reportedly, they've been advertising for months that the Ukrainian ladies need to be ready to marry the newcomers. If one were to believe the conspiracy theory that there's an effort underway to, essentially, eliminate whites, one might point to this as evidence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

96 Social Security tells me I can't retire till I'm 72.

They can kiss my lily white ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

97 I'm in favor of deporting all non-migrating Canada Geese to Haiti.

Posted by: They Are Asshoe! at April 21, 2026 08:19 AM (oftw2)

98 They Are Asshoe!

Can we sent Hillary to Haiti? Seems like ... Justice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

99
Can we sent Hillary to Haiti? Seems like ... Justice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

Chelsea should be forced to take a 2nd honeymoon to Haiti. I mean, they DID pay for her wedding.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

100 When both of you break 1,000 comments in a week, get back to me. Break 2,000 then talk to Sven about your victory.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:13 AM (2GVsD)
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I can't type that fast.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

101
85 He quoted Jackson’s comments to ABC News where she said, “I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people in my opinions how I feel about the issues, and that’s what I try to do.”

It matches with what many legal observers have noted; in her dissents, she doesn’t write legal opinions, she writes Daily Kos blog posts. Which is why the left loves her no matter how idiotic she sounds.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (Fmj+u)

102 Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

I was responding to someone else retiring. I'm still working.

Posted by: dantesed at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (Oy/m2)

103 Reportedly, they've been advertising for months that the Ukrainian ladies need to be ready to marry the newcomers. If one were to believe the conspiracy theory that there's an effort underway to, essentially, eliminate whites, one might point to this as evidence.

I'll add in that Denmark is making ads telling natives that marrying each other is a form of incest and instead they should be having kids with newcomers.

Which...reminds me of the Soviet strategy at the end of WWII - if you rape enough German women so that a significant percentage of the population has Russian ancestry they have to accept your people right?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:21 AM (sKqQm)

104 Australia is buying from Japan three Mogami class warships.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:17 AM (2GVsD)

Until they are commanded by real officers, and not DEI incompetents, they will be meaningless.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:21 AM (n9ltV)

105 Ahh, hopefully it isn't too far away for you then! ;-)

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

106 Today is my first day of retirement.

So, more coffee, right?
Posted by: dantesed at April 21, 2026 08:17 AM (Oy/m2)
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Mazel and welcome to the club.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

107 >>Who isn't?

The left isn't.

What has become more obvious than ever is that Trump is leading a movement to overturn years of globalist policy to weaken the western powers through mass migration, increase China's power as a counter to the US and make Iran the center of power in the Middle East. The policies and actions his administration are taking are all connected in overturning that plan and the globalist left is fighting back hard with government and non-government aligned powers.

Leftists are now openly cheering for Iran to defeat Trump and fighting to keep all illegals in the US including violent criminals. They are stealing our taxes and sending them to criminal cartels overseas. They are demonizing Israel while covering for mass murdering Islamic terrorists.

This is a fight for western values and the left is on the other side.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

108 The only way I know the weekend is here is the lack of the Morning Report. Last worked for $$ on August 20, 2007.

Posted by: Leisure Suit Larry at April 21, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

109 Hillary Clinton

You let Web Hubble knock you up. Web Hubble!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

110 Washington Nearsider

Sprue Brothers is having a 20% off sale of Hasegawa and Great Wall kits.

Even at 20% off, the price of the Great Wall 1/32 Curtiss Hawk 82 is still insane.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2GVsD)

111 It matches with what many legal observers have noted; in her dissents, she doesn’t write legal opinions, she writes Daily Kos blog posts. Which is why the left loves her no matter how idiotic she sounds.

TBH the best way to resolve this is to have right leaning judges do the same.

A couple of district/appeals courts ruling the income tax is actually unconstitutional because of reasons for example would actually motivate the SC to actually address this stuff.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (sKqQm)

112
Until they are commanded by real officers, and not DEI incompetents, they will be meaningless.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:21 AM (n9ltV)

Wait......what?

Posted by: Lloyd Austin at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

113 This talk of retirement has me feeling blue (or maybe green with envy…. One of those colors). Because I start a new job next week and I should be excited; it’s a good job. But I gotta “climb the mountain” again and I’d rather rest…. I’ll do an attitude readjustment before Monday…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (xT8gx)

114 You let Web Hubble knock you up. Web Hubble!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

I mean, who really should be more embarrassed here.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

115 In my blue county violence seems to be increasing. A guy from the southern part of the county went across the bridge to Poughkeepsie and was shot dead. Yesterday a stabbing occurred. Victim not dead but not good. Given the murders in the rest of the country I think we are looking at a very nasty summer
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:14 AM (gu0hJ)
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Poughkeepsie, City of Sin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

116 47 I heard someone on the radio yesterday talking about people in Virginia showing up to vote being told they already voted.
Posted by: fd

The immediate response is getting law enforcement over there and filming everything.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (99eI0)

117 CBD

That was New Zealand who had the DEI Captain sink her vessel on a charted reef.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (2GVsD)

118 This talk of retirement has me feeling blue (or maybe green with envy…. One of those colors). Because I start a new job next week and I should be excited; it’s a good job. But I gotta “climb the mountain” again and I’d rather rest…. I’ll do an attitude readjustment before Monday…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (xT8gx)

You're making the move to better your situation for you and your family. This will make your retirement that much better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

119 Can we sent Hillary to Haiti? Seems like ... Justice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

I have a vile relative who was involved in the virtue-signaling scams that masqueraded as assistance for Haiti.

It is worse than you can possibly imagine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (n9ltV)

120 Interesting that Cornyn was on the list of harassers released by congress.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 21, 2026 08:25 AM (MHK/T)

121 The Iranian sleeper agents inside the US are real, and far more dangerous than ordinary terrorists who would kill a few civilians and be done. They instead aim to disrupt the entire United States by causing massive splits and dissension.

The most prominent of these you know as Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Dave Smith - there are many others.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 08:25 AM (Fmj+u)

122 Even at 20% off, the price of the Great Wall 1/32 Curtiss Hawk 82 is still insane.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (2GVsD)

Really, really thinking about it.

But I have 12 kits in the stash right now. Only three of them are commissions...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 21, 2026 08:25 AM (G1ktt)

123 I will admit… though Johnny Somali has been mentioned here, I’d never heard of the guy and still don’t know who he is or what he does…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 07:53 AM (xT8gx)

He is a streamer. TikTok, Twich, who knows... a streamer. His shtick is being a public asshole - nuisance streamer being a thing, apparently. He took his show on the road to Korea and they are less forgiving of public assholery than some places.

I rather hope the appeals court gives him the max sentence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

124 This is a fight for western values and the left is on the other side.

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What worries me most is that not enough people in this country are aware of what the left really is. And how maniacally dedicated they are to upending America forever. And in ways that we will simply not recover from. That concerns me deeply.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

125 Interesting that Cornyn was on the list of harassers released by congress.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 21, 2026 08:25 AM (MHK/T)

That list was UNBELIEVABLY short........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

126 You're making the move to better your situation for you and your family. This will make your retirement that much better.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

Yes. Thank you for that reminder!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (xT8gx)

127 That was New Zealand who had the DEI Captain sink her vessel on a charted reef.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:24 AM (2GVsD)

Australia is doing the same thing to their armed forces.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (n9ltV)

128 He took his show on the road to Korea and they are less forgiving of public assholery than some places.

This was after getting kicked out of Japan for the same thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (99eI0)

129 Washington Nearsider

At sale prices you can get five or six 1/32 Hasegawa kits for the price of that one Great Wall kit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

130
Yes. Thank you for that reminder!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (xT8gx)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

131 I wonder how many technical difficulties will red areas of VA suffer today?

I'm sure there won't be any at all. Election day voting is secular sacred and the Democrats would never interfere with that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

132 We are so centered

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:28 AM (2GVsD)

133 Because I start a new job next week and I should be excited; it’s a good job. But I gotta “climb the mountain” again and I’d rather rest…. I’ll do an attitude readjustment before Monday…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:23 AM (xT8gx)

A change can be almost good as a rest. I hope you meet good people and make new connections. Congrats and good luck.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 21, 2026 08:28 AM (4tsnh)

134 CENTERED!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

135 Until they are commanded by real officers, and not DEI incompetents, they will be meaningless."

Heh. They're already planning the indictments against the officers...

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

136 Front and center!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (99eI0)

137 Centrists are squishes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

138 Can't go wrong with a Spy vs. Spy meme. Until it screws your formatting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

139 Many Ukrainian ladies are in the US or other places in Europe. Likewise, many Uke men are hiding from conscription anywhere they can. Zelenskyyy has ruined that country.

Posted by: From Bread Basket To Basket Case at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (oftw2)

140 What worries me most is that not enough people in this country are aware of what the left really is. And how maniacally dedicated they are to upending America forever. And in ways that we will simply not recover from. That concerns me deeply.

Left leaning LIVs vote mostly on who they think will give them the most free shit

Right leaning LIVs often don't vote "because they are all the same" which I understand the sentiment but that's the wrong strategy...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (sKqQm)

141 > We had important news from Uranus late last week-now silence.
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if nothing's coming out of Uranus, that could be a serious problem

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)

142 1111
222
33
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

143 I'm starting to worry about JJ a bit......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

144
I helped my uncle beat off lots of horses. And cows, chickens, iguanas, trilobites, motility crinoids... you name it we whacked it!

Posted by: Beating Orourk at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM (jx9Uu)

145 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

Wait until you get to one of the best parts of retirement - forgetting what day it is.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM (qRla/)

146 Tanned.

Rested.

Ready.

Posted by: Zombie Lamont the Big Dummy at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

147 NaCly Dog, you asked me a question yesterday that I didn't get to until the art thread was up.

Amazingly, I haven't gotten a single question from my former employer. Apparently my efforts to document everything were successful.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

148 Spy v Spy needs to be centered to be fair to both sides

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM (4tsnh)

149 Wait until you get to one of the best parts of retirement - forgetting what day it is.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM (qRla/)

But, don't you still work?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

150 Can't avoid the Middle Man.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (DgMqy)

151 Happy San Jacinto Day!

San Jacinto Day is observed every April 21. It celebrates the Battle of San Jacinto. It was the final battle of the Texas Revolution when Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836. This day is a partial state public holiday.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (NpAcC)

152 17 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)
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Congratulations welcome to the club.
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My first day of retirement begins on Thursday. Hopefully I can hack it.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (FmapG)

153 >>What worries me most is that not enough people in this country are aware of what the left really is. And how maniacally dedicated they are to upending America forever. And in ways that we will simply not recover from. That concerns me deeply.

We are dealing with the result of allowing our public schools to become far left indoctrination centers that produced generations of kids absolutely believe that the US is a force for evil in the world, communism is good and tiny Israel is the center of evil in the world. The are mini Terminators of stupid. They can't be reasoned with and they won't stop until they are stopped and we now have a legal system that in many places refuses to punish them.

Trump was the only person I've seen in years who seems to get it and is willing to sacrifice everything to lead the fight. The fight is going to take a long time, well after Trump is gone, but at least now we have a shot.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)

154 Stuck in the middle with the horde.

Posted by: dantesed at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (Oy/m2)

155 LET'S GO FLYERS

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 21, 2026 08:32 AM (j+aD2)

156 Oh, you're supposed to drive around the reef?

Posted by: Captain Dyke at April 21, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

157 CharlieBrown'sDildo

Saw a report that after Australia deliberately targeted their only soldier that was awarded a Victoria Cross, 22 SAS Regiment in the UK is loosing their most senior operators to voluntary retirement.

Takes a decade to train those senior warrant officers, and the Australian Left is causing havoc in even the UK special forces.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

158 "Break 2,000 then talk to Sven about your victory.
Posted by: Anna Puma"

How many have to be comprehensible?

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:32 AM (vFG9F)

159 Today is my first day of retirement.
Hunh. It feels like a Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

Welcome to the club!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

160 144
I helped my uncle beat off lots of horses. And cows, chickens, iguanas, trilobites, motility crinoids... you name it we whacked it!
Posted by: Beating Orourk at April 21, 2026 08:30 AM
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Did you ever whack a mole?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 21, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)

161 At sale prices you can get five or six 1/32 Hasegawa kits for the price of that one Great Wall kit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

Even at 20% off, Amazon's got the Hase 190D-9 for ten dollars less than SB.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 21, 2026 08:33 AM (G1ktt)

162 LET'S GO FLYERS
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 21, 2026 08:32 AM (j+aD2)

Not a Philly fan, but I do love the look of utter defeat on Cindy Crosby's face after going down 0 - 2 at home.

Just retire already......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

163 One of the interesting political things right now with retirement is that the age of retirement hasn't really declined in large part because the government takes more and more of your income over your life in taxes and inflation.

The left pitches to 20 year old that they should eat the rich but the rich they are eating are the 50 year old versions of themselves.

It would be nice if there was an opposition party pointing this out on a regular basis.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:33 AM (sKqQm)

164 How many have to be comprehensible?

You know, that is asking too much.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:33 AM (2GVsD)

165 As Learned Hand famously wrote, ‘Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court … can do much to help it.’ For all Americans, standing up for our Constitution and our freedom is work that lies ahead.
~~ Mollie Hemingway quoting Justice Alito
=========================
Disturbingly, many casual lefties have abandoned freedom in favor of government, even bohemian sorts who would miss freedom most acutely. Some of my oldest friends have moved into this category, convinced somehow that they themselves must sacrifice freedom to save the climate, or to protect abortion, or to stop imperial America from controlling other countries. Or whatever.

Very sad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8SS36)

166 >>>What worries me most is that not enough people in this country are aware of what the left really is
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we need one or two generations of progressives to die off before we can right the ship

I will be long gone, but I hope it happens

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (ZxPkt)

167 Social Security tells me I can't retire till I'm 72.

They can kiss my lily white ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I could have retired at 62. But the difference between 62 & 67 is almost half.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8YpvS)

168 Not a Philly fan, but I do love the look of utter defeat on Cindy Crosby's face after going down 0 - 2 at home.

it's something everyone can enjoy!

also the Hurricanes got HOSED by the officials last night. what the hell NHL get your act together

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (j+aD2)

169 The head of a snake, even when chopped off, will still bite you and inject its poison. Never let down your guard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (Fbc0I)

170 Washington Nearsider

Amazon has the Tamiya 1/48 F-14A for $66 and free shipping. Yes I am eying adding another to stash.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (2GVsD)

171 In VA you see the difference between the GOPe and Dems.

The former screwed around in IN, while the later already has the bank of fake votes they'll need to push this over the top in VA...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:09 AM (sKqQm)

They didn't screw around in Indiana. The job of the GOPe is to lose while providing a pressure valve to keep everything from exploding before the uniparty has their foreign army in place.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

172 Camp of the Saints is on Amazon.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:35 AM (/+uur)

173 I've been retired for about 6 years. I still think trash day is Friday and that the weekends matter.

Trash day is Tuesday and every day is Saturday otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2026 08:35 AM (AkEZC)

174 I could have retired at 62. But the difference between 62 & 67 is almost half.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8YpvS)

My FiL needed to hang on for 6 more months before retiring. Nope. Couldn't hack it. Dumbass cost himself over $700 a month.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

175 I see a lady died doing a triathlon down in the Woodlands yesterday. Sad… the swim portion of any triathlon is the most dangerous part

Stealers Wheel strikes the blog again!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:36 AM (xT8gx)

176 I could have retired at 62. But the difference between 62 & 67 is almost half.
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At 70 I began taking my money back from the Fedz. There was no incentive to not do that. I'm now 71 and chicks dig it.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:36 AM (FmapG)

177 Now you can double your AOS commenting output ! Triple even !
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)

Ironically, I often find myself with less time for the internet since I've retired than before.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:36 AM (ExV1e)

178 DOJ Taps Trump Ally diGenova for Brennan Probe
________
Didn't he get an auto-pardon?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 08:36 AM (AlhUl)

179 centered > based

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 21, 2026 08:37 AM (QW4f/)

180 Is that the SS math that if you take it at 67 you get twice the $$$ that you get at 62?

So...to bring math into this blog that means if you are going to live to at least 73 you should wait I guess...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:37 AM (sKqQm)

181 Even at 20% off, Amazon's got the Hase 190D-9 for ten dollars less than SB.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Yeah, but who wants to build a bulldozer model?

Posted by: Zombie Rachel Corrie. at April 21, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)

182 And CBD was just here. A bit shocked this hasn't been corrected yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

183 At 70 I began taking my money back from the Fedz. There was no incentive to not do that. I'm now 71 and chicks dig it.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:36 AM (FmapG)

My plan is to start taking it at 65. I will lose quite a bit of monthly "max" according to the govt, but the only way I'm getting anything remotely close to my money back, I need to start early.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

184 >>Didn't he get an auto-pardon?

Nope.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (viF8m)

185 Heh. Calling him out worked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

186 DataRepublican has confirmed what many suspected: the Deep State has been trying to spin up a military coup to remove The Donald. They trained 5 of the "Seditious Six" in what to say that would maximally incite active-duty military to defy the command structure, and their own documentation identifies Pete Hegseth as enemy #1 towards accomplishing that.

And this harks back to what I was talking about yesterday - why aren't those six assholes in prison right now for insurrection? I can only think of a few reasons:
- Trump doesn't have the balls;
- Trump's people would not obey his orders;
- Trump doesn't have the political capital;
- The GOP would impeach his ass in a NY minute;
- The Seditious Six have some sort of congressional immunity;
- Congress would circle the wagons to protect their 'collegiality'

None of these reasons give me any hope for true, lasting change post-Trump. I still say the GOP deserves to lose the midterms.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (qRla/)

187 Sydney Watson talking about "fat activists" dying off.

https://youtu.be/MFGqBHJbI6o

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (99eI0)

188 At 70 I began taking my money back from the Fedz. There was no incentive to not do that. I'm now 71 and chicks dig it.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:36 AM
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Sounds like money for nothing and chicks for free!

Posted by: M. Knopfler at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

189 But, don't you still work?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

No. Retired two months ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (qRla/)

190 The barrel is centered, and the gloryholes provide balance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (Fbc0I)

191 Social Security tells me I can't retire till I'm 72.

Why? The payment maxes at 70.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

192 Minneapolis Schools Remodel to Add Muslim-Specific Facilities
________
For one mad, happy moment I hoped that mean guillotines.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (AlhUl)

193 It's also,
International Hemp Day
and
Pet CBD Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

194 For one mad, happy moment I hoped that mean guillotines.
Posted by: Eeyore

Or happy camps.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:41 AM (99eI0)

195 I get about 3611 next July.
But my issue is that I need to reach FRA so that my SS is not taxed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

196
No. Retired two months ago.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (qRla/)

Ah.....I missed that. Good for you. Congratulations, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

197 My plan is to start taking it at 65. I will lose quite a bit of monthly "max" according to the govt, but the only way I'm getting anything remotely close to my money back, I need to start early.
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Yeah, its a squeeze play. I'm still not sure I am going to hack being retired. Imma looking to be maybe a yacht boy at the Marina and help the ladies with boat things. This will bring meaning to my life and provide a great sun tan.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:43 AM (FmapG)

198 This was after getting kicked out of Japan for the same thing.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:27 AM (99eI0)

No doubt the Koreans will point out that, had the Japanese imprisoned him, he might never have come to Korea.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

199 I could have retired at 62. But the difference between 62 & 67 is almost half.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8YpvS)

I know I've left a lot of money on the table retiring when I did. But I would have killed myself long before I got to 67. I would rather be somewhat poorer and happy (as happy as I ever can be).

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:44 AM (qRla/)

200 Why? The payment maxes at 70.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

Not according to the letters I used to get from them........For me to get max, I had to wait till 72.

Of course, that may've changed, but I don't get those letters anymore and haven't in years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

201 The available titles for “ Adolph Hitler” on Amazon are endless - including “ Mein Kampf” which is a bestseller. Amazon censorship and book banning is - selective.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 08:45 AM (pDt9x)

202 If somebody wants to do my lawn, I pay cash.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:45 AM (Fbc0I)

203 36 clear sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. I've got writing to do today and I really should clean house a bit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:45 AM (qRla/)

204 Zelenskyyy has ruined that country.

He had a lot of help. US, UK, France, Germany...

The Ukrainian people took it in the ass for the globalist agenda.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

205 I think the breakeven point of SS between 62 and 67 is about age 81. So depending upon your other savings it is more flexible than people think.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (MHK/T)

206 The available titles for “ Adolph Hitler” on Amazon are endless - including “ Mein Kampf” which is a bestseller. Amazon censorship and book banning is - selective.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 08:45 AM (pDt9x)

But, I'm betting they'll send any homo sex or trans book to an elementary school in bulk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

207 >My plan is to start taking it at 65.
--

that's what I did
SocSec + other stuff allowed me to pull the pin

sometimes I go for days without even wearing pants

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

208 No doubt the Koreans will point out that, had the Japanese imprisoned him, he might never have come to Korea.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Honestly, I was surprised he got booted out instead of kept in prison but maybe he's just that obnoxious.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (99eI0)

209 This is a great read that helps explain how Obama helped politicize the DOJ and why we are still dealing with the implications of what he did today. I think there's a tendency to believe just because you win and election DC institutions must fall in line. This ignores the ideological makeup of the people who were recruited to fill career, not political but career jobs, in places like the DOJ.

This is from a conservative 20+ year DOJ vet who was forced out. Worth a read.

https://tinyurl.com/2ma77jj9

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

210 We could be in for a Northern lightshow of epic proportions.

Stargazers could potentially glimpse the aurora borealis in parts of the Northern US this Friday and Saturday, thanks to a large hole that’s opened up in the Sun’s atmosphere.

“The aurora may become visible over some Northern and upper Midwest states from New York to Idaho,” wrote the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

211 The Ukrainian people took it in the ass for the globalist agenda.

Oh My!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at April 21, 2026 08:47 AM (79nfv)

212 What worries me most is that not enough people in this country are aware of what the left really is. And how maniacally dedicated they are to upending America forever. And in ways that we will simply not recover from. That concerns me deeply.
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Republicans and conservative voters need to understand two very deadly things:

1) the level of hatred they have for Trump (who is just a proxy for anything and anyone "not-leftist"). It is an all-consuming, raging, unstoppable hatred that drives everything they do and say.

2) the complete corruption at all levels of government. That every local, state and federal government spending is a version of a "Friends and Family Enrichment" program.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 08:48 AM (tUP1A)

213 The Ukrainian people took it in the ass for the globalist agenda.

Global anal is the BEST anal.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 21, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

214 My plan is to start taking it at 65.
--

that's what I did
SocSec + other stuff allowed me to pull the pin

sometimes I go for days without even wearing pants
Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

A regular on the Sunday book thread!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:48 AM (xT8gx)

215 I'm starting to worry about JJ a bit......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)
-

Because now he's justifying the left?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 08:48 AM (ebJJx)

216 Ever notice

The UN has not sent any peacekeepers to the Russo-Uke War?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:48 AM (2GVsD)

217 None of these reasons give me any hope for true, lasting change post-Trump. I still say the GOP deserves to lose the midterms.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (qRla/)
*******
Well, I am not going to be one of those people making that happen.
Trump doesn't deserve it and I want to help him wherever I can.
I can't wait to vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

218 73 Was I dreaming when not-too-distant polls from Trump's reelection to date had 60+% of the population wanting all illegals deported?

I think this is one of those polling question things.

Should all illegal aliens be deported? Gets a strong majority

Should undocumented immigrants that have not committed any crimes be allowed to stay? Also gets a majority

Here Trump's team messaging has been solid. They just keep calling them illegals.
Posted by: 18-1
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Yep, order of questions, polling language, etc. can affect results.

And there is serious money behind the continuing attempts at amnesty and the various work visas that far too many employers, including small businesses and farms, want cheap labor so they can make more money. Labor in many fields is about 60-70 percent of all expenditures in a business so owners pay less for labor=more profit.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

219 Funding Has Not Closed the Gap: School Expenditure and the Persistence of Black–White Differences in Cognitive Performance

I posit that a very strict core study of reading, writing, and math through the 6th or 7th grade would be the better course of study for all races. What good is art, or history, or even science is you cannot read the material, understand the data, and then form ideas?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

220 San Jacinto Day is observed every April 21. It celebrates the Battle of San Jacinto. It was the final battle of the Texas Revolution when Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836. This day is a partial state public holiday.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (NpAcC)

1360 Mexicans attacked by 910 Texans.

Mexicans suffered 650 killed, 208 wounded, 300 captured. Texans suffered 11 killed (or fatally wounded), 30 wounded.

Battle lasted 18 minutes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

221 Of course, that may've changed, but I don't get those letters anymore and haven't in years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

You can create a log-in with SSA that will give you access to their projections for you. It's a worthwhile tool.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM (n9ltV)

222 My first day of retirement begins on Thursday. Hopefully I can hack it.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (FmapG)

I'm starting to think we're not really all 29.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

223 Police in Italy have arrested a Nigerian man for grilling a cat near a park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)

But there's no way the Haitians would do that here!!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 21, 2026 08:12
****
Piker

Posted by: Barak Hussein Obama at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (Pl1+s)

224 The lesson of San Jacinto

Never take a siesta when there are enemy forces nearby.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (2GVsD)

225
You can create a log-in with SSA that will give you access to their projections for you. It's a worthwhile tool.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM (n9ltV)

The wife looks at that on occasion. I'll have to get her to poke around a bit and see what it says.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

226 >>You can create a log-in with SSA that will give you access to their projections for you. It's a worthwhile tool.

Seconded.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:51 AM (viF8m)

227 My first day of retirement begins on Thursday. Hopefully I can hack it.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (FmapG)

I'm starting to think we're not really all 29.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

My brain feels 29. My body… a little older than that; maybe a lot!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:51 AM (xT8gx)

228 The most prominent of these you know as Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Dave Smith - there are many others.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 08:25 AM

Carlson and Owens, perhaps. Smith is just a typical low-wattage libertarian who thinks he's G-d's gift to political discourse. They're a dime a dozen, and they're extremely annoying, but they're not on the take.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 21, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

229 Farts........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

230 Saw a report that after Australia deliberately targeted their only soldier that was awarded a Victoria Cross, 22 SAS Regiment in the UK is loosing their most senior operators to voluntary retirement.

Takes a decade to train those senior warrant officers, and the Australian Left is causing havoc in even the UK special forces.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Replace the natives with the military age migrant men in your armed forces and it makes it easier to sic the new military on a populace that might arise in protest of the foreign power taking over the country.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 08:52 AM (Dv3i1)

231 The wife looks at that on occasion. I'll have to get her to poke around a bit and see what it says.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Pete has a wife??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:52 AM (xT8gx)

232 Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)

The problem is most people don't realize what Trump is and the skills and the spine he brings to the table. Also he is better at what the Left does than the Left and that's what we need.

I don't think there is anyone behind him that could survive even a tiny fraction of the onslaught. For three days, let alone a decade.

He has given us a chance and God certainly spared him for a reason. So I hang on to that.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 08:52 AM (AucCq)

233 Carlson and Owens, perhaps. Smith is just a typical low-wattage libertarian who thinks he's G-d's gift to political discourse. They're a dime a dozen, and they're extremely annoying, but they're not on the take.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 21, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

But when I YELL EVERYTHING I SAY it makes it that more effective and important.

Posted by: Nick Fuentes at April 21, 2026 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

234
Pete has a wife??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:52 AM (xT8gx)

Oops I did it again.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)

235 >>>Ever notice

The UN has not sent any peacekeepers to the Russo-Uke War?

Posted by: Anna Puma

>That's because it's white people. Raping the natives is an order of magnitude more difficult.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:53 AM (Fbc0I)

236 Gabbard’s releases—including material pulled from “burn bags” and previously hidden files—make it increasingly difficult for legacy media to dismiss these connections as conspiracy theory. The documents show how second-hand claims were elevated to impeachment-level accusations while exculpatory evidence was buried or ignored. At some point, the game of whack-a-mole becomes too large even for the legacy media—which has grown lazy and complicit—to keep spinning disinformation to cover up their criminal acts.

This is the very definition of an ongoing criminal enterprise, the core of a RICO case. On March 26, I described the Southern District of Florida grand jury subpoenas to Comey and Brennan as the potential RICO hammer finally dropping on a decade-long conspiracy, even as the DOJ is continuing to purge holdovers who have been dragging their feet. Because the enterprise is treated as ongoing, statutes of limitations do not shield the participants. Moving the case to Florida avoids the deeply conflicted D.C. venue and gives accountability a real chance to stick.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

237 Piker
Posted by: Barak Hussein Obama at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (Pl1+s)

Nah, he shocked his dog, he didn't eat it

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)

238 Someone posted, falsely, that 26 Iranian ships made it through the US blockade. They didn't.

But Chris Murphy D-CT had a one word response to the fake tweet. "Awesome".

That's what we are dealing with. They hate us that much that they are rooting for the Iranian terror regime to defeat us.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

239 Imma looking to be maybe a yacht boy at the Marina and help the ladies with boat things. This will bring meaning to my life and provide a great sun tan.
Posted by: pudinhead

I have a cousin who grew up in St. Petersburg, FL who started doing that in high school as a side hustle. (Legit yacht cleaning service) He turned it into a pretty profitable company.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (8YpvS)

240 Hassan shock!

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

241 I say retire whenever you want. Why wait an extra 5 or 10 years to get a bigger check when everyone knows that the longer you live, the sooner you'll die. (I kid, I kid--that's a line from an old Irish song.)

But seriously, the government uses actuarial tables to determine the amounts, and while a few of us will outlive their estimates, most of us will not.

If you love your job and love working, keep at it. But if are counting the days and you long to retire, just do it!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (3ImbR)

242 What good is art, or history, or even science is you cannot read the material, understand the data, and then form ideas?
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:49 AM

+++
Come see us.

Posted by: The Quality Learing Center of Minneapolis, Minnesota at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)

243 Is that the SS math that if you take it at 67 you get twice the $$$ that you get at 62?

62 == 70% of 67 (but it's recalculated monthly, I believe, so you could retire at 66.5 and get most of the 67 money).
70 == 124% of 67 (I think this one is calculated annually, naturally).

I don't believe that there is any benefit to waiting past 70.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

244 The lesson of San Jacinto

Never take a siesta when there are enemy forces nearby.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:50 AM (2GVsD)

Tell me about it. . .

Posted by: Col Johann Roll at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (qRla/)

245 “The radical left has relied on ActBlue as a way to funnel foreign donations and dark money into their political campaigns to subvert our laws and compromise the integrity of our elections. ActBlue lied to Congress and to the American people, and I will ensure justice is served.

I believe there was this Kenyan dude that started this.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)

246 Democrats are running on 2 platforms this fall:

1) Hatred of Trump, MAGA, etc. As I note, Trump is just a proxy for anything and anyone "not-leftist." And this is not a policy-driven hatred--it's personal: They hate Trump, they hate you, they hate your family, they hate everyone and everything that isn't leftist.

2) "Billionaires stole my Lambo!" They've convinced their young voters their education certificates entitled them to a 6k sqft house, 6-figure income and a Lambo.
And the only reason they don't have that is because billionaires stole it from them.

Greed and Hatred are all Democrats have to offer.
And it's selling.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 08:55 AM (tUP1A)

247 +++
Come see us.
Posted by: The Quality Learing Center of Minneapolis, Minnesota at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)

I love the fact that Nick Shirley is roaming around California exposing fraud wearing that logo on his hoodie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

248 Hey- do you live in Connecticut?

https://tinyurl.com/2s2eurcj

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 08:55 AM (ZxPkt)

249 Rev. Wishbone

If every woman had a small cordless hole puncher, and used it to kill a threatening rapist, there would be a lot less rapes.

For other men, it would pay to be polite to women.

Robert A. Heinlein: " An armed society is a polite society." He forgot about Islam.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)

250 Hassan shock!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (2GVsD)

I seem to remember a hilarious Bugs Bunny episode where the words “Hasan chop!” were used repeatedly…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (xT8gx)

251 By administering these EVs through a nasal spray, researchers were able to deliver a payload of therapeutic micro-RNAs directly into the hippocampus.
=====================
Faster please. After watching the devastation of Alzheimer in my mother, this cannot come quickly enough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (KX703)

252 And this harks back to what I was talking about yesterday - why aren't those six assholes in prison right now for insurrection? I can only think of a few reasons:
- Trump doesn't have the balls;
- Trump's people would not obey his orders;
- Trump doesn't have the political capital;
- The GOP would impeach his ass in a NY minute;
- The Seditious Six have some sort of congressional immunity;
- Congress would circle the wagons to protect their 'collegiality'

None of these reasons give me any hope for true, lasting change post-Trump. I still say the GOP deserves to lose the midterms.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (qRla/)

IIRC, they tried to indict one of them and the DC grand jury said no. So you're missing the possibility that Democrats commit their crimes in places where they know the citizenry will support them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

253 Is California still pushing the law to ban reporting on fraud?

Like MediCal paying for illegal immigrant trans people to get surgery.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2GVsD)

254
Robert A. Heinlein: " An armed society is a polite society." He forgot about Islam.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)/i]

islham is not a society, so they don't count.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

255 The leading candidates to pick up the Republican banner in 28 and Vance, DeSantis and Rubio with the latter coming back from the political woods by being the best SoS perhaps ever.

Not sure how that will play out - Rubio will be in the news obviously and Vance can be if Trump gives him juicy things to work on.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

256 Replace the natives with the military age migrant men in your armed forces and it makes it easier to sic the new military on a populace that might arise in protest of the foreign power taking over the country.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Only one drawback. Since they are NOT my countrymen, I would sleep like a baby at night after ending a couple dozen of them.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 08:57 AM (8YpvS)

257 "NASA’s IG: With only Axiom building NASA’s future spacesuits, the agency’s lunar program faces great scheduling risk"

Inside sources tell me Johnson Space Center is prepping to temporarily reassign more than a few Civil Service engineers to assist Axiom on its lunar excursion suit and tools work.

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2026 08:57 AM (5rh/l)

258 Is California still pushing the law to ban reporting on fraud?

Like MediCal paying for illegal immigrant trans people to get surgery.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (2GVsD)

Shirley is actually going after California pols asking them why they aren't fixing the fraud instead of passing a law preventing journalists from exposing it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

259 226 >>You can create a log-in with SSA that will give you access to their projections for you. It's a worthwhile tool.

Seconded.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:51 AM (viF8m)

You can print a Statement that show exactly how much each year you contributed and then shows from 62 to 70 how much you get.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)

260 Personally, I think social security and other retirement options are designed to provide maximum payout to the least number of people. They expect many to only survive a few years after 70+.

I decided to take retirement, and social security as soon as I was eligible to retire. 6 years ago when I was in my late 50's. I don't get "the maximum" from either, but I figure, if lucky, I'll live long enough to enjoy what I've got.

That is more important to me than the amount of money I'd get otherwise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (AkEZC)

261 Happy San Jacinto Day!

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (AZWEO)

262 I'm still not sure I am going to hack being retired.

My financial advisor told me that, of his clients, every woman who retired stayed that way but only one man has stayed retired. I told him that I was gonna be number two.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

263 That's what we are dealing with. They hate us that much that they are rooting for the Iranian terror regime to defeat us.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)
========================
It's revolting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (KX703)

264 >>Today is my first day of retirement.

Congratulations, Quarter Twenty. Sunday was the one-year anniversary of mine.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (NcvvS)

265 You can print a Statement that show exactly how much each year you contributed and then shows from 62 to 70 how much you get.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)

This must be why they stopped sending me those letters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

266 Something like 1% of the population commits all the violent crime. Get a significant number of armed women willing to off a would be rapist and that problematic population will start dropping...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

267 In Dec 24, Vance was my favorite by far to follow Trump. Now…. Rubio has really impressed me. That would be a hard choice but I don’t think they’ll both run…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:59 AM (xT8gx)

268 I retired at 68 (nearly full money) but am still working.
Yeah, I get to pay tax on it... oh joy

Posted by: MkY at April 21, 2026 09:00 AM (+Pp+Q)

269 Not according to the letters I used to get from them........For me to get max, I had to wait till 72.

Of course, that may've changed, but I don't get those letters anymore and haven't in years.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

You should create an SSA account (and check it regularly to ensure some illegal isn't using your number). You can see how much you'll make at each age based on your current earnings history.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

270 Polymarket @Polymarket

JUST IN: Anti-billionaire progressive group "Our Revolution" officially endorses Tom Steyer for California governor.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

271 One other thing with the SS math it is easier to get out and do things at 50 then at 60 and at 60 more then 70.

So every year you spend working you reduce the number of things you'll be able to do physically when you retire

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

272 You can print a Statement that show exactly how much each year you contributed and then shows from 62 to 70 how much you get.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)
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It approximates. Deferred credits aren't fully reflected in the tool, since your actual benefit changes monthly (not annually, as the online tool assumes). Calling SS and getting them to use their internal tool gives you a more exact number, if you are trying to be precise.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (KX703)

273 Is it true that in the past five years California has seen almost 400 companies close shop and move to another state?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (2GVsD)

274 Honestly, I was surprised he got booted out instead of kept in prison but maybe he's just that obnoxious.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 08:46 AM (99eI0)

Was his Japanese vacation during Biden? The government may have put pressure on them on his behalf.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

275 JUST IN: Anti-billionaire progressive group "Our Revolution" officially endorses Tom Steyer for California governor.
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

Anti-billionaire group endorses billionaire..........

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

276 Some of my oldest friends have moved into this category, convinced somehow that they themselves must sacrifice freedom to save the climate, or to protect abortion, or to stop imperial America from controlling other countries. Or whatever.

Very sad.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8SS36)

I knew a man I considered a friend who, at the beginning of the COVID panic locked himself and his wife inside their house for a year, never leaving, never allowing anyone over. They had food delivered to their front door where it would be dropped off, with only electronic communications between them and the deliverers.

They voluntarily placed themselves into solitary confinement for a year based on nothing but their own fears. I’ve never had anything to do with either of them since, I found their behavior too disgusting to forgive or forget.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 09:02 AM (Fmj+u)

277 So every year you spend working you reduce the number of things you'll be able to do physically when you retire
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

This is my mentality. I don't want to wait till I'm too old to accomplish the things I want to achieve in retirement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

278 JUST IN: Anti-billionaire progressive group "Our Revolution" officially endorses Tom Steyer for California governor.
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)
=====================
there goes everyone's irony meter again

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 09:02 AM (KX703)

279 Sponge

They have the same reasoning ability as those Queers for Palestine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)

280
They have the same reasoning ability as those Queers for Palestine.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)

Yeah.. I mean, can you prove yourself to be a more useful idiot than that?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

281
273 Is it true that in the past five years California has seen almost 400 companies close shop and move to another state?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (2GVsD)

Not sure, I think that’s the number for the last 5 months.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 09:03 AM (Fmj+u)

282 270 Polymarket @Polymarket

JUST IN: Anti-billionaire progressive group "Our Revolution" officially endorses Tom Steyer for California governor.
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)

Told you - he bought that endorsement. He is going all in to buy this election.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 09:03 AM (tOcjL)

283 They voluntarily placed themselves into solitary confinement for a year based on nothing but their own fears. I’ve never had anything to do with either of them since, I found their behavior too disgusting to forgive or forget.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 09:02 AM (Fmj+u)
==============
covid revealed a lot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 09:03 AM (KX703)

284 >>But seriously, the government uses actuarial tables to determine the amounts, and while a few of us will outlive their estimates, most of us will not.

I had an interesting talk with my financial advisor years ago about when to start taking SS. I kept looking at the max payout and telling him I wanted to wait as long as possible to get as much as possible.

He asked an interesting question. How long do men in your family typically live? Not what do actuarial tables say, what's your personal family history.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)

285 So every year you spend working you reduce the number of things you'll be able to do physically when you retire
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)
~~~~~

Bingo.

I retired at the earliest possible age. I now get two small pensions, plus SS, and I still work. Only now, I get to choose how much and where I work, and because I'm still working, my SS goes up every year. Win-win.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:05 AM (3ImbR)

286 The UN has not sent any peacekeepers to the Russo-Uke War?

1. I don't believe that they do that until the conflict has ended (at least temporarily).
2. I believe that sending them requires Security Council approval, which Russia could veto.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

287 I seem to remember a hilarious Bugs Bunny episode where the words “Hasan chop!” were used repeatedly…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 08:56 AM (xT8gx)
-

Pismo Beach. Famous ending.

Ali Baba Bunny:

https://tinyurl.com/bdf9322z

Open saddle soap. Open sarsaparilla....

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (ebJJx)

288 Ted Lieu @tedlieu

Dear @USAmbUN
: You are wrong. Federal law requires our military to follow the principle of proportionality. Bombing “every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge” causes excessive civilian harm, which are war crimes.

And there is no statute of limitations for war crimes.

... there is absolutely NO law requiring our military to do any such thing. Apparently, Ted didn’t study law in law school.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

289 Today's reading of 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 by Trump sure becomes interesting.

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (mexfo)

290 My financial advisor told me that, of his clients, every woman who retired stayed that way but only one man has stayed retired. I told him that I was gonna be number two.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I have so much shit to do once I retire, I'll be working from sun up to sun down.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (8YpvS)

291 That's what we are dealing with. They hate us that much that they are rooting for the Iranian terror regime to defeat us.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

And yet we, the American taxpayer, have the bastard's grubby hands in out pockets, paying for his overseas flights, his security, his food and a dozen other things, while he gets to talk smack about America without any repercussions at all/

A POTUS Poppins would have the asshole's passport revoked, put him on the No-Fly list and direct TSA to use deadly force if he ever tried to get back into the country again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

292 I love the fact that Nick Shirley is roaming around California exposing fraud wearing that logo on his hoodie.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)
====

Adam Carolla had video yesterday of Nick Shirley confronting Scott Weiner, who called Nick a "psychopathic scam artist."

Adam also has no clue this p.o.s. is likely to be my next congressman.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

293 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness

Kamala Harris says black women need to be more selfish: "Start saying imma get mine"

https://tinyurl.com/2fdyhvfa

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

294 Ali Baba Bunny:

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (ebJJx)
-

So many wasted neurons!!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 09:07 AM (ebJJx)

295 Did someone tweet to Ted Lieu this -

"Proportionality got 58,000 Americans killed in Vietnam."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

296 How The Iranian Regime Destroyed Its Economy... Long Before The War

Years of ideological policymaking, institutionalised corruption, and the militarisation of the economy have caused Iran’s economic ruin.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)

297 researchers at UCSF and UCLA, the study made use of huge troves of data collected by healthcare titan Kaiser Permanente—the cohort it examined consisted of close to 500,000 adolescents. The central result? Even past-year marijuana use, i.e. not necessarily heavy or disordered use but a wide spectrum, was linked to a more than doubled risk of psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder by age twenty-six.

WOW
A mind altering chemical causes Mind Altering.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:07 AM (/+uur)

298 Peter Navarro writes today at the Federalist about Chuck Grassley's Arctic Frost hearings, and says that one of the central actors, one of five or six such people who organized Navarro's public humiliation at Reagan Airport, is still fucking employed by the DOJ. Still there, and in DC.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 09:08 AM (KX703)

299 'Highly Unlikely' US Will Extend Iran Ceasefire,
'Lots Of Bombs Will Go Off' If No Deal: Trump

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:08 AM (RHGPo)

300 Another Democrat named Weiner?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:08 AM (2GVsD)

301 I wonder how Tehran's water crisis is going?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:09 AM (2GVsD)

302 Not sure how that will play out - Rubio will be in the news obviously and Vance can be if Trump gives him juicy things to work on.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

Rubio has already said that he won't run against Vance. Of course, DeSantis said that he wouldn't run against Trump... until he did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

303 Gaza Needs Over $71BN In Next Decade If Enclave Hopes To Recover: New UN Report

Joint EU-UN findings cite "catastrophic impact" of war.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)

304 >Kamala Harris says black women need to be more selfish: "Start saying imma get mine"
-----

she's not a Negro, but pretends to be

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)

305 Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
Obama US attorney admits the DC courts are highly partisan.

Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance

Good luck with that D.C. jury

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

306 politics attracts the absolute worst of society

it's uncanny

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)

307 Pismo Beach. Famous ending.

Ali Baba Bunny:

https://tinyurl.com/bdf9322z

Open saddle soap. Open sarsaparilla....

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 09:06 AM (ebJJx)

That’s the one! LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 09:11 AM (xT8gx)

308 politics attracts the absolute worst of society

It's where the power and money is.

Bubba Clinton, "speak for yourself, it's where the chicks are."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (2GVsD)

309 276 Some of my oldest friends have moved into this category, convinced somehow that they themselves must sacrifice freedom to save the climate, or to protect abortion, or to stop imperial America from controlling other countries. Or whatever.

Very sad.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8SS36)

I love how Canada, a miniscule percentage of the global population, currently second largest country on the planet, insane nu,ber of trees just gives it all to solve global warming.

The coffee hasn't kicked in yet but I'd still be indifferent if the Covid shots did in 75% of these people.

Hmmmm. That was years ago.

Still angry.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (Sco7b)

310 Gaza Needs Over $71BN In Next Decade If Enclave Hopes To Recover: New UN Report

Recover? Recover? Recover?....Recover?

Posted by: Dad from "Breaking Away" at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (79nfv)

311 Questions no one is asking:

Will Pennsylvania turn on John Fetterman?
https://archive.is/Pke9Z

Posted by: Oglebay at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (2ap+5)

312 I am glad others remember from wasted Saturday mornings classic Bugs Bunny.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (2GVsD)

313 “[Americans have] a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend far beyond the issue of race in the American mind. The depth of this commitment may be summarily dismissed as the unfounded optimism of the average American—I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don’t make it, my children will.” -- Barack Obama

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)

314 He asked an interesting question. How long do men in your family typically live? Not what do actuarial tables say, what's your personal family history.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)

Bingo!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (n9ltV)

315 Stephen Foote and Marissa Silvestri brought their original lawsuit against the Ludlow, Massachusetts, school committee in 2022 after they learned from one of its teachers that their 11-year-old daughter had secretly become “genderqueer.”

Milestone Sea
Assembly required

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)

316 #BREAKING: WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS TRUMP ACCUSER E. JEAN CARROLL SECRETLY MET WITH DNC OFFICIALS, CONFESSED ON TAPE THAT HER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE FALSE. An individual with "inside knowledge" of this meeting says that Carroll received $10 MILLION FROM THE DNC in addition to her MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BOOK DEAL AND HEFTY FEDERAL LAWSUIT which is the reason that she FABRICATED these allegations against our President. She is also alleged to be CAUGHT ON THIS TAPE ADMITTING that she has in fact never actually met President Trump. Once again, TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

317 I would expect the attacks on Vance to really ramp up after November. Everything he does, every move he makes will be scrutinized and twisted inorder to make him obnoxious to the base. The Left cannot tolerate even the chance that Trumpism goes on, so they will move Heaven and Earth to sell us on their acceptable Republican candidate. I am sure we can think of a few of them who they would find “ acceptable”.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 09:14 AM (pDt9x)

318 Ignoring the media, it sure looks to me that the firing of Noem, Bondi and this latest gal at Commerce are not just personal failings but more performance.

Not sure how to put this, but they each saw their job duties through a prism that's 20 years old; part-reward, part-stepping stone, don't rock the boat too much.
And that would have been fine 20+ years ago.

But we are in a fight for the life of the Republic.

Trump needs fundamental change to the people, structure, and practices of every agency.
That means pissing off very powerful people, hurting feelings and making enemies.
That means friends and family.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 09:15 AM (tUP1A)

319 Good morning!

Bird bath status: For the last 10 minutes, a crow has been nibbling away at a crusty croissant that he placed in the birdbath to soften up. Heh. Continental brekkies!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 09:16 AM (5xoct)

320
*skids in on one foot,*
*grabs door frame*

Didja hear Kash is an alky? The Atlantic is quoting anonymous sources, so you know it's true!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 09:16 AM (tgvbd)

321 303 Gaza Needs Over $71BN In Next Decade If Enclave Hopes To Recover: New UN Report

Joint EU-UN findings cite "catastrophic impact" of war.
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)

That's what happens when you build tunnels under the whole area filled with armaments and then preceed to murder your neighbors with said weapons...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 09:16 AM (FtULh)

322 297 researchers at UCSF and UCLA, the study made use of huge troves of data collected by healthcare titan Kaiser Permanente—the cohort it examined consisted of close to 500,000 adolescents. The central result? Even past-year marijuana use, i.e. not necessarily heavy or disordered use but a wide spectrum, was linked to a more than doubled risk of psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder by age twenty-six.

WOW
A mind altering chemical causes Mind Altering.
Posted by: r hennigantx
======
Too much about marijuana legalization was based on 1970's era potency where the risk from smoking it was more its effect on cancer than permanent damage. Today's stuff is much higher in THC along with newer delivery routes for that THC like edibles and vaping. Like most pharmacology--the dose determines the poison.

You can see the effects in driving accidents and deaths and this tidbit, "Marijuana/hashish is the most commonly used drug among incarcerated populations in the United States, with approximately 77% to 78% of state prisoners and jail inmates reporting lifetime use. " Plus, "Current Use: Between 40% and 56% of state prisoners reported using marijuana in the month before their offense"

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

323 Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

Huge! If true...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

324 The attacks on Vance are even more intense from so-called members of Trump’s coalition, I’ve noticed. I suspect a lot of deep state actors pretending to be MAGA really really hate him - or are scared of him.

He’s far from a perfect politician, he’s made a few mistakes. But to me they look like the small mistakes that are made by anyone who is relatively new to politics and who’s learning as he goes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 09:17 AM (Fmj+u)

325 I had an interesting talk with my financial advisor years ago about when to start taking SS. I kept looking at the max payout and telling him I wanted to wait as long as possible to get as much as possible.

He asked an interesting question. How long do men in your family typically live? Not what do actuarial tables say, what's your personal family history.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)

My wife and I saved a lot of money over our working years. We both had professional jobs and our peak times didn't align so we didn't spend much. As a result, we're fortunate enough to be able to retire without SS. I'm holding off on taking it so that I can perform some Roth conversions. I may end up getting less back from the government but, for me, the trade off is worth it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

326 323 Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

Huge! If true...
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

Call me skeptical... Would she/they be so stupid ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 09:18 AM (FtULh)

327 She is also alleged to be CAUGHT ON THIS TAPE ADMITTING that she has in fact never actually met President Trump. Once again, TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING.
Posted by: SMOD
========
No one with a right mind ever doubted that Carroll was lying along with the Democrats for fame, money, and profit.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:18 AM (E4rtv)

328 @EndWokeness

Kamala Harris says black women need to be more selfish: "Start saying imma get mine"

https://tinyurl.com/2fdyhvfa
Posted by: redridinghood

I saw a graphic that showed black women commit murder at a higher pct than white men.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

329 Kamala Harris says black women need to be more selfish: "Start saying imma get mine"

They've been so selfless and giving up to this point.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

330 >Ignoring the media, it sure looks to me that the firing of Noem, Bondi and this latest gal at Commerce are not just personal failings but more performance.
----

Trump's from the private sector. He expects results.

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 09:19 AM (ZxPkt)

331 An individual with "inside knowledge" of this meeting says that Carroll received $10 MILLION FROM THE DNC in addition to her MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BOOK DEAL AND HEFTY FEDERAL LAWSUIT which is the reason that she FABRICATED these allegations against our President.

Well duh. Everyone knew that.

How much did they pay the jury, if they even had to.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

332 The problem with Vance is he does not scream in horror at the far right. This is a serious issue, akin to a Democrat refusing to disavow socialism.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 21, 2026 09:20 AM (2ap+5)

333 Call me skeptical... Would she/they be so stupid ?
Posted by: It's me donna
======
People can be remarkably indiscreet when they think they are among friends. And with today's ubiquitous cell phone presence, easier than ever to record surreptitiously.

Used to be the grist for many reporters to ferret that out. Now our main stream press simply does DNC press releases and the Conservative media is more entranced with commentary than reportage.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:20 AM (E4rtv)

334 And we're off to the races. Wait. Is that racist?

G'day, JJ. Don't usually get here while the thread is live to say, thanks for your news reporting.

And g'day, Horde of Morons near and far. May the sun shine on you but not too hot today.

Posted by: mindful webworker - happy with a first cup of coffee at April 21, 2026 09:20 AM (iMJMF)

335 researchers at UCSF and UCLA, the study made use of huge troves of data collected by healthcare titan Kaiser Permanente—the cohort it examined consisted of close to 500,000 adolescents. The central result? Even past-year marijuana use, i.e. not necessarily heavy or disordered use but a wide spectrum, was linked to a more than doubled risk of psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder by age twenty-six.

WOW
A mind altering chemical causes Mind Altering.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:07 AM (/+uur)

*plays piano*

Posted by: Reefer Madness Piano Player at April 21, 2026 09:20 AM (wVcYX)

336 “ Imma get mine” - and THAT, Horde, is a hell of a summation of our current state of affairs.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (pDt9x)

337 >>>Kamala Harris says black women need to be more selfish: "Start saying imma get mine"

Says the woman who traded sex for success.
Warped worldview -- not all work is nakedly transactional, hon.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (5xoct)

338 70 == 124% of 67 (I think this one is calculated annually, naturally).

I don't believe that there is any benefit to waiting past 70.
--------------------
Yep. I started receiving my money at the age of 70. Now the wife needs to care for me cuz reasons.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (FmapG)

339 Federal law requires our military to follow the principle of proportionality.

Source: "Trust me, bro."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (99eI0)

340 I could have retired at 62. But the difference between 62 & 67 is almost half.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 21, 2026 08:34 AM (8YpvS)

My plan is to start taking it at 65. I will lose quite a bit of monthly "max" according to the govt, but the only way I'm getting anything remotely close to my money back, I need to start early.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

Cashed out at 65 and no regrets. To be fair, I also get a pension from the school district I worked at for the last six years, so I've been fortunate. Watched my brother pass away after collecting his SS for less than three years, and that definitely influenced my decision. Everyone's situation is unique, but WRT leaving the rat race:

walking away > limping off > carried out

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (nbLIj)

341
I saw a graphic that showed black women commit murder at a higher pct than white men.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

__________

'Tis true!

https://blogs.cdc.gov/nchs/2023/06/30/7410/

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (tgvbd)

342 Lizzy

ISWYDT

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 21, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ)

343 The jokes for the correspondents dinner nerd prom are starting early. From GatewayPundit

More than 250 journalists, including Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson, have signed an open letter demanding that the White House Correspondents’ Association turn this Saturday’s dinner into a stage for a direct, “forceful” confrontation with President Donald Trump.
The letter, sent to the WHCA on Monday, calls on the organization to use the podium at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner to deliver a “forceful defense of freedom of the press and condemnation of those who threaten that freedom, followed by a standing toast to the First Amendment.”

“Speak forcefully, in front of the man who seeks to undermine our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press,” the letter says.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (Sco7b)

344 Kamala Harris says black women need to be more selfish: "Start saying imma get mine"

You got yours already by not being in Africa with a bone in your noes and a plate in your lip.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

345 *nose

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

346 imma get mine

Seems to be the rallying cry for young single white women.
No kids
No husband
100% Jobs oriented

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)

347 “We have a legal obligation to enforce the court’s rulings, and I’m sure he knows this,” Magyar said on Monday, in reference to Netanyahu possibly attending upcoming events commemorating Hungary’s 1956 uprising against its former communist regime.
==========================
The ICC was created during a UN conference in Rome in 1998, and has since been ratified by 125 countries. The US (thank you Asshat Clinton) signed on to the original Rome report but never ratified the treaty itself. After October 7, the ICC sided with Hamas and issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and the Israeli Defense Minister.

And now Hungary says they will enforce it, insultingly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (dfk4m)

348 >>Lizzy

ISWYDT

*winks*

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (5xoct)

349 So has Marco Rubio been named the new Secretary of Labor yet?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

350 318 Ignoring the media, it sure looks to me that the firing of Noem, Bondi and this latest gal at Commerce are not just personal failings but more performance.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
====
Latest was Dept of Labor, not Commerce, and rumor has it that she was stifling work visa investigations into H1B and other misconduct.

That being said, average tenure is about 18-24 months for Cabinet secretaries. Treasury, War Dept, and usually AG are the more long lived.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:23 AM (E4rtv)

351 “Speak forcefully, in front of the man who seeks to undermine our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press,” the letter says.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (Sco7b)

Trump be a poo poo head

Posted by: Journ O Listers at April 21, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)

352 >> imma get mine

Seems to be the rallying cry for young single white women.

After a year of DOGE and Nick Shirley mega-fraud revelations, it seems a tad bit more menacing.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 09:23 AM (5xoct)

353 349 So has Marco Rubio been named the new Secretary of Labor yet?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

I thot he was goona take the 12th or 13th Iman job

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:24 AM (/+uur)

354 Another consideration about when to start Social Security concerns the trust fund, which is expected to be exhausted in about 7 years. At that point, current law says benefits will be cut across the board so that benefit payments are aligned with payroll tax receipts. Benefits would be cut 20-25%. However, it is unlikely pensioners with low benefits or who are relying solely on Social Security will see any reductions in their benefits, which means higher income retirees will see larger reductions in Social Security. Perhaps higher income retirees should start benefits asap to get as much as they can now, before the scheme collapses into a welfare program.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 21, 2026 09:26 AM (2ap+5)

355 President Trump on the phone with CNBC-
Eric Daugherty-
President Trump reveals he caught CHINA possibly trying to give Iran a "gift" during the ceasefire

"I thought I had an understanding with President Xi — but that's alright. That's the way WAR goes!"

"We caught a ship yesterday that had some things on it, which wasn't very nice, a GIFT from China, perhaps. I don't know!"

"You know, [Iran is] trying to move the missiles. They're trying to move their missiles around, even during the ceasefire...WE'RE totally loaded up. We have so much ammo...much more powerful than it was 4-5 weeks ago. We've used this to restock."

Posted by: redridinghood at April 21, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

356 Perhaps higher income retirees should start benefits asap to get as much as they can now, before the scheme collapses into a welfare program.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 21, 2026 09:26 AM (2ap+5)

Im taking my 3611 and getting my wife a new car.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (/+uur)

357 *plays piano*
Posted by: Reefer Madness Piano Player

Can't get away from basic pharmacology--the dose of the active ingredient determines whether it is a poison or not. "Prior to the 1990s it was less than 2%. In the 1990s it grew to 4%, and between 1995 and 2015 there has been a 212% increase in THC content in the marijuana flower. In 2017 the most popular strains found in dispensaries in Colorado had a range of THC content from 17–28% such as found in the popular strain named “Girl Scout Cookie.”2 Sadly these plants producing high levels of THC are incapable of producing much CBD, the protective component of the plant so these strains have minimal CBD. For example the Girl Scout Cookie strain has only 0.09–0.2% CBD.

The flower or leaves that are generally smoked or vaped are only one formulation. We now have concentrated THC products such as oil, shatter, dab, and edibles that have been able to get the THC concentration upwards of 95%. "

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (E4rtv)

358
We looked at life expectancy (vs older men i my family) and saw the difference, over 13 years, was less than $1,000.

Posted by: MkY at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (+Pp+Q)

359 Seems to be the rallying cry for young single white women.
No kids
No husband
100% Jobs oriented
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)

There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

360 The problem with Vance is he does not scream in horror at the far right.

==

The Woke Reich. He fantasizes that he needs to build a "coalition" with them. When in reality, they are libertarianish, Bernie bro leftist!

In my opinion ( and I am right of course) , Rubio can build a bigger coalition. And without the likes of Cucker, and Temu Cukers like Posobiec, Benny Johnson and the like - grifters who gained prominence and millions riding Charlie Kirk's coattails. But stay very silent when insane Covens is tormenting his widow.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (GD0B3)

361 >>Ted Lieu @tedlieu

Ah yes, Taiwanese immigrant was a JAG.
So was David French, iirc.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 09:28 AM (5xoct)

362
There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

____________

*shrugs indifferently*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 09:29 AM (tgvbd)

363 Ah yes, Taiwanese immigrant was a JAG.
So was David French, iirc.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 09:28 AM (5xoct)

French is a Jag OFF

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 09:29 AM (/+uur)

364 When is the SNAP program projected to run out of money?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

365 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEHI64qLxbM

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

366 There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

You f*cked up. You ruined your life. Stop trying to ruin everyone else's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

367 I hit my SS Full Retirement Age (FRA) in a few months and plan to sign up for retirement benefits this year. I hope the process is not initial Medicare Enrollment Part II, Electric Boogaloo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)

368 our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press

You and your kind are the enemy. We have never had a press that is any of the above.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (99eI0)

369 There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

If you only draw validation in your life from your job, well, sorry even getting up fairly high in a HR dept isn't going to cut it...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)

370 I hope the process is not initial Medicare Enrollment Part II, Electric Boogaloo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)

What was so painful about that?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

371 Posted by: Le Haim at April 21, 2026 09:30 AM (KrOdt)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

372 >>There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THESE ARE THE SAME WOMEN WHO ENTHUSIASTICALLY PROMOTE TRANSING KIDS, CONSIGNING THEM TO THE SAME FATE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (5xoct)

373 There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

You lived your best life and your truth only to finally learn that the things you scorned as "traditional" existed for a reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (99eI0)

374 NY Post reports:

How is a lowly Santa Barbara County judge more powerful than the president

A county judge in Santa Barbara has decided that she has more power than the President of the United States to regulate American energy supplies in wartime.

Last month, Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to allow Sable Offshore Corp. to resume operations, pumping 60,000 barrels per day to expand domestic supply and reduce prices.

It is the same power that Joe Biden used in 2022 to order the production of baby formula.

So what gives a lowly Santa Barbara Superior Court judge the power to override federal, and presidential, authority?

Nothing.

The net effect of Judge Donna Geck’s ruling is that Sable has to stop producing oil. Perhaps for months.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Dv3i1)

375 I have two pensions coming in when I turn 65 in a couple of years, but I'm fine with just SS for now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 09:32 AM (qRla/)

376 Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Dv3i1)

Stick around...that's my rant at 11:00AM.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 21, 2026 09:33 AM (n9ltV)

377 Fwiw,

Same difference between drinking a beer everyday versus drinking a fifth of Everclear daily.

No one seriously here would be making comments about how drinking the fifth of Everclear per day is beneficial. It has all kinds of pain relief too as you would be comatose.

And driving drunk or driving stoned results in markedly higher risk of fatal/injury collisions as well as plain old accidents.

They don't test routinely in plain accidents as they probably should so the figures on impaired driving are actually lower than they should be. Accidents involving fatalities or severe injuries usually end up with drivers viewed at fault being forced to take alcohol and drug testing.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:33 AM (E4rtv)

378 Hatred of Trump, MAGA, etc. As I note, Trump is just a proxy for anything and anyone "not-leftist." And this is not a policy-driven hatred--it's personal: They hate Trump, they hate you, they hate your family, they hate everyone and everything that isn't leftist.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 08:55 AM (tUP1A)

Absolutely true but on the bright side they hate leftists too. That's why they do the purges as soon as they can.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 09:33 AM (AucCq)

379 Art is nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 21, 2026 09:34 AM (NcvvS)

380 Same difference between drinking a beer everyday versus drinking a fifth of Everclear daily.
Posted by: whig

Relevant video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5itqmxjzXGA

Posted by: NR Pax at April 21, 2026 09:36 AM (99eI0)

381 What was so painful about that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

Could not seamlessly end individual health insurance and start Medicare. There was a 1-month overlap in premium payments and my medical providers are still confused about which plan to bill for which dates of service, more than a year on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

382 366 There's a growing trend among late-30s+ white women of going on social media and saying, "Oh God, what have I done?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 09:27 AM (ExV1e)

You f*cked up. You ruined your life. Stop trying to ruin everyone else's.
Posted by: Sponge
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AI is going to kill a lot of those white collar jobs where paper is passed around while the nasty sweaty jobs will still be around.

Coding is probably the leading edge of AI job losses before the jobs of HR, consulting, legal, middle managers, even finance, etc. take a tumble.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:36 AM (E4rtv)

383 Relevant video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5itqmxjzXGA
Posted by: NR Pax
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To quote the Face's Ronnie Lane in Oo Lah Lah,

"Oh, I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger
I wish that I knew what I know now"

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

384 And this harks back to what I was talking about yesterday - why aren't those six assholes in prison right now for insurrection?

Because we have to follow the law and they don't. It's literal Calvinball. DOJ empaneled a grand jury to convict them for sedition. The grand jury saw the (D) by their names and said "not guilty" and went home to Fairfax to trans their kids and drink wine.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 21, 2026 09:43 AM (2ocoG)

385 Coding is probably the leading edge of AI job losses before the jobs of HR, consulting, legal, middle managers, even finance, etc. take a tumble.

Yes and no. I use AI daily for both my day-job and hobby coding, and I wouldn't replace even a green junior coder with it yet.

It's been fantastic at producing videos and songs to mock Hasan Piker though, which is why the Left is spinning up violent opposition to data centers.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 21, 2026 09:46 AM (2ocoG)

386 I am glad others remember from wasted Saturday mornings classic Bugs Bunny.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 09:12 AM (2GVsD)

I'm so old that I remember seeing those cartoons in the movie theater before the main feature. They were produced for showing in movie theaters back then.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 21, 2026 10:17 AM (5xuJ/)

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