The Morning Rant

"America First" isn't just a tag line. It distills a very simple idea that has been lost for a very long time. In fact, it is best seen as a warning to the gaggle of politicians and pundits whose every waking hour is consumed by the notion of a new world order that supersedes the normal human condition of nationalism and patriotism.

Put simply, "America First" is the entirely unremarkable idea that the function of the American government is to protect and defend the interests of the American people, American culture and society, and the American economy.

There is no addendum or subsection that requires American blood and treasure to be spent on any other country, unless it furthers the interests of America.Our alliances must be of benefit to America, or they should be discarded. And most of all, The conduct of America should be entirely self-governed, without any subservience to outside interests. The United Nations, the World Health Organization, NATO, the EU, OPEC, and a host of other international organizations constantly seek to force American subservience to their rules and mandates. Even sovereign countries try to hold America and Americans to their laws. The UK recently beclowned itself (even more than usual) by announcing that they will prosecute Americans for violations of the UK's draconian on-line hate speech laws.

And here we have a particularly egregious violation of our sovereignty by the EU, which has a bug up its pompous, superior, elitist ass when it comes to big bad American corporations being better and more efficient than European companies.

From Brasília to Brussels: Trump Should Broaden His 301 Offensive.

Earlier this year, iRobot, the company that made the Roomba, filed for bankruptcy and was sold off to a Chinese supplier. The cause was a decision made in Brussels, three years ago, to block Amazon’s rescue offer. Thusly, an American company was regulated out of existence by a foreign bureaucracy. A Chinese competitor inherited the spoils, which is a fair summary of how the European Union’s (EU) so-called consumer protections work in the real world.
iRobot is no isolated case. The EU has built an entire regulatory architecture for precisely this purpose, with two pieces of legislation: the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), marketed as consumer protection but functioning as industrial policy directed at firms headquartered in the United States.
In fact, five of the seven companies Brussels has designated as “gatekeepers” under the DMA are American. European competitors, on the other hand, are usually spared, and Chinese firms face notably lighter compliance pressure. It’s hardly an accident.

This is a direct challenge to the sovereignty and economic leadership of America, and a nakedly partisan attempt to create through regulation what Europe is unable to do with innovation.

The EU and its mandarins are content to be overtaken by China, invaded by 3rd world Muslim hordes, and bought out by Gulf oil money. But competing with America and Americans? That is a bridge too far.

Europe is probably too far gone, but the Western Hemisphere is not, and an American-led regulatory structure that rewards innovation and hard work, and allows market forces to operate, will create the foundation for the economies on our side of the oceans to dominate.

The triad of Marco Rubio at State, Howard Lutnick at Commerce, and Scott Bessent at Treasury, understands this very well, and they should expand their pressure on our hemispheric partners to change the paradigm of the zero-sum economic game that the EU insists upon playing.

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Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 They all just want to date us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 19, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

4 I like the ending with a little grey box.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 19, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

6
Considering anything of Europe at this point should carry the same social stigma as slumming.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 19, 2026 11:02 AM (s9VOe)

7 1 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

we're done here. pack it in....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 19, 2026 11:03 AM (v6XNT)

8 "America First." Those two words have become the signature phrase of Matt Morse on YouTube.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

9 Missiissippi has s higher per capita gdp than England.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM (WpmWK)

10 4 I like the ending with a little grey box.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

Only Platinum Plus members can see what's in the box.

Even ace can't see it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)

11 Missiissippi has s higher per capita gdp than England.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM (WpmWK)

And their reading scores are better than California's!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM (iERP6)

12 The UK recently beclowned itself (even more than usual) by announcing that they will prosecute Americans for violations of the UK's draconian on-line hate speech laws.

You and what army? No really, what army?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

13 >>*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Nazdar at May 19, 2026 11:05 AM (NcvvS)

14 Screw Europe, those ungrateful wretches.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

15 9 Missiissippi has s higher per capita gdp than England.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM

And much better cuisine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

16 For every US firm impacted by these silly EU regulations, we should nationalize all US based parts of an equivalent EU firm.

Just take them. EU cannot do a thing about it - except get off their high horse and quit thinking they are anything special. They are a drag on human development. And they are not special. Fuck em.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 19, 2026 11:05 AM (GZYu7)

17 A smug tax?

U.S. House Lawmakers Propose $130 Annual Fee on EVs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

18 I think I'll refrain from another bout of Euro-bashing, because I want, and really, REALLY hope, the Euros have had enough of the nonsense and can regenerate themselves to be world leaders as they once were. You know, behind us.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

19
"What's in the box?"

That it was the head of the insipid Gwenyth Paltrow made that execrable movie so satisfying.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 19, 2026 11:07 AM (s9VOe)

20 "The EU and its mandarins are content to be overtaken by China"

Overtaken or taken over? Given the propensity for our own politicians to be flipped to CCP purposes, why wouldn't they infiltrate the Euros the same way? Or do the Euros just roll over and expose the tasty bits for Xi without any effort on the Chinese part?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 19, 2026 11:07 AM (w/O5Q)

21 Even the Swedes are talking of deporting 180,000 Syrians.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:08 AM (WpmWK)

22 Well I'm off to attempt voting, shouldn't be too busy. Lots of $$$$ being poured into GA this year on the R side with people coming out of the woodwork to campaign. Some look like iffy spoilers, some look decent, I would like to see ratshitburger go down in flames.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 19, 2026 11:08 AM (69Ewn)

23 Tehas primaries?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:09 AM (WpmWK)

24
Tejas

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 19, 2026 11:09 AM (s9VOe)

25 F@ck Europe. That is all.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 19, 2026 11:09 AM (kgE5c)

26 Even the Swedes are talking of deporting 180,000 Syrians.

Great, if they actually do it. On a per capita basis, that would be a lot more than Trump has deported to date.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

27 just tossed the pork shoulder on the smoker for tonights dinner. always get to enjoy these work from home days.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 19, 2026 11:09 AM (v6XNT)

28
Massie stands to be judged in KY this day.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 19, 2026 11:10 AM (s9VOe)

29 That it was the head of the insipid Gwenyth Paltrow made that execrable movie so satisfying.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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That would be hilarious short in AI if you could put Siskel or Ebert saying precisely that one of their video movie reviews. I think that would be a Ebert line.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:10 AM (E4rtv)

30 15 9 Missiissippi has s higher per capita gdp than England.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM

And much better cuisine.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 19, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

You know that is one thing about 'They Shall Not Grow Old' and I almost feel shitty for saying it. British poor dentition? Did not come from nothing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 19, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)

31 Bottomless Food Deals Are Back At Applebee’s and Red Lobster

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I thought a bottomless deal just about killed Red Lobster last time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

32 Kentucky provides many Rinos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:10 AM (WpmWK)

33 I've been watching Taboo, starring Tom Hardy, on Prime. It's very well done, but the most satisfying part about it is the Americans are cast as the evil, powerful, bad guys against the British, who are also evil, powerful, bad guys. Did I mention it's set in 1812?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

34 I just cruised through the headlines at the lefty Memeorandum site, just to check on what the crazies are muttering about, and to my amazement, they all seem to take it as given PDJT has lost most of his previous voter support and Democrats will win big at the midterms, all because of Trump's Iran pacification effort.

So I guess Brussels can sleep better, regulate American businesses, and no one will do much to stop them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 11:11 AM (c1vt4)

35 In heaven: the mechanics are German,
the chefs are French,
the police are British,
the lovers are Italian,
and everything is organized by the Swiss

In hell: the mechanics are French,
the police are German,
the chefs are British,
the lovers are Swiss,
and everything is organized by the Italians

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:11 AM (HeR4S)

36 22 Well I'm off to attempt voting, shouldn't be too busy. Lots of $$$$ being poured into GA this year on the R side with people coming out of the woodwork to campaign. Some look like iffy spoilers, some look decent, I would like to see ratshitburger go down in flames.
Posted by: banana Dream

Race to watch are the two GA Supreme Court races and the one Court of Appeals race. Because they are non partisan, Democrats are of course trying to steal them including having Stacey Abram's sister as district judge concealing judicial ethics complaints until the 11th circuit ended her injunction preventing it from being told to voters.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:12 AM (E4rtv)

37 I think I'll refrain from another bout of Euro-bashing, because I want, and really, REALLY hope, the Euros have had enough of the nonsense and can regenerate themselves to be world leaders as they once were. You know, behind us.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)
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I would like to think this, but I don't think we have seen the level of groveling they are willing to do. They are complacent to allow an immigrant hoard to walk in and rape their women. They would remain willing to pay off Iran so as to avoid being blown up (they would think). They are feckless, weak and increasingly unimportant. They have turned their back on everything that once made them great. I see no turning back. I will miss French and Italian wines. I assume the invaders will burn the vineyards down.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 19, 2026 11:13 AM (GZYu7)

38 It has become a petting and grooming farm

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:13 AM (HeR4S)

39 The triad of Marco Rubio at State, Howard Lutnick at Commerce, and Scott Bessent at Treasury, understands this very well, and they should expand their pressure on our hemispheric partners to change the paradigm of the zero-sum economic game that the EU insists upon playing.
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Three of the most consequential Presidential Cabinet picks since the first Reagan term. Outstanding men in place at the right time for the United State of America.

Posted by: mrp at May 19, 2026 11:13 AM (rj6Yv)

40 Thx CBD.
The key is NATO. Say we're walking a way if the EU Brussels bureaucrats don't eff off and see how long they keep up their crap. Of course our Congress would have a nervous breakdown but two birds with one stone is a good thing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 11:14 AM (gu0hJ)

41 OT:

Have I got a deal for you!

There is a sports bar in Portland called "The Sports Bra", which shows only women's sports. It's been around since 2022.

It has received millions of dollars of free publicity, and they are doing crowdfunding to take the concept nationwide - to thirty other cities!

This is your big chance to cash in - just $250 is enough to buy a piece of the Sports Bra!

If you actually read the financial statement that comes with the crowdfunding proposal, you discover that:

1) The Sports Bra has never made money.

2) As the novelty has worn off, The Sports Bra has been losing increasing amounts of money over time.

No matter - this is your big chance to get in on the ground floor!

It's like investing in Amazon in 1999!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:14 AM (aD4fx)

42 Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), Gevura Fund, and Rutgers University, among others, found that of the NEA’s $450 million annual disbursement budget from fiscal year 2025, less than $46 million, or 10 percent, was spent on activities directly representing the union’s constituents.

Kind of also tells you how important the kids are too.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 19, 2026 11:15 AM (/+uur)

43 38 It has become a petting and grooming farm
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:13 AM (HeR4S)

Don't kid yourself. Get some tequila and some salt licks and the petting zoo is a great time!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at May 19, 2026 11:15 AM (w/O5Q)

44 22 Well I'm off to attempt voting, shouldn't be too busy. Lots of $$$$ being poured into GA this year on the R side with people coming out of the woodwork to campaign. Some look like iffy spoilers, some look decent, I would like to see ratshitburger go down in flames.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Enjoy.. is ratt-a-tooie-burger still going to be allowed to whack off while counting ballots alone? one for me, two more for me, one for you, bwahahahaha

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 19, 2026 11:15 AM (jN0Xi)

45 31 Bottomless Food Deals Are Back At Applebee’s and Red Lobster
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I thought a bottomless deal just about killed Red Lobster last time.

>>>
When is the last time you sampled Red Lobster? Red Lobster is now in the game of killing everyone, not getting killed.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:15 AM (HeR4S)

46 1) The Sports Bra has never made money.

2) As the novelty has worn off, The Sports Bra has been losing increasing amounts of money over time.

No matter - this is your big chance to get in on the ground floor!

It's like investing in Amazon in 1999!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:14 AM (aD4fx)

The Manzeirre

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 19, 2026 11:16 AM (/+uur)

47 Overtaken or taken over?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 19, 2026 11:07 AM (w/O5Q)

Their economies will be overtaken by China, but not before Europe is taken over by the Muzzies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:16 AM (iERP6)

48 Our Applebees are all boarded up here. I like the fake bar burgers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:17 AM (WpmWK)

49 Amazon Moving Forward With Spinoff Delphi Series Tied to the “Rocky” Franchise

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Rumble In Assisted Living?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

50 43 38 It has become a petting and grooming farm
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:13 AM (HeR4S)

Don't kid yourself. Get some tequila and some salt licks and the petting zoo is a great time!

>>>

Is there bull riding?

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:17 AM (HeR4S)

51 A fellow I know just finished a new book (soon to be published by Oxford Univ Press) wherein he says the EU bureaucracy took full advantage of Covid and essentially morphed into a fully developed authoritarian state, ruling by diktat. All it lacks is a military and a central personality to be a fully realized fascist enterprise. So, beware of Europe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 11:17 AM (c1vt4)

52 Sports Bra!

Go boobs!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

53 Hope Solo shot first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:18 AM (WpmWK)

54 Their economies will be overtaken by China, but not before Europe is taken over by the Muzzies.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:16 AM (iERP6)

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Right before China implodes. The world is really about to be a very tough place, and most of the globe won't like it very much at all. I can see a better hope for the Mideast than I do for western Europe.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 19, 2026 11:19 AM (GZYu7)

55 There is a sports bar in Portland called "The Sports Bra", which shows only women's sports. It's been around since 2022.

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Disastrous Home Debut with New Team Sees Angel Reese Benched

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

56 Come for the wings, stay for the breasts.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:19 AM (594J6)

57 I saw a LinkedIn post from Amex looking for entry level recent graduates to hire.

Qualification: OPT Visa and the poster was an Indian, of course. In other words no Americans need apply.

This is what American First SHOULD be focusing on. This is what Trump should have stopped on day 1. Our entire corporate employment is being overtaken by foreigners who have no qualms with building their ethnic empires within cooperations.

Posted by: Heroq at May 19, 2026 11:19 AM (b4qzS)

58 Don Imus was right.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:20 AM (WpmWK)

59 Elmo: "What's in the box?"
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam: "Pain."
Elmo: "Elmo no like pain!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 19, 2026 11:20 AM (PiwSw)

60 >>>Missiissippi has s higher per capita gdp than England.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:04 AM (WpmWK)

And their reading scores are better than California's!
******
"Why's everybody always picking on me?"

Posted by: Charlie (Mississippi) Brown at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (S+2Xo)

61 Sports Bra!

Go boobs!!!

Yeah, you'd think that they'd show a lot of women's beach volleyball, but apparently they don't do that.

After all, who doesn't want to sit in a bar and watch WNBA games?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (aD4fx)

62 Our local Bob Evans is no more. Sad. Really liked their food.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (77rzZ)

63 -
Disastrous Home Debut with New Team Sees Angel Reese Benched

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

1. She sucks.

2. She gives 2 shits about basketball.

3. She just wants fame and fortune without the work.

They were stupid to trade for her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (Zz0t1)

64 Disastrous Home Debut with New Team Sees Angel Reese Benched

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:19 AM (ndZc7)

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Green Dildos hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2026 11:22 AM (kUM31)

65 🥒

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:23 AM (WpmWK)

66 Yeah, you'd think that they'd show a lot of women's beach volleyball, but apparently they don't do that.

After all, who doesn't want to sit in a bar and watch WNBA games?

If they cloned Sophie Cunningham to play every position, I'd watch.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

67 Our entire corporate employment is being overtaken by foreigners who have no qualms with building their ethnic empires within cooperations.

One wonders how they get around the civil rights laws, when they create entire departments comprised solely of Indians.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:23 AM (aD4fx)

68 "What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that 'Our rights do not derive from government. They come from you, our creator and heavenly Father.' Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?" Katy Tur asked.

Guess she missed this part
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 19, 2026 11:23 AM (/+uur)

69 Yeah, you'd think that they'd show a lot of women's beach volleyball, but apparently they don't do that.

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Has anybody created a Professional Women's Beach Volleyball Lingerie League yet?

Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (kUM31)

70 The breakroom must be a nightmare.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (WpmWK)

71 Has anybody created a Professional Women's Beach Volleyball Lingerie League yet?

Lingerie would cover too much up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (aD4fx)

72 When the players of their favorite "sport" wear lace on their shorts, and their favorite caliber is 9mm, what do you expect?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (pHGAx)

73 President Trump;

Quit talking, and finish the job!

You damn well better pay attention to this matter!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 19, 2026 11:25 AM (FpP3s)

74 Their economies will be overtaken by China, but not before Europe is taken over by the Muzzies.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:16 AM (iERP6)

I still can't disaggregate how much is Euro bureaucratic Aristocratic myopia and how much is orchestrated by the CCP directly compromising the officials a la Fang Fang, etc.

Maybe it's a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 19, 2026 11:25 AM (w/O5Q)

75 Has anybody created a Professional Women's Beach Volleyball Lingerie League yet?
Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (kUM31)

To much sand. T

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:25 AM (594J6)

76 >1. She sucks.

2. She gives 2 shits about basketball.

3. She just wants fame and fortune without the work.

They were stupid to trade for her.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (Zz0t1

You're overlooking the fact that she leads the WNBA in "mebounds."

Posted by: mr tmz at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (rJ48h)

77 Missiissippi has s higher per capita gdp than England.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Saw a YouTube video of a Brit asking fellow Brits on the street, if the UK were a state where do you think it would be ranked economically? Most of the answers were top 5 or top 10. When told they’re 51 the reactions were along the “yeah but Americans have no health care and kill themselves with guns so I would never live there”.

Posted by: Heroq at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (b4qzS)

78 Every time I here the EU do something bureaucratically stupid I'm reminded of the residents of the floating island in Gullivers Travels. They think of completely abstract impractical ideas. Swift was a smart boy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (gu0hJ)

79 Has anybody created a Professional Women's Beach Volleyball Lingerie League yet?
Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (kUM31)

Seems like they don't wear much already.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

80
You're overlooking the fact that she leads the WNBA in "mebounds."
Posted by: mr tmz at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (rJ48h)

There's changing the game for the better, then there's changing the game because everyone knows you suck and they're laughing at you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

81 Nobody watches WNBA anyway. As far as he has fallen lately, Bill Burr's standup on the WNBA is still hilarious. "WE GAVE YOU A FUCKING LEAGUE AND NONE OF YOU SHOWED UP! WHERE ARE ALL THE FEMINISTS? THE STANDS SHOULD BE PACKED WITH FEMINISTS!"

Posted by: Nobody watches because it sucks at May 19, 2026 11:27 AM (TbWk/)

82 One wonders how they get around the civil rights laws, when they create entire departments comprised solely of Indians.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:23 AM (aD4fx)

It helps when HR is also all Indian and doesn’t bother with pesky federal labor laws

Posted by: Heroq at May 19, 2026 11:27 AM (b4qzS)

83 Is there bull riding?
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:17 AM

I'm curious about this, as well.

Posted by: David F. at May 19, 2026 11:27 AM (pHGAx)

84 Bwahahahahahahaha!

#BreakingNews Artist Scott LoBaido just installed a giant middle finger statue directly in front of Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall in NYC — aimed straight at him.
#newyork
#ChristinaAguayoNews

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:28 AM (KtNj5)

85 “yeah but Americans have no health care and kill themselves with guns so I would never live there”.
Posted by: Heroq at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (b4qzS)

Good.

UK Healthcare sucks. And they have 1/3 the people we have in the US.

Euros like to tell us we are inhumane, but we have 350 million people. Life in China and India sucks, but hey, they've got free healthcare, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

86 When told they’re 51 the reactions were along the “yeah but Americans have no health care and kill themselves with guns so I would never live there”.

You have "urbanists" here arguing that people who live in a 500 square foot apartment with no car next to a mass transit stop are actually richer than someone living in a 3000 square foot house where they have to drive to get anywhere.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (aD4fx)

87 Europe is probably too far gone, but the Western Hemisphere is not, and an American-led regulatory structure that rewards innovation and hard work, and allows market forces to operate, will create the foundation for the economies on our side of the oceans to dominate.
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Europe is too far gone. If you've worked with Europeans in the last 20 years you know that they have adapted a culture of utter laziness and entitlement. That culture has been enabled by the largesse and kind heart of the United States of America that has shielded them from danger since WWII and allowed them to spend their time and money on gaywad "cultural" pursuits and not the creation of anything that is actually valuable to commerce.

Forget Canada.

Saving LATAM might be possible. There are some green shoots with non-communists getting elected in a couple of countries and we should be doing everything we can to bolster those governments and show them that capitalism is the way forward, not the bone-lazy socialist bullshit that a LOT of that region has grown to know and love.

Posted by: ballistic at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (oqH4h)

88 Inflation is back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (WpmWK)

89 Saw a YouTube video of a Brit asking fellow Brits on the street, if the UK were a state where do you think it would be ranked economically? Most of the answers were top 5 or top 10. When told they’re 51 the reactions were along the “yeah but Americans have no health care and kill themselves with guns so I would never live there”.

The Copium is strong with them.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

90 A smug tax?

U.S. House Lawmakers Propose $130 Annual Fee on EVs
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

EV owners are stealing electricity which rightfully belongs to our data center owning benefactors. -- Congress persyns

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (ExV1e)

91 #BreakingNews Artist Scott LoBaido just installed a giant middle finger statue directly in front of Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall in NYC — aimed straight at him.
#newyork
#ChristinaAguayoNews
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:28 AM (KtNj5)

This is fantastic. Reminds me of Sabo and his heyday of guerlilla art.

Posted by: A little rebellion is a good thing at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (TbWk/)

92 #BreakingNews Artist Scott LoBaido just installed a giant middle finger statue directly in front of Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall in NYC — aimed straight at him.
#newyork
#ChristinaAguayoNews

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:28 AM (KtNj5)

But, you elected him..........It's not like you didn't know what you were getting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

93 Inflation is back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (WpmWK)

INPEACH!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Bulgar, The Bob Evans near 66 and the Battlefield is still open.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 19, 2026 11:32 AM (yTvNw)

95 71 Has anybody created a Professional Women's Beach Volleyball Lingerie League yet?

Lingerie would cover too much up.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:24 AM (aD4fx)

The best Women's Football I've ever seen was in the Lingerie, later Legends Football League. The combination of effort and solid technique was honestly impressive. They were far more concerned with the Ws and Ls than the T & A.

For the record, flag football is not football.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 19, 2026 11:32 AM (w/O5Q)

96 After all, who doesn't want to sit in a bar and watch WNBA games?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (aD4fx)

They found a gap in the market!

Posted by: ... at May 19, 2026 11:32 AM (2+v4V)

97 After all, who doesn't want to sit in a bar and watch WNBA games?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:21 AM (aD4fx)

I watched part of the PWHL championship yesterday. Made it about 3 minutes then turned NCIS back on............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

98 Bwahahahahahahaha!

#BreakingNews Artist Scott LoBaido just installed a giant middle finger statue directly in front of Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall in NYC — aimed straight at him.
#newyork
#ChristinaAguayoNews

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:28 AM (KtNj5)

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BREAKING: Muslim Commie Mandami Has Giant Middle Finger Statue Moved to Wall Street For Insertion Into The Rectum of The Charging Bull Statue.

/To the Tune of "Moooooooooooon River ..."

Posted by: ShainS at May 19, 2026 11:33 AM (kUM31)

99 Life in China and India sucks, but hey, they've got free healthcare, right?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I don't think China does, actually.

If you're a peasant and get sick, well, it sucks to be a sick peasant.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

100 “yeah but Americans have no health care and kill themselves with guns so I would never live there”.
Posted by: Heroq at May 19, 2026 11:26 AM (b4qzS)

I've got all the Healthcare you need, buddy.

Posted by: Liverpool pathway at May 19, 2026 11:34 AM (3QsZU)

101 Margins blown.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:34 AM (WpmWK)

102 "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."

- George Washington farewell address

The square mile known as The City of England has been our enemy since the 18th century

Posted by: Danimal28 at May 19, 2026 11:35 AM (HR77u)

103 You have "urbanists" here arguing that people who live in a 500 square foot apartment with no car next to a mass transit stop are actually richer than someone living in a 3000 square foot house where they have to drive to get anywhere.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (aD4fx)

Heh. Funny enough I saw a post on Reddit of some “influencer” on X saying nobody wants “boomer houses”, ie 3000 sq ft homes with yards and those houses will drop in value going forward.

Keep in mind this was Reddit, where urbanism lunatics thrive. And even there most replies were along the lines of I’d love a 3000 sq ft home with a big yard, I just can’t afford one right now.

Problem is urbanists are like vegans. Small in number but extremely loud. The average person doesn’t want to live like a sardine.

Posted by: Heroq at May 19, 2026 11:35 AM (b4qzS)

104 BREAKING: Muslim Commie Mandami Has Giant Middle Finger Statue Moved to Wall Street For Insertion Into The Rectum of The Charging Bull Statue.

/To the Tune of "Moooooooooooon River ..."
Posted by: ShainS

LOL

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:37 AM (KtNj5)

105 The square mile known as The City of England has been our enemy since the 18th century
Posted by: Danimal28

You mean City of London.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

106 Oligachy!!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 19, 2026 11:37 AM (PiwSw)

107 The Onslow character on Keeping Up Appearances from 40 years ago is your average Brit. Bone idle, on the dole, content with little more than a seat at the pub, betting parlor, and a packet of crisps. He did have Daisy, though, and a very used car.

Posted by: That Bucket Woman at May 19, 2026 11:38 AM (oftw2)

108 I guess that whole "warmth of collectivism" thing is wearing off in NYC. Lessons are not learned in mere months with these people. The citizens who openly greeted Mandami and voted for him need another several years of his rule. Burned into their souls.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2026 11:38 AM (jehhT)

109 Posted by: SMOD at May 19, 2026 11:33 AM (RHGPo)

Blow the margins again and I will ban you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (iERP6)

110 Heh. Funny enough I saw a post on Reddit of some “influencer” on X saying nobody wants “boomer houses”, ie 3000 sq ft homes with yards and those houses will drop in value going forward.

Keep in mind this was Reddit, where urbanism lunatics thrive. And even there most replies were along the lines of I’d love a 3000 sq ft home with a big yard, I just can’t afford one right now.

Problem is urbanists are like vegans. Small in number but extremely loud. The average person doesn’t want to live like a sardine.
Posted by: Heroq

Homes will never drop in value. Where else will cities, counties & states get their property tax receipts from?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (KtNj5)

111 Where there's a will, there's a way.

Cosmo tells readers how to get around potential abortion-pill bans by delivering live babies and letting them die

https://tinyurl.com/28f89w5s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

112 The Onslow character on Keeping Up Appearances from 40 years ago is your average Brit. Bone idle, on the dole, content with little more than a seat at the pub, betting parlor, and a packet of crisps. He did have Daisy, though, and a very used car.
Posted by: That Bucket Woman

My favorite character on that show.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (77rzZ)

113 As noted by President Trump the ballroom will sit atop a sub-surface system of hardened rooms, research facilities and military operations that will form a hub of interconnected executive office government defense operations.

The building is being built to withstand missile and drone attacks, with several floors underground that will serve as a defense system for the President and cabinet members. The ballroom that sits atop the underground network will be paid by President Trump and donors; the government funding is for the military defense complex that will sit underground approximately six stories down. This is a remarkable explanation by President Trump.

Posted by: SMOD at May 19, 2026 11:40 AM (RHGPo)

114 I was attending Open University.

Posted by: Onslo at May 19, 2026 11:40 AM (594J6)

115
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2026 11:41 AM (y9nCu)

116 Life in China and India sucks, but hey, they've got free healthcare, right?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I don't think China does, actually.

If you're a peasant and get sick, well, it sucks to be a sick peasant.
Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
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And no product liability law either, so drug companies skip animal testing and move directly to human testing. No fear of being sued, leads to very rapid drug development timelines (and some dead bodies left behind).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 11:41 AM (UjuN2)

117 103 You have "urbanists" here arguing that people who live in a 500 square foot apartment with no car next to a mass transit stop are actually richer than someone living in a 3000 square foot house where they have to drive to get anywhere.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

You can tell they don't have kids. Add kids to a 500 sq ft apartment and have to deal with urban life (schools, babysitters, etc.) doesn't work very well. Those flats are for childless couples at best, and singles.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

118 You have "urbanists" here arguing that people who live in a 500 square foot apartment with no car next to a mass transit stop are actually richer than someone living in a 3000 square foot house where they have to drive to get anywhere.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (aD4fx)

I did that in Paris for six months last year, but actually lived in a 1,500 square foot apartment with all of the amenities (except A/C!), in a great and quiet neighborhood within a three minute walk to a great food shopping street.

I prefer my house in NJ where I have to drive everywhere.

Freedom is grand!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:42 AM (iERP6)

119 116 Life in China and India sucks, but hey, they've got free healthcare, right?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I don't think China does, actually.

If you're a peasant and get sick, well, it sucks to be a sick peasant.
Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
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And no product liability law either, so drug companies skip animal testing and move directly to human testing. No fear of being sued, leads to very rapid drug development timelines (and some dead bodies left behind).
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Outside the West, life is cheap for the masses. Only the leaders and wealthier get consideration.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

120 You have "urbanists" here arguing that people who live in a 500 square foot apartment with no car next to a mass transit stop are actually richer than someone living in a 3000 square foot house where they have to drive to get anywhere.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 19, 2026 11:29 AM (aD4fx)
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I saw a discussion about this in the chat on Lord of the Rings Online recently. The urbanists were glorifying the fact that they have museums! And art galleries! All within walking distance!

The counterargument was that not everyone WANTS those things. And that most people who want to go do those things can often make it a day trip into the city.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 19, 2026 11:43 AM (gnNyN)

121 U.S. House Lawmakers Propose $130 Annual Fee on EVs
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)
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Good. I'm tired of subsidizing the extensive wear and tear that heavy-ass EVs put on highway infrastructure by paying a tax on gasoline while Karen whooshes by in her Tesla with no such tax burden.

Posted by: ballistic at May 19, 2026 11:44 AM (oqH4h)

122 This is a joke. I think.

https://tinyurl.com/5uez5pes

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

123 In case anyone missed JJ this morning, his link to the VDH article is a jewel. Hanson goes through our relationships and events with the world in a happy, aggressive fashion that will warm the hearts of patriots and rebut defeatist naysayers.

https://tinyurl.com/2a3ss5cv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 11:45 AM (UPlzn)

124 The square mile known as The City of England has been our enemy since the 18th century
Posted by: Danimal28

You mean City of London.
Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)
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He hates bankers?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 11:45 AM (UjuN2)

125 But, you elected him..........It's not like you didn't know what you were getting.
Posted by: Sponge
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I don't think any urban elections 'results' indicate actual human preferences, only those of ballots. Unfortunately ballots don't pay taxes nor give a damn about voters.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

126 The counterargument was that not everyone WANTS those things. And that most people who want to go do those things can often make it a day trip into the city.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Lots of small cities and small towns have their own museums. Heck even the podunk "village" (that was its official status) that I grew up in had a small museum dedicated to local history.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

127 X videos don't play anymore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:46 AM (WpmWK)

128 Its almost comical that we've reached the point where we have one, sort of, America first party and the other party that is clearly America last - using America as a source of forced labor and dumping violent thugs in its borders to terrorize it

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:46 AM (sKqQm)

129 I could have free gas if I bought an electric car. Work has two free charging stations. I was asking when the new free fuel pumps are going in.
Didn't go over well.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:46 AM (594J6)

130 Pelosi did not endorse the pervert Weiner to replace her seat.
That's weird.

Posted by: torabora at May 19, 2026 11:47 AM (K4Dl+)

131 I don't think any urban elections 'results' indicate actual human preferences, only those of ballots. Unfortunately ballots don't pay taxes nor give a damn about voters.
Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

That and he was elected with 2% of the vote, or whatever, because everyone stayed home. How'd THAT work out?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 11:47 AM (Zz0t1)

132 Anyone want Chipotle?

Posted by: democrat Goblin at May 19, 2026 11:47 AM (j+GfC)

133 You have "urbanists" here arguing that people who live in a 500 square foot apartment with no car next to a mass transit stop are actually richer than someone living in a 3000 square foot house where they have to drive to get anywhere.

cities literally drive people crazy.

The Rs should have an explicitly anti-urban slate of policies since the Ds have an explicitly anti-rural/suburban one

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

134 He hates bankers?
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Financiers rely on making money by arbitrage and turn around and use some of that money to pay off politicians to keep their arbitrage gigs going on.

The argument is that they make markets more efficient, the counter argument is that they are a drag on market efficiency because they seek to privatize gains and collectivize losses. Like in the great financial meltdown in 2008.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)

135 Pelosi did not endorse the pervert Weiner to replace her seat.
That's weird.

She must know something scandalous is about to break. Maybe he slept with a woman once.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 19, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

136 122 This is a joke. I think.

https://tinyurl.com/5uez5pes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)

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She's good, but Fisher Stevens's character in Short Circuit was the absolute best Indian impersonation ever.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 19, 2026 11:48 AM (PiwSw)

137 I don't think any urban elections 'results' indicate actual human preferences, only those of ballots. Unfortunately ballots don't pay taxes nor give a damn about voters.

The biggest tell for this is that no matter how much urban office holders screw up they keep getting re-elected.

No one like a Bass should have any hope of getting re-elected after what she's done and it is very very likely she will.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

138 But, you elected him..........It's not like you didn't know what you were getting.
Posted by: Sponge
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I don't think any urban elections 'results' indicate actual human preferences, only those of ballots. Unfortunately ballots don't pay taxes nor give a damn about voters.
Posted by: whig

On this one it did. New Yorkers turned out in droves to elect Mayor Jihadi.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:50 AM (KtNj5)

139 @135 I don't think it's possible to have something scandalous break about Scott Weiner. He could hump a road kill deer on live TV and the loons in SF would swoon
Maybe if they found out he was really heterosexual, but that ain't happening

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 11:51 AM (gu0hJ)

140 the markets are not happy this morning.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 11:51 AM (48Bzr)

141 On this one it did. New Yorkers turned out in droves to elect Mayor Jihadi.

That one is more nuanced honestly.

Mayor Jihad won based on immigrants. If only heritage Americans voted the other corrupt Dem would have won.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

142 Down over a third of a percent. Sell!

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:52 AM (WpmWK)

143 Anyone want Chipotle?
Posted by: democrat Goblin

I haven't got any brass knuckles.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)

144
Cosmo tells readers how to get around potential abortion-pill bans by delivering live babies and letting them die

https://tinyurl.com/28f89w5s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

Sugar, spice and everything nice. Maternal instincts, mama bear, nothing like a mother's love.

Posted by: Inherent selfless nurturers at May 19, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)

145 122 This is a joke. I think.

https://tinyurl.com/5uez5pes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

Trans-Indian is Indian! Bigot!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 19, 2026 11:53 AM (Dv3i1)

146 Going to Chipotle? Wear a cup.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 11:53 AM (WpmWK)

147 Talcum X has shown the way to be trans-racial...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

148
Put simply, "America First" is the entirely unremarkable idea that the function of the American government is to protect and defend the interests of the American people, American culture and society, and the American economy.

___________

*women scream and faint*
*men shout*
*dogs howl*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2026 11:54 AM (HdYcL)

149 She's good, but Fisher Stevens's character in Short Circuit was the absolute best Indian impersonation ever.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 19, 2026 11:48 AM (PiwSw)

Oh! Her pants are blazing for you!

I am sporting a tremendous woody right now!

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 19, 2026 11:54 AM (PSEDc)

150 The only time I've been to my local blue shitty since COVID is because the airport is there.

And...it still looks like shit.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

151 I did a project for an Indian "engineer" at work. I was to figure out a way to make lids stick to a thing with about 20psi of air pressure generated inside. I used 2" velcro on all four corners. Worked great except they kept swapping lids around and they weren't all the same. Anyway just that contribution has netted me about 40% of the blame for the project failing.
His blame someone else bullshit is pissing me off. That fucker will never admit HE failed.
I will simply NEVER do a damn thing for him again.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:55 AM (594J6)

152 This is a joke. I think.

https://tinyurl.com/5uez5pes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

The littering and taking a dump in public were perfect touches.

Posted by: They have PSAs telling them to use the toilet at May 19, 2026 11:55 AM (TbWk/)

153
The mother of one the aholes called the police to warn them that her son was suicidal and several of her guns were missing.

How did she have several guns in California and why weren't they locked up?

I thought California had strict gun regulations.

Posted by: four seasons at May 19, 2026 11:56 AM (3ek7K)

154 Mayor Jihad won based on immigrants. If only heritage Americans voted the other corrupt Dem would have won.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

I think the "progressives" all believed they were "getting" Trump with this guy. As the kids say... "you just played yo seff"

Posted by: ... at May 19, 2026 11:57 AM (2+v4V)

155 The biggest tell for this is that no matter how much urban office holders screw up they keep getting re-elected.

No one like a Bass should have any hope of getting re-elected after what she's done and it is very very likely she will.

Posted by: 18-1

There are a number of states that should join the South in learning the pleasures of being Reconstructed.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 19, 2026 11:57 AM (OUMaO)

156 His blame someone else bullshit is pissing me off. That fucker will never admit HE failed.
I will simply NEVER do a damn thing for him again.
Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:55 AM (594J6)
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Blame-shifting and circle-talk are the national sports of India.

Posted by: ballistic at May 19, 2026 11:57 AM (oqH4h)

157 I thought California had strict gun regulations.

Posted by: four seasons at May 19, 2026 11:56 AM (3ek7K)

They do. Mama is going to prison for the rest of her life.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:58 AM (594J6)

158 The mother of one the aholes called the police to warn them that her son was suicidal and several of her guns were missing.

Officer Donut: I see, I see. He's transexual though? Oh, yes, sorry, she is transexual. I'll get right on that.

/click

Officer Donut: That kid is gonna kill somebody...good thing I have all this paperwork to do instead

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)

159
cities literally drive people crazy.

___________

The same people who advocate everyone living in "15-minute" cities are the ones who decry industrial chicken farms.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 19, 2026 11:59 AM (HdYcL)

160 Unbelievable post digging up Platner's prior Reddit post over at Twitchy. He says "this vid never gets old" and the guy got what he deserved ". It's a vid of a US soldier getting shot in Afghanistan while drawing fire so fellow soldiers could get to safety. Platner is a scumbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (gu0hJ)

161 Homes will never drop in value. Where else will cities, counties & states get their property tax receipts from?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (KtNj5)
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Except in big blue urban downtowns where commercial real estate prices are cratering because they don't have enough clients. So as the downtown offices empty, there will also be less need for downtown housing because there are fewer people living downtown. Suburban housing will continue its march higher and higher.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (GZYu7)

162 The same people who advocate everyone living in "15-minute" cities are the ones who decry industrial chicken farms.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Good point.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (77rzZ)

163 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

Some people are just elated about going to hell.

Posted by: ... at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (2+v4V)

164 His blame someone else bullshit is pissing me off. That fucker will never admit HE failed.
I will simply NEVER do a damn thing for him again.
Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 11:55 AM (594J6)

I had a boss like this. Couple of them, actually. Every single one of their fuckups was always someone else's fault. I don't know whose dicks they were sucking by they were basically bulletproof no matter much they fucked up. Don't know how they did it, but whatever it was it's the path to success.

Posted by: Position without accountability at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (TbWk/)

165 130 Pelosi did not endorse the pervert Weiner to replace her seat.
That's weird.
Posted by: torabora

Nope, she was grooming one of her daughters for that seat and Weiner screwed up that cunning plan. These assholes plan for endless succession of their spawn entering politics as they inherit existing donor networks, past political alliances, etc.

These types get upset if someone interrupts their plans by preventing their spawn taking office. Remember Pelosi's dad was a machine mayor of Baltimore who was at least mob adjacent. He used his power to prevent Pelosi's brother from being charged in a gang rape case in good ole Baltimore.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

166 When it comes to Europe, it reminds me of this comparison:

The US has 11 nuclear powered supercarriers
Europe has none. What they DO have is:

* UK has 2 supercarriers, but not nuclear powered
* France has a nuclear powered carrier, but it's half the size of a supercarrier
* A few other European countries have something that passes for a carrier, even smaller than the Frence carrier. VSTOL stuff.

Europe has a bigger population that the US, and is supposedly as modern and industrailized as anyplace.

But they clearly have their heads up their asses.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (ovdkm)

167 What is it with guys named "Weiner" being pervs?

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

168 Platner is a scumbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (gu0hJ)
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Agreed. I still fear he will win.

Posted by: 496 at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (8TPCk)

169 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 19, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

Some people are just elated about going to hell.
Posted by: ... at May 19, 2026 12:00 PM (2+v4V)

I'm not elated just resigned. And I haven't even done anything especially horrible. *shrug*

Posted by: It's where we're all going at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (TbWk/)

170 and everything is organized by the Italians
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & Eurotrash Socialists at May 19, 2026 11:11 AM (HeR4S)

Italians have their positive side

"You buy an Italian anvil. The website is gorgeous and almost entirely non-functional. After three failed checkout attempts you call the number listed and a man named Gianni answers on the second ring, remembers your name halfway through the conversation despite never having met you, and explains that his cousin will deliver it personally next Tuesday because the courier company “non è serio.” It arrives Wednesday. It is breathtaking — sculpted, almost — with a curve along the waist that serves no functional purpose but makes you want to weep. The base is slightly uneven. Gianni explains this is intentional. You are not entirely sure he’s lying."

Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)

171 What is it with guys named "Weiner" being pervs?

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

Seems set in stone from birth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

172 >>>Homes will never drop in value. Where else will cities, counties & states get their property tax receipts from?

Posted by: rickb223
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Quibbling on the difference in price and value.
A home may maintain its value while the overall price of homes may decrease or increase.

As it is now, we are in a false market driven by entities such as Blackrock buying homes by the tranche then artificially driving up the price coupled with Knum Knutz Powell driving up the interest rate.

This gets straightened out the price of homes will decrease, however, their value may be retained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (UPlzn)

173 Officer Donut: That kid is gonna kill somebody...good thing I have all this paperwork to do instead
Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)

Also Officer Donut doesn't want a chat with Internal Affairs about his "phobia" and "unconscious bias".

Posted by: gKWVE at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (gKWVE)

174 We've been suffering under a conspiracy of over 100 years between the Euro and American royalists to "manage the decline" of America.

The destruction of the American middle class and especially the American manufacturing base was intentional.

We haven't had a President even _look_ at countering this destruction until Trump.

There are a lot of reasons the left hates Trump.
But this is the biggest reason the internationalists hate him.
And have tried to kill him.

We're not talking millions, we're not talking billions--we're talking trillions they have stolen and exploited from us.
Behind the smiling face of "friendship."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (73/SM)

175 Europe has a bigger population that the US, and is supposedly as modern and industrailized as anyplace.

But they clearly have their heads up their asses.
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (ovdkm)

They've not been required to provide their own security until Trump started forcing their hands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

176 Except in big blue urban downtowns where commercial real estate prices are cratering because they don't have enough clients. So as the downtown offices empty, there will also be less need for downtown housing because there are fewer people living downtown. Suburban housing will continue its march higher and higher.
Posted by: Black JEM
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The new cunning plan by developers is conversion of those office towers into living residences. But it doesn't work unless you can force people back into cities because it is extremely expensive and people don't want to live in urban Democrat shitholes. So using the hideous idea of Cass Sunstein, you 'nudge' people into that by more or less preventing development outside the city--expensive gas, high taxes levied on suburbs, discouraging families, getting more immigration and directing it into suburbs and rural areas.

That is where the new urbanism crap is coming from, well heeled developers pay their commie new urbanists to push these ideas to political leaders.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)

177 > Homes will never drop in value.
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I think the house will, or can, lose value. The property it's on however....

Unless it becomes a toxic waste dump. Which is possible. I mean, there's only a finite amount of serviceable land available, and it's getting smaller every year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2026 12:08 PM (jehhT)

178 I did that in Paris for six months last year, but actually lived in a 1,500 square foot apartment with all of the amenities (except A/C!), in a great and quiet neighborhood within a three minute walk to a great food shopping street.

I prefer my house in NJ where I have to drive everywhere.

Freedom is grand!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 19, 2026 11:42 AM (iERP6)

My mom lived 3 years in the Netherlands in the mid-90s with my Dutch step-dad. The only thing that made it tolerable is that she had US military PX privileges because my dad was retired Navy. Extremely limited food choices, and they had to get a frickin' residence permit from the government to move to a new apartment.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2026 12:10 PM (y9nCu)

179 GP is offline.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 12:10 PM (gu0hJ)

180 >>>I'm not elated just resigned. And I haven't even done anything especially horrible. *shrug*
Posted by: It's where we're all going
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He left it a little confusing, who's in and who's out, didn't he? I think He did it on purpose to keep us trying.
_Never give up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:11 PM (UPlzn)

181 I just cruised through the headlines at the lefty Memeorandum site, just to check on what the crazies are muttering about, and to my amazement, they all seem to take it as given PDJT has lost most of his previous voter support and Democrats will win big at the midterms, all because of Trump's Iran pacification effort.
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LOL
They have polls.
And polls are always accurate.
Even ones 6 months before the election.

Someone noted, what if the only reason the polls are even close to accurate for the Dems is due to all the cheating?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2026 12:11 PM (73/SM)

182 GP is offline.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 19, 2026 12:10 PM (gu0hJ)

Did he die or is he just taking time off?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:11 PM (Zz0t1)

183 It is.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 12:12 PM (WpmWK)

184 They've not been required to provide their own security until Trump started forcing their hands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

Of course, but what kind of dumbass leaves the defense of their country to someone else?

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:12 PM (ovdkm)

185 "137 I don't think any urban elections 'results' indicate actual human preferences, only those of ballots. Unfortunately ballots don't pay taxes nor give a damn about voters.

The biggest tell for this is that no matter how much urban office holders screw up they keep getting re-elected.

No one like a Bass should have any hope of getting re-elected after what she's done and it is very very likely she will.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 19, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)"

almost half a century ago, there was Mike Bilandic ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (VyBeY)

186 Dana White is the owner of one of the biggest sports in the world. All the media can think to ask him is about his relationship with Trump and what he thinks about recent poll numbers.

It's why we can't have nice things.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

187 The new cunning plan by developers is conversion of those office towers into living residences. But it doesn't work unless you can force people back into cities because it is extremely expensive and people don't want to live in urban Democrat shitholes. So using the hideous idea of Cass Sunstein, you 'nudge' people into that by more or less preventing development outside the city--expensive gas, high taxes levied on suburbs, discouraging families, getting more immigration and directing it into suburbs and rural areas.

That is where the new urbanism crap is coming from, well heeled developers pay their commie new urbanists to push these ideas to political leaders.

Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)
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And of course that creates a spiral of continued shrinking employment and economic development further reducing its viability and political clout. We are watching that happen in real time right now. Not as fast as we morons would like. But it is happening.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (GZYu7)

188 Of course, but what kind of dumbass leaves the defense of their country to someone else?
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:12 PM (ovdkm)

Leftist retards that would MUCH rather spend other people's money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)

189 interest rates, they are arising. Not good

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (z2HJ0)

190 They've not been required to provide their own security until Trump started forcing their hands.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

Of course, but what kind of dumbass leaves the defense of their country to someone else?
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:12 PM
****
This is about us isn't it.

Posted by: EU at May 19, 2026 12:14 PM (K4Dl+)

191 interest rates, they are arising. Not good
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (z2HJ0)

INPEACH!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)

192
Europe has a bigger population that the US, and is supposedly as modern and industrailized as anyplace.

But they clearly have their heads up their asses.
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:05 PM (ovdkm)

The Euros haven't invented anything that contributes to modern society in decades. They just build on ideas that Americans and Israelis dream up.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2026 12:15 PM (y9nCu)

193 Cosmo tells readers how to get around potential abortion-pill bans by delivering live babies and letting them die

https://tinyurl.com/28f89w5s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Where I come from, we call that murder.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 12:16 PM (KtNj5)

194 interest rates, they are arising. Not good
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (z2HJ0)
****
Hey I just got here!
Settle down, morons.

Posted by: Chairman Warsh at May 19, 2026 12:16 PM (K4Dl+)

195
The Euros haven't invented anything that contributes to modern society in decades. They just build on ideas that Americans and Israelis dream up.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2026 12:15 PM (y9nCu)

Wasn't the best thing to come out of the UK over the last 50 years the Harrier?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)

196 Moloch will be fed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 19, 2026 12:17 PM (WpmWK)

197 As it is now, we are in a false market driven by entities such as Blackrock buying homes by the tranche then artificially driving up the price coupled with Knum Knutz Powell driving up the interest rate.

This gets straightened out the price of homes will decrease, however, their value may be retained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:07 PM (UPlzn)

Actually, lower rates drive home prices higher since they institutional borrowers like Blackstone get the very best rates and use that to buy up real estate to rent back at a good profit. They also get to use the houses they owe money on and are renting as further collateral and using those loans they can outbid people who have to get loans based on their income, which drives prices higher.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR)

198 2) As the novelty has worn off, The Sports Bra has been losing increasing amounts of money over time.
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Even as a connoisseur of pretty girls, the Bikini Football gets boring.

but all teh lols at the business model that relies upon lesbian sports fans.

Selling power tools to the Amish is a better market.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2026 12:18 PM (73/SM)

199 >>> Race to watch are the two GA Supreme Court races and the one Court of Appeals race. Because they are non partisan, Democrats are of course trying to steal them including having Stacey Abram's sister as district judge concealing judicial ethics complaints until the 11th circuit ended her injunction preventing it from being told to voters.
Posted by: whig at May 19, 2026 11:12 AM (E4rtv)

The key, mostly, was to vote for the incumbent judges as gaptooth's charges were being inserted to replace the incumbents. But tyeah, lots of dirty shenanigans on the judge votes. I also avoided any of Kemp's boys. F them.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 19, 2026 12:18 PM (69Ewn)

200 Grew up in big city neighborhood. It was a G.I. neighborhood. Neighborhood designed to be affordable to all the G.I.s coming home.

You can't afford to live there today. The lots sell for close to a million and they build a two million dollar mcMansion on the lot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:18 PM (UPlzn)

201 Wasn't the best thing to come out of the UK over the last 50 years the Harrier?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)

No.
Keeping Up Appearances is.

Posted by: Reforger at May 19, 2026 12:18 PM (594J6)

202 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)

203 new thread, teen takeovers

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 19, 2026 12:18 PM (CWTWj)

204 "...they all seem to take it as given PDJT has lost most of his previous voter support and Democrats will win big at the midterms, all because of Trump's Iran pacification effort. ..."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2026 12:11 PM (73/SM)

That's pretty funny. They still believe the guys that told them that Hillary was sure to win! Plus, they're huge supporters of anti-"rainbow" mysogenist Iran. You can't make this stuff up!

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 19, 2026 12:19 PM (ovdkm)

205 > interest rates, they are arising. Not good
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Keeps people who can't afford to buy from buying. Know your limits. This is what people ignored and bought $500K homes that they couldn't make payments on.

The housing market likes stability ---> slowly rising land/home values. People inside the market like make a shit ton of money really fast.

Those two things are not compatible. YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 19, 2026 12:19 PM (jehhT)

206 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 19, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

207 Actually, lower rates drive home prices higher since they institutional borrowers like Blackstone get the very best rates and use that to buy up real estate to rent back at a good profit. They also get to use the houses they owe money on and are renting as further collateral and using those loans they can outbid people who have to get loans based on their income, which drives prices higher.
Posted by: Kindltot
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This is non traditional and Trump is putting a stop to it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 19, 2026 12:20 PM (UPlzn)

208 Cosmo tells readers how to get around potential abortion-pill bans by delivering live babies and letting them die

https://tinyurl.com/28f89w5s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Where I come from, we call that murder.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 19, 2026 12:16 PM (KtNj5)
****
This actually happens all to often.
Cosmo is stupid

Posted by: torabora at May 19, 2026 12:23 PM (K4Dl+)

209 The same people who advocate everyone living in "15-minute" cities are the ones who decry industrial chicken farms.
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"walkable" just means there's a cafe within 1000 feet of where you live.

Does not mean it's safe to walk there. Especially at night.

They never, ever include that score in their "rankings"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 19, 2026 12:25 PM (73/SM)

210 interest rates, they are arising. Not good
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 19, 2026 12:13 PM (z2HJ0)

Interest rates are the price of buying money, just like the cost of buying a car on installment plans.
The difference is that if the government decided to force the price of cars extremely low "to make sure everyone had transportation to improve the economy" then eventually we would run out of cars available to buy - and when it is interest rates forced low, the Fed and the Treasury can just "print" more money

Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2026 12:26 PM (rbvCR)

211 The Onslow character on Keeping Up Appearances from 40 years ago is your average Brit. Bone idle, on the dole, content with little more than a seat at the pub, betting parlor, and a packet of crisps. He did have Daisy, though, and a very used car.
Posted by: That Bucket Woman at May 19, 2026 11:38 AM (oftw2)

The plot of Shaun Of The Dead.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 19, 2026 12:27 PM (5xuJ/)

212
Wasn't the best thing to come out of the UK over the last 50 years the Harrier?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)

Good point. I stand corrected.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2026 12:28 PM (y9nCu)

213 Seems pretty cut and dried what happened in San Diego, but that one dude looked like a chick.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 19, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)

214 👍 America First policies.

Or we'll live to see the operating plans of Soros', Obama, the Clintons, and others of their ilk, in Europe through the Rebuilding of Ukraine & the Atlantic Council, Europe Center, to keep the US in line.
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European Union consumer protections grant robust rights—including strong return policies, safe product standards, and limits on unfair practices—which currently apply to displaced Ukrainians within the EU.

Furthermore, Ukraine is actively harmonizing its domestic laws with EU directives, granting Ukrainians additional protections like the "Roam Like at Home" telecom framework.

European support is actively transforming Ukraine into the continent's preeminent military and technological powerhouse, driven by its unmatched combat experience.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 19, 2026 12:28 PM (NFX2v)

215 I enjoy the polls - the facts are that most districts are drawn to limit any real contest. The GOP will pick up a handful of House seats and maybe a Senate seat in the midterms. Redistricting was the battle and the dems lost it.

And next month, inflation will be down because fuel costs are dropping.

Posted by: Black JEM at May 19, 2026 12:28 PM (GZYu7)

216 RE in the Carolinas is really softened. Prices are flat and falling as days on the market get longer. No one is paying over asking price.

Primary reason? Insurance rates have basically doubled in the past two years.

Overbuilding is causing flooding risks.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 19, 2026 12:35 PM (wBaIH)

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