Jim Varney: Biden Pissed Billions Into Blue States for a More Racially "Equitable" Energy Infrastructure -- and the Agencies Are Continuing to Give Away Billions Despite Trump Vowing to Stop It

The old hand of dead men are locked on to the wheel and won't let us turn away from disaster.

Biden Bucks: Climate Change Funds a Bonanza for State Outfits

For much of its five-decade history, the Colorado Energy Office was a small department with a handful of employees who supported practical, cost-saving energy conservation measures. From 2010 to 2022, records show, the office received an average of $7 million per year from the U.S. Department of Energy.
All that changed after the Biden administration and Congress approved hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending to provide "a more equitable, low-carbon, and clean energy economy." In fiscal year 2024, Colorado's state energy office was slated to receive $157.5 million from the energy department, along with another $156 million from the Environmental Protection Agency. The Biden team's defeat in the 2024 election didn't stop the gusher, either, as an additional $60 million in funding was allocated after voters elected Trump and his promise to halt the spending.
A RealClearInvestigations search of government data shows that the Colorado Energy Office was just one of many agencies and groups across the country that received exponential increases in federal grants during Biden's last two years as part of the unprecedented attempt to refashion federal agencies into the finance engines that would transform the U.S. energy sector to a renewable, Net Zero future.
The Treasury Department's database suggests that after Congress passed the unprecedented funding to fight climate change, it looked for outfits that could disperse that money at the state and local level. In response, it turned to many organizations in the public and private sector with no track record for handling such vast sums, as well as state energy offices and agencies.

"Biden-era climate policy sometimes prioritized sending money out the door first, and worrying about logistics and oversight second," said Jeremy Portnoy, an investigator with OpenTheBooks who seeks to make all government spending public. "Money went to groups that were receiving grants larger than they had the capability to manage."

Do you see a pattern? Democrats take the same strategy with Medicare and Medicaid. They firehose out money to their criminal supporters and strip away all checks and steps for verification.

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In response to Trump's efforts to halt much of the spending, a coalition of 13 Democratic state attorneys general filed suit in February seeking to have all the approved grant money dispensed. They argued the Trump administration unfairly targeted states controlled by Democrats, and that without the money those states' "ambitious climate goals" may not be reached.
"Since the first day of President Donald J. Trump's second term, his Administration set out to reverse and undermine the historic energy and infrastructure funding measures enacted by Congress in the preceding years," according to the lawsuit.
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The legal challenges have scored some successes; last month the Energy Department agreed to reinstate 11 grants, although the largest of them remain in limbo.
Three Huge Beneficiaries
While most states received some portion of the climate splurge, RCI's analysis focused on three of the biggest beneficiaries: Colorado, California, and New York, which were poised to receive more than $1 billion.

Read the whole thing.

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1 Gimme some of dat biden cash

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 05:22 PM (cSByu)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:22 PM (xcxpd)

3 Firstest

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 05:23 PM (cSByu)

4 Yo!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 05:23 PM (FZ29D)

5 Also, claw back.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

6 also, also...Purge Night

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

7 I've kinda lamented that far too few of the agencies are moving as quickly and as fast as, say, Hegseth.

Like, they all should be going balls-to-the-walls, cutting, slashing, firing--tearing it all down.

Especially since the cartel judges blocked a lot of that by lying that it DOGE wasn't authorized.
Yeah, but you agency head ARE.
Get the fuck to work.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 05:24 PM (3cUTc)

8 Until something is done about the composition of Congress, and the federal bureaucracy, something permanent, and unpleasant, money will always be directed towards the enemies of mankind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

9 8 Until something is done about the composition of Congress, and the federal bureaucracy, something permanent, and unpleasant, money will always be directed towards the enemies of mankind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

The "judges"...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:25 PM (S6LVb)

10 The amount of money the US hemorrhages on idiotic leftist polices, corrupt grifter handouts and incalculable fraud is beyond depressing.

If we could work at maximum economic Adam Smith-style free market efficiency, the stuff we could achieve would be mind-boggling.

Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 05:27 PM (Av6i5)

11 Are they taking down windmills yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 24, 2026 05:27 PM (2Ez/1)

12 I don't think *biden pissed anything other than his shorts.

It was all his staff. Put in place by operatives. Whether they were Obama's, Clinton's, the CIA's or whomever... that's the issue. Not *binden.

But he still should be beat with bricks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 24, 2026 05:28 PM (jehhT)

13 Until something is done about the composition of Congress, and the federal bureaucracy, something permanent, and unpleasant, money will always be directed towards the enemies of mankind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

The "judges"...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:25 PM (S6LVb)

If we 'fixed' Congress, judges would cease to be an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 05:28 PM (ExV1e)

14 The whole federal apparatus of money laundering is a ponzi scheme dreamed up by madoffs and run by bidens.

Get in early and get out early...if you can.

Posted by: $39.5 trillion and growing at July 24, 2026 05:28 PM (ftsic)

15 Every agency need to be open 24/7, operating under a deathly fear, working feverishly as though the Democrats are going to take back full control tomorrow.

Because, two years from now, in a mere blink, they could.

And ... since Trump was granted legal cover to fire any and all, outside of the Fed:
Who has he fired?
Where are the mass firings?
If the excuse is (and it's bullshit whoever is shoveling it) that we don't want to skunk the midterms--then isolate and sideline every single person now you intend to fire.
Because they sure as shit aren't sitting idle, they are working day and night to stop Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 05:28 PM (3cUTc)

16 Also, claw back.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)
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The problem is that Biden's people wrote out the regulation and set up the program so that these crap projects were eligible and approved them, and so it's hard to sign the obligation and close on the grant and then take it back.

Pretty much would take Congress to do that.

It's not corruption per se - yes, it's a crap project, but that was what the government said it would fund, so it's not the same thing as outright fraud. Uncle Sugar paid for pink rainbow solar panels - it says so right in the paperwork.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)

17
The old hand of dead men are locked on to the wheel and won't let us turn away from disaster.

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"So you're saying they're driving us into a ditch?"

/obligatory DogEater

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (LCdVS)

18 So much money that could be spent on kolaches or training hibachi chefs

Posted by: H at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (U+L0d)

19
Get the fuck to work.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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It's in the article. They were stripped of the spending, and then a gang of 13 Democrat attorneys general fought back. Judges reinstated 11 grants.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (mmrXZ)

20 And here we go ... I can tell you this with certainty.

Texas is getting more Wind Turbines. These Wind Turbines are so great that the Federal Government is backing those Turbines up, with subsidies, with roughly 30% Natural Gas Turbines as part of the deal. Because Wind just isn't a real Energy Provider.

Its a Multi-Trillion dollar deal.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:30 PM (RhUi2)

21 I'm beginning to wonder, have we really stopped anything?

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 24, 2026 05:30 PM (b4LBp)

22 Could it be possible that if there was no fraud we would not have inflation because federal spending wouldn't be out of control?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 05:30 PM (qFwJc)

23 The amount of money the US hemorrhages on idiotic leftist polices, corrupt grifter handouts and incalculable fraud is beyond depressing.

If we could work at maximum economic Adam Smith-style free market efficiency, the stuff we could achieve would be mind-boggling.
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2026 05:27 PM (Av6i5)

No sign of any trickle-down in CA from all this money. At least in the military spending era we had some bombs left over in the end.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2026 05:31 PM (uhVAy)

24 From 2010 to 2022, records show, the office received an average of $7 million per year from the U.S. Department of Energy.

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"Pikers!"

-- Minnesommalia and Califzuela Cultural-Enriching Fraudster Gangsters

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 05:31 PM (LCdVS)

25 Who is the Secretary of the Dept. of Energy?

That guy could end this now.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 05:32 PM (qFwJc)

26 Where are the mass firings?
If the excuse is (and it's bullshit whoever is shoveling it) that we don't want to skunk the midterms--then isolate and sideline every single person now you intend to fire.
Because they sure as shit aren't sitting idle, they are working day and night to stop Trump.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 05:28 PM (3cUTc)
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I think the number of federal employees is now at its lowest level since the 1960s. Some were fired, but a lot took the early out or whatever it was.

A friend of mine is in agriculture (not a farmer, he rents his land out) but he said parts of USDA lost half their staff. And of course the Dept. of Education got gutted.

So credit where it is due.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:32 PM (ZOv7s)

27 11 Are they taking down windmills yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 24, 2026 05:27 PM (2Ez/1)

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I just installed a couple of diesel powered windmills and they are great

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 24, 2026 05:32 PM (9CZQg)

28 >>The "judges"...

Bit a both. But yea, it you read the article the only reason some of the grants were reinstated was because they were ordered to by a federal judge.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)

29 So much money that could be spent on kolaches or training hibachi chefs
Posted by: H at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (U+L0d)
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Valu-Rite for the whole Horde. Gold label, the good stuff!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:33 PM (ZOv7s)

30 I'm beginning to wonder, have we really stopped anything?

I believe - seriously - we're at the Beginning of the Beginning.

And nothing gets fixed until you start. But the start, for many here, is going to be a problem. Because the ugly work at the start is what they can't stand.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:33 PM (RhUi2)

31
"Biden-era climate policy sometimes prioritized sending money out the door first, and worrying about logistics and oversight second," said Jeremy Portnoy, an investigator with OpenTheBooks who seeks to make all government spending public.

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They did the same thing with fraudulent votes, and millions of unvetted illegal aliens, and masses of criminals released by Soros DAs, and insane rulings by activist judges. Overload the system and destroy society.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 24, 2026 05:34 PM (ienUH)

32 The problem is that Biden's people wrote out the regulation and set up the program so that these crap projects were eligible and approved them, and so it's hard to sign the obligation and close on the grant and then take it back.

Pretty much would take Congress to do that.

It's not corruption per se - yes, it's a crap project, but that was what the government said it would fund, so it's not the same thing as outright fraud. Uncle Sugar paid for pink rainbow solar panels - it says so right in the paperwork.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)

The Government can refuse to pay a granted grant. Lost a position in a U. of Chicago lab because grants were set up, payment was delayed, the U lent the money and then when the plug was pulled everyone was out of a position.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)

33 24 From 2010 to 2022, records show, the office received an average of $7 million per year from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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"Pikers!"

-- Minnesommalia and Califzuela Cultural-Enriching Fraudster Gangsters
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 05:31 PM (LCdVS)
Minnesommalia and Califzuela! I'm stealing those.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 05:34 PM (LHPAg)

34 I just installed a couple of diesel powered windmills and they are great

People are dumb. Some will read that and believe it.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:34 PM (RhUi2)

35 Stories like this helped convince me the Democrats were not worried about Trump winning ‘24.

Posted by: Accomack at July 24, 2026 05:34 PM (wkU1F)

36 Could it be possible that if there was no fraud we would not have inflation because federal spending wouldn't be out of control?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 24, 2026 05:30 PM (qFwJc)
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But for oil, prices would be in freefall.

Weird how Dems lost interest in eggs once they got cheap again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

37 16 Also, claw back.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:23 PM (xcxpd)
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The problem is that Biden's people wrote out the regulation and set up the program so that these crap projects were eligible and approved them, and so it's hard to sign the obligation and close on the grant and then take it back.

Pretty much would take Congress to do that.

It's not corruption per se - yes, it's a crap project, but that was what the government said it would fund, so it's not the same thing as outright fraud. Uncle Sugar paid for pink rainbow solar panels - it says so right in the paperwork.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)

I suspect Democrats would not find it hard to end obligations they did not want to fund any longer.

Contracts can be broken, funding ended.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (xcxpd)

38 And so ends the beginning.

Posted by: The person who always thinks we're at the end of the beginning at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (2Ez/1)

39 "Billions"... $40T in debt.

And Buck wonders why automakers went all in on 'lectrics?

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (XuXeR)

40
Penn Station might be renamed after Trump.

I love thinking how many people are going to lose their minds over it.

Posted by: four seasons at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (/QHx4)

41 Half of government spending has to be fraud.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 24, 2026 05:36 PM (6ydKt)

42 Solar windmills.

Posted by: It's the next Big Thing at July 24, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)

43 The Government can refuse to pay a granted grant. Lost a position in a U. of Chicago lab because grants were set up, payment was delayed, the U lent the money and then when the plug was pulled everyone was out of a position.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)
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I'm no expert, but I think that's what the judges are doing, and they are likely activist hacks, but that's the angle they are taking.

Congress could stop it completely if they wanted, but they don't.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:36 PM (ZOv7s)

44 Ace or one of the co bloggers we need a clean up on the previous thread at comment 223.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (0N4FZ)

45 "ambitious climate goals" may not be reached.

Each State has goals. let them fund them. not all the other States citizens.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (NnhvP)

46 42 Solar windmills.
Posted by: It's the next Big Thing at July 24, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)

Windmills and solar "farms" are a cancer on the Countryside...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (S6LVb)

47 Penn Station might be renamed after Trump.

As long as they still make the Chicken Cordon Blue, I'm good with it.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (RhUi2)

48 >>That guy could end this now.

Chris Wright. The same guy who tried to stop the grants. He's really good and hates them but he lost in court to a radical leftist DC judge, Amit Mehta.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (viF8m)

49 Solar windmills.
Posted by: It's the next Big Thing"

Generator powered lights for solar panels...

/ wait, that happened

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (XuXeR)

50 and as a result, the energy companies become energy rationers. And you must endure Action Days when you "voluntarily" cut your use of energy, which in summers mean 4-8 PM when you've got home from work and need to cook dinner and do quick home chores.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 05:38 PM (gKWVE)

51 Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:33 PM (RhUi2)

LOL. You just said you hadn't been doing that. I'm glad that you now are. Scogg Dog" was probably 200 handles ago- not that I'm keeping track of all of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2026 05:38 PM (rHgXV)

52 Ernest Goes to Camp Varney.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 05:38 PM (NkUqe)

53 The GOPe will never forgive Trump for actually keeping his promises.

He showed you could in fact solve 50-year-old problems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)

54 >>Stories like this helped convince me the Democrats were not worried about Trump winning ‘24.

I don't know, years of lawfare and then a bullet to the head kinda sold me.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 05:39 PM (viF8m)

55 but he lost in court to a radical leftist DC judge,
Posted .y: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 05:37 PM (viF8m)b

Amit Mehta Another fine Amerikan judge...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:39 PM (S6LVb)

56 Lots of farmland in upstate NY are being turned into solar setups. The environmental damage is ignored because it's "green energy". Wouldn't be surprised to see this program is involved

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 05:39 PM (NemxU)

57 An "ambitious climate goal" would be 72 degrees.
Every day.
Year round.

Posted by: Thermostat on the wall should have told you at July 24, 2026 05:39 PM (2Ez/1)

58 40
Penn Station might be renamed after Trump.

I love thinking how many people are going to lose their minds over it.

Posted by: four seasons at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (/QHx4)

I'm betting if they put up a Trump bust or statue it wouldn't last a week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 24, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)

59 42 Solar windmills.
Posted by: It's the next Big Thing at July 24, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)
That might actually work. In outer space.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 05:40 PM (LHPAg)

60 This money doesn’t go anywhere to fund any energy policy. It funds the Democrap party and its slimy remoras.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:40 PM (Nt9qU)

61 the energy companies become energy rationers"

This. Instead of two or three reliable sources, we have several unreliable sources, and have to continually monitor and switch...

But hey, we're feeling good, right?

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:40 PM (XuXeR)

62 40
Penn Station might be renamed after Trump.

I love thinking how many people are going to lose their minds over it.

Posted by: four seasons at July 24, 2026 05:35 PM (/QHx4)

I remember the squawking when National Airport was renamed Reagan/National, but that would be a mild harrumph compared to the reaction to this.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:40 PM (SgdqL)

63 You know ... its kind of nice to be wanted. Even by the pestering girl. Good to be noticed.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:40 PM (RhUi2)

64 and as a result, the energy companies become energy rationers. And you must endure Action Days when you "voluntarily" cut your use of energy, which in summers mean 4-8 PM when you've got home from work and need to cook dinner and do quick home chores.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 24, 2026 05:38 PM (gKWVE)
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Orwell nailed it in 1948: the idea is to create permanent wartime conditions so that everything is rationed, everything controlled. Strive for victory! Sacrifice for victory!

And climate is a war that will never end, so...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

65 rofl this dude at 58 is hilarious

Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)

66 Cleanup on Aisle 58.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (Wnv9h)

67 Holy crap I’m an idiot for playing by the rules, paying my taxes, refusing food and housing assistance when I was newly divorced…….

*hangs head in shhame*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (UoF3w)

68 66 rofl this dude at 58 is hilarious
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)

Need the ban hammer

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (S6LVb)

69 61 This money doesn’t go anywhere to fund any energy policy. It funds the Democrap party and its slimy remoras.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:40 PM (Nt9qU)
Rate this 100% true.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (LHPAg)

70 Need the ban hammer
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (S6LVb)
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I much prefer that retards be allowed to be retarded out loud. Makes it easier to know who to just point and laugh at.

Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (oqH4h)

71 Let the states get the grants. Then watch them like white on rice for fraud and prosecute the crap out of them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (NemxU)

72 rofl this dude at 58 is hilarious
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)

Need the ban hammer
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (S6LVb)
——

He just wants to date black girls …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (Nt9qU)

73
He just wants to date black girls …
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (Nt9qU)

Girls ? You sure ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:43 PM (S6LVb)

74 Penn Station could shit can those fries those. Don't like 'em.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 05:43 PM (RhUi2)

75 66 rofl this dude at 58 is hilarious
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)
__

yeah, he's an absolute riot.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (IMPuq)

76 I much prefer that retards be allowed to be retarded out loud. Makes it easier to know who to just point and laugh at.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (oqH4h)
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The problem is that people will then say the site is full of racists and bigots. These comments will be post on other sites to show how Ace needs to be canceled.

This is a classic leftist tactic, seen it elsewhere. Delete and block.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

77 He just wants to date black girls …
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (Nt9qU)

Girls ? You sure ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:43 PM (S6LVb)
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[Assumes ‘the thinker’ pose]

Good point …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (Nt9qU)

78 Stacy Abrams Green energy rip off got shut down but I don't know if any of the 2 billion got returned

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)

79 Weird ass Friday afternoon commenters lol...are people already hammered drunk?

Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (oqH4h)

80 Hey Ben Had.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (IMPuq)

81
AHL,

Exactly right.

Posted by: four seasons at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (/QHx4)

82 Who says it's a "he?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (2Ez/1)

83 Stacy Abrams Green energy rip off got shut down but I don't know if any of the 2 billion got returned

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM

I think I read that the money was clawed back before they could spend it, I could be wrong but that is what I remember happening.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (0N4FZ)

84 Hammer must have descended, because the new 58 is a normal comment.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (0aYVJ)

85 I don't give a rip what Kathy Hochul and her band of thieves does, as long as I don't have to pay for it.

Posted by: Opting Out at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (JM9I6)

86 SMH. !!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (abScH)

87 82 Who says it's a "he?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (2Ez/

Wouldn't want to misgender "it".

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (S6LVb)

88 67 Holy crap I’m an idiot for playing by the rules, paying my taxes, refusing food and housing assistance when I was newly divorced…….

*hangs head in shhame*
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 24, 2026 05:41 PM (UoF3w)

Idiot is not the term for self-reliant and ethical.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (91ED/)

89 Do ANY US dollars spent by the government get where they are intended to go?

Gas in my part of Canada was just $1.70 a liter. $37 to fill a Honda just below half a tank. Wow....

Posted by: Stateless - keeping Ralphy happy and alive. But wow. at July 24, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)

90 OT:

Does anyone else find the glee with which certain right leaning columnists display in crowing about Ukraine targeting domestic portions of Russia?

Ukraine is a mess i never 'got'. Both sides seem like murderous thugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

91 79 Weird ass Friday afternoon commenters lol...are people already hammered drunk?
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (oqH4h)

Only if we are doing it right.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 24, 2026 05:46 PM (91ED/)

92 71 Let the states get the grants. Then watch them like white on rice for fraud and prosecute the crap out of them
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (NemxU)

One of my daughters is a year or two into a career in financial services in which she focuses largely on local gub'mint grant management.

She's a great kid. And with heightened scrutiny, more work for her!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:46 PM (SgdqL)

93 The problem is that people will then say the site is full of racists and bigots. These comments will be post on other sites to show how Ace needs to be canceled.

This is a classic leftist tactic, seen it elsewhere. Delete and block.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)
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I get it, but it robs me of the opportunity to chuckle to myself imagining a poster like that in a basement somewhere filled with garbage and empty soda bottles, having not showered in who knows how long, drinking MD 20/20 and thinking he's really clever.

Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:47 PM (oqH4h)

94 85 I don't give a rip what Kathy Hochul and her band of thieves does, as long as I don't have to pay for it.
Posted by: Opting Out at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM

*narrator voice* You do.

Posted by: We all do at July 24, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

95 The problem is that people will then say the site is full of racists and bigots. These comments will be post on other sites to show how Ace needs to be canceled.

Classic Old School Left.

Look Slick, if its not said ? They'll just lie and say its been said.

May as well go ahead and just claim Racist and Bigot. I do. Love me some Kolaches as well. Mexican Weather Girls ? More please.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 05:47 PM (RhUi2)

96 Holy crap I’m an idiot for playing by the rules, paying my taxes, refusing food and housing assistance "

Hey, me too!

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:48 PM (XuXeR)

97 Weird ass Friday afternoon commenters lol...are people already hammered drunk?
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM (oqH4h)
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*Looks at empty Thunderbird bottle, discretely kicks it under the couch*

Why no, of course not!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

98 drinking MD 20/20 and thinking he's really clever.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:47 PM (oqH4h)

He could be a Mogen David kind of guy. Maybe Boones Farm...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

99 Does anyone else find the glee with which certain right leaning columnists display in crowing about Ukraine targeting domestic portions of Russia?

Ukraine is a mess i never 'got'. Both sides seem like murderous thugs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)
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I've been pulling for both sides of that war to lose since it kicked off however many years ago. The fact that the usual aging neocon cohort of people on "the right" are pulling for Ukraine isn't surprising but it is also dumb.

Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (oqH4h)

100 Wouldn't want to misgender "it".
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2026 05:45 PM (S6LVb)

"Misgender" and "unsafe" are words that mean exactly nothing whatsoever.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (91ED/)

101 90 OT:

Does anyone else find the glee with which certain right leaning columnists display in crowing about Ukraine targeting domestic portions of Russia?

Ukraine is a mess i never 'got'. Both sides seem like murderous thugs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

At this point, any professional columnist I consider compromised. They are all for sale. I only trust amateurs with day jobs.

I hate Slav on Slav fighting, it's ugly and will go on forever. Plenty of bad guys on both sides of that war and, despite what some columnists are paid to say, the war ain't over yet.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

102 a coalition of 13 Democratic state attorneys general filed suit in February seeking to have all the approved grant money dispensed.

At some point these criminal state attorneys general need to get charged and indicted on RICO, because it is extremely clear that they are all in on the multi-billion dollar fraud and extortion schemes.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (xE0sV)

103
A little under one hour until the launch window opens for Starship Flight 13. If interested you can watch the "mee-thane" fanboys at NSF streaming here:

https://t.ly/diWlI

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (w6EFb)

104 97 Weird ass Friday afternoon commenters lol...are people already hammered drunk?
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM97 Weird ass Friday afternoon commenters lol...are people already hammered drunk?
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:44 PM
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I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (2Ez/1)

105 >>The problem is that people will then say the site is full of racists and bigots.

You can't make me like this place more than I already do, you silver tongued bastard.

Posted by: garrett at July 24, 2026 05:50 PM (zGzrB)

106 *Looks at empty Thunderbird bottle, discretely kicks it under the couch*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

* stands *

* applauds *

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 05:50 PM (RhUi2)

107
I'm beginning to wonder, have we really stopped anything?
Posted by: Ordinary American

Hey Vern, we barely slowed it down!

Posted by: The other Jim Varney at July 24, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)

108 Both sides seem like murderous thugs"

Too bad both can't lose...

/Kissinger misquote

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:50 PM (XuXeR)

109 I think some ahole gas company switched us to them without permission

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 24, 2026 05:50 PM (WL2lA)

110 20 And here we go ... I can tell you this with certainty.

Texas is getting more Wind Turbines.
Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock Fen - Don't Need Your Help at July 24, 2026 05:30 PM (RhUi2)

And in Feb 2021, our wonderful RINO gov received the Wind Leadership Award from Tri Global Energy. “The award recognized his commitment to wind energy development and the communities relying on it.”
Let the record show that I voted for Doc Chambers in the primary.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 24, 2026 05:50 PM (SjAWL)

111 That 'Pissing' is deliberate shipping tax money to the Leftists

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

112 "Misgender" and "unsafe" are words that mean exactly nothing whatsoever.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM
+++++++++++++++++++
I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Affordability at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (2Ez/1)

113 Pure theft. They need to audit where all the money already distributed went to and audit them.

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (KC5Lt)

114 May as well go ahead and just claim Racist and Bigot. I do. Love me some Kolaches as well. Mexican Weather Girls ? More please.
Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 05:47 PM (RhUi2)
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What's funny is that these people actually want to talk like that. They're the actual bigots, really do feel that way, but are too cowardly to say it out loud.

Look at all the SPLC bigots on the payroll. Most online Nazis are probably liberal dudes feeling a tingle in their pants as they write naughty words.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

115 Looting the Country

Posted by: Skip at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

116 They will say this site is full of racists and bigots regardless. Simply because ace does not shine the knob of Obama to a mirror sheen the way they do.

It matters not. Its aces place and he wants to maintain a bit of decorum. But advertisers are also retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

117 Slav on Slav fighting, it's ugly and will go on forever"

Has been going on... forever.

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:52 PM (XuXeR)

118
I'm beginning to wonder, have we really stopped anything?
Posted by: Ordinary American

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

Gonna take years to trickle down, I imagine. Some time towards the end of Rubio's first term.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 24, 2026 05:52 PM (mmrXZ)

119 By the way, the same energy secretary taking inbound over grants that were done before he took office did this today.

>>@jordanbramble

An honor to be in the Oval Office with @POTUS
today to commemorate the success of the nuclear executive orders and @ENERGY's reactor pilot program.

>>We look forward to powering our nations most critical assets on our military installations before the end of this administration!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)

120 And nothing gets fixed until you start. But the start, for many here, is going to be a problem. Because the ugly work at the start is what they can't stand.

Every problem should be solved in 38 minutes (one hour plus commercials) and everyone should be smiling and singing the theme song at the end.

This is exactly what Iran is counting on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 24, 2026 05:53 PM (ExV1e)

121 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Affordability at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (2Ez/1)

As if some Congresscritter can lecture on affordability considering the size of the national debt.

As if.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 24, 2026 05:53 PM (91ED/)

122 But advertisers are also retarded."

Coffee's pretty good, tho.

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:53 PM (XuXeR)

123 And as long as we've touched on this again, it's "THE Ukraine" and "K'YEV" not "KEEV"!

Dammit!

Who's with me!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM (SgdqL)

124 What's funny is that these people actually want to talk like that. They're the actual bigots, really do feel that way, but are too cowardly to say it out loud.

Look at all the SPLC bigots on the payroll. Most online Nazis are probably liberal dudes feeling a tingle in their pants as they write naughty words.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)
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Nah. Man I grew up in rural Appalachia and even there and then it was vanishingly hard to find anyone still ranting about "blue gum nappy head negroes" out loud. These dudes get on here and do Reddit incel shtick of what they think racists sound like, but to me it comes off corny as fuck, lol.

Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM (oqH4h)

125 Special thread for the Nerd Prom dinner tonight?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM (2Ez/1)

126 Chicken Kiev.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (zZu0s)

127 If the funds can't be stopped immediately then redirect the remaining to organizations that hunt down fraudsters. Put bounties on the fraud, pay out $$$ for for solid reductions in waste. Gibson Ransom movie style until there's nothing left.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (3uBP9)

128 But advertisers are also retarded."

Coffee's pretty good, tho.

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:53 PM (XuXeR)

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"Cocking's for closers!"

/Arec Bardwin

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (LCdVS)

129 I hate Slav on Slav fighting, it's ugly and will go on forever. Plenty of bad guys on both sides of that war and, despite what some columnists are paid to say, the war ain't over yet.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)
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I find the whole thing horrific. There is nothing so pointless, so futile as a border war in Eastern Europe. There is no winning. Oh, you win this round, great. And in 10-20 years, you lose it all and the frontier moves back again and maybe more.

All the neocon warmongers blathering about sacred boundaries that were drawn by Stalin and then modified by Khrushchev. Wow, totally legit! Worth dying by the millions for that!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)

130 Who's with me!"

Chicken Kiev

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (XuXeR)

131 Blue gum?...

Teeth?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (zZu0s)

132 I am proud to announce the introduction of the "Smello Tube" !!!!

It is a variation of the Brattleboro FART Tube that lets you enjoy the smell of a good FART and not bother other people.

Jerry Nadler and I love these things and people around me are also much happier.

Get yours now at WWW.BloJoeSmello.Com

Posted by: Blo Jiden at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (twWGV)

133 What's funny is that these people actually want to talk like that. They're the actual bigots, really do feel that way, but are too cowardly to say it out loud.

Yeah. But I'm straight up about the Kolaches and Mexican Weather Girls.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (RhUi2)

134 Texas has the most wind Turbines in the country and they are being replaced with newer ones as needed. The industry is trying to expand but permitting has been stalled currently.

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (KC5Lt)

135 One has to be pretty fast around here

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (XuXeR)

136 123 And as long as we've touched on this again, it's "THE Ukraine" and "K'YEV" not "KEEV"!

Dammit!

Who's with me!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM
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Myanmar?
It'll always be Burma to me, Elaine.

Posted by: J. Peterman at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)

137 @76/A.H. Lloyd: "The problem is that people will then say the site is full of racists and bigots. These comments will be post on other sites to show how Ace needs to be canceled.

This is a classic leftist tactic, seen it elsewhere. Delete and block."

This. Just e-mail a COB and watch how quickly the mess gets cleaned up. (Thanks COBs, y'all are under-appreciated.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (O7YUW)

138 Special thread for the Nerd Prom dinner tonight?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM (2Ez/1)

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Over/under on the number of assassins present?

/I can joke since I pray for Trump's health & safety nightly ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 24, 2026 05:57 PM (LCdVS)

139 Myanmar?
It'll always be Burma to me, Elaine.
Posted by: J. Peterman at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)

Constantinople.

*mic drop*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:57 PM (zZu0s)

140 Doktor Mommy Jill let me go in the pool today. There were lots of Meethane bubbles!

Posted by: The Pride of Wilmington at July 24, 2026 05:57 PM (JM9I6)

141

President Donald Trump will make "unifying yet vicious" remarks during Friday night's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, the White House said.

How many shotguns will make it through the door?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 05:58 PM (Cqx++)

142 I don't think she let you poop in the pool, Mr President.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2026 05:58 PM (zZu0s)

143
https://t.ly/diWlI
Posted by: publius

Thank you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 24, 2026 05:58 PM (NnhvP)

144 Nah. Man I grew up in rural Appalachia and even there and then it was vanishingly hard to find anyone still ranting about "blue gum nappy head negroes" out loud. These dudes get on here and do Reddit incel shtick of what they think racists sound like, but to me it comes off corny as fuck, lol.
Posted by: ballistic at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM (oqH4h)
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They are liberal dudes trying to act like what they think rednecks are, but they don't know any because they live in mom's basement.

Platner's funny because he tried to be the caricature and badly botched it. If the campaign had dragged on, I'm sure Collins' people would have found out he got a less than honorable discharge and was denied reenlistment, and being otherwise unemployable became a merc until he lost that job as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)

145 He just wants to date black girls …
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 05:42 PM (Nt9qU)

Black girls just wanna get blankadeeblanked all night, I just don't have that much jam...

Posted by: The Rolling Stones at July 24, 2026 05:58 PM (ftsic)

146 One of my great annoyances is how many truly stupid people have appropriated the word "nerd" for themselves.

Nerd Prom my ass.

Shithead Dinner Party Oval Jerk Because They're Too Fucking Stupid To Organize A Good Circle is what it is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (Ot/FD)

147 130 Who's with me!"

Chicken Kiev
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 05:55 PM (XuXeR)

Yeah, too bad it's Friday or I'd be right there.

*Looks ruefully at fried fish dinner*

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (SgdqL)

148 No one ever order Beijing Duck!

Posted by: Your local Chinese restaurant at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (2Ez/1)

149 What are the odds of another assassination attempt at tonight at Nerd Prom 2.0?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (NemxU)

150 I try to look at what we would have done if Mexico had done similar things Ukraine did leading up to the Russian invasion.

Maybe Putin had other aspirations but I think I know what we would have done .

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (KC5Lt)

151 Texas has the most wind Turbines in the country and they are being replaced with newer ones as needed. The industry is trying to expand but permitting has been stalled currently.
Posted by: polynikes

And let it die in permitting.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (NkUqe)

152 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Bombay at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (2Ez/1)

153 The Knob of Obama sounds like an elder scrolls quest item. You get a leveled ring of plus skill to paddle boarding as a reward for bringing the KoO back to the fighters guild.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:00 PM (3uBP9)

154 they are being replaced with newer ones as money is available "

Fify

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 06:00 PM (XuXeR)

155 Nerd Prom my ass.

Shithead Dinner Party Oval Jerk Because They're Too Fucking Stupid To Organize A Good Circle is what it is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (Ot/FD)
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They're not nerds. Nerds are smart, viciously so. They're Theater Kids doing theater things.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

156 used to be a thing.
Posted by: Bombay"

Me too!

Posted by: New Amsterdam at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (XuXeR)

157 Penn Station might be renamed after Trump.

I love thinking how many people are going to lose their minds over it.

Posted by: four seasons

They ought to rename the state Trumpsylvania.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (ndZc7)

158 136 123 And as long as we've touched on this again, it's "THE Ukraine" and "K'YEV" not "KEEV"!

Dammit!

Who's with me!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM
###

Myanmar?
It'll always be Burma to me, Elaine.
Posted by: J. Peterman at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)
If a country, town, or people is changed, the people who changed it are hosed up and they're fixing to hose up the newly named. I give you most of the African continent.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (LHPAg)

159 146 One of my great annoyances is how many truly stupid people have appropriated the word "nerd" for themselves.

Nerd Prom my ass.

Shithead Dinner Party Oval Jerk Because They're Too Fucking Stupid To Organize A Good Circle is what it is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (Ot/FD)

"NEEEERRRDDDSSS!!!!"

- Coach Harris

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (SgdqL)

160 Texas has the most wind Turbines in the country and they are being replaced with newer ones as needed. The industry is trying to expand but permitting has been stalled currently.

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM

It ain't just permitting, all of that sweet federal money dried up and companies are not willing to put up the entire cost of the projects because they know they will never break even let alone make any money without those federal subsidies.

When a democrat president gets back in with a liberal congress those subsidies will be turned back on like a gushing fire hose.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (0N4FZ)

161 Since we're off topic I want to state that I am well and truly disgusted with the state of our so-called scientific advancement. Why is it that we can launch spaceships to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond and yet not be able to determine a way to evenly distribute the peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks so that they don't all end up in the bottom - making me eat untold handfuls of candied popcorn until I get to the good stuff.

We need to get our priorities straight. If you ask me.

Which you didn't. But there you go anyways.

We need a national investment on the scale of The Manhattan Project to solve this tragic crisis. IMO.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (HnIBa)

162
Those are multiyear grants, by the way. If Chris Wright can't figure out a way to cancel them, those thieving states will just keep getting paid through 2028 at least.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (mmrXZ)

163 "Nerd Prom" pfft. More like Turd Prom. Media asshoes.

Posted by: JQ at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (rdVOm)

164 The Knob of Obama sounds like an elder scrolls quest item. You get a leveled ring of plus skill to paddle boarding as a reward for bringing the KoO back to the fighters guild.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:00 PM (3uBP9)
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Worst. Daedra. Artifact. Ever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (FZ29D)

165 The Knob of Obama sounds like an elder scrolls quest item. You get a leveled ring of plus skill to paddle boarding as a reward for bringing the KoO back to the fighters guild.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:00 PM (3uBP9)
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If you combine it with the Scowl of Mooch it becomes an artifact level weapon. Everyone with 60' has to made a CON save or collapse with boredom.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

166 Texas has the most wind Turbines in the country and they are being replaced with newer ones as needed. The industry is trying to expand but permitting has been stalled currently.
Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 05:56 PM (KC5Lt)

And what do you know about Wind Turbines ? I'll wager ... just what you've Googled.

Here's a lesson.

When measuring ANYTHING ... UTILITY is a way to do it. Its a harsh metric. Its how much output can that thing deliver, with respect to how often it can deliver it.

So if you had the perfect Kolache Machine (and Damn I wish I did) that was rated at 1 Kolache a day ? If it only gave you 1 Kolache every two days ? That's 50% Utility.

Or if Sophia Vergara were only available to me for sexy time one night out of seven ? Firstly - Yes. But that Utility would be 1/7 = roughly 13%.

Wind Turbines are, at best, 20% by every Utility I've worked for. Its a scam. I can tell you of several major players that have already went into Cannibalize Mode.

The subsidy is the only reason Texas is doing it. They're getting Gas Turbines on the rest of the countries dime.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (RhUi2)

167 6pm

CBC - Detroit - Windsor bridge finally opened, Trump trade war and tariffs.

CNN - Trump discussed possible escalation with Iran

MS Now - GOP concerned over voters pissed about war and costs. War is lost and hopeless.

FoxNews - US to use Iranian money to pay for ship damages. War going great!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping Ralphy happy and alive. But wow. at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (Sco7b)

168 We need a national investment on the scale of The Manhattan Project to solve this tragic crisis. IMO.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (HnIBa)

Open the box from the bottom?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (Ot/FD)

169 Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (RhUi2)

Retard says what?

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (KC5Lt)

170 Since we're off topic I want to state that I am well and truly disgusted with the state of our so-called scientific advancement. Why is it that we can launch spaceships to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond and yet not be able to determine a way to evenly distribute the peanuts in a box of Cracker Jacks so that they don't all end up in the bottom - making me eat untold handfuls of candied popcorn until I get to the good stuff.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (HnIBa)
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Open the box at the other end next time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (FZ29D)

171 I always miss out on the really good trolls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (JvZF+)

172 The Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Lithuanian, Rumanian , Austria etc have been fighting over borders in that are since before the USA existed. Given that Europe is getting over $9b per year in Russian LNG which isn't subject to the sanctions our whole effort is BS. At least our weapons manufacturers are making bank

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (NemxU)

173 149 What are the odds of another assassination attempt at tonight at Nerd Prom 2.0?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 05:59 PM (NemxU)

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Nerd Prom? Are we talking about Comicon?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (9CZQg)

174 Open the box from the bottom?"

What, and let the Coupe DeVille fall out?

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 06:05 PM (XuXeR)

175 "Indiana Jones and the Knob of Obama" just isn't going to work, I think.

Not that WhorryWood might not try it anyway.....

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 06:05 PM (SgdqL)

176
I wonder how much stuff the ahole news people will steal tonight.

The threat of being shot last time did not deter them from stealing wine and who knows what else.

They are scum.

Posted by: four seasons at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (/QHx4)

177 "Indiana Jones and the Knob of Obama" just isn't going to work, I think.

Not that WhorryWood might not try it anyway.....
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 06:05 PM (SgdqL)
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The Pitch Meeting video for that will be EPIC!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (FZ29D)

178 and they're fixing to hose up the newly named. I give you most of the African continent.
Posted by: Eromero

Sit beside me, tell me all about it.

Posted by: Bechuanaland at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (JM9I6)

179 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Rhodesia, Swaziland, Namibia, and Burkina Faso at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (2Ez/1)

180 Indiana Jones and the Knob of Obama"

Well, there's that scene in the first one with the golden idol...

*screams in terror

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (XuXeR)

181 Retard says what?
Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (KC5Lt)

Sorry. I used math. I get it. My bad.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:07 PM (RhUi2)

182 Sit beside me, tell me all about it.
Posted by: Bechuanaland at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (JM9I6)
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Pfft.

Posted by: Zanzibar at July 24, 2026 06:07 PM (JvZF+)

183 Sorry. I used math. I get it. My bad.
Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:07 PM (RhUi2)

You started a debate with yourself retard.

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 06:08 PM (KC5Lt)

184 did not deter them from stealing wine and who knows what else."

Hey, I need another place setting of Hilton flatware...

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 06:08 PM (XuXeR)

185
When a democrat president gets back in with a liberal congress those subsidies will be turned back on like a gushing fire hose.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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

Tangential:

We talk a lot about all the spigots that will get switched back on when Dems regain power. With any luck, by the time Rubio's second term ends, Dems will have moved on to a whole different suite of grievances. I'm hoping that 10 years from now, climate change is considered so last year, having failed to deliver on its threats. Maybe gender confusion will be on the way out, maybe even race.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 24, 2026 06:08 PM (mmrXZ)

186 177 "Indiana Jones and the Knob of Obama" just isn't going to work, I think.

Not that WhorryWood might not try it anyway.....
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 06:05 PM (SgdqL)
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The Pitch Meeting video for that will be EPIC!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (FZ29D)

Ryan George is getting a little wobbly. Some of his recent vids are downright mean-spirited.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:08 PM (xcxpd)

187 Posted by: Rhodesia, Swaziland, Namibia, and Burkina Faso at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (2Ez/1)
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*Nelson laugh*

Namibia is the current name for South West Africa, dorkus!

Posted by: Zanzibar at July 24, 2026 06:08 PM (JvZF+)

188 500 Journalists Urge WHCA to Confront Trump at Rescheduled Dinner

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Maybe they'll get lucky and there'll be another assassination attempt.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:09 PM (ndZc7)

189 If the commies ever do take control in the US the Obama building will become the American Lubiyanka Prison

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:10 PM (NemxU)

190 Open the box at the other end next time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2026 06:04 PM (FZ29D)

I hate science nerds like You and Warai-otoko!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:10 PM (HnIBa)

191 Pfft.
Posted by: Zanzibar"

Extra pfft...

"Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Aire"

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 06:10 PM (XuXeR)

192 If you need another example of how vile the left is--and completely oblivious of how offensive and ignorant they are at the same time:

Seen on X: Isn't "suicidal empathy" literally the story of Jesus?

It's ... just shocking how they can pack so much evil into everything they say and do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2026 06:10 PM (3cUTc)

193 Sit beside me, tell me all about it.
Posted by: Bechuanaland at July 24, 2026 06:06 PM (JM9I6)

Heh. In Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour WWII trilogy, there's a comic character named Apthorpe, an old African hand, whose euphemism for being extremely hungover is that he is suffering from a spot of "Bechuana tummy".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 06:10 PM (SgdqL)

194 You started a debate with yourself retard.

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 06:08 PM (KC5Lt)

So this is the part where you start asking for links. And then you start losing your mind. Now look, don't drive into a Buckees and shoot it up.

Just Google Pro Energy and ERCOT. Its not that hard.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:11 PM (RhUi2)

195 In the 1984 Olympics in LA a country marched on as Upper Volta and marched out as Burkina Faso.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:11 PM (NemxU)

196 141

President Donald Trump will make "unifying yet vicious" remarks during Friday night's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, the White House said.

How many shotguns will make it through the door?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2026 05:58 PM (Cqx++)

How many cops and SS agents will let guys sprint past security?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (xcxpd)

197 Hey guys,

Test launch in about 30 minutes.

SpaceX - Starship - Starship Flight 13
Pad 2 - Starbase, TX - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 24, 2026
Launch Time: 3:45 p.m. PDT (July 25, 00:45 CEST)

https://youtu.be/0EnOQCjgq4E

Posted by: Joyenz at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (2F0/Y)

198
We're coming up on the propellant load mark in the countdown. The mee-thane boys will really start getting exciting when they start loading the liquid mee-thane and LOX.

One of them quote Wernher von Braun: 65,000 things must go right for a launch, but if only one thing goes wrong, it won't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (w6EFb)

199 In the 1984 Olympics in LA a country marched on as Upper Volta and marched out as Burkina Faso.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:11 PM (NemxU)
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Way to cut the line.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (JvZF+)

200 Hey, I need another place setting of Hilton flatware...
Posted by: man at July 24, 2026

My Holiday Inn ashtray paperweight is nice.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (NkUqe)

201 They ought to rename South Africa Turd World Shithole.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:13 PM (ndZc7)

202 >>500 Journalists Urge WHCA to Confront Trump at Rescheduled Dinner

Spike the pate with a strong laxative. Maybe something that causes dysentery.

Posted by: That Guy at July 24, 2026 06:13 PM (f4tQo)

203 Belgian Waffle>>Belgian Congo

Posted by: Phlemish, Myself at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (JM9I6)

204 My Holiday Inn ashtray paperweight is nice."

Yeah, but I have a couple of McDonalds ashtrays...

Posted by: man at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (XuXeR)

205 We need a national investment on the scale of The Manhattan Project to solve this tragic crisis. IMO.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:02 PM (HnIBa)

Open the box from the bottom?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 24, 2026 06:03 PM (Ot/FD)
——

Turn box upside down and shake it. Bigger ‘rocks’ rise to the top. Gradular convection.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (Nt9qU)

206 "How many cops and SS agents will let guys sprint past security?"
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We've been in intensive pistol holstering practice all week!

Posted by: Rolly Poly Secret Service chicks at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (2Ez/1)

207 Megan McArdle has been making lots of reasonable posts on Twitter/X. She's back and better than ever...then she channels Ace's Tom Friedman bit and does a taxi cab (uber) driver post.

https://tinyurl.com/yn3s8dvs

Posted by: Oglebay at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (2ap+5)

208 What do they call the porn convention awards? That would be a better name for the journalist thing. They're not nerds.

When I was an early teen, mid 80s, I was riding my bike to a friends house when I accidently dropped my box of floppies with games I made from magazine code. I was in the middle of traffic trying to get them before they were run over and some dude in a pickup truck yelled NERD at me.

You think you are the nerd's ally? You merely adopted it. I was born into it, molded by it. I didn't see coolness until I was already a man, and by then it was nothing to me but EMBARASING!

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (3uBP9)

209 How many cops and SS agents will let guys sprint past security?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (xcxpd)

So I get it. But am I the only one that remembers Code Pink pulling this shit under Clinton ?

I can't be the only one.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (RhUi2)

210 In the 1984 Olympics in LA a country marched on as Upper Volta and marched out as Burkina Faso.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:11 PM (NemxU)

Burkina Faso La Ti Dooooooo!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 24, 2026 06:15 PM (0aYVJ)

211 Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:11 PM (RhUi2)

Last interaction with you unless in person. I simply wrote facts that any Texan that pays attention knows. I took no position. We have the most wind turbines and the effort to expand has been delayed by permitting.

Posted by: polynikes at July 24, 2026 06:15 PM (KC5Lt)

212 Lol

Another anti El-Sayed ad.
He's a sexist!

And Dem Eric Chumg just may be the manly man they've been looking for. In a 13 year old body.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping Ralphy happy and alive. But wow. at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

213 209 How many cops and SS agents will let guys sprint past security?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:12 PM (xcxpd)

So I get it. But am I the only one that remembers Code Pink pulling this shit under Clinton ?

I can't be the only one.
Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (RhUi2)

Code Pink sprinted past security with guns and knives?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (xcxpd)

214 Spike the pate with a strong laxative. Maybe something that causes dysentery.
Posted by: That Guy

Catering by Taco Bell?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (ndZc7)

215 It's Burmese Python, not Myanmar Python!

Posted by: Snakes Alive! at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (JM9I6)

216 Swaziland is now Eswatini
From land of the Swazis in English to land of the Swazis in Swazi

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (NemxU)

217 216 Swaziland is now Eswatini
From land of the Swazis in English to land of the Swazis in Swazi
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (NemxU)

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Shaken or stirred?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 24, 2026 06:17 PM (2ap+5)

218 What pairs well with Eswatini?

Posted by: Wine novice at July 24, 2026 06:18 PM (2Ez/1)

219 And Eswatini sounds like a drink that gays like

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2026 06:18 PM (NemxU)

220 When I was an early teen, mid 80s, I was riding my bike to a friends house when I accidently dropped my box of floppies with games I made from magazine code.

When Baseball Stars let the original Nintendo flash your stuff to the EEPROM ? And I didn't know what any of that shit was even as a High School Senior in '89. Absolutely game changing.

Before that ? Writing down codes to get through the next stupid stage of ECCO.

Fist Bump ... Fellow Nerd.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:18 PM (RhUi2)

221 Turn box upside down and shake it. Bigger ‘rocks’ rise to the top. Gradular convection.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (Nt9qU)

Yeah but there's a warning label on the boxes from the FDA - similar to the ones telling you not to remove the tag from a pillow - that says this is illegal as it gives the peanuts disparate impact in the overall distribution of the box.

Ok, I know that was a stretch.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:19 PM (HnIBa)

222 Burkina Faso! What a wonderful phrase
Burkina Faso! Ain't no passing craze

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:19 PM (ndZc7)

223 Don't take it if you're allergic to it.

Posted by: Fizered at July 24, 2026 06:19 PM (2Ez/1)

224 They're not nerds. Nerds are smart, viciously so. They're Theater Kids doing theater things.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Then they're dorks.

Geek = smart guy, using smarts to make money
Nerd = smart guy, using smarts to entertain himself
Dork = dumb guy, superficially acting like a geek or nerd

Posted by: mikeski at July 24, 2026 06:19 PM (VHUov)

225 Code Pink sprinted past security with guns and knives?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (xcxpd)

Stopped business on the floor. You've purposedly not getting my point. Its never been a secure building ... when those in charge wanted to mix it up.

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:20 PM (RhUi2)

226 And as long as we've touched on this again, it's "THE Ukraine" and "K'YEV" not "KEEV"!

Dammit!

Who's with me!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 24, 2026 05:54 PM (SgdqL)

"The Ukraine" is the land form of the plains below the marshes in the north part of the current nation of Ukraine.

I still can't order Chicken Keev.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

227 Another anti El-Sayed ad.
He's a sexist!

El-Sayed is going to win isn't he.

Posted by: MI GOP are cowards and closeted homos at July 24, 2026 06:20 PM (gKWVE)

228 What pairs well with Eswatini?
Posted by: Wine novice at July 24, 2026 06:18 PM (2Ez/1)
——

Penis

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 24, 2026 06:20 PM (Nt9qU)

229 ...So I get it. But am I the only one that remembers Code Pink pulling this shit under Clinton ?

I can't be the only one.
Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (RhUi2)

I though that was Bush (the Dubya type) they pulled that on?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:21 PM (HnIBa)

230 Code pink was founded in 2002, idiot. You don't remember shit from the Clinton era with them.

Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 06:21 PM (sWqfc)

231 nood

week

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:21 PM (3uBP9)

232 El-Sayed is going to win isn't he.
Posted by: MI GOP are cowards and closeted homos at July 24, 2026 06:20 PM (gKWVE)

I think so.
Very likable for a guy that wants us dead.

Nood.
Week in woke.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping Ralphy happy and alive. But wow. at July 24, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

233 225 Code Pink sprinted past security with guns and knives?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:16 PM (xcxpd)

Stopped business on the floor. You've purposedly not getting my point. Its never been a secure building ... when those in charge wanted to mix it up.
Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:20 PM (RhUi2)

Settle, settle...

I have never heard of Code Pink bringing armed thugs to kill Clinton. Attempted assassination is a mite more serious than protestors pitching a fit. If you want to maintain that SS has been incompetent for years, I won't argue that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2026 06:22 PM (xcxpd)

234 Just say no to nood! I wanna stay here!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:23 PM (HnIBa)

235 500 Journalists Urge WHCA to Confront Trump at Rescheduled Dinner

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Maybe they'll get lucky and there'll be another assassination attempt.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:09 PM (ndZc7)

I wonder if it has dawned on those correspondents that their hero shooter was going to fire THROUGH them to try and hit trump...and the Service was gonna be shooting back the other way.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2026 06:24 PM (uhVAy)

236 In a nutshell, here’s Elizabeth Warren’s logic on the SAVE America Act:

“Noncitizen voting is already illegal. We don’t need another law to deter noncitizen voting.”

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Now do gun control.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 24, 2026 06:24 PM (ndZc7)

237 Code pink was founded in 2002, idiot. You don't remember shit from the Clinton era with them.
Posted by: Reforger at July 24, 2026 06:21 PM (sWqfc)

OK ... so then "W" couldn't keep Code Pink from breaking up the Congressional Floor during business.

Does that make you feel better ? That you gave me an "actually" ?

Posted by: Keeping Track of My Sock ... Wink at July 24, 2026 06:24 PM (RhUi2)

238 nood week is like Bike Week but ... no I guess it's exactly the same. Hot chicks, bikes, random nudity, drunk and disorderly. Basically this place any given weekend. Same.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:26 PM (3uBP9)

239 In a nutshell, here’s Elizabeth Warren’s logic on the SAVE America Act:

“Noncitizen voting is already illegal. We don’t need another law to deter noncitizen voting.”

Yeah Lizzy, and appropriating native culture to advance yourself should also be illegal. Lying communist bitch.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 24, 2026 06:26 PM (HnIBa)

240 208 What do they call the porn convention awards? That would be a better name for the journalist thing. They're not nerds.

When I was an early teen, mid 80s, I was riding my bike to a friends house when I accidently dropped my box of floppies with games I made from magazine code. I was in the middle of traffic trying to get them before they were run over and some dude in a pickup truck yelled NERD at me.

You think you are the nerd's ally? You merely adopted it. I was born into it, molded by it. I didn't see coolness until I was already a man, and by then it was nothing to me but EMBARASING!
Posted by: banana Dream at July 24, 2026 06:14 PM (3uBP9)
Ahmad Shah Masoud was killed by a couple 'newsmen' suicide bombers sent by bin Ladin the day before 9/11. Don't get slack.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2026 06:34 PM (LHPAg)

241 Bit a both. But yea, it you read the article the only reason some of the grants were reinstated was because they were ordered to by a federal judge.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 24, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)

And the ramifications of telling the "judge" to pound sand would be, what again? Past time to draw that line.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 24, 2026 06:41 PM (hmYU4)

242 Varney must be around 65 now, so I guess the "other Jim Varney" was not a thing yet, when this Jim was born.

Good to see Varney is still active in exposing the crazy left, though I suppose that gets him called an "extreme right winger" amongst his journalism peers. I guess he lives on the North Shore from New Orleans, though I think he used to do some reporting on Central America.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 24, 2026 06:44 PM (vbXSk)

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