Daily News Stuff 12 July 2026

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SK Hynix says that 2027 will be the "worst year" for memory, predicting that the crunch will last until 2030. (Tom's Hardware)

I panicked and bought half a terabyte of RAM, everything I could find at old prices (and in one case, more than old prices but better than typical new prices).

I just need to baby it along for a few years.
Huawei says screw you guys, we'll build our own memory! With blackjack, and hookers! (WCCFTech)

The company is planning to churn out 140,000 12-inch wafers a month of 28nm DRAM. Given the nuances of DRAM scaling, I'm not sure exactly what that counts for... Hang on.

Looks like it's about 5% of current production by the Big Three, but every drop in the ocean counts.

Tech News

Vint Cerf, often called "the father of the internet", is retiring from his role at Google. (Tech Crunch)

I too hope to be able to retire by the time I am 83.
Cuba has been hit with a nation-wide blackout. (CNN)

Unexpectedly.
You can now pick up AMD's 9070 GRE graphics card for $499. (Tom's Hardware)

Still overpriced but not as laughably so as before.
The FCC has annoyed astronomers by approving Earendil. (PC Magazine)

Earendil - named after the mariner from Tolkien's Silmarillion - is an experimental mirror sixty feet on a side, deployed into orbit to reflect sunlight down to anywhere that needs a little brightening up.

The plan is to launch 50,000 of these. Which used to be a lot.
Communists are demanding the FCC grant them veto over space-based datacenters. (The Register)

The reasoning being that if environmental groups can't set them on fire, they're bad and must be illegal.
Research today: The effects of local decompactification of additional spatial dimensions on the formation of exotic ices in the abyssal depths of a water world of around 5 Earth diameters, Irish ferry timetables and fares in Galway Bay in 1911, the arms and armour of the Galatian mercenaries in the service of Nicomedes I of Bithnyia in 278 BC, and the application of scaling laws to the possible size of terrestrial nudibranchs.

No catgirls died in the research of these story elements. Partly because they already went extinct.

Musical Interlude

Yes, I've been rewatching Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon a.k.a Danmachi, prompted by its availability in full on Hidive, which I picked up a subscription to at 75% off during Amazon's Prime Day sale. This song is the closing theme for the first season.

Of course, seasons two and four left the service before I got to them, and season two is not available for streaming on other services in Australia due to the regional rights being a big ball of mud... Not available legitimately.

Oh, and I missed that the new Tenchi Galaxy series is being funded through a Kickstarter project. If you're interested, I regret to inform you that you're too late... It's already reached its goal. You have 57 days to chip in if you'd like, though.

Disclaimer: The bastards say, welcome.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

2 Morning all,

No launch announcement, I just wanted to say hi.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 12, 2026 04:32 AM (2F0/Y)

3 Hey

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 04:34 AM (mmrXZ)

4 >>>the arms and armour of the Galatian mercenaries in the service of Nicomedes I of Bithnyia in 278 BC

I would read/watch that.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

5
I might be a little annoyed by Earandil, too.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 04:35 AM (mmrXZ)

6 BOING!

Working.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 12, 2026 04:36 AM (Y2WuJ)

7 >>>Research today:

First time through, I read what comes next as being one research project instead of four.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 04:37 AM (6wpGE)

8 Hello fellow techsters.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 04:37 AM (bXtdx)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 12, 2026 04:37 AM (L1JuH)

10 news from the ONT

389 @realDonaldTrump
Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead! He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!! DETAILS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO FOLLOW. So sad! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: LizLem at July 12, 2026 03:41 AM (dBHw+)

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

11
If we don't knock it off with all this orbiting junk, outer space is gonna look like that Algerian beach before we know it!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 04:39 AM (mmrXZ)

12 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at July 12, 2026 04:40 AM (HpRTp)

13 7 >>>Research today:

First time through, I read what comes next as being one research project instead of four.
Posted by: m

It is.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 12, 2026 04:42 AM (BLOW1)

14 First time through, I read what comes next as being one research project instead of four.
Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 04:37 AM (6wpGE)

What? That wasn’t just one project?

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 12, 2026 04:44 AM (bXtdx)

15 Laura Loomer is pushing the idea that Miss Lindsay was assassinated by the Iranians. He was only 71, but looked like he never took exercise and sudden heart attacks happen. He was probably exhausted from his Ukraine trip.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 04:44 AM (l26NL)

16 This morning, I came across what looks to be a cute game. It's on Steam. I hope it's ok to post this here.

Chess, but with cats.

https://tinyurl.com/56ehhktz

Posted by: Joyenz at July 12, 2026 04:46 AM (2F0/Y)

17 Hadn't heard about Lindsey Graham. 71 is not exactly young, but it's young for such a sudden death. RIP.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 12, 2026 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

18 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)

19 @bonchieredstate has had a fun photo of Lindsey Graham as the top banner on his 𝕏 site for some time. Wonder if that will go away now.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 04:49 AM (6wpGE)

20 Well lets hope SC can do better

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

21 The FCC has annoyed astronomers by approving Earendil.

Sunlight. Sure. I think you mean tuned radiation on your target.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 12, 2026 05:11 AM (diia5)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 12, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

23
When will Candace Owen's start saying the Jews were responsible for Miss Lindsay?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 05:14 AM (O0L8i)

24 I mean, this could make sense:

(1) The effects of local decompactification of additional spatial dimensions on the formation of exotic ices in the abyssal depths of a water world of around 5 Earth diameters
(2) Irish ferry timetables and fares in Galway Bay in 1911
(3) The arms and armour of the Galatian mercenaries in the service of Nicomedes I of Bithnyia in 278 BC
(4) The application of scaling laws to the possible size of terrestrial nudibranchs

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 05:15 AM (6wpGE)

25 (I don't really know if that could make sense, because none of those fields are fields that I know.)

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 05:19 AM (6wpGE)

26 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy.
Lindsey Graham passing is a shock. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 05:19 AM (m2wmY)

27 Japanese are weird
Woman singing is very nice looking

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

28 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 12, 2026 05:29 AM (V0/Sp)

29 WTF?

WASHINGTON — Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has died, his office confirmed early Sunday. He was 71.

Graham died Saturday night “from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 05:33 AM (p11yt)

30 Aelfred The Great retweeted
Ingenuous Firebrand 🐆🇺🇸
@ING2Firebrand
20h
When we talk about Kirk and Owens, how many people is that? 2

How many letters are in Charlie Kirk?
11

What’s 11 - 2? 9

9-11

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 05:34 AM (6wpGE)

31
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
21h
It’s hilarious how so many self-proclaimed smart people buy the official Charlie Kirk Narrative, when anyone with any reasoning ability at all can see that he faked his own death, got a sex change, did a Black Like Me thing, and is now living as “Candace Owens”

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

32
Laura Loomer is pushing the idea that Miss Lindsay was assassinated by the Iranians. He was only 71, but looked like he never took exercise and sudden heart attacks happen. He was probably exhausted from his Ukraine trip.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 04:44 AM

I'm seeing on the twits speculation that Miss Lindsay was killed by THE RUSSIANS when they attacked the ukrainian baby milk factory what Miss Lindsay was touring

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 12, 2026 05:35 AM (AMvSw)

33 Was it the Clot Shot?

Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2026 05:35 AM (qCdNq)

34 Good morning! Sitting on the patio yesterday evening was really nice. There was a cool (Texas summertime 'cool') breeze and the birds were carrying on. Gotta refill the feeders today and get in the pond to clean out the lily pads and crepe myrtle blooms.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 12, 2026 05:36 AM (3Ope8)

35 I hope Gov McMaster is smart enough not to put in Nancy Mace as a replacement through January.
Does anyone know the procedure in SC for replacing a candidate who dies after the primary win but before the election?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 05:40 AM (m2wmY)

36 Was it the Clot Shot?
Posted by: torabora

I wonder if we'll start reading about a "long time companion". We really never have.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 05:44 AM (l26NL)

37 Does anyone know the procedure in SC for replacing a candidate who dies after the primary win but before the election?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 05:40 AM (m2wmY)

Another primary with time for a runoff prior o printing ballots for November. Sez Publius.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 12, 2026 05:56 AM (w6EFb)

38 In fact, forget about the memory!

Posted by: lizardbrain at July 12, 2026 05:58 AM (5whL5)

39 24 I mean, this could make sense:

(1) The effects of local decompactification of additional spatial dimensions on the formation of exotic ices in the abyssal depths of a water world of around 5 Earth diameters
(2) Irish ferry timetables and fares in Galway Bay in 1911
(3) The arms and armour of the Galatian mercenaries in the service of Nicomedes I of Bithnyia in 278 BC
(4) The application of scaling laws to the possible size of terrestrial nudibranchs
Posted by: m

It's true that the dimensional decompactification doesn't apply to the Irish ferries or the Galatians. It does impact the nudibranchs, though. And it is all the one story.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 12, 2026 05:59 AM (BLOW1)

40 38 In fact, forget about the memory!
Posted by: lizardbrain

What memory?

(Also: Thank you!)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 12, 2026 06:00 AM (BLOW1)

41 Evening and morning to the late toilers and the early risers across the vast AoSHQ Empire!

First Q: Was this Vint Cerf guy any relation to famous publisher and TV panelist Bennett Cerf? It's an unusual family name (it means "male deer" in French), so I naturally wonder.

Second Q: Lindsay Graham has croaked? Torabora's inquiry, "Was it the Clot Shot?" is pertinent.

Aside from that: I be up, sipping coffee, planning to work out and get cleaned up before the Book Thread (I have a new book I'm loving!), and another video tour of a house at nine a.m. Somewhere in there I'll fit in breakfast and maybe a pipe. Howzabout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

42 Funerals do sometimes reveal things

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 06:01 AM (Ia/+0)

43 (4) The application of scaling laws to the possible size of terrestrial nudibranchs

***
"Nudibranchs." I picture Beavis and Butthead giggling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

44 We watched Bette Davis in Dark Victory last night. I'd never seen all of it, and Linda says she'd never even *heard* of the film. A standout performance from Bette, by turns flippant, manic, delighted, depressed, and more; and a change-of-pace role for Bogart as her Irish horse trainer, proving yet again that he had acting skills that were rarely tapped.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

45 There's going to be an appointed replacement for the rest of his term (Jan 3, 2027) and another Primary election between now and the General Election in Nov.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 06:06 AM (qFwJc)

46 (3) The arms and armour of the Galatian mercenaries in the service of Nicomedes I of Bithnyia in 278 BC

***
Oh, *that* guy. All we hear about nowadays is "Nicomedes this" and "Nicomedes that." It wears on a dude.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

47 Funerals do sometimes reveal things
Posted by: Skip

From what I'm seeing on X, bigfoot lefties are openly celebrating Lindsay's death. It's pretty vile. Evidently, he supported Israel.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 06:09 AM (l26NL)

48 No mention in Vint Cerf's Wiki entry of being related to Bennett Cerf, though he did name one of his sons "Bennett."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

49 Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 12, 2026 05:56 AM (w6EFb)

Blessings on you and publius and his mom.

(story in the ONT, for people who've missed it)

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:10 AM (6wpGE)

50 >>> First Q: Was this Vint Cerf guy any relation to famous publisher and TV panelist Bennett Cerf? It's an unusual family name (it means "male deer" in French), so I naturally wonder.

Have wondered the same. They appear to be unrelated, but Vint Cerf did name his son Bennett. Both famous Cerf trace ancestry to Alsace.

Second Q: Lindsay Graham has croaked? Torabora's inquiry, "Was it the Clot Shot?" is pertinent.

Wikipedia states that his father died of a heart attack at age 69.

Posted by: fluffy at July 12, 2026 06:11 AM (V0/Sp)

51 Nrg. Coffee, stat.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 12, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

52 >>> From what I'm seeing on X, bigfoot lefties are openly celebrating Lindsay's death. It's pretty vile. Evidently, he supported Israel.

Are they so giddy that they believe the Donks can win the seat in November?

Posted by: fluffy at July 12, 2026 06:13 AM (V0/Sp)

53 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Wilkommen. Bienvenue.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 06:16 AM (amcLV)

54 50. I thought they said Lindsey’s parents died within a few years of each other and he was left to raise his 13 year old sister. Being 69 doesn’t seem accurate.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 12, 2026 06:18 AM (sOA7y)

55 Cerf's up!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)

56 Whew. Second cup of coffee, and time to rinse out the cats' bowls and put a can of chow out so I can feed them when I get back from the walking trail.

This will be a busy week. I have a dr. appointment, a six-months' check-in; I want to get the car's rear brakes done; I need to call those Fidelity people, as I have not yet seen the big pension check they promised would be here by 6/29; and (horrors!) call the IRS to ask about the refund they said I'd get six weeks from late May.

And who knows, I may be involved in making an offer on this new house if today's video tour goes well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

57 If I had to guess I’d say McMaster appoints Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, who just lost the governor’s race primary to Alan Wilson, to replace Lindsey. McMaster wanted her to succeed him, and Trump endorsed her for the run, so it would make sense as a consolation prize.

If that happens Evette will probably run in the primary for the six year term, and I imagine she’ll have some competition, Mace might be among them, for that open senate seat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 06:19 AM (6ydKt)

58 Lindsay graham dies of aids?` Satan: I was ready to greet mark levine oh well!

Posted by: jojo at July 12, 2026 06:19 AM (71D13)

59 The Lindsay Graham news is a shock. R.I.P.

Posted by: Baldy at July 12, 2026 06:21 AM (A82fN)

60 Are they so giddy that they believe the Donks can win the seat in November?
Posted by: fluffy

Not really, just reveling in his death. Ghoulish.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 12, 2026 06:22 AM (l26NL)

61 @37 thx Mikey. Fox News said same thing. Guy on Fox said what I had noticed. Graham didn't look healthy over the last year. To me he looked bloated. Again RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 06:24 AM (m2wmY)

62 Another one bites the dust! McMaster appoints himself?

Posted by: jojo at July 12, 2026 06:25 AM (71D13)

63 Miley, not Mikey. Damn autocucumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 06:26 AM (m2wmY)

64 @41/Wolfus: Lindsey Graham is having his "not small potatoes" day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 12, 2026 06:27 AM (O7YUW)

65 54 50. I thought they said Lindsey’s parents died within a few years of each other and he was left to raise his 13 year old sister. Being 69 doesn’t seem accurate.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 12, 2026 06:18 AM (sOA7y)

Graham’s mother died of Hodgkins Lymphoma ar age 52 when he was 21, his father died of a heart attack at 69, fifteen months later. Graham became the legal guardian of his sister, 13, at that time. He was in ROTC amd the service allowed him to stay in SC and attend USC in Columbia so he could be closer to his sister.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 06:29 AM (6ydKt)

66 The man died of a sudden heart attack. Graham was 71 years old.

Posted by: Case at July 12, 2026 06:32 AM (IY9No)

67 Yet another Tenchi Muyo sub universe? How many is this?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 12, 2026 06:32 AM (2GVsD)

68 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 12, 2026 06:33 AM (Hbeqj)

69 Spider solitaire is evil , almost 600 moves, 2 empty spaces, 6 hidden cards and dome for

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 06:34 AM (Ia/+0)

70 I’m pondering one of my rules of modern music: listening to “Goldmine” by Connie Caillat (or however the fuck she spells her name, too tired to care)…when you have to resort to harmonized whistling in your song, it means you have zero talent and are trying to distract from that fact.

I hate modern music.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:36 AM (An2iq)

71 Sen. Lindsey Graham has been spared the horror of watching Nolan's desecration of The Odyssey.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 12, 2026 06:36 AM (2GVsD)

72 42 Funerals do sometimes reveal things
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 06:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Death in general does that. So I have found.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:38 AM (OwmWb)

73 I hate modern music.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:36 AM (An2iq)
-----
Ach Du Lieber!

Posted by: Zombie Karlheinz Stockhausen at July 12, 2026 06:39 AM (dJeAh)

74 33 Was it the Clot Shot?
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2026 05:35 AM (qCdNq)

His father died of a heart attack. So heart disease could run in the family.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:39 AM (OwmWb)

75 I hate modern music.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:36 AM (An2iq)
------------
Modern Musick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XArd4MD--_U

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 12, 2026 06:40 AM (amcLV)

76 Lindsey Graham could be wishy-washy like Willard Romney, but he was a senator, and that's what they do.

I hope his constituents give him a good send-off.

Mitch McConnell gurgles, *drool*

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 06:44 AM (cI/Fd)

77 I am seeing that the heart attack was likely caused by a blood clot.

Graham had just returned home on a 12 hour flight from Ukraine so that probably didn’t help his situation any.

Got clots from sitting down too much is my guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

78 71 Sen. Lindsey Graham has been spared the horror of watching Nolan's desecration of The Odyssey.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 12, 2026 06:36 AM (2GVsD)

This is a pleasant thought!

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:51 AM (6wpGE)

79 suddenly we are down 2 GOPe Senators

Posted by: Don Black at July 12, 2026 06:51 AM (ZxPkt)

80 Guess Grahamnesty is out of the question now.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 06:51 AM (/+uur)

81 McMaster is a Trump friend and ally. His appointment to fill Graham's seat should be solid.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 12, 2026 06:52 AM (fZiTB)

82
Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
4h
Statement from the Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina).

WASHINGTON - The Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) released the
following statement. "On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness. Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for
privacy during this incredibly difficult period."
###

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:53 AM (6wpGE)

83 Come on, Mitch. Come on, Mitchell.

*rolls dice*

Lindsey Graham?

Posted by: Stan at July 12, 2026 06:53 AM (dK+Kv)

84 81 McMaster is a Trump friend and ally. His appointment to fill Graham's seat should be solid.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 12, 2026 06:52 AM (fZiTB)

*fumes*

Posted by: Nancy Mace at July 12, 2026 06:53 AM (dJeAh)

85 "His appointment to fill Graham's seat should be solid.

Phrasing?

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at July 12, 2026 06:55 AM (MWfyi)

86 "a brief and sudden illness"

(I am not a doctor)

"Illness" would be something like "meningitis," wouldn't it? Not like "heart attack."

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:56 AM (6wpGE)

87 Here’s Graham’s last press conference in Ukraine yesterday.

https://youtu.be/o3n2mWvtOcA

Mostly speaking about how to pressure Putin into ending the war.

Lindsey doesn’t look any different than he has the past several years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

88 Cerf's up!
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Charlie don't Cerf.
Posted by: Lt. Colonel Kilgore

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 06:57 AM (p11yt)

89 I voted for Evette in the Primary (twice). Dare I hope McMaster appoints her?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 06:59 AM (qFwJc)

90
14,840 comments at

@LindseyGrahamSC

for the post where his Office has released its statement.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:59 AM (6wpGE)

91 Charlie don't Cerf.
Posted by: Lt. Colonel Kilgore
Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 06:57 AM (p11yt)

Cerf Nazis Must Die

Posted by: The Maine Democratic Party at July 12, 2026 06:59 AM (dJeAh)

92 "a brief and sudden illness"

(I am not a doctor)

"Illness" would be something like "meningitis," wouldn't it? Not like "heart attack."
Posted by:

Sudden illness = poked by an umbrella.

A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism which fires a small metal pellet containing ricin into the victim from extremely close range.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 07:00 AM (p11yt)

93 "Illness" would be something like "meningitis," wouldn't it? Not like "heart attack."
Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:56 AM (6wpGE)

I’d chalk it up to being a sudden death and his staff just reverting to standard obituary language in a pinch.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 07:00 AM (6ydKt)

94
Let's go Cerfing now
Everybody's learing how
C'mon and Cerfari with me

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:01 AM (6wpGE)

95 Since we (USA) are sensitive to aircrew losses, we need some REALLY BIG suicide drones. Cant we hotwire a fly-by-wire aircraft for that? Picture a surplus A-340 dispensing a MOAB over nuke site reconstruction in Iran.
As a bonus, paint “Mahan Air” on the side. ( Mahan Air is an Iranian airline that flys to Western nations)

Posted by: Fenderbender at July 12, 2026 07:01 AM (1FEc1)

96 89 I voted for Evette in the Primary (twice). Dare I hope McMaster appoints her?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 06:59 AM (qFwJc)

That’s my bet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 07:02 AM (6ydKt)

97 93 "Illness" would be something like "meningitis," wouldn't it? Not like "heart attack."
Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 06:56 AM (6wpGE)

I’d chalk it up to being a sudden death and his staff just reverting to standard obituary language in a pinch.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 07:00 AM (6ydKt)

I expect you're right.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:02 AM (6wpGE)

98 Come on, Mitch. Come on, Mitchell.

*rolls dice*

Lindsey Graham?
Posted by: Stan

What do you mean I got the wrong one?
Posted by: Grim Reaper

Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 07:02 AM (p11yt)

99 IT WAS THE MOSSAD!

Posted by: Candace Owens at July 12, 2026 07:03 AM (dJeAh)

100 100

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:03 AM (6wpGE)

101 99 IT WAS THE MOSSAD!
Posted by: Candace Owens at July 12, 2026 07:03 AM (dJeAh)

Nothing up yet at

@TheMossadIL

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE)

102 89 I voted for Evette in the Primary (twice). Dare I hope McMaster appoints her?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 12, 2026 06:59 AM (qFwJc)

She's currently Lt. Governor. Not sure that matters.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 12, 2026 07:06 AM (fZiTB)

103 This is really going to put a damper on the McCain funeral festivities.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 12, 2026 07:07 AM (dK+Kv)

104
@TheMossadIL

is, however, all over the Ro Khanna story.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:09 AM (6wpGE)

105 99 IT WAS THE MOSSAD!
Posted by: Candace Owens at July 12, 2026 07:03 AM (dJeAh)
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Like a good pair of shoes, this is her all-purpose post

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 07:16 AM (mPnrf)

106 I saw the Lindsey Graham Cortege open for the John McCain Revival in DC in 2026.

What? Too soon?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 07:17 AM (cI/Fd)

107 May the Honorable Senator Rest in Peace.

May his Family & Friends Find Strength & Be Comforted.

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 12, 2026 07:17 AM (3ZUWJ)

108 He's dead Jim.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 12, 2026 07:17 AM (nyX/B)

109 74 33 Was it the Clot Shot?
Posted by: torabora at July 12, 2026 05:35 AM (qCdNq)

His father died of a heart attack. So heart disease could run in the family.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:39 AM (OwmWb)
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the Post report mentioned CPR for Graham administered while he was in cardiac arrest. Could all the travel and stressful press stuff might also have played a role? Who knows.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 07:21 AM (89+KF)

110 I expect we will hear from Meghan McVain on the cause of death sometime in 2026 or 27, during the year long funeral.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 07:23 AM (89+KF)

111 The Iranian media is celebrating the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, who is reported to have died of a “brief and sudden illness” on Saturday night.

In a clip posted to X, a female presenter for the Young Journalists’ Club news channel says, “American media have announced that Lindsey Graham has died. The reason given for Graham going to hell is a sudden illness.”

On-screen text says, “Graham was America’s most anti-Iranian senator and one of the supporters of attacking Iran.”

The Iranians have managed to do the impossible and made me actually respect Graham for the first time in well over a decade.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 07:23 AM (6ydKt)

112 105 99 IT WAS THE MOSSAD!
Posted by: Candace Owens at July 12, 2026 07:03 AM (dJeAh)
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Like a good pair of shoes, this is her all-purpose post
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 07:16 AM (mPnrf)

Like a bad penny.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:24 AM (6wpGE)

113 Lindsey Graham praised are you hashem the true Judge

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

114 G'mornin' everyone!

Good for Vint Cerf, many happy returns!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 12, 2026 07:30 AM (VyBeY)

115 How is the Senator from Kentucky?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 12, 2026 07:31 AM (nyX/B)

116 How is the Senator from Kentucky?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 12, 2026 07:31 AM (nyX/B)
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Beshear is on that case, via twitterX posts yesterday.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 07:36 AM (svKyi)

117 Talarico went on to list policies he supports, including universal background checks, “closing the gun show loophole,” and a tiered certification system for gun licensure.

Tier 1 You cannot have a gun
Tier 2 You cannot have a gun
Tier 3 You cannot have a gun

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 07:38 AM (/+uur)

118 Is this guy Cerf the reason they used to call it "surfing" the 'Net?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

119 Indiana Lt. Governor Calls for Ban on Mosques Broadcasting Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers

duh there are already laws against that

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

120 I'm back from my workout. What'd I miss? Did Lindsey Graham sit up in his coffin, ask, "How much is this funeral costing the American people?", and when told, say, "Okay, make it half that and throw me in the Potomac"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

121 Brief and sudden illness is TIA or heart failure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

122 121 Brief and sudden illness is TIA or heart failure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

123 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 12, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)

124
RIP, Lindsey.

News talk shows hardest hit.

I'll always remember him following John McCain like a poodle "across the aisle" to vote with Democrats, although he's been a little less squishy in the last few years.

Posted by: Auspex at July 12, 2026 07:50 AM (Y8DZL)

125 A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism which fires a small metal pellet containing ricin into the victim from extremely close range.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 12, 2026 07:00 AM (p11yt)
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The Russians prefer polonium.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

126 is, however, all over the Ro Khanna story.
Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 07:09 AM (6wpGE)
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It's the Platner Deflection Operation

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

127 “I don’t think English is going to be the best choice. There’s a flexibility in it, but there’s ambiguity, and I think precision for interagent interaction is going to be very, very important. An agent really needs to be sure the other agent understands what it is that they just agreed to do together,” Cerf said.

Lojban for the win, then! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban)

It's not quite as bad as Esperanto, is it? Asks Grok...oh, its 3 orders of magnitude less popular.

Like ~10K fluent speakers of Esperanto versus "dozens" of Lojban speakers.

OK, thanks for having a hand in creating TCP/IP but maybe you should have gotten out more to talk to something close to normal humans more often. (And I knew what Lojban was and I'm writing this.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 07:53 AM (/Sk8Y)

128 Lindsey Graham may have been a lot of thing to a lot of people but he was a consistent advocate for the use of military force. I seem to remember him advocating for shooting J6ers. Fuck that guy in particular.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 12, 2026 07:56 AM (3Ope8)

129 If reports are true, Lindsey Graham met with the Z-man just two days ago. Graham was a huge proponent of the Ukraine-Russian war and made tons of money off it.

*dons tin-foil hat*

Putin poisoned him in Ukraine.

*shrugs* He looked fine two days ago. So, it was certainly "sudden."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 07:58 AM (jehhT)

130 - Stan Telchin was a Jewish man who has passed a gone to his reward. His story is a powerful one. It is about his setting out to prove his daughter wrong.

https://tinyurl.com/3j6yuz3h

Posted by: TeeJ at July 12, 2026 07:58 AM (dAv7M)

131 Graham’s seat is open this fall. Is there a way for S.C. GOP to put a (non establishment, non RINO) name on the ballot?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 12, 2026 08:00 AM (jYRYu)

132 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

133 Graham was on Hannity only a week or two ago. Sounded fine. I guess you never know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:01 AM (wzUl9)

134 Senator Lindsey Graham is dead? Sincerely dead?

Well, anyway ...

I can give solace to the 'ettes that are mourning Norway's exit from the World Cup thingy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

135 Now that I've read the comments, I know that Miss Graham died.

Not on my bingo card at all.

(I originally wrote "Senator Graham", but thought that meant that I'm getting old and weak minded.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:04 AM (/Sk8Y)

136 Lojban for the win, then! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban)

It's not quite as bad as Esperanto, is it? Asks Grok...oh, its 3 orders of magnitude less popular.
=====

Might as well have people learn Klingon.

The idea of a "superior" "logical" or "created" language is literal Marxism. It is the idea that man-made creations are superior to those arisen in nature.

English should be universal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

137 Lindsey Graham ist kaput. He has joined the Choir Invisible. He is an ex-parrot. Rest in Peace, weirdo.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM (/RHNq)

138 I believe moar coffee may be in order

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM (U/wKW)

139 131 Graham’s seat is open this fall. Is there a way for S.C. GOP to put a (non establishment, non RINO) name on the ballot?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 12, 2026 08:00 AM (jYRYu)

There will be a primary election in August probably.
I'd guess there will be a half-dozen or more candidates running now that the seat will be open.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM (6ydKt)

140 136 English should be universal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

Said like a native English-speaker!

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM (6wpGE)

141 Wow. Graham? I wasn't expecting that.

Well, RIP to him, and prayers for his loved ones, I guess.

Posted by: Dr. T at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM (yC+h3)

142 Said like a native English-speaker!
Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM (6wpGE)
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And polyglot.

Except French, of course.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)

143 Movies! has a 1949 noir tonight at 7:00 Central called Flaxy Martin. I have to admit I've never heard of it. It stars Virginia Mayo and Zachary Scott, he of Mildred Pierce fame, and Dorothy Malone.

We still have the 1978 Death on the Nile w/ Peter Ustinov as Poirot to watch, if this flick proves dull.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:07 AM (wzUl9)

144 Well, Lojban is based on symbolic logic. We use a fuckton of shit that is man-made. I never saw a computer grow on a tree.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:08 AM (/Sk8Y)

145 Aug 11 SC Primary

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)

146 What was the line on Lindsey Graham going before Mitch McConnell? Somebody make bank.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 08:08 AM (cI/Fd)

147 *wakes up early*
*uggggh*
*what's in the news today*
*....*

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:08 AM (gKWVE)

148 English should be universal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

English mugs other languages.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

149 145 Aug 11 SC Primary
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)

Can Graham Platner get residency in time?

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (6wpGE)

150 145 Aug 11 SC Primary
Posted by: r hennigantx

My suggestion to the MAGA candidate is not to say a single bad word about the old warmongering corporatist fruit.
I mean, *we* can, but all those ex-mil and elderly voters won't like it.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (gKWVE)

151 Dr. T

There are bathhouses in mourning somewhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

152 Military Industrial Complex Lobbyists hardest hit.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (Q+gd/)

153 Graham’s seat is open this fall. Is there a way for S.C. GOP to put a (non establishment, non RINO) name on the ballot?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 12, 2026 08:00 AM (jYRYu)

There will be a primary election in August probably.
I'd guess there will be a half-dozen or more candidates running now that the seat will be open.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:06 AM

With him gone and mcconnell out I doubt there will be any serious votes scheduled in the senate until after next January.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (0N4FZ)

154 148 "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

"Our diversity is our strength."

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:11 AM (6wpGE)

155 Salty, I think this is just one of the things I love about our language. It is the Borg and will eventually absorb all other languages.

Except French, of course.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

156 153 With him gone and mcconnell out I doubt there will be any serious votes scheduled in the senate until after next January.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (0N4FZ)

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:12 AM (6wpGE)

157 Lojban (AFAIK) never claimed to be a universal language, unlike Esperanto (which based itself, to the best of my knowledge, on only European language constructs). Given Lojban's roots, I'm amazed there's even a dozen or so native speakers. It'd be like speaking SQL or Python with some weird extensions.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:13 AM (/Sk8Y)

158 SAVE Act on pause.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 08:13 AM (Q+gd/)

159 England was invaded and conquered several times between the Romans and William the Conqueror, so it's no surprise English has a ton of loan words from Latin, Dutch, French and German.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:14 AM (6ydKt)

160 42 Funerals do sometimes reveal things
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 06:01 AM (Ia/+0)

72 Death in general does that. So I have found.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 06:38 AM (OwmWb)

Like bones?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:14 AM (gKWVE)

161 I just a Xweet saying Graham had a massive heart attack (and apparently blood pressure issues since his 40s).

Posted by: Bert G at July 12, 2026 08:14 AM (VARTN)

162 With him gone and mcconnell out I doubt there will be any serious votes scheduled in the senate until after next January.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (0N4FZ)

Like Thune was going to do that anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:14 AM (gKWVE)

163 Sudden illness sounds like sepsis. But, I'm not a doctor.

Posted by: dantesed at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)

164 150 the old warmongering corporatist fruit
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (gKWVE)

You silver-tongued wordsmith, you.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (6wpGE)

165 The article that describes the Neo-Luddites that want to have veto power over space-based datacenters is interesting in a lot of ways, but particularly in this one:

In November of 1878 the Tide-Water Pipe Line company, with plans to move crude oil 109 miles through Pennsylvania from the oil field to eastern markets was formed. Six months later in May of 1879 the pipe line went from idea to full operation.

There were objections from all of the usual suspects along the same line as the Communists today — the difference from then and now is that those who wanted to kill the project had to prove their claims, not invent a continuously long set of hypotheticals and demand the builders prove that none of their wild claims would happen, or that there would be acceptable mitigation. And by "acceptable" meaning, how these Communists would be bought off.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (BvPIe)

166 The house I'm going to video tour today looks nice, but I suspect the square living room is going to be a bit small . . . and in a pic of the rear of the house, the roof looks not quite level. That worries me no end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

167 "Our diversity is our strength."

You left out the Austro-Hungarian empire attribution.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (/Sk8Y)

168 Read Candice is working on 5th child now

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (Ia/+0)

169 163 Sudden illness sounds like sepsis. But, I'm not a doctor.
Posted by: dantesed at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)

That was, seriously, my first thought. (I am not a doctor, either.)

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (6wpGE)

170 Congress's bi-partisan mess of a housing bill is now law even though Trump didn't sign it. Congress is a useless bunch of thieving douchebags.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 12, 2026 08:16 AM (L3PGD)

171 Pixy is the Sunday JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:16 AM (/+uur)

172 Have a great day, everyone.

May here be thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

173 Danish, not Dutch, d'oh.
Although there's probably some Dutch in there somewhere, too. Along with Norwegian and Swedish.

England was quite popular with the Vikings for a few hundred years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt)

174 168 Read Candice is working on 5th child now
Posted by: Skip

Like, right now? Let's give them some privacy.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 12, 2026 08:17 AM (L3PGD)

175 Maybe it was lupus.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 08:18 AM (Q+gd/)

176 163 Sudden illness sounds like sepsis. But, I'm not a doctor.
Posted by: dantesed at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)

Heart attack would be a lot more sudden than sepsis.

And a heart attack in one's early 70s is not uncommon.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 08:18 AM (h7ZuX)

177 English should be universal.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Everyone I know speaks it.

Posted by: Pauline Kael at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM (Tr0Ci)

178 Sepsis is a generic term for any systemic, organic, or blood-borne infection.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

179 157 Lojban (AFAIK) never claimed to be a universal language, unlike Esperanto (which based itself, to the best of my knowledge, on only European language constructs). Given Lojban's roots, I'm amazed there's even a dozen or so native speakers. It'd be like speaking SQL or Python with some weird extensions.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:13 AM (/Sk8Y)

There was a kids that could only speak in code. C+ IIRC I assumed he was autistic and this language worked for him.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

180 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

181 Long international flight. Bet thrombosis.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM (m2wmY)

182 Heat stroke, maybe.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM (6wpGE)

183 England was quite popular with the Vikings for a few hundred years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt)

I read somewhere that books are being edited to remove all mention of middle ages warmering.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

184 Word from the Street is that Fauci gave Graham AIDS, Ebola and monkey pox.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 08:21 AM (cI/Fd)

185 Everyone I know speaks it.
Posted by: Pauline Kael at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM

*golfclap*

Posted by: Person who enjoys pithy historical political humor at July 12, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Long international flight. Bet thrombosis.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026

***
Say what you want about ocean liner travel, but at least on a ship you could get up and move around, walk the decks, play games, etc.

Well, yes, there was that thing about icebergs . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:22 AM (wzUl9)

187 Lindsey Graham c'est mort?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 12, 2026 08:22 AM (7gFa4)

188 Danish, not Dutch, d'oh.
Although there's probably some Dutch in there somewhere, too. Along with Norwegian and Swedish.

England was quite popular with the Vikings for a few hundred years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:17 AM (6ydKt)
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And also the Dutch

Posted by: Prince William of Orange Nassau at July 12, 2026 08:23 AM (/DLXX)

189 183 England was quite popular with the Vikings for a few hundred years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:17 AM

Was it the world class cuisine or the world class dental care?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 12, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

190 Everyone I know speaks it.
Posted by: Pauline Kael at July 12, 2026 08:19 AM

*golfclap*
Posted by: Person who enjoys pithy historical political humor at July 12, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)
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Meh.

Posted by: Dick Nixon at July 12, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

191 England was quite popular with the Vikings for a few hundred years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026

***
At least it was farther south and probably a *little* warmer than Norway . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:24 AM (wzUl9)

192 Yes read she is pregnant again
That has to work on mental health

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 08:24 AM (Ia/+0)

193 He seems to have died in DC, not in SC; I am seeing references online to "DC EMS dispatcher said units as Sen Lindsey Graham's house" etc.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:24 AM (6wpGE)

194 Congress's bi-partisan mess of a housing bill is now law

The fraud and corruption continues with a fresh injection of tens of billions of unaccountable dollars, and illegal alien friendly de-regulation to help re-create 2008.

So they can agree on throwing gasoline on America, but can't find it in their Dark Tetrad hearts to pass SAVE America Act or even touch any of the proposed DOGE cuts.

Oh look. We are up to $40 trillion in debt. How did that happen?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:25 AM (9s47C)

195 *golfclap*
Posted by: Person who enjoys pithy historical political humor at July 12, 2026 08:21 AM
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I'm unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at July 12, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

196 If I were England I'd keep a wary eye on Norway until they calm down

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:25 AM (/DLXX)

197 I read somewhere that books are being edited to remove all mention of middle ages warmering.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

There were wine vineyards on the island during the warming period. I wouldn't doubt they'd want to hide that fact when today they act like 95F is going to fry them all to a crisp and it's all their own fault for wanting electricity and heat in the winter.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:26 AM (6ydKt)

198 In the part of the world within China's shadow, they understand (and sometimes even use) Chinese characters (pinyin and the newer simplified characters are new and don't have that level of "universality").

The interesting thing about Chinese history is that the various populations that viewed themselves as "Chinese" couldn't necessarily *talk* to each other and be understood, but they could *write* to each other and be understood. The places in Europe near the Roman Empire would write in Latin (or Greek) to communicate, but those were phonetic alphabets.

It would have as if the Egyptians with their hieroglyphics had been the dominate civilization in the Med and using their symbols would have been the way those civilizations communicated with each other, without bothering to learn how to talk to each other.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:26 AM (/Sk8Y)

199 I recall several discussions here where we agreed that Lindsey was safe in his seat, too popular in state to be replaced.
It’s always easy to forget the obvious way.
A speculation as to why a heart attack now - it’s easy to forget that long airplane flights are very stressful on those with heart conditions, and can trigger a sudden attack. Two famous deaths from this are Antonin Scalia and Carrie Fisher.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 08:26 AM (HJ3jx)

200 Oh look. We are up to $40 trillion in debt. How did that happen?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:25 AM (9s47C)
==================
Think of all the great value you got for all the money spent.

Posted by: War on poverty consultant class at July 12, 2026 08:27 AM (/DLXX)

201
A Norwegian takeover of England is something I'd support.

Posted by: Auspex at July 12, 2026 08:28 AM (Y8DZL)

202 I saw Dead Senators open for the Dead Kennedys at the Dallas Agora Theatre in 1863.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

203 Lindsay Graham was in office in one form or another since 1993. Another worthless sack of shit that won't be missed. Good Riddance.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (ftsic)

204 193 He seems to have died in DC, not in SC; I am seeing references online to "DC EMS dispatcher said units as Sen Lindsey Graham's house" etc.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:24 AM (6wpGE)

Yeah, it was at his townhouse in DC.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (6ydKt)

205 "...communicated with each other, without bothering to learn how to talk to each other."
✓✓✓✓✓
So, just like AoSHQ?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

206
Was it the world class cuisine or the world class dental care?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 12, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

heheh.

Apparently there were a lot of unprotected villages, and churches with lots of gold right on the coast.

The Vikings couldn't resist an easy raid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:30 AM (6ydKt)

207 Wiki: Patrick Kennedy (1823–185 and Bridget Murphy (1824–188 sailed from New Ross to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849, fleeing the Great Famine.

So in 1863 I guess they were the "Fed Kennedys"

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:30 AM (gKWVE)

208 204 193 He seems to have died in DC, not in SC; I am seeing references online to "DC EMS dispatcher said units as Sen Lindsey Graham's house" etc.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:24 AM (6wpGE)

Yeah, it was at his townhouse in DC.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (6ydKt)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:31 AM (6wpGE)

209 Cerf's up!

Fun fact: Cerf used to write a regular newspaper column called The Cerf Board

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 08:31 AM (qRla/)

210 201 A Norwegian takeover of England is something I'd support.
Posted by: Auspex at July 12, 2026 08:28 AM (Y8DZL)

Agreed!

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:31 AM (6wpGE)

211 "There was a kids that could only speak in code. C+ IIRC I assumed he was autistic and this language worked for him."

Who the hell could he talk to that understood him? It's not like everyone agrees that a talk() method on an object means "speaks" versus "insert amazingly pornographic action here to unsuspecting lifeforms here".

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:32 AM (/Sk8Y)

212 193> He seems to have died in DC, not in SC;

And he was just back on his Logan Act tour in Kyiv on Friday looking out for his financial interests.

Was he on Iran's Target List?

The man doesn't have a food taster, right?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:32 AM (rgGn5)

213 205 "...communicated with each other, without bothering to learn how to talk to each other."
✓✓✓✓✓
So, just like AoSHQ?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL

Bravo!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 08:33 AM (h7ZuX)

214 211> "There was a kids that could only speak in code. C+ IIRC I assumed he was autistic and this language worked for him."

I am watching developers who spend too much time with AI starting to speak in Prompts.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:33 AM (rgGn5)

215 212 193
The man doesn't have a food taster, right?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:32 AM (rgGn5)

Doesn't, now.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:33 AM (6wpGE)

216 Seems poetic Lindsay died where his heart was

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)

217 "...communicated with each other, without bothering to learn how to talk to each other."
✓✓✓✓✓
So, just like AoSHQ?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)
====

TJM doesn't get it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

218
201
A Norwegian takeover of England is something I'd support.
Posted by: Auspex at July 12, 2026 08:28 AM (Y8DZL)

It was fun while it lasted!

Posted by: King Canute at July 12, 2026 08:35 AM (HJ3jx)

219 So, just like AoSHQ?

Well played. You get a cookie.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:35 AM (/Sk8Y)

220 >>>Lindsay Graham was in office in one form or another since 1993. Another worthless sack of shit that won't be missed. Good Riddance.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away

>Agreed. This guy had too much influence on a federal level and we didn't vote for him. Fucking committees. There needs to be some reform in Congress.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 08:35 AM (cI/Fd)

221 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 12, 2026 08:26 AM (HJ3jx)

I've always said the only way I saw Lindsey leaving the Senate was if a president appointed him Secretary of State or War.

If he was found with a dead woman or live boy.

Or, if he went out feet first like his predecessor, Strom Thurmond.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:36 AM (6ydKt)

222 There needs to be some reform in Congress.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 08:35 AM (cI/Fd)

Nah, you just need to fall in line or else a Democrat might win.

Posted by: John Thune at July 12, 2026 08:36 AM (gKWVE)

223 >>>Lindsay Graham was in office in one form or another since 1993.
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Just a punk kid.

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at July 12, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

224 With him gone and mcconnell out I doubt there will be any serious votes scheduled in the senate until after next January.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 12, 2026 08:10 AM (0N4FZ)

Thune must be having the biggest orgasm of his life. The SAVE Act is dead and he didn't have to do a damned thing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 08:37 AM (qRla/)

225 Graham must have got off a 25 minute call with McConnell. I understand those get really intense. Could have happened to any of us, really.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:38 AM (gKWVE)

226 224 Thune must be having the biggest orgasm of his life.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 08:37 AM (qRla/)

ewww

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:40 AM (6wpGE)

227 Lindsey Graham was in it for Lindsey Graham. He was a warmonger, making bank off MIC investments. He epitomized the GOP as money grubbing adventurists in it for themselves, as long as the risk was low. His Ukraine love made him wealthy beyond reason. (I wonder what his will looks like.)

You'd think there'd be a bit of introspection among the Olde Guard GOP as he, and likely soon, McConnell pass on, but you'd probably be wrong.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

228 I had a grandfather who died of a massive heart attack quite a few years ago. He was in his bedroom getting ready for the day; I remember the EMS guys told my father and grandmother that he was probably dead by the time he hit the floor.

Literally a “drop dead” moment.

Posted by: King Canute at July 12, 2026 08:41 AM (HJ3jx)

229 Thune must be having the biggest orgasm of his life.

Take cover, North Dakota!

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:41 AM (gKWVE)

230 CNBC Ranks OK number 2 worse state
The Sooner State ranked 40th for worker protections last year, according to Oxfam America, which said that the state’s $7.25 minimum wage covers only about 19% of the cost of living for a family of four, and noted that state law prohibits municipalities from setting their minimum wages any higher.

Does CNBC not have an internet connection?
In 2023, about 1.4% of Oklahoma's hourly paid workers earned exactly the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

231 Wikipedia tells me King Charles great-grandfather, King George V, had a large dragon tattooed on his arm while at a port call in Japan during his years in the Navy. No mention in the article of whether or not he was drunk at the time, but the betting line would favor "hell yeah!".

Posted by: War on poverty consultant class at July 12, 2026 08:43 AM (qwuI6)

232 Need to pour some more coffee before the Book Thread

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)

233 You'd think there'd be a bit of introspection among the Olde Guard GOP as he, and likely soon, McConnell pass on, but you'd probably be wrong.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)“

Eentro-spection? We don’ need no steenkin’ eentro-section!

Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 08:44 AM (HJ3jx)

234 CNBC "Best and Worst" state rankings are heavily influenced by stupidity

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:45 AM (qwuI6)

235 You'd think there'd be a bit of introspection among the Olde Guard GOP as he, and likely soon, McConnell pass on, but you'd probably be wrong.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

They all have the perfect excuse to do nothing for the next six months now.

So they'll do as little as possible until November, see what happens and then go through the motions until January when they need to start pretending to do something again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:45 AM (6ydKt)

236
It would have as if the Egyptians with their hieroglyphics had been the dominate civilization in the Med and using their symbols

And yet an American English deaf person using American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate to a British English deaf person using British Sign Language (BSF), would have a harder time than if the American English person using ASL were communicating with a deaf Frenchman using Langue des Signes Française. (LSF)†

You would think that there would be a form pidgin International Sign Language that would be popular.

† ASL is closer related to LSF

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:46 AM (pawvM)

237 228 I had a grandfather who died of a massive heart attack quite a few years ago. He was in his bedroom getting ready for the day; I remember the EMS guys told my father and grandmother that he was probably dead by the time he hit the floor.

Literally a “drop dead” moment.
Posted by: King Canute at July 12, 2026 08:41 AM (HJ3jx)

I knew someone who died like that. Exceedingly overweight; in her 40s.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:46 AM (6wpGE)

238 Meanwhile

@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Police reveal the 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Ms Widdecombe was from Rotherham
They say they have no information to say it was terror-related/politically motivated, but are "keeping an open mind"
Jul 12, 2026 · 11:21 AM UTC

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:47 AM (gKWVE)

239 176 163 Sudden illness sounds like sepsis. But, I'm not a doctor.
Posted by: dantesed at July 12, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)

Heart attack would be a lot more sudden than sepsis.

And a heart attack in one's early 70s is not uncommon.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 12, 2026 08:18 AM (h7ZuX)

It is reported he had both a suddent illness AND a heart attack - maybe illness from the travel overseas and then heart attack - I can't believe he's the senator who I saw died today...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 08:47 AM (tOcjL)

240 I had a grandfather who died of a massive heart attack quite a few years ago. He was in his bedroom getting ready for the day; I remember the EMS guys told my father and grandmother that he was probably dead by the time he hit the floor.

Literally a “drop dead” moment.

Grandfather Poppins died the same way.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 08:47 AM (qRla/)

241 235> They all have the perfect excuse to do nothing for the next six months now.

Which includes things like confirming court justices or other Trump appointment candidates.

Hope none of the "Good" justices take a dirt nap.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 08:48 AM (pawvM)

242 So, just like AoSHQ?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

This from the guy who didn't know who Michigan J. Frog is.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 12, 2026 08:48 AM (zdLoL)

243 A tourist was seriously injured Friday evening after being thrown 8 feet into the air by a bull bison in Yellowstone National Park. Professional photographer Mike Macleod filmed the incident and said the bison was "angry, agitated and charging anything and everything."

Sounds like a The View taping.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

244 Need to pour some more coffee before the Book Thread
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)
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Don't forget your pants!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 12, 2026 08:49 AM (FZ29D)

245 Wikipedia tells me King Charles great-grandfather, King George V, had a large dragon tattooed on his arm while at a port call in Japan during his years in the Navy. No mention in the article of whether or not he was drunk at the time, but the betting line would favor "hell yeah!".

IIRC, both he and his older brother, Albert Edward, got tattooed while serving as midshipmen on HMS Bacchante.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (qRla/)

246 @GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Police reveal the 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Ms Widdecombe was from Rotherham
They say they have no information to say it was terror-related/politically motivated, but are "keeping an open mind"
Jul 12, 2026 · 11:21 AM UTC

==

Uh-huh. Does anybody believe the garbage "they" crank out anymore? We all know what it was.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (qBdHI)

247 The plan is to launch 50,000 of these. Which used to be a lot.

Which Bond villain is funding this?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (l3cgK)

248 So they'll do as little as possible until November, see what happens and then go through the motions until January when they need to start pretending to do something again.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:45 AM (6ydKt)
----
This guy gets it!

Posted by: U.S. Senate at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (FZ29D)

249 You'd think there'd be a bit of introspection among the Olde Guard GOP as he, and likely soon, McConnell pass on, but you'd probably be wrong.

For some reason, I'm reminded of this story....

A guy I knew had a beagle; for some reason, he left his kids in charge of the dog. For some other reason, the kids put the dog in the garage.

The garage was where the bags of dog food were stored. Once guy got home, he ran over to see what the dog was doing; the dog had chewed through the side of one of the bags of dog food and had eaten enough to have its head totally within the bag. Still eating, of course.

Guy grabs dog to pull him out of the bag. Dog doesn't growl, just accelerates eating.

...so I expect more "gettin' while the gettin' is good" actions from the doddering ancient wrecks that infest our elected Federal government.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (/Sk8Y)

250 Years ago a friend who was a big guy six -four , two fifty but in great shape, did no drugs , drank only beer was playing a softball game , age 30. He scored a run went to the bench , bent over to tie his shoe and fell over dead. Turns out had an enlarged heart. If it's your time , it's your time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 08:51 AM (m2wmY)

251 Thune must be having the biggest orgasm of his life. The SAVE Act is dead and he didn't have to do a damned thing.

--

It's been dead. Regardless of Graham, it's been dead and will remain dead...thanks to John Thune.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:52 AM (qBdHI)

252 250 Years ago a friend who was a big guy six -four , two fifty but in great shape, did no drugs , drank only beer was playing a softball game , age 30. He scored a run went to the bench , bent over to tie his shoe and fell over dead. Turns out had an enlarged heart. If it's your time , it's your time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 08:51 AM (m2wmY)

Yeah, some things aren't as easy for modern medicine to fix...transplant, perhaps.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:53 AM (l3cgK)

253 Our 2% Big Govt really is pissing me off.
Everything we do seems to be a 2% issue or solution.
Gas is about 2% of the average household budget.
Hell Trans is not even a 1% issue, it is like a .2% or .3% issue yet many entire school or state policies are based on Trans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

254 246 @GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Police reveal the 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Ms Widdecombe was from Rotherham
They say they have no information to say it was terror-related/politically motivated, but are "keeping an open mind"
Jul 12, 2026 · 11:21 AM UTC

==

Uh-huh. Does anybody believe the garbage "they" crank out anymore? We all know what it was.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (qBdHI)

Could be a trick!

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:53 AM (6wpGE)

255 251 Thune must be having the biggest orgasm of his life. The SAVE Act is dead and he didn't have to do a damned thing.

--

It's been dead. Regardless of Graham, it's been dead and will remain dead...thanks to John Thune.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:52 AM (qBdHI)

Welcome to the game, "Name That Thune"!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (l3cgK)

256 I'm in SC and had no intention of voting for Graham in November. I was fully prepared to leave that election blank. Nonetheless, and for whatever his serious political faults, I'm not going to dump on him because he's dead. Peace for his family on their loss.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (qBdHI)

257 248 So they'll do as little as possible until November, see what happens and then go through the motions until January when they need to start pretending to do something again.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:45 AM (6ydKt)
----
This guy gets it!
Posted by: U.S. Senate at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (FZ29D)

True - SAVE Act was never passing...now it literally can't with 51 and the 2 ladies as the 51...

But we do have the chance for a conservative senator from SC now...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (tOcjL)

258 254 246 @GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Police reveal the 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering Ms Widdecombe was from Rotherham
They say they have no information to say it was terror-related/politically motivated, but are "keeping an open mind"
Jul 12, 2026 · 11:21 AM UTC

==

Uh-huh. Does anybody believe the garbage "they" crank out anymore? We all know what it was.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (qBdHI)

Could be a trick!

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:53 AM (6wpGE)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (l3cgK)

259 My dad had some kind of heart thing in his late 40s. But there was warning. My mom got him to the hospital on time.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (gKWVE)

260 250 Years ago a friend who was a big guy six -four , two fifty but in great shape, did no drugs , drank only beer was playing a softball game , age 30. He scored a run went to the bench , bent over to tie his shoe and fell over dead. Turns out had an enlarged heart. If it's your time , it's your time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 12, 2026 08:51 AM (m2wmY)

Scary.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:55 AM (6wpGE)

261 But she told me she was fourteen!

Posted by: the Rotherham guy at July 12, 2026 08:55 AM (gKWVE)

262 242 So, just like AoSHQ?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

This from the guy who didn't know who Michigan J. Frog is.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 12, 2026 08:48 AM
*****
But I do now.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

263 Don't use Earendil if you're allergic to Earendil.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

264 258 254 246 Could be a trick!

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:53 AM (6wpGE)

$20, same as in town.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (l3cgK)

heh

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 08:57 AM (6wpGE)

265 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 08:50 AM (qRla/)
=================
Your breath of knowledge is impressive!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:57 AM (LI+e7)

266 256 I'm in SC and had no intention of voting for Graham in November. I was fully prepared to leave that election blank. Nonetheless, and for whatever his serious political faults, I'm not going to dump on him because he's dead. Peace for his family on their loss.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 12, 2026 08:54 AM (qBdHI)

Holy Shiite, the gay from SC is gone...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 08:57 AM (l3cgK)

267 I am shocked to learn Sen. Graham died! Sounds like a widow maker heart attack. Prayers for his family.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 08:58 AM (hftzA)

268 Your breath of knowledge is impressive!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:57 AM
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It's minty fresh.

Posted by: Listerine at July 12, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)

269 my husband fainted at work. totally healthy.

his boss had heart problems from childhood and knew something big was wrong. that's how you get a nice shiny pacemaker in your 40s.

he has been to many docs and never a reason for his bradycardia. it just ... stopped firing.

I wonder if it isn't that rare, but people die quickly (or in a strange accident, right?) so it's not tracked

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 12, 2026 08:58 AM (j+aD2)

270 Could have been a pulmonary embolism or aortic dissection. Those two also cause a lot of sudden deaths.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 12, 2026 08:58 AM (XvL8K)

271 I think Sen Graham was flying too much. that is super stressing on the heart/cardiovascular system.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 12, 2026 08:59 AM (j+aD2)

272 253 Our 2% Big Govt really is pissing me off.
Everything we do seems to be a 2% issue or solution.
Gas is about 2% of the average household budget.
Hell Trans is not even a 1% issue, it is like a .2% or .3% issue yet many entire school or state policies are based on Trans.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 12, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

The Fed also likes to target inflation at around 2% a year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2026 08:59 AM (6ydKt)

273 Was it lupus?

Posted by: House at July 12, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

274 269 my husband fainted at work. totally healthy.

his boss had heart problems from childhood and knew something big was wrong. that's how you get a nice shiny pacemaker in your 40s.

he has been to many docs and never a reason for his bradycardia. it just ... stopped firing.

I wonder if it isn't that rare, but people die quickly (or in a strange accident, right?) so it's not tracked

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 12, 2026 08:58 AM (j+aD2)

There are also cases of people dying from a heart attack as their chest is hit just right during a certain part of the heart rhythm...humans are so delicate in so many ways...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

275 Your breath of knowledge is impressive!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:57 AM (LI+e7)

My intellect is a puddle. A mile wide and an inch deep.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

276 175 Maybe it was lupus.
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 08:18 AM (Q+gd/)

273 Was it lupus?
Posted by: House at July 12, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

Posted by: m at July 12, 2026 09:00 AM (6wpGE)

277 270 Could have been a pulmonary embolism or aortic dissection. Those two also cause a lot of sudden deaths.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 12, 2026 08:58 AM (XvL8K)

aortic dissections usually result from extended bouts of very high blood pressure...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

278 my old man recently had a pacemaker installed. for years, he attributed his resting heartbeat of 45 to being in great physical shape, unaware that, no, it was caused by a faulty electrical communication within his heart. Now fixed up his resting heartbeat has gone all the way up to ... 50.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 09:01 AM (LI+e7)

279 275 Your breath of knowledge is impressive!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 08:57 AM (LI+e7)

My intellect is a puddle. A mile wide and an inch deep.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 12, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

Better than a mile deep and an inch wide...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

280 Please tell me it's not lupus!

Posted by: George Costanza at July 12, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

281 I think Sen Graham was flying too much. that is super stressing on the heart/cardiovascular system.
==========================
Especially since his family has a history of heart issues, I agree this would have been an aggravating way to live.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 09:03 AM (LI+e7)

282 Everyone talking about Graham...
More important, is why did Micron decide to locate a new fab in NY, a notoriously, business unfriendly, high tax state, rather than NC, Tennessee, etc?

Posted by: madmike46 at July 12, 2026 09:44 AM (wYJus)

283 My sympathy to Mrs. Graham and their kids.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2026 09:52 AM (g/cZn)

284 More important, is why did Micron decide to locate a new fab in NY, a notoriously, business unfriendly, high tax state, rather than NC, Tennessee, etc?

A Taiwanese company is used to dealing with a corrupt central government. If NY bribed more of the corporate weasels than anyone else did, there ya go.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 12, 2026 09:59 AM (/Sk8Y)

285 I do not want McMaster in Graham's seat. South Carolina Republicans are all Centrist Democrats, but some are worse than others.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 10:23 AM (4NO2D)

286 My sympathy to Mrs. Graham and their kids.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

I wanted to retort something as pithy as that...but i GOTS NOTHING.

Posted by: MkY at July 12, 2026 11:47 AM (q6tQZ)

287 285 I do not want McMaster in Graham's seat. South Carolina Republicans are all Centrist Democrats, but some are worse than others.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 12, 2026 10:23 AM (4NO2D)

I know this is the book thread but say what you want about Graham but he was a staunch supporter of Israel and President Trump... RIP

Posted by: It's me donna at July 12, 2026 11:52 AM (FtULh)

288
I know this is the book thread but say what you want about Graham but he was a staunch supporter of Israel and President Trump... RIP
Posted by: It's me donna at July 12, 2026 11:52 AM (FtULh)

OOps... Not the book thread

Posted by: It's me donna at July 12, 2026 11:54 AM (FtULh)

289 .
Why hasn't Iran been hit with a nation-wide blackout?
.
tRump ... we're looking at ewe.

Posted by: Marooned at July 12, 2026 03:19 PM (kt8QE)

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