James Talarico Hired the Leader of a Queer-Themed Anti-Gun Movement -- "Cocks Not Glocks" -- to Write His Anti-Gun Legislation

Who better?

Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico tapped the former leader of a protest movement called "C--ks Not Glocks" at the University of Texas at Austin to be his legislative aide, a job that included drafting gun control legislation.
Ana Lopez helped Talarico craft three major firearm restriction bills that he rolled out in the state legislature in 2019, all of which failed to pass.
Lopez took over the leadership of "C--ks Not Glocks," which once handed out more than 4,500 dildos on the UT-Austin campus to protest a 2015 law allowing licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons at state universities and community colleges, from founder Jessica Jin -- an alum of the school, like Talarico.
Lopez told Study Breaks Magazine in 2017 that Jin had moved to California after graduation and passed the "torch down to me."
With its motto of "fighting absurdity with absurdity," members of "C--ks Not Glocks" marched on campus with t-shirts and banners depicting male genitalia emblazoned with perverse takes on pro-Second Amendment slogans such as "take it and come," while others donned dog collar sex toys.
Jin, who started the movement as a joke on social media, said she wanted to "put a dildo in the hands of every pissed off college student who hasn't been heard in this safety conversation."
"Strap it on, feel the discomfort, feel the weird looks. Wear it loud, wear it proud, and don't take them off until people take their guns home," she added, per the Houston Chronicle.
"As long as you have a d-- on your backpack, people will be thinking about the guns," the Texas Tribune quoted her as saying.
Lopez later complained about the backlash to the group, telling Study Breaks Magazine, "It's usually just men who can't take a joke."

Flashback: James Talarico wants to tell you about Positive Masculinity.

James TalaCreepo: "I celebrated my 30th birthday with a pink scarf around my neck" #TXsen pic.twitter.com/pxT9yEIJjf
— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) July 6, 2026

Another flashback:

The Texas House of Representatives advanced a measure on Friday that would prohibit "sexually oriented performances" from taking place in public spaces and in front of minors.
Notably, the House's version of Senate Bill 12 does not include language targeting drag performers -- a big change from the version the state Senate passed last month. That version included any performance with "a male performer exhibiting as a female, or a female performer exhibiting as a male" as "sexually oriented."
Rep. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano, said Friday the House version still seeks to shield minors from sexually explicit content.
"Children should never be exposed to sexually oriented conduct," Shaheen said. "Senate Bill 12 would help put an end to the sexualization of children in the state of Texas."
Under the House substitute of SB 12, shows that include "actual or simulated...sexual acts, including vaginal sex, anal sex and masturbation" cannot take place in front of minors.
Businesses who host such performances in the presence of people under 18 years old could be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000.
"Senate Bill 12 would help put an end to the sexualization of children in the state of Texas," Shaheen said.
The measure was preliminarily approved 88 to 12. Forty-two members -- nearly all Democrats -- voted present. That number of abstentions is highly unusual.
Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock, told reporters he voted "present" because the measure had significantly improved.
"I think Texas is obviously the best state in the nation and I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

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1 Ouch, what a fool.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 08, 2026 05:20 PM (NnhvP)

2 Are there any normal Americans left besides us?

Posted by: beckster at July 08, 2026 05:21 PM (kX27y)

3 Beers, Steers and Austin.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:22 PM (5MUB0)

4 OT but, wow. I just noticed JK Rowling has magnificent cans.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 08, 2026 05:23 PM (T7fic)

5 from last thread:

159 christopherrufo
Gangs are running an open-air sex market in the middle of Los Angeles. Blowjobs for $25. Sex for $60. Pimps selling girls as young as 14.

what is this, breaking news from 1983?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:23 PM (edUvp)

6
I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

That's true! The Drag Queens Futures Market never goes soft on drag queens from the Lone Star State.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:24 PM (jpRUr)

7 Talarico has been stalking me on YouTube and asking for money. Creepy dude.

Posted by: Emmie at July 08, 2026 05:25 PM (lP31d)

8 Bro at least I don’t have a Nazi tattoo. Get off my back ok.

Posted by: Jimmy Talarico at July 08, 2026 05:25 PM (Tpp9k)

9 C--ks Not Glocks???

I'm. Thinking A Ruger for your Cougar.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2026 05:25 PM (2WIwB)

10 ***from founder Jessica Jin -- an alum of the school, like Talarico.
---

I smell the CCP.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:26 PM (xHEjv)

11 Talarico is going to get curb stomped even harder than that idiot Beto.

But Texas is totally going Democrat, you guys.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 08, 2026 05:26 PM (T7fic)

12 James Talarico tapped the former leader of a protest movement ...

Phrasing?

Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)

13 Yikes! Freaks! I guess they call them queers now. Actually I don't even know what queers are defined of as now other than they are part of that alphabet of freak letters. I thought all the other letters meant queers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 05:27 PM (n5tGW)

14
James TalaCreepo: "I celebrated my 30th birthday with a pink scarf around my neck"

You couldn't tie the two requisite knots securely, boy-o?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:27 PM (jpRUr)

15 Going forward, his name is Talacreepo!

Posted by: Al in St. Louis at July 08, 2026 05:27 PM (pKne7)

16 >>Talarico has been stalking me on YouTube and asking for money. Creepy dude.

I watched some World Cup highlights on YouTube and was assaulted with a couple of Lesbians talking about the 'Shit in this box' Colo-Rectal Screening ad every 2 minutes.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:27 PM (5MUB0)

17 Cornyn could have been running against this guy, but no, he couldn't be bothered to legislate. Worthless turd.

Posted by: huerfano at July 08, 2026 05:28 PM (VJX5o)

18 Here in Texas, you can feel that whatever air was in the Talarico campaign earlier has already gone out of the balloon.

Since I've had a hobby of watching Texas races for a while, and predict outcomes based on long term trends, not increasingly idiotic polls, I'm gonna say that Paxton wins by a 57-43 margin.

Paxton always way outperforms polling numbers. The original primary in March, where he came in second, was a fluke because newcomer Wes Hunt was a wild card in the three way race.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:29 PM (edUvp)

19 The somewhat disturbing thing about all this is that the Democrats and their hangers on think this guy is attractive to the masses. "Attractive" in the political sense.

Faggots.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 08, 2026 05:29 PM (jehhT)

20
I watched some World Cup highlights on YouTube and was assaulted with a couple of Lesbians talking about the 'Shit in this box' Colo-Rectal Screening ad every 2 minutes.
Posted by: garrett

That was an amazingly appropriate ad campaign for the World Flop Fest 2026.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:29 PM (jpRUr)

21 James TalaCreepo: "I celebrated my 30th birthday with a pink scarf around my neck

And what was the point of that, Jimmy? On second thought, I probably don't want to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:30 PM (Bw1/o)

22 Talacreepo seems to be trying to appeal to seriously disturbed individuals. What percentage of the electorate is that, anyway?

Posted by: Emmie at July 08, 2026 05:30 PM (lP31d)

23 C--ks Not Glocks protesters were harassed by hecklers named Koch.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2026 05:30 PM (2WIwB)

24 "I celebrated my 30th birthday with a pink scarf around my neck"

Yes, I actually believe you did that.

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2026 05:30 PM (Oy/m2)

25 James Talarico tapped the former leader of a protest movement ...

Phrasing?
Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)

Unnecessary. Ana Lopez is a woman so we know that Talarico wasn't involved sexually.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)

26 I said no no no no, no Telarico.
- Rango Steer

Posted by: Eromero at July 08, 2026 05:31 PM (LHPAg)

27 >>That was an amazingly appropriate ad campaign for the World Flop Fest 2026.

My thoughts exactly.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 05:31 PM (5MUB0)

28 Gotta be honest, the whole LGBTQWERTYKKKK is beyond me. I get lesbian, I get gay, I get the Bi people, and even the mental insanity of the trannies, but what a "queer" or "non-binary" is as opposed to a gay or lesbian and why isn't a non-binary just a trannie.... no clue. And I don't want to know. I mean, most people are ok with heterosexual and many people like so-called "lipstick lesbians" (because actual lesbians tend to outweigh Pandas), but beyond that? Ewwww!

Posted by: SimoHayha at July 08, 2026 05:31 PM (/ZkOF)

29 Running for a senate seat in Texas on an anti-gun platform...

It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it plays out for him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 08, 2026 05:31 PM (0N4FZ)

30
What news of your " " " girl friend " " ", Jimbo?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (jpRUr)

31 Please tell that dirty faggot Talarico that I am praying him away too.

Posted by: Pray The Gay and Talarico Away at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (kCsPk)

32 Has the guy said he is gay yet? because he's gay.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (n5tGW)

33 Wtf, Texas?

However, Austin.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (ULfGb)

34 Since Obama - both parties have tried to package a candidate and shoot them straight to the top. Granted - JFK really was the first attempt at this - and the GOP tried to nudge "W" - but in the last few years its become the shit show it now is.

Both parties are failing miserably at it.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (wVlhX)

35 In a rational world, I'd seriously have to ask if the Democrats were purposefully tanking the mid-terms.

It's difficult to grasp just how far around the bend they've gone until you see two Senate candidates of this caliber. AND, these two aren't even a radical outlier.

That settles it, something in our food, water or air is making people stupider than is natural.

Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

36 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)

37 9 C--ks Not Glocks???

I'm. Thinking A Ruger for your Cougar.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2026 05:25 PM (2WIwB)

"Dating an older woman? Want to make her feel safe, even when you're not around?

"Get a Ruger for your Cougar. And every time she handles that smooth, hard, straight-shooting equipment, she'll think of you."

What are we doing here, D? We should be in marketing, getting paid for this.

Posted by: SciVo at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (Sy6m/)

38 Gangs are running an open-air sex market in the middle of Los Angeles. Blowjobs for $25. Sex for $60. Pimps selling girls as young as 14.

Figueroa Street?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 08, 2026 05:33 PM (ULfGb)

39 Democrats can't seem to make up their mind what they want in a candidate? Is it a probably gay. fake Christian who wars pink scarves or it it rapist nutcase who has a Nazi tatoo?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:33 PM (Bw1/o)

40 Something else that makes me laugh on polling is that if you look up stories about Greg Abbott's reelection campaign, you'll see some that say "Oh it's only a single digit race now, Abbott is going to have to work to win this one!"

Except if you talk to actual people here, not one in twenty could tell you the name of the democrat running against him - totally generic nobody with no campaign and no funding. Abbott always gets between 57% to 63%, this election will be no different for him.

I'm not wild about everything he does, but he's basically Governor for Life now, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. So best just to go with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:33 PM (edUvp)

41 Gotta be honest, the whole LGBTQWERTYKKKK is beyond me. I get lesbian, I get gay, I get the Bi people, and even the mental insanity of the trannies, but what a "queer" or "non-binary" is as opposed to a gay or lesbian and why isn't a non-binary just a trannie.... no clue. And I don't want to know. I mean, most people are ok with heterosexual and many people like so-called "lipstick lesbians" (because actual lesbians tend to outweigh Pandas), but beyond that? Ewwww!
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 08, 2026 05:31 PM (/ZkOF)

I have read, albeit more than a week ago so who knows if it's changed, that queer just means weird. So, continuing to work to get a majority of the population defined as being part of their oppressed group so that the deviants can continue to see if they can taunt God into giving them a fire and brimstone enema.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:35 PM (ExV1e)

42 I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper

Hadron Collider.
Or aliens

Posted by: MkY at July 08, 2026 05:35 PM (q6tQZ)

43 Talarico is absolutely ghey

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 08, 2026 05:36 PM (7gFa4)

44 Our buddy Beto has to be looking at this and asking a big what the fudgesicles himself. He looks almost normal next to Talarico.

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:37 PM (hftzA)

45 For a good laugh check out Rogan on Talacreepo. F'ing pathetic.

Posted by: connected and litigious at July 08, 2026 05:37 PM (cS1cw)

46 That settles it, something in our food, water or air is making democrats stupider than is natural."

FIFY

Posted by: man at July 08, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR)

47
What sartorial wonder will Li'l Jimmy speak of wearing next on a special occasion?

Assless chaps have entered the chat.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:37 PM (jpRUr)

48 It's not over!

"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
5m
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump is immediately moving for a REHEARING of the birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court after he saw billboards pop up along the border to scam our nation..

"AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, that is a crime, and therefore, the Supreme Court’s ruling is wrong. I will be asking for a Rehearing by the United States Supreme Court, IMMEDIATELY. This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don’t change their absolutely insane decision. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

Posted by: runner at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (GD0B3)

49 Except if you talk to actual people here, not one in twenty could tell you the name of the democrat running against him - totally generic nobody with no campaign and no funding. Abbott always gets between 57% to 63%, this election will be no different for him.

Is he up for reelection this year? I live just outside of Austin, you'd think that I'd have heard the name of his opponent. Man, since I stopped sitting in an office with freaks and homos, my knowledge of the Dem political scene in Texas has withered.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (ExV1e)

50 Talacreepo is gayer than 100 guys blowing 100 guys while training another 100 in the ass at the Folsom Street Fair

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (FyPhv)

51 Jin, who started the movement as a joke on social media, said she wanted to "put a dildo in the hands of every pissed off college student who hasn't been heard in this safety conversation."

"Strap it on, feel the discomfort, feel the weird looks. Wear it loud, wear it proud, and don't take them off until people take their guns home," she added, per the Houston Chronicle.

Wow. Magnificently creative.

Question: Do these perverts ever have a thought in their tiny heads that isn't related to deviant sex?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (/3w6v)

52 "I think Texas is obviously the best state in the nation and I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

He talks about drag queens like they're cattle or oil.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

53 36 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)

There's a common theme between Platner and Talarico - Democrats working hard to fake an appeal to ordinary people, and failing completely.

With Platner, they realized that ordinary working class men were completely done with the Democrats, so they came up with what they thought was an ordinary working class man. Of course they came up with a violent sex abuser Nazi Rapist, because that's what they think we are. They thought it would work.

With Talarico, they figured out that Evangelical Christians are a very important voting block in Texas, so they found someone who says "Jesus" a lot, and figured that ordinary Christians were too stupid to figure out that he's a false teacher with a Satanic theology who's one true goal is to subvert and destroy Christianity from the inside.

They're like anthropologists studying gorillas with a telescope, and they can't understand why it only takes us about 5 seconds to see through their fakes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:39 PM (edUvp)

54 I'd say their ad campaign totally missed the purpose of each tool.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 05:40 PM (n5tGW)

55 There's a common theme between Platner and Talarico - Democrats working hard to fake an appeal to ordinary people, and failing completely.

Maybe, to the lizard people who run the DNC, they are ordinary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:40 PM (ExV1e)

56
Question: Do these perverts ever have a thought in their tiny heads that isn't related to deviant sex?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

"Let me tell you about my johnson / my cooter."

"Funny, I don't recall asking you to hear that very thing."

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:40 PM (jpRUr)

57 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 08, 2026 05:36 PM (7gFa4)

I probably wouldn't mind a gay conservative such as Richard Grenell or Scott Bessent if they ran for political office such as Senate although why would they need to ( ?) but Talarico is just totally out there weird and creepy. And anti Christian.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 08, 2026 05:41 PM (MXbbs)

58 36 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)

Trampolines. Sometimes.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 08, 2026 05:41 PM (yG4gY)

59 I'm not wild about everything he does, but he's basically Governor for Life now, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. So best just to go with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:33 PM (edUvp)

I'm happy to vote for Abbott. No, he's certainly not perfect, but he does some good stuff from time to time.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at July 08, 2026 05:41 PM (k9OZB)

60 Uzis Not Floozies!

Posted by: Sifty Boones at July 08, 2026 05:42 PM (vjGcH)

61 Am I the only one laughing at 'Cocks, not Glocks'? Lol.

That could be a Colt Single action army joke. Yeah, im sure thats it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 05:42 PM (zZu0s)

62 They're like anthropologists studying gorillas with a telescope, and they can't understand why it only takes us about 5 seconds to see through their fakes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:39 PM (edUvp)

_________________

You know, that makes a lot of sense. I recall that late campaign commercial Kamala Harris did where they tried to appeal to "Alpha" males, and the actors they chose might as we have written "Beta male" on their foreheads with a Sharpie. Hell, the one guy had an actual lisp while he chatted to the camera and chopped wood.

Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)

63 Boobs not Berettas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

64 How about that railway conductor?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 05:43 PM (Cqx++)

65 Is it Talacreepo or Talacreepio?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:44 PM (xHEjv)

66 I don't know if I've ever been first on a thread outside of an ONT.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 08, 2026 05:44 PM (ZAfEX)

67 Labe Molon

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 05:44 PM (Cqx++)

68 How about that railway conductor?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 05:43 PM (Cqx++)

Considering where we are, I'm just going to assume that's the name of a sex act but I'm not familiar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:44 PM (ExV1e)

69 Cooters, not shooters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

70 63 Boobs not Berettas.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 05:43 PM (zZu0s)

_______________________

Using boobs to conceal carry your Beretta. For those with A cups, I'm sorry...here's your Derringer.

Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 05:45 PM (dIske)

71 Where so we get such men?

Posted by: Rear Adm. George Tarrant at July 08, 2026 05:45 PM (MIzYE)

72 Talarico is absolutely ghey
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 08, 2026 05:36 PM (7gFa4)

He's gayer than Liberace's feather boa.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 05:45 PM (/3w6v)

73 Can't have a drag queen gap.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 05:45 PM (Cqx++)

74 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)

You teach yoga or something like that. Not a shot at you by any means. I'm self-employed myself. But I wasn't always self-employed.

"Weird" people are EXACTLY the ones that get elevated in any kind of corporate system. And both parties ... both ... are corporate. Bureaucratic. They are not meritocracies. Life isn't today. Hasn't been for any period of time anyone here has been alive.

Hence the old saying. "Its not what you know, its who you blow". And I heard that for the first time when I was in middle school. Early eighties.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 05:46 PM (wVlhX)

75 Nookie, not Norinco.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

76 Game, not Garands.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

77 Is he up for reelection this year? I live just outside of Austin, you'd think that I'd have heard the name of his opponent. Man, since I stopped sitting in an office with freaks and homos, my knowledge of the Dem political scene in Texas has withered.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (ExV1e)

Yes, and his opponent is Gina Hinojosa, from McAllen Texas (53 years old) Member of the Texas House.

The primary focus of her campaign is traveling around the state and promising, if she wins, to have the State send $1500 to everyone who votes for her.

Yeah, that sounds like a joke, but it's true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:47 PM (edUvp)

78 The girls could start a new sorority, call it, Cocks & Glocks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:47 PM (xHEjv)

79 Roofies, not Rugers.

Wait, what are we doing?

Posted by: Graham Platner at July 08, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

80 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)
——-

Only in the Democrat party, where it’s a feature not a bug. The party not only tolerates the worst creeps, perverts, criminals, pests, and sexual deviants, the party caters to them.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 08, 2026 05:48 PM (FyPhv)

81 Suuuuuuuuuuh-wissssshhhhh!

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 08, 2026 05:48 PM (PVvQD)

82 5 from last thread:

159 christopherrufo
Gangs are running an open-air sex market in the middle of Los Angeles. Blowjobs for $25. Sex for $60. Pimps selling girls as young as 14.

what is this, breaking news from 1983?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:23 PM (edUvp)

Are they taking payment in bottlecaps? Or can i trade some stuff from my inventory? This sounds like an action movie set up or video game or something.

Posted by: Nelly at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (6+ehB)

83 we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

That industry...

Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (Pu/zx)

84 Hence the old saying. "Its not what you know, its who you blow".

True Dat

Posted by: KAMALA at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (MIzYE)

85 The drag queen industry? I'm guessing their factories would surpass the weirdness seen at Will Wonka's factory by a factor of 100.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (5yDGQ)

86 Peckers not PPKs.

Am I doing this right?

Posted by: fd at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (MWfyi)

87 Hence the old saying. "Its not what you know, its who you blow". And I heard that for the first time when I was in middle school. Early eighties.
Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026

I wasn’t always self employed, either. I was an exec prior to my life of luxury (lol). I live with an exec, which is why I can be selfemployed.

Wait, am I building a case that I am a weirdo?

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (hftzA)

88 Talacreepo is gayer than 100 guys blowing 100 guys while training another 100 in the ass at the Folsom Street Fair
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (FyPhv)
=====

Not gay enough!

Posted by: Sen. Scott Weiner at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (mqDee)

89 James Talarico is a leftist bot. He vomits out a string of leftist bumper sticker slogans that is considered deep thinking among the Left. I'm assuming Soros programmed his but it could have been that ChiCom lacky, billionaire, from Singapore. Whatever his name is.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (sAmhv)

90 35 In a rational world, I'd seriously have to ask if the Democrats were purposefully tanking the mid-terms.

It's difficult to grasp just how far around the bend they've gone until you see two Senate candidates of this caliber. AND, these two aren't even a radical outlier.

That settles it, something in our food, water or air is making people stupider than is natural.
Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)
The demonrats are relying on fraud, as they always to.

Posted by: Eromero at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (LHPAg)

91 The primary focus of her campaign is traveling around the state and promising, if she wins, to have the State send $1500 to everyone who votes for her.

Has anyone asked her how the Governor is gonna accomplish that? Cuz the Lege sure wouldn't do it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

92 It would be interesting to get a closer look at Talarico's bookshelves. I wonder what enlightening choices we would find.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (PiwSw)

93 Nookie, not Norinco.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
--

Wait!

Nookies and Norincos would work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:50 PM (xHEjv)

94 89: or is he from Shanghai.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 08, 2026 05:50 PM (sAmhv)

95 I saw a license plate pretty close to my house
I luvcok.
Not kidding

Did not see driver, was following

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)

96 Wait, am I building a case that I am a weirdo?
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (hftzA)

We've seen the clothes you wear. You don't have much work to do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)

97 36 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)
It's shaitan.

Posted by: Eromero at July 08, 2026 05:51 PM (LHPAg)

98 on a serious note

UK: Liverpool-Muhammad Arazul, from Iran, attempted to rape a 13-year-old British girl, caught and arrested.

Muhammad says, "Respect me.I am New here; I don’t know Raping is illegal.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:51 PM (xHEjv)

99 13 Yikes! Freaks! I guess they call them queers now. Actually I don't even know what queers are defined of as now other than they are part of that alphabet of freak letters. I thought all the other letters meant queers.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 05:27 PM (n5tGW)

I can't really do any better than just to post Dave Chappelle's 8:44-long bit about the Ls, Gs, Bs, and Ts as going for a drive in a car, and the Qs as a hitchhiker they pick up along the way:

Dave Chappelle - Alphabet people 🔥
https://youtu.be/pHpnc0oDauc

Posted by: SciVo at July 08, 2026 05:51 PM (Sy6m/)

100
I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

A substitution in a familiar line of dialogue with no resulting loss of meaning or humor ---

"Holy dog shit! Texas? Only steers and drag queens come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don't look much like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down. Do you suck d*cks?"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:52 PM (jpRUr)

101 Afternoon, all,

Greg Abbott is guest-hosting on Sean Hannity this afternoon. Just now he played what I thought was "I've Been Working on the Railroad," but he indicated it was "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You." I never realized before that it's the same melody!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:52 PM (wzUl9)

102 Wait, am I building a case that I am a weirdo?
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:49 PM (hftzA)

Then come on ... lets be real. You didn't leave that life because teaching Yoga just paid so much better.

I didn't leave that life either just for the money. I - like you I suspect - got to a point where we didn't need every dollar we could grab. A good spot to be in.

So then really. Come on. You know bureaucracies are not meritocracies. And you know EXACTLY how shit-bags rise to the top. Because the guy at the top of such a system didn't get there because he was a great Yoga Instructor in a company of Yoga Instructors.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 05:52 PM (wVlhX)

103 James Talarico has a smile that would light up an adult book store.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 08, 2026 05:52 PM (5yDGQ)

104 Over 100 and nobody's socked David French....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM (PiwSw)

105 James Talarico has a smile that would light up an adult book store.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 08, 2026 05:52 PM (5yDGQ)

James Talarico has a smile that makes you wonder if you can get to safety before the shooting starts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

106 I'm not wild about everything he does, but he's basically Governor for Life now, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. So best just to go with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:33 PM (edUvp)

Now imagine being in a position to say that about Tina Kotex or Kate Brown.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (rbvCR)

107 Wiki sez: "'The Eyes of Texas' is the spirit song of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at El Paso. It is set to the tune of 'I've Been Working on the Railroad' with alternate lyrics written in 1904. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the university sing the song at Longhorn sports games and other events."

The "Railroad" song is from 1894.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (wzUl9)

108 y Christians were too stupid to figure out that he's a false teacher with a Satanic theology who's one true goal is to subvert and destroy Christianity from the inside.

They're like anthropologists studying gorillas with a telescope, and they can't understand why it only takes us about 5 seconds to see through their fakes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026

Not that I am looking to help the Dems in their ground game, but it might have been a good idea for a few to attend Church at a mainstream Evangelical church to understand how badly this would play out.

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (hftzA)

109 Over 100 and nobody's socked David French....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM (PiwSw)

Do not sock David French if you are allergic to David French. -- David French

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (ExV1e)

110 That settles it, something in our food, water or air is making people stupider than is natural.
Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

Too much media. I shit you not. Its the damn phone.

Most people can't handle that much information. Its mental crack for most. They can't process it. They don't have the bandwidth.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (wVlhX)

111 @nicksortor - 46m
Breaking [Iran into pieces. Pieces be upon them]:
US airstrikes reportedly just hit IRGC barracks in Bushehr, Iran

The facility appears to be COMPLETELY up in flames

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:56 PM (xHEjv)

112 The KGB infiltrated the western chrurches in the 50s
The Marxists did a great juo

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)

113 Over 100 and nobody's socked David French....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM (PiwSw)
=====

I socked Scott Weiner does that count?

Posted by: Sen. Scott Weiner at July 08, 2026 05:56 PM (mqDee)

114
Both James Talarico & David French know what Dick tastes like.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (OkYzo)

115 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: WNBA Flying Green Dildos at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)

116 @nicksortor - 46m
Breaking [Iran into pieces. Pieces be upon them]:
US airstrikes reportedly just hit IRGC barracks in Bushehr, Iran

The facility appears to be COMPLETELY up in flames
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:56 PM (xHEjv)

While I have no issues with this, it's another example of the privates paying for the sins of the generals.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (ExV1e)

117 Just how the heck would somone know Texas produces some of the best drag queens in the U.S.?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (0sNs1)

118 Iran gets turned into a parking lot I wouldn't care

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)

119
Democrats are trying every possible way to re-invent masculinity -- as long as it doesn't include testosterone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (mmrXZ)

120 @nicksortor - 1h
EXPLOSIONS are being reported in Bandar Abbas, Iran following President Trump revealing the US would be striking Iran “VERY HARD” tonight

Looks like it’s starting.

Iran may have pushed POTUS a little too far this time

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (xHEjv)

121
The "Railroad" song is from 1894.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The selfsame song included the lines

"Dinah won't you blow?
Dinah won't you blow?"

'Splains a lot!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (jpRUr)

122 The facility appears to be COMPLETELY up in flames
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:56 PM (xHEjv)

=====

Serious question. This didn't happen three months ago, because....?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (mqDee)

123 Tits, not tomahawks.

Am I doing this wrong?

Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2026 05:58 PM (Oy/m2)

124 The KGB infiltrated the western chrurches in the 50s
The Marxists did a great juo
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)

Read back more.

FDR was surrounded by Communists. Our Nuke Program had an open revolt because many of the scientist decided that the casualty estimates of hitting Japan were ... acceptable.

I won't go into the background of the commonality of those who protested the most.

Its nothing new.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 05:59 PM (wVlhX)

125 The selfsame song included the lines

"Dinah won't you blow?
Dinah won't you blow?"

'Splains a lot!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (jpRUr)

But it goes on to say "Dinah won't you blow your horn," which suggests that Dinah is male, well endowed, and not above pleasuring himself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)

126 >US airstrikes reportedly just hit IRGC barracks in Bushehr, Iran

The facility appears to be COMPLETELY up in flames
-----

just a flesh wound

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 05:59 PM (ZxPkt)

127 Over 100 and nobody's socked David French....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM

Morons are pretty economics-of-comments savvy. Perhaps it's not the bull market it once was.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 08, 2026 05:59 PM (0sNs1)

128
We're destroying Thailand's once worldwide dominance in Ladyboys.

Colonialist, capitalist cultural appropriation, straight up.

So to speak.

Posted by: Auspex at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (Y8DZL)

129 Talarico "I celebrated my 30th birthday with a pink scarf around my co.. er, neck. Yeah my neck *

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (rStkT)

130 52 "I think Texas is obviously the best state in the nation and I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation. And I didn't want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry," said Talarico.

He talks about drag queens like they're cattle or oil.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 08, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

Hon, cattle and oil have a true purpose. Don't besmirch them like this!!!!!

Posted by: moki at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (wLjpr)

131 I want to post about a burr under my saddle:

Insty often posts stories about FIRE and praises their work.
Fuck those guys.
They're out there suing Trump (ICE) because some jackass was spouting off sending oh-so-coy letters that were not actual threats, just all the smoke around threats, and--oh no!--was visited by agents telling him to knock it off.

And the whiny bitches at FIRE are suing--not because he was arrested, not because he was detained, not even because they even implied he broke the law.

No, see their panties are in a twist because they tracked his stupid ass down while he was on vacation and embarrassed him in front of his kids; telling him be careful what you say, if it goes too far, it could be a crime.
Well, fuck that guy and fuck FIRE.

I think FIRE is/was also the assholes behind one of the tariff lawsuits.

You know who I didn't see FIRE defending?
A single one of the J6 defendants.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (3cUTc)

132 >>Serious question. This didn't happen three months ago, because....?

Because these were secondary and tertiary targets.

They got upgraded now that the primary targets have been destroyed.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (5MUB0)

133 Serious question. This didn't happen three months ago, because....?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (mqDee)

Because Trump actually wants to limit the number of people killed. He, personally, gave the order and it weighs on him.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

134 Boobs, not (rolling) blocks

Boobs, not bolt (action)

Not working. I'm fuzzy on the whole "____ not _____" thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (wzUl9)

135 Funyuns not handguns

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (n5tGW)

136 Over 100 and nobody's socked David French....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM (PiwSw)

It's hard to imagine, but these people make David French look normal!

Posted by: D. French at July 08, 2026 06:01 PM (Y4uEU)

137 >Iran may have pushed POTUS a little too far this time
----

ah, we'll be negotiating again by the weekend

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 06:01 PM (ZxPkt)

138
But it goes on to say "Dinah won't you blow your horn," which suggests that Dinah is male, well endowed, and not above pleasuring himself.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You walk your path, as is your right.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 06:01 PM (jpRUr)

139 Iran gets turned into a parking lot I wouldn't care
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM

You want to pave paradise?

Posted by: The 13th Iman at July 08, 2026 06:01 PM (0sNs1)

140 Because these were secondary and tertiary targets.

They got upgraded now that the primary targets have been destroyed.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 06:00 PM (5MUB0)
===

I should have been in charge of this thing from the start.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 06:02 PM (mqDee)

141 >>>>Serious question. This didn't happen three months ago, because....?

I want to know why we haven't run A10s on strafing runs across the funeral for Khameni.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 06:02 PM (5MUB0)

142 Big ones not sixguns

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 06:02 PM (ZxPkt)

143
Only in the Democrat party, where it’s a feature not a bug. The party not only tolerates the worst creeps, perverts, criminals, pests, and sexual deviants, the party caters to them.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

=============

Someday in the future, this era will have a name. The Twisted Twenties?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2026 06:02 PM (mmrXZ)

144 Brent crude oil surges 6% above $75 after US revokes license that allowed Iran to sell oil.

a little math - 3.50 a gallon will now be 3.70 a gallon, I think.
I think it won't stay up because the hysterical market will see that there is a glut of oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (xHEjv)

145 5 I saw a license plate pretty close to my house
I luvcok.
Not kidding

Did not see driver, was following
Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Ummm, where were you going?

Posted by: Eromero at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (LHPAg)

146 It's 1:30 AM in Bandar Abnas.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (BNC/N)

147 Double D's not A10s

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (n5tGW)

148 Big ones not sixguns
Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026

***
My favorite magazine!
( -- Al Bundy)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (wzUl9)

149 While I have no issues with this, it's another example of the privates paying for the sins of the generals.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (ExV1e)

Yep. I'll want to hear Trump tomorrow. He grates on my nerves. But if this weighs on him ? Then he's got his head on right.

This is like having to put down a dog. Necessary. But nothing to enjoy.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (wVlhX)

150 Hooters not shooters

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (ZxPkt)

151 123 Tits, not tomahawks.

Am I doing this wrong?
Posted by: dantesed at July 08, 2026 05:58 PM (Oy/m2)

*glares at dantesed*

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 08, 2026 06:03 PM (PiwSw)

152 3.50 a gallon will now be 3.70 a gallon, I think.

Gas in my neck of the woods went from 2.97 to 3.49.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

153 Brent crude oil surges 6% above $75 after US revokes license that allowed Iran to sell oil.

a little math - 3.50 a gallon will now be 3.70 a gallon, I think.
I think it won't stay up because the hysterical market will see that there is a glut of oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026

***
Whoops -- I'd better gas up tomorrow

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)

154 36 How in the world do people so….weird get elevated like this? I don’t understand at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:32 PM (hftzA)

It's called "taking The Ticket," and involves selling your soul. Bad Bunny with his queer fashion is archetypal. But do not envy them.

For one, Ticket Takers are used and abused by their Ticket Seller and associates.

For another, they will get discarded without a second thought the instant their usefulness is over.

And the capper is that they are commonly chosen for actual talent, which they fail to develop by not having to struggle for their success. So, they didn't even need the help -- until they took it, and let the habit of hard work atrophy.

Posted by: SciVo at July 08, 2026 06:04 PM (Sy6m/)

155 Big ones are overrated.

But not by me.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at July 08, 2026 06:04 PM (0sNs1)

156 117 Just how the heck would somone know Texas produces some of the best drag queens in the U.S.?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 08, 2026 05:57 PM (0sNs1)
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He doesn't know shit, he just can't open his cockholster without reflexively blurting out some gaywad fucking sop to some form of the faggot community.

Posted by: Candace Owens at July 08, 2026 06:04 PM (oqH4h)

157 Skip, I read on the Tech Thread that your truck is terminal. Have you decided on what to replace it with? I presume you need another truck for work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

158 >>It's called "taking The Ticket," and involves selling your soul. Bad Bunny with his queer fashion is archetypal. But do not envy them.

Everyone and everything is a Tool for the Utilitarian.

Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2026 06:05 PM (5MUB0)

159 Sock repair.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 08, 2026 06:05 PM (Y4uEU)

160 Can we haz EMP?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 06:05 PM (BNC/N)

161 =====

Serious question. This didn't happen three months ago, because....?

Posted by: San Franpsycho
---

He didn't want to do it then.
He's rarely wrong.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:06 PM (xHEjv)

162 Texas is not an anti gun state, by a long shot.. Pardon the pun, but I was raised there and Texans want their guns. They are built that way.

Posted by: Case at July 08, 2026 06:07 PM (IY9No)

163 "They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot"

You put *up* a parking *garage*. You'd lay down a parking lot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:07 PM (wzUl9)

164 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 08, 2026 06:07 PM (2Ez/1)

165
He doesn't know shit, he just can't open his cockholster without reflexively blurting out some gaywad fucking sop to some form of the faggot community.
Posted by: Candace Owens

That right there's some A Number One, AoSHQ Prime Invective!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 06:07 PM (jpRUr)

166 Bandar Abbas not what I typed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 06:08 PM (BNC/N)

167 It's called "taking The Ticket," and involves selling your soul.

Never heard that phrase. But it makes sense.

You know - growing up lower class - upper middle class and plenty of free time is pretty nice. Just my two cents.

I'm glad I picked this way. Especially now.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 06:08 PM (wVlhX)

168 You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 08, 2026

***
Frank m'man, I've been aware of cup sizes and their contents since I was twelve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

169 He doesn't know shit, he just can't open his cockholster without reflexively blurting out some gaywad fucking sop to some form of the faggot community.
Posted by: Candace Owens

That right there's some A Number One, AoSHQ Prime Invective!
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 06:07 PM (jpRUr)

Just surprised it came from CandyO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 08, 2026 06:08 PM (ExV1e)

170 >>He talks about drag queens like they're cattle or oil.

moo moo Buckaroo

Posted by: JackStraw at July 08, 2026 06:09 PM (viF8m)

171 So then really. Come on. You know bureaucracies are not meritocracies. And you know EXACTLY how shit-bags rise to the top. Because the guy at the top of such a system didn't get there because he was a great Yoga Instructor in a company of Yoga Instructors.
Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 05

I am self employed because Covid revealed how badly schools were failing my child who has autism. I made the decision to walk away from my career to homeschool, and I recognize how incredibly blessed I am to be in a position to do that. The studio I own is because J wasn’t listening when I said I had a crazy idea, he said okay, whatever you want to do, so I bought it. If I had to rely on it to provide a roof over my head, I would be in a world of hurt, though. 😊

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 06:09 PM (hftzA)

172 They're like anthropologists studying gorillas with a telescope, and they can't understand why it only takes us about 5 seconds to see through their fakes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 05:39 PM (edUvp)

Wasn't that a scene in Indiana Jones? The foreigners are running around in disguise and only fooling each other, while the locals know exactly where each one is at all times. Wrong movie?

Posted by: SciVo at July 08, 2026 06:09 PM (Sy6m/)

173 LOL

Posted by: steevy at July 08, 2026 06:09 PM (YwEeS)

174 Howitzers not howitzers.

Wait...

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 08, 2026 06:10 PM (n5tGW)

175 Noodus quick hits

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 08, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

176 > You'd lay down a parking lot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
----
take it up with Joni Mitchell

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 06:10 PM (ZxPkt)

177 Do they have video yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 06:10 PM (BNC/N)

178
Wasn't that a scene in Indiana Jones? The foreigners are running around in disguise and only fooling each other, while the locals know exactly where each one is at all times. Wrong movie?
Posted by: SciVo

It sounds more like "The Prisoner", if you swap out "foreigners" for "controllers".

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 06:11 PM (jpRUr)

179 Not that I am looking to help the Dems in their ground game, but it might have been a good idea for a few to attend Church at a mainstream Evangelical church to understand how badly this would play out.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (hftzA)
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They can't do that.

Too much risk of being "infected" with actual Christianity and then deserting their tribe.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 06:11 PM (FZ29D)

180 I made the decision to walk away from my career to homeschool

Then we're in this loop again. Did you ever work anywhere big ? Big enough to see that the most qualified person - or most able - rarely is the one picked to move up ?

Or were you on a fast track up because you were pretty, and just got off the track for the kid ? Good on you if you did.

Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 06:12 PM (wVlhX)

181
It sounds more like "The Prisoner", if you swap out "foreigners" for "controllers".
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison!

On second thought, and after parsing the statement, it does not sound like "The Prisoner".

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 08, 2026 06:13 PM (jpRUr)

182 Over 100 and nobody's socked David French....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 08, 2026 05:53 PM (PiwSw)

Cucks, not Colts!

Posted by: David French at July 08, 2026 06:13 PM (zZu0s)

183 Eromrro almost home

And Wolfus trucks are just getting to expensive, and for maybe at best 1 1/2 years can't see expense. Looking at a SUV ma

Posted by: Skip at July 08, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

184
While I have no issues with this, it's another example of the privates paying for the sins of the generals.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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It's the IRGC not the regular army.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:13 PM (xHEjv)

185
Iran gets turned into a parking lot I wouldn't care
Posted by: Skip

You want to pave paradise?
Posted by: The 13th Iman

Take all the mullahs and put 'em in a mullah museum.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 06:16 PM (Cqx++)

186 Kevin Sorbo@ksorbs -

Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Egypt are all out of the World Cup.

The only Muslim countries left are England and France.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:16 PM (xHEjv)

187 179 Not that I am looking to help the Dems in their ground game, but it might have been a good idea for a few to attend Church at a mainstream Evangelical church to understand how badly this would play out.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 05:54 PM (hftzA)
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They can't do that.

Too much risk of being "infected" with actual Christianity and then deserting their tribe.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 06:11 PM (FZ29D)

The most truthful line Talarico ever spoke was in a talk he gave in 2021 (yes, it was recorded on video) where he describes himself as a "Christian who hates Christianity".

He thinks this is some kind of clever theological statement, when every one else sees that what he's saying is that he hates everyone else who says they are Christian, and shows it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 06:17 PM (edUvp)

188 Senior IRGC Navy official Mohammad Reza Khazini who earlier threatened to make the gulf of Oman a graveyard for the US Navy ships & marines has been killed in US strike on IRGC command & control center. Officially confirmed
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:18 PM (xHEjv)

189
Or were you on a fast track up because you were pretty, and just got off the track for the kid ? Good on you if you did.
Posted by: Flanger at July 08, 2026 06:12 PM (wVlhX)

I like to think I made it because I was really good at my job and still get consulting requests to this day. lol. Hopefully Honeywell is a big enough corp for you, I was also a VP at another Fortune 500. It was all about the kid, she had a tough enough row to hoe. I am a mama before I am anything else. I live with someone who still sits in the c-suite, like I said. Pretty confident he didn’t get there because he is pretty, but you never know!

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 06:21 PM (hftzA)

190 "The KGB infiltrated the western chrurches in the 50s
The Marxists did a great juo"
Posted by Skip.

For the Orthodox and Catholic churches, it was the 1920s and 30s. They deliberately spread sodomy among the clergy and episcopate. By the 50s probably half or more of the European Catholic seminarians were leftist sodomites.

Posted by: Sloucho at July 08, 2026 06:21 PM (dS2e+)

191 Drop
Your cocks and grab your Glocks!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 08, 2026 06:22 PM (W2Pud)

192 @le985fm
43m
Resumption of hostilities in Iran | "I absolutely do not understand Trump's tactics" - Ferry de Kerckhove
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Dude, I think your name says it all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:22 PM (xHEjv)

193 188 Senior IRGC Navy official Mohammad Reza Khazini who earlier threatened to make the gulf of Oman a graveyard for the US Navy ships & marines has been killed in US strike on IRGC command & control center. Officially confirmed
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:18 PM
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He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Bones at July 08, 2026 06:22 PM (2Ez/1)

194 He didn't want to do it then.
He's rarely wrong.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:06 PM (xHEjv)

Here's the problem with trying to game the timing; the best explanation for the pause is that he didn't want a big distraction with high oil prices and war going on during the midterm campaigns. But if we had gone after it for the last 3 months without pause, it easily would have been over by now.

Instead, doing it this way has guaranteed that war and at least elevated oil prices will happen during the midterm campaign, which was exactly the thing that we wanted to avoid.

And if we're just going to do a little bit at a time in order to try and "influence" Iran's behavior, then we're back to doing exactly what LBJ did in Vietnam, and Bush did with Saddam. It never works.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 06:23 PM (edUvp)

195 Too much risk of being "infected" with actual Christianity and then deserting their tribe.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 06:11

I believe strongly it would happen, too. Wouldn’t that be a beautiful thing?

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

196 98 on a serious note

UK: Liverpool-Muhammad Arazul, from Iran, attempted to rape a 13-year-old British girl, caught and arrested.

Muhammad says, "Respect me.I am New here; I don’t know Raping is illegal.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 05:51 PM (xHEjv)

You mean the 13 year old was caught and arrested right? Evil little minx!

Posted by: Nelly at July 08, 2026 06:24 PM (6+ehB)

197 193 188 Senior IRGC Navy official Mohammad Reza Khazini who earlier threatened to make the gulf of Oman a graveyard for the US Navy ships & marines has been killed in US strike on IRGC command & control center. Officially confirmed
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:18 PM

That is always a feel good stories, those braggarts deserve it. But don't think these ever change anything; at every position, Mohammed #1 is replaced by Mohammed #2 is replaced by #3 is replaced by #4, and they're all the same and each one is as bad as the last.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 06:26 PM (edUvp)

198 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 JUST IN: President Trump's strikes against Iran are ONGOING and have been surging for the past nearly 2 HOURS

These attacks are reportedly even LARGER than last night

"It's been underway for about 2 HOURS. The number of strikes is anticipated to be greater than last night."

TRUMP: This is RETRIBUTION! If it happens again, it'll GET WORSE!

Blockade is ready to resume. Iran is cut off from selling oil again. Trump is prepared to take Kharg.

Iran screwed up.
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A little sabre rattling from General Keane
https://tinyurl.com/ynureth6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 06:36 PM (xHEjv)

199 why does this Talarico article talk about a "bill" in the Texas Legislature. They are not in session. next session is Jan 2027

Posted by: susan harms at July 08, 2026 06:53 PM (Kkd7F)

200 Only two things come out of Tex ass.
Steers and queers.
Which are you boy?

Posted by: Gunny Hartman at July 08, 2026 07:28 PM (KtOUo)

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