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Politico Cancels "Climate Change" Grift Subscription Service-- A Year After DOGE Turns Off the Government Subsidy
You probably remember (at least if prompted) that during the days of DOGE upsetting all the socialist applecarts, it was revealed that Politico had a grifter newsletter with an exorbitantly high subscription price -- and that the main consumer was the US government, buying pricey subscriptions for leftwing bureaucrats who either wanted to read climate propaganda or just wanted to direct taxpayer money to support climate propaganda.
DOGE cancelled those subscriptions. The media howled, claiming that nearly $500,000 per year of taxpayer money was a very reasonable price to read Al Gore's Daily Diary. And without that government subsidy, Politico now cancels this terrific value whose pricetag was totally justified by the marketplace.Politico is discontinuing an energy and environmental news product a little over a year after the government canceled a nearly half a million dollar annual subscription to it. Politico on Monday announced plans to shutter E&E News and introduce two new energy-focused newsletters in September, Semafor first reported. The move comes after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in February 2025 that the agency "will not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&E, saving the American taxpayers $458,919 per year."
"Best $458,919 we ever saved on behalf of taxpayers," a spokesperson for the EPA told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "The government shouldn't subsidize poor journalism, and it's a stinging indictment of the previous administration that they wasted so many hard-earned American tax dollars keeping this outlet afloat." "Beginning in September, we are modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a more focused, high-impact portfolio of daily news and intelligence products," Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Politico Global Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger said in a joint statement on Monday. "By bringing together our reporting from Washington, U.S. state capitals, Europe, and across industry, these newsletters will help subscribers see how policy decisions, political fights, and market forces intersect to reshape energy and climate." ...
"As part of this shift, E&E News will no longer operate as a separate brand. Its journalism and expertise will be fully integrated into POLITICO's energy and environment portfolio of stories, briefs, analysis and newsletters," according to Politico's statement. "The current E&E News publication structure will evolve into a connected set of energy and environment editorial products that share our deep reporting and strong analysis while showcasing our greater global editorial coordination." When reached for comment, a Politico spokesperson referred the DCNF to the company's announcement from Monday.
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In the beginning,
God made the land.
Then he made the waters, and creatures,
Then he made man.
He was born with a passion, love and hate.
A restless spirit, with a need for a mate.
But there was something missing, something lost.
So he came up with the answer, here's what it cost:
One part love, one part wild
One part lady, one part child
I give you ...
THE BLADE IN FIRST
God made the land.
Then he made the waters, and creatures,
Then he made man.
He was born with a passion, love and hate.
A restless spirit, with a need for a mate.
But there was something missing, something lost.
So he came up with the answer, here's what it cost:
One part love, one part wild
One part lady, one part child
I give you ...
THE BLADE IN FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
2
And I read the content.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (N1tpc)
3
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (NcvvS)
4
Hey, we've NEVER been right, but we need that money!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (Kdi1r)
5
first?
Posted by: fd at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (vFG9F)
6
Close enough.
Posted by: fd at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (vFG9F)
7
Hehehehe
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (Ia/+0)
8
Jeez, the CCP must be getting tight with their money.
Jeez, the CCP must be getting tight with their money.
Posted by: Auspex at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (Y8DZL)
9
Ahhhh haahh, First!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (XV/Pl)
10
So many of liberal institutions have been forcing conservatives to fund them through government.
They cannot survive on their own.
It's also why they take over a conservative institution and destroy it. They CAN survive on their own, so they must be destroyed.
They cannot survive on their own.
It's also why they take over a conservative institution and destroy it. They CAN survive on their own, so they must be destroyed.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (N1tpc)
11
Lol. Get fucked.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)
12
I blame the war and that bastard Johnson!
Posted by: Red Buttons at June 08, 2026 02:41 PM (Fi81e)
13
Its journalism and expertise will be fully integrated into 8 page Tijuana bibles.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 08, 2026 02:41 PM (Kt19C)
14
Imagine if every Leftist grift was defunded
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (Ia/+0)
15
Well, look what Doge did! Now where in hell are the government stooges gonna get their politically slanted bullshit reading materials? Reading that crap took up a good two hours per day. Do you really expect them to start WORKING those hours?
Oh, the huge manatee.
Oh, the huge manatee.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (bl07w)
16
lolgf
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)
17
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (3IrX0)
18
Well, look what Doge did! Now where in hell are the government stooges gonna get their politically slanted bullshit reading materials? Reading that crap took up a good two hours per day. Do you really expect them to start WORKING those hours?
Oh, the huge manatee.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (bl07w)
You don't think the government people ever *read* those do you?
Oh, the huge manatee.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (bl07w)
You don't think the government people ever *read* those do you?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+)
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After the IPCC said " nevermind" subsequent to DOGE cutting the government grift, Politico finally said "no mas"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (zj5z7)
20
I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
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Well, look what Doge did! Now where in hell are the government stooges gonna get their politically slanted bullshit reading materials? Reading that crap took up a good two hours per day. Do you really expect them to start WORKING those hours?
Oh, the huge manatee.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (bl07w)
Are you kidding? They can have AI generate that crap for them - or have it generate other types of porn for them.
Oh, the huge manatee.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (bl07w)
Are you kidding? They can have AI generate that crap for them - or have it generate other types of porn for them.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 02:44 PM (qx7Zg)
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You don't think the government people ever *read* those do you?
Posted by: Oldcat
Since they're not written in Ebonics, probably not.
Posted by: Oldcat
Since they're not written in Ebonics, probably not.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:44 PM (77rzZ)
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1 In the beginning,
God made the land.
Then he made the waters, and creatures,
Then he made man.
He was born with a passion, love and hate.
A restless spirit, with a need for a mate.
But there was something missing, something lost.
So he came up with the answer, here's what it cost:
One part love, one part wild
One part lady, one part child
I give you ...
THE BLADE IN FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Not "Women"?
God made the land.
Then he made the waters, and creatures,
Then he made man.
He was born with a passion, love and hate.
A restless spirit, with a need for a mate.
But there was something missing, something lost.
So he came up with the answer, here's what it cost:
One part love, one part wild
One part lady, one part child
I give you ...
THE BLADE IN FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Not "Women"?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (T6aVk)
24
You don't think the government people ever *read* those do you?
Probably not, but it was prominent on many an SES's coffee table.
Probably not, but it was prominent on many an SES's coffee table.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (Riz8t)
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So many of liberal institutions have been forcing conservatives to fund them through government.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (N1tpc)
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Been on that trail for decades.
But, HOW DARE conservatives try to FUND themselves through non-profits where the government didn't tax organizations taking no profits!! It's a good thing Obama's IRS was there to bust them, then.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 08, 2026 02:40 PM (N1tpc)
---
Been on that trail for decades.
But, HOW DARE conservatives try to FUND themselves through non-profits where the government didn't tax organizations taking no profits!! It's a good thing Obama's IRS was there to bust them, then.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (Fi81e)
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years ago, when I said that academia and government had become a welfare system for the college-educated I had no f'ing idea how true it was / how deeply the rot had penetrated.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (VyBeY)
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I want an ice age.......250k years of -75 average
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (jrgJz)
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I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper
You should've talked up your Pawnee ancestry.
Posted by: Piper
You should've talked up your Pawnee ancestry.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)
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Climate has always changed, is changing and always will change.
That money could be better spent paying down the debt.
That money could be better spent paying down the debt.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:46 PM (T6aVk)
30
I imagine 10s of thousands make good money from tax money
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:46 PM (Ia/+0)
31
Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
32
I imagine 10s of thousands make good money from tax money
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:46 PM (Ia/+0)
way way way way more than that.
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:46 PM (Ia/+0)
way way way way more than that.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (8avO+)
33
I wonder if anybody else had such a subscription to Politico, or was it just a $500,000 federal grant to a friendly site?
Posted by: Random PJ at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (+jscL)
34
" ... You don't think the government people ever *read* those do you?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+) "
LOL, exactly! it would cut into their pron-viewing time!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:42 PM (8avO+) "
LOL, exactly! it would cut into their pron-viewing time!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (VyBeY)
35
income tax has to END
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (j+aD2)
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31 Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
Not here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
Not here.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:48 PM (T6aVk)
37
I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:48 PM (3IrX0)
38
Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
Says its a hoax. Coincidentally I saw a infomercial about how 4 things from Japan cured him of Alzheimer's the other day.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
Says its a hoax. Coincidentally I saw a infomercial about how 4 things from Japan cured him of Alzheimer's the other day.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)
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Not "Women"?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (T6aVk)
Perhaps that was Blade's way of announcing he's had a sex change operation.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (T6aVk)
Perhaps that was Blade's way of announcing he's had a sex change operation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (PFs9e)
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Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
His birthday was the other day and his son said he was finally retired, but that's about it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
His birthday was the other day and his son said he was finally retired, but that's about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (3IrX0)
42
The whole leftwing media complex is ultimately paid for by the US taxpayers.
It is good we stopped USAID but it is by far not the only way they get funding
It is good we stopped USAID but it is by far not the only way they get funding
Posted by: 18-1 at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)
43
Usually if you look someone up who may have died its quickly out there
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (Ia/+0)
44
"Beginning in September, we are modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a more focused, high-impact portfolio of daily news and intelligence products," Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Politico Global Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger said in a joint statement on Monday. "By bringing together our reporting from Washington, U.S. state capitals, Europe, and across industry, these newsletters will help subscribers see how policy decisions, political fights, and market forces intersect to reshape energy and climate."
this is all a long-winded way of saying "data centers > climate change", isn't it?
this is all a long-winded way of saying "data centers > climate change", isn't it?
Posted by: anachronda at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (oY6Yp)
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@31
>>Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
I think his son recently announced his retirement from film making.
He is 96 after all and has had a good run.
>>Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
I think his son recently announced his retirement from film making.
He is 96 after all and has had a good run.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (XV/Pl)
46
There's no telling how man NGOs and non-profits have laid off significant staff from DOGE and USAID.
I never did though get a real answer if when DOGE was showing say 130 year olds as still being "active" on Social Security, did that literally mean there really was 130 year old names getting social security checks distributed to these obviously long dead people?
I never did though get a real answer if when DOGE was showing say 130 year olds as still being "active" on Social Security, did that literally mean there really was 130 year old names getting social security checks distributed to these obviously long dead people?
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
47
Does this mean I can use my recycling container as a make shift pool?
Posted by: Los Angeles Voter and Weirdo at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (OhZoB)
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (LbUS+)
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39 Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
It's a hoax, apparently.
it happens
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
It's a hoax, apparently.
it happens
Posted by: abe vigoda at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (oY6Yp)
50
Lol. Get fucked.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)
It really can't be expressed enough.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)
It really can't be expressed enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (3IrX0)
51
He is 96 so it will be someday
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)
52
Politico should be printed on a 2-ply roll.
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (oofEE)
53
There's no telling how man NGOs and non-profits have laid off significant staff from DOGE and USAID.
I never did though get a real answer if when DOGE was showing say 130 year olds as still being "active" on Social Security, did that literally mean there really was 130 year old names getting social security checks distributed to these obviously long dead people?
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
im sure the answer is 'yes'
I never did though get a real answer if when DOGE was showing say 130 year olds as still being "active" on Social Security, did that literally mean there really was 130 year old names getting social security checks distributed to these obviously long dead people?
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
im sure the answer is 'yes'
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)
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The irony in all this is that will finally get rid of Global Warming is that the oligarchs that were controlling the narrative think they can get a better ROI from data centers which need all the energy we can generate.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 08, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
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45 @31
>>Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
I think his son recently announced his retirement from film making.
He is 96 after all and has had a good run.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (XV/Pl)
=====
Which is news because everyone though he was retired after Cry Macho, then he made Juror #2.
And he'd put out things saying that he was looking for another project to direct.
>>Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
I think his son recently announced his retirement from film making.
He is 96 after all and has had a good run.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:49 PM (XV/Pl)
=====
Which is news because everyone though he was retired after Cry Macho, then he made Juror #2.
And he'd put out things saying that he was looking for another project to direct.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:51 PM (IOrWk)
56
31 Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
_______________________
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy."
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
_______________________
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy."
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 02:51 PM (dIske)
57
Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
He don't let the old man in.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
He don't let the old man in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:52 PM (3IrX0)
58
"Politico is discontinuing an energy and environmental news product"
I'm going to guess there wasn't single person at Politico that worked on this that could talk about energy production and use at above a 4th grade level.
I'm going to guess there wasn't single person at Politico that worked on this that could talk about energy production and use at above a 4th grade level.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 02:52 PM (GUOwU)
59
What was the last movie that Eastwood starred in? Unforgiven?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
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59 What was the last movie that Eastwood starred in? Unforgiven?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
======
Cry Macho. 2021.
It's not very good.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
======
Cry Macho. 2021.
It's not very good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (IOrWk)
61
I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Do it like I do with all of my municipal and state govt agency customers. Of course, I actually work on their equipment and provide an actual service, unlike these shit-heels. Invoices are immediately due, no Net 30 shit, because govt agencies think that Net 30 is actually Net 180. Had enough problems with credit accounts that I killed off most of them, unless we had an actual, formal contract.
Don't pay your bills? I don't ship you your product back. For a couple of customers I'm thinking about sending them their payment reminder emails in a ransom note format, complete with cutout letter font.
I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Do it like I do with all of my municipal and state govt agency customers. Of course, I actually work on their equipment and provide an actual service, unlike these shit-heels. Invoices are immediately due, no Net 30 shit, because govt agencies think that Net 30 is actually Net 180. Had enough problems with credit accounts that I killed off most of them, unless we had an actual, formal contract.
Don't pay your bills? I don't ship you your product back. For a couple of customers I'm thinking about sending them their payment reminder emails in a ransom note format, complete with cutout letter font.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (FkdoK)
62
What was the last movie that Eastwood starred in? Unforgiven?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
Grand Torino?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
Grand Torino?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (3IrX0)
63
"Politico is discontinuing an energy and environmental news product"
I'm going to guess there wasn't single person at Politico that worked on this that could talk about energy production and use at above a 4th grade level.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 02:52 PM (GUOwU)
I'm going to guess there wasn't single person at Politico that could talk at above a 4th grade level.
(fixed it for you)
I'm going to guess there wasn't single person at Politico that worked on this that could talk about energy production and use at above a 4th grade level.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 02:52 PM (GUOwU)
I'm going to guess there wasn't single person at Politico that could talk at above a 4th grade level.
(fixed it for you)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (8avO+)
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*Gran.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (3IrX0)
65
income tax has to END
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM
Property taxes need to end as well. Either go to a national sales tax or some form of consumption tax. But this picking on people with money system needs to end and everyone needs to have some skin in the game.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM
Property taxes need to end as well. Either go to a national sales tax or some form of consumption tax. But this picking on people with money system needs to end and everyone needs to have some skin in the game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (0N4FZ)
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59 What was the last movie that Eastwood starred in? Unforgiven?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
The Force Awakens, I think.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
The Force Awakens, I think.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar8)
67
@55
>>And he'd put out things saying that he was looking for another project to direct.
I mean, anything is possible, but at 96, I highly doubt he has the physical stamina to undertake the rigors of film production and post-production.
>>And he'd put out things saying that he was looking for another project to direct.
I mean, anything is possible, but at 96, I highly doubt he has the physical stamina to undertake the rigors of film production and post-production.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (XV/Pl)
68
ny times, feb 2025:
Politico has been at the center of a social media misinformation campaign this week, with X users posting screenshots that falsely purported to show millions of dollars funneled from the United States Agency for International Development to the site. Mr. Trump spread a similar message on his Truth Social platform.
In fact, the screenshots described government subscriptions to Politico Pro, which added up to millions of dollars. The service offers policy-related resources and tracks news and legislation, and has more than 30,000 subscribers, according to a Politico overview.
Politico has been at the center of a social media misinformation campaign this week, with X users posting screenshots that falsely purported to show millions of dollars funneled from the United States Agency for International Development to the site. Mr. Trump spread a similar message on his Truth Social platform.
In fact, the screenshots described government subscriptions to Politico Pro, which added up to millions of dollars. The service offers policy-related resources and tracks news and legislation, and has more than 30,000 subscribers, according to a Politico overview.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (CWTWj)
69
I have long suspected that most of these big left leaning operations maintain subscriptions (like the New York Times) largely by government subsidy. Libraries, schools, government offices, etc all buying a subscription on your tax dollar to prop up stuff that cannot make it on its own
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (UZCuZ)
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67 @55
>>And he'd put out things saying that he was looking for another project to direct.
I mean, anything is possible, but at 96, I highly doubt he has the physical stamina to undertake the rigors of film production and post-production.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (XV/Pl)
======
He did it at 93!
No press, though.
>>And he'd put out things saying that he was looking for another project to direct.
I mean, anything is possible, but at 96, I highly doubt he has the physical stamina to undertake the rigors of film production and post-production.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (XV/Pl)
======
He did it at 93!
No press, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (IOrWk)
71
Any of you following the hysteria over the screwworm?
On the left, they're sure that they have a "DOGE did this!"
And "the whole world is going to ban American beef!!!"
Everyone else is like:
- And this has nothing to do with Mexico refusing monitoring flights?
- And this has nothing to do with the group of Chinese nationals just arrested at the border?
- And why are there no cases of screwworm south of the border, just--totally coincidentally--right near the border where the Chinese were arrested?
On the left, they're sure that they have a "DOGE did this!"
And "the whole world is going to ban American beef!!!"
Everyone else is like:
- And this has nothing to do with Mexico refusing monitoring flights?
- And this has nothing to do with the group of Chinese nationals just arrested at the border?
- And why are there no cases of screwworm south of the border, just--totally coincidentally--right near the border where the Chinese were arrested?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (73/SM)
72
60 59 What was the last movie that Eastwood starred in? Unforgiven?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
======
Cry Macho. 2021.
It's not very good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (IOrWk)
Really weird name.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
======
Cry Macho. 2021.
It's not very good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (IOrWk)
Really weird name.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (Gqar8)
73
I googled how many SS recipients are over 100 and got an interesting answer from google:
Recent public scrutiny by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) highlighted an internal database containing 18.9 million active Social Security Numbers (SSNs) belonging to individuals born in 1920 or earlier who lack a registered death date.However, independent investigations and reports from the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General confirm that 98% of these old records are not being paid any benefits
Which meas 2% of those 19m records ARE getting payouts.
Recent public scrutiny by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) highlighted an internal database containing 18.9 million active Social Security Numbers (SSNs) belonging to individuals born in 1920 or earlier who lack a registered death date.However, independent investigations and reports from the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General confirm that 98% of these old records are not being paid any benefits
Which meas 2% of those 19m records ARE getting payouts.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
74
51 He is 96 so it will be someday
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)
With any luck, not til he's 100 or more.
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)
With any luck, not til he's 100 or more.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (T6aVk)
75
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:48 PM (3IrX0)
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Exercise studio costs extra...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:48 PM (3IrX0)
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Exercise studio costs extra...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (gnNyN)
76
37 I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare and Exercise Emporium
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare and Exercise Emporium
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (UZCuZ)
78
Property taxes need to end as well. Either go to a national sales tax or some form of consumption tax. But this picking on people with money system needs to end and everyone needs to have some skin in the game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM
Meant to say.....everyone that votes needs to have some skin in the game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM
Meant to say.....everyone that votes needs to have some skin in the game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (0N4FZ)
79
Politico should be printed on a 2-ply roll.
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (oofEE)
Rather like The Nation, printed on newsprint paper.
Soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent.
Politico should be printed on a 2-ply roll.
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (oofEE)
Rather like The Nation, printed on newsprint paper.
Soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (FkdoK)
80
Ah, DOGE. The good old days. Whatever happened to that, anyway?
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (KhH9E)
81
What was the last movie that Eastwood starred in? Unforgiven?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
The Force Awakens, I think.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar
Narrator for Star Wars X: Jar Jar, the Early Years. Soon to be followed by XI: Jar Jar, Politician, and XII: Jar Jar, Sith Lord.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)
The Force Awakens, I think.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar
Narrator for Star Wars X: Jar Jar, the Early Years. Soon to be followed by XI: Jar Jar, Politician, and XII: Jar Jar, Sith Lord.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (qx7Zg)
82
I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (3IrX0)
83
In the beginning,
God made the land.
Then he made the waters, and creatures,
Then he made man.
He was born with a passion, love and hate.
A restless spirit, with a need for a mate.
But there was something missing, something lost.
So he came up with the answer, here's what it cost:
One part love, one part wild
One part lady, one part child
I give you ...
THE BLADE IN FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Not "Women"?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (T6aVk)
______
What's a "woman"?
God made the land.
Then he made the waters, and creatures,
Then he made man.
He was born with a passion, love and hate.
A restless spirit, with a need for a mate.
But there was something missing, something lost.
So he came up with the answer, here's what it cost:
One part love, one part wild
One part lady, one part child
I give you ...
THE BLADE IN FIRST
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)
Not "Women"?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 02:45 PM (T6aVk)
______
What's a "woman"?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (iFTx/)
84
I have long suspected that most of these big left leaning operations maintain subscriptions (like the New York Times) largely by government subsidy. Libraries, schools, government offices, etc all buying a subscription on your tax dollar to prop up stuff that cannot make it on its own
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (UZCuZ)
Universities also do this with Science Journals. Those are marked up an absolute ton.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:54 PM (UZCuZ)
Universities also do this with Science Journals. Those are marked up an absolute ton.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (8avO+)
85
or was it just a $500,000 federal grant to a friendly site?"
Imagine all the grift and vig to get $40 Trillion in debt.
I certainly feel good about it, don't you?
/
Imagine all the grift and vig to get $40 Trillion in debt.
I certainly feel good about it, don't you?
/
Posted by: man at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (cGjQu)
86
lmao, good
Politico's base product was complete shit 20ish years ago when I had to read it for work.
I'm sure that whatever leftoid propaganda arm they stood up was complete shit warmed up in the microwave next to a wharf at low tide.
Politico's base product was complete shit 20ish years ago when I had to read it for work.
I'm sure that whatever leftoid propaganda arm they stood up was complete shit warmed up in the microwave next to a wharf at low tide.
Posted by: ballistic at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (oqH4h)
87
72 Cry Macho. 2021.
It's not very good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (IOrWk)
Really weird name.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (Gqar
======
It's a script from the 70s that he had liked forever and never got funding for. (Also apparently never got a rewrite.)
Then, he pulled all his strings at WB and got it funded.
The financial failure of it was predicted by everyone in the executive suite, and when Zaslav took over, it was ground zero for him tearing things up.
It's not very good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:53 PM (IOrWk)
Really weird name.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (Gqar
======
It's a script from the 70s that he had liked forever and never got funding for. (Also apparently never got a rewrite.)
Then, he pulled all his strings at WB and got it funded.
The financial failure of it was predicted by everyone in the executive suite, and when Zaslav took over, it was ground zero for him tearing things up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (IOrWk)
88
53 There's no telling how man NGOs and non-profits have laid off significant staff from DOGE and USAID.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
_________________________________
The termination of Catholic Church-affiliated staff occurred when the Trump administration froze and subsequently dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The sweeping cancellation of federal grants and contracts forced major Catholic charities to lay off thousands of workers and drastically scale back global and domestic humanitarian programs.
Got that? The Catholic church laid of THOUSANDS when the USAID money stopped flowing. It annoys me that the Catholic Church never acknowledged that US Tax payers were paying for their "good works." It, also, raises questions about separation of Church and State.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
_________________________________
The termination of Catholic Church-affiliated staff occurred when the Trump administration froze and subsequently dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The sweeping cancellation of federal grants and contracts forced major Catholic charities to lay off thousands of workers and drastically scale back global and domestic humanitarian programs.
Got that? The Catholic church laid of THOUSANDS when the USAID money stopped flowing. It annoys me that the Catholic Church never acknowledged that US Tax payers were paying for their "good works." It, also, raises questions about separation of Church and State.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)
89
anyway, why pay for gov't propaganda when you can still get it for free from the tv and internet?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (CWTWj)
90
Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
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There goes that Cocoon remake (from the last thread).
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
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There goes that Cocoon remake (from the last thread).
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)
91
And why are there no cases of screwworm south of the border, just--totally coincidentally--right near the border where the Chinese were arrested?
This is incredibly key. Chinese guys in camo outfits were busted at the border miles from the Screw worm outbreak. Just like Chinese operatives have been busted trying to smuggle invasive and destructive fungus, bugs, and other bio material in the USA. Why do we have a zillion ticks now? Chinese. Why are new insects previously only found in China here now? Get it?
This is incredibly key. Chinese guys in camo outfits were busted at the border miles from the Screw worm outbreak. Just like Chinese operatives have been busted trying to smuggle invasive and destructive fungus, bugs, and other bio material in the USA. Why do we have a zillion ticks now? Chinese. Why are new insects previously only found in China here now? Get it?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)
93
@90
>>There goes that Cocoon remake (from the last thread).
He was already in a Quasi-Cocoon remake called Space Cowboys.
>>There goes that Cocoon remake (from the last thread).
He was already in a Quasi-Cocoon remake called Space Cowboys.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (XV/Pl)
94
20 I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
I literally have to post a prayer every week in the Prayer Thread for strength to not take the law into my own hands
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
I literally have to post a prayer every week in the Prayer Thread for strength to not take the law into my own hands
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (KMQMu)
95
"As we transition from the AKE;SPUBNEPS model to an exciting new suite of products and services--"
I never know what this shyte means.
"As we transition from the AKE;SPUBNEPS model to an exciting new suite of products and services--"
I never know what this shyte means.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (n7rxJ)
96
Now that BLM and climate change are passe what will be the next big hoax/grift?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (yz/88)
97
Got that? The Catholic church laid of THOUSANDS when the USAID money stopped flowing. It annoys me that the Catholic Church never acknowledged that US Tax payers were paying for their "good works." It, also, raises questions about separation of Church and State.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)
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No, it just raises the normal questions of how much Dems believe any of what they say.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)
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No, it just raises the normal questions of how much Dems believe any of what they say.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)
98
Anyone see Project Hail Mary? All threads are movie threads. Anyway, is it worth renting ( when the price comes down)?
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (Gqar8)
99
At least the thieves are American for once.
Oh well, nowhere to deport them, we'll have to figure something else out.
At least the thieves are American for once.
Oh well, nowhere to deport them, we'll have to figure something else out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (BI5O2)
100
Send your climate change / EPA newsletter trash out as a PDF attachment. It costs nothing. Politico is a cesspool almost as much as the Drudge Report.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (pSkMS)
101
@98
>>anyway, is it worth renting ( when the price comes down)?
Yes, probably the best film of the year.
>>anyway, is it worth renting ( when the price comes down)?
Yes, probably the best film of the year.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (XV/Pl)
102
Ah, DOGE. The good old days. Whatever happened to that, anyway?
The law that allowed it to be formed and act also had a time limit how long it could function, and unlike the left the right doesn't rename something and keep it going infinitely.
Congress ignored nearly everything DOGE suggested. They implemented some of it, then reversed it the next chance they got a few months later
The law that allowed it to be formed and act also had a time limit how long it could function, and unlike the left the right doesn't rename something and keep it going infinitely.
Congress ignored nearly everything DOGE suggested. They implemented some of it, then reversed it the next chance they got a few months later
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (UZCuZ)
103
Got that? The Catholic church laid of THOUSANDS when the USAID money stopped flowing. It annoys me that the Catholic Church never acknowledged that US Tax payers were paying for their "good works." It, also, raises questions about separation of Church and State.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)
These weren't actual charities, these were people shipping illegals around the country and hiding them from ICE. CC got taken over long ago. That protestant Bishop in DC shows it isn't just Catholics.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (dIske)
These weren't actual charities, these were people shipping illegals around the country and hiding them from ICE. CC got taken over long ago. That protestant Bishop in DC shows it isn't just Catholics.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)
104
Anyone see Project Hail Mary? All threads are movie threads. Anyway, is it worth renting ( when the price comes down)?
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM
I've heard nothing but good things about it.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM
I've heard nothing but good things about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (3IrX0)
105
Eastwood was ok in The Mule and Trouble with the Curve. He was excellent in Gran Torino
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 08, 2026 03:00 PM (zj5z7)
106
Everyone else is like:
- And this has nothing to do with Mexico refusing monitoring flights?
- And this has nothing to do with the group of Chinese nationals just arrested at the border?
- And why are there no cases of screwworm south of the border, just--totally coincidentally--right near the border where the Chinese were arrested?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (73/SM)
Chinese or not, to me, the Mexican government THROWING A FIT over U.S. offers to help them out with the New World Screwworm (which benefits BOTH sides of the Rio Grande) is the biggest issue. It's always fun to blame the fact people die on the existence of the PRC, but the incompetents in the Mexican government to me is the real culprit for now swallowing their pride, admitting there is a problem, and confronting it with a willing ally.
Everyone else is like:
- And this has nothing to do with Mexico refusing monitoring flights?
- And this has nothing to do with the group of Chinese nationals just arrested at the border?
- And why are there no cases of screwworm south of the border, just--totally coincidentally--right near the border where the Chinese were arrested?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (73/SM)
Chinese or not, to me, the Mexican government THROWING A FIT over U.S. offers to help them out with the New World Screwworm (which benefits BOTH sides of the Rio Grande) is the biggest issue. It's always fun to blame the fact people die on the existence of the PRC, but the incompetents in the Mexican government to me is the real culprit for now swallowing their pride, admitting there is a problem, and confronting it with a willing ally.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 03:00 PM (T6aVk)
107
I raise a vodka-kale smoothie to her memory every afternoon.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)
So, has Clint has joined the ghostly pale-rider kalercise brigade - or is it rumor not tumor again?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)
So, has Clint has joined the ghostly pale-rider kalercise brigade - or is it rumor not tumor again?
Posted by: Boswell at June 08, 2026 03:00 PM (V7158)
108
Eastwood was ok in The Mule and Trouble with the Curve. He was excellent in Gran Torino
Posted by: Smell the Glove
But his greatest moment on screen was when he sang in Paint Your Wagon.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
But his greatest moment on screen was when he sang in Paint Your Wagon.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
109
Project Hail Mary… starring Roger Staubach and Drew Pearson? Nate Wright hates it…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (yz/88)
110
Meant to say.....everyone that votes needs to have some skin in the game.
Posted by: Mister Scott
I'd reorder the words such that ONLY those with skin in the game get to vote.
But hey, that's just me.
Posted by: Mister Scott
I'd reorder the words such that ONLY those with skin in the game get to vote.
But hey, that's just me.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (jnTpz)
111
Spielberg Claims His New Movie "Disclosure Day" Will Leave Christians Questioning Their Belief in God
https://instapundit.com/802308/
Lessee here.
Only Christians will be left questioning their faith in God.
Not Jews, not Buddhists, and certainly not Muslims, with their state of Science belief that the sun dips into a puddle of mud at sunset and emerges from the Space Mud(TM) to begin the next day's morning.
This is so tiresome, so predictable that there's not even any reason to get angry. Just decline to see his, apparently, very costly piece of any Christians propaganda.
Anyway, it's a stupid concept that that somehow the existence of outer space critters negates the existence of God.
Atheists from space? Meh.
Doesn't anyone in Hollywood know how to play the entertainment game anymore?
Spielberg Claims His New Movie "Disclosure Day" Will Leave Christians Questioning Their Belief in God
https://instapundit.com/802308/
Lessee here.
Only Christians will be left questioning their faith in God.
Not Jews, not Buddhists, and certainly not Muslims, with their state of Science belief that the sun dips into a puddle of mud at sunset and emerges from the Space Mud(TM) to begin the next day's morning.
This is so tiresome, so predictable that there's not even any reason to get angry. Just decline to see his, apparently, very costly piece of any Christians propaganda.
Anyway, it's a stupid concept that that somehow the existence of outer space critters negates the existence of God.
Atheists from space? Meh.
Doesn't anyone in Hollywood know how to play the entertainment game anymore?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)
112
DataRepublican published a similar report concerning PunchBowl news and John Thune on her Substack this morning.
90% of their revenue is from "VIP memberships" not subscriptions but what people are getting is access to Thune and the party line.
90% of their revenue is from "VIP memberships" not subscriptions but what people are getting is access to Thune and the party line.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (RIvkX)
113
the incompetents in the Mexican government to me is the real culprit for now swallowing their pride, admitting there is a problem, and confronting it with a willing ally.
The drug cartels are muy, muy angry at the US government right now, and they utterly control Mexico's government (and Arizona, for that matter)
The drug cartels are muy, muy angry at the US government right now, and they utterly control Mexico's government (and Arizona, for that matter)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (UZCuZ)
114
Cry (because they served you) Matcha.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)
115
So, has Clint has joined the ghostly pale-rider kalercise brigade - or is it rumor not tumor again?
Posted by: Boswell
It's a hoax.
Posted by: Boswell
It's a hoax.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
116
I never did though get a real answer if when DOGE was showing say 130 year olds as still being "active" on Social Security, did that literally mean there really was 130 year old names getting social security checks distributed to these obviously long dead people?
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
im sure the answer is 'yes'
Posted by: Oldcat
===
I would think so, but one would also think Trump's DOJ/FBI would be all over that, making arrests, etc.
Even if it was just a small number of people.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 02:50 PM (eIzlH)
im sure the answer is 'yes'
Posted by: Oldcat
===
I would think so, but one would also think Trump's DOJ/FBI would be all over that, making arrests, etc.
Even if it was just a small number of people.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (eIzlH)
117
I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (3IrX0)
She was special. Poor Soup.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (3IrX0)
She was special. Poor Soup.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)
118
102 The law that allowed it to be formed and act also had a time limit how long it could function, and unlike the left the right doesn't rename something and keep it going infinitely.
Congress ignored nearly everything DOGE suggested. They implemented some of it, then reversed it the next chance they got a few months later
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (UZCuZ)
======
DOGE is still functioning in a modified form.
The central office is defunct, but personnel got moved to other departments, continuing the work.
Like BigBalls moving to SSA.
Congress ignored nearly everything DOGE suggested. They implemented some of it, then reversed it the next chance they got a few months later
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (UZCuZ)
======
DOGE is still functioning in a modified form.
The central office is defunct, but personnel got moved to other departments, continuing the work.
Like BigBalls moving to SSA.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (IOrWk)
119
These weren't actual charities, these were people shipping illegals around the country and hiding them from ICE. CC got taken over long ago. That protestant Bishop in DC shows it isn't just Catholics.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)
A lot of churches are very deeply upset that you have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE in order to enter the United States. (The fact that other countries demand the same of foreign nationals crossing their borders? They are mute.)
These weren't actual charities, these were people shipping illegals around the country and hiding them from ICE. CC got taken over long ago. That protestant Bishop in DC shows it isn't just Catholics.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)
A lot of churches are very deeply upset that you have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE in order to enter the United States. (The fact that other countries demand the same of foreign nationals crossing their borders? They are mute.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (T6aVk)
120
Probably not, but it was prominent on many an SES's coffee table.
Ahh, the virtue signal coffee table book. A classic genre.
Ahh, the virtue signal coffee table book. A classic genre.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)
121
As this has become another movie thread, I saw that Christy biopic last weekend. It was ... not good.
Slow, boring, cheaply made, and despite it being a true story is was like an AI version of every other "underdog" sports movie ever made.
Also annoyingly woke. Christy is getting physically abused by her fake husband -- and he ends up stabbing and shooting her -- but the movie wants you to think the real bad guy is her mother for not accepting she's a lesbian.
Oh and SS looks terrible. Short, dumpy, weird. Unrecognizable. And looks like the boxing scenes were using doubles or speeded up.
Slow, boring, cheaply made, and despite it being a true story is was like an AI version of every other "underdog" sports movie ever made.
Also annoyingly woke. Christy is getting physically abused by her fake husband -- and he ends up stabbing and shooting her -- but the movie wants you to think the real bad guy is her mother for not accepting she's a lesbian.
Oh and SS looks terrible. Short, dumpy, weird. Unrecognizable. And looks like the boxing scenes were using doubles or speeded up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
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Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM
Husband and son saw it. Husband thought main actor was good, but he thought the actor talking to a rock was silly. Son enjoyed it though.
Husband and son saw it. Husband thought main actor was good, but he thought the actor talking to a rock was silly. Son enjoyed it though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (ix8EF)
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@ Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum, funds sent
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (73/SM)
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94 20 I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
I literally have to post a prayer every week in the Prayer Thread for strength to not take the law into my own hands
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (KMQMu)
Lord, Grant me Patience, because if you Grant me Strength, I'll need bail money. -- Sen. Kennedy (LA)
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
I literally have to post a prayer every week in the Prayer Thread for strength to not take the law into my own hands
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (KMQMu)
Lord, Grant me Patience, because if you Grant me Strength, I'll need bail money. -- Sen. Kennedy (LA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (qx7Zg)
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Why would a movie about aliens make a Christian question his faith in God?
Watching the recent Aliens moves for example made me question my choice in movies, but not my religious faith
Watching the recent Aliens moves for example made me question my choice in movies, but not my religious faith
Posted by: 18-1 at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)
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"the agency "will not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&E""
Well that's too bad. E&E had those cute little cartoons like The New Yorker does (did?) Folks will miss the crossword puzzles and horoscopes too.
Well that's too bad. E&E had those cute little cartoons like The New Yorker does (did?) Folks will miss the crossword puzzles and horoscopes too.
Posted by: gp at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Doesn't anyone in Hollywood know how to play the entertainment game anymore?
From early reports its... not good. Like, Spielberg either lost his mojo entirely or is phoning it in. For a long time, people have said that he often barely paid attention to his films, letting others do the work like it was too much bother for him, maybe that's all he's doing now.
Supposedly it has Spielberg-type moments, but they just don't work or pay off like they used to. Guys should know when to retire. And he needs to give up this UFO fixation LOL
From early reports its... not good. Like, Spielberg either lost his mojo entirely or is phoning it in. For a long time, people have said that he often barely paid attention to his films, letting others do the work like it was too much bother for him, maybe that's all he's doing now.
Supposedly it has Spielberg-type moments, but they just don't work or pay off like they used to. Guys should know when to retire. And he needs to give up this UFO fixation LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (UZCuZ)
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Congress ignored nearly everything DOGE suggested. They implemented some of it, then reversed it the next chance they got a few months later
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I also got the impression Trump wasn't "all in" on DOGE.
I think he was scared there would be sky high unemployment on "his" watch if he really cut what needed to be cut.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I also got the impression Trump wasn't "all in" on DOGE.
I think he was scared there would be sky high unemployment on "his" watch if he really cut what needed to be cut.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (eIzlH)
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"91 And why are there no cases of screwworm south of the border, just--totally coincidentally--right near the border where the Chinese were arrested?
This is incredibly key. Chinese guys in camo outfits were busted at the border miles from the Screw worm outbreak. Just like Chinese operatives have been busted trying to smuggle invasive and destructive fungus, bugs, and other bio material in the USA. Why do we have a zillion ticks now? Chinese. Why are new insects previously only found in China here now? Get it?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (UZCuZ) "
been going on for so many years ... accelerating lately
almost like someone, somewhere was waging war against us ...
This is incredibly key. Chinese guys in camo outfits were busted at the border miles from the Screw worm outbreak. Just like Chinese operatives have been busted trying to smuggle invasive and destructive fungus, bugs, and other bio material in the USA. Why do we have a zillion ticks now? Chinese. Why are new insects previously only found in China here now? Get it?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 02:57 PM (UZCuZ) "
been going on for so many years ... accelerating lately
almost like someone, somewhere was waging war against us ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (VyBeY)
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I assume as of 10 minutes ago Clint was still breathing, another 10? But good chance he will still
Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (Ia/+0)
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So, has Clint has joined the ghostly pale-rider kalercise brigade - or is it rumor not tumor again?
Posted by: Boswell
It's a hoax.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
But then what about Clint?
Posted by: Boswell
It's a hoax.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
But then what about Clint?
Posted by: Boswell at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (V7158)
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We totally don’t have anywhere we can cut the budget, in fact it’s gone up.
I know you’re thinking over a trillion in fraud should subtract from somewhere. But, sorry peasants.
I know you’re thinking over a trillion in fraud should subtract from somewhere. But, sorry peasants.
Posted by: Congress at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (DZ6nv)
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We're not allowed to have entertainment. Joy and fun have been outlawed.
Posted by: ... at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (XGfD9)
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Thanks all for the movie responses. I am deeply suspicious of any movie being made now. I’ll give it a go, down the road, based upon Horde recommendation.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8)
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From early reports its... not good. Like, Spielberg either lost his mojo entirely or is phoning it in. For a long time, people have said that he often barely paid attention to his films, letting others do the work like it was too much bother for him, maybe that's all he's doing now.
Supposedly it has Spielberg-type moments, but they just don't work or pay off like they used to. Guys should know when to retire. And he needs to give up this UFO fixation LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (UZCuZ)
Indy and the Crystal Skull should have showed you that a long time ago.
Supposedly it has Spielberg-type moments, but they just don't work or pay off like they used to. Guys should know when to retire. And he needs to give up this UFO fixation LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (UZCuZ)
Indy and the Crystal Skull should have showed you that a long time ago.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (8avO+)
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I would think so, but one would also think Trump's DOJ/FBI would be all over that, making arrests, etc.
Even if it was just a small number of people
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I hate it, but I'm losing faith and am beginning to blackpill.
I would think so, but one would also think Trump's DOJ/FBI would be all over that, making arrests, etc.
Even if it was just a small number of people
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I hate it, but I'm losing faith and am beginning to blackpill.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (KhH9E)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:05 PM (iJfKG)
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Mark Halperin once explained what these pricey high-tier publications are. All the news services produce them -- AP, Reuters, UPI, and other publications like Politico. They have the type of microscopic data that other news agencies and government agencies need but can't get unless they have "reporters" themselves absolutely everywhere. Halperin defended the services and the prices, BUT -- normally you can get group subscriptions. Apparently, almost no government agency ever bothered to do this. Every desk had its own insanely expensive subscription because it was too much of a bother to set up the group subscriptions.
So that's where some dumb amount of money went.
Mark Halperin once explained what these pricey high-tier publications are. All the news services produce them -- AP, Reuters, UPI, and other publications like Politico. They have the type of microscopic data that other news agencies and government agencies need but can't get unless they have "reporters" themselves absolutely everywhere. Halperin defended the services and the prices, BUT -- normally you can get group subscriptions. Apparently, almost no government agency ever bothered to do this. Every desk had its own insanely expensive subscription because it was too much of a bother to set up the group subscriptions.
So that's where some dumb amount of money went.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:05 PM (n7rxJ)
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The central office is defunct, but personnel got moved to other departments, continuing the work.
Like BigBalls moving to SSA.
Yeah I think a bunch of them are acting as consultants basically. How much influence and good they are doing, who knows. There are such huge, huge distractions right now its hard to even know what is going on
Like BigBalls moving to SSA.
Yeah I think a bunch of them are acting as consultants basically. How much influence and good they are doing, who knows. There are such huge, huge distractions right now its hard to even know what is going on
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:05 PM (UZCuZ)
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The NGOs were jam-packed with no-skills nepo kids.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:05 PM (rj6Yv)
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Only Christians will be left questioning their faith in God.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)
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Jesus talked about this, Only Christians, will still believe in God, given "plausible scenarios" to believe in something else.
But seriously questioning of my faith is totally independent of a director who thinks he's smarter than I am releasing a film. And I've done it so long that I have weathered probably better "challenges" to it than Speilberg can muster.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)
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Jesus talked about this, Only Christians, will still believe in God, given "plausible scenarios" to believe in something else.
But seriously questioning of my faith is totally independent of a director who thinks he's smarter than I am releasing a film. And I've done it so long that I have weathered probably better "challenges" to it than Speilberg can muster.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)
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What's a "woman"?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM
How would I know? I'm not a biologist.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM
How would I know? I'm not a biologist.
Posted by: Jumanji Jackson at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (bFu5X)
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I’m getting confused by comments in this thread. Some say they miss Piper then I see a Piper comment….
I know I don’t miss kale smoothies!
I know I don’t miss kale smoothies!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (+gA9j)
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I wonder how civil servants typically expense hookers and blow?
Separately, ace hasn't covered the soccer or Tony Awards yet?
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Crap. 3 pm. News quickly
CBC - conservative leader speech
CNN, FoxNews - Iran, Israel and Schrodinger's Ceasefire, Peace Deal
MS Now - lawsuit to stop UFC White House fight. Damn, I wish all these assholes would just die...
Separately, ace hasn't covered the soccer or Tony Awards yet?
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Crap. 3 pm. News quickly
CBC - conservative leader speech
CNN, FoxNews - Iran, Israel and Schrodinger's Ceasefire, Peace Deal
MS Now - lawsuit to stop UFC White House fight. Damn, I wish all these assholes would just die...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)
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"Anyway, it's a stupid concept that that somehow the existence of outer space critters negates the existence of God.
Posted by: naturalfake"
Sort of like leftists that believe evolution negates the existence of God. Especially a Christian God.
Which is the main reason leftists insist everybody accept evolution unquestioningly.
Posted by: naturalfake"
Sort of like leftists that believe evolution negates the existence of God. Especially a Christian God.
Which is the main reason leftists insist everybody accept evolution unquestioningly.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (GUOwU)
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141 But seriously questioning of my faith is totally independent of a director who thinks he's smarter than I am releasing a film. And I've done it so long that I have weathered probably better "challenges" to it than Speilberg can muster.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)
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If Bunuel couldn't do it, Spielberg can't either.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)
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If Bunuel couldn't do it, Spielberg can't either.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (IOrWk)
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Is Spielberg a practicing Jew? Why would his movie affect Christian belief in God, and not Jewish belief in God?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (77rzZ)
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It's a lot easier to just cut off the 'leak' of funds to the accounts and see who dares to complain when the checks dry up. But it is interesting how quickly the anti Elon and anti Trump animus spiked upward about that time from some interesting sources.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (8avO+)
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If God does not exist, then it is a hell of a coincidence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (R+iUD)
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Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8
I suggest "Pressure" whenever that comes out as a subscription thing. Several of us here have seen it and thought it was great.
I am going to see " Sheep Detectives" tomorrow which sounds fun.
I suggest "Pressure" whenever that comes out as a subscription thing. Several of us here have seen it and thought it was great.
I am going to see " Sheep Detectives" tomorrow which sounds fun.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (ix8EF)
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I’m getting confused by comments in this thread. Some say they miss Piper then I see a Piper comment….
I know I don’t miss kale smoothies!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (+gA9j)
Soup Dog gave her a tumor. It was over quickly during a thread last week.
Anything else is false and unreal.
I know I don’t miss kale smoothies!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (+gA9j)
Soup Dog gave her a tumor. It was over quickly during a thread last week.
Anything else is false and unreal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (3IrX0)
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MS Now - lawsuit to stop UFC White House fight. Damn, I wish all these assholes would just die...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM
There are thousands of people out there that exist solely to try and make other people feel as $hitty as they do.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM
There are thousands of people out there that exist solely to try and make other people feel as $hitty as they do.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (0N4FZ)
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68 ny times, feb 2025:
Politico has been at the center of a social media misinformation campaign this week, with X users posting screenshots that falsely purported to show millions of dollars funneled from the United States Agency for International Development to the site. Mr. Trump spread a similar message on his Truth Social platform.
In fact, the screenshots described government subscriptions to Politico Pro, which added up to millions of dollars. The service offers policy-related resources and tracks news and legislation, and has more than 30,000 subscribers, according to a Politico overview.
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Didn't those turn out to be the same thing?
"This screenshot purports to show a car, but it's actually a Toyota."
68 ny times, feb 2025:
Politico has been at the center of a social media misinformation campaign this week, with X users posting screenshots that falsely purported to show millions of dollars funneled from the United States Agency for International Development to the site. Mr. Trump spread a similar message on his Truth Social platform.
In fact, the screenshots described government subscriptions to Politico Pro, which added up to millions of dollars. The service offers policy-related resources and tracks news and legislation, and has more than 30,000 subscribers, according to a Politico overview.
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Didn't those turn out to be the same thing?
"This screenshot purports to show a car, but it's actually a Toyota."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (azNOR)
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149 If God does not exist, then it is a hell of a coincidence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
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Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
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Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (IOrWk)
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rap. 3 pm. News quickly
CBC - conservative leader speech
CNN, FoxNews - Iran, Israel and Schrodinger's Ceasefire, Peace Deal
MS Now - lawsuit to stop UFC White House fight. Damn, I wish all these assholes would just die...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)
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I heard it was 3 or 4 separate activist orgs that filed the suits. Shotgun, wall-sticking stuff.
CBC - conservative leader speech
CNN, FoxNews - Iran, Israel and Schrodinger's Ceasefire, Peace Deal
MS Now - lawsuit to stop UFC White House fight. Damn, I wish all these assholes would just die...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)
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I heard it was 3 or 4 separate activist orgs that filed the suits. Shotgun, wall-sticking stuff.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)
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God can do anything He pleases with His creation. We don’t get a say, and we don’t get a vote.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (Gqar8)
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Sort of like leftists that believe evolution negates the existence of God. Especially a Christian God.
Which is the main reason leftists insist everybody accept evolution unquestioningly.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (GUOwU)
Especially since the people doing the early work on Evolution were all Christians of one sort or another.
Which is the main reason leftists insist everybody accept evolution unquestioningly.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (GUOwU)
Especially since the people doing the early work on Evolution were all Christians of one sort or another.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (8avO+)
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I will remain a loyal subscriber to all things Politico.
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (+FZpF)
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If anyone thinks Trump can meaningfully address the corruption, they're in for a surprise. Nobody can. Nobody can even publicly acknowledge its extent.
If you were to clean up this government, there'd be little of it left, and whatever remained would be swept away in the resulting unrest, as millions see their way of life destroyed.
Nothing but time and economic collapse will reform this. The system became more cancer than healthy tissue long ago.
If anyone thinks Trump can meaningfully address the corruption, they're in for a surprise. Nobody can. Nobody can even publicly acknowledge its extent.
If you were to clean up this government, there'd be little of it left, and whatever remained would be swept away in the resulting unrest, as millions see their way of life destroyed.
Nothing but time and economic collapse will reform this. The system became more cancer than healthy tissue long ago.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 08, 2026 03:10 PM (BI5O2)
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I’m getting confused by comments in this thread. Some say they miss Piper then I see a Piper comment….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (+gA9j)
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She's not fooling anybody.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:07 PM (+gA9j)
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She's not fooling anybody.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)
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Politico has been at the center of a social media misinformation campaign this week, with X users posting screenshots that falsely purported to show millions of dollars funneled from the United States Agency for International Development to the site. Mr. Trump spread a similar message on his Truth Social platform.
In fact, the screenshots described government subscriptions to Politico Pro, which added up to millions of dollars. The service offers policy-related resources and tracks news and legislation, and has more than 30,000 subscribers, according to a Politico overview.
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Didn't those turn out to be the same thing?
"This screenshot purports to show a car, but it's actually a Toyota."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (azNOR)
More like, they say the bribe went in the left pocket, but actually it was in the right pocket.
In fact, the screenshots described government subscriptions to Politico Pro, which added up to millions of dollars. The service offers policy-related resources and tracks news and legislation, and has more than 30,000 subscribers, according to a Politico overview.
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Didn't those turn out to be the same thing?
"This screenshot purports to show a car, but it's actually a Toyota."
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (azNOR)
More like, they say the bribe went in the left pocket, but actually it was in the right pocket.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (8avO+)
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There are also around-the-clock MSM teams tracking the "Donald J. Trump" sign on the Kennedy Center, waiting for the cranes to arrive for the removal. A sacred rite for the Left.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
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163 There are also around-the-clock MSM teams tracking the "Donald J. Trump" sign on the Kennedy Center, waiting for the cranes to arrive for the removal. A sacred rite for the Left.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
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The Kennedy Center is the 512th most holy site in Leftism.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
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The Kennedy Center is the 512th most holy site in Leftism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (IOrWk)
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Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (IOrWk)
Atheism is also a good argument against abortion. If conscious thought and sentience is itself just a happy accident, then it is even more a crime to snuff it out.
Life matters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (IOrWk)
Atheism is also a good argument against abortion. If conscious thought and sentience is itself just a happy accident, then it is even more a crime to snuff it out.
Life matters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (zZu0s)
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As I've pointed out a few times recently.
There is more statistical evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud, then there is for CO2 driven man made Global Warming.
Yet we've spent 100s of Billions on one, and they are passing laws to make it impossible to investigate the other.
There is more statistical evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud, then there is for CO2 driven man made Global Warming.
Yet we've spent 100s of Billions on one, and they are passing laws to make it impossible to investigate the other.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)
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Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)
Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (ix8EF)
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God can do anything He pleases with His creation. We don’t get a say, and we don’t get a vote.
Posted by: tubal
And most of the time, we can't even figure out what He's doing with it. Or we figure it wrongly.
Posted by: tubal
And most of the time, we can't even figure out what He's doing with it. Or we figure it wrongly.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (77rzZ)
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>A Somali referee acclaimed as the best in Africa has reportedly been denied entry to the United States and sent on a flight back to Istanbul, Turkey upon arrival at Miami International Airport for the 2026 World Cup.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
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There is more statistical evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud, then there is for CO2 driven man made Global Warming.
Yet we've spent 100s of Billions on one, and they are passing laws to make it impossible to investigate the other.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)
YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE!!!!!
- - - - - - NBC News
Yet we've spent 100s of Billions on one, and they are passing laws to make it impossible to investigate the other.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (mP0Kj)
YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE!!!!!
- - - - - - NBC News
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (3IrX0)
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@164
>>The Kennedy Center is the 512th most holy site in Leftism.
The Left was so triggered by TKC Trump takeover that Ben Folds Five quit in protest.
>>The Kennedy Center is the 512th most holy site in Leftism.
The Left was so triggered by TKC Trump takeover that Ben Folds Five quit in protest.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (XV/Pl)
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Christians questioning their faith is not something that never happens. On the contrary, only an areligious person would assume this… After her death Mother Theresa’s diaries revealed lots of doubt… but the key thing about faith is it’s an action word not an emotional attachment to a belief…. Emotions come and go and move here and there. Faith is actually putting your trust in that belief. Like the old story at the Grand Canyon a tightrope walker traversed that canyon on a wire for his audience and then did it with a 150 lb weight on his back. Then he asked the audience: How many believe I could carry you across? Everyone raised their hand. Next question: Who’ll volunteer to have me carry them across now? Only one person raised their hand. That was the only person in the audience with faith… they acted on their ( intellectual) belief
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (+gA9j)
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>>> 76 37 I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare and Exercise Emporium
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (p4NUW)
Please bring business cards to the next TX MoMee. I want one.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 02
Zombie Piper Learing Center and Daycare and Exercise Emporium
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:55 PM (p4NUW)
Please bring business cards to the next TX MoMee. I want one.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (R+iUD)
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Leftists and atheists are always experts in theology and Scripture. They will tell you this.
I don't read Koran or study Islam. I'm no expert. But I listen to what practitioners say it says.
I don't read Koran or study Islam. I'm no expert. But I listen to what practitioners say it says.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (RIvkX)
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>A Somali referee acclaimed as the best in Africa has reportedly been denied entry to the United States and sent on a flight back to Istanbul, Turkey upon arrival at Miami International Airport for the 2026 World Cup.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
He's a diplomat? We definitely don't want that in here.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
He's a diplomat? We definitely don't want that in here.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
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Probably not, but it was prominent on many an SES's coffee table.
Ahh, the virtue signal coffee table book. A classic genre.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)
Hey, that genre made Stephen Hawking a FORTUNE.
Probably not, but it was prominent on many an SES's coffee table.
Ahh, the virtue signal coffee table book. A classic genre.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 08, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)
Hey, that genre made Stephen Hawking a FORTUNE.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (FkdoK)
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"A System Is What It Does."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (RIvkX)
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164 163 There are also around-the-clock MSM teams tracking the "Donald J. Trump" sign on the Kennedy Center, waiting for the cranes to arrive for the removal. A sacred rite for the Left.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
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The Kennedy Center is the 512th most holy site in Leftism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (IOrWk)
In order to bring a Civil Lawsuit, you are supposed to be able to show how you are harmed by an action, and show how that can be remedied, to gain standing to sue.
How is ANYONE harmed by a name change? Who has standing to sue? How are they DAMAGED?
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
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The Kennedy Center is the 512th most holy site in Leftism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (IOrWk)
In order to bring a Civil Lawsuit, you are supposed to be able to show how you are harmed by an action, and show how that can be remedied, to gain standing to sue.
How is ANYONE harmed by a name change? Who has standing to sue? How are they DAMAGED?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (mP0Kj)
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Atheism is also a good argument against abortion. If conscious thought and sentience is itself just a happy accident, then it is even more a crime to snuff it out.
Life matters.
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Not to atheists, but they are too cowardly to follow through their reasoning to a natural conclusion.
If life doesn't matter, then THEIR lives don't matter. In fact, because of human suffering, they should feel an obligation to remove themselves from this suffering world in the most expedient manner possible.
But they never seem to want to argue for that.
Life matters.
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Not to atheists, but they are too cowardly to follow through their reasoning to a natural conclusion.
If life doesn't matter, then THEIR lives don't matter. In fact, because of human suffering, they should feel an obligation to remove themselves from this suffering world in the most expedient manner possible.
But they never seem to want to argue for that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
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There are also around-the-clock MSM teams tracking the "Donald J. Trump" sign on the Kennedy Center, waiting for the cranes to arrive for the removal. A sacred rite for the Left.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
I'm waiting for the wrecking balls to arrive, for the building removal.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
I'm waiting for the wrecking balls to arrive, for the building removal.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (qx7Zg)
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How is ANYONE harmed by a name change? Who has standing to sue? How are they DAMAGED?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (mP0Kj)
It's cute you think rules apply to leftist retards.
How is ANYONE harmed by a name change? Who has standing to sue? How are they DAMAGED?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (mP0Kj)
It's cute you think rules apply to leftist retards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (3IrX0)
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Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (IOrWk)
This is the main question that, outside of faith, no one can answer.
I think evolution could easily be the mechanism God used to create us and life on Earth.
Really, until someone has the inescapable answer to "what started everything?".
God is the best answer.
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (IOrWk)
This is the main question that, outside of faith, no one can answer.
I think evolution could easily be the mechanism God used to create us and life on Earth.
Really, until someone has the inescapable answer to "what started everything?".
God is the best answer.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)
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But they never seem to want to argue for that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
They don't argue for it but they push policies that may as well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
They don't argue for it but they push policies that may as well.
Posted by: ... at June 08, 2026 03:16 PM (XGfD9)
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This is the main question that, outside of faith, no one can answer.
I think evolution could easily be the mechanism God used to create us and life on Earth.
Really, until someone has the inescapable answer to "what started everything?".
God is the best answer.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)
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"We're in a simulation, dude. I can't believe you believe in such backwards things like religion when I can prove that we're just parts of a large computer simulation."
This is the main question that, outside of faith, no one can answer.
I think evolution could easily be the mechanism God used to create us and life on Earth.
Really, until someone has the inescapable answer to "what started everything?".
God is the best answer.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)
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"We're in a simulation, dude. I can't believe you believe in such backwards things like religion when I can prove that we're just parts of a large computer simulation."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (IOrWk)
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Indy and the Crystal Skull should have showed you that a long time ago.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I checked out at the third one. He made Marcus out to be a bumbling fool, whereas in Raiders he has him saying he'd go after the ark himself if he was ten years younger. No consistency whatsoever with one of the major characters.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I checked out at the third one. He made Marcus out to be a bumbling fool, whereas in Raiders he has him saying he'd go after the ark himself if he was ten years younger. No consistency whatsoever with one of the major characters.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (XvL8K)
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Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Posted by: mr tmz
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Nice try, and I'm glad the State Department (apparently) saw right through that trick. Diplomat my hat.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Posted by: mr tmz
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Nice try, and I'm glad the State Department (apparently) saw right through that trick. Diplomat my hat.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (n7rxJ)
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If life doesn't matter, then THEIR lives don't matter. In fact, because of human suffering, they should feel an obligation to remove themselves from this suffering world in the most expedient manner possible.
But they never seem to want to argue for that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
There was a funny story by Jack Vance where someone is murdered on a starship and the detective finds out it was a Bonze who believed in reincarnation so completely that when the victim complained about his troubles to him in a bar he went and killed him to speed him to the next incarnation.
But they never seem to want to argue for that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
There was a funny story by Jack Vance where someone is murdered on a starship and the detective finds out it was a Bonze who believed in reincarnation so completely that when the victim complained about his troubles to him in a bar he went and killed him to speed him to the next incarnation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Jed Cooper at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (MDua2)
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Anyone seeing Clint Eastwood died?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
It’s not on Wikipedia.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 02:47 PM (yKfDA)
It’s not on Wikipedia.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (pB7yW)
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (OoFl2)
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I have a copy of the free government grant book from back in the 90's that they advertised on talk radio all the time. It's been bad for a long time.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (ZxzYs)
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Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, Taylor Lorenz was around when it happened. Maybe we could ask her.
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, Taylor Lorenz was around when it happened. Maybe we could ask her.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
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If God does not exist, then it is a hell of a coincidence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
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What naturalists forget about Ockham's razor is that it's about explanations. ex=out, plain=flat.
To lay out flat, clear, obvious. "The universe (somehow) did it" is not an "easier explanation". Especially as regards the methodology of Science.
We learned more about meat and maggots when we checked the presumption that rotting meat just generated maggots. So we learned not to attribute rotting meat with a power it did not exhibit under scrutiny.
It became a much stronger principle of Science: life has not been exhibited to come from non-life. It's an extraordinary claim that should require extraordinary evidence, were atheists more consistent than Democrats.
Thus "something unliving in the universe sprung to life" is NOT scientific. It's the opposite of scientific. It preserves naturalism at the expense of methodology.
We have to find things with sufficiency to do something.
Which is why "God" may be a simple answer, but it is the recognition that whatever did it had sufficient power to do so.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
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What naturalists forget about Ockham's razor is that it's about explanations. ex=out, plain=flat.
To lay out flat, clear, obvious. "The universe (somehow) did it" is not an "easier explanation". Especially as regards the methodology of Science.
We learned more about meat and maggots when we checked the presumption that rotting meat just generated maggots. So we learned not to attribute rotting meat with a power it did not exhibit under scrutiny.
It became a much stronger principle of Science: life has not been exhibited to come from non-life. It's an extraordinary claim that should require extraordinary evidence, were atheists more consistent than Democrats.
Thus "something unliving in the universe sprung to life" is NOT scientific. It's the opposite of scientific. It preserves naturalism at the expense of methodology.
We have to find things with sufficiency to do something.
Which is why "God" may be a simple answer, but it is the recognition that whatever did it had sufficient power to do so.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
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I'm still giggling at the fit the left threw for Trump *checks notes* fixing the reflecting pool. HOW DARE HE???!?!??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (UZCuZ)
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A silly sci-fi movie isn't going to challenge my faith.
But if intelligent extra terrestrial life was indeed "proven" and revealed, I can't pretend that it wouldn't affect a lot of people's faith. Mostly because the Bible, Jesus, etc was completely silent on the matter. And was there an alien Jesus that went to that other planet to save their people? You can see the Theological questions would be difficult.
But if intelligent extra terrestrial life was indeed "proven" and revealed, I can't pretend that it wouldn't affect a lot of people's faith. Mostly because the Bible, Jesus, etc was completely silent on the matter. And was there an alien Jesus that went to that other planet to save their people? You can see the Theological questions would be difficult.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (eIzlH)
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167 Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)
Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (ix8EF)
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The Pain of Trump II "The Reckoning" has been far more painful than even the Left imagined could have happened. Their funding stream has been grievously impacted. People laugh at Leftists. The wets are gradually shifting in the social sphere from being noisome nuisances towards being judged as dangerous mental cases. Which, of course, they are.
Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 03:12 PM (ix8EF)
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The Pain of Trump II "The Reckoning" has been far more painful than even the Left imagined could have happened. Their funding stream has been grievously impacted. People laugh at Leftists. The wets are gradually shifting in the social sphere from being noisome nuisances towards being judged as dangerous mental cases. Which, of course, they are.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)
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Leftists don’t believe in God, because it allows them to think of themselves as a deity. Deities are not constrained by the power of an all powerful God of Abraham who is the Creator and has articulated His laws, which are the laws of nature, the natural world and the basis for living tenets like morals. It allows them to avoid the lessons of time, and factual basis for a great deal of societies morals and the social contract. It’s also why these people don’t believe in liberty or freedom. For them it also puts constraints on what they desire to do, whimsically, to their fellow man. You see this in their subversion of constitution, government, law, our schools, our institutions and the fundamental underpinnings of freedom, like our election. Their philosophy has no basis in facts or demonstrable truths, which is why they spend all their time lying, obscuring and subverting conclusions and systems that are provably good and just. This is the very definition of evil, which, you should remember doesn’t come as some Middle Ages painting of a demon. It wears the cloak of liberalism, progressivism and the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (DZ6nv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)
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There is too much order for there to be anything other than an intentional mechanism at work somewhere in it. The natural state is chaos, and yet we have all this order and all these rules. It makes zero sense to me as something accidental.
Posted by: ... at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (XGfD9)
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Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
Giving a diplomatic passport to someone who is NOT a diplomat, would be passport fraud... Diplomatic Passports often come with Diplomatic Immunity...
Giving a Somali Sports guy Diplomatic Immunity? Yeah... not really a good idea.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
Giving a diplomatic passport to someone who is NOT a diplomat, would be passport fraud... Diplomatic Passports often come with Diplomatic Immunity...
Giving a Somali Sports guy Diplomatic Immunity? Yeah... not really a good idea.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (mP0Kj)
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I checked out at the third one. He made Marcus out to be a bumbling fool, whereas in Raiders he has him saying he'd go after the ark himself if he was ten years younger. No consistency whatsoever with one of the major characters.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (XvL8K)
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Marcus Brody is in like two scenes in the first film. He's not a major character.
And his talk in the first film could have been empty bluster.
The third film makes him out to be an academic in the real world: completely out of his depth and sticking out like a sore thumb.
I've seen this complaint before, and it always feels silly. This isn't the character derailment of Han Solo in Return of the Jedi (he's completely pussy whipped in the third film).
I checked out at the third one. He made Marcus out to be a bumbling fool, whereas in Raiders he has him saying he'd go after the ark himself if he was ten years younger. No consistency whatsoever with one of the major characters.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (XvL8K)
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Marcus Brody is in like two scenes in the first film. He's not a major character.
And his talk in the first film could have been empty bluster.
The third film makes him out to be an academic in the real world: completely out of his depth and sticking out like a sore thumb.
I've seen this complaint before, and it always feels silly. This isn't the character derailment of Han Solo in Return of the Jedi (he's completely pussy whipped in the third film).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (IOrWk)
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192 Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, Taylor Lorenz was around when it happened. Maybe we could ask her.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
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Now that we lost Vic, we have to go with the second oldest creature.
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Well, Taylor Lorenz was around when it happened. Maybe we could ask her.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (77rzZ)
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Now that we lost Vic, we have to go with the second oldest creature.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (IOrWk)
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I'm still giggling at the fit the left threw for Trump *checks notes* fixing the reflecting pool. HOW DARE HE???!?!??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (UZCuZ)
And he spent half of what Owebama did to destroy it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (UZCuZ)
And he spent half of what Owebama did to destroy it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (3IrX0)
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To lay out flat, clear, obvious. "The universe (somehow) did it" is not an "easier explanation". Especially as regards the methodology of Science.
I respect atheists who say "I have no idea how everything got here" or "we don't understand yet". The whole "science explains it" or "the universe always existed" or worse "muh multiverse" thing is underpants gnome science, its science of the gaps.
Science does not and I would argue CANNOT explain metaphysical things like the origin of the universe. Its necessarily outside the possibility of scientific examination.
I respect atheists who say "I have no idea how everything got here" or "we don't understand yet". The whole "science explains it" or "the universe always existed" or worse "muh multiverse" thing is underpants gnome science, its science of the gaps.
Science does not and I would argue CANNOT explain metaphysical things like the origin of the universe. Its necessarily outside the possibility of scientific examination.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)
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God exists.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (OoFl2)
If ANYONE would know for sure, it's Piper.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (OoFl2)
If ANYONE would know for sure, it's Piper.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (Kdi1r)
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But if intelligent extra terrestrial life was indeed "proven" and revealed, I can't pretend that it wouldn't affect a lot of people's faith. Mostly because the Bible, Jesus, etc was completely silent on the matter. And was there an alien Jesus that went to that other planet to save their people? You can see the Theological questions would be difficult.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (eIzlH)
My Father's House has many mansions.
Posted by: Leupold at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (eIzlH)
My Father's House has many mansions.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (mP0Kj)
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Now that we lost Vic, we have to go with the second oldest creature.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (IOrWk)
Valid.
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Now that we lost Vic, we have to go with the second oldest creature.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (IOrWk)
Valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (3IrX0)
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Indiana Jones and the Government Filing System. The Second Search for the Arc.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (ZxzYs)
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>>> 175 >A Somali referee acclaimed as the best in Africa has reportedly been denied entry to the United States and sent on a flight back to Istanbul, Turkey upon arrival at Miami International Airport for the 2026 World Cup.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
He's a diplomat? We definitely don't want that in here.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
I was expecting asteroid deflection or cancer cures. The latter sure would have helped Piper.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 34, had his travel facilitated by the Somali Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, who said they had granted him a diplomatic passport to help with visa-related issues.
Daily Mail
Posted by: mr tmz at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)
He's a diplomat? We definitely don't want that in here.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)
I was expecting asteroid deflection or cancer cures. The latter sure would have helped Piper.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (R+iUD)
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I have a copy of the free government grant book from back in the 90's that they advertised on talk radio all the time. It's been bad for a long time.
Posted by: Reforger
*waves*
-- Matthew Lesko
Posted by: Reforger
*waves*
-- Matthew Lesko
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)
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"We're in a simulation, dude. I can't believe you believe in such backwards things like religion when I can prove that we're just parts of a large computer simulation."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (IOrWk)
_______________________________
I'm pretty sure Keith Richards is involved in some capacity. Someone had to create the simulation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (IOrWk)
_______________________________
I'm pretty sure Keith Richards is involved in some capacity. Someone had to create the simulation.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (dIske)
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What kind of extreme right-wing Christian nationalism is this?
Polyamorous Presbyterians rage against PCUSA's new rule that requires priests (even gay ones) to be monogamous
Polyamorous Presbyterians rage against PCUSA's new rule that requires priests (even gay ones) to be monogamous
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)
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"We're in a simulation, dude. I can't believe you believe in such backwards things like religion when I can prove that we're just parts of a large computer simulation."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (IOrWk)
In 1999 I thought the Wachowski brothers were extremely creative and clever. The original Matrix was so awesome . But then reloaded and revolutions happened… and I found out they were totally screwed up individuals. Sad
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:17 PM (IOrWk)
In 1999 I thought the Wachowski brothers were extremely creative and clever. The original Matrix was so awesome . But then reloaded and revolutions happened… and I found out they were totally screwed up individuals. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/88)
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This is the main question that, outside of faith, no one can answer.
I think evolution could easily be the mechanism God used to create us and life on Earth.
Really, until someone has the inescapable answer to "what started everything?".
God is the best answer.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)
Evolution is a fact - life forms have changed over the eons based on fossil records, etc. the Theory is that it is driven by Natural Selection. But its certainly a lot of busywork for God if he has to go in and make sure that mama cats don't give birth to elephants by a divine intervention each time. Having the physical world work by consistent rules makes a lot more sense.
I think evolution could easily be the mechanism God used to create us and life on Earth.
Really, until someone has the inescapable answer to "what started everything?".
God is the best answer.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:16 PM (iJfKG)
Evolution is a fact - life forms have changed over the eons based on fossil records, etc. the Theory is that it is driven by Natural Selection. But its certainly a lot of busywork for God if he has to go in and make sure that mama cats don't give birth to elephants by a divine intervention each time. Having the physical world work by consistent rules makes a lot more sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)
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The third film makes him out to be an academic in the real world: completely out of his depth and sticking out like a sore thumb.
I didn't appreciate him being turned into a joke, a stumbling buffoon after being depicted in (yes, brief scenes) as a very smart, confident, and able person in his field.
He didn't come across as too brainy, too isolated, or too nerdy, he came across as an idiot.
I didn't appreciate him being turned into a joke, a stumbling buffoon after being depicted in (yes, brief scenes) as a very smart, confident, and able person in his field.
He didn't come across as too brainy, too isolated, or too nerdy, he came across as an idiot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (UZCuZ)
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Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM
The math to calculate those kinds of odds has not been invented yet and I doubt it ever will be. Intelligent design is the only thing that makes any kind of sense to me.
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:09 PM
The math to calculate those kinds of odds has not been invented yet and I doubt it ever will be. Intelligent design is the only thing that makes any kind of sense to me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (0N4FZ)
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213 In 1999 I thought the Wachowski brothers were extremely creative and clever. The original Matrix was so awesome . But then reloaded and revolutions happened… and I found out they were totally screwed up individuals. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/8
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The Matrix is massively derivative of anime.
"Original" only means, "I don't know the influences," about 99% of the time.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/8
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The Matrix is massively derivative of anime.
"Original" only means, "I don't know the influences," about 99% of the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (IOrWk)
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God exists.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (OoFl2)
Well, there you go.
Proof positive, since Piper's living the after life, she'd know.
God exists.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:18 PM (OoFl2)
Well, there you go.
Proof positive, since Piper's living the after life, she'd know.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (iJfKG)
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144 I wonder how civil servants typically expense hookers and blow?
My guess is they hide it in meals and entertainment and maybe subscriptions.
My guess is they hide it in meals and entertainment and maybe subscriptions.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (6cXzZ)
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There are several YT videos of the now-working fountains in DC. The residents and tourists alike are amazed and happy. The waterfalls and fountains are a big hit, like at Columbus Square, where the marble statues and pediments have been pressure-washed back to their original brilliance.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (rj6Yv)
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Isn’t it odd that those who put so little value in life, are the ones who cling to it most dearly, and will take everything from their fellow man to extend their own?
Remember, Jesus told us His kingdom in noting this world. That is a giant clue.
Remember, Jesus told us His kingdom in noting this world. That is a giant clue.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (DZ6nv)
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He didn't come across as too brainy, too isolated, or too nerdy, he came across as an idiot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (UZCuZ)
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Honestly, he comes off like my dad.
A lifelong academic, incredibly well respected in his field, and a bit of a joke when he travels (still...and he's been traveling a lot for a long time).
He didn't come across as too brainy, too isolated, or too nerdy, he came across as an idiot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (UZCuZ)
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Honestly, he comes off like my dad.
A lifelong academic, incredibly well respected in his field, and a bit of a joke when he travels (still...and he's been traveling a lot for a long time).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (IOrWk)
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Who started it all?
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Lightning struck a slime pit and a slug crawled out.
Who is the prime mover?
Random chance, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Lightning struck a slime pit and a slug crawled out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (XV/Pl)
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Tough but fair.
Stephen A. Says If The Knicks Lose Game 3, He's Blaming Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)
Yeah that’s why you wish he wasn’t going. Also they cancelled the watch party outside MSG and blamed that on his attendance ugh
Stephen A. Says If The Knicks Lose Game 3, He's Blaming Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)
Yeah that’s why you wish he wasn’t going. Also they cancelled the watch party outside MSG and blamed that on his attendance ugh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (yz/88)
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219 144 I wonder how civil servants typically expense hookers and blow?
My guess is they hide it in meals and entertainment and maybe subscriptions.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (6cXzZ)
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We've degraded so much there will be Concur codes for them explicitly.
219 144 I wonder how civil servants typically expense hookers and blow?
My guess is they hide it in meals and entertainment and maybe subscriptions.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (6cXzZ)
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We've degraded so much there will be Concur codes for them explicitly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (IOrWk)
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Is Sheikholesalmi a real name? If so Goli and Greenburger should open a Shwarma Deli. They'd make dozens of bucks.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (wBaIH)
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Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you mean what excuses they're using, they've got "adverse/unknown environmental impact" and "not funded by Congress" plus a few more that I can't remember. Just lame as heck.
Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you mean what excuses they're using, they've got "adverse/unknown environmental impact" and "not funded by Congress" plus a few more that I can't remember. Just lame as heck.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (n7rxJ)
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There are several YT videos of the now-working fountains in DC. The residents and tourists alike are amazed and happy.
They are very happy with how Trump cleaned up their streets, put criminals in jail, and now they can go to the park or walk their street without being harassed or robbed.
All it took was this crazy thing called "trying"
They are very happy with how Trump cleaned up their streets, put criminals in jail, and now they can go to the park or walk their street without being harassed or robbed.
All it took was this crazy thing called "trying"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (UZCuZ)
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And his talk in the first film could have been empty bluster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But there is no indication whatsoever that it's bluster. Not a wry smile from Jones. Nothing. There's no reason not to take it at face value.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But there is no indication whatsoever that it's bluster. Not a wry smile from Jones. Nothing. There's no reason not to take it at face value.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (XvL8K)
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In 1999 I thought the Wachowski brothers were extremely creative and clever. The original Matrix was so awesome . But then reloaded and revolutions happened… and I found out they were totally screwed up individuals. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/8
Probably the first one they had people reigning them in, but when they had a success they had a free hand. But often the constraints make your work better. You can see this in books where you have 20 volume series of paperbacks getting fatter each entry and containing less content each iteration.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/8
Probably the first one they had people reigning them in, but when they had a success they had a free hand. But often the constraints make your work better. You can see this in books where you have 20 volume series of paperbacks getting fatter each entry and containing less content each iteration.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (8avO+)
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Stephen A. Says If The Knicks Lose Game 3, He's Blaming Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)
Stephen A. Smith can stick it in his ear and blow it out his ass.
Stephen A. Says If The Knicks Lose Game 3, He's Blaming Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)
Stephen A. Smith can stick it in his ear and blow it out his ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (3IrX0)
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*waves*
-- Matthew Lesko
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah. That guy. Have to admit I thought it was all BS at the time. How wrong I was.
-- Matthew Lesko
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah. That guy. Have to admit I thought it was all BS at the time. How wrong I was.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (ZxzYs)
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YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE!!!!!
- - - - - - NBC News
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (3IrX0)
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Because they had so much evidence of Joe being "Sharper than ever" when they carried that water, right?
If so, why did Tapper have to rebrand a book under his name that said those bad Biden Administration people kept the press from close contact with Biden?
So they really had no vantage point to verify "sharper than ever", except the sayso of the bad, bad Biden Administration!
Why is it that only Trump needs "proof"?
- - - - - - NBC News
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:13 PM (3IrX0)
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Because they had so much evidence of Joe being "Sharper than ever" when they carried that water, right?
If so, why did Tapper have to rebrand a book under his name that said those bad Biden Administration people kept the press from close contact with Biden?
So they really had no vantage point to verify "sharper than ever", except the sayso of the bad, bad Biden Administration!
Why is it that only Trump needs "proof"?
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)
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230 But there is no indication whatsoever that it's bluster. Not a wry smile from Jones. Nothing. There's no reason not to take it at face value.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (XvL8K)
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He's an unreliable narrator of his own capabilities.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (XvL8K)
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He's an unreliable narrator of his own capabilities.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (IOrWk)
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Look at some of the latest quantum findings, especially where they have proven that all things down to their dna can be changed at the same time immediately. Only as if there is one God at the head of it all.
This isn’t that complicated.
This isn’t that complicated.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (DZ6nv)
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224 @213
>>The original Matrix was so awesome.
There is only one Matrix film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (XV/Pl)
It is like Highlander 2... the movie we all agreed to just ignore.
>>The original Matrix was so awesome.
There is only one Matrix film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (XV/Pl)
It is like Highlander 2... the movie we all agreed to just ignore.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
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Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Its so gauche! Its crass! He's ruining the lawn!
Its just "Trump bad so everything he does is bad" monomania. The old jokes about newspapers all apply, "Jesus can't swim" etc.
Its so gauche! Its crass! He's ruining the lawn!
Its just "Trump bad so everything he does is bad" monomania. The old jokes about newspapers all apply, "Jesus can't swim" etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (UZCuZ)
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Trump showing up at the BBall game and causing people who paid up to $100,000 to wait in line for up to 2 hours in NYC is hilarious by the way...
.........,,,
Test complete.
My friends' cat Snowflake is sleeping upstairs in my chair. I opened a can of tuna fish. She slept thru it!! I'm kind of surprised.
I put some in her bowl. Ralphy got his share and eggs too. Back to Affinity soon.
I'm surprised 'Master' pages weren't renamed. All those Master and Slave items running around causing society to function.....
.........,,,
Test complete.
My friends' cat Snowflake is sleeping upstairs in my chair. I opened a can of tuna fish. She slept thru it!! I'm kind of surprised.
I put some in her bowl. Ralphy got his share and eggs too. Back to Affinity soon.
I'm surprised 'Master' pages weren't renamed. All those Master and Slave items running around causing society to function.....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (Sco7b)
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237 224 @213
>>The original Matrix was so awesome.
There is only one Matrix film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'm hoping Drew Goddard does something interesting with Matrix 5.
>>The original Matrix was so awesome.
There is only one Matrix film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:23 PM (XV/Pl)
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I'm hoping Drew Goddard does something interesting with Matrix 5.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (IOrWk)
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In 1999 I thought the Wachowski brothers were extremely creative and clever. The original Matrix was so awesome . But then reloaded and revolutions happened… and I found out they were totally screwed up individuals. Sad
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/8
_______________________
Ahem....it is now THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS!!!! Bigot!!!!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (yz/8
_______________________
Ahem....it is now THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS!!!! Bigot!!!!!
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
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Why is the UFC doing a fight at the WH even an issue, except that everything must be politicized against Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you mean what excuses they're using, they've got "adverse/unknown environmental impact" and "not funded by Congress" plus a few more that I can't remember. Just lame as heck.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (n7rxJ)
Funny how these all get slid right to the top where if you sue because they are tearing down your house they tell you to come back in 7-10 years.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you mean what excuses they're using, they've got "adverse/unknown environmental impact" and "not funded by Congress" plus a few more that I can't remember. Just lame as heck.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (n7rxJ)
Funny how these all get slid right to the top where if you sue because they are tearing down your house they tell you to come back in 7-10 years.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
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>>> 212 What kind of extreme right-wing Christian nationalism is this?
Polyamorous Presbyterians rage against PCUSA's new rule that requires priests (even gay ones) to be monogamous
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)
The PCUSA that Billy Jeff and Hillzebub belong to? LOL
Polyamorous Presbyterians rage against PCUSA's new rule that requires priests (even gay ones) to be monogamous
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:21 PM (ndZc7)
The PCUSA that Billy Jeff and Hillzebub belong to? LOL
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (R+iUD)
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219 144 I wonder how civil servants typically expense hookers and blow?
My guess is they hide it in meals and entertainment and maybe subscriptions.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (6cXzZ)
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We've degraded so much there will be Concur codes for them explicitly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (IOrWk)
Sex work is real work and deserves to be expensed as such.
219 144 I wonder how civil servants typically expense hookers and blow?
My guess is they hide it in meals and entertainment and maybe subscriptions.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 08, 2026 03:22 PM (6cXzZ)
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We've degraded so much there will be Concur codes for them explicitly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (IOrWk)
Sex work is real work and deserves to be expensed as such.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (okun6)
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Ahem....it is now THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS!!!! Bigot!!!!!
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
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Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
Graham Platner was recruited to run for Senate by a pair of socialist political operatives, Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, who determined that another prospective candidate had “a skeleton in the closet.”
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That other guy's skeleton must've been a doozy.
@FreeBeacon
Graham Platner was recruited to run for Senate by a pair of socialist political operatives, Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, who determined that another prospective candidate had “a skeleton in the closet.”
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That other guy's skeleton must've been a doozy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (ndZc7)
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I see a federal judge just bleated the $100 H1-b visa fee is illegal.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
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Probably the first one they had people reigning them in, but when they had a success they had a free hand. But often the constraints make your work better.
This happens to authors so often its hard to watch. One big seller too early in their career and they start to put out crap. You can't tell ME how to write, I sold 11 million books!
This happens to authors so often its hard to watch. One big seller too early in their career and they start to put out crap. You can't tell ME how to write, I sold 11 million books!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (UZCuZ)
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Hey, Red Turban. Good to see you.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (77rzZ)
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245 Ahem....it is now THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS!!!! Bigot!!!!!
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
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They call themselves the Wachowski Starship.
And it's fascism that they can't fund massively expensive movies anymore, not that both Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending both were massively expensive flops.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
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They call themselves the Wachowski Starship.
And it's fascism that they can't fund massively expensive movies anymore, not that both Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending both were massively expensive flops.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (IOrWk)
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It is like Highlander 2... the movie we all agreed to just ignore.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
They never made a Highlander 2.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
They never made a Highlander 2.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (ZxzYs)
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*Waves from Missouri*
Posted by: SMH at God's Mercy at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (IJDEV)
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But seriously questioning of my faith is totally independent of a director who thinks he's smarter than I am releasing a film. And I've done it so long that I have weathered probably better "challenges" to it than Speilberg can muster.
--
The Three Body Problem series had a bit where the Christians, having proof of no God due to the aliens, instead built a giant glowing cross in space and the devout would hover before it in space suits praying.
Anyway, then he basically ends the series on "Unknown supremely powerful entity says you all get back in here so it can all fix this mess you all made."
But totally not God ....
--
The Three Body Problem series had a bit where the Christians, having proof of no God due to the aliens, instead built a giant glowing cross in space and the devout would hover before it in space suits praying.
Anyway, then he basically ends the series on "Unknown supremely powerful entity says you all get back in here so it can all fix this mess you all made."
But totally not God ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (73/SM)
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I wish they had played Marcus a bit more straight in the third film. He doesn't need to be James bond all of a sudden, but I always liked the gravity of the character before that and it felt a bit derailed.
The movie is still LIGHT YEARS ahead of any of the crap we get now.
The movie is still LIGHT YEARS ahead of any of the crap we get now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)
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I'm surprised 'Master' pages weren't renamed. All those Master and Slave items running around causing society to function.....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (Sco7b)
They made a stab at it, as with male and female connectors. Didn't catch on.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (Sco7b)
They made a stab at it, as with male and female connectors. Didn't catch on.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (3IrX0)
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>>> 247 I see a federal judge just bleated the $100 H1-b visa fee is illegal.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
Donny Two Scoops ought to bump it to $100 million.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
Donny Two Scoops ought to bump it to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)
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I like the the theory I have read on occasion that life on earth came from another planet in some rudimentary form somehow so we don't have to prove how it got stared from rocks and water.
Which explains absolutely nothing in the long run.
Which explains absolutely nothing in the long run.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (GUOwU)
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202 I miss Vic. He was a hoot and a holler. And his stories about the drunk neighbor were great.
Posted by: turambar at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (Q0yOR)
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251 It is like Highlander 2... the movie we all agreed to just ignore.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
They never made a Highlander 2.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (ZxzYs)
Highlander - There can only be One!
Highlander 2 - There should only have been One!
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
They never made a Highlander 2.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (ZxzYs)
Highlander - There can only be One!
Highlander 2 - There should only have been One!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (edUvp)
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They never made a Highlander 2
Can you imagine? What would they even do with that, since Highlander ends with the one guy winning and bringing peace and justice to the world! They'd have to do something really stupid like, I dunno, calling them all aliens and bringing Sean Connery back from the dead!
Can you imagine? What would they even do with that, since Highlander ends with the one guy winning and bringing peace and justice to the world! They'd have to do something really stupid like, I dunno, calling them all aliens and bringing Sean Connery back from the dead!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (lwhHh)
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There is only one Matrix film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Then demons took over the Wachowskis' bodies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Then demons took over the Wachowskis' bodies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (3IrX0)
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Ahem....it is now THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS!!!! Bigot!!!!!
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
You mean their grandfather's last name?
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
You mean their grandfather's last name?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (qx7Zg)
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257 >>> 247 I see a federal judge just bleated the $100 H1-b visa fee is illegal.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
Donny Two Scoops ought to bump it to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (R+iUD)
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It's $100,000, by the way.
But the Trump admin went through full APA processes, including comment periods, to implement it.
This is a speedbump. It'll be back in no time.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
Donny Two Scoops ought to bump it to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (R+iUD)
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It's $100,000, by the way.
But the Trump admin went through full APA processes, including comment periods, to implement it.
This is a speedbump. It'll be back in no time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (IOrWk)
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251 It is like Highlander 2... the movie we all agreed to just ignore.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
They never made a Highlander 2.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (ZxzYs)
and the number thou shalt count will be Three...
Two is right out!
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)
They never made a Highlander 2.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (ZxzYs)
and the number thou shalt count will be Three...
Two is right out!
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (mP0Kj)
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>>> 252 *Waves from Missouri*
Posted by: SMH at God's Mercy at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (IJDEV)
SMH!
Road trip or new residence?
Posted by: SMH at God's Mercy at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (IJDEV)
SMH!
Road trip or new residence?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (R+iUD)
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It is not outside the realm of possibility that alien life forms also believe in God and have similar stories to ours. That will be an incredibly interesting point to those who smugly refer to a SkyGod- their reaction may be the telling one, the ones in question of their faith, or lack thereof.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (OoFl2)
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265 Bill and Ted proved God exists.
They congratulated him on his most excellent creation, Earth.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (3IrX0)
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Station!
They congratulated him on his most excellent creation, Earth.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (3IrX0)
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Station!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (IOrWk)
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*Waves from Missouri*
Posted by: SMH
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Waves back from California. Congrats to you! Happy unpacking!
*Waves from Missouri*
Posted by: SMH
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Waves back from California. Congrats to you! Happy unpacking!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (n7rxJ)
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247 I see a federal judge just bleated the $100 H1-b visa fee is illegal.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
Donny Two Scoops ought to bump it to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (R+iUD)
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Renewable annually.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
Donny Two Scoops ought to bump it to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (R+iUD)
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Renewable annually.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (rj6Yv)
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The movie is still LIGHT YEARS ahead of any of the crap we get now.
Yeah it has some flaws, but at least they didn't nuke the fridge or try to replace Indiana Jones with a charisma-free British chick.
Yeah it has some flaws, but at least they didn't nuke the fridge or try to replace Indiana Jones with a charisma-free British chick.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (UZCuZ)
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Ahem....it is now THE WACHOWSKI SISTERS!!!! Bigot!!!!!
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
You mean their grandfather's last name?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (qx7Zg)
Good point.
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)
Shouldn't they be using their mother's maiden name now?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:26 PM (8avO+)
You mean their grandfather's last name?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (qx7Zg)
Good point.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (8avO+)
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It is not outside the realm of possibility that alien life forms also believe in God and have similar stories to ours. That will be an incredibly interesting point to those who smugly refer to a SkyGod- their reaction may be the telling one, the ones in question of their faith, or lack thereof.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (OoFl2)
It's the ego of man that thinks we're God's only experiment.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (OoFl2)
It's the ego of man that thinks we're God's only experiment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (3IrX0)
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Stephen A. Smith can stick it in his ear and blow it out his ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (3IrX0)
This made me laugh. Reminded me of an episode of 2.5 men when Alan’s having a nervous breakdown and yells at the movie screen in the theater: Blow it out your ass!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:24 PM (3IrX0)
This made me laugh. Reminded me of an episode of 2.5 men when Alan’s having a nervous breakdown and yells at the movie screen in the theater: Blow it out your ass!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (laP4O)
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This is a speedbump. It'll be back in no time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
This is a speedbump. It'll be back in no time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (n7rxJ)
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252 *Waves from Missouri*
Posted by: SMH at God's Mercy at June
Thinking about you and all the unpacking!
Posted by: SMH at God's Mercy at June
Thinking about you and all the unpacking!
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 03:32 PM (OoFl2)
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How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (n7rxJ)
Lampposts.
How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (n7rxJ)
Lampposts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:32 PM (3IrX0)
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There is a theory that Sophia Stewart the black female "Mother of the Matrix" who sued the Wachowski's for infringement and whose case was dismissed in 2005, was a fake who was planted to block the REAL person that had been infringed by them, for some manuscript the was called the Cipher Men and had to do with the x-men or something.
His name was Anderson, as alluded in the movie, and of course in the movie there is a character called Cipher. Reports are the story was passed around the set and contained the Matrix network and dream world etc etc.
His name was Anderson, as alluded in the movie, and of course in the movie there is a character called Cipher. Reports are the story was passed around the set and contained the Matrix network and dream world etc etc.
Posted by: ... at June 08, 2026 03:32 PM (XGfD9)
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124 94 20 I am very angry at myself that I did not figure out how to get the government to pay for my business. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
I literally have to post a prayer every week in the Prayer Thread for strength to not take the law into my own hands
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (KMQMu)
Lord, Grant me Patience, because if you Grant me Strength, I'll need bail money. -- Sen. Kennedy (LA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (qx7Zg)
He is a wry wit. I think he wants to be seen as so, but it"s also true.
Posted by: Piper at June 08, 2026 02:43 PM (p4NUW)
I literally have to post a prayer every week in the Prayer Thread for strength to not take the law into my own hands
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 02:58 PM (KMQMu)
Lord, Grant me Patience, because if you Grant me Strength, I'll need bail money. -- Sen. Kennedy (LA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:03 PM (qx7Zg)
He is a wry wit. I think he wants to be seen as so, but it"s also true.
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 03:32 PM (KMQMu)
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This is a speedbump. It'll be back in no time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (n7rxJ)
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Either impeachment through Congress or new Congressional statute that eliminates the court itself.
The head of judiciary, SCOTUS, doesn't even have the power to fire judges. They do have some ability to bar judges from types of cases, but these are rare.
This is a speedbump. It'll be back in no time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:31 PM (n7rxJ)
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Either impeachment through Congress or new Congressional statute that eliminates the court itself.
The head of judiciary, SCOTUS, doesn't even have the power to fire judges. They do have some ability to bar judges from types of cases, but these are rare.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (IOrWk)
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There's some asshole on FB and Twitter who's always falsely posting some celebrity's death for clicks.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (wBaIH)
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There are several YT videos of the now-working fountains in DC. The residents and tourists alike are amazed and happy. The waterfalls and fountains are a big hit, like at Columbus Square, where the marble statues and pediments have been pressure-washed back to their original brilliance.
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It really is insane how pissed the left is that Trump is ruining their recreation of "decaying Soviet city" that they've worked so hard to build in DC.
Like, they are genuinely angry that he's restoring all these fountains and monuments to their original beauty.
It demonic, their rage.
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It really is insane how pissed the left is that Trump is ruining their recreation of "decaying Soviet city" that they've worked so hard to build in DC.
Like, they are genuinely angry that he's restoring all these fountains and monuments to their original beauty.
It demonic, their rage.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (73/SM)
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Remember that God loves you. He always has time for you. You are never alone.
You don’t need to text or email. He’s not on iMessage or Signal.
He is right there next to you, watching over you.
Talk to Him.
You don’t need to text or email. He’s not on iMessage or Signal.
He is right there next to you, watching over you.
Talk to Him.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (DZ6nv)
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SMH!
Road trip or new residence?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
New residence. Home. Land. Ozarks. Jealous.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Road trip or new residence?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
New residence. Home. Land. Ozarks. Jealous.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
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I like the the theory I have read on occasion that life on earth came from another planet in some rudimentary form somehow so we don't have to prove how it got stared from rocks and water.
Which explains absolutely nothing in the long run.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (GUOwU)
panspermia.
But yeah, it doesn't solve anything, but the idea sure helps the budgets of SF movies so they can find cute perky aliens instead of blobs of rock that cost a lot to make.
Which explains absolutely nothing in the long run.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (GUOwU)
panspermia.
But yeah, it doesn't solve anything, but the idea sure helps the budgets of SF movies so they can find cute perky aliens instead of blobs of rock that cost a lot to make.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (8avO+)
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What would've been really funny is if they tried a Highlander TV show.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxzYs)
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SMH b"h for safe arrivals
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (RIvkX)
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{{{SMH}}}
{{{SMH}}}
Posted by: ... at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (XGfD9)
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An alien Jesus was referenced at the end of a Star Trek original episode, so there's that.
An alien Jesus was referenced at the end of a Star Trek original episode, so there's that.
Posted by: Auspex at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)
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It is not outside the realm of possibility that alien life forms also believe in God and have similar stories to ours.
The last good sci fi book I read was called "Calculating God" in which aliens visit earth and find atheism hilarious and bizarre, since EVERY alien race is theistic and they go through a long, overwhelming series of arguments to utterly prove God to the scientists.
It was written by an atheist but he wanted to explore the idea, "what if God really did exist and aliens knew it?"
The book goes very odd places by the end but its a fresh and interesting concept for the story. He got a lot of flack for publishing it at the time
The last good sci fi book I read was called "Calculating God" in which aliens visit earth and find atheism hilarious and bizarre, since EVERY alien race is theistic and they go through a long, overwhelming series of arguments to utterly prove God to the scientists.
It was written by an atheist but he wanted to explore the idea, "what if God really did exist and aliens knew it?"
The book goes very odd places by the end but its a fresh and interesting concept for the story. He got a lot of flack for publishing it at the time
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (UZCuZ)
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How do we get rid of the speedbump judges making outright illegal decisions like this?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Woodchippers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Woodchippers.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (yKfDA)
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New residence. Home. Land. Ozarks. Jealous.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
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The Presbyterian Church is the PCA and the OPC. I don’t know what you could call the PCUSA.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (Gqar8)
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NGOs shutting down and Scott Pelley getting canned are all a part of the change for the better in the U S of A.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (rj6Yv)
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He is a wry wit. I think he wants to be seen as so, but it"s also true.
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 03:32 PM (KMQMu)
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His memoir was very good.
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 03:32 PM (KMQMu)
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His memoir was very good.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 03:35 PM (RIvkX)
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What would've been really funny is if they tried a Highlander TV show.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxzYs)
They tried the GEICO cavemen..........
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (ZxzYs)
They tried the GEICO cavemen..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:35 PM (3IrX0)
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I see a federal judge just bleated the $100 H1-b visa fee is illegal.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
In order to hire an H1B visa holder, you must pay $100M/year, and pay 4x what you'd pay for an American with similar skills. In addition, you give up the right to bid for any government contract.
If Apple would pay $300k/year for an American with a specific skill set, then they have to pay the H1B $1.2M, after paying $100M for the privilege. Apple could not sell iPhones, iPads, or Macs to the US Government or any state or local government.
I guess federal judges are now in charge of immigration too.
F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 03:27 PM (DZ6nv)
In order to hire an H1B visa holder, you must pay $100M/year, and pay 4x what you'd pay for an American with similar skills. In addition, you give up the right to bid for any government contract.
If Apple would pay $300k/year for an American with a specific skill set, then they have to pay the H1B $1.2M, after paying $100M for the privilege. Apple could not sell iPhones, iPads, or Macs to the US Government or any state or local government.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:35 PM (qx7Zg)
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The Ozarks. MY home. I pray that I am able to live and die here.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:35 PM (Gqar8)
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299 I thought that was a drunken thought I had. Was it real??
Posted by: turambar at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (Q0yOR)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)
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I don’t know what you could call the PCUSA.
Not a church, that's for sure.
What would've been really funny is if they tried a Highlander TV show.
That was actually pretty good, though.
Not a church, that's for sure.
What would've been really funny is if they tried a Highlander TV show.
That was actually pretty good, though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (UZCuZ)
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Anyway, then he basically ends the series on "Unknown supremely powerful entity says you all get back in here so it can all fix this mess you all made."
But totally not God ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (73/SM)
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That's basically the end of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy.
The heroes find the cosmic "reset button" at the center of the galaxy and press it in order to send the antagonists back to the endless hell dimension they escaped from.
But totally not God ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 03:28 PM (73/SM)
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That's basically the end of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy.
The heroes find the cosmic "reset button" at the center of the galaxy and press it in order to send the antagonists back to the endless hell dimension they escaped from.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (gnNyN)
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They tried the GEICO cavemen..........
Posted by: Sponge
Karmelo Anthony should have used Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from SNL.
Posted by: Sponge
Karmelo Anthony should have used Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from SNL.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (lwhHh)
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296 The Presbyterian Church is the PCA and the OPC. I don’t know what you could call the PCUSA.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (Gqar
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Heretical
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Heretical
Posted by: ballistic at June 08, 2026 03:37 PM (oqH4h)
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It is not outside the realm of possibility that alien life forms also believe in God and have similar stories to ours. That will be an incredibly interesting point to those who smugly refer to a SkyGod- their reaction may be the telling one, the ones in question of their faith, or lack thereof.
Posted by: Piper
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I would think any alien civilization that can sustain itself through technological progress sufficient to reach us has some form of religion. Otherwise, they likely would have destroyed themselves long before reaching that stage. Nihilism is nihilism, whether it's here or a million light years away.
Posted by: Piper
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I would think any alien civilization that can sustain itself through technological progress sufficient to reach us has some form of religion. Otherwise, they likely would have destroyed themselves long before reaching that stage. Nihilism is nihilism, whether it's here or a million light years away.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 03:37 PM (XvL8K)
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I respect atheists who say "I have no idea how everything got here" or "we don't understand yet". The whole "science explains it" or "the universe always existed" or worse "muh multiverse" thing is underpants gnome science, its science of the gaps.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)
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I'm not even talking about whether it is entertain the absence of a Creator is reasonable--since even the fine-tuning argument, in my opinion, fails to be conclusive, and "you think it all just got here on accident" is also not a convincing argument to me, as an intellectual agnostic, but practicing doctrinal Christian.
But the reasonableness of the case for that lack doesn't excuse the hash they made of everything else they present.
Including "You're wrong and backwards and bad, and you just need to let us kick the can down the road longer...".
To fulfill the burden of "First Claimant" is a quality of information, it should not be a demarcation of models. Just like verifiability is a quality of a claim, not a delimiter.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)
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I'm not even talking about whether it is entertain the absence of a Creator is reasonable--since even the fine-tuning argument, in my opinion, fails to be conclusive, and "you think it all just got here on accident" is also not a convincing argument to me, as an intellectual agnostic, but practicing doctrinal Christian.
But the reasonableness of the case for that lack doesn't excuse the hash they made of everything else they present.
Including "You're wrong and backwards and bad, and you just need to let us kick the can down the road longer...".
To fulfill the burden of "First Claimant" is a quality of information, it should not be a demarcation of models. Just like verifiability is a quality of a claim, not a delimiter.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
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304 I enjoyed the show. You got to see a lot of different people playing a villain or needing help. Sheena Easton was so hot.
Posted by: turambar at June 08, 2026 03:37 PM (Q0yOR)
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An alien Jesus was referenced at the end of a Star Trek original episode, so there's that.
Posted by: Auspex at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)
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That was a great counterhistory episode that postulated the Roman Empire had survived through to the late 20th century and only then had there developed a nascent group of so-called "Son" worshippers.
Posted by: Auspex at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)
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That was a great counterhistory episode that postulated the Roman Empire had survived through to the late 20th century and only then had there developed a nascent group of so-called "Son" worshippers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 03:37 PM (RIvkX)
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I had to visit DC and met with a friend of mine who has lived there for 25 years. He said the city has never been this safe or clean. I transited through Union Station. I never remember the Columbus fountain working or being that clean. The reflecting pool is now stunning. It feels like they are working on every monument.
But Trump is a terrible guy or something.
But Trump is a terrible guy or something.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (DZ6nv)
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Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)
That black bear is asshoe.
Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)
That black bear is asshoe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (3IrX0)
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312 I had to visit DC and met with a friend of mine who has lived there for 25 years. He said the city has never been this safe or clean. I transited through Union Station. I never remember the Columbus fountain working or being that clean. The reflecting pool is now stunning. It feels like they are working on every monument.
But Trump is a terrible guy or something.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (DZ6nv)
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I miss the authentic NYC in the 70s.
But Trump is a terrible guy or something.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (DZ6nv)
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I miss the authentic NYC in the 70s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (IOrWk)
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I would like to see the bank records of a number of "media outlets" whose existence seems improbable from an economic standpoint.
Posted by: I'm just saying at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (anL5R)
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Heh...just opened the mail and got a check for $100 for winning a contest. A venture capital group ( think is was ARGON or something like that) had a contest for people to subit what they called "Simple Innovations". You had to submit an idea for development.
Mine was natural "Cool Pops" for kids. 100% natural juice instead of food coloring, corn syrup and artificial flavors. Forces kids to eat fruit under the guise that it's a treat on a hot day. I'm shocked I won. I did it as a joke, and my first sentence on the proposal was "Kids are stupid."
Mine was natural "Cool Pops" for kids. 100% natural juice instead of food coloring, corn syrup and artificial flavors. Forces kids to eat fruit under the guise that it's a treat on a hot day. I'm shocked I won. I did it as a joke, and my first sentence on the proposal was "Kids are stupid."
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (dIske)
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316 Yeah but that first sentence isn't wrong. Nice job.
Posted by: turambar at June 08, 2026 03:39 PM (Q0yOR)
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It was written by an atheist but he wanted to explore the idea, "what if God really did exist and aliens knew it?"
The book goes very odd places by the end but its a fresh and interesting concept for the story. He got a lot of flack for publishing it at the time
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (UZCuZ)
There's a very short SF story where the Pioneer plaque is picked up by alien races who are so shocked by the nude pictures on it they are coming to blow up the Earth. Another fun one is that they finally discover Hyperspace but find out travel using it is slower than real space.
The book goes very odd places by the end but its a fresh and interesting concept for the story. He got a lot of flack for publishing it at the time
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (UZCuZ)
There's a very short SF story where the Pioneer plaque is picked up by alien races who are so shocked by the nude pictures on it they are coming to blow up the Earth. Another fun one is that they finally discover Hyperspace but find out travel using it is slower than real space.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:39 PM (8avO+)
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I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 03:39 PM (ZxzYs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (rZCVI)
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Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)
That black bear is asshoe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (3IrX0)
Hmmm. I did not, nor did the neighbors, close down our back yards after the other night wanderings of little Yogi.
Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:36 PM (ndZc7)
That black bear is asshoe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (3IrX0)
Hmmm. I did not, nor did the neighbors, close down our back yards after the other night wanderings of little Yogi.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (Gqar8)
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It is not outside the realm of possibility that alien life forms also believe in God and have similar stories to ours. That will be an incredibly interesting point to those who smugly refer to a SkyGod- their reaction may be the telling one, the ones in question of their faith, or lack thereof.
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There was a short sci fi story I read about a guy racing from planet to planet trying to catch up with basically Jesus.
It was kinda cool.
The inhabitants would be all peaceful and happy after every visit.
And, "sorry dude, you just missed him. Don't know where he went. But let us tell you--you missed a really great guy."
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There was a short sci fi story I read about a guy racing from planet to planet trying to catch up with basically Jesus.
It was kinda cool.
The inhabitants would be all peaceful and happy after every visit.
And, "sorry dude, you just missed him. Don't know where he went. But let us tell you--you missed a really great guy."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (73/SM)
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My trip to the stationary store was a smashing success.
I now have, for me, the perfect rollerball pen set up: Lamy Rollerball Body, Pentel. 0.7 mm Pentel Energel Needle point refills, and a the spring, trimmed to size, from a Pilot G2 pen to hold the Pentel refill in place inside the Lamy body.
It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
I now have, for me, the perfect rollerball pen set up: Lamy Rollerball Body, Pentel. 0.7 mm Pentel Energel Needle point refills, and a the spring, trimmed to size, from a Pilot G2 pen to hold the Pentel refill in place inside the Lamy body.
It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (glnUu)
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Only Christians, will still believe in God
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Only Christians? Is that where you have to pay to watch an Amish woman churn butter?
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Only Christians? Is that where you have to pay to watch an Amish woman churn butter?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (ndZc7)
325
I had to visit DC and met with a friend of mine who has lived there for 25 years. He said the city has never been this safe or clean. I transited through Union Station. I never remember the Columbus fountain working or being that clean. The reflecting pool is now stunning. It feels like they are working on every monument.
But Trump is a terrible guy or something.
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I, for one, miss the vast amount of goose shit floating in and lining the bottom of the reflecting pool. In the july heat, nothing says democratic party control, like the smell of avian fecal matter sweltering in the sun!
But Trump is a terrible guy or something.
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I, for one, miss the vast amount of goose shit floating in and lining the bottom of the reflecting pool. In the july heat, nothing says democratic party control, like the smell of avian fecal matter sweltering in the sun!
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (anL5R)
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NGOs shutting down and Scott Pelley getting canned are all a part of the change for the better in the U S of A.
Posted by: mrp
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Little white pills of the day in a bottle full of black ones.
NGOs shutting down and Scott Pelley getting canned are all a part of the change for the better in the U S of A.
Posted by: mrp
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Little white pills of the day in a bottle full of black ones.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (n7rxJ)
327
Never understood just why any alien life would be a challenge to Almighty God. Must be a case of atheists glitching.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)
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I like the the theory I have read on occasion that life on earth came from another planet in some rudimentary form somehow so we don't have to prove how it got stared from rocks and water.
Which explains absolutely nothing in the long run.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (GUOwU)
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Those scientists have girlfriends that go to a different university, so you wouldn't know them.
It just relocates the problem into a domain we have fewer information about.
It solves the chirology problem because it's on a different planet, duh!
Which explains absolutely nothing in the long run.
Posted by: Ripley at June 08, 2026 03:29 PM (GUOwU)
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Those scientists have girlfriends that go to a different university, so you wouldn't know them.
It just relocates the problem into a domain we have fewer information about.
It solves the chirology problem because it's on a different planet, duh!
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)
329
Having lived near and worked in DC 20-odd years ago, I'd actually like to go back and see what it's like when it's not being allowed to fall into something resembling a Soviet dystopia.
Working fountains? No bums everywhere? A reflecting pool not full of goose shit and smelling like a hobo's ass?
The hell you say!
Now if Trump could raze all of the ugly-ass Brutalist government buildings along the mall and replace them (or, don't, for that matter) with architecture that doesn't suck....
Working fountains? No bums everywhere? A reflecting pool not full of goose shit and smelling like a hobo's ass?
The hell you say!
Now if Trump could raze all of the ugly-ass Brutalist government buildings along the mall and replace them (or, don't, for that matter) with architecture that doesn't suck....
Posted by: ballistic at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (oqH4h)
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I did it as a joke, and my first sentence on the proposal was "Kids are stupid."
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM
Lol
Posted by: Orson at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM
Lol
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (6cXzZ)
331
Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
WTF? 100 schools?
Does the bear move the Godzirra or Mothra? WTF?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
WTF? 100 schools?
Does the bear move the Godzirra or Mothra? WTF?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (lwhHh)
332
>> miss the authentic NYC in the 70s.
So do the squeegee guys, prostitutes, pimps, race rioters, homeless encampments and open air drugs dealers.
It’s going back on that direction btw. The outflow of people has been remarkable.
I don’t think it will ever recover. Democrats are successfully destroying the entire state. The middle class is fleeing and a large part of the population are people who are old, and illegal immigrants.
So do the squeegee guys, prostitutes, pimps, race rioters, homeless encampments and open air drugs dealers.
It’s going back on that direction btw. The outflow of people has been remarkable.
I don’t think it will ever recover. Democrats are successfully destroying the entire state. The middle class is fleeing and a large part of the population are people who are old, and illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (DZ6nv)
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Science is a great method.
It makes a shitty "worldview" (because it's not made to be a worldview).
Science is a great method.
It makes a shitty "worldview" (because it's not made to be a worldview).
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)
334
Indiana Jones and the Quest for a Titanium Hip Replacement
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 08, 2026 03:43 PM (pSkMS)
335
323 My trip to the stationary store was a smashing success.
I now have, for me, the perfect rollerball pen set up: Lamy Rollerball Body, Pentel. 0.7 mm Pentel Energel Needle point refills, and a the spring, trimmed to size, from a Pilot G2 pen to hold the Pentel refill in place inside the Lamy body.
It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (glnUu)
.7mm? That's practically magic marker width. .5mm or nothing.
I now have, for me, the perfect rollerball pen set up: Lamy Rollerball Body, Pentel. 0.7 mm Pentel Energel Needle point refills, and a the spring, trimmed to size, from a Pilot G2 pen to hold the Pentel refill in place inside the Lamy body.
It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (glnUu)
.7mm? That's practically magic marker width. .5mm or nothing.
Posted by: A LOT is wrong with you at June 08, 2026 03:43 PM (TbWk/)
336
I miss the authentic NYC in the 70s.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (IOrWk)
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I spent a week there in 1975. Times Square was an effin' zoo. I walked down Broadway from Central Park to the Battery (did it again in 1981). At least there weren't any homeless defecating or overdosing on the sidewalks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 08, 2026 03:38 PM (IOrWk)
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I spent a week there in 1975. Times Square was an effin' zoo. I walked down Broadway from Central Park to the Battery (did it again in 1981). At least there weren't any homeless defecating or overdosing on the sidewalks.
Posted by: mrp at June 08, 2026 03:43 PM (rj6Yv)
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I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
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Yeah, and they're mostly a-holes.
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Yeah, and they're mostly a-holes.
Posted by: Dungeon Crawler Carl at June 08, 2026 03:43 PM (anL5R)
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I now have, for me, the perfect rollerball pen set up: Lamy Rollerball Body, Pentel. 0.7 mm Pentel Energel Needle point refills, and a the spring, trimmed to size, from a Pilot G2 pen to hold the Pentel refill in place inside the Lamy body.
It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
I'm old skool. I prefer a Bic Crystal.
It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
I'm old skool. I prefer a Bic Crystal.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:43 PM (lwhHh)
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It rocks. Seriously rocks. Heavy metal rocks. WTH is wrong with me?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (glnUu)
Sometimes, it's the little things.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:40 PM (glnUu)
Sometimes, it's the little things.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (3IrX0)
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Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Most likely there weren't women making this decision--because why wouldn't they close down 100 schools after sighting a human male?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Most likely there weren't women making this decision--because why wouldn't they close down 100 schools after sighting a human male?
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e)
341
New residence. Home. Land. Ozarks. Jealous.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
a pair of good Civil War battlefields in the area - Wilson's Creek near Springfield MO, and Pea Ridge in Arkansas. Prairie Grove is also in the area but I haven't been to area to see if it is set up well.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
a pair of good Civil War battlefields in the area - Wilson's Creek near Springfield MO, and Pea Ridge in Arkansas. Prairie Grove is also in the area but I haven't been to area to see if it is set up well.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)
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I am pleasantly surprised at AI capabilities… I’m here at work using our internal tool and I can ask it to build a Matlab script to do a detailed simulation of fairly complicated stuff and it provides one in less than 60 seconds! In the old days it would’ve taken me weeks to build that
Now it has to be checked but wow
Now it has to be checked but wow
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (yz/88)
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@319
>>I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
Doubtful, but we at least can be certain that there is no intelligent space traveling life within 12k light years of us.
So we have that going for us.
>>I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
Doubtful, but we at least can be certain that there is no intelligent space traveling life within 12k light years of us.
So we have that going for us.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (XV/Pl)
344
Your mom is teeming with life
Posted by: ... at June 08, 2026 03:45 PM (XGfD9)
345
New residence. Home. Land. Ozarks. Jealous.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
They'll be up and laundering cartel money in no time!
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
They'll be up and laundering cartel money in no time!
Posted by: It's MissourAH to you! at June 08, 2026 03:45 PM (TbWk/)
346
Science is a great method.
It makes a shitty "worldview" (because it's not made to be a worldview).
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)
the intent is quite the opposite, to describe what is rather than should be.
It makes a shitty "worldview" (because it's not made to be a worldview).
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)
the intent is quite the opposite, to describe what is rather than should be.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:46 PM (8avO+)
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274 The movie is still LIGHT YEARS ahead of any of the crap we get now.
Yeah it has some flaws, but at least they didn't nuke the fridge or try to replace Indiana Jones with a charisma-free British chick.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (UZCuZ)
I have not seen anyone else mention this, so it falls to me to explain that her hatchet or quarter-moon face is precise for cunnilingus, with one point also stimulating the anus.
Yeah it has some flaws, but at least they didn't nuke the fridge or try to replace Indiana Jones with a charisma-free British chick.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:30 PM (UZCuZ)
I have not seen anyone else mention this, so it falls to me to explain that her hatchet or quarter-moon face is precise for cunnilingus, with one point also stimulating the anus.
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 03:47 PM (KMQMu)
348
NOODlum.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:47 PM (3IrX0)
349
NOOD British Police Assholes
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 08, 2026 03:47 PM (qx7Zg)
350
FIRST!!
Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 08, 2026 03:48 PM (JNTt1)
351
I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life
I think that if we ever get interstellar we'll find that almost all the universe is dead rocks, and what life we find will be not only not intelligent (lichen, etc) but often so alien we have a hard time recognizing it as life.
I think that if we ever get interstellar we'll find that almost all the universe is dead rocks, and what life we find will be not only not intelligent (lichen, etc) but often so alien we have a hard time recognizing it as life.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 08, 2026 03:48 PM (UZCuZ)
352
Considering "High Plains Drifter", if Clint dies is he going to come back as a vision and wipe out everyone in Hollywood and set it afire?
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 08, 2026 03:48 PM (mMytc)
353
Stationery: most stores are stationary, excepting earthquakes, sink holes, atomic blasts, etc.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 08, 2026 03:48 PM (pB7yW)
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>>> 341 New residence. Home. Land. Ozarks. Jealous.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
a pair of good Civil War battlefields in the area - Wilson's Creek near Springfield MO, and Pea Ridge in Arkansas. Prairie Grove is also in the area but I haven't been to area to see if it is set up well.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)
Recently found a connection to the battle of Wilson's Creek.
The Ozarks are beautiful country.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 03:33 PM (lwhHh)
Nice! REALLY glad to hear they were able to flee the socialist utopia that is Illinois.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 03:34 PM (3IrX0)
a pair of good Civil War battlefields in the area - Wilson's Creek near Springfield MO, and Pea Ridge in Arkansas. Prairie Grove is also in the area but I haven't been to area to see if it is set up well.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (8avO+)
Recently found a connection to the battle of Wilson's Creek.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 08, 2026 03:48 PM (R+iUD)
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346 Science is a great method.
It makes a shitty "worldview" (because it's not made to be a worldview).
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)
the intent is quite the opposite, to describe what is rather than should be.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:46 PM (8avO+)
The left have, of course, perverted it into another form of coercive diktat. We said it's THE SCIENCE™ therefore it is irrefutable, incontestable, and you are a heretic, fool, and tought criminal to say otherwise.
It makes a shitty "worldview" (because it's not made to be a worldview).
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)
the intent is quite the opposite, to describe what is rather than should be.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:46 PM (8avO+)
The left have, of course, perverted it into another form of coercive diktat. We said it's THE SCIENCE™ therefore it is irrefutable, incontestable, and you are a heretic, fool, and tought criminal to say otherwise.
Posted by: Lysenkoism ain't just a river in Egypt at June 08, 2026 03:49 PM (TbWk/)
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Never understood just why any alien life would be a challenge to Almighty God. Must be a case of atheists glitching.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar
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Because it makes it hard for humans to come up with a complete enough explanation for why Jesus died for humans on Earth, or what is the effect on the accepted schema to introduce more species to die or not die for.
And your average atheist is going to put it upon you to make sense of it or it "doesn't make sense".
However, enough of them won't take the challenge on "human equality" and "human rights" if they want to preserve those. And they'll just say you must be a bad person if you don't want people to be considered equal or to have rights.
Posted by: tubal at June 08, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar
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Because it makes it hard for humans to come up with a complete enough explanation for why Jesus died for humans on Earth, or what is the effect on the accepted schema to introduce more species to die or not die for.
And your average atheist is going to put it upon you to make sense of it or it "doesn't make sense".
However, enough of them won't take the challenge on "human equality" and "human rights" if they want to preserve those. And they'll just say you must be a bad person if you don't want people to be considered equal or to have rights.
Posted by: Axeman at June 08, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)
357
Japan Closes Almost 100 Schools After Black Bear Sighting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
WTF? 100 schools?
Does the bear move the Godzirra or Mothra? WTF?
Posted by: rickb223
You should see what happens in Las Cruces when the temperatures fall below 50 degrees or there is a hint a trace of snow might fall.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
WTF? 100 schools?
Does the bear move the Godzirra or Mothra? WTF?
Posted by: rickb223
You should see what happens in Las Cruces when the temperatures fall below 50 degrees or there is a hint a trace of snow might fall.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:51 PM (glnUu)
358
>>I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
Doubtful, but we at least can be certain that there is no intelligent space traveling life within 12k light years of us.
So we have that going for us.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (XV/Pl)
Startide Rising and the other books in the Uplift books by Brin solve that by having emerging worlds be in effect nature reserves. New sapient species have to serve a patron race for a period because all of them had to be uplifted by another sapient. Humans are unique in that when we were found, we had uplifted dolphins and chimps and gorillas and thus had to be part of the elite club of races, and aren't they pissed about it.
Of course, the idea that everyone had to be uplifted leads to the question of who uplifted the first race.
Doubtful, but we at least can be certain that there is no intelligent space traveling life within 12k light years of us.
So we have that going for us.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (XV/Pl)
Startide Rising and the other books in the Uplift books by Brin solve that by having emerging worlds be in effect nature reserves. New sapient species have to serve a patron race for a period because all of them had to be uplifted by another sapient. Humans are unique in that when we were found, we had uplifted dolphins and chimps and gorillas and thus had to be part of the elite club of races, and aren't they pissed about it.
Of course, the idea that everyone had to be uplifted leads to the question of who uplifted the first race.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 03:51 PM (8avO+)
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Stationery: most stores are stationary, excepting earthquakes, sink holes, atomic blasts, etc.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Spelling matters. Who knew?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Spelling matters. Who knew?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 03:52 PM (glnUu)
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343 @319
>>I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
Doubtful, but we at least can be certain that there is no intelligent space traveling life within 12k light years of us.
So we have that going for us.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (XV/Pl)
This is incredibly good news. Say what you will about fiction writers, but they have gamed this out, and it does not end well for the colonized.
>>I think we'll eventually find the universe is teeming with life.
Doubtful, but we at least can be certain that there is no intelligent space traveling life within 12k light years of us.
So we have that going for us.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 08, 2026 03:44 PM (XV/Pl)
This is incredibly good news. Say what you will about fiction writers, but they have gamed this out, and it does not end well for the colonized.
Posted by: SciVo at June 08, 2026 03:56 PM (KMQMu)
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"...it's a stinging indictment of the previous administration that they wasted so many hard-earned American tax dollars keeping this outlet afloat."
A stinging indictment?
Sub par, but what else could anyone expect?
I really dislike this government.
A stinging indictment?
Sub par, but what else could anyone expect?
I really dislike this government.
Posted by: ibid at June 08, 2026 03:57 PM (BiQ2s)
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Teddy Roosevelt used to fight people. As president. He had a boxing ring. He wound up with a detached retina as a result. Switched to judo.
You can't hate the media enough. It is a wine karen activation program. Its function is to tell Karen what Trump action to seethe about next. And yes, all the male progressives are Karen's also. My Gawd, Scott Pelley is the biggest Karen of them all. Pulls a I want to speak to your manager routine, and gets fired. Cries about it. I refuse to believe he is a man. There is too much contrary evidence.
You can't hate the media enough. It is a wine karen activation program. Its function is to tell Karen what Trump action to seethe about next. And yes, all the male progressives are Karen's also. My Gawd, Scott Pelley is the biggest Karen of them all. Pulls a I want to speak to your manager routine, and gets fired. Cries about it. I refuse to believe he is a man. There is too much contrary evidence.
Posted by: And that's science at June 08, 2026 03:57 PM (anL5R)
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Universities also do this with Science Journals. Those are marked up an absolute ton.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (8avO+)
There was some talk that the NIH and research funded by US grants would not be allowing the grant money to print in the Springer journals, which charge a metric copulating ton amounts to publish the articles -- which until Trump was considered obligatory.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 08, 2026 02:56 PM (8avO+)
There was some talk that the NIH and research funded by US grants would not be allowing the grant money to print in the Springer journals, which charge a metric copulating ton amounts to publish the articles -- which until Trump was considered obligatory.
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The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
News/Chat