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Blink

There is a problem with high-stakes and costly agreements among many parties, whether those agreements are secret or open. They can hold up only so long as everyone involved is willing to hold the line and do what they agreed to do with the other parties. In order to accomplish this, there must be both incentives and long-term gain - and all of the parties have to participate and not fight each other. If the incentives change or become irrelevant, or if the playing field suddenly shifts and throws the old assumptions out the window, or there is major infighting, it creates a major stability problem.

This is a basic problem for cartels. In order for a cartel to work, it has to be able to fix price, and fixing price requires rigid control of supply. This can increase profits for the cartel's members, but it is a dangerous game unless there is absolute control (or, at least, near-absolute control) of supply, adequate incentive to not cheat and for members to not work against each-other. If any of this breaks down, cartel members will cheat or leave the game because it is no longer in the member's best interest to play by the rules or remain in the game. On a long enough timeline, this will always happen and it appears that it just happened with everyone's favorite cartel.

Yesterday, the UAE announced that it was leaving OPEC, and is doing so more or less immediately. The country is withdrawing from the cartel on Friday. OPEC will survive and still represents a significant amount of global oil production - especially if one considers "OPEC+" psuedo-members like Russia - but the loss of its third-largest member is going to have major consequences for the organization. Its ability to control price is going to be even more sorely tested - and seriously questioned - than it already is. Especially because unlike many OPEC members, the UAE has spare capacity - and spare capacity is a major control mechanism. The loss of the UAE is probably a very big deal.

It is also the consequence of two things that have moved rapidly against the cartel's stability. The first is the Iran war. Iran is an OPEC member that has spent more than a month hurling missiles at its fellow cartel members in direct attack and now is interfering with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - something that has direct negative effects on its fellow members and particularly on the UAE. Iran broke the most basic rule of cartels, which is that you don't attack your fellow conspirators. But it is not just Iran. Iran may have been the final straw, but there are bigger structural problems facing OPEC, namely supply and politics.

OPEC+ ostensibly controls about 80% of global supply, but there are some big asterisks next to that. First, most producers in OPEC aren't all that big and don't have much slack in their production capacity and need to keep pumping to keep their petrostates from collapsing. A lot of the supply is in OPEC, but much of it is in the "must produce" column. Another is policy competition. For a long time, the cartel has had a monopoly in oil-as-policy-tool. There were major non-OPEC members like Russia, but they also didn't usually use oil as a policy tool. That was OPEC's game - until Trump. Trump does use energy as policy, and he has worked to make the US as productive as possible. There is now another party playing policy with energy, and it is a very big party indeed.

OPEC cuts supply? We can raise it and blunt the effect to some degree - and the market will take care of it all on its own. OPEC gives a sweetheart deal we don't like? We'll sanction the country on the receiving end, install tariffs or do other trade-as-policy-tool things to interfere with it. The US is not a petrostate. Oil here is an industry - a hugely important one, but still just one of many. We have flexibility that petrostates do not, and Trump has been using that flexibility. Someone blinking was inevitable, and the UAE clearly sees first-mover advantage in doing so.

The UAE sugar-coated its departure as best it could:

"This has nothing to do with any of our brothers or friends within the group," Al Mazrouei said. "We've been working together for years and years. We have the highest respect for the Saudis for leading OPEC."

The UAE remains committed to market stability and will continue to cooperate with producers and consumers to that end, the Energy Ministry said in its written statement. Its departure from OPEC will give the UAE more flexibility to respond to market dynamics, the ministry added.

"We reaffirm our appreciation for the efforts of both OPEC and the OPEC+ alliance and wish them success," the Energy Ministry said.

"Good luck in your future endeavors." The Saudis want to cut supply given the long erosion in oil price (Iran war notwithstanding), but the UAE does not.
The UAE has the ambition to achieve 5 million barrels per day of capacity by 2027 and wants more freedom of action to pursue that goal, the energy minister added. The decision to leave OPEC is not a response to years of production cuts led by Saudi Arabia, he said.
"We want to increase production and you want us to cut it, but we promise that's not why we're leaving" is such a boldly contradictory statement that one can only laugh.

Some, of course, keep whistling past the graveyard. The Guardian, desperate to maintain the party line, has blamed UAE's departure on ... so-called "decarbonization:"

The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.
The Guardian's Jillian Ambrose missed her true calling as a comedienne. You don't have to go grasping for straws to see what happened here, and it isn't a consequence of the energy-hating envirocommunists. The ground simply shifted, all at once. The global oil market has been changing for years, Iran is shooting missiles at its putative partners, too many OPEC members can't cut production and at least one of the few who meaningfully can no longer wants to help carry the rest at the expense of its own ambitions.

The world changed and it was only a matter of time before someone blinked.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 11:00 AM (HaMCX)

2 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at April 29, 2026 11:01 AM (HaMCX)

3 I believe it's known that most OPEC member nations have been going over their limits for years, mostly because so much is being produced elsewhere.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:02 AM (R/457)

4 "The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline."

This is just retarded on the face of it.

Retarded face. Facially retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)

5 Whoa.. posted and nothing showed up. Wowzer.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 29, 2026 11:03 AM (VkY89)

6 They have to go through the Straight of Homoz.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:03 AM (KmZYi)

7 >>You don't have to go grasping for straws t

I'd prefer you didn't. I just ironed this shirt.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 29, 2026 11:03 AM (viF8m)

8 So when do our gas prices start dropping?

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2026 11:04 AM (RjOoY)

9 Iran may have been the final straw, but there are bigger structural problems facing OPEC, namely supply and politics...
There were major non-OPEC members like Russia, but they also didn't usually use oil as a policy tool. That was OPEC's game - until Trump. Trump does use energy as policy, and he has worked to make the US as productive as possible. There is now another party playing policy with energy, and it is a very big party indeed.


Increased supply means less leverage, and that's a very bad thing for Russia. Maybe they can sell more of those Matryoshka dolls to fund their invasion of Ukraine.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

10 Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.

Which might have happened as the global population started trending downward but for the power need of the trillions of data centers being built to replace humanity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:05 AM (ExV1e)

11 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 29, 2026 11:05 AM (XHO5P)

12 You don't have to go grasping for straws

When that's all you've got...

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

13 12 You don't have to go grasping for straws

When that's all you've got...

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

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They could get a clue instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:06 AM (R/457)

14 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

15 The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.


Tell me you're retarded without coming right out and saying it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

16 The Mayor of London Shaka Khan is next.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (KmZYi)

17 Poor Jillian. She's an acolyte of a religion that thinks oil will vanish from use and the air around the world will be magically clean and cold.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (RjOoY)

18 Another big OPEC member that used to make a big noise, and demand production cuts while secretly selling to China and anyone else on the black market was Venezuela.

OPEC's bite has been gone for a while. What Jilian Ambrose doesn't realize is that if oil drops significantly in price (a likely outcome, if not immediately then within the next year) then the market for wind and solar will collapse completely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (rGqqI)

19 8 So when do our gas prices start dropping?
Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2026 11:04 AM (RjOoY)

Yeah, I mean we have all this wind and solar coming out of our ass, when does gas go below $1 a gallon?

*listens to earpiece*

Wait... gas keeps going up? That doesn't make sense, Harry!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)

20 I’m shopping for a new evil large SUV. I was hoping $4-5 gas would have killed demand and there would be deals to be had. Nope either demand is till there or dealers are not ready to start losing money on them. At least not yet.

Posted by: Heroq at April 29, 2026 11:08 AM (G0f6l)

21
*listens to earpiece*

Wait... gas keeps going up? That doesn't make sense, Harry!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)




Helsinki, Sweden.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

22 They have these black rocks in the ground that can turn a turbine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (KmZYi)

23 Yeah, I mean we have all this wind and solar coming out of our ass, when does gas go below $1 a gallon?

I've certainly had my share of gas coming out of my ass, but usually someone is blowing sunshine UP it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

24 Poor Jillian. She's an acolyte of a religion that thinks oil will vanish from use and the air around the world will be magically clean and cold.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (RjOoY)


The air will be cold. Glaciers thousands of miles high shall envelop the globe. Humanity will be relegated to small outposts. Dozens of women with their male protector. It is all foreseen and you may read about it in my new book "I Never Said It Was Getting Hotter". -- Algore

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)

25 23 Yeah, I mean we have all this wind and solar coming out of our ass, when does gas go below $1 a gallon?

I've certainly had my share of gas coming out of my ass, but usually someone is blowing sunshine UP it.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

That's going to itch later, after it dries.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (N39Ws)

26 The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.

LOL. These are the same "journalists" who think that China is "becoming the world leader in renewable energy" as China builds a new coal plant every week.

CCP money is probably being paid to some of them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (n1OCj)

27 Yeah, I mean we have all this wind and solar coming out of our ass, when does gas go below $1 a gallon?



Wind and solar is a stop gap for power plants during planned outages.

It's NOT a viable replacement. Never will be.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

28 24
The air will be cold. Glaciers thousands of miles high shall envelop the globe. Humanity will be relegated to small outposts. Dozens of women with their male protector. It is all foreseen and you may read about it in my new book "I Never Said It Was Getting Hotter". -- Algore

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)

======

"Look what global warming will do!"
-person watching Snowpiercer and missing the part where they say it became a global ice cube because of efforts to fight climate change

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (R/457)

29 I've certainly had my share of gas coming out of my ass, but usually someone is blowing sunshine UP it.

Yeah, you don't want that.

Posted by: Josh Brolin at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

30 Helsinki, Sweden.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

Hah! *fistbump*

Sponge and I are on the same wavelength.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)

31
That's going to itch later, after it dries.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (N39Ws)



I have an itchy asshole.

Posted by: Dane Cook at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)

32 $5.15/gal just last night. I was sad to see my $10 didn't even get me two gallons. Good thing my commute is only about a mile and a half.

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (G4ajv)

33 I sometimes wish the US would quit exporting our petroleum. I would really like to be totally independent from the rest of the world for energy.

But I know that's not gonna be.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)

34 Hah! *fistbump*

Sponge and I are on the same wavelength.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)



*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

35 10 Which might have happened as the global population started trending downward but for the power need of the trillions of data centers being built to replace humanity.

global warming caused by data centers is smart and secures the future of humanity.

Posted by: gill bates at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (oY6Yp)

36 "Look what global warming will do!"
-person watching Snowpiercer and missing the part where they say it became a global ice cube because of efforts to fight climate change
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (R/457)


That sounds like you're referencing a movie. Have you ever considered making a YT channel for that?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

37 36 That sounds like you're referencing a movie. Have you ever considered making a YT channel for that?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

=======

What the fuck is a movie?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (R/457)

38 34 Hah! *fistbump*

Sponge and I are on the same wavelength.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)


*fistbump*


what's the frequency, kenneth?

Posted by: ran dather at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (oY6Yp)

39 Julian comes from the same place as Alex Soros, who fortunately is a lot stupider than his evil but competent father.

Alex Soros lost a billion dollars investing in Rivian.

After all, electric cars are the future.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (n1OCj)

40 The Bobbies will make a day of it. They have a Dominoes right there.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (KmZYi)

41 32 $5.15/gal just last night. I was sad to see my $10 didn't even get me two gallons. Good thing my commute is only about a mile and a half.
Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (G4ajv)

I used my kroger discount and got down to 3.10(?) the last time I filled up.

The V8, she is thirsty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

42 The air will be cold. Glaciers thousands of miles high shall envelop the globe. Humanity will be relegated to small outposts. Dozens of women with their male protector. It is all foreseen and you may read about it in my new book "I Never Said It Was Getting Hotter". -- Algore

It's truly astonishing how little impact this has had. The guy who spent the last 30-odd years making bank by predicting imminent immolation does a 180, and that's not noteworthy?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

43 There has been too much violence, too much pain. None here are without sin, but I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Leave the pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I spare your lives. Just walk away. I will give you safe passage in the wasteland. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror. I await your answer. You have one full day to decide.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (viF8m)

44 -person watching Snowpiercer and missing the part where they say it became a global ice cube because of efforts to fight climate change
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:10 AM (R/457)



The Day After Tomorrow.

Where global warming causes massive hurricanes that cause the Earth to freeze, killing off most of humanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

45 global warming caused by data centers is smart and secures the future of humanity.
Posted by: gill bates at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (oY6Yp)

I get cold easily anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)

46 17 Poor Jillian. She's an acolyte of a religion that thinks oil will vanish from use and the air around the world will be magically clean and cold.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 29, 2026 11:07 AM (RjOoY)

Maybe send her the clip from "Landman"?

Posted by: sal at April 29, 2026 11:13 AM (f+FmA)

47 The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.
The Guardian's Jillian Ambrose
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See: Navel-gazing

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:13 AM (XeU6L)

48 It's truly astonishing how little impact this has had. The guy who spent the last 30-odd years making bank by predicting imminent immolation does a 180, and that's not noteworthy?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)


Algore hasn't been noteworthy since Chad got hung.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

49
what's the frequency, kenneth?
Posted by: ran dather at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (oY6Yp)



REM sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

50 You'd think the lefties would be in favor of global warming, since it would eventually abolish ice.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

51 How I feel enjoying the amazing spring here in Cleveland, Ohio: "They say the f***in' smog is the f***in' reason you have such beautiful f***in' sunsets"

Posted by: A. Andersen at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (2ap+5)

52 45 The Day After Tomorrow.

Where global warming causes massive hurricanes that cause the Earth to freeze, killing off most of humanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

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Kingsman, where a psychopathic billionaire thinks the world is ending because of global warming and uses his tech to try and kill 99% of the world's population.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (R/457)

53 The Day After Tomorrow.

Where global warming causes massive hurricanes that cause the Earth to freeze, killing off most of humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

And in the midst of all that death and destruction the US president goes on worldwide tv (a Bush analogue) to say he is so sorry he did not listen to Al Gore.

Fucking stupid idiotic wishcasting shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)

54 Iceage returns?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (KmZYi)

55 Kingsman, where a psychopathic billionaire thinks the world is ending because of global warming and uses his tech to try and kill 99% of the world's population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (R/457)

And... transactional anal sex.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

56 Iceage returns?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (KmZYi)


Eventually. Such is the nature of Earth.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (ExV1e)

57 global warming caused by data centers is smart and secures the future of humanity.
Posted by: gill bates at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM

This.

The people running around shrieking stop, check the wind, and stroll away from the buildings they set on fire.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (fxCK2)

58 And... transactional anal sex.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)


With Danish? princesses.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

59 If any of this breaks down, cartel members will cheat or leave the game because it is no longer in the member's best interest to play by the rules or remain in the game.

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The Nash Equilibrium and Non-Cooperative Game Theory hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (VdTX+)

60 26 LOL. These are the same "journalists" who think that China is "becoming the world leader in renewable energy" as China builds a new coal plant every week.

well, in xi's defense, coal will be a reusable energy once china figures out how to turn uyghurs into coal.

Posted by: anachronda at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (oY6Yp)

61 55 Kingsman, where a psychopathic billionaire thinks the world is ending because of global warming and uses his tech to try and kill 99% of the world's population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (R/457)

And... transactional anal sex.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

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And Obama's head blowing up.

And Mark Hamill's head blowing up.

And very good scotch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (R/457)

62 What the fuck is a movie?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (R/457)

It's this expensive thing they show on big screens that people come gather to watch, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (jcC6S)

63 Well, when they are revitalizing and planning new nukes to power the data centers, when they come on line and AI is not quite the insane deal it is being touted as... well we will still have the nukes.

I am ok with this scenario.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)

64

And... transactional anal sex.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)



Ah yes. The old "save the world and you can f*ck my ass" trick.

Works every time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

65
UAE had the same basic problem as the USA has with NATO.

They were a productive member supporting a bunch of unproductive, frivolous knobs.

So, adios.

BONUS! It didn't hurt that this exit is a nice swift kick to the nuts of Iran while Iran is down.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (iJfKG)

66 62 What the fuck is a movie?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (R/457)

It's this expensive thing they show on big screens that people come gather to watch, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (jcC6S)

======

Taylor Swift?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (R/457)

67 REM sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Dude....... my man

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (jcC6S)

68 global warming caused by data centers is smart and secures the future of humanity.
Posted by: gill bates


Oh shut up, Bill. Go back to diddling kiddies. AI centers in space is the answer.

Posted by: Elon at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

69 Nash Bridges > Nash Equilibrium

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)

70 And Obama's head blowing up.

And Mark Hamill's head blowing up.

And very good scotch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:16 AM (R/457)

There was a lot of good stuff in the movie, but like the church scene is just nasty. It had some ideas. Don't hate it per se, but the Best Bond is still better in that the innuendo and style is better than 'Hey, let's have anal sex!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:18 AM (bss/y)

71 Taylor Swift?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (R/457)

I'm sure she can be, when Gronk chases her around with his rager

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (jcC6S)

72 They are making many data centers produce their own power. At least new power is usefull.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (KmZYi)

73 Ah yes. The old "save the world and you can f*ck my ass" trick.

Works every time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

70% of the time it works every time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

74 70 There was a lot of good stuff in the movie, but like the church scene is just nasty. It had some ideas. Don't hate it per se, but the Best Bond is still better in that the innuendo and style is better than 'Hey, let's have anal sex!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:18 AM (bss/y)

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Kingsman >>>>>>> The World is not Enough

Elton John in feather outfit drop kicking bad guys in Kingsman 2 >>>>>> No Time to Die

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (R/457)

75 BREAKING: (Yahoo.com - I'll find a better link)

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts that tend to favor Democrats and affect the balance of power in Congress.

In a 6-3 ruling, the court’s conservative majority found that the district, represented by Democrat Cleo Fields, relied too heavily on race. Chief Justice John Roberts had described the district as a “snake” that stretches more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) to link parts of the Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas."

And to keep this on oil production, well, the Gulf does oil...yes, it's a reach, but I figured you all would like to see Roberts do something right...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (tOcjL)

76
Kingsman, where a psychopathic billionaire thinks the world is ending because of global warming and uses his tech to try and kill 99% of the world's population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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'Rainbow Six', Clancy:

The plan is to create a pandemic that will drastically reduce the human population, allowing nature to reclaim the planet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (XeU6L)

77 73
70% of the time it works every time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

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Oh, God...it smells like a baby's diaper filled with Indian food!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (R/457)

78 Kingsman >>>>>>> The World is not Enough

Elton John in feather outfit drop kicking bad guys in Kingsman 2 >>>>>> No Time to Die
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (R/457)

Goldeneye>>>>>>> Kingsman

From Russia with Love>>>>>>Kingsman 2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)

79 Whoever turned fracking into a commercially viable proces . . should probably have some big, beautiful things named in their honor.

Whether they realized what the downstream benefits would be . . Who knows.

But they've changed the world.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (gpQ8/)

80 They are making many data centers produce their own power. At least new power is usefull.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:19 AM (KmZYi)



Libtards hate nukes, until nukes power AI. Then it's fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

81 78 Goldeneye>>>>>>> Kingsman

From Russia with Love>>>>>>Kingsman 2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y)

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All I needed was to prove (with mathematics) that Kingsman was better than one Bond movie, not all Bond movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (R/457)

82 REM sucks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Correct. Horrible nasally irritating siren calls for homosexuals to homosexual.

Is Michael Stipe dead yet? He always looked like The Slims were eating his ass away.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (QP+6w)

83 Now if the frackers could build a refinery.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (KmZYi)

84 PS = Alito wrote the opinion. At least if you believe Yahoo.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)

85 'Rainbow Six', Clancy:

The plan is to create a pandemic that will drastically reduce the human population, allowing nature to reclaim the planet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (XeU6L)

Remember... about a decade or more ago, there was a History channel show called 'Life after people' where environmentalists were jerking off about how quickly ships and buildings would be overrun by 'nature'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (bss/y)

86 And to keep this on oil production, well, the Gulf does oil...yes, it's a reach, but I figured you all would like to see Roberts do something right...

You know where you are, right? This place would pan for lead in a field of gold.

Posted by: Elon at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

87
The plan is to create a pandemic that will drastically reduce the human population, allowing nature to reclaim the planet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (XeU6L)




Go on......

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

88 79 Whoever turned fracking into a commercially viable proces . . should probably have some big, beautiful things named in their honor.

Whether they realized what the downstream benefits would be . . Who knows.

But they've changed the world.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (gpQ8/)

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"They should be executed."
-like, all of Europe who refuses to frack their own shale deposits

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (R/457)

89 Iceage returns?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Pretty sure there are already 6 of them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (YZ0Fo)

90 It's truly astonishing how little impact this has had. The guy who spent the last 30-odd years making bank by predicting imminent immolation does a 180, and that's not noteworthy?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

On the one hand, it's an indictment of how disinguous the Left is, on everything - on the other, it's a convincing display of how totally irrelevant Al Gore has been on any topic for 25 years now.

Like Stephen King, Bruce Springstein, many others these days, he's just an angry old man standing on his porch and shaking his fist at the sky.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (rGqqI)

91 All I needed was to prove (with mathematics) that Kingsman was better than one Bond movie, not all Bond movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (R/457)

*eyeroll*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (bss/y)

92 89 Pretty sure there are already 6 of them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (YZ0Fo)

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I got a digital copy of the first one for free a few years back. Still haven't watched it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (R/457)

93 PS = Alito wrote the opinion. At least if you believe Yahoo.
Posted by: Nova Local

He did. https://www.supremecourt.gov/

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (W5mpo)

94
Is Michael Stipe dead yet? He always looked like The Slims were eating his ass away.
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (QP+6w)



HIV is a cocksucker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

95 Libtards hate nukes, until nukes power AI. Then it's fine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)


Libtards hare everything, until they are told to love something. Then they love it, until the rules change again. Most of them couldn't tell you why, they just know that THE THING is good, or bad, depending on what the narrative is today.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

96 91 All I needed was to prove (with mathematics) that Kingsman was better than one Bond movie, not all Bond movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:20 AM (R/457)

*eyeroll*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:22 AM (bss/y)

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The eyes roll because I blinded you with science!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (R/457)

97 How come the headlines about the Gay Decision in 2014 didn't all mention that it was a "conservative court".

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (jcC6S)

98 You know where you are, right? This place would pan for lead in a field of gold.
Posted by: Elon at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

Ummm... You can pan for both.

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (G4ajv)

99 Pretty sure there are already 6 of them.
Posted by: BruceWayne


11 of them.
-- Ilhan Omar

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

100 The Ice Age seems to end in the Spring each year and then the global warming takes over until winter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (KmZYi)

101 PS = Alito wrote the opinion. At least if you believe Yahoo.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)


Based on the SCOTUS hosted pdf linked in the art thread, it was Alito.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

102 101 PS = Alito wrote the opinion. At least if you believe Yahoo.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)

Based on the SCOTUS hosted pdf linked in the art thread, it was Alito.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

Ahh, missed the end of the art thread...was walking.

Darn exercise!

Posted by: Nova Local at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (tOcjL)

103 Libtards hare everything, until they are told to love something. Then they love it, until the rules change again. Most of them couldn't tell you why, they just know that THE THING is good, or bad, depending on what the narrative is today.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

Wait until you see the things they hate and love at the same time. Like racism. And the government telling people what to do.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (jcC6S)

104 The eyes roll because I blinded you with science!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:23 AM (R/457)

Pedantic nonsense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)

105 But you got engagement. Wow, TJM is really getting this ewetub grift down!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)

106 I got a digital copy of the first one for free a few years back. Still haven't watched it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer

It's entertaining enough for what it is. I imagine the juniors would enjoy it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:25 AM (YZ0Fo)

107 Is Michael Stipe dead yet? He always looked like The Slims were eating his ass away.
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at April 29, 2026 11:21 AM (QP+6w)
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I liked REM's music back in the day until I learned what an absolute fuckstick Michael Stipe is. I threw their CDs away.

Posted by: ballistic at April 29, 2026 11:25 AM (oqH4h)

108 Which might have happened as the global population started trending downward but for the power need of the trillions of data centers being built to replace humanity.

But how much data do we really need?

Posted by: cheer up sleepy Jean at April 29, 2026 11:25 AM (wXgT/)

109 Trump threatens the senate over the SAVE act. Basically, if you worthless corrupt cocksuckers don't pass it, I'll invoke the National Security Act.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (abIsI)

110 The world changed and it was only a matter of time before someone blinked.

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Did anybody play "The World Turned Upside Down" when Trump greeted King Tampon I yesterday?

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (VdTX+)

111
Pedantic nonsense.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)



Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto. You're beautiful!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

112 106 I got a digital copy of the first one for free a few years back. Still haven't watched it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer

It's entertaining enough for what it is. I imagine the juniors would enjoy it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:25 AM (YZ0Fo)

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Junior has upgraded to The Hunger Games recently.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (R/457)

113 Wait until you see the things they hate and love at the same time. Like racism. And the government telling people what to do.
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:24 AM (jcC6S)


Dat's cuz we be nuanced and shit. -- Leftists

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

114 37 What the fuck is a movie?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (R/457)

I don't get it.

Posted by: XTC at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (iXqHn)

115 The Golden Scalp Weasel does not blink.
It is moistened by the tears of our enemies.

Posted by: DaveA at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (FhXTo)

116 Junior has upgraded to The Hunger Games recently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (R/457)

Upgraded?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

117 George P. Mitchell — The “Father of Fracking”
George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 – July 26, 2013) is widely credited as the pioneer who made hydraulic fracturing (fracking) commercially viable for shale gas.

Mitchell founded Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. in the 1950s, which grew into a Fortune 500 company. In the 1980s, he turned his attention to the Barnett Shale in North Texas — a dense rock formation that had been tapped for oil and gas above and below, but not from within.
Conventional methods failed, so Mitchell and his team experimented with hydraulic fracturing, injecting water, sand, and chemicals into the shale to create fractures that released trapped natural gas.

While hydraulic fracturing had been used since the late 1940s, Mitchell’s innovation was in applying it economically and reliably to shale gas extraction. His persistence paid off in 1997, when a key well demonstrated that fracking could produce gas profitably over the long term.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (rGqqI)

118 Google Movie.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (KmZYi)

119 Remember... about a decade or more ago, there was a History channel show called 'Life after people' where environmentalists were jerking off about how quickly ships and buildings would be overrun by 'nature'?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Yes, I remember those.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (XeU6L)

120
I liked REM's music back in the day until I learned what an absolute fuckstick Michael Stipe is. I threw their CDs away.
Posted by: ballistic at April 29, 2026 11:25 AM (oqH4h)



I've liked exactly one song of theirs, and that's only because it was in one of my favorite movies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

121
116 Junior has upgraded to The Hunger Games recently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (R/457)

Upgraded?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

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In terms of progression of taste from childlike to more mature fare.

Salo, SOON!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (R/457)

122 Google Movie.
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Internship?

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:28 AM (YZ0Fo)

123 The Golden Scalp Weasel does not blink.
It is moistened by the tears of our enemies.


AKSHUALLY...
Not blinking is a sign of fear, as is excessive blinking. You want to blink in the Goldilocks frequency zone.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

124 hmmm, good news today?
Is it emotionally safe to be back on the interwebz with out the blood getting all angried up?

I'm working on a personal projects now. I'm using four AIs and one of the topics was the the greatest, most legendary human love stories throughout recorded history.


I'm sorry, Al Gore and Tipper did not make the list.

Posted by: Stateless at April 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)

125 I have few true peeves in the world but once is certainly men who sing in a whiny voice. Another is men putting on that fake guttural rasp that was very popular in the 90's.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (jcC6S)

126 I'm working on a personal projects now. I'm using four AIs and one of the topics was the the greatest, most legendary human love stories throughout recorded history.


I'm sorry, Al Gore and Tipper did not make the list.

Posted by: Stateless at April 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)


Catherine the Great and Trigger?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (ExV1e)

127
For a lib to refer to another person as "open minded" means that person's views pair up exactly with their own.

Stray from that path but a smidgen and suddenly you are a close-minded bigot.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (xG4kz)

128 Yes, I remember those.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (XeU6L)

It was a big thing but also emblematic of how a lot of the technocrat wanna bees think. They want there to be fewer people so THEY can enjoy nature. And then there will be nothing. They don't love nature, they just want peace and quiet. Of the tomb.

They are nihilist retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)

129 George P. Mitchell — The “Father of Fracking”
George Phydias Mitchell (May 21, 1919 – July 26, 2013) is widely credited as the pioneer who made hydraulic fracturing (fracking) commercially viable for shale gas.

Mitchell founded Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. in the 1950s, which grew into a Fortune 500 company. In the 1980s, he turned his attention to the Barnett Shale in North Texas — a dense rock formation that had been tapped for oil and gas above and below, but not from within.
Conventional methods failed, so Mitchell and his team experimented with hydraulic fracturing, injecting water, sand, and chemicals into the shale to create fractures that released trapped natural gas.


I'm sure we can expect a major Hollywood biopic about him any day now.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

130 TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (R/457)

Have him watch Deliverance instead.

Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (Oy/m2)

131 123 AKSHUALLY...
Not blinking is a sign of fear, as is excessive blinking. You want to blink in the Goldilocks frequency zone.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

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At the start of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, the voice over describes Jesse James as excessively blinking, but it is said over images of James watching a field fire and not blinking at all.

This is a goof and proof that the movie is badly made.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (R/457)

132 I've liked exactly one song of theirs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

We can never be friends

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (jcC6S)

133 In terms of progression of taste from childlike to more mature fare.

Salo, SOON!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:27 AM (R/457)

Perhaps, but I am not sure Hunger Games is all that 'good' per se. Still, there are worse options.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)

134 I'm working on a personal projects now. I'm using four AIs and one of the topics was the the greatest, most legendary human love stories throughout recorded history.


I'm sorry, Al Gore and Tipper did not make the list.

Posted by: Stateless at April 29, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)
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What about Barack Obama and the smell of his own farts?

Posted by: ballistic at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (oqH4h)

135
We can never be friends
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (jcC6S)



Sorry 'bout yer bad luck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

136 Did anybody play "The World Turned Upside Down" when Trump greeted King Tampon I yesterday?
Posted by: ShainS
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I would have gone with 'Yankee Doodle'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (XeU6L)

137 133 Perhaps, but I am not sure Hunger Games is all that 'good' per se. Still, there are worse options.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)

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Dolley and I have enjoyed them since they came out. The first movie was one of our early dates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (R/457)

138 For a lib to refer to another person as "open minded" means that person's views pair up exactly with their own.

I'm very broad-minded. I think about them all the time.

Posted by: Simon Templar at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (wXgT/)

139 REM I lump in with Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2. Annoying shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)

140 Did he give Cornwallises cannons back?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (KmZYi)

141 Dolley and I have enjoyed them since they came out. The first movie was one of our early dates.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (R/457)

Awwwww.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

142 Sorry 'bout yer bad luck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

No you're not.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (jcC6S)

143 6 They have to go through the Straight of Homoz.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:03 AM (KmZYi)

For some reason my mind wants to call it 'the Strait of Vermouth'....

Intel up 10% this AM. Wat up wid dat? Not that I'm complaining - I've held it since 2004 reinvesting all dividends. Hope they restart paying dividends soon.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (QGaXH)

144 140 Did he give Cornwallises cannons back?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (KmZYi)

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Charles gave Trump the sounding bell from a Royal sub called the HMS Trump that sailed during WWII.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (R/457)

145 Perhaps, but I am not sure Hunger Games is all that 'good' per se. Still, there are worse options.

We cannot decide that question until we resolve whether Jennifer Lawrence is good looking or not.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

146 Did he give Cornwallises cannons back?
Posted by: Boss Moss

You've never been allowed to own a cannon.
-Prezzy Shitspants

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (YZ0Fo)

147
No you're not.
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (jcC6S)



Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

148 "The UAE remains committed to market stability and will continue to cooperate with producers and consumers to that end, the Energy Ministry said in its written statement. Its departure from OPEC will give the UAE more flexibility to respond to market dynamics, the ministry added."


In other words, they are tired of getting told how much they can or cannot sell.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 29, 2026 11:33 AM (0N4FZ)

149 The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.

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BWAHAHAHA!

Demand for fossil fuels (likely enough available for at least five centuries) will only decline owing to: (1) idiotic suicidal GloboHomo Western "democracy" government policies & mandates; (2) ubiquitous adoption of nuclear power; and/or (3) your fever dream of significantly wiping the "Human Virus" off the face of the planet.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 11:33 AM (VdTX+)

150 We cannot decide that question until we resolve whether Jennifer Lawrence is good looking or not.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

Well, she is- but also notice how weinstein gave good value for the cock sucking? She was in a ton of stuff and then... she wasn't. Because she is not a good actress.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:33 AM (bss/y)

151 We cannot decide that question until we resolve whether Jennifer Lawrence is good looking or not.
Posted by: Archimedes

Beach scene of no hard feelings should settle that for ya.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 29, 2026 11:33 AM (YZ0Fo)

152 F*** you all, Great Britain!

https://tinyurl.com/2m76x8vw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2026 11:34 AM (74zY1)

153
It was a big thing but also emblematic of how a lot of the technocrat wanna bees think. They want there to be fewer people so THEY can enjoy nature. And then there will be nothing. They don't love nature, they just want peace and quiet. Of the tomb.

They are nihilist retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Yeah, the above mentioned Clancy novel 'Rainbow Six' captures their ethos perfectly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:34 AM (XeU6L)

154 We cannot decide that question until we resolve whether Jennifer Lawrence is good looking or not.
Posted by: Archimede

Her eyes are amazing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 29, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

155 REM I lump in with Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2. Annoying shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)



*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:34 AM (Zz0t1)

156 The rock song that makes me stop whatever I am doing and listen every time I hear it is Johnny Mathis singing "Chances Are"

Posted by: Oglebay at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (2ap+5)

157 Seems there is some news out of the Supreme Court

Posted by: GigantorX at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (/dAt0)

158 One of the odder stances the left claims to believe right now is that incentives have little to no effect.

Pay people to not work? Well, I'm sure that won't increase the number of people not working.

Taxing the hell out of people working? Well I'm sure that won't have any impact on people working

Posted by: Vox at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

159 I noticed from the sidebar that TJM saw "Pizza Movie", and enjoyed it.

Yeah, "Pizza Movie" is very funny and part of I think, an emerging tend.

Both "Pizza Movie" and "Operation Taco Gary's" herald the return of the "Smart" Stupid Comedy.

PM is probably the better movie of the two but I enjoyed OTG just as much as PM.

Both comedies are very stupid but also very smartly written.

Check them out.

PM is on Hulu.
OTG is on Prime.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (iJfKG)

160 You don't have to go grasping for straws

I have a straw, there it is. And my straw goes acrooooosssssss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake. I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE!!!

Posted by: Daniel Plainview at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (TbWk/)

161 Demand for fossil fuels (likely enough available for at least five centuries) will only decline owing to: (1) idiotic suicidal GloboHomo Western "democracy" government policies & mandates; (2) ubiquitous adoption of nuclear power; and/or (3) your fever dream of significantly wiping the "Human Virus" off the face of the planet.
Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 11:33 AM (VdTX+)

I'll pull out this drum I banged way back in 2012: The plan McCain floated then to build 100 new nuclear plants actually WOULD have decreased demand for fossil fuels. It would have made more EVs viable (because infrastructure would have had to have been built to support them.)

But they do not want the problem actually fixed, they want their 'Life after People.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

162 158 One of the odder stances the left claims to believe right now is that incentives have little to no effect.

Pay people to not work? Well, I'm sure that won't increase the number of people not working.

Taxing the hell out of people working? Well I'm sure that won't have any impact on people working

Posted by: Vox at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

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"In socialists states, you don't have to work. You can lounge about and just do art."
-leftists

"If you don't work, you go to jail."
-socialist states

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (R/457)

163 I was searching for a new car last night as there will be a need for a longer commute within a year.
Found a 1973 Green Charger with 390 miles on it for $40,000.
I want it SOOO bad.
Not conducive to my commute plans but the bucket list is still in effect.
So is my wife's don't do dumb shit with money rule.
I think I need to find a D20 somewhere.
Let the di decide.

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (G4ajv)

164 159 I noticed from the sidebar that TJM saw "Pizza Movie", and enjoyed it.

Yeah, "Pizza Movie" is very funny and part of I think, an emerging tend.

Both "Pizza Movie" and "Operation Taco Gary's" herald the return of the "Smart" Stupid Comedy.

PM is probably the better movie of the two but I enjoyed OTG just as much as PM.

Both comedies are very stupid but also very smartly written.

Check them out.

PM is on Hulu.
OTG is on Prime.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 11:35 AM (iJfKG)

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Well, huzzah.

Pizza Movie made me laugh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (R/457)

165 Yeah, the above mentioned Clancy novel 'Rainbow Six' captures their ethos perfectly.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:34 AM (XeU6L)

I'll have to pick that one up. I have to do something with all these audible credits. Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)

166 We cannot decide that question until we resolve whether Jennifer Lawrence is good looking or not.
Posted by: Archimedes

Is she? I'm not gonna say she's ugly but I mean is she in the top 1000 hot actresses of all time?

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (jcC6S)

167 166 We cannot decide that question until we resolve whether Jennifer Lawrence is good looking or not.
Posted by: Archimedes

Is she? I'm not gonna say she's ugly but I mean is she in the top 1000 hot actresses of all time?

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (jcC6S)

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She is a very ugly cryer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (R/457)

168
Well, huzzah.

Pizza Movie made me laugh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (R/457)



But did he like and subscribe?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

169 Is she? I'm not gonna say she's ugly but I mean is she in the top 1000 hot actresses of all time?
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (jcC6S)

Top 1000? Probably. Top 100? No.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (bss/y)

170 69 Nash Bridges > Nash Equilibrium
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Nash Metropolitan>>Nash Bridges>>Nash Equilibrium

Posted by: Nash Rambler at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (oftw2)

171 168 But did he like and subscribe?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

======

I'm at 650!

350 more, and I can monetize!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (R/457)

172
She is a very ugly cryer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (R/457)



But, she does bukkake.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

173 Let the di decide.

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:36 AM (G4ajv)
-

Be a little bit more honest with yourself and respectful to your wife.

Ask the Magic 8 Ball.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2026 11:38 AM (74zY1)

174 She is a very ugly cryer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (R/457)

Most women aren't.

Gal I knew. Redhead. She was hot as fuck when she was angry. Eyes blazing.

Crying, she was a mess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:38 AM (bss/y)

175
Nash Metropolitan>>Nash Bridges>>Nash Equilibrium
Posted by: Nash Rambler at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (oftw2)



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


https://youtu.be/enqNl7tdLR4

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

176 But, she does bukkake.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

If it's only one guy at a time?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)

177 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (R/457)

I'm sure I have two or three more active YT accounts but you were mean to me.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:39 AM (jcC6S)

178 129 I'm sure we can expect a major Hollywood biopic about him any day now.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)


Mitchell!

Posted by: MST3K at April 29, 2026 11:39 AM (0bjKf)

179 Bawney Fwank is in hospice.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (KmZYi)

180 SCOTUS rules 6-3 that race can’t be used to draw voting districts.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (yKrqJ)

181
If it's only one guy at a time?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:39 AM (bss/y)



The picture didn't show if it was a party.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

182 152 F*** you all, Great Britain!

https://tinyurl.com/2m76x8vw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2026 11:34 AM (74zY1)


Watched Tousi who had live coverage of this.. The police didn't exactly cover themselves in glory.. They ran back from the perp till one tazed him then a bystander helped tackle him while one of the cops kicked the perp in the head.. The cops don't carry guns...Dumb... Of course we got the "both sides are to blame" shit... I'm waiting for this mythical right wing violence they always talk about...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (O1a6r)

183 177 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:37 AM (R/457)

I'm sure I have two or three more active YT accounts but you were mean to me.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:39 AM (jcC6S)

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I wouldn't know. We only communicate through text, and I am illiterate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (R/457)

184 People are also very irrational about gas prices.

Average person drives 12k miles a year. Average car gets 25 mpg. That’s 480 gallons of gas. If gas goes up $1 that’s an extra $480 a year. $40 a month.

It’s really not the end of the world for most people. But there’s this psychological effect that people treat the extra $40 like an extra $400 or something. Partly because the media pumps up the story as an end of the world scenario.

Obviously if you drive 20k miles a year and you drive a f350 the calculation changes. But those are edge cases. For the typical driver who drives 10 miles to work and runs a few errands on the weekend $4 gas vs $3 gas is almost a negligible change.

Posted by: Heroq at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (G0f6l)

185 wouldn't know. We only communicate through text, and I am illiterate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (R/457)

You said you didn't get one of my jokes.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (jcC6S)

186 Bawney Fwank is in hospice.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (KmZYi)



But what about his homo brothel?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

187 185 wouldn't know. We only communicate through text, and I am illiterate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (R/457)

You said you didn't get one of my jokes.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (jcC6S)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (R/457)

188 Found a 1973 Green Charger with 390 miles on it for $40,000.
I want it SOOO bad.

--

1973 with only 390 miles?? Wow, that's amazing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (qBdHI)

189 Now that we've passed 100 comments ( and thanks, Mr. Mannix for your essay) I can add something totally irrelevant: FenSpouse got a free app on his phone that will tell you what birds you hear. It is interesting. When he went out early this morning he heard five different birds. I can tell the call of a robin. Today, when I came back from an errand I didn't actually hear them, but I saw the robins on the town green, and sure enough as the old song ( I think it's from the 1920's) says " They are "bob bob bobbin along." It makes me smile.
That is your bird note for today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (ZeH0U)

190 Socialist George Bernard Shaw thought that if you lacked the character and industry to be worth the care of society, "you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner"

Posted by: Oglebay at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (2ap+5)

191 The EU is a cartel.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)

192 190 Socialist George Bernard Shaw thought that if you lacked the character and industry to be worth the care of society, "you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner"

Posted by: Oglebay at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (2ap+5)

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Socialists 100 years ago: "Socialism will lead to more fulfilling work and more wealth for the underclasses."

Socialists today: "We will be poorer and no one will work."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:42 AM (R/457)

193 "...The Guardian's Jillian Ambrose missed her true calling as a comedienne."

Joe - thank you for naming the columnist that wrote the piece, rather than just mentioning The Guardian. It's not enough to shame the institution- they are totally impervious to shame - but it's important to name the person responsible for writing the bilge that we have to read.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 29, 2026 11:42 AM (gnui0)

194 Ask the Magic 8 Ball.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2026 11:38 AM (74zY1)

Good idea.
* shakes magic 8 ball.

Umm.
Do you want to die?
Didn't know that one was on the... Wait. Isn't a magic 8 ball just rolling a D20 with extra steps?

Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:42 AM (G4ajv)

195 Posted by: Heroq at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (G0f6l)

It's not irrational. 40 dollars a month is a lot for some - and certainly was before COVID - especially those living at or above their means already.

Also it makes trips and other long journeys more expensive. It makes every time they get in a car more expensive. People don't live as averages, they exist in a day and do things!

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:43 AM (jcC6S)

196 SCOTUS rules 6-3 that race can’t be used to draw voting districts.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM


That's gonna leave a BIG mark in blue states.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 29, 2026 11:43 AM (0N4FZ)

197 Bawney Fwank is in hospice.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (KmZYi)

Well, I hope my collegue Barney Fag...err...I mean Barney Queer...err, no, I mean Barney the Breechloader, err I mean Barney Frank gets better.

Posted by: Dick Armey at April 29, 2026 11:43 AM (QP+6w)

198 Socialists today: "We will be poorer and no one will work."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:42 AM (R/457)
Somebody gotta did ditches.

Posted by: Eromero at April 29, 2026 11:44 AM (uDa2+)

199 The EU is a cartel.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)



What? 11 unelected bureaucrats making millions telling countries how they can treat their people isn't a cool thing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

200 191 The EU is a cartel.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)

Well, yes. It's a consortium of technocrats (largely unelected- except among themselves) who are trying to lab manage a society. And they are shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)

201 I suspect that UAE suggested that Iran be thrown out, and when that did not fly, they decided to leave.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (0U5gm)

202 SCOTUS rules 6-3 that race can’t be used to draw voting districts.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM

Blue states will ignore the ruling.

Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (Oy/m2)

203 I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (R/457)

I'll never get over it.

And by it, I mean Macho Grande.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (jcC6S)

204 203 I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (R/457)

I'll never get over it.

And by it, I mean Macho Grande.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (jcC6S)

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But he hung tough?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (R/457)

205 Louisiana for one will have to drop new maps very soon.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (yKrqJ)

206 I'll never get over it.

And by it, I mean Macho Grande.
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (jcC6S)



Surely you can't be serious.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

207 Blue states will ignore the ruling.
Posted by: dantesed at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (Oy/m2)

This. Because the entire ediface of democrat viability is based on this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)

208 But he hung tough?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (R/457)

Howie was a rock!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)

209 who are trying to lab manage a society. And they are shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)

Are they though? Or is it just making a bunch of crap up and then skimming the proceeds? Because if it's that, they have been wildly successful.

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (jcC6S)

210 205 Louisiana for one will have to drop new maps very soon.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (yKrqJ)

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Well, the lawsuit was brought by LA, so they'll redraw within the new framework.

Alabama has apparently been prepping for it, and they could redraw in a post-Gingles world.

But no other state will for 2026.

The real actual was always going to be 2028, but that should still be minor compared to 2032.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (R/457)

211 180 SCOTUS rules 6-3 that race can’t be used to draw voting districts.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (yKrqJ)

They didn't strike down Section 2 of the VRA as unconstitutional (they probably should have), but what they did is good enough to get the GOP an additional (up to) 19 House seats in the midterms, if the legislatures in Red States get on the schneid.

Trump had some small and large SCOTUS losses this term, but this may be the biggest win for him this year. He may end up losing the birthright citizenship case, but even if he does that's not as big a deal as this win right here.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (gnui0)

212 ======

But he hung tough?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:45 AM (R/457)



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


https://youtu.be/P4RKl-Fvyt0?t=76

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)

213 Are they though? Or is it just making a bunch of crap up and then skimming the proceeds? Because if it's that, they have been wildly successful.
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (jcC6S)

Yeah, it all depends on what their goals are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (bss/y)

214 Is this some kind of bust?

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (jcC6S)

215 211 They didn't strike down Section 2 of the VRA as unconstitutional (they probably should have), but what they did is good enough to get the GOP an additional (up to) 19 House seats in the midterms, if the legislatures in Red States get on the schneid.

Trump had some small and large SCOTUS losses this term, but this may be the biggest win for him this year. He may end up losing the birthright citizenship case, but even if he does that's not as big a deal as this win right here.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 29, 2026 11:46 AM (gnui0)

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It will be 2-3, max.

LA and maybe AL will do something.

Most states are past the primary deadlines and can't do anything even if they wanted to.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (R/457)

216 I was killed when _CLIMATE_CHANGE_ caused _THE INVASIVE_HONEYSUCKLE_ to decimate all _AMERICAN_FORESTS_ resulting in the _DESERTIFICATION_ of _OHIO_ where I _DEHYDRADED_ and vanished like a _FART IN THE WIND_.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (RpDO7)

217 Liked REM's stuff up to Automatic for the People. Saw them a couple of times. Stood next to Stipe at a 10,000 Maniacs concert at the Bearsville Theater. Smelly little guy who kept kissing his boyfriend. The other guys in the band played golf with a friend of mine who was a golf pro. Said the other guys were real good people. They were recording the above album at Bearsville Studios

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 29, 2026 11:48 AM (gu0hJ)

218 Democraps: More proof Trump doesn't know what he is doing. He needs more experts!!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 29, 2026 11:48 AM (xvV+O)

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


https://youtu.be/P4RKl-Fvyt0?t=76
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)

+1

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

220 214 Is this some kind of bust?
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM (jcC6S)

Yes, it's very impressive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

221 Chris Cillizza
@ChrisCillizza
Donald Trump doesn't really care if Jim Comey goes to jail.
He just wants to make Comey's life miserable for as long as possible.

-
#MeToo! #MeToo!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (ndZc7)

222
197 Bawney Fwank is in hospice.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 29, 2026 11:40 AM (KmZYi)

And most of us have the ONE question....

Awww Barney, his only big life mistake was failing to understand human biology...

Posted by: Stateless at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (Sco7b)

223 The EU is a cartel.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 29, 2026 11:41 AM (Dv3i1)

Well, yes. It's a consortium of technocrats (largely unelected- except among themselves) who are trying to lab manage a society. And they are shit.


You won't talk so tough when we're a military superpower.

Posted by: Emmanuel Macron at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

224 Is this some kind of bust?
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM


Yes...it's quite impressive.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (bFu5X)

225 221 Chris Cillizza
@ChrisCillizza
Donald Trump doesn't really care if Jim Comey goes to jail.
He just wants to make Comey's life miserable for as long as possible.

-
#MeToo! #MeToo!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (ndZc7)

======

Well, yeah.

It's the Comey standard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (R/457)

226 @ChrisCillizza
Donald Trump doesn't really care if Jim Comey goes to jail.
He just wants to make Comey's life miserable for as long as possible.

-
#MeToo! #MeToo!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (ndZc7)




Does he pronounce his name like pizza?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

227 It will be 2-3, max.

LA and maybe AL will do something.

Most states are past the primary deadlines and can't do anything even if they wanted to.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM


Pretty sure this will dismantle the new virginia map as well. Though that might be a moot point due to other legal challenges.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (0N4FZ)

228 You won't talk so tough when we're a military superpower.
Posted by: Emmanuel Macron at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (bss/y)

229 Socialists today: "We will be poorer and no one will work."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:42 AM (R/457)
Somebody gotta did ditches.
Posted by: Eromero at April 29, 2026 11:44 AM (uDa2+)


That's what AI and robots are for.

The future looks bright for everyone!

We'll all be rich, living on the mandated living wage while robots do all the work, and we sit around getting high and created fine art in our gardens.


Announcer: Everyone's future wasn't bright as AI decided that humanity was better used converted in lubricant for machine maintenance.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 29, 2026 11:50 AM (iJfKG)

230 Louisiana, Alabama an SC were all forced by courts to unconstitutionally create racial gerrymandered districts. I think Ohio too. Don’t remember

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:50 AM (yKrqJ)

231 155 REM I lump in with Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2. Annoying shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)


*fistbump*


well, swan swan hummingbird hurrah! to you, too.

Posted by: anachronda at April 29, 2026 11:50 AM (oY6Yp)

232 > The EU is a cartel.
---------
Eh, probably not. A cartel implies they've got something of value, the means to deliver it and methods to extract payment.

The EU is none of that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 29, 2026 11:50 AM (jehhT)

233 227 Pretty sure this will dismantle the new virginia map as well. Though that might be a moot point due to other legal challenges.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (0N4FZ)

=======

SCOVA may take it into account, but I never assumed they'd side with Republicans because they're cowards and snakes.

It'll open up lawsuits for the future, and some states will proactively redraw maps.

It'll take time to sort this out, and there will be resistance. We won't see the dust settle until well after the redraw from the 2030 census.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:51 AM (R/457)

234 Is this some kind of bust?
Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:47 AM




https://is.gd/HtrqFK

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

235 230 Louisiana, Alabama an SC were all forced by courts to unconstitutionally create racial gerrymandered districts. I think Ohio too. Don’t remember

Posted by: Vengeance at April 29, 2026 11:50 AM (yKrqJ)

=======

And it'll take time to undo that. Most likely little change for 2026.

We'll see much more change for 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:52 AM (R/457)

236 221 Chris Cillizza
--

Cillizza is a thumb and Brian Stelter is a potato

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 29, 2026 11:52 AM (0bjKf)

237
I have a straw, there it is. And my straw goes acrooooosssssss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake. I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE!!!
Posted by: Daniel Plainview


Spit in the milkshake and the entire milkshake is yours.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 11:53 AM (xG4kz)

238 225 221 Chris Cillizza
@ChrisCillizza
Donald Trump doesn't really care if Jim Comey goes to jail.
He just wants to make Comey's life miserable for as long as possible.

-
#MeToo! #MeToo!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (ndZc7)

======

Well, yeah.

It's the Comey standard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:49 AM (R/457)

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Unironically, this is what I voted for

Posted by: Oglebay at April 29, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

239 Why does Trump hate Pine Scented Druid Philosophers?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 29, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

240 Projection ain't just a butte in Pakistan

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:54 AM (jcC6S)

241 The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map Tuesday and sharply limited the use of race in drawing district boundaries in a major ruling that could carry significant consequences for future House elections.

Jubilee celebration time.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 11:54 AM (abIsI)

242
Has Chuck Todd, fearless defender of all that is good and true, gone into hiding yet?

PDJT should give him a call every other day or so, just to keep up the "skeer".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 11:55 AM (xG4kz)

243 Suck it harder, Sandra Day O'Connor.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 29, 2026 11:55 AM (tL5sl)

244 The shift to low-carbon energy is also likely to have played a role in the UAE's exit. Producers that are able to pump more crude, and can tolerate lower oil prices, are expected to abandon any limits on crude production in favour of monetising their remaining reserves before demand for fossil fuels begin to decline.
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Sounds like our drilling made the market more fluid, and UAE is trying to keep up.

Posted by: Axeman at April 29, 2026 11:55 AM (HcfrK)

245 241 The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map Tuesday and sharply limited the use of race in drawing district boundaries in a major ruling that could carry significant consequences for future House elections.

Jubilee celebration time.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 11:54 AM (abIsI)

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Now add the 2030 being done right, maybe even not including illegal aliens, after a decade of the great migration.

The 2032 presidential election could be the easiest re-election since 1984.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:56 AM (R/457)

246 Stairway to heaven:

https://tinyurl.com/3e2k7y36

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 29, 2026 11:56 AM (74zY1)

247 These lunatic UAE arabs are terraforming island resorts out of dubai, why not strike an agreement with oman to cut a canal to have an alternate, bypass route from the straits?

Think outside of the box.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 29, 2026 11:56 AM (Fbc0I)

248 243 Suck it harder, Sandra Day O'Connor.
Posted by: gKWVE


Every female Supreme Court justice has been an epic disappointment. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 11:57 AM (abIsI)

249 136 Did anybody play "The World Turned Upside Down" when Trump greeted King Tampon I yesterday?
Posted by: ShainS
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I would have gone with 'Yankee Doodle'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 11:30 AM (XeU6L)

I believe I did hear Yankee Doodle being played while the Kink and Prez were walking around the parade field or shortly thereafter. I thought it was cool they had Redcoats in actual red coats. I guess British soldiers in historically accurate uniforms ?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 29, 2026 11:57 AM (QGaXH)

250 139 REM I lump in with Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2. Annoying shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:31 AM (bss/y)

Challenge : Red Hot Chili Peppers write a song that isn't about California (Impossible).

Posted by: XTC at April 29, 2026 11:57 AM (iXqHn)

251 Now add the 2030 being done right, maybe even not including illegal aliens, after a decade of the great migration.

The 2032 presidential election could be the easiest re-election since 1984.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films


Yes please.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 11:58 AM (abIsI)

252 California.... knows how to party

Posted by: ... at April 29, 2026 11:58 AM (jcC6S)

253 247 These lunatic UAE arabs are terraforming island resorts out of dubai, why not strike an agreement with oman to cut a canal to have an alternate, bypass route from the straits?

Think outside of the box.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 29, 2026 11:56 AM (Fbc0I)

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UAE started laying pipe for a new pipeline to bypass the strait 3 weeks ago.

https://t.co/96MEpSsJJp

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:58 AM (R/457)

254 Every female Supreme Court justice has been an epic disappointment. Why do we keep doing this to ourselves?

Disagree. Ginsberg, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson are exactly what I expected. No disappointment there.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

255 251 Now add the 2030 being done right, maybe even not including illegal aliens, after a decade of the great migration.

The 2032 presidential election could be the easiest re-election since 1984.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Yes please.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 11:58 AM (abIsI)

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The national Democrat Party embracing the Curley Effect is going to be studied for a century.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:59 AM (R/457)

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

https://youtu.be/P4RKl-Fvyt0?t=76
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cance

I think of John Vernon, the psychiatrist in the clip, as a comic actor known for playing stuffed shirt assholes but I saw him in Charlie Varrick the other day playing a real asshole mafioso.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 29, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

257
Every female Supreme Court justice has been an epic disappointment.


Speak for yourselves, haters!

-- sellers of RBG lace doily collars

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 11:59 AM (xG4kz)

258 UAE started laying pipe for a new pipeline to bypass the strait 3 weeks ago.

https://t.co/96MEpSsJJp
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:58 AM (R/457)

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Oh, to be 18 again. Oh, who am I kidding?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 29, 2026 11:59 AM (2ap+5)

259 And it'll take time to undo that. Most likely little change for 2026.

We'll see much more change for 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:52 AM (R/457)

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One of the issues the 2028 R Nominee needs to run on (and I think you've mentioned this) is the importance of having The White House during the 2030 Census -- as DogEater had it in 2010 and F. Joe Biden had it in 2020.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 12:00 PM (VdTX+)

260 The national Democrat Party embracing the Curley Effect is going to be studied for a century.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films


Curley effect? Were Moe and Larry consulted?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 29, 2026 12:00 PM (abIsI)

261 Flaming skull nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 29, 2026 12:00 PM (2UnvF)

262 259 One of the issues the 2028 R Nominee needs to run on (and I think you've mentioned this) is the importance of having The White House during the 2030 Census -- as DogEater had it in 2010 and F. Joe Biden had it in 2020.

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 12:00 PM (VdTX+)

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The 2030 census makes the 2028 election the most important presidential election since 2016 which provided the first real speedbump on the Obama fundamental change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 12:01 PM (R/457)

263 Huh, I'd never heard of the Curley Effect before. I'd say Newsome and Mamdani were employing it, but I doubt they're that smart.

The Curley Effect is a political strategy where leaders use divisive, wealth-reducing policies (such as high taxes or excessive redistribution) to encourage political opponents to emigrate, thereby increasing the relative size of their own electoral base. Named after Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, it results in economic stagnation but keeps the incumbent in power.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 12:02 PM (Riz8t)

264 UAE started laying pipe
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$20 bucks, same as in town.

Of course, you can always get a discount on goats.

Posted by: Axeman at April 29, 2026 12:02 PM (HcfrK)

265 The national Democrat Party embracing the Curley Effect is going to be studied for a century.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 11:59 AM (R/457)

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I always learn something knew hear (frequently):

"The Curley Effect is a political strategy in which incumbent politicians use wasteful, wealth-reducing policies and divisive rhetoric to encourage political opponents—often wealthier residents—to leave a city or region, thereby reshaping the electorate to favor their re-election. Named after James Michael Curley, a four-time mayor of Boston (1914–1950), the effect describes how leaders can maintain power by expanding support among poorer constituents through redistribution, even as overall economic stagnation occurs."

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 12:03 PM (VdTX+)

266 263 Huh, I'd never heard of the Curley Effect before. I'd say Newsome and Mamdani were employing it, but I doubt they're that smart.

The Curley Effect is a political strategy where leaders use divisive, wealth-reducing policies (such as high taxes or excessive redistribution) to encourage political opponents to emigrate, thereby increasing the relative size of their own electoral base. Named after Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, it results in economic stagnation but keeps the incumbent in power.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 29, 2026 12:02 PM (Riz8t)

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It's the only governing philosophy I can detect from Democrats since Obama outside of graft.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 29, 2026 12:03 PM (R/457)

267 241 The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map Tuesday and sharply limited the use of race in drawing district boundaries in a major ruling that could carry significant consequences for future House elections.

Jubilee celebration time.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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It also makes the districts elsewhere suspect in their redistricting including state legislative districts. Some of the districts were drawn specifically to protect incumbents and set aside districts by race.

Something like 12-14 seats in the South alone, leaving out Texas, were districted that way with majority minority districts.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

268 Archimedes beat me to it!

Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 12:04 PM (VdTX+)

269 Every female Supreme Court justice has been an epic disappointment.

Speak for yourselves, haters!

-- sellers of RBG lace doily collars
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 11:59 AM


One of my female colleagues has a RBG coffee mug. *sigh* This is Boston.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 12:04 PM (bFu5X)

270 The Curley Effect is a political strategy where leaders use divisive, wealth-reducing policies (such as high taxes or excessive redistribution) to encourage political opponents to emigrate, thereby increasing the relative size of their own electoral base. Named after Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, it results in economic stagnation but keeps the incumbent in power.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Coleman Young of Detroit followed exactly that template except he was trying and succeeded in making Detroit overwhelmingly black.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

271 >>>The national Democrat Party embracing the Curley Effect is going to be studied for a century.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Curley effect? Were Moe and Larry consulted?

Posted by: Maj. Healey

>Can I at least get a 'woo, woo, woo, woo, woo'? Maybe a 'nyagh'?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 29, 2026 12:08 PM (Fbc0I)

272 I always learn something knew hear (frequently):

"The Curley Effect is a political strategy in which incumbent politicians use wasteful, wealth-reducing policies and divisive rhetoric to encourage political opponents—often wealthier residents—to leave a city or region, thereby reshaping the electorate to favor their re-election. Named after James Michael Curley, a four-time mayor of Boston (1914–1950), the effect describes how leaders can maintain power by expanding support among poorer constituents through redistribution, even as overall economic stagnation occurs."
Posted by: ShainS at April 29, 2026 12:03 PM


Curley was asshoe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 29, 2026 12:12 PM (bFu5X)

273 Bawney Fwank is in hospice.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Is that what they're calling ghey brothels these days?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 29, 2026 12:12 PM (XeU6L)

274 227 It will be 2-3, max.

LA and maybe AL will do something.

Most states are past the primary deadlines and can't do anything even if they wanted to.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It will forestall VRA legal challenges to the Florida map, Mississippi has already announced redistricting (Bennie Thompson goes bye bye), Louisiana has to, and Alabama is likely to which to amount to another 4 seats. Georgia probably won't do anything until the next election.

South Carolina, if it chooses, could get rid of Clyburn too.

Posted by: whig at April 29, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

275 $5.15/gal just last night. I was sad to see my $10 didn't even get me two gallons. Good thing my commute is only about a mile and a half.
Posted by: Reforger at April 29, 2026 11:11 AM (G4ajv)

I used my kroger discount and got down to 3.10(?) the last time I filled up.

The V8, she is thirsty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 29, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

3.99 at an Exxon station in town this morning.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 29, 2026 12:16 PM (5xuJ/)

276 "In socialists states, you don't have to work. You can lounge about and just do art."
-leftists

"If you don't work, you go to jail."
-socialist states


This exact pattern came up in a thread I was following on another forum where someone posted they hated capitalism because they didn't want to work at a job they wanted to do art and garden

Well, no one is demanding you do work a formal job in a capitalist society but if you don't have money what are you giving other people for the goods and services you want from them?

And the left's take on this - that people should VOLUNTARILY choose what goods and services they give you is...err...slavery...as opposed to just forcing them to do it.

Posted by: Vox at April 29, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

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