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The Morning Rant
On the Left, people point to January 6 as well as data purporting to show that most political violence comes from the Right. After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, The Economist ran a piece claiming to explain “what the data show,” which suggested that most political violence was a Right-wing phenomenon. Other publications cited studies from the Center for Strategic & International Studies or the CATO Institute. The problem is, the “data” that these outlets have been relying on is deeply flawed. One of the major sources is the Prosecution Project, an initiative of the University of Cincinnati, which analyzes felony criminal cases involving political violence and sorts them by ideology. “The project examines criminal complaints, indictments and court records, looking for crimes that seek ‘a socio-political change or to communicate’ to outside audiences,” per The Economist. “Its data show that extremists on both left and right commit violence, although more incidents appear to come from right-leaning attackers.” Yet if you pull up the data center yourself, you can see immediately that it is deeply flawed.Read the entire thing, and check her work! Because that is what sane people do. This is a vitally important analysis, for the obvious reasons, but also because it proves that what we all suspected was in fact the truth...we cannot believe anything the left says...and the left is everywhere. [Yeah...Ace beat me to this. I figured his shelving accident would give me enough lead time, but I was wrong.]
[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 11:00 AM (C732X)
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Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 11:01 AM (ExV1e)
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Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 30, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 11:01 AM (C732X)
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9/11 was a tragic example of right-wingers attacking the United States.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 30, 2026 11:02 AM (n1OCj)
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"In this case it is the widely assumed but absolutely incorrect assumption that political violence is the domain of the right. "
Keep pushing....
Keep pushing....
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)
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Violence is Mother's Milk to democrats and the cretins who vote for them.
Posted by: Blue Man Chew at April 30, 2026 11:03 AM (QP+6w)
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SO they count every time someone protested outside of an abortion clinic as an act of rightwing violence?!?
What about every time some lefty protest blocks the roads?!?
What about every time some lefty protest blocks the roads?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
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As El Rushbo used to say: always question the numbers.
Posted by: I miss Rush at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)
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I think it was President Trump's son on FoxNews one night noting that 'the bullets are only flying in one direction.'
Which has been true.
And it was a great way to phrase it.
Which has been true.
And it was a great way to phrase it.
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)
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Alrighty!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (5xoct)
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They lie. They manipulate. They fake numbers. They fake data.
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Why did I read this to the Itchy and Scratchy theme?
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Why did I read this to the Itchy and Scratchy theme?
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Mvg3c)
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8 SO they count every time someone protested outside of an abortion clinic as an act of rightwing violence?!?
What about every time some lefty protest blocks the roads?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
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I'm not sure if there's a clearer example of "the right's words are violence, the left's violence is speech," than the categorization of political violence being pushed.
What about every time some lefty protest blocks the roads?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
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I'm not sure if there's a clearer example of "the right's words are violence, the left's violence is speech," than the categorization of political violence being pushed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (Y2NSe)
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My go to for accurate data is
https://datarepublican.com/
All other sources are immediately suspect.
https://datarepublican.com/
All other sources are immediately suspect.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (abIsI)
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I suspect that most violence is committed by zombies and the mutated.
To that end...here's the new trailer of the upcoming "Resident Evil" movie, written and directed by the same guy who wrote and directed "Weapons".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk&t=113s
Looks good and not your typical RE flick.
I suspect that most violence is committed by zombies and the mutated.
To that end...here's the new trailer of the upcoming "Resident Evil" movie, written and directed by the same guy who wrote and directed "Weapons".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk&t=113s
Looks good and not your typical RE flick.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (iJfKG)
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I am so glad to read this, and Ace too on the subject. The lefties never tire of repeating the completely false "both sides" horseshit, and now that we know what the SPLC, the ADL, and the various huge "foundations" and NGO's have been doing to foment and create division and violence ostensibly from "the right", we know that virtually all such political violence is leftist.
As history teaches us, that is nearly always true: the Left is violent and loves violence.
Hate them. They've earned it.
As history teaches us, that is nearly always true: the Left is violent and loves violence.
Hate them. They've earned it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (jZAMu)
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Figures often lie.
And liars often figure.
And liars often figure.
Posted by: And Statistics at April 30, 2026 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)
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There's a clip on X or a woman who delved into the numbers, and yeah, totally manipulated. Of the three main sources for alleged conservative crime she found:
-- Did not include 9/11 deaths
-- classified ALL anti-semitic crimes as done by whites
-- included non-political/"hate" crime for whites, such as shooting at a meth lab
Then there's the fact that one of these three most cited organizations is the SPLC, who we now know was in the business of creating "nazi" hate crimes to goose their numbers.
-- Did not include 9/11 deaths
-- classified ALL anti-semitic crimes as done by whites
-- included non-political/"hate" crime for whites, such as shooting at a meth lab
Then there's the fact that one of these three most cited organizations is the SPLC, who we now know was in the business of creating "nazi" hate crimes to goose their numbers.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 11:08 AM (5xoct)
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16 I am so glad to read this, and Ace too on the subject. The lefties never tire of repeating the completely false "both sides" horseshit, and now that we know what the SPLC, the ADL, and the various huge "foundations" and NGO's have been doing to foment and create division and violence ostensibly from "the right", we know that virtually all such political violence is leftist.
As history teaches us, that is nearly always true: the Left is violent and loves violence.
Hate them. They've earned it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (jZAMu)
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"It's a both sides issue. Stochastic terrorism is real. Also, we don't have to tone down our rhetoric."
As history teaches us, that is nearly always true: the Left is violent and loves violence.
Hate them. They've earned it.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (jZAMu)
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"It's a both sides issue. Stochastic terrorism is real. Also, we don't have to tone down our rhetoric."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Y2NSe)
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They did the same thing with immigrant crime.
Change the definitions, then proclaim how law abiding the criminal aliens are!
They aren't interested in the Truth, because they worship a lie.
Change the definitions, then proclaim how law abiding the criminal aliens are!
They aren't interested in the Truth, because they worship a lie.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (N1tpc)
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They lie. They manipulate. They fake numbers. They fake data.
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It's fakery all the way down.
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It's fakery all the way down.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (wVcYX)
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89.54% of statistics are made up.
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)
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I have to admire the leftards and their ability to manufacture data and media stories the moment that something happens in reality to expose who they are.
I do wish our side would go as 4-wall as possible on these incidents every single time, and expose the left for who they are.
I have to admire the leftards and their ability to manufacture data and media stories the moment that something happens in reality to expose who they are.
I do wish our side would go as 4-wall as possible on these incidents every single time, and expose the left for who they are.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (iJfKG)
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>>My go to for accurate data is
https://datarepublican.com/
All other sources are immediately suspect.
^^THIS^^
https://datarepublican.com/
All other sources are immediately suspect.
^^THIS^^
Posted by: Lizzy at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (5xoct)
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17 Figures often lie.
And liars often figure.
Posted by: And Statistics
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
And liars often figure.
Posted by: And Statistics
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at April 30, 2026 11:10 AM (abIsI)
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This is why taking down the Southern Poverty Learing Center is such a big deal. Their bullshit statistics have been used by the media and Democrats for years to paint us as violent racists and even make laws based on their lies.
The left can't exist without lying.
The left can't exist without lying.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 30, 2026 11:10 AM (viF8m)
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"All models are wrong. Some models are useful."
-George Box, statistician and all around lady's man
-George Box, statistician and all around lady's man
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Y2NSe)
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It's scholastic terrorism!
It's scholastic terrorism!
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (VWtfl)
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I do wish our side would go as 4-wall as possible on these incidents every single time, and expose the left for who they are.
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Still lacing up the boots, boss.
-The Truth
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Still lacing up the boots, boss.
-The Truth
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Dv3i1)
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Think of this as our origin story.
Posted by: Oceania's Ministry of Truth at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (VEBh1)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (abIsI)
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The last assassination by someone on the right of a leftwing political figure was...uh...
Maybe you can argue Booth since he was doing it from a states rights perspective?
Every other assassination has been a lefty: Tyler James Robinson, the three would be Trump assassins, and on and on...
And the supposed attempts against Obama are a joke. But I think there were a couple of half way serious ones against Clinton but that's been 30 years now.
Maybe you can argue Booth since he was doing it from a states rights perspective?
Every other assassination has been a lefty: Tyler James Robinson, the three would be Trump assassins, and on and on...
And the supposed attempts against Obama are a joke. But I think there were a couple of half way serious ones against Clinton but that's been 30 years now.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)
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We need to keep defending NGOs. Defending USAID was a good start, now do the rest.
And don't stop here. Start looking at the university research groups that do this as well. Whenever one group is found to be deliberately doing this, stripvthat group of all funding and make them ineligible for funding for the next ten or so years.
And don't stop here. Start looking at the university research groups that do this as well. Whenever one group is found to be deliberately doing this, stripvthat group of all funding and make them ineligible for funding for the next ten or so years.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 30, 2026 11:14 AM (C/hTy)
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...because they worship a lie.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (N1tpc)
Children of their father. Isn't it interesting that Burn, Loot, Murder hit all of his main areas?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:09 AM (N1tpc)
Children of their father. Isn't it interesting that Burn, Loot, Murder hit all of his main areas?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 30, 2026 11:14 AM (lFFaq)
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They could slaughter us down to the last two or three people and the first thing out of their mouths would be "BOTH SIDES DO IT!"
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 11:15 AM (svLOV)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:15 AM (QX6xo)
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[Yeah...Ace beat me to this. I figured his shelving accident would give me enough lead time, but I was wrong.]
Ace, you magnificent bastard.
Ace, you magnificent bastard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:16 AM (QX6xo)
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>>>Country music legend David Allan Coe, who wrote ‘Take This Job and Shove It’, dead at 86
Sad
Posted by: Maj. Healey
>If that ain't country, it'll harelip the Pope.
Sad
Posted by: Maj. Healey
>If that ain't country, it'll harelip the Pope.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:16 AM (Fbc0I)
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Not asked; why would the right commit violence against the right?
Also not asked; who on the left is a victim of right-wing violence?
Answers would be nice. Not expected, but nice.
Also not asked; who on the left is a victim of right-wing violence?
Answers would be nice. Not expected, but nice.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 30, 2026 11:16 AM (jehhT)
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The problem with defunding NGOs is that they nominally do good.
But...since there is no pressure on them generally to actually do good they switch to enriching themselves and making sure funding continues.
But...since there is no pressure on them generally to actually do good they switch to enriching themselves and making sure funding continues.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
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They lie. They manipulate. They fake numbers. They fake data.
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Why did I read this to the Itchy and Scratchy theme?
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Mvg3c)
It's Log!
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Why did I read this to the Itchy and Scratchy theme?
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Mvg3c)
It's Log!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (QX6xo)
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The problem with defunding NGOs is that they nominally do good.
Only until they solve the problem they are supposed to focus on. Once that happens, they make up new problems to keep the money spigot open.
Only until they solve the problem they are supposed to focus on. Once that happens, they make up new problems to keep the money spigot open.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (svLOV)
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Why did I read this to the Itchy and Scratchy theme?
They lie!
And lie!
And lie and lie and lie!
Lie lie lie, lie lie lie!
The Lefty Alinsky Show!
They lie!
And lie!
And lie and lie and lie!
Lie lie lie, lie lie lie!
The Lefty Alinsky Show!
Posted by: dum at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (dXNAb)
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The left will always say they are the good guys.
But they lie so much they can't tell the difference.
Or they can but really don't care.
The important thing is they like to bitch.
But they lie so much they can't tell the difference.
Or they can but really don't care.
The important thing is they like to bitch.
Posted by: Case at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (9lqZe)
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Read the entire thing, and check her work! Because that is what sane people do.
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Now that's just crazy talk!
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Now that's just crazy talk!
Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (VdTX+)
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Here's a stat we can take to the bank-
U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (abIsI)
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Any group that takes money from the government is by definion a government agency. There's no "non" about it.
And if you take government money you need to be subjected to oversight.
And if you take government money you need to be subjected to oversight.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (viF8m)
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What we lack in actual political violence, we make for in inspiring hoaxes about our political violence.
One of my favourites was Pelosi's garage door being spray-painted.
She was one of the most powerful people in the nation and her house is unguarded. And they only spray paint the garage. Not the bricks, or the windows or anything else that could have EASILY caused much more financial damage.
It could have been worse. We could have sent some guy into her home to bang the crap out of her husband...
One of my favourites was Pelosi's garage door being spray-painted.
She was one of the most powerful people in the nation and her house is unguarded. And they only spray paint the garage. Not the bricks, or the windows or anything else that could have EASILY caused much more financial damage.
It could have been worse. We could have sent some guy into her home to bang the crap out of her husband...
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Sco7b)
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Children of their father. Isn't it interesting that Burn, Loot, Murder hit all of his main areas?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 30, 2026 11:14 AM (lFFaq)
Except BLM missed his biggest.
Sexual sin is his most potent weapon in this age, and Burn Loot and Murder did not (formally) include that.
Except that they happened in and near Pride month.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 30, 2026 11:14 AM (lFFaq)
Except BLM missed his biggest.
Sexual sin is his most potent weapon in this age, and Burn Loot and Murder did not (formally) include that.
Except that they happened in and near Pride month.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:19 AM (N1tpc)
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The left will always say they are the good guys.
But they lie so much they can't tell the difference.
Or they can but really don't care.
The important thing is they like to bitch.
Posted by: Case at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (9lqZe)
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There's a limerick (or maybe haiku) in there somewhere.
The left will always say they are the good guys.
But they lie so much they can't tell the difference.
Or they can but really don't care.
The important thing is they like to bitch.
Posted by: Case at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (9lqZe)
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There's a limerick (or maybe haiku) in there somewhere.
Posted by: ShainS -- Paris Hilton is harder to get into than the D.C. Hilton at April 30, 2026 11:19 AM (VdTX+)
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Arg!!! Autocucumber changed defending to defending!!!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 30, 2026 11:19 AM (C/hTy)
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Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at April 30, 2026 11:10 AM (abIsI)
Genius. Pure, unadulterated genius.
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
Posted by: Sydney Sweeney at April 30, 2026 11:10 AM (abIsI)
Genius. Pure, unadulterated genius.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:19 AM (QX6xo)
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>U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at April 30, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)
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46 Here's a stat we can take to the bank-
U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (abIsI)
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If you had told Paul Ryan in 2010 that the debt in 16 years would be $36 trillion, he'd say that math demands that we be in default and bankrupt.
I've been hearing that our debt will destroy us for a long time. I'm not MMT here, but the limits of what the reserve currency of the world and petrodollar controlling nation can do with its debt is...much more than we were led to believe.
Besides, the political moment to deal with it was 2012 when Ryan was nominated for VP. And then Mitt Romney let Obama steal Florida, Michigan, and Nevada without objection.
U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (abIsI)
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If you had told Paul Ryan in 2010 that the debt in 16 years would be $36 trillion, he'd say that math demands that we be in default and bankrupt.
I've been hearing that our debt will destroy us for a long time. I'm not MMT here, but the limits of what the reserve currency of the world and petrodollar controlling nation can do with its debt is...much more than we were led to believe.
Besides, the political moment to deal with it was 2012 when Ryan was nominated for VP. And then Mitt Romney let Obama steal Florida, Michigan, and Nevada without objection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:20 AM (Y2NSe)
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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:19 AM (N1tpc)
They did a *fabulous* job of "Steal, Kill, and Destroy" though.
They did a *fabulous* job of "Steal, Kill, and Destroy" though.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (lFFaq)
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Cucker Tarlson told me that Trump failed MAGA and MAGA is failing. How long before he tells us that Trump failed TACO?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (C/hTy)
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We could have sent some guy into her home to bang the crap out of her husband...
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Sco7b)
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Good! Love that idea! I'm in my undies and ready to go.
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Sco7b)
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Good! Love that idea! I'm in my undies and ready to go.
Posted by: Paul Pelosi, the hammer man at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (CtvVQ)
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>U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at April 30, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)
I love this bit.
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at April 30, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)
I love this bit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (wVcYX)
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If you had told Paul Ryan in 2010 that the debt in 16 years would be $36 trillion, he'd say that math demands that we be in default and bankrupt.
I've been hearing that our debt will destroy us for a long time. I'm not MMT here, but the limits of what the reserve currency of the world and petrodollar controlling nation can do with its debt is...much more than we were led to believe.
Besides, the political moment to deal with it was 2012 when Ryan was nominated for VP. And then Mitt Romney let Obama steal Florida, Michigan, and Nevada without objection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:20 AM (Y2NSe)
It's true that there's far more ruin in a nation than we expected.
I'm not particularly thrilled about plumbing the depths to find out just how much.
I've been hearing that our debt will destroy us for a long time. I'm not MMT here, but the limits of what the reserve currency of the world and petrodollar controlling nation can do with its debt is...much more than we were led to believe.
Besides, the political moment to deal with it was 2012 when Ryan was nominated for VP. And then Mitt Romney let Obama steal Florida, Michigan, and Nevada without objection.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:20 AM (Y2NSe)
It's true that there's far more ruin in a nation than we expected.
I'm not particularly thrilled about plumbing the depths to find out just how much.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:22 AM (N1tpc)
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OT: Country music legend David Allan Coe, who wrote ‘Take This Job and Shove It’, dead at 86
Sad
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (abIsI)
I had a professor at UT who's brother played in David Allan Coe's band.
According to her, well, her brother, DAC was like the Shane MacGowan of country music.(circa 70s-early 80s)
The money was good but they had to constantly baby sit DAC because he was liable to get so plastered or high before or during a gig that he could barely perform or would shit his pants or pass out or pass out and shit his pants.
Not every time obviously, but often enough for it to make a mark. Though in DAC's favor..when he was on, he was really on.
Anyway, RIP.
Sad
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (abIsI)
I had a professor at UT who's brother played in David Allan Coe's band.
According to her, well, her brother, DAC was like the Shane MacGowan of country music.(circa 70s-early 80s)
The money was good but they had to constantly baby sit DAC because he was liable to get so plastered or high before or during a gig that he could barely perform or would shit his pants or pass out or pass out and shit his pants.
Not every time obviously, but often enough for it to make a mark. Though in DAC's favor..when he was on, he was really on.
Anyway, RIP.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:23 AM (iJfKG)
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]The money was good but they had to constantly baby sit DAC because he was liable to get so plastered or high before or during a gig that he could barely perform or would shit his pants or pass out or pass out and shit his pants.
My MAN!!!!!
My MAN!!!!!
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (QX6xo)
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U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (abIsI)
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This is why America needs a wealth tax
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:17 AM (abIsI)
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This is why America needs a wealth tax
Posted by: Senator Bernie "never worked a single day" Sanders, writing from house two at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (CtvVQ)
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It's true that there's far more ruin in a nation than we expected.
I'm not particularly thrilled about plumbing the depths to find out just how much.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:22 AM (N1tpc)
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The only thing that will fix our debt is hitting the bottom. There is no political will to deal with it otherwise.
Unless someone like Trump can cut the bureaucracy and welfare payments to illegals enough to reveal that most of our debt accrual is actually manageable without major structural changes.
It's true that there's far more ruin in a nation than we expected.
I'm not particularly thrilled about plumbing the depths to find out just how much.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:22 AM (N1tpc)
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The only thing that will fix our debt is hitting the bottom. There is no political will to deal with it otherwise.
Unless someone like Trump can cut the bureaucracy and welfare payments to illegals enough to reveal that most of our debt accrual is actually manageable without major structural changes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
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>>>I've been hearing that our debt will destroy us for a long time. I'm not MMT here, but the limits of what the reserve currency of the world and petrodollar controlling nation can do with its debt is...much more than we were led to believe.
>It's funny money. We just burn a couple of billion in bitcoin and square it up a little bit.
>It's funny money. We just burn a couple of billion in bitcoin and square it up a little bit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:25 AM (Fbc0I)
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The only thing that will fix our debt is hitting the bottom. There is no political will to deal with it otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
This, too, is the story of Social Security.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
This, too, is the story of Social Security.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:25 AM (N1tpc)
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Posted by: Senator Bernie "never worked a single day" Sanders, writing from house two at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (CtvVQ)
This is incorrect.
Bernie Sanders held a construction job in his youth. He lasted a little over a month, quit because it was 'too much work' and ran for his town mayor seat. He won.
He's been on the public teat ever since.
This is incorrect.
Bernie Sanders held a construction job in his youth. He lasted a little over a month, quit because it was 'too much work' and ran for his town mayor seat. He won.
He's been on the public teat ever since.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:25 AM (QX6xo)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 11:26 AM (C732X)
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Capturing the media was a masterstroke by the Left. Breaking that grip will be a struggle.
Very few sources of objective truth nowadays. The Founders would be appalled.
ABC
Very few sources of objective truth nowadays. The Founders would be appalled.
ABC
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:26 AM (ZxPkt)
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The problem with defunding NGOs is that they nominally do good.
But...since there is no pressure on them generally to actually do good they switch to enriching themselves and making sure funding continues.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
Getting homeless addicts off the streets is a nominal "good", but the NGO's claiming to do so are spending all the money on hookers and blow.
But...since there is no pressure on them generally to actually do good they switch to enriching themselves and making sure funding continues.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 30, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
Getting homeless addicts off the streets is a nominal "good", but the NGO's claiming to do so are spending all the money on hookers and blow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 11:26 AM (utfVc)
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Unless someone like Trump can cut the bureaucracy and welfare payments to illegals enough to reveal that most of our debt accrual is actually manageable without major structural changes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
If only there was some department in the federal government that would review budgets and root out fraud and waste and make it more efficient..........
Unless someone like Trump can cut the bureaucracy and welfare payments to illegals enough to reveal that most of our debt accrual is actually manageable without major structural changes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
If only there was some department in the federal government that would review budgets and root out fraud and waste and make it more efficient..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:27 AM (QX6xo)
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66 The only thing that will fix our debt is hitting the bottom. There is no political will to deal with it otherwise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
This, too, is the story of Social Security.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:25 AM (N1tpc)
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Social Security is in okay shape, all things considered.
It's the money sinks that are Medicare and Medicaid that are the actual problem.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
This, too, is the story of Social Security.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:25 AM (N1tpc)
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Social Security is in okay shape, all things considered.
It's the money sinks that are Medicare and Medicaid that are the actual problem.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Y2NSe)
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If only there was some department in the federal government that would review budgets and root out fraud and waste and make it more efficient..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I tried but, was told to GTFO.
I think I'll have another baby.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I tried but, was told to GTFO.
I think I'll have another baby.
Posted by: Elon at April 30, 2026 11:29 AM (abIsI)
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For the first time in 7 years, a direct commercial flight from Miami to Caracas, Venezuela took off this morning.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 30, 2026 11:29 AM (viF8m)
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Hahaha...the public debt. Should be called The Eternal Debt as it will never be paid off. Ever.
I'll be dead when the end arrives and all the government freebies go "bonk bonk" so I don't care anymore. Hopefully Humongous will be a benevolent ruler 50 years from now.
I'll be dead when the end arrives and all the government freebies go "bonk bonk" so I don't care anymore. Hopefully Humongous will be a benevolent ruler 50 years from now.
Posted by: I Point And Laugh at April 30, 2026 11:29 AM (QP+6w)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
Even structural changes would only be temporary unless one of the changes is enumerating the characteristics of progressives and making summary execution the penalty for any pol displaying a certain number of them, regardless of party. I wish I was joking, but now that they've tasted all that sweet graft they won't be able to live without it.
Even structural changes would only be temporary unless one of the changes is enumerating the characteristics of progressives and making summary execution the penalty for any pol displaying a certain number of them, regardless of party. I wish I was joking, but now that they've tasted all that sweet graft they won't be able to live without it.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (lFFaq)
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Unless someone like Trump can cut the bureaucracy and welfare payments to illegals enough to reveal that most of our debt accrual is actually manageable without major structural changes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
It's what people have been saying for the last 60 years; the bottom is going to drop out anytime now. Just watch. Anytime.......annny time...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Y2NSe)
It's what people have been saying for the last 60 years; the bottom is going to drop out anytime now. Just watch. Anytime.......annny time...
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (g8Ew8)
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Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Y2NSe)
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Indeed. The senate won't pass the SAVE act and that has about 85% approval.
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Y2NSe)
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Indeed. The senate won't pass the SAVE act and that has about 85% approval.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (2UnvF)
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Capturing the media was a masterstroke by the Left. Breaking that grip will be a struggle.
Capturing the media was downstream of capturing ALL the educational institutions.
THAT was the real masterstroke, and should have been defended against far better.
Capturing the media was downstream of capturing ALL the educational institutions.
THAT was the real masterstroke, and should have been defended against far better.
Posted by: Gman at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (GfWuY)
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Apparently a definition of "friends" with which I was previously unfamiliar.
NASCAR's Greg Biffle and his family died in a strange plane crash. Cops say friends drained their bank accounts and robbed their home after they died.
NASCAR's Greg Biffle and his family died in a strange plane crash. Cops say friends drained their bank accounts and robbed their home after they died.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 11:31 AM (ndZc7)
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$#%#@$$#$ autocucumber!!!!
Defund not defend
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (C/hTy)
Turn it off. Own your own typos. Right now, Brave has put red squiggles under "autocucumber", "Defund", "Wookie", and the "hTy" from your hash. Weird. But I refuse to let Brave make those changes.
Defund not defend
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 30, 2026 11:21 AM (C/hTy)
Turn it off. Own your own typos. Right now, Brave has put red squiggles under "autocucumber", "Defund", "Wookie", and the "hTy" from your hash. Weird. But I refuse to let Brave make those changes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 11:31 AM (utfVc)
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61 OT: Country music legend David Allan Coe, who wrote ‘Take This Job and Shove It’, dead at 86
Sad
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (abIsI)
May he rest in peace. That was a great song.
Of course, once you're to the point of saying take this job and shove it, you may as well tough it out, steal materials and build yourself a car one piece at a time. Old country music was the best.
I have Alabama's greatest hits on now as I'm working on stuff.
Sad
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:11 AM (abIsI)
May he rest in peace. That was a great song.
Of course, once you're to the point of saying take this job and shove it, you may as well tough it out, steal materials and build yourself a car one piece at a time. Old country music was the best.
I have Alabama's greatest hits on now as I'm working on stuff.
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:31 AM (Sco7b)
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Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Hands off my hand outs!
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at April 30, 2026 11:32 AM (QP+6w)
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48 What we lack in actual political violence, we make for in inspiring hoaxes about our political violence.
One of my favourites was Pelosi's garage door being spray-painted.
She was one of the most powerful people in the nation and her house is unguarded. And they only spray paint the garage. Not the bricks, or the windows or anything else that could have EASILY caused much more financial damage.
It could have been worse. We could have sent some guy into her home to bang the crap out of her husband...
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:18 AM
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And a hobo took a dump in the driveway. I don't remember if Pelosi tried to frame it as a right wing op.
48 What we lack in actual political violence, we make for in inspiring hoaxes about our political violence.
One of my favourites was Pelosi's garage door being spray-painted.
She was one of the most powerful people in the nation and her house is unguarded. And they only spray paint the garage. Not the bricks, or the windows or anything else that could have EASILY caused much more financial damage.
It could have been worse. We could have sent some guy into her home to bang the crap out of her husband...
Posted by: Stateless at April 30, 2026 11:18 AM
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And a hobo took a dump in the driveway. I don't remember if Pelosi tried to frame it as a right wing op.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 30, 2026 11:33 AM (VWtfl)
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Of course, once you're to the point of saying take this job and shove it, you may as well tough it out, steal materials and build yourself a car one piece at a time.
Posted by: Stateless
The title weighed 60 lbs.
Posted by: Stateless
The title weighed 60 lbs.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 11:33 AM (C732X)
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Unless one classifies Muslims and troons, and BLM and pantifa, and etc. as "right wing" virtually all political violence (i.e.: terrorism) is left wing. Even what little 'aryan national socialists' does is left wing.
Contrary to what Progtards claim virtually all racist groups are socialists' because there is no point in a racist group to demand to be left alone and let those 'others' live like commies, so long as they leave US alone.
Contrary to what Progtards claim virtually all racist groups are socialists' because there is no point in a racist group to demand to be left alone and let those 'others' live like commies, so long as they leave US alone.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 30, 2026 11:33 AM (/lPRQ)
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How can you tell a leftist is lying? Easy. He’s talking.
Posted by: Heroq at April 30, 2026 11:34 AM (th4KY)
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Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at April 30, 2026 11:32 AM (QP+6w)
They (rightly/wrongly) don't view them as handouts.
They have, maybe, a little bit of a point.
They paid INTO those things their entire lives. Now you're blaming them for expecting something back for their money.
It is to laugh.
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at April 30, 2026 11:32 AM (QP+6w)
They (rightly/wrongly) don't view them as handouts.
They have, maybe, a little bit of a point.
They paid INTO those things their entire lives. Now you're blaming them for expecting something back for their money.
It is to laugh.
Posted by: Gman at April 30, 2026 11:34 AM (GfWuY)
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The two most significant acts of political violence in my adult life were the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City 1995 and 9/11
Nothing close to these two that I can recall and 9/11 was an order of magnitude worse than OKC
J6 doesn’t even belong in such a discussion (even though cops killed Trump supporters that day)
OKC even that I wouldn’t call right wing but okay put it there if you must
9/11 was Muslim terrorism which is by definition political. And which political spectrum is the friend of Islam? Ask the mayor of NYC… it’s not the right
Nothing close to these two that I can recall and 9/11 was an order of magnitude worse than OKC
J6 doesn’t even belong in such a discussion (even though cops killed Trump supporters that day)
OKC even that I wouldn’t call right wing but okay put it there if you must
9/11 was Muslim terrorism which is by definition political. And which political spectrum is the friend of Islam? Ask the mayor of NYC… it’s not the right
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 11:34 AM (yz/88)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 30, 2026 11:35 AM (O7YUW)
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the money sinks that are Medicare and Medicaid that are the actual problem.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Right. Soylent Green it is!
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Right. Soylent Green it is!
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)
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Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer
Correct. Now, if you would be so kind as to return all the money you took from me during my working life for those benefits, including the interest I would have preferred to accrue to my estate, we'll be on our way.
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer
Correct. Now, if you would be so kind as to return all the money you took from me during my working life for those benefits, including the interest I would have preferred to accrue to my estate, we'll be on our way.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
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So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Mvg3c)
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Thx CBD.
Twain: lies, damned lies and statistics.
After college I stayed in the same city and went to law school. One of my college housemates stayed in college to get a Masters in public administration and one of the key books he had to read was "How to Lie with Statistics". I looked it over and realized that government is effed
Twain: lies, damned lies and statistics.
After college I stayed in the same city and went to law school. One of my college housemates stayed in college to get a Masters in public administration and one of the key books he had to read was "How to Lie with Statistics". I looked it over and realized that government is effed
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: Algore at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Y1sOo)
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It's the money sinks that are Medicare and Medicaid that are the actual problem.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Y2NSe)
A simple changeover for Medicare and Medicaid would be to make both as medical insurance instead of healthcare insurance.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Y2NSe)
A simple changeover for Medicare and Medicaid would be to make both as medical insurance instead of healthcare insurance.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (g8Ew8)
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Money laundering, extortion and plunder. It's what the elite do best, but you can't take it with you.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)
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So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
One wonders how much longer we will be required to pretend this guy is some kind of galactic brain.
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
One wonders how much longer we will be required to pretend this guy is some kind of galactic brain.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
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Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 11:34 AM (yz/8
They enjoy watching us argue all this stuff with them.
While we're busy gathering together all our examples that prove them wrong and curating the data and facts they are preparing their next hundred lies.
They enjoy watching us argue all this stuff with them.
While we're busy gathering together all our examples that prove them wrong and curating the data and facts they are preparing their next hundred lies.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:40 AM (Mvg3c)
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Its funny how they still glom onto Jan 6th as if it's some magic day that right wingers ascended onto DC with guns a blazin' and blood ran down the steps of the Capitol Building.
The J6th committee was proven to be a fraud, the darling "Republicans" of the left are no longer in office or are lauded as a massive disgrace.
Many of the perpetrators on that day were shown to be leftist agitators seen around the country at various protests, the FBI had plants everywhere and the ONLY truly violent acts were the assassinations of two unarmed right wing leaning WOMEN by capitol police.
Yeah, f*ck right off with your J6th bullshit.
The J6th committee was proven to be a fraud, the darling "Republicans" of the left are no longer in office or are lauded as a massive disgrace.
Many of the perpetrators on that day were shown to be leftist agitators seen around the country at various protests, the FBI had plants everywhere and the ONLY truly violent acts were the assassinations of two unarmed right wing leaning WOMEN by capitol police.
Yeah, f*ck right off with your J6th bullshit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:40 AM (QX6xo)
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)
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One wonders how much longer we will be required to pretend this guy is some kind of galactic brain.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Somewhere, a planetarium gift shop is missing a janitor.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
Somewhere, a planetarium gift shop is missing a janitor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (utfVc)
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>>So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
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There is only one truly in-exhaustible resource on Earth. Clickbait.
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
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There is only one truly in-exhaustible resource on Earth. Clickbait.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (5rh/l)
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Remember for decades they told us the media was not "biased". Half the political discussion on the R side was spent "proving" that it was. I remember entire days of it on HotAir, Malkin etc. It was only when Trump arrived and sorted the wheat from the chaff they finally said "of COURSE we're biased and here's why that's GOOD".
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (Mvg3c)
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99 So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
One wonders how much longer we will be required to pretend this guy is some kind of galactic brain.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
We know Bill Nye the science guy is so smart because of that bow tie. Just like young Tucker Carlson…. Eyeroll
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
One wonders how much longer we will be required to pretend this guy is some kind of galactic brain.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)
We know Bill Nye the science guy is so smart because of that bow tie. Just like young Tucker Carlson…. Eyeroll
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (yz/88)
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98 Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
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So we need to stop digging?
^^^^^^^^^
Not until we find MH370
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So we need to stop digging?
^^^^^^^^^
Not until we find MH370
Posted by: Don LeFag at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Y1sOo)
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There is only one truly in-exhaustible resource on Earth. Clickbait.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (5rh/l)
Stupidity
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (5rh/l)
Stupidity
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Mvg3c)
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM (iJfKG)
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So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Mvg3c)
Putting the ass in Degrasse.
The black hole he's in is his head firmly planted up his own asshole.
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM (Mvg3c)
Putting the ass in Degrasse.
The black hole he's in is his head firmly planted up his own asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM (QX6xo)
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Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer
Correct. Now, if you would be so kind as to return all the money you took from me during my working life for those benefits, including the interest I would have preferred to accrue to my estate, we'll be on our way.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:36 AM
Yep, I was forced onto medicare when I turned 65, they turned off my free tricare military retirement health care and it became a distant second payer to medicare. I had zero choice in the matter.
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer
Correct. Now, if you would be so kind as to return all the money you took from me during my working life for those benefits, including the interest I would have preferred to accrue to my estate, we'll be on our way.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:36 AM
Yep, I was forced onto medicare when I turned 65, they turned off my free tricare military retirement health care and it became a distant second payer to medicare. I had zero choice in the matter.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 30, 2026 11:43 AM (0N4FZ)
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The left has a lock on dysgenic lunatics (e.g., Renee Good and Alex Pretti) prone to violence. But the left is not cowed by the violence committed by their dead-eyed followers. They perpetuate it with constant brainwashing. "Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?" they implore in their best Angela Lansbury impression.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 11:43 AM (2ap+5)
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>>>One wonders how much longer we will be required to pretend this guy is some kind of galactic brain.
Posted by: Archimedes
>From what I hear from the street, he's a crazed sex poodle like ManBearPig.
Posted by: Archimedes
>From what I hear from the street, he's a crazed sex poodle like ManBearPig.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:43 AM (Fbc0I)
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From what I hear from the street, he's a crazed sex poodle like ManBearPig.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:43 AM (Fbc0I)
Man does that ever track
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 30, 2026 11:43 AM (Fbc0I)
Man does that ever track
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (Mvg3c)
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To that end...here's the new trailer of the upcoming "Resident Evil" movie, written and directed by the same guy who wrote and directed "Weapons".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk&t=113s
Looks good and not your typical RE flick.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (iJfKG)
Weapons was really fucked up, in a good way. It would be refreshing to see a different take on Resident Evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk&t=113s
Looks good and not your typical RE flick.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:06 AM (iJfKG)
Weapons was really fucked up, in a good way. It would be refreshing to see a different take on Resident Evil.
Posted by: Good movies are in short supply at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)
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Capturing the media was downstream of capturing ALL the educational institutions.
THAT was the real masterstroke, and should have been defended against far better.
Posted by: Gman at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (GfWuY)
In the 1990s, the ration of liberal to conservative professors in colleges was roughly 3:1.
And imbalance, but students would have to work really hard to avoid being exposed to a conservative teacher.
Today, it's over 9:1 with many departments having ZERO conservatives.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, most colleges are about to die because they are faced with a declining available population AND a populace awakening to the fact that for most degrees there is zero or negative return to spending money to go to college.
THAT was the real masterstroke, and should have been defended against far better.
Posted by: Gman at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (GfWuY)
In the 1990s, the ration of liberal to conservative professors in colleges was roughly 3:1.
And imbalance, but students would have to work really hard to avoid being exposed to a conservative teacher.
Today, it's over 9:1 with many departments having ZERO conservatives.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, most colleges are about to die because they are faced with a declining available population AND a populace awakening to the fact that for most degrees there is zero or negative return to spending money to go to college.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (N1tpc)
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Capturing the media was downstream of capturing ALL the educational institutions.
THAT was the real masterstroke, and should have been defended against far better.
Posted by: Gman at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (GfWuY)
I'd argue the media was captured first, though.
THAT was the real masterstroke, and should have been defended against far better.
Posted by: Gman at April 30, 2026 11:30 AM (GfWuY)
I'd argue the media was captured first, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:45 AM (N1tpc)
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So Neil Degrasse really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
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My best guess, someone turned off the lights in the planetarium gift shop.
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
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My best guess, someone turned off the lights in the planetarium gift shop.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (XeU6L)
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A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.
One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Côte d’Ivoire candidates.
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NATO partner? Stick a fork in them.
One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Côte d’Ivoire candidates.
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NATO partner? Stick a fork in them.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (abIsI)
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MUNKEY
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (X4KFY)
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (Mvg3c)
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108 There is only one truly in-exhaustible resource on Earth. Clickbait.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (5rh/l)
Stupidity
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Mvg3c)
Sort-of.
Gref's Fifth Law: The total amount of human intelligence is a constant.
Fact: The number of humans constantly increases.
You do the math.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:41 AM (5rh/l)
Stupidity
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM (Mvg3c)
Sort-of.
Gref's Fifth Law: The total amount of human intelligence is a constant.
Fact: The number of humans constantly increases.
You do the math.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (5rh/l)
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Kip Thorne (Cal Tech physicist) wrote a book published in 1994 on black holes and time warps. Fascinating book…. I probably understood that book about as well as Neil Degrasse….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (+gA9j)
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The CIA....for an organization that's not supposed to operate inside the United States, it sure has done a shitton of damage to the United States.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:47 AM (QX6xo)
125
Unless the news feed mechanism is overtly right wing I don’t trust what they say.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar8)
126
The two most significant acts of political violence in my adult life were the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City 1995 and 9/11
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The SPLC exposure makes me wonder if the fed building bombing was financed by them. At the time, Clinton was desperate to counter Rush Limbaugh and referred (accused) to him negatively many times after. And let's not forget what the Clinton people did at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
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The SPLC exposure makes me wonder if the fed building bombing was financed by them. At the time, Clinton was desperate to counter Rush Limbaugh and referred (accused) to him negatively many times after. And let's not forget what the Clinton people did at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 30, 2026 11:47 AM (g8Ew8)
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Putting the ass in Degrasse.
The black hole he's in is his head firmly planted up his own asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM
Beat me to it, Sponge.
The black hole he's in is his head firmly planted up his own asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM
Beat me to it, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Nw8s8)
128
Better arguments for the universe being a simulation that we exist in than we are living in a black hole.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)
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I'd say if we were in a black hole, we'd probably be dead of radiation.
But let's hand wave that away as 'magic time dilation.'
So, Neil, what are we supposed to do? Is it all pointless because you are a fucking hipster nihilist commie? Does your dorm room philosophy point to some deeper meaning in this or are you just expecting to hog to bong for a few minutes?
But let's hand wave that away as 'magic time dilation.'
So, Neil, what are we supposed to do? Is it all pointless because you are a fucking hipster nihilist commie? Does your dorm room philosophy point to some deeper meaning in this or are you just expecting to hog to bong for a few minutes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)
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To that end...here's the new trailer of the upcoming "Resident Evil" movie, written and directed by the same guy who wrote and directed "Weapons".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk&t=113s
Looks good and not your typical RE flick.
I'm confused. Why is Baron Harkonnen in this movie at 1:07?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk&t=113s
Looks good and not your typical RE flick.
I'm confused. Why is Baron Harkonnen in this movie at 1:07?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
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Beat me to it, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM
Quick on the draw, I thought I'd be dead.
He put a gun to my head and this is what he said......
Beat me to it, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM
Quick on the draw, I thought I'd be dead.
He put a gun to my head and this is what he said......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:49 AM (QX6xo)
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A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.
One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Côte d’Ivoire candidates.
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NATO partner? Stick a fork in them.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (abIsI)
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH!
One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Côte d’Ivoire candidates.
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NATO partner? Stick a fork in them.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (abIsI)
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:49 AM (N1tpc)
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Putting the ass in Degrasse.
The black hole he's in is his head firmly planted up his own asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM
Beat me to it, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Nw8s
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The technical term is "craniofossal inversion."
The black hole he's in is his head firmly planted up his own asshole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:42 AM
Beat me to it, Sponge.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 30, 2026 11:48 AM (Nw8s
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The technical term is "craniofossal inversion."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 30, 2026 11:49 AM (xvhJH)
134
Oh no. The trailer has the fart noise from the 90s.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)
135
ON THE PLUS SIDE, most colleges are about to die because they are faced with a declining available population AND a populace awakening to the fact that for most degrees there is zero or negative return to spending money to go to college.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (N1tpc)
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Even way back when, I got nothing useful back from my non-STEM courses in college. I enjoyed my history courses, but there wasn't anything in them I couldn't have picked up in my own reading.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, most colleges are about to die because they are faced with a declining available population AND a populace awakening to the fact that for most degrees there is zero or negative return to spending money to go to college.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (N1tpc)
___________
Even way back when, I got nothing useful back from my non-STEM courses in college. I enjoyed my history courses, but there wasn't anything in them I couldn't have picked up in my own reading.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 11:50 AM (vEZeu)
136
the new NASA guy says he is in favor of returning Pluto to full planetary status
this would get back at Mike "The Grass" Tyson for the role he played in Pluto's demotion
NASA guy also has really big ears
have you seen this guys ears?
this would get back at Mike "The Grass" Tyson for the role he played in Pluto's demotion
NASA guy also has really big ears
have you seen this guys ears?
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:50 AM (ZxPkt)
137
Would have to be set in the 90s: no cell phones.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
138
My favorite leftwing violence occurred in Greenwich Village on March 6, 1970 when the Weathermen blew themselves to kingdom come. July 12, 1978 was also fun when William Morales blew himself up making bombs for the FLN. Hilariously, he is alive to this day.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (2ap+5)
139
Ryan Guirdusky did a whole pod episode on all this data 6-7 months ago. It was excellent.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (YZ0Fo)
140
One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Côte d’Ivoire candidates.
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NATO partner? Stick a fork in them.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (abIsI)
As an Albertan looking forward to independence, it suits me just fine that Canadian Forces are shooting themselves in the foot. Makes it that much easier for us to deal with them, should the Nazis in Ottawa try to use force against us.
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NATO partner? Stick a fork in them.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (abIsI)
As an Albertan looking forward to independence, it suits me just fine that Canadian Forces are shooting themselves in the foot. Makes it that much easier for us to deal with them, should the Nazis in Ottawa try to use force against us.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (utfVc)
141
Gref's Fifth Law: The total amount of human intelligence is a constant.
Fact: The number of humans constantly increases.
You do the math.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (5rh/l)
LOL could be true. I guess what my proposition really depends on is whether one believes stupidity is something on its own or merely a lack of intelligence.
Fact: The number of humans constantly increases.
You do the math.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (5rh/l)
LOL could be true. I guess what my proposition really depends on is whether one believes stupidity is something on its own or merely a lack of intelligence.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Mvg3c)
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ON THE PLUS SIDE, most colleges are about to die because they are faced with a declining available population AND a populace awakening to the fact that for most degrees there is zero or negative return to spending money to go to college.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (N1tpc)
Because of the insane costs now, a lot of folks outside of STEM and Business are essentially spending a couple hundred thou to-
develop a nice hobby for their time off from being a Starbuck's latte jockey.
Progressive institutional greed has murdered the affordable degree and with it their own jobs as professor an TAs and the like.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:44 AM (N1tpc)
Because of the insane costs now, a lot of folks outside of STEM and Business are essentially spending a couple hundred thou to-
develop a nice hobby for their time off from being a Starbuck's latte jockey.
Progressive institutional greed has murdered the affordable degree and with it their own jobs as professor an TAs and the like.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)
143
I’m shocked to find the left is determined to eradicate my people. I’m being genocided.
Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (yw3eV)
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I'd argue the media was captured first, though.
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Mike Benz will argue that the television 'news' media was created by the CIA. He seems convincing.
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Mike Benz will argue that the television 'news' media was created by the CIA. He seems convincing.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Dv3i1)
145
So do the various factions in the French-language platoon surrender to each other?
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)
146
The dead or walking dead colleges and universities are the small liberal arts colleges. Not enough endowment to continue their lunacy.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (vEZeu)
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Kip Thorne (Cal Tech physicist) wrote a book published in 1994 on black holes and time warps. Fascinating book…. I probably understood that book about as well as Neil Degrasse….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
149
It's not even close to both sides for one simple reason. The Right starts from the point of morality, predominantly a Judaeo-Christian one, which in turn shapes our morality. By contrast, the Left's starting point is their world view, predominantly ego and love of self to the point of narcissism, which shapes their morality. Those leftists who shared the Right's morality-based starting point famously abandoned the Left following the public celebrations coming from the worldview/ego-based leftists. Everyone remaining in the left is either a useful idiot who believes anything that conforms to his worldview (i.e., a narcissist) or a serial liar who deliberately manipulates data for his own benefit (i.e., a sociopath).
It's also another reason it isn't even close to both sides: violence is hard-coded into the left's political DNA. When your worldview is Power No Matter the Cost, morality must be flexible enough to allow any viable means to gain that power.
Of course, the core problem underneath it all is that they unwittingly serve the Father of Lies, who didn't have to work terribly hard at gassing up their self-love.
It's also another reason it isn't even close to both sides: violence is hard-coded into the left's political DNA. When your worldview is Power No Matter the Cost, morality must be flexible enough to allow any viable means to gain that power.
Of course, the core problem underneath it all is that they unwittingly serve the Father of Lies, who didn't have to work terribly hard at gassing up their self-love.
Posted by: Saber Alter at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (is8n9)
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If I was Canadian, that news would comfort me, a bit, as I ponder my own armed forces being turned on me in the future!
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (ATFdB)
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148 Kip Thorne (Cal Tech physicist) wrote a book published in 1994 on black holes and time warps. Fascinating book…. I probably understood that book about as well as Neil Degrasse….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
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Technical advisor on Interstellar and wrote a couple of papers on black holes based on the math the special effects team's work on creating the black hole for the movie.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
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Technical advisor on Interstellar and wrote a couple of papers on black holes based on the math the special effects team's work on creating the black hole for the movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Y2NSe)
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My favorite leftwing violence occurred in Greenwich Village on March 6, 1970 when the Weathermen blew themselves to kingdom come. July 12, 1978 was also fun when William Morales blew himself up making bombs for the FLN. Hilariously, he is alive to this day.
Sure, that's amusing as a one-off. I'm more interested in scale. You know, like Bolsheviks and Mensheviks killing each other on an industrial scale.
Sure, that's amusing as a one-off. I'm more interested in scale. You know, like Bolsheviks and Mensheviks killing each other on an industrial scale.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
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As an Albertan looking forward to independence, it suits me just fine that Canadian Forces are shooting themselves in the foot.
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Sounds like they'll be shooting each other in the foot soon.
As an Albertan looking forward to independence, it suits me just fine that Canadian Forces are shooting themselves in the foot.
___________
Sounds like they'll be shooting each other in the foot soon.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (vEZeu)
154
Rocky Horror Pucture Show had the best exposition of The Time Warp.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Gqar8)
155
Universes happen.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (ZxPkt)
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Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Dv3i1)
Interesting. I was going to say the government was captured first, then the media, so that would fit hand in glove.
And as I am fond of saying I recognize that The View is literally an op. These things just kind of... pop out to me. I don't go looking.
Interesting. I was going to say the government was captured first, then the media, so that would fit hand in glove.
And as I am fond of saying I recognize that The View is literally an op. These things just kind of... pop out to me. I don't go looking.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Mvg3c)
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Kip Thorne (Cal Tech physicist) wrote a book published in 1994 on black holes and time warps. Fascinating book…. I probably understood that book about as well as Neil Degrasse….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
Threshold Test Ban Treaty?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
Threshold Test Ban Treaty?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (N1tpc)
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119 A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.
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Pretty sure Canada is well on their way to a military staffed entirely by mercenaries of 'former' members of the Chinese military.
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Pretty sure Canada is well on their way to a military staffed entirely by mercenaries of 'former' members of the Chinese military.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Dv3i1)
159
The complete and utter f*cktarded students at my August Institution of Higher Learing have decided to stage a May day walkout. The signs say ICE OUT - ICE is not here and has not been here - and the fine print says "to protest for a $20 an hour minimum wage on campus".
Every single one of them who attends is destined to be useless eater, sponging off the work of productive people and somehow finding themselves in a position of power which allows them to do just that.
*types* *deletes*.... *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
Every single one of them who attends is destined to be useless eater, sponging off the work of productive people and somehow finding themselves in a position of power which allows them to do just that.
*types* *deletes*.... *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (vJrRc)
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>As an Albertan looking forward to independence
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what's the buzz up there
does independence have a real chance?
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what's the buzz up there
does independence have a real chance?
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (ZxPkt)
161
I'm pretty sure 10,000 NASCAR fans chanting "Fuck Joe Biden" counts as 10,000 right-wing hate crimes.
Posted by: Ripley at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (GUOwU)
162
Nobel winner. And appeared on TTBT.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
Threshold Test Ban Treaty?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
Threshold Test Ban Treaty?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
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Picture, not Pucture. I have big thick fingers.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar8)
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159 The complete and utter f*cktarded students at my August Institution of Higher Learing have decided to stage a May day walkout. The signs say ICE OUT - ICE is not here and has not been here - and the fine print says "to protest for a $20 an hour minimum wage on campus".
Every single one of them who attends is destined to be useless eater, sponging off the work of productive people and somehow finding themselves in a position of power which allows them to do just that.
*types* *deletes*.... *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (vJrRc)
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You should wander through them and encourage them to tear the place up in the name of anti-colonialism.
Every single one of them who attends is destined to be useless eater, sponging off the work of productive people and somehow finding themselves in a position of power which allows them to do just that.
*types* *deletes*.... *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (vJrRc)
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You should wander through them and encourage them to tear the place up in the name of anti-colonialism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Y2NSe)
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I'm pretty sure 10,000 NASCAR fans chanting "Fuck Joe Biden" counts as 10,000 right-wing hate crimes.
Posted by: Ripley at
Never happened. Reporter on the scene told me so.
Posted by: Ripley at
Never happened. Reporter on the scene told me so.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
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136 the new NASA guy says he is in favor of returning Pluto to full planetary status
this would get back at Mike "The Grass" Tyson for the role he played in Pluto's demotion
NASA guy also has really big ears
have you seen this guys ears?
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:50 AM (ZxPkt
Plutonians get their flag back!
this would get back at Mike "The Grass" Tyson for the role he played in Pluto's demotion
NASA guy also has really big ears
have you seen this guys ears?
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:50 AM (ZxPkt
Plutonians get their flag back!
Posted by: Eromero at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (yw3eV)
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"point of morality, predominantly a Judaeo-Christian one, which in turn shapes our morality"
That should have read "which in turn shapes our worldview".
Man I hate phoneposting, it's difficult enough with overzealous autocorrect but I can barely see what I'm typing.
That should have read "which in turn shapes our worldview".
Man I hate phoneposting, it's difficult enough with overzealous autocorrect but I can barely see what I'm typing.
Posted by: Saber Alter at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (is8n9)
168
Pretty sure Canada is well on their way to a military staffed entirely by mercenaries of 'former' members of the Chinese military.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Dv3i1)
It's important to bring it military forces from outside the community.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 30, 2026 11:54 AM (Dv3i1)
It's important to bring it military forces from outside the community.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
169
168
It's important to bring it military forces from outside the community.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
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But first, they have some old country debts to settle.
It's important to bring it military forces from outside the community.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
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But first, they have some old country debts to settle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (Y2NSe)
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Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (ZxPkt)
172
Here and I thought it was Tits, Tubs and Bacon Trimmings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (QX6xo)
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Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first?
As someone who's researched Medicare a good bit prior to my wife turning 65, it's not free.
- Medicare part A - inpatient hospital - is 'free' assuming you've worked enough quarters over your life and pays 80% of approved expenses with no maximum out of pocket for the rest.
- Medicare part B - outpatient stuff - has a monthly premium (currently starts at a bit over $200) which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare part D - drugs has a monthly premium which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare doesn't pay for dental, or vision, or hearing.
As someone who's researched Medicare a good bit prior to my wife turning 65, it's not free.
- Medicare part A - inpatient hospital - is 'free' assuming you've worked enough quarters over your life and pays 80% of approved expenses with no maximum out of pocket for the rest.
- Medicare part B - outpatient stuff - has a monthly premium (currently starts at a bit over $200) which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare part D - drugs has a monthly premium which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare doesn't pay for dental, or vision, or hearing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
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Push butt
Rub hands under arm hair
Rub hands under arm hair
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (Kt19C)
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Posted by: Saber Alter at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (is8n9)
Very odd that my mom, unfortunately a dyed in the wool BPD narcissist, actually left the D reservation some 15 years ago with the help of Brit Lass. Huge Trumper now. She's one who you would think would have stayed but honestly I think it's her intellect that got her out. Her other idiot children have had no such luck. I cannot believe these liberal shitstains are even related to me. Shut up.
Very odd that my mom, unfortunately a dyed in the wool BPD narcissist, actually left the D reservation some 15 years ago with the help of Brit Lass. Huge Trumper now. She's one who you would think would have stayed but honestly I think it's her intellect that got her out. Her other idiot children have had no such luck. I cannot believe these liberal shitstains are even related to me. Shut up.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Mvg3c)
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170 Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
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I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
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I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
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92 Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer
Correct. Now, if you would be so kind as to return all the money you took from me during my working life for those benefits, including the interest I would have preferred to accrue to my estate, we'll be on our way.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
The govt could for the healthcare deduction and be way ahead...but try to drop the entire senior population back onto private insurance or pay as you go. That would be super duper ugly...
Hands off my hand outs!
Posted by: Old Fart Boomer
Correct. Now, if you would be so kind as to return all the money you took from me during my working life for those benefits, including the interest I would have preferred to accrue to my estate, we'll be on our way.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
The govt could for the healthcare deduction and be way ahead...but try to drop the entire senior population back onto private insurance or pay as you go. That would be super duper ugly...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (tOcjL)
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Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Welcome to my Hell.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Welcome to my Hell.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (QX6xo)
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One French-language platoon, which had over 80 per cent non-citizens, was reportedly wracked by an inability to communicate fluently, a lack of respect towards female CAF members and infighting between Cameroonian and Côte d’Ivoire candidates.
I wonder how much of that "disrespect" involved one of the africans raping a female platoon member.
I wonder how much of that "disrespect" involved one of the africans raping a female platoon member.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)
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Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
There is always Thorazine.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
There is always Thorazine.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Mvg3c)
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Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
***
You're talking about me aren't you...
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
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You're talking about me aren't you...
Posted by: Rosie O'Fat at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (affD0)
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FAIR PLAY FOR PLUTO!
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (ZxPkt)
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170 Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Nah. Endeavor to persevere. Or keep building your castle in that Swamp.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Nah. Endeavor to persevere. Or keep building your castle in that Swamp.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Gqar8)
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the new NASA guy says he is in favor of returning Pluto to full planetary status
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Trump should issue an EO that it should remain a sub planet and Boasburg will order it to be a planet.
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Trump should issue an EO that it should remain a sub planet and Boasburg will order it to be a planet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at April 30, 2026 11:59 AM (bv1ic)
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183 Nah. Endeavor to persevere. Or keep building your castle in that Swamp.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Gqar
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But the third one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp!
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Gqar
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But the third one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:59 AM (Y2NSe)
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Picture, not Pucture. I have big thick fingers.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar
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Go on...
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar
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Go on...
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at April 30, 2026 11:59 AM (affD0)
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Typo. TBBT. the big bag theory.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
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I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
I have the feeling this would be a p0rn0 parody of The Big Bang Theory...
But there's no reason for them to change the name in the first place.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (YZ0Fo)
Ugh. Bang* I Prly need to give up for today.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 11:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
=======
I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
I have the feeling this would be a p0rn0 parody of The Big Bang Theory...
But there's no reason for them to change the name in the first place.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:59 AM (N1tpc)
188
Yahoo headline as relevant as ever: "A Scientist Says Humans Will Go Backwards in Time Within Just 3 Years"
What the Popular Mechanics article actually asserts is that within three years, the rate of increase in life expectancy will exceed one year per year. Arguable, but calling it "going backward in time" is just clickbait.
What the Popular Mechanics article actually asserts is that within three years, the rate of increase in life expectancy will exceed one year per year. Arguable, but calling it "going backward in time" is just clickbait.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (FpP3s)
189
what's the buzz up there
does independence have a real chance?
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (ZxPkt)
I think it does. And the complete clusterfuck that is our current Federal government is the best sales enhancer for independence that we could possibly have.
does independence have a real chance?
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 11:55 AM (ZxPkt)
I think it does. And the complete clusterfuck that is our current Federal government is the best sales enhancer for independence that we could possibly have.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (utfVc)
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I saw Big Bag Theory open for Single Gun Theory at The Curtain Club in '97.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (QX6xo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (vEZeu)
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A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.
Saw that yesterday.
Canada really is a banana republic.
This is pathetic.
"Our Managing Editor, Cosmin Dzsurdzsa has obtained a secret, internal bombshell report from the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School. This 15 page document exposes shocking military secrets that Mark Carney is not sharing with the public. One critical platoon was revealed to be 83% non-citizen residents – many in Canada for just three months – and it descended into total dysfunction. Cultural infighting between Cameroonian and Ivorian factions within the CANADIAN Armed Forces. Repeated allegations of racism flying between squabbling tribes. A shocking lack of respect toward female members and instructors.
(Continued)
Saw that yesterday.
Canada really is a banana republic.
This is pathetic.
"Our Managing Editor, Cosmin Dzsurdzsa has obtained a secret, internal bombshell report from the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School. This 15 page document exposes shocking military secrets that Mark Carney is not sharing with the public. One critical platoon was revealed to be 83% non-citizen residents – many in Canada for just three months – and it descended into total dysfunction. Cultural infighting between Cameroonian and Ivorian factions within the CANADIAN Armed Forces. Repeated allegations of racism flying between squabbling tribes. A shocking lack of respect toward female members and instructors.
(Continued)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (C732X)
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A country doesn't get into $38 trillion in debt unless there's a massive amount of fraud.
*spoiler: there's a massive amount of fraud. $38T to be exact.
*spoiler: there's a massive amount of fraud. $38T to be exact.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (jehhT)
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The Left makes its own history, even as it remakes our past, generating new political realities and reinterpreting historical narratives to align with 'contemporary goals.'
Its been going on for way longer - and step-by-step - than the more normal & reasonably read of this country realize. Aside: Of late, C19 gave them some cover to engage a few of their master plans. (Yeah, a conspiracy theory - unless it's not.)
Its been going on for way longer - and step-by-step - than the more normal & reasonably read of this country realize. Aside: Of late, C19 gave them some cover to engage a few of their master plans. (Yeah, a conspiracy theory - unless it's not.)
Posted by: Lisa Mona Vito at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (NFX2v)
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Graduation rate? A catastrophic 48%.
The report, authored by Lieutenant Colonel M.R. Kieley, is devastating. It likely crossed the desk of Prime Minister Carney, and now, I am sharing with you what he does not want known. Instructors watched cultural blocs clash constantly. Older permanent residents arrived expecting a “technical college,” not military discipline. Many couldn’t read training materials without help. Fitness levels cratered. Language barriers crippled communication.
(Cont)
The report, authored by Lieutenant Colonel M.R. Kieley, is devastating. It likely crossed the desk of Prime Minister Carney, and now, I am sharing with you what he does not want known. Instructors watched cultural blocs clash constantly. Older permanent residents arrived expecting a “technical college,” not military discipline. Many couldn’t read training materials without help. Fitness levels cratered. Language barriers crippled communication.
(Cont)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (C732X)
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The Canadian Forces are advertising big time for members up here now. I've never seen that.
Unless their mission is to wipe out our ruling class and grt us down to about 10 million good people, pass.
Unless their mission is to wipe out our ruling class and grt us down to about 10 million good people, pass.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Sco7b)
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I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
So, you're the moron doing scrotum inflation demos at the MOMEs.
I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
So, you're the moron doing scrotum inflation demos at the MOMEs.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (iJfKG)
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Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Gqar8)
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This wasn’t one bad platoon. It’s the direct result of rushed policy changes: scrapping the aptitude test, gutting medical standards, and fast-tracking non-citizens with zero security screening. Basic training success rates have plunged from a steady 83-87% to 77%. Failure rates are skyrocketing. Instructors are overwhelmed and furious.
Some training officers are now openly questioning whether non-Canadian citizens should even receive officer commissions. This is what happens when you trade standards for numbers. Canada’s military is supposed to defend the nation – not become a fractured social experiment.
The full report, which was never supposed to see the light of day, lays it all bare: the ethnic fractures, the plummeting competence, the warnings ignored.”
Some training officers are now openly questioning whether non-Canadian citizens should even receive officer commissions. This is what happens when you trade standards for numbers. Canada’s military is supposed to defend the nation – not become a fractured social experiment.
The full report, which was never supposed to see the light of day, lays it all bare: the ethnic fractures, the plummeting competence, the warnings ignored.”
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 12:01 PM (C732X)
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Because of the insane costs now, a lot of folks outside of STEM and Business are essentially spending a couple hundred thou to-
develop a nice hobby for their time off from being a Starbuck's latte jockey.
Progressive institutional greed has murdered the affordable degree and with it their own jobs as professor an TAs and the like.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)
This is why staying home for college has gone bonkers. There's a reason GMU in Fairfax has become one of the most populated schools on the East Coast. It wasn't its initial pedigree, although as you gain all the smart kids who stay home, somehow your school gets better...
develop a nice hobby for their time off from being a Starbuck's latte jockey.
Progressive institutional greed has murdered the affordable degree and with it their own jobs as professor an TAs and the like.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)
This is why staying home for college has gone bonkers. There's a reason GMU in Fairfax has become one of the most populated schools on the East Coast. It wasn't its initial pedigree, although as you gain all the smart kids who stay home, somehow your school gets better...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 30, 2026 12:01 PM (tOcjL)
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198 Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Gqar
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I found it mildly diverting from time to time.
It's no Taskmaster (new episode tonight!).
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (Gqar
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I found it mildly diverting from time to time.
It's no Taskmaster (new episode tonight!).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Y2NSe)
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Because of the insane costs now, a lot of folks outside of STEM and Business are essentially spending a couple hundred thou to-
develop a nice hobby for their time off from being a Starbuck's latte jockey.
Progressive institutional greed has murdered the affordable degree and with it their own jobs as professor an TAs and the like.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)
Starting around 1967, US universities reformed their non-STEM classes from liberal arts education to a government-funded training academy for anti-Western Civilization activists and protestors.
Because of the insane costs now, a lot of folks outside of STEM and Business are essentially spending a couple hundred thou to-
develop a nice hobby for their time off from being a Starbuck's latte jockey.
Progressive institutional greed has murdered the affordable degree and with it their own jobs as professor an TAs and the like.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)
Starting around 1967, US universities reformed their non-STEM classes from liberal arts education to a government-funded training academy for anti-Western Civilization activists and protestors.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 30, 2026 12:02 PM (X4KFY)
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It's important to bring it military forces from outside the community.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
And in turn, I am much more willing to fire upon them than I would be to fire upon native-born Canadians.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
And in turn, I am much more willing to fire upon them than I would be to fire upon native-born Canadians.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:02 PM (utfVc)
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You should wander through them and encourage them to tear the place up in the name of anti-colonialism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
... don't tempt me.
By the time their protest starts I will be up at my parents' being a productive member of society and building useful things instead of tearing down things I don't understand and destructively f*cktarding my way through life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
... don't tempt me.
By the time their protest starts I will be up at my parents' being a productive member of society and building useful things instead of tearing down things I don't understand and destructively f*cktarding my way through life.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 12:02 PM (vJrRc)
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173 Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first?
As someone who's researched Medicare a good bit prior to my wife turning 65, it's not free.
- Medicare part A - inpatient hospital - is 'free' assuming you've worked enough quarters over your life and pays 80% of approved expenses with no maximum out of pocket for the rest.
- Medicare part B - outpatient stuff - has a monthly premium (currently starts at a bit over $200) which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare part D - drugs has a monthly premium which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare doesn't pay for dental, or vision, or hearing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
This is truth. Add in additional gap insurance such as plan G or N and add $200-300 a month.
As someone who's researched Medicare a good bit prior to my wife turning 65, it's not free.
- Medicare part A - inpatient hospital - is 'free' assuming you've worked enough quarters over your life and pays 80% of approved expenses with no maximum out of pocket for the rest.
- Medicare part B - outpatient stuff - has a monthly premium (currently starts at a bit over $200) which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare part D - drugs has a monthly premium which increases if you make too much money.
- Medicare doesn't pay for dental, or vision, or hearing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
This is truth. Add in additional gap insurance such as plan G or N and add $200-300 a month.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (abIsI)
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I have a big bag theory right here!
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
The big bag theory - the theory that Neil DeGrasse could be outwitted by a big bag of potatoes.
*awaits for interpretation that would make it make sense*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 11:58 AM (Y2NSe)
The big bag theory - the theory that Neil DeGrasse could be outwitted by a big bag of potatoes.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Mvg3c)
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Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM
I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM
I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
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201
I found it mildly diverting from time to time.
It's no Taskmaster (new episode tonight!).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Y2NSe)
Penny the Whore wearing a Hillary Tshirt pretty well sums up the cast.
I found it mildly diverting from time to time.
It's no Taskmaster (new episode tonight!).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:01 PM (Y2NSe)
Penny the Whore wearing a Hillary Tshirt pretty well sums up the cast.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Gqar8)
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203 It's important to bring it military forces from outside the community.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
And in turn, I am much more willing to fire upon them than I would be to fire upon native-born Canadians.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:02 PM (utfVc)
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It seems like most imports view Western nations not as something to adhere to in any way shape or form but places to leech off of, either through increased economic activity or just straight welfare.
Honestly, I suspect the amount of fight an imported army would have to suppress the Canadian population would diminish quickly once actual fighting started.
They are FAR more willing to fire on the native populace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 11:56 AM (N1tpc)
And in turn, I am much more willing to fire upon them than I would be to fire upon native-born Canadians.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:02 PM (utfVc)
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It seems like most imports view Western nations not as something to adhere to in any way shape or form but places to leech off of, either through increased economic activity or just straight welfare.
Honestly, I suspect the amount of fight an imported army would have to suppress the Canadian population would diminish quickly once actual fighting started.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Y2NSe)
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198 Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal
I never found it funny in the least. As I told my dad when he asked "I've seen porn with better acting and more sympathetic characters."
Posted by: tubal
I never found it funny in the least. As I told my dad when he asked "I've seen porn with better acting and more sympathetic characters."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (svLOV)
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Gref's Fifth Law: The total amount of human intelligence is a constant.
Fact: The number of humans constantly increases.
You do the math.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (5rh/l)
I've heard (and requoted) a similar equation: Brains times beauty is a constant. YMMV...
Fact: The number of humans constantly increases.
You do the math.
Posted by: Gref at April 30, 2026 11:46 AM (5rh/l)
I've heard (and requoted) a similar equation: Brains times beauty is a constant. YMMV...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (nbLIj)
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LOL could be true. I guess what my proposition really depends on is whether one believes stupidity is something on its own or merely a lack of intelligence.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Mvg3c)
I think stupidity is more than just a lack of intelligence. It's a rejection of rationality and empiricism, of objective fact, of the idea that objective facts can even exist, the rejection of cause and effect, the refusal to accept that actions have consequences, the rejection of critical thinking of any kind. Stupidity is being taught, enforced, and reinforced by our educational system and our culture. Some people take pride in their stupidity, even though they don't call it by its name.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:51 AM (Mvg3c)
I think stupidity is more than just a lack of intelligence. It's a rejection of rationality and empiricism, of objective fact, of the idea that objective facts can even exist, the rejection of cause and effect, the refusal to accept that actions have consequences, the rejection of critical thinking of any kind. Stupidity is being taught, enforced, and reinforced by our educational system and our culture. Some people take pride in their stupidity, even though they don't call it by its name.
Posted by: Stupidity is far more active than we think at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)
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208
Penny the Whore wearing a Hillary Tshirt pretty well sums up the cast.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Gqar
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Better than the daughter in the Gilmore Girls writing an essay about how awesome Hillary is.
Remember when TV was absent politics?
No, I do not.
Penny the Whore wearing a Hillary Tshirt pretty well sums up the cast.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Gqar
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Better than the daughter in the Gilmore Girls writing an essay about how awesome Hillary is.
Remember when TV was absent politics?
No, I do not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Y2NSe)
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Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
I remember ace's flirtation with it. I get that people think it's funny but I found it roughly as amusing as toenail fungus.
I remember ace's flirtation with it. I get that people think it's funny but I found it roughly as amusing as toenail fungus.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Mvg3c)
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207 Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM
I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
Eh, I just appreciated their gormless stupidity, and academic uselessness.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM
I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
Eh, I just appreciated their gormless stupidity, and academic uselessness.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)
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198 Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal
I would like to Big Bang Kaley Cuoco
Posted by: tubal
I would like to Big Bang Kaley Cuoco
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (abIsI)
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Older permanent residents arrived expecting a “technical college,” not military discipline.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (C732X
That's EXACTLY how they're advertising it.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM (C732X
That's EXACTLY how they're advertising it.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (Sco7b)
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I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
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Best to start in Season One. Later, the humor becomes more character-driven, and if you don't know who they are, the humor's not going to land. I know, because I had that experience myself.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
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Best to start in Season One. Later, the humor becomes more character-driven, and if you don't know who they are, the humor's not going to land. I know, because I had that experience myself.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (xvhJH)
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Some people take pride in their stupidity, even though they don't call it by its name.
Posted by: Stupidity is far more active than we think at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)
Not just people but entire groups
Posted by: Stupidity is far more active than we think at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)
Not just people but entire groups
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (Mvg3c)
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I remember ace's flirtation with it. I get that people think it's funny but I found it roughly as amusing as toenail fungus.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Mvg3c)
I wasn't a fan of Seinfeld, either, so there's that.
I remember ace's flirtation with it. I get that people think it's funny but I found it roughly as amusing as toenail fungus.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 12:04 PM (Mvg3c)
I wasn't a fan of Seinfeld, either, so there's that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (QX6xo)
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Every single one of them who attends is destined to be useless eater, sponging off the work of productive people and somehow finding themselves in a position of power which allows them to do just that.
*types* *deletes*.... *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
Posted by: FeatherBlade
You know what REALLY pisses me off?
By all rights...I should be one of that ilk. And I'd be materially much better off today if I were.
Here I am. Got my soul and little else. Yay me.
*types* *deletes*.... *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes* *types* *deletes*
Posted by: FeatherBlade
You know what REALLY pisses me off?
By all rights...I should be one of that ilk. And I'd be materially much better off today if I were.
Here I am. Got my soul and little else. Yay me.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM (OUMaO)
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But the third one burned down, fell over, and then sank into the swamp!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
Y'know, if you keep building them on the same location, even if they collapse and all that, eventually you'll have enough rubble to make a solid foundation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
Y'know, if you keep building them on the same location, even if they collapse and all that, eventually you'll have enough rubble to make a solid foundation.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 12:06 PM (vJrRc)
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It seems like most imports view Western nations not as something to adhere to in any way shape or form but places to leech off of, either through increased economic activity or just straight welfare.
Honestly, I suspect the amount of fight an imported army would have to suppress the Canadian population would diminish quickly once actual fighting started.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Y2NSe)
One is reminded of the Hessian mercenaries employed by the British against the American Colonists.
Honestly, I suspect the amount of fight an imported army would have to suppress the Canadian population would diminish quickly once actual fighting started.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (Y2NSe)
One is reminded of the Hessian mercenaries employed by the British against the American Colonists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:06 PM (utfVc)
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Eh, I just appreciated their gormless stupidity, and academic uselessness.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM
There you go.
That's not really my style, so it tracks.
Eh, I just appreciated their gormless stupidity, and academic uselessness.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM
There you go.
That's not really my style, so it tracks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (QX6xo)
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Last great network "sitcom" was probably Cheers. But I haven't thought too hard about this.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (Mvg3c)
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Neil Degrasse is to astronomy what Katanji Brown Jackson is to constitutional law.
Posted by: Ripley at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (GUOwU)
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This is why staying home for college has gone bonkers. There's a reason GMU in Fairfax has become one of the most populated schools on the East Coast. It wasn't its initial pedigree, although as you gain all the smart kids who stay home, somehow your school gets better...
Have you seen the size of the new housing complex they just finished on the S side of 123? It's enormous. It used to be that GMU was a commuter school, but it looks like they're building it up now as a residential campus as well.
This is why staying home for college has gone bonkers. There's a reason GMU in Fairfax has become one of the most populated schools on the East Coast. It wasn't its initial pedigree, although as you gain all the smart kids who stay home, somehow your school gets better...
Have you seen the size of the new housing complex they just finished on the S side of 123? It's enormous. It used to be that GMU was a commuter school, but it looks like they're building it up now as a residential campus as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
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226 Neil Degrasse is to astronomy what Katanji Brown Jackson is to constitutional law.
Posted by: Ripley at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (GUOwU)
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That's not fair.
Degrasse's planetarium hasn't burned down.
Posted by: Ripley at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (GUOwU)
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That's not fair.
Degrasse's planetarium hasn't burned down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Y2NSe)
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Quick look at the data set shows no entries for "Luigi Mangione" or 12/04/2024, the day Mangione executed Bria Thompson on a New York City street.
There is however a listing for a shooting at Luigi's restaurant by a Ft. Bragg soldier in 2007.
There is however a listing for a shooting at Luigi's restaurant by a Ft. Bragg soldier in 2007.
Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (QX6xo)
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210 198 Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal
I never found it funny in the least. As I told my dad when he asked "I've seen porn with better acting and more sympathetic characters."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (svLOV)
It's a rather unfunny show. This is particularly pronounced when you watch some of the clips with the laugh tracks scrubbed out. It's just a string of cringe moments with an implied "please laugh" hanging in the air with the pathetic pall of an imploring Jeb Bush begging for applause.
Posted by: tubal
I never found it funny in the least. As I told my dad when he asked "I've seen porn with better acting and more sympathetic characters."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (svLOV)
It's a rather unfunny show. This is particularly pronounced when you watch some of the clips with the laugh tracks scrubbed out. It's just a string of cringe moments with an implied "please laugh" hanging in the air with the pathetic pall of an imploring Jeb Bush begging for applause.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (TbWk/)
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Sure, that's amusing as a one-off. I'm more interested in scale. You know, like Bolsheviks and Mensheviks killing each other on an industrial scale.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
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There's just something about being able to read about an individual's life, their idealism, their identification with radical groups, their veganism that really makes it special when they blow themselves up in a spectacular display of stupidity. I'm a particularist, I suppose.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 11:53 AM (Riz8t)
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There's just something about being able to read about an individual's life, their idealism, their identification with radical groups, their veganism that really makes it special when they blow themselves up in a spectacular display of stupidity. I'm a particularist, I suppose.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 12:10 PM (2ap+5)
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Eh, I just appreciated their gormless stupidity, and academic uselessness.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM
There you go.
That's not really my style, so it tracks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (QX6xo)
When I watch an episode I always think “ I would have beaten Sheldon Cooper to death inside of a week if he’d been my roommate.” Only a real pussy like Leonard would have put up whith his shit.
Eh, I just appreciated their gormless stupidity, and academic uselessness.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:05 PM
There you go.
That's not really my style, so it tracks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:07 PM (QX6xo)
When I watch an episode I always think “ I would have beaten Sheldon Cooper to death inside of a week if he’d been my roommate.” Only a real pussy like Leonard would have put up whith his shit.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:10 PM (Gqar8)
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Here I am. Got my soul and little else. Yay me.
Posted by: Brother Tim
Life's a bitch, ain't it?
Posted by: Brother Tim
Life's a bitch, ain't it?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 30, 2026 12:10 PM (vJrRc)
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Big Bang Theory - show was funny as hell, even though all the acors are shitbags.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM
I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
Eh, like most modern sitcoms, it is a "character comedy".
There aren't so many jokes as there are wacky situations that character X gets into or character Y deploys their catchphrase - The thing! He said the Thing! Hahaha!
So, you have to watch it for a while to get the characters and their eccentricities.
That being said...I found TBBT to be funny most of the time.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:00 PM
I guess it's just too far over my head. I've watched an episode or two and didn't find myself laughing once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
Eh, like most modern sitcoms, it is a "character comedy".
There aren't so many jokes as there are wacky situations that character X gets into or character Y deploys their catchphrase - The thing! He said the Thing! Hahaha!
So, you have to watch it for a while to get the characters and their eccentricities.
That being said...I found TBBT to be funny most of the time.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 12:10 PM (iJfKG)
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It's just a string of cringe moments with an implied "please laugh" hanging in the air with the pathetic pall of an imploring Jeb Bush begging for applause.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked
Exactly. But it brought in ratings so we were stuck with it.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked
Exactly. But it brought in ratings so we were stuck with it.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (svLOV)
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@213
>>Better than the daughter in the Gilmore Girls writing an essay about how awesome Hillary is
The funny thing is that every character on that show, especially the females, was detestable and became increasingly detestable as the series progressed.
Except the Patriarch
>>Better than the daughter in the Gilmore Girls writing an essay about how awesome Hillary is
The funny thing is that every character on that show, especially the females, was detestable and became increasingly detestable as the series progressed.
Except the Patriarch
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (XV/Pl)
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There are billions and billions of reasons to dislike Carl Sagan.
Posted by: Three Stooges in Orbit at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (oftw2)
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The funny thing is that every character on that show, especially the females, was detestable and became increasingly detestable as the series progressed.
Except the Patriarch
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (XV/Pl)
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I've seen roughly one half of one episode, that one with the essay.
I have a preference for another medium than television. Bet you can't guess which!
The funny thing is that every character on that show, especially the females, was detestable and became increasingly detestable as the series progressed.
Except the Patriarch
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (XV/Pl)
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I've seen roughly one half of one episode, that one with the essay.
I have a preference for another medium than television. Bet you can't guess which!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (Y2NSe)
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236 It's just a string of cringe moments with an implied "please laugh" hanging in the air with the pathetic pall of an imploring Jeb Bush begging for applause.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked
Exactly. But it brought in ratings so we were stuck with it.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (svLOV)
And all of the actors got filthy filthy rich.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked
Exactly. But it brought in ratings so we were stuck with it.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (svLOV)
And all of the actors got filthy filthy rich.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM (Gqar8)
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TMJ, I suppose it depends on what they are being promised in return for their "duties".
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ATFdB)
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When I watch an episode I always think “ I would have beaten Sheldon Cooper to death inside of a week if he’d been my roommate.”
Reminds me of my brother who is a Nurse talking about House M.D. "Most nurses would have beaten him with his cane within a day."
Reminds me of my brother who is a Nurse talking about House M.D. "Most nurses would have beaten him with his cane within a day."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (svLOV)
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So, you have to watch it for a while to get the characters and their eccentricities.
That being said...I found TBBT to be funny most of the time.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 12:10 PM (iJfKG)
The last time I watched any of it, I was at a hotel bar in Denmark, the sound was off and the Closed Captioning was in Danish.
Now THAT was funny.
That being said...I found TBBT to be funny most of the time.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 30, 2026 12:10 PM (iJfKG)
The last time I watched any of it, I was at a hotel bar in Denmark, the sound was off and the Closed Captioning was in Danish.
Now THAT was funny.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (QX6xo)
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Wasn't TBBT essentially one-joke show -- autist nerds who couldn't function in the real world?
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)
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WASHINGTON — The lawyer for White House Correspondence Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen gave an absurd reason for why the CalTech grad should be allowed to walk free pending trial — despite charges that he attempted to assassinate President Trump.
Defense attorneys claimed that Allen, 31, was not prepared to carry out a mass shooting in the room where Trump, first lady Melania and most of the top members of the administration were in attendance — because he had a pump-action shotgun.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
Defense attorneys claimed that Allen, 31, was not prepared to carry out a mass shooting in the room where Trump, first lady Melania and most of the top members of the administration were in attendance — because he had a pump-action shotgun.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)
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And all of the actors got filthy filthy rich.
Posted by: tubal
I don't grudge them for that at all. It's not my money.
Posted by: tubal
I don't grudge them for that at all. It's not my money.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (svLOV)
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This is why staying home for college has gone bonkers. There's a reason GMU in Fairfax has become one of the most populated schools on the East Coast. It wasn't its initial pedigree, although as you gain all the smart kids who stay home, somehow your school gets better...
Have you seen the size of the new housing complex they just finished on the S side of 123? It's enormous. It used to be that GMU was a commuter school, but it looks like they're building it up now as a residential campus as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Yup. But it's still a commuter school. They only house about 20% of the kids. Their philsophy is to admit almost everyone, and fail out those kids who don't care or try. I think that should be every college's concept. Real grades for everyone in every subject (one of my neighborhood kids failed out this year - didn't bother doing homework - at Yale as a disabled kid (b/c he does have some learning disabilities), he'd still have had an A).
This is why staying home for college has gone bonkers. There's a reason GMU in Fairfax has become one of the most populated schools on the East Coast. It wasn't its initial pedigree, although as you gain all the smart kids who stay home, somehow your school gets better...
Have you seen the size of the new housing complex they just finished on the S side of 123? It's enormous. It used to be that GMU was a commuter school, but it looks like they're building it up now as a residential campus as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Yup. But it's still a commuter school. They only house about 20% of the kids. Their philsophy is to admit almost everyone, and fail out those kids who don't care or try. I think that should be every college's concept. Real grades for everyone in every subject (one of my neighborhood kids failed out this year - didn't bother doing homework - at Yale as a disabled kid (b/c he does have some learning disabilities), he'd still have had an A).
Posted by: Nova Local at April 30, 2026 12:13 PM (tOcjL)
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Quick look at the data set shows no entries for "Luigi Mangione" or 12/04/2024, the day Mangione executed Bria Thompson on a New York City street.
There is however a listing for a shooting at Luigi's restaurant by a Ft. Bragg soldier in 2007.
Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (I0N4X)
"murdered", if you please
There is however a listing for a shooting at Luigi's restaurant by a Ft. Bragg soldier in 2007.
Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (I0N4X)
"murdered", if you please
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:13 PM (utfVc)
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246 And all of the actors got filthy filthy rich.
Posted by: tubal
I don't grudge them for that at all. It's not my money.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (svLOV)
eh, me neither. They caught lightning.
Posted by: tubal
I don't grudge them for that at all. It's not my money.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (svLOV)
eh, me neither. They caught lightning.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar8)
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248 Quick look at the data set shows no entries for "Luigi Mangione" or 12/04/2024, the day Mangione executed Bria Thompson on a New York City street.
There is however a listing for a shooting at Luigi's restaurant by a Ft. Bragg soldier in 2007.
Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (I0N4X)
"murdered", if you please
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:13 PM (utfVc)
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"That CEO fell on my bullets!"
-Luigi
There is however a listing for a shooting at Luigi's restaurant by a Ft. Bragg soldier in 2007.
Posted by: muldoon at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (I0N4X)
"murdered", if you please
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:13 PM (utfVc)
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"That CEO fell on my bullets!"
-Luigi
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:13 PM (Y2NSe)
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Defense attorneys claimed that Allen, 31, was not prepared to carry out a mass shooting in the room where Trump, first lady Melania and most of the top members of the administration were in attendance — because he had a pump-action shotgun.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
It should hurt to say something so stupid.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
It should hurt to say something so stupid.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)
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the essay.
I have a preference for another medium than television. Bet you can't guess which!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Radio serials!
I have a preference for another medium than television. Bet you can't guess which!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Radio serials!
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (YZ0Fo)
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252 Radio serials!
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Damn...I thought no one would be able to get it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Damn...I thought no one would be able to get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Y2NSe)
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3rd Rock From The Sun >>> TBBT
Posted by: Ripley at April 30, 2026 12:15 PM (GUOwU)
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It should hurt to say something so stupid.
Posted by: Archimedes
I know that the defense attorney has to make the attempt and I'm sure that even he thought it was stupid.
Posted by: Archimedes
I know that the defense attorney has to make the attempt and I'm sure that even he thought it was stupid.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:15 PM (svLOV)
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Here I am. Got my soul and little else. Yay me.
Posted by: Brother Tim
Life's a bitch, ain't it?
Posted by: FeatherBlade
Eh. At least I'll be able to properly face my Creator when the time comes. Still got a lot to answer for, but anyway.
Posted by: Brother Tim
Life's a bitch, ain't it?
Posted by: FeatherBlade
Eh. At least I'll be able to properly face my Creator when the time comes. Still got a lot to answer for, but anyway.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 12:15 PM (OUMaO)
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253 252 Radio serials!
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Damn...I thought no one would be able to get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Y2NSe)
I was sure it would be live stage performance.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Damn...I thought no one would be able to get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 30, 2026 12:14 PM (Y2NSe)
I was sure it would be live stage performance.
Posted by: tubal at April 30, 2026 12:15 PM (Gqar8)
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242 When I watch an episode I always think “ I would have beaten Sheldon Cooper to death inside of a week if he’d been my roommate.”
Reminds me of my brother who is a Nurse talking about House M.D. "Most nurses would have beaten him with his cane within a day."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (svLOV)
Nobody who did even 1/1024th of the crazy, unethical, and often criminal shit that the characters routinely perform and get away with on shows like House, Chicago Med, Grey's Anatomy, etc. would last five minutes in the real world of healthcare. They would be sacked or under emergency suspension, then in many cases prosecuted. You can only suspend disbelievf
Reminds me of my brother who is a Nurse talking about House M.D. "Most nurses would have beaten him with his cane within a day."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (svLOV)
Nobody who did even 1/1024th of the crazy, unethical, and often criminal shit that the characters routinely perform and get away with on shows like House, Chicago Med, Grey's Anatomy, etc. would last five minutes in the real world of healthcare. They would be sacked or under emergency suspension, then in many cases prosecuted. You can only suspend disbelievf
Posted by: Beyond the suspension of disbelef at April 30, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)
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From the sidebar:
Under the new Florida congressional map, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will probably lose her seat
And she can't even go on The View because she's ugly as a clump of stranger's hair in the bath-drain
That made me laugh.
Under the new Florida congressional map, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will probably lose her seat
And she can't even go on The View because she's ugly as a clump of stranger's hair in the bath-drain
That made me laugh.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)
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Both sides do it.
Posted by: Harold Fraud, Jr at April 30, 2026 12:16 PM (Cqx++)
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Defense attorneys claimed that Allen, 31, was not prepared to carry out a mass shooting in the room where Trump, first lady Melania and most of the top members of the administration were in attendance — because he had a pump-action shotgun.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)
A pump-action shotgun loaded with buckshot is absolutely deadly at the range hew would have firing at, had he gained entry to the ballroom.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)
A pump-action shotgun loaded with buckshot is absolutely deadly at the range hew would have firing at, had he gained entry to the ballroom.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:16 PM (utfVc)
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Well that was sloppy.
Posted by: Suspension of typewriting skills at April 30, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)
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I know that the defense attorney has to make the attempt and I'm sure that even he thought it was stupid.
I don't doubt it. I think he's just trying to avoid any kind of disciplinary action for a less than fully committed defense.
I don't doubt it. I think he's just trying to avoid any kind of disciplinary action for a less than fully committed defense.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
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Have you seen the size of the new housing complex they just finished on the S side of 123? It's enormous. It used to be that GMU was a commuter school, but it looks like they're building it up now as a residential campus as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Um... SR123 is a north-south road.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Um... SR123 is a north-south road.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 12:17 PM (N1tpc)
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I just like that house says all the things doctors wish they could say to their patients.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:17 PM (YZ0Fo)
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I just like that house says all the things doctors wish they could say to their patients.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:17 PM (YZ0Fo)
It's lupus?
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:17 PM (YZ0Fo)
It's lupus?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)
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Have you seen the size of the new housing complex they just finished on the S side of 123? It's enormous. It used to be that GMU was a commuter school, but it looks like they're building it up now as a residential campus as well.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Um... SR123 is a north-south road.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Must be by the people who did that bridge at that Florida school.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:08 PM (Riz8t)
Um... SR123 is a north-south road.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Must be by the people who did that bridge at that Florida school.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (OUMaO)
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So the people with the still smoking rifles in their hands have determined who the violent ones are?
Posted by: melodicmetal at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (61TgR)
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It's lupus?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)
Amaloyadosis
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)
Amaloyadosis
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Old Blighty at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (QP+6w)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, all the times that House's team just broke into patients' houses looking for clues. Yep, nothing illegal about that.
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)
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A show I'm watching lately is Mad Men. I would like to remake it shot for shot, except every episode would have a scene where someone kills Don Draper. Shoot him, throw him in front of a train, something like that.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Cqx++)
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I think GMU is now the biggest school in the country without a football team...which makes it an even better value for all the local kids.
Does any other school have 40k+ students and no team (not division 1, 2, or 3)...
Does any other school have 40k+ students and no team (not division 1, 2, or 3)...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (tOcjL)
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Defense attorneys claimed that Allen, 31, was not prepared to carry out a mass shooting in the room where Trump, first lady Melania and most of the top members of the administration were in attendance — because he had a pump-action shotgun.
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)
Now if you're a woman looking for a personal defense weapon...
the logic: a shotgun is a poor choice when planning an assassination, so obviously my client wasn't really serious about carrying out the attack! He just didn't think it thru.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)
Now if you're a woman looking for a personal defense weapon...
Posted by: J Biden at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (nbLIj)
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the fella who plays house is an old school english sitcom actor.
You can tell by his teeth.
Posted by: Old Blighty
Hugh Laurie. Played Berty Wooster.
Really good American accent he did as House.
You can tell by his teeth.
Posted by: Old Blighty
Hugh Laurie. Played Berty Wooster.
Really good American accent he did as House.
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ)
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238 There are billions and billions of reasons to dislike Carl Sagan.
Posted by: Three Stooges in Orbit at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM
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That's DOCTOR Sagan to you.
238 There are billions and billions of reasons to dislike Carl Sagan.
Posted by: Three Stooges in Orbit at April 30, 2026 12:11 PM
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That's DOCTOR Sagan to you.
Posted by: Additional Reason at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (azNOR)
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From the sidebar:
Under the new Florida congressional map, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will probably lose her seat
And she can't even go on The View because she's ugly as a clump of stranger's hair in the bath-drain
That made me laugh.
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Yeah, I saw that early this morning and I got a chuckle. Ace sure has a way with words.
Under the new Florida congressional map, Debbie Wasserman Schultz will probably lose her seat
And she can't even go on The View because she's ugly as a clump of stranger's hair in the bath-drain
That made me laugh.
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Yeah, I saw that early this morning and I got a chuckle. Ace sure has a way with words.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (qBdHI)
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A show I'm watching lately is Mad Men. I would like to remake it shot for shot, except every episode would have a scene where someone kills Don Draper. Shoot him, throw him in front of a train, something like that.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)
But he comes back the next show and no one says a thing, like they did with Kenny from South Park.
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)
But he comes back the next show and no one says a thing, like they did with Kenny from South Park.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 30, 2026 12:22 PM (N1tpc)
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A show I'm watching lately is Mad Men. I would like to remake it shot for shot, except every episode would have a scene where someone kills Don Draper. Shoot him, throw him in front of a train, something like that.
Posted by: Don Black at
Can it have topless Christina Hendricks and January Jones scenes too?
Posted by: Don Black at
Can it have topless Christina Hendricks and January Jones scenes too?
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
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I like GMU because Richard Ippolito worked there trying to teach economics to (future) attorneys. He previously worked at PBGC and wrote a serious book about time preference. You can his book "Economics for Lawyers" on Amazon.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 30, 2026 12:22 PM (2ap+5)
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Amaloyadosis
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
Wow, can't believe you know what that is. That's what killed my dad 26 years ago. Since then, I have never known anyone who is even remotely familiar with it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
Wow, can't believe you know what that is. That's what killed my dad 26 years ago. Since then, I have never known anyone who is even remotely familiar with it.
Posted by: Doof at April 30, 2026 12:22 PM (FenX4)
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CBD, if you are here, I learned something interesting and posted it near the end of yesterday's "Ostrouschko" thread. I did a Brave search for the estranged daughter, Desiree, and Brave returned a bunch of bumf about some actress named Desiree Zurkowski instead. I challenged Brave's AI about that. "Oh, I made a mistake."
I think the search engines are actively suppressing queries about stuff that doesn't fit the narrative.
I think the search engines are actively suppressing queries about stuff that doesn't fit the narrative.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 30, 2026 12:22 PM (utfVc)
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A show I'm watching lately is Mad Men. I would like to remake it shot for shot, except every episode would have a scene where someone kills Don Draper. Shoot him, throw him in front of a train, something like that.
Posted by: Don Black
And Christina Hendricks in her underwear.
Posted by: Don Black
And Christina Hendricks in her underwear.
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 12:23 PM (77rzZ)
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Wow, can't believe you know what that is. That's what killed my dad 26 years ago. Since then, I have never known anyone who is even remotely familiar with it.
Posted by: Doof
Oh man. I'm sorry. It's a nasty one. Medical family.
Posted by: Doof
Oh man. I'm sorry. It's a nasty one. Medical family.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:24 PM (YZ0Fo)
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So Neil Degrasse, former manager at a planetarium gift shop, really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM
FIFY
So Neil Degrasse, former manager at a planetarium gift shop, really has a video out now called:
Mounting Evidence We Are In a Black Hole
No, my man, I'm afraid that's just you.
Posted by: ... at April 30, 2026 11:37 AM
FIFY
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 30, 2026 12:24 PM (2/MrR)
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Benny Hill Street Blues
https://youtu.be/J87hE4h1-nQ
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Cqx++)
Someone pretending to be Benny Hill using the usual high quality BBC make up and effects?
https://youtu.be/J87hE4h1-nQ
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 30, 2026 12:21 PM (Cqx++)
Someone pretending to be Benny Hill using the usual high quality BBC make up and effects?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 30, 2026 12:24 PM (ExV1e)
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Wow, can't believe you know what that is. That's what killed my dad 26 years ago. Since then, I have never known anyone who is even remotely familiar with it.
Posted by: Doof
Oh man. I'm sorry. It's a nasty one. Medical family.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:24 PM (YZ0Fo)
It took him quickly, so I'm at least thankful for that.
Posted by: Doof
Oh man. I'm sorry. It's a nasty one. Medical family.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:24 PM (YZ0Fo)
It took him quickly, so I'm at least thankful for that.
Posted by: Doof at April 30, 2026 12:25 PM (FenX4)
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It's a rather unfunny show. This is particularly pronounced when you watch some of the clips with the laugh tracks scrubbed out. It's just a string of cringe moments with an implied "please laugh" hanging in the air with the pathetic pall of an imploring Jeb Bush begging for applause.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (TbWk/)
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I'm in this camp.
Posted by: It pretty much sucked at April 30, 2026 12:09 PM (TbWk/)
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I'm in this camp.
Posted by: WisRich at April 30, 2026 12:25 PM (G0vdT)
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Here's a stat we can take to the bank-
U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey
......
The check is in the mail.
U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day.
Current debt per taxpayer = $357,069
Posted by: Maj. Healey
......
The check is in the mail.
Posted by: wth at April 30, 2026 12:25 PM (UjdFS)
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A show I'm watching lately is Mad Men. I would like to remake it shot for shot, except every episode would have a scene where someone kills Don Draper. Shoot him, throw him in front of a train, something like that.
Posted by: Don Black
Someone invent the small personal trampoline and have Christina Hendricks jump up & down on it every episode.
Posted by: Don Black
Someone invent the small personal trampoline and have Christina Hendricks jump up & down on it every episode.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 30, 2026 12:26 PM (C732X)
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I think Christina would need a large and sturdy trampoline
Posted by: Bulg at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
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The check is in the mail.
Posted by: wth at Apri
Forget to sign it so they have to send it back. It'll give you a couple weeks if you're short.
Posted by: wth at Apri
Forget to sign it so they have to send it back. It'll give you a couple weeks if you're short.
Posted by: BruceWayne at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Archimedes at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)
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I made the mistake of watching some of Survivor last night.
Boy does that show suck.
Boy does that show suck.
Posted by: wth at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (UjdFS)
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.
NOOD
Ace is up: A Muslim Immigrant Goes on Stabbing Spree in Jewish Neighborhood in the UK
NOOD!
NOOD
Ace is up: A Muslim Immigrant Goes on Stabbing Spree in Jewish Neighborhood in the UK
NOOD!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (O7YUW)
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>But he comes back the next show and no one says a thing, like they did with Kenny from South Park.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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right
it would be a running gag- and every time they kill Draper, it's a different method
fall out a window, crushed by an elephant, etc
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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right
it would be a running gag- and every time they kill Draper, it's a different method
fall out a window, crushed by an elephant, etc
Posted by: Don Black at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (ZxPkt)
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Someone invent the small personal trampoline and have Christina Hendricks jump up & down on it every episode.
"Best we can do is Whoopi Goldberg being raised and lowered by a forklift" - Netflix
"Best we can do is Whoopi Goldberg being raised and lowered by a forklift" - Netflix
Posted by: Ian S. at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (2ocoG)
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Wow, can't believe you know what that is. That's what killed my dad 26 years ago. Since then, I have never known anyone who is even remotely familiar with it.
Posted by: Doof
Amyloidosis killed my wife of 40 years in 2020. It's awful, but thankfully, kind of rare. They are diagnosing more cases now as doctors are more familiar with it. Many people just died, being misdiagnosed.
Posted by: Doof
Amyloidosis killed my wife of 40 years in 2020. It's awful, but thankfully, kind of rare. They are diagnosing more cases now as doctors are more familiar with it. Many people just died, being misdiagnosed.
Posted by: She Was Awesome! at April 30, 2026 12:28 PM (oftw2)
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Defense attorneys claimed that Allen, 31, was not prepared to carry out a mass shooting in the room where Trump, first lady Melania and most of the top members of the administration were in attendance — because he had a pump-action shotgun.
“Mr. Allen has no criminal history — not even prior arrests, which alone would rebut the presumption of detention,” they wrote in an 11-page filing on Thursday.
“Mr. Allen has no criminal history — not even prior arrests, which alone would rebut the presumption of detention,” they wrote in an 11-page filing on Thursday.
Posted by: SMOD at April 30, 2026 12:32 PM (O7XEN)
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People don't understand Medicare unless they know someone who is on it and has explained it to them or they are about to get on it themselves. It's complex with different parts to it. Part a is free but pays practically nothing. The other parts are not free. They cost and still do not pay for everything. You are still going to have to dig into your pocket.
I'm tired as shit hearing people say I'm on some kind of welfare. That is a lie.They do not know what they are talking about about. On top of that I've been paying into the system for decades until I retired this year.
I'm tired as shit hearing people say I'm on some kind of welfare. That is a lie.They do not know what they are talking about about. On top of that I've been paying into the system for decades until I retired this year.
Posted by: Case at April 30, 2026 12:39 PM (9lqZe)
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72. It's the money sinks that are Medicare and Medicaid that are the actual problem.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The fraud & mismanagement by the government (all levels) are often thanks to programs enabled by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the expansion of supplemental benefits, particularly under the CHRONIC Care Act of 2018.
Non-profit food distribution, home healthcare 'resources' on every other block in urbanized areas, free meals for Medicare Advantage 'customers' w/dietary restrictions, now including Medicaid, via state Medicaid expansion.
But it's not universal, nor is it necessary benefitting a great deal of eligible seniors on Medicare Advantage but rather it - and similar programs - have turned into much broader, highly subsidized money makers w/little accountability & often found in urbanized areas.
See VA programs, too.
Shapiro Administration Highlights Governor’s Proposed Budget Investments to Provide Healthy Meals to Medicaid Recipients, Apr 2026.
Now, who wants to cut old people and poor people off from free healthcare first? Oh, not nearly 50% of the nation? Much less 51% of elected officials?
Then it's not getting fixed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The fraud & mismanagement by the government (all levels) are often thanks to programs enabled by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the expansion of supplemental benefits, particularly under the CHRONIC Care Act of 2018.
Non-profit food distribution, home healthcare 'resources' on every other block in urbanized areas, free meals for Medicare Advantage 'customers' w/dietary restrictions, now including Medicaid, via state Medicaid expansion.
But it's not universal, nor is it necessary benefitting a great deal of eligible seniors on Medicare Advantage but rather it - and similar programs - have turned into much broader, highly subsidized money makers w/little accountability & often found in urbanized areas.
See VA programs, too.
Shapiro Administration Highlights Governor’s Proposed Budget Investments to Provide Healthy Meals to Medicaid Recipients, Apr 2026.
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