The Morning Report — 6/ 18 /26

Good morning kids. Well, evidently the deal with Iran has been signed, sealed and delivered, one day ahead of schedule. That said, there are still many many questions yet to be answered. I cannot help but recoil in horror when you consider that the treaty was signed at Versailles . . . where 107 years ago a truly disastrous treaty that instead of ending the War to End All Wars only set the stage for a conflagration that nearly destroyed the world, the reverberations of which we are still feeling to this day. That includes foreign policy decisions and mindsets that allowed the Iranian Mullahs to come to power in the first place as well as sowed the seeds of the West's suicide by mass immigration mostly by Muslims who have not and never will surrender their desire to dominate the globe.

And keep that top of mind as we dig into some of the details of this treaty, because regardless of what the Mullahs have agreed to and or promise, they will never abide by it if it prevents them from conquering humanity. delay or a strategic retreat is one thing. Here they are after 1,500 years of barbarism, so what's two more years of Trump or perhaps 8 more of Vance or whoever, and GOD-forbid it's another Democrat then for sure a Shiite nuke perhaps on top of a Shiite ICBM will be headed our way before long.

Islam neither cares about nor views partisan politics in the same way we do. Yes, as part of or even being modern nation states unto themselves, they do indeed have parties and factions vying for control but in the end, it's Islam that supersedes and dries all political considerations.

And so, back to this deal:

The Trump administration is promoting a new agreement with Iran as a diplomatic breakthrough. White House talking points emphasize Iranian commitments to forgo nuclear weapons, international verification, regional stability and economic incentives tied to compliance. Yet many of the details that have emerged so far raise more questions than answers.
Administration officials point to Iran's reported commitment, in writing, not to pursue nuclear weapons. But Iran has already made that commitment before. The country has been a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1970. The challenge has never been the language on paper; it has been enforcement.
History offers ample reason for skepticism. Supporters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action similarly argued that inspections and monitoring would prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear ambitions. Critics warned that Tehran would exploit loopholes and conceal activities. Whatever one's view of the JCPOA, the lesson remains: Agreements are only as effective as their enforcement mechanisms.
That is why recent comments from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance deserve close scrutiny.. . The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained.

And lurker extraordinaire Prof. Victor Davis Hanson has a few thoughts...

The shooting portion of the Iran “War” lasted about 40 days—far shorter than Barack Obama’s 2011 congressionally unauthorized seven-month bombing campaign against Libya.
Bill Clinton’s unauthorized 78 days of bombing Serbia in 1999 hit bridges, schools, hospitals, monuments, and power plants—far more indiscriminate targeting than anything in the Iran War so far.
No one yet knows the ultimate verdict on the war, given all the economic, military, political, and strategic variables still in play. A memorandum of understanding released this week might end the war, or result in further American strikes—depending on the degree of Iranian concessions and compliance.
But in this confusing, ongoing drama, many fabrications and distortions still circulate. . .
. . . Yet there still are no ground troops in Iran. The loss of 13 soldiers, while tragic, is less than the two-week fatal-accident rate of the military.
There is a good chance that less than six weeks of active bombing achieved far more than 20 years in Afghanistan and a decade in Iraq—at a fraction of the human and fiscal costs.
The key to negotiating an end to the war is to always remember that Iran’s regime—its theocrats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military leaders, and elected officials—has no history of telling the truth or abiding by any agreement it signs.
So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice.

While VDH seems cautiously optimistic both in terms of what this means here politically and overall geopolitically, he is nevertheless quite correct in his observations about who is running Iran and their non-existent trustworthiness.

Have a great day,

THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

Trump signed the document during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles.
Trump Signs Iran Deal In Surprise Move, Scrapping Planned Ceremony
“We’re not putting up ten cents.”
Trump Says Deal ‘Not Final’ as Leaks Claim $300B Fund For Iran
"We'll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it. It's amazing what bombs can do."
Trump warns Iran: If you ‘misbehave,’ it’s ‘back to dropping bombs’
No nuclear weapons for Iran, and a free flow of oil should be U.S. bottom line in final talks.
Trump’s Iran Deal: Americans Wanted Something Done Short Of Ground Troops, And They Got It
The agreement lays out a framework for sanctions relief, access to frozen Iranian assets, and negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
Read Exactly What The White House Says Is In The Deal With Iran
What to make of the MOU
Did Iran Just Get the Better of Us?
A new Munich moment.
U.S. Pledges to Help Provide the Islamic Republic of Iran With $300 Billion
Five passages of the 14-point memorandum of understanding that was released Wednesday are giving critics particular concern because they leave so much room open for negotiation and interpretation….
The 5 passages of the US-Iran peace deal that worry critics the most: ‘Always tries to get more’
If Trump’s “deal” goes through, the damage won’t be limited to the America-First president’s legacy.
Iran’s Crown Prince Warns of What’s Coming
The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained... Until the memorandum of understanding is released and its provisions can be examined in full, definitive judgments are premature. The details will determine whether this agreement represents a genuine strategic breakthrough or simply another diplomatic document whose promises prove difficult to enforce.
An Iran Agreement Defined by Unanswered Questions
David Harsanyi: Vance’s unctuous and naïve attitude toward a terrorist regime that’s been exporting violence, murdering and kidnapping Americans, and lying to the world about its nuclear ambitions for nearly 50 years has an uncanny resemblance to the rhetoric we heard from Obama, John Kerry and Ben Rhodes.
Trump’s Iran deal secrecy was atrocious — and Vance’s dodging made it worse
Victor Davis Hanson: The Iran war is already reshaping alliances and narratives, while fueling a deeper argument over U.S. power, limits, and long-term strategy.
Iran War Misconceptions

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged plot, which targeted “capitalist elites” and politicians connected to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), with up to 23 people believed to be part of a wider network communicating via Signal, Discord, and TikTok. Reports indicate that the group, identified as “Vanguard of the Old” or “Vanguard of the Old Republic,” hopes to “jumpstart” a revolution. The authorities appear to have been tipped off by the mother of one of the suspects, Tycen Proper, who was concerned after noticing firearm purchases and some of his communications.
REPORT: Alleged Ringleader of Drone and Sniper Plot Targeting White House UFC Event is a Foreign National.
“During an interview with Chuck Goudie, Lu shared that he had little knowledge of the Klan.”
Trump-Hating Asian Student From U. Illinois Planted Burning Cross in Chicago Park
All too often, acts of left-wing violence and extremism are ignored because the left is obsessed with the rather non-existent threat of right-wing extremism.
Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
Last week, there was a cross burning in Chicago’s Grant Park, the same park where Barry Obama’s ugly-ass library just opened.
Chicago Cross Burning Hate Hoax Committed by Asian, Anti-Trump Leftist
Authorities arrested the alleged ringleader, along with four others.
The Chilling Grin Of The UFC Explosive Drone Terror Plot Suspect
Typical: Lawmakers clearly realize (but don’t dare admit) the idea is utterly nuts — and not likely to ever result in significant state payments for America’s sin of slavery.
Albany’s slavery-reparations farce takes another telling turn
The indictment details the well-coordinated plans between DAMN and other so-called antifascist groups to organize violent protests at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on January 14, 23, and March 1, 2026.
DOJ Charging Minneapolis Antifa Members for Conspiracy to Disrupt ICE

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“The reason I say that is because we have a criminal system, it is imperfect, but it exists, and it is one that if we accept as the process by which we want to engage with these issues, right, the issues of harm, the issues of criminality… then we need to make sure that it is one that isn’t also discriminatory on the basis of where people were born,” Chevalier said. She continued:
Mamdani-Backed Democrat: ‘All Deportations Are Wrong’ — Even for Convicted Murderers & Child Rapists
“The problem for the defense is that this case did not involve some random encounter on the street. It was a targeted operation, conducted pursuant to agency procedures…”
Judge Upholds Wisconsin Judge’s Conviction for Helping Illegal Alien Evade ICE
La Reconquista is no longer just rhetoric, but a contested network of consulates, NGOs, and advocacy groups reshaping the U.S. Southwest immigration debate.
The La Reconquista Reclamation Project Part II
Cross. Crime. Deport. Repeat.
An Obama-Era Border Crosser
“By land or sea, our borders are CLOSED,” DHS said in a statement posted on X. “This sends a clear message to ANY illegal alien attempting to enter the United States: don’t even think about it.”
Coast Guard Stops Vessel Carrying 25 Chinese Migrants in Florida Waters, DHS Says

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
At the Republican Party of Texas Convention in Houston in June, individuals with ties to CAIR attempted to serve as delegates to the state GOP. When party members objected and tried to remove them, the Texas Tribune inverted the facts in order to frame the infiltrators as victims. In reality it was an attempted invasion by an Islamic advocacy network with documented terror connections.
Islamic Group With Terror Ties Tried To Infiltrate Texas GOP — Media Treated Them Like The Victims
"Before they raped me, they would chant, “In the name of Allah.”
70 Years of Rapes and 250,000 Victims in the UK
Western institutions failed and now innocent people are paying the price.
The Story They Called A Conspiracy Until It Wasn’t

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Broadway Democrats has a long history of supporting candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party and socialist groups
‘Not a Close Call’: Left-Wing Group Declines To Endorse Socialist in Tight House Race Over ‘Point-Blank’ Refusal To Condemn Hamas
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The incident has intensified scrutiny of the BBC, with accusations of bias and manipulation of public opinion on immigration, despite its legal obligation to remain impartial. Notably, everyone in Britain who watches live programming is required to fund the BBC via a license fee or face criminal fines backed by the threat of imprisonment, even if none of the content they watch is from the BBC. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Yusuf demanded an apology. “One of these men who broke into the country began reading a statement warning against Britain leaving the ECHR, even featuring the Northern Ireland protocol! One of them specifically attacked me and my family… To conceal it is even more outrageous. They should apologise immediately.”
BBC ‘Planted’ Boat Migrants to Attack Farage’s Reform Party on Flagship Debate Show.
Bill and Melinda Gates had given $100,000 total to Kristof’s failed Oregon gubernatorial campaign, something Kirstof did not disclose in subsequent mentions of Gates
Nicholas Kristof Used Times Column, Books To Promote Bill Gates and Denounce Sex Trafficking—But Never Mentioned Gates’s Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The robust retail sales figures suggest that American consumers are not dramatically curbing spending despite rising prices, mitigating recession fears. However, sustained demand could complicate the Federal Reserve’s efforts to lower interest rates, which is a longstanding demand of President Donald J. Trump.
U.S. Retail Sales Beat Expectations in May, Here’s Why:
The decision was unanimous, 12 to 0. Powell’s final statement on April 29 drew four dissents: Miran wanted a quarter-point cut, while Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan backed the hold but objected to the easing bias the statement carried. Warsh’s statement carries no easing bias—no directional guidance of any kind—and the objections vanished with it.
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
The Fed also noted that inflation remains above its long-term target.
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Warsh Debuts Shorter Policy Statement
The Federal Reserve has been risking the economy to influence the upcoming midterm elections
The Fed Plays Politics
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it has entered agreements with the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer more of its responsibilities to other agencies, prepping the Education Department to one day be shut down for good.
Education Department Takes Further Steps To Dismantle Itself
She justified Hamas’s sadism as a “military tactic.”
Academic Assailant: Noura Erakat, Rutgers University
NASEM claims to provide independent advice on STEM, but it has turned into a platform for pushing radical political agendas into classrooms.
Exclusive: Parents Group Finds Federally Funded ‘Independent’ Scientists Are Really Liberal Activists
SECOND AMENDMENT
As of Friday, 18-20 year-old West Virginians are able to legally conceal carry for self-defense without needing any permit or license from the state.
18-20 Year-Old West Virginians Concealed Carrying Without Permits
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Democrats once again tried to keep competition off the ballot in Wisconsin, and worked an identity scam in Alaska.
Dems Show Just How Low They Can Go In Latest Ballot Schemes
The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill’s chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee’s push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting.
EXCLUSIVE: Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Valdez, a far left activist and self-styled champion of ‘workers’ rights,’ has the endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for the New York City congressional seat
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The ‘behested payments’ corporations made at the behest of the governor included contributions to a non-profit run by the governor’s wife.
There Are Some Hints About What’s Really Going On With The Gavin Newsom Investigation
Foreign actors should have no influence on our elections. House officials shouldn’t step on the brakes until they get answers. 
ActBlue Refuses To Answer Congress’s Questions About Its Foreign Donation Pipeline
POLITICS
“You know, for ten years, they’ve been calling me a Nazi, and now they have a Nazi running,” Trump said, pointing to the irony of the situation. “He’s got a tattoo on him. I’ve been denying it for 10 years. I know it’s not so, but they’ve been going – I don’t think they could call it to me anymore.”
President Trump to Breitbart: Democrats Performing Poorly in Generic Polls Because They’re Running ‘Lunatics’
These two were cherry picked to improve the Democrats’ appeal to young white males. Both are epic fails.
Talarico And Platner … Come On, Man
California’s primary delivered a reality check: Republican expectations and Trump’s endorsement fell short against entrenched Democrat dominance.
Lessons from the 2026 California Primary
Residents of Athens, Ga., voted on Tuesday night in the runoffs for the mayoral contest as well as two commissioners for the Athens-Clarke County unified government. The mayoral runoff pitted the top two candidates from the primary: longtime community servant Dexter Fisher and Democratic Socialist Tim Denson.
The Classic City Dodged a Socialist Bullet in Its Mayoral Runoff
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"We found a great deal of unity here at the G7, and we signed a declaration on illegal immigration—the first time ever for a G7... We signed other agreements to step up and to really coordinate and spend a a lot of time coordinating the stopping of drug trafficking."President Trump: Declaration on Illegal Immigration Signed at G7
Globalism is finally becoming passé. But it won’t go down without a fight.
The Dawn of the Modern Nationalist Age
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
...one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s invasion more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday
Blasted Ukraine hits Moscow oil refinery in major drone attack Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in.
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Sen. Tom Cotton is calling for a Justice Department investigation into foreign efforts to undermine artificial intelligence infrastructure, such as data centers
Notorious, China-Based American Mogul Is Running Shadowy Influence Campaign to Undermine U.S. AI Efforts, Give Communist China an Edge in Technology Arms Race
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Not surprisingly, dust devils do not occur everywhere in equal amounts. It appears they favor certain locations, with more generally found in the high latitudes of the cratered southern hemisphere.
Spotting dozens of Martian dust devils in one observation
All the evidence continues to suggest the company is going to meet this schedule, or only miss it by a few months at most.
Gwynne Shotwell: Starship flight 13 in about a month, flights monthly thereafter
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“If I was a straight, white male, I might be concerned I don’t have the same opportunity,” Horton said. “It worked out great for me.” It most certainly did.
The Curious Case of California’s ‘LGBT-Owned’ Business Certification Program
It’s long past time that gays settle down. Stop asking the nation to indulge your preoccupations and preferences. They’ve come to resent it (who knew sodomy, AIDS and pedophilia alone or in combination would be a turn-off? - jjs)
Gays, We Brought The Backlash On Ourselves
It's nothing but an Orwellian scheme to declare whether someone is 'gay enough.'
California announces gay 'certification' program
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"If he runs against, say, [Governor] Gavin Newsom (D-CA), that will be an interesting debate."
Joy Behar Urges JD Vance To Run For President
Who knew soccer would make the world fall in love with the U.S.?
The World Cup is the Best P.R. America Ever Had
(On the other hand - jjs) Boos, riots and Third-World Chaos.
World Cup Fiascos
Christian Toto: 'Justified' alum details stark differences in Hollywood for liberals, conservatives
Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project
What’s really behind the “man or bear” debate?
PragerU Video: OnlyFans, Porn, and the Collapse of Dating
In fact, the survey shows that most key demographic and political groups reflect a shrinking number of individuals who believe religion has a positive effect on society. Exceptions to this trend are Republicans, Catholics and those without a religious preference. On the other hand, the number of Protestant and Nondenominational Christians in America who believe the same has dropped from 88 percent to 81 percent.
Gallup Poll: Women, Youth Led American Departure from Religion Over Past Decade

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:30 AM

Comments

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1 Dan Bongino just had John Solomon on and what he said should have every American paying attention.

He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.

Solomon didn’t hedge. He said Trump is about to flip the entire conversation in this country and shake Senators who thought they were safe.

According to him, intelligence that was hidden from the public is about to come out, and it points straight at foreign adversaries messing with our election system far more than anyone admitted.
He believes once Senators realize their own states may have been targeted, the tone in Washington will change fast.
His warning was clear.

What’s coming isn’t small. It’s serious, it’s ugly, and it’s going to expose just how vulnerable our elections really were.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)

2 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

This regime must go. Talk is worthless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (jehhT)

4 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (9AdGW)

5 "....and GOD-forbid it's another Democrat then for sure a Shiite nuke perhaps on top of a Shiite ICBM will be headed our way before long."

Don't mean to be a smart a$$ but how exactly is Trump supposed to stop that from happening? That is an impossible task.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (0N4FZ)

6 Top 10 and happy end of the work week!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (99eI0)

7 >And keep that top of mind as we dig into some of the details of this treaty
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if it's officially a treaty, then it has to get thru the Senate, and they are known to be assholes

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (fmTlv)

8 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:36 AM (sgkY8)

9 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

10 In before the trolls!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (GD0B3)

11 Its a shame they are leaving the Iranian Toll boat out in the dog leg of Hormuz to collect a toll on every ship passing.
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY8)

12 SMOD always disappoints.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (qFwJc)

13 What’s coming isn’t small. It’s serious, it’s ugly, and it’s going to expose just how vulnerable our elections really were.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)
=====

#twoweeks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

14 Morning, news folken! The rain has slacked off here. It still looks dark outside my place, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

15 Morning Horde!

So
Happy
It's
Thursday

a couple more interviews later today, and I was submitted to the client for one of the good possibilities. Hoping to hear substantive positive news from others but it's in God's hands.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 07:40 AM (aJQbY)

16 J.D. Vance went on Grandma Groyper's show to sell the Iran deal.

Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.

Winning!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

17 I think a huge but hidden in the MOU is the admission by Iran that they control Hezbula.
Iirc, it's always been an open secret but a polite fiction to pretend Iran doesn't have an army in Syria to attack Israel.

Anyway, I think there is a significant overlap of those on the right who hate the MOU being the same "we're going to bring Jeffersonian democracy to the middle east"

I know from the crying of Erick Erickson, he's going to be on Tuckers show soon, full turn to the woke right

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (73/SM)

18 I watched the final episodes of "Clarkson's Farm" last night.

Yikes. With all the profanity and the shacking up with women they are not married to, it is no wonder Heaven does not bless their efforts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (qFwJc)

19 Thursday/Thor's Day . . . one more to go before the consummation devoutly to be wished (aka Friday).

I've been up for a while; I'd hoped I could squeeze in a workout between bands of rain, but no luck. Time now for a shave and shower.

Iran? "Bad news on the doorstep . . . I couldn't take one more step --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

20 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (53oGX)

21 Well, cleaning up after the FIRST NAMED STORM (OMG we're all gonna die).
A plant in a bucket fell over. We'll survive, somehow.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)

22 Israel wants regime change. Trump wanted two things. No nukes and an open Strait of Hormuz.

Did Trump get what he wanted?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)

23 These two were cherry picked to improve the Democrats’ appeal to young white males. Both are epic fails.

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It might behoove us to wait until the actual election before declaring them epic fails. They easily could win or "win." With the outcome being the same.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)

24 people seriously believe that "the deal" will stick? lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)

25 No nukes and an open Strait of Hormuz.

Did Trump get what he wanted?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
=====

He had an open Strait of Hormuz, he didn't get it as a result, that was the status quo ante

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

26 Its a shame they are leaving the Iranian Toll boat out in the dog leg of Hormuz to collect a toll on every ship passing.
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY

huh, you are not the only one with concerns:

"The Saudi Foreign Minister on US-IRAN Conflict:

“The management of the Strait of Hormuz worked well before the conflict. There were no problems. The ships sailed freely. There were no safety problems, no environmental problems, and simply no problems. Therefore, I do not understand why, following the conflict, we should accept some new arrangement that would be imposed on the Strait. To me, that does not make sense. Therefore, let us go back to let's. It worked well, and that should be the end of the story."

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (GD0B3)

27 So, the fwench are as pro "immigration" as the Brits, huh? Our betters are stuck in the 10th century...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)

28 Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)

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I'd really like to believe that, SMOD. If true, I foresee a total media (other than a platform like X) freeze out on reporting any of it. Likewise, Thune and all the others who hate Trump so much they refuse to pass the legislation the people overwhelmingly want, will ignore it. BTW, I don't think they won't pass SAVE because of Trump hatred, although I'm sure they hate him. They won't pass it because they don't care about the people's demands for election security and integrity. No bombshell evidence of infiltration or fraud on any scale will change their minds. And for that, I damn them straight to hell.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)

29 Ask your furrier if Behoove is right for you.

Posted by: Big Equine at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (7PhS+)

30 You can say there were a lot of things we should have, should do in Iran.
But we only need one thing:
The end of their nuclear weapons program.

Everything else was in the "nice to have but not necessary " pile.

The Shah was never going to return. He never had a plan beyond "please Uncle Sam give this to me."
(The same as all the alternatives as well)

You can know this because:
1 he's been invisible since the early days
2 no one from Iran is trying to kill him

There is nothing we can do for Iran.
Excise their nuclear weapons program and let them stew in their mess.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (73/SM)

31 The split between Rubio and Vance is in the open now, and it’s clear they won’t be in any future administration together. So that’ll be the big race of ‘28.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (nuNhM)

32 Yeah, no shit, Iran will violate this agreement. No boots on the ground, can kicked down the road, glad it’s “over”. Tired of hearing about Iran. On to the next thing……..

Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (m4E4U)

33 The other funny is the sudden hyperventilating over "gas prices gonna up cause supply" or something.

It's funny. And sad.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)

34 There is nothing we can do for Iran"

Nor should we. "Nation building" is utterly stupid.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)

35 >>>While VDH seems cautiously optimistic both in terms of what this means here politically and overall geopolitically, he is nevertheless quite correct in his observations about who is running Iran and their non-existent trustworthiness.

>I don't know why anybody would believe that taking on this operation was a 'one and done' situation. This is a 'rinse and repeat' with respect to the nuclear ambition.

Let Israel and the arab states focus on regime change, and let the rest of the global 'community' focus on commerce.

No boots on the ground unless we intend to seize their territory and treasure.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (9SpJJ)

36 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 07:53 AM (vHe/3)

37 you're right
the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)

38 This is a 'rinse and repeat' with respect to the nuclear ambition."

Duh. There isn't a "final solution".

To think so is delusional.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

39 Grok says;
The US and Iran have agreed to a 14-point "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU), a preliminary framework to end active hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lift the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, and begin a 60-day period for negotiating a more comprehensive final deal (primarily focused on Iran's nuclear program).
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There's nothing about changes to how Hormuz is operated. Iran has a responsibility to de-mine the areas they claimed to have mined. At some point marine traffic will operate there as it always has.

All of the items outlined in the MOU are to be fleshed out over the next 2 months. But some, like opening Hormuz, have been explicitly laid out for Iran to get moving on, now.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)

40 To do a true regime change, Iran required a civil war that would kill about 5 to 10% of its population. (Comparing to other states that have gone through overthrows)
No one from outside will ever come in ready or willing to do the slaughter that would be needed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (nuNhM)

41 A basic question just occurred to me regarding this Iran deal…. What is its basis in law? On the US side it’s not a treaty (I doubt it’ll go to the senate for ratification) so why do we have to adhere to it? On the international front there’s no resolution adopted and passed by say the UN Security Council (don’t laugh) giving it the weight of international law (again, don’t laugh). Will Iran’s parliament approve it? I doubt it… Will Israel or any other country like Pakistan co-sign?? Any Arab states like Qatar or UAE?

In the end it’s just a few sheets of paper containing the signatures of PDJT and who knows who on the Iranian side. What does that mean purely as a legal question?? I don’t think much….

A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/88)

42 I get notifications every morning from the Post Office about the mail I will be getting. A post card I am getting is about Governor candidate Dan Cox. It's a horror story about how he's the "MAGA CANDIDATE!" for Maryland and how he fought the certification of the 2020 election, he's pro life and he will fight Maryland on their gun laws!!OnEElevEnty!

Dude, he sounds pretty cool. You don't need to sell him to me.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:58 AM (99eI0)

43 He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
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Not just adversaries. "Friends".

UK and Australia, we all know about, but donthe general public? Probably not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (BP+hR)

44 A basic question just occurred to me regarding this Iran deal…. What is its basis in law?

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Probably a truce ? it is not a peace agreement, it is not a treaty, but it does force obligations.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (GD0B3)

45 The MoU is nothing but foreplay. This is not the deal but the deal to talk about the deal.

There is one thing that every one is overlooking. I will leave it to you to find the rub.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:00 AM (0beLq)

46 Iran will get out of line and we will hit them again. Everyone knows that. For now. If the Dems get back in power it was just a temporary setback for the Jihad.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

47 the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

48 How anyone could think "Iran won" is beyond me.

If by "won", you mean "the mullahs survived", that they still live and torture, then yes, Trump failed to fully eradicate evil in Iran.

Short of that, though, America comes out way ahead. And once Trump is through the midterms he is free to resume bombing, if he chooses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:03 AM (BP+hR)

49 Hezbollah will be the thorn that remains.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)

50 I hope they take a serious look at those 25 Chinese that were attempting to be smuggled into FL.

Something tells me that these folks might be "special".

Any Chinese being smuggled directly into urban areas most probably have some help on the receiving side, probably a Chinese network here of some kind and I don't mean restaurants.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (+rSJz)

51 Not just adversaries. "Friends"."

Yeah. Too many of our betters want "friends", something that doesn't exist in international relations...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)

52 >>>Duh. There isn't a "final solution".

To think so is delusional.

Posted by: man

>You can duh me if you like, but there are a shitload of delusional people on both sides who keep crowing about this being a failure.

There is no a "final solution".

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (9SpJJ)

53 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

54 Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)

55 the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
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Did he shed any light on whether or not he's interested or planning or returning to Iran in some capacity? He was, at one time, sold as the future for the Iranian people then.... nothing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (jehhT)

56 "Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project"

It's Sean Penn!

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

57 who keep crowing"

That's what it is. And can be ignored just as well.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)

58 I said the only hope is when, not if Iran breaks the treaty. They can't help themselves not to

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY8)

59 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

60 Best depiction of muhamhead ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

61 It's Sean Penn!"

Will he have his red solo cup?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (XuXeR)

62 Dan Bongino just had John Solomon on and what he said should have every American paying attention.

He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.

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John Solomon has been dining out on #TwoWeeks for #EightYears.

I'd take anything he says with a grain of salt; Taylor Swift songs have more thematic variation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)

63 In the end it’s just a few sheets of paper containing the signatures of PDJT and who knows who on the Iranian side. What does that mean purely as a legal question?? I don’t think much….

A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/8

Good point; that’s why it’s just called a Memorandum of Understanding. It has no strictly “Legal” basis at all, except as a personal commitment from Trump, acting as Chief Executive.

Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs; and since it’s not a treaty Congress has no jurisdiction, either. It can be enforced, ignored, or changed only by Trump, and there is no oversight. (Unless you say that the voters are the oversight)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (nuNhM)

64 Sean Penn is a communist asshole. He cried for Hugo Chavez. F*ck that asshole.

I miss Chavez the Hugo.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

65 I'd take anything he says with a grain of salt; Taylor Swift songs have more thematic variation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)

SICK BURN!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)

66 Nations don't have friends. They have interests.

Posted by: H. Kissinger at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (7PhS+)

67 It's Friday in Iran:

"Death to America!
Death to America!
Death to America!"

America: let's talk about it moar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

68 I said the only hope is when, not if Iran breaks the treaty. They can't help themselves not to
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY

They will not see consequences; they will drone the boats and shoot at them, and this will be waved away as "welllll...these kinds of agreements always have a rough start". then they will get bolder and bolder. We've seen this movie before. they will push, they will send money to Hezbollah ,who will cause damage on their behalf.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)

69 "If he runs against, say, [Governor] Gavin Newsom (D-CA), that will be an interesting debate."
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More evidence Joy Behar is an idiot. She mistakes Newsom's superficial glibness for intelligence. No debate with Newsom participating is going to hold interest. It will infuriate, though.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (BP+hR)

70 Nations don't have friends. They have interests"

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world;"

/ some dead white guy

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

71 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

That already happened. The "deal" is the MOU that was released and signed yesterday. They decided no to wait till Friday.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (GD0B3)

72 Both kitties locked and loaded in their kitty carriers.

Ready to be unleashed like an organic IED when I get home from the vet's office....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (gnNyN)

73 Seems like PDTS demonstrated that the Strait of Hormuz is not the Achilles heel of US energy and there is much angst in the rest of the world over theirs.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (3Ope8)

74 "Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project"

It's Sean Penn!
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)
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Exactly.

I predict anyone associated with this looks back later and says "that's the moment my career ended".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (BP+hR)

75 Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs...

That was in the before-times. Now, my every thought is LAW. Demon-King Boasberg

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

76 Seems like PDTS demonstrated that the Strait of Hormuz is not the Achilles heel of US energy and there is much angst in the rest of the world over theirs."

"Rest of the world" = China. This episode took their influence way down.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)

77
60 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

You don’t think that will actually ever happen, do you? An administration official read it aloud yesterday to assorted news groups, including a couple of the Hot Air reps. That’s all we’re ever gonna get.

Btw, it seems worth noting in retrospect that all the claims about “just Iranian propaganda” were part of an administration psy-op to put off criticism. The terms of the MOU have been reported accurately all week.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)

78 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)

79
As eager as I am to hear what Nick Searcy has to say, a site with pop ups and sign-ins about hollywood gets no clicks from me.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)

80 Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs..."

Hawaiian judge Kammaniwannalaya laughs...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR)

81 Sean Penn is a Marxist, it will be propaganda and nothing else.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:15 AM (sgkY8)

82 A second Starship will then launch to rendezvous with the first to demonstrate ship-to-ship propellant transfer in Earth orbit.
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Big.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:16 AM (BP+hR)

83 So Trump is still a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything.

Got it.

F*CK TRUMP!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

84 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Congrats YD. A happy daughter is a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (BP+hR)

85 Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs..."

Everything Judge Boasberg has done for the last 15 years begs to differ.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)

86 Big."

Indeed. An event that will have a greater impact on human history than... well, the other topics of the day.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

87 Btw, it seems worth noting in retrospect that all the claims about “just Iranian propaganda” were part of an administration psy-op to put off criticism. The terms of the MOU have been reported accurately all week.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)

Yes, and for a week, or more VP Vance was attacking the people who asked him about released specifics as "lies", but now that it came out it looks identical. So now he is going around attacking people who don't love the deal as those want "endless wars". The man is resorting to endless strawmans, and gaslighting , I can tell you that much.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)

88 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (X8xt3)

89 83 So Trump is still a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything.
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The right has no worse enemies than itself
Ingrates and WATBs everywhere
I have no idea how Trump doesn't just walk away

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (tcsrY)

90 We would've been so much better off with Kumswala as President and Iran just keeping business as usual.

Owebama was right to give Iran billions in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

91 If I were Trump I'd call Sean Penn and remind him that I am holding his unstable cokehead retard pal in a federal lockup, and that Maduro's upcoming trial will include damning testimony about his own activities as an unregistered foreign agent, unless that movie is a fluff piece about just how fucking awesome Donald Trump and his amazing supporters are.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (BI5O2)

92 Whose that standing behind Trump as he signed the MOU last night at Versailles? Looks like Marco Rubio.

https://tinyurl.com/msz73h77

Rubio has always been part of this process.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)

93 "So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice."

^^^
This x 1000

That is how, IMHO, this "deal" should be judged over the long haul.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (FxH7T)

94
Rubio has always been part of this process.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)

So he's a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything too.

Got it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

95 >>The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.

Awwww! What fun!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)

96 Sean Penn is a Marxist, it will be propaganda and nothing else.

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Yet another rich supporter of Marxism who would never have to live under the peasant conditions his glorious ideology always creates.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

97 Who listened to Trump's comments on developments in Iran and the 'going forward' portion of them? Sorry, but he's not projecting an image of strength - or even full comprehension - regarding what the PERCEPTION of his decisions are having. Not only on the 'mullahs', but on his SUPPORTERS. I'm moving to the suburbs of 'TrumpTown' now … better than a Communist, but not exactly what he sold us as the 'Trump Product' anymore, either. Others can extend unqualified support if they choose; I no longer do - or will.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:22 AM (ayRl+)

98 "I'm HALPING!!!"

https://tinyurl.com/5evethvs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

99 Listening to those I've typically trusted for well-grounded analyses telling me that the deal is a catastrophic capitulation isn't encouraging.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (fZiTB)

100
Sean Penn has a gun and a carry permit.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)

101 J.D. Vance went on Grandma Groyper's show to sell the Iran deal.

Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.

Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

Tucker will be back in the Trump orbit by the midterms.

Posted by: Josephistan at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (y9ksN)

102 >>Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.

Heh, same!

Given that most of the same MSM and DC people raging about it were also heavily invested in declaring his reflecting pool glow-up an absolute failure, I'm going to wait for the dust to settle. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (X8xt3)

103 First Daughter is heading back today. She's been here for 10 days. While I didn't really get to spend much time with her, it was good to have her home, see her smiling face and get to hug her on occasion.

We had a great Father's Day dinner out last night and both her and the First Lady gave me wonderful cards with loving sentiment written inside each. And a handle of Buffalo Trace, which did get opened upon returning home.

First Lady is driving her home today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

104 Brent crude is down, down , down. 78 and falling.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)

105 >>Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.

Lordy, that woman!
Can e trade the whole lot of these people for our new European soccer fans (Freddy et. al.?)

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (X8xt3)

106 "Others can extend unqualified support if they choose"

Whatever my opinions on this deal and this presidency, I solemnly promise I will continue to vote against Democrats with enthusiasm, and without fail. I hope that's enough to keep me in the club.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (Jr5Lq)

107 It's a bit sad, really. "Things" here are really looking up - Americans are traveling (try to book a flight or go thru airports), businesses are building, foreigners are loving the place, and many we've been told are "gooder" are proving not to be...

But hey, no nukes were dropped, so it's all bad.

Funny.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

108 54 Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)

Well… we do have the US Open (at Shinnecock!) and Wimbledon…. Not quite football, but they are something

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (+gA9j)

109 Brent crude is down, down , down. 78 and falling.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)

F*cking Trump.

what an asshole......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

110 And a handle of Buffalo Trace"

Still a darn good bourbon.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

111 Who don't lub dem some GrapeNuts … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (ayRl+)

112 Still a darn good bourbon.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

I was shocked they could find any. It's relatively hard to get in these parts for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

113
Amanda Seyfried?

It seems Ol' Mandy is all puffed up because-

She proffered an unpopular, hateful opinion that pooh-poohed Charlie Kirk's assassination, and-

now that she has gotten pushback for her unpopular, hateful opinion,

can't stand the idea that she isn't allowed to barf out Her Glorious Opinions free of, now note this, non-violent opposition.

That's Amanda, baby!

What a privileged a-hole.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (iJfKG)

114 What's to stop Israel or Arab countries from taking down Iran if they start acting up and likely will? Why does the US have to fight every war in the Middle East?

Iran has been militarily neutered. They have no nuclear program and no air defense. I don't care how much money they get from oil sales, they aren't rebuilding decades of military buildup overnight. A lot of people seem to ignore this when analyzing where things stand.

Iran's threat to the US was largely based on their ability to acquire a nuke. That's pretty much gone at the moment. Iran is now a regional threat without much means of winning an actual war against anyone and they've managed to turn the entire region against them.

If we aren't going to be the world's policemen then let's stop being the world's policemen.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)

115 We’ve spent years criticizing Obama’s payoff to Iran.

From this MOU:

$24 billion in blocked Iranian funds to be released over 60 days (half available before final negotiations);
US and allies to present plans for Iran’s reconstruction worth at least $300 billion.

China, Qatar, and other states already making public their plans to invest heavily in Iran.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (nuNhM)

116 Imagine if Twitter existed in the '40s and FDR was pumped out three or four updates a day during the Battle of the Bulge or Iwo Jima.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (7PhS+)

117 If we aren't going to be the world's policemen then let's stop being the world's policemen."

Amen

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

118 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Awesome

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

119 "let's stop being the world's policemen."

Concur.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

120 @ # 1:

oh, if only! pleasepleaseplease be true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 08:33 AM (VyBeY)

121 @ 54 Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.
_______________________________

There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:34 AM (ayRl+)

122 >Given that most of the same MSM and DC people raging about it were also heavily invested in declaring his reflecting pool glow-up an absolute failure

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Speaking of The Pool: US Park Police are increasing security patrols at the Pool to deter vandalism- some people just can't stand Trump making it clean again

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (fmTlv)

123 Yes, and for a week, or more VP Vance was attacking the people who asked him about released specifics as "lies", but now that it came out it looks identical. So now he is going around attacking people who don't love the deal as those want "endless wars". The man is resorting to endless strawmans, and gaslighting , I can tell you that much.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
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I have learned from this episode that J.D. Vance can dissemble with the best.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

124 >The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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calico, tabby, what are we talking about here

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)

125 Yeah. Let's just take our ball and go home. Who cares about the free flow of trade through the Strait of Malacca? Piss on 'em!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (7PhS+)

126 >>There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

It's loud!
Ugh

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (X8xt3)

127 American Politician Kit: Some dissembling required.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

128 "....and GOD-forbid it's another Democrat then for sure a Shiite nuke perhaps on top of a Shiite ICBM will be headed our way before long."

... these Shiites are most likely to target DC.
Is that really a lost ?
Sure the surviving politicians will still claim Jan-6 even worse.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

129 There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game."

There is more square footage of pickleball courts than anything else between Pensacola and Panama City.

It's a plague.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

130 There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

Doof hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

131 I have learned from this episode that J.D. Vance can dissemble with the best.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

Vance will either be the next President, or the next Dan Quayle. Too early to say which.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (nuNhM)

132 In other non-news…. Florida continues to be hot with sauna-like humidity in June with the same or worse expected in July and August… If I survive all my runs this summer without heat stroke I will thank the good Lord….

I’ll try not to complain about the no-see-ums which occasionally decide to swarm and stick everywhere (arms, legs, face, near eyes, etc)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (+gA9j)

133
I have friends in The Villages that roar over seniors with pickleball related sports injuries.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (Y8DZL)

134 calico, tabby, what are we talking about here
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)

Black.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2)

135 @123 I think if Bloomberg did not release the doc , there would have been continuous gaslighting, "at the request of Phakisan" BS. Then magically Pakistan's concerns were no longer an issue and the doc was read to the press.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)

136 How great is Rep. Barndon Gill?

This dude seems so dang focused!!

https://tinyurl.com/3rh8hefn

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (X8xt3)

137 Because every house needs a small box of feline poop covered in dusty clay particles.

Posted by: Said no one ever at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (7PhS+)

138 Massive Ukrainian Drone Swarm Attack On Moscow Hits Refinery

"Incredible videos coming out of Moscow today."

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

139 > What's to stop Israel or Arab countries from taking down Iran if they start acting up and likely will? Why does the US have to fight every war in the Middle East?
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I've often wondered why many of the ME countries we've armed to the teeth don't actually use the weapons we've sold them for, you know, defense. The Saudis are notorious for using their military kit in nothing but parades... and they've arguably got the "best" shit in the ME.

If anything comes of the realignment in the Gulf region I hope it's a more proactive military against Iran that's staffed by locals and not the US.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

140 Some Senate Republicans = Thune

DailyCaller
🚨SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (X8xt3)

141 calico, tabby, what are we talking about here"

There's a little feral calico that's been coming by some evenings. Skittish, but so cute. Doesn't meow or hiss, tho - just "meeps"

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

142 >Black.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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hundreds of years ago, I had a family that included a black cat. Little girl next door call it 'the midnight kitty'.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (fmTlv)

143 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

144 Fuck Off, Thune. I hope you get raped by dogs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

145 don't actually use the weapons we've sold them for, you know, defense"

The tribes with said weapons want to stay in power.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

146 When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

147
There's, like, content here. Do I have to read it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (O0L8i)

148 When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."

Yeah. I figured as much.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

149 >There's a little feral calico that's been coming by some evenings. Skittish, but so cute. Doesn't meow or hiss, tho - just "meeps"
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That's how it starts.

Posted by: Cat ladies anonymous at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (7PhS+)

150 I have a negative attitude about pickleball…. Years ago we took the kids to a weeklong Christian family camp beside a lake for a vacation. Good preaching every day for the adults and games etc with Bible teaching for the kids.

But one event nearly spoiled the week. The camp organized a pickleball tournament. I didn’t play myself but brother-in-law (also there that week with family) participated and what happened was that all these Christian men playing with their sons got so hyper competitive that arguments and near fisticuffs broke out on the courts… over pickleball… at a Christian camp… sigh. The officials decided to disband the tournament. Ridiculous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (+gA9j)

151 Remember how the left would call anyone that argued their was run by an international elite that ran the world to their perverted benefit a stupid inbred conspiracy theorist?

Well Esquire has an article how arguing there is an international elite running the world to their perverted RIGHT WING benefit.

That's right, just like the left took all the Epstein stuff they denied for years and now claim to believe Trump is an Epstein client, they are also now claiming a rightwing Bohemian Grove type group is running the world.

I know the left lies about everything including their supposed core beliefs but this stuff honestly makes me laugh.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

152 "dusty clay particles" cover every square inch of my house interior. It's a battle. My fault for buying the cheapest litter.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

153 🇫🇷 A French woman who was sexually assaulted by a Tunisian migrant could be sentenced to prison today for ‘incitement to racial hatred.’

During a TV discussion, she said that “the main danger for women in France is Black African and Arab immigrant men.”

She was initially given rison sentence and a €3,000 fine, but she appealed the sentence, with the new verdict expected later today.

Her attacker is still at large.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

154 > When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)

155 Rubio has always been part of this process.
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Does Trump know about this?

'Cause I've been informed in these very comments that there is a major rift between Rubio--who wants nothing to do with this deal--and Vance--who is pushing this deal.

LOL

You know what's funny? Thinking of Trump running this term as a season of the Apprentice.
Like Vance, Rubio and the various cabinet as "team leader" for this week's group project.

"So J.D., you were assigned to lead the team on the Iran deal? How do you think you did?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (73/SM)

156
There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

All games are idiotic.

Guys running after a rolling kickball.

Guys hitting a little round ball with a stick then running around some bags.

Guys playing at grabbing the guy with the oblong ball before he can run to a special spot.

Meh. all games are idiotic if looked at a certain way.

But, they're also fun to play and watch.

PICKLEBALL

Old People Getting Some Exercise And Having Fun!

I'm for it.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)

157 My dad brought home a feral Maine coon from a runoff culvert. After a few years, he disappeared into the forest, so I figured a coyote got him, til about a year later when I saw him wandering around out there with sticks in his matted fur. Some feral cats can regress back to nature as if the last 30k years never happened.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

158 That's how it starts."

Yeah.
Mrs' cancer treatments ongoing, mom in very poor health, little doggie getting old, the last thing we need is....

Hey, y'all got a new cat?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

159 Regarding Iran and whether or not to be disappointed:

We all knew (including Trump) that the mullahs and the IRGC simply can't be reasoned with and will not abandon their plans for worldwide death and destruction. We all hoped (including Trump) that US and Israel intervention would open an opportunity for the Iranian people to rise up and take their country back, but we also knew there are many obstacles to that, including being killed by the IRGC.

Realistically, the best we could do is get rid of some bad guys, destroy their nuclear capabilities, and beat back their interference in the Straight of Hormuz, which has been accomplished with a minimum of casualties. They are now much less of a threat to their neighbors, near and far.

I'd say accomplishing realistic positive outcomes is a win, especially with an enemy that will always lie and never surrender.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (FMtrg)

160 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

We elect these people to implement our policy objectives. I don't care in the least even if Trump was just some baby that insults people 24-7. Put on your big boy pants and vote the way your constituents want...and remember even the majority of Democrats want increased vote security.

But...this is just a lie. The people that pay off GOPe Senators don't want the SAVE act and so they have to find a better argument then "I won't get that no show $$$ job after I retire if I vote for the SAVE act"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

161 Pickleball needs a better name. It sounds non-serious. I blame the relentless chickification of our society.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)

162 Cats that want to be outdoors always amaze me.

Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

163 There’s a new official portrait of the Obamas where they have tattoos and are in a room with marijuana plants and wallpaper depicting Hank Aaron. It’s really weird.

https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2066551837524647981?s=46

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (QZThv)

164 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

How did Elon Musk develop a zero-G litter box?

Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (DZ9Lv)

165 Gherkinball. Cornichonball. Relishball.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

166 I'd say accomplishing realistic positive outcomes is a win, especially with an enemy that will always lie and never surrender.

agree Emmie

well said

the people of Iran .. I think we were seeing like ten percent of them with all the protests and most were basically acclimated to how things were tbh

again, I was gung ho for regime change and now I'm very much over it.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

167 Pickleball needs a better name. It sounds non-serious. I blame the relentless chickification of our society"

"This Ends in Blood" work?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

168 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
___

So glad you had a nice time with your daughter.

Ours is planning a Summer solstice/Father's Day/housewarming party Sunday.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)

169 154 > When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)

Sounds like our southern border during Biden's presidency.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (N39Ws)

170 162 Cats that want to be outdoors always amaze me.

my cat thoroughly hates being outdoors, thank God! unfortunately so does the dog lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (j+aD2)

171 *How did Elon Musk develop a zero-G litter box?*

That's the kind of thing you can do when you're a trillionaire.

Posted by: It's science at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (7PhS+)

172 John Thune needs to be the #1 priority. He absolutely MUST be gone in '28. When Trump leaves the White House, he needs to do it clutching the head of Thune in his fist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

173 Pickleball needs a better name. It sounds non-serious. I blame the relentless chickification of our society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)

Well...to be fair. It was invented in California.

Hence, the name had to be fake and gay, so it didn't encourage competitive wrong thing or some such thing.

If I remember right, it was named after someone's dog.

In the same spirit, be careful what you name your kids.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

174 SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.
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Name them, you duplicitous, double-crossing, back-stabbing coward.

Because every single one of them campaigned on supporting Trump and the Trump agenda.
Every one.

Either you are lying or they are lying to their voters (and you're helping them lie):
Which is it?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (73/SM)

175 172 John Thune needs to be the #1 priority. He absolutely MUST be gone in '28. When Trump leaves the White House, he needs to do it clutching the head of Thune in his fist.

hmm I love everything about this except I want him out of any leadership role way before 28

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

176 unfortunately so does the dog lol"

Yeah. The mighty Shih Tzu would rather sleep on my blanket.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

177 We are the world’s policeman whether we like it or not. None of them eurofag nations that are being overrun by Islam have any sense of self preservation. Who else is going to preserve n protect western civilization? Israel? If we aren’t the world’s policeman or averse to putting boots on the ground(which I understand) then disband the military. Turn our aircraft carriers into artificial reefs. Secure the hatches here at home and let the rest of the world go to hell.

Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (m4E4U)

178 @NEWSMAX
·
1h
Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)

179 Cats that want to be outdoors always amaze me.

Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
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We now have a large covered porch, yet our kittehs hesitate to hang out there, much less explore the woods.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (s6tef)

180 We now have a large covered porch, yet our kittehs hesitate to hang out there, much less explore the woods.

yeah exactly

my guy likes to watch TV lol

he loved the NHL playoffs

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)

181 Luigi claiming insanity puts the kibosh on all the lefties saying he did the right thing for the right reasons, LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (QZThv)

182 Ours is planning a Summer solstice/Father's Day/housewarming party Sunday.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

183 Thank you, Black Orchid.

Hope things are going well for you!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (FMtrg)

184 One of my kindergarten buddies bsck East has adopted the regrettable habit of posting his stats whenever he plays pickleball.

He plays for 3 hours at a stretch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

185 knowledge me:

in pickleball, what are they batting back and forth? is is a wiffle ball or something? tennis ball, shuttlecock maybe?

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (fmTlv)

186 Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)

Ha ha ha then he is fucked.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (ixZ1o)

187 If anything comes of the realignment in the Gulf region I hope it's a more proactive military against Iran that's staffed by locals and not the US.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

When this war began, there was little to no discussion of the raw fact that Iran is the 900 pound gorilla in the Middle East, and Iran’s military is larger than that of all the other middle eastern countries , including Israel, put together. That was the justification of why the US had to step in, because without the US all of the Arab countries have to back off and accept Iran’s hegemony over the region.

Populations:
Saudi Arabia: 35 million , +\-
Israel: 9.5 million
UAE: 11 million
Qatar: 3 million

Iran: 92 million

Iran’s missile and drone forces have been cut down, but the Artesh, the Iranian army outside of the IRGC, was left untouched. I think there was a hope they would rebel, but they proved to be very loyal.

And don’t forget that Iraqi politics are now dominated by Shiite militias who work closely with Iran.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (nuNhM)

188 Hope things are going well for you!

going really well! thanks Emmie! hope all is well with you too : - )

excited for Independence Day this year - should be a great one!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (j+aD2)

189 That shit don't work with a planned public execution. He is done. I already thought he was done but he is done. Good riddance to that rat fuck. He's admitting he did it. Because he is fucked and they know it.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (ixZ1o)

190 hmm I love everything about this except I want him out of any leadership role way before 28
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

Nope. I want him as the caucus leader when he is destroyed. It'll cause more fear among the cucks if they see that even their homo King is powerless against the populist tide drowning their Party.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)

191

Mother's Penis has Nadler's colostomy residue all over it!!!

Posted by: Paul at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (u/66v)

192 "Smack the gherkin."

Posted by: No that doesn't work at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (7PhS+)

193 F*ck you, Paul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

194 "We are the world’s policeman whether we like it or not."

Even if we suck at it? Our military, mighty as it is, could not keep the Strait of Hormuz open for normal traffic. We were stood off by weapons that cost a small fraction of ours.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

195 We're leaving Boy F. in care and custody of his sister and my lib little sis while visiting Colorado for a week. He is psyched because he knows they will give him anything he asks for.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

196 >>We are the world’s policeman whether we like it or not.

I disagree. That term has grown to mean the US is responsible for every war that breaks out around the world and I don't support that.

Bad things are always happening. Evil regimes will always exist. Are we supposed to spend our blood and treasure protecting the entire world? What do we get in exchange?

Our military should be used to protect the interests of the American people. Full stop. That doesn't mean there won't be regional conflicts that we get involved with but only to the extent it is in our interests. As long as Iran doesn't try to close the Strait again and doesn't pursue nukes they are not a real threat to the US. They threaten their neighbors to some extent. Let them deal with it, we've already done the heavy lifting.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

197 "Smack the gherkin."

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

198 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
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Seems the unscheduled unemployment of the 7 IN state senators and the 2 US Senators, being told, "you were not elected to enact your preferences--you were elected to enact ours" hasn't gotten through to them yet ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)

199 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Name names so they can be primaried.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (vHe/3)

200 Glad to hear it, Black Orchid!

Yes, I'm looking forward to a great Independence Day celebration as well. I actually put up decorations, which I hardly ever do.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (FMtrg)

201 Re-post from earlier threads:

Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

202 "The vice president told Kelly that “hawks” “don’t have an alternative” and “they’re proposing an endless conflict” and they “want this to go on until every bomb has been dropped or until every Iranian is dead.”

This is a vile, Tucker Carlson-esque mischaracterization of the views of those who oppose piddling away a resounding American military victory against a terrorist regime.

Not since Barack Obama has a politician been this adept at destroying strawmen.

Most “hawks,” as far as I can tell, want the Iranians to be alive and free rather than under the boot of the Islamist regime.

Maybe that’s not possible — but capitulation to the regime is what creates “endless” conflict.

Moreover, it was Vance’s boss who opened the war against Iran, something he’d been advocating for decades..."

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)

203 "Smack the gherkin."

Hmmm.
Posted by: man

Bop the bishop.
Lope the mule.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (vHe/3)

204 As long as Iran doesn't try to close the Strait again and doesn't pursue nukes they are not a real threat to the US. They threaten their neighbors to some extent. Let them deal with it, we've already done the heavy lifting.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?

Posted by: Obama at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (nuNhM)

205 want the Iranians to be alive and free rather than under the boot of the Islamist regime"

That's not up to us.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

206 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

holy ...

yeah you should have shot the dude! but glad you're ok that is SCARY

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (j+aD2)

207 Seems the unscheduled unemployment of the 7 IN state senators and the 2 US Senators, being told, "you were not elected to enact your preferences--you were elected to enact ours" hasn't gotten through to them yet ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)
=====

Too busy repealing Obamacare.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

208 Well, gotta run. I'll probably have to buy a litter box and stuff.

Meep

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

209 If we treat them equally, the result must be inequality… the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently.

F.A. Hayek

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

210 some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits,
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If anyone buys this bs, please announce it so I know how stupid you are.

Republicans oppose it because they oppose it. The hate Trump thing s a lame excuse like the ones they always find to go directly against their voters' interests. You have to be a complete dumbass to think this has a shred of truth behind it.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ixZ1o)

211 Morning Horde thx JJ.
SMOD I hope Solomon is correct because the senators need a good kick in the ass to get them to realize the depth of Dem scumbaggery in the elections. Add that to the summer chaos in blue cities and Nov looks promising for the Republicans. Of course as always the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ufO5q)

212 That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?
Posted by: Obama

Because you're married to a guy.
Your shit's all retarded...

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (vHe/3)

213 >>>Because every house needs a small box of feline poop covered in dusty clay particles.

Posted by: Said no one ever

>Our feral mill cats lived most exclusively outdoors. One co-worker decided to take one home, but after a spell was noticing the cat was shitting at all. I suggested he take home a couple of scoops of sawdust and sprinkle them on the litter box. Like magic! The cat suddenly understood the change in environment.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (9SpJJ)

214 I think Thune's just projecting. If it's true that he's the primary instigator in tanking the SAFE act, he's probably trying to deflect to some of the other squishes.

TBH... they're all worthless pieces of shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)

215 Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1

Coyotes in SF - it's wild but some people fully support that - are getting brazen and going after medium and even large dogs, children, etc. But don't you dare suggest coyotes be relocated out of an urban environment. Anyways, my cat, Prettygirl, used to wander the backyards late at night but rarely goes out anymore and never leaves the yard.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (DZ9Lv)

216 We're not the world's policeman, we're the world's highway patrol. Just like the country needs all roads available for the free flow of goods and services at market prices, the same is true for the entire planet.
That's why the US Navy is the size it is. Stop the flow of trade through the Strait of Malacca and the world economy goes haywire.
"If your grandmother loves Walmart, your grandmother loves the US Navy."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (7PhS+)

217 An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

Wow, I bet your heart rate was up a little.

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (Oy/m2)

218 These goat screwers only have two goals: (1) fondle and abuse nine-year-olds, (2) incinerate Israel, and America. They can never be trusted to tell the truth or to show serious authentic intent to be otherwise. Everyone should quit fooling themselves and I don’t care if Trump has this wild dream of getting a Nobel prize or seeing his daughter be the first female president of the US. This deal will soon be seen as some type of failure.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (HeR4S)

219 Vance is looking at 2028. He already sort of has the groypers, and the Woke Reich are his most ardent supporters, he speaks their language - "endless conflict!! boots on the ground!!". They are his supporters and fans. Pollwise he does terrible with women, minorities and more MAGA aligned people within Trump's coalition. So, he goes on The View. Why did you think he went on the View? He's been apologizing for his "Cat Lady" comments. So yes, the Vance for precedent tour is starting.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (GD0B3)

220 >>That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?

This is another lie based on Obama's JCPOA that did not constrain Iran at all from pursuing nukes. Which they did. And the deal had a sunset provision and it already would have ended.

It remains to be seen if Iran agrees to a full stop on pursuing nukes with enforceable oversight, that's what the next round of negotiations are designed to do and we can judge those terms when they happen, but these are not the same things.

There are some smoking craters in Iran where their nuke program used to exist that demonstrate the difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

221 The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed.
***

Are we really? No one has asked me to judge the agreement, except the MFM, which is frothing at the mouth to criticize everything Trump does AND everything he doesnt do.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:06 AM (pi/ZK)

222 Dentist appt today. My insurance is so bad that the closest dentist who will accept it is fifty miles away. OTOH, it's a pretty drive, and my appts miraculously always land on beautiful fair weather days like today.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (Jr5Lq)

223 I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

What's sad is that we've come to the point where that might be the only way he'll see justice.

Please, friends, do all you can to preserve our peaceful, prosperous, and high-trust society. Most of all, ask God to rescue our country and restore His precious gift of liberty.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (FMtrg)

224 "Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them"

Where I live there are sadistic drivers who love nothing more than running over cats and other animals in the street.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

225 "Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open."

Somebody got a piece of the action.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (DZ9Lv)

226 The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police - who I knew would treat me like a criminal suspect, and who would doubtless steal my entire weapon's collection. While treating my house as a crime scene, and handcuff me face down while yelling "Quit Resisting" to get the false narrative on their body cams to use that lie against me in court. Fuck that bullshit.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)

227 Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
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What to note about this defense is that he essentially admits to committing the shooting but he does not go free if he establishes it. NY Penal Law section 125.20 applies and if Mangione proves that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance, he is sentenced to manslaughter instead of murder. So he goes to jail either way. And that is separate and apart from the federal case.

Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 09:10 AM (Fbt5B)

228 "The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police"

High probability it would wreck your life. DGUs require great discretion.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

229 Consider this:
UAE's West-East pipeline is 50% done and comes online late this year, early next.
3-4 million barrels a day.

Saudi opened back up it's East-West pipeline this year.
7 million barrels a day.

Kharg Island max capacity is 7 million barrels per day.

Total oil, crude and refined, pre-war, through the Strait of Hormuz was 20-22 million barrels per day.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (73/SM)

230 The New Republic: Angry and Rattled, Trump’s Fox Allies Blurt It Out on Live TV: He Lost
As new details of Trump’s Iran deal draw harsh criticism from supporters, a foreign policy expert explains how he failed on many fronts—and why this will get worse for him.

They were so interested in proving government doesn't work. They succeeded, but then they found out that the private industry is even worse at the job, and now they have nothing left.

What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.

Fox is just sad their golden ratings calf is crashing-out with no heir-apparent to leech onto.

if the last 20 years are any indication, Fox will go back to being insulted by everything and demonizing whoever doesnt have an R next to thier name. If Obama had done half what Trump did, they would have been up in arms, whole pitchforks and torches, if a black man dared touch any of thier socialist handouts. As long as Dems are upset, they are happy to throw themselves in the woodchipper.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (ycI94)

231 Where I live there are sadistic drivers who love nothing more than running over cats and other animals in the street.

The other day I had a squirrel run in front of my car and as I slammed on the brakes he finally noticed there was a car barreling down on him at which point he...froze.

After a second or two he then ran off.

If I wasn't paying attention he would have become a squirrel pancake.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

232 What's a DGU?

Posted by: I'll ask at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (7PhS+)

233 I assume that everyone calling for total war against Iran is already making their way to either Israel or the nearest armed forces recruiting station.

Also, when does the world see some accountability for the criminal malfeasance that allowed Israel to be taken completely by surprise on Oct 7 ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (aqrdH)

234 "squirrel pancake."

If natural selection is a real thing, squirrels should have evolved street avoidance long ago.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

235 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

What State are we talking about?

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (GseMx)

236 We have a deal with the pigeons. We don't have a deal with the squirrels.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (7PhS+)

237 'Top Gear' star Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' prostate cancer diagnosis after health scares

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

238 DGU = defensive gun use.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

239 I'll say it again: read chapter 11 of Vance's book, Hillbilly Elegy. There's a certain naivety about him. He may have changed his views since then on what he wrote about there (crazy conspiracy believing backwater folk). However, I think there's a liberal spark within him that prevents him from fathoming what Islam actually is - in all its flavors.

Iran is a wounded beast. Beware.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (ebJJx)

240 Dementia Joe Biden Brags to Jay Leno About How He Tried to Destroy Energy Independence and Weaken the US

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)

241 Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (aqrdH)

I see you have a squad of strawman soldiers.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (GseMx)

242 223 I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

I do have my Canadian Firearms License.

The required course was at a gun range. Great instructors. But they emphasized over and over if someone came into your house and you do anything, the cops, government and courts would just screw you over completely.

A politician came around a LONG while ago and I told him Canadians should have the right to do whatever necessary to protect their property. If some dumbass doesn't want to die for a piece of gum, don't fricking try to steal a piece of gum.

He left quickly...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (Sco7b)

243 I assume that everyone calling for total war against Iran is already making their way to either Israel or the nearest armed forces recruiting station.

My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)

But if Trump isn't going to do that then the next best option is some sort of negotiation like this. The last think I want is a few hundred thousand American grunts doing police work in occupied Iran

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

244 Throughout the day we will be graced with a swarm of trolls , and some regulars, giving us "vile, Tucker Carlson-esque mischaracterization of the views of those who oppose piddling away a resounding American military victory against a terrorist regime." Great!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)

245 FoxNews is covering NYC's parade for that basketball thing.

Communism's apparently working out great for them.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (Sco7b)

246 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the Washington Post his worst investment in a conversation with President Trump months before gutting the newsroom, according to a new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman.

"The people there are terrible," Bezos told Trump over dinner in December 2024, according to an excerpt obtained by The Post ahead of the June 23 release of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump."

"They don't listen. My other companies, they listen," Bezos said, focusing his ire at the business side of the publication after losing more than $100 million that year.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

247 Jay Leno still has a TV show?

Posted by: Why wasn't I told? at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (7PhS+)

248 The only way to have safely (and I mean legally) shot the perp would have been to let him kick in the door and the fired once he stepped through. And from the standpoint of personal safety, that’s a very risky move.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (nuNhM)

249 I try to avoid squishing anything furry with my truck

Canada geese, however, are on notice
NO PRISONERS, NO MERCY

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (fmTlv)

250 But you know, if someone told me , if we sign this POS - stabilize the markets and get if off the news agenda, we are guaranteed a solid win in the House and Senate in the fall, I would say , sign this garbage like now.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

251 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Accuses Far Left Philly DA Larry Krasner of Misrepresenting Cases – Imposes Embarrassing New Rule on Him

In an extraordinary ruling from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, if the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office wants to overturn a conviction in state court, the state Attorney General’s Office must be given the chance to review the case and make sure a proper investigation was done

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

252 Top Gear' star Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' prostate cancer diagnosis after health scares
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

Bad news. His Clarksons Farm show is good . I just finished season 1 and am really enjoying it I hope he'll be ok

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (QLrID)

253 250 But you know, if someone told me , if we sign this POS - stabilize the markets and get if off the news agenda, we are guaranteed a solid win in the House and Senate in the fall, I would say , sign this garbage like now.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

And bombing CAN continue AFTER the mid-terms...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)

254 Have the US Open on. Playing at Shinnecock on Long Island. It was delayed over an hour because of fog. The ground is wet which is good for golfers on super fast greens. However it's also windy which could cause a mess. Shinnecock is a course which makes even the best golfers hit themselves in the head with their clubs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ufO5q)

255 It is a risky move, too many moving parts, and releasing the money to the aytollahs is always risk.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

256 The people there are terrible. They don't listen. My other companies, they listen.
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I'll take ways people do not sound when they talk for $500 Alex.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ixZ1o)

257 So how did this person gain entry?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (7PhS+)

258 "I try to avoid squishing anything furry with my truck"

Last time I hit a squirrel I had a fucking tailgater behind me and couldn't help it. Tailgaters and speeders should all DIAF.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

259 And all the people who are praising this as a great strategy apparently have already forgotten the refrain during the initial bombing that Iran has been attacking and killing Americans for over 40 years and have no plans to stop through their proxies.

They proved this by killing over 60k of Iranian opposition after we ceased bombing them. I feel the most ashamed of that fact .

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx)

260 And bombing CAN continue AFTER the mid-terms...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)

It is risky.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

261 Could this be the beginning of the 7 years of peace? We are living in strange times, so anything is possible.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (j3Fsw)

262 Handwritten Epstein Notes Found, Confirm He Wanted to Hurt Trump as Badly as Possible, Wasn't Friend at All

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

263
I see this as a real life experiment in the Conservative Alternative to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

ie. bomb them, blow shit up, break things, kill some people

Fly off and say Don't Make Us Come Back!

That is essentially what this MOU looks like to me.

So, we'll see.

Mostly, I guess what we'll see is if muslims and islam can be tolerated in the modern world or not.

My guess is not. Look at the child abuse horror show in Britain.

No libtards. Magic dirt does not trump evil religion.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

264 Bezos bought the WP for political influence and to get better coverage of his companies.

He got both which where worth well more then the $100M he supposedly lost.

I suspect this was his way of kissing up to Trump...those WP people that work for me that insult you all the time? Well they don't listen to me...honest!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)

265 262 Handwritten Epstein Notes Found, Confirm He Wanted to Hurt Trump as Badly as Possible, Wasn't Friend at All
Posted by: SMOD

TRUMP WAS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES 80 GAZILLION TIMES!!!!!

Posted by: Retarded Leftist at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (ycI94)

266 We look like a newspaper. But we're not.

Posted by: The Washington Post at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (7PhS+)

267 Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ufO5q)

Prep course for the British Open.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (GseMx)

268 Mark Haleperin is saying that Newsome is a goner for 2028. He is on Newsmax a lot, and not a big fan of his, but he is usually right. He said Fetterman would win in 22 , even after his stroke, and that Trump would win all the Swing states early in election night 2024

Posted by: Jonah at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (YCxFk)

269 Awww. From Deadline.

Daveigh Chase, the former child actor who voiced the character of heroic Lilo in 2002’s acclaimed Lilo & Stitch and that same year was named Best Villain by MTV Movies Awards for her effectively creepy portrayal of the evil Samara Morgan in The Ring, died Tuesday of complications from meningitis. She was 35.

Her death was announced to TMZ by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez, who had just this week set up a GoFundMe page for the ailing Chase. Hernandez wrote that recently “Daveigh was diagnosed with meningitis and several serious blood infections. Her condition has become critical, and the doctors have told me she may not have much time left.”

I love 'Lilo and Stitch.' That was a great movie.

Depressed Lilo: "Just leave me here to die."

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

270 Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance

The family of the man he murdered in cold blood are feeling more emotional disturbance.

Just end him and be done with it. Dump the body in the landfill and charge his family for the disposal.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (99eI0)

271 >Last time I hit a squirrel I had a fucking tailgater behind me and couldn't help it. Tailgaters and speeders should all DIAF.

Posted by: gp
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I mean, I'll tap the brakes, and give the critter a chance, but I'm not going to endanger myself or others with extreme maneuvers

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (fmTlv)

272 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

I liked the animated movie better.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)

273 243 I assume that everyone calling for total war against Iran is already making their way to either Israel or the nearest armed forces recruiting station.
...
My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)

AI-War I is just getting started just like people questioned the opening moves of Alpha-GO.

To more pressing news:
Disclosure Day:OBAMA LIBRARY Revealed as Borg HIVE.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective

“It is designed to tell the story of our collective power" OBAMA/Library'26

No doubt his constituency will volunteer enMasse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg

Where were YOU on that day when the LIBs made this world as Lifeless and as Useless as MARS?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (p9/X+)

274 But you know, if someone told me , if we sign this POS - stabilize the markets and get if off the news agenda, we are guaranteed a solid win in the House and Senate in the fall, I would say , sign this garbage like now.
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Average price of gas nationwide has dropped below $4.

And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.

So ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)

275 The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police - who I knew would treat me like a criminal suspect, and who would doubtless steal my entire weapon's collection. While treating my house as a crime scene, and handcuff me face down while yelling "Quit Resisting" to get the false narrative on their body cams to use that lie against me in court. Fuck that bullshit.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.

Dial 811 before you dig.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (vHe/3)

276
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)

277 'I love 'Lilo and Stitch.''

I went to see it in the theater in 2002 because I read that it was a return to old Disney backgrounds-painting style. I was underwhelmed. One of the last times I was in a movie theater.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (Jr5Lq)

278 And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.

So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

$2.95 at Sam's.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (vHe/3)

279 Isn't Mark Haleperin some kind of sex offender or pervert or pedo or something?

Posted by: Hard to keep track at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (7PhS+)

280 SpaceX pre-market prices are super volatile right now:

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/

I asked Grok, which says is par for the course for a recent IPO:

https://tinyurl.com/43prue43

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (ebJJx)

281 DGU - Defensive Gun Use

I live in Houston TX.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)

282 Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (vHe/3

We're in Texas so not a valid sample😀

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (GseMx)

283 I liked the animated movie better.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)

She was Lilo in the animated movie. I never saw the other one.

Oh, Leno apparently does 200 stand-up shows a year... also deadline.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)

284 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
___

Shoot.
Shovel.
Shut up.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (s6tef)

285 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)

Oh. Nevermind.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (GseMx)

286 I honestly don't see how anyone thinls Democrats can run on cheap gas or energy. They and their constituents HATE cheap energy and want prices high. The reason cheap energy works for Republicans is that Republicans are associated in people's minds with cheap energy. The whole thing was overblown. We want high profits and use for the oil companies is not winning Democrat talk.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ixZ1o)

287 Average price of gas nationwide has dropped below $4.

And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.

So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)

Yeah, like a said, maybe...but risky. Not exactly Stalin - Ribbentrop, Germany was a far more of a military behemoth when that was signed than Iran is today...always risky to give billions to the mullahs - to rearm, to feed the proxies.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)

288 Local rocket scientist gets caught shoplifting, decides to go for the complimentary upgrade by shooting the two cops who respond, who then proceed to shoot him right back.

One cop hit in the vest, examined and released. Other hit in the "lower body", hospitalized.

The rocket scientist is now in a nice cool drawer at the morgue.

For a minor shoplifting charge, the moron would have been jailed and bailed by now. Instead he's dead. Evolution in action.

Second local rocket scientist gets caught smashing car windows and looting them by vehicle owner, also winds up on a slab. Sixteen years old and an "expectant father", according to his sister "Heavanly" (sic). "Everyone in our family just knows him as a really good, hard-working kid”. Sure thing, "Heavanly". That's why he's on security cam smashing out car windows and stealing shit at 0400. Yeah, I realize that's pretty early to be on the job, but that still doesn't qualify him as "hard-working".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (IG3/x)

289 DGU - Defensive Gun Use

I live in Houston TX.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)

You would have to go through a lot of headaches but I think you would be okay in the end. Especially if there was forced entry. You did the right thing .

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (GseMx)

290 Me and Bibi are bffs and were going to force regime in Iran together

to

Fuck this Netanyahu guy and hey yall see how cool Iran’s leadership is?

All in less than 4 months.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (X+Nnd)

291 > 276
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)

It's more fun to watch if you make her eat the corn through a picket fence.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (IG3/x)

292 Reported overnight, Polliwogette reports that Inspector went to ER (and presumably hospital) overnight, reports very low sodium and a questionable CT scan. (Prior health issues are known to me but I won't tell tales without permission.) Prayers appreciated for them and family.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OUMaO)

293 @269 the Chase actress was pretty but appears to have become drug addicted and on the streets. The guy who alleges he was her boyfriend has set up a GoFundMe account but the actresses funeral expenses are paid for by her union per her family. Bad situation. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)

294 Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.

Dial 811 before you dig.

Sadly, I'm 78 with an arthritic hip - I can't dig holes, and his get away driver was still alive.

Remember, criminals are a valuable part of the "criminal justice system" - without them the DA, judges and cops don't have jobs. They get upset when you remove one of their good ole boys from their game.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (Da7Vv)

295 They proved this by killing over 60k of Iranian opposition after we ceased bombing them. I feel the most ashamed of that fact .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx

The well being of the Iranian people is the business of the Iranian people.

The behavior of their government toward us is our business.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)

296 Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.

Now reminded of the meme:

Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (99eI0)

297 293 @269 the Chase actress was pretty but appears to have become drug addicted and on the streets.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)

She was reportedly partying with "Diddy" at the age of 12.

Parents: keep your kids the fuck out of Hollywood.

We've got over a hundred years of cautionary tales, for Bog's sake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x)

298 So how did this person gain entry?

Kicked through my front door - which wouldn't open because of a cracked foundation.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (Da7Vv)

299 The well being of the Iranian people is the business of the Iranian people.

The behavior of their government toward us is our business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)

Tell them that instead of telling them we got your back. Shameful.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (GseMx)

300 A real heartbreaking tale here...the biological parents of a child born to another couple through an embryo mixup have decided to not pursue custody, which of course would involve taking her away from the parents and family she's known since birth.

The birth family has also agreed to let the biological parents be a part of the child's life.

Sounds like both sets are being motivated by what they think is best for the child. Let's hope that continues.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (IG3/x)

301 Nood art.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)

302 Now, without the rule of law, not only do I kill the home invader, I cut his head off with my Katana and put it on a stake in my front yard as a warning to others.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (Da7Vv)

303 Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.
Posted by: NR Pax
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This made me laugh way more than it should.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (s6tef)

304 The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police - who I knew would treat me like a criminal suspect, and who would doubtless steal my entire weapon's collection. While treating my house as a crime scene, and handcuff me face down while yelling "Quit Resisting" to get the false narrative on their body cams to use that lie against me in court. Fuck that bullshit.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)

Call the police? Hmm. Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (5xuJ/)

305 I mean, we pretty much know the Senators who are the problem, unfortunately, there's not much we can do with some of them.

As usual, the GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (XV/Pl)

306 Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.

Ahh, the James Talerico solution.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)

307 'Morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

There are many Iranian Americans ('Tehrangeles' for example) and whether west or east coasters, it appears there's degrees of skepticism regarding the MOU, especially involving frozen assets and private infrastructure funds ($300 billion).

Reportedly, they fear the capital infusion will entrench the current regime rather than help the Iranian people & they want strict oversight to ensure that funds allocated for rebuilding infrastructure go directly to civilian public utilities, rather than being funneled into the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or regional proxy groups.

They want international guarantees for open, uncensored digital communication for citizens inside Iran. Also, that any long-term treaty include strict provisions tying economic normalization to human rights improvements, the release of political prisoners, and an end to the suppression of domestic protests.

Reportedly, the Iranian American community views the nuclear issue and regime change not as separate topics, but as deeply interconnected, with a secular democratic

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

308 government seen as the only permanent solution to the nuclear threat. So that's regime change, right?
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Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect

In part, "Every living president will be in attendance except one: President Trump. During a press preview in early June, longtime Obama White House aide and current CEO of the Obama Foundation Valerie Jarrett said Trump is welcome to visit the museum and they'd love to give him a tour. She said he simply was not invited to the dedication.

"I can tell you that this is a celebration for those who helped get President Obama where he is. And this is a gift to them," Jarrett said. "And so the people who will be here are the people who've been helpful along the way."

The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."

A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength. 🤣

Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

309 308 government seen as the only permanent solution to the nuclear threat. So that's regime change, right?
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Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
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The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."
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A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength.

Thousands will be assimilated enMasse before they even know what's happened to them. Leaving the building with the false belief that a World Safe For Socialism is pretty k00l, Brennan/Dimon/Epstein were just k00l dudes who just went a little too far failing to realize the there is no compromise between food and poison that results in anything BUT assimilation, ad that Dancin' is (*STILL*) for those who are PATHETIC (as spun by by the Dancin' Brennan undeads tunes).

https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg&t=118s

What could go wrong?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (DU1XR)

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