The Morning Report — 7/ 31 /26

Good morning kids. And just like that July is gone. But what about America? So okay, this is nice to see and raises the temperature of the coronary cockles by a few miserable degrees...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) torched Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in an impromptu interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, and boy, Sanders didn't take it well. The blowup is over Michigan's Senate primary, where Democrat voters look poised to hand their nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Socialist who has spent months running to the left of nearly everyone else in the race. His chief rival, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), is clearly the more electable option, but El-Sayed looks like he’s going to win. A recent poll shows Republican Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) beating El-Sayed by 10 points in a general election matchup. Swap in Stevens against Rogers, and the race is a dead heat, within the margin of error. Sanders, of course, has thrown his weight behind El-Sayed, and Fetterman thinks that is a mistake. In fact, he said so bluntly to Raju in a rather scathing attack on Sanders. He brought up Sanders' lack of regret for propping up Graham Platner, even after he was accused of rape and abuse by multiple ex-girlfriends, who also drew fire for comments many read as disparaging a fallen American hero.

Well, sadly this is Michigan, no longer the land of Henry Ford but thanks to places like Dearbornistan and Hamastramck well on its way to transmogrification into an Islamic shitole.

Well that said, and speaking of Ford, I give you someone who is not related to the Tin Lizzy inventor

Ford didn't hedge.
His argument was straightforward: the Democrat Party has drifted so far from ordinary voters that its own candidates no longer resemble what the country is asking for.
"Because the American people are not being ambiguous at all about what they want," Ford said. "They want lower prices; they want not-forever wars. They want their kids to have better futures and an opportunity to achieve the American dream.", and even one of their own on Fox News's The Five isn't pretending otherwise. On Thursday, Harold Ford Jr., who is far and away smarter than Jessica Tarlov, ripped into his party for propping up socialist candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.

And yet far away geographically and politically from Michigan there's Texas.

Host Erin Burnett said, “So, let me ask you about this poll that just came in here while we were talking in the past few minutes from Fox, Larry. The Republican Senate candidate, Ken Paxton, is now trailing the Democrat, James Talarico, in Texas. Ok, Texas. This is the first public poll where either candidate has hit the 50% mark. Ok. It’s Texas. It’s an incredible thing to see this. It’s also the end of July. Where do you see that race going?”
Sabato said, “I’ve been around a long time. And since 1994, I’ve gotten call after call virtually every day from Texans in politics on the Democratic side, saying, ‘This is the year. We’re finally gonna do it.’ But you know what? I’m starting to believe it’s actually possible this year, not just because James Talarico is a great candidate, which he is, but Paxton is so awful. And I’m sorry to use that word. But, you know, we used to have a word, a flaunter, meaning he’s a sinner who flaunts the sin. And that pretty much has been the way Paxton has conducted his public career. A lot of these donors won’t touch him. Notice, he’s not doing well at all raising money. It’s because they have family and friends and businesses to protect, and they really don’t want to identify themselves publicly with a candidate who has Paxton’s record.”

So okay, taken together Harold Ford although a decent fellow, isn't exactly a rock-ribbed conservative and Larry Sabato is a pollster who's been around the block for a long time and his record of prognostication let alone on the temperament of the electorate are not exactly stellar or even reliable unless I'm missing something.

But seriously, does this abject freak have a shot at taking a senate seat in Texas, regardless of Paxton's appeal or lack thereof? I mean Texas rejected Abortion Barbie and she makes Talarico look like Chairman Mao in comparison, or at least from my perspective as an ex-New York Yid living in the sticks of southern Wisconsin.

So if Socialism is such a big winner why are the Democrats seemingly all freaked out about it as several links in the Politics section seem to be driving at? The contradictions about this are maddening.

What I guess I'm driving at beyond these individual races is what does all this say about the nation as a whole and the trajectory we're on?

As the song goes . . . "Will our story shine like a light, or end in the dark?!!!!"

Have a great weekend!

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

This lawsuit adds to the mounting controversies surrounding Benson, who has previously faced accusations of election misconduct and racial discrimination during her tenure as Michigan’s Secretary of State. In 2024, she attempted to bar President Donald J. Trump from appearing on Michigan ballots, in a move that was eventually quashed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Cox’s legal action raises questions about her knowledge of the SPLC’s activities and whether her role on the board conflicts with her public duties as a state official.
Dem Secretary of State Served for Allegedly Funding Extremists at SPLC.
Locals say their business is cratering after an activist homeless encampment took over the neighborhood.
City Helps Leftist Agitators Secure ‘Lawless Zone’
A State Department inquiry is part of a broader crackdown on Cuban influence.
Hasan Piker and Code Pink Went to Cuba. Now They Might Be Under Investigation.
Bradley Green’s latest book, ‘What is Critical Theory,’ offers valuable insight into how Marxism threatens to undermine the family and subvert Christian morality.
How Critical Theory Redefines Good As Evil
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
This is the first time that the court has been activated, having been dormant since its creation in 1996. The outcome of the case could determine whether the court becomes a regular device in deportation operations, particularly when dealing with foreign-born extremists who are permanent residents. The activation of the court means that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts must form a panel to assess Haji Zada’s case. Against the backdrop of author Salman Rushdie’s would-be assassin being found guilty of attempting to carry out a fatwa and supporting Hezbollah in federal court, this move represents a broader pivot towards tackling Islamic terrorism on U.S. soil.
Trump Activates Dormant ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court’ to Deport ISIS Supporter.
A federal appellate court shot down on Wednesday attempts by a pair of rogue judges to sidestep a recent Supreme Court immigration ruling.
1st Circuit Court Shoots Down Rogue Judges’ Bid To Evade SCOTUS Migrant Ruling
Lozano-Flores’s arrest underscores the ongoing threat to public safety posed by the huge number of illegal immigrants at large in the United States. It also highlights the importance of cooperation between local and federal authorities, with the Mexican being unlikely to be released by state authorities instead of handed over to ICE under sanctuary-style laws.
Mexican Illegal Charged With Kidnapping and Sexual Assault of Minor Teen in Public Park.
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
“Iranian state television had identified (Egyptian port of) Damietta as a possible target.”
Suspected Iranian Drone Hits U.S.-Owned Gas Tanker in Egypt
The deal was reportedly arranged through Hong Kong-based Zhongqing Baoshang International Investment, with initial shipments expected to depart from Urumqi in western China and transit through Pakistan before reaching Iran. However, Pakistan has denied any involvement, with the country’s military calling reports linking it to the transfer “absolutely concocted and false.” China also rejected the claims, with a Foreign Ministry spokesman describing the reports as “completely groundless” and claiming that Beijing has sought to promote peace and end the conflict.
REPORT: Iran Secures Hundreds of Chinese Missiles to Use Against U.S.
The principal weakness of Western policy has been not an excess of diplomacy or pressure, but a misunderstanding of what keeps the Islamic Republic in power.
The Strategic Blind Spot
“The president has been very clear that he wants a deal done sooner rather than later. But if the Iranians are going to keep attacking ships, attacking US bases, attacking Gulf allies, then there will be a price to pay for that,” the US official said. While the US waits for Iran to show its willingness to stand down militarily, talks continue on both sides via technical teams and international mediators.
Cease-fire Trump wants must begin with Iran — and there will be ‘price to pay’ for any attacks, US official warns

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The Islamic Republic of Iran’s culture of hypocrisy.
‘There Isn’t a Corner of Tehran Where You Don’t Find Booze’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The deal, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey would mark a major victory for Trump's Board of Peace.
Trump Touts A ‘Historic’ Gaza Disarmament Agreement
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Taking the bodies of aborted babies - and sowing their tiny fingers and scalps into the backs of mice.
Video: The Sickening Abominations of Covid Research
Back in 1974, I had a brief contact with the man who became a modern medical monster.<
Young Doctor Fauci/a>
Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times Wednesday during a tense hearing before a Senate committee.
Anthony Fauci, The ‘Covid Czar,’ Ticked Off The Wrong Moms
Fauci claims the rights he denied everyone else.
The Fifth Man

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who leave office in January, want assurances over an IRS settlement regarding Trump.
Trump Might Temporarily Pull Blanche’s AG Nomination Until Cornyn, Tillis Leave
The Multicultural Business Coalition’s board voted this week to pursue legal action against the city over Mamdani’s proposal to open five taxpayer-funded grocery stores that would sell food at prices up to 30% below traditional retailers, according to the New York Post, which first reported the vote Tuesday.
Immigrant Business Owners Prepare Lawsuit Against Mamdani Over City-Run Grocery Stores
The former statutory town of Hartman, CO, with a population of 30 and little more than a town hall and a post office, was declared abandoned by Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Wednesday.
Colorado town abandoned after all public officials resign, drinking water ruled health hazard
Victor Davis Hanson: What happened to the nation’s most richly naturally endowed, and once best-governed, state? The left took total control — after millions of the embattled middle class fled. Millions more impoverished immigrants, legal and illegal, took their place. Left-wing Silicon Valley spawned some of the wealthiest elite liberal enclaves in the world.
How California’s self-sabotage by the left made it a national disgrace
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Matar faces a maximum of life in prison. He will be sentenced on November 3. The case underscores the enduring influence of Islamic fatwas issued decades ago, as well as the role of Iran-backed terror groups like Hezbollah in enabling global terrorism. This story underscores the longstanding tension between freedom of speech and Islam in the West.
Salman Rushdie Attacker Found Guilty of Iran-Linked Islamic Terrorism.
The native Spanish are used to such atrocities.
Moroccan Migrant Murders 75-Year-Old Woman In Spain
A horde of unassimilated Muslims might fulfill Adolf Hitler’s dream of ridding Europe of its Jews.
Why Jews are ditching Europe
Where is this headed, exactly?
Italy: Mural of Anne Frank and Primo Levi Defaced – Again
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
The Leftist death-wish on full display.
Jamie Glazov Video: The Leftist Jews – Who Yearn to Shed Themselves of Their Own Unwanted Selves
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Carr has flatly denied that characterization. “I don’t view the FCC as the speech police,” he told Politico this week for an episode of the podcast “The Conversation.” The chairman has said the license review grew out of an ongoing investigation into ABC’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies, not a reaction to the network’s news coverage.
FCC Chair Carr Defends License Review as ABC Cries Censorship
The crime is only serious if it can make Republicans look bad.
Tim Walz’s Pedophile Pardon Gets Skipped on TV

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X had filed a lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) in 2024, accusing the organization of orchestrating what it described as a systematic illegal boycott of the platform. The lawsuit came after X experienced a significant decline in advertising revenue following Musk’s acquisition of the social network for $44 billion in 2022.
Elon Musk’s X Settles Lawsuit with Advertisers over Ads Boycott
X.AI says the Minnesota law is overly broad, exacting steep fines for deep fakes that need not be sexual or even suggestive.
Musk’s X.AI Sues to Stop Minnesota’s AI ‘Nudification’ Ban
The pace of innovation is unlike anything we’ve ever seen.
AI Will Save the U.S. Economy
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Trump Accounts may represent the first serious step toward a retirement system built on ownership instead of dependency.
How Trump Accounts Could Solve Social Security’s Insolvency Crisis
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Oregonians will continue to be allowed to hunt, fish, ranch, and kill mice after a radical ballot initiative failed.
Oregon Measure to Ban Hunting, Fishing, Ranching Fails to Make Ballot
Locked into a Marxist worldview and committed to preventing the world’s climate from changing, Europe’s elites are deliberately hurting their citizens.
What Europe’s Lack of Air Conditioning Says About Its Civilizational Direction
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“This arrest demonstrates that time does not erase accountability,”
‘America’s Most Wanted’ Fugitive Arrested After Two Decades Under New Identity
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
...enabling the federal government to collect private data on college-educated American citizens while attending university and for years after they leave post-secondary education.
The College Transparency Act Is Another Form Of Big Government Surveillance
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The decision comes after Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced the state discovered over 6,000 noncitizens registered to vote due to a supposed software error.
Judge Won’t Let DOJ Obtain Unredacted New Jersey Voter Rolls
If the new Gallup poll shows anything, it’s that Senate Democrats (and a few RINOs) aren’t listening to what the people actually want.
Poll: Majority Of Americans Worried About ‘Ineligible’ Voters Casting Ballots As Dems Fight Voter ID
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) torched Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in an impromptu interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, and boy, Sanders didn't take it well.
Things Got a Bit Nasty Between John Fetterman and Bernie Sanders
The Senate hopeful took advantage of the qualified business income deduction, a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Republicans extended in 2025
Abdul El-Sayed, Who Said Trump Tax Bill Benefited 'Folks Who Don't Really Need More Money,' Claimed $26,000 Trump Tax Deduction
The relationship could carry consequences for how Jackson reports his finances. Under Senate rules, candidates and members must file detailed disclosures covering their own income, assets, and liabilities, along with those of a spouse. Because Jackson and Pelletier never wed, it is not clear whether his disclosures would have to account for her finances the way Collins’ filings account for her husband.
Report: Maine Democrat Troy Jackson, Longtime Partner Are Second Cousins with 2 Children(just like Bro-Fo or Eleanor and Franklin?! - jjs)
POLITICS
I’m starting to believe it’s actually possible this year, not just because James Talarico is a great candidate, which he is, but Paxton is so awful. And I’m sorry to use that word. But, you know, we used to have a word, a flaunter, meaning he’s a sinner who flaunts the sin. And that pretty much has been the way Paxton has conducted his public career
Larry Sabato: Talarico Could Actually Flip Senate Seat in Texas
Democrats have a socialism problem, and even one of their own on Fox News's The Five isn't pretending otherwise. On Thursday, Harold Ford Jr., who is far and away smarter than Jessica Tarlov, ripped into his party for propping up socialist candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.
This Liberal Says Democrats Will ‘Deserve to Lose’ in November. Here's Why.
Primary calendar ranks races in order of importance.
Dems Sideline White Voters in 2028
This is a big problem for an increasingly radicalized Democrat Party that continues to move further and further to the left and far out of mainstream thinking on issues like abolishing prisons, abolishing the U.S. Senate, sexualizing and queering little kids, defunding the police, open borders, socialized medicine, annihilating Israel, and outright property confiscation.
One-Third of Democrats Identify as Democrat Socialists
“Frank’s real target was the Democrat Party...This tendency only succeeded by betraying its original impetus.”
What’s the Matter With the Democrat Party?
Victor Davis Hanson: ...this socialist moment is merely the logical culmination of years of boutique radicalism within the Democrat aristocracy.
Dems’ hatred of Trump created this socialist monster — and now it’s turning on them
Barack Obama is no moderate and neither is his party.
Barack Obama Fathered Today’s Marxist Democrat Party
Leftist donors and insiders control the Kansas Supreme Court. A ‘yes’ vote on the state constitutional amendment could change that.
How Kansas Voters Can Stop Rabid Leftists From Controlling Their Supreme Court
Voters are sick of the old way of doing things. Enter the Un-Campaign.
The New Way for Conservatives to Win Elections
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have a lot in common. Both are soon to be unemployed, and both have a serial hatred for the people who elected them to public office.
Cornyn And Tillis’ Anti-Blanche Jihad Epitomizes The GOP’s Hatred For Its Voters
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Biden's former lawyer, Abbe Lowell, speculated that his former firm is suing Biden to get in good graces with the Trump administration
'My Family Doesn't Have Any Money': Hunter Biden Says He's Too Broke To Own a Car or Phone in Deposition Over Unpaid Legal Fees
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Earlier this month, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the majority of the
contents of Spain’s current Immigration Regulations, implemented in May 2025.
Shock Video: Migration crisis Rocks Spain, thousands Invade from Morocco ‘Absolute chaos’
Ceuta officials had warned that migrant reception facilities were already overwhelmed after more than 1,500 people entered the territory in the previous week.
Spain deploys military to Ceuta after hoards of migrant invaders overwhelm enclave, clash with authorities
Where was she as the conservative presidents of the hemisphere held an impromptu gathering in Peru this week?
s Kristi Noem adding any kind of value to President Trump as special envoy to his Shield of the Americas initiative?
Will the ICC replace him with someone who's not a sworn enemy of Israel?
Karim Khan Loses His Job as ICC Prosecutor
A developing African nation embarrasses the golden state.
Morocco Speeds Past California
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Meanwhile, 14 Americans were recently quarantined at Fort Drum after returning from the DRC.
Uganda Declares Itself Free of Ebola as DR Congo’s Outbreak Continues
Keep the pressure on companies that refuse to invest in America.
America Should Build the World’s Medicine Cabinet Again
“The Real Food Show” premiered July 30 on YouTube and the HHS website, offering recipes built around whole, minimally processed ingredients such as protein, full-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, the standards set out in the 2026 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The show promises meals priced under $5 per serving whenever possible, along with simple techniques meant to save families time and money.
RFK Jr. Debuts Cooking Show to Prove Healthy Eating Beats Fast Food on Cost

ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Nations are already racing for supremacy in quantum computing—where will the U.S. place?
Quantum Computing Is The Next Technological Horizon
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The pastors preach love, but push hate toward conservative Americans.
Meet The Christian Pastors Who Endorsed Pro-Trans Muslim Abdul El-Sayed
Rutinel also cosponsored a bill to eliminate gender pronouns from text governing the Colorado Department of Agriculture
Colorado House Candidate Manny Rutinel Sponsored Legislation Forcing Health Insurers To Cover Sex Changes For Kids
“Never, at any point, should a woman need to be reprogrammed to accommodate a male inmate."
WPATH FILES: Trans Org Wants Female Inmates To Overcome ‘Transphobia’ And Share Prisons With Men
The incident follows Cunningham’s remarks last week, when she explained her opposition to biological men in women’s sports.
Seattle Storm Co-Owner Suspended and Fined After Cussing Out Teenage Sophie Cunningham Fans at Game
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: The august body was whisper quiet as Cancel Culture ravaged western culture.
The Fall of the ACLU
Christian Toto too: Comic podcaster called out Dr. Fauci early, brings critical receipts
Is Adam Carolla More Trustworthy than Legacy Media Outlets?
How Hollywood sank Homer's greatest voyage.
The Odyssey They Didn’t Dare Make
HITHER & YON
Besides showcasing life on a farm, the show demonstrates the intersection of politics and culture with the effects AI and autonomous robots have on today’s economy.
How Clarkson’s Farm Explains Crazy Politics And Future Of Farming

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1 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 07:32 AM (2Cry5)

2 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 31, 2026 07:32 AM (0N4FZ)

3 Top 5! Go me!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 07:34 AM (RjOoY)

4 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:34 AM (JvZF+)

5 Announced Mr. Sefton's arrival...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 07:34 AM (2Cry5)

6 happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)

7 I've been saying for years... if you have Muslims in Congress, you have to break the country up. We can't be lorded over by savages just because Karen wants a brown dick in her. Ridiculous. End this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 31, 2026 07:35 AM (BI5O2)

8 I wonder if Hasan Piker's dog was shocked at the news about him.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 07:35 AM (RjOoY)

9 Sabato said...

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I think I see the problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:36 AM (JvZF+)

10 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at July 31, 2026 07:36 AM (HLGfd)

11 "what does all this say about the nation as a whole and the trajectory we're on?"

Fake and gay.

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2026 07:36 AM (MWfyi)

12 We can win if you donate! Send Money!

Posted by: Democrats at July 31, 2026 07:37 AM (Q+gd/)

13 But seriously, does this abject freak have a shot at taking a senate seat in Texas, regardless of Paxton's appeal or lack thereof?
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No.

But they are desperate to convince you otherwise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:38 AM (JvZF+)

14 7 I've been saying for years... if you have Muslims in Congress, you have to break the country up. We can't be lorded over by savages just because Karen wants a brown dick in her. Ridiculous. End this.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 31, 2026 07:35 AM (BI5O2)

You can't have Karen without Koran and vice versa...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 07:38 AM (x0n13)

15 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

16 I’ll call it now: The GOP picks up one senate seat and keeps the house. Not because they’re wonderful but because the Dems are batshit crazy. Talarico gets wiped out in Texas. No chance

Sabato has been a hack for a long long time

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 07:39 AM (+gA9j)

17 I've been saying for years... if you have Muslims in Congress, you have to break the country up. We can't be lorded over by savages just because Karen wants a brown dick in her. Ridiculous. End this.

I would extend that to India Indians too. Its the cultural baggage.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 07:39 AM (a4flb)

18 Did I miss the twirling?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

19 Morning Horde. Just dashed off an email to the company I've been interviewing with, asking for a progress update. They've had some email issues in the recent past that may be ongoing. If I don't hear anything by lunch, I'll call and see what they have to say that way. I'm confident they still like me but they may be having delays with scheduling the client interview.

Now to read some of the links, but quick reaction, I think Larry Sabato has gone nuts if he believes any of the positive spin he spewed about Talarico.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 31, 2026 07:39 AM (aJQbY)

20 The other day, at Graham's funeral, Trump was handing out tic-tacks to Vance and Bessant. And, as they were laughing, Trump smiled at the camera.

In 2020, the last weeks, Trump was doing his rallies (remember how they forced him to hold them at airports in the middle of nowhere due to Covid, all the blue cities banning crowds--but not BLM--for safety?)
Anyway, he would give his speech, rally the crowd, but it was ... off. Like he knew it was close, in the wrong direction, hoping against hope.

But in 2024, he was happy, having fun--he knew he already won.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 07:41 AM (3cUTc)

21 Larry Sabato?

LOL

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 31, 2026 07:41 AM (qFwJc)

22 "Hunter Biden, who recently landed a job at a luxury Los Angeles addiction treatment center, also claimed his father and other relatives are unable to bail him out."

I don't know where to start with this. "Ridiculous" seems inadequate.

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2026 07:41 AM (MWfyi)

23
Question as I noted above:

So if Socialism is such a big winner why are the Democrats seemingly all freaked out about it as several links in the Politics section seem to be driving at? The contradictions about this are maddening.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 07:41 AM (x0n13)

24 Sabato said...

I think I see the problem.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:36 AM (JvZF+)

Adios, Sabato.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

25 Did I miss the twirling?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)
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No Rosasharn this morning

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:42 AM (JvZF+)

26 24 Sabato said...

I think I see the problem.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:36 AM (JvZF+)

Adios, Sabato.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

What we need is a Sabato Sabbatical...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)

27 Community Notes

The American model of individual rights from God, strong property rights, and the 2nd Amendment underpinned a high-trust, advanced, productive and happy civilization.

Other cultures do not come close. And envious barbarians are tearing that advanced society apart. Sigh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

28 Not fustest, not mostest. That's what I get for reading the content.

Larry Sabato? Didn't that guy peak about fifteen or twenty years ago?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 31, 2026 07:43 AM (BU6xA)

29 San Franpsycho

Hope she is OK. Thanks for letting me know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

30 I bet Jill cut off funding to Hunter.

Oh, the Biden's have tons of money. They're just not giving any of it to Hunter.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 31, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)

31 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Today is the halfway point for my cancer treatment. I'll be glad to get it finished.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)

32 Taking the bodies of aborted babies - and sowing their tiny fingers and scalps into the backs of mice.

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Good G*d Almighty...you know how hyperbole will leave one saying they are speechless? This is perhaps one of the most grotesque, evil things I've ever read.

I'm wondering if Hades is big enough to hold all the people that belong there.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

33 I used to have a different nic

Glad to hear it.

There are easier ways to meet nurses, ya know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

34 The pastors preach love, but push hate toward conservative Americans.

"Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar..." 1 John 4:20

" ...From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so" James 3:9-10

"If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth. Curse the whisperer and deceitful person, for he has destroyed many who were at peace." - Sirach 28:12-13

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 07:46 AM (a4flb)

35 Sabato is the Chris Van Hollen of Joseph Goebbels.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 31, 2026 07:46 AM (qFwJc)

36 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Black holes are getting more massive, is what I'm saying. The gravitation makes the torment feel heavy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

37 There are easier ways to meet nurses, ya know.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)
====

Your next book!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:47 AM (JvZF+)

38 btw, I loved it when Chris Van Hollen was head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

They lost the Senate that year.

C'mon man, give his another chance.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 31, 2026 07:48 AM (qFwJc)

39 It will all boil down to IslamoMarxists vs America First. I would recommend making that case to the American voter. We are. In many, already In the midst of a jihad. Both, Bolshevik and radical Muslim are using each other as the means to an end. Either way, our children and grandchildren children stand to lose.

Stand up and dispute their positions. They have never worked, or produced anything constructively meaningful. Only death and misery.

Posted by: Augusto Perez at July 31, 2026 07:49 AM (H7FX4)

40 Fauci surrendered his social compact with polite, contemporary society and chose to become a hostile feral beast. He did a complete 180deg turn on civilization and should be put down, because he is, by his own choice, useless.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 31, 2026 07:49 AM (8E0Ba)

41 Harold Ford Jr., who is far and away smarter than Jessica Tarlov,
=====

Not saying much. So is a used teabag.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:49 AM (JvZF+)

42 San Franpsycho

Before a surgery several years ago, the night before my procedure my nurse asked me what I wanted for my last meal.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

43 As I've said a couple times here; the Democrat Socialists are not the first order of business. The aggressively political Muslims are. They're a bigger issue now than the Socialists are.

Maybe it's cultural with them, but their ability to organize, dominate and threaten local and state governments is a serious threat. A cancer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 07:51 AM (2Cry5)

44
Thanks for the coverage of the Michigan Democrat Senate horror-comedy story, JJ.

One quibble; Haley Stevens isn't electable. Not even close. She lied in the debate, is a nasty little scold of a type that everybody is familiar with, to the point where the Karens here see a little of themselves in her and are nervous. She has zero appeal outside their demographic. $61 million down the drain.

Dimestore Manadami will run as a capitalist centrist (wink wink)
as the Dearborn intifada seizes the corrupt democrat machine.

Mike Rodgers is no shoe-in, but at least he forced Slotkin to cheat to get the seat.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 07:51 AM (Y8DZL)

45 A horde of unassimilated Muslims might fulfill Adolf Hitler’s dream of ridding Europe of its Jews.
Why Jews are ditching Europe…

It’s worth pointing out that Ezekiel 37, and other writings as well, have long ago prophesied that this would happen. There’s no stopping it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 07:51 AM (6YiIr)

46 A thing we should keep in mind about Republicans in the Senate:
If you polled all of them, you might get 5 who think they are going to hold the Senate.
Something which is damned near impossible; the Dems winning.
Because it means losing both or at least one of LA and TX.

But, regardless, they believe it, bc the people they trust, the news they read, tells them the Senate is in play.

And I'll bet at least 40 of them think both TX and LA are lost.
Not bc of any polling or how red the states are. But bc they hate their "friends" lost and they believe stupid lies like "well, they have never won a Senate seat before, so they'll probably lose."

And that's why you have at least 10 GOPe that are dead-set against the SAVE Act:
they think they are buying themselves a separate peace with the Dems in 2027--sold at the price of your freedoms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 07:52 AM (3cUTc)

47 theorists like Marcuse argued that “the centralization of political power is necessary if the individual is going to be truly free.”

There is not one Democrat that does NOZT believe in this idea.
A central power that controls thoughts and ideas is the only freedom.
It is the exact same idea as Islamism. Only a central (religious) power can make people free to live their best life.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 07:52 AM (/+uur)

48 Fake and gay.
Posted by: fd

I propose that the term "Fabricated and Homosexual" be added to the AoS Style Book.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RjOoY)

49 Before a surgery several years ago, the night before my procedure my nurse asked me what I wanted for my last meal.

I'm sure The Paolo would want something NOT from the kitchen but already in the room.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 07:53 AM (a4flb)

50 I used to have a different nic — prayers up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 07:54 AM (yz/88)

51
This is...interesting, but, oh so inevitable:

If you own an "connected" Volvo or Polestar car,

China has a kill switch built into your car.

And China is the owner of the companies.

Imagine that.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2026 07:54 AM (iJfKG)

52 Talarico winning Texas? Malarky! 99 and 44/100 pure malarky.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 31, 2026 07:55 AM (wVcYX)

53 And that's why you have at least 10 GOPe that are dead-set against the SAVE Act:
they think they are buying themselves a separate peace with the Dems in 2027--sold at the price of your freedoms.

The loss of your Freedom, Liberty and Property is a risk they are willing to take.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 07:55 AM (a4flb)

54 Trump Activates Dormant ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court’ to Deport ISIS Supporter.

Can we use it to deport Sparkle Sooknanan?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

55
oops, forgot the link:

https://instapundit.com/813741/

Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2026 07:56 AM (iJfKG)

56 I propose that the term "Fabricated and Homosexual" be added to the AoS Style Book.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 07:52 AM (RjOoY)
====

Too ghey.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 07:56 AM (JvZF+)

57 I'm wondering if Hades is big enough to hold all the people that belong there.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Errah, plenty of room, Sweetcheeks.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy, Search and Rescue at July 31, 2026 07:56 AM (wOO3z)

58 > Trump Activates Dormant ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court’ to Deport ISIS Supporter.
----------
There's a couple in Congress that need to be fast tracked out of here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 07:57 AM (2Cry5)

59 they think they are buying themselves a separate peace with the Dems
****

The Demonrats (no typo) don't allow peace to their enemies. Anyone who is not of the body is an enemy. There is no neutrality.

Posted by: clarence at July 31, 2026 07:58 AM (HLGfd)

60 Even if you hated him you had to admit that Beto had some level of charisma; the ladies might like him.

Talarico…. Has none of that. No appeal whatsoever; he’s preachy and creepy

And he ticked off Jasmine… he’s gonna lose badly

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 07:58 AM (yz/88)

61 “Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY.”

They dug up the fresh water pipe from Israel to make rockets.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 07:59 AM (/+uur)

62 Community Notes

Nay, bro. I was married then.

I doubt The Paolo visits hospital rooms. I imagine he has a round bed with satin sheets, controllable mood lighting, and retro-cocktail hour music playing softly. And chilled White Claw.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

63 Starting with Cornyn and that malignant pustule Karl Rove, the Uniparty has been screeching that Talarico can win! I think think they’ve got a lot of people outside of Texas convinced.

But inside Texas, Talarico is a pathetic joke. He’s going to lose by 15 points, at least.

Here’s a hint as to the reliability of the polls reporting this nonsense - one of them recently did a poll saying that ex-presudent George W. Bush is 4 points more popular than Donald Trump. Does anyone here actually believe that?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:00 AM (6YiIr)

64 “Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY.”

They dug up the fresh water pipe from Israel to make rockets.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 07:59 AM (/+uur)

Well, the Gaza HOA will certainly have something to say to Hamas about the unauthorized digging.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 31, 2026 08:01 AM (wVcYX)

65 Tillis enrages this Carolinian.

Posted by: CapeFear at July 31, 2026 08:02 AM (usOWp)

66 >>>They dug up the fresh water pipe from Israel to make rockets.

Posted by: r hennigantx

>Did they use golf balls for the payload? Those were great when I was making mortars for 4th of July.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 31, 2026 08:02 AM (8E0Ba)

67 If you own an "connected" Volvo or Polestar car,

China has a kill switch built into your car.

We need some ethical hacker types to work with garages to clean that out of cars. A lot of money could be made with that.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 08:03 AM (RjOoY)

68 1) Fox News is one of the worst at polling; they had Kamala winning by 5% up to near the end.

2) Larry Sabato is coasting on an (unearned) reputation that is nearly 20 years stale. He's not some wizard with insight--he has a staff of interns who collate the news (which is nearly exclusively left), mixes in polling and then "weighs" it to "predict" races.
He is no more accurate than the crowd--don't buy his bullshit "98% accuracy." (more on that to come)

3) Talarico won't win. It won't even be close. He'll be lucky to break 45%. The same people saying the same things now were saying them back when they were predicting Cornyn would win. And, before that, when they were predicting he'd lose the statewide AG race.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:03 AM (3cUTc)

69 Larry Sabato: Talarico Could Actually Flip Senate Seat in Texas

The fact that his every utterance is hateful to Texans, the fact that the blacks don't like him, the fact that the Texicans don't like him, the fact that he's under investigation for election fraud... none of those things change the fact that he's on the ballot, for now, and therefore could, theoretically, flip the Senate seat.

He and Bobby O'Rourke will form a formidable duo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

70 End in the dark.

Posted by: smelting at July 31, 2026 08:03 AM (7iM56)

71 Tom Servo

Please let Talarico siphon disposable cash from coastal Leftists and Soros / Chinese billionaires.

Less for others that way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

72 The State Bar of Texas sued Paxton for professional misconduct in 2022, after he brought a lawsuit against Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin in 2020 over discredited election fraud claims.

What is interesting is that the Georgia claim we now know is very real. I bet the other 3 will be proved real in the next 2 or 3 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)

73 2 It's Flapjack Friday!
Posted by: Mister Scott

Your morning greeting leaves us flat, as always.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie Fan Club at July 31, 2026 08:04 AM (JM9I6)

74 Talarico unquestionably gives off an extremely creepy vibe. Like windowless van parked outside a school yard trying to lure 4th grade boys. Without question, I'd think that even if he hadn't shown himself to be an 11 on the Woke Scale of Crazy. I confess to not knowing much about Paxton and how he comes across. I can only hope that TX does the right thing and sends this creep packing. Still...after the Dog Eater's reelection in '12, I will never again believe people have enough intelligence to make the right decisions regarding very bad characters.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

75 “.However, Pakistan has denied any involvement, with the country’s military calling reports linking.”

Never forget that Pakistan denied all knowledge of Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts before it was revealed that he’d been living a mile away from their military HQ for years in a safe house.

It pisses me off every time I see Trump call Pakistan a “good ally and trusted partner.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:06 AM (6YiIr)

76 Rachel Corrie Fan Club

Is your membership pin a D-9 bulldozer or a pancake?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

77 own an "connected" Volvo or Polestar car,"

Geely waves from China.

Also, we're now believing Larry's schtick? What, it's now 1996 again?

Here, pull my finger

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:07 AM (cGjQu)

78 Claude: Does Larry Sabato "beat the crowd?"

Answer:
Short answer: his headline "98% accuracy" is real but mostly measures how lopsided most American elections are, not forecasting skill. When you isolate the races where it actually mattered — genuine toss-ups — his edge over just following the polls shrinks to modest-to-nonexistent, and in the two biggest calls of the last 11 years he missed exactly where the polling consensus also missed.

The headline numbers: Center for Politics (Sabato's own shop) touts a lifetime 98% accuracy rate on U.S. House calls, 98% on Senate, 94% on governors. That's true, but it's inflated by the fact that in any given cycle, 80-90% of House/Senate/Governor races aren't remotely close — safe D or safe R seats that a coin, an incumbent-always-wins rule, or "whoever's leading in whatever polling exists" would also call correctly. That part of the record tells you almost nothing about Sabato specifically.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:07 AM (3cUTc)

79 Starting with Cornyn and that malignant pustule Karl Rove, the Uniparty has been screeching that Talarico can win! I think think they’ve got a lot of people outside of Texas convinced.

Didn't that senile has-been Cornyn blame Mike Lee of " demoralizing the GOP" because of Lee's tenacity in trying to get the Establishment to pass the Save America Act?

Trying to shame your Party's seditionists into acting positively on what 90% of your party wants is "demoralizing" yet promoting Screwtape as your replacement in the Senate is not?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

80 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 08:08 AM (Zja42)

81
Rachel Corrie Fan Club

Is your membership pin a D-9 bulldozer or a pancake?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

They waffle between the two.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2026 08:08 AM (iJfKG)

82
Antonio Sabato > Larry Sabato

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 31, 2026 08:09 AM (IQhz0)

83 Marcuse argued that “the centralization of political power is necessary if the individual is going to be truly free“
——

Ya hafta go to school for a long time to get that stupid

Posted by: Common Tater at July 31, 2026 08:09 AM (m6z0J)

84 7 I've been saying for years... if you have Muslims in Congress, you have to break the country up. We can't be lorded over by savages just because Karen wants a brown dick in her. Ridiculous. End this.

My take is that Karen doesn't want any non-white dicks. Karen doesn't want non-whites in her neighborhood. Karen doesn't want non-whites in her kids' schools.

What Karen does want very, very much is to virtue-signal.

Posted by: Delurker at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (2Drhq)

85 Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 07:51 AM (2Cry5)

The socialists are absolutely the first order of business. The Democrats plan to transform before our eyes and the GOP does not have the stomach nor the desire for the fight them once they do.

You can't do much about the second thing you mentioned right now that Trump isn't doing (borders), but trust me he knows what this DSA op is, and has a plan in place to deal with it.

The operation is purposely much more diffuse than the Squad or having one charismatic person. They believe he doesn't have the ability to fight such a wide ranging "movement". But I think he does. And if we get there, it's gonna be a marvel.

Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (p/31p)

86 I doubt The Paolo visits hospital rooms. I imagine he has a round bed with satin sheets, controllable mood lighting, and retro-cocktail hour music playing softly. And chilled White Claw.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

He actually has my old place.

Posted by: Dean Martin as Matt Helm at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (1Ff7Z)

87 the guy that moves pianos for a living

Good to see you posting. How have you been?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

88 🎶
Let's all get up and dance to a song
that was a hit before your mother was born
'Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
🌞😁

Posted by: mindful webworker - waiting for eyes to open at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (/YSzp)

89 It pisses me off every time I see Trump call Pakistan a “good ally and trusted partner.”

He is not confiding to you, he is negotiating with other parties.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (a4flb)

90 The best thing conservatives can do is keep tearing down centrist Democrats.

The centrist has no desire for Muslims or communists, and thus it makes Democrats unelectable.

Furthermore, if you can remain quiet about anti-Israel candidates and Muslims in swing states during the Democrat primaries, you begin to break up one of the most powerful Democrat power blocks.

Jews have voted 75+% for Democrats and Jews are their largest campaign contributors. When you put anti-Zionist candidates on the Democratic ballot, you eliminate a lot of their voting and funding base.

When it gets to the general, sure, call those anti-Zionists Hitler and Muslims and all that. But during the primaries, it's best to let the Democrats put in radical candidates.

Posted by: Positive Development at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (7UQwj)

91 So if Socialism is such a big winner why are the Democrats seemingly all freaked out about it as several links in the Politics section seem to be driving at? The contradictions about this are maddening.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 07:41 AM (x0n13)

Socialism is a big winner in the Dem primaries. It can be a big winner in the blue enclaves. That's it. And as the yoots grow up and some of them start to develop a brain, they'll see that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

92 Marcuse argued that “the centralization of political power is necessary if the individual is going to be truly free“

--

The facepalm gesture was made for shockingly ignorant statements like this.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

93 Americans that support the democrat party or are "undecided" know exactly what they want.

Free shit from the government. They vote for whomever is gonna give them more free shit then they are already getting. You don't get $39.7 trillion in debt from a country full of rugged individuals.

At least the DSA folks are honest about it.

Posted by: $39.7 Trillion In Debt at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (ftsic)

94 What Karen does want very, very much is to virtue-signal"

And The Paolo. Preferably in ebook format. 50 shades, anyone?

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (cGjQu)

95 Good enough for me, Erin! LET’S CANCEL THE ELECTIONS!!!

Oh, wait…you mean we have to double check the polls’ validity by actually holding the elections? You know, just in case the polls are wrong???

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (4g5V+)

96 REPORT: Iran Secures Hundreds of Chinese Missiles to Use Against U.S.
-----
I kinda wonder if a rogue general in the PLA is simply trying to make a profit here.

Although Xi is cracking down on the PLA leadership, there may be a few generals/colonels who are starting to think of themselves as "warlords."

It doesn't look good for China if there are cracks in their military...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 31, 2026 08:12 AM (FZ29D)

97 I came up with Baalarico last night.

Yes? No?

Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:13 AM (p/31p)

98 Socialism is a big winner in the Dem primaries. It can be a big winner in the blue enclaves. That's it. And as the yoots grow up and some of them start to develop a brain, they'll see that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

As for Talarico, he will find out the hard way that the State of Texas outside TX HD-50 is nothing like the confines of TX HD-50.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:13 AM (4g5V+)

99 Before a surgery several years ago, the night before my procedure my nurse asked me what I wanted for my last meal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

Weird. I had a colonoscopy some time back and just before they sedated me I said "see you on the other side" and they all freaked out and took pains to assure me that I'd be fine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

100 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

JJ, Henry Ford’s a big reason why that part of Michigan is so muzzied up. He imported them to work in his factories.

Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2026 08:14 AM (77rzZ)

101 REPORT: Iran Secures Hundreds of Chinese Missiles to Use Against U.S."

REPORT: Using all caps makes it true! Chef Boyardee for everyone!

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:14 AM (cGjQu)

102 81
Rachel Corrie Fan Club

Is your membership pin a D-9 bulldozer or a pancake?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

They waffle between the two.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2026 08:08 AM

Just plough through it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 31, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)

103 82
Antonio Sabato > Larry Sabato
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 31, 2026 08:09 AM (IQhz0)

I remember
The day we pushed your piano
Out into the garden
Making tracks across the lawn

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at July 31, 2026 08:15 AM (4g5V+)

104 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Xi purging the leadership of the PLA shows that Xi is very worried. And those purges make his hold on power more fragile.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

105 🎶
Let's all get up and dance to a song
that was a hit before your mother was born
'Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
🌞😁
Posted by: mindful webworker - waiting for eyes to open at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (/YSzp)

Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)

Posted by: Joe Tex at July 31, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)

106 REPORT: Iran Secures Hundreds of Chinese Missiles to Use Against U.S."

Wait until you see the REPORT about Taiwan. You'll be shocked!

Posted by: Positive Development at July 31, 2026 08:16 AM (7UQwj)

107 Henry Ford’s a big reason why that part of Michigan is so muzzied up. He imported them to work in his factories."

Importing labor always works out well, doesn't it?

(And our betters blovate about Japan building factories closer to customers)

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:16 AM (cGjQu)

108 Chef Boyardee for everyone!
Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:14 AM (cGjQu)

This again?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 08:17 AM (1Ff7Z)

109 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 31, 2026 08:17 AM (53oGX)

110 Just plough through it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

We're just going to tread through this, aren't we?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 08:17 AM (RjOoY)

111 "Rachel Corrie Fan Club

Is your membership pin a D-9 bulldozer or a pancake?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

They waffle between the two.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 31, 2026 08:08 AM

Just plough through it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

This tracks.

Posted by: fd at July 31, 2026 08:17 AM (MWfyi)

112 Paxton is deemed “horrible” by the Uniparty and the professional political class because he keeps doing things that upset them. So they have launched a decade of lawfare against him and set every media outlet against him and created dozens and dozens of fake polls showing that This Time, he will lose!

And you know what has happened? While that was going on, he’s won three statewide races pretty easily, since Texas voters like him BECAUSE the professional political class hates him so much.

In the Cornyn / Paxton runoff, every pollster missed the result by at least 15 points.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:18 AM (6YiIr)

113 What Karen does want very, very much is to virtue-signal.

That may be true, but one can't discount the fact Karen is hard core racist and sees brown people as toddlers who need her protection.

Its reinforced by The Narrative that all minorities and non-whites and lunatics are "disadvantaged" or "oppressed" or "at risk". The Manipulators are deliberately conjuring up maternal instincts in a person who has murdered her children at the recommendation of those same Manipulators.

That is why you see her speaking for "disadvantage group" ____. The synapses firing in her mind have her pretending she is standing before the PTA about how her child is perfect in every way.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 08:18 AM (a4flb)

114 This again?"

Well, it's that or pancake comments.

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:19 AM (cGjQu)

115 I'm pretty sure Ebola is still raging-in my pants!

Posted by: Presnint Emeritus at July 31, 2026 08:19 AM (JM9I6)

116 Awwwwh... I'm flattered!

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at July 31, 2026 08:19 AM (p/31p)

117 75: hate to break it to you but there is a thing called diplomacy that must be engaged in. I’d love it if he said Pakistan’s government is full of fucking goddamn assholes. But it is what it is. He has to tell Pakistan to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the journey (h/t, The Right Honourable)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:19 AM (4g5V+)

118 Black holes are getting more massive, is what I'm saying. The gravitation makes the torment feel heavy.
--
Ton 618 is so massive, giving off so much radiation, that, if it was 10 light years away--6 light years farther than the nearest star--within a few years, it'd boil our oceans.

In less than 400 years, it'd pull the Earth and the entire solar system close enough, that Earth would melt.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:19 AM (3cUTc)

119 That may be true, but one can't discount the fact Karen is hard core racist and sees brown people as toddlers who need her protection."

I dunno. There have been some comments on how good looking those "Moroccan guys" look...

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:20 AM (cGjQu)

120
In the Cornyn / Paxton runoff, every pollster missed the result by at least 15 points.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:18 AM (6YiIr)

I’m calling the TX SoS to demand the election be canceled because the poll says Talarico will win. Don’t interrupt.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:21 AM (4g5V+)

121 Speaking of top pic, "This Sucks" was essentially my motto when I was a teenager. I think I scrawled it into every school desk I ever sat at. I was not happy.

Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:21 AM (p/31p)

122 He is not confiding to you, he is negotiating with other parties.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 08:11 AM (a4flb)

I guess if you define “negotiating with other parties” as “pretending that Pakistan and China aren’t working together to ship new missiles to Iran.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:21 AM (6YiIr)

123 Awwwwh... I'm flattered!
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at July 31, 2026 08:19 AM (p/31p)

You've lost weight!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 08:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

124 I've not seen a Paxton commercial or an anti Talarico commercial.

Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2026 08:22 AM (KC5Lt)

125 Weird. I had a colonoscopy some time back and just before they sedated me I said "see you on the other side" and they all freaked out and took pains to assure me that I'd be fine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

Heh. Last time I had one, I said to my rather hot New Zealander anesthesiologist, "We go night-night?"

She laughed and said, "Yes, we go night-night."

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 31, 2026 08:22 AM (BU6xA)

126 PDT can wait for Paxton to win in TX, but I don't think Whatley is going to beat Cooper in NC. RNC, TP Action, Scott Pressler, Superman, etc. need to get to NC and drag Whatley across the finish line.

Posted by: hubcap at July 31, 2026 08:22 AM (RK8vO)

127 They found one outlier poll in Texas and run with it? Paxton is well ahead, and will win comfortably.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 31, 2026 08:23 AM (0U5gm)

128 I confess to not knowing much about Paxton and how he comes across.

Paxton beat George P. Bush to become AG. That's the source of the hate for him. The Bush Republicans, still a force in Texas, and the Democrats have been trying to get rid of Paxton ever since. But he keeps winning.

So they impeached him. A bunch of 'Republicans' in the legislature voted to impeach but the Senate acquitted, sadly on partisan lines. In the next election, several (most?) of those 'Republicans' were gone, either retired of defeated. Three members of the Texas Supreme Court decided that they's square off against Paxton - all of them lost their seats.

Paxton isn't going to lose.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

129 "I’ll call it now: The GOP picks up one senate seat and keeps the house. "

I'm even more optimistic. The mid-terms will be decided by Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Trump has gotten White Non-College to turnout after they were evicted from their historic home in the D party. Hispanics and Black Men have been joining. Still plenty of room to grow.

Trump will run this year as if he's the head of the ticket. Public polls miss "unexected" increases in Turnout.

And there's disarray with the Ds which should hurt their Turnout.

Fingers crossed ....

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 31, 2026 08:23 AM (dtajH)

130 121 Speaking of top pic, "This Sucks" was essentially my motto when I was a teenager. I think I scrawled it into every school desk I ever sat at. I was not happy.
Posted by: ...

And who's fault was that?

Posted by: Gazes In Mirror at July 31, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

131 Scott Pressler, Superman, etc. need to get to NC and drag Whatley across the finish line.
Posted by: hubcap at July 31, 2026 08:22 AM (RK8vO)

Pistol Pez Whatley's running for Senate?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 08:24 AM (1Ff7Z)

132 124 I've not seen a Paxton commercial or an anti Talarico commercial.
Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2026 08:22 AM (KC5Lt)

Nor I, but then, I only watch YT, the home of

- clickbait scam ads
- quack clickbait scam ads
- kindergarten-level quack clickbait scam ads
- reminders that America NEEDS its own little Quebec

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:24 AM (4g5V+)

133 The Bush Republicans, still a force in Texas"

Hey, we'll show them by sabotaging Harris County GOP.

/the bushes

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:24 AM (cGjQu)

134 As I've said a couple times here; the Democrat Socialists are not the first order of business. The aggressively political Muslims are. They're a bigger issue now than the Socialists are.
--
The same, old red-green alliance that took down Iran and has locked it in near 5 decades of misery.
And, just like then, the red side thinks they can control the green side.
And, they'll have the same fate--be the first ones killed when the muslims take power.

Because it's not men who manipulate these events, it's Satan.
And even as the lefties lie that they are modern and secular, deep down they think their worship of him will protect them.
Satan wants misery; delights in death and misery.
islam brings the greatest death and misery to the world.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:25 AM (3cUTc)

135 Who is "Sabato" and why should I care that he speaks approvingly of Talarico's faux Christianity?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 31, 2026 08:25 AM (xSAlF)

136 My take is that Karen doesn't want any non-white dicks. Karen doesn't want non-whites in her neighborhood. Karen doesn't want non-whites in her kids' schools.

What Karen does want very, very much is to virtue-signal.
Posted by: Delurker at July 31, 2026 08:10 AM (2Drhq)

Karen doesn't want to MARRY someone with a non-white dick but she sure want to take one for a test drive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

137 U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi rejected the Department of Justice’s request to obtain New Jersey’s unredacted voter rolls.

The decision comes after Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced the state discovered over 6,000 noncitizens registered to vote due to a supposed software error.

There are over 75,000 people on the NJ No Jury list as they are licensed but illegal. The 6,000 is a fake number.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

138 Karen doesn't want to MARRY someone with a non-white dick but she sure want to take one for a test drive."

True

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:26 AM (cGjQu)

139 Ya hafta go to school for a long time to get that stupid
Posted by: Common Tater
_______

Mencken: "It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 31, 2026 08:26 AM (XvL8K)

140 Paxton has done his job very well and why I will vote for him but I can't dismiss some of the proven facts in the impeachment. DC will have more temptation .

Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2026 08:26 AM (KC5Lt)

141 Paxton beat George P. Bush to become AG. That's the source of the hate for him. The Bush Republicans, still a force in Texas, and the Democrats have been trying to get rid of Paxton ever since. But he keeps winning.

So they impeached him. A bunch of 'Republicans' in the legislature voted to impeach but the Senate acquitted, sadly on partisan lines. In the next election, several (most?) of those 'Republicans' were gone, either retired of defeated. Three members of the Texas Supreme Court decided that they's square off against Paxton - all of them lost their seats.

Paxton isn't going to lose.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

It must be noted that the dumbfuck P was an incompetent Land Commissioner, and this was laid bare after two terms, and he took on an extremely competent one term AG Paxton. P got crushed 68-32.

Talarico has a chance as long as his name is on the ballot. Show up and vote for Paxton anyway. : )

And finally, do not mistake the power of the GOPe here. My Rep, Ken King, is a perfect example of this. So is Speaker Burrows.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:28 AM (4g5V+)

142 The way to “negotiate” with Pakistan is to talk nicely to Pakistan and thank them for their support - and then with no fanfare send in airstrikes to destroy every rail line from Pakistan into Iran, and to blow up every bridge in every road between Pakistan and Iran.

And then if they complain, say “. Did I do that? Was that wrong? Well nobody told me it was wrong.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:29 AM (6YiIr)

143 Is Israel big enough to contain all the Jews?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 31, 2026 08:29 AM (qFwJc)

144 How will the "Moroccan guys" get across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 31, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)

145 I dunno. There have been some comments on how good looking those "Moroccan guys" look...

That is one of the perils of painting exclusively with a broad brush.

There are two jokes:
• "How to cure a nymphomaniac? Marry her."
• "A wedding ring doesn't plug a hole."

Both about women, both hit totally different conclusions yet men's heads nod.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 08:30 AM (a4flb)

146 142 The way to “negotiate” with Pakistan is to talk nicely to Pakistan and thank them for their support - and then with no fanfare send in airstrikes to destroy every rail line from Pakistan into Iran, and to blow up every bridge in every road between Pakistan and Iran.

And then if they complain, say “. Did I do that? Was that wrong? Well nobody told me it was wrong.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:29 AM (6YiIr)

You talk nicely in public. Behind closed doors you grab them by the lapels and say “Listen fuckers, see what’s going on in Iran? You assholes are next.” Our kids and grandkids read about it in FRUS in 2076 and all is good.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:31 AM (4g5V+)

147 The poll, conducted with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, found that 53 percent of all adults are worried about “people who are ineligible to vote casting ballots in U.S. elections.” When broken down among party lines, 78 percent of Republicans share that concern along with 36 percent of Democrats and 48 percent of independents.

Who does not think Big City politicians have 3 to 5% fake voters on the rolls?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

148 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:31 AM (GTqXr)

149 144 How will the "Moroccan guys" get across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 31, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/

They seem to be getting to the UK, no prob.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:32 AM (4g5V+)

150 143 Is Israel big enough to contain all the Jews?

Posted by: no one of any consequence

Annex the Sinai. They already had a forty year Jamboree there.

Posted by: Fiery Serpents, Optional at July 31, 2026 08:32 AM (JM9I6)

151 133 The Bush Republicans, still a force in Texas"
Hey, we'll show them by sabotaging Harris County GOP.

/the bushes
Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:24 AM (cGjQu)

And that worked out so well for low energy Jr. George P. when he ran against Paxton for AG.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 31, 2026 08:32 AM (SjAWL)

152 Water cannons are being used in Ceuta today in an attempt to stop the invaders. For what it's worth...but it's probably too little too late.

https://tinyurl.com/2ybuacn2

Posted by: IrishEi?! at July 31, 2026 08:32 AM (3ImbR)

153 "Two Chinese military-linked entities used U.S. AI models to build their own systems, Reuters reports.

North University of China, which has close ties to the country's weapons industry, used Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku to generate synthetic training data for a social media monitoring and content moderation model.

PLA Unit 96941, a military intelligence and cyber-warfare unit based in Beijing, used OpenAI's GPT-3.5 to summarize sensitive military source code, then trained a domestic model on those summaries to run entirely within Chinese military networks."

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:33 AM (g47mK)

154 Thanks, Salty.

It has been kind of a hectic year, but still I lurk.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 31, 2026 08:33 AM (IQhz0)

155 I can't dismiss some of the proven facts in the impeachment.

Which facts were proven in the impeachment?

I recall at the trial a whole lot of "My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows the kid who's going with the girl who saw Paxton pass out at 31 Flavors last night."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

156 Morning again, news folken,

Sometimes I wonder if the BernieBro in my former writing group, the Vietnam vet who spent his life as a working electrician and yet used to espouse socialism, has awakened to how his D party has changed. ("No country which has gone socialist," he used to say, "has ever gone back." To which I replied, "That's because once it has, it can't.")

I don't expect he would ever vote for, or stop hating, Donald Trump. But maybe, just maybe, in the face of increasing prices for everything, he has begun to realize that his Dem party has left him and other working people behind.

Yes, and I'm still waiting for my lottery ticket to win big so I can buy myself that unicorn I've always wanted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:34 AM (wzUl9)

157
Mencken: "It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 31, 2026 08:26 AM (XvL8K)

Yeah, I really don't get it. I went to school and got my stupid degree. I remember the people getting degrees around me, and the people from whom we got them... how anyone can go through that process and still respect the credentials is beyond me. I strongly suspect that 99% of them are feigning it from self-interest - if too many of them 'fess up, their whole scam will quit working.

This of course excludes the hard sciences. Those degrees are real. The rest is all fake as shit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 31, 2026 08:34 AM (BI5O2)

158 How will the "Moroccan guys" get across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 31, 2026
*
They seem to be getting to the UK, no prob.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026

***
Morocco needs boats! Morocco needs boats!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:35 AM (wzUl9)

159 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:31 AM (GTqXr)

Congrats. Welcome to the club.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

160 The Trump official calling out rouge judges as the "worst of the worst" has really struck a nerve.
Because it's 100% true.

All the lefties are faking onto the fainting couches at the incivility.
"the judges are getting death threats! They're attacking their character, not their rulings!"

And everyone else is like, "maybe if they treated Trump with 1% of the civility, decorum and respect the office of President deserves, they would have grounds to complain."

And it really is something, how these cartel judges have no hesitation in attacking the motives, character and beliefs of Trump--and the 75 million who voted for him--in in the most outlandish, dishonest and derogatory way possible.

But also, each of the tweets complained of specifically attack their rulings and say nothing about them personally.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:36 AM (3cUTc)

161 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. A sunny, humid day here at Stately Poppins Manor.

I finished editing my new Theda Bara novel yesterday. Now it's basic formatting, creating a cover and all the little details that go into getting ready for publication.

I did get a review back from one of our fellow Morons, but I have not yet read it. I want to have a cup of tea first.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026 08:36 AM (qRla/)

162 What are you saying?

Posted by: Dr Jill Biden at July 31, 2026 08:36 AM (MWfyi)

163 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:31 AM (GTqXr)
====

Mazel!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:36 AM (JvZF+)

164 This entire Fauci event has turned our heads back to the deer in the windshield (at 100 mph) that we seem to forget due to the passage of time: the rise and success of the Chicago Thug in Chief, the Manchurian Candidate, the "calmer of the seas," the Kenyan Surprise, the Odildo . . . . . in deeply dividing this country and in coming close to destroying our divine nation . . . . in fulfilling the wishes of his Marxist Rat professors and mentors. A good slap in the face to remind us of this is Josh Monnington's piece in the Federalist recently (Barack Obama Fathered Today's Marxist Democrat Party). We should never forget. And Fauci was simply one of the Comrades carrying out the plan. May they receive their just rewards.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM posers at July 31, 2026 08:37 AM (yUa8f)

165 Morning again Horde thx JJ. Happy Friday to all . Hope everyone has a great weekend
Probably 20 yrs ago I sort of respected Larry Sabato as a political forecaster on elections. Over the last twenty years he's been huffing his own farts and making ridiculous statements. People should remember that the chief Fox pollster worked for Hillary. Therefore the "Talarico is ahead is useless"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 31, 2026 08:37 AM (BlDDt)

166 How will the "Moroccan guys" get across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 31, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
----
There's ferry from Ceuta.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 31, 2026 08:37 AM (FZ29D)

167 148 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Congrats! Did you already receive a laurel and hearty handshake?
Need to speak with me?

Posted by: Jonathan Lawson @ Colonial Penn at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (JM9I6)

168 140 Paxton has done his job very well and why I will vote for him but I can't dismiss some of the proven facts in the impeachment. DC will have more temptation .
Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2026 08:26 AM (KC5Lt)

People keep talking about these “proven facts”. So:
1) why was he not removed from office?
2) why was he not then immediately run out of the country?

I’m not voting for Ken Paxton as “the guy as I most want to be my neighbor”. I’m voting for him to represent TX. And if people think he’s an asshole? So what? If he does his job, he can be the biggest asshole in DC for all I care.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (4g5V+)

169 Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 31, 2026 08:33 AM (IQhz0)

Can you deliver my piano to my house on Descanso Drive? Unfortunately, you'll have to access it from Vendome Street. It's just a few steps away.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (1Ff7Z)

170 Yeah, I really don't get it. I went to school and got my stupid degree. I remember the people getting degrees around me, and the people from whom we got them... how anyone can go through that process and still respect the credentials is beyond me. I strongly suspect that 99% of them are feigning it from self-interest - if too many of them 'fess up, their whole scam will quit working.

This of course excludes the hard sciences. Those degrees are real. The rest is all fake as shit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 31, 2026

***
The econ, poli sci, and history Ph.D.s with whom I used to work were well blinkered and fell hard for the Sniffle Scare/clot shot hoax. In contrast, the Physical Plant guys, who -- while they may have bachelor's degrees, and maybe more -- worked with their hands as well as their brains, were almost universally scornful of the whole thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (wzUl9)

171 The deal, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey would mark a major victory for Trump's Board of Peace.
Trump Touts A ‘Historic’ Gaza Disarmament Agreement“

One day in and the “agreement” is already collapsing. Anyone who believes that Hamas will ever voluntarily disarm should be forced to live in Gaza for the next year while it continues to be run by a fully armed Hamas.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (6YiIr)

172
George Bush and Bill Clinton got to cuddle up last night in Grand Rapids at the Econ Club dinner with lunatic millionaire GOPe gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 08:39 AM (Y8DZL)

173 Mencken: "It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron."

The Second Law of The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity states:

The Probability That a Person Be Stupid is Independent of Any Other Characteristic of That Person

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (a4flb)

174 People's Hippo Voice

Ton 618 is indeed very massive and bright. But it is too far away to be a danger during the projected life span of our sun.

So no worries.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

175 The judge who denied the request for NJ records is Zahid Quarishi, the first Muslim Article III judge. Biden appointee.
His decision will be overturned

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (BlDDt)

176 There's ferry from Ceuta.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 31, 2026 08:37 AM (FZ29D)

367 days from now a nice, long total solar eclipse goes through there. Ceuta is on the centerline, or near enough to it. Damnit!

I’m hoping the hot queen, Letizia, just goes up to that idiot PM and slaps the shit out of him.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (4g5V+)

177 But maybe, just maybe, in the face of increasing prices for everything, he has begun to realize that his Dem party has left him and other working people behind.

Lol.

Have you ever posted a comment here about how the ever increasing price of things has made life difficult for young men and then seen how conservatives respond?

Here is the difference: When you tell a Democrat that prices are increasing and making life hard, they will say "Oh yeah, corporations are evil and we are going to do something about it", even though they never do and it's all bullshit.

But if you tell a Republican that they'll mutter out something about getting a second job or bootstraps.

Now, the Republican is actually telling you the truth (that nothing will be done about it, you're gonna have to deal with it) but the message isn't nearly as enticing.

Posted by: Positive Development at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (7UQwj)

178 The fascinating thing about American politics is that Democrats do a bunch of crap Americans don't want when elected and the Republicans have a mixed history.

But pretty much every year we have relatively close elections because the Dems promise to not do the things they've always done.

This year many of them aren't even doing that.

But...do LIVs pay attention? For at least some of them the calculation goes like this...The TV News guy said this Talarico guy is a wonderful mainstream Christian who is a political moderate and this Paxton guy is a sex maniac who has the politics of Hitler! I mean I hated everything that happened under Biden but I don't want to vote for Hitler!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

179 Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living

Dang. Blast from the past. Welcome back.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (Zja42)

180 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026

***
Congratulations. I too left at the end of a month; easy to remember, for one thing, and since I got paid (including my unused vacation) on the last work day of the month, financially neater too.

You'll find it is a different world, and a much pleasanter one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)

181 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Cake and a watch day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (RJBgA)

182 And who's fault was that?

Posted by: Gazes In Mirror at July 31, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

LOL

Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (p/31p)

183 148 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Take the weekend off, you've earned it.

Report Monday for barrel duty.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 08:42 AM (Y8DZL)

184 I finished editing my new Theda Bara novel yesterday. Now it's basic formatting, creating a cover and all the little details that go into getting ready for publication.

I did get a review back from one of our fellow Morons, but I have not yet read it. I want to have a cup of tea first.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026 08:36 AM (qRla/)

Good. Niece is waiting for it.

Mine's nowhere near ready.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 08:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

185 Young Doctor Fauci

-
Young Faucistein, medical Abby Normal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at July 31, 2026 08:42 AM (ndZc7)

186 I’m hoping the hot queen, Letizia, just goes up to that idiot PM and slaps the shit out of him.

Since her husband is the actual monarch, shouldn't he do it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

187 160 The Trump official calling out rouge judges as the "worst of the worst" has really struck a nerve.
Because it's 100% true.

All the lefties are faking onto the fainting couches at the incivility.
"the judges are getting death threats! They're attacking their character, not their rulings!"

And everyone else is like, "maybe if they treated Trump with 1% of the civility, decorum and respect the office of President deserves, they would have grounds to complain."

>>>

Deep down, when it comes to these Marxist Rat Bastards in black robes, a little bit of a savage retelling of the Pelican Brief storyline has a strange pleasure.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM posers at July 31, 2026 08:42 AM (CIl8X)

188 This of course excludes the hard sciences. Those degrees are real. The rest is all fake as shit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 31, 2026 08:34 AM (BI5O2)

Yay! Let academic snobbery commence!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:43 AM (4g5V+)

189 I must be out of the loop on Paxton. I'm not aware of him flaunting sins (although I certainly am aware of Talafreako flaunting his).

Is it just a case of Dems hammering away about some real or, more probably, manufactured character defect and Paxton is refusing to respond to their accusations? I vaguely recall maybe something about a messy divorce. Is Paxton just not taking their bait and that means he's "flaunting"? Lefties are always trying to pile guilt on other people.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 31, 2026 08:43 AM (OlzlW)

190 @172 Auspex, I just looked up Perry Johnson. How many plastic surgeries has that guy had?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 31, 2026 08:43 AM (BlDDt)

191 “People keep talking about these “proven facts”. So:
1) why was he not removed from office?
2) why was he not then immediately run out of the country?”

The only “proven fact” I know of was that some of his uniparty office staff didn’t like him and filed complaints about him (which were later found to be false) and due to expediency, Paxton came up with a legal way to pay them off and get them out of his office.

And he and his wife got a divorce, like that’s never happened before.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:43 AM (6YiIr)

192 Now, the Republican is actually telling you the truth (that nothing will be done about it, you're gonna have to deal with it) but the message isn't nearly as enticing.

Yep. Now some Republicans do more openly tie immigration to prices and you can point out the inflation rate dropped as soon as Trump stopped mass migration. Now that didn't drop prices but it did stop the massive increases.

And then the other thing Republicans should be doing and talking about is looting the NGOs that got rich off looting the taxpayers. You can promise to do all sorts of things with that money to meet all the leftist election pablum and then actually use it to reduce the debt (and thereby inflation)

Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)

193 Internet sez

Pakistan possesses an estimated 170 nuclear warheads as of 2025

Posted by: Don Black at July 31, 2026 08:44 AM (ZxPkt)

194 One day in and the “agreement” is already collapsing. Anyone who believes that Hamas will ever voluntarily disarm should be forced to live in Gaza for the next year while it continues to be run by a fully armed Hamas.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (6YiIr)
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I Want To Believe

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:44 AM (JvZF+)

195 I finished editing my new Theda Bara novel yesterday. Now it's basic formatting, creating a cover and all the little details that go into getting ready for publication.

I did get a review back from one of our fellow Morons, but I have not yet read it. I want to have a cup of tea first.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026

***
MP4, is it too late for me to do a beta read for you? If not, I'll send you an email today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

196 >Cake and a watch day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (RJBgA)

Thanks for the kind words. Looking forward to unplugging for a few weeks. I'll be consulting part-time until the end of the year as a 1099 consultant. I'm planning an easy transition to a total life of leisure and we have a ton of travel booked for next year.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (GTqXr)

197 All the lefties are faking onto the fainting couches at the incivility.
"the judges are getting death threats! They're attacking their character, not their rulings!"

Leftists: This heated rhetoric needs to be toned down. People are getting death threats!

Also the left: Hey conservative judge/pundit/politician...I'm gonna kirk you. And your whole family!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

198 Cueta is an exclave.

Posted by: Today I learned at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

199 The Bush Republicans, still a force in Texas"

Hey, we'll show them by sabotaging Harris County GOP.

/the bushes
---
Did they ever; some serious spite there.
In 2020, the Dems wiped out nearly all Rs in Harris County.

And you can see they hate Paxton even more bc he's trying to fix that as well.
I'm sure they don't want the voting audits any more than the Dems.
I've said it before, but look at the results, in every race, the Dems have manufactured, at minimum, 100k votes in Houston.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (3cUTc)

200 One day in and the “agreement” is already collapsing. Anyone who believes that Hamas will ever voluntarily disarm should be forced to live in Gaza for the next year while it continues to be run by a fully armed Hamas.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (6YiIr)

Trump has to do political theater, same as the others.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

201 The Probability That a Person Be Stupid is Independent of Any Other Characteristic of That Person
Posted by: Community Notes
__________

Does that include nose rings?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (XvL8K)

202 what's with the long winded troll ?! again, and again, same shit. it takes up too much space on the blog!

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (g47mK)

203 Yeah, in retrospect I think it might’ve been better for the country if Hillary beat Obama in the 2008 Dem primaries. She’s an awful grifter but he’s a Marxist. Bad choice all around but she would’ve been less bad. Can’t believe I typed that. Just shows how bad he was/is

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (+gA9j)

204 I've not seen a Paxton commercial or an anti Talarico commercial.
Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2026 08:22 AM (KC5Lt)

Nor I, but then, I only watch YT, the home of

- clickbait scam ads
- quack clickbait scam ads
- kindergarten-level quack clickbait scam ads
- reminders that America NEEDS its own little Quebec
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:24 AM (4g5V+)
*****
Paxton has only spent 29,000 on his ads and TalaFreako has spent around 3 million.

This really makes me worried.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

205 The internet sez a lot of things.

Posted by: OBTW at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

206 >Take the weekend off, you've earned it.

Report Monday for barrel duty.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 08:42 AM (Y8DZL)

I have a paint scraper and some AOS branded rubber gloves around here somewhere.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (GTqXr)

207 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:31 AM (GTqXr)

Congratulations!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026 08:47 AM (qRla/)

208 The Probability That a Person Be Stupid is Independent of Any Other Characteristic of That Person
Posted by: Community Notes
__________

Does that include nose rings?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 31, 2026

***
By their nose rings shall ye know them

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:47 AM (wzUl9)

209 Cueta is an exclave.

==

It's a nice way of sayin' "colony".

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:47 AM (g47mK)

210 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta

====
You will be the next moron to show up on the leaderboard. It happened to me!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:47 AM (JvZF+)

211 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Cake and a watch day.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (RJBgA)

Bob Newhart's Retirement Party bit is eternal.
https://youtu.be/skGxsnXv_84

Have a great last day!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 31, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

212 Have you ever posted a comment here about how the ever increasing price of things has made life difficult for young men and then seen how conservatives respond?
Posted by: Positive Development

This conservative will tell you that if you want government to pay for everything, it's going to cost you.

You want $20/hr minimum wage? That's going to cost you in everything you buy.

You want boutique gas because you think that's going to clean your air? That's going to cost you.

Every tweak government is going to try, will cost you.

Every tax government enacts will cost you.

Every attempt at tweaking the economy will cost you.

Every fake plandemic will cost you.

Business isn't the enemy. Government is.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 08:48 AM (Zja42)

213 >You will be the next moron to show up on the leaderboard. It happened to me!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:47 AM (JvZF+)

Mrs. Meta has other plans for my time.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:48 AM (GTqXr)

214 Does that include nose rings?

Nose rings are a symptom of someone choosing to make their life trauma be their entire personality. It has nothing to do with intellect.

The ones who argue that it's just an accessory and isn't a symptom of someone choosing to make their life trauma be their entire personality, they're the stupid ones.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

215 @204 the best and least costly thing Paxton can do right now is to let the info on Talarico keep coming out. And let Talarico keep talking
Hold your fire until September and then start dumping lots of campaign ads

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (BlDDt)

216 Cueta is an exclave.
Posted by: Today I learned at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
=====

There are some cool videos on utube about enclaves and exclaves.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (JvZF+)

217 MP4, is it too late for me to do a beta read for you? If not, I'll send you an email today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

No, not at all. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (qRla/)

218 what's with the long winded troll ?! again, and again, same shit. it takes up too much space on the blog!
Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (g47mK)

If the "posted by" line came before the comment, we could just skip over them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

219 I recently crossed the three month mark into retirement. I'm happy to report that I mistook yesterday for Friday.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

220 Yudhishthira's Dice

I've seen STEM degrees given to people I would not trust to hold a burnt out match.

The entire community needs to take a hard look at where it is and where it is going, because the broader enterprise known as Science has a lot of fraud and Leftist cant today.

Got stories. Look up the replication of experiments issue for a corrective. And Fauci was Mr. Science.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

221 "Is Adam Carolla More Trustworthy than Legacy Media Outlets?"

The bar to clear that is underground. Just sayin'.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 08:50 AM (RjOoY)

222 Paxton has only spent 29,000 on his ads and TalaFreako has spent around 3 million.

This really makes me worried.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

I really don’t think you need to worry. Cornyn spent a bazillion dollars more than Paxton in the primary and… lost by 30+ points. Talarico is just burning money it can’t save his miserable positions

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 08:50 AM (+gA9j)

223 The American model of individual rights from God, strong property rights, and the 2nd Amendment underpinned a high-trust, advanced, productive and happy civilization.

Other cultures do not come close. And envious barbarians are tearing that advanced society apart. Sigh.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

And we, as a complacent society, are permitting it to happen.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 31, 2026 08:50 AM (hmYU4)

224 But if you tell a Republican that they'll mutter out something about getting a second job or bootstraps.

Now, the Republican is actually telling you the truth (that nothing will be done about it, you're gonna have to deal with it) but the message isn't nearly as enticing.

Posted by: Positive Development at July 31, 2026 08:40 AM (7UQwj)

That's not strictly true. When a Democrat is in office pushing down on everything and everyone, Republicans can sound very much like Democrats.

Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:51 AM (p/31p)

225 Congratulations Heavy Meta, enjoy your retirement

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 31, 2026 08:51 AM (BlDDt)

226 Mrs. Meta has other plans for my time.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 31, 2026 08:48 AM (GTqXr)
======

Mazel again!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:51 AM (JvZF+)

227 216 Cueta is an exclave.
Posted by: Today I learned at July 31, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)
=====

There are some cool videos on utube about enclaves and exclaves.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (JvZF+)

Hey, what happens if an exclave IDENTIFIES as an enclave? HATER!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 31, 2026 08:51 AM (BU6xA)

228 f the "posted by" line came before the comment, we could just skip over them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

Too much to skip! We are being invaded like the exclave in Morocco!!

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

229 Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta

====
You will be the next moron to show up on the leaderboard. It happened to me!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I may not be far behind. Found out yesterday afternoon we go back into the office five days a week starting 08-17.

I currently drive 486 miles a week. (3 days)
Work is having us go into the office five days a week. That's an extra 324 miles for a total of 810 miles a week.

$60 a fill up 3x a week = $180 or $360 every two weeks. I don't make enough to cover almost $800 a month for gas. Not counting wear & tear on my truck. And there's no real work in this podunk town.

And that doesn't count the physical wear and tear on me by having 15 hour days.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (Zja42)

230 Can you deliver my piano to my house on Descanso Drive? Unfortunately, you'll have to access it from Vendome Street. It's just a few steps away.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 31, 2026 08:38 AM (1Ff7Z
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You wouldn't be Theodore von Schwartzenhoffen, perchance?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (amcLV)

231 If the "posted by" line came before the comment, we could just skip over them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

You know you can read that first

Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (p/31p)

232 >Morning all. Last day in the salt mines. Retirement officially begins at 5:01 pm
Posted by: Heavy Meta
----

Welcome aboard!
Dinner in the cafeteria at 4:30 sharp. I think it's meatloaf night.
Then join us for some exciting bingo action!
Quiet hours after 9pm.

Posted by: Don Black at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

233 Today Is National Mutt Day. 🐾

Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

234 I recently crossed the three month mark into retirement. I'm happy to report that I mistook yesterday for Friday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
=====

Doing it right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (JvZF+)

235 Paxton has only spent 29,000 on his ads and TalaFreako has spent around 3 million.

This really makes me worried.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

During the primary...

Ken Paxton spent $7.49 million in total disbursements for his U.S. Senate campaign as reported to the Federal Election Commission, with $7.41 million categorized as operating expenditures. Cornyn spent $128M.

Cornyn would have beaten Talarico but he couldn't beat Paxton, even with a massive spending blitz. Talarico won't win.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

236 *Hey, what happens if an exclave IDENTIFIES as an enclave?*

That's not very inclusive. What about us?

Posted by: Autoclaves at July 31, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

237 Here is the difference: When you tell a Democrat that prices are increasing and making life hard, they will say "Oh yeah, corporations are evil and we are going to do something about it", even though they never do and it's all bullshit.

But if you tell a Republican that they'll mutter out something about getting a second job or bootstraps.

Now, the Republican is actually telling you the truth (that nothing will be done about it, you're gonna have to deal with it) but the message isn't nearly as enticing.
---
And when a R does offer a solution, it's just a different flavor of the D solution (which is why it doesn't sell):
More government

Trump is the only R out there arguing for market solutions:
Less regulations, less immigration, less inflation, lower taxes, lower fuel costs, etc.
All of those are less government.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:53 AM (3cUTc)

238 Just heard The Wizard (Uriah Heep) very loud on my drive into the office. Listened to it twice. Am at peace.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM posers at July 31, 2026 08:54 AM (nECb0)

239 Welcome aboard!
Dinner in the cafeteria at 4:30 sharp. I think it's meatloaf night.
Then join us for some exciting bingo action!
Quiet hours after 9pm."

You left out pickleball...

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:54 AM (cGjQu)

240 If the "posted by" line came before the comment, we could just skip over them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

You know you can read that first
Posted by: ... at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (p/31p)

Sure, Mr. Glowie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

241 Another way the Rs could approach the cost of living argument is just showing the impact of past Dem efforts

Get audio of Obama saying he will cut insurance costs by 3000% and play it over an ER full of illegals there to get free detox.

Get audio of Biden's flunkie that killed millions of chickens and put it over a graph of the price of eggs

and so on

Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

242 "young men" of 30-40 who can't figure out life, and whine on blogs, need to stop sipping estrogen and blaming others for being fat, ugly and unproductive. there, I solved it for them!

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:56 AM (g47mK)

243 Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (Zja42)

I had a job I loved but couldn't take stop n go an hour each way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 08:56 AM (JvZF+)

244 Just heard The Wizard (Uriah Heep) very loud on my drive into the office. Listened to it twice. Am at peace.
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM posers at July 31, 2026 08:54 AM (nECb0)

Good song.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

245 young men" of 30-40 who can't figure out life"

There's a place you can go....

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:57 AM (cGjQu)

246 "young men" of 30-40 who can't figure out life, and whine on blogs, need to stop sipping estrogen and blaming others for being fat, ugly and unproductive. there, I solved it for them!

You need do either dress like an extra from Miami Vice or do some cootermaxxing while saying this.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

247 211
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (RJBgA)

Congratulations!!! May you enjoy the fruits of your labor with family and friends.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 31, 2026 08:57 AM (N39Ws)

248 When Tericozeeze loses by 15 points all the Fox analysts and pollster will all say "well, it is Texas..."

Like that excuses being douche lackies for the left...but okay.

Posted by: Boswell at July 31, 2026 08:57 AM (j10i6)

249 Welcome aboard!
Dinner in the cafeteria at 4:30 sharp. I think it's meatloaf night.
Then join us for some exciting bingo action!
Quiet hours after 9pm."

You left out pickleball...
Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:54 AM (cGjQu)

You left out walking around the neighborhood at 8am ...

Posted by: dantesed at July 31, 2026 08:58 AM (Oy/m2)

250 Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 08:57 AM (sKqQm)

I don't know what any of that means, but you go girl!

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 08:59 AM (g47mK)

251 dress like an extra from Miami Vice"

3 day stubble and an unconstructed jacket, sleeves pushed up, worn over t-shirt.

My go to 80s style...

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:59 AM (cGjQu)

252 thatcrazyjerseyguy

We voted for Trump. He is fighting against titanic forces to change that. He has helpers, and the broader mass of the American people.

In my own life, I push back against the idiots. I try to subvert their assumptions, sometimes using quotes from Obama or Clinton.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

253 Today Is National Mutt Day.

Poor Jeff never gets any love.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026 08:59 AM (qRla/)

254 Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have a lot in common. Both are soon to be unemployed, and both have a serial hatred for the people who elected them to public office.

I would say this claim goes for 6 out of 10 (R) politicians.
They hate your small business, they hate your semi-stable family, paid for old trucks, and savings accounts.
The reason why is that you really can't be bought .
You don't need backdoor handouts, illegal aliens, and weird tax breaks.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 31, 2026 08:59 AM (/+uur)

255 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 08:41 AM (RJBgA)

Congratulations!!! May you enjoy the fruits of your labor with family and friends.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

That was for Heavy Meta. I got a ways to go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 09:00 AM (RJBgA)

256 Spartacus recognizes a hero.

Sen. Cory Booker
@SenBooker
Officer Brian Sicknick — a proud son of New Jersey, a veteran, and a true American hero — gave his life defending our Capitol and our democracy.
Today, July 30th is now “Brian Sicknick Day” in our state. May we never forget his courage, his service, and the sacred duty we all share to protect the institutions he died defending.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at July 31, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

257 I don't know what any of that means, but you go girl!

The first half is my take on the fashion style of the Tate brothers, the second half is from some female pundits we were talking about yesterday...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

258
Paxton should spread the money around to tight races; losing Austin is a given and it won't be close otherwise.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (Y8DZL)

259 You left out walking around the neighborhood at 8am ..."

Mall walking time! Get your Rockports on!

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (cGjQu)

260 You left out pickleball...
Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 08:54 AM (cGjQu)

You left out walking around the neighborhood at 8am ...
Posted by: dantesed at July 31, 2026 08:58 AM

And searching for property at Del Boca Vista.

Posted by: Morty Seinfeld at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

261 "young men" of 30-40 who can't figure out life, and whine on blogs, need to stop sipping estrogen and blaming others for being fat, ugly and unproductive. there, I solved it for them!

So allegedly the US Military is not permitted by law to recruit sub 85 (or so) IQ individuals—because no level of training will ever make them useful in the military.

Which to me, means, that even private industry can't help them. How much training do you need to do each morning to train a person who represents the bottom 10% of the country in intellect to toss fries at McDonalds? They won't waste their time on him.

Which goes against the two opposing arguments of "For Every Person There Is A Job" and "Anyone Can Be Trained For Any Position".

What does society do with the 10% who will never be able to hold a job? I can tell you what they are doing right now—they're on opiates for depression and pain.

Since society has no place for these people, why do we keep importing the tribes that dope heavily in this band?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (a4flb)

262 I think Ceuta has periodically called for independence from Spain, but not to join Morocco. One might say there has been friction between Ceuta and Spain in the past.

YMMV and I may have this ass backwards, but the greater Ceuta area has an awful lot of Arabic signage and has been using Muslim workers for a long time.

TL ; DR while certainly orchestrated, the invasion was probably going to happen one way or another anyway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 09:02 AM (2Cry5)

263 I had a job I loved but couldn't take stop n go an hour each way.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It's going to stop me three years earlier than I wanted, but I am going to have to have a serious conversation with a financial planner.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 09:02 AM (Zja42)

264 and our democracy."

Ok, it's punch in the face time...

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 09:02 AM (cGjQu)

265 The first half is my take on the fashion style of the Tate brothers, the second half is from some female pundits we were talking about yesterday...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

see, this is what happens when one skips a beat on the blog!

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 09:02 AM (g47mK)

266 Less regulations, less immigration, less inflation, lower taxes, lower fuel costs, etc.
All of those are less government.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 31, 2026 08:53 AM (3cUTc)

I think some of Trump's best work has been done on the medical side.

Reducing the price of insulin and EliPens were actually real initiatives that reduced costs for struggling individuals.

These weren't really lowered by "removing regulations", but actually by using the power of the government as the largest purchaser to negotiate a better price.

It's ridiculous that the same pill sold for a nickel I'm Mexico costs $3 in America.

Posted by: Positive Development at July 31, 2026 09:02 AM (7UQwj)

267 And that doesn't count the physical wear and tear on me by having 15 hour days.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (Zja42)

That sounds exhausting, Rick… I’m more and more coming to the conclusion that I will retire as soon as I possibly can… even if finances have to be somewhat tight during retirement. I only have so much time and don’t want to spend too much in the office

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 09:03 AM (+gA9j)

268 I think Ceuta has periodically called for independence from Spain, but not to join Morocco. One might say there has been friction between Ceuta and Spain in the past.

YMMV and I may have this ass backwards, but the greater Ceuta area has an awful lot of Arabic signage and has been using Muslim workers for a long time.

TL ; DR while certainly orchestrated, the invasion was probably going to happen one way or another anyway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Cut Ceuta loose, pull back over the strait & gun anything trying to follow.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 09:03 AM (Zja42)

269 Since society has no place for these people, why do we keep importing the tribes that dope heavily in this band?"

Votes.

Posted by: man at July 31, 2026 09:03 AM (cGjQu)

270
Cornyn would have beaten Talarico but he couldn't beat Paxton, even with a massive spending blitz. Talarico won't win.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)
******
Yeah, but do people really know the freak that Talarico is?
Most people don't pay attention and see a D by his name and thinks he looks nice.
And Gen Z and some of the old boomers, especially the Karens seem to be really motivated to vote this time around.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

271 and the sacred duty we all share to protect the institutions he died defending.

The institutions that refuse to defend the ballot? Refuse to defend the borders? Refuse to observe Rule of Law? Refuse to conform to the Constitution?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 31, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

272 256 Spartacus recognizes a hero.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Thanks for the update, haven't heard much from Booker now that's he's married and is keepin' the 'ol lady biz-ay

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 09:05 AM (Y8DZL)

273 The UK still has colonies all over the world, Spain has colonies all over the world, Denmark has a colony under our nose...

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 09:06 AM (g47mK)

274 YouGov says more people trust Dr. Suess than Dr. Fauci.

Posted by: I may have just made that up at July 31, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

275 We are legion.

Posted by: Bacteria Colonies at July 31, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

276 273 The UK still has colonies all over the world, Spain has colonies all over the world, Denmark has a colony under our nose...
Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 09:06 AM (g47mK)

Simon Winchester's book "Outposts" - about the remaining UK colonial footprint - is very interesting if now slightly outdated.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 31, 2026 09:09 AM (BU6xA)

277 It's always nice when a US Senator is drummed out of office. I hate those guys.

Posted by: Don Black at July 31, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)

278 Spain has no colonies. Those parcels in North Africa are considered part of metropolitan Spain. There are no other Spanish possessions anywhere.

Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

279 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made it crystal clear Wednesday that he wants maverick Sen. John Fetterman to remain a Democrat after the Keystone Stater publicly toyed with leaving the party.

Schumer (D-NY) hailed Fetterman (D-Pa.) as “a very good member of Congress” and downplayed criticism of his colleague from the far-left.

“People in our caucus very much like him and respect him and we’re a big-tent party. We can have a lot of different views in that party,” Schumer told reporters, according to the Hill.

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"In fact," he continued, "all we care about is money and power."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at July 31, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

280 runner

Don't you mean the Netherlands?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

281 Free Northern Ireland!! Tiocfaidh ár lá !

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 09:11 AM (g47mK)

282 What the hell is a Cueta?

Posted by: dantesed at July 31, 2026 09:11 AM (Oy/m2)

283 an easy transition to a total life of leisure and we have a ton of travel booked for next year.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Whoa, TWO weeks at Fred's Landing w/large snake sounds dreamy!

Posted by: Ralph Kramden at July 31, 2026 09:12 AM (JM9I6)

284 Don't you mean the Netherlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

No, I mean Denmark and its colony named Greenland.

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 09:12 AM (g47mK)

285 Yay! Let academic snobbery commence!
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 31, 2026 08:43 AM (4g5V+)

Lol.

We have the same type of degree, you and I. Difference is, I don't brandish mine at people, like you tried with me when you were making an indefensible prediction about an Iranian uprising leading to a constitutional monarchy, and I called it a ludicrous neocon fantasy some time ago.

Well... here we are, with the resplendent Shah ensconced on his peacock throne, being feted by the adoring masses of his shiny new Jeffersonian democracy.

You're sort of an exemplar of the type I'm talking about, here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 31, 2026 09:12 AM (jpRLf)

286 What the hell is a Cueta?
Posted by: dantesed

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 09:13 AM (Zja42)

287 How will the "Moroccan guys" get across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 31, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
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There's ferry from Ceuta.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 31, 2026 08:37 AM (FZ29D)

Someone's gonna go back and get a shitload of dimes!

Posted by: Taggert In Morocco at July 31, 2026 09:13 AM (hmYU4)

288 Imagine if we did gain-of-function on Fauci. You'd all be lying dead in the gutter with your particle masks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 31, 2026 09:13 AM (8E0Ba)

289 Cueta sounds like a lotion for dry skin at the grocery store.

Posted by: dantesed at July 31, 2026 09:14 AM (Oy/m2)

290 runner

Greenland is an autonomous collective.

From Wiki: Greenland's colonial status ceased in 1953, becoming an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It gained home rule in 1979 and further autonomy, including self-determination, in 2009.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

291 How will the "Moroccan guys" get across the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain?
Posted by: I gotta ask

There's ferry from Ceuta.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Boats sink. Just saying.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 09:14 AM (Zja42)

292 >>But you know what? I’m starting to believe it’s actually possible this year, not just because James Talarico is a great candidate, which he is, but Paxton is so awful. And I’m sorry to use that word.

Or, you know, Texas now has enough illegals, refugees, and H1bs to tip the scale to blue.
Let's not pretend this isn't a factor.

Also, what makes Talerico a great candidate?
I don't get that.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2026 09:15 AM (X8xt3)

293
I would have thought the Moroccans would've settled on an easier target, like Gibraltar.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 09:15 AM (Y8DZL)

294 Greenland is an autonomous collective.

From Wiki: Greenland's colonial status ceased in 1953, becoming an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It gained home rule in 1979 and further autonomy, including self-determination, in 2009.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

I'm in.

Posted by: Dennis, Constitutional Peasant at July 31, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

295 Also, what makes Talerico a great candidate?
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The creepy eyes and blasphemy?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 31, 2026 09:16 AM (amcLV)

296 Greenland is an autonomous collective.

From Wiki: Greenland's colonial status ceased in 1953, becoming an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It gained home rule in 1979 and further autonomy, including self-determination, in 2009.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

And Cueta is an "exclave"...they are both colonies, even if their owners say nice things about releasing them from their bondage. Greenland cannot decide anything without Denmark butting in. It is still a colony.

Posted by: runner at July 31, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)

297 Morn' all... I watched Laura Ingraham last night and it was all doom and gloom... We are gonna lose Nebraska and Iowa too..... Okay... "Maybe" but Texas ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 31, 2026 09:17 AM (FtULh)

298 Auspex

A) Gibraltar is on the other side of the Strait. Need boats.

B) Gibraltar has a UK population and some defense capability.

C) Ceuta is guarded by a fence line that can be pushed through or around by land-based invaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

299 Speaking of money and power . . .

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Adam Schiff is fine with the Socialist takeover of his party if it means Democrats will win.

CNN: “Are you on board with this?”

SCHIFF: “I would rather be in that big tent in the majority than be a smaller party that is stuck forever in the minority.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at July 31, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)

300 Greenland is an autonomous collective.

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There's a bookstore like that on Haight St.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2026 09:19 AM (JvZF+)

301 And we, as a complacent society, are permitting it to happen.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

"But we don't want to be seen as RAYSIS! What will the UN think about us?"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 31, 2026 09:20 AM (RjOoY)

302 > Greenland is an autonomous collective.
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There was a farcical aquatic ceremony and everything!

Posted by: Don Black at July 31, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

303 Cueta…. Sounds like the hybrid in Total Recall with the ugly head growing out of his abdomen

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 09:20 AM (qORvR)

304 Paxton should spread the money around to tight races; losing Austin is a given and it won't be close otherwise.
Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 09:01 AM (Y8DZL)

I don't believe that Paxton has a lot of money to spread around. For some reason, the big money people aren't giving to his campaign. I'm sure it means he's a terrible person.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 09:20 AM (ExV1e)

305 The Democrats may not have much money but what they have should go wholesale into that Texas Talarico race! Spend big, Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2026 09:20 AM (sbMg5)

306 Is Fetterman the only human ever who got smarter due to a stroke? It’s amazing

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 31, 2026 09:21 AM (+gA9j)

307 Jorge Bonilla
@BonillaJL
WATCH: Hasan Piker guarantees the 2028 Dem nominee will be a virulent antisemite.

https://tinyurl.com/4kabpns8

Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)

308 - excluding the hard sciences?

Yeah, because there's no way those folk's "science" theories could be swayed by their world view. Or 20+ years of indoctrination.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 31, 2026 09:22 AM (/XKEa)

309 -
"In fact," he continued, "all we care about is money and power."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

And the kids. And their adrenochrome.

Posted by: Auspex at July 31, 2026 09:22 AM (Y8DZL)

310 Not all heroes wear capes.

FARCE: Stephen Colbert Wins Anti-Censorship Award

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at July 31, 2026 09:22 AM (ndZc7)

311 Also, what makes Talerico a great candidate?

He's a Christian for people who hate Christianity.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 31, 2026 09:22 AM (qRla/)

312 Greenland was the first European colony in the New World, before anyone realized it was the New World.

Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)

313 I'm not anywhere near Texas, so I don't really know. But it seems to me that Talarico has a lot of work to to get up to Bootyjudge levels with the black electorate. (That would be 0% approval).

Posted by: Marshall Lucky at July 31, 2026 09:23 AM (8JR9p)

314 > Is Fetterman the only human ever who got smarter due to a stroke? It’s amazing
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Didn't his "transformation" start when his wife took off for parts unknown some years ago?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 31, 2026 09:23 AM (2Cry5)

315 Last week:The Democrats numbers are terrible.. This week : The Democrats are gonna win it all !

Posted by: It's me donna at July 31, 2026 09:24 AM (N5P6b)

316 >>@SenBooker
Officer Brian Sicknick — a proud son of New Jersey, a veteran, and a true American hero — gave his life defending our Capitol and our democracy.
Today, July 30th is now “Brian Sicknick Day” in our state. May we never forget his courage, his service, and the sacred duty we all share to protect the institutions he died defending.

Still waiting for you to remember all of the police killed by BLM protesters:

On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five, injuring nine others, and wounding two civilians. Johnson, a 25-year-old Army Reserve Afghan War veteran, was angry over police shootings of black men.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)

317 thatcrazyjerseyguy

We voted for Trump. He is fighting against titanic forces to change that. He has helpers, and the broader mass of the American people.

In my own life, I push back against the idiots. I try to subvert their assumptions, sometimes using quotes from Obama or Clinton.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 31, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

WE here are political junkies. I have been linking this site and associated links in emails to fellow "conservatives" since 2008 or so. Sadly, most of those emails fall on deaf ears. Most pay no attention to the world outside their little bubble. It's frustrating. By and large, the left is driven, 24/7. Our side is not. To most, they pay attention the week before an election. Or don't bother because "I don't like him/her". That's the reality. We here are not the normal voter. Not by a long shot.

Posted by: Taggert In Morocco at July 31, 2026 09:24 AM (hmYU4)

318 The Genesis Mission operates 15 quantum computers.
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Since quantum research is in the earliest stages, with chip development still very dicey, this vast overstatement is pretty stunning.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2026 09:24 AM (sbMg5)

319 Off Taggert sock!! Damnit!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 31, 2026 09:25 AM (hmYU4)

320 Yeah, but do people really know the freak that Talarico is?
Most people don't pay attention and see a D by his name and thinks he looks nice.
And Gen Z and some of the old boomers, especially the Karens seem to be really motivated to vote this time around.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 31, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

I don't know what to tell you. Paxton has laid waste to all who came before him and Talarico has only ever been elected by Austinites.

My wife pays as little attention to politics as possible and she's aware of what a freak he is. Is it possible that the Bushie voters will back him in retribution for removing their beloved Cornyn? I guess. I mean they killed Cruz's election which is why we have the unstoppable Beto in office.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 31, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

321 289 Cueta sounds like a lotion for dry skin at the grocery store.
Posted by: dantesed at July 31, 2026 09:14 AM (Oy/m2)

Mamdani Bodega? Quetta is Pakistan too!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 09:25 AM (x0n13)

322 you know, I don't actually enjoy the smell of asinine dooming in the morning

have a great weekend, or try to.

Posted by: Black Orchid at July 31, 2026 09:26 AM (j+aD2)

323 Ahh, the honor among thieves gambit.

SHOCKING: New Jersey Relies on “Honor System” to Keep Non-Citizens Off Voter Rolls

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, and You're Not at July 31, 2026 09:26 AM (ndZc7)

324 321 Quetta used to be an exclave of Oman.

Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

325 >>SHOCKING: New Jersey Relies on “Honor System” to Keep Non-Citizens Off Voter Rolls

Not shocking.
It's called setting up a system that enables plausible deniability. Was there fraud? Maybe? Can you prove it? Maybe, but they'll block every avenue to check their records.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 31, 2026 09:29 AM (X8xt3)

326 Officer Brian Sicknick — a proud son of New Jersey, a veteran, and a true American hero — gave his life defending our Capitol and our democracy.
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The DC Medical Examiner, no MAGA partisan certainly, ruled Sicknick died of natural causes, a stroke iirc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 31, 2026 09:29 AM (qsn9b)

327 322 you know, I don't actually enjoy the smell of asinine dooming in the morning

have a great weekend, or try to.
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 31, 2026 09:26 AM (j+aD2)

I think it' BS.... Texas ? Seriously ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 31, 2026 09:29 AM (N5P6b)

328 My brother-in-law lives in TX. And he's pretty conservative.
I recently asked him what he thought about Talarico.
He said he didn't know any thing about him.
What???

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 31, 2026 09:29 AM (Lo97M)

329
Art is here!!!!

Have a good weekend all.

I'm AOUT of here until August...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 09:29 AM (x0n13)

330 Officer Brian Sicknick — a proud son of New Jersey, a veteran, and a true American hero — gave his life defending our Capitol and our democracy.
=========================
The DC Medical Examiner, no MAGA partisan certainly, ruled Sicknick died of natural causes, a stroke iirc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood

It's all lies now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 31, 2026 09:30 AM (wOO3z)

331 Art up

Posted by: rickb223 at July 31, 2026 09:30 AM (Zja42)

332 Banks leave the vault door open, but they chain down the pens.

They have the “Honor System” to keep people from absconding with the cash, right?

Wait. No, no they do not

Posted by: Common Tater at July 31, 2026 09:31 AM (Uc8Od)

333 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

334 324 321 Quetta used to be an exclave of Oman.
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

Emir Shel of Oman was a nic I considered before JJS.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 31, 2026 09:50 AM (x0n13)

335 streets of Barcelona

https://tinyurl.com/8j9v9nk9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2026 09:54 AM (AJWch)

336 My brother-in-law lives in TX. And he's pretty conservative.
I recently asked him what he thought about Talarico.
He said he didn't know any thing about him.
What???
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 31, 2026 09:29 AM (Lo97M)

THIS is what I'm talking about. We, being political junkies here, are very well informed. Many so called "conservatives" are not. They have no idea.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 31, 2026 10:12 AM (hmYU4)

337 Headline: Spain deploys military to Ceuta after hoards of migrant invaders overwhelm enclave, clash with authorities

SHARK WEEK: DAY 5? (6?): When WORLD WAR Z gets real.
Putin Discovered long ago with Boznia Part I/II & III missiles explode, but people are cheaper and continue to destroy long after they reach their target.

Still a deal: Hotel in Moscow for Cuba and Putin gets to take Europe by force -- just to humiliate the French/Macaroni and the Nu-Germany axis.

The 3Seas accord and Gaza Peace w/$22Trillion on the table -- wealth beyond their dreams of avarice, but they choose war, because there *IS* Profit in WAR, but only at a distance (that's what the migrants are for!)

LET's GO BRANDON!
INDICT BRENNAN; SEND FAUCHI A CANOE TOO!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 31, 2026 10:25 AM (4+nJG)

338 Phelan, Bushies etc have manufactured scandals for Paxton for years. Don’t forget Paxton shamed Phelan for being drunk during the legislature get together! So Paxton had a messy divorce..who ever heard of something like that before? If you don’t think Paxton is pristine, don’t have him to Thanksgiving dinner. “We can’t spare him..he ‘s a fighter!”

Posted by: AnnaS at July 31, 2026 10:53 AM (ANuwa)

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