The Morning Rant: Cultural Suicide

Cultural suicide is all the rage in Europe these days, with the UK and Germany busily destroying themselves, and France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Spain not far behind, all fighting for primacy in the race to surrender to the left and to Islam. They have also run full-tilt towards a "carbonless future," even though the world economy runs on oil and gas, and it is an impossibility to shift away from them without a massive degradation in standards of living.

But never mind the facts! They are closing nuclear plants and coal mines and trying to shut down oil and gas production and exploration, while pushing for an all-electric economy.

So it is a pleasure to see a European country doing something right for a change. Norway has correctly identified the illogic in cutting petroleum production and use while simultaneously cutting nuclear. The numbers just don't work, and apparently somebody in Norway knows how to add.

Norway Plans More Oil, Gas Exploration in Arctic, Bucks EU Push for Moratorium

Norway will ignore the European Union’s demands for a moratorium on hydrocarbon exploration in the Arctic Circle and continue drilling for oil and gas in the Barents Sea, the country’s energy minister said.
Speaking before Norway’s biannual energy conference, which began in Stavanger on Aug. 24, Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland said Oslo had a right to develop its own sovereign resources.
“In today’s geopolitical and security environment, and given the resource situation, I believe continued activity in the Barents Sea serves both Norwegian and European interests,” Aasland said.

Without exploration and bringing new wells on-line, their current production would decrease until...wait for it...they won't have enough oil and gas for their customers (Europe) and themselves. And all of that sweet foreign money that flows to Norway to fund their soft socialism would slow, and Norwegians might have to work harder to support their 200,000 Muslims.

Reality is smacking Europe in the face! Green insanity can never provide enough power to run even the most basic services, and the dirty little secret of the bien pensants is that they still need oil and gas...and lots of it. When tens of thousands of Europeans die every summer because they can't afford air conditioning, and their governments won't allow them even if they could, something is broken. And it is the cradle-to-grave welfare state that so many crave.

Economics is a cold-hearted bitch, and it says that when too much productive work is captured by government, growth slows, innovation slows, and wealth creation slows. That is what has happened to Europe, and its Green insanity is just accelerating its plunge into 3rd world status.

That is a direct result of the policies of the EU and its member states. They are driving their populations into poverty, all in service to their ultimate goal of a socialist/Green nirvana. It doesn't exist, and will never exist, but they keep trying!

Oceans of power, from petroleum, nuclear, coal, hydro-electric, and natural gas is what drives wealth. Our great industrial awakening of the 19th century was powered by coal, and even our new technological revolution in AI will be powered by traditional sources. As the United States cautiously embraces nuclear, and returns to petroleum as an inexpensive and simple power source, we will continue to outpace the sclerotic EU.

Make no mistake...the "Green New Deal" and all of the other fantastical and impossible plans for a carbonless America have one goal, and that is the centralization of power in service of socialism. A country that provides endless opportunity for its citizens is a poor candidate for socialism. But a country sinking into an existential malaise of worsening standards of living, onerous regulation, and restricted travel is a fine candidate for that socialist nirvana that is always just over the horizon.

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Posted by: CBD at 10:59 AM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (tg5bM)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

3 On the EARLY tip.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

4 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2026 11:00 AM (g9NYF)

5 I nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 11:00 AM (tg5bM)

6 Good. We'll keep all the air conditioning for ourselves.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:01 AM (4Je4D)

7 “Suicide?” Are you sure? 3 shots to the back of the head with a bolt action rifle seems … somewhat suspect.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 27, 2026 11:01 AM (Y8TXp)

8 The United Kingdom's new motto: "Hey, we're worse than Mississippi!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)

9 Willowed:

Some interesting koinkadinkies regarding the man arrested in early August for apparently planning to assassinate the First Lady:

https://tinyurl.com/3rbcdnsh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2026 11:03 AM (1o8D5)

10 Funny how green is the color of both the envirocunts and the jihadists.

Posted by: ... at August 27, 2026 11:03 AM (+j84F)

11 Central AC is on here keeping Mrs. BD and me nice and cool.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2026 11:04 AM (1o8D5)

12 The United Kingdom's new motto: "Hey, we're worse than Mississippi!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)

Our GDP may be lower than 50 US states but we still beat the other 7.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:04 AM (ExV1e)

13 I say we go back to killin' whales and seals for oil. If the lefties are OK with wind turbines killin' birds, they oughtta be OK with that.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

14 That is a direct result of the policies of the EU and its member states. They are driving their populations into poverty, all in service to their ultimate goal of a socialist/Green nirvana. It doesn't exist, and will never exist, but they keep trying!

The green line is going up, so they see that as a win and they'll just keep on f*cking that chicken. This is fine. Everything is fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:04 AM (ccf/V)

15 The United Kingdom's new motto: "Hey, we're worse than Mississippi!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)

I would argue it's "allah ackbar."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:06 AM (ccf/V)

16 Speaking of Europe and wine, if you get a headache from red wine, it’s because of the tannins. Get a low tannin red and you won’t get the headache.

Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

17 >>I say we go back to killin' whales and seals for oil. If the lefties are OK with wind turbines killin' birds, they oughtta be OK with that.

They are already killing whales with wind turbines.

They never actually cared about whales or anything else other than power.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

18 Speaking of Europe and wine, if you get a headache from red wine, it’s because of the tannins. Get a low tannin red and you won’t get the headache.
Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

It seems someone has done a lot of studying on this..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:07 AM (ccf/V)

19 Make no mistake...the "Green New Deal"

Unless I am grievously mistaken there are about 5-6 states that have signed on to the new green deal scam by passing state laws that force them to move their entire states electric production/consumption to wind and solar by 2030. That's just a few short years away.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 11:07 AM (cpFbA)

20 I have begun to think the socialists will win, considering their willingness sacrifice and what 2-3 generations have been taught in our schools. I'm not optimistic.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 27, 2026 11:08 AM (g8Ew8)

21 Remember:

The Democrats are still touting that the Trump tax cuts cost the Government money and increased the debt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V)

22 The new Swedish travel ads with hot, young blonde women huddled together under blankets in candle-lit rooms to both keep warm and avoid the muslim rape gangs are going to be kind of sad.

But still kind of sexy.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 27, 2026 11:08 AM (Sco7b)

23 Norway is exploring and exporting to raise coin, but limits it's own citizens... how charming.

Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 11:08 AM (j0Tky)

24 I don't get all of the hand wringing. If you're are not self sufficient as a sovereign nation, whose fucking fault is that?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 11:08 AM (FR9Sb)

25 "Green New Deal"

Burning down mosques is probably not carbon-neutral.

Posted by: DaveA at August 27, 2026 11:09 AM (FhXTo)

26 >>It seems someone has done a lot of studying on this..........

There are plenty of opportunities to study in the afterlife.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 11:09 AM (NcvvS)

27 Do not forget that the original author of the Green Nude Eel, Saikat Chakrabarti, when he was AOC's chief of staff, said the legislation was not really about the environment but overhauling the entire economy. These Marxists are experts at hiding their real intentions.

Posted by: George V at August 27, 2026 11:10 AM (HUbHH)

28 force them to move their entire states electric production/consumption to wind and solar by 2030. That's just a few short years away."

"We're going to mandate electric cars by 05!

/how'd that work out?

Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 11:10 AM (j0Tky)

29 The birthplace of democracy, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, human rights and the Reformation is committing cultural suicide and succumbing to the global Caliphate.
If you have ANY interest in visiting Western Europe, better go real soon, cause it's not gonna be around much longer.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 27, 2026 11:10 AM (MNCvZ)

30
bUt FrEe HeAlThCaRe!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (O0L8i)

31 Speaking of Europe and wine, if you get a headache from red wine, it’s because of the tannins. Get a low tannin red and you won’t get the headache.
Posted by: Piper at August 27, 2026 11:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

Imposter! The real Piper would tell people to filter their wine through kale.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

32 >>I'm not optimistic.

I don't think of myself as an optimist. But I like our chances, more every single day.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (viF8m)

33 tax cuts cost the Government money and increased the debt."

It's not your money...

Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (j0Tky)

34 if you get a headache from red wine, it’s because of the tannins. Get a low tannin red and you won’t get the headache
——-
Sulfites are not helpful, though maybe Euros don’t allow those? For a first-class hangover I maintain white wines are often in a league of their own. Not sure why.

Posted by: Wino Street Smarts at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (3CXto)

35
Canada is becoming Mississippi's U.K.

Now seeing predictions of 20,000 job losses thanks to Carney and the Libs.

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)

36 I say we go back to killin' whales and seals for oil.

I had a '54 Chevy truck that used whale oil in the differential.

Posted by: DanMan at August 27, 2026 11:12 AM (8uzBS)

37 >I'm not optimistic.

I don't think of myself as an optimist. But I like our chances, more every single day.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (viF8m

I consider myself an optimistic realist.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:13 AM (KC5Lt)

38 Now seeing predictions of 20,000 job losses thanks to Carney and the Libs.
Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)

TDS has a price.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ExV1e)

39
It's not your money...
Posted by: man at August 27, 2026 11:11 AM (j0Tky)

To them it is.

You exist to make government money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ccf/V)

40 Canada is becoming Mississippi's U.K.

Now seeing predictions of 20,000 job losses thanks to Carney and the Libs.
Posted by: Auspex

Good thing they passed the MAID Act to take care of all those jobless folks...

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

41 >>These Marxists are experts at hiding their real intentions.

If they are such experts how come we all know exactly what they are doing?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 11:13 AM (viF8m)

42
I had a '54 Chevy truck that used whale oil in the differential.
Posted by: DanMan at August 27, 2026 11:12 AM (8uzBS)

Ah yes....the 90w gear oil.

That shit STUNK.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ccf/V)

43
Now seeing predictions of 20,000 job losses thanks to Carney and the Libs.
Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Y8DZL)

Yet people refuse to learn that elections have consequences.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:14 AM (ccf/V)

44
The United Kingdom's new motto: "Hey, we're worse than Mississippi!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 27, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)

__________

Take greater London out and see how much worse they can be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 11:14 AM (O0L8i)

45 We don't need oil! We ride the Short Bus!

Posted by: Green Nude Eel at August 27, 2026 11:15 AM (JM9I6)

46 Whale oil was reportedly an ingredient in GM auto transmission fluid once upon a time. Supposedly it made the transmissions shift very smoothly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 11:15 AM (wzUl9)

47 I consider myself an optimistic realist.
Posted by: polynikes

I consider cautiously optimistic to be the best outlook, when it's warranted.

I think it's warranted in the case of the US, but not in the case of Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

48 I saw recently that something called the "Institute For Economic Affairs" says British GDP per capita ranks below every single state, due to high energy costs, low productivity, and high taxes. If Britain were a sate, it would rank 51st on the scale.

That's not good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2026 11:15 AM (U/Eoe)

49
OOPS! Now I see 90,000 as a figure for Canada.

But they have healthcare and income from Ottawa, so no problem.

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:16 AM (Y8DZL)

50

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:16 AM (ccf/V)

51 Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'!

Posted by: Billy Preston at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (JM9I6)

52 I may have mentioned it before, but I have determined that the primary goal of the net zero crowd is to kill people.

I couldn't figure out how these people could be so stupid as to ban the only decent power sources (coal, oil, gas, and nuclear) until I started listening closely. No other explanation makes sense.

One example: Boris Johnson was asked recently if he still believed in net zero. "Certainly. I was flying over Africa and Europe at night recently and saw all of the lights. There are far too many people on the planet."

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (0U5gm)

53 The birthplace of democracy, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, human rights and the Reformation is committing cultural suicide and succumbing to the global Caliphate.
If you have ANY interest in visiting Western Europe, better go real soon, cause it's not gonna be around much longer.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 27, 2026 11:10 AM (MNCvZ)

And during that time they were in a state of constant warfare. This period is probably the longest the more western region of Europe hasn't been in war against each other.

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (KC5Lt)

54 OOPS! Now I see 90,000 as a figure for Canada.

But they have healthcare and income from Ottawa, so no problem.
Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:16 AM (Y8DZL)

Government survives by tax alone. Wage earners fund the tax bill. When no one is earning wage, what happens next?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (ccf/V)

55 One example: Boris Johnson was asked recently if he still believed in net zero. "Certainly. I was flying over Africa and Europe at night recently and saw all of the lights. There are far too many people on the planet."
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Fine, Boris. You first. Take one for the team.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

56 My head is burning! My heart is burning! Now, Rome shall burn!

Posted by: Chubby as Emperor Nero at August 27, 2026 11:19 AM (JM9I6)

57 Someone has to draw a line:

https://tinyurl.com/ycxrabd4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2026 11:19 AM (1o8D5)

58 One of my favorite graphics of the last few years is the chart showing the number of new corporations formed in the EU vs. the US.

Such a stark example of how much the stifle growth and business.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 27, 2026 11:19 AM (3cUTc)

59 Canada would rank 50th in GDP per capita if it were a state, just a whisker ahead of Mississippi.

Germany would be 48th, and their GDP per capita is (incredibly) declining in real terms (ie, inflation adjusted). Because of their insane "Green Policies", Germany is getting poorer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2026 11:19 AM (U/Eoe)

60
I consider cautiously optimistic to be the best outlook, when it's warranted.

I think it's warranted in the case of the US, but not in the case of Europe.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

_________

Idiots say we should be more like Europe. The worst thing we could do is to be more like Europe.

We have problems, grave ones, in this country. But we have to solve them as Americans. Europe will never solve its problems even as Europeans.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 11:20 AM (O0L8i)

61
America innovates

China duplicates

Europe regulates

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 11:21 AM (O0L8i)

62 Whale oil was reportedly an ingredient in GM auto transmission fluid once upon a time. Supposedly it made the transmissions shift very smoothly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aureliu

I think the whale oil industry was mostly supplanted by petroleum by the time of mass auto production, but I do know that every single pocket watch manufactured between 1850 and 1910 used whale oil as a lubricant, and we are talking about tens of millions of watches per year.

I recently read a book detailing the death of the whaling industry, and the primary reason for its collapse was the fact that petroleum oil was cheaper, easier to obtain, and just as good a product.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 27, 2026 11:21 AM (0U5gm)

63 Government survives by tax alone. Wage earners fund the tax bill. When no one is earning wage, what happens next?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (ccf/V)

Tax revenue is the largest but the government also makes money on leases and selling T bills. .

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:22 AM (KC5Lt)

64 Whale oil was reportedly an ingredient in GM auto transmission fluid once upon a time. Supposedly it made the transmissions shift very smoothly.

I read somewhere that it is still the best oil for watch mechanisms. In extremely small quantities of course. I imagine a single whale could oil all the watches in the world for decades.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 11:23 AM (vTZFs)

65 Raising the cost of energy in Germany means that the economy is about the same size today as it was in 2019, and getting smaller by the year.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 27, 2026 11:23 AM (U/Eoe)

66 There's 90W Whale Oil in my pants!

Posted by: Retired Senator, DE at August 27, 2026 11:24 AM (JM9I6)

67 One word

Silicon

Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:24 AM (KC5Lt)

68 America innovates

China duplicates

Europe regulates
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2026 11:21 AM (O0L8i)

REGULATORS!!!!!

Posted by: Billy the Kid at August 27, 2026 11:24 AM (ccf/V)

69 Idiots say we should be more like Europe. The worst thing we could do is to be more like Europe.

We have problems, grave ones, in this country. But we have to solve them as Americans. Europe will never solve its problems even as Europeans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I really think the Europe we see today is the result of a centuries-long brain drain. The Europeans with smarts and initiative got the hell out of there and went to the US or one of the European colonial possessions. The stupid and indolent ones were mostly left.

And then a couple of World Wars came along and finished the job.

Finis Europe.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

70 And during that time they were in a state of constant warfare. This period is probably the longest the more western region of Europe hasn't been in war against each other.
Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (KC5Lt)

Sadly, there's nothing like constant warfare to keep a nation on it's toes...

Large 'skirmishes' every two or three years may have done Europe a world of good.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (Sco7b)

71 One example: Boris Johnson was asked recently if he still believed in net zero.

Boris is the counterexample to the Trump/Milei theory that crazy hair is a sign of good governance.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (vTZFs)

72 >>I saw recently that something called the "Institute For Economic Affairs" says British GDP per capita ranks below every single state, due to high energy costs, low productivity, and high taxes. If Britain were a sate, it would rank 51st on the scale.

Being bordered by 2 oceans has been both a blessing and a curse. Until recently, many Americans didn't travel overseas the way people in Europe move between countries, particularly once the EU basically abolished borders.

A large percentage of Americans got their "facts" about the world from the garbage media. And they have a completely wrong view of the world and how people in other countries live.

The US has by far the highest quality of life on the planet. Stats can be manipulated to paint whatever picture someone wants. But when you factor in things like access to food, healthcare, education, recreation and on and on, there isn't a country on earth that offers what the US does. Not even close.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)

73 One word

Silicon
Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:24 AM (KC5Lt)

Mmmmmmm.......boobs.......

https://shorturl.fm/8rFFr

Posted by: Billy the Kid at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (ccf/V)

74 Government survives by tax alone. Wage earners fund the tax bill. When no one is earning wage, what happens next?
Posted by: Sponge

When a WEF politician loves a technocrat very, very, much they do a special dance and POOF! money appears!

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (Y8DZL)

75 I knew I'd do that.....damn......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (ccf/V)

76 Have you ever noticed that sounds produced by people doing anything major to your house make you wonder if you'll have a house when they're done?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM (ExV1e)

77 I use Whale Oil in my Tiki Torches!

Posted by: The Pale Supremacist at August 27, 2026 11:26 AM (JM9I6)

78 I may have mentioned it before, but I have determined that the primary goal of the net zero crowd is to kill people.
——

Nah, not directly. This is more humane, albeit more slowly. FDR cabinet hatched “the Morgenthau plan” during world war II to try and reduce Germany to a pastoral, post-industrial state. The prevailing view was twice in 25 years they had started major global comflict. Let’s permanently remove the ability for them to do this ever again.

You can see the same sorts of philosophy or threads at work here, I think. Ditto for the USA as well. Energy deficits, no Coal, no Nuclear, heavily dependent on imports. They are serious about banning petroleum, gas and oil. What other conclusion is there? Kneecap everything.

Posted by: Wino Street Smarts at August 27, 2026 11:26 AM (3CXto)

79 I AM whale oil!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 27, 2026 11:27 AM (ccf/V)

80 https://shorturl.fm/8rFFr
Posted by: Billy the Kid

Yowza.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

81 I knew I'd do that.....damn......
Posted by: Sponge

I was expecting a pic of Jane Russell from The Outlaw.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

82 Rockefeller and Standard Oil was the best friend Whales ever had. Kerosene.

Posted by: Wino Street Smarts at August 27, 2026 11:29 AM (3CXto)

83 Squinting at the graph the right end appears to be about $88K vs $48K.
No wonder the visiting fans of Men's Metric Kickball were so crazy about Taco Bell and Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 27, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

84 How did they get the whale oil for automobiles once whaling stopped?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

85 Germans cutting their own throats means more BMWs produced in South Carolina. We win again!

Posted by: Spartanburg, FTW! at August 27, 2026 11:29 AM (JM9I6)

86 I was expecting a pic of Jane Russell from The Outlaw.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

She looks annoyed in most photos.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:30 AM (ExV1e)

87
I was expecting a pic of Jane Russell from The Outlaw.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

You asked for it........

https://shorturl.fm/da0lz

Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 27, 2026 11:30 AM (ccf/V)

88 Damn hangover.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:30 AM (ccf/V)

89 If you can't - not won't, not 'choose not to exploit the resources', can't - produce the essentials of food, shelter, energy, and clothing for your population, you can't be a 'sovereign nation'.

Any sane nation would make sure they always have the resources in case the rest of the world disappeared, they could scrape by. Then after that they could worry about trade vs invade, IP theft, keeping up with the Jones, etc.

But what do I know, I'm just a random internet commenter, it's right there in my nic!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (aJQbY)

90 And during that time [Europe was] in a state of constant warfare. This period is probably the longest the more western region of Europe hasn't been in war against each other.
Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026

***
There was the century between the fall of Napoleon and the start of WWI. Though that was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, right?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (wzUl9)

91 You asked for it........

https://shorturl.fm/da0lz
Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 27, 2026 11:30 AM (ccf/V)

Never sock while hung over.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (ExV1e)

92 76 Have you ever noticed that sounds produced by people doing anything major to your house make you wonder if you'll have a house when they're done?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM

Now do dentists.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

93 https://shorturl.fm/8rFFr

Where have you gone, Joe Mannix, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.

Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Y8DZL)

94 We just got our highest electricity bill ever but I'm never going to live in this hellscape without a/c.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:32 AM (enNUy)

95
Never sock while hung over.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (ExV1e)

I'm learning the hard way, again......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:32 AM (ccf/V)

96 Thx CBD. Watching the Germans tear down their nuclear industry was to me the sign that they were committing suicide. Of course then it turned comedic when they tore up windmills to get at the coal underneath the land.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 11:32 AM (TbVRb)

97 damn im not sure spartanburg is ever a win

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:33 AM (enNUy)

98 There was the century between the fall of Napoleon and the start of WWI. Though that was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

There were plenty of wars in Europe during that period: The wars of German unification, the wars of Italian unification, the Crimean War, the two Balkan Wars, etc.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

99 There was the century between the fall of Napoleon and the start of WWI. Though that was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Which led directly to the introduction of Franco-American Beef Gravy.

Posted by: Canned Ham at August 27, 2026 11:33 AM (JM9I6)

100 I was expecting a pic of Jane Russell from The Outlaw.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:28 AM

Cross your heart!

Posted by: Playtex at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

101 > Norway will ignore the European Union’s demands for a moratorium on hydrocarbon exploration

And here we see why Oslo has never had anything to do with those Brussels waterheads.

Likewise Switzerland.

The Limeys, of course, pulled out, in a rare outbreak of good sense. Not a common thing in the UK nowadays, but credit where it's due.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (IG3/x)

102 Where have you gone, Joe Mannix, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.
Posted by: Auspex at August 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Y8DZL)

Bespecticaled.........

https://shorturl.fm/vX1Bf

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (ccf/V)

103 Gasoline consumption in the USA peaked in 2018.

Posted by: Paul...who likes the flavor of his dog's excrement at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (2aS8F)

104 Government survives by tax alone. Wage earners fund the tax bill. When no one is earning wage, what happens next?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:17 AM (ccf/V)

We will start digging the Dignity Canal.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 27, 2026 11:35 AM (g8Ew8)

105 The Limeys, of course, pulled out, in a rare outbreak of good sense. Not a common thing in the UK nowadays, but credit where it's due.

Because the citizenry kept asking for it. And they've only sort of pulled out as they continue to obey a lot of EU regulations.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)

106 > 100 I was expecting a pic of Jane Russell from The Outlaw.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:28 AM

Cross your heart!
Posted by: Playtex at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

When I was a kid, I didn't understand why she was in the bra commercials.

Then I saw the poster for that movie, and all became clear. I think that's the moment I entered puberty, actually.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 11:35 AM (IG3/x)

107 Posted by: Paul at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (2aS8F)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (ccf/V)

108 damn im not sure spartanburg is ever a win
Posted by: nckate

Parts of the county (Reidville, Campabello, Landrum) are very nice. Spartanburg proper is a toilet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (tg5bM)

109 There was the century between the fall of Napoleon and the start of WWI. Though that was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

There were plenty of wars in Europe during that period: The wars of German unification, the wars of Italian unification, the Crimean War, the two Balkan Wars, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026

***
True. At least no continent-wide, "global" or near-global conflicts; historians always tout that century-long period of "peace" shattered by Sarajevo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (wzUl9)

110 85 Germans cutting their own throats means more BMWs produced in South Carolina. We win again!
Posted by: Spartanburg, FTW! at August 27, 2026 11:29 AM

But do you have a butt crack peach water tower?

Posted by: Gaffney at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

111 Nice Morning Rant

Good for Norway.

Norway is a founding member of NATO and a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), but it has chosen to stay out of the European Union (EU). (Norwegians wanted to keep full control over their own oil, gas, and fishing industries.) And much of the "Green Deals" come down to government control and overreach, it seems.

The New Federalist EU, "Europe needs Norway, but does Norway need Europe? 9 December 2025

Breaking Defense, 6 July 2026, Opinion
'Norway provides both a model, and a warning, for NATO'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (NFX2v)

112 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (tg5bM)

113
Cross your heart!
Posted by: Playtex at August 27, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

When I was a kid, I didn't understand why she was in the bra commercials.

Then I saw the poster for that movie, and all became clear. I think that's the moment I entered puberty, actually.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 11:35 AM (IG3/x)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Sears and Roebuck Catalog at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (ccf/V)

114 . . . the Crimean War, the two Balkan Wars, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026

***
Nurse to Sir Wilfrid in Witness for the Prosecution, 1950s: "I've never heard such language -- and I was a nurse in the war!"

Sir Wilfrid: "What war was that, pray tell? The Crimean?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2026 11:38 AM (wzUl9)

115 I know it's been said multiple times before, but the US really needs to cut ties with the EU/NATO on most every level. They're sinking fast and dragging us down with them... at a much slower rate, but the drag is there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2026 11:38 AM (2Cry5)

116 "When I was a kid, I didn't understand why she was in the bra commercials."
+++
And having no sisters, the phrase "it lifts and separates" went right over my head.

Posted by: Blissfully naive at August 27, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

117 But do you have a butt crack peach water tower?
Posted by: Gaffney at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

--

LOL, what a landmark that thing is. I always get a laugh out of the little pointy thing at the bottom that looks like something's growing out of the peach butt.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2026 11:39 AM (qBdHI)

118 spartanburg county is a huge county, further away from spartanburg the city, the better

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:40 AM (enNUy)

119 One of Russell looking more...inviting.

https://tinyurl.com/5yzsve2f

Would you like to tussle with Russell?

Yes, yes, I would.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 11:41 AM (IG3/x)

120 There were plenty of wars in Europe during that period: The wars of German unification, the wars of Italian unification, the Crimean War, the two Balkan Wars, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)
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We had our own war, too!

Posted by: Belgium at August 27, 2026 11:42 AM (amcLV)

121 Great Britain wouldn't be the 51st poorest state for long. We'd zoom past them in no time if they were to join.

Posted by: California at August 27, 2026 11:42 AM (n+4TK)

122 Unless I am grievously mistaken there are about 5-6 states that have signed on to the new green deal scam by passing state laws that force them to move their entire states electric production/consumption to wind and solar by 2030. That's just a few short years away.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 11:07 AM (cpFbA)

The other States should refuse to sell them power to make up the inevitable shortfall.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji)

123 If our news media weren't propaganda ministers for the left every reporter would ask Debbie Dingell about Hassan Pike 24/7. She's losing her marbles over it, almost looking like she's going to have a stroke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 11:43 AM (TbVRb)

124 117 But do you have a butt crack peach water tower?
Posted by: Gaffney at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

--

LOL, what a landmark that thing is. I always get a laugh out of the little pointy thing at the bottom that looks like something's growing out of the peach butt.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2026 11:39 AM (qBdHI)

Go on....
--Pete "Booty Juice" Buttigieg

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 27, 2026 11:43 AM (N39Ws)

125 108 damn im not sure spartanburg is ever a win
Posted by: nckate

Parts of the county (Reidville, Campabello, Landrum) are very nice. Spartanburg proper is a toilet.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 11:36 AM (tg5bM)

Never been there. Could you elaborate on what the problems are?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 11:43 AM (Gqar8)

126 LOL, what a landmark that thing is. I always get a laugh out of the little pointy thing at the bottom that looks like something's growing out of the peach butt.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2026 11:39 AM (qBdHI)

LOL!!!

https://shorturl.fm/sjHIq

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:44 AM (ccf/V)

127 Hellmouth heat in van nuys.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 27, 2026 11:45 AM (YGb9w)

128 spartanburg has the same problem that any city has. too many takers and not enough makers.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:45 AM (enNUy)

129 One word

Silicon
Posted by: polynikes at August 27, 2026 11:24 AM (KC5Lt)

Wrong!!!

Monorail!!!!!

Posted by: Lyle Lanly at August 27, 2026 11:45 AM (rHvvN)

130 Jane Russell was a pretty devout Christian, I understand. One time, on the set of a movie they were in together Robert Mitchum was teasing her about her Christianity given the kinds of roles she played.

She responded, "Christians can have big boobs, too."

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

131 Jane Russell.. Jayne Mansfield... it's easy to get lost in the hills of pronounced hooterage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 27, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)

132 Parts of the county (Reidville, Campabello, Landrum) are very nice. Spartanburg proper is a toilet.

--

I live in Reidville. It's been growing by leaps and bounds. Campobello and Landrum are very quaint and nice. Actually, Sparkle City (S'burg) has been doing its best to revitalize the downtown area. It's making some progress, but will always be the ugly stepsister to Greenville.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2026 11:46 AM (qBdHI)

133 When no one is earning a wage, what happens next?

Debt. And we are already trillions in debt now.
Because the government spends more than they should which should be against the law but they don't care.
Our government has no sense when it comes to balancing the checkbook. They are idiots.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 11:47 AM (VrYHL)

134 Morning.
===============
She responded, "Christians can have big boobs, too."
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

See, this is how you convert the heathen masses.

Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2026 11:47 AM (894dR)

135 Let's not discuss Walterboro then.

Posted by: Squalor By The Ton at August 27, 2026 11:48 AM (JM9I6)

136 I read somewhere that it is still the best oil for watch mechanisms. In extremely small quantities of course. I imagine a single whale could oil all the watches in the world for decades.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 11:23 AM (vTZFs)

It ought to be perfectly possible to make synthetic whale oil.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:48 AM (1z8ji)

137 I'd love to add this slimy self-gassing prick's head to the wall. Please, DOJ. Get this cocksucker.

A popular leftist influencer could face charges after urging his followers to donate to a designated terror organization and potentially bragging about making his own donation.

Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson alleged Wednesday that leftist social media influencer Brian Krassenstein deleted an X post claiming to have donated to Autistici/Inventati (A/I).

https://tinyurl.com/msyarhz2

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 11:48 AM (iFTx/)

138 See, this is how you convert the heathen masses.
With heaving masses?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 11:49 AM (aJQbY)

139 Spartanburg would be a cute little city if you could delete 75 percent of the residents.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:50 AM (enNUy)

140 Did a quick wiki scan on Jane Russell. Interesting character. And yeah, flawed Christian - like all of we Christians. Only one perfect, and they killed him for it.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)

141 I read somewhere that it is still the best oil for watch mechanisms. In extremely small quantities of course. I imagine a single whale could oil all the watches in the world for decades.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 11:23 AM (vTZFs)

It ought to be perfectly possible to make synthetic whale oil.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 11:48 AM (1z8ji)
_____

Modern watches use several different kinds of oil depending on the part to be lubricated. I believe they're all synthetic now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

142 If I see Synthetic Whales at the beach, I'm gettin' out of the water, pronto.

Posted by: Is That A Titleist? at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM (JM9I6)

143 charlotte would be a great city if you could delete 75 percent of the residents. it's a city problem

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM (enNUy)

144 I dunno. I've only ever driven through Spartanburg a couple times, but nothing jumped out at me to say "hellhole." There weren't vagrant and drug zombies all over the place, anyway. I didn't see any tent cities/favelas. But then, I didn't go exploring.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM (BI5O2)

145 Texas allowed by federal judge to tell Minnesota to f*ck off.

ICE agent NOT to be subject of extradition.

Yay Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM (ccf/V)

146 A clock repair guy I knew used synthetic Mobil 1, cut with a little Marvel’s Mystery oil, “just enough to make it pink” he said, the latter is a decent penetrating oil.

They make special bespoke clock and watch oils but synthetics are pretty good.

Posted by: Wino Street Smarts at August 27, 2026 11:52 AM (3CXto)

147 Passed one of those portable electronic signs they use for road repairs. Some of the lights were out and it read: "TOP AHEAD". All I could think was, Pete Bootyjudge would be very excited.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 27, 2026 11:52 AM (0bjKf)

148 "No one notices that I have a great ass, too!"

Posted by: Dolly's No. 1 pet peeve on Letterman's Top Ten List at August 27, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)

149 145 Texas allowed by federal judge to tell Minnesota to f*ck off.

ICE agent NOT to be subject of extradition.

Yay Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM (ccf/V)

Not followed this. What does Mini want him for?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 11:53 AM (Gqar8)

150
>The New York Times
ICE Agent Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight

Ha!

>The Washington Post
A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images. Some Republicans see a pattern.

Yeah, right. And high-profile Democrats - including Senator Bernie Sanders and various progressive leaders - just loved Graham Platner until Politico published a detailed account from a former girlfriend accusing him of rape.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 11:53 AM (NFX2v)

151 I saw Synthetic Whales open for...

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:53 AM (77rzZ)

152 Not followed this. What does Mini want him for?

Posted by: tubal

They want to prosecute him for doing his job, in a place where they can guarantee a guilty verdict, and then kill him in prison.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 27, 2026 11:54 AM (0U5gm)

153
Not followed this. What does Mini want him for?
Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 11:53 AM

They accused him of murder, of course.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:54 AM (ccf/V)

154 I think at one time spartanburg was one of the top murder cities in the country. my kid and his friends call it Murderburg.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:54 AM (enNUy)

155 Economics is a cold-hearted bitch

Yes, but can you sell her puppies?

Posted by: pookysgirl would turn a profit at August 27, 2026 11:54 AM (Wt5PA)

156 ...there are about 5-6 states that have signed on to the new green deal scam by passing state laws that force them to move their entire states electric production/consumption to wind and solar by 2030.

Virtue-signaling political masturbation. How are they going to punish themselves for not meeting the goal?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 11:54 AM (vTZFs)

157 Dolly Parton once secretly entered a Dolly Parton look-alike contest. She came in last

Posted by: True Story at August 27, 2026 11:55 AM (3CXto)

158 Didn't Synthetic Whales open for Tangerine Dream at the Sydney Opera House?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 11:55 AM (HUco/)

159 "...but nothing jumped out at me to say "hellhole." There weren't vagrant and drug zombies all over the place, anyway. I didn't see any tent cities/favelas."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM

Is this about me?

Posted by: Shreveport, Louisiana at August 27, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)

160
Is this about me?
Posted by: Shreveport, Louisiana at August 27, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)

Gambling and free booze. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:56 AM (ccf/V)

161 I’ve heard evangelical preachers make some wild eschatological speculations in sermons regarding antichrist…. Ive heard a few say the EU is antichrist.

These preachers usually seem a little out there to me, but I’m starting to see the logic in EU = antichrist

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 11:56 AM (geWO5)

162 I’ve heard evangelical preachers make some wild eschatological speculations in sermons regarding antichrist…. Ive heard a few say the EU is antichrist.

These preachers usually seem a little out there to me, but I’m starting to see the logic in EU = antichrist
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 11:56 AM (geWO5)

I don't get it......

Posted by: James Talarico at August 27, 2026 11:57 AM (ccf/V)

163 Gambling and free booze. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:56 AM (ccf/V)

Inevitably, someone would forget to remove their sock while commenting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)

164 ai is telling me 20th most dangerous city in the US

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:57 AM (enNUy)

165
Inevitably, someone would forget to remove their sock while commenting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:57 AM (ExV1e)

I resemble that remark.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (ccf/V)

166 I think at one time spartanburg was one of the top murder cities in the country. my kid and his friends call it Murderburg.
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:54 AM (enNUy)

Yeah, one thing I'm getting more used to is this: American hellhole cities East of the Mississippi tend to have much worse violent crime, and you see many more outright abandoned areas, which is spooky.

Hellholes West of the Mississippi specialize more in property crimes, drugs, vagrancy, and just generalized mayhem/quality-of-life crimes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2)

167 Any bets on when Talerico will start the snake handling?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (HUco/)

168 Weekend mornings in Greenville do not vibe well.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (2ap+5)

169 ai is telling me 20th most dangerous city in the US
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:57 AM (enNUy)

Chitcongo is number one, right? With the bullet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (ccf/V)

170 There are lots of good synthetics now, but I think there's still nothing generally available that maintains constant viscosity over the truly amazing range of temperatures and pressures found with sperm oil (actually a liquid wax rather than an oil per se).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (IG3/x)

171 So is California really gonna go thru with some recent crazy law they passed saying no gas burning cars can be sold in the state starting in… 2030 was it?

I just don’t see it happening; they’re gonna get mugged by reality

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 11:59 AM (geWO5)

172 So is California really gonna go thru with some recent crazy law they passed saying no gas burning cars can be sold in the state starting in… 2030 was it?

I just don’t see it happening; they’re gonna get mugged by reality
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 11:59 AM (geWO5)

I say.....LET 'em crash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:59 AM (ccf/V)

173 charlotte would be a great city if you could delete 75 percent of the residents.

Probably true for any city.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 11:59 AM (vTZFs)

174
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2026 12:00 PM (y9nCu)

175 There is California's new anti-tires law

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 12:00 PM (HUco/)

176 Chitcongo is number one, right? With the bullet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 11:

Not sure. Memphis was, but the military occupation there has dropped the crime rate a whole lot, so I doubt it still is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2026 12:00 PM (BI5O2)

177 charlotte would be a great city if you could delete 75 percent of the residents. it's a city problem
Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 11:51 AM (enNUy)

Workin' on it, boss!

Posted by: Stabby McStabberson at August 27, 2026 12:01 PM (ccf/V)

178 Brownell's used to sell sperm whale oil a long time ago. I got a can of it with a bunch of gun cleaning stuff for my birthday when I was a kid. One of its many benefits is tolerance to extreme cold. Also, it doesn't "varnish" after a long period of time. It was heavily used by the sewing machine industry in the 19th century and later as a transmission lube for high dollar cars.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:01 PM (gm9Sb)

179 There is California's new anti-tires law
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 12:00 PM (HUco/)
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?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:02 PM (amcLV)

180 > sperm oil

And yeah, this is only true of sperm oil specificially -- the oil found in the sonar organ of sperm whales, not generic whale oil.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 12:02 PM (IG3/x)

181 "...sperm oil..."

Wait, wut?

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (2Ez/1)

182 ?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:02 PM (amcLV)

They passed a law that will only allow a few specific tire brands in the state.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (ccf/V)

183 There is California's new anti-tires law
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 12:00 PM (HUco/)

I wonder if these would be legal for Cali roads...

https://tinyurl.com/4wjnrz8r - goes to tiktok

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (ExV1e)

184 sperm oil

Lubricating women's jawbones for centuries.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (ccf/V)

185 spermacetti - Chef Boy-Ar-Dee specialty brand.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar8)

186

Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, Dies at 85

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)

187 They passed a law that will only allow a few specific tire brands in the state.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (ccf/V)
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Isn't that restraint of trade?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (amcLV)

188 I am disappoint.

That's not a Venn diagram......

Posted by: Kumswala Harris at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (ccf/V)

189 182 ?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:02 PM (amcLV)

They passed a law that will only allow a few specific tire brands in the state.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (ccf/V)

Chinee, mostlee?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)

190 180 Yep. Read up on the stuff a long time ago. When a whale was pulled alongside for harvesting, particular interest was paid to removing that stuff and separating it from the rest of the catch.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (gm9Sb)

191 ------
Isn't that restraint of trade?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (amcLV)

It's cute you think California gives a flying f*ck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (ccf/V)

192 Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, Dies at 85
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
___

RIP, voice of my childhood.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:06 PM (Rln0i)

193 Any bets on when Talerico will start the snake handling?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 11:58 AM (HUco/)

I bet he's been doing that since he was 9

Posted by: ... at August 27, 2026 12:06 PM (+j84F)

194 They passed a law that will only allow a few specific tire brands in the state.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:03 PM (ccf/V)
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Isn't that restraint of trade?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (amcLV)

I'm sure that they base it on totally objective criteria which, coincidentally, only certain tire brands meet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 12:06 PM (ExV1e)

195 Walterboro is the "front porch of the Low Country". Unfortunately, the front porch has a washer/dryer,
refrigerator, and a couch with springs sticking out on it.

Posted by: EBT Central at August 27, 2026 12:06 PM (JM9I6)

196 Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, Dies at 85
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)

So, is he No. 3, then?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:07 PM (77rzZ)

197 190 180 Yep. Read up on the stuff a long time ago. When a whale was pulled alongside for harvesting, particular interest was paid to removing that stuff and separating it from the rest of the catch.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (gm9Sb)

Huh. Seem to remember that from Moby Dick , “ how I learned more than I ever wanted to know about whaling” Moby Dick.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:07 PM (Gqar8)

198 "but the US really needs to cut ties with the EU/NATO on most every level. "

Trump & Co have a memo on strategic priorities.

Fortress Americas is #1.

Europe is #3 with benign neglect. It's on them to turn it around, else ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 27, 2026 12:07 PM (dtajH)

199 Ambergris can fetch a nice price too

Posted by: True Story at August 27, 2026 12:08 PM (3CXto)

200 Chinee, mostlee?
Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar

I think the Kali tire ban applies to sticky traction tires with "unacceptably high" rolling resistance. Because they "waste fuel".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 12:08 PM (1z8ji)

201 Spermaceti does, in fact, mean "whale sperm". Guess what it looks like.

Which reminds me that there were two pieces of graffiti in Chilkoot Charlie's in Anchorage Alaska that never got painted over:

1) Gobble whale sperm.

2) Here I sit, buns a-flexin'
Givin' birth to another Texan

No idea if they're still there. I'm long past the 'koots demographic in age.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 12:09 PM (IG3/x)

202 I think the Kali tire ban applies to sticky traction tires with "unacceptably high" rolling resistance. Because they "waste fuel".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 12:08 PM (1z8ji)
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So are there going to be tire inspections at the bug stations on the state lines?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:09 PM (amcLV)

203 Peter Cullen, Voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers and Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, Dies at 85
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
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RIP, voice of my childhood.

Yep.

It's too soon but Imma make the joke anyway. He's going to be back next season as Ultimate Peter Cullen, if the Matrix wills it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 12:10 PM (aJQbY)

204 How come they haven't added our snake handling room next to the Mohammadan foot washing station at DFW?

Posted by: Pentecostal Holiness Alliance at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

205
Yep.

It's too soon but Imma make the joke anyway. He's going to be back next season as Ultimate Peter Cullen, if the Matrix wills it.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 12:10 PM (aJQbY)

He will continue on voting Democrat, so why not?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (ccf/V)

206

With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the horizon, the CBC has circulated a memo to reporters and editors across all its news platforms reminding them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

207 So if I drive to Cali “ God knows why “, and I roll up in my Michelin cross climates, they’ll turn me back? Proof that God is good!!

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (Gqar8)

208 So are there going to be tire inspections at the bug stations on the state lines?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:09 PM (amcLV)

I guess if they wanted to be dicks about it, yes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (1z8ji)

209 How come they haven't added our snake handling room next to the Mohammadan foot washing station at DFW?
Posted by: Pentecostal Holiness Alliance at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

They didn't install the foot washing station.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:12 PM (ccf/V)

210 My mom will be turning 80 in two weeks.

She took the jab, and regularly gets the boosters, or she did.
Talking to her about the jab brings up Trump, and I can only take so much TDS.

I remember Dolly pushing the jab, and now I've read that she died of some sort of turbo cancer.

Yeah, I'm praying hard over my mom and dad right now.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:12 PM (Rln0i)

211 Spermaceti does, in fact, mean "whale sperm".

Thanks. I did not know that and now I'll never unknow it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 27, 2026 12:12 PM (vTZFs)

212 With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the horizon, the CBC has circulated a memo to reporters and editors across all its news platforms reminding them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++
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"Misapplication of airplanes."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:12 PM (amcLV)

213
With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the horizon, the CBC has circulated a memo to reporters and editors across all its news platforms reminding them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

Here and I'm still waiting on the retaliation against islham.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:13 PM (ccf/V)

214 208 Soon to open. Bill's Tire Sales, Bullhead City, AZ. "If you make it to Needles, you're home free brother".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:13 PM (gm9Sb)

215 Insult to injury: Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (OUMaO)

216
I say we go back to killin' whales and seals for oil. If the lefties are OK with wind turbines killin' birds, they oughtta be OK with that.
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

Remember when Teh Ewok had a post up about a whale which was found with a decades-old unexploded harpoon grenade buried in it's flesh? When he put up "Yay Team Biped", I'll admit that I larfed.

But the important thing is HUNTING WHALES WITH HARPOON GRENADES. Which is frickin' awesome. So humans not only hunt whales with HARPOON GRENADES, when we find dead whales washed up on beaches, we stuff the stinking carcass with TNT and blow that shit up, scattering rotten whale flesh over several hundred yards.

Humans Rock.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (y9nCu)

217
Yeah, I'm praying hard over my mom and dad right now.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:12 PM (Rln0i)

As will we.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (ccf/V)

218 Good. We'll keep all the air conditioning for ourselves.

Fun fact: Japan is the only country with a higher percentage of buildings air conditioned than the US. They're also rolling out small modular nuclear reactors all around the country to decentralize the grid and boost capacity.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (QZThv)

219 Insult to injury: Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (OUMaO)
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Mere coincidence?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (amcLV)

220 California's Senate Bill 1387 (SB 1387)—which proposes adding an optional Jewish ethnicity category to state demographic forms—is heading toward final floor votes in the California State Legislature before the session ends on August 31, 2026

I don't think I've ever seen that mentioned on the blog.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (NFX2v)

221 Misapplication of airplanes."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:12 PM (amcLV)

Very good. We could probably do quite a few other comments on the stupid terms they will come up with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (y8wRt)

222 The Idiot Elite ruined Europe for no reason besides their egos from 1914-1918 which led directly to 1939-45 which mostly killed them, but their societal heirs are finishing the job by pushing things designed to weaken opposition to their holding their positions and feathering their own nests. Maybe they are dumb enough to not realize that once the tipping point is reached they will be removed. Maybe they don't care and all plan on fleeing to New Zealand at that point. With their 100 year track record you can't call it.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (3/XaG)

223 > 199 Ambergris can fetch a nice price too
Posted by: True Story at August 27, 2026 12:08 PM (3CXto)

Some who find it might be tempted take a trip outside the United States and "refind" it there.

But that would be illegal, and we wouldn't want anyone to break the law.

If you find it in the US, the gummint will confiscate it even though you don't actually have to kill a whale to get it.... it's usually found washed up on the beach.

And yeah, it's worth a friggin' mint.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (IG3/x)

224 9/11/2001 was awful, horrible

But IMHO what the country did in response to covid was orders of magnitude worse

Both catastrophes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (geWO5)

225 Insult to injury: Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (OUMaO)

Upper level winds are massive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)

226 Economics is a cold-hearted bitch, and it says that when too much productive work is captured by government, growth slows, innovation slows, and wealth creation slows. That is what has happened to Europe, and its Green insanity is just accelerating its plunge into 3rd world status.

Well said.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)

227 Insult to injury: Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (OUMaO)

Aren't we supposed to be in some super El Nino weather system and we're all dead from the massive Earth shattering hurricanes?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:16 PM (ccf/V)

228 Insult to injury: Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (OUMaO)
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Mere coincidence?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

The lists are compiled like six years in advance or something like that, so yeah. Just shitty timing is all.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:16 PM (OUMaO)

229 With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the horizon, the CBC has circulated a memo to reporters and editors across all its news platforms reminding them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.”

I've seen a few people point out that we are discussing giving black people reparations from white people, in aggregate, due to slavery which ended in 1865.

Well if this sort of blood guilt is a thing doesn't it make way, way more sense to give non-Muslim Americans reparations for 9/11 paid exclusively by Muslim Americans?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

230 Don't kill the synthetic whale!

Posted by: Yes at August 27, 2026 12:16 PM (VMFAF)

231 Thank you, Sponge. : )

They live in a gated community in Orlando, and my dad is quite spry at almost 84 (his b-day is in two weeks also), and he does not trust doctors.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:17 PM (Rln0i)

232 9/11/2001 was awful, horrible

But IMHO what the country did in response to covid was orders of magnitude worse

Both catastrophes

Yes.

And we did eventually execute those responsible for 9/11 - we need to ask why we aren't doing the same for COVID

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm)

233 I've seen a few people point out that we are discussing giving black people reparations from white people, in aggregate, due to slavery which ended in 1865.

As long as everyone who accepts it renounces their citizenship, emigrates to anywhere else, and never returns... money well spent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)

234 and he does not trust doctors.
Posted by: SMH

Wise man.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:18 PM (77rzZ)

235 228 Insult to injury: Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (OUMaO)
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Mere coincidence?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

The lists are compiled like six years in advance or something like that, so yeah. Just shitty timing is all.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 12:16 PM (OUMaO)

Or is it a sign???
*cue X Files music*

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (2WIwB)

236 I've seen a few people point out that we are discussing giving black people reparations from white people, in aggregate, due to slavery which ended in 1865.

Well if this sort of blood guilt is a thing doesn't it make way, way more sense to give non-Muslim Americans reparations for 9/11 paid exclusively by Muslim Americans?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)
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I'm on VA disability because of 9/11.

9/11 affected me more than slavery ever did.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (Rln0i)

237 With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the horizon, the CBC has circulated a memo to reporters and editors across all its news platforms reminding them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.”

"Involuntary MAID"?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv)

238 >>And we did eventually execute those responsible for 9/11 - we need to ask why we aren't doing the same for COVID

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has not been executed and has not yet stood trial - 25 years after the fact.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (NcvvS)

239 Mere coincidence?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2026 12:14 PM (amcLV)

Storm names are pre-chosen from an alphabetical list, months or years in advance.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (1z8ji)

240 "Aerial Miscalculation"

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 12:19 PM (tg5bM)

241 I've seen a few people point out that we are discussing giving black people reparations from white people, in aggregate, due to slavery which ended in 1865.

As long as everyone who accepts it renounces their citizenship, emigrates to anywhere else, and never returns... money well spent.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)

I'm 2nd generation American and don't owe anybody SHIT for slavery, so f*ck right off with that noise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V)

242 I'm 2nd generation American and don't owe anybody SHIT for slavery, so f*ck right off with that noise.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V)
___

*fistbump*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:20 PM (Rln0i)

243 18-1, KSM yet breathes and his trial starts soon. A quarter century after his biggest crime.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 27, 2026 12:20 PM (U/Byj)

244 241 I'm 2nd generation American and don't owe anybody SHIT for slavery, so f*ck right off with that noise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:20 PM (ccf/V)

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When did your family come to the US? From where?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:21 PM (/PKja)

245 I'm 2nd generation American and don't owe anybody SHIT for slavery, so f*ck right off with that noise.
Posted by: Sponge

My ancestors weren't even in the US when slavery was legal. I have no ancestors who were slave owners. Not one dime from me for reparations.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ)

246 Europe: Not just poor but also retarded.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2026 12:21 PM (YotdA)

247 I have not one, but two ancestors who died in the Civil War fighting on the Union side. One KIA, one who died in an Army hospital after being wounded.

I figure my family's "reparations" were paid long ago. In fact, the debt might be on the other side.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 12:22 PM (IG3/x)

248 My PCP is a good guy and I trust him, but honestly most PCPs are concierge docs now, specializing in writing referrals.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Gqar8)

249 When did your family come to the US? From where?
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My ancestors were brought here against their will.
My ancestors came here for a better life.
My ancestors were already here.

Can't get more American than that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Rln0i)

250 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is scheduled to stand trial in June 2028.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (NFX2v)

251 One of the most amusing questions to ask reparations proponents...

How much black ancestry does a person have to have to quality? And do those ancestors actually have to have been in the US as a slave?

Does having a slave owning ancestor disqualify you?

What will the exact measurement of proof of these items will be required? DNA, official records, etc or just "family oral history"?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

252 9/11/2001 The only bright spot was I was scheduled for an early quit at work so I could come in on an off day. I get home, my old Polish landlady was in the driveway. She and family had been guests of the Third Reich, and had seen hard times. One would think an old gal would be quivering, but I had never seen a look of defiance that she had. "You know, we must track animals down, and then we kill, or it happens again".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (gm9Sb)

253
When did your family come to the US? From where?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:21 PM (/PKja)

Dad's parents migrated from Germany and Mom's from Poland. Not sure the exact dates, but I'm told they came through Ellis Island.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (ccf/V)

254 For the life of me I will never understand why KSM wasn't taken to a black-site, mercilessly interrogated, then shot and cremated with nary a word ever spoken about it.

Posted by: PabloD at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (3DV45)

255 249 When did your family come to the US? From where?
___

My ancestors were brought here against their will.
My ancestors came here for a better life.
My ancestors were already here.

Can't get more American than that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Rln0i)

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Every line I can find save one (my maternal grandmother) has been in American since at least the early 1700s. Usually the 1600s.

My maternal grandmother's family went to Canada from France in...the 1730s or so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (/PKja)

256 253
When did your family come to the US? From where?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:21 PM (/PKja)

Dad's parents migrated from Germany and Mom's from Poland. Not sure the exact dates, but I'm told they came through Ellis Island.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (ccf/V)

======

Ever looked for the Ellis Island paperwork?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:24 PM (/PKja)

257 Economics is a cold-hearted bitch, and it says that when too much productive work is captured by government

There's no such thing as 'too much' investment in government!

Posted by: Brussels at August 27, 2026 12:24 PM (rxwdW)

258 Japan is the only foreign country I like anymore.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 12:24 PM (VrYHL)

259 One of the biggest problems with Europe is the multi-party system.

In the US the left has to capture THE opposition party, which they have done at times but it is easier to identify that your "right leaning" party is implement leftwing policies, versus in Europe there can be multiple nominal right leaning parties and they really only need to capture one, and not even a particularly large one, to stop any rightward progress...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

260 Yeah, in the matter of blood liability, had several direct ancestors killed in the Civil War fighting for the Union side, although being from slave state Missouri.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:25 PM (Gqar8)

261 I'm on VA disability because of 9/11.

9/11 affected me more than slavery ever did.
Posted by: SMH

Would you mind sharing what happened?

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

262
Europe: Not just poor but also retarded.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 27, 2026 12:21 PM (YotdA)

Yep.

Then again, we aren't blameless either. We should have cut the Eurofags loose after the Soviet Union imploded, rather than continuing to fund their defense so that they could avoid dealing with their own problems.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2026 12:25 PM (y9nCu)

263 Dad's parents migrated from Germany and Mom's from Poland. Not sure the exact dates, but I'm told they came through Ellis Island.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (ccf/V)

My Mother came through Ellis Island when she was 2 with My Grandmother from Sweden

Posted by: It's me donna at August 27, 2026 12:26 PM (+gK6I)

264 Japan is the only foreign country I like anymore.
Posted by: Case

It's on my bucket list.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)

265 Every line I can find save one (my maternal grandmother) has been in American since at least the early 1700s. Usually the 1600s.
___

This is the case with my family.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:26 PM (Rln0i)

266 25 years after the Mohammaddan Acts of War and we've got a person on the national political stage by the name of Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.

Posted by: Oh By The Way at August 27, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)

267
Then again, we aren't blameless either. We should have cut the Eurofags loose after the Soviet Union imploded, rather than continuing to fund their defense so that they could avoid dealing with their own problems.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Too much money to be made.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 12:27 PM (Cqx++)

268
Ever looked for the Ellis Island paperwork?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:24 PM (/PKja)

No. Never really had a desire to do such a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:27 PM (ccf/V)

269 266 25 years after the Mohammaddan Acts of War and we've got a person on the national political stage by the name of Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.
Posted by: Oh By The Way at August 27, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/

And had a president named Barak Hussein Obama

Posted by: It's me donna at August 27, 2026 12:27 PM (+gK6I)

270 The U.S. military launched long-term invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 to topple regimes and fight terrorist networks.

More than 3 million American service members deployed during the subsequent global war on terror, leading to repeated tours, high rates of post-traumatic stress, and physical injuries.

Thousands of U.S. service members and contractors died, and trillions of dollars were diverted into extended combat and occupation operations.

(AI Overview)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (NFX2v)

271 Every line I can find save one (my maternal grandmother) has been in American since at least the early 1700s. Usually the 1600s.

My maternal grandmother's family went to Canada from France in...the 1730s or so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (/PKja)

Same, except for one branch from Ireland who decided it was best to get ouotta dodge during the height of The Troubles.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (2WIwB)

272 265 Every line I can find save one (my maternal grandmother) has been in American since at least the early 1700s. Usually the 1600s.
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This is the case with my family.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:26 PM (Rln0i)

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My cousin has recently applied for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution on my paternal grandfather's line. Once she's in, I'm going to apply for the SAR.

And try to prove it with an extra relative, one I share the last name with.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (/PKja)

273 For the life of me I will never understand why KSM wasn't taken to a black-site, mercilessly interrogated, then shot and cremated with nary a word ever spoken about it.

In the late 90s, Bill Clinton was offered up Osama by an African government for a small amount of money. They, and Clinton's own negotiator assumed we'd pay the money and do exactly what you suggest, but the Clinton admin had internal discussions of what they would do if given Osama because they didn't think they could successfully put him on trial.

And while I'm not a huge fan of Bob Dole I suspect he would have been fine with giving Osama this treatment given the opportunity.

Yes, yes it would have leaked at some point and Osama would become another leftwing martyr (and I guess he sort of is now) but...who cares

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

274 268
Ever looked for the Ellis Island paperwork?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:24 PM (/PKja)

No. Never really had a desire to do such a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:27 PM (ccf/V)

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Genealogy becomes weirdly addictive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (/PKja)

275 > How much black ancestry does a person have to have to quality?

And if not 100% black, does the white part have to pay reparations to the black part?

The typical American black has somewhere between 20% and 30% white ancestry (less in the Deep South, more in northern regions).

This should be obvious to anyone who's looked at an American black person and compared them to an actual black person from equatorial Africa.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (IG3/x)

276 >>My maternal grandmother's family went to Canada from France in...the 1730s or so.

Maternal grandfather's family, for me. Story is that four brothers went to Quebec about 1617, three returned to France. The one who stayed is my ancestor, and his descendant who immigrated to the US arrived in the 1840s, left, and came back around 1870. That would be my great-great-grandfather.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (NcvvS)

277
Would you mind sharing what happened?
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

Parallel Parking incident.

*ducks*

*runs for cover*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (ccf/V)

278 265 95% of my lineage is from Finland, with one Irish guy thrown in. Real drunk, which tells you something when mixed into a bunch of Finns. At least he wasn't stabby.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (gm9Sb)

279 271 Same, except for one branch from Ireland who decided it was best to get ouotta dodge during the height of The Troubles.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (2WIwB)

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No Irish!

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (/PKja)

280 My ancestors weren't even in the US when slavery was legal. I have no ancestors who were slave owners. Not one dime from me for reparations.

Posted by: Bulg

It isn't about money, or even payback. What they want is to make western civilization go away, because it reminds every other culture realize they contributed almost nothing to the bounty on this planet. And, even if they get it, not only will it be extraordinarily painful, but it won't salve their conscience.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (0U5gm)

281 You know there were free blacks in the US who owned slaves.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (VrYHL)

282
Genealogy becomes weirdly addictive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:28 PM (/PKja)

My twat step-sister did an Ancestry.com search on my dad's family once, but that's about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (ccf/V)

283 My favorite thing for sheer stupidity that the left has taught the young was that slaves built the country. So their idea is that the entire country was built in the Southeast before 1865 with unskilled field labor? The idiocy is staggering.

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (3/XaG)

284 Ace must have tied one on last night.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (tg5bM)

285 Would you mind sharing what happened?
Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)
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I was in my final week of basic training at Ft. Jackson, in the woods, when 9/11 happened.

I was 32 at the time, and was going through basic training...again, after I left the Army in 1989.

Twelve years of being out, had to go through again.

And 9/11 happened.

I knew I was going to war, and I did...three tours to Iraq.

Would we have gone to war with Iraq if 9/ll didn't happen? Only God knows.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Rln0i)

286 very line I can find save one (my maternal grandmother) has been in American since at least the early 1700s. Usually the 1600s.

Same, but because my grandmother was Quaker and they keep track of these things, I can find 66 (!) lines that came over due to Billy Penn. Obviously, no Revolutionary War veterans in there.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (rxwdW)

287 Reparations have been paid in full. You can come here and see the receipts anytime you want.

Posted by: Antietam Battlefield Park, Maryland at August 27, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)

288 You know there were free blacks in the US who owned slaves.
Posted by: Case at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (VrYHL)
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Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:31 PM (Rln0i)

289 I knew I was going to war, and I did...three tours to Iraq.

Would we have gone to war with Iraq if 9/ll didn't happen? Only God knows.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Rln0i)

Bless you.. Thank you for your service

Posted by: It's me donna at August 27, 2026 12:31 PM (+gK6I)

290 You know there were free blacks in the US who owned slaves.

In North Carolina, in the 1980's. I was working in Charlotte when those arrests made the news.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2026 12:32 PM (rxwdW)

291 Ace must have tied one on last night.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (tg5bM)

Crows are pecking his eyeballs as we speak.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:32 PM (ccf/V)

292 One of the first slave owners in the USA was a black guy. Does his family owe reparations

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 12:32 PM (TbVRb)

293 One of the first slave owners in the USA was a black guy. Does his family owe reparations
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 12:32 PM (TbVRb)

Just let me know the bill they send Kumswala Harris.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (ccf/V)

294 As far as ancestry goes I am an American Mutt breed. Little of this, little of that.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (Gqar8)

295 92 76 Have you ever noticed that sounds produced by people doing anything major to your house make you wonder if you'll have a house when they're done?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 11:25 AM

Now do dentists.

while sounds made by dentists are amazing, they've never had me wonder whether i'd have a house when they're done.

Posted by: anachronda at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (oY6Yp)

296 Covid causes me rage because all that crap kickstarted a chain of events that has me living long plane rides away from my kids…. On the surface it wouldn’t look like covid was the cause, but I can follow the breadcrumbs; I know

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (geWO5)

297 My favorite thing for sheer stupidity that the left has taught the young was that slaves built the country. So their idea is that the entire country was built in the Southeast before 1865 with unskilled field labor? The idiocy is staggering.

Meanwhile it is a pretty common point of discussion around the Civil War that the South really couldn't win a protracted war because most of the US's industrial might in 1860 was located in...The North.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

298 One of the first slave owners in the USA was a black guy. Does his family owe reparations
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 12:32 PM (TbVRb)
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My family would owe reps bigly.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (Rln0i)

299 Nood!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (NcvvS)

300 297 Meanwhile it is a pretty common point of discussion around the Civil War that the South really couldn't win a protracted war because most of the US's industrial might in 1860 was located in...The North.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

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Slaves built the factories in New York! From Alabama!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (/PKja)

301 Remember it is the greatest crime in world history that Americans owned slaves until 1865

OTOH it is racist to point out slavery still exists in the Muslim world, to this day.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

302 Real drunk, which tells you something when mixed into a bunch of Finns.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

One of my Russian teachers at DLI told about the busloads of Finns that would come to St. Petersburg on Sundays. Finland had blue laws back then that prohibited the sale of alcohol on Sundays. So the Finns would get on busses and go over the border to St. Petersburg, get smashed, and then get on the busses to go back to Finland in the evening.

Posted by: Bulg at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

303 The Civil War was the birth of FAFO.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (Gqar8)

304 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (ccf/V)

305 As far as ancestry goes I am an American Mutt breed. Little of this, little of that.
Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 12:33 PM (Gqar

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Nothing wrong with being an American mutt.

Could be worse, could have been a mutt in a muslim country.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (Rln0i)

306 > 278 265 95% of my lineage is from Finland, with one Irish guy thrown in. Real drunk, which tells you something when mixed into a bunch of Finns. At least he wasn't stabby.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 27, 2026 12:29 PM (gm9Sb)

I once made the mistake of drinking with a group of Russian Old Believers (kinda like Russian Orthodox Amish, except they're okay with technology --- lots of them here in Alaska).

Those boys can pack it away.

I narrowly escaped being betrothed to the 14-year-old sister of one of them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 27, 2026 12:35 PM (IG3/x)

307
301 Remember it is the greatest crime in world history that Americans owned slaves until 1865

OTOH it is racist to point out slavery still exists in the Muslim world, to this day.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

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Arab slavery isn't racialist against blacks, so it's good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 12:35 PM (/PKja)

308 Slavery? India

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 27, 2026 12:35 PM (NFX2v)

309 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Rln0i)

SMH…. I also went to Basic Training at Fort Jackson! A few years before you

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 12:35 PM (geWO5)

310
For the life of me I will never understand why KSM wasn't taken to a black-site, mercilessly interrogated, then shot and cremated with nary a word ever spoken about it.
Posted by: PabloD at August 27, 2026 12:23 PM (3DV45)

Because W wanted the photo op, probably. One of the many ways that W fucked the dog post-9/11

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2026 12:36 PM (y9nCu)

311 Rockefeller and Standard Oil created an intellectual renaissance by allowing people to read after sundown because to coal oil.

Posted by: SMOD at August 27, 2026 12:38 PM (RHGPo)

312 Trump Says Navy Has Cleared Iranian Mines From Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: SMOD at August 27, 2026 12:41 PM (RHGPo)

313 Ultra-exclusive Hamptons yacht club forced to cancel restaurant service after foreign kitchen staff kicked out of US

.. this will get somebody's tit in a wringer

Posted by: SMOD at August 27, 2026 12:41 PM (RHGPo)

314 In short, there is a war against common sense going on in the "civilized" western world.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 27, 2026 12:43 PM (xvV+O)

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