The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 5/ 1/26

Good morning kids. Mayday Mayday Mayday!!! Yay, it's May. Before diving into the current events, I want to take a moment to reflect and remember the more than 100 million lives snuffed out by Communism and all its manifestations in barely a century. And considering that this malignancy still controls quite a few nations on this planet, the number of victims will continue to grow though mercifully at a much slower rate. This is due in large part to the leadership, bravery and moral rectitude of Ronald Reagan and Pope John-Paul II, both of whom politically and spiritually defied the odds and a corrupt culture that despised them for defying them and wanting to change the global order and put civilization back on track and in so doing liberated millions from the evil Soviet bloc by bringing it crashing down. Both survived assassination attempts for their troubles. The world changed for the better because of them and here we are nearly 50 years later, not necessarily out of the woods as is evidenced by retrograde forces determined to drag America and what remains of western civilization back to the dark ages, to a collectivist/technocratic tyrannical hell-on-earth, in alliance with global Islam, but at least we are in a much better position to if not prevent then at least forestall that fate.

I'll go out on a limb and state that both Reagan and John Paul II paved the way for the ascendancy of Donald Trump. No wonder he too has dodged and in one instance taken a would-be assassin's bullet. As much of the world has either retreated or conspired with both the Chi-Coms and Islam, President Trump has taken on both much to the contempt and bitter hatred of their allies and defenders, especially here at home.

The Red Chinese may yet suffer the same fate as their progenitors in the former Soviet Union. As for Islam, the prospects of it either reforming itself from within or somehow burning itself out considering the oceans of blood it has spilled for over 1500 years in its overt goal of global conquest are dim to say the least. While no one can predict the future, for sure Donald Trump may very well be one of the most positively transformational figures in American if not world history. Of course this presupposes a permanent shift back to a pro-American and western political/cultural society once his tenure ends.

Have a great weekend!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

“It must be made absolutely clear,” she said. “Under no circumstances will we permit the intrusion or interference of a foreign government in decisions that pertain exclusively to the people of Mexico.”
Mexican President Doubles Down on Protecting Cartel-Connected Ruling Party

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

The U.N.’s top nuclear energy official dismissed the possibility of using the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, as a basis for any new agreement in comments at a press conference on Wednesday.
U.N. Nuclear Chief Rafael Grossi: Iran Made ‘Exponential Progress,’ Obama Nuclear Deal Not Useful for Talks

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Host Erin Burnett said, “Do you believe that the Secretary of Defense is guilty of war crimes?” Moulton said, “Absolutely.
Dem Moulton Fantasizes About Executing Hegseth, ‘Guilty’ of War Crimes Like Nazi Submarine Captains
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
His claim that he didn’t know what ‘86 47’ meant doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Too Clever by Half: Comey Indicted for Veiled Threat to Trump
Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY), for instance, wrote following the attack, “Political violence has no place in this country and we must condemn last night’s actions targeting officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. . . However, in January 2024, she falsely asserted that Republicans posed a threat to our democracy itself.
New York Democrats Try to Save Face Condemning Political Violence Despite History of Inciting It
Begin the trials of Tyler Robinson and Luigi Mangione.
Coddling Leftist Assassins
Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed a $4.6 million budget for the commission as he faces a multibillion-dollar deficit
'Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network' Gets $500K From NYC Racial Equity Commission Amid City Budget Crisis
“The ultimate effects will be eminently desirable...Party is precisely the mechanism by which political conflict is meant to be realized.”
Toward Race-Blind Democracy
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The report shows only 640 got-aways were recorded during a 14-day period in April. According to the source, the agency is conducting special operations in several southwest border sectors to achieve further reductions.
EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol Got‑Aways Plunge 97% from Biden-Era Peak as Special Operations Drive Record Lows
The shutdown started in mid-February.
DHS Shutdown Ends For TSA And Secret Service, But Border Security Left Hanging
The lawsuit highlights ongoing concerns over birth tourism and the national security risks it presents, as well as the ease of exploiting U.S. immigration laws under the status quo. President Donald J. Trump has attempted to curtail birthright citizenship—the internationally unusual doctrine that almost anyone born on U.S. soil has an automatic right to U.S. citizenship, even if their parents are in the country illegally—by executive order, with the Supreme Court currently deliberating on the lawfulness of his reforms.
Paxton Takes Legal Action Against ‘Birth Tourism’ Center for Chinese Nationals.
“Let’s knock a few out, make an example of them, and let’s see how many want to continue the fight,” he added.
Republican Strategist Launches PAC to Defeat GOP Amnesty Advocates
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
You can’t solve a systemic problem like this with one case, one arrest, or one push. Given the magnitude of the problem in Minnesota, to resolve it will likely take federal law enforcement years — at least another Republican administration after President Donald Trump’s current term has passed. So it was welcome news when we learned that the FBI has raided roughly 20 Minnesota businesses that are suspected of fraud, including that now famous misspelled “childcare” operation called “Quality Learing Center.”
Republicans Actually Pounce on Tim Walz’s Mind-Blowing Pivot on Rampant Fraud
“I regularly joined with various investigators and agents as we interviewed the owners and employees of the child care centers being investigated,” Jay Swanson — who worked as a criminal investigator for the Services Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) under Minnesota’s DHS — testified.
Former Minnesota Investigator: State Government ‘Harassed, Bullied’ Department in Alleged Coverup of Child Care Fraud Allegations
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The House ended a 76-day standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), reopening most of the agency’s operations after weeks of gridlock.
House Funds DHS, Ending 75-Day Standoff
“This is a long-awaited win for both borrowers and small businesses. Annual savings from replacing the Biden-Harris rule will exceed an estimated $166 million annually,” Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought said in a statement to Breitbart News. “These reforms not only make borrowing more affordable for America’s small businesses, including our farmers, but minimize burdens on those needing quick access to credit without requiring them to answer unnecessary and invasive DEI questions introduced by the Biden-Harris-Chopra Junta.”
Exclusive — Trump Admin Finalizes Rule Scrapping ‘Invasive’ DEI Requirements for Small Business Lending
"If you're a millionaire and you're qualifying for SNAP that's probably an abuse of the system.”
No More Food Stamps For Millionaires: The Fight Over SNAP Fraud Heads To The States
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
(Slime Sinister) Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood were subjected to “loud, sustained” booing as arrived in Golders Green, the scene of a terrorist attack this week.
UK Jewish Community Rallies Against ‘Keir Starmer Jew Harmer’ After Golders Green Terror Attack
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
One of these little toads, J.P. Cooney, is now running for Congress in a newly gerrymandered seat in Virginia.
Biden attorneys targeted peaceful nuns at rally for prosecution, because of their 'habit headresses'
'For a smart woman, Judge AliKhan displays shocking ignorance about several rather basic legal and ethical concepts,' law professor says
Federal Judge Who Doubles as George Washington University Lecturer Recuses Herself From Antisemitism Case Against the School After Arguing There Was No Conflict of Interest
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The reality is also that Americans are getting killed, murdered, and raped because of the immigration problem created by the last administration. Democrats and the dying news media are just fine with that, so long as it helps them win elections. That doesn’t mean the rest of us have to be.
NY Times Seriously Says If Affirmative Action Is Illegal, So Is Enforcing Immigration Law
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of the year, lifted by a sharp increase in business investment in equipment and intellectual property.
U.S. Economy Grew 2 Percent as Business Investment Surged Following Tax Cuts
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The newly founded lobby association European Resilience Alliance (ERA) is demanding state aid to kick-start the hydrogen economy.
Alliance of the Cashiers
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Harvard’s gatekeepers tout resumes but hide convictions, revealing an elite more committed to ideological conformity than to intellectual honesty.
Can Harvard Be Reformed?
Harvard Business School, which had declared itself "thrilled" to host at an upcoming AI conference a businessman who was ostracized in Silicon Valley for social media posts that demonized Israel, has now canceled the event.
Harvard Cancels Conference That Was To Feature Keffiyeh-Wearing Israel-Demonizer Who Uses ‘Retard’ as a Slur
Prof. threatened violence against Jews and their children.
Academic Assailant: Jemma DeCristo, UC-Davis
SECOND AMENDMENT
Moreover, Gun Owners of America noted that the 2027 funding bill not only deregulates suppressors and SBRs, but also defunds regulatory gun controls instituted by the ATF during the Biden junta.
House Appropriations 2027 Funding Bill Ends Suppressor, Short Barrel Rifle Registration
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The last vestige of Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign reared its head Tuesday in an attempt to belittle President Donald Trump’s hosting of a state visit from Britain’s King Charles III, only to be subjected to internet mockery.
Ghost Of Kamala’s Campaign Crawls Out Of Cave For One More Zinger — Turns Out It’s A Historical Botch Job
McMorrow deleted around 6,000 social media posts, including tweets in which she said she missed living in California.
Top Dem Candidate Scrubs Social Media After Trashing Rural Americans
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POLITICS
This is what their party fears the most.
Did Supreme Court Just Kill Dems’ Efforts To Racially Gerrymander Midterms? It Sure Did
Its decision in Callais finally solves the Goldilocks problem of racial districting.
The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Voting Rights Sanity
As Virginia falls under one-party Democrat rule and pushes an extreme gerrymander, the Old Dominion’s constitutional order faces its sharpest test in a generation.
Virginia Succumbs to Tyrants
The 54-year-old candidate for District 38 in western Oklahoma, was discovered dead on Thursday after he mysteriously vanished just two days prior.
Missing Republican Oklahoma Senate candidate, 54, found dead in rural area
“Well, we don’t know if we’ve already had a gay president to be honest with you. I think there are chances that maybe we have but I don’t know,” she stated.
WATCH: Titty-Caca AOC Claims It Is Possible U.S. Has ‘Already Had a Gay President’
Democrat Maine Governor Janet Mills is dropping out of her state’s US Senate race, leaving only Graham Platner and his questionable tattoos.
Governor Drops Out Of Senate Race, Leaving Only The Dem With Questionable Tattoos
Democrats do not moderate. They will not moderate. They will not ‘move to the center.’ There will be no course correction.
The California Primary Election Season Is Screaming A Warning For The Nation
Polling suggests they’re not buying the Dem line on Iran, and one lone voice at a radical outfit is urging its followers to cool their jets as they lose credibility.
Is the American public getting wise to Democrat lies?
“I want to serve the people; not a party.”
North Carolina Black Dems Leave After Woke Purge
Why the state has fewer registered Democrats today than in 2016.
Could Nevada Become a Red State?
For large portions of this country, the future is going to be built by Leftists.
The Bizarre Strategy Where Losing Actually Helps You Win
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Raw Egg Nationalist: Trump recasts America not as an abstract creed but as a civilization rooted in a distinct people—arguing that change the people, and you change the nation itself.
A Majestic Inheritance: What Trump’s Remarks to King Charles Mean for the Special Relationship and about Who Americans Really Are
“Several sources have informed us of an incursion by Colombian guerrillas across the northern border, instigated by the Petro administration,” Noboa wrote on social media. “We will protect our border and our people. President Petro, focus on improving the lives of your people instead of trying to export problems to neighboring countries.”
Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa Accuses Colombia’s Gustavo Petro of ‘Driving’ Guerrilla Incursion
For half a century the deal has been that Americans pay for the discoveries and Europeans enjoy them at cut rates. Under Trump, that arrangement is coming to its end. Britain has accepted the new terms. Germany is testing whether the Administration means it.
Berlin Doubles Down on Making Americans Pay.
Civilizations are not interchangeable; they are developmental, and importing populations without the institutional mindset of the host society guarantees friction, not integration.
The Truth about Immigration from the Global South
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS
Including a vast network of tunnels.
IDF Unit Destroys Much of Hezbollah’s Terrorist Infrastructure
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Morens’s indictment cracks the door open, but the network behind the Wuhan lab leak cover-up still holds power at NIH—and demands a full reckoning.
Fauci’s Lab Leak Henchmen Are Finally Facing Accountability (meh, It's Fauci that must swing - jjs)
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The vote highlights growing tensions within the Republican Party over corporate accountability and public health policy, as well as the increasing influence of the MAHA movement. Critics claim the decision could lead to higher consumer costs, while supporters see it as a necessary step to address health risks and corporate responsibility.
MAHA Republicans Strip Protections for Pesticide Makers Out of Farm Bill.
This is how institutional capture works. The activists demand the most ideological language in the public-facing policy because they need the organization's authority behind their agenda.
Doctors' group demands Trump admin investigate APA for deceptive practices—and they should
A multibillion-dollar effort to overhaul the state’s youth mental-health system has instead left many children at risk.
How the Equity Agenda Consumed California’s Youth Mental-Health Crisis
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
National prestige and curiosity will not suffice as long-term motivations for the exploration of space -- there must also be economic incentives.
Space Exploration Won’t Work Without Private Property
At present, Gray predicts the impact will occur at 2:44 am (Eastern) on August 5, 2026. The image above is his present estimate of where it will
hit, as seen from Earth.
Falcon 9 upper stage to hit the Moon in August
At the moment the schedule appears to be experiencing delays, caused mostly by the PSLV launch failures. It appears ISRO wants this issue resolved before it launches that first unmanned Gaganyaan test flight.
The present state of India’s space program
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Democrat candidate Sarah Trone Garriott, a pastor who has repeatedly expressed support for transgender-related issues, including a post in 2020 claiming that being transgender increases the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity, is running against incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), who is set to host Vice President JD Vance in Iowa next week.
Iowa Democrat Pastor Running for Congress: Trans Individuals ‘May Not Feel Safe’ Using Food Pantries She meant to say Food PANTIES - jjs)
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Did you know that God has a crush on you, likes to flirt with you, and thinks of you as a pet? That’s how Groen “interprets” the Bible.
Progressive Christianity Watch: Flirty God, Lesbian Angels, and Other Things Not in Your Study Bible
Christian Toto: Variety, Deadline and Hollywood Reporter dismiss story in their sweet spot
Hollywood Media Ignores Spencer Pratt’s Viral Ad

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1 The first of May? Does outdoor living start today?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 07:33 AM (1Ff7Z)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at May 01, 2026 07:35 AM (pFqNV)

3 Top 5!

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 07:35 AM (+4yJ5)

4 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 07:36 AM (jehhT)

6 “Under no circumstances will we permit the intrusion or interference of a foreign government in decisions that pertain exclusively to the people of Mexico.”

*ahem* Sweetheart, your cartels are intruding and interfering with my country. I'd be quite happy if we committed to depopulating your nation to the point that the few surviving cartel members piss themselves in fear at the thought of ever getting our attention again.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 07:37 AM (+4yJ5)

7 If Abe Lincoln had not provoked the South he would have not gotten himself shot.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

8 Just this morning, NPR was condemning Dr. Sapphire (Trump's choice for Surgeon General), because she doesn't believe all Americans should be required to receive all Covid boosters whenever 'the science' says they should.

They STILL haven't stopped with the boosters.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 07:39 AM (iNUL3)

9
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 01, 2026 07:39 AM (2/MrR)

10 Workers Of The World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! Serve the people! Let the ruling classes tremble at our Communist revolution!

Can I have more free shit please?

Posted by: Old Boomer Hippie Moocher at May 01, 2026 07:39 AM (QP+6w)

11 Can Harvard Be Reformed?

Not without a purging of all leadership and restrictions on their funding to the point they have no choice but to start being civilized.

So probably not, no.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 07:40 AM (+4yJ5)

12 “Under no circumstances will we permit the intrusion or interference of a foreign government in decisions that pertain exclusively to the people of Mexico.”

So you're finally answering the Zimmermann Telegram?
How very Mexican of you.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 01, 2026 07:40 AM (zdLoL)

13 Dem Moulton Fantasizes About Executing Hegseth, ‘Guilty’ of War Crimes Like Nazi Submarine Captains

Exactly 1 German submarine captain was ever tried and convicted of war crimes in WW11 and that was for machine gunning survivors of a merchant ship that he had sunk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

14 Oy vey. I just saw that the US State Department returned hundreds of rare artifacts that were ascertained to have been stolen from Italy and sold in the US market over the years, along with a mash note about how great Italy is.

We should have stuffed them all in the Smithsonian, in a special exhibit called "1/1,000,000th of What These Dirty, Cannoli-Rolling Greasers Owe Us."

Those foreign devils don't have any American treasures to exchange, and if they did, they wouldn't.

*spits*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 07:41 AM (BI5O2)

15 Moreover, Gun Owners of America noted that the 2027 funding bill not only deregulates suppressors and SBRs, but also defunds regulatory gun controls instituted by the ATF during the Biden junta.

Not in Virginia!
- Abby Spanbergy

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 07:41 AM (iNUL3)

16 Exactly 1 German submarine captain was ever tried and convicted of war crimes in WW11 and that was for machine gunning survivors of a merchant ship that he had sunk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

That's exactly what he wants Hegseth executed for - ordering multiple strikes against survivors of sinking ships.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 07:42 AM (iNUL3)

17 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:43 AM (RW5B6)

18 Three people who played a key role in bringing down the Soviet Union:
- a B-list Hollywood actor
- a Roman priest
- a shipyard electrician

Posted by: Plus the daughter of a tobacconist at May 01, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

19 About the Progressive Pastors- PJ media has a quote "woman pastor ( shocker)" as if all woman pastors are like this. They aren't. I find the stuff quoted there egregiously bad. I have never said anything like that in my entire pastoral career and wouldn't . I think the woman running for Congress who married two Satanists is an embarrassment and should have been removed. If they were Satanists they couldn't have a fellow Satanist to officiate at the wedding?! Stop being "nice"because they looked at each other tenderly Bleeech!

Additionally , they are equally progressive male pastors who say horrendously bad stuff

And no, I don't want to debate the ordination of women. Nobody is going to change my mind and I won't change theirs

P.S. I am going to donate to the campaign of the man running against this person.

And I'm off for today and won't be back to this thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2026 07:45 AM (ELdpA)

20 Can I have more free shit please?
Posted by: Old Boomer Hippie Moocher at May 01, 2026 07:39 AM

Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: LaQuisha at May 01, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Sheinbaum mentioned the case of Salvador Cienfuegos, a former Secretary of the Army who had been indicted and arrested in the U.S. on drug charges. Due to political pleading from Mexico’s government, the U.S. Justice Department sent Cienfuegos to Mexico to allow them to prosecute him first. However, as soon as Cienfuegos arrived in Mexico, then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador freed him and soon afterward awarded him a medal.

Fuck Mexico
I would put a blockade on their people and trucks at the border until the handed over the drug runners and insider Bog Govt agents HEAD in a bucket.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)

22 When I reflect it is amazing that I’ve been able to witness two historic presidents in my lifetime: Reagan and Trump. Maybe recency bias but since Lincoln IMO the only president as consequential as these two was FDR and his legacy is mixed (positive: won WWII, negative: the new deal). Interesting times, we do live in them yes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 07:46 AM (ugElV)

23 " Titty-Caca AOC Claims It Is Possible U.S. Has ‘Already Had a Gay President’"

Grover Cleveland was President during the Gay 90s. Just sayin'.

Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

24 For crimes against humanity
Look up Democide from a passed on Professor in Hawaii.
Often see people do not really see the vast scope of how many hundreds of million people wiped off the planet by their own government

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 07:47 AM (RW5B6)

25 House Appropriations 2027 Funding Bill Ends Suppressor, Short Barrel Rifle Registration

Colion Noir is pretty stoked about the new ATF director.

https://youtu.be/VUbU42j5EX8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

26 Has anyone asked Martha Stewart if she believes it's unjust that "Jimmy Drama" Comey is getting indicted for his sea shells?

As a young prosecutor who needed to make his bones, Comey put Martha in jail for deleting and then undeleting a text message. Also, for lying to the FBI agents who showed up at her door unnanounced (that's if you believe that their later-filed report was truthful and accurate.)

That's all Comey had. He knew Martha never inside-traded and so he didn't include inside-trading charges, just charges for obstructing an investigation into crimes that Martha didn't commit.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 01, 2026 07:49 AM (dtajH)

27
“Mexican President Doubles Down on Protecting Cartel-Connected Ruling Party”

I’m not defending her. but I suppose everyone realizes that’s the only true job that she has.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 07:49 AM (H1WUE)

28 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

51 years ago today Saigon became Ho Ch Minh City

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

29 Missing Republican Oklahoma Senate candidate, 54, found dead in rural area

Was he a scientist?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

30 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Friday.
AOC saying we've had a gay president is probably correct. Buchanan was probably light in the loafers. And Barky said he had sex with men in 'my imagination '. I'm pretty sure 'My Imagination " was the name of his car

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 07:51 AM (gu0hJ)

31 "...Oklahoma Senate candidate, 54, found dead in rural area..."

*****
Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 01, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

32 That's exactly what he wants Hegseth executed for - ordering multiple strikes against survivors of sinking ships.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 07:42 AM (iNUL3)

Which is a ridiculous claim that has been thoroughly debunked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 07:53 AM (H1WUE)

33 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 01, 2026 07:54 AM (53oGX)

34 > “Mexican President Doubles Down on Protecting Cartel-Connected Ruling Party”
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I think Mexico's always been on Trump's shit list. When the Iranian/IRGC unpleasantness is over we'll likely turn to her little drug den and start house cleaning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 07:54 AM (jehhT)

35 Vance said of Walz, “This is like the arsonist trying to claim credit for the work of the fire department because Tim Walz let this fraud happen under his watch…Whether he was complicit in it directly himself or just turned a blind eye towards it.”

VP JD sure can throw gas on the fire. I love that about him.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 07:55 AM (/+uur)

36 Trump recasts America not as an abstract creed but as a civilization rooted in a distinct people—arguing that change the people, and you change the nation itself.

Which is a fine warning for the UK as it continues replacing the people at a breakneck pace.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

37 23 " Titty-Caca AOC Claims It Is Possible U.S. Has ‘Already Had a Gay President’"

Grover Cleveland was President during the Gay 90s. Just sayin'.
Posted by: fd at May 01, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

Bary dis bout you?

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 07:56 AM (/+uur)

38 I’m on a new (to me) 9/80 schedule at work so here I have Friday off and I hardly know what to do (other than hang out here)…

That dead OK senate candidate story is… strange

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 07:56 AM (ugElV)

39
Happy Feast of St. Joseph the Worker.

The only worthwhile May Day.

https://youtu.be/NYqzx68cuJ0

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 01, 2026 07:57 AM (HdYcL)

40 >I think Mexico's always been on Trump's shit list. When the Iranian/IRGC unpleasantness is over we'll likely turn to her little drug den and start house cleaning.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 07:54 AM

_____

Which Mexican state will he annex and what will it be called?

Trumpico?
Donaldlajara?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

41 USA Today: I voted for Harris in 2024. She shouldn't run in 2028.
Instead of standing up for the people who voted for her, former Vice President Kamala Harris has been absent from a conversation that Democrats should be easily winning.

I think that’s literally everyone’s opinion. We voted for her because she was the better option of the two, but by no means was the “best” option overall.

Anyone who thinks they can win should run. But I want a real, competitive primary. No "turns" or coronations, 4+ candidates duking it out. We have the right to choose the candidate.

Do we though? The DNC has shown in the past that they will hand pick their candidates. And before I get flack from anyone, I'm as liberal as liberals can be.

She is a very talented and competent person. No doubt about that for sure. But she did run in the primary in 2019 and Bernie and JoeB were the front runners. She had her chance in 2019 and didn't convert it to a nomination.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 07:59 AM (ycI94)

42 Progressive Christianity Watch: Flirty God, Lesbian Angels, and Other Things Not in Your Study Bible

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Absolutely grotesque. This woman, this thing is disgusting. But it's not for me to judge. I'll just say I'm glad it's not me that will have to explain myself when I pass on.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

43 Just this morning, NPR was condemning Dr. Sapphire (Trump's choice for Surgeon General), because she doesn't believe all Americans should be required to receive all Covid boosters whenever 'the science' says they should.

I confess that I haven't gotten a covid booster since way back when I didn't get the original shot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

44 In February 2021, prosecutor Molly Gaston texted colleague Joseph Cooney about the image showing religious sisters in traditional habits, veils and large Trump scarves: “I would like to take a special assignment of finding and prosecuting them.”

Cooney replied: “I’m with you. Although I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit.”

Gaston responded: “Hahaha.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

45 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at May 01, 2026 08:01 AM (/6r4m)

46 Workers Of The World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! Serve the people! Let the ruling classes tremble at our Communist revolution!

Can I have more free shit please?
Posted by: Old Boomer Hippie Moocher at May 01, 2026 07:39 AM (QP+6w)

Youngsters seem to be on the commie train at least as much as the old folks.

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

47 "Illusion Of Plenty": JPMorgan Explains Why Hormuz Will Reopen By September... One Way Or Another

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2026 08:02 AM (yZBeG)

48 Willowed: Wolfus,
So what is the next step in your plans to leave Louisiana?
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 01, 2026

***
I'm looking at houses in the Terre Haute, IN, area, and may get in touch with a realtor there. Looks like I'll have to do as much as possible by virtual methods; I can't keep driving around the US like I just did, not with gas prices what they are. Plus it's exhausting. Though I can get to TH in two long days instead of three.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:02 AM (wzUl9)

49 "Instead of standing up for the people who voted for her, former Vice President Kamala Harris has been absent from a conversation that Democrats should be easily winning."

++++++
I would've joined in, but hey, it was happy hour.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 01, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

50 " Titty-Caca AOC Claims It Is Possible U.S. Has ‘Already Had a Gay President’"

--

Abe Lincoln! I've read it, so it must be true. Along with Peppermint Patty and Thelma from Scooby Doo.

I'll give her a bit of credit here, because I believe Jug Ears the Dog Eater is at least half gay.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

51 Are the lesbian angels busty, though?

Posted by: one hour sober at May 01, 2026 08:03 AM (Y1sOo)

52 That's exactly what he wants Hegseth executed for - ordering multiple strikes against survivors of sinking ships.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 07:42 AM (iNUL3)

Hegseth - reportedly - ordered multiple strikes against the ships, not survivors in the water.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

53 Youngsters seem to be on the commie train at least as much as the old folks.

--

Those who aren't enamored by communism:

1. Anyone with a modicum of historical knowledge;
2. Anyone who has actually lived under communism.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

54 "Just this morning, NPR was condemning..."
++++
What's NPR?

Posted by: Anybody under 30 at May 01, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

55 I’m on a new (to me) 9/80 schedule at work so here I have Friday off and I hardly know what to do (other than hang out here)…

9 hours per day, 80 days per week?

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

56 Realistically, the Iranian Regime can wait Trump out.

So, again, we find ourselves in a mid-east quagmire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)

57 Are the lesbian angels busty, though?
Posted by: one hour sober at May 01, 2026 08:03 AM (Y1sOo)

Yes!

Posted by: Marianne Budde, Prelate and Not A Lesbian Yet at May 01, 2026 08:08 AM (QP+6w)

58 “ I represent a white majority district that President Trump would have won by over 20 points, and I won by over 25 points the last time I ran. I'm being judged not by the color of my skin, but the content of my character. I don't care how many black people are here. I want the most qualified people.”

- Representative Wesley Hunt

I only wish I could be represented by someone with that degree of character and forthrightness.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:08 AM (Pu/zx)

59 Nonresidential fixed investment jumped at a 10.4 percent rate, the fastest pace in nearly three years. The increase was concentrated in the categories most closely tied to future productivity: equipment and intellectual property. Equipment investment rose at a 17.2 percent rate, while investment in intellectual property products, including software, climbed 13.0 percent.

A big construction equip company in Tex says about 70% of their leases are being converted to purchase.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (/+uur)

60 Anyone from ME that knows the latest polling on Collins vs. the Democrat Nazi?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

61 What's NPR?
Posted by: Anybody under 30 at May 01, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

New Palestine Radicals
Think of a meaner, more Mohemmedan Hamas

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (/+uur)

62 What's NPR?
Posted by: Anybody under 30 at May 01, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

Nincompoopy People Reporting

Posted by: Boswell at May 01, 2026 08:10 AM (j10i6)

63 9 hours per day, 80 days per week?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

Ha! Glad it’s not that…. 9 hours per day except Fridays… one Friday a normal 8, the next Friday off

So every other weekend is a 3 day. Not yet sure whether I like it…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:12 AM (26GAh)

64 >So, again, we find ourselves in a mid-east quagmire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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cuz we never take it all the way
last time we did that was Nagasaki
I'm not saying 'nuke Iran'
but nothing less than total destruction of the IRGC and the death of all its adherents will do

Posted by: Don Blank at May 01, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

65 “ I represent a white majority district that President Trump would have won by over 20 points, and I won by over 25 points the last time I ran. I'm being judged not by the color of my skin, but the content of my character. I don't care how many black people are here. I want the most qualified people.”

- Representative Wesley Hunt

I only wish I could be represented by someone with that degree of character and forthrightness.
Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:08 AM (Pu/zx)

Conservative whites will vote for a conservative black. Leftist whites won't vote for a leftist black. This is for two reasons...

1. Leftist white know, deep down in their heart, that the colored folks is lesser.
2. Leftist white know, deep down in their heart, that leftist policy is each race getting what it can from the others and they don't want to "pay their fair share".

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

66 Anyone from ME that knows the latest polling on Collins vs. the Democrat Nazi?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)
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I'm from the Mideast and yet I have no idea!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 08:13 AM (RkR9o)

67 Anyone from ME that knows the latest polling on Collins vs. the Democrat Nazi?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

TJM has said that the polling is shit and Collins is going to crush the Dem.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

68 Who is killing the great scientists of America?

Posted by: Hysterical Facts at May 01, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)

69 That's exactly what he wants Hegseth executed for

And how does it feel to want, Congressman?

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 08:14 AM (+4yJ5)

70 80 hours spread over 9 workdays is how I took it

Posted by: one hour sober at May 01, 2026 08:14 AM (Y1sOo)

71 Add Mexican President Sheinbaum to the long list of Leftists desperately waiting for a Democrat in the White House

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 01, 2026 08:14 AM (UZf45)

72 > So every other weekend is a 3 day. Not yet sure whether I like it…
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That was my schedule for a long time. It's wonderful. Every other Friday off so you can get shit done on a weekday that otherwise would have to wait until a Saturday or Sunday.

Even better when the following Monday is a federal holiday.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 08:14 AM (jehhT)

73 Can Harvard Be Reformed?

NO

Next Question

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

74 Who is killing the great scientists of America?
Posted by: Hysterical Facts at May 01, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)

MSM will start taking it seriously if Fauci is 86’d

In the meantime, Vrabel-Russini is the most important story

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:15 AM (26GAh)

75 TGIF, all!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:15 AM (5xoct)

76 Old Boomer Hippie Moocher

Every time you see the Generationalist Religion expressed, you're watching your Muscovite slave-masters hard at work, still trying to drive a wedge into the American people. It really appeals to the kind of guy who used to join robed fraternal societies.

Somebody should have changed your diaper sooner.
At this rate, you're never going to grow up.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 01, 2026 08:17 AM (zdLoL)

77
NPR = National Panhandler Radio.

Posted by: Nina Totenbag at May 01, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

78 Hegseth - reportedly - ordered multiple strikes against the ships, not survivors in the water.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

The commander of the operation has stated on record that he personally ordered the second strike on the ship in question, and he was legally authorized to do so under all military requirements.

Claiming that there is some “one shot only” rule in war is idiotic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:18 AM (H1WUE)

79 Jemma DeCristo

Dude looks like a lady

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

80 Anyone from ME that knows the latest polling on Collins vs. the Democrat Nazi?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

J-Maddy thinks Collins is going to destroy him.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:18 AM (iNUL3)

81 Harvard can be reformed if you nuke it from orbit. Just to be sure

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 08:19 AM (gu0hJ)

82 Terre Haute is a French phrase meaning "high ground". So Wolfus might jump from one French place to another, though N'awlins can hardly be considered "high ground"

Posted by: Off The French at May 01, 2026 08:19 AM (oftw2)

83 Claiming that there is some “one shot only” rule in war is idiotic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:18 AM (H1WUE)

Correct and correct.

But that's the example the Democrat is pointing to when he calls for Hegseth's execution.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:19 AM (iNUL3)

84 Speaking of covid, the vaccine, and the boosters...

Anyone know how much the blood supply is tainted with the vac and boosters?

Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2026 08:20 AM (Q+gd/)

85 Good news on the 'finally prosecuting antifa' front:

@KatieDaviscourt
Breaking: An Oregon man has been convicted of shining high-powered lasers at a CBP helicopter in an anti-immigration enforcement attack.

Brian K. Kapileo Nepaial, 38, of Aloha, faces up to 45 years in federal prison and a $5,250,000 fine.

The laser attack came in response to the Trump admin’s crackdown on anti-ICE rioters in Portland last year, which included the deployment of helicopters to deter criminal behavior.
https://tinyurl.com/zsfp2dv4

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:20 AM (5xoct)

86 Fd, how is Bruno?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 01, 2026 08:20 AM (nz1sK)

87 But we have secret handshakes and everything!

Posted by: Robed Fraternal Societies at May 01, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Morning JJ and the Horde. Happy to hear that Janet Mills dropped out in Maine. Hard to beat a incumbent Gov, running for Senate.

Maine is not Conn or Mass. Collins in much better shape now

Posted by: Jonah at May 01, 2026 08:21 AM (YCxFk)

89 Ha! Glad it’s not that…. 9 hours per day except Fridays… one Friday a normal 8, the next Friday off

So every other weekend is a 3 day. Not yet sure whether I like it…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:12 AM (26GAh)

Been on that schedule for more than 20 years. 26 guaranteed 3-day weekends each year. Some become 4-day weekends when there is a holiday. Can't imagine not liking this type of schedule!

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 08:21 AM (FenX4)

90 But that's the example the Democrat is pointing to when he calls for Hegseth's execution.
****

So the old 'execution first, show trial later'?

Posted by: clarence at May 01, 2026 08:21 AM (pFqNV)

91 Harvard can be reformed if you nuke it from orbit. Just to be sure
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026

***
Use a neutron bomb and leave all the historic buildings standing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:21 AM (wzUl9)

92 m from the Mideast and yet I have no idea!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 01, 2026 08:13 AM (RkR9o)

This tickled me

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:22 AM (LGS3t)

93 Hurray, hurray, the first of May!

Outdoor ( fooling around ) begins today!

I have a fabric on wood frame canoe that is totally silent except for water droplets dripping off the double bladed paddle. I once approached a little island on the local reservoir. Suddenly, over the crest of the tiny ridge, I saw a young couple suddenly assuming a bent-over standing position like they were quickly re-acquiring certain clothing items.

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 01, 2026 08:22 AM (1FEc1)

94 Emerson college poll has Platner at 48%, Collins at 41%. Emerson usually sucks however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)

95 80 Anyone from ME that knows the latest polling on Collins vs. the Democrat Nazi?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 01, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

J-Maddy thinks Collins is going to destroy him.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:18 AM (iNUL3)

=======

Well, look at this and go down to the polling of the general election from 2020.

https://is.gd/nhLcXt

How many polls did Susan Collins lead in the lead up to the election?

Hell, what were the final polls, the ones supposed to be the most accurate, saying?

What was the actual result?

Do you think polling has gotten better or worse in the last six years?

And that wasn't against a dumb as shit asshole with a Nazi tattoo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (Y2NSe)

96 New York City's Commission on Racial Equity is shelling out $500,000 to "community groups" to "participate in a Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network" that will help produce a study on reparations for black New Yorkers as well as a "Citywide Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Plan," records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. The move comes as New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) lobbies for new taxes to help close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. . .

All those "conversations" it will fund will all agree on the same thing: give us more money, whitey!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (5xoct)

97 Fd, how is Bruno?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 01, 2026 08:20 AM (nz1sK)

We don't talk about Bruno.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (iNUL3)

98 87 But we have secret handshakes and everything!
Posted by: Robed Fraternal Societies

We at the Loyal Order of Raccoons salute you!

Posted by: The Grand, High, Exalted, Mystic, Ruler, Morris Fink at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (oftw2)

99 >Claiming that there is some “one shot only” rule in war is idiotic.
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we would have to consult "The Big Book Of International Law"

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (ZxPkt)

100 @KatieDaviscourt
Breaking: An Oregon man has been convicted of shining high-powered lasers at a CBP helicopter in an anti-immigration enforcement attack.
++++

*kicks dirt*

Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen guy at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Nork Defectors go to a gun range in America

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XtjydPAqN84

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at May 01, 2026 08:24 AM (LOZbR)

102 Leftist whites won't vote for a leftist black. This is for two reasons...

1. Leftist white know, deep down in their heart, that the colored folks is lesser.
2. Leftist white know, deep down in their heart, that leftist policy is each race getting what it can from the others and they don't want to "pay their fair share".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

That’s exactly what just happened in the primary race between Talerico and Jasmine Crockett. Over 90% of the black voters in that race voted for her, but white liberals voted against and got a narrow majority.

But she’ll get the last bitter laugh, because none of her voters will show up and vote for Talerico in the fall. They won’t vote for Paxton either, they’ll just drop out and stay home.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:24 AM (H1WUE)

103 "If you're a millionaire and you're qualifying for SNAP that's probably an abuse of the system.”

If the millionaire has a large family, he could technically be broke since the national debt is about $133,000 for every individual in the country. Plus, he is among the few paying the federal income tax, so he is shouldering the national debt flor people he doesn't even know. If he wants food stamps, let him have them.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 08:24 AM (2ap+5)

104 And that wasn't against a dumb as shit asshole with a Nazi tattoo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (Y2NSe)

I don't disagree with you at all - you don't have to sell me. Truly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:24 AM (iNUL3)

105 Governor Drops Out Of Senate Race, Leaving Only The Dem With ~~Questionable~~Nazi symbol known as the "Totenkopf," which was used by the SS- Totenkopfverbande during World War II

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (/+uur)

106 94 Emerson college poll has Platner at 48%, Collins at 41%. Emerson usually sucks however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 08:22 AM (gu0hJ)

======

Emerson's final poll of 2020 in the ME senate election was outside the margin of error wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Y2NSe)

107 Fuck Mexico
I would put a blockade on their people and trucks at the border until the handed over the drug runners and insider Bog Govt agents HEAD in a bucket.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Just about everyone I know who works in manufacturing or logistics, their employers have a facility just across the border in Mexico.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Dv3i1)

108 Welp, It's May Day.
Teachers are taking off to protest Trump. They are having kids hold up signs that say Teachers need more pay and that Trump is an evil dictator.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

109 > We at the Loyal Order of Raccoons salute you!
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Assholes.

One was around all night, harassing the cats and generally being destructive because I took a pot shot at him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (jehhT)

110 Amen to that, schlizzy. It's been a short week but a long one for me.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:26 AM (LGS3t)

111 Welp, It's May Day.
Teachers are taking off to protest Trump. They are having kids hold up signs that say Teachers need more pay and that Trump is an evil dictator.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)
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In other words, a day ending in "y."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2026 08:27 AM (gnNyN)

112 102 But she’ll get the last bitter laugh, because none of her voters will show up and vote for Talerico in the fall. They won’t vote for Paxton either, they’ll just drop out and stay home.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:24 AM (H1WUE)

======

Well, not none. But there will be a dropoff in black turnout in the Texas senate race.

It's the pattern we can see when the black voting block has a particular candidate they rally behind in a primary and then that candidate loses the primary. The black electorate just...loses between 5-10% of turnout.

Can you imagine how the 2028 Democrat primary is going to shape up with Talarico having lost to Paxton while the black caucus gets to hype the hypothetical that Crockett totally would have won? And they can point to the depressed black turnout as a reason?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:27 AM (Y2NSe)

113 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

114 The biggest superlib Karen I know has a birthday today. Shocker

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:28 AM (LGS3t)

115 104 And that wasn't against a dumb as shit asshole with a Nazi tattoo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (Y2NSe)

I don't disagree with you at all - you don't have to sell me. Truly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:24 AM (iNUL3)

=======

I just find it weird that people are all, "Wow, the polls are awful," and then they go, "Oh, no, all is lost because of the polls."

I'm as dismissive of polling in general as most people, but you still have to apply that logic intelligently. Some polling is halfway decent. Most is trash. Which is which?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:29 AM (Y2NSe)

116 105 Governor Drops Out Of Senate Race, Leaving Only The Dem With Nazi symbol known as the "Totenkopf," which was used by the SS- Totenkopfverbande during World War II
Posted by: r hennigantx

Not really fair that the left has so many Nazi/Fascist policies and gets away with putting that label on the right.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:29 AM (Dv3i1)

117 One was around all night, harassing the cats and generally being destructive because I took a pot shot at him.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

You have gone to the head of our list.

Posted by: The Masked Bandit at May 01, 2026 08:29 AM (oftw2)

118 But that's the example the Democrat is pointing to when he calls for Hegseth's execution.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:19 AM (iNUL3)

I won’t call for Moulton’s execution, I’ll just say that he needs a full frontal lobotomy on humanitarian grounds, to put us out of his misery.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:29 AM (H1WUE)

119 White liberals and independents will vote for the pasty white commie over the black person every time.

I give you Virginia as the latest example.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:30 AM (xZEBF)

120 116 105 Governor Drops Out Of Senate Race, Leaving Only The Dem With Nazi symbol known as the "Totenkopf," which was used by the SS- Totenkopfverbande during World War II
Posted by: r hennigantx

Not really fair that the left has so many Nazi/Fascist policies and gets away with putting that label on the right.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:29 AM (Dv3i1)

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The only policy they facially object to is the Holocaust (and even then...their opposition to that is faltering). Everything else about Nazism is just "good governance" that's unfortunately tainted by the whole genocide thing.

Just ask Matthew Yglesias.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:30 AM (Y2NSe)

121 119 White liberals and independents will vote for the pasty white commie over the black person every time.

I give you Virginia as the latest example.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:30 AM (xZEBF)

=====

People forget...Hillary was 40 delegates away from winning the 2008 nomination.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:31 AM (Y2NSe)

122 Abe Lincoln, Thelma (Scooby Do) and Peppermint Patty in a lesbian 3way?

Now I'm intrigued. Is this as a cartoon or Lego stop motion?

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at May 01, 2026 08:31 AM (LOZbR)

123 I'm as dismissive of polling in general as most people, but you still have to apply that logic intelligently. Some polling is halfway decent. Most is trash. Which is which?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:29 AM (Y2NSe)

I'm must more local in my view. All I can do is vote, bring people to vote with me, and volunteer at my polling place to try and keep and eye out for shenanigans.

Up by 10 or down by 10, my behavior doesn't really change.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:31 AM (iNUL3)

124 *kicks dirt*
Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen guy at May 01, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Cheer up. He hasn't been sentenced yet.

Time served!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 08:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

125 "...while the black caucus gets to hype the hypothetical that Crockett totally would have won?"

*****
She just needed a gigantic brightly colored foam rubber cowboy hat.

Posted by: Frederica Wilson at May 01, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

126 Susan Collins is better than Mr Nazi Tatoo but having to occasionally hear that obnoxious lisp for another 6 years… ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:32 AM (26GAh)

127 123 I'm must more local in my view. All I can do is vote, bring people to vote with me, and volunteer at my polling place to try and keep and eye out for shenanigans.

Up by 10 or down by 10, my behavior doesn't really change.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:31 AM (iNUL3)

======

I am amused by people who come to this blog and have the very insistent message that we must vote.

Um...I'm pretty sure everyone who posts in these comments votes in every major election and most special elections they're potentially part of.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:32 AM (Y2NSe)

128 Just about everyone I know who works in manufacturing or logistics, their employers have a facility just across the border in Mexico.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Dv3i1)

My point Chucky
You can have Trade or Drug Cartels
Not both

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

129 White liberals and independents will vote for the pasty white commie over the black person every time.

I give you Virginia as the latest example.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:30 AM (xZEBF)

Scott Jennings kicked some lib in the face with that yesterday.

Leftist: Republicans haven't had a black governor since Reconstruction.

Jennings: We tried to elect one in Virginia just a few months ago

Leftist: Oh. Ok. Well. Still.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:33 AM (iNUL3)

130 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

131 Ugh!

Sarah Trone Garriott is a female Lutheran pastor (shocker) who is running for Congress in Iowa as a Democrat. Twenty years ago, she actually conducted a wedding ceremony between two satanists, including a groom with a pentagram face tattoo, at her church.

In a Fox News report about the 2023 video, which has recently gone viral, Trone Garriott told more of the story. . .

"He asked me to pick the Scriptures," Trone Garriott said on stage in 2023, referring to the senior pastor. "Irritated, I flipped through the Bible. Should I pick something with Satan in it to make them feel more at home?"

"Eventually, I just put the bookmark in at 1 Corinthians 13," she continued. "If you have ever been to a Christian wedding, you’ve probably heard this Scripture. All they would get from me was [a] basic Lutheran wedding."

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:33 AM (5xoct)

132 126 Susan Collins is better than Mr Nazi Tatoo but having to occasionally hear that obnoxious lisp for another 6 years… ugh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:32 AM (26GAh)

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Collins always comes through when needed. Leadership lets her vote against us when her vote doesn't matter, but if it's needed, she comes through.

The Kavanaugh vote, for instance.

That's in opposition to Murkowski who always votes against us.

Collins bugs me a lot less than Murkowski.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y2NSe)

133 How did 'mayday' become a call for help?

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 08:34 AM (Oy/m2)

134 Abe Lincoln, Thelma (Scooby Do) and Peppermint Patty in a lesbian 3way?
Now I'm intrigued. Is this as a cartoon or Lego stop motion?
Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at May 01, 2026 08:31 AM (LOZbR)

Oh My!

Posted by: Tina Kotek, Lesbian at May 01, 2026 08:34 AM (QP+6w)

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

Will do, Salty!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:34 AM (5xoct)

136 Can Harvard Be Reformed?

NO

Next Question

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

MOABs are your friend.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 01, 2026 08:34 AM (snZF9)

137 I am amused by people who come to this blog and have the very insistent message that we must vote.

Um...I'm pretty sure everyone who posts in these comments votes in every major election and most special elections they're potentially part of.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:32 AM (Y2NSe)

Yeah, if you read these comments, they don't all vote. Which is amazing to me...and if this blog's commentors don't get 100% participation, imagine this blog's readers.

No, reminding everyone to vote every time should happen over and over again here, til we do hit 100% of the commenting faithful.

Granted, some of the non-voters are paid plants, glowies, and trolls...but still...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 01, 2026 08:35 AM (tOcjL)

138 That CCTV of the guy running thru the metal detector while everybody watches is pretty damning

and the service dog keyed on the guy twice before being led away by the handler

only thing missing is Yakkety Sax audio track

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)

139 Just this morning, NPR was condemning Dr. Sapphire (Trump's choice for Surgeon General), because she doesn't believe all Americans should be required to receive all Covid boosters whenever 'the science' says they should.

They STILL haven't stopped with the boosters.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 07:39 AM (iNUL3)
******
Trump steals another Fox employee. lol.
I like her. She's a breast cancer surgeon and is good friends with Rachel Campos-Duffy.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

140 She had her chance in 2019 and didn't convert it to a nomination.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Never thought I'd say this.

They almost make sense

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 01, 2026 08:35 AM (LyPw2)

141 How exactly does one start a drug cartel. Seems like a cushy gig. Can I do it from my recliner?

Posted by: Very Fixed Income at May 01, 2026 08:35 AM (oftw2)

142 Just ask Matthew Yglesias.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:30 AM (Y2NSe)

Oh yeah they object to the Holocaust and also the Jews having any safe harbor, which the world had already agreed to without their dumb asses chiming in.

Enjoying your latest subscribers?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:35 AM (LGS3t)

143 >I'm as dismissive of polling in general as most people, but you still have to apply that logic intelligently. Some polling is halfway decent. Most is trash. Which is which?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:29

+++
Likewise.
With all of the changes in technology, how can an objective poll be conducted?

No one answers the phone from unknown numbers.
Websites and emails don't give a representative cross section.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

144 @seungminkim
New - the Trump administration says the U.S.-Iran ceasefire that began April 7 has effectively “terminated” military action for War Powers Resolution purposes, per senior admin official.

That means in their view, 60-day clock for Congress to weigh in does not apply:

-------

I just have to bring this up because it's what I said would happen. People worried that Trump would have to go and ask for permission to strike Iran again from Congress were wrong.

Hell, Obama's Libya campaign, which he never got permission from Congress for and lasted well more than 60 days (about nine months), never even had a reset. There was a lawsuit from Congress, though. It got tossed. Why? Well, Congress has power of the purse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:36 AM (Y2NSe)

145 The fact that the guy isn't dead I'm afraid will encourage still others.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (LGS3t)

146 That's in opposition to Murkowski who always votes against us.

Collins bugs me a lot less than Murkowski.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y2NSe)

I definitely agree with you there… but I’m a shallow person and the lisp annoys me…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (26GAh)

147 She had her chance in 2019 AND NO ONE VOTED FOR HER.

What part don't they get?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

148 You CAN do good political polling but good political polling is not their business.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (LGS3t)

149 41 Anyone who thinks they can win should run. But I want a real, competitive primary. No "turns" or coronations, 4+ candidates duking it out. We have the right to choose the candidate.

Do we though? The DNC has shown in the past that they will hand pick their candidates. And before I get flack from anyone, I'm as liberal as liberals can be.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 01, 2026 07:59 AM (ycI94)

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Does "we" mean a majority of Democrat primary voters, because I have news for them...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (Y2NSe)

150 Collins always comes through when needed. Leadership lets her vote against us when her vote doesn't matter, but if it's needed, she comes through.

The Kavanaugh vote, for instance.

That's in opposition to Murkowski who always votes against us.

Collins bugs me a lot less than Murkowski.
----------------------
Same. She actually represents her constituents, which in her defense, are pretty strange.

Posted by: MJ at May 01, 2026 08:38 AM (XOmY9)

151 >How exactly does one start a drug cartel. Seems like a cushy gig. Can I do it from my recliner?

Posted by: Very Fixed Income
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first thing you do is, ya gotta find office space
you're gonna need a conference table, coffee maker, microwave, etc

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

152 She had her chance in 2019 AND NO ONE VOTED FOR HER.

What part don't they get?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

Didn't she drop out after Iowa because she came in 4th or 5th place?

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)

153 How did 'mayday' become a call for help?
Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026

***
French: m'aidez, or "Help me!" The French is pronounced "may-day."

Never having studied French, as a teen I was puzzled when a character in a story, speaking French, would call "Entrez!" in response to a knock on the door. It just means "Come in!" The "-ez" I think is the imperative form, and is pronounced "ay."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

154 143 Likewise.
With all of the changes in technology, how can an objective poll be conducted?

No one answers the phone from unknown numbers.
Websites and emails don't give a representative cross section.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 01, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

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That's part of the problem, but the bigger problem is sample size and randomness.

It's expensive. You have to contact thousands of people to get hundreds of responses, and once you're in the hundreds, well, weighting tends to come in.

A truly random sample gathered from a few hundred people is hard, especially if there are behavioral differences regarding polling across different partisan demos (which there are). So...they weight the data and then run the stats. If the weighting is correct, well, then you can get a decent result. But then...you might as well just throw up PVI and choose a couple of random numbers within 3 of each major point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:40 AM (Y2NSe)

155 Can you imagine how the 2028 Democrat primary is going to shape up with Talarico having lost to Paxton while the black caucus gets to hype the hypothetical that Crockett totally would have won? And they can point to the depressed black turnout as a reason?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:27 AM (Y2NSe

That race is a fascinating demonstration as to how, not just in Texas but across the country, the ultra radical online left is taking over the Dem Party. The Daily Kos/DU/Reddit posters used to be the fringe (let’s say before 2020) now they’re mainstream Democrat thought.

Back in those old days, every Dem politician knew that their only chance in a tight election was heavy black voter turnout, and black community leaders responded by working hard to get their people to vote. And now the radical left is so cocksure of themselves that they don’t think they need that kind of engagement anymore.

But they don’t really care about winning, all they care about now is looking tough online. A lot of them will be happier losing, because then they’ll have some perceived grievance to whine about online for years to come.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM (H1WUE)

156 JJ, I think that you should have included Margaret Thatcher in your write up. She, Reagan, and John Paul were the great anticommunist triumvirate of the 1980s.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

157 *first thing you do is, ya gotta find office space
you're gonna need a conference table, coffee maker, microwave, etc*

+++
And a lotta drugs.

Posted by: Drug Cartels For Dummies at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

158 147 She had her chance in 2019 AND NO ONE VOTED FOR HER.

What part don't they get?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

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Well, she did drop out before voting started.

And, well, Biden was an embarrassment no one would vote for across several previous presidential primaries until he captured 30% of the Democrat electorate and wouldn't let go.

Being VP changes things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM (Y2NSe)

159 Moulton represents the core Democrat party thinking, and if you don’t realize that you need to pay attention.

It’s pretty obvious what Democrats want to do to the opposition, and they will brook no process, law, rule, principle, election or norm to get there.

They don’t want to govern, they want to rule. They’ve shown you during COVID how they will weaponize the government to steal your rights. They used the Russian Hoax and all auspices of the government to attempt a soft coup. They undermined the election system (and still are) to trying and subvert the people’s will.

This isn’t hyperbole. It’s demonstrably true in every instance. Their own words betray them.

At this point you are either part of the subversion or an idiot to elect any of these people.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:42 AM (xZEBF)

160 153 How did 'mayday' become a call for help?
Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026

A drunk Sam Malone in from the bullpen blows another save?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:42 AM (ugElV)

161 A lot of them will be happier losing, because then they’ll have some perceived grievance to whine about online for years to come.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM (H1WUE)

Why are you looking at us when you say that?

Posted by: GOPe at May 01, 2026 08:43 AM (1Ff7Z)

162 156 JJ, I think that you should have included Margaret Thatcher in your write up. She, Reagan, and John Paul were the great anticommunist triumvirate of the 1980s.
Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM
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See post #18.

Posted by: Polite cough at May 01, 2026 08:43 AM (2Ez/1)

163 155 That race is a fascinating demonstration as to how, not just in Texas but across the country, the ultra radical online left is taking over the Dem Party. The Daily Kos/DU/Reddit posters used to be the fringe (let’s say before 2020) now they’re mainstream Democrat thought.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:41 AM (H1WUE)

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I actually don't think this is true.

The 2026 Texas senate primary mirrored the 2008 presidential primary really closely.

Obama had massive black turnout in 2008. Hillary got Assad levels of support from white people in Austin.

Hillary won the Texas primary (and lost the overall primary).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:43 AM (Y2NSe)

164 *first thing you do is, ya gotta find office space
you're gonna need a conference table, coffee maker, microwave, etc*

+++
And a lotta drugs.
Posted by: Drug Cartels For Dummies at May 01, 2026

***
Drugs are easy to find. Affordable office space, on the other hand . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:43 AM (wzUl9)

165 Another one for the "nothing happens" guy:

@DrOzCMS
·
19h
Today, CMS notified Governor Walz and the state of Minnesota that we are deferring an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funding.

This follows a pattern we can’t ignore. From the “Learing Center” scandal to the recent DOJ action involving childcare centers, Minnesota’s Medicaid program has shown serious vulnerabilities to fraud. These are not isolated breakdowns—they point to systemic issues that must be addressed.

Here’s the reality: the federal government funds roughly half of Medicaid. That gives CMS both the authority and the responsibility to ensure those dollars are spent legally and appropriately. When they’re not, we act. . . .

Booya!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:44 AM (5xoct)

166 venez m'aider - Come help me. Shortened to m'aider, and anglicized to mayday.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:44 AM (Dv3i1)

167 Nicole Sapphire was all in on a lot of the Covid hi jinx. Go back and watch the videos.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:44 AM (xZEBF)

168 first thing you do is, ya gotta find office space
you're gonna need a conference table, coffee maker, microwave, etc
Posted by: Don Black

Thanks. My kitchen table expands to 4X8 with a leaf on each end, and I have a spare coffee maker and microwave. Looks like I'm all set.

Posted by: El Crappo, Potential Drug Kingpin at May 01, 2026 08:45 AM (oftw2)

169 >>Moulton represents the core Democrat party thinking, and if you don’t realize that you need to pay attention.

Yup. Crazy MA lefty, glibly saying Hegseth deserves death.
wtf?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:45 AM (5xoct)

170 Booya!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 08:44 AM (5xoct)

Jim Cramer, is that you? ;-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ugElV)

171
153 How did 'mayday' become a call for help?
Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026

***
French: m'aidez, or "Help me!" The French is pronounced "may-day."

And popularized during WW1, when the Lafayette Escadrille was a cause celebre, before the US officially entered the war. That’s how it became associated with aircraft emergencies. .

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (H1WUE)

172 “Nicole Sapphire” sounds like a stripper name.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

173 Drugs are easy to find. Affordable office space, on the other hand . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Offer a steep discount to the real estate rep on drugs. You'll find good office space pretty quickly.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (+4yJ5)

174 Hey TJM, did you happen to watch a movie called Aniara? Not done yet but it's intriguing to say the least.

Posted by: MJ at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (XOmY9)

175 Today, CMS notified Governor Walz and the state of Minnesota that we are deferring an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funding.
____

I assume Walz and team will withhold medicaid payments from ordinary Minnesotans before stopping any funding to his Somali constituents. The spice must flow.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (Dv3i1)

176 Wolfus,

Terre Haute, eh? I've never been there. You can probably do a lot of the scouting by going online. Google-Map a drive around any areas that look promising. Online realtors have pretty darn good sites for checking out houses. Once you have it narrowed to 1 or 2 possibilities, THEN head up there for the final view. Then most of the legal stuff can be done online again.

Good luck to you!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (3AwA+)

177 The rabid, radical left has a lot of anger (motivation) to displace the "Olde Guard." And money.

On the right, there's no real motivating force other than MAGA... which is entirely hated by the GOP and stymied at every turn.

Tiz a quandary.... ain't it. So, what would a "radical right" look like?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)

178 174 Hey TJM, did you happen to watch a movie called Aniara? Not done yet but it's intriguing to say the least.

Posted by: MJ at May 01, 2026 08:46 AM (XOmY9)

=====

Nope.

Though the poster looks familiar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:47 AM (Y2NSe)

179 So while they were overtly scamming us out of hundreds of billions of dollars they were busy prosecuting Trump and pro lifers and January 6 people and crying on TV. It's almost like they stay on offense to keep you from even finding out about all their theft and fraud, let alone doing anything about it.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:48 AM (LGS3t)

180 @ClayTravis
If you were born in America since roughly 1975, the only systemic racism that has existed in your life is racial discrimination by the state & feds in favor of minority groups. This governmental era of racism to cure racism is ending and Democrats are losing their minds over it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:48 AM (Dv3i1)

181 Our liberal news outlet ran a quiet story about 2.1 million (yes million) "outdated voters" being purged from Michigan voter roles. According to AI that's 26% of registered voters plus change. The story also suggested this was an effort stretching back to 2019 (ya know, just like California was "already" cracking down on the fake hospices )- no indication when the purge would be complete.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at May 01, 2026 08:48 AM (jPdyB)

182 The 2026 Texas senate primary mirrored the 2008 presidential primary really closely.

Obama had massive black turnout in 2008. Hillary got Assad levels of support from white people in Austin.

Hillary won the Texas primary (and lost the overall primary).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:43 AM (Y2NSe)

You cheat, you look up actual numbers!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:48 AM (H1WUE)

183 first thing you do is, ya gotta find office space
you're gonna need a conference table, coffee maker, microwave, etc
Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

Or you can start a meth lab in the local State Uni Chemistry Dept

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

184 Terre Haute, eh? I've never been there. You can probably do a lot of the scouting by going online. Google-Map a drive around any areas that look promising. Online realtors have pretty darn good sites for checking out houses. Once you have it narrowed to 1 or 2 possibilities, THEN head up there for the final view. Then most of the legal stuff can be done online again.

Good luck to you!
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 01, 2026

***
That's what I did with Salina. Only I had not checked out home insurance rates (in Salina, they were $$$). TH looks much better in that regard. Going forward, any property I'm interested in will get that research.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:49 AM (wzUl9)

185 Nicole Sapphire was all in on a lot of the Covid hi jinx. Go back and watch the videos.

Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:44 AM (xZEBF)

An awful lot of people were - including DeSantis.

Watching it play out in real time made many, many people question their reflexive deference to medical authority. This is an unalloyed good.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:50 AM (iNUL3)

186
*167 Nicole Sapphire was all in on a lot of the Covid hi jinx. Go back and watch the videos.
Posted by: The Crow at May 01, 2026 08:44 AM*

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Her last name is "Saphier."

The woman you're thinking of is a stripper at The Foxy Kat on Warwick Boulevard.

Posted by: Not that I've ever been there at May 01, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

187 The story also suggested this was an effort stretching back to 2019 (ya know, just like California was "already" cracking down on the fake hospices )- no indication when the purge would be complete.
____

WWII only lasted 6 years, shorter than this "effort".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 08:50 AM (Dv3i1)

188 Or you can start a meth lab in the local State Uni Chemistry Dept
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026

***
If only I'd done it that way!
(-- Walter White)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:50 AM (wzUl9)

189 At this point you are either part of the subversion or an idiot to elect any of these people.

I always vote democrat so the children, even the obese ones don't go to bed hongray and for oldsters who are all alone in their RV as they vacation in Hawaii and for the downtrodden so they have access to Kool cigarettes and 40's to pass the time while doing hood rat stuff.

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat shill and lgbtqrsuv advocate at May 01, 2026 08:50 AM (QP+6w)

190 Here's a good site to check when you are looking at moving. Let us just say that it addresses things that real estate agents cannot legally talk about:

https://peaceandquiet.io/usa

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 08:51 AM (+4yJ5)

191 You cheat, you look up actual numbers!
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 08:48 AM (H1WUE)
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BURN HIM!

Posted by: "Climate" Scientists Everywhere at May 01, 2026 08:51 AM (LxER7)

192 Tiz a quandary.... ain't it. So, what would a "radical right" look like?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)

Tactical. Loud.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 08:51 AM (iNUL3)

193 In the Texas regular election I doubt Talarico will get much of a turnout from the African Americans after he beat Crockett and given his general weirdness. Whichever Republican wins the primary will win the general by at least 5%

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 08:52 AM (gu0hJ)

194 Who responds to polls anymore, unless u are 85 with a landline.

I never answer unknown number on my cell

Posted by: Jonah at May 01, 2026 08:53 AM (YCxFk)

195 753 and thru da links

Happy Fricking Friday

Headed to Texas Motor Speedway

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

196 It's funny to me that one of the ads here advertises "Six Sure-fire Ways to Attract Hummingbirds" and a video is playing showing what is to be a hummingbird pagoda being turned on a lathe.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 01, 2026 08:54 AM (2ap+5)

197 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 08:54 AM (PQb8B)

198
172 & 186.
Heh.

Posted by: Horde mind at May 01, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)

199 I call it islham as a pork product should be introduced to it wherever possible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 08:55 AM (PQb8B)

200 Paxton ex wife worries me though. She is a GOP State Senator right?

Bet Soros dark shadow scum will offer millions to her, to create another scandal.

Posted by: Jonah at May 01, 2026 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

201 You start a cartel in the same manner you start any money-making endeavor -- find an initial funding source. For a cartel or any other organized crime operation to succeed, said initial funding source is likely a government entity, passed through something innocuous.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 08:55 AM (FenX4)

202 I never answer unknown number on my cell
Posted by: Jonah

I might if I'm feeling spiteful.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 08:55 AM (+4yJ5)

203 That's what I did with Salina. Only I had not checked out home insurance rates (in Salina, they were $$$). TH looks much better in that regard. Going forward, any property I'm interested in will get that research.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 01, 2026 08:49 AM (wzUl9)

Don't forget to check the crime stat map.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 08:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

204 200 Paxton ex wife worries me though. She is a GOP State Senator right?

Bet Soros dark shadow scum will offer millions to her, to create another scandal.

Posted by: Jonah at May 01, 2026 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

======

Texas is VERY Republican now.

Senate races undo turnout differentials in midterms and drive up turnout to presidential levels.

Paxton by at least 9. With Talarico going for MSNBC points instead of appealing to Texas voters, Paxton by 13.

Polling, though, will show Talarico winning until October and then the race will "shift" for some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:56 AM (Y2NSe)

205

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 08:57 AM (PQb8B)

206 201 You start a cartel in the same manner you start any money-making endeavor -- find an initial funding source. For a cartel or any other organized crime operation to succeed, said initial funding source is likely a government entity, passed through something innocuous.
Posted by: Doof

This is the sordid story of the rise of Picketball.

Posted by: Money Laundered-While You Wait at May 01, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)

207 Talircos Austin Preacher

“You may know if you check the news at all. There was an assassination attempt,” Rigby said from the pulpit. “And I know a lot of people have mixed feelings. But it’s really, really important if you’re going to be the healing agents of the world to realize that violence is not going to get rid of the problem that we have.”

feelings
nothing more than feelings

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)

208 207 Talircos Austin Preacher

“You may know if you check the news at all. There was an assassination attempt,” Rigby said from the pulpit. “And I know a lot of people have mixed feelings. But it’s really, really important if you’re going to be the healing agents of the world to realize that violence is not going to get rid of the problem that we have.”

feelings
nothing more than feelings

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 01, 2026 08:58 AM (/+uur)

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"We need to ban meat and guns and I love trans kids."
-also Talarico

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 08:58 AM (Y2NSe)

209 The problem is Thatcher broke the back of the working class in England like Obama did here. They had far too much power so it was coming to them, but she fundamentally transformed Britain and indirectly accelerated it into the globalist state we see today.

There may have been no stopping that march but pulling the plug on the white working class IMO ended up aiding the globalist agenda. Strikingly similar to what Obama (always read: Obama's puppeteers for Obama because he's of course a layabout commie sham) did but for different reasons.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 08:58 AM (LGS3t)

210 First Lady got another 3AM phone call last night. She walked out of the bedroom and didn't come back till after 4. She didn't say anything, so there wasn't any emergency, but I don't know who or what it was about.

I'm not sure I want to know. I just know my stomach is still in knots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 08:59 AM (PQb8B)

211 Jonah

That is a scary thought. Ex-wives have a lot of spite to spill.

But the real spouse problem was Kristi Noem's husband Bryon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

212 > Headed to Texas Motor Speedway
Posted by: r hennigantx
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My last NASCAR race was 3 years ago at Nashville, the speedway not the fairgrounds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 09:00 AM (jehhT)

213 How did 'mayday' become a call for help?
Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026

Mayday originated in 1923 when Frederick Stanley Mockford, a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, was tasked with creating a distress signal easily understood by international air traffic. Because most flights at the time connected London with Paris, Mockford derived the term from the French phrase "m’aider" (help me), a shortened form of "venez m’aider" (come help me), chosen for its phonetic clarity over radio static.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)

214 “And I know a lot of people have mixed feelings. But it’s really, really important if you’re going to be the healing agents of the world to realize that violence is not going to get rid of the problem that we have.”
]

And what problem would that be?

Remove any tax exempt status from whatever church this shit was spewed from.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:00 AM (PQb8B)

215 But the real spouse problem was Kristi Noem's husband Bryon.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

But, you already mentioned ex wives!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 09:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

216 Egoriy, Master of the Sackbutt:
youtube.com/watch?v=gM8NdLDczOk

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 09:01 AM (N8ZBc)

217 Speaking of money laundering, One-Hour Martinizing was invented in 1949. Shouldn't we, with all the tech wizardry invented since then be down to "Half-Hour Martinizing", at least?

Posted by: Modern Marvels at May 01, 2026 09:01 AM (oftw2)

218 Kentucky Derby tomorrow.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

219 OrangeEnt

You can never look at a couple and really know what is going on, but sheesh!! They have ISSUES.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

220 Whichever Republican wins the primary will win the general by at least 5%
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 08:52 AM (gu0hJ)

From the ground level view in Texas, it looks like Cornyn has already given up. Runoff is getting close, and Cornyn is running no campaign, and making no appearances anyone knows about. Maybe he thinks he can do it all in the last week, but talk about too little too late.

And those reading out of state probably don’t know that the most cutting criticism of him from inside Texas wasn’t that he was just an old school RINO (although that’s true); it’s that he long ago forgot about the State and its voters, and instead acted like he was a full time permanent resident of DC only. You don’t fix that by refusing to even show up in what is supposedly his home state.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 09:03 AM (H1WUE)

221 First Lady got another 3AM phone call last night. She walked out of the bedroom and didn't come back till after 4. She didn't say anything, so there wasn't any emergency, but I don't know who or what it was about.

Maybe it was from the guy from State Farm. The original guy before he got replaced.

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 09:04 AM (Oy/m2)

222 what exACTLY is 'martinizing' ?

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)

223 Free Beacon:

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has faced intense scrutiny over its offshore holdings, which critics say ballooned by as much as 430% between 2013 and 2021, from $44 million in non-U.S. equity to $233 million. By 2024, those holdings had dropped to $130 million, still nearly 200% higher than in 2013. The SPLC’s total assets in 2024 were about $800 million, with non-U.S. equity exceeding domestic holdings every year since 2016.

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

224 Headed to Texas Motor Speedway
Posted by: r hennigantx

I'll be passing by there Saturday morning around 630-700 AM.

I'll honk and wave if you're camping.

I remember when it used to be PACKED. Not so much any more.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:05 AM (PQb8B)

225 You can never look at a couple and really know what is going on, but sheesh!! They have ISSUES.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 01, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

It seems our leaders are weird.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 09:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

226 Maybe it was from the guy from State Farm. The original guy before he got replaced.
Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 09:04 AM (Oy/m2)

I did get a letter from State Farm advising me that they denied my claim that I didn't know was made. But, I'm guessing that was my insurance company attempting to get something relating to my daughter's silliness.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:06 AM (PQb8B)

227 "what exACTLY is 'martinizing' ?"

A ripoff. For only 50% more, you can get MartinAndLewisizing.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 09:06 AM (N8ZBc)

228 Paxton ex wife worries me though. She is a GOP State Senator right?

Bet Soros dark shadow scum will offer millions to her, to create another scandal.
Posted by: Jonah at May 01, 2026 08:55 AM (YCxFk)
*****
That thought has crossed my mind too.
Definitely worried about other skeletons to come out of the closet.

Would not be surprised if the left pays a bunch of women to take Paxton down.

I will probably vote for him in the runoff, but I am definitely worried.

I don't like that Paxton has not run any ads, but Cornyn has flooded the airwaves with tons of negative ads against Paxton.

Because of those ads my mom is leaning towards Cornyn.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

229 Canada's Culture Minister: Regulating Online Content A Duty Of Federal Government

The upcoming legislation will be the government’s third attempt to legislate on “online harms"

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2026 09:08 AM (RHGPo)

230 190 Here's a good site to check when you are looking at moving. Let us just say that it addresses things that real estate agents cannot legally talk about:

https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 08:51 AM
++++
*bookmarks for future reference*

Thanks!

Posted by: Person who will be moving in a few years at May 01, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

231 BabylonBee: Democrats Deny Inciting Violence And Say Anyone Who Thinks They Do Must Be Eliminated By Any Means Necessary

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

232 228
I don't like that Paxton has not run any ads, but Cornyn has flooded the airwaves with tons of negative ads against Paxton.

Because of those ads my mom is leaning towards Cornyn.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

=======

Ads have surprisingly small effects in the aggregate, and they're mostly a dumping ground for large fundraising reserves (that consultants get a nice percentage off of).

If Cornyn wasn't able to finish off Paxton with at least $65 million in ads leads up to the first vote WITH a spoiler at the same time in the race to suck up extra not-Cornyn votes, then Cornyn's money was wasted except to provide some generational wealth to his consultants.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 09:10 AM (Y2NSe)

233 From OpenSourceIntel X posting:
Open Source Intel
@Osint613
14h
NOW: U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC releases footage showing Cole Allen shooting a U.S. Secret Service officer during the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

https://tinyurl.com/25ets2mu

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:11 AM (N39Ws)

234 >>So while they were overtly scamming us out of hundreds of billions of dollars they were busy prosecuting Trump and pro lifers and January 6 people and crying on TV. It's almost like they stay on offense to keep you from even finding out about all their theft and fraud, let alone doing anything about it.

SOP, sadly.
Don't forget they were *not* prosecuting the true terrorists, antifa and the campus protesters.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:11 AM (5xoct)

235 233 From OpenSourceIntel X posting:
Open Source Intel
@Osint613
14h
NOW: U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC releases footage showing Cole Allen shooting a U.S. Secret Service officer during the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

https://tinyurl.com/25ets2mu

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:11 AM (N39Ws)

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"This was his first offense, officer. He should be let free on cashless bail."
-it'd work in NYC

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Y2NSe)

236 I had a good buddy from near Terre Haute, just across the line in Illinois when a boy. He had a lot of jokes about "Terrible Haute," as in its golden era it was dominated by houses of ill repute. Some of the madams became prominent citizens. Many good Christian families would not shop or visit there, decades ago.

It's the home of the Hulman family, owners of Clabber Girl and for a long time, the speedway at Indianapolis. It has an epic sprint car dirt track, although I will say that it is a uniquely dusty clay and in glorious summer you won't see the end of many races.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 01, 2026 09:12 AM (zdLoL)

237 Abortion Barbie, Bucktoothed Beto , now Weirdo Talarico. If the Dems think they can turn Texas blue they might start by not running shit shows

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 09:12 AM (gu0hJ)

238 > Abortion Barbie, Bucktoothed Beto , now Weirdo Talarico. If the Dems think they can turn Texas blue they might start by not running shit shows
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It's literally "who they are."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 01, 2026 09:13 AM (jehhT)

239 NOW: U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC releases footage showing Cole Allen shooting a U.S. Secret Service officer during the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

https://tinyurl.com/25ets2mu

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:11 AM (N39Ws)

This video does several things - it proves there was no friendly fire and it proves the agent who 'wasn't watching the door' was in fact watching the door. He glanced over his shoulder to watch someone walk past from a different angle, but wasn't not screwing around, was not being lazy, was not ambivalent or derelict.

It also shows just how quickly Allen was able to get onto the USSS and how quickly the first officer got their weapon out.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 09:13 AM (iNUL3)

240 No May Day celebrations in my area. The Lord blessed us with severe thunderstorms that will last all day into the night.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:14 AM (kxLc1)

241 237 Abortion Barbie, Bucktoothed Beto , now Weirdo Talarico. If the Dems think they can turn Texas blue they might start by not running shit shows

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 09:12 AM (gu0hJ)

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Democrats hanging onto Beto's 3 point loss to Cruz in 2018 is honestly stupider than if GOPers were hanging onto Scott Brown's surprise win in MA in 2010 as hope that a Republican had a serious shot against Warren in 2026.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Y2NSe)

242 what exACTLY is 'martinizing' ?
Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)

Dry cleaning using non-flammable solvents. A process discovered by a chemist named Henry Martin.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

243 The Musk v OpenAI lawyer tweet thread at Insty is fun:

https://instapundit.com/793758/

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

244 FoxNews this morning.

Pakistan says Iran has a new proposal as gaytollah's autopen also releases a statement saying the US belonged in the bottom of the ocean.

Wel'll see what Iran's surrender terms are to the US this time. The wells should be shutting down soon. So we're nearing the end of this.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at May 01, 2026 09:15 AM (Sco7b)

245 No May Day celebrations in my area. The Lord blessed us with severe thunderstorms that will last all day into the night.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:14 AM (kxLc1)

That's too bad. But, it does give you a chance to watch Star Trek episode, Wink of an Eye, where Kirk pulls on his boots.....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 09:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

246 So... what are you wearing "Jake from State Farm?"

Posted by: Suspicious wife at May 01, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)

247 Carbona Not Glue.

Posted by: Dee Dee Ramone at May 01, 2026 09:15 AM (oftw2)

248 IIRC, Terre Haute is where Sissy, Buffy, and Jodie were from on Family Affair.

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

249 The Big Lebowski (199

– In this Coen Brothers classic, "86" is used in a bowling alley scene to indicate removing someone from the premises, reflecting its common bar and restaurant usage.

Goodfellas (1990) – Martin Scorsese’s mob drama uses "86" in a context implying getting rid of someone, aligning with mafia slang for elimination.

Pulp Fiction (1994) – Quentin Tarantino’s film features a scene where a character is told to "86 the gimp," meaning to remove or deal with a problematic individual, showing the term’s darker connotations in criminal contexts.

Reservoir Dogs (1992) – Another Tarantino film, where "86" is used similarly to indicate getting rid of someone, emphasizing its association with exclusion or elimination.

Casino (1995) – Joe Pesci’s character is "eighty-sixed," reflecting mob slang for execution-style removal, demonstrating the term’s use in organized crime narratives.

Posted by: SMOD at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

250 Today is also Kentucky Oaks Day. 🐎

Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby. 🏇🌹

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

251
Yeah, if herself gets a 3 am phone call that lasts an hour she sure as hell got some 'splainin to do.

Posted by: Auspex at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (DECkL)

252 Dry cleaning using non-flammable solvents. A process discovered by a chemist named Henry Martin.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)

There was a store in Louisville (on Hurstbourne) that still had a sign simply saying 'Martinizing' 20 some odd years ago. Even then, I thought 'I wonder if many of the young folks- who I was more in line with those days- know what the hell that is?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (bss/y)

253 This is the sordid story of the rise of Picketball.
Posted by: Money Laundered-While You Wait at May 01, 2026 08:57 AM (oftw2)

Quite possibly!

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:17 AM (FenX4)

254
Trump: "I want Comey prosecuted."

DoJ: "Great, no problem! He's committed hundreds of felonies. We'll just be sure to select the single one we don't have a hope of successfully prosecuting. Done and done!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

255 Austrian Pleads Guilty to Plotting Taylor Swift Terror Attack (from Hot Air).

Any guesses if the perp is 'Austrian' in the, uhm, traditional sense?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

256 I posted this yesterday afternoon, but will repeat for the morning readers.

USS Idaho commissioning video. Goes to YT. Absolutely love this Chief of Boat.
Sink boats, cut throats!

https://tinyurl.com/ykhrxkjj

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:18 AM (N39Ws)

257 250 Today is also Kentucky Oaks Day. 🐎

Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby. 🏇🌹
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)

So enjoy some Kentucky Bourbon.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (N39Ws)

258 Picketball?

Is that where a bunch of guys line up on one side across a big open field. Another group bunches up at the other end and has to walk across the open space towards the others. The standing still guys get to hurl balls at the approaching guys and if you get hit, you're out?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (bss/y)

259 I'm way late on this but the similarities in the new MN state flag and the Somali flag is no coincidence.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (kxLc1)

260 >>DoJ: "Great, no problem! He's committed hundreds of felonies. We'll just be sure to select the single one we don't have a hope of successfully prosecuting. Done and done!"

Who says this is the only charge against Comey?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

261 @241 yup , Brown won the special election because Martha Coakley was a god awful candidate for the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (gu0hJ)

262 The American Greatness article. "The Truth About Immigration" is very interesting. I recommend everyone reads the entire essay. I have forwarded it to quite a few conservative friends. A long read, but a good analysis of the problem with present day immigrants from third world societies.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (5xuJ/)

263 Paxton is much like Trump; he’s partially inoculated against attacks because has been under constant attack for 12 years now. It’s hard to believe any claim can come up because his opponents have been throwing everything they can find at him nonstop for that entire time.

The impeachment hearings of Paxton in the Texas House sealed it for me - the Speaker promised that all of the hard evidence of Paxton’s unfitness for office would be revealed, so I paid attention closely at the time.

And I was disgusted that every time they got a witness to testify about some awful thing, they’d be asked “so you saw this personally?”
And the answer was always “no, but my cousins girlfriend told him that’s what happened, and I believe her.”
“So is she here today?”
“No she said she didn’t want to do this kind of thing, but I believe her!”

Every single big complaint they had against him turned into some version of that, which is why the case became a laughingstock.

So his enemies are down to saying that he’s bad because he and his wife broke up and he fell in love with another woman. Big deal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 09:20 AM (H1WUE)

264 Today is also Kentucky Oaks Day. 🐎

Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby. 🏇🌹
Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:16 AM (NpAcC)
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Got some mint plants ready to donate their leaves for infused simple syrup which I will make tonight. I have been designated to make the mint juleps at our Derby party tomorrow. Be jealous!

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:21 AM (FenX4)

265 261 @241 yup , Brown won the special election because Martha Coakley was a god awful candidate for the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (gu0hJ)

=======

I bemoan the fact that Republicans are so caught up in defeatism that they lose hope on races they're actually going to win (much less bubble races), but it does have the advantage of not sending tens of millions of dollars into races that have no chance of being won.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 01, 2026 09:21 AM (Y2NSe)

266 When a larger defense contractor goes on a shopping spree and acquires a bunch of smaller defense contractors the painful several year process of integrating them is referred to as Lockheed Martinizing."

Posted by: Beltway Bandits R Us at May 01, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

267 243 The Musk v OpenAI lawyer tweet thread at Insty is fun:
https://instapundit.com/793758/
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:15 AM (bss/y)

No "genius" in Musk's repartee. Simple moral alertness and cool, unyielding self-respect.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 01, 2026 09:22 AM (E2lD7)

268 "...", following up on your comments about women being targeted politically, Allie Beth Stuckey (friend and contemporary of Charlie Kirk) focuses her messaging on women in hopes of deprogramming them. Her most recent book, "Toxic Empathy," is about how the left very effectively harnesses women's natural tendency for empathy to get them on board for their various causes (e.g. open borders, abortion). She spoke bout this at my church last fall.

Stuckey has drawn fire from Hillary Clinton. She is clearly over the target on this based on the attacks she gets from the Left.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 01, 2026 09:22 AM (5xoct)

269 USS Idaho commissioning video. Goes to YT. Absolutely love this Chief of Boat.
Sink boats, cut throats!

https://tinyurl.com/ykhrxkjj

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:18 AM (N39Ws)

"We are the scariest thing in the ocean since the Cretaceous Period."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 01, 2026 09:22 AM (iNUL3)

270 Austrian Pleads Guilty to Plotting Taylor Swift Terror Attack (from Hot Air)

Another tour?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

271 Any guesses if the perp is 'Austrian' in the, uhm, traditional sense?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

If it's the one he knew about, definitely not. It was a Mamdani style attack.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (LGS3t)

272 He? WE

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (LGS3t)

273 Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby. 🏇🌹

===

YES!!

Posted by: runner at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (GD0B3)

274 Rejected brandnames: Martination/Martinating. MartinBrite. Martin-O-Rola. Martinfresh.

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (N8ZBc)

275 No "genius" in Musk's repartee. Simple moral alertness and cool, unyielding self-respect.
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 01, 2026 09:22 AM (E2lD7)

And not getting drawn in. It is rehearsed. He knew how they could come at him.

The thing is having the presence of mind to prepare and doing it IS a kind of genius. And following through.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (bss/y)

276 Fucking Moron. Reagan also gave AMNESTY (making Commiefornia blue forever) and created both CARB and the Commiefornia Coastal Commission. Yea, Big CONSERVATIVE... Reagan never met a government progrom he didn't want to make bigger and permanent. All in the guise of defeating the USSR. USSR is long gone but Reagans real legacy isnt.

Posted by: Fisht at May 01, 2026 09:24 AM (v1css)

277 >USS Idaho commissioning video.
----

I enjoyed that

Posted by: Don Black at May 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ZxPkt)

278 The impeachment hearings of Paxton in the Texas House sealed it for me - the Speaker promised that all of the hard evidence of Paxton’s unfitness for office would be revealed, so I paid attention closely at the time.

Whole lotta folks got voted out of office over that shit including, IIRC, three members of the Supreme Court.

Not quite the last hurrah of the Bushites but getting there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

279 Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 01, 2026 09:15 AM (1Ff7Z)

I obviously missed the correction of my post yesterday after stepping out. I'm always confident that incorrect information will always be corrected at aos in minutes. It's one of the best parts of this site.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:24 AM (kxLc1)

280 274 Rejected brandnames: Martination/Martinating. MartinBrite. Martin-O-Rola. Martinfresh.
Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 09:23 AM (N8ZBc)

And probably at least one of those was used as a store name somewhere at some time. People used to be more inventive in order to draw eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:24 AM (bss/y)

281 Especially MartinBrite. I like that one.

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

282 269 Ha!

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 09:26 AM (N8ZBc)

283 In all the years of Ellis Island, 12 million immigrants rolled through there. Biden and his Autopen dumped more than that into the country in four years.

Posted by: Wretched Refuse at May 01, 2026 09:26 AM (oftw2)

284 Used to watch the Kentucky Derby every year but since I work on Saturdays I haven't seen it for 3 years.

Posted by: dantesed at May 01, 2026 09:26 AM (Oy/m2)

285 I rode in a Tesla for the first time last week.

The bare bones efficient commie interior is a fucking abomination. I couldn't hate it more. You're in a box with a steering wheel and a giant iPad. Terrible.

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 09:27 AM (LGS3t)

286 NY Post - Prep school teacher filmed sex with student she was tutoring: ‘Not my best thinking’

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)

287 Never really got into all the hype around the Kentucky Derby.

Guess horse racing isn't my thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:28 AM (PQb8B)

288 @265 Brown is now running for senator from NH. He's in the Rep primary against former senator and governor Sununu. Should be interesting and close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2026 09:28 AM (gu0hJ)

289 Got some mint plants ready to donate their leaves for infused simple syrup which I will make tonight. I have been designated to make the mint juleps at our Derby party tomorrow. Be jealous!
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2026 09:21 AM (FenX4)
********
Ok. I'm jealous.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

290 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 01, 2026 09:20 AM (H1WUE)

Tom you're not being totally honest about what's been admitted to and independently confirmed but we're in a war so my position is not to shoot my own soldiers at the moment.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 01, 2026 09:28 AM (kxLc1)

291 The bare bones efficient commie interior is a fucking abomination. I couldn't hate it more. You're in a box with a steering wheel and a giant iPad. Terrible.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 09:27 AM (LGS3t)

I will admit, they can be fun to drive. I'd never own one, but wouldn't mind beating the shit out of one on occasion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:28 AM (PQb8B)

292 CARB and CCC to defeat the USSR?

Posted by: Dark L at May 01, 2026 09:28 AM (W5mpo)

293 Eh, to be fair, even a World War 10 U-Boat could easily kill a Mosasaur in single combat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 01, 2026 09:29 AM (BI5O2)

294 285 I rode in a Tesla for the first time last week.

The bare bones efficient commie interior is a fucking abomination. I couldn't hate it more. You're in a box with a steering wheel and a giant iPad. Terrible.
Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 09:27 AM (LGS3t)

Did you feel like a smug, more caring human?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at May 01, 2026 09:29 AM (Sco7b)

295 Comey was subpoenaed in March for his role in the ICA. The grand jury is in Florida.

>>@paulsperry_
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>>BREAKING: According to a federal prosecutor familiar with the burgeoning "grand conspiracy" case, Eric Ciaramella is under "heavy scrutiny" not just for his role in the Trump impeachment plot, but his role years earlier in the manufacturing of false US intelligence about Putin and Trump -- i.e., the Obama-ordered ICA -- as an Obama White House analyst on Russia and Ukraine

Posted by: JackStraw at May 01, 2026 09:29 AM (viF8m)

296 NY Post - Prep school teacher filmed sex with student she was tutoring: ‘Not my best thinking’

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 01, 2026 09:27 AM (Dv3i1)

Which part wasn't her best thinking??? Filming it?

Posted by: ... at May 01, 2026 09:29 AM (LGS3t)

297 “Lockheed” is an Americanized spelling. The aircraft firm was founded by two brothers named Lueghead or something similar, and were tired of people calling them the “Lugheads”. True story.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 01, 2026 09:29 AM (bAH4u)

298 230 Thanks!
Posted by: Person who will be moving in a few years

That site is wonderful. And since it uses publicly available information to help you look for a new place it can't be called raysis.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 09:30 AM (+4yJ5)

299 ART CRITICS UPSTAIRS WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (F93eu)

300 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (PQb8B)

301 296 NY Post - Prep school teacher filmed sex with student she was tutoring: ‘Not my best thinking’

Posted by: ...

At some point, we are going to have to demand psych evals from actual professionals before we let people become teachers.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (+4yJ5)

302 'tired of people calling them the “Lugheads”.'

I don't get it. I'd never tire of being called Lughead. Lughead f'n rocks!

Posted by: gp at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (N8ZBc)

303 Until the 80's, smog in LA was a beast.

Posted by: Dark L at May 01, 2026 09:31 AM (W5mpo)

304 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

305 So enjoy some Kentucky Bourbon.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 01, 2026 09:19 AM (N39Ws)
*****
We've got plenty of that on hand.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

306 286 NY Post - Prep school teacher filmed sex with student she was tutoring: ‘Not my best thinking’
Posted by: Chuck Martel

We have a new resident Tooter. May this be a dire warning.

Posted by: Sylvan Learing Center at May 01, 2026 09:32 AM (oftw2)

307 Mint Juleps are tasty. Cane sugar & simple syrup makes for a very easy base. Crushed ice is traditional, as is a sterling cup. Silver is the most conductive metal, so it gets frosty. I think this improves the drink, try it and see what you think.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (bAH4u)

308 Nypost Teacher filmed story:

https://tinyurl.com/4p2h9vme

Sorta hot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2026 09:34 AM (bss/y)

309 287 Never really got into all the hype around the Kentucky Derby.

Guess horse racing isn't my thing.
Posted by: Sponge
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It's all about us.

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