Wednesday Morning Rant

What Will The Ballots Say?

California is very much in the news courtesy - this week - of the obvious chicanery involving the LA primary election. There is another reason that has ebbed and flowed over the past year, and that is California's (actually, the SEIU's) proposed "billionaire tax" that is on the ballot this autumn. This proposed "tax" is a simple expropriation. The tax scheme as proposed is fairly straightforwad. If someone has a net worth over $1.1 billion, California will confiscate 5% of his net worth. If someone has a net worth of between $1.0 and $1.1 billion, California will confiscate slightly less of his net worth. When the tax is due, he can pay the entire sum in full, or he can spread payments out over 5 years - with interest. The money will go to fund "shortfalls" due to Federal or state budget cuts to medical (Medi-Cal), food (CalFresh) or school budgets.

Set aside whether wealth expropriation is just or legal or proper. Set aside whether the primary medical services union sponsoring a ballot initiative to confiscate assets and transfer them to the medical industry is a conflict of interest. Set aside whether the confiscation will raise as much money as expected. Set aside whether the money raised will actually go where it is supposed to rather than be stolen. Set aside widespread fraud in these programs, and whether throwing more money at them is sensible. Set aside unintended consequences on capital structure. Set aside the risks of forced liquidation. Set aside all of the very real objections to such a scheme and consider what this would actually accomplish even if it works exactly as promised.

From the proposed act:

Medi-Cal is projected to lose up to $19 billion in annual federal funding due to the implementation of the most recent federal budget legislation and
administrative action, shifting costs to the state General Fund and local governments or forcing reductions in needed services. Over the next ten years, federal cuts to Medi-Cal alone are projected to total approximately $190 billion.

The loss of billions in federal funding further stresses California's already underfunded health care safety net. The 2025-26 state budget included several new restrictions, including cuts to providers and significant reductions in benefits and services for Medi-Cal enrollees. State cuts to Medi-Cal are estimated to reach $7 billion in 2027-28, rising to $8.6 billion each year from 2028-29 onward.

California has around 200 billionaires who collectively possess an astonishing $2 trillion in wealth. ...

Ninety percent shall be allocated to the Billionaire Tax Health Account for health care funding ...

Ten percent shall be allocated to the Billionaire Tax Education and Food Assistance Account for education-related and food assistance expenditures ...

A taxpayer owing any additional tax imposed under this Section shall have the option either to (1) pay any tax due under this Part along with any income tax owed for the 2026 tax year; or (2) pay annually in five equal installments commencing in the year the tax is due, with each subsequent annual installment payment also being subject to an annual nondeductible deferral charge of 7.5 percent of the remaining unpaid balance.

There's more, of course. The proposal has plenty of other conditions and definitions, including a couple of favorites around how net worth is to be determined and how, despite the fact that this would cause forced selling, values are determined based on calculated voluntary sale values in ideal markets. It's actually somewhat fascinating and the whole proposal is worth reading in a "through the looking glass" kind of way, but the basics are in the excerpts above. That's all the variables and the rest is simple algebra.

Per the proposal, the new confiscation will affect around 200 people with about $2 trillion in net worth. Much of that is unrealized (it's stocks, bonds, other equity positions, real property, etc.), but whatever. The proposed 5% tax on $2 trillion in combined assets amounts to $100 billion, assuming perfect compliance, no carve-outs or exemptions, no problems with liquidation, etc. If nobody pays in full and instead everyone takes the more expensive option of paying over five years, that is actually quite a bit more rake-off for the state. It would be $20 billion in the first year, $26 billion in the second year, $24.5 billion in the third year, $23 billion in the fourth year and $21.5 billion in the fifth year for a total of $115 billion. The best-case scenario for the state is new receipts of $115 billion over five years from this one-time expropriation. 90% of that, or $103.5 billion, goes to Medi-Cal. In the best case scenario.

And, of course, if you expect this to raise as much as expected, and for there to be no losses, and for the money to go where it is supposed to, and for fraud to be a non-issue, and for these programs to otherwise be contained and well-managed, well, pull the other one. It jingles. But even that is beside the point. Per their own numbers, this proposal handles "shortfalls" in Medi-Cal for around five years. Even in a vacuum where everything works perfectly with no negative consequences foreseen or unforeseen, this buys a few years for Medi-Cal. That's it. It solves no problems, it just defers them and not even for very long. This basic problem is not an uncommon one in government finance. Fix real problems? Nah. Solving problems is boring and gores somebody's oxen. Just steal it and call it justice! I have no sympathy for California's billionaires - they climbed into bed with these people and if they get the clap, well, they should have chosen better bed-mates - but it will be interesting to see how far the next "one-time" expropriation goes when five years turns into two or three.

If it happens at all, anyway. Whether California's ambitious new stopgap will work is not the question. It won't. It will raise nothing like as much as expected and it will be spent far faster than expected and much of it will be stolen. No bookie would take a bet otherwise. The question is just whether it passes. It's on the ballot in November, and we all know what that means. With the outlandish and obvious manipulations going on in the LA primary, it has become clear even to those who don't pay much attention that "ballots" in California say whatever the Party wants them to say. Whether this passes depends entirely and exclusively on whether the Party wants it to. That's up in the air and the Party is not unified on the issue, but it will be before November.

And by then the ballots will show, as they always do in banana republics, whatever the Party wants them to show.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

2 #Winning

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

3 I get otters

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

4 and how many other elections over the years actually stole elections for Democrats? 20%? 60%?

Posted by: illiniwek at June 10, 2026 11:02 AM (vbXSk)

5 What does the fox say? About the ballots.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:02 AM (cWLG3)

6 No one ever cuts budgets. They always expand. There's never relief to the taxpayer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

7 whatever the Party wants them to show.
Show gladiator movies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 10, 2026 11:04 AM (Kt19C)

8 Democrats in CA won't quit the no-excuse mail-in ballots, will they.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:04 AM (cWLG3)

9 That’s a lot of set asides. Great intro!

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 10, 2026 11:04 AM (36bTp)

10 All republics have a life span; some just last a bit longer than others. We've been lucky. How long will that run of luck hold out?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 10, 2026 11:05 AM (ayRl+)

11 3 I get otters
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)
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You need river otters when the SHTF.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:05 AM (cWLG3)

12 Hey. It's fire season. So we got that goin for us.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:05 AM (bHWR0)

13 Yeah, right.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 10, 2026 11:06 AM (YlWIZ)

14 OK, I need a boob joke to calm down.

As the broadcast cut to Cardi’s performance, Ernie Johnson joked that the Knicks had been “competing with Cardi B here.”

The “WAP” singer was struggling to keep from spilling out of her outfit. [Charles] Barkley couldn’t help but notice. Without missing a beat, Chuck leaned in and delivered the line that’s now all over the internet:

“We lost,” he said. “I don’t know if those B’s. They might be Cardi D’s.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

15 10 All republics have a life span; some just last a bit longer than others. We've been lucky. How long will that run of luck hold out?
Posted by: Dr_No at June 10, 2026 11:05 AM (ayRl+)

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Where is our republic's Visigoths?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:06 AM (cWLG3)

16 The billionaire has over $1.1 bn and is taxed. They choose the 5 year payout plan. They're now paying interest on the taxes, then are assessed the same heavy tax if they remain over $1.1 bn the following year, while still paying off the other tax burden.

Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

17
No one ever cuts budgets. They always expand. There's never relief to the taxpayer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

___________

A "Draconian cut" is one where the budget increase is smaller than usual.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (CwUhY)

18 California is a blue dictatorship owing to industrial strength vote fraud. The will of the people is unimportant; the machine can "elect" itself in perpetuity. There are no guardrails on Pedocrat policies, incompetence and outright fraud and corruption.

California should be removed as a state and returned to a territory until the vote fraud is removed. Also, Hawaii. I mean, come on, it's not real state.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (l26NL)

19 I'd sooner give my money to a random street junkie than to any government. At least the junkie will use it to buy drugs, like he says he will, and won't waste it on needless boondoggles.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

20 MCAT

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 11:08 AM (p6qkl)

21 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

It's has nice weather.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:08 AM (bHWR0)

22 The proposed 5% tax on $2 trillion in combined assets amounts to $100 billion, assuming perfect compliance,

almost enough for high-speed rail!

Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 11:09 AM (oY6Yp)

23 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
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If you have that much money, you can afford to live somewhere a lot friendlier to the wealthy with equally nice weather.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 11:09 AM (gnNyN)

24 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

You can order Chinese food at 3am.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 10, 2026 11:10 AM (g8Ew8)

25 I am done defending billionaires, while they work the political system to deprive us of Constitutional rights, loot the Treasury, offshore jobs and destroy the middle class, foist poisonous GoF viruses on us for their pharma cronies profits, and scheme to block out he sun for their Malthusian conceits.

They want to put the leftists off their throats and their carcasses? Get skin in the game and join the fight like DJT.

Until then?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:10 AM (dK+Kv)

26 ‘Cause I’m the Taxman, yeah I’m the Taxman.’
-George Harrison

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2026 11:10 AM (JxNhD)

27 24 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

You can order Chinese food at 3am.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 10, 2026 11:10 AM (g8Ew

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I don't recommend eating Chinese food from any place that's still open at 3 AM.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)

28 Stu Cvrk: The Case for a “Choice Election” in 2026

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What the hell kind of name is "Cvrk" anyway? And how do you pronounce it?

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

29 Jeez, I have a difficult time giving a flying cockroach fuck about anything going on in Vacuufornia.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 10, 2026 11:11 AM (pohLc)

30 Hey Eromero!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 10, 2026 11:12 AM (3Ooyk)

31
You know, if the CA Democrats were smart (spoiler: they're not),

the would've run the election so that the Reps would've come in second place or even first and then cheated like hell for the real election in Nov.

They could say, easily..lSee? There's no cheating going on.

And taken the wind out of the sails of the Reps and Trump.

Then they'd win the big prize when it really counted and just pointed and laughed and say "Sour grapes"

I could be totally wrong but I've got to believe that even the Democratiest Democrat can't be happy with gay and fake elections in the hands of the rich few.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 10, 2026 11:12 AM (iJfKG)

32 I don't recommend eating Chinese food from any place that's still open at 3 AM.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)

Why?

Posted by: Slanteyedtweakers at June 10, 2026 11:12 AM (bHWR0)

33 16 The billionaire has over $1.1 bn and is taxed. They choose the 5 year payout plan. They're now paying interest on the taxes, then are assessed the same heavy tax if they remain over $1.1 bn the following year, while still paying off the other tax burden.

it's supposed to be a one-time assessment.

anyone believe that?

Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (oY6Yp)

34 Mannix!

*Jazzy music plays*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (xcxpd)

35 The CA billionaires tax will pass.
The billionaires will leave, taking their companies and employees with them.
The 'projected" tax income will far exceed what the actual income is.
The income tax projections will also prove to be overly optimistic.
The result will be a yawning budget deficit, even bigger than the one they have now that will be addressed by raising taxes on those too poor to leave, unwilling to leave or unable to leave.
And things will only get worse when Beccera become Governor and continues all the ridiculous policies that Greaseball Gavin initiated.
CA is doomed to get much worse before there's any hope of change.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (MNCvZ)

36 Cali hasn't been the same since Kirk and Spock took the whales.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (p6qkl)

37 I am done defending billionaires, while they work the political system to deprive us of Constitutional rights, loot the Treasury, offshore jobs and destroy the middle class, foist poisonous GoF viruses on us for their pharma cronies profits, and scheme to block out he sun for their Malthusian conceits.

......

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:10 AM (dK+Kv)

But enough about the Republican Party.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (kG3Vo)

38 The only thing missing from this essay is mentioning the obligatory condemnation of opponents as racist extreme reich-wingers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (5py4y)

39 What Will The Ballots Say?

Pshyahh. Like we're going to tell YOU.

Posted by: California vote counters at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

40 32 I don't recommend eating Chinese food from any place that's still open at 3 AM.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)

Why?
Posted by: Slanteyedtweakers at June 10, 2026 11:12 AM (bHWR0)

Food's probably not very fresh, risk of illness

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (xcxpd)

41
it's supposed to be a one-time assessment.

anyone believe that?

Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (oY6Yp)

___________

When the time comes, you too will be considered a billionaire.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2026 11:14 AM (CwUhY)

42 28 Stu Cvrk: The Case for a “Choice Election” in 2026

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What the hell kind of name is "Cvrk" anyway? And how do you pronounce it?

just like it's spelled!

Posted by: sgt. wojciehowicz at June 10, 2026 11:14 AM (oY6Yp)

43 The more I learn about how elections work in Cali the more in disbelief I am.

You can use a gym membership as ID to register. You can self declare the date you voted and hand in the ballot up to a week after election date. No post mark needed. Someone can come to your house and pick up your ballot and deliver it. Same day registration.

It’s madness.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:14 AM (Usr8X)

44 Growing up, I spent 8 years in California. It was better then and it still creeped me out, save the time I spent in the desert. Happiest day of my young life was the day I left .

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (pohLc)

45 There is zero reason for any Republican district or voting place to report any results until every last Dem place has reported and all the absentee/mail in shit is collected.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (w/O5Q)

46 But enough about the Republican Party.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (kG3Vo)

*rimshot*

It's left, right, and center, near as I can tell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (dK+Kv)

47 Food's probably not very fresh, risk of illness
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Nah. They can catch fresh alley cats any time of day.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

48
A "Draconian cut" is one where the budget increase is smaller than usual.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I remember Sam Donaldson arguing with George Will over whether an increase was a cut. Sam said "if it doesn't meet the need then it is a cut."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (Cqx++)

49 I don't recommend eating Chinese food from any place that's still open at 3 AM.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 10, 2026 11:11 AM (cWLG3)

Made by Mexicans likely pissed off they're working at 3AM?

No thanks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

50 16 The billionaire has over $1.1 bn and is taxed. They choose the 5 year payout plan. They're now paying interest on the taxes, then are assessed the same heavy tax if they remain over $1.1 bn the following year, while still paying off the other tax burden.

it's supposed to be a one-time assessment.

anyone believe that?
Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 11:13 AM (oY6Yp)
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When they instituted the income tax via Constitutional amendment, it was only supposed to affect a small number of Americans. How did that work out for us?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (gnNyN)

51 The company I work for is moving a huge factory out of the bay area this year. It'll be closed down by November if all goes according to plan.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (bHWR0)

52 Letting California get away with obvious election fraud just incentivizes other, nominally blue states to ramp up their fraud machines.

It also gives pause to leftists in nominally red states that elections can be stolen without recriminations. So they have incentives there to try.

I think it's a real problem if California's fraud goes unanswered by the authorities. And L.A.'s "election" needs to be nullified. Obviously, it won't. But it should.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (jehhT)

53 14 OK, I need a boob joke to calm down.

As the broadcast cut to Cardi’s performance, Ernie Johnson joked that the Knicks had been “competing with Cardi B here.”

The “WAP” singer was struggling to keep from spilling out of her outfit. [Charles] Barkley couldn’t help but notice. Without missing a beat, Chuck leaned in and delivered the line that’s now all over the internet:

“We lost,” he said. “I don’t know if those B’s. They might be Cardi D’s.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

Joke endorsed.

Cardi B is probably carrying drug-resistant chlamydia tho

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (xcxpd)

54 Majority of Dems View Abortion, Gender Transition as Morally Acceptable: Poll

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But then they also view Nazism as morally acceptable.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (ndZc7)

55 .Wow.
That's a very detailed fisking with a lot of numbers and other stuff.

EAT the RICH!!

Posted by: Bumper Sticker sloganeering wins every time it's tried! at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (zafwz)

56 the would've run the election so that the Reps would've come in second place or even first and then cheated like hell for the real election in Nov.

They couldn't stand being ridiculed for another five months.

Saul Alinsky:

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (aD4fx)

57 The California tax that is starting out with billionaires (and will soon reach out to grab millionaires) seems radical, but of course property tax is based on assessed value which includes unrealized appreciation so it's not a new concept. I think most will be okay - they will borrow the money to pay the tax and raise their own compensation to pay themselves back for the trouble.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (w8dnx)

58 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
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If you have that much money, you can afford to live somewhere a lot friendlier to the wealthy with equally nice weather.

CA is usually described as having a Mediterranean climate. With money like that, why wouldn't you just live on THE Mediterranean?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

59 They want to put the leftists off their throats and their carcasses? Get skin in the game and join the fight like DJT.

Until then?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

They won't. A good portion of the leftist billionaires' wealth is due to their loyalty to the cause. Further, wealth is largely portable. Selling off property does have it's challenges, but first sellers can escape. I think SCOTUS will eventually knock down exit taxes and Mr. Silicon Valley will just waltz away.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (diia5)

60 Draconian cut" is one where the budget increase is smaller than usual.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Republicans also play this game in reverse. They only increase spending by 5% instead of 7% and call it a 2% spending cut.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (Usr8X)

61 47 Food's probably not very fresh, risk of illness
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Nah. They can catch fresh alley cats any time of day.
Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

I thought that shrimp looked funny...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (xcxpd)

62 Gas station sushi has entered Chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 11:17 AM (p6qkl)

63 Growing up, I spent 8 years in California. It was better then and it still creeped me out, save the time I spent in the desert. Happiest day of my young life was the day I left .
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (pohLc)

Last time I was in Cali, almost 2 decades ago, I still have the footage somewhere, we were walking in San Francisco near the Warf and there was a man, sitting next to a trash can, covering himself with a large branch he'd broken from a nearby tree, harassing every woman that passed by.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

64 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (dK+Kv)

WW3. Globalists vs the Rest of Us. Film at 11. And 12. And 1. Etc

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:18 AM (kG3Vo)

65 I don't know any billionaires, and 200 in the most populous state in the Union isn't a lot, so it's easy to sell theft to those who won't be affected by it.

However, those billionaires who insist that I know who they are seem to be counterintuitively leftist in their political statements.

So, fuck 'em

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 10, 2026 11:18 AM (zafwz)

66 When the time comes, you too will be considered a billionaire.

When you convert to Zimbabwean currency, you're already there.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

67
I thought that shrimp looked funny...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (xcxpd)

____________

If you feel the compulsion to lick yourself, you'll know.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (CwUhY)

68 Food's probably not very fresh, risk of illness
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Nah. They can catch fresh alley cats any time of day.
Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

I thought that shrimp looked funny...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (xcxpd)

Those aren't shrimp.

Bengaalese Cockroaches a buck fiddy for a 60 gallon tub.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (iJfKG)

69 CA is usually described as having a Mediterranean climate. With money like that, why wouldn't you just live on THE Mediterranean?
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, that would require moving to Euroland or the Mideast. Not sure those would be much of an improvement over Cali.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

70 There isn't a damn thing government can touch that they won't screw it up. Greedy, corrupt, stupid, and self-serving assholes.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (2WIwB)

71 Bernie Sanders Indicates He Is Unlikely to Run for President in 2028

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I guess he figures they've already got enough crackpots.

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

72
Cardi B is probably carrying drug-resistant chlamydia tho
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (xcxpd)

Ain't no disease like a Diddy Party disease.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

73 70 There isn't a damn thing government can touch that they won't screw it up. Greedy, corrupt, stupid, and self-serving assholes.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (2WIwB)

They are really good at killing people and taking their stuff though, while looking solemn.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:20 AM (xcxpd)

74 ink SCOTUS will eventually knock down exit taxes and Mr. Silicon Valley will just waltz away.

Perhaps they'll explain the difference between an exit tax and a kidnapper who releases his victim upon payment.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

75 Boom! Shaka-laka-laka! Boom! Shaka-laka-laka! …

No, don't stop - they like it.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 10, 2026 11:20 AM (ayRl+)

76 Well, that would require moving to Euroland or the Mideast. Not sure those would be much of an improvement over Cali.

Fair point, but OTOH, I'd bet that tax rates in the countries of former Yugoslavia are quite low. A nice villa on the Adriatic...

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

77
Malta
I hear Malta is nice

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:22 AM (ZxPkt)

78 Stu Cvrk: The Case for a “Choice Election” in 2026-
What the hell kind of name is "Cvrk" anyway? And how do you pronounce it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

Yah, that's a stupid name. He should change it to somethings Americans can pronounce, like Stu Podaso.
Or Pete Seria.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 10, 2026 11:22 AM (zafwz)

79 Malta
I hear Malta is nice

I loved it as a small child. Of course, that was 65 years ago, so it may have changed a little.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

80
If you feel the compulsion to lick yourself, you'll know.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (CwUhY)

Sometimes, you're alone and want some action.

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at June 10, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

81 A nice villa on the Adriatic...
Posted by: Archimedes

Yeah, Dubrovnik would probably be an acceptable bug-out spot.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

82 I think SCOTUS will eventually knock down exit taxes and Mr. Silicon Valley will just waltz away.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (diia5)

Okay then. We'll charge exit "fees". Go ahead, SCOTUS. Just try and stop us.

--------CA dems

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 10, 2026 11:23 AM (g8Ew8)

83 Bernie Sanders Indicates He Is Unlikely to Run for President in 2028

Good. We've had enough 100 year old's in that office.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

84 Well, that would require moving to Euroland or the Mideast. Not sure those would be much of an improvement over Cali.
Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

Gaza.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:24 AM (bHWR0)

85 Malta
I hear Malta is nice
Posted by: Don Black

The meals are great there.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

86 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge

Can you even get sushi there at 2am?

Posted by: Mayor Mamdani at June 10, 2026 11:24 AM (JCZqz)

87 and how many other elections over the years actually stole elections for Democrats? 20%? 60%?

The conventional wisdom is that after Reagan's disastrous 1986 amnesty the Democrats used the new giant block of legal Hispanic voters to get in power, and then installed cheating. Certainly by 2004 California elections no longer were the will of any people outside of the DNC, and that's true in most long-time blue cities now, never mind blue states. (Or the occasional case like Georgia where corrupt GOPe types hand over election control to the Democrat cheat machine in exchange for being allowed to keep their seats).

Many people have noted that regardless of what happens in Cali, a lot of Democrats have already said publicly that this same "tax" is coming nationwide when they "win" in 2028, and it most definitely won't be confined to millionaires. You think housing's unaffordable now, wait until you're paying some percent of the assessed value to the IRS every year.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:24 AM (2ocoG)

88 2 important things happened yesterday that show that the Dem Party together has completely devolved into LARPing insanity: First, an actual Nazi won a Democrat primary for the US Senate, and they're all patting each other on the back and saying it'll be fine.

Second, and this may sound like a stretch but hear me out - the Karmelo Anthony trial concluded in the way that everyone sane expected. When I looked at the facts, I saw a slam dunk case with no possibility of exoneration, and yet the Left collectively spent months fantasizing about idiotic tangents that would "change everything."
Self Defense? Against an unarmed youth who just touched you lightly? Idiocy.
The knife wasn't big? Big enough to call, issue closed.
It was raining! Who the hell cares!!!

Add to that the most pathetically bad legal defense I've seen in a long time; but it appears that the entire Left convinced themselves that he was going to walk away.

But the shipwreck of their hopes came with a Real Court, and a Real Jury, one which decided Guilt with only 3 hours deliberation and then sentenced him to 35 years in prison.

Anyone who didn't see that coming is living full time in a warped fantasy world.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:25 AM (edUvp)

89 85 Malta
I hear Malta is nice
Posted by: Don Black

The meals are great there.
Posted by: Bulg

St. John's Co-Cathedral is amazing.

Posted by: Military Moron at June 10, 2026 11:25 AM (JCZqz)

90 >Majority of Dems View Abortion, Gender Transition as Morally Acceptable: Poll
----
this implies that Democrats have morals, which I dispute

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:25 AM (ZxPkt)

91 Thx Joe.
What would be interesting would be if wildfires began soon and the Dem politicians are their usual incompetent selves. It won't matter for LA because they're nominees are going incompetent and even more incompetent. However at the state level Becerra is a party hack and Newsom has demonstrated he's incompetent which could lead to another horrible result

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 10, 2026 11:25 AM (6V12Q)

92 Pull my finger.

Posted by: The Invisible Hand at June 10, 2026 11:25 AM (4NO2D)

93 72
Cardi B is probably carrying drug-resistant chlamydia tho
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:15 AM (xcxpd)

Ain't no disease like a Diddy Party disease.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

snort

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 10, 2026 11:25 AM (xcxpd)

94 79 Malta
I hear Malta is nice

I loved it as a small child. Of course, that was 65 years ago, so it may have changed a little.
Posted by: Archimedes

Malt-O-Meal, on the other hand...

Posted by: Military Moron at June 10, 2026 11:26 AM (JCZqz)

95 You can order Chinese food at 3am.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Not in S.F. In fact, as a food town, S.F. shuts down relatively early. You want food at 3am, couple of all-night diners maybe? There's a 24-hour Walgreens you can get snacks and prepared sammies.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 11:26 AM (W5mpo)

96 So Billionaires are Kulaks. Who knew??

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Gqar8)

97 A carryover from the MOrning REport......

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Rep. Crockett: "Black women live in agony every day that I promise the Metcalfs had never lived through"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ndZc7)

You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

98 And by then the ballots will show, as they always do in banana republics, whatever the Party wants them to show.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

THE same as every totalitarian regime.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2026 11:27 AM (IP7s4)

99 82 I think SCOTUS will eventually knock down exit taxes and Mr. Silicon Valley will just waltz away.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 10, 2026 11:16 AM (diia5)

Okay then. We'll charge exit "fees". Go ahead, SCOTUS. Just try and stop us.

--------CA dems
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 10, 2026 11:23 AM (g8Ew

California Dems said that Valero and Chevron would never just waltz away. Oops, bye bye, there they go.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:27 AM (edUvp)

100 Fun fact: The Maltese language is the only form of Arabic written in the Latin alphabet.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

101 What could possibly go wrong?

Canadian leaders send invites to Somali referee with Al-Qaeda ties after he was denied entry to the US

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:28 AM (ndZc7)

102 Rep. Crockett: "Black women live in agony every day that I promise the Metcalfs had never lived through"
___

Bless her ignorant heart.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 10, 2026 11:28 AM (3Ooyk)

103 Rep. Crockett: "Black women live in agony every day that I promise the Metcalfs had never lived through"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.
Posted by: Sponge

No, she's right. The Metcalfs will never be burdened with the guilt of being absolute failures in raising a murdering failure of a child.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:28 AM (JCZqz)

104 97
You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)
I wonder what her grift angle is, in all of this. There is always a grift with her ilk.

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)

105 You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
___

Only thing you can do is pray for her salvation.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (3Ooyk)

106 Add to that the most pathetically bad legal defense I've seen in a long time; but it appears that the entire Left convinced themselves that he was going to walk away.

Remember, his parents blew the entire legal defense fund that was raised on a mansion, two Escalades, an obvious nose job for the mother, and probably a bunch of Kool-Aid pineapples and Hennessey. They were willing to throw him at a public defender before some Dallas lawyer decided to do it pro bono as a virtue signal.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (2ocoG)

107 You think housing's unaffordable now, wait until you're paying some percent of the assessed value to the IRS every year.
Posted by: Ian S.

Wait until you hear the lamentations of LIV republican voters who had no idea what's been creeping for 25-30 years because they couldn't be bothered to vote during mid-terms or for down-ballot races.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (W5mpo)

108 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Rep. Crockett: "Black women live in agony every day that I promise the Metcalfs had never lived through"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ndZc7)

You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

It's actually kind of funny. She's trying to make the dems sorry that they picked Talarico instead of her.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (edUvp)

109
No, she's right. The Metcalfs will never be burdened with the guilt of being absolute failures in raising a murdering failure of a child.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:28 AM (JCZqz)

Valid.

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

110 There was something interesting about this (and I'll use the opportunity to link to Roman history.)

When the second Triumvirate (Octavian, Marc Antony and Larius? Larian?) went about their proscriptions (posting names of enemies and declaring their property and lives forfeit) they ran into an interesting economic supply/demand issue. The reason they were doing it was not just to wipe out their enemies (or those perceived as enemies) but also to fund their ongoing civil war against the Republicans.

Most of wealth is usually in property (even more so in those days.) When the properties were seized they then turned around and tried to sell them for cash, this created such a glut on the market that the real estate market tanked and they ended up receiving far less money than they had anticipated, on paper. So they gamely added even more names to the lists in order to make up the shortfall.

Remind you of anything (like every tax scheme ever?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (mPXxA)

111 important things happened yesterday that show that the Dem Party together has completely devolved into LARPing insanity: First, an actual Nazi won a Democrat primary for the US Senate, and they're all patting each other on the back and saying it'll be fine.

Okay, but it isn't their fault, you see. It's Trump's. No, I'm not kidding.

Democrats Are Literally Blaming Trump for Their Support of Graham Platner
... they’re justifying their support by pointing the finger at Donald Trump.
Adam Mockler, a commentator for the MeidasTouch Network, went on CNN's NewsNight to make the case that Maine Democrats backing Graham Platner isn't really a moral failure; it’s just a strategic necessity. His argument, stripped of the spin, goes something like this: Republicans lowered the bar, so Democrats have to follow them into the gutter.

.we have watched for a decade as Republicans have repeatedly lowered the threshold, lowered the standards for their candidates, and now Democrats are going to keep holding our candidates to an infinitely higher standard while we have Ken Paxton in Texas, while we have Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office right now

https://tinyurl.com/5yub59yp

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

112 Expect to see the California election fraud model to be played out in every blue state for the midterms.

They have always been the test pod for nationwide election fraud efforts.

Democrats aren’t going to just walk away for the gerrymandering game. They will respond with a new game that nobody prepared for.

Our elections have become a joke. Somebody please tell John Thune.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 10, 2026 11:30 AM (uFXhC)

113 104 97
You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.
Posted by: Sponge

I wonder what her grift angle is, in all of this. There is always a grift with her ilk.
Posted by: tubal

She's losing her seat in Congress, so time to prep for the race hustler grift. Maybe get some guest appearances on MSNOW.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:30 AM (JCZqz)

114 Lepidus was the name. Dammit. He was kind of an afterthought anyway.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:30 AM (mPXxA)

115
Remember, his parents blew the entire legal defense fund that was raised on a mansion, two Escalades, an obvious nose job for the mother, and probably a bunch of Kool-Aid pineapples and Hennessey. They were willing to throw him at a public defender before some Dallas lawyer decided to do it pro bono as a virtue signal.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (2ocoG)

And that GiveSendGo account is still going strong.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

116 105 You can't co-exist with that. That's broken. That's deranged. That's inhumane.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
___

Only thing you can do is pray for her salvation.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (3Ooyk)

That is in God’s hands. Oh, and welcome to Missouri, a free state. Did you settle in the Bootheel area?

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:31 AM (Gqar8)

117 I'm expecting a circus DNC to take all the attention away from Republicans and they can squeeze in all kind of propaganda by getting eyeballs on it. The outcome will be predetermined but the way there will be somewhat choreographed. Let's see how I do.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (kG3Vo)

118 This stuff is going to continue until Republicans set up an operation to steal an election from Democrats. Like steal the Governor's race and the entire General Assembly with "harvested" votes. It would serve the Democrats right.

Posted by: Isophorone at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (M6jrI)

119 That is in God’s hands. Oh, and welcome to Missouri, a free state. Did you settle in the Bootheel area?
Posted by: tubal
___

Not in the bootheel, just north of there.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (3Ooyk)

120 Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (mPXxA)

Lepidus was the third member of the triumvirate. The other two got rid of him and kicked him upstairs to be Pontifex Maximus.

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

121
.we have watched for a decade as Republicans have repeatedly lowered the threshold, lowered the standards for their candidates, and now Democrats are going to keep holding our candidates to an infinitely higher standard while we have Ken Paxton in Texas, while we have Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office right now

https://tinyurl.com/5yub59yp
Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

Bill Clinton molested a young intern with a cigar in the Oval Office, you sick f*cks.

I struggle to quell the hatred I have for these people. They're subhuman.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

122 And that GiveSendGo account is still going strong.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

I've got mixed feelings about that; leftists are going to throw their money away on something useless and stupid, guaranteed, so why not on the most useless, stupid, and self centered grifters they can find?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (edUvp)

123 So Billionaires are Kulaks. Who knew??
Posted by: tubal

Hoarders, wreckers, and saboteurs!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

124 >>Medi-Cal is projected to lose up to $19 billion in annual federal funding due to the implementation of the most recent federal budget legislation and
administrative action,
.

Can anyone say with confidence that they could accommodate that shortfall by stopping the fraud?

IIRC, Dr. Oz said they cut off over 5000 CA companies receiving Medicare funds and only ***2*** contacted them. We knew there was fraud, but is it majority fraud?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 10, 2026 11:33 AM (X8xt3)

125 Wait until you hear the lamentations of LIV republican voters who had no idea what's been creeping for 25-30 years because they couldn't be bothered to vote during mid-terms or for down-ballot races.

Good thing a lot of them actually have showed up this year for the primaries. Trump-endorsed candidates have a very strong record, in several cases against "untouchable" incumbants. Sad that one of those endorsed candidates is Miss Lindsey though.

Oh, and speaking of incumbants we're happy to see the back of, Thomas Massie gave a speech in Congress about how we must stop the Jooooos. How very principled and libertarian of him.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:33 AM (2ocoG)

126 I struggle to quell the hatred I have for these people. They're subhuman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Welcome to Civil War Spain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:33 AM (mPXxA)

127 I struggle to quell the hatred I have for these people. They're subhuman.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

Let the hate flow through you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

128 Remember, his parents blew the entire legal defense fund that was raised on a mansion, two Escalades, an obvious nose job for the mother, and probably a bunch of Kool-Aid pineapples and Hennessey. They were willing to throw him at a public defender before some Dallas lawyer decided to do it pro bono as a virtue signal.
Posted by: Ian S.

To be fair, he was doomed from the start in this case. Johnny Cochran and the Chewbacca defense couldn't save him. The family got more out of the GoFundMe than he'd ever earn legitimately.

There are rumors he was offered a plea deal (manslaughter?) which he turned down on advice from his father. That was the deal of the century....and I wonder if the father may have been motivated to sacrifice his son, drag out the proceedings, to get more donations. If so...pure evil.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

129 Does Malta still have falcons?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (Cqx++)

130 There's a 24-hour Walgreens you can get snacks and prepared sammies.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

AKA salmonella subs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (diia5)

131 Let the hate flow through you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

Strike me down- and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete!

Posted by: Star Wars before it went completely retarded at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (mPXxA)

132 Rep. Crockett: "Black women live in agony every day that I promise the Metcalfs had never lived through"

Crockett is a rich trust funder LARPing as a hood rat, complete with Hillary Clinton fake ebonics accent, so everything she says is a joke.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (2ocoG)

133
If you feel the compulsion to lick yourself, you'll know.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2026 11:19 AM (CwUhY)

I'll pass on the shrimp.

Posted by: Extremely Limber Teenaged Boys at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (y9nCu)

134 CA is probably thinking about building a wall to keep billionaires in the borders.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (RjOoY)

135
I struggle to quell the hatred I have for these people. They're subhuman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

I'm past hating them, really. Feel no emotion at all towards them, I equate this to my feelings about cockroaches. I just see them as annoyances to be crushed, and given no more thought.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (edUvp)

136 @90

>>this implies that Democrats have morals, which I dispute

Well, that's their moral vision, and they are working to enforce it.

As has been noted, if conservatives don't promote and enforce their moral vision, the democrats will.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (XV/Pl)

137 How long will that run of luck hold out?

The beginning of the end was when SCOTUS ruled a poll tax was unconstitutional.

Poor voters vote for freebies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (qFwJc)

138 110

SNIP

Most of wealth is usually in property (even more so in those days.) When the properties were seized they then turned around and tried to sell them for cash, this created such a glut on the market that the real estate market tanked and they ended up receiving far less money than they had anticipated, on paper. So they gamely added even more names to the lists in order to make up the shortfall.

Remind you of anything (like every tax scheme ever?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:29 AM (mPXxA)

I am guess the expulsions of the Jews from various places in Europe also worked the same way. The royals got their debts wiped out as well as some property, but the short term economic gain petered out. This left the European powers fighting each other again.

Posted by: Isophorone at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (M6jrI)

139 Trump-endorsed candidates have a very strong record, in several cases against "untouchable" incumbants.

One imagines John Cornyn and Scott Pelley sharing a bottle of wine (multiple bottles, probably) and a box of ice cream, while crying and braiding each other's hair.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

140 Yeah, Maltese is old Sicilian / Tunisian Arabic. After the native Maltese were shoved out and those Arabs were shoved in, other Arabs flowed into Tunisia and, of course, Sicily became Italian-speaking (it had been Greek long before).
Nice of the Maltese to decide, "you know what, the Muslims aren't doing a good job protecting our homelands, fuck 'em"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:36 AM (gKWVE)

141 There are rumors he was offered a plea deal (manslaughter?) which he turned down on advice from his father. That was the deal of the century....and I wonder if the father may have been motivated to sacrifice his son, drag out the proceedings, to get more donations. If so...pure evil.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

Yeah, this whole thing is just horrifying.

The thing is, the parents/family have just blown the cash on retarded shit. When the case is out of the limelight, the donations will trickle off and then they will still have blown through all of it and then... Well, reap what you have sewn.

I doubt they are also wisely investing a portion of the proceeds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:37 AM (mPXxA)

142 23 Why the f*ck would ANYONE with money want to live in Cali?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

My parents love the state, they are close to an Air Force Base with good facilities and they are living in a great retirement community. Believe me when I say I did my best to get them out but had no luck.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 11:37 AM (RjOoY)

143 119 That is in God’s hands. Oh, and welcome to Missouri, a free state. Did you settle in the Bootheel area?
Posted by: tubal
___

Not in the bootheel, just north of there.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 10, 2026 11:32 AM (3Ooyk)

Ah. Beautiful area. Lake Wappapello. Trees everywhere, rollong hills. Frederickstown for grocery shopping. So glad you crossed the river.

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

144 California should be removed as a state and returned to a territory until the vote fraud is removed. Also, Hawaii. I mean, come on, it's not real state.
Posted by: Blutarski

I'll be moving to Hawaii soon. I look forward to being discriminated against by the locals for being an outsider. Sucks to be subjugated, bitches. I wonder how many of them pitching about "invading mainlanders" vote for Dems and open borders? 🤔

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 10, 2026 11:37 AM (JCZqz)

145 I struggle to quell the hatred I have for these people. They're subhuman.
Posted by: Sponge

I'm having quite the struggle with the deadly sin of wrath today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

146 I remember the Alternative Minimum Tax, that was only going to affect a few rich people. Hell, the original Income Tax was only going to hit rich people.

There has never been any such thing as a "temporary" tax.

Posted by: MartynWW at June 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IUbKC)

147 One imagines John Cornyn and Scott Pelley sharing a bottle of wine (multiple bottles, probably) and a box of ice cream, while crying and braiding each other's hair.

They probably invited Tater to make it a proper sleepover too.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:38 AM (2ocoG)

148 I am guess the expulsions of the Jews from various places in Europe also worked the same way. The royals got their debts wiped out as well as some property, but the short term economic gain petered out. This left the European powers fighting each other again.
Posted by: Isophorone at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (M6jrI)

Same with the Templars later. The Kulaks and other enemies of the State in the early Soviet period (and this is an extreme example of the same effect.) It's an old story. I'd imagine the situation was similar in Germany when the Jewish property was seized.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:38 AM (mPXxA)

149 There will be some kind of wink wink system established so if you donate a million to the California Democrats your net worth will be valued at $990 million.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 10, 2026 11:39 AM (wGerL)

150 There are rumors he was offered a plea deal (manslaughter?) which he turned down on advice from his father. That was the deal of the century....and I wonder if the father may have been motivated to sacrifice his son, drag out the proceedings, to get more donations. If so...pure evil.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

Most Texas courts have a reputation for making good plea deals to avoid the expense of a trial, since the dockets are always packed. I believe an experienced lawyer could have pretty easily gotten Manslaughter with a 10 year sentence, with maybe probation after 5 with good behavior. AK could still have had part of his 20's on the outside.

Now because of that arrogance, he's looking at prison life until he's 53 years old, maybe out at 45 if he's a good boy. Barron Trump may be President by then.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:39 AM (edUvp)

151 loved it as a small child. Of course, that was 65 years ago, so it may have changed a little.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

Also applicable to the US.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:39 AM (Usr8X)

152 Posted by: Isophorone at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (M6jrI)

Vox Day is whacking off on his blog in the hope that Lauren Boebert is about to reveal that Jews eat child blood matzo.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:39 AM (gKWVE)

153 Crockett is a rich trust funder LARPing as a hood rat, complete with Hillary Clinton fake ebonics accent, so everything she says is a joke.
Posted by: Ian S

It's called code switching! It's the sad reality people of color are forced to endure to survive in White Supremacist Amerikkka!!!

Posted by: Leftist Retard Race Apologist at June 10, 2026 11:40 AM (JCZqz)

154 When does SNAP run out of money?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 10, 2026 11:40 AM (k4hpZ)

155 >Does Malta still have falcons?
----

poodles

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (ZxPkt)

156 I my die alone. I may die broke. But if I die with a chocolate frosted, cream filled donut in my hand... I will die happy!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (OsdBI)

157 Fuck all them rich bastards in commiefornia. Should make it 10%. They most likely stole all their money from black and brown people anyways.

Oh, time for my wage slave to deliver my door dash lunch.

Rocket Fuel, Damn!

Posted by: Karen Bass, Mayor For Life at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (OhZoB)

158 "The Economy" seems dependent on constant growth. Even Trump seems intent on "inflating our way out" of the huge debt, though he does seem interested in cuts (at least to the huge frauds like USAID or massive Somali thefts).

Greenspan was maybe the biggest player in the easy money game, as he constantly cut rates, and that played out till we hit the "Zero Boundary". Talks of negative rates mostly failed, but we have not "reverted to the norm" yet.

Government itself is (perhaps) the biggest player in the inflation game, as we see with their constant growth, and humongous debt. "We" don't like government controls of The Economy, and yet it was those Greenspan cuts (and selective wars?) that fueled much of the market gains, and allowed our massive spending.

Getting the globalists out of the way would help ... some theories on Trump taking on the alleged British control of banking and power are interesting.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (vbXSk)

159 are rumors he was offered a plea deal (manslaughter?) which he turned down on advice from his father. That was the deal of the century....and I wonder if the father may have been motivated to sacrifice his son, drag out the proceedings, to get more donations. If so...pure evil.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

I think it’s more like the father lives in a bubble where blacks can do no wrong and assumed there would be an AWFL or two on the jury to hang it. Not an unreasonable assumption.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (Usr8X)

160 Actually the early soviet period is a great example. You seize all the farmland from the 'wealthy' kulaks- skilled, experienced farmers- and you replace them with... state retards who have no idea what they are doing. How much of the Holodomor was explicit policy and how much was just tragic, but inevitable, mismanagement is open to question.

The same situation was played out on a much smaller, more hilarious scale with the CHAZ when they tried to set up a farm. They still had stores outside they could go pick up roller dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (mPXxA)

161 You aren't voting your way out of this

Posted by: The Ballots at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (LOZbR)

162 Ah. Beautiful area. Lake Wappapello. Trees everywhere, rollong hills. Frederickstown for grocery shopping. So glad you crossed the river.
Posted by: tubal

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

Posted by: Garrison Keillor at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (JCZqz)

163 whatever the Party wants them to show.
Show gladiator movies."

Joey, have you ever been in a... in a Turkish prison"

Posted by: man at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (XuXeR)

164 I agree with Comrade Flounder above. How many of these Cali billionaires are leftists?

Posted by: JROD at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (uScCR)

165 Buy a yacht, a big one. Register it in the most tax friendly country and park it there. If you've got the pull and money.

During last weekend's Formula One Grand Prix in Monaco it was noted just how many yachts were anchored there and how many were always anchored there.

Same goes for a number of seaside cities. Many notably in the Middle East.

Anchoring a yacht is fairly inexpensive for the well off. Running it is another story.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (jehhT)

166 Of course, that was 65 years ago, so it may have changed a little.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

Also applicable to the US.
Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:39 AM (Usr8X)

As I've mentioned before, my high school marching band was in the Chicago Columbus Day parade in the late 80s. Now you'd be at risk of being shot for part of that route, and of course Columbus Day is a hate crime.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (2ocoG)

167 The SS administration says SS will run out of money in 2032. No link, because CNBC, but it's at Insty.

The Social Security Administration released a new report on Tuesday with fresh projections as to when the trust funds it relies on to help pay benefits may be depleted.
The OASI trust fund — formally known as Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, or OASI — will run out in 2032, at which point 78% of benefits will be payable, according to the latest projections.
While Social Security has never missed a payment, the looming shortfall may prompt benefit cuts unless Congress takes action.

I always assumed this, which is why I didn't wait until I was 70 to start taking distributions. I have enough of my own money, so I knew they'd come for me first. Think of it as an exit tax, for when you shuffle off this mortal coil.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

168 146 I remember the Alternative Minimum Tax, that was only going to affect a few rich people. Hell, the original Income Tax was only going to hit rich people.

There has never been any such thing as a "temporary" tax.
Posted by: MartynWW at June 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IUbKC)

THIS.

I like the idea of a national sales tax replacing all other taxes, but you know they would fuck with it. It would be increased or they would go back to their old ways to finance graft. Eliminating the IRS is a beautiful dream though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (mPXxA)

169 156 I my die alone. I may die broke. But if I die with a chocolate frosted, cream filled donut in my hand... I will die happy!
Posted by: Madamemayhem

If it's still in my hand, I've died with a life incomplete.

Posted by: Justice Sonia Sotomayor at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (JCZqz)

170 Same with the Templars later. The Kulaks and other enemies of the State in the early Soviet period (and this is an extreme example of the same effect.) It's an old story. I'd imagine the situation was similar in Germany when the Jewish property was seized.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:38 AM (mPXxA)

Always reminds me of one of Heinlein's great quotes:

"Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck."

Robert A. Heinlein

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (edUvp)

171 162 Ah. Beautiful area. Lake Wappapello. Trees everywhere, rollong hills. Frederickstown for grocery shopping. So glad you crossed the river.
Posted by: tubal

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Posted by: Garrison Keillor at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (JCZqz)

Uh, okay, I guess????

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

172 to reveal that ~~Jews~~ Hollywood elite eat child blood matzo.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:44 AM (qFwJc)

173 Speaking of jagoffs, somebody burned a cross in MAGA Country
trib.al/ZPMRSq4

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:44 AM (gKWVE)

174 As I've mentioned before, my high school marching band was in the Chicago Columbus Day parade in the late 80s. Now you'd be at risk of being shot for part of that route, and of course Columbus Day is a hate crime.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:43 AM (2ocoG)

What school? What'd you play?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

175 "The Economy" seems dependent on constant growth."

Our betters insist on it. More population, more everything.

Suckers.

Posted by: man at June 10, 2026 11:44 AM (XuXeR)

176 Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (2ocoG)

I still say "ghetto" is something you don't fake so well. It's clearly in her regardless of where she is from.

Jenny From the Block is one thing.

Crockett the Nasty Gurgling Cunt is quite another.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:44 AM (kG3Vo)

177 159 are rumors he was offered a plea deal (manslaughter?) which he turned down on advice from his father. That was the deal of the century....and I wonder if the father may have been motivated to sacrifice his son, drag out the proceedings, to get more donations. If so...pure evil.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (JCZqz)

I think it’s more like the father lives in a bubble where blacks can do no wrong and assumed there would be an AWFL or two on the jury to hang it. Not an unreasonable assumption.
Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:41 AM (Usr8X)

My theory is all the blacks who stood up and said they couldn't find a brother guilty knew he was guilty and wanted it voted that way without them having to ever take the blame. B/c the most vicious action is always black on black, when you fail to defend the Hood...

PS - Can I say 35 years was too short? 25 likely served is too early for him to get out b/c he will still be completely capable of the same act again...and with no remorse...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 10, 2026 11:45 AM (tOcjL)

178 I agree with Comrade Flounder above. How many of these Cali billionaires are leftists?

Nearly all of them are already gone to either Austin or Miami, although Vegas, Nashville, and Salt Lake City are also getting some.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:45 AM (2ocoG)

179 Hell, the original Income Tax was only going to hit rich people."

The phone tax waves...

Posted by: man at June 10, 2026 11:45 AM (XuXeR)

180 The justices ruled that the First Amendment allows bans on cross burnings only when they are intended to intimidate because the action “is a particularly virulent form of intimidation.”

Alyna Carlton, 22, said she never thought she would see something like that in her lifetime.

“It kind of really opened my eyes, had me realize that I’m not that far removed from the past."

GFY.

You prolly put it there......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

181 Crockett is a rich trust funder
Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:34 AM (2ocoG)
=========================
???

Did not know this. Where did you learn it?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 11:46 AM (8z5jb)

182 What school? What'd you play?

Dixon (IL) High, and bass clarinet.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

183 “It kind of really opened my eyes, had me realize that I’m not that far removed from the past."

GFY.
You prolly put it there......

The demand for racism outstrips the supply.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

184 remember the Alternative Minimum Tax, that was only going to affect a few rich people. Hell, the original Income Tax was only going to hit rich people.

There has never been any such thing as a "temporary" tax.
Posted by: MartynWW at June 10, 2026 11:38 AM (IUbKC)

Washington state just passed an income tax on millionaires. Never mind that the people voted in a referendum to not allow an income tax.

Within 5 years that so called millionaire tax will apply to everyone.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (Usr8X)

185 The Social Security Trust Fund is a fiction. Gigantic stacks of Treasury securities. In 2033, you know what will happen? They will keep spending the money.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (qFwJc)

186 The VAT started at 10%. It's now 20%.

Remember they were close to a VAT, possibly two, when Teddy Swimmer croaked.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (kG3Vo)

187 172 to reveal that ~~Jews~~ Hollywood elite eat child blood matzo.

since it works so well for the jews, we are forced to do it to keep up! it just shows the depths of the perfidy of those perfidious jews!

Posted by: hollywood elite at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (oY6Yp)

188
GFY.

You prolly put it there......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

and the SPLC sent her a check for supplies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (edUvp)

189 @nypost
Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (ZxPkt)

190 When does SNAP run out of money?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 10, 2026 11:40 AM (k4hpZ)

When you run out of money, tax slave.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (dK+Kv)

191 Thought crime.

It cannot be disproved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (qFwJc)

192 @nypost
Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (ZxPkt)

GILF OF?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (dK+Kv)

193 189 @nypost
Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj
Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (ZxPkt)

OnlyFans???

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)

194 The demand for racism outstrips the supply.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

Maybe "right wing racism" but please don't make this mistake. The Left is racist as fuck. They supply as well as demand it.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (kG3Vo)

195 189 @nypost
Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj
Posted by: Don Black

I haven't looked yet....is she going Tucker Carlson/Candace route? Or OnlyFans...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (JCZqz)

196 I think it’s more like the father lives in a bubble where blacks can do no wrong and assumed there would be an AWFL or two on the jury to hang it. Not an unreasonable assumption.
Posted by: Heroq

Pro tip: don't hood rat north of Dallas County.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (Iitca)

197 Did not know this. Where did you learn it?

When she was first elected, some classmates from whatever private college she went to came forward and spilled the beans. I'm pretty sure Ace has mentioned it.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (2ocoG)

198 We knew there was fraud, but is it majority fraud?

Yes. Red states also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

199 haven't looked yet....is she going Tucker Carlson/Candace route? Or OnlyFans...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (JCZqz)

Why not both? She’d look hot in a Nazi themed bikini.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (Usr8X)

200 Well shall see.

The California One-Time Wealth Tax for State-Funded Health Care Programs Initiative (#25-0024) may appear on the ballot in California as an combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute.

Under 'the initiative,' (oh, that's different!) net worth is measured worldwide as of December 31, 2026. It'll require Asset Valuation, Fair Market Value and certain Appraisals. It'll also have Exemptions and Limits plus Enforcement and Penalties.

Even if it would pass, how the hell long until enactment & who's smart enough among supporters to determine if billionaires' accountants, etc. are providing accurate information? Would it be for ALL billionaires, or would there be exemptions for entertainers, sports stars, etc.?

I think it could be more of a basic extortion feature, 'Hand over $xxx,xxx,xxx and we'll go away.' (S. King's Storm of the Century.)

But, if successful, over the years the 'initiative" will drift ever lower down the financial scale (but staying above the "Bernie Sander's level" of wealth) to capture money for 'initiatives.' (A much bigger Obamacare.)

Posted by: The Gov's IT Team at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (NFX2v)

201 Cap and Trade.

They got very close to that AND were floating a VAT.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (kG3Vo)

202 2032 is only 6 years away. I am sure my gold and silver investments will be pretty good.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (qFwJc)

203 Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj
Posted by: Don Black

I haven't looked yet....is she going Tucker Carlson/Candace route? Or OnlyFans...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Link? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 11:50 AM (Iitca)

204 It's amazing that Mace has got as far as she has.
Wasn't she on a little epstein list just for Representatives? I recall Santos named her along with other sexual harassers and abusers on the Hill. I mean, Santos isn't a prince but plenty of his other names checked out.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:50 AM (gKWVE)

205 Whether California's ambitious new stopgap will work is not the question. It won't. It will raise nothing like as much as expected and it will be spent far faster than expected and much of it will be stolen.

This brobdignagian level of cynicism is unseemly in one so young, Mr. Mannix.

#BeBetter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 10, 2026 11:50 AM (0sNs1)

206
Pro tip: don't hood rat north of Dallas County.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 11:49 AM (Iitca)

Karmello Anthony can attest.

Except his punish doesn't fit his crime.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

207 Cap and Trade.

They got very close to that AND were floating a VAT.

Cap and Trade was intended to be done through Al Gore's climate exchange and make him a lot of money.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (2ocoG)

208 Crazy Nancy has a fantastic rack.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (F8sQr)

209 171 162 Ah. Beautiful area. Lake Wappapello.
Posted by: tubal

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Posted by: Garrison Keillor at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (JCZqz)

Uh, okay, I guess????
Posted by: tubal

Maybe I was the only one subjected to Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" radio stories as a child...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

210 Remember when California voters amended the State Constitution to say that marriage only between a man and a woman? And a fag judge ruled it unconstitutional. How can it be unconstitutional when it amends the constitution?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (qFwJc)

211 That's all the variables and the rest is simple algebra.

And, just like that, the prohibition of math on the blog was erased.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (0sNs1)

212 you guys are mean!

she shoulda stayed in Congress
or stay in Congress
I'm not exactly sure what the deal is there

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (ZxPkt)

213 I heard one of Keillor's monologues on NPR. It was boring.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (gKWVE)

214 Russkis, am I right? (Insty)

Even if you’re not normally interested in what’s happening in low Earth orbit, you probably heard that last week NASA ordered its personnel aboard the International Space Station to button themselves up in the docked Dragon spacecraft and await further instructions should they need to make a hasty departure. Known as Safe Haven, this emergency procedure is performed whenever there’s an elevated risk of damage to the Station.

NASA has provided an update on what happened, but it arguably leaves more questions than answers. Usually, crews go to their Safe Haven because some bit of space junk has wandered to close to the orbiting complex, but this time it was because Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev were getting ready to start cutting into the walls of the PrK transfer tunnel in an effort to address its persistent air leak.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

215 "Crazy Nancy has a fantastic rack."

If I don't get to fondle them, I can't be bothered.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (qFwJc)

216
Maybe I was the only one subjected to Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" radio stories as a child...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

You weren't........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)

217
Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Posted by: Garrison Keillor at June 10, 2026 11:42 AM (JCZqz)

Uh, okay, I guess????
Posted by: tubal

Maybe I was the only one subjected to Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" radio stories as a child...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

I got the reference, sadly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 11:53 AM (mPXxA)

218 Back in '85, some colleagues loved "Lake Wobegon Days."

I listened once, thought it was stupid, and never listened again.

Everything on NPR is boring.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)

219 If I don't get to fondle them, I can't be bothered.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM

We're here for you.

Posted by: Lena D., Trigglypuff, Stacey, and The View panelists at June 10, 2026 11:54 AM (0sNs1)

220 192 @nypost
Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (ZxPkt)

GILF OF?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (dK+Kv)

193 189 @nypost
Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj
Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:47 AM (ZxPkt)

OnlyFans???
Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar

hordemind in action

and i really wouldn't mind this option. she's a definite 1

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 10, 2026 11:54 AM (nXhwP)

221 The Keillor name sounds familiar, but I know nothing about him.

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:55 AM (Gqar8)

222 The Keillor name sounds familiar, but I know nothing about him.
Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:55 AM

Commie prick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

223 One imagines John Cornyn and Scott Pelley sharing a bottle of wine (multiple bottles, probably) and a box of ice cream, while crying and braiding each other's hair.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 10, 2026 11:35 AM (Riz8t)

Ending with an angry pillow fight. Then falling into each other's arms weeping.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)

224 Dixon (IL) High, and bass clarinet.
Posted by: Ian S.

Reagan's hometown, right?

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

225 222 The Keillor name sounds familiar, but I know nothing about him.
Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:55 AM

Commie prick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:55 AM (Zz0t1)

Thanks Sponge. I will continue to know nothing about him then.

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

226 wikisez:

After her defeat in the primary, Mace will be ineligible to defend her House seat for the upcoming 2026 U.S. House of Representatives elections.

can smart political blog confirm?

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM (ZxPkt)

227 Keillor got a fat head and dumped his sweet, loyal wife for a floozie.

Liberals just don't understand. I love the Baptists that I know that are still married to their first wife.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM (qFwJc)

228
Nancy Mace is beautiful but she gives off the Bunny Boiler/Fatal Attraction vibe.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 10, 2026 11:57 AM (OkYzo)

229 I saw a funny meme that Karmello was represented by the law offices of Dindu and Nuffin.

Posted by: Heroq at June 10, 2026 11:57 AM (Usr8X)

230 Maybe I was the only one subjected to Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" radio stories as a child...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

much prefer Paul Harvey

good DAY

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 10, 2026 11:57 AM (nXhwP)

231 My dad liked 60 Minutes but never NPR. All I heard when I was a kid was how Reagan was the best president we'd ever had.

Funny thing about the meme I started way way back about the AoS trolls who "campaigned for Goldwater" was actually based on him. He actually DID campaign for Goldwater.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 11:57 AM (kG3Vo)

232 Funny how over the years the stuff I was "subjected to" has become fond memories. I yearn to be subjected to my dad singing Barry Manilow songs badly and loudly just one more time.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:58 AM (bHWR0)

233 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev were getting ready to start cutting into the walls of the PrK transfer tunnel in an effort to address its persistent air leak.

Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

Posted by: Billy Mays at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (zQLjY)

234
Dixon (IL) High, and bass clarinet.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

I played a clarinet, but not long enough to get to the marching part.

My brother marched alto sax for Marion Central for a year before we moved.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

235 200 Under 'the initiative,' (oh, that's different!) net worth is measured worldwide as of December 31, 2026. It'll require Asset Valuation, Fair Market Value and certain Appraisals. It'll also have Exemptions and Limits plus Enforcement and Penalties.

hmm.... *scribbles note* pass a tax on all the billionaires in the entire word!!!

Posted by: governor awesome at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (oY6Yp)

236 and i really wouldn't mind this option. she's a definite 1
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 10, 2026 11:54 AM (nXhwP)

As in Rule #1.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (bHWR0)

237
Thanks Sponge. I will continue to know nothing about him then.
Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM

Good call.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:00 PM (Zz0t1)

238
The was once stuck in a pickup with my ex girlfriends parents listening to The Prairie Home Companion radio shows on a 4 hour road trip once. I wanted to die.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 10, 2026 12:00 PM (OkYzo)

239 Meh. Billionaires can fight to protect their own interests. They're almost all leftwing pricks anyway. Fuck them.

I've been told for decades that we have to fight to protect the ultra-rich because if we don't then ... well, something bad will happen to us too. Meanwhile, my taxes go up almost every year, I get almost nothing in return for them, almost every government program gets shittier and shittier.

So ... I'm done spending any political capital to help the Reid Hoffmans of the world. Fuck them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 10, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

240 233 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev were getting ready to start cutting into the walls of the PrK transfer tunnel in an effort to address its persistent air leak.

Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

to show the power of flex tape, we cut this space station in half!

Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 12:00 PM (oY6Yp)

241
Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

Posted by: Billy Mays at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (zQLjY)

Alien Tape.

They ARE in space, after all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

242 Nancy Mace teases her next move after 'getting my ass kicked' in governor's race https://trib.al/qyfxJcj
Posted by: Don Black

Pics? (trying to stay on-topic with the OnlyFans thread)

Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (zQLjY)

243 Yet another example of media fear porn click-bait for the Karens and other dimwits -

https://tinyurl.com/ycmxvjm3

"Hurricane trackers eye first tropical threat of 2026 in Gulf of America with possible US impacts"

"The first storm warning for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has been issued.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) posted its first tropical outlook on Wednesday, identifying a disturbance brewing in the Gulf of America with a 10 percent chance of developing over the next seven days.

Forecasters said a broad area of low pressure could begin organizing over the Bay of Campeche later this week.

While the system is not expected to strengthen significantly, meteorologists are monitoring it as the first potential tropical threat of the Atlantic season before it moves inland over eastern Mexico this weekend."

Posted by: Gref at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (5rh/l)

244 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev were getting ready to start cutting into the walls of the PrK transfer tunnel in an effort to address its persistent air leak.

Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

Posted by: Billy Mays at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (zQLjY)

Flex Seal!

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (nXhwP)

245 225 222 The Keillor name sounds familiar, but I know nothing about him.
Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 11:55 AM

He told tales about a fictitious town called Lake Wobegon where everything is practically perfect.. I think it was an attack on middle America myself and Keillor was a Commie in my book

Posted by: It's me donna at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (3iJWA)

246 213 I heard one of Keillor's monologues on NPR. It was boring.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 11:52 AM (gKWVE)
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Is there anything on NPR that isn't boring?

Every time I've had the misfortune to be somewhere where someone is listening to NPR I have found it to be the auditory equivalent of Thorazine.

Posted by: ballistic at June 10, 2026 12:02 PM (oqH4h)

247 227 Keillor got a fat head and dumped his sweet, loyal wife for a floozie.

Liberals just don't understand. I love the Baptists that I know that are still married to their first wife.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I, uh, wouldn't know anything about that....

Posted by: President Trump at June 10, 2026 12:02 PM (JCZqz)

248 As in Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (bHWR0)

I'd just tell her i'm ron mexico and disappear after the weekend....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 10, 2026 12:02 PM (nXhwP)

249
The phone tax waves...

Although in popular belief the telephone excise tax has been in place continuously since the Spanish–American War, it has actually been repealed and reinstated several times, usually in times of war or economic crisis. Because of this connection to war, the tax has been a frequent target of war tax resisters.

https://shorturl.ly/6mMGD

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 10, 2026 12:03 PM (Cqx++)

250 she lives on an island and her middle name is Ruth

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 12:03 PM (ZxPkt)

251 Crockett is a rich trust funder LARPing as a hood rat, complete with Hillary Clinton fake ebonics accent
Posted by: Ian S.

Wait, she's a black woman playing a white woman playing a black woman?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 12:03 PM (W5mpo)

252 241
Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

Posted by: Billy Mays at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (zQLjY)

We made this space station with window screen and Flexseal!!

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 12:03 PM (bHWR0)

253 He told tales about a fictitious town called Lake Wobegon where everything is practically perfect.. I think it was an attack on middle America myself and Keillor was a Commie in my book
Posted by: It's me donna at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (3iJWA)

My dear old grandad loved that show, since he lived on a lake in rural Wisconsin. He even sent me a couple tapes to listen to.
Of course Grandad died in 1988, and Garrison Keillor was still kind of funny then.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 12:04 PM (edUvp)

254 Nancy Mace is beautiful but she gives off the Bunny Boiler/Fatal Attraction vibe.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Bunny Boiler/Fatal Attraction vibe > Bad Bunny vibe

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 10, 2026 12:04 PM (JCZqz)

255 Reagan's hometown, right?
Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 11:56 AM

Yup. We got a speech from Ronaldus Magnus himself, so I can say I was in the same room as him.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 12:04 PM (2ocoG)

256 232 Funny how over the years the stuff I was "subjected to" has become fond memories. I yearn to be subjected to my dad singing Barry Manilow songs badly and loudly just one more time.
Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2026 11:58 AM (bHWR0)

Kind of funny, I have mentioned this before. I have some audio letters my Grandparents in El Paso exchanged with Mom and Dad in about 1970. When I listened to them as a kid it was mostly mundane stuff. Grandpa talking about stuff around el paso, Grandma about books she had read or movies she had seen. Even my Aun as an early teen.

They are on cassette and I am looking at getting them converted to usb. He died in '86 and Grandma in '96. I just really want to hear them again. I can still remember he began almost every one with 'Hello Baba.' Mom's name is Barbara.

Get's misty every time I think about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 12:04 PM (mPXxA)

257 Speaking of jagoffs, somebody burned a cross in MAGA Country

Holdover money from SPLC?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 12:05 PM (uA11f)

258 Is there anything on NPR that isn't boring?

Every time I've had the misfortune to be somewhere where someone is listening to NPR I have found it to be the auditory equivalent of Thorazine.
Posted by: ballistic at June 10, 2026 12:02 PM

I used to like Car Talk back in the day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (bFu5X)

259 Mace gives off Ilsa She Wolf vibes. I prefer a little more demure but I can see why some would go for her.

Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (kG3Vo)

260 I used to like Car Talk back in the day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (bFu5X)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (mPXxA)

261
They are on cassette and I am looking at getting them converted to usb. He died in '86 and Grandma in '96. I just really want to hear them again. I can still remember he began almost every one with 'Hello Baba.' Mom's name is Barbara.

Get's misty every time I think about it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 12:04 PM (mPXxA)

My brother has a load of reel to reel tapes that our dad and his bud made back in the 60's and 70's.

Amazing how much my dad sounded like he was inhaling helium.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

262 Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

Posted by: Billy Mays at June 10, 2026 11:59 AM (zQLjY)

Alien Tape.

They ARE in space, after all.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Friends, you're gonna love my 17,500 Miles an Hour Tape!

Posted by: Vince Offer
You'll love my nuts - Sham Wow!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (Iitca)

263 Are any of the "MAGA Babes" who road Trump's coattails into office still around? Seems like the lot of them went nutz; MTG, Boerbert, Mace....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)

264 Posted by: Vince Offer
You'll love my nuts - Sham Wow!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (Iitca)

Did he win his primary? He was running somewhere in Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

265 The was once stuck in a pickup with my ex girlfriends parents listening to The Prairie Home Companion radio shows on a 4 hour road trip once. I wanted to die.
Posted by: Frank Barone

For any curious masochist out there, here's a YouTube link to a 2.5 hour live stand up session of A Prairie Home Companion from 2016.

https://tinyurl.com/5bpb3uhx

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (JCZqz)

266 I used to like Car Talk back in the day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (bFu5X)

Ray and Tom! They were fantastic!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (iERP6)

267 I think it was an attack on middle America myself and Keillor was a Commie in my book
Posted by: It's me donna at June 10, 2026 12:01 PM (3iJWA)

Agree. It always irked me when people would compare him to Jean Shepherd. Shep's tales were warm and funny. Keillor was snide and condescending.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at June 10, 2026 12:08 PM (0bjKf)

268 Mace gives off Ilsa She Wolf vibes. I prefer a little more demure but I can see why some would go for her.
Posted by: ...

She doesn't have a penis. That's a plus.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:08 PM (Iitca)

269 Is Belfast Burning?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB)

270
Car Talk was a great show with a lot of humor and I almost nothing about cars.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (PFs9e)

271 240 233 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev were getting ready to start cutting into the walls of the PrK transfer tunnel in an effort to address its persistent air leak.

Friends, have you tried Mighty Tape?

to show the power of flex tape, we cut this space station in half!

Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 12:00 PM (oY6Yp)

Eh, from reading other reports the Rooskies wanted to cut a bracket attached to the module's pressure skin, to be able to get observation access to a suspected leak site. Not cutting the pressure skin itself. But if that bracket provided critical structural support to the pressure skin, NASA needed to know the added stress on the skin and the risks. It is my understanding the Rooskies were not sharing that info with NASA. Prudence by NASA. And another example of the hazards of cooperating on safety-critical spacecraft structures with not totally-cooperative foreign partners.

Posted by: Gref at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (5rh/l)

272 Is Belfast Burning?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB)

There were some cars on fire yesterday afternoon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

273 I used to like Car Talk back in the day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (bFu5X)

Ray and Tom! They were fantastic!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (bFu5X)

274 268 Mace gives off Ilsa She Wolf vibes. I prefer a little more demure but I can see why some would go for her.
Posted by: ...

She doesn't have a penis. That's a plus.
Posted by: rickb223

Biological men make the best women!!!

Posted by: Transtifa Weirdos at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (JCZqz)

275 When social security goes bankrupt, watch all the old farts riot.

Oh boy!

Posted by: AOC, Your Next President at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (OhZoB)

276 My brother has a load of reel to reel tapes that our dad and his bud made back in the 60's and 70's.

Amazing how much my dad sounded like he was inhaling helium.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

It's kind of the telephone thing (how it cuts off some of the upper and lower ranges of the sound.) Also, memory is tricky- especially old memory.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 12:10 PM (mPXxA)

277 270

"Know" almost nothing about cars.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 12:10 PM (PFs9e)

278 263 Are any of the "MAGA Babes" who road Trump's coattails into office still around? Seems like the lot of them went nutz; MTG, Boerbert, Mace....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (jehhT)

Laura Loomer I guess, but she didn't get into office. She's still MAGA.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 12:10 PM (gKWVE)

279 NASA needed to know the added stress on the skin and the risks. It is my understanding the Rooskies were not sharing that info with NASA. Prudence by NASA. And another example of the hazards of cooperating on safety-critical spacecraft structures with not totally-cooperative foreign partners.
Posted by: Gref at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (5rh/l)

"Well, go ahead and secure yourselves and we'll see if the Russians die."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)

280 There were some cars on fire yesterday afternoon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

Irish are showing up the English. They need to work twice as hard to catch up. You have plenty of camera poles- use them!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM (mPXxA)

281 Did he win his primary? He was running somewhere in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

No. He sued the Rethuglican Party because they removed his Shamwow name.

He tried running under Offer Vince "ShamWow" Schlomi.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM (Iitca)

282 Is Belfast Burning?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB)

There were some cars on fire yesterday afternoon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Zz0t1)

***
Makes me wonder if, in all of Europe, the IRA is really the only "militia" group able to resist effectively?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM (2WIwB)

283 259 Mace gives off Ilsa She Wolf vibes. I prefer a little more demure but I can see why some would go for her.
Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (kG3Vo
Mace is a typical Carolina girl. Not dangerous as long as you remember Rule #1. Those who call us nazis are the real nazis. I’d laugh if we weren’t at the 1930 Germany stage.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM (JxNhD)

284 Nood! What never happens happened AGAIN!

Posted by: Piper at June 10, 2026 12:12 PM (OoFl2)

285 Laura Loomer I guess, but she didn't get into office. She's still MAGA.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 12:10 PM (gKWVE)

And nutty as squirrel shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 10, 2026 12:12 PM (mPXxA)

286
No. He sued the Rethuglican Party because they removed his Shamwow name.

He tried running under Offer Vince "ShamWow" Schlomi.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM (Iitca)

For shame.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 10, 2026 12:12 PM (Zz0t1)

287 Meanwhile, the Grand Old Pussies in many Red States still think it's 1992...

Posted by: How Did Our Red State Turn Blue??!! at June 10, 2026 12:12 PM (qUkBO)

288 Keillor was from Minnesota. Might explain a bit about the present state of the state

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 10, 2026 12:12 PM (6V12Q)

289 283 259 Mace gives off Ilsa She Wolf vibes. I prefer a little more demure but I can see why some would go for her.
Posted by: ... at June 10, 2026 12:06 PM (kG3Vo
Mace is a typical Carolina girl. Not dangerous as long as you remember Rule #1. Those who call us nazis are the real nazis. I’d laugh if we weren’t at the 1930 Germany stage.
Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM (JxNhD)

All we need is a KitKat Club.

Posted by: tubal at June 10, 2026 12:12 PM (Gqar8)

290 265 The was once stuck in a pickup with my ex girlfriends parents listening to The Prairie Home Companion radio shows on a 4 hour road trip once. I wanted to die.
Posted by: Frank Barone

For any curious masochist out there, here's a YouTube link to a 2.5 hour live stand up session of A Prairie Home Companion from 2016.

https://tinyurl.com/5bpb3uhx

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 10, 2026 12:07 PM (JCZqz)

On long road trips with others controlling the radio or the vehicle's MP3 player, carry a long sewing needle on your person, to pierce your eardrums if-needed to stay sane.

Posted by: Gref at June 10, 2026 12:13 PM (5rh/l)

291 Did he win his primary? He was running somewhere in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

No. He sued the Rethuglican Party because they removed his Shamwow name.

He tried running under Offer Vince "ShamWow" Schlomi.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:11 PM

Any word this far out on how Herrera is polling against Padilla (Very) Stout?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 10, 2026 12:13 PM (bFu5X)

292 When social security goes bankrupt, watch all the old farts riot.

Oh boy!
Posted by: AOC, Your Next President

Pro top: NEVER push someone to where they have nothing left. Because they will build a Killdozer or fly a Cessna into an IRS office, or simply end you. They have nothing left to lose.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 10, 2026 12:13 PM (Iitca)

293 205. This brobdignagian level of cynicism is unseemly in one so young, Mr. Mannix.

#BeBetter
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It's really quite wonderful. (Hope springs eternal.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 10, 2026 12:13 PM (NFX2v)

294 271 Rooskies using mighty tape. Heh. When the Nautilus went on its under ice mission to the North Pole, it was a super secret big deal. They had some reactor coolant leaks, stopped for a short liberty call. Crew members were given bux from the boat imprest fund and sent ashore to buy Barsleak radiator sealant, the kind you use in the farm truck.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 10, 2026 12:15 PM (gm9Sb)

295 Wait, she's a black woman playing a white woman playing a black woman?

She's, in Chris Rock's famous formulation, a black woman cosplaying as an N-word.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 12:17 PM (2ocoG)

296 have they tried Spackle?

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 12:17 PM (ZxPkt)

297 275 When social security goes bankrupt, watch all the old farts riot.

Oh boy!
Posted by: AOC, Your Next President

Gives 'em some exercise & they won't be harmed as they're the ones needed for the socialist plans.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 10, 2026 12:18 PM (NFX2v)

298 In 1999, Mace became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at the Citadel Military College of South Carolina, which was led at the time by her father, Emory Mace, the commandant of cadets-
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how conveeeeenient

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 12:19 PM (ZxPkt)

299 Is Belfast Burning?

Foreign-owned businesses and several apartment buildings full of Muslims were burning. Apparently they were deliberately setting fires away from the apartment buildings so the authorities would have to choose. And I saw video where they were setting cars on fire at the top of hilly streets and then releasing the parking brake to create additional chaos.

It's like the Irish are good at rioting or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 10, 2026 12:21 PM (2ocoG)

300 > Is Belfast Burning?
----

please roll your Rs when ye say Buhrrrr-nin

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 12:24 PM (ZxPkt)

301 283 Those who call us nazis are the real nazis.

the real nazis are the friends we made along the way.

Posted by: anachronda at June 10, 2026 12:24 PM (oY6Yp)

302 @nypost
·
1h
Karen Bass' brother sues Los Angeles after his Malibu home burned down in the Palisades Fire https://trib.al/QY1W0kg

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 12:26 PM (ZxPkt)

303 The Irish Times

Belfast riots: Why did the PSNI specify suspect nationality?

(Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the regional law enforcement agency responsible for policing Northern Ireland. Formed in 2001 to replace the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), it operates in a highly complex community environment where officers are routinely armed.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 10, 2026 12:28 PM (NFX2v)

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