Michigan Appeals Court Reverses Two More Convictions in Fake-News Gretchen Whitmer "Fednapping" Prosecutions

The Regime wants to prove that "right wingers" commit as much terrorism as left wingers.

But they don't.

So they have to manufacture offenses.

A Michigan appeals court on Monday overturned two more convictions related to the 2020 kidnapping plot of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, ruling that it was obligated to overturn the convictions based on precedent.
Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were previously convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot, alongside Joseph Morrison, whose conviction was overturned by a different appeals panel last month.
The new appeals court ruled that it was obligated to apply that ruling to Musico and Bellar as well and overturn the convictions, according to the Associated Press.
None of the three men were accused of playing a direct role in the plot to kidnap the governor and the courts said kidnapping does not qualify as a "violent felony" under Michigan's anti-terrorism law.
Although none of the men had a direct role in the plot, they were part of a paramilitary group that trained with Adam Fox, who was convicted of leading the plot and is serving 16 years in prison for the crime. A total of nine people were convicted in relation to the plot.

Meanwhile, in the UK, the Regime denied that there was any political or terroristic motive in the murder of a Reform Party official by a deranged communist.

The Crown Prosecution Service announced on Monday afternoon that it has charged a man with one count of murder in connection with the death of Brexit heroine Ann Widdecombe.
Joshua Kerry, 28, of Byrley Road in Rotherham, is set to appear on Tuesday before the Westminster Magistrates' Court, where he will answer the charge of murdering former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was killed in her Dartmoor home earlier this month at the age of 78.

While initial comments by the Devon and Cornwall Police claimed that there was no evidence for a political motive for the alleged murder, this was later overturned, and Counter Terror Policing South East took over the investigation.
Kerry's charge on Monday was authorised by the Counter Terrorism Division of the Crown Prosecution Service, the CPS said in a statement.
The chief prosecutor for the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, Frank Ferguson, said: "We have decided to prosecute Joshua Kerry for murder following a police investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe in Haytor, Dartmoor.
"Police enquiries into the defendant's motives are ongoing, including a potential political or terrorist connection."
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Widdecombe, a strident free speech advocate and devout Christian, had been a mainstay of British public life for decades, serving as a Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 2010, during which time she served as a government minister in the John Major government.

On CNN, the incompetent partisan DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 Howdy!

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (Lzhdy)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

4 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)

5 NOOD has been lum'd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

6 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

7 The latest with commie terror is to simply announce in the aftermath that they are white. Go to a commie rally sometime. It's like drinking milk in a snowstorm while covered in semen. Not that I would know.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (JWXSB)

8
"Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

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Under socialism, you are disposable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (O0L8i)

9 We still ruined the lives of two conservatives. So we’ll take it as a win.

Posted by: FBI in Michigan at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (GEtfQ)

10 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)

Yeah, everyone saw that coming.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

11 Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times

That's because you are.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (601KG)

12
Chinese construction incredible!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (O0L8i)

13 Meanwhile, in the UK, the Regime denied that there was any political or terroristic motive in the murder of a Reform Party official by a deranged communist.
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It was da jooz!

Posted by: Cavernous Nostrils at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (JvZF+)

14 21 hammer blows to the head but initially thought to be a kitchen fall.

Posted by: nckate at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

15 From the other thread:

shout out to everyone who said HI down below, and thank you for answering about Fenelon Spoke.

Black Orchid
whig
...
Tuna

there were some others I think, sorry if I missed your handle

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (kD8Fh)

16 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In the voice of Dennis Miller at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (2Ez/1)

17 On CNN, the incompetent partisan DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday
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Tina was always riling up Ike.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:25 PM (Fi81e)

18 providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot,

What does that mean. Sounds like if you're with your boys and you pop out for Dunkin Donuts you're liable for this if some of those boys turn out to be Feds.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:26 PM (gKWVE)

19 How much are the Feds paying you to spread the 4K, ultra hi-def narrative Ace? You realize now that it was all fabricated lies, but yet you don’t retract. It just shows your true nature. You have no credibility and that’s the only thing that matters now in this new media environment. You’re going the way of TPUSA and the Dodo.
Good riddance.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Hohgs)

20 "...the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour."

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2Ez/1)

21
If Three Gorges goes, well Wuhan would be toast.

If that thing were to collapse, well, I've seen claims of 400 million people dead.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (w6EFb)

22 A Chinese construction project that wasn’t properly built? Unpossible. I shall not believe such lies

Posted by: Thomas Friedman at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (GEtfQ)

23 It's like drinking milk in a snowstorm while covered in semen. Not that I would know.
Posted by: ...
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Raised eyebrow, "Fascinating"

Posted by: Bearded Spock at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

24 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?

I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

25 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)
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Pretty much. They only got the "ring leader" by trying him a second time.

I believe a new jury was given new orders that they could only consider whether or not he actually did what he was being accused of. None of this "entrapment" stuff!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

26 It all makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (NfVx4)

27 Yeah, the UK even did a fake terrorism on a muzzie fest to take the Widdecombe case off the news and deflect away from the Leftists. They released all 12 people with no charges after they got their news story.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (n5tGW)

28 On CNN, the incompetent partisan DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday:

The now famous liberal "chickens come home to roost" theory.

FOAD, communist assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (2YhKe)

29 I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)
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And risk having her blind you with her face.

I mean close up, that's gotta burn some retinas.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

30 >>> suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday:

This is the big brother defense:

"WHY DO YOU KEEP HITTING YOURSELF??!"

Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (SwyyQ)

31 >>the Regime denied that there was any political or terroristic motive

A lot of Lefty murder is done by people who are believably crazy.

It is easy for them to plead insanity, as that is a prerequisite of being a Lefty. Not the same for Right wingers -- we are all sane

We have a nutter gap.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (yaIVL)

32
If that thing were to collapse, well, I've seen claims of 400 million people dead.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (w6EFb)

If that thing collapses, it's said that the f*cking EARTH'S ROTATION will be altered........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

33 Sure, I drink milk.
But hey. I'm from California. I've never been in a snowstorm.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (2Ez/1)

34 And risk having her blind you with her face.

I mean close up, that's gotta burn some retinas.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

It's been rumored that she has DNA ties to Medusa......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

35 No Gorges Dam > 3 Gorges Dam

Posted by: Max Power at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (SwyyQ)

36 I can't find recent stuff about the Three Gorges Dam, but the youtube channels seem to agree they're in trouble.
here's something called "China Observer" which is narrated by someone with a Chinese accent.
youtu.be/IuZ4Hy3-a04

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (gKWVE)

37 Andy Burnham is already off to a good start, out-Stamering even Starmer himself with lies, missteps, absurdities and betrayals -- all within the first 12 hours. He's contradicting his own Counter Terrorism Division into ordert t protect and coer-up for a fellow communist. Then he fired literally the entire Labour Pry from government and replaced them with his own incompetent cronies. Then he announced he was moving the seat of government to Manchester. And declared he going to nationalize all the biggest comoanies in ther UK

Don't stop Burnham -- he's on a roll! Cant wait for the next 12 hours.

Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Av6i5)

38 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)
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But on the plus side, they got rid of a lot of garbage in the concrete when they built it!

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

39 I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (2ocoG)

Rad suits and tongs, like they use when refueling nuclear reactors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (1z8ji)

40
Would you believe that Three Gorges Dam had a small but noticeable effect on earth's rotation. That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (w6EFb)

41 the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour.

How many data centers is that?

Posted by: far cry at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (LSV6F)

42 Did the Holocaust happen, fag?

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (JWXSB)

43 RIP Ann Widdecombe, what a horrible way to die.

It was so obvious from the rip that she was targeted, despite the establishment's loud denials that it wasn't.

Or maybe precisely because they denied it so ferociously.

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (kD8Fh)

44 If that thing collapses, it's said that the f*cking EARTH'S ROTATION will be altered........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

From all the Chinese standing up at the same time?

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

45 >>'At some leakage points'

Yeah, if more than one 'leakage point' is losing a cubic foot every 15 seconds, buh-bye.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (NcvvS)

46 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM

Ruh-roh!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (kgE5c)

47 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."

Quality is not a consideration in Chinese domestic construction. And if the Party officials have fled, everyone else should too.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

48 6 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
Posted by: Sponge

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Did she arrange it? like that raghead who had someone throw water at her? (what happened to that story -- that should be discussed every day until that whore is tossed out of the country)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (yaIVL)

49 it's said that the f*cking EARTH'S ROTATION will be altered........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I've seen this claim as well.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (gKWVE)

50 If that thing were to collapse, well, I've seen claims of 400 million people dead.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (w6EFb)
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iirc 400 million homeless, fewer casualties

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (JvZF+)

51 "Would you believe that Three Gorges Dam had a small but noticeable effect on earth's rotation. That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface."
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I read that in Cliff Clavin's voice.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

52 The Jan 6th narrative for the left is their justification for the law breaking they are doing now.

Because Trump . . .

Its the same shit with leftists every time. Every time. It is a waste of time talking to them. There are no rules for them and no principles for them. Just do what we say or else.

Posted by: long spent is the night, soon breaks the dawn at July 21, 2026 01:32 PM (anL5R)

53
#ChinaIsAsshoe

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 21, 2026 01:33 PM (wtvvX)

54 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)
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The FBI did get some hillbilly retards to take the bait.

But it was more than just discussions. They did get some of these morons to build explosives, physically surveille Witch's house, etc.

So yea, I think it was legally entrapment in all but maybe the case of two of the guys.

None of these idiots were good guys, but those two were really bad guys, and had their convictions affirmed on appeal.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

55 The left lives by impressions.

They think that appearance is all that exists: there is no truth.

They also know their side is violent. (Yes, that's a truth, but they are also masters of doublethink.)

So they need to create the appearance that it's "both sides" at the very least.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (N1tpc)

56 Quality is not a consideration in Chinese domestic construction. And if the Party officials have fled, everyone else should too.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (2ocoG)

Now is the time to invest in Flex-Seal futures!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (1z8ji)

57 Don't stop Burnham -- he's on a roll! Cant wait for the next 12 hours.
Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Av6i5)

I wonder if he has a shorter term than Liz Truss

Posted by: Kindltot - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but there will be paid commercials at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

58 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times

The thing is just placed on the mud, no real foundation. It was only a matter of time.

BTW, the same attention to quality is in every chinese product.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (0U5gm)

59 One of the guys in the Fednapping case had "explosives in his truck" that he had no idea that Fed plant had put there.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

60 The FBI did get some hillbilly retards to take the bait.

IIRC some of them tried to back out and the FIB wouldn't allow that.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:35 PM (2ocoG)

61 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM (6iKlf)

Yeah, that's how communism works. Congrats.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:35 PM (N1tpc)

62 BTW, the same attention to quality is in every chinese product.

I'm told that Chinese domestic theme parks (not the foreign-branded ones like Shanghai Disney, the true Chinese ones) make Action Park look safe.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)

63
Now is the time to invest in Flex-Seal futures!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (1z8ji)

FLEX PASTE TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!

Posted by: Phil Swift at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (2YhKe)

64 The crazy thing is at the moment the Chinese are building a bigger dam than the Three Gorges Dam on the turn in the Bramaputra.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (sMkB+)

65 If that dam collapses so will the regime in Beijing. Neville Roy Singham, Code Pink, Party for Socialism and Liberation, International ANSWER, Tides Foundation, and Democrat Party hardest hit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (JvZF+)

66 Eh the 3 Gorges Dam is about to blow up has been “news” before. Seems like every year or two it’s on the verge of collapse killing hundreds of millions. And then it magically heals itself and nothing happens.

Posted by: Grains of Salt at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (GEtfQ)

67 46 "Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam. At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour. Senior officials have already fled with their families, claiming that they are leaving for ‘off-site study.’ Meanwhile, they are calling on us to remain at our posts, treating us as disposable."
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:21 PM

Ruh-roh!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM (kgE5c)

Xiaggy already hauled ass in the Mystery Machine

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (wtvvX)

68 I wonder how many Chinamen are encased in the damn. I Berl more than 1000.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (601KG)

69 The "Counter-Currents" website (I'm not linking it) still thinks Rousseau's merry band of Patriot Bottoms aren't SPLC, so feh. The SPLC literally wrote that LARPing Fed jerkoff a big check and those idjits still Want To Believe.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (gKWVE)

70 the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour.
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Equal to that of one post match English football fan.

Posted by: so, yes at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (anL5R)

71 Billy Mays here, for Three Gorges Dam!!

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (JWXSB)

72 I wonder how many Chinamen are encased in the damn. I Berl more than 1000.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (601KG)

I know there were several deaths during it's construction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

73 Any evidence that the three gorges dam story is true?

People have been spreading lies about it for a while. Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant. I doubt it will fail until there is an earthquake so don't get your hopes up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (yaIVL)

74 the flow rate
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I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (JWXSB)

75 21 hammer blows to the head but initially thought to be a kitchen fall.

They probably always knew it was a hammer but needed to verify Paul Pelosi's alibi before making up a cover story.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

76 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Hohgs)

Wait, I thought he was being controlled by TEH JOOOS!!!!! Now it's the feds?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (N1tpc)

77 At some leakage points, the flow rate has reached 30 cubic meters per hour.

That is 130 gallons per minute

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

78 Ai isnt capable of this kind!
68 I wonder how many Chinamen are encased in the damn. I Berl more than 1000.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (601KG)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (YlWIZ)

79
Melamine and Chinesium -- now, there's quality right there!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (ixS3i)

80 Eh the 3 Gorges Dam is about to blow up has been “news” before. Seems like every year or two it’s on the verge of collapse killing hundreds of millions. And then it magically heals itself and nothing happens.

Posted by: Grains of Salt at July 21, 2026 01:36 PM (GEtfQ)

That thing does the wave better than most stadiums.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)

81 From the Daily Mail, poor poor lady.......

Ann Widdecombe was bludgeoned 21 times over the head with a hammer in a 'ferocious' two-minute attack captured on camera, a court heard today.

The 78-year-old former minister was ambushed in her own kitchen by a hammer-wielding intruder while she was having her lunch, it was said.

Disturbing details of her brutal murder emerged today as her alleged killer Joshua Kerry appeared in court for the first time.

The 28-year-old is alleged to have walked into the former MP's kitchen through an unlocked front door asking, 'Don't suppose you have bank cards and ID?' as he held a hammer out of sight.

Prosecutors described the violence used as 'ferocious' saying Kerry struck the victim 21 times before shoving her body to the floor, rifling through her handbag for a wallet and fleeing the scene.

Today it emerged for the first time that the pensioner died from a 'blunt force injury to the head'.

But, just hours earlier a coroner had insisted the cause of death was unascertained.

Posted by: beckster at July 21, 2026 01:38 PM (kX27y)

82 Maybe they need a 4th gorge?

Posted by: Cant Hurt at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (GEtfQ)

83 the flow rate
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I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (JWXSB)

Ashley Webb knows all about flow rates...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)

84
Big earthquakes have much larger effects on earth's rotation. That huge one in Japan in 2011 that caused that Fukushima disaster was an example.

It's shortened the mean length of day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted earth's axis by about 17 cm.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (w6EFb)

85 Posted by: Billygoatpuke at July 21, 2026 01:27 PM (Hohgs)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

86 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam. I am trying to eat a grilled chicken salad, and I have 2 cats and a dog sitting in a row just staring at me.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)

87 https://x.com/LUOXIANG_PMTQ

Three Gorges Dam rumor.

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (6iKlf)

88 People have been spreading lies about it for a while. Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant. I doubt it will fail until there is an earthquake so don't get your hopes up.

It's known that they didn't anchor it to anything at the bottom, only it's own weight keeps it in place. That's why the go-to strategy if Xi ever got squirrely was to drop a MOAB on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

89 Give me what I want, and I'll go away.

Posted by: Saijo at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (JvZF+)

90 Quality is not a consideration in Chinese domestic construction. And if the Party officials have fled, everyone else should too.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:31 PM

Party Officials: We are not fleeing...we have an important meeting in Beijing. Your fleeing would be defeatism and counter-revolutionary activity, comrade. You will s[]die remain in place.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (kgE5c)

91
Flex seal is the answer!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (ixS3i)

92 Say what you will about Lake Nasser (and archaeologists say a lot, all of it terrible), the dam was built to last.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (gKWVE)

93 Wasn't the Whitmer kidnapping plot 100% an FBI sting that they plotted, planned, funded and armed only finally finding some local yocals to take the bait and engage in discussions?
---
It was basically some duffuses that like to play paintball in the woods standing around a garage one night getting drunk and one of them said, "somebody ought to do something about that dumb bitch."

And everything from there on to "do something" was all FBI agents; one agent buying the materials from another agent, one agent agreeing with another agent on "let's do this" in the group chat and so on and so on.

Am I simplifying it? Exaggerated downplay?
Maybe, but barely.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (3cUTc)

94 https://x.com/LUOXIANG_PMTQ

Three Gorges Dam rumor.
Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (6iKlf)

LOL.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

95 Html fail.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (kgE5c)

96 There were more FBI agents and informants than there were "conspirators" in the alleged Whitmer kidnapping. The lead "conspirator " was living in a basement with no running water

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:41 PM (sMkB+)

97 That's why the go-to strategy if Xi ever got squirrely was to drop a MOAB on it.
Posted by: Ian S.

/pedant
MOABs are air-burst weapons. You want a ground penetrator weapon.
/pedant

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (diia5)

98 If it does start to collapse we should indeed send a JDAM or three to help it along.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (JvZF+)

99 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam. I am trying to eat a grilled chicken salad, and I have 2 cats and a dog sitting in a row just staring at me.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)

Make your choice. It's either the chicken or your face.

Posted by: The Cats at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

100 It's known that they didn't anchor it to anything at the bottom, only it's own weight keeps it in place. That's why the go-to strategy if Xi ever got squirrely was to drop a MOAB on it.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

That is pretty much the standard for earth-fill dams.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (1z8ji)

101 The 28-year-old is alleged to have walked into the former MP's kitchen through an unlocked front door asking, 'Don't suppose you have bank cards and ID?' as he held a hammer out of sight.
==
Now how would they know that?

She was found dead. No witnesses. Did he tell them what his intro to her was?

Weird.

Posted by: Oh wait, its Britain at July 21, 2026 01:42 PM (anL5R)

102 In fairness, ICE was asking for it. Look at they way they are dressed.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 21, 2026 01:43 PM (TezPK)

103 89 Give me what I want, and I'll go away.
Posted by: Saijo at July 21, 2026 01:40 PM (JvZF+)

I just took the last bite and Sabi hissed at Saijo and left. Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.

And thus ends the play by play of my life.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:43 PM (hftzA)

104 Who wouldn't love Three D*** Corgies?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 21, 2026 01:44 PM (2ap+5)

105 I mean, who'd want to kidnap her? That would involve actually looking at her and touching her.
Posted by: Ian S

Julius Caesar has entered the chat.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 01:44 PM (w9Wax)

106 Kidnapping a Democrat governor is clearly no big deal. Had it been a Republican Governor it would be different.

Ok then 'stalking' ice agents isnt terrorism. Throw out every community responders charges too. Carrying zines isnt terrorism. Throw out the texas case.

This is 100% total exoneration for Trump supporters, right? I mean how could we find anything objectionable about them now, right?

MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house and its already old news while right wingers still yelling about violent leftists so...

I'm gonna keep saying it until liberals realize it is necessary for the preservation of law and society: Judges are not gods. Start arresting them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 21, 2026 01:45 PM (2qI1t)

107 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam.
Posted by: Piper
_________

The pants rules would need amending.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 21, 2026 01:45 PM (XvL8K)

108
Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.

These 2 are named mysteriously close to former NHL player Saku Koivu.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

109 Completely off topic, but we need AceCam. I am trying to eat a grilled chicken salad, and I have 2 cats and a dog sitting in a row just staring at me.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)
______

There already is AceCam. It's called OnlyFans.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

110 Any evidence that the three gorges dam story is true?

People have been spreading lies about it for a while. Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant. I doubt it will fail until there is an earthquake so don't get your hopes up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (yaIVL)

Who knows? No one is getting their "hopes" up.

"before the Chinese were so damn arrogant." Lol! Not the Middle Kingdom!

Posted by: 13times at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (6iKlf)

111
MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house and its already old news while right wingers still yelling about violent leftists so...

Uh.....he wasn't MAGA.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

112 .
Give me a couple of graphs. Right wing vs left wing intelligence AND right wing vs left wing moral compass.

Posted by: Marooned at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (kt8QE)

113 Haven't seen any confirmation on X or YouTube or news about the Three Gorges , but the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (sMkB+)

114 MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house

If by "MAGA" you mean "Tim Walz appointee who shot the only Democrat to vote against Walz", sure.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)

115 It is true the Chinese suck at civil engineering in general, drainage and flood control particularly. There has been massive recent urban flooding.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 01:49 PM (JvZF+)

116
There already is AceCam. It's called OnlyFans.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

OnlyWicket?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (y9nCu)

117 108
Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.

These 2 are named mysteriously close to former NHL player Saku Koivu.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)

118 the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yeah. I pointed out at the time that the same weather was moving up into 3gD country and would put pressure on that too.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (gKWVE)

119 MAGA nutjob in MN shot 2 dem reps and their family, dog included, dead in their house and its already old news while right wingers still yelling about violent leftists so...

Uh.....he wasn't MAGA.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

That doesn't matter. What matters is they believe he was.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (N1tpc)

120 The thing is just placed on the mud, no real foundation. It was only a matter of time. BTW, the same attention to quality is in every chinese product.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 01:34 PM (0U5gm)

The Hell you say!

Posted by: Every Temu product ever at July 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Eng1Z)

121 Kovu and Saijo looked at each other like “well that was uncalled for”.

These 2 are named mysteriously close to former NHL player Saku Koivu.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:51 PM (N1tpc)

122 113 Haven't seen any confirmation on X or YouTube or news about the Three Gorges , but the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"No they aren't. Please report for reeducation immediately."
- CCP

What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

123 That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)

My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

124 Uh.....he wasn't MAGA.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

That doesn't matter. What matters is they believe he was.
==
right because it doesn't matter what he identifies as, it matters what they identify him as . . . wait WUT?

Posted by: Consistency at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (anL5R)

125 In more of the Great Boning Of China news, apparently the gov't had to deliver a $10T bailout.
youtu.be/y5pSXzFSLnc
96 billion yuan.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 01:53 PM (gKWVE)

126 Water is leaking from multiple locations near the base of the Three Gorges Dam.

Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes, really. Pressure and time. That, and a big goddamn poster.
- Red

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

127 That is funny. Kovu is from The Lion King 2, it means scar in Swahili. He is a Savannah. Makes sense. Everyone knows why Saijo is Saijo, and his name makes sense. Sabi is actually Wasabi. He, like Kovu, is a Savannah, so it doesn’t make any sense at all.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 01:50 PM (hftzA)

My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

OH, those are cat names. Now the post makes some sense.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:53 PM (N1tpc)

128 Say what you will about Abby Phillips, Helen of the Baltimore Docks has a smirk that would launch a 1000 seamen.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (wBaIH)

129 right because it doesn't matter what he identifies as, it matters what they identify him as . . . wait WUT?
Posted by: Consistency at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (anL5R)

Yes! Now you get it. Doublethink™

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (N1tpc)

130 there were some others I think, sorry if I missed your handle
Posted by: kallisto

Just ignore the guy spreading news about her new SO....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

131 Would you believe that Three Gorges Dam had a small but noticeable effect on earth's rotation. That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface.
Posted by: publius

"Nerd! Nerd! Nerd!"

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:56 PM (DZ9Lv)

132 okay here's the source
tinyurl.com/yvemsba2
96,000,000,000.00 Chinese Yuan equals
$14,173,440,000. so "only" $14 billion.

Posted by: gKWVE loses track of the zeroes at July 21, 2026 01:56 PM (gKWVE)

133 Shanghai is flooding like crazy right now from storms.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 01:57 PM (sMkB+)

134 "IKE BEATS TINA TO DEATH!"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 21, 2026 01:57 PM (qFwJc)

135 JANUARY6JANUARY6
JANUARY6
JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6JANUARY6

Posted by: Another Stupid Typical Fucking Moonbat at July 21, 2026 01:58 PM (ZlKnD)

136 Literally everything is an op.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:58 PM (2YhKe)

137 "That massive build up of water lengthened the day by 0.1 microseconds and shifted the earth's axis by about 2 cm relative to the surface."

So when the dam bursts we will get our .1 microsecond back?

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2026 01:59 PM (MWfyi)

138 Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: The cobras at July 21, 2026 01:59 PM (601KG)

139
In more Earth rotation nerd news, that little anomalous speed-up that started about 2020 has apparently ended. No negative leap second will be needed in 2029 or so.

Erf has now slowed back down. It's been about 10 years since a leap second was needed, and it will be a few more likely before the next, which will be the longest run without since the current UTC scheme was instituted in '72.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 02:00 PM (w6EFb)

140 Just ignore the guy spreading news about her new SO....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

this little factoid did not escape my attention, did Fenelon remarry or something?

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 02:00 PM (kD8Fh)

141 According to the asshats who run the Smithsonian Institute for the Criminally Insane Micky Mouse is racist.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (V362x)

142 Something similar going on Airstrip 1.

The UK Government last week announced they had arrested 12 "right wing extremists" for planning a "terror attack" against a Muslim event. Made quite a big deal out of it.

A few days later, all but one were released without charges. Quietly.

https://youtu.be/Idn0zGtc-WA

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (mHP6y)

143 The thing is that Jan 6 was actually leftist violence. Set up by the Obama regime, with hundreds of undercover FBI participating and encouraging a riot, and with Pelosi not only directing the Capitol Police to open doors but also refusing Trump's request for the National Guard.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

144 I worry that too much water has accumulated behind the Three Gorges Dam and now the earth is out of balance.

*Hank Johnson*

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 21, 2026 02:02 PM (affD0)

145 Just ignore the guy spreading news about her new SO....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 01:54 PM (DZ9Lv)

this little factoid did not escape my attention, did Fenelon remarry or something?
Posted by: kallisto

She got a kitten.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 02:03 PM (DZ9Lv)

146 The thing is that Jan 6 was actually leftist violence. Set up by the Obama regime, with hundreds of undercover FBI participating and encouraging a riot, and with Pelosi not only directing the Capitol Police to open doors but also refusing Trump's request for the National Guard.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

With Pelosi's daughter on hand to film a documentary.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 02:03 PM (wVcYX)

147 VTK, there's talk that the government didn't want the Islamic event to go forward because, yes, it was going to be extremist.
So they cooked up a "plot" out of thirteen Biffas mouthing off down the pub, to use that as an excuse to cancel the Islamic event.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (gKWVE)

148 According to the asshats who run the Smithsonian Institute for the Criminally Insane Micky Mouse is racist.

Well, he is a mouse. Not gonna like a black panther.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)

149 113 Haven't seen any confirmation on X or YouTube or news about the Three Gorges , but the dams collapsed in Guangxi autonomous region are real. A lot of people are dead there .
Posted by: Smell the Glove

"No they aren't. Please report for reeducation immediately."
- CCP

What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

A show I watch for China info is always pissed about an apparent rule that death counts can never be reported to be above 30. So 10 cities and towns flooded with 30 feet of water, 26 dead.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 02:07 PM (uhVAy)

150 >>>
What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

I'd laugh, but NYC had that massive subway flooding the other day. Did they figure out what pipe burst? Who is to blame for that utter fail?

Clearly needed to call the Super Mario Bros to fix it.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 02:07 PM (Eng1Z)

151 New Jersey discloses 6,600 non-citizens were on New Jersey voter rolls after motor vehicles software error in 2023 and 2024

Fewer than 400 voted illegally; Sherrill orders investigation as some of Trump claims validated; Governor says Trump has ‘zero credibility’ on election matters

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:07 PM (RHGPo)

152 Well, he is a mouse. Not gonna like a black panther.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)

Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)

153 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sMkB+)

154 >>>
What's annoying is that every time a sewer clogs and there is 2" of water on some sidestreet in Tokyo, the Chinese make a big deal about the misery of poor Japanese infrastructure and a failing society. Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (yaIVL)

... the Chinese have nothing to poke the Japanese with on infrastructure as they are notorious for poor or non-existence drainage

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (RHGPo)

155 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sMkB+)

A bus flipped over? Buses are supposed to "plunge". It's in all the style books, FFS.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:10 PM (1z8ji)

156 Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.

... so you're saying that all of Holywood is based on white supremacy

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:10 PM (RHGPo)

157 My favorite thing about China is those gleaming ghost cities they built for some reason.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (n5tGW)

158 Well, he is a mouse. Not gonna like a black panther.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:05 PM (n5tGW)

Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color ~~film~~ did not exist at the time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)

FIFY

Posted by: Calvin's Dad at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (wVcYX)

159 My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

Uh oh! When he learns to read and finds out what a "foster kid" is, he could realize he's not your bio dog!

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:12 PM (Sy6m/)

160 New Jersey discloses 6,600 non-citizens were on New Jersey voter rolls

... the sacrificial non-citizens on voter rolls.
I bet there are another 30,000 they didn't or wouldn't reveal

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:12 PM (RHGPo)

161 @160 SMOD, I was thinking multiply 10x

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:13 PM (sMkB+)

162 My dogs are simply named after booze
--------------

My cats are Charlie and Bravo. Keeping it simple.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (mHP6y)

163 153 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:09 PM (sMkB+)

I had to check. No, currently waxing crescent, another week to full.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (Sy6m/)

164 White woman stands trial over claims she called autistic black boy, 8, racist word in playground during fight over applesauce

.. at least it wasn't over a Tootsie Roll or such

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (RHGPo)

165 Mickey Mouse was portrayed as black and white because the cartoons were in black and white. Color film did not exist at the time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2026 02:08 PM (1z8ji)
======

Rheeeeeeee!

Posted by: Gen Z college educated liberal at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (JvZF+)

166 My favorite thing about China is those gleaming ghost cities they built for some reason.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (n5tGW)

Building generates economic activity. People invest in them to support themselves in old age since family sizes are small. But since the construction is shoddy and planning is awful, people are finding out that these cities have no future and the current generation is gonna blow up when the scam comes into the open.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

167 DEI guest host subbing in for incompetent DEI regular host Abby Philips suggests that ICE was responsible for their own firebombing yesterday

To be more precise, ICE *and* Donald Trump.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

168
She got a kitten.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 21, 2026 02:03 PM (DZ9Lv)

Lucky her!!

Jealous!

Posted by: kallisto at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (kD8Fh)

169 My dogs are simply named after booze. So far, the reddish accented Husky was Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, Bourbon for short, and the mini Aussie is Foster, Australian for Dog.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Always give your dogs a one syllable name. That way, when you are chasing the down the street, it's much easier to yell "Sam" or "Max" instead of "Winston Rothschild the 4th!"

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (AFtz5)

170 >>> New Jersey discloses 6,600 non-citizens were on New Jersey voter rolls

Bless Scott Pressler for the recent win of getting PA to have to expose their voter roles. Respect for those fighting the uphill battle to clean up the voting process in their states.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM (Eng1Z)

171 Report: Mojtaba Khamenei is not in Iran
According to an Israeli security official, Iran's new supreme leader is no longer in the country, while Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Ahmad Vahidi and other senior officials are drafting statements in his name. The official also claimed the US does not want Israel to participate in offensive operations, even if the Iranian regime attacks it.

... supreme leader is probably with his 72 Virginians

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:17 PM (RHGPo)

172 We have a nutter gap.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:29 PM

Not so much a gap as ...

Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at July 21, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)

173 >> So when the dam bursts we will get our .1 microsecond back?

Something would happen. :-)

Over the course of the year, the earth's rotation varies a bit of 2 ms, or 4 orders of magnitude greater than that effect.

45% of that 2ms variation is due to the movements of Stacey Abrams.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2026 02:18 PM (w6EFb)

174 In addition to disclosing the supreme leader's whereabouts, the Israeli security official also offered a glimpse into the Iranian regime's covert operational plans against Israel.

According to the official, Tehran planned and set in motion a complex operation aimed at assassinating senior Israeli figures in central Tel Aviv. The plot was intended as direct retaliation for the killing of Iran's previous supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

The source also said the US did not want Israel to take part in offensive operations, even if the Iranian regime attacked it. "The internal divisions in Iran are deep and threaten the very existence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," the official claimed.

Posted by: SMOD at July 21, 2026 02:18 PM (RHGPo)

175 Khamanei is in Pamplona for the running of the bulls

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:18 PM (sMkB+)

176 Always give your dogs a one syllable name. That way, when you are chasing the down the street, it's much easier to yell "Sam" or "Max" instead of "Winston Rothschild the 4th!"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 02:16 PM

This isn't about me, is it?

Posted by: Johnjacobjingleheimersmith at July 21, 2026 02:19 PM (0sNs1)

177 153 Between yesterday and today in my county a fifteen year old drowned at a swimming hole where I swam as a teen, a convict at Napanoch prison burned to death in his cell and a bus flipped over on the Thruway with no major injuries. Full moon?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 02:

Oh my gosh, how awful for the 15 year old.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:19 PM (Dd38x)

178 166 My favorite thing about China is those gleaming ghost cities they built for some reason.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 21, 2026 02:11 PM (n5tGW)

Building generates economic activity. People invest in them to support themselves in old age since family sizes are small. But since the construction is shoddy and planning is awful, people are finding out that these cities have no future and the current generation is gonna blow up when the scam comes into the open.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 21, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

We have bums without a place to stay, they have housing without tenants. Smells like opportunity! Bonus: our bums are too drugged up to care about quality, and are probably on Chinese fentanyl anyway, so they would be closer to the source. Win/win/win.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2026 02:19 PM (Sy6m/)

179 BTW our "newest" troll thinks The Holocaust came after June because it's another Jew Lie.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:20 PM (JWXSB)

180 I'm sure the Three Gorges Dam was built to the same exacting standards I used for the St. Francis dam...,

Zombie Bill Mulholland.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 21, 2026 02:20 PM (QGaXH)

181 Regarding the NJ thing, if the software registered non-citizens to vote, did it also *not* register citizens? Just curious if that was a deliberate invert.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:20 PM (2ocoG)

182 >>>Khamanei is in Pamplona for the running of the bulls

Wait, what? Running of the bulls? That is awesome. I have to inform my wife of this.

Posted by: David French at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (J4Dwc)

183 Khameini is negotiating directly with Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (JvZF+)

184 It's been about 10 years since a leap second was needed, and it will be a few more likely before the next, which will be the longest run without since the current UTC scheme was instituted in '72.

Posted by: publius,

Just wait until the leap century arrives, that is going to mess with a lot of peoples' internal clocks.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (0U5gm)

185
Just wait until the leap century arrives, that is going to mess with a lot of peoples' internal clocks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM (0U5gm)

I mean, they're shitting themselves over making DST permanent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

186 Wait, what? Running of the bulls? That is awesome. I have to inform my wife of this.
Posted by: David French at July 21, 2026 02:21 PM

Wait'll Bill Kristol finds out.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

187 Michigan Appeals Court recognizes nobody in their right mind would want to spend time with Gretchen Whitmer, reverses attempted kidnapping conviction on grounds of mental incompetence.

Posted by: Da Twoof at July 21, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

188 Just how stupid is our government, trying to make DST permanent, again?

They tried it once, and it was a total disaster. Stick with standard time, like rational people.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (0U5gm)

189 Wait'll Bill Kristol finds out.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

It would need to be done on a cruise ship.

AHOY!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

190 Harry Sisson says he will fight anyone from the Trump administration. I nominate Pete Hegseth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (CRKYb)

191 Khamanei is in Pamplona for the running of the bulls

Wait, what? Running of the bulls? That is awesome. I have to inform my wife of this.
Posted by: David French
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Somebody tell Bill his wife is already in Pamplona.

Posted by: Its funny because its true at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (anL5R)

192 No Title NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (O7YUW)

193 Harry Sisson says he will fight anyone from the Trump administration. I nominate Pete Hegseth.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2026 02:25 PM (CRKYb)

This would be awesome.

He said the Trump family as well. I would LOVE to see Barron in the ring, or octagon, with that prissy little girlyman.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

194 Harry Sisson says he will ~~fight~~ fuck anyone from the Trump administration.
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Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 02:26 PM (JWXSB)

195 The NOOD has a title now:

BLM Organizer Harrangues Hapless Homosexual James Talarico at Campaign Stop, Threatening "Consequences" If She is Not Racially Appeased

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (O7YUW)

196 Gretchen Whitmer is probably the only victim of a kidnapping plot that was briefed on every single discussion and move of the "kidnappers" from beginning to end, much of it in real time as it happened.

Posted by: Ripley at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (GUOwU)

197 Most of the construction was overseen by outside firms, as this was built before the Chinese were so damn arrogant.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 21, 2026 01:37 PM (yaIVL)
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That's kind of what I was thinking.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (Fi81e)

198 Always give your dogs a one syllable name. That way, when you are chasing the down the street, it's much easier to yell "Sam" or "Max" instead of "Winston Rothschild the 4th!"
Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026

Isn’t that how they all get their nicknames? But you can yell whatever you want to an escapee Shiba. They aren’t coming back unless and until they want to come back. It’s insane. It’s part of the breed warnings. And it isn’t that they don’t understand the concept of recall, because I can call Saijo all day long on the house and he comes. If he is dragging his leash, he will come when called. Off leash? Sayonara. They are a true basal breed and just don’t really care about all of this. What I don’t understand, though, is they were originally breed as hunting dogs. How did the hunters get them back? Were they single use Shibas?

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (Dd38x)

199 Looks like Ohio, Pennsylvania and points east should be keeping a weather eye out this afternoon, early evening.
Currently 20 severe warnings and 3 tornado warnings.
Max velocity live stream on utube.
Because I care.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 21, 2026 02:27 PM (dAv7M)

200 Harry Sisson says he will fight anyone from the Trump administration. I nominate Pete Hegseth.

It's funnier than that. He and Don Lemon said they would tag-team fight anyone from the Trump administration.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 21, 2026 02:33 PM (2ocoG)

201 The host asks is ICE responsible for the Left's domestic terrorism? LOL.

Posted by: TJ jackson at July 21, 2026 03:33 PM (bXvrr)

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