The Morning Report — 8/ 17 /26

Good morning kids. So, how in Heaven's name did this happen?

Located approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street was purchased on July 21, 2026 [sic] for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, filings show. The building’s new owner, Philip Qiu, has held numerous positions within Chinese intelligence and state security arms, according to
university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements.

Considering the Chi-Coms have already purchased untold thousands of acres of our farmland as well as land adjacent to many of our military bases, this really is not that surprising as it is disgusting and alarming. In this instance, I don't think there is any legislation that requires real estate agents or property owners to investigate or refuse to sell to any potential buyers. Then again considering the metastasis of the Confucius Institutes on our campuses as well as the infiltration of Red Chinese nationals into some of our most sensitive tech firms, who for sure would have been or should have been vetted by HR departments out the wahzoo.

At least we have a tiny bit of sanity to celebrate coming out of Texas.

Frankly, the very idea of this project rubbed me the wrong way. Why would airport officials in Texas be pandering to the Muslim community in such an obvious, unnecessary, discriminatory, and, as I see it, humiliating way? This is America.. . Apparently, I wasn’t the only one irked by the project. Many Americans opposed the installation of Wudu ablution stations — including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R). In a Friday memo, Abbott announced he’d directed a review of all state grants to Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airports. The news release read (in part): These ablution facilities appear designed to single out one subset of the population for special treatment based on religion. That is illegal. Both airports are government-owned facilities. The federal and state constitutions prohibit government from facilitating this sort of discrimination. Just as the government cannot favor the secular over the sacred, it also cannot favor one religious view over all others.

Actually, if these installations were made dual usage, I could support them. Muslim foot-washing and Dog Urinals. Plus Toilet paper with Koranic passages printed on them, although that could cause mass perianal-infections and we can't have that, can we?

And of course this madness continues seemingly unabated, despite the best efforts of President Trump which to date has been yielding considerable successes. And hence we have to contend with what amounts to mass insurrection

Democrats in blue states across the country have swamped their legislatures with an avalanche of nearly 250 pro-migrant bills to thwart President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation policies... The bills have been enthusiastically supported by state Democrats, but many have been opposed by legal action by the federal government. In some blue states, though, some of the measures have even been vetoed by Democrat governors who fear the measures go too far... The left is using liberal judges to obstruct the president’s mandate, says James Percival, General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security: “They know if they can just get enough crazy district judges to do enough crazy things, they can run out the clock.”

There is only one proper response to this and that is the ramping up of ICE operations to deport as many illegal aliens as possible and the utter rejection of all rulings by any court that attempts to interfere with the legal operation of federal authorities in the securing of our borders and defense of our national security and protenction of the citizenry.

Meanwhile the Democrats continue to take their "Lumps" shall we say, and it's delicious.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) responded to a recent poll that found that more than half of Democrats have a positive view of socialism over capitalism, stating that “this is lunacy.”

If you had told me back when Fetterman ran and defeated Mehmet Oz back in 2022 that he would actually not only sound and even on occasion act sane I'd have said you were crazy. Yet there he is supporting Israel, secure borders and publicly calling out his own party as insane. Yes, there is no doubt that his past as a died-in-the-wool lib means he will always vote the way the party leadership demands. And yet, there he is and there he goes. Good for him. Be nice if we had an actual conservative saying what he's saying instead of going down on Mitch McConnell's heir apparent du jour, be it Thune or Cornyn or God-forbid Susan Collins or whoever.

While we're on the subject of madness there's this:

It’s mid-August. That can only mean one thing – Democrat politicians spreading fabrications about the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014.
The most persistent fabrication is the claim that Brown was a “gentle giant” gunned down while his hands were raised up and saying don’t shoot. “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” became the slogan of the organized Black Lives Matter movement, which was launched after the Brown shooting. . . This year was quieter than most years but leave it to Rashida Tlaib to tweet that Michael Brown was “murdered”:
Mike Brown should still be with us today.

Yeah, were it not for the fact of Democrats' and LBJ's Great Society that caused the genocide (There's a word for you Lefties!) of the black family and the general societal dissolution that we are suffering 60 years on and will continue until there is a radical change in culture and education back to normalcy.

Oh, Senator Fetterman if you want to see lunacy in action, here's a gigantic heaping helping of it that you should call out, but probably won't. Oh well...

Have a good day,

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

Near the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, Rep. Rancid Tlaib repeats the fabrication.
Here We Go Again – No Rashida, Michael Brown Was Not “Murdered”
Because people just expect that it’ll go one way or the other. It’s the idea that someone would get elected not just knowing about seven states, but having to earn votes all over the United States. I certainly think it’s time.
Gov. Beshear: ‘It’s Time’ to Abolish the Electoral College
. . . the move was a calculated legal gamble aimed at avoiding a life sentence rather than any sign of remorse. Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges connected to Thompson's murder. He still faces a separate state trial in New York scheduled for September. That's where things get interesting, because the two cases carry sharply different stakes.
Oh, So This Is Why Luigi Mangione Pleaded Guilty
We saved Europe from starvation and communism. Now America needs a Marshall Plan of its own. (First it needs to be denazified of the Left - jjs)
The Country We Forgot to Rebuild
In a post on X, Fetterman warned that the Democrat Party is “becoming the party of socialism.” Fetterman also shared a screenshot of a Mediaite article regarding a CBS News/YouGov survey, which found that among Democrats surveyed, 58 percent had a positive view of socialism, while 32 percent had a positive view of capitalism.
John Fetterman Responds to Poll That Democrats Hold Positive View of Socialism: ‘This Is Lunacy’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
A review by the left-wing State Futures organization discovered 242 pieces of legislation in 32 states, of which about a fifth have already passed, OregonLive reported.
Democrats Swamp State Legislatures with 250 Pro-Migrant Bills to Obstruct Trump’s Deportation Mandate
The politics here should worry Democrats more than the polling. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released in August found immigration remains a stronger issue for President Donald Trump than the economy or Iran.
It's Official, Democrats Want to Abolish ICE
Boston U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, who previously had issued a stay stopping the administration from terminating Somalia’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), ended her previous action, saying she had to defer to the Supreme Court that in June sharply limited the ability of federal judges to override certain executive branch policies.
Obama-Appointed Judge Defers to Supreme Court Ruling, Gives Trump a Somali Deportation Win
Officer Jones required emergency surgery to save his life and remains in recovery. Pantoja-Morales, who faces charges of aggravated assault on a public servant, is currently detained and under a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold, underscoring the threat to public safety posed by illegal aliens at large in the community.
Illegal Alien Charged With Shooting Officer Who Offered Him a Ride.
The issue isn't foreign CDL drivers; plenty of lawful immigrants and foreign-born drivers safely operate commercial trucks daily. The issue is whether somebody who can't adequately read road signs, understand warnings, communicate with police, or follow instructions in English should be behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound commercial vehicle on an American highway.That's a safety standard, not a nationality test.
30 Dead, 17 Fatal Crashes, and a Judge Tells DHS to Wait
Mass immigration can only work if immigrants are introduced to a common American culture and expected to assimilate.
America’s Stranger Problem
The case highlights ongoing concerns over the exploitation of foreign workers and undercutting of local workers in the U.S., particularly by businesses leveraging immigration loopholes.
U.S. Attorney Cracks Down on Chinese-Run Forced Factory Labor.
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
“Billboards and murals around Tehran take aim at the U.S. president and Israel, showing images from Trump lying in a coffin to drowning in the sea.”
Top Iranian Official Threatens Trump, Mocks Him Over Catering-Truck Escape
“Anyone who kills or captures and hands over an invading American military personnel will receive a reward equivalent to $30,000 or 5 billion tomans from the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army,” Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami said at a ceremony honoring journalists.
Iran Army Chief Offers $30,000 Bounty for Killing or Capturing U.S. Soldiers
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The Israel Defense Forces “will not allow the Hezbollah terrorist organization to harm Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, and will continue to operate to remove threats.”
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Terror Targets in Southern Lebanon After Troops Attacked

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Since it was launched just six months ago, American Priorities has channeled millions of dollars, primarily from donors with Arab, Muslim, and/or Middle Eastern backgrounds, to a string of winning candidates in high-profile races.
How Hamas’ Attack on Israel Is Transforming American Politics
Netanyahu’s comments show the strained relationship between the United Kingdom and Israel, especially after former British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood. The relationship between the two countries is likely to remain strained as Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has vowed to be more critical of Israel. “Labour’s initial response to the treatment of Gaza caused huge hurt. We got it wrong and I am sorry for that,” Burnham said last month.
Netanyahu Brands the United Kingdom the ‘Islamic Republic of Britain.’

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
And how Democrats enabled every dollar plundered.
How illegals plunder American billions, in broad daylight
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
It's more important than ever to reward work and support families.
Why It’s Time To Re-Form Welfare Reform
CIVIL DECAY: Come for the utopia. Stay because your car has been stolen.
A Tour of America’s Blue Utopias
When even "private" efforts to revive intercity passenger rail cannot work, it's time to admit Americans don't like trains.
A Not So Brightline: California’s Other Bullet Train Boondoggle
Wherever Democrat majorities have held power for long enough, an inexorable process of decivilization sets in, involving the collapse of civic order and dystopian, slum-like conditions profoundly unworthy of America as “the land of the free.”
California Blues
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
“As synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged synagogue property, and then spit at and head-butted a member of the security team.”
Mamdani Comes Under Fire After Man Storms NYC Synagogue, Punches Woman in the Face
Under El-Sayed, one city was responsible for killing a quarter of the dogs in the country.
Abdul El-Sayed and Chief Muslim Ally Accused of Abusing and Killing Dogs
“If 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us.”
Abdul El-Sayed to Speak at Conference Calling for Muslim Takeover of U.S.
According to the complaint, students were allegedly coerced into participating in Islamic religious practices: donning hijabs, accepting Qurans.
Parents Sue School District Over Mosque Field Trip, Claim Religious Indoctrination
Some hatred is more equal than others.
CA Students Given ‘Social Justice Pathway’ to Mosque
“DFW plans to install Islamic wudu washing facilities are illegal. I’ve directed a review of all state grants to both airports for possible revocation.”
DFW Airport Scraps Islamic Foot-Washing Stations After Governor Draws a Line
Ali’s remarks form part of a broader history of controversial statements, including past justifications of Palestinian suicide bombers and support for Hamas, which have drawn significant criticism.
Pro-Hamas California Imam Claims Columbus Found Mosques in the Americas.
How long will this ridiculous charade go on?
Muslim Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Cops, ‘Motive Unclear’
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
“The American people deserve answers to legitimate questions regarding our miserably failed response to COVID-19. Apparently, he has a lot to hide.”
Fauci Ducks Second Senate Panel After Taking the Fifth
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Free speech absolutism is the solution, because people like Hasan Piker will hang themselves if we just give them the rope to do so.
Blue-On-Blue Fight Over First Amendment

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versions of four leading AI chatbots—ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Grok, and Claude—spread fictions from the lef. . .
Artificial Ignorance: The Political Falsehoods Of Leading AIs
A new book argues that the future of work belongs to judgment, accountability, and trust—not just intelligence.
AI Can’t Replace Human Judgment
Effective Altruism amounts to a perversion of John Calvin that has created a truly bizarre and potentially malevolent moral code.
AI, Morality, and Effective Altruism
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
A recent GAO report broke down the numbers related to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that has apparently increased average tax refunds for Americans, Just the News reported Saturday, citing the GAO.
Winning: Americans’ Tax Refunds Increased by $43 Billion This Year
Our country lives or dies based on how we address the very real problems that have put the American Dream far out of reach for most people.
We Can’t Save The American Dream By Pretending Everything Is Just Fine
Totalitarianism stifles all initiative. In a free country, every person has the opportunity to build a better mousetrap.
Entrepreneurs Build Prosperity. Freedom Makes It Possible.
It’s the reason why you hear more mainstream state Dems calling for a settlement as well. To be clear, it isn’t because of any great love for Ellison, the upstart movie producer who, with the help of billionaire father Larry Ellison’s bank account, has been gobbling up ever-larger media giants for the past three years.
California AG’s block of Paramount-Warner Bros. merger could chase away key source of funds for Dems
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
As Spokane firefighters achieve containment, France faces wildfire challenges as 400 people arrested on suspicion of starting a fire…with a vast majority actually being charged with arson.
Spokane Arson Arrest Underscores the Wildfire Threat Climate Narratives Ignore
The U.S. stopped doling out dollars to the grift last year — the rest of the developed world should do the same.
Defund The U.N. Green Climate Fund
The rise in electric heavy truck adoption could significantly reduce diesel consumption in Asia. The widespread adoption of electric heavy trucks could also help the continent further insulate itself from the fluctuations in oil prices created by the Iran war. This reflects China’s ongoing pivot into the electric vehicle market.
Iran War Driving Chinese E-Truck Export Boom.
No, but the “claim sounds scary until you read the fine print.” So, go out and enjoy your summer!
Was This July Really the “Hottest Month in History”?
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, who describes herself as a “neighborhood organizer” and “democratic socialist,” made her comments on Thursday outside Manhattan Criminal Court, the New York Post reported Saturday.
WATCH — NYC: Socialist Lawmaker Claims Stealing for ‘Biological Need’ Should Not Be Illegal (I have a biological need for at least $1 Billion, per year - jjs)
Meet career crook Shaquan Seth, cut loose last week after five, count ’em five, shoplifting busts in Queens — less than six days after he got out of Rikers after a five-month stint for previous thievery — because New York law forbids cash bail for offenses like Seth’s. . . No matter that he threatened to shoot a young female clerk who was brave enough to try stopping him. He was put right back on the street.
150 arrests and he still walks: How NY laws push criminals to grow worse
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Arday’s sudden death comes shortly after his resignation, which was surrounded by significant public and professional scrutiny. His death is likely to complicate the discourse and investigation surrounding the allegations of plagiarism and lying. The investigation into the specifics of his death is ongoing.
Accused Plagiarist Jason Arday Found Dead in London Home.
Roger Kimball: Whatever else can be said about the “Jason Arday Affair,” he was not the victim.
The Unmaking of Jason Arday
ABORTION
President Trump delivered the greatest victory imaginable for the pro-life movement, one it had been fighting for for nearly five decades.
Trump was Right About the Democrats' Abortion Agenda
SECOND AMENDMENT
Legal experts caution the NFA is not completely dead. And not just anyone is can purchase suppressors sans paperwork.
Landmark Suppressor Ruling Leaves Gun World With More Questions Than Answers
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
In June, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts ruled in favor of 23 states, led by California, that filed a lawsuit seeking to block Trump’s order.
Trump Administration Urges Supreme Court to Review Mail-In Ballot Executive Order
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The loathsome CA State Senator was accused of reinforcing sexist stereotypes after chatbot mimicked fellow Democrat and SF city supervisor Connie Chan.
Scott Wiener’s AI Attack on Opponent Backfires in Race to Replace Pelosi
Jackson is running against 'greedy corporations' and 'high-priced lobbyists'
With Troy Jackson at the Helm, Maine Senate Democrats' Campaign Arm Took Hundreds of Thousands From Corporate PACs and Lobbyists
Sayed paid himself a $64k 'salary' and more than $100k in 'member draw' through consulting firm, a structure often used to reduce Medicare and Social Security taxes
Abdul El-Sayed Says Wealthy Should 'Pay Their Fair Share' But Appears To Take Advantage of Tax 'Loophole' Used by John Edwards, Accountants Say
POLITICS
Leftist dogma will keep driving away the working class no matter how hard Democrats pivot to economic populism.
Rebranding Won’t Make Democrats Less Repulsive on Social Issues
Thad McCotter: MAGA and the DSA may be ideological opposites, but their shared hostility to corporate-government collusion creates an unexpected opening for populist cooperation.
MAGA and the DSA, Part One: Similarities Between These Populist Antagonists
“In an early sign of Rogers’ bipartisan backing, three prominent Jewish Democrat bundlers are holding fundraiser for Rogers next week.
Jewish Michigan Dems Set to Hold Fundraiser for Mike Rogers As Outreach Continues”
The House Democrat minority leader slammed the far left's policies including defunding the police, open borders, and abolishing the Senate.
Hakeem Jeffries: ‘I Do Not Support The DSA Agenda’
Jeffries said, “Well, what I can say is that I do not support defunding the police. I do not support open borders. I do not support abolishing the Senate. We’re focused on actually solving problems that hardworking American taxpayers want us to solve, which is to lower the high cost of living in a situation where life is far too expensive in this country. That’s the democratic agenda. That’s what House Democrats are fighting to achieve.”
Jeffries: Democrat Socialists of America Will Be Part of Our ‘Broad Caucus’ (Disemboweled carcass please G-d, jjs)
Much of America is freaking out over the Marxist takeover of the Democrat Party, but for anyone who paid attention, this wasn't hard to foresee. It has been coming for generations.
Democrat Communists Were Inevitable
Looking at how crazy the Democrats have become, he believes that if Republicans campaign intelligently with their Contrast for America, they should be able to have a huge victory.
Newt Gingrich Is Optimistic About The Midterms
South Carolina’s elevated position dates to Biden’s [so-called quote-unquote] presidency. The state rescued his struggling 2020 campaign after poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, with Black voters providing the support that helped propel him toward the nomination.
Democrats Put South Carolina First in 2028 Presidential Primary Calendar
"AOC stands for Always On Camera," Conway said. "She is a performer, not a reformer. She went to Washington to legislate; that's her job. She's a pontificator, not a legislator." Conway piled on by pointing out that, in four years under [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden, AOC passed one bill. One.
This Might Be the Most Brutal Diagnosis of AOC You'll Ever Hear
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
It comes in several flavors, and all of them are bitter.
Europe’s Coming Existential Crisis
A former British police officer has been convicted of posting offensive content on Facebook after he reposted an image mocking Islam, sparking accusations that blasphemy laws have returned to the United Kingdom.
Former Police Officer Convicted of Sharing ‘Grossly Offensive’ Meme About Islam in Britain
Trump’s idiosyncratic view of international relations risks unwittingly empowering America’s enemies.
Trump’s Break With South Korea Projects Weakness In The Pacific
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
It appears this factory is a single-point failure. It is the only one in Russia that manufactures these rockets, used to launch Soyuz manned capsules and Progress freighters to ISS as well as military satellites and Russia’s new Rassvet constellation, aimed at providing it is own Starlink equivalent. If damaged badly...
Ukrainian missiles hit Russia’s only Soyuz-2 rocket factory
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The lack of capacity and competition among shipbuilders has resulted in large backlogs of orders across six major Navy shipbuilding programs and a commercial shipbuilding sector that is not globally competitive,” the order reads.
Trump Signs Order Aimed At Expanding America’s Shipbuilding Capacity
This is a national security failure of the highest order and needs to be remedied immediately. The question now is how to undo this situation.
How did the U.S. let a high-level Chinese government official buy a building next to the White House?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
First SpaceX launched eight Globalstar telecommunications satellites into orbit, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Florida... Then, only about 45 minutes later it placed a classified payload into orbit for the Space Force, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SpaceX launches twice on opposite coasts
Built by a startup, Stemrad, which estimated it reduced radiation from 40 to 60%.
NASA tested a radiation-blocking vest during the unmanned Artemis-1 flight around the Moon in 2022
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
How the WNBA became another battlefield in America’s culture war.
‘MAGA Barbie’ And The Subaru Magoos
“it’s non-negotiable”
Bill Maher Says Immigrants Must Assimilate, Accept Western Civilization
Reporters describe anyone who doesn’t embrace the whole activist trans agenda as “anti-trans.”
War on Rowling Continues (Sans Facts)
This decision exemplifies her conservative values and what ought to be the values of American culture at large: we should want our mothers to be able to choose the life of full-time motherhood over career and job.
Kudos to Karoline for making the based decision to prioritize motherhood
‘Their chatter about fertility rates was never about happy families or a prosperous nation,’ Marcotte writes, concluding that ‘Republicans will gladly sacrifice happiness and prosperity for the goal of subjugating women.’
The Left Has No Idea What The Right Believes About Babies (Or Anything Else)
But she is living out the feminist left’s antiquated mythology of “having it all” — updated with the false promise from the increasingly popular egg freezing industry that you can easily outwit Mother Nature.
Miranda Devine: Titty-Caca AOC’s sad fertility journey is the perfect example of the left and right’s divide on children and family
No one who lived through the past 10 years should allow Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to giggle away the hell called “woke” that she and Democrats inflicted on this country.
Every Democrat Should Be Asked: What About ‘Woke 1’ Was ‘Crazy’?
Christian Toto: The DailyWire+ comedy speaks to WNBA's current identity crisis
Release ‘Lady Ballers’ on This Free Speech Platform … Now
Anyone still clinging to the mythical belief slavery is an evil of the white man in which only minorities suffered, must be dispossessed of that illusion.
Yes, Jameela, There Was (And Still Is) Slavery
HITHER & YON
The two then presented their discovery to the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center, which confirmed that the tooth was a bona fide fossil.
Massive tooth of 3.6M-year-old megalodon — largest shark to ever live — discovered on Jersey Shore

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1 Happy Monday folks

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:02 AM (/+uur)

2 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at August 17, 2026 07:02 AM (kmSxS)

3 OT: Hayden Panetierre is dead at 36. Too young. RIP. No COD given.

Star of Heroes and Nashville and a few movies.

Posted by: Nova Local at August 17, 2026 07:04 AM (tOcjL)

4 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 07:05 AM (ExV1e)

5 Good morning, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2026 07:06 AM (99eI0)

6 ‘MAGA Barbie’ And The Subaru Magoos

More like Sophie STUNNINGham, amirite?

Posted by: Delurker at August 17, 2026 07:06 AM (2Drhq)

7 Maybe we should use DFW as a teaching moment for third worlders to learn the wonders of all-over body hygiene?

Don't just wash yr stinky feet, you smelly savages!

Posted by: p-squared at August 17, 2026 07:06 AM (0prFs)

8 Is there anything the government can do about the Chinese spy guy buying a house with a view of the WH?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 07:07 AM (IaVMj)

9
Many Americans opposed the installation of Wudu ablution stations — including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R).

That Wudu that you do so well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:08 AM (O0L8i)

10 Guten morgen, horde. Again.

Posted by: clarence at August 17, 2026 07:08 AM (zRghv)

11 , I don't think there is any legislation that requires real estate agents or property owners to investigate or refuse to sell to any potential buyers.

I am willing to bet that any company that did such a thing would be up on charges of discrimination. We do need laws to prohibit foreigners from owning land in this country.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2026 07:09 AM (99eI0)

12 "Obama-Appointed Judge Defers to Supreme Court Ruling, Gives Trump a Somali Deportation Win"

What next, Spock in a goatee?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 17, 2026 07:10 AM (cpFbA)

13 BESHEAR: Yeah, I’ve said it a number of times, and it’s because in Kentucky we will never see a candidate for president or vice president unless they’re from here.

3/8/26 MSN
Donald Trump is no stranger to Kentucky, a state he has visited a handful of times since his 2016 presidential campaign and where he will stop again March 11 for remarks just south of Cincinnati.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:10 AM (/+uur)

14 It’s the idea that someone would get elected not just knowing about seven states, but having to earn votes all over the United States. I certainly think it’s time.

Better that they should only know seven cities.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 07:10 AM (ExV1e)

15 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

16 Thank you JJ

Maybe the lump should switch parties. The lump seems more and more sane as time passes. Did the stroke improve the lump’s cognition? I like saying “the lump”…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 07:13 AM (sXOHS)

17 It's more important than ever to reward work and support families.

We also need to stop 'rewarding' people on welfare for pumping out kids.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 07:13 AM (ExV1e)

18 Democrats in blue states across the country have swamped their legislatures with an avalanche of nearly 250 pro-ILLEGAL migrant bills to thwart President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation policies.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:14 AM (/+uur)

19 I sincerely hope that Luigi dies in prison with the knowledge that he accomplished nothing.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2026 07:16 AM (99eI0)

20
Gov. Beshear: ‘It’s Time’ to Abolish the Electoral College

The only way I see that happening is to hollow out the Electoral vote extra-constitutionally by 1) an interstate compact to award a state's EV to the national popular vote winner and 2) massive blue state vote fraud.

Otherwise it will take an amendment. And that would require ratification by three-quarters of the states, either by vote of the legislature or a state convention. There are a lot of stupid GOPe turkeys, but I can't see them all voting for Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

21 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 17, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)

22 LinusVanPeltSen. Fetterman is the only example I can think of that a brain injury made better thinking.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

23 Winning: Americans’ Tax Refunds Increased by $43 Billion This Year

We're $40T in debt. I understand that we have a spending problem and not a revenue problem but is this really a win?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 07:18 AM (ExV1e)

24 seems like they would be useful for cleaning mud off your boots, too ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 07:18 AM (VyBeY)

25 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

How about we sell the CCP the rope they will use to hang us?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 07:19 AM (JvZF+)

26 This is a PJ Media

The states have a legitimate privacy concern. Seventeen million Social Security numbers amount to an enormous transfer of sensitive information, and the federal government should explain why it needs the complete dataset and how it will protect it.

It is their fucking number numbnuts!

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:21 AM (/+uur)

27
Off to say my Rosary. You guys need anything or are you all good?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:22 AM (O0L8i)

28 The House Democrat minority leader slammed the far left's policies including defunding the police, open borders, and abolishing the Senate.
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When Hakeem Jeffries is the voice of reason, of all people, then you know you've gone too far.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 07:22 AM (gEnkT)

29 According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, the defendants allegedly recruited workers with promises of employment through B-1 and L-1 visas before forcing them to work 12-hour shifts in unsafe conditions and paying them less than promised.

All work based Visa violate 13th
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States."

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:24 AM (/+uur)

30 Huck Follywood

Fiercely Heterosexual Hakeem Jeffries is the voice of reason? OMG.

End times are approaching at warp speed. Shields up, and power weapons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

31 There are duty free shops at all the airports where you can buy overpowering cologne. The sandmaggots can spray it all over their feet like they do with all the other parts of their body they're apparently incapable of washing regularly. Problem solved. You're welcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2026 07:26 AM (BI5O2)

32 Is there anything the government can do about the Chinese spy guy buying a house with a view of the WH?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 07:07 AM (IaVMj)

Not just a Chinese spy guy, but a legit Chinese sniper.

650 feet from the White House. With a clean line of sight.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 17, 2026 07:28 AM (PGK1w)

33 OK Nancy Mace has gone 'round the bend

https://tinyurl.com/bdhkn44w

photo

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 07:29 AM (ZxPkt)

34 Pro-Hamas California Imam Claims Columbus Found Mosques in the Americas.

Do Aztec and Maya pyramids count as Mosques? Both Islam and the native religions of Mesoamerica are/were bloody...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 07:30 AM (l3cgK)

35 Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

We need a picture of a Minutemen rocket in a silo, with a Hi, Xi! stencil on the nose.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

36 Imagine pulling the tooth of a Megalodon. You'd need an anesthetic syringe the size of a fishing boat.

Morning again, all! It's Monday again, but just remember, it'll be over in about . . . *checks* . . . eighteen hours.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

37 35 OK Nancy Mace has gone 'round the bend

https://tinyurl.com/bdhkn44w

photo

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 07:29 AM (ZxPkt)

Wow...so many tats, and that's just the top half front...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 07:31 AM (l3cgK)

38 Nancy Mace has gone 'round the bend

Nancy Mace has always been an attention whore.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

39 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at August 17, 2026 07:32 AM (Cr7y+)

40 Don Black

Nothing says "look at me" like new tattoos on a mature woman. She needs attention.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

41 35 OK Nancy Mace has gone 'round the bend

https://tinyurl.com/bdhkn44w

photo
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026

***
The bend, I think, vanished from her rear view mirror a long time ago

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:32 AM (wzUl9)

42 Is that Nancy Mace pic a fake?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 07:33 AM (l3cgK)

43 The pic of Nancy Mace shows her as quite hot. But her arm looks dirty. (Not the good kind of dirty, either)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

44 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Nancy Mace puts lip prints on every mirror she looks at.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

45 The pic of Nancy Mace shows her as quite hot. But her arm looks dirty. (Not the good kind of dirty, either)
****

Rule 1, always.

Posted by: clarence at August 17, 2026 07:35 AM (zRghv)

46 I'm fine with foot washing as long as the customers all look like Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, or Cristin Milioti. Otherwise, noooo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

47 Apparently she is re-launching herself as

something, I'm not sure what
here
NYPost

https://tinyurl.com/y78t8vd8

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 07:36 AM (ZxPkt)

48 That's the problem with tats, especially once they grow all over the victim. She, or he, looks dirty.

A tiny butterfly on a girl's ankle? Fine. A arm that looks like it's covered in blue dirt? No thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

49 49 I'm fine with foot washing as long as the customers all look like Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, or Cristin Milioti. Otherwise, noooo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

You'll get Mohammed and the goat f***ers...and no, I never saw them front for anybody.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 07:37 AM (l3cgK)

50 Wolfus Aurelius

I can see you as a village Priest, making sure women with high arches get their feet washed as part of a religious ceremony. With a humble smile on your face.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

51 Apparently she is re-launching herself as

something, I'm not sure what
here
NYPost

https://tinyurl.com/y78t8vd8
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026

***
Both arms? Oh hellz no

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

52 The CIA/MSS listening post the deep state set up in that building is a problem. If nothing else, it's insulting. Trump needs to do whatever it takes to shut that down.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

53 I can see you as a village Priest, making sure women with high arches get their feet washed as part of a religious ceremony. With a humble smile on your face.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026

***
How much does it pay? (I'd do it for free, but they don't have to know that)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

54 I always thought she was a decent conservative with an impressive rack

she seems to have veered off track

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 07:39 AM (ZxPkt)

55 According to documents from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “the installation of the Wudu ablution stations [was] expected to be completed by the end of the year.”

The documents stated the project would cost approximately $300,000 and that it was privately funded. The stations would prevent water from spilling onto restroom floors and “protect sink counters.”

You cannot build a water fountain at a public airport for $300k. I bet someone was going to put up $300k private and the city or state was going to cover the other $3 to $5 Million.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

56 Yudhishthira's Dice

Monitor it closely. It would be part of the Intentions Early Warning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

57 Much of America is freaking out over the Marxist takeover of the Democrat Party, but for anyone who paid attention, this wasn't hard to foresee. It has been coming for generations.

Slowly at first for a long time, then all of a sudden...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 07:41 AM (l3cgK)

58 I always thought she was a decent conservative with an impressive rack

From the moment that she used daddy's influence to become the "historic first woman to graduate from the Citadel", everything about Nancy Mace has been about Nancy Mace. She seemed like she was a decent conservative because that's what she needed to get elected.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

59 DFW officials had previously told Fox News that both the reported price tag of $300,000 and the initial report that the project would be “privately funded” were incorrect.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:42 AM (/+uur)

60 > Located approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street was purchased on July 21, 2026 [sic] for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, filings show.
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$8.4M? Seems pretty cheap considering city and location.

I have other questions as well.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 07:43 AM (2Cry5)

61 Hakeem Jeffries: ‘I Do Not Support The DSA Agenda’

--

As he said with fingers crossed behind his back. Of course he supports it. Just not having their dirty underwear flapping out in the open breeze for all to see in one fell swoop. Boil the frog slowly. That's what he really means.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

62 Muslim Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Cops, ‘Motive Unclear’

Allah Allah Oxen Free
kaboom

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)

63 There are duty free shops at all the airports where you can buy overpowering cologne. The sandmaggots can spray it all over their feet like they do with all the other parts of their body they're apparently incapable of washing regularly. Problem solved. You're welcome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2026 07:26 AM (BI5O2)

This made me think of:
George: “Duty Free is the biggest sucker deal in retail. Do you know how much duty is?”
Kramer: “Duty.”
George: “Do you know how much duty is?”
Kramer: “No, I don’t know how much duty is.”
George: “Duty’s nothing. It’s like sales tax.”
Kramer: “Well, I’d still like to stop at the duty-free shop.”

Followed by singing….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 07:46 AM (sXOHS)

64 You youngsters don't remember the Democrats were in the same place in 1972. The SDS wasn't outside protesting, they were inside running for office.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 07:46 AM (JvZF+)

65 Much of America is freaking out over the Marxist takeover of the Democrat Party, but for anyone who paid attention, this wasn't hard to foresee. It has been coming for generations.

--

Ambulance chaser John Morgan, who I remember holding Obama fundraisers and being a big Democrat, was on Fox the other day wailing and moaning about the Democrats' embrace of full-on socialism. In his words, "socialism has been tried all over the world and has never worked" and "socialism leads to communism."

I ask, how can you not have noticed just where your party has been heading for the past 20 years? It's been as plain as day for all to see. He sounded sincere, but just how dumb can you be? It's been obvious!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)

66 suggested reading:

Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail, '72

by Hunter S Thompson

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

67 In his words, "socialism has been tried all over the world and has never worked" and "socialism leads to communism."

Insert obligatory "Welcome to the party, pal!" remark.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2026 07:49 AM (OPGS/)

68 George, sales tax is not "nothing," not when you live where it's 9.75% on everything except food (and I'm surprised Da Swamp has not moved to tax that at a higher rate).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)

69 When did Nancy Mace get all tatt’d up?? All that skin paint is not attractive

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 07:50 AM (sXOHS)

70 "AOC stands for Always On Camera," Conway said. "She is a performer, not a reformer. She went to Washington to legislate; that's her job. She's a pontificator, not a legislator."

Conway's point was simple: if you're not good at legislating, you find something else to be good at, like living online, playing with your hair, and giggling every time someone asks whether you'd be fit to serve as commander-in-chief.
======================
DSA sent to to Washington for exactly this reason, to be the telegenic front for socialism. She may be an idiot but she is unabashed, and loves being on camera.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 07:50 AM (FM/Tm)

71 If you watch police body cam videos on YouTube (the one thing Black Lives Matter did that benefited society) you'll note every POS that gets arrested screams "I can't breathe," as if it's a part of the ritual, especially fat white women.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 07:51 AM (gsvNK)

72 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday to all.
I have no doubt that Maher would go back to his liberal roots in a second, but it appears that the increasing anti-Semitism has freaked him out enough that he's making sense. His diatribe about the Dem Socialists being communist is spot on. Of course it falls on deaf ears with the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 07:51 AM (rp63B)

73 Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.”

“But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, and unequal treatment under the law. They are very violent, and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence.”
====

This is why there is only one solution to Marxism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 07:51 AM (JvZF+)

74 Huck Follywood

AOC had to audition for the role.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

75 It’s mid-August. That can only mean one thing –

#TwoWeeks until the Peeps Easter Candy displays are out?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 17, 2026 07:52 AM (wVcYX)

76 All told, the sources provided by the AIs were extant and valid only 46% of the time. This rate was 57% for ChatGPT, 49% for Gemini, 32% for Grok, and 44% for Claude, all solid “F” grades. Given that these rates were much lower than their correct answer scores, this raises serious questions about where the AIs got their answers.

Pulled it out of their digital ass.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:52 AM (/+uur)

77 For the sake of argument, let’s say there were World Elections every four years. Would anyone believe letting India and China decide everything would be a good idea?

The Electoral College is a way of ensuring all voices are heard, balancing the power of the ballot between large population centers and more rural areas, more rural states. It also requires candidates to moderate their positions on many issues. If you think leftist candidates are weird now…

Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2026 07:52 AM (aeXYe)

78 "How did the U.S. let a high-level Chinese government official buy a building next to the White House?"

oh, that was the easy part ... the real question is how are we going to pry it out of his hands by any means necessary?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 07:53 AM (VyBeY)

79 I don't know who said it but someone commented that Emily Gallagher the idiot Dem who excused shoplifting looked like a giant pile of rancid pizza dough

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 07:53 AM (rp63B)

80 Insert obligatory "Welcome to the party, pal!" remark.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2026 07:49 AM (OPGS/)

It is a Christmas Movie.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:54 AM (/+uur)

81 you'll note every POS that gets arrested screams "I can't breathe," as if it's a part of the ritual

If someone can scream that for several minutes, they can breathe. I look forward to cops pointing that out to some errant child.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 17, 2026 07:54 AM (OPGS/)

82 Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.”

“But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, and unequal treatment under the law. They are very violent, and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence.”

>>>

He's right, you know.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 17, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)

83 Wow...so many tats, and that's just the top half front...

--

I don't want to offend any 'ettes with tattoos...but I personally despise tattoos on women. I'm surprised to see Mace has them, but I guess they're so ubiquitous now that I'm about the only one left without them.

I was reading some coverage the other day of that Clancy murder trial and the coroner was on the stand. Young woman with exposed arms. Her whole left arm was a mass of tattoos. A sleeve, I think they call it? On a coroner? I was surprised to see it and it made her look ridiculous and much less professional, imo. YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

84 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Defacing a work of art. An indication of an inner weakness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

85 Socialism was marching through the institution while Conservativism Inc. was planning cruise ship itineraries.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 07:57 AM (gsvNK)

86 650 feet from the White House. With a clean line of sight.

"clean line of sight" is simply not true. There are taller buildings west of the Securities Building blocking any sort of view.

I'm just more amazed that someone could buy up a building in the capitol district for $230/sq ft. Residential housing runs $580/sq ft. It appears to be a Class B building, so $260/sq ft typical. Then again 22% vacancy in that area thanks to Covid.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 07:57 AM (a6PrB)

87 Wasn't Ablution Station a Grateful Dead album?

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:58 AM (MWfyi)

88 EA, however, not trusting in the existence of an afterlife, cannot adopt Calvin’s theology and seek temporal salvation by directing their wealth to utilitarian-based moral causes. Thus, it perverts Calvin (and the Spirit of Capitalism) and turns the pursuit of salvation into a weird and often cruel millenarian endeavor.

It is impossible to Altruistic with OPM

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 07:59 AM (/+uur)

89 One way to keep the moslems out of any airport is require them to wash their nasty backsides before entering the airport proper.

Moslems are dirty, nasty, sexually disordered people who smell bad.

Posted by: Mohammed's Goat at August 17, 2026 07:59 AM (F1rMs)

90 If I were of the Jewish persuasion, I think I'd file a suit demanding that a mikveh be installed in every location with a wudu.

Likewise baptism facilities for Christians, and maybe even a tank of Ganges water for the Hindus.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2026 07:59 AM (IG3/x)

91 Apparently she is re-launching herself as

something, I'm not sure what
here
NYPost

https://tinyurl.com/y78t8vd8
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026

***
Both arms? Oh hellz no
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

Aposematism.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 17, 2026 07:59 AM (wVcYX)

92 Mornin, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 07:59 AM (77rzZ)

93 DC attracts the dregs and Nancy Mace is a tramp.

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)

94 Victor Tango Kilo

We need Elon to get to Mars.

Have another repository of human DNA.

Heck, Elon and his baby mommas need to go, or in 200 years everyone will have his DNA.

Can you set up a colony with pragmatic, heterosexual, achievers only, and then maintain it that way?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

95 89 Wasn't Ablution Station a Grateful Dead album?
Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 07:58 AM (MWfyi)

Also a Schoolhouse Rocks most favored episode

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

96 "Socialism was marching through the institution while Conservativism Inc. was planning cruise ship itineraries. "

the sad and sorry truth.

they were at war, our "leadership" was grifting as hard as they could.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 08:01 AM (VyBeY)

97 AOC had to audition for the role.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)
====================
You're right about that; surely they wanted young and smiley in a candidate, and they chose her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 08:02 AM (0uoWg)

98 Who the hell names a hurricane "Lala"?

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:02 AM (MWfyi)

99 > 36 Pro-Hamas California Imam Claims Columbus Found Mosques in the Americas.

Given that the Koran claims that Moses was a Muslim...

It's like Chekov on the old Star Trek, where everything was a Russian "inwention".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2026 08:02 AM (IG3/x)

100 Defacing a work of art. An indication of an inner weakness.

==

{{{Salty}}}

Defacing is a good way to describe it. I can even begin to list all the dumb tattoos I've seen on women that, in their minds I suppose, show some kind of "meaning" within themselves. I even have one friend who is a Christian. On her torso, she has a large tattoo of a big arrow pointed upward and the words, "I belong to Him" beside it. Why? Just...why??? The entire trend mystifies me.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

101 Crazy Nancy has a few issues.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:03 AM (mkk/2)

102 85 Wow...so many tats, and that's just the top half front...

--

I don't want to offend any 'ettes with tattoos...but I personally despise tattoos on women. I'm surprised to see Mace has them, but I guess they're so ubiquitous now that I'm about the only one left without them.

I was reading some coverage the other day of that Clancy murder trial and the coroner was on the stand. Young woman with exposed arms. Her whole left arm was a mass of tattoos. A sleeve, I think they call it? On a coroner? I was surprised to see it and it made her look ridiculous and much less professional, imo. YMMV

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

My wife got medical tats, so that's different. They needed to mark where they would put the beam for radiation treatments. She hated it (both the tats and the treatments).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:03 AM (l3cgK)

103 103 Crazy Nancy has a few issues.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:03 AM (mkk/2)

That's ambiguous...there is more than one Crazy Nancy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:04 AM (l3cgK)

104 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

105 How many times does the Left have to make clear that they've declared war on America before the Right stops pretending or posturing with hearings and impotent rhetorical rebukes as if we all need to get along?

I want to see Trump launch a massive, national public education (nay, propaganda) campaign about the Left, their history, tactics, historical and present guises and objectives -- TV, radio, social media, billboards. If schools won't do it, the government needs to, as a public safety imperative. Treat the Left like the viral/bacterial scourge that it is, greater than polio or any historical public health threat. Let them scream -- use their screams in the campaign.

#War.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:04 AM (BdmD3)

106 fd

I had a worldly wide woman tell me "Give all hurricanes male names. Not one of them would get past the Virgin Islands."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

107 Nutbag Nancy Mace.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (mkk/2)

108 102 Defacing a work of art. An indication of an inner weakness.

==

{{{Salty}}}

Defacing is a good way to describe it. I can even begin to list all the dumb tattoos I've seen on women that, in their minds I suppose, show some kind of "meaning" within themselves. I even have one friend who is a Christian. On her torso, she has a large tattoo of a big arrow pointed upward and the words, "I belong to Him" beside it. Why? Just...why??? The entire trend mystifies me.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

And when they get them in foreign languages they don't understand, only to find out their tat says "fat pig slut" instead of "sexy lady"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (l3cgK)

109 If you had told me back when Fetterman ran and defeated Mehmet Oz back in 2022 that he would actually not only sound and even on occasion act sane I'd have said you were crazy. Yet there he is supporting Israel, secure borders and publicly calling out his own party as insane.

Yeah. It's a damn good thing republican voters stayed home because Oz didn't light their fires well enough so we could have Fetterman who.......votes 99.95% with the Democrats insanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

110 Mace can really mess you up.

Posted by: Be warned at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (2Ez/1)

111 109 Nutbag Nancy Mace.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (mkk/2)

She's gone tranny?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (l3cgK)

112 "I don't want to offend any 'ettes with tattoos...but I personally despise tattoos on women."

Most tats are ugly and get uglier. They sure don't make anyone more good looking. IMHO and I am always right.

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (MWfyi)

113 Make no mistake about it, Conway's larger argument wasn't really about policy. It was about authenticity, or the lack of it. She called AOC a "performative progressive," someone running “stunts and grunts” to sway voters, rather than legislating on their behalf. Conway doesn't think Americans are buying it anymore.
==============================
Kellyanne Conway is a smart observer, but I think it is too early to write AOC off entirely. I'll be glad to see the last of her, when that happens, because she does have some influence. I know some 20-30 year olds who follow her avidly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (0uoWg)

114 > You're right about that; surely they wanted young and smiley in a candidate, and they chose her.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 08:02 AM (0uoWg)

El muro is starting to make itself apparent in her, though.

In five years people will be calling her "abuela".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (IG3/x)

115 109 Nutbag Nancy Mace.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (mkk/2)

Maybe. But she's saying things that need to be said.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (BdmD3)

116 I had a worldly wide woman tell me "Give all hurricanes male names. Not one of them would get past the Virgin Islands."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

Pshaw.

Posted by: Hurricane Ike at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (wVcYX)

117
I had a worldly wide woman tell me "Give all hurricanes male names. Not one of them would get past the Virgin Islands."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

Yeah, a lot like cows and plants know what time it is and removing the time change would screw farmers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

118 Tattoo: a permanent reminder of temporary insanity.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)

119 Lady in Black

My theory is that women with large tattoos are not secure in their own life. The life they are living is not enough.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

120 Mace's ink work must be fairly new. Some of the photos of her are "clean." Man, a number of these "MAGA babes" who showed up on the political scene years ago have literally gone batshit nutz.

Mace, MTG, Bobert...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (2Cry5)

121 Andrew Wilson surgically dissected Candace Owens in a three-hour debate. His strategy was "Let her speak," and hang her with her own words.

His prominence is growing fast, and he deserves it. The Left is now targeting him.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (BdmD3)

122
My theory is that women with large tattoos are not secure in their own life. The life they are living is not enough.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

I have close friends that have Harry Potter tattoos.......You're taking Harry Potter to the grave with you?

Seems.......uh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

123 117 109 Nutbag Nancy Mace.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:05 AM (mkk/2)

Maybe. But she's saying things that need to be said.
Posted by: Ordinary American

No doubt. She's right about a lot of things. Just something isn't quite right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (mkk/2)

124 I've seen some tats for nice reasons: remembering a grandmother or child that has passed...but still, why?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (l3cgK)

125 The Dems hate the electoral college because they hate rural Americans. Why anyone in the GOP thinks this is a good idea, I can only speculate, but my guess is that the educational establishment has succeeded in its indoctrination to the extent that evenin the GOP, there are those who favor Direct Democracy...get that, and you will FONDLY reminisce about "gridlock".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (J4Alq)

126 WSJ says the House and Senate will be won by Democrats. The reasons? Trump is unpopular and the economy sucks. Enough voters see Democrats as their savior, as demonstrably ridiculous and provably false as that is. Even GOP strongholds in places like Iowa may flip.

I don’t think “the other guy is a commie who hates America” is a good strategy by itself.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (04KGT)

127
No doubt. She's right about a lot of things. Just something isn't quite right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (mkk/2)

*cough*female*cough*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)

128 100 Who the hell names a hurricane "Lala"?
Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:02 AM
+++
It works for a song.

Posted by: Clapton comma Eric type, one each at August 17, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

129 "clean line of sight" is simply not true. There are taller buildings west of the Securities Building blocking any sort of view.

\Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 07:57 AM (a6PrB)

I had been misinformed.

Thanks.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 17, 2026 08:13 AM (PGK1w)

130 Oli Oli gocky free!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

131 Hey now, Sponge. We're not all bunny burners! There are plenty of women that are level headed and not hysterical, crazed ninnies. Sure, we're probably in smaller numbers overall, but we are out there.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI)

132
I had been misinformed.

Thanks.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 17, 2026 08:13 AM (PGK1w)

Did you get it off the internet? Cuz if it's on the internet, it MUST be true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)

133 What's more important? Your opinion of Mace or the way she votes?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (zBgIx)

134 "It works for a song.
Posted by: Clapton comma Eric type, one each"

Lala, la la la la Lala?

Posted by: fd at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (MWfyi)

135 *cough*female*cough*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)
======

*starts backing out of the room slowly*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (JvZF+)

136 Otherwise it will take an amendment. And that would require ratification by three-quarters of the states, either by vote of the legislature or a state convention. There are a lot of stupid GOPe turkeys, but I can't see them all voting for Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

They have a much simpler plan - they want to abolish the Constitution completely, and rule by dictate alone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (TCmq7)

137 135 What's more important? Your opinion of Mace or the way she votes?
Posted by: Will Robinson at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (zBgIx)

I voted for her.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (BdmD3)

138 "What's more important? Your opinion of Mace or the way she votes?
Posted by: Will Robinson "

That's easy.

Posted by: fd, who is always right at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (MWfyi)

139 124
My theory is that women with large tattoos are not secure in their own life. The life they are living is not enough.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

I have close friends that have Harry Potter tattoos.......You're taking Harry Potter to the grave with you?

Seems.......uh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

That butterfly tattoo on your breast?...what's it gonna look like in 20 years?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

140 jim (in Kalifornia)

I have no desire for a tattoo. Saw plenty of old ones in the Service. Although I gave style points to the Machinist Mate with a ship's propeller on either ass cheek. He liked to show it off.

My memory of my late wife is something private, not written on a forearm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

141 Where is the Iranian Army going to get $30,000?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (IaF9s)

142 Hey now, Sponge. We're not all bunny burners! There are plenty of women that are level headed and not hysterical, crazed ninnies. Sure, we're probably in smaller numbers overall, but we are out there.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI)

Oh, I know. I'm married to one.

However, the ladies that get into some sort of power tend to be the batshitiest of the batshit cray..........Sure, there are cray dudes in power, but you HAVE to agree, the ladies corner the market there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

143 Still, we don't want the dinks to have a footprint in DC

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:16 AM (ZxPkt)

144 You guys and your tat aversion.... *snort*

Ok, I agree that a lot of folks get tats because they think they're 'cool' or because of peer pressure. But some folks have them as physical reminders of significant events or personal attachments to someone or something in particular. I usually just ask someone what their artwork means to them. You'd be surprised what you learn.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 17, 2026 08:16 AM (3Ope8)

145 They sure don't make anyone more good looking. IMHO and I am always right.
---------------------

I saw a young man at the beach once, a muscular chap, but not a body builder, who had tattooed shading to emphasize his muscles a bit. It worked, but Ra help him if he ever let himself go.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 08:16 AM (7v6hH)

146 They're all either slick-talking, do-nothing RINO blebs or outright grifters and liars. Mace promised to scrap property taxes for homeowners and ban Islam. If she says a few nutty things along the way, I don't care.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (BdmD3)

147 I like how one guy put it concerning tattoos: "You don't put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (l3cgK)

148
That butterfly tattoo on your breast?...what's it gonna look like in 20 years?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

Bud of mine's sister......she got a tattoo of a bull skull on her boob. An Indian tribal style with horns and the turquoise stones.

Then she had 2 kids.....now she says it looks like a giraffe head.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

149 I will go to the grave with a tat that says DNR.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (gIjzl)

150 My wife got medical tats, so that's different. They needed to mark where they would put the beam for radiation treatments. She hated it (both the tats and the treatments).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:03 AM (l3cgK)

My radiation 'tats' are just marker covered by tape.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

151 Memorializing loved ones with a tattoo just seems tacky to me. I should write that into my will.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (7v6hH)

152 Happy Monday!

>>. Why would airport officials in Texas be pandering to the Muslim community in such an obvious, unnecessary, discriminatory, and, as I see it, humiliating way? This is America.. .

Think, think, think, how did this happen?
The decision wasn't made by an American.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (X8xt3)

153 Paging Widespread Pepe. Paging Mortimer!

Your attention in needed again. Your time has came again!

Bring your mgtow buddies with you!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (zBgIx)

154 Did I read that correctly on DFW? That there is a salami prayer room which violates state and federal law regarding religious facilities on government property?

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (04KGT)

155 Lady in Black

Thank you for the PSA on the existence of pragmatic, accomplished women with few "issues."
Tis true.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

156 However, the ladies that get into some sort of power tend to be the batshitiest of the batshit cray..........Sure, there are cray dudes in power, but you HAVE to agree, the ladies corner the market there.

--

Make no mistake. I fully agree. I reflexively shy away from voting for any woman for elected office unless they show themselves, in no uncertain terms, to not be bat**** crazy. I approach voting for any woman with more scrutiny. Let's put it that way.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

157 A Montenegrin and a Turk are speaking.

Turk: Why do your people fight so much?
Montenegrin: We are poor, so we fight in the hope of getting loot. And you?
Turk: We fight for honor.
Montenegrin: Exactly. Everyone fights for what he does not have.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2026 08:19 AM (IG3/x)

158 My sister has the Pittsburg Steelers logo tattooed on her hiney.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 08:19 AM (7v6hH)

159 Mace's ink work must be fairly new. Some of the photos of her are "clean." Man, a number of these "MAGA babes" who showed up on the political scene years ago have literally gone batshit nutz.

Lack of regular semen injections as a woman ages can cause mental illness, the desire for shorter and shorter hair, facial hair and a permanent scowl known in the medical community as "bitter face".

Posted by: The Mayo Clinic at August 17, 2026 08:19 AM (F1rMs)

160 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at August 17, 2026 08:20 AM (53oGX)

161 150
That butterfly tattoo on your breast?...what's it gonna look like in 20 years?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

Bud of mine's sister......she got a tattoo of a bull skull on her boob. An Indian tribal style with horns and the turquoise stones.

Then she had 2 kids.....now she says it looks like a giraffe head.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

Ahahaha...

https://youtu.be/8tA70E__5JA

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:20 AM (l3cgK)

162 tats on women indicate herd-mind

not a good sign

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 17, 2026 08:20 AM (j+aD2)

163 "But some folks have them as physical reminders of significant events or personal attachments to someone or something in particular. "

And I think that's fine. People go overboard with lots of thing. Look at those cars with the tires sticking out sideways.

Posted by: fd, who is always right at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (MWfyi)

164 Lady in Black

With all our knowledge gained on manipulation and the human psyche, can we develop a process that would lead to happiness in individuals?

Beside Judeo-Christianity, I mean.

Something we can teach on how to marry the right person, for that would increase human happiness a lot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

165 No doubt. She's right about a lot of things. Just something isn't quite right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:10 AM (mkk/2)

*cough*female*cough*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)

Remember: Absolute Minimum 4 on the Crazy axis.

Posted by: Hot-Crazy Matrix at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (wVcYX)

166 >>No doubt. She's right about a lot of things. Just something isn't quite right.

Daddy issues. IIRC, her dad was in charge (ir in leadership) at VMI when she was the first female to attend. Still couldn't please her dad.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)

167 149 Jim, that was none other than Kim Kardashian. When asked why she has no tattoos, she responded with, “Because you don’t put a bumper sticker on a Bentley.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (77rzZ)

168 Did I read that correctly on DFW? That there is a salami prayer room which violates state and federal law regarding religious facilities on government property?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM (04KGT)

Some wanted to install them. Abbott said no, that would be illegal.

Or, you COULD sacrifice your state and federal funding and go it alone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

169 That butterfly tattoo on your breast?...what's it gonna look like in 20 years?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

----
I'm reminded of a quote from that most quotable movie, "The Princess Bride."

"There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. 'Twould be a pity to damage yours."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (FZ29D)

170 151 I will go to the grave with a tat that says DNR.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 17, 2026 08:17 AM (gIjzl)

And without a real health directive that says DNR, they'll ignore it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (l3cgK)

171 Temperatures last month averaged 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit as above-average warmth blanketed the U.S., and several locations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana saw all-time high temperature records since NOAA started keeping track in 1895.

That like sending a letter to the average ZIP code.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:22 AM (/+uur)

172 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2026 08:23 AM (AzRNx)

173 153 Memorializing loved ones with a tattoo just seems tacky to me. I should write that into my will.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 08:18 AM
====

You can always go with the classic rear window decal on your vehicle that gets partially obliterated when you use an ice scraper the next winter. Oops.

Posted by: Clapton comma Eric type, one each at August 17, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

174 My sister has the Pittsburg Steelers logo tattooed on her hiney.

--

Let's hope Jesus isn't a Bengals fan. LOL

(I've got a million of 'em. Try the veal!)

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 17, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

175 Daddy issues. IIRC, her dad was in charge (ir in leadership) at VMI when she was the first female to attend. Still couldn't please her dad.

and he let her?!?!?

ruin VMI?!?!

so he's at fault. he's the idiot.

why try to please a man like that?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 17, 2026 08:23 AM (j+aD2)

176 >>Aposematism.
Posted by: Count de Monet

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:23 AM (X8xt3)

177 "You don't put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"

That is true but a lot of the "art" is on the side on a minivan.

Posted by: fd - I forgive you for the mistakes I made at August 17, 2026 08:23 AM (MWfyi)

178 "of"

Posted by: fd - I forgive you for the mistakes I made at August 17, 2026 08:24 AM (MWfyi)

179 >> Some wanted to install them. Abbott said no, that would be illegal.

That was about the ass washing station. The article seemed to suggest they are looking into a salami prayer room that already exists. That violates state and federal law. You can’t set aside facilities for a specific religious sect.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 08:24 AM (04KGT)

180 Daddy issues. IIRC, her dad was in charge (ir in leadership) at VMI when she was the first female to attend. Still couldn't please her dad.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)

Obama had daddy issues up the kazoo. So did Georgie Bush. So did JFK. Trump may be the first president without them, the first self-actualized, non-effed-up (in Freudian context) president in modern history.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:24 AM (BdmD3)

181 "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. 'Twould be a pity to damage yours."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 17, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

182 "107 How many times does the Left have to make clear that they've declared war on America before the Right stops pretending or posturing with hearings and impotent rhetorical rebukes as if we all need to get along?

I want to see Trump launch a massive, national public education (nay, propaganda) campaign about the Left, their history, tactics, historical and present guises and objectives -- TV, radio, social media, billboards. If schools won't do it, the government needs to, as a public safety imperative. Treat the Left like the viral/bacterial scourge that it is, greater than polio or any historical public health threat. Let them scream -- use their screams in the campaign.

#War.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:04 AM (BdmD3) "

this, x 3 hundred million!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 17, 2026 08:25 AM (VyBeY)

183 Temperatures last month averaged 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit as above-average warmth blanketed the U.S., and several locations in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana saw all-time high temperature records since NOAA started keeping track in 1895.

That like sending a letter to the average ZIP code.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:22 AM (/+uur)

Shhhhhh. Don't tell them they've found sand at the North Pole.........and Dinosaurs roamed the Earth and they were warm blooded, killed off by an ice age.

Scientists told me so. Or are we not trusting scientists now? Only the RIGHT scientists are to be believed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

184 It's not a "cleansing" ritual--it's splashing water on their ass and letting it fall on the floor.
Leaving shit water all over the bathroom--because muslims do not use toilet paper, they use their left hand.
And so they have shit hands and leave shit water all over their hands and floor.

There's no soap involved in this.

It is a pure dominance and insult display--from their demon god--to defile and profane the places of others.
Others--you--that they view as lessers who have to clean after them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 17, 2026 08:25 AM (3cUTc)

185 I know some 20-30 year olds who follow her avidly.

There is hope. People generally mature with age.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 08:26 AM (BvPIe)

186 >My sister has the Pittsburg Steelers logo tattooed on her hiney.
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so, you've seen your sister's hiney then

I kid of course
great stuff today, guys

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:27 AM (ZxPkt)

187 FDLE (Florida state FBI) had a full time lawyer attending retail theft cases to help the local DA convince the jury that it was organized crime.
Nice trick to to steal 5 jugs of Tide and a loaf of bread and claim your were just hungry in court.
Get them off many times.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

188 I know some 20-30 year olds who follow her avidly.

There is hope. People generally mature with age.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 08:26 AM (BvPIe)

I'm not.

Posted by: Count de Monet, perpetually 14 years old at August 17, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)

189 The article seemed to suggest they are looking into a salami prayer room that already exists. That violates state and federal law. You can’t set aside facilities for a specific religious sect.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 08:24 AM (04KGT)

Correct. There are already nondenominal chapels in airports that the goatf*ckers can use along with the rest of us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

190 Morning, Horde. Time for a walk, then back to the salt mines of job applications.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 17, 2026 08:28 AM (aJQbY)

191 The 60 day ceasefire set in the original MOU runs out today. No one in the US thinks that means anything anymore. The Iranians, however, have talked like it meant something to them. I guess we’ll see if they think it’s time to act out again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 17, 2026 08:28 AM (TCmq7)

192 More confirmation of what I've long suspected: Bernie is not tagging along with AOC and crew, he is leading them, he is their mentor:

@pepesgrandma
Bernie Sanders, the squad, and DSA are part of a global communist network created by the Sanders Institute. And this global communist network is called, Progressive International. . . . .

Next we hit the Sanders Institute fellows. Most notable is Marxist Yanis Varoufakis. He is the founder of both the Mera25 political party and Diem25 a partner of Progressives International. And is also General Secretary and former Syriza MP and Finance Minister.

Jane sanders
Yanis Varoufakis
AOC
Pramila jayapal
Bill Mckibbon
Rho Khanna
Abdul el-sayed
Robert Reich
Harry Belfonte
Ben Jealous - ex dir Sierra club

Details here: https://tinyurl.com/mr2dxs3c

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:28 AM (X8xt3)

193 *non-denominational

Damn Monday brain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

194 Tattoos - going with Leviticus on this one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 08:29 AM (J4Alq)

195 I'm ambivalent with the ink thing. Both daughters and their husbands are inked up, to some degree on another. But one of them has the most God awful tat on her arm. Done by someone just starting out. It's supposed to be the hookah smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland but it's unrecognizable.

A nephew has absolutely killer arm sleeves. High quality work there. I can appreciate the artistry, but it's just not for me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 08:30 AM (2Cry5)

196 Mohammedans demand infinite accommodations from others while offering none in return, and no one ever calls them on it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 17, 2026 08:31 AM (yUeps)

197 Saw a cartoon years ago of a young lady getting a robin flying on her shoulder . Years later her grandchild says "grammie 's getting eaten by a pterodactyl"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 08:31 AM (rp63B)

198 Tats are ugly and get uglier and more smeared with age. Also, black folk getting tats is just silly, as you can't make them out against a dark background. Just makes one look dirty. NBA players are the worst offenders.

Posted by: Skin To Win! at August 17, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

199 126 I've seen some tats for nice reasons: remembering a grandmother or child that has passed...but still, why?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (l3cgK)
********
I saw someone that had their dead children's faces tattooed on their knees with the dates they were born and died.

No, just No!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

200 A nephew has absolutely killer arm sleeves. High quality work there. I can appreciate the artistry, but it's just not for me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I've never found anything I wanted to keep for life.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2026 08:33 AM (AzRNx)

201 After finishing my first Ironman triathlon I briefly considered getting an Ironman tattoo on one of my calves… the classic M-dot. But that consideration lasted about 5 minutes then I decided it would be retarded….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 08:33 AM (sXOHS)

202 Gigantic collection of links this AM from JJS, but I guess there is no word from Uranus, or maybe it's being covered-up again.

Posted by: Gas Giant at August 17, 2026 08:34 AM (JM9I6)

203 I've seen some tats done to hide scars or unattractive birthmarks. Doesn't always make it better.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 08:34 AM (2Cry5)

204 Remind me again of the great Mohammedan charities that feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, minister to the orphans and sponsor little league baseball teams?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

205 When the left says "abolish the Electoral College" we ought to counter "ban home rule for cities over 1 million."

The mayor of any city over 1 million should be a state-wide office.
And then a city council seat for every million after that.

We'll see a lot of purple and blue states suddenly shift red.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (3cUTc)

206 Today Is National I Love My Feet Day. 🦶

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

207 Why would someone get a tat celebrating the Department of Natural Resources?

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

208 @194 Lizzy, at least Belafonte is mort

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 08:36 AM (rp63B)

209 IIRC, her dad was in charge (ir in leadership) at VMI when she was the first female to attend. Still couldn't please her dad.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)

The Citadel, not VMI, and he was the Commanding General, I believe. She was, amazingly, the first woman to graduate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:36 AM (ExV1e)

210 200 Tats are ugly and get uglier and more smeared with age. Also, black folk getting tats is just silly, as you can't make them out against a dark background. Just makes one look dirty. NBA players are the worst offenders.

Posted by: Skin To Win! at August 17, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

They can't get tats with white ink?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (l3cgK)

211 I thought the dinosaurs were killed off when Spaceball 1 crashed into the earth during parallel-dimensional parking trials.

Posted by: Maurice Evans at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (4zqrS)

212 200 Tats are ugly and get uglier and more smeared with age.
Posted by: Skin To Win! at August 17, 2026 08:31 AM (JM9I6)

They may also cause cancer.

When I was a kid tattoos were only seen on veterans and truck drivers. To see middle-aged ladies littered with them is a little off-putting.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (BdmD3)

213 202 A nephew has absolutely killer arm sleeves. High quality work there. I can appreciate the artistry, but it's just not for me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I've never found anything I wanted to keep for life.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2026 08:33 AM (AzRNx)

my wife...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (l3cgK)

214 Today Is National I Love My Feet Day. 🦶
Posted by: redridinghood

Fapfapfapfapfap

Posted by: Rex Ryan at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (mkk/2)

215 Today Is National I Love My Feet Day. 🦶
Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

This is still no excuse for men to wear flipflops in public places that aren't a pool, beach, lake or backyard barbeque.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

216 Today I begin the final week of my radiation treatments. Then I just get to enjoy 18 months of waiting to see if it worked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

217 206 Remind me again of the great Mohammedan charities that feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, minister to the orphans and sponsor little league baseball teams?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

The same way the "F" in communism stands for food.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (l3cgK)

218
my wife...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (l3cgK)

Are you going to get a tattoo of your wife on your arm, chest or back?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

219 Only famous person named Tattoo was a creep dwarf who offed himself. Not something to emulate.

Posted by: Mr. Roarke at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (JM9I6)

220 @212 jim, I believe that would be racist. Like everything else

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (rp63B)

221 Today I begin the final week of my radiation treatments. Then I just get to enjoy 18 months of waiting to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

Alas, tis still a cause for celebration at the end of the week.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

222 I thought the dinosaurs were killed off when Spaceball 1 crashed into the earth during parallel-dimensional parking trials.
Posted by: Maurice Evans at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (4zqrS)
=====

Proof positive time travel exists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (JvZF+)

223 208 Today Is National I Love My Feet Day. 🦶

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

So TWICE the number of foot fungus ads in the HQ?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (l3cgK)

224 208 Today Is National I Love My Feet Day. 🦶
Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM

I've got some advice for you on that:

https://youtu.be/BpGWc27KLSE

Posted by: Lieutenant Dan at August 17, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

225 Remind me again of the great Mohammedan charities that feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, minister to the orphans and sponsor little league baseball teams?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

Baseball is haram, I'm sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)

226 220
my wife...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:37 AM (l3cgK)

Are you going to get a tattoo of your wife on your arm, chest or back?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

I have pictures and memories.
Hey, that's pretty close to the name of that Jim Croce song...Photographs and Memories...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)

227 There's no excuse for men to wear flip-flops

Ever

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt)

228 Alas, tis still a cause for celebration at the end of the week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

This is true. The wife plans to accompany me on Thursday and embarrass me by forcing me to ring the bell like I was dropping out of BUDS.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

229 Goucho says:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (J4Alq)

230 There's no excuse for men to wear flip-flops

Ever
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt)

Communal shower.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

231 This is true. The wife plans to accompany me on Thursday and embarrass me by forcing me to ring the bell like I was dropping out of BUDS.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)
====
Take the Win.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 08:42 AM (JvZF+)

232 Only thing I've used flip flops for was for public showers while camping.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:42 AM (mkk/2)

233 Eh, Groucho Marx, that is...."Lydia the Tattooed Lady"

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 08:43 AM (J4Alq)

234 Only thing I've used flip flops for was for public showers while camping.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:42 AM (mkk/2)

Good man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:43 AM (2YhKe)

235 WNBA sub Redditors block any mention of Sophie

wining

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

236 After finishing my first Ironman triathlon I briefly considered getting an Ironman tattoo on one of my calves… the classic M-dot. But that consideration lasted about 5 minutes then I decided it would be retarded….

Just put the oval 140.6 black on white sticker in the corner of the rear window of your BMW X5.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (U4c/V)

237 Today Is National I Love My Feet Day. 🦶
Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:35 AM (NpAcC)

This is still no excuse for men to wear flipflops in public places that aren't a pool, beach, lake or backyard barbeque.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

Flip flops are an abomination

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (sXOHS)

238 There was some Youtube where a guy wanted a tattoo of Jesus' face on his right hand...that turned out badly...can't find the vid now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (l3cgK)

239 234 Only thing I've used flip flops for was for public showers while camping.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 17, 2026 08:42 AM (mkk/2)

I actually have nice flip flops for date nights etc

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

240 "...like I was dropping out of BUDS."

Are we supposed to know what that means?

Posted by: Cuz we don't at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

241 Yeah... Getting that butterfly tattooed on your boob at 18 doesn' look so great at 70 when it morphs into a buzzard

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (ls9tU)

242 There's no excuse for men to wear flip-flops

Ever
Posted by: Don Black
_________

A don doesn't wear shorts. Or flip-flops.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 17, 2026 08:45 AM (XvL8K)

243 >>The Citadel, not VMI, and he was the Commanding General, I believe. She was, amazingly, the first woman to graduate.

Ugh, thanks!
(This what I get when I trust memory over a bing search. . .)

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:45 AM (X8xt3)

244 WNBA sub Redditors block any mention of Sophie

wining
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

Go on there and talk about some of her exploits but call her Elizabeth (her middle name) and see if you can get them to blaspheme against black lesbians by saying something nice about her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)

245 This is true. The wife plans to accompany me on Thursday and embarrass me by forcing me to ring the bell like I was dropping out of BUDS.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

Walk around sugar britches

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

246 Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (S0M0K)

247 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

248 >Only thing I've used flip flops for was for public showers while camping.
---

Okay, yes
what's really disgusting is seeing men in flip-flops in the grocery store
so gross

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

249 I used to have a different nic

Bell ringing is better than getting a cone of shame on your right wrist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

250
Are we supposed to know what that means?
Posted by: Cuz we don't at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

If only there was a place you could go and search for answers to questions and learn things such as:

BUD/S stands for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

251 235 Eh, Groucho Marx, that is...."Lydia the Tattooed Lady"
Posted by: Don in SoCo

My daughter is named Lydia because of that scene/song. She was an Army Captain, but has no tattoos.

Posted by: The Wreck of the Hesperus at August 17, 2026 08:47 AM (JM9I6)

252 Are we supposed to know what that means?
Posted by: Cuz we don't at August 17, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

BUDS is the name of the school that people attend to become Navy SEALs. You can quit at any time by ringing a bell in the central courtyard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

253 what's really disgusting is seeing men in flip-flops in the grocery store
so gross
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

Or your favorite restaurant........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

254 >Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?

Posted by: Doof
----

the Red Wing website

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 08:47 AM (ZxPkt)

255
Her Majesty manages to have TV, computer and phone problems that no other person in the universe has ever or will ever have. Even opening a simple document can involve 45 minutes of phone conversation to try to work them out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:47 AM (O0L8i)

256 248 Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (S0M0K)

It was steel-toed boots when I had to go to a Navy yard...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:48 AM (l3cgK)

257 >>Remind me again of the great Mohammedan charities that feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, minister to the orphans and sponsor little league baseball teams?

Every charity is determined to make sure those it sponsors make it the afterlife "toot sweet" to enjoy their dozens of virgins. So charitable!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:48 AM (X8xt3)

258 Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (S0M0K)

Anything that covers them. Except crocks. Those are pretty faggy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

259 Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham. What a nice, normal, attractive female name.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

260 Okay, yes
what's really disgusting is seeing men in flip-flops in the grocery store
so gross
Posted by: Don Black

So true! Fuzzy, Bunny Slippers are proper footwear in stores.

Posted by: Urrybody Knows That! at August 17, 2026 08:49 AM (JM9I6)

261 WSJ says the House and Senate will be won by Democrats.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 17, 2026 08:11 AM (04KGT)
===========================
When did they say this? As far as I've seen, the editorial page said Democrats might win the House but probably not flip the Senate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 08:49 AM (EwQhr)

262 BUD/S stands for Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

Obviously you frequent a smart military blog.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)

263 >>This is true. The wife plans to accompany me on Thursday and embarrass me by forcing me to ring the bell like I was dropping out of BUDS.

Heh.
This is great news to be celebrated!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 08:50 AM (X8xt3)

264
Ladies, that butterfly tattooed on your shoulder might look cute now, but in 30 years, when your skin can be sold by the acre, it will look like some terrifying raptor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)

265 248 Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM

Perhaps a future Sunday night topic for the inestimable Piper to cover.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

266 Today I begin the final week of my radiation treatments. Then I just get to enjoy 18 months of waiting to see if it worked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

Alas, tis still a cause for celebration at the end of the week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)
*******
Yes, time for a celebration! 🎉 And of course praise and prayers to God.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 08:51 AM (NpAcC)

267 Another Nic, you better hope that your nurses on Thursday are Helen Thomas lookalikes.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

268 “They know if they can just get enough crazy district judges to do enough crazy things, they can run out the clock.”

We need a Roosevelt solution, as in what would FDR have done if the courts attempted to impede him from dealing with "undocumented Japanese workers" in 1942.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 08:54 AM (sKqQm)

269 Morn' all... Got gas in the car yesterday and it was about 30 cents less than last week...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 08:54 AM (ls9tU)

270
Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM

For wearing in public:

Sneakers (with casual clothes)
Work boots
Cowboy boots
Dress shoes
That's it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:54 AM (O0L8i)

271 Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

COVID was the greatest failure of Western governments to protect the rights of their citizens in history.

No one has been hanged. Hell, no one has gone to prison.

So no, no one trusts transnational elites at this point.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

272 I even hate wear flipflops. Hate having stuff between my toes.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:55 AM (77rzZ)

273 271 Morn' all... Got gas in the car yesterday and it was about 30 cents less than last week...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 08:54 AM

Per gallon or total?

Posted by: Details matter at August 17, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

274
Per gallon or total?
Posted by: Details matter at August 17, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL... per gallon

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 08:56 AM (ls9tU)

275 A massive tooth from a prehistoric megalodon — the largest shark to ever live, popularized in horror movie lore — was discovered along the Jersey Shore by a vacationing father-son duo from Pennsylvania.

I think we're gonna need a bigger toothbrush

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

276 Another Nic, you better hope that your nurses on Thursday are Helen Thomas lookalikes.
Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

They'd have to import some. I could get the dude and the older lady, I guess.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

277 Piper did shoes last night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 17, 2026 08:57 AM (JvZF+)

278 Where can one find the list of approved footwear for men?
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:46 AM (S0M0K)

Anything that covers them. Except crocks. Those are pretty faggy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

I chuckle at the strong opinions on this topic. Never really bothers me or affects me what other dudes choose for footwear. I'm rather agnostic on this.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:57 AM (S0M0K)

279 The Times Of Israel says the IRGC is trying to figure out how to "widen the war", meaning get the Houthis to start attacking more ships, since Iran has failed so miserably at killing Americans. Apparently, the new strategy is "you do it!" in hopes of getting more coverage in US media, increasing the political cost to PDJT.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 08:58 AM (EwQhr)

280 Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

Oh and one more point on this, and it is a fundamental one.

Out current elites don't believe in an afterlife so the here and now is all they have. And they are getting old.

So they are willing to take major, major risks in seeking immortality - whether it be gene therapies, trying to contact aliens, AI, or nano-tech, they are willing to take significant risks with the very existence of mankind if it could possibly extend their lives.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 08:58 AM (sKqQm)

281 Gonna head out in a little bit to hit Dollar Tree for a few things (the few they have) that are cheaper than Walmart's offerings, and then some quick groceries at Aldi. Maybe I'll stop for a coffee somewhere in there.

I've written to the home inspection guy I used before, and who saved me from making an expensive mistake. Maybe this house will be in much better internal condition.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 08:58 AM (wzUl9)

282 "US Can't Bomb Its Way To Victory": Scotiabank Maps Bessent's Coming Economic Hammer On Iran

What could Bessent do to economically isolate Iran further that has "never been seen"?

- Target China and India
- Broaden the scope of sanctions on Iran
- Target Iranian crypto assets
- Target global ports

China buys more than 90% of Iran's oil exports, making it the most likely target in any effort by Bessent to cut Tehran's energy revenues. But the escalating economic war would carry significant risks. Sanctions on large Chinese companies or financial institutions could escalate tensions with Beijing.

Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

283 It was steel-toed boots when I had to go to a Navy yard...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:48 AM (l3cgK)

There was an asswipe NAVFAC dude at Dahlgren VA that would step on your toes to see if your were wearing steel toes.
He came over and stood by me one day to try that shit and I just got in my car and left for the day.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 08:59 AM (/+uur)

284 I chuckle at the strong opinions on this topic. Never really bothers me or affects me what other dudes choose for footwear. I'm rather agnostic on this.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026

***
I usually wear cowboy boots or loafers when I'm out of the house, running shoes for workouts, and soft leather moccasin slippers when I'm home. Pretty much done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:00 AM (wzUl9)

285 All this talk about tattoos and flip-flops is just skirting the issue. The point is, Nancy Mace has nice hooters.

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

286 Geez, the brain rot.

Marvel has announced the cast for their new X-Men movie and some have gone absolutely bonkers at the casting of Maya Boyd as Storm.

Apparently, she is not dark-skinned enough for the BLM types.

No one show them photos of Halle Barry as Storm I guess.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

287 282 The Times Of Israel says the IRGC is trying to figure out how to "widen the war", meaning get the Houthis to start attacking more ships, since Iran has failed so miserably at killing Americans. Apparently, the new strategy is "you do it!" in hopes of getting more coverage in US media, increasing the political cost to PDJT.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 08:58 AM (EwQhr)

Watched Tousi the other day and he had video of the Yemen military picking off Houti's like a turkey shoot....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 09:01 AM (ls9tU)

288 UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been left red faced and embarrassed by a hoaxer posing as the chief of staff to U.S. President Donald Trump who tricked him into exchanging messages in a major security breach.
==================
The new guy is not so smaht.

https://tinyurl.com/mpkfemmd

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 09:01 AM (EwQhr)

289 Flip Flop Brands

Reef ****
OlaKai *****

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

290 A don doesn't wear shorts. Or flip-flops.
_-_
Seconded. I also own neither.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 09:01 AM (J4Alq)

291 "US Can't Bomb Its Way To Victory": Scotiabank Maps Bessent's Coming Economic Hammer On Iran

Much like other ways to win wars, modern leftwing sensibilities call all sorts of tactics off limits then argue you can't win wars with weapons.

Give me the USAF and USN for a month and allow me to execute any reporter furthering Iranian propaganda and I'll end the war, or at least make is so there are no Iranians living close enough to the Gulf to impede naval traffic which is the same thing.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)

292 The point is, Nancy Mace has nice hooters.
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

She has a man face and she's a loon. Tits can't rescue that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)

293 The United Kingdom has been reduced to the role of the Grand Duchy of Fenwick on the world stage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)

294 Marvel has announced the cast for their new X-Men movie and some have gone absolutely bonkers at the casting of Maya Boyd as Storm.

Apparently, she is not dark-skinned enough for the BLM types.

No one show them photos of Halle Barry as Storm I guess.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026

***
She was always drawn as having kind of a mocha skin color in the comics, not pure dark like a Zulu. She was a mutant, after all. That silver-white hair is not something that turns up among young Africans very often.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:03 AM (wzUl9)

295 Muslim Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Cops, ‘Motive Unclear’

-
The assailant screamed, "Sieg Heil!" The motive is unclear.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

296 A don doesn't wear shorts. Or flip-flops.
_-_
Seconded. I also own neither.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026

***
I wear shorts when working out. Otherwise, no.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (wzUl9)

297 I chuckle at the strong opinions on this topic. Never really bothers me or affects me what other dudes choose for footwear. I'm rather agnostic on this.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 08:57 AM (S0M0K)

I just don't want to see men's feet, which are usually mostly disgusting, while I'm eating a fine meal with my family.........It's incredibly rude.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

298
Marvel has announced the cast for their new X-Men movie and some have gone absolutely bonkers at the casting of Maya Boyd as Storm.

I know Haley Berry played her before but isn't the character supposed to be Egyptian?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

299 299 Muslim Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Cops, ‘Motive Unclear’

-
The assailant screamed, "Sieg Heil!" The motive is unclear.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

Both are safer than yelling GO SOPHIE at a WNBA game

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

300 >>Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

Trust has to be earned.
Dario Amodei has done a piss-poor job of getting anyone to trust him, particularly when he attempted to insert his company's authority into the US government's use of his product in national security/military situations.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (X8xt3)

301 All this talk about tattoos and flip-flops is just skirting the issue. The point is, Nancy Mace has nice hooters.
Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

Style guide says: pronounced hooterage…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (sXOHS)

302 I just don't want to see men's feet, which are usually mostly disgusting, while I'm eating a fine meal with my family.........It's incredibly rude.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe

Don't look down...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (ls9tU)

303 > Sneakers (with casual clothes)
Work boots
Cowboy boots
Dress shoes
That's it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 08:54 AM (O0L8i)

Specialized sport shoes (bowling shoes, baseball cleats, golf shoes, etc.)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (IG3/x)

304 The United Kingdom has been reduced to the role of the Grand Duchy of Fenwick on the world stage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026

***
But the UK is already getting tons of $$$ from the U.S. No need to attack us and lose in order to get aid, as Fenwick did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (wzUl9)

305 >>Uh oh. I was singing your praises a couple weeks back about how I trust your memory over everything else. Whoops. Whoopsie!

Heh,

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (X8xt3)

306 I just don't want to see men's feet, which are usually mostly disgusting, while I'm eating a fine meal with my family.........It's incredibly rude.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

dude its a DQ

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

307 We talkin feet?

Posted by: Rex Ryan at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

308
Don't look down...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (ls9tU)

182 degrees of peripheral vision makes this task impossible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

309 "Apparently, the new strategy is "you do it!" in hopes of getting more coverage in US media, increasing the political cost to PDJT."
++++

Also known as "Let's you and him fight" on elementary school playgrounds everywhere.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

310 "Nashville" and “Heroes” actress Hayden Panettiere died, her representative confirmed to Fox News Digital. She was 36.

Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

311 Just up. Have to get to work on the computer after taking care of puppy.

The cheerleader on 'Heroes' - Hayden Panatierre - is dead. Likely drugs or suicide. Rest in peace girl. I read a little on Deadline. Troubled woman.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (Sco7b)

312 One thing to note, at a dress event men wear more clothing then they normally do, and woman less.

Posted by: Rex Ryan at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)

313 I know Haley Berry played her before but isn't the character supposed to be Egyptian?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026

***
There was a mention in one of the comic stories that as a young girl, she walked across the Serengeti. So, farther south than Egypt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)

314 There's no excuse for men to wear flip-flops

Ever
Posted by: Don Black
*******
Only if they've just had a pedicure and they have decent looking feet

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

315 Hayden Pannetierre died. I was vaguely aware of who she was but I don't think I ever saw her on anything. Only 36. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (rp63B)

316 Quick online search reveals:

Storm is American/Kenyan and was orphaned in Egypt.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

317 273 Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’

COVID was the greatest failure of Western governments to protect the rights of their citizens in history.

No one has been hanged. Hell, no one has gone to prison.

So no, no one trusts transnational elites at this point.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

Considering how every major institution in this country has conducted itself over the past 50 years, and the massive enshittification, surveillance, fraud, extortion and censorship by Big Tech, "trust us" holds no currency. In fact it's cause for alarm.

Posted by: The camps are fun, swearsies! at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (TbWk/)

318 Yep, seeing men's hairy toes and fungus toenails can ruin a dinner. Have some couth!

Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige)! at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)

319 The cheerleader on 'Heroes' - Hayden Panatierre - is dead. Likely drugs or suicide. Rest in peace girl. I read a little on Deadline. Troubled woman.

Her brother died from the clot shot a few years ago so really sad news for her family.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

320 What a bizarre and awful theology. Islam informs people they should just stab random people who don't happen to be Muslim and shout, "Allah is the greatest "

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (W90Ou)

321 >>Flip Flop Brands

Reef ****
OlaKai *****

Ooofos rock

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)

322 “They know if they can just get enough crazy district judges to do enough crazy things, they can run out the clock.”

Or ignore the judges. It seems that both the Executive and Legislative branches worship the Judiciary as the Final Word of Truth, when that branch, out of all others has absolutely no respect for the Executive, Legislative and We The People for its ability to enforce, fund and tolerate its treachery.

I'm coining: 'gynokritarchy' meaning rule by female judges.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (xE0sV)

323 The cheerleader on 'Heroes' - Hayden Panatierre - is dead. Likely drugs or suicide. Rest in peace girl. I read a little on Deadline. Troubled woman.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 17, 2026 09:06 AM (Sco7b)

She was attractive and started performing at 1. I assume that she was molested. A lot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

324
dude its a DQ
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

DQ is small town Texas. Small town Texan men wear boots because they work.

I've never seen a man in flipflops at a DQ.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

325 What a bizarre and awful theology. Islam informs people they should just stab random people who don't happen to be Muslim and shout, "Allah is the greatest "

Islam is what you get when a warlord gets a cursory education on Judaism and combines it with his pagan beliefs

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)

326 I saw Brink of War about Reagan and Gorbachev. Quite good, although a little "Movie of the Week"

The folks who visit AOSHQ will love it. There's historical inside baseball. Ronnie was a playa, you see. Everyone thought his goal was arms reduction. He had something else in mind.

The Opposition is already spinning it as "it shows what a statesman Reagan was, compared to that buffoon Trump" As the movie shows, back then the Opposition was calling Reagan as a warmonger. The beat goes on ...

After you see it, picture AOC negotiating with Xi. Now that's a scary movie.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (dtajH)

327 Fatana Karimi, owner of Karimi Brows in Alexandria VA, kicks out a Jewish client over her Israeli ethnicity.

But not the Irish

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

328
She was attractive and started performing at 1. I assume that she was molested. A lot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

I believe this too is the story of Zendaya.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

329
Specialized sport shoes (bowling shoes, baseball cleats, golf shoes, etc.)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 17, 2026 09:05 AM (IG3/x)

Acceptable. But, in public, no sandals, Crocs or, worst of all, top-siders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:09 AM (O0L8i)

330 Where can one find the list of approved footwear for me
_-_
See Merle Haggard: "...Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear. Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen..."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Alq)

331 Islam is what you get when a warlord gets a cursory education on Judaism and combines it with his pagan beliefs
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)

islham is what you get when you stick your dick in a 9 year old and demand the world to accept you for who you are by killing everyone who doesn't.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)

332 It seems I have landed on an MCU reddit page

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:10 AM (/+uur)

333
Considering how every major institution in this country has conducted itself over the past 50 years, and the massive enshittification, surveillance, fraud, extortion and censorship by Big Tech, "trust us" holds no currency. In fact it's cause for alarm.

Back when we were allowed to tell and laugh at ethnic jokes:

Q: What is Yiddish for Fuck You?
A: Trust Me!

Posted by: Community Notes at August 17, 2026 09:11 AM (xE0sV)

334 Islam is what you get when a warlord gets a cursory education on Judaism and combines it with his pagan beliefs
_-_
Very close to the beliefs of Aisha's father, I am told...Arianism? I am not well-schooled on this one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 09:12 AM (J4Alq)

335 Kristen Welker to AG Blanche: "Can you pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?"

Guess Executive does not mean Execute anymore

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

336 When it comes to feet I’m the opposite of Rex Ryan. The foot fetish is IMHO…. Weird

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 09:12 AM (sXOHS)

337 Acceptable. But, in public, no sandals, Crocs or, worst of all, top-siders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026

***
I wear Topsiders out too fast. Mainly they are for washing the car -- lots of water splashing around. Guess I need a new pair.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:12 AM (wzUl9)

338 I believe this too is the story of Zendaya.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

Overrated and overhyped. Averagely attractive but always has a look on her face like she is smelling a fart.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 09:13 AM (S0M0K)

339 Who is Kristen Welker?

Are they a talking muppet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:13 AM (2GVsD)

340 With such strong opinions on men's feet, I'd have thought the idea of a Muslim foot washing station at a Texas airport would have been a non-starter from the get-go.

For reasons.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 17, 2026 09:13 AM (2Cry5)

341 Former Police Officer Convicted of Sharing ‘Grossly Offensive’ Meme About Islam in BritainUnclear.

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The first post reported to the police featured the title “time for mass deportations” next to a Middle Eastern man in his 20s or 30s with the words “Children in need”. It was captioned with: “12-year-old Mohammed recently arrived at Dover. Please donate to help him move from a three-star to a five-star hotel, which has a better halal menu, free Wi-Fi, and Sky and is nearer to a girls’ school”.
. . .
The second meme depicted a picture of a man wearing a turban next to some bacon with the caption: “Fun facts about Bacon! People who eat bacon have a lower chance of marrying a 9-year-old!”

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They should've hung him!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

342 When it comes to feet I’m the opposite of Rex Ryan. The foot fetish is IMHO…. Weird
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026

***
I agree. I think of women's feet on an esthetic level, as natural sculptures. Not something that makes my system go into overdrive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:14 AM (wzUl9)

343 Gonna go see Brink Of War this week.
Now that I'm retired I can casually saunter into a movie theater at noon on a weekday and have an entire showing all to myself.
Shoot, I might even buy popcorn and a grape Nehi.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 17, 2026 09:14 AM (2Ez/1)

344 Kristen Welker to AG Blanche: "Can you pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?"

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)
==================
I saw that exchange and thought he handled it well. Instead of reaching across the table and slapping her in the head he patiently explained how the Executive Branch works.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 09:14 AM (lh7pS)

345 Let's see here, we've covered tats and footwear. Maybe it's time you all tell everyone else what to eat and how to do.

Maybe a subject too far?

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (zBgIx)

346 "Yeah, were it not for the fact of Democrats' and LBJ's Great Society that caused the genocide (There's a word for you Lefties!) of the black family and the general societal dissolution that we are suffering 60 years on and will continue until there is a radical change in culture and education back to normalcy."

People don't like to hear this, but societies that fail beyond a certain extent and duration never recover. They fracture - with some elements going extinct or feral - or are replaced entirely.

I don't see any possibility of the ghetto culture LBJ gifted us producing something functional, though we could certainly go our own way apart from them.

Ther are simply too many generations of barbarism and borderline (or outright) retardation

Posted by: heya at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (23NNO)

347 My fiancee's feet are pretty. But they're just feet. I'll rub 'em for her when she's tired, but it's the rest of her that gets me revved up.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (aJQbY)

348 That butterfly tattoo on your breast?...what's it gonna look like in 20 years?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

Rodan?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (hmYU4)

349
I wear Topsiders out too fast. Mainly they are for washing the car -- lots of water splashing around. Guess I need a new pair.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:12 AM (wzUl9)

Sorry, top-siders reek of New England GOPe, Skull and Bones, cable-knit sweaters, weekending in the Hamptons, cucumber sandwiches and discreet adultery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (O0L8i)

350 Off to Dollar Tree & c., all. Maybe I'll be back for the Art Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 17, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)

351 That butterfly tattoo on your breast?...what's it gonna look like in 20 years?...

Mothra duh

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:16 AM (2GVsD)

352
Overrated and overhyped. Averagely attractive but always has a look on her face like she is smelling a fart.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 09:13 AM (S0M0K)

She's from the land of Disney or Nickelodeon, home of the raging pedos.

I don't know anything about her singing, but she's average attractiveness and has very little acting skills.

The fact they're shoving her and Pedro Pascal down our throat makes it seem like they're trying to force an arranged marriage to breed a 'super group' of children to take over the hollywood landscape.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:16 AM (2YhKe)

353 Tim Russertt to F Chuck Todd to Kristen Welker

That is DRAMATIC dropoff each time. Good grief

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 09:17 AM (sXOHS)

354 what to eat and how to do
_-_
Don't talk with your mouth full.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 09:18 AM (J4Alq)

355 You also ring the bell at BUD/S upon graduation.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 17, 2026 09:18 AM (hyS0X)

356 351 Let's see here, we've covered tats and footwear. Maybe it's time you all tell everyone else what to eat and how to do.

Maybe a subject too far?
Posted by: Will Robinson at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (zBgIx)

Eh, it’s okay. Outside of these gray boxes no one has a clue about our musings, and more importantly we have zero influence about anything. So, a nice safe place to opine about anything and everything. We are harmless.

Posted by: tubal at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (Gqar8)

357 The story was that some libtard dummy claimed that Hollywood films have had mostly muslim villains for the last 30 years. You might have to scroll, it took a while to get them going.

The last major release I could find that had Muslims as a primary villain was 1998's Under Siege. But honestly that movie was more about government overreach in response to Muslim terror

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

358 Per gallon or total?
Posted by: Details matter at August 17, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL... per gallon
Posted by: It's me donna

Did $3.15/gal Thursday at Sam's while everyone else was running $3.60+

Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (AzRNx)

359
Overrated and overhyped. Averagely attractive but always has a look on her face like she is smelling a fart.
Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 09:13 AM (S0M0K)

Zenyatta >>>> Zendaya

Zenyatta still gets a bottle of Guinness Stout every day. What a girl!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (O0L8i)

360 NY Post is reporting that Panettiere may have died from cardiac arrest after a drug overdose.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

361 That is DRAMATIC dropoff each time. Good grief

Bison going over a cliff, that kind of dropoff?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:20 AM (2GVsD)

362 Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie (black tie)
I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man

-
Notable by their absence, flip flops.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 09:20 AM (ndZc7)

363 A don doesn't wear shorts. Or flip-flops.
_-_
Seconded. I also own neither.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026

***
I wear shorts when working out. Otherwise, no.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
+++
I think it's shorts and flip flops or sandals most of the time for the majority of people around here.
After a while you get to where you don't really notice it.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 17, 2026 09:20 AM (Lo97M)

364 Sorry, top-siders reek of New England GOPe, Skull and Bones, cable-knit sweaters, weekending in the Hamptons, cucumber sandwiches and discreet adultery.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:15 AM (O0L8i)

Wow -- that was oddly specific.

What do canvas slip-on casual shoes (such as Hey Dude) reek of?

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 09:20 AM (S0M0K)

365 >>>Ukrainian missiles hit Russia’s only Soyuz-2 rocket factory

FYI, all Soyuz and Progress spacecraft are manufactured at the RKK Energia facility in Korolev, a small city in the NNE outer suburbs of Moscow. The Russian Mission Control facility is adjacent to the RKK Energia plant. These are definitely single-point failure targets the US does not want destroyed or seriously damaged while the International Space Station is operational. AFAIK, US-Russian International Space Station operations, crewing, and supply have not been affected by the US sanctions put in effect after Putin invaded Ukraine. Such is geopolitics left-over from the 1990s.

Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2026 09:20 AM (5rh/l)

366 Tubal

Mostly harmless.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD)

367 I couldn't pick Pascal or Zendaya out of a lineup, maybe saw a picture of Panatierre once, so I think I know what she looked like. Very happy being uninformed of what bankrupt Hollywood is shoving down the public's throats.

Posted by: Out of the Loop at August 17, 2026 09:21 AM (JM9I6)

368 opine about anything and everything
_-_
Heh. Oh, yeah. I regularly take an arrow here.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 09:21 AM (J4Alq)

369
NY Post is reporting that Panettiere may have died from cardiac arrest after a drug overdose.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

So, COVID.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2026 09:21 AM (O0L8i)

370 374 Tubal

Mostly harmless.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:21 AM (2GVsD

As long as we don't run with scissors

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 09:22 AM (ls9tU)

371 NY Post is reporting that Panettiere may have died from cardiac arrest after a drug overdose.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:19 AM (rp63B)

She sounds vaccinated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

372 Or swim after eating.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)

373 I prefer tan shoes with pink shoelaces.

Posted by: Dodie Stevens at August 17, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

374 "The story was that some libtard dummy claimed that Hollywood films have had mostly muslim villains for the last 30 years.

First of all, that's bullshit. Even the new film "Amateur" about a terrorist bombing has CIA malefactors behind it.

Secondly, they should be the villains in 99.9% of movies about terrorism because they commit 99.9% of terrorist actions.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 09:22 AM (BdmD3)

375 From about September to about May, I'm wearing Kuiu attack pants, a t-shirt or long sleeve, depending, and Red Wing Iron Rangers in whatever color goes best.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 17, 2026 09:23 AM (PGK1w)

376 Very happy being uninformed of what bankrupt Hollywood is shoving down the public's throats.

Posted by: Out of the Loop at August 17, 2026 09:21 AM (JM9I6)

I think cocks mostly
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2026 09:22 AM (rJIHE)

Speaking of that.........

I've heard Disney has f*cked Star Wars up SOOO BAD, they're just going to do a full reboot of the whole thing.

A new Skywalker, Leah, Han Solo.......the works.

What are the odds it's fake and gay?

99.9976%

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

377 Ro Khanna is a full scale idiot. Trying to straddle the fence and he always in a really stupid fashion comes down on the wrong side of an issue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:23 AM (rp63B)

378 cardiac arrest after a drug overdose.
_-_
Fame and fortune is a difficult test.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (J4Alq)

379 Massive tooth of 3.6M-year-old megalodon — largest shark to ever live — discovered on Jersey Shore

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Jersey Shore, huh? Must've died of excessive stupidity.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

380 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: In the voice of Dennis Miller at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)

381 Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (ZdaMQ)

382 Ro Khanna is a full scale idiot. Trying to straddle the fence and he always in a really stupid fashion comes down on the wrong side of an issue
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:23 AM (rp63B)

Mark Cuban, of all people, laid waste to him on X the other day on his "TAX BILLIONAIRES!!!!" bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

383 Hollywood is murder on child actors. Only rarely do they emerge intact.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (BdmD3)

384 Jersey Shore?

Snooki lost a tooth?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:25 AM (2GVsD)

385 -
Jersey Shore, huh? Must've died of excessive stupidity.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

Did Snooki try to have sex with it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

386 what was that schwarzenegger movie

True Lies
had muslim goatbanger as villain

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (ZxPkt)

387 Uh oh, Piper’s here. Everybody look busy.

Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

388 Hollywood is murder on child actors. Only rarely do they emerge intact.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (BdmD3)

My ass still hurts.......

Posted by: Zombie Corey Haim at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

389 Ro Khanna is buds with Massey, who knows what these strange political bedfellows do in the dark.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (2GVsD)

390 If someone wants to make fun of me for my enjoyment of the odd cock now and again, who am I to get all uppity and judge them?
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2026 09:25 AM (rJIHE)

Wait, what?

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (ZdaMQ)

391 @391 , Sponge, yeah saw that . Khanna kept spouting talking points and Cuban hit him with economic reality each time. And I'm no fan of Cuban

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (rp63B)

392 "A don doesn't wear shorts" is from the Sopranos. Some anonymous mafioso supposedly called Gandolfini and said the show was great, but criticized him wearing shorts at a backyard bbq. They worked it into the script.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K)

393 If someone wants to make fun of me for my enjoyment of the odd cock now and again, who am I to get all uppity and judge them?
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2026 09:25 AM (rJIHE)

Uh… We don’t do phrasing anymore?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (sXOHS)

394 Doc Brown double crossed some Libyan terrorists.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)

395 Is Paul socking a regular or something?

Posted by: Zombie Corey Haim at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

396 Shit.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

397 406 Is Paul socking a regular or something?
Posted by: Zombie Corey Haim at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe

I was wondering the same..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 17, 2026 09:27 AM (ls9tU)

398 RNC Research
@RNCResearch

Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal tries to gaslight voters into supporting far-Left Democrats who want to abolish police, prisons, and borders:

“Progressives have always been about advancing things that are good for Americans. Things like universal healthcare.”

https://tinyurl.com/3jdsv87u

Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

399 Uh oh, Piper’s here. Everybody look busy.
Posted by: Bulg at August 17, 2026 09:26 AM (77rzZ)

As the style editor I’m just hoping she’ll unequivocally renounce flip flops…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 17, 2026 09:28 AM (sXOHS)

400 An odd cock - this is about me isn't it Signed John Wayne Bobbitt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:28 AM (rp63B)

401
“Progressives have always been about advancing things that are good for Americans. Things like universal healthcare.”

https://tinyurl.com/3jdsv87u
Posted by: redridinghood at August 17, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

Universal healthcare is incredibly rarely good for anyone.

ESPECIALLY Americans, where there are 350 million of us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

402 Good morning!
Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 09:24 AM (ZdaMQ)

You missed the mens footwear sub-thread here in the comments. It was whelming.

Posted by: Doof at August 17, 2026 09:29 AM (S0M0K)

403 I think it's shorts and flip flops or sandals most of the time for the majority of people around here.
After a while you get to where you don't really notice it.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 17, 2026 09:20 AM (Lo97M)

had a place south of I10 since 2004

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 17, 2026 09:29 AM (/+uur)

404 Jeez, 7am posting. JJ's been hitting the greenies again.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 17, 2026 09:29 AM (sl73Y)

405 Piper is pretty lively for being deceased

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:29 AM (rp63B)

406 The new James Bond movie with Ellen Paige.

Golddingus and OddCock will the villain duo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:29 AM (2GVsD)

407 400 I mean say I'm in a room with a big beautiful cock... what am I supposed to do, ignore it?
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This is now archived and will be brought up at the most inconvenient times.

Posted by: You Done Did It Now at August 17, 2026 09:30 AM (JM9I6)

408 Ro Khanna is a full scale idiot. Trying to straddle the fence and he always in a really stupid fashion comes down on the wrong side of an issue
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:23 AM (rp63B)
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It's amazing isn't it? He is self-destructing in real time.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2026 09:30 AM (lh7pS)

409 I've heard there was no particular association with the mob and dressing well until The Godfather.

After that they started dressing up because they liked the image.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)

410 Michael Brown had the size to play football. It would have kept him out of trouble.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 17, 2026 09:30 AM (rJ48h)

411 'Morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Take the victories where you can get them. But, yes, there are other U.S. airports where their operators have installed foot washing stations, such as O'Hare (municipal/city); George Bush Intercontinental Airport (municipal/city); Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (special district /port authority); Indianapolis International Airport (special district/port authority), and Philadelphia International Airport (municipal/city). (I suppose searching federal grants (FAA) for local projects could bare more info. IDK.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 17, 2026 09:31 AM (NFX2v)

412 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 17, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

413 >>She was attractive and started performing at 1. I assume that she was molested. A lot.

There was a website that dropped a lot of dark Hollywood gossip amidst the sillier stuff (they were reporting on Weinstein, Spacey, etc. years before it became public), and they had a lot of stuff about Hayden. A lot of sex, drugs, being pimped out, etc.
No idea if it was true, but. . . yeah, think she had a rough life from the get-go.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

414 Ro Khanna is a full scale idiot. Trying to straddle the fence and he always in a really stupid fashion comes down on the wrong side of an issue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 17, 2026 09:23 AM (rp63B)

Straddling the fence just gets you stabbed in the janglesack.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 17, 2026 09:31 AM (PGK1w)

415 Flip flops are okay for the beach and the pool.

Posted by: Piper at August 17, 2026 09:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

416 Washington Nearsider,

Sprue Brother has the 1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 for $30.99.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

417 I think we're getting into a weird area.

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

418 > Flip flops are okay for the beach and the pool.

Posted by: Piper
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YES
yes
I knew I liked you

Posted by: Don Black at August 17, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

419 Weird area?

Kirsche, sounding.

Break it will your mind.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

420 Washington Nearsider,

Sprue Brother has the 1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 for $30.99.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

That's really, really good.

Purchased. Thanks.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 17, 2026 09:37 AM (PGK1w)

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