DOJ Charges 19 Defendants in Philadelphia Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Scheme

The specific fraud type is yet again a Democrat creation. The Democrats wanted to pay people for "home health care" -- basically a non-medical-professional person dropping by someone's house and getting paid for it.

It turns out that in 96% of the cases being charged here for fraud, the exact illness the "patients" were supposedly being treated for is "illness unspecified."

Yeah I'll bet it's unspecified.

Why? Because if you're defrauding the government, it's easier to say "I don't know why I'm sick" then get an actual diagnosis from a doctor.

Not that you can't pay a corrupt doctor to submit phony diagnoses. That's a cornerstone of this industry the left has created to steal money from actual workers.

But an actual illness could be expected to heal at some point, or kill the "patient," and it's just easier to claim you have some unknown, unidentifiable malady, who knows what it could be. All you know for sure is that you need the government to pay your husband $50,000 to "care" for you.

DOJ charges 19 defendants in alleged $4 million Philadelphia Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme
In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.

Federal and Pennsylvania authorities charged 19 defendants who are accused of participating in a $4 million scheme involving Medicare and Medicaid claims.
Among the defendants are home health care company owners, their employees and Medicaid recipients, Fox News reported.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave on Sunday announced a plea agreement involving a defendant in a separate case in which 21 people were charged with fraud involving more than $1.7 million in claims.
The defendants are alleged to have billed Medicaid for home health services while they were incarcerated, hospitalized, working other jobs or traveling overseas. In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.
Other defendants are alleged to have submitted overlapping or impossible work hours, such as care that exceeded 24 hours in a single day.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 HOLY SMOKES. In a massive revelation of fraud in Pennsylvania, Dr. Oz just confirmed that over 96% PERCENT of personal care claims are "illness unspecified..."
...which makes them UNTRACKABLE
The average payments per beneficiary: "More than $50,000. Think about that. PER PERSON. FAR above what's expected."
"Over 96% of personal care claims here are 'illness unspecified.' That's how they're titled, so we can't track them....can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing!"
"All of this points to FRAUD."

QThestorm
@17QStorm

🚨96% OF PENNSYLVANIA'S PERSONAL CARE CLAIMS ARE LITERALLY UNTRACKABLE
Dr. Oz just dropped the hammer live.
Over 96% of the claims are coded "illness unspecified." No diagnosis. No details. Nothing the system can audit.
Average payout per beneficiary: more than $50,000. Far above anything that makes sense.
He said it straight: "That's how they're titled, so we can't track them... can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing."
"All of this points to FRAUD."
This is how the machine loots taxpayers in broad daylight -- hide the illness, cash the check, repeat.
Trump's CMS is finally shining the light. The swamp hates it.

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. In a massive revelation of fraud in Pennsylvania, Dr. Oz just confirmed that over 96% PERCENT of personal care claims are "illness unspecified..."

...which makes them UNTRACKABLE

The average payments per beneficiary: "More than $50,000. Think about that. PER… pic.twitter.com/jd0soDmjaZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 4, 2026

BREAKING: The DOJ National Fraud Enforcement Division announces charges against 19 people in an alleged scheme that defrauded Pennsylvania's Medicaid program of more than $4 million.

AAG Colin McDonald says 18 of the defendants were charged in the last 12 days as part of a… pic.twitter.com/5ff6cVvulY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 4, 2026

Apparently the code for "unspecified illness" is to be used only when there is some unidentifiable complication that comes with an actual identifiable illness, and they're doing tests to find out what the other complaint might be.

It's not a permanent diagnosis. It means "we're working on it."

But fraudsters are using the code as the main, final diagnosis:

Salt ✟ Light
@SaltandLight70
The ICD-10 code R69 illness unspecified should never be used as a principle diagnosis. It is used in conjunction with the primary symptom code, with R69 as add on for diagnosis unclear at the time of clinical evaluation, additional testing, consultation or workup pending. So just reject payment for all bills using R69 as principle diagnosis.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 Nooded, in grey.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

2 At least 90%.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (ExV1e)

3 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

4 Prepare to be probed morons!

Posted by: The Greys at August 04, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

5 Where's little Shapiro? Huh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:21 PM (sn5xH)

6 Prosecuting these 19 will be a stern warning to the other million plus committing this type of Medicare fraud.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (vbXSk)

7 It's a write-off, Jerry. They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (wVcYX)

8 You color you want, as long as it's gray!

Posted by: runner at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (g47mK)

9 Illness unspecified?

Oh it is specified, it is GREED.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (2GVsD)

10 Insert comment about condition of blog comments due to (ahem) someone's inability to html that will look silly when (ahem) someone else cleans it up.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:23 PM (xhfG9)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

12 Hey baby, does this rag smell like Chloroform to you?

Posted by: Christian Grey at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

13 We're greys, man. We're grays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

14 The ICD-10 code R69 illness unspecified should never be used as a principle diagnosis. It is used in conjunction with the primary symptom code, with R69 as add on for diagnosis unclear at the time of clinical evaluation, additional testing, consultation or workup pending. So just reject payment for all bills using R69 as principle diagnosis.

So... lazy criminals were counting on lazy bureaucrats to lazily approve their improper applications and wouldn't you know it... the money is rolling in. We should pay government paper shufflers more.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (ExV1e)

15 >>Insert comment about condition of blog comments due to (ahem) someone's inability to html that will look silly when (ahem) someone else cleans it up.

Except CBD (pretty sure he handles these) is out and about. Could be a while.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (NcvvS)

16 In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.
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You know who else made claims while working as a carpenter?

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (FgjHu)

17 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

18 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.

Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

19 Hopefully with the news they killed the R69 code. Or maybe it's another case of look what we found and then did govt thing of nothing after patting themselves on the back.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)

20 The defendants are alleged to have billed Medicaid for home health services while they were incarcerated, hospitalized, working other jobs or traveling overseas. In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.

Other defendants are alleged to have submitted overlapping or impossible work hours, such as care that exceeded 24 hours in a single day.

Thank you Nick Shirley.

NONE of this would be happening were he not going around Minnesota and exposing all the Somali fraud happening all over that state.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

21 Illness unspecified?

Oh it is specified, it is GREED.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:22 PM (2GVsD)

https://youtu.be/OfQegM97oRA

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)

22 Remember, every politician is willing to bankrupt Social Security so that the Learing Centers and Medicaid fraud continue unabated.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (pUU4E)

23 I’m tired of going to work, paying my own bills and generally playing by the rules. I guess I’m a sucker…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (yz/88)

24 So you guys are against reparations, eh? Racists.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (xhfG9)

25 "Our government budget is 90% fraud."

But enough about Congress. Let's talk about the Executive Branch payments.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (qx7Zg)

26
The Left actually doesn't care about the poor. If they did, they'd be in the front line of outrage over the amount of fraud. But they're helping themselves to all that money just blowing around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (O0L8i)

27 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

Brave continues unhindered.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

28 "Over 96% of personal care claims here are 'illness unspecified.' That's how they're titled, so we can't track them....can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing!"

You don't need to track them. You need to CANCEL the payments.

They'll scream, loudly. THEN you can investigate, find exactly what fraud they've committed, then fine the shit out of them so they're homeless. F*ck 'em where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (2YhKe)

29 How much of this fraud was opened up by the passing of the ObamaCare tax and all its various pre and pro scriptions.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (FgjHu)

30 Wife works in an elder care capacity. These fraud stories infuriate her.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (NcvvS)

31 What is that meme about how every day we hear about some new rule that prevents people from doing ridiculous things they should never have been allowed to do?

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (xhfG9)

32 Our probes, like our name's Americanized spelling, have been supersized!

Posted by: The Grays at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (iOHVb)

33 I want to see the 19 names.

Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (kX27y)

34 Wife works in an elder care capacity. These fraud stories infuriate her.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:28 PM (NcvvS)

As they should. There are homes and care facilities that can't get the funds they need and are failing miserably.

This shit is why.

Bury those guilty under the prisons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

35 @28 Sponge, the thing is, a lot of them won't complain. In Cali they shut off the spigot to 600 of these operations and got no complaints. The scammers realize that if they bitch they'll be admitting to fraud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (BFvh9)

36 We live in PA and my wife just went through a year of immunotherapy for melanoma. Did I miss the chance to get paid to take care of her?

Posted by: Cosda at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (aZBZS)

37 Wasn't Mark Wahlberg in this movie?

Posted by: The Happening at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (XdJ05)

38
Brave continues unhindered.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

Opera here. Just running ABP and uMatrix script blocker on top.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

39 >>>But an actual illness could be expected to heal at some point, or kill the "patient," and it's just easier to claim you have some unknown, unidentifiable malady, who knows what it could be.

Not so with Leftism.

Unless it progresses to Stage IV Communism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (dK+Kv)

40 @28 Sponge, the thing is, a lot of them won't complain. In Cali they shut off the spigot to 600 of these operations and got no complaints. The scammers realize that if they bitch they'll be admitting to fraud
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (BFvh9)

Then raid the addresses listed at the moment of termination. You'll find something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

41 These fraud stories irk me. Both sides, the fraudsters and the government workers just auto approving everything so they can watch pron all day on their computers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (n5tGW)

42 Now I'm getting the popups, on my laptop.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

43 and it's just easier to claim you have some unknown, unidentifiable malady, who knows what it could be.

Yossarian, "I invented that."

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (2GVsD)

44 > The Left actually doesn't care about the poor. If they did, they'd be in the front line of outrage over the amount of fraud.

I think the rank and file just see it as an unimportant fact of life. Like African governments skimming off aid programs.

What matters is their intentions are good and there is some amount of genuine need.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (mkw2N)

45 I want to see the 19 names.
Posted by: beckster at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (kX27y)

NO. But ICE needs to stop wearing masks, you see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (2YhKe)

46 You don't need to track them. You need to CANCEL the payments.

They'll scream, loudly. THEN you can investigate, find exactly what fraud they've committed, then fine the shit out of them so they're homeless. F*ck 'em where they live.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (2YhKe)

Once you’ve made them homeless, they can reapply for benefits and lawfully enjoy our tax monies.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (Jc4hv)

47 Unless it progresses to Stage IV Communism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (dK+Kv)

They did discover a cure for that.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (FgjHu)

48 ...which makes them UNTRACKABLE

It's nice to let them think that.

Why would the payment note "unspecified illness" on the check make the money untrackable?

Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (q1tXs)

49 Once you’ve made them homeless, they can reapply for benefits and lawfully enjoy our tax monies.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (Jc4hv)/i]

THAT will only work if they're here illegally.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (2YhKe)

50 They did discover a cure for that.

9mm or .45ACP?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (2GVsD)

51 I mean you wonder how the government manages to spend so much freaking money and not have like, the starship enterprise parked behind the moon or something. Then you see this and its like, okay, it's all being stolen then.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (anL5R)

52 >>Bury those guilty under the prisons.

Alive.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

53
Why would the payment note "unspecified illness" on the check make the money untrackable?
Posted by: t-bird at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (q1tXs)

It's just like how you can commit any crime on the planet as long as you're using a burner phone, because THOSE things are UNTRACKABLE!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (2YhKe)

54 With our course - "Home Boy Home Health", we'll teach you all the ins and out of setting up your own home health service. Fill out dat paperwork, bill MediCare and MedicAid and just sit back and wait for the money to roll in.

One client of ours is getting over $50,000 per year, per "customer", per se.

You can earn while pursuing other occupations and revenue streams, such as being incarcerated, hospitalized, traveling overseas, or doing side jobs as a carpenter, plumber, electrician, door dashing , or doing inventory loss control testing.

With our Home Boy course, it's Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money!

Posted by: Whiz and Iceman at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)

55 Medicare Fraudsters: What number are we thinking of right now?

Other Medicare Fraudsters: R69 Dudes!

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (izQGt)

56 Did Something Happen?

Posted by: Because I've often heard that... at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (2Ez/1)

57 50 They did discover a cure for that.

9mm or .45ACP?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:34 PM (2GVsD)

Rotary wing

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (xhfG9)

58 Did I miss the chance to get paid to take care of her?

I did a similar thing a few years ago. I never even dreamed there was a program that would pay me for it. Legitimately. You have to have a wrecker dna just to investigate these things.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)

59 Juxtapose this with getting or maintaining coverage with a private insurance carrier. "Unspecified illness?" Coverage denied. My illness is very specific, chronic disgust with frequent episodes of cynicism.

Posted by: Sock Monkey*smelling the flowers at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Ffs3B)

60 Opera here. Just running ABP and uMatrix script blocker on top.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

You know who owns Opera, right?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

61 They did discover a cure for that.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (FgjHu)

Helicopter rides?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (dK+Kv)

62
You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

No......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

63 Probably the FBI under Chris Wray could not root out this type of fraud because the people did it at night time so it was hard to find them.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (xhfG9)

64 Twenty some years ago, I was doing billing for home health and hospice. I would get a random denial from Medicare and would send copies of the signed doctor's orders, care plans, nurse, therapist, and aide notes. CMS would look it over and send payment. I wonder why and when they stopped doing this. If a diagnosis was coded incorrectly, they did not pay and everything had to be submitted again.

Posted by: huerfano at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (VJX5o)

65 Helicopter rides?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (dK+Kv)

Helicopter adventures!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (FgjHu)

66 These worthless parasites have incentivized theft and greed under government authority.

Those of us who kept our nose clean, played by the "rules" and did the right thing have been under attack for decades. Only chumps. Exactly as intended. Whatever is subsidized, you get more of. Whatever you punish, you get less of. Fucking clown world, I hope they fucking die in a fire. Better than they deserve.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (910Mn)

67
19 people in an alleged scheme that defrauded Pennsylvania's Medicaid program of more than $4 million.

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

$4 million over 19 people. This sounds like the minimum wage version of fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

68 If I must wade through popups, I wish they were at least decent quality. I've no interest in toenail fungus treatments.

Sigh, I miss Sciatica Girl.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:38 PM (SgdqL)

69 Those old time Bible guys were pretty smart.

Cain Avoids Answering God's Question About Where Abel Is By Pleading The Fifth

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (ndZc7)

70 You can tote USAID all you want as a primary fundraising facet of the DNC all you want. And, yes, that was the case. BUT, I stand by the belief that the vast majority of fundraising for the DNC is done through this process totally illegally.

A portion of the funds are removed internationally, then show up back in the DNC coffers via distribution centers like ActBlue. The bulk amount is cut down into small amounts not requiring FEC discretion, all the while the DNC crows about their "grass roots support."

Biden appropriated $47 Billion (thats with a "B") to these type services while simultaneously taking down oversight mechanisms.

AND, btw...you might be interested to know that despite ActBlue's attention by the DOJ, they are reporting record funding and it's business as usual.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (dIske)

71 The pop ups are now freezing my entire iPad up to the point o have to turn it off. Will come back later and hope it gets fixed.

Posted by: Piper at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (hftzA)

72 >>Bury those guilty under the prisons.

Alive.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

Hard labor, building more hard labor camps for the fraudsters.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:39 PM (dK+Kv)

73 I simply cannot allow myself to believe that Trump believes any deal with this Iranian ruling body is imminent or even possible without the total destruction of their capacity to function.

The cost of believing this is my loss of my faith in him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (b4LBp)

74 Now I'm getting the popups, on my laptop.
Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:33 PM (77rzZ)

Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

75 Our government budget is 90% fraud.
----
That's the baseline. I suspect it might be much higher.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (FZ29D)

76 I wonder why and when they stopped doing this. If a diagnosis was coded incorrectly, they did not pay and everything had to be submitted again.
===
Would you like a clue?

Rhymes with Jugeared Dipshit

And biden's head of CMS was named "Chiquita" - I kid you not Jack.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (anL5R)

77 Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

No, I never do that. I make a Breitbart-like beeline straight to the comments.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)

78
Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

People have been getting the popups in the comments section all morning.

This happened in the past and Pixy had to do work to get them to stop putting their popups on the comments page as it should ONLY be on the main page.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

79 If you really think about it
Elon's DOGE appeared to be the starting gun

Posted by: kactus at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (twS2i)

80 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

Fat chicks?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

81 Do you, by any chance, click "continue reading" before you click "access comments"? Because if you do... stop that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

I jump straight to comments, and it doesn't help.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (SgdqL)

82 I should claim multiple-personality disorder, and then sane!mikeski can bill the government to take care of paranoid!mikeski. Why involve anyone else in the fraud?

Posted by: evil!mikeski at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (VHUov)

83 The Dignity Canal FTW

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (sn5xH)

84 Looks like if you scroll to the bottom a 3/4 screen slider rolls up and says "before you go" So if you clock on "Jump to bottom of comments" you are going to get it. Or if you hit ctrl-pgdn. Or just scroll there.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (xhfG9)

85
Fat chicks?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

They're how I know I'm done surfing for the day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

86 "Our government budget is 90% fraud."

words to remember every day.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (VyBeY)

87 Hungary and Romania are looking at the possibility of shutting down their nuclear power plants.

The heat wave has helped cause the water level of the Danube to drop to dangerous levels.

Romania is hastily building a dike in the Danube to divert more water to its reactor while the Pak reactor in Hungary limps along on one turbine. Both countries are calling for civilians and businesses to reduce energy consumption.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (2GVsD)

88 I simply cannot allow myself to believe that Trump believes any deal with this Iranian ruling body is imminent or even possible without the total destruction of their capacity to function.
==
Iran is a hedge fund.

they are manipulating the markets with their yes, no, yes, no, yes, no. This is how they are getting their operating income.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (anL5R)

89 Ace, somebody in an earlier thread (MR, I think) posted a link to a WaPo article about making friends with crows.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

90 It's always Pennsylvania. Has anybody gotten a statement from Lumpy?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 04, 2026 01:43 PM (ixEhJ)

91 sadly it'll never stop until the punishment is so severe that anyone who thinks to try it will get nauseous.

Then it might get better.

Posted by: fox at August 04, 2026 01:43 PM (I4Eoo)

92 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Operah Winfrey?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (NZ33K)

93 Theodore Sturgeon - "90% of science fiction is crap"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (2GVsD)

94 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

Fat chicks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You bet your ass!

Posted by: Dan Cook at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (sn5xH)

95 "With our Home Boy course, it's Mo Money! Mo Money! Mo Money!"

Iceman: Hmmm - who got more money than they know what to do with?

Whiz: Hmmm - who do got more money than they know what to do with?

Both: "The Gummint!"

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (GMWTj)

96 @28 Sponge, the thing is, a lot of them won't complain. In Cali they shut off the spigot to 600 of these operations and got no complaints. The scammers realize that if they bitch they'll be admitting to fraud
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 01:31 PM (BFvh9)
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All the more reason to simply shut off the tap of unlimited funding.

The guilty won't say a word. Those who genuinely NEED assistance can come forward and make their case.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)

97 they are manipulating the markets with their yes, no, yes, no, yes, no. This is how they are getting their operating income.
Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:42 PM (anL5R)

Interesting, but not clear how that works.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (b4LBp)

98
Fat chicks?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You bet your ass!
Posted by: Dan Cook at August 04, 2026 01:44 PM (sn5xH)

I miss photographing them nude........

Posted by: Zombie Leonard Nemoy at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (2YhKe)

99 I suspect that this sort of crackdown, which is ongoing and started more than a year ago, is going to act as a serious repulsing mechanism to legal immigrants already here.

Those Somalis running the learing centers in Minneapolis? Legal immigrants. That's how they made their money to survive.

And suddenly cut off? And the ringleaders being jailed?

Might as well go back to Somali, some will decide.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (bzPaY)

100 I'm familiar with a family that has a special needs child.
One of the parents is actually paid for a certain number of hours of taking care of their own child every day.
It seems wrong at first.
Then you see a portion of the kitchen counter that looks like it belongs in a pharmacy.
The child's bedroom has lots of special gear in it.
There are special chairs and special walkers and they have their own parking space at the children's hospital.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)

101 Well, looks like one of the wife's cats is gonna die.

It's been coming for a while but it's hard when it finally arrives.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

102 Nothing on the dockets for these gentlemen, yet. No IDs released in the press, except that one of these nineteen was wanted for financial crimes in Saudi Arabia, as well.

I'm gonna jump to a conclusion here, and call this... more hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (BI5O2)

103 I see the left is claiming that the shooter in ID was a right leaning guy.

And the response is: Maybe he was but we are happy a good guy with a gun shot him, we aren't painting murals of him or demanding a national holiday for him

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

104
zombie posted about this situation in Berkeley. Probably thousands of able-bodied couples living off this exact fraud.

DAMN I hope Oz or Vance (whoever is uncovering this) makes their way to California again. He's busted a few millionaire doctors, but I'd like to also see these household slackers lose their scams. Get their asses thrown out of those Craftsman cottages and discover the horrid reality the rest of us chumps live in daily: POW, aka Paying Our Way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ)

105 I'm getting that pop up too...but on a positive note, we all seem to be gettting the same one, and it is singular.

So, if some enterprising soul wants to post up the specific IP address of that add, the rest of us can jump into whatever security program we depend on and list that specific site as blocked.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:46 PM (dIske)

106 I gotta see if Dan Cook is still alive.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:46 PM (sn5xH)

107 Fat chicks?
They make me go round!

Posted by: The Rockin' World at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

108 It's been coming for a while but it's hard when it finally arrives.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

Despite it being a cat, losing a family pet is, well....it sucks.

Sympathies to you and your wife. It's a fact of life that blows, tremendously.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

109 It's important to remember that none of this effort will be affected should Democrats take the House.

The investigations, prosecutions, and gutting of fraud will continue no matter what song and dance Jeffries manages to manifest to impress his donors while accomplishing nothing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (bzPaY)

110 Francesa Hong's chief of staff posted about how 9/11 affected her...even though she wasn't in the US until 2002 because of "Islamophobia".

Two points:

1) Yes, obviously the real victim of the 9/11 attacks was...you
2) If America is so bad why didn't you go back home?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

111 Zero based budgeting is too complicated. Musk was probably right.You could take two trillion out of the budget. But I'd settle even for ten percent.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (VBYyL)

112 one of these nineteen was wanted for financial crimes in Saudi Arabia, as well.
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What harm have 19 Saudis ever done

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (FgjHu)

113 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

You know who else owns it...

Posted by: R. Wagner at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (q1tXs)

114 111 Zero based budgeting is too complicated. Musk was probably right.You could take two trillion out of the budget. But I'd settle even for ten percent.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (VBYyL)

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The last two quarters, GDP was slightly down because government spending was down.

There are cuts happening.

Treasury doesn't report numbers until end of fiscal year, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (bzPaY)

115 I'm familiar with a family that has a special needs child.
One of the parents is actually paid for a certain number of hours of taking care of their own child every day.
It seems wrong at first.
Then you see a portion of the kitchen counter that looks like it belongs in a pharmacy.
The child's bedroom has lots of special gear in it.
There are special chairs and special walkers and they have their own parking space at the children's hospital.
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Yup. Its subject to abuse, but it definitely has a place. Its also kind of hard to work if you kid needs constant care so it can be impoverishing. Ultimately, its always the same shit. Sociopathic assholes always ruin it for everyone else. Gun ownership, Sports, Dating, Science.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (anL5R)

116 Congress at one time, believe it or not, actually did take budgeting seriously. Some did anyway. It wasn't unlimited. Choices had to be made. Somehow, sex change operations for death row inmates in Peru didn't make the cut.

The difference then, there were at least some limits on the currency supply. A completely untethered phony baloney confetti-buck cannon shooting far and wide, who cares? This is what we're seeing. the US dollar as "reserve currency" was a curse, at least in the long run.

No other country gets away with all this bullshit. Nor should they.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (910Mn)

117 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

118 What harm have 19 Saudis ever done

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:47 PM (FgjHu)

Actually the hijackers were not all from Saudi Arabia. That is a popular misconception.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (FgjHu)

119 Shit, he died a while ago.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (sn5xH)

120 You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

You know who else owns it...
Posted by: R. Wagner

Bastard. He killed Natalie Wood.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)

121 Zero based budgeting is too complicated.

Think of all the things that Congress currently does that they wouldn't have time for with zero based budgeting. Why, their output might fall from two bills per session to one.

OTOH, if doing their actual job got to be too onerous, maybe they'd shut down some aspects of fedguv.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

122 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

Embrace the power of "and"

(ducks)

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (FgjHu)

123 117 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

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It's the only acceptable way to signal victimhood anymore if one isn't black to the left.

And victimhood is the currency of the realm.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:50 PM (bzPaY)

124 >>You know who owns Opera, right?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 01:37 PM (Jc4hv)

Fat chicks?

Comment of the Week material, there.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:50 PM (NcvvS)

125 Those Somalis running the learing centers in Minneapolis? Legal immigrants. That's how they made their money to survive.

And suddenly cut off? And the ringleaders being jailed?

Might as well go back to Somali, some will decide.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:45 PM (bzPaY)
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Maybe this should become a formal amnesty offer: America will forego throwing your ass in prison and impoverishing your family, if, you voluntarily leave (with said family) and agree to never return. Presto! We save the costs of prosecution, get rid of the Learing People, and only at the cost of money we've already spent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (cv0Ya)

126 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

Now now, there are plenty who've never considered running for office who have mental issues.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (ExV1e)

127 119 Shit, he died a while ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:49 PM (sn5xH)

Do you mean Dan Cook the sportswriter from San Antonio? If so, I can readily believe it. He was already fairly senior when I lived there in the early 80s.

(If not, never mind.)

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (SgdqL)

128 It's just a handful of fraud.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2026 01:52 PM (Cqx++)

129 update - now the before you go popup just randomly shows up. No need to scroll to the bottom.

So we've got that going for us.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:52 PM (xhfG9)

130 125 Maybe this should become a formal amnesty offer: America will forego throwing your ass in prison and impoverishing your family, if, you voluntarily leave (with said family) and agree to never return. Presto! We save the costs of prosecution, get rid of the Learing People, and only at the cost of money we've already spent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 04, 2026 01:51 PM (cv0Ya)

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Technically this offer exists. But, it's in two parts.

The Trump admin has lowered the cost of renouncing American citizenship to $100. And...if you self-deport through the CBPOne app you get a plane ticket and a stipend.

I want white leftists who cut off their dicks to take up the offer, but Somali fraudsters will do as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:52 PM (bzPaY)

131 Brianna Wu has taken a odd political trajectory.

He had some lefty on his case for his asian last name even though he is a white guy

So he posted that he took his asian "husband's" last name and more interestingly that the left shouldn't damn people for being white.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

132 131 Brianna Wu has taken a odd political trajectory.

He had some lefty on his case for his asian last name even though he is a white guy

So he posted that he took his asian "husband's" last name and more interestingly that the left shouldn't damn people for being white.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

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Wu's only issue that matters to him is that he's trans and all Republicans want to murder him because of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (bzPaY)

133
Wife works in an elder care capacity. These fraud stories infuriate her.
Posted by: Nazdar

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I'd like to know how many truly needy people aren't getting the care they need because of this fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (mmrXZ)

134 Do you mean Dan Cook the sportswriter from San Antonio? If so, I can readily believe it. He was already fairly senior when I lived there in the early 80s.

(If not, never mind.)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

Yep.

"It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:53 PM (sn5xH)

135 It's just a handful of fraud.
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Margaret --- do you even hear yourself right now?

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (anL5R)

136 Is it me or does every Democrat in office or running for office has mental issues?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:48 PM (2GVsD)

Selection bias problem.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dK+Kv)

137 Annoying pop-up? Obama birthday?
Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (zUBPx)

138 And victimhood is the currency of the realm.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:50 PM (bzPaY)

_________________________

That's certainly true for most of them, but Franny Hong is a special case. When she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)

139 Bastard. He killed Natalie Wood.
Posted by: Bulg

She walked in on R.J. and Christopher Walken doing it and threw herself into the ocean, drunk.

Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.

Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (Y8DZL)

140 138 That's certainly true for most of them, but Franny Hong is a special case. When she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)

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"I've seen movies. Crazy people see the world in a special way that normies don't. Crazy people should run the world."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (bzPaY)

141 "What harm have 19 Saudis ever done"

I am often amazed that most people didn't recognize the significance of that number. One person arrested was referred to as the "20th" hijacker, as if he just missed the plane - so stupid. They were limited to 19.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (GMWTj)

142
The defendants are alleged to have billed Medicaid for home health services while they were incarcerated, hospitalized, working other jobs or traveling overseas. In one case, a Medicaid recipient filed claims for extensive home health assistance while also working as a carpenter, prosecutors said.

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When the convictions come in, I want to see their names, faces, fines, sentences, and amounts of fraud. I bet they were proud af of their game when they had it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 01:56 PM (mmrXZ)

143 Annoying pop-up? Obama birthday?
Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

RMBS shares a birthday with Obama.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:56 PM (77rzZ)

144 Wish they would find out who is f*cking with the Internet and let the government fine them a few billion dollars, maybe that would stop this sh*t.

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2026 01:56 PM (H3dzX)

145
Headline tonight on MSNOW:

"Trump's weaponized DOJ is going after our marginalized Medicare and Medicaid recipients and experts predict 10s of 10000s are going to die as a result."

Chance of this actually being "reported" this way? About 85%.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (qBdHI)

146 she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.
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She was cutting herself according to the interview she gave. So like most admissions, its like an iceberg, the other 2/3rds of what was up is still hidden.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (anL5R)

147 138 That's certainly true for most of them, but Franny Hong is a special case. When she was 18 years old, her parents had her committed to the crazy house for a couple weeks. She ended up being bi-polar. There's no record of what she actually did that got her committed...but I'm sure it wasn't pretty. Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

Likely means her parents had great insurance.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (xhfG9)

148 She was cutting herself according to the interview she gave. So like most admissions, its like an iceberg, the other 2/3rds of what was up is still hidden.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (anL5R)

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And apparently an absolute shit boss and awful person.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/
2084655476344562096

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (bzPaY)

149 Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex

Oh, Natalie. No question.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (77rzZ)

150 Jane-Michelle Arc, software engineer from San Francisco, CA in 2025 fled to the Netherlands, saying they did not feel safe in Trump's America.

Let that sink in first.

Now, like Rosie O'Donnel they want to return the US because the asylum camp the Dutch dumped them in is rife with Middle Eastern 'refugees' and violence.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (2GVsD)

151 Getting treated for bi-polar is one thing...getting committed to the asylum is something quite different.

She truly is a nut.
Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
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Eh.

It could be something like severe depression, rather than anything nefarious. That's probably the most likely reason why she spent a lengthy time getting treatment.

Severe depression is NOT fun.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (FZ29D)

152 150 Jane-Michelle Arc, software engineer from San Francisco, CA in 2025 fled to the Netherlands, saying they did not feel safe in Trump's America.

Let that sink in first.

Now, like Rosie O'Donnel they want to return the US because the asylum camp the Dutch dumped them in is rife with Middle Eastern 'refugees' and violence.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:57 PM (2GVsD)

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And when Arc comes back, Arc will demand that we import all Muslims to make up for colonialisms.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (bzPaY)

153 Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex

Sammich.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (sn5xH)

154 >>I'd like to know how many truly needy people aren't getting the care they need because of this fraud.

Everyone who doesn't have the wherewithal to kick in to their local political machine's coffers. So, most of them.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (NcvvS)

155 RMBS shares a birthday with Obama.

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I feel the pain. I share mine with George Soros, upon whose scalp are the hidden scars 666 under the hairline.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (qBdHI)

156 Severe depression is NOT fun.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

My depressive episodes have all been fairly mild, but they were still not fun.

RIP WitchDoktor.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

157 She walked in on R.J. and Christopher Walken doing it and threw herself into the ocean, drunk.

Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (Y8DZL)
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Jill St. John had it in for the Wood family for some reason. She tormented Lana Wood on the set of Diamonds Are Forever. After breaking Lana, she moved on to Natalie and ruined her marriage.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (0bjKf)

158 Oh, dang I forgot to mention a most pertinent datum about Jane-Michelle.

Jane-Michelle is a transwoman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (2GVsD)

159 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

If every browser is messed up... it's not the browsers. It's your machine.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 04, 2026 01:59 PM (N1DT3)

160 "I've seen movies. Crazy people see the world in a special way that normies don't. Crazy people should run the world."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 01:55 PM (bzPaY)
__________________________

LOL...

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers... The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." ---Steve Jobs

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (dIske)

161 An interesting note on the TX Senate poll released this morning showing Talarico up by 2 over Paxton.

It has Talarico losing to Paxton by 13 points among white voters. Also Abbott winning by only 20.

That's pretty bad for Texas.

In fact, it would be absolutely horrendous. Like, historically awful. Like, hasn't happened in decades awful.

When Cruz beat Beto in 2018, Cruz beat Beto by 34 points in the white vote, and that was a close end result.

Summer polling is shit because no one grades the pollsters on their summer polls. There's no incentive to be accurate at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (bzPaY)

162 I feel the pain. I share mine with George Soros, upon whose scalp are the hidden scars 666 under the hairline.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 01:58 PM (qBdHI)
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A coworker of mine who is no fan of President Trump shares her birthday with him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (FZ29D)

163 I saw this kind of fraud every day handling Workers Comp claims. It came from all parties. The worker, the attorneys , the doctors , etc.

And the government regulated system rarely handed out the punishment that was deserved when they were caught . Basically they just stopped the workers benefits and banned the professionals from the system.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (KC5Lt)

164 Afternoon.

I got an idea. You might think this sounds crazy but hear me out.

Social Security and Medicare were created so Grandma wasn't left destitute in her old age or shitting herself to death in a corner, right? Grandma. Grandpa was assumed to be dead by then. What if just made sure all the men died at 64 before they had a chance to cash in? Think of the savings!

Posted by: Robert, trying out the leftist viewpoint for fun at August 04, 2026 02:01 PM (dpXJq)

165 >>Natalie Wood or Jill St. John? Pick one.
Posted by: Auspex

First time seeing Jill? Batman episode. First time seeing Natalie? A kinda silly flick called 'Penelope'. Movie was 'meh', Natalie was, mm mm yum. Natalie.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:02 PM (NcvvS)

166 "One person can make a difference. But, they probably shouldn't."

Shut up, Steve

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (910Mn)

167 If these lazy Democrats cannot Scam the government, then how are they going earn a living ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (38587)

168 Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:02 PM (NcvvS)

Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned was at her peak.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:04 PM (KC5Lt)

169 I’ve learned how to handle the popup. It shows up every time I refresh the comments but at least I know how to delete it. Now a manageable nuisance

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:04 PM (+gA9j)

170 Posted by: Jackson K. at August 04, 2026 02:03 PM (38587)

That is a wild hash. I wonder if anyone has ever had 58008

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:04 PM (FgjHu)

171 Natalie Wood with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon in a pie fight

https://youtu.be/jhIH1R1Cbho

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (2GVsD)

172 I guess Tom Tiffany is a reasonable Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin opposing Hong. A Republican victory should be easy because independents ain't voting for her. Of course the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (BFvh9)

173 >>Severe depression is NOT fun.

People hear 'bipolar', and focus on the manic phase, which can be entertaining. They miss the depressive phase, which is a stone-cold bitch. Knew a woman who was mildly bipolar and she was a lot of fun on the up side, and flat-out disappeared on the down side.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)

174 You know what would solve this problem? High Speed Rail !

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (UjdFS)

175 Neil Young and Chuck Manson share the same birthday. Neil met him and "the girls" at Dennis Wilson's pacific highway pad a few times. Said he was "real good" and wrote some amazing lyrics. Tried to get Mo Ostin to sign him. Oops

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:06 PM (910Mn)

176
172 I guess Tom Tiffany is a reasonable Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin opposing Hong. A Republican victory should be easy because independents ain't voting for her. Of course the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (BFvh9)

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A Republican who agrees to work with DHS on immigration, who is cooperative with DOJ on fraud investigations, and who is willing to work with DOJ on voter roll cleanup would be great to have in the state.

Lord knows Scott Walker shat the bed on literally all of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:06 PM (bzPaY)

177

WHy didnt that shitbag Garland do anything about this....

Oh right.

How about that asshole Krasner?

Ah, same answer.

The entire thing is corrupt.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2jv4y)

178
Summer polling is shit because no one grades the pollsters on their summer polls. There's no incentive to be accurate at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:00 PM (bzPaY)

Polls are there for one reason and one only. To sway the voting public in a direction they want them to go.

MOST polls are incredibly inaccurate, even on election DAY.

John Kerry was DESTROYING GWB in exit polls on election day.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

179 My solution --- crowdsource auditing.

Every hour of claimed compensation must be on webcam. Visiting home healthcare, parents caring for disabled child, special needs instruction at schools, etc. Use AI to anonymize and hide faces and private as required. Every penny of federal money gets a case number and video feed.

Then give reward for any fraud found by random public who only have a case number and access to video feed.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2fP+M)

180 If these lazy Democrats cannot Scam the government, then how are they going earn a living ???
Posted by: Jackson K.
......

Spend their EBT money on lottery tickets.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (UjdFS)

181 Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)

_________________________

So, I have to ask, is someone who is committed for bi-polar disorder (regardless of the circumstances) someone who should even consider running a State as governor?

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (dIske)

182 178 Polls are there for one reason and one only. To sway the voting public in a direction they want them to go.

MOST polls are incredibly inaccurate, even on election DAY.

John Kerry was DESTROYING GWB in exit polls on election day.

Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

=======

I think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (bzPaY)

183 Government Benefit Death Penalty

Anyone convicted of a fraud crime has all rights to government benefits ended for life.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 04, 2026 02:09 PM (/+uur)

184 expecting people who bill the gov't to be honest is rayciss because trump isn't honest and he's rayciss

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:09 PM (CWTWj)

185 re 182: day before the election drudge had kamala up by four over trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:11 PM (CWTWj)

186 expecting people who bill the gov't to be honest is rayciss because trump isn't honest and he's rayciss

--

Yeah, did you hear? Capitol One said it didn't target Trump, Melania and Barron for account closure for political reasons. Oh no, it was the nefarious flagging for "money laundering" that caused the closures. Total, unadulterated BS.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 04, 2026 02:11 PM (qBdHI)

187 Probably an unpopular opinion… but I’ve been close to a few people over the years diagnosed as bipolar. IMHO it’s just undisciplined people who don’t know how or refuse to master the art of self control… in particular regulating emotions and behaviors. Lack of self control…. Stay up 48 hours straight and then crash; that’s stupid, go to sleep and avoid the crash. Self discipline

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (+gA9j)

188 185 re 182: day before the election drudge had kamala up by four over trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 04, 2026 02:11 PM (CWTWj)

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Some pollsters are just always shit (but within the margin of error so still totes accurate, guys!).

But summer polling, even an attempt at honest summer polling, is beset by massive response bias issues and the fact that it's just harder to reach people in rural environments than urban ones. So, they trend to the left.

It's not that the populace suddenly gets more Republican in September/October. It's that Republicans start answering the phone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (bzPaY)

189

I think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (bzPaY)

i.e. Money laundering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

190 My philosphy on polls is that the only real important ones are on issues, so a politician knows what "face" to wear when campaigning there. Carville (as much as I hate to admit it) was an absolute master at it.

Polls on races are unimportant....or at least, were unimportant. In today's world I think their primary purpose is to legitimatize fraud. Keep it close in the polls, even though it isn't...even show the wrong guy leading...then capitalize on that with fraud on election day (which lasts well over a month sometimes).

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (dIske)

191 >>A coworker of mine who is no fan of President Trump shares her birthday with him.

If you want an eye-opener, check this out:
https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/

See who shares your birthday. Amusing & mortifying.

But, luck of the draw.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (NcvvS)

192 LinusVanPelt try the Brave browser
No popups

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (EGSGm)

193 189 i.e. Money laundering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

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I felt like I properly summarized political spending in general, but your phrasing is pithier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (bzPaY)

194 think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:08 PM (bzPaY)

If it's not about influence, why is the lie always in the same direction? If it was about pants wetting or affecting the plugged in the lie would go unpredictably in all directions depending on who they wanted to mess with.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (FgjHu)

195 Bummer!

Just when I just came down with Unspecified illness!

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

196 He said it straight: "That's how they're titled, so we can't track them... can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing."

"All of this points to FRAUD."

This is how the machine loots taxpayers in broad daylight -- hide the illness, cash the check, repeat.

There is paperwork. Has to be. No paperwork? Charge them with fraud.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (BPuyI)

197 194 If it's not about influence, why is the lie always in the same direction? If it was about pants wetting or affecting the plugged in the lie would go unpredictably in all directions depending on who they wanted to mess with.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (FgjHu)

========

If polling were influential, Trump would never have become president in 2016.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (bzPaY)

198 If these lazy Democrats cannot Scam the government, then how are they going earn a living ???

Now you understand the push for Basic-Living-Income. Its for Democrats that are too lazy to scam the government.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (PVBkQ)

199 >>Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned was at her peak.

Will check this out. Wife will not participate.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (NcvvS)

200 >>That is a wild hash. I wonder if anyone has ever had 58008

Bulg would be perfect.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:15 PM (NcvvS)

201 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (+gA9j)

The takes in this place are a riot.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:16 PM (FgjHu)

202 If polling were influential, Trump would never have become president in 2016.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:14 PM (bzPaY)

Influence doesn't always mean successfully changing an election result. Same as fraud.

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (FgjHu)

203
Already sick of this popup every time I post or refresh the page!

Posted by: Axeman at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (Fi81e)

204 Campaigns spend most of their money on TV ads, and they know that TV ads aren't effective. GOTV efforts like door knocking are far more effective.

They know there are more effective ways to spend money, but they don't prioritize them because political spending isn't about influencing people. It's about shuffling donor money around and creating generational wealth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (bzPaY)

205 Nazdar

See my #171

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:17 PM (2GVsD)

206 Oh yeah, these MFers-- I sure could've used a few 50k payments while *actually* taking care of my husband!

This really pisses me off....

***HULK SMASH!!!!!***

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:18 PM (rdVOm)

207 >>So, I have to ask, is someone who is committed for bi-polar disorder (regardless of the circumstances) someone who should even consider running a State as governor?

Nope. This particular woman had it pretty mild, but judgment definitely unreliable. A position of responsibility? No.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (NcvvS)

208 201 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 04, 2026 02:12 PM (+gA9j)

The takes in this place are a riot.
Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:16 PM (FgjHu)

Ah riiyiot...ist an ugly tink! AND I ZINK IT'S JUST ABOUT TIME DOT VE HAD VON!!!!!

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (SgdqL)

209 LinusVanPelt try the Brave browser
No popups
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 04, 2026 02:13 PM (EGSGm)

I will say that Brave doesn't always solve the problem when running on an Apple mobile device since it only acts as a skin over Safari.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (ExV1e)

210 199 >>Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned was at her peak.

Will check this out. Wife will not participate.
Posted by: Nazdar

^^^^^^^^

To this day I can't walk on a railroad track (or even a wall) without singing that damn song in my head.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (2fP+M)

211 So this is what the nood was about
Philadelphia looters

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:20 PM (Ia/+0)

212 La Porge France

Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:21 PM (2GVsD)

213 Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:21 PM (2GVsD)

Or so the Germans would have us believe.

Posted by: Norm Macdonald at August 04, 2026 02:21 PM (FgjHu)

214 He said it straight: "That's how they're titled, so we can't track them... can't possibly find the fraud because people aren't telling us what they're doing."

"All of this points to FRAUD."

This is how the machine loots taxpayers in broad daylight -- hide the illness, cash the check, repeat.

------------

The easiest solution would be to REQUIRE submission of an doctor's diagnosis and care plan before any $ disbursal.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:22 PM (rdVOm)

215 Yeah, did you hear? Capitol One said it didn't target Trump, Melania and Barron for account closure for political reasons. Oh no, it was the nefarious flagging for "money laundering" that caused the closures. Total, unadulterated BS.
==
No. I "believe" it. Sort of. I bet you all the money you have that the "money laundering" squad at capitol one is staffed by AWFL's. Personnel is policy. Much like the DOJ and FBI. A leftist finds a target and searches for a crime.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (anL5R)

216 The easiest solution would be to REQUIRE submission of an doctor's diagnosis and care plan before any $ disbursal.

Posted by: JQ at August 04, 2026 02:22 PM (rdVOm)

That's if the people making the rules want a solution to this particular problem.

Hope you're doing ok today!

Posted by: ... at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (FgjHu)

217 >>Nazdar

See my #171

Anna Puma, not a good time here for video, but guessing this is The Great Race scene, which is truly fine! You, catgirl, are a Great American.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (NcvvS)

218 ID-10T code of R-69?

Is dat Good Sex with the ditzy blonde ya picked up?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 02:23 PM (mP0Kj)

219 Nazdar, hai hai!

Arigato nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (2GVsD)

220 Wondering if ever heard of names indicted

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (Ia/+0)

221 Coast Guard Birthday, have a drink!

Posted by: Eromero at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (bc+Z+)

222 Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.
==
Sounds like they should have set off the forest fires some time ago...

Controlled burn and get rid of unexploded ordinance.

Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

223 >>To this day I can't walk on a railroad track (or even a wall) without singing that damn song in my head.

OK, now definitely going to be looking at this!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:25 PM (NcvvS)

224 Having to swat away a ad after ever comment

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (Ia/+0)

225 So I had a relative that required in home care. This woman was a total scam artist, the relative had dementia and the in home care person had somehow secured a "loan" from her. textbook case of elder absue.

Want to know the best part? The woman was a full time employee of the IRS. Somehow she was doing this while working full time as a federal employee.

I truly believe there's trillions of dollars in fraud going on.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (eIzlH)

226 >>Arigato nyah!

Do itashimashite!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (NcvvS)

227 Linus -- not unpopular at all.

I think there are two problems --

1. Everyone wants to be special, and the easiest way to do that is to be a "victim". In my culture, being bipolar or neurodivergent, or flawed in any way is a sign of weakness. Never show weakness or you are a fag. What is wrong with people today?

2. People want someone to make their lives easy and fair. Life is neither. All growth comes from distress and pain and finding strength. Everything, from racism, to feminism to the sickos on youtube is explained by people just not accepting that life is not fair and so they must get over it. "Gov. has to pay me to take care of my own child," etc.

I had this discussion in the 80s about "how come there were so many great blind musicians, and where did they go?" Well, they were musicians because they had to eat, and where they went is we started paying them to sit on their asses. Imagine what we are losing by not forcing people to find their own greatness. But that would also mean a lot of people would suffer.

Aw fuck it. I problably sound like an ass, but it is 3;00 am so just ignore me.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (2fP+M)

228 211 So this is what the nood was about
Philadelphia looters
Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2026 02:20 PM (Ia/+0)

/sings

Oh, Philadelphia looters
Shine me on, I love ya
Shiny coins...

Posted by: Elton at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)

229 Taps mic, prepares for another wave of popups.

Let's see how well Brave is working.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (u3d/P)

230 It takes absolute skill to have every browser fucked up. Now FF just freezes. Voodoo shit going on.
Posted by: nckate at August 04, 2026 01:25 PM (enNUy)

Brave continues unhindered.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 04, 2026 01:27 PM (ExV1e)

Older version of Chrome, 109.0.5414 with AdBlock Plus running on Windows 8.1. No issues. Every so often, front page is a little slow to load, but it's rare.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (hmYU4)

231 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:19 PM (2fP+M)

Wish Me a Rainbow

Good movie but just sad like all his plays.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:28 PM (KC5Lt)

232 No pop ups on DDG.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 04, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

233 Oops, gotta run. And next post will be up in a couple of minutes.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 04, 2026 02:28 PM (NcvvS)

234 I think they make the politically plugged in wet their pants, but they don't actually move any votes in any material fashion.

It is theater that people with too much money pay for hoping to influence things even though they don't influence things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
===

Polling does influence donations, unfortunately. A lot of the big money is there for influence. You can't get favors from losers.

If some candidate looks like they are losing, the money dries up.

People are also bandwagon riders.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (eIzlH)

235 Book'em Danno.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)

236 And the Dems are pissed that we're upsetting the spiceflow rather than pleased and cooperative in helping free up funds for citizens that truly need these services. Which tells you everything you need to know.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (X1soJ)

237 Wahoo!

Brave (on Android phone) let me post, and refresh screen, without crashing due to pop-up lockup.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (u3d/P)

238
I run firefox and don't have any of the pop up stuff

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 04, 2026 02:29 PM (OkYzo)

239 Want to know the best part? The woman was a full time employee of the IRS. Somehow she was doing this while working full time as a federal employee.

I truly believe there's trillions of dollars in fraud going on.
Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:26 PM (eIzlH)

LOW estimates of total Local, State, and Fed combined spending are over 40%... some estimates as high as 48% of GDP.

Now, if we look at what Government does? Sure don't seem to be worth that much of the GDP.

So, too many people in too much control... and fraud...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (mP0Kj)

240
I have AOL 2.3 dial up from a free CD and I don't have popups.

Posted by: 1997 at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (OkYzo)

241 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (2fP+M)

I can look at a time map but too lazy. Where are you?

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (KC5Lt)

242 And the Dems are pissed that we're upsetting the spiceflow rather than pleased and cooperative in helping free up funds for citizens that truly need these services. Which tells you everything you need to know.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

===

It's also putting a spotlight on whether these programs should even be there at all.

Even if these are 100% legit, I dont think the feds have any reason to be funding Somalian day cares.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:30 PM (eIzlH)

243 I’m getting popups on my laptop but still not on my phone.

Posted by: Bulg at August 04, 2026 02:31 PM (77rzZ)

244 What kinda wood don't float?

Yep, you guessed it!

A: Natalie.

* womp, womp *

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (VkY89)

245 "illness unspecified"

Yea, I'll bet. An easy way to uncover fraud in these cases is to just see which claims are for "illness unspecified."

Why would there be no illness specified for a legit claim? There wouldn't be. There's no reason to hide the nature of the illness unless the whole thing is a smelly fraud.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (iFTx/)

246 What is the code for arrow in the knee?

Posted by: Generic Whiterun Guard at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (7Q0e+)

247 Not only has the citizens have had to deal with a wildfire but now they have discovered exploding munitions from WWII were being set off by the fires.
==
Sounds like they should have set off the forest fires some time ago...

Controlled burn and get rid of unexploded ordinance.
Posted by: Reckoning needed I reckon at August 04, 2026 02:24 PM (anL5R)

A lot of that would be underground and would get plowed up/eroded out gradually over time. This would not be changed by fire.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 04, 2026 02:32 PM (uhVAy)

248 241 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:27 PM (2fP+M)

I can look at a time map but too lazy. Where are you?
Posted by: polynikes

Japan. I heard something on my roof and got up. Maybe wind.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:33 PM (2fP+M)

249 Doc Watson was blind since birth. The state of NC had programs and schools for the blind, to try and get them gainful employment. He was a radio repairman for a little while, and auto mechanic. He was skilled, he re-wired his mountain home, and it even passed code. His wife got a little frightened when he started doing roofing work.

He was very gratified when he could make money playing guitar, on his own, and not be dependent on others.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 04, 2026 02:33 PM (910Mn)

250 Use Brave, and then ad the extension uBlock Origin. Basically no ads, even on YouTube.

Chrome is going to fight ad blocking software and extensions because that's like 90% of their revenue. So it will work for a while and then they kill it.

Firefox has sucked for a good decade imo.

When I am using the internet without adblockers, I dont know how people do it.

Posted by: Leupold at August 04, 2026 02:33 PM (eIzlH)

251 How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?

Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (5MU0i)

252 golly, so I could have billed medicaid for taking care of my dad while also staying at my full-time WFH job. I never would have thought to try that rube that I am and I sure didn't want to pause my regular job but the stars aligned for me. Work was good with folks WFH during the period my dad needed some non professional care and his care didn't take but up to a few hours a day at most.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (PV+Zw)

253 251 How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (5MU0i)

One of those Japanese balloon bombs.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (SgdqL)

254 Older version of Chrome, 109.0.5414 with AdBlock Plus running on Windows 8.1. No issues. Every so often, front page is a little slow to load, but it's rare.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
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Same arrangement here, Win 8.1, Version 109.0.5414.168, Malwarebites

No ads

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

255 Sigh. Well, maybe my pockets will be picked a little less.

Wonder where all these resources are when I need them...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (OUMaO)

256 I have AOL 2.3 dial up from a free CD and I don't have popups.
Posted by: 1997
-------

Did the AOL CD arrive in the mail?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (XeU6L)

257 > How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?

December 17, 1941. A US B-17 crashed at Geiger Field and a 500lb bomb detonated on impact.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (mkw2N)

258 Noodalation.

Posted by: Noodist at August 04, 2026 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)

259 In before the Nothing Will Happen guy ...

.
.
.

But given the number of fraudsters is way more than 19, he may have a point.

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

260 How many times did we bomb Spokane during WW11?
Posted by: Reforger at August 04, 2026 02:34 PM (5MU0

Not enough....

Sorry I thought you said Seattle.

Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (KC5Lt)

261 Might have a reservation or ten about a blind roofer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (sn5xH)

262 Noodalation.
Posted by: Noodist

naturally ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 04, 2026 02:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

263 What is the code for arrow in the knee?
Posted by: Generic Whiterun Guard
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The passphrase is, 'Bury my heart'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (XeU6L)

264 Well my dad didn't have a specified illness. He was just old. He had type 2 diabetes, which may have contributed to his age making him too weak to get around w/o a walker and being prone to falls even with the walker, but he had been a OTR truck driver with diabetes for decades only having to take some pills to increase his insulin production or whatever to keep the blood sugar somewhat controlled.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (PV+Zw)

265 Posted by: Common Tater

There were many blind musicians. Besides Stevey Wonder and Ray Charles,

Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie Mcgee
Blind Willie Mctell
Blind Wilie Johnson...
(just off top of my head.)

Mostly blues, and mostly from the South. I guess they had fewer option.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 04, 2026 02:40 PM (2fP+M)

266 For the past three years I took care of my brother each and every day. Cooking, cleaning, trips to the doctor and ensuring that he complied with his meds. He is my brother, I promised my parents that I would take care of him, without any financial compensation. He has been in an Alzheimer's facility for about four months now.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 04, 2026 02:41 PM (ibDUx)

267
The easiest solution would be to REQUIRE submission of an doctor's diagnosis and care plan before any $ disbursal.
Posted by: JQ

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

Hello, JQ, nice to see you among the daywalkers. And there you go spewing common sense again. Something like that could be coded into the software so that nothing goes forward without a high-level override. It could be done in a heartbeat in real life -- but not in ours.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 04, 2026 02:44 PM (mmrXZ)

268 Same arrangement here, Win 8.1, Version 109.0.5414.168, Malwarebites

No ads
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 04, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

We're rebels!!! WHOOHOO!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2026 02:46 PM (hmYU4)

269 Here’s who owns Opera:

https://sniplinks.in/hzCx3m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 04, 2026 02:54 PM (taapK)

270 Did these patients use the Home Health Care of MN?

All these years I wondered how our country got into so much debt. It did not make sense to me and I am basically retarded. As soon as Nick Shirley discovered all the fraud in MN it clicked: aha! This is how they do it!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 04, 2026 03:27 PM (hzuYO)

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