Wednesday Morning Rant

A Trial Balloon?

This week, CNBC published their insane lists of the best and worst states. Much fun has been poked at CNBC in the wake of these lists, especially their list of worst states. The ranking is almost purely political. Not enough kowtowing to trannies? Bad state. Not enough unions? Bad state. Not enough abortion? Bad state. One of the few objective measures in the qualification for "worst" status is crime - and even then, if you subtract the urban (that is, Democrat) centers from the statewide figures, the numbers tend to start collapsing. The list of "good" states is much the same. They do this every year, but this year is particularly absurd and the commentary has been everything from outrage to bafflement to guffawing laughter, all of which seem more or less appropriate.

It's absurd and low-value on its face, and everyone can plainly see it. So what gives, beyond the obvious appeal of clickbait to a dying enterprise? I suspect that this pair of articles was a trial balloon, much like the Party sent up during COVID using its preferred high-brow outlet, The Atlantic. This may be the low-brow equivalent. If this bears out, expect a a period of relative quiet on this topic, followed by an increasing drum-beat of articles from more outlets about how awful the "bad" states and those like them are, and how great the "good" sates and those like them are. There is a reason for this if it happens.

It is likely waning now, but we're coming off one of the largest peacetime migrations in American history. A lot of people have moved in the past decade, and not just down the street or to a better neighborhood. It is plain that on CNBC's list, "red states" are bad and "blue states" are good, but there's more going on over the covers when you look at population. Per the Census estimates from April, 2020 as compared to July, 2025, the US total population increased by 3.1%. That is the baseline. So what about the best and worst?

CNBC "Worst" States
- Tennessee: +5.83%
- Texas: +8.78%
- Indiana: +2.75%
- Louisiana: -0.85%
- Georgia: +5.50%
- Utah: +8.17%
- Missouri: +1.88%
- Alabama: +3.34%
- Oklahoma: +4.14%
- Arkansas: +3.43%

CNBC "Best" States
- Vermont: +0.25%
- New Jersey: +2.79%
- Minnesota: +2.17%
- Connecticut: +2.24%
- Hawaii: -1.54%
- New Hampshire: +2.74%
- Virginia: +2.88%
- North Dakota: +2.60%
- Massachusetts: +1.72%
- Nebraska: +2.86%

Of CNBC's 10 "worst" states, seven of them grew population faster than the United States. Of CNBC's 10 "best" states, zero of them grew faster than the United States overall. In real terms, the entire "best" list has lost population over the past five years. Its "worst" states include most of the big "red" states, but it's "best" list doesn't include several of the big "blue" states. As a bonus, let's look at a handful of big, major-player states that didn't make either list:
- Illinois: -0.80%
- New York: -1.00%
- California: -0.51%
- Florida: +8.93%
- Ohio: +0.86%
- Arizona: +6.51%

Ouch. Deep blue California, New York and Illinois all shrank in nominal terms. On the red side, Florida grew even more than Texas and Ohio shrank in real terms. Purple Arizona grew more than twice as fast as the country as a whole.

The gigantic migration of the past several years is going to have profound consequences on electoral distribution and power dynamics - especially if (and it is a big "if") the red state population magnets remain red states. Population movement can cause major political and cultural change, which we've seen writ large as some states of the Interior West fell like dominoes, moving from red or purple to solid blue and how Florida moved from purple to red (thanks in large part to electoral reform and reduced cheating, but still...). If this migration serves to reinforce rather than degrade the targets of the migration, the ripples through the power structure are barely even being felt yet. I think this is what the establishment fears, is why CNBC went full retard with their lists this year - and why I expect to see more excoriation of the popular red states and more articles about how wonderful the blue states are.

People have spent the better part of a decade voting not just with their ballots or with their wallets, but with their feet. This has also been largely ignored by the mainstream, which is notable because this has been a big and consequential realignment spread over years. During this time, most of the establishment - regardless of nominal party affiliation - has been pretending it isn't happening. It is too big to continue ignoring it and I think this is a sign that the establishment is finally starting to acknowledge what has happened and to attempt to slow any more motion in the same direction. If this assumption is correct and this is the establishment's motivation, they waited far, far too long. The horses are out of the barn. The Great Migration has already redrawn the map. A media salvo and associated pressure campaigns now will be too little, too late.

The only real question is whether the Great Migration reinforces conservatism at its destinations, or whether the red states will fall. If this pair of articles is indeed a trial balloon and more follow with greater intensity and frequency, it will be a strong indicator that the establishment fears that the Great Migration is a reinforcing trend for its enemies - that is, for Americans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:01 AM (X0axn)

2 MANNIX!!!!

Not a cop.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:02 AM (X0axn)

3 where all the tiddies at?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:02 AM (GKzf4)

4 LGBTQ+

Remember when it was just G?

Also, I'm old enough to remember that gay used to mean happy until the homos hijacked it, along with the rainbow.....which USED to be a beautiful symbol from God.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:03 AM (X0axn)

5 Willowed:

I'm still holding out hope for Spaceballs 2.

It seems not very many others are.........sad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

They dropped an ad picture on Facebook.
Picture the desert.

Picture a Fro pick making the numeral 2.

It's on IMDb: Spaceballs: The New One

It's in post production.
Estimated release: April 23, 2027

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:03 AM (mISmA)

6 Minkey.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:03 AM (wOO3z)

7 The only real question is whether the Great Migration reinforces conservatism at its destinations, or whether the red states will fall. If this pair of articles is indeed a trial balloon and more follow with greater intensity and frequency, it will be a strong indicator that the establishment fears that the Great Migration is a reinforcing trend for its enemies - that is, for Americans.

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I remember when the Great Migration started.

DeSantis barely won the FL governorship in 2018.

The Great Migration started in 2020.

All the NY progressives were moving to FL, and the state was going to turn blue.

DeSantis won his next election by 19.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:04 AM (GKzf4)

8 The only real question is whether gladiator movies or Tarzan movies will be shown.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 15, 2026 11:04 AM (Kt19C)

9 I think this is a sign that the establishment is finally starting to acknowledge what has happened and to attempt to slow any more motion in the same direction. If this assumption is correct and this is the establishment's motivation, they waited far, far too long. The horses are out of the barn.

The left could try not being completely insane, but where's the fun in that?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

10 Puts cope. Your state isn’t on the verge of collapse, look at all the positive rankings!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (u73oe)

11 I think Spaceballs 2 will be disappointing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (wOO3z)

12 Thx Joe
After reading the list at CNBC I could only believe that the guy who wrote it , Scott Cohn, must be gay. Couldn't find confirmation, but makes sense

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (m2wmY)

13 where all the tiddies at?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:02 AM (GKzf4)

You asked for it.........

https://theliquorcollection.com/liquors/tiddys/

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (X0axn)

14 Speaking of balloons...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 11:06 AM (diia5)

15 until the old greek homos hijacked it

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 15, 2026 11:06 AM (Kt19C)

16 Autocorrect is a dick.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 15, 2026 11:07 AM (u73oe)

17 especially if (and it is a big "if") the red state population magnets remain red states.

Parasites have no choice but to follow the hosts. We'll be fine if (and it is a big "if") we get real elections.

Posted by: t-bird at July 15, 2026 11:07 AM (z0cWr)

18 This "debate" tends to lack much nuance because the people making it have so little command of electoral history. Yes, they might know state maps from presidential elections, but not counties. And if you don't know how dramatic shifts were in the 1990s, then trying to guess about a red state going blue through migration is pure guesswork.

Basically, in 1988 lots of rural counties voted for Dukakis and core suburbs voted strongly for Bush. Then 1992 happened, and Perot got huge percentages of the vote, especially in counties that were primed to flip. Fast forward to 1996, and Northeastern counties were voting +50% for Clinton, and Dole was comfortably winning rural areas.

Vermont (the best example people give of a state flipping because of migration) actually shows exactly the same pattern as Delaware or Connecticut from 1988-1996. I'm not convinced that migration does anything other than reinforce existing trends.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 15, 2026 11:07 AM (Yh7zv)

19
It's on IMDb: Spaceballs: The New One

It's in post production.
Estimated release: April 23, 2027
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:03 AM (mISmA)

In my 'holding out hope,' I was referring to my desire for it to not suck balls like most every movie made for the past decade +.

I know it's actually been made.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:07 AM (X0axn)

20 The internet has tons of these kinds of lists.
Just to name two: Geography King and According to Briggs.
I'm sure there are many more created by AI.
It's all click-baity stuff.
Live where you want to live with the people that matter to you.
Touch grass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2026 11:07 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Can confirm, tons of shitty lefties from all sorts of states have been crawling into NH and buying up all the incredibly overpriced real estate. I worry about our future here.

Posted by: Gaff at July 15, 2026 11:08 AM (EqzMw)

22 I celebrate the CNBC list. Keep promoting this segregation.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:08 AM (afJtY)

23 Bacon + eggs = good

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:08 AM (amcLV)

24 Bacon + eggs = good
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:08 AM (amcLV)

I concur.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (X0axn)

25 Can confirm, tons of shitty lefties from all sorts of states have been crawling into NH and buying up all the incredibly overpriced real estate.

If people will pay it, it isn't overpriced.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

26 I celebrate the CNBC list. Keep promoting this segregation.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:08 AM (afJtY)

Texas being #2 is a badge of honor to be worn proudly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (X0axn)

27 They now just conflate leftardism with good (instead of running an article each about best places for conservatives and best places for liberals) because it generates clicks and outrage and is a "teachable moment".

Besides to them who cares about a good place for a conservative (which by the way is usually just a good place) when they want those places destroyed and us gone.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (jqCWg)

28
End all state and federal University funding.

Declare all state and federal unions illegal.

Pay back all contributors to Social Security what they paid in, with interest, and close it down.

Then get started with the controversial reforms.

Posted by: Auspex at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (Y8DZL)

29 >>On the red side, Florida grew even more than Texas

Dammit! Did they not hear about hurricanes, gators, pythons along with searing heat and oppressive humidity?

Someone needs to pay.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (J4Dwc)

30 In my 'holding out hope,' I was referring to my desire for it to not suck balls like most every movie made for the past decade +.

I know it's actually been made.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Oh. Sorry.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (mISmA)

31 The fact that so many of us just want to be left alone and not have the government nagging us constantly is abhorrent to these cretins. And I recall a moron pointing out the number of CNBC folks that live in Florida.

In my 'holding out hope,' I was referring to my desire for it to not suck balls like most every movie made for the past decade +.

I saw the trailer for "History of the World Part 2." I have no hope that a Spaceballs sequel will be any good.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (RjOoY)

32 where all the tiddies at?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Well, I got squeeze ass for you right here.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7ac9pa

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

33 16 Autocorrect is a dick.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 15, 2026 11:07 AM (u73oe)

Yeah. It really socks bowls.

Posted by: Nothing it can't funk op at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (TbWk/)

34 Sponge, I wish we had been FIRST!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (afJtY)

35
Oh. Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (mISmA)

All good. I'm used to people not understanding the random ramblings I post on the internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (X0axn)

36
35
Oh. Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (mISmA)

All good. I'm used to people not understanding the random ramblings I post on the internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (X0axn)

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I don't understand any of this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (GKzf4)

37 Sponge, I wish we had been FIRST!
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM (afJtY)

Agreed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (X0axn)

38 Can confirm, tons of shitty lefties from all sorts of states have been crawling into NH and buying up all the incredibly overpriced real estate. I worry about our future here.
Posted by: Gaff at July 15, 2026 11:08 AM (EqzMw)

Yeah, but you've had Massholes moving in for decades. Remember the "Free State Project" that was going to turn NH libertarian? I never saw any evidence that had any effect, and it was a deliberate attempt to shift a state's politics.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (Yh7zv)

39 *fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:09 AM (X0axn)
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Bro!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (amcLV)

40
I don't understand any of this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (GKzf4)

Sometimes being an illiterate asshole pays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (X0axn)

41 I'm shocked that NH made the "best" list because even though our federal elections go 100% to Democrats (I strongly suspect fraud in the big cities is responsible for that), our state and local government is owned lock, stock, and barrel by Republicans. There's also the libertarian diaspora out in the western part of the state, which should lose them points.

I tell people that NH is the one island of sanity in New England.

Posted by: MrUNIVAC at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (p5SYO)

42 Spaceballs without John Candy. Doesn't look good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (m2wmY)

43 Ben Had, did you get my e-mail from last week?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (amcLV)

44 38 Yeah, but you've had Massholes moving in for decades. Remember the "Free State Project" that was going to turn NH libertarian? I never saw any evidence that had any effect, and it was a deliberate attempt to shift a state's politics.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (Yh7zv)

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In my experience, the average libertarian prefers being liked by Democrats more than advocating for and advancing the cause of liberty through effective deregulation of the administrative state that they occasionally say that they have distaste for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (GKzf4)

45 Spaceballs without John Candy. Doesn't look good
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (m2wmY)
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He was his own best friend...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (amcLV)

46 40
Sometimes being an illiterate asshole pays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (X0axn)

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115 more subscribers!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (GKzf4)

47 The 2030 Census reappointment will be a bloodbath if the Left doesn't find some way to inflate the populations of blue states.

Hint: win in 2028, and throw the borders wide open.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (u6/wt)

48 Captain Obvious, I am sorry to say I did not.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (afJtY)

49 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (0sNs1)

50 When I click on the Census link, I am blocked.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 11:13 AM (qFwJc)

51 In my experience, the average libertarian prefers being liked by Democrats more than advocating for and advancing the cause of liberty through effective deregulation of the administrative state that they occasionally say that they have distaste for.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (GKzf4)
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And pot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:13 AM (amcLV)

52 42 Spaceballs without John Candy. Doesn't look good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:11 AM (m2wmY)

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The special sauce of Mel Brooks that made him special was his working relationship with Gene Wilder.

Replacing that with Josh Gad is a downgrade.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:13 AM (GKzf4)

53 ----------
He was his own best friend...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (amcLV)

Barfolomew!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:13 AM (X0axn)

54 Captain Obvious, I am sorry to say I did not.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (afJtY)
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I've got a new e-mail addy, perhaps it looked like spam.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (amcLV)

55 In my experience, the average libertarian prefers being liked by Democrats more than advocating for and advancing the cause of liberty through effective deregulation of the administrative state that they occasionally say that they have distaste for.

True Libertarianism has three Core Principles:

1) Legal Drugs

2) Open Borders

3) Abolishing Age of Consent Laws

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (u6/wt)

56 I was referring to my desire for it to not suck balls like most every movie made for the past decade +.

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Oh, sure. Shoot for the moon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

57 Peak Daphne Zuniga was very nice.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

58 I don't understand any of this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Electrolytes.
* hand gesture *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (diia5)

59 115 more subscribers!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM

I can't help but speculate that paying some attention the the last true American auteur would help grow that number.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (0sNs1)

60
115 more subscribers!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (GKzf4)

#Winning!

Good for you. Congrats!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (X0axn)

61 Don’t Californicate my Texas.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (6tDvd)

62 47 The 2030 Census reappointment will be a bloodbath if the Left doesn't find some way to inflate the populations of blue states.

Hint: win in 2028, and throw the borders wide open.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM (u6/wt)

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I resist the whole, "this election is the most important ever."

2028 may be the most important election in a long time.

A corrected census (the 2020 was botched, intentionally, and the Census Bureau under Biden even admitted to it partially) after 6 straight years of mass deportations will change things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (GKzf4)

63 Captain Obvious, please resend.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (afJtY)

64 Virginia has low crime, and CNBC attributes it to Spanberger continuing the policies of Youngkin to get tough on gun crime.

I suppose not doing something incredibly stupid, like canceling that program, counts as Spanberger doing something.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

65 After reading the list at CNBC I could only believe that the guy who wrote it , Scott Cohn, must be gay. Couldn't find confirmation, but makes sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (m2wmY)

Isn't everyone at CNBC gay? Or queer?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 11:15 AM (1z8ji)

66 Rum, eggs, and bacon.

Posted by: Billy Bones at July 15, 2026 11:15 AM (qFwJc)

67 The Democrat political migration to far left politics has been even more pronounced. While America elected more and more Republicans, particularly MAGA Republicans, blue states went ever further left. Illinois, New York, California, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, Colorado and Minnesota all elected prominent socialist and/or terrorist-supporting far leftist. Michigan might soon join the list.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 11:15 AM (oIb/z)

68 59 115 more subscribers!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:12 AM

I can't help but speculate that paying some attention the the last true American auteur would help grow that number.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (0sNs1)

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I have running conversations with three different LLMs (ChatGPT, YouTube's AI, and Grok) about ideas for videos that will grow the channel faster.

Tighter scripting and editing is in more future.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (GKzf4)

69 It's a useless, bullshit list. Everyone but a select few know that.

However, I could see someone trying to make hay with it and the recent redistricting efforts by red states. It would be a stupid effort, but, yeah, there are some people out there who'd buy into it.

Pushing a narrative... like all polls.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (jehhT)

70 I remember when the Great Migration started. The Great Migration started in 2020.
——-

?? This has been going on for decades. Congress fixed everything, thankfully, with the 1986 “Amnesty” legislation.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (bNASa)

71
Isn't everyone at CNBC gay? Or queer?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 11:15 AM (1z8ji)

Same sex curious?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (X0axn)

72 Don’t Californicate my Texas.
Posted by: Eromero

All out-of-staters used to get "the talk".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (wOO3z)

73 Don’t Californicate my Texas.
Posted by: Eromero

Caliphate-ing is ok, then?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (diia5)

74 @55 yup, I noticed when a lot of states legalized pot , a lot of libertarians shut up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (m2wmY)

75 After reading the list at CNBC I could only believe that the guy who wrote it , Scott Cohn, must be gay. Couldn't find confirmation, but makes sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (m2wmY)
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No actual facts but he does set off gaydar meters.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (oIb/z)

76 60
#Winning!

Good for you. Congrats!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (X0axn)

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Thank you.

And YouTube can't give me a revenue per thousand target without actually getting there, but the estimate is on the high end.

So I could end up getting actual deposits (small, but not having to wait for them to accumulate to the minimum) in the first month.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:17 AM (GKzf4)

77 True Libertarianism has three Core Principles:

1) Legal Drugs

2) Open Borders

3) Abolishing Age of Consent Laws
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (u6/wt)

....but mostly legal drugs.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 15, 2026 11:18 AM (dJF8C)

78 70 I remember when the Great Migration started. The Great Migration started in 2020.
——-

?? This has been going on for decades. Congress fixed everything, thankfully, with the 1986 “Amnesty” legislation.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (bNASa)

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The Great Migration refers to internal migration within the United States as the American population self-sorts across states.

That pattern at scale began in 2020 with COVID and BLM riots. It's an observable pattern that saw an uptick in internal migration, hence the term the Great Migration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:18 AM (GKzf4)

79 So I could end up getting actual deposits (small, but not having to wait for them to accumulate to the minimum) in the first month.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:17 AM (GKzf4)

Don't let fame and fortune change you man........and don't forget the little people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:18 AM (X0axn)

80 I wonder what made New Hampster a top ten ranker for CommieNBC. Also North Dakota. Common-sense wood chipper control?

Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2026 11:19 AM (wXgT/)

81 Spaceballs without John Candy. Doesn't look good
Posted by: Smell the Glove
__________

I thought Brooks wasted him in Spaceballs. Hardly any memorable lines.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 15, 2026 11:20 AM (XvL8K)

82 Well, I got squeeze ass for you right here.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7ac9pa
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:10 AM
*******

I'm the assman, Jerry!
The assman!

Posted by: Kramer at July 15, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)

83 Spaceballs was kinda crap. Sorry, not sorry.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 11:20 AM (diia5)

84 Captain Obvious, please resend.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:14 AM (afJtY)
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Done.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:21 AM (amcLV)

85
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2026 11:21 AM (iqcvy)

86 ?? This has been going on for decades. Congress fixed everything, thankfully, with the 1986 “Amnesty” legislation.

California has had net domestic outmigration since the 1990s.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:21 AM (u6/wt)

87 Vermont (the best example people give of a state flipping because of migration) actually shows exactly the same pattern as Delaware or Connecticut from 1988-1996. I'm not convinced that migration does anything other than reinforce existing trends.
Posted by: the lower depths
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Probably true as far as it goes--one of the big drivers is political socialization--when a person adopts a semi permanent political id and that is affected by their age cohort, experiences during that cohort's political founding (between 18-30 or so), and the success or lack thereof of their adopted political party at the time.

If you overlaid percentage of New Deal and Baby Boom cohorts with the county voting records, then I suspect you would find some correlation and the new 'migrants' would move to an area already simpatico with their chosen id.

New England is a aging backwater of US economy and I suspect that a lot of these people there are political fossils of the New Deal and Baby Boom that are supplemented demographically by those going to higher education institutions in that area that find it congenial with their indoctrinated political views.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)

88 The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading. It shows mostly Messican food pics.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (wOO3z)

89 Oh, I get it. Those distinctions get blurred, since the borders have been unguarded for so long. There is another “Great Migration” that blacks talk about, when many poor folk in southern states moved to the midwest for factory jobs in the early 20th century.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (bNASa)

90 I'm looking forward to escaping the GPROMD, moving to Wyoming and just watching things burn.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (RjOoY)

91 I believe the target audience here is gay. But the list is still BS. A gay is better off with lower property taxes. That is assuming gays are not just gay.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 15, 2026 11:23 AM (wGerL)

92 The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading.

Coming up next:

1. It's happening but it's not as bad as you think.
2. It's a celebration of beautiful Latinx culture.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:23 AM (RjOoY)

93 "Monetization" has ruined Youtube. Full stop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (1z8ji)

94 After reading the list at CNBC I could only believe that the guy who wrote it , Scott Cohn, must be gay. Couldn't find confirmation, but makes sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:05 AM (m2wmY)
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Grok says he is married to a woman and lives in Santa Cruz. He is no longer a full time employee of CNBC but apparently independently produces this Best/Worst list from his home.

Sounds like he isn't gay but suffers from living in Santa Cruz, which (despite it's reputation) is not a super attractive town (based on admittedly brief visits). With towns like Carmel to the south or Half Moon Bay to the north not far away, I can't imagine why a=someone would move to Santa Cruz.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (4gWd7)

95 I believe the target audience here is gay. But the list is still BS. A gay is better off with lower property taxes. That is assuming gays are not just gay.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 15, 2026 11:23 AM (wGerL)
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*cue Korean guy saying, "GAAAAYYYYYY!"*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (amcLV)

96 Coming up next:

1. It's happening but it's not as bad as you think.
2. It's a celebration of beautiful Latinx culture.

3. You're racist for noticing.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (u6/wt)

97 74 @55 yup, I noticed when a lot of states legalized pot , a lot of libertarians shut up
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Liberaltarians, not really libertarians. The old stock survivors of the 60's and 70's were the real thing but they got infiltrated by the left to the extent libertinism predominated.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

98 Captain Obvious, you were correct that it was going to spam. Received.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (afJtY)

99 Captain Obvious, you were correct that it was going to spam. Received.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 11:24 AM (afJtY)
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Yay!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:25 AM (amcLV)

100 88 The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading. It shows mostly Messican food pics.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (wOO3z
Run for the border.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2026 11:25 AM (6tDvd)

101 89 Oh, I get it. Those distinctions get blurred, since the borders have been unguarded for so long. There is another “Great Migration” that blacks talk about, when many poor folk in southern states moved to the midwest for factory jobs in the early 20th century.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (bNASa)

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In terms of foreign populations being addressed right now, you have to look at the net negative population growth of the US in 2025, record high forced deportations (roughly 1.2 million, 4x what Eisenhower did), self-deportations (based on surveys and previously observed patterns of 3-4x the rate of forced deportations, so between 4-5 million), restrictions on all visa classes (down double digits across the board, the admin can't kill the visa classes since they were created by Congress), investigations into visa fraud (yes, including H1-Bs which is being used a precedent to end the OPT program which is also being investigated), and the new Treasury regulations that inform banks that they have to treat an individual's legal status (or lack thereof) in the US as a risk factor in terms of them being able to pay back loans and things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:25 AM (GKzf4)

102 With towns like Carmel to the south or Half Moon Bay to the north not far away, I can't imagine why a=someone would move to Santa Cruz.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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It's all he could afford.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)

103 88 The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading. It shows mostly Messican food pics.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (wOO3z
Run for the border.
Posted by: Eromero

Pedro's! Hell, I don't think that's open anymore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:26 AM (wOO3z)

104 Hair tattoos.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/7eSpmruEfsM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

105 The media centers of gravity remain in the blue states, so the bias is still going to be there, but a lot of the "new" media is shifting to Texas, Tennessee and Florida as the populations also move. Whether the politics follows remains to be seen, but Texas seems to be hovering at the edge of a shift because of demographics and the influx of leftists. Locusts move on to a fresh field, after all.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 15, 2026 11:27 AM (QaH55)

106 I'm about the most normal guy there is and we did migration from Houston to out of Houston. Houston went stupid starting with Kathy Whitmire in the 80s. Once Harris County got overtaken by Rodney Ellis it was 23 Skidoo for a lot of native Houstonites.

Posted by: DanMan at July 15, 2026 11:27 AM (8uzBS)

107 He’s not “gay” but, he sucks a lot of cock

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:27 AM (bNASa)

108 Tighter scripting and editing is in more future.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:16 AM (GKzf4)

Have you tried incorporating more of the topical movies into some videos? I know it's impossible to do "Supergirl" on an erudite channel such as your own nor are you likely looking to insert yourself into the culture war but I would strongly consider finding a way to make a discussion heavily involve current thing. The Odyssey and Nolan would provide ample opportunity to do that.

That would appear IMO to be the best way for a movie channel to be "boosted". And yes I know no one does that anymore because it's what everyone else is doing.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:28 AM (jqCWg)

109 > The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading. It shows mostly Messican food pics.
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I tend to think it's a deliberate act. It's not from "shitty farm workers." It's an actual parasite that lives on or in the produce. And it only appeared when those "shitty farm workers" were told to get the fuck out and go back to whatever shithole country they came from. Or face deportation. And their employers fined bigly.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 11:28 AM (jehhT)

110 Live where you want to live with the people that matter to you.

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All comes down to what you want, I guess.

I can't recommend that anyone who isn't a Leftist stay in a deep blue state, though.

Things are not going to get better, at least with regard to the suppurating rift between Left and Right. This is a harsh political reality.

These blue states are going to get worse and worse, faster and faster, as they grow more and more extreme. That will have universally negative consequences for them, but they will be worst for the people these increasingly aggressive authoritarians perceive as their enemies.

Don't stick around waiting to get bent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 11:28 AM (BI5O2)

111 In terms of foreign populations being addressed right now, you have to look at the net negative population growth of the US in 2025

Mickey Kaus keeps observing indications in LA that a noticeable part of the population isn't there anymore.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:29 AM (u6/wt)

112 >>"Monetization" has ruined Youtube. Full stop.

Yep. I rarely go there anymore.

"I have this really, really awesome opinion about something and Imma going to tell it to you, but first, a word from my sponsor."

Fuck that. Get a real job.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 11:30 AM (J4Dwc)

113 Is CNBC aware that most of their "best" states are heavily Caucasian?

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 15, 2026 11:30 AM (0bjKf)

114 I was expecting Star Wars meets Blazing Saddles when Spaceballs came out. I was let down but my expectations were really high. I think the Candy and Moranis roles should have been flipped or not to have used Moranis at all. He did his best work in Strange Brew and everything since has been blah.
Weirdly enough my biggest bitch with it was not using prop guns. They used off the shelf POS .22s. I forget the name of them. Rotary 100 round mags.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2026 11:30 AM (/Hx86)

115 “Normalcy Bias” fills out lots of cemeteries

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:30 AM (bNASa)

116 108 Have you tried incorporating more of the topical movies into some videos? I know it's impossible to do "Supergirl" on an erudite channel such as your own nor are you likely looking to insert yourself into the culture war but I would strongly consider finding a way to make a discussion heavily involve current thing. The Odyssey and Nolan would provide ample opportunity to do that.

That would appear IMO to be the best way for a movie channel to be "boosted". And yes I know no one does that anymore because it's what everyone else is doing.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:28 AM (jqCWg)

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That was the objective of the Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die video.

I just choose little movies people don't care about.

What I'm going to do instead is about "Director DNA" movies. The one movie by a director that best defines them fully as a filmmaker.

So, hook is big names. There's contrarianism within it as well. Combine that with the right thumbnail, and it could grow. And it encourages discussion because "no, it's not X movie, it's Y movie."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:30 AM (GKzf4)

117 The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading. It shows mostly Messican food pics.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:22 AM (wOO3z
Run for the border.
Posted by: Eromero

Texas Two Step.

From the moment your bowels warn you, you've got two steps until blast off.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:31 AM (mISmA)

118 111 In terms of foreign populations being addressed right now, you have to look at the net negative population growth of the US in 2025

Mickey Kaus keeps observing indications in LA that a noticeable part of the population isn't there anymore.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:29 AM (u6/wt)

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False.

My Costco still has Indians in it, so nothing has happened and we must elect Democrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:31 AM (GKzf4)

119 114 I was expecting Star Wars meets Blazing Saddles when Spaceballs came out. I was let down but my expectations were really high. I think the Candy and Moranis roles should have been flipped or not to have used Moranis at all.

except that dark helmet being short was part of the joke.

Posted by: anachronda at July 15, 2026 11:31 AM (v3pYe)

120 Mickey Kaus keeps observing indications in LA that a noticeable part of the population isn't there anymore.

California was already on track to lose four Congressional seats after 2030.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:31 AM (u6/wt)

121
That CNBC list is even more ridiculous than people are saying. It's their annual "best state for business" poll, which is even more Red State-friendly in its results, and this CNBC homo basically had an oh-shit moment. So he cherry picked the Quality Of Life rating in the larger poll, which only made up a bit over 11% of the total.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2026 11:32 AM (iqcvy)

122 I notice around here that while my city has been overrun with illegals, there appears to be more houses on the market. They are still ridiculously overpriced but they seem to be on the market longer. The number of illegals may have dropped because I also see apartments for rent

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:32 AM (m2wmY)

123 I can't recommend that anyone who isn't a Leftist stay in a deep blue state, though.

Things are not going to get better, at least with regard to the suppurating rift between Left and Right. This is a harsh political reality.
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As someone who recently moved from Illinois to Missouri, I can't concur enough.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 11:32 AM (/0H7F)

124 117 The Explosive Diarrhea parasite is spreading. It shows mostly Messican food pics.

regardless, I'm glad I grow my own lettuce, beans, tomatoes, and bok choy - oh and berries!

no need to depend on mestizo labor's sanitary habits

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 15, 2026 11:32 AM (j+aD2)

125 Anyone else find it noteworthy that the Iranian regime is aiming all its drones at Kuwait, Bahrain & Jordan, but NONE at Israel?

I think I can guess why they're leaving the Little Satan alone.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 11:33 AM (RCjYY)

126 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:30 AM (GKzf4)
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You'll know you've arrived when you get invited to one of Critical Drinker's Open Bars.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:33 AM (amcLV)

127 In terms of foreign populations being addressed right now, you have to look at the net negative population growth of the US in 2025
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But clickbait media says panic, all is lost and we're doomed.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

128 > Mickey Kaus keeps observing indications in LA that a noticeable part of the population isn't there anymore.
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The Mexican/Central American part?

That part?

No shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 11:33 AM (jehhT)

129 91 I believe the target audience here is gay. But the list is still BS. A gay is better off with lower property taxes. That is assuming gays are not just gay.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 15, 2026 11:23 AM (wGerL)

That does seem to be an important distinction. There appear to me to be those people who are gay, but otherwise go about their lives pretty much like everyone else. Then there are those who make "gayness" their entire identity and singular focal point of being.

Posted by: The latter group is seem often on TikTok at July 15, 2026 11:34 AM (TbWk/)

130 btw on topic - PA is interesting bc we had a massive influx of covid-refugees from MA, NY and NJ (why people want my property so bad - they'll probably knock down the old house ugh)

they come here and stay leftie btw

anyway! the numbers are still god-awful for PA - lots of out migration. even with the large number in in-migration! crazy

we're doing something wrong I guess

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 15, 2026 11:34 AM (j+aD2)

131 I notice around here that while my city has been overrun with illegals, there appears to be more houses on the market. They are still ridiculously overpriced but they seem to be on the market longer. The number of illegals may have dropped because I also see apartments for rent

If nothing else, Trump turned off the spigot - you are no longer getting a few million additional illegals every year added to the population.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:34 AM (u6/wt)

132 Hair tattoos.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/7eSpmruEfsM
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

That's a decal, not a tattoo.

Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2026 11:34 AM (wXgT/)

133 127 In terms of foreign populations being addressed right now, you have to look at the net negative population growth of the US in 2025
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But clickbait media says panic, all is lost and we're doomed.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

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All deportations stopped after the deaths of Goode and Pretti.

Conservative influencers like Jesse Kelly told me so.

It was a complete surrender and Trump just gave up. So why is Kelly freaking out about the stopping of traffic stops by ICE? ICE stopped deporting people months ago according to Kelly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:35 AM (GKzf4)

134 125 Anyone else find it noteworthy that the Iranian regime is aiming all its drones at Kuwait, Bahrain & Jordan, but NONE at Israel?

I think I can guess why they're leaving the Little Satan alone.
Posted by: mnw
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All the idiot Persians are doing is solidifying the Arabs against them. And Arab populations predominate the coastal regions of the Persian Gulf where the oil comes from. Rather stupid like a chicken with its neck wrung off.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

135 It's clickbait shit. Last year, Conde Nest Traveler rated my local beach as the best beach in America. While it's a nice beach, I suspect other aspects came into play -- mainly the fact that the Rainbow Crowd hosts a beach invasion here every Memorial Day weekend.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 11:36 AM (J4Dwc)

136 What I'm going to do instead is about "Director DNA" movies. The one movie by a director that best defines them fully as a filmmaker.

TJM
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That's rock solid. You could even.cheat and do several different ones per director.

Speaking for myself I would watch a why Jackie Brown is definitive AND a why Pulp Fiction is definitive.

Hard because it makes you seem wishy washy but this is about discussion, engagement and views, and literally no one doesn't know that. Plus everyone already knows there's no right answer.

Gives you more content and more things for fans of those particular movies to stumble across. So don't necessarily limit it to a singular answer even if that would be your instinct. You could call them thought experiments or something catchier.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:36 AM (jqCWg)

137 136 Gives you more content and more things for fans of those particular movies to stumble across. So don't necessarily limit it to a singular answer even if that would be your instinct. You could call them thought experiments or something catchier.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:36 AM (jqCWg)

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The AIs keep encouraging it to be a series of videos. 5 directors in each.

Maybe.

I just want to get past 1000 so I can turn on ads, dammit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:37 AM (GKzf4)

138 It was a complete surrender and Trump just gave up. So why is Kelly freaking out about the stopping of traffic stops by ICE? ICE stopped deporting people months ago according to Kelly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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My guess is Kelly has a favorite, retired Border Patrol guy Bovino who has been bad mouthing efforts since he got relieved in Minneapolis.

The dogs bark and the caravan moves on is a difficult concept for some people that personalize all issues.

It may also be a ruse to pivot toward workplace enforcement which is the real driver of illegals along with government benefits.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

139 The number of illegals may have dropped because I also see apartments for rent

The Hispanic flower sellers and strawberry sellers that were common in my part of suburban Portland have gone away.

(They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:38 AM (u6/wt)

140 138 My guess is Kelly has a favorite, retired Border Patrol guy Bovino who has been bad mouthing efforts since he got relieved in Minneapolis.

The dogs bark and the caravan moves on is a difficult concept for some people that personalize all issues.

It may also be a ruse to pivot toward workplace enforcement which is the real driver of illegals along with government benefits.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

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Bovino has shown himself to be a piece of shit blowhard.

Deportations are up since he stopped being in the limelight. And he hates that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (GKzf4)

141 That's a decal, not a tattoo.
Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2026 11:34 AM (wXgT/)
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De plane! De plane!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (amcLV)

142 Then there are those who make "gayness" their entire identity and singular focal point of being.
Posted by: The latter group is seem often on TikTok

I see that you met my cousin.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (RjOoY)

143 135 It's clickbait shit. Last year, Conde Nest Traveler rated my local beach as the best beach in America. While it's a nice beach, I suspect other aspects came into play -- mainly the fact that the Rainbow Crowd hosts a beach invasion here every Memorial Day weekend.
Posted by: one hour sober

You misspelled bacchanalia as invasion.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

144 (They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:38 AM (u6/wt)

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They obviously aren't banking on long- term customer relations.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (u/oMr)

145 The AIs keep encouraging it to be a series of videos. 5 directors in each.

Maybe.

I just want to get past 1000 so I can turn on ads, dammit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:37 AM (GKzf4)

I know. I gave of every YT account I own my man.

What do you mean? 5 directors in a single video? That's a waste of content.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (jqCWg)

146 The Hispanic flower sellers and strawberry sellers that were common in my part of suburban Portland have gone away.

(They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:38 AM (u6/wt)

They learned that from Teh Jooz™!

Posted by: Or Microsoft at July 15, 2026 11:40 AM (TbWk/)

147 new paper:

Naked mole-rat queens produce an odorous chemical that ensures that only they can reproduce
by Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

I now understand polycules

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 11:41 AM (rbvCR)

148 Good morning, SMH!

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2026 11:41 AM (6tDvd)

149 145 I know. I gave of every YT account I own my man.

What do you mean? 5 directors in a single video? That's a waste of content.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:39 AM (jqCWg)

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Keeping the length at 25 minutes or so, having entry points into the argument (Hitchcock), a big counterintuitive example (Scorsese), and then ending with an energetically fun one (Dante).

It's a balance between satisfying loyal viewers who do watch me ramble for 3.5 hours about John Ford movies and newer viewers I'm trying to reach who need more generalized hooks rather than specific deep dives.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:41 AM (GKzf4)

150 My mistake, the paper is actually:

Gary Lewin, A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal, Nature (2026)

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10772-5. www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10772-5

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (rbvCR)

151 They obviously aren't banking on long- term customer relations.

That may have been a factor, but a couple of years ago I couldn't go to the local Home Depot without seeing someone selling strawberries.

Now, nada.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (u6/wt)

152 Joey's autobiography is coming out 11/17. The excerpts should be out before the election . Dems got to love that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (m2wmY)

153 While Democrats wrestle with important issues like letting mentally ill men into girls locker rooms, the Free Press says they are also trying to decide whether or not to impeach PDJT again if they win the House in the midterms.

Democrats are just violent idiots.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (ym2V7)

154 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:41 AM (GKzf4)

You will do well. You just need that one hit of smack that puts you on the map. And it will come.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (jqCWg)

155 G'morn. Starting my AOS day here-now.😎☕

So, Joe, you finally got me to look at that Worst States article. To see what they had to say about the Sooner State.

Oklahoma imposes one of America’s strictest bans on abortion, even though studies, including one by the National Bureau of Economic Research last year, found abortion bans increase net migration outflows, particularly among single adults.

Sure not seeing a problem here. Don't want those particular single adults anyway. Ironic (or something like) that "Strengths" lists: Childcare.

The other "negative" is we don't raise the d@mned minimum wage. Which, as we know, is really $0.

A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, overturned a portion of the state’s near total ban on abortion, ruling women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in a medical emergency.

As I recall, nowadays pregnancy risks health 0% of the time. Depending on the definition of "health risk," of course. My personal Overton Window has certainly moved over the decades toward "rare to the point of never."

It's a great state in so many ways. But not for CNBC customers, thanks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - on the road to Wednesday at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (p+5Bi)

156 151 They obviously aren't banking on long- term customer relations.

That may have been a factor, but a couple of years ago I couldn't go to the local Home Depot without seeing someone selling strawberries.

Now, nada.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (u6/wt)

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"But there's still a legal immigrant family living in my neighborhood, so nothing has happened. We have to stay home to show Republicans that we mean business."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (GKzf4)

157 No frescas, no problemo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (wOO3z)

158 So, if one is currently unable to grow their own produce but would still like to have things like lettuce and beans, how does one avoid the diarrhea producing vermin aside from washing the produce?. That doesn't help?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (D+BhG)

159 154 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:41 AM (GKzf4)

You will do well. You just need that one hit of smack that puts you on the map. And it will come.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (jqCWg)

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I've had a couple of videos that have a "viral spike", the Orson Welles and Best Picture winner videos that have helped drive impressions and subscriber increases.

It's just about creating a library that's evergreen (if Dante or Gilliam die soon, I'd expect a viral spike from my videos about them) and then combining that with efforts to reach larger, more casual audiences.

I really don't want a real job, man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (GKzf4)

160 If you want to hate America, watch the news.
If you want to love America, drive across it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (2Ez/1)

161 There's an apartment building in Fort Smith (actually a couple ) that will empty out overnight after one little migra raid on a chicken processor. The one that comes to mind is about eighteen units, usually has laundry hanging on balcony railings, a couple dozen dish antennas, and the aroma of menudo on Sunday mornings. And peek up trucks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (gm9Sb)

162 >>> I think Spaceballs 2 will be disappointing

Probably, not impressed with the writing team. Toto says Mel Brooks is just producing, not writing. But I loved the comb poster.

Showed my youngest kid Spaceballs (he is currently into Star Wars, likes the first six films only), and he loved it. If it gets good word of mouth maybe I'll have to take him to the theater. I want it to be good! Since they got Moranis back. Moranis films were a staple of my childhood.

Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (gWBY1)

163 Naked mole-rat queens produce an odorous chemical that ensures that only they can reproduce
by Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

I now understand polycules
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 11:41 AM (rbvCR)

Naked Mole-rat Queens needs to be a band name.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (1z8ji)

164 It may also be a ruse to pivot toward workplace enforcement which is the real driver of illegals along with government benefits.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

Research of FICA contributions will give interesting results, especially when there are multiple names on a SSN and SSNs being used in multiple states.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (rbvCR)

165 Aloha kakahiaka, Eromero!

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (/0H7F)

166 I happened to be flipping down the dial last night and paused on C-SPAN where Maxime Waters was directing a question to the Fed Chair in testimony. She's such a moron, she had to read the question (which she undoubtedly did not understand) and said "yes or no." She is so incapable of enunciating in English, the witness had a hard time answering. Gawd what a mental midget.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 15, 2026 11:45 AM (FmapG)

167 probably already mentioned here, but first I saw of it.

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump DOUBLES DOWN on his support for ICE, telling them to RESUME traffic stops

“We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal's hands.

The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won't happen on my watch.”

“I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job.”

Posted by: illiniwek at July 15, 2026 11:45 AM (vbXSk)

168 164 It may also be a ruse to pivot toward workplace enforcement which is the real driver of illegals along with government benefits.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

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Treasury Regulations released in the last couple of weeks will do far more for driving out illegal workers than workplace raids.

They essentially deputize banks to find illegal hiring and report to Treasury.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:45 AM (GKzf4)

169 I'm still holding out hope for Spaceballs 2.

It seems not very many others are.........sad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The plot synopsis that was released the other day sounded great. It’s a send up of Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars, complete with Rey.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 15, 2026 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

170 As I recall, nowadays pregnancy risks health 0% of the time. Depending on the definition of "health risk," of course. My personal Overton Window has certainly moved over the decades toward "rare to the point of never."

It's a great state in so many ways. But not for CNBC customers, thanks.
Posted by: mindful webworker - on the road to Wednesday at July 15, 2026 11:42 AM (p+5Bi)

"Health risk" being stretch marks, and the normal mental and emotional challenges of caring for an infant.

Posted by: You hate babies so much, get your tubes tied at July 15, 2026 11:46 AM (TbWk/)

171 169 I'm still holding out hope for Spaceballs 2.

It seems not very many others are.........sad.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The plot synopsis that was released the other day sounded great. It’s a send up of Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars, complete with Rey.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 15, 2026 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

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And yet, the chief creative of the film is Josh Gad who is a gay, Disney shill who happens to be an actor.

Expect targets to be fans, not the franchise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:46 AM (GKzf4)

172 CNBC "Best" States
[ ... ]
- Nebraska: +2.86%

Da fuq?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 15, 2026 11:46 AM (jW4Is)

173 Avoid vegetables altogether and you’ll be better off, Fen. Salad isn’t food anyway, Salad is food for food.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:46 AM (bNASa)

174 I thought this was kinda cool. Guy took comments from Woke Odyssey movie trailer and made a song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ro3I-64x6I

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:46 AM (ndZc7)

175 They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.

There's a geometric logic to that.

Posted by: Captain Queeg at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (wXgT/)

176 Joey's autobiography is coming out 11/17. The excerpts should be out before the election . Dems got to love that

I hope Joe talks about how he shafted Obama and Pelosi.

Obama and Pelosi's plan was to force Joe out, kick the obviously unelectable Kamala to the curb, and conduct a "mini-primary" to determine who was really going to be the Democratic candidate.

Joe's immediate endorsement of Kamala short-circuited that.

Thanks, Joe!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (u6/wt)

177 I watched your Friedkin video. It was good. I will cave in to the lobbying pressure you've been applying there and here about Sorceror.

But I think To Live and Die in LA is a better movie than The Exorcist, so I'm a hard sell as to Sorceror being better. We'll see.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (BI5O2)

178 The Hispanic flower sellers and strawberry sellers that were common in my part of suburban Portland have gone away.

(They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.)
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Probably had ICE called on them.
Don't F with people's food.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (mISmA)

179 177 I watched your Friedkin video. It was good. I will cave in to the lobbying pressure you've been applying there and here about Sorceror.

But I think To Live and Die in LA is a better movie than The Exorcist, so I'm a hard sell as to Sorceror being better. We'll see.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (BI5O2)

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Nice!

Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (GKzf4)

180 Substantial parts of Portland are inhabited by diarrhea-producing vermin...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:48 AM (amcLV)

181 AZ and CO have been califoricated due to semi sane libs moving as well. Very sad for both states.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 15, 2026 11:48 AM (B7iJS)

182 Hispanic flower sellers and strawberry sellers that were common in my part of suburban Portland have gone away.

(They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:38 AM (u6/wt)

Appears they moved to my area. Lol
First time I’ve ever seen these people was this spring/summer. I’m bewildered why anyone would buy from them. But they seem to do good business.

Posted by: Sucker Born Every Minute at July 15, 2026 11:48 AM (TSBN+)

183 160 If you want to hate America, watch the news.
If you want to love America, drive across it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (2Ez/1)

Europeans here for World Cup have been learning this.

Posted by: It's very cool to see at July 15, 2026 11:48 AM (TbWk/)

184 I survived my second zappening.

Both techs today were women, cute, one very much so. They made me get more nekkid than yesterday but they had mostly covered me with a sheet cuz it's raining here and I was soaked.

I may be one of the tiny minority of people who can feel a sensation while being radiated, although I'm not yet convinced that it isn't psychosomatic.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

185 So, if one is currently unable to grow their own produce but would still like to have things like lettuce and beans, how does one avoid the diarrhea producing vermin aside from washing the produce?. That doesn't help?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 11:44 AM (D+BhG)

the poly whatever it is parasite is something that grows on human waste contaminated farmland, if the human waste carries the parasite. It is either from sewage, casual crapping or contaminated irrigation water. Generally these risks are reduced in small farms. If you know the local farmer you will probably be ok. You could also bug the neighbor who has a garden to put in extra lettuce or beans for you.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 11:49 AM (rbvCR)

186 They essentially deputize banks to find illegal hiring and report to Treasury.

Figuring out a way of keeping illegals from sending remittances back to their home countries would help a lot too.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:49 AM (u6/wt)

187 The plot synopsis that was released the other day sounded great. It’s a send up of Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars, complete with Rey.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 15, 2026 11:45 AM (ZGrMX) .

If it didn't end up safe and just mostly making fun of fans for their "outrage", or safe targets like whites, it could be a cultural watershed moment.

A time where the signal is it's safe to go back in the water. In space, no one can hear an awfl scream. But I am not holding out hope.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:49 AM (jqCWg)

188 And yet, the chief creative of the film is Josh Gad who is a gay

But not the only gay in the village!

Posted by: Dafydd at July 15, 2026 11:50 AM (TbWk/)

189 Was it Plyler v. Texas where the court held Americans are on the hook financially to pay for illegal aliens by the millions in local school districts?

That has to be addressed. It should have been addressed at the time. This is an atrocity

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:50 AM (bNASa)

190 I may be one of the tiny minority of people who can feel a sensation while being radiated, although I'm not yet convinced that it isn't psychosomatic.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

Well, grab your rod and reel, and go do some nuclear fishin'!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

191 I may be one of the tiny minority of people who can feel a sensation while being radiated, although I'm not yet convinced that it isn't psychosomatic.

Have you started growing huge muscles and turning green yet?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

192 Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:46 AM (bNASa)

But I like vegetables , although I don't eat much salad.. I also like blueberries and blackberries . Am I supposed to give them up as well? Of course, I like them much less than I'd like a case of explosive diarrhea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 11:51 AM (D+BhG)

193 Make gay happy again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:51 AM (X0axn)

194 186 They essentially deputize banks to find illegal hiring and report to Treasury.

Figuring out a way of keeping illegals from sending remittances back to their home countries would help a lot too.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:49 AM (u6/wt)

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Another Treasury regulation was that anyone on benefits is no longer allowed to send money out of the country. That one was a few months ago.

The OBBB also included a (very small) tax on remittances of 1%. It was going to be 5%, but the final text of the bill went down to 1%.

Still, we all know the history of tax rates. It'll be fun to watch that increase over time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:51 AM (GKzf4)

195 Plyler v. Texas where the court held Americans are on the hook financially to pay for illegal aliens by the millions in local school districts?

That has to be addressed. It should have been addressed at the time. This is an atrocity
Posted by: Common Tater

It’s a tax. Fuck you, pay me.

Posted by: John Paulie Roberts at July 15, 2026 11:52 AM (TSBN+)

196 Cockroaches aren't just a Zoo York thing
* bug warning *

@KTLAMorningNews 1h
SURPRISE LANDING
An insect crashed @KTLA reporter @RachelMenitoff's live shot last night, and we must praise her professionalism. Who else could remain this cool!?
x.com/KTLAMorningNews/status/2077394485903036823

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2026 11:52 AM (diia5)

197 Figuring out a way of keeping illegals from sending remittances back to their home countries would help a lot too.

And not just illegals. If you are receiving public benefits, you have no business shipping money back to your home country.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:52 AM (u6/wt)

198 Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:47 AM (u6/wt)

The plan was always Kamala. She was never supposed to be runnning against Trump (ahem) and it would have been a walk.

Biden doesn't know what day it is and his people do what they are told. They did for four years. They implemented nothing that the power brokers didn't want. Not one.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 11:52 AM (jqCWg)

199 The mention of NH reminds me of an article I read a while back. Woman moved her family out to NH from Boston because things were getting dangerous. Then she complained because her children weren't getting exposed to multiculturalism.

"My kids are safe and we are happy. I must destroy that in order to be a good person."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:52 AM (RjOoY)

200 195 Plyler v. Texas where the court held Americans are on the hook financially to pay for illegal aliens by the millions in local school districts?

That has to be addressed. It should have been addressed at the time. This is an atrocity
Posted by: Common Tater

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Federal court just okayed Texas' ban on in-state tuition for illegals at the university level.

It's being chipped away at.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (GKzf4)

201 Lunch almost over

Don't believe the Leftists ever

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (MjpV6)

202 Biden doesn't know what day it is and his people do what they are told.

I wonder how his stage 4 cancer is going?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (RjOoY)

203 They have already Californicated Utah. It's part of why we have a blue house seat now. And why the once cheap cost of living has skyrocketed, and it's impossible for anyone to find affordable housing. The young couples here that crank out lots of babies can't afford to buy starter homes for their new families.

A very old friend of mine came to visit Utah from the Bay Area, one of her friends moved near me and she invited her to go see it. (Yes she didn't come to see ME, but her friend and the new house, but that's another story. We did get lunch though and she payed, which was super kind.) Californians swarmed the housing market after Covid, paying cash and offering above price, freezing out actual Utahns. Sold their postage stamp apartments in CA and got a huge house with land in UT.

So if a list is telling more woke libs to stay away from UT, good, because we need all the help we can get keeping people away.

Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (gWBY1)

204 Cockroaches aren't just a Zoo York thing
* bug warning *
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*shudders*

Hate those bastards.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 11:54 AM (/0H7F)

205
I wonder how his stage 4 cancer is going?
Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (RjOoY)

He cured it. Didn't he? He said he would.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:54 AM (X0axn)

206 "Per the Census estimates from April, 2020 as compared to July, 2025, the US total population increased by 3.1%."

How much of that was illegals? Probably 3.09%.

So calculating anything off of that baseline is gonna be difficult if not impossible, and a downward trend from there can be a good thing.

NYC lost some ppl, but approximately 70% of the loss was illegals leaving. That's a good thing. I'd be happy if even more would leave.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

207 203 They have already Californicated Utah. It's part of why we have a blue house seat now. And why the once cheap cost of living has skyrocketed, and it's impossible for anyone to find affordable housing. The young couples here that crank out lots of babies can't afford to buy starter homes for their new families.

Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (gWBY1)

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The blue seat in Utah is because of judicial fuckery, and the response from the legislature has been so vociferous that the packing of the court and the retirements since is going to make the Utah Supreme Court one of the most conservative in the nation within a period of about a year.

All for a single House seat that Democrats won't hold for more than a single term.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (GKzf4)

208 SURPRISE LANDING
She sure shook nice

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (hUvnA)

209 The media centers of gravity remain in the blue states, so the bias is still going to be there, but a lot of the "new" media is shifting to Texas, Tennessee and Florida as the populations also move. Whether the politics follows remains to be seen, but Texas seems to be hovering at the edge of a shift because of demographics and the influx of leftists. Locusts move on to a fresh field, after all.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 15, 2026 11:27 AM (QaH55)
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Eh - Texas just gets more red, and has gotten redder as more people have moved there. Migrants now tend to be on the main refugees from blue policies. I think the only place where the old parasite story might still hold is in Boise. As the NGO funding mechanism that funded the democrat machines continues to dry up and the work on cleaning up voter rolls continues the democrat margin for victory continues to narrow. It is their turn to spend some time in the wilderness.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (GZYu7)

210 MUSIC NERDS ONLY!

Why Shostakovich's Jazz Waltz No. 2 is not a Jazz Waltz and also why it's Franco's fault (the good one, not James).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MatQGQbTW08

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (ndZc7)

211 158 So, if one is currently unable to grow their own produce but would still like to have things like lettuce and beans, how does one avoid the diarrhea producing vermin aside from washing the produce?. That doesn't help?

Fen do you have Amish? I go to local farms for produce I don't grow

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (j+aD2)

212 The OBBB also included a (very small) tax on remittances of 1%. It was going to be 5%, but the final text of the bill went down to 1%.

Still, we all know the history of tax rates. It'll be fun to watch that increase over time.

It's also is a way of busting all the informal money transfer businesses that will neglect to pay the tax.

Hello, Minneapolis!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (u6/wt)

213 212 It's also is a way of busting all the informal money transfer businesses that will neglect to pay the tax.

Hello, Minneapolis!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (u6/wt)

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The IRS will spend $10 million to collect $1 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:56 AM (GKzf4)

214 I saw Casual Crapping open for Counting Crows. It was a shit show.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:56 AM (amcLV)

215 It's also is a way of busting all the informal money transfer businesses that will neglect to pay the tax.

Hello, Minneapolis!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (u6/wt)

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The IRS will spend $10 million to collect $1 million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 11:56 AM (GKzf4)
________

Yea, but they make it up in volume

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

216 Have you started growing huge muscles and turning green yet?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

The one tech threatened to have me grow a huge muscle - for certain definitions of huge - but I restrained myself.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)

217 I saw Casual Crapping open for Counting Crows. It was a shit show.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 11:56 AM (amcLV)

Sounds like it. Ewwwwww.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 11:58 AM (X0axn)

218 Montezuma's Revenge, brought to you by Taco Bell.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 15, 2026 11:58 AM (QaH55)

219 These people...

This is real.

Netflix’s description of Gone with the Wind:

A 1939 American Civil War epic known for its racism. To learn more about Black lives in America, search "Black Lives Matter."

https://tinyurl.com/bdhe7dwf

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

220 SMH, Mrs. E has a few apppontments and an infusion this week, then wait for results.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2026 11:58 AM (6tDvd)

221 Will keep her and you in my prayers, E.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 11:59 AM (/0H7F)

222 Mannix!
*Jazzy music plays*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 15, 2026 11:59 AM (xcxpd)

223 You never want these diseases at any age, but it is especially debilitating as we age, get a little older. Complications might even eventually kill you.

Fast food joints are often the vector. Whether deliberate or inadvertently your gut doesn’t care, and it will last for weeks. Avoid

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:59 AM (bNASa)

224 Netflix’s description of Gone with the Wind:

A 1939 American Civil War epic known for its racism. To learn more about Black lives in America, search "Black Lives Matter."

https://tinyurl.com/bdhe7dwf
Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

Are the Owebama's still on the board? Because that would explain things a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (X0axn)

225 Will keep her and you in my prayers, E.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 11:59 AM (/0H7F)

As always.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (X0axn)

226
Another Treasury regulation was that anyone on benefits is no longer allowed to send money out of the country. That one was a few months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I'm always curious about how these things are enforced. Also, has Treasury gotten back to us on how much less money is going out of the country?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (mmrXZ)

227 Biden doesn't know what day it is and his people do what they are told. They did for four years. They implemented nothing that the power brokers didn't want. Not one.

I dunno. Obama was obviously really POed that his "mini-primary" idea didn't go anywhere. He took days to endorse Kamala, and did so in a phone call, not in person.

Joe may have been a vegetable, but he still had his family around him, and given Joe's basic personality, even he might have understood Revenge.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (u6/wt)

228 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 15, 2026 11:55 AM (j+aD2)

We have Amish or Mennonite people who come down for some local farm markets a couple of times a week, but I don't mostly see them serving near the produce . They stay in the prepared foods, meats, baked goods and deli sections.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (D+BhG)

229 and congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (xcxpd)

230 Ex-Ex just went to Cuba to buy a post digger.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (/0H7F)

231 Custer's Revenge > Montezuma's Revenge

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (X0axn)

232 Every western state has been californicated to some extent. Bozeman, Montana is nicknamed Boz Angeles these days due to how expensive it has become. A once sleepy college town has turned into a city where an average home costs $800k.

Posted by: Locusts at July 15, 2026 12:01 PM (TSBN+)

233 The sky is orange here in Southern Ontario. Looks like a post-apocalyptic movie. Will be on the lookout for blind musicians playing flamethrower guitars.

Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2026 12:01 PM (wXgT/)

234 Ex-Ex just went to Cuba to buy a post digger.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (/0H7F)

Seems a long way to go to get a post digger.

Have him pick me up some Cohiba's while he's there. I'll pay him back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:01 PM (X0axn)

235 So if a list is telling more woke libs to stay away from UT, good, because we need all the help we can get keeping people away.
Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 11:53 AM (gWBY1)

Libtards come in 2 classes, ebt poor or uber daddy rich. Both move from blue shitholes looking for greener pastures after shitting up their home turf. Most of the uber daddy rich types move to hang on to daddy's money and pretend they are wealthy for as long as they can since they cannot make a decent income on their bullshit skills.

Posted by: Carpetbaggers and Scalawags at July 15, 2026 12:01 PM (qC81n)

236 226
Another Treasury regulation was that anyone on benefits is no longer allowed to send money out of the country. That one was a few months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I'm always curious about how these things are enforced. Also, has Treasury gotten back to us on how much less money is going out of the country?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (mmrXZ)

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Wires are handled by banks who collect idenfitying information. They have access to databases about who people are and can crosscheck quickly, especially if they're expected to be the enforcement arm of Treasury regulations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:01 PM (GKzf4)

237 I've been thinking about the left running around claiming you are more likely to be killed by ICE then an illegal and it is just stunning how brazen of a lie it is.

Just pretend illegals don't commit crimes. So...0 deaths by them. Then take the handful of ICE cases and wah lah...you gave more ICE killings then killings by illegals.

And...illegals commit about 1/3 of all violent crimes in the US. Every day they kill 15 or so people. EVERY SINGLE DAY

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)

238 and congrats to Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (xcxpd)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:02 PM (X0axn)

239 lol Sponge. That's the biggest town near our AO.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (/0H7F)

240 Seems a long way to go to get a post digger.
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That is, word for word, exactly what I thought.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (amcLV)

241 These people...

This is real.

Netflix’s description of Gone with the Wind:

A 1939 American Civil War epic known for its racism. To learn more about Black lives in America, search "Black Lives Matter."

https://tinyurl.com/bdhe7dwf
Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)
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I don't think NF carries GWtW. This might be a hoax. I don't have NF on my office computer, so I can't check myself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (iFTx/)

242 >>> All for a single House seat that Democrats won't hold for more than a single term.

TJM, The previous Utah map sliced up super blue SLC into pie slices. The new blue house seat is now all of those pie slices together. It's never going to be red, it's blue forever.

I know about the judicial effery (and the judge sleeping with one of the map advocates), but part of what spurred it in the first place is the blue of SLC getting brighter blue from more lefties moving there. The new woke CA Karen carpetbaggers adding their shrieks to the shrieks already there.

Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (gWBY1)

243 Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (u6/wt)

Have to remember everything Obama says is a lie or has some reason. Kamala was always next up and Biden's ginormous treasury got transfered to her without question. Any other solution would have raised donation questions, also Democrats only like to feint at giving the "people" a choice.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (jqCWg)

244 I still think it should say "Jump to top of Comments" since that's what the link does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:04 PM (X0axn)

245 Seems a long way to go to get a post digger.
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That is, word for word, exactly what I thought.

*fistbump*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (amcLV)
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My work is done.

Prayers up for a speedy recovery, Capt.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:05 PM (/0H7F)

246 That is, word for word, exactly what I thought.

*fistbump*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (amcLV)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:05 PM (X0axn)

247 {{{SMH}}}

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM (amcLV)

248 lol Sponge. That's the biggest town near our AO.
Posted by: SMH

Rush hour there is two pickups and a tractor at the stop sign.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM (VmkSV)

249 The best character in GWTW is Mammie.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)

250 Another Treasury regulation was that anyone on benefits is no longer allowed to send money out of the country. That one was a few months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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I'm always curious about how these things are enforced. Also, has Treasury gotten back to us on how much less money is going out of the country?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:00 PM (mmrXZ)
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Depends on where the wire originates from. Real banks require all kinds of ID when opening an account, so they can pretty easily track and cross-reference your ID when you send a wire.

But the western unions and similar (sleazy?) operations? I'm not sure. I think treasury might have to bring some prosecutions against them before they fly right.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

251 A new "Kroger Marketplace" opened up in town. It's supposed to be, I dunno', something special. They sell assorted goods beyond just food. Like housewares and the like. My wife would like to go and see it.

I'm betting the produce is skimpy and full of rotten or nearly rotten stuff. Like the other Kroger's around here. They all buy from the same supplier, so why would this place be any different?

Yet, the wife... she want's to go and "experience" this mega market. I'll need an edible when we get home.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM (jehhT)

252 242 >>> All for a single House seat that Democrats won't hold for more than a single term.

TJM, The previous Utah map sliced up super blue SLC into pie slices. The new blue house seat is now all of those pie slices together. It's never going to be red, it's blue forever.

I know about the judicial effery (and the judge sleeping with one of the map advocates), but part of what spurred it in the first place is the blue of SLC getting brighter blue from more lefties moving there. The new woke CA Karen carpetbaggers adding their shrieks to the shrieks already there.

Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (gWBY1)

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The maps will get redrawn next year, and the district will disappear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 15, 2026 12:07 PM (GKzf4)

253 @233 far cry, I live in the mid Hudson and our sky is very hazy, with air quality alerts because of Canadian fires.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (m2wmY)

254 Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 11:59 AM (bNASa)

Thanks. I don't go to fast food places.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (D+BhG)

255 Rush hour there is two pickups and a tractor at the stop sign.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM (VmkSV)
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Got I-44 running through it, so quite a bit more than two pickups, lol.

But yeah, it is a small town, but with the interstate, they have a bit more ammenities.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (/0H7F)

256 Yet, the wife... she want's to go and "experience" this mega market. I'll need an edible when we get home.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM

Just look at the ceiling and think of AoSHQ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (0sNs1)

257 I don't think NF carries GWtW. This might be a hoax. I don't have NF on my office computer, so I can't check myself.

They have descriptions for movies they don't carry. It's real. Dozens of people have posted independent screenshots.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (2ocoG)

258 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (NcvvS)

259 In the end, America just isn't for everybody, and the ones who hate should just get the fuck out and move to their idea of utopia. Plenty of failed countries out there running their stupid ideas that they can move to.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (S41Gd)

260 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (X0axn)

261 Yet, the wife... she want's to go and "experience" this mega market. I'll need an edible when we get home.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 12:06 PM

Just look at the ceiling and think of AoSHQ.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 12:08 PM (0sNs1)
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LOL!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (/0H7F)

262 lol Sponge. That's the biggest town near our AO.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 15, 2026 12:03 PM (/0H7F)

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Does it have a weird pronunciation?

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (DRSnL)

263 TJM definitively ranks the films of John Frankenheimer

Jeez, an hour and 40 minutes?

Anyone got a precis? Reindeer Games is #1, right?

Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2026 12:09 PM (pBJ6M)

264
Anyone have a sense of Liban Mohamed's chances in Utah? He's only 27 and lost his first, probably performative, race, but I'm sure he's ambitious and determined.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:12 PM (mmrXZ)

265 >>> Libtards come in 2 classes, ebt poor or uber daddy rich.
Posted by: Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

There is a third, and in some ways they are the worst. They are the ones that are productive, hardworking Americans, and on paper and in their daily lives live like a conservative. Fiscally responsible. But they latch onto every woke cause possible, virtue signal every leftist talking point, and often raise the uber daddy rich kids.

A lot of Asian and Indian families I grew up with were this way, as were blue collar kids who went to college and got white collar jobs. They benefit the most from capitalism and the American dream, and yet then teach their kids to believe it's evil. While living like a conservative. Crazy subversive. The hardest to dismiss because they are smart, should know better and be more self aware.

These were the ones Spencer Pratt was trying to appeal to the most. Hard working libs who buy into the lies, but at some point, the reality about how bad liberal policies actually are, and how it's destroying the cities they love, and might finally red pill them.

Posted by: LizLem at July 15, 2026 12:13 PM (gWBY1)

266 Kamala was always next up and Biden's ginormous treasury got transfered to her without question.
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No, not necessarily - it depends. And Good Luck trying to get a Refund from Democrats. LOL!

The one thing (only) thing Democrat and Republican strategists agreed on, was Biden was Toast, they were Stuck with Biden, and you can’t swap out the candidate without getting your clock cleaned electorally.

It was never close and was never going to be close. I think the media wanted the viewers and clicks, so they pretended for six months that Harris and that weirdo fuckhead had a chance.

No chance. Ever

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 12:13 PM (bNASa)

267
The thing to keep in mind about the strawberry/fruit sellers in the Home Depot parking lot, or the flower sellers standing in the median at the traffic light.... they're paying off their debt to the cartels/coyotes with those sales. The cartels buy up truckloads of fruit and distribute it to the illegals that pay to cross the border. The cartels don't bother trying to get you to pay in advance, because they make more by having you go into debt to them. And you can't refuse to sell, or run, because they know where your family lives, both here in the US or in Mexico. You run, and a very nice man from the cartel will visit your parents in Chihuahua.

Basically, the fruitsellers are cartel slaves.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2026 12:16 PM (y9nCu)

268 146 The Hispanic flower sellers and strawberry sellers that were common in my part of suburban Portland have gone away.

(They sold boxes of strawberries with a layer of good strawberries on top, with the rest of the box being rotten.)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 15, 2026 11:38 AM (u6/wt)

They learned that from Teh Jooz™!
Posted by: Or Microsoft at July 15, 2026 11:40 AM (TbWk/)

heh ... Or Microsoft

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 12:22 PM (6wpGE)

269 The lemmings were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 15, 2026 12:35 PM (sYM3s)

270 LGBTQ+

Remember when it was just G?

They'll always be homos to me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 15, 2026 12:42 PM (4NO2D)

271 Wonder if this could be a factor -

Almost half of all DACA recipients reside in California (about 28%) and Texas (around 17%). Other states with significant populations include Illinois (5%), New York (4%), and Florida (4%)

(DACA) appears to be beneficial as far as stability & homeownership. Reportedly, over 30% of DACA recipients are homeowners, and more than 900,000 U.S. citizens live in a household with a DACA recipient, recipients are raising an estimated 300,000 U.S.-citizen children.

As far as employment, 10s of thousands work as nurses, health aides, tech staff in hospitals and care centers. Thousands are bilingual K-12 teachers & educators. They're also represented in agricultural, grocery supply chain, and regional construction workforces.

OTOH, how accurate are TPS stats for the DACA program? Lousy, I would think. And if DACA work permits were revoked... 😬. Seems like solid planning by O & Joe and The American Center for Progress.

Could be a neat package to thwart the Trump administration's deportation efforts, etc. as it seems to fit well into current, highly controversial ICE issues and the underhanded methods of prior Democratic administrations.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 15, 2026 02:17 PM (NFX2v)

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