Nike's Stock Price Falls to Its Lowest Level in 12 Years

I used to buy Nikes exclusively. I knew my size in them and they fit right. No "in between sizes" for me.

And then they started the unending woke bullshit.

Dropped them like a bad habit. And it turns out that Asics and New Balance also fit me right. Oh, and also, that all of the innovations that Nike used to brag about like waffle soles and gel heel-cushions was now absolutely bog-standard sneaker tech that everyone utilized.

I wouldn't have discovered that, but Nike just kept pushing and pushing and letting me know they didn't want my patronage. So I found out that other companies made equivalents of Nikes but without all the fucking shitty attitude.

Seems like a lot of people had the same feeling.

From Colin Kaepernick to Dylan Mulvaney, Nike's decade of left-wing activism has finally caught up to it

Nike shoes and apparel once dominated cultural relevance, but the company's stock is now at a 12-year low

Nike spent much of the past decade making left-wing politics part of its brand and the company's stock hit a 12-year low this week.
Before we get into that, we should acknowledge that the "social justice" messaging isn't the only reason the company is struggling. Nike is losing ground to newer competitors, its products haven't created the same excitement and consumers aren't exactly eager to pay more for sneakers right now.
Still, it's hard not to notice what Nike has been doing while its business has sputtered: picking fights over politics, race, patriotism, transgenderism and DEI.

From Colin Kaepernick to the Betsy Ross flag, Dylan Mulvaney and a study involving "transgender" youth athletes that Nike quietly backed away from after OutKick exposed it, the company has built an impressive record of left-wing corporate activism.
In February 2026, it added an EEOC investigation into alleged race discrimination against white employees and job applicants to the list.
Nike wanted to be more than a shoe company. Mission accomplished.

Nike made its choice clear in 2018, when it put former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick at the center of its 30th-anniversary "Just Do It" campaign.
Kaepernick, of course, became a national political figure after sitting, and later kneeling, during the national anthem because he said he refused to show pride in a flag for a country that "oppresses black people and people of color."
He specifically cited "police brutality" and later wore socks to an NFL practice depicting police officers as pigs and showed support for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Nike decided he was the perfect guy to launch a campaign with the slogan, "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything."
At that point, Nike wasn't simply sponsoring a former NFL quarterback. It was elevating the most divisive figure in American sports at the time and daring consumers to take a side.
Some did. Nike received plenty of backlash, including videos of customers burning products or cutting the swooshes off their socks. But the company also received glowing coverage from corporate-media types who loved the idea of a massive American brand embracing extreme left-wing political messaging.
Nike didn't back away from the Kaepernick experiment, either.
The following summer, it pulled a Fourth of July-themed Air Max sneaker featuring the Betsy Ross flag after Kaepernick reportedly objected to the design. Nike said it halted distribution because of concerns the shoe could "unintentionally offend."
Think about that for a second. A company built around American athletes decided that a sneaker featuring the flag associated with the country's founding was too offensive to sell around Independence Day.

That was just the start, and I think I was still buying Nikes when this crap was going on. I wasn't happy about it, but whatever, I knew my size in Nike.

And then they started with the BLM shit. That's when I was done.

And then, of course, came Dylan Mulvaney.

This is where Nike's activism went from poor marketing tactics to something much more serious.
In April 2025, OutKick reported that evidence indicated Nike had helped fund a study involving "transgender" youth athletes as young as 12. The proposed research was designed to track athletic and physiological changes among young people undergoing so-called "gender-affirming care."
Researchers connected to the project said publicly that Nike had provided funding. Boston Children's Hospital magazine later described the research as being supported, in part, by Nike.
Nike initially would not answer OutKick's repeated questions. A company executive later said on background that the study "was never initialized" and was "not moving forward."
Then, trans-identifying researcher Joanna Harper, a male, said Nike had "pulled out" after "haters got wind of it."
So, which was it? Was the study never initialized, as Nike claimed? Or did Nike pull out after public pressure, as one of its researchers claimed?
Nike has never provided a clear public explanation that resolves that contradiction.

I didn't even know about that. (Or, if I knew, my nearly-29-year-old brain forgot about it.)

Nike's stock problems go well beyond its aggressive political messaging. But the company has spent years building a brand that often seemed more interested in impressing left-wing activists than connecting with consumers in middle America.

Corporate leftists defend turning their companies into leftwing propaganda outfits -- despite the fact that this is not the mission of the company, and not what shareholders buy stock for -- by claiming that this kind of leftwing political "goodwill" is a genuine intangible asset that justifies ignoring the company's chartered mission to pursue.

This has always been a lie. It has always been the case that they knew they were destroying shareholder value -- they just decided it was worth it to destroy shareholder value to push their personal fucked-up ideologies.

Now they're seeing proof -- they always knew this, but the proof makes it hard to defend against shareholder lawsuits -- that there's a lot of corporate badwill incurred in pushing an unpopular extremist ideology, too.

I don't think the shareholders alone should pay for the sins of the corporate officers. I sure wish there were some way to personally sue them for violating the corporate charter to become the Official Shoe of Antifa and BLM.

I guess the only penalty the ideologues will pay is losing out on future jobs -- but leftwing civilization-destroyers never pay that price, either. Communism, Inc. always has a safety-net job for them in a university or a leftwing taxpayer-grifting NGO.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:52 PM

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1 No more Nikes here either

Posted by: Molly k. at August 24, 2026 06:52 PM (j/yko)

2 Or Nike's either

Posted by: Molly k. at August 24, 2026 06:52 PM (j/yko)

3 Do they still do the air jordan thing? Might be time to bring him back if he is willing.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:52 PM (cpFbA)

4 WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft

The lawsuits are gonna be lit. And there will be lawsuits.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 06:53 PM (2Drhq)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 24, 2026 06:54 PM (EJE3y)

6 WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft

...................

Cuz they are males trying to play on a female team? That's crazy.

Posted by: Molly k. at August 24, 2026 06:55 PM (j/yko)

7 I used to buy Nikes exclusively. I knew my size in them and they fit right. No "in between sizes" for me.

BREAKING

Nike suffers catastrophic sales decline in key Ewok demographic

Posted by: MiklosWatch at August 24, 2026 06:55 PM (4RYRd)

8 WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft
...................

Total shocker.

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:55 PM (vE0+H)

9 New Balance > Nike

And yeah, they call them dad sneakers but I've worn them since my 20s because they have my extra-extra-extra wides always in stock in the styles and colors I want. New Balance is known for that.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 06:55 PM (2Drhq)

10 Swoosh! down the pipes.

Posted by: wth at August 24, 2026 06:56 PM (UjdFS)

11 The lawsuits are gonna be lit. And there will be lawsuits.
Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 06:53 PM (2Drhq)

Does the guy need to say the thing?

Posted by: ... at August 24, 2026 06:56 PM (vE0+H)

12 I wonder, how much cash did corporate executives make during this downward slide?

This is the real problem -- our laws and tax system is such that they can gamble with a company's non-fungible assets and either way they win. Either with massive bonuses, or massive bonuses.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 24, 2026 06:56 PM (faxKR)

13 Top 20?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 24, 2026 06:56 PM (zMzlR)

14 I exclusively buy New Balance. I hope I never hear about them in the news.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 24, 2026 06:57 PM (zMzlR)

15 Skechers Slip-Ins for me these days.

Posted by: wth at August 24, 2026 06:57 PM (UjdFS)

16 WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft

The lawsuits are gonna be lit. And there will be lawsuits.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 06:53 PM

Oh hell yes! They already have some serious civil rights lawyers calling them up to take their cases pro bono. It's gonna be great!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:58 PM (cpFbA)

17 Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White already said they'll sue if they're excluded from the draft.

This is going to be the most courtroom fun since the "Because I Got High" dude.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 06:58 PM (2Drhq)

18 I still workout in Nike metcons. They are my favorite workout shoe. But once these fall apart I'll be moving to born primative.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 24, 2026 06:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

19 Hoka is where it's at.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (ydoWy)

20 Except for a small interest in kollige football, follow no sportsball of any kind, unless I take time to despise it. Like wimmin bastitbaw.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (LHPAg)

21 Willowed: the insane left is calling Jefferies "AIPAC Shakur". The Dem civil war is getting sporty at just the right time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (JEgjE)

22 All those 8 year olds slaving away on the Nike assembly lines in China are going to be so disappointed in the stock price drop

Posted by: brak at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (sCxmP)

23 Interesting that Nike's hard turn to the left was right after they got caught using child slave labor in their Asian shoe factories.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (f0sNM)

24 Dont own none and never will.

Posted by: Guy who dont own none at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (MWfyi)

25 they still do the air jordan thing? Might be time to bring him back if he is willing.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:52 PM (cpFbA)

Jordan brand is a sub brand of Nike. Utilizing the jumpman logo. Not the swoosh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 24, 2026 07:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

26 The WNBA is starting the death rattle.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 24, 2026 07:00 PM (ydoWy)

27 Yep, the Dems and some Repubs love child labor, if their Chinee paymasters tell them to.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 07:01 PM (2Drhq)

28 Pro Bono. Heh heh heh.

Posted by: Butthead at August 24, 2026 07:02 PM (MWfyi)

29 Nike. Pronounced like "Bike".

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 07:03 PM (OPTvA)

30 I'm a Puma man. Sleek sexy cat. From the other German shoe brother. I mean you really want to buy Adolf's shoes go ahead pal. I'm a Rudolf man. Good name. A freaking reindeer name, of course you can trust a man named after one of santa's reindeer. I bet he never named a reindeer Adolf. No sir.

Posted by: banana Dream - Wouldn't let poor Adolf join in any reindeer games at August 24, 2026 07:04 PM (3uBP9)

31 Recently got some Adidas at Costco. They're probably lefty too, but I don't care because Costco assuredly took a good chunk out of them as they are wont to do.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 24, 2026 07:04 PM (n5tGW)

32 >>>So, which was it? Was the study never initialized, as Nike claimed? Or did Nike pull out after public pressure, as one of its researchers claimed?

I would put my money on a 3rd choice. They funded the study, but the results were so bad for the trans agenda, that they suppressed the study entirely.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 24, 2026 07:04 PM (syz1S)

33 I used to buy $20 Walmart shoes but now they are $25. I'm just going to wreck them in a few months anyway. I always buy the same kind so when one blows out I can pull a spare from the pile.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)

34 Other problem that happened with Nike? So many different versions of the same damn shoe, you never knew what you were going to get, or what they would have in stock.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 07:06 PM (mP0Kj)

35 Saying their stock went down because they appealed to some left leaning social policy is like when right wingers say the economy is doing great cuz the stock market is up even though affordability is down, inflation is up, gas is up, groceries are up, jobs are down, recruiting timelines are longer, dollar value is down, debt and deficit is higher.

It's because of tanking sales of their Chinese brands, focusing too heavily on historic brands instead of creating new lines of shoes, as well as pulling their shoes off of the shelves at foot locker and other stores.

Yup. They tried to go pure digital. Lost shelf space to competitors. Crazy that people like buying shoes in person

Also just quality decline, they make worse shit now and reputation is bad because of it. Lots of better shoes out there now.

It’s more that they got unreasonably expensive and other brands make shoes that are just as good.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 24, 2026 07:06 PM (Aylvb)

36
Don't forget Costco - they have a $69,999 pair of Lebron James signed Nikes:

https://tinyurl.com/5a56mbmv

Posted by: beckster at August 24, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

37 Like wimmin bastitbaw.
Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2026 06:59 PM (LHPAg)

Hah!
Except for the Cunningham chick. She can point out my flaws all night long.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 24, 2026 07:06 PM (doOdp)

38 I like Brooks for work and Hokas for working out.

Posted by: Molly k. at August 24, 2026 07:07 PM (j/yko)

39 16 WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft

The lawsuits are gonna be lit. And there will be lawsuits.

Posted by: Delurker at August 24, 2026 06:53 PM

Oh hell yes! They already have some serious civil rights lawyers calling them up to take their cases pro bono. It's gonna be great!
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 06:58 PM (cpFbA)

So, just what ARE the rulez?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 07:07 PM (mP0Kj)

40

Is that Horsed Face idiot that ran Bud Light into the ground over there now?

Everything they do is aligned with the plot to remove white people from the planet.

It's more obvious every day.

Fascinating. Even with DJT in office, they continue apace with success.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 07:07 PM (mcbT4)

41 I'm old enough to remember when leftists universally hated corporations, generally speaking.

Who knew, it was a conditional sort of hatred. One might notice they have a similar conditional support (or corresponding hatred depending) for free speech, guns, religion, the F.B.I. and anything and everything else. I mean, it's almost like they are full of shit. Almost.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 07:07 PM (OPTvA)

42 "Communism, Inc. always has a safety-net job for them in a university or a leftwing taxpayer-grifting NGO."

I like to think that we're chipping away at those, too ... we haven't exposed as much as 10% of the fraud, yet.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:07 PM (VyBeY)

43 I don't even care if I'm wearing two different kinds of shoes. I don't know why Mrs fd does.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:08 PM (MWfyi)

44 That's the thing about name brands. You always pay a premium for the "swoosh."

You can get the same thing for much less elsewhere. Chances are it's even made in the same factory by the same manufacturer.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 07:08 PM (FZ29D)

45

And ECCO is the shit. All the other shoe companies products killed my feet and ankles.

Once I went with ECCO, no more, I can walk for miles pain free.

Praise Jesus.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 07:09 PM (mcbT4)

46 that Horsed Face idiot that ran Bud Light into the ground over there now?

======

They hired mulvaney for a sports bar campaign directly on the heels of the bud light thing.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 24, 2026 07:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 43 I don't even care if I'm wearing two different kinds of shoes. I don't know why Mrs fd does.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:08 PM (MWfyi)

During summer? I only have to put shoes on about 1nce a week... to go to the grocery store.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 07:09 PM (mP0Kj)

48 by the same manufacturer.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 07:08 PM (FZ29D)

By the same child slave.

Posted by: RI Red - at August 24, 2026 07:10 PM (doOdp)

49 I have to wear shoes in the shop because I like my toes.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:10 PM (MWfyi)

50 by the same manufacturer.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 07:08 PM (FZ29D)

By the same child slave.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 24, 2026 07:10 PM (doOdp)
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That too.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2026 07:10 PM (FZ29D)

51 Nikes were always too narrow. New Balance here. My wife bought me some very lightweight Nikes, the mesh-looking ones. First time I wore them, I got a heel spur. Took nearly 4 months to go away.
Never had a foot problem since.

Posted by: Agony of De Feet at August 24, 2026 07:11 PM (JM9I6)

52 "I sure wish there were some way to personally sue them for violating the corporate charter to become the Official Shoe of Antifa and BLM."

only shareholders have standing to sue for conduct that reduces share value ... it was a big thing years ago.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:11 PM (VyBeY)

53 Carried over:

23 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state actors who criminalize constitutionally protected behavior.
Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

RedState link:
https://tinyurl.com/mruz997a

"We Just Learned What Was Behind the FBI Warrant for Eric Swalwell – It's Not Looking Good for Him"
August 20, 2026

"The Swalwell search warrant was apparently issued under 18 U.S.C. § 242, a federal civil-rights statute that applies when someone uses their governmental authority to deprive another person of rights provided to them either through the Constitution or by federal law.
. . .
"The Standard also referred to the case of former Waterbury, Connecticut, Mayor Philip Giordano, who was convicted under the §242 statute back in 2003 for using the power of his office – and his connections to police – to intimidate two girls he had sexually abused into not ratting him out.
. . .
"Tony Brass ... said the statute could potentially come into play if investigators believe Swalwell used his position in Congress to intimidate witnesses or somehow interfere with another person's rights."

Posted by: SciVo at August 24, 2026 07:11 PM (ke3zm)

54
Nike's been dancing with homos nearly a quarter of a century.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:11 PM (/h59J)

55 Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear.

Posted by: The Hag at August 24, 2026 07:12 PM (Gq/+4)

56 That's all they've got on Swalwell? There has to be much much more.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:13 PM (MWfyi)

57 Those marketing hires sure worked out well.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:13 PM (FHoaH)

58 And ECCO is the shit. All the other shoe companies products killed my feet and ankles.

Once I went with ECCO, no more, I can walk for miles pain free.

Praise Jesus.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at August 24, 2026 07:09 PM

The wife went with ecco shoes when she had foot issues. They are the bomb, expensive but they are great for people who have any kind of foot problems.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 07:13 PM (cpFbA)

59 Well that 49'er homo owner can be their new standard bearer as they move to support fag prostitution.

Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2026 07:13 PM (7jOWE)

60 just checking:

Search Assist

Nike publicly acknowledged LGBTQ issues in 1994 with a "Just Do It" ad featuring an HIV-positive athlete, but it was in 2005 that they took a strong public stand by supporting Oregon Senate Bill 1000, which aimed to protect GLBT citizens from discrimination.
hrc.org

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:14 PM (/h59J)

61 Puma - athletic shoes - 1 pair
Clarks - office shoes - 2 pair
Sandals - Chacos - 1 pair
Boots - Nokona - 1 pair

It looks like a lot now when I write it all out.

Posted by: banana Dream - Imelda Marcos eat your heart out at August 24, 2026 07:14 PM (3uBP9)

62 It's like this though, the big blew cities are supposed to be the "trend-setters". And the rest of the country follows those trends.

And that is the way it used to be. Until blew city politics chewed through the leash and ran amok.

Thus marketing was always targeted at those trendy blew cities, and as a side note, their culture and political expressions.

But that was before people in other parts of the country started rethinking how little they wanted to follow batshit crazy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

63 I was poor as a child in Queens. Could only find one shoe and one boot that fit me. Kids at PS 37 called me ShoeBooty.

Posted by: Archie Bunker 704 Hauser Street at August 24, 2026 07:15 PM (JM9I6)

64 It's hard to tell these days whether bombs and shit are good or bad. First thought on either word is....

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:16 PM (/h59J)

65 "I used to buy Nikes exclusively" Me too Ace, but not anymore. Nike is dead to me.

Besides, I can buy Adidas from the factory on ebay for about half of what I used to waste on nike.

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 24, 2026 07:16 PM (Mx+TJ)

66 I'd like someone to spend some time figuring out what Federal charges could be brought against state actors who criminalize constitutionally protected behavior.

Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

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14th amendment says that Congress can create laws to preserve rights when States suppress them.

So, given the case that Congress acts on something. There is theoretically a redress.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:17 PM (Fi81e)

67 Well, we don’t murder CEO’s like Democrats, so I say we throw a few green dildos at the Nike executive team. Just do it.

Posted by: That Guy at August 24, 2026 07:17 PM (hcEyG)

68 Haven't bought high price sneakers in years

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 07:17 PM (Ia/+0)

69 Twisted X footwear.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:17 PM (FHoaH)

70 I buy Skechers exclusively--Skechers Slip-ins.

Livin' the dream started at ~ 10 years old.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (Fi81e)

71 WNBA Rules Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White Ineligible for Draft

What reason did they give? Seems unlikely to me that it was simply "because he's a dude."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (vTZFs)

72 I've got 2 pairs of Flojo flip flops from Costco that I wear as much as I can in the warmer months around the house and when walking the dog. The soles are more cushy than my athletic shoes... not saying much, I'm sure there's much better flip flops out there

Posted by: Rex B at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (R0XxO)

73 I ironed on little American Flags over all the Nike swooshes on shorts and shirts I had. A few are still wearable, because that was over 25 years ago.

Posted by: epador at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (TRnzq)

74 Corporate leftists defend turning their companies into leftwing propaganda outfits -- despite the fact that this is not the mission of the company, and not what shareholders buy stock for

Oh? We own the vast majority of Nike... using your money, by the way... and we see it differently.

Posted by: Black Rock, Vanguard, State Street, etc. at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (AhCY4)

75 HIV, Just do it.

Posted by: Nike at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (Fi81e)

76 I buy all my shoes at my neighborhood Kinney Shoe Store. My kids wear Buster Browns and my suits come from Robert Hall.

Posted by: Old Softee at August 24, 2026 07:18 PM (JM9I6)

77 I kind of switched my order half way through. I would be an absolute crap database designer.

Posted by: banana Dream - 7th Normal form, 7NF, banana Dream is always wrong at August 24, 2026 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

78 New Balance fits my feet, which is a rare enough accomplishment that i's worth my patronage.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 24, 2026 07:19 PM (CHHv1)

79 55 Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear.
Posted by: The Hag at August 24, 2026 07:12 PM (Gq/+4)

Most comfortable shoes I own? Custom made Fencing Boots from when I did competitive sword fighting...

come up to just below my knee, laced up the side, 1.5 inch heels... about $450 15 years ago... but damn worth it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 24, 2026 07:20 PM (mP0Kj)

80 It would totally suck if Swalwell was using his position to silence some wimmenz he abused.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)

81 Thus marketing was always targeted at those trendy blew cities, and as a side note, their culture and political expressions.

But that was before people in ***[most of the country]*** other parts of the country started rethinking how little they wanted to follow batshit crazy.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

***Brae annotation

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:20 PM (/h59J)

82 did I ever own a pair of nike? dunno. did they even make shoes to fit my big, wide feet? wore new balance with steel toes for years ... mostly skechers these days; keen, merrill ...

one more company i can't boycott

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:21 PM (VyBeY)

83 "I buy all my shoes at my neighborhood Kinney Shoe Store. My kids wear Buster Browns and my suits come from Robert Hall.
Posted by: Old Softee "

Arf!

Posted by: Tige at August 24, 2026 07:21 PM (MWfyi)

Posted by: Gray Goose Shoes at August 24, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)

85 Most comfortable shoes I own? Custom made Fencing Boots from when I did competitive sword fighting...

Ha! Never knew "sword fighting" was competitive. Used to do it at Man's Country just for kicks!

Posted by: Barry Soetero at August 24, 2026 07:22 PM (JM9I6)

86 I'm old enough to remember when leftists universally hated corporations, generally speaking.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2026 07:07 PM (OPTvA)
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Yeah, they never meant anything they said.

That's what I had to learn, and it just seems to keep unraveling how little they meant anything that they used to say.

Now, the ones that did mean something, they've already moved on.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:22 PM (Fi81e)

87 Supreme Court Upholds President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting Ahead of Midterms

Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2026 07:23 PM (O7XEN)

88 Supreme Court Upholds President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting Ahead of Midterms
Posted by: SMOD at August 24, 2026 07:23 PM (O7XEN)

Its a little more complicated than that.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 07:24 PM (rbvCR)

89 That big cities rule, today, is an MSM myth. It makes it easy for the pollsters to jimmy the numbers. Now, it has become evident to the rest of the country, the majority of us, that whether Yankee or Red Neck, we agree on the basics.

We've got them surrounded.

Or as an esteemed commenter once said, romantically;
They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:25 PM (/h59J)

90 Another thing about buying the same shoe every time is I have a supply of river shoes. The more holes the better, because the water runs right out. Once the shoe reaches the river shoe stage, it's useful life is nearly over.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:25 PM (MWfyi)

91 Where do Crocs fall on the manly footwear scale?

Posted by: Poofters Keeping Score at August 24, 2026 07:26 PM (JM9I6)

92 >>>
Its a little more complicated than that.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Esplain, por favor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:26 PM (/h59J)

93 "Where do Crocs fall on the manly footwear scale?
Posted by: Poofters Keeping Score"

They don't.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

94 91, this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:27 PM (VyBeY)

95 Under Marxism, even shoes serve the State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2026 07:28 PM (RIvkX)

96 Back when I ran cross country in the days you had to be aware of lurking saber tooth tigers during the race, Nike was this cool running shoe that was terribly expensive at $7 a pair. They were quite the rage and every kid on the team had to have a pair.

I wore Nike shoes for about 20 years before I switched to other brands. They became cheaply made shoes and hurt my feet. I was wearing a pair when I was offered a job in Nike's IT department just before they opened their huge corporate campus in Beaverton. It was in a small suburban office where there was a keg on tap and men wearing shorts and Hawaiian shirts and the women in bikinis. Turned them down as I had a better offer somewhere else.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 24, 2026 07:28 PM (NVp2u)

97 Esplain, por favor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:26 PM

Look at that...he's speaking a ferin language all high and mighty.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 24, 2026 07:28 PM (cpFbA)

98 91 Another thing about buying the same shoe every time is I have a supply of river shoes. The more holes the better, because the water runs right out. Once the shoe reaches the river shoe stage, it's useful life is nearly over.
Posted by: fd

As teens, we kept derelict sneakers to use to swim (illegally) in the reservoir. The bottom was sharp rip-rap boulders. Once when coming ashore from swimming, I felt something on the toe of the sneaker. Lifted my leg when shallow enough, there was a 5 lb. Snapping Turtle clamped to the toe. Would have sucked barefoot.

Posted by: It's Turtles All The Way Down at August 24, 2026 07:30 PM (JM9I6)

99 "91, this!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

If they survive that stage they go in the "tar the driveway" pile.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

100 YO!

Les go loot da New Balance sto

Posted by: Urban Redistribution, waiting vainly for participants at August 24, 2026 07:31 PM (4RYRd)

101 >>>91 Another thing about buying the same shoe every time is I have a supply of river shoes. The more holes the better, because the water runs right out. Once the shoe reaches the river shoe stage, it's useful life is nearly over.

I used to keep every banged-up BTFO sneaker as a "river shoe" or "flooded street shoe" until I saw I had about twenty pairs and wondered how many flooded streets or rivers would I be likely to have to ford

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 07:31 PM (1wjle)

102 Aisics are good. Bought a pair for my plantar fasciitis and wore those puppies for a solid year, in the house and out, even after the plantar fasciitis cleared up. They're not cheap but they've got staying power, they make them in wide sizes and I can insert my hard plastic orthotics in them with no problem.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 24, 2026 07:31 PM (NtoJk)

103 I remember, back in the 90's, how all the black youth HAD to have Nike. And they were expensive, before inflation. But it was more important to have the a pair of kicks to show off to your friends, rather than other necessities. All to line Nike's bottom line.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 24, 2026 07:31 PM (4h45B)

104 Usually 50% off or better on their shoes.

http://tiny.cc/d099101

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 24, 2026 07:32 PM (Mx+TJ)

105 Asics Gel Trail runners, for the dirt roads all around me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

106 "tar the driveway" does seem like a reasonable end of the road condition

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2026 07:32 PM (VyBeY)

107 Amusing.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2026 07:32 PM (wxsGM)

108 "there was a 5 lb. Snapping Turtle clamped to the toe. Would have sucked barefoot.
Posted by: It's Turtles All The Way Down"

Aye yi yi!

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

109
Bill Bowerman would be spinning in his grave to see Nike doing this crap.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 24, 2026 07:33 PM (OkYzo)

110 Shop ay Academy Sports. Since the gun and ammo ban, never been back to Dick's Sporting Goofs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 07:33 PM (u82oZ)

111 I always avoided Nike because their products are shit and they fooled all the dusky hood rats that their overpriced gear was hip and cool and blah blah blah.

Plus they use slave child labor to produce their crap which in reality no one really needs to buy in the first place.

Posted by: Go Fasters at August 24, 2026 07:34 PM (QRHoA)

112 I used to run halfs 2000 thru about 2015
So Nike had the best shirt by far I thot
Then it stunk bad maybe I could wear the shirt 6 months
I tried the Pegasus I think
I wore it out it 200 miles (35 miles/wk) so maybe 6 weeks

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 24, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

113 Some of y'all got mad at me for saying "Republicans buy sneakers too". Dumbasses.

Posted by: Michael Jordan at August 24, 2026 07:34 PM (9ZFZd)

114 97 Back when I ran cross country in the days you had to be aware of lurking saber tooth tigers during the race, Nike was this cool running shoe that was terribly expensive at $7 a pair. They were quite the rage and every kid on the team had to have a pair.
...

A time before LGBQWERTY was a thing Nike sold a running shoe that used three Velcro straps (all others used two). I wore them until they were no more. There was a style of Converse that also did well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:34 PM (/h59J)

115 A time before LGBQWERTY was a thing Nike sold a running shoe that used three Velcro straps (all others used two). I wore them until they were no more. There was a style of Converse that also did well.

Posted by: Braenyard

We all had those!

Posted by: the kids on the Short Bus at August 24, 2026 07:35 PM (4RYRd)

116 "tar the driveway" does seem like a reasonable end of the road condition
Posted by: sock_rat_eez"

I seen what you did there.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)

117 Jared Kushner met with Temu Obama Jefferies? WTF is that oily little weasel up to?

Posted by: That Guy at August 24, 2026 07:37 PM (i14TE)

118 Esplain, por favor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:26 PM (/h59J)

You should probably get it second-hand with analysis from @shipwreckedcrew

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 07:37 PM (rbvCR)

119 I used to love Nike.
The only shoes i bought for twenty years.
Then they went woke and never looked back.

Now I’ve got a few brands in the closet and a few pairs of Nike left from years ago.
I like Skechers the best right now.

My favorite brand is from when I was a kid; Zips.
I thought they would make me run at the speed of light from their commercials.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 24, 2026 07:38 PM (6ydKt)

120 If I ever wore crocs, I would shoot myself.

Posted by: That Guy at August 24, 2026 07:39 PM (i14TE)

121 I have 3 pair of sneakers--
--the *nice* pair, for everyday wear.
--the *not so nice* pair, for yard work.
--the *almost ready for the trash* pair, for a messy or mucky job and I feel no guilt tossing them out when the job is done.

Actually, there are 2 arftt pair now. Muddy fall weather is approaching, heh.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2026 07:41 PM (rdVOm)

122 "Nike's stock problems go well beyond its aggressive political messaging. But the company has spent years building a brand that often seemed more interested in impressing left-wing activists than connecting with consumers in middle America."

New Balance is privately held. Jim and Anne Davis, the owners, are Republican donors. They've supported Trump, Vance, Romney, Collins, and R opponents to Michelle Wu from Boston.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2026 07:41 PM (0CU3H)

123 I'd be pretty happy if I could wear soft-soled shearling slippers everywhere. I like to be as close to barefoot as possible when I have to wear shoes.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

124 "This has always been a lie. It has always been the case that they knew they were destroying shareholder value -- they just decided it was worth it to destroy shareholder value to push their personal fucked-up ideologies."

Ah yes, our ex CEO who said "we do.the right thing, not the easy thing", by which he meant "alienate all our customers with trans propaganda, lose billions (yes that is a B), while also covering up actual rapists to protect partnerships but only until a bigger partner demanded we turn on them"

Posted by: heya at August 24, 2026 07:42 PM (neSLO)

125 Why buy them when you can loot the stores? Not like you are going to jail if you are caught. 30 or 40 people with their faces covered grabbing everything in sight, high fiving each other when they get out to the parking lot. Meanwhile the store is torn to pieces and the clerks scared to death. Life in the big blue cities.

Posted by: Case at August 24, 2026 07:43 PM (VrYHL)

126 87
Yeah, they never meant anything they said.

That's what I had to learn, and it just seems to keep unraveling how little they meant anything that they used to say.

Now, the ones that did mean something, they've already moved on.
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:22 PM (Fi81e)

Socialism and Islam are slavery, and their rhetoric is just the scam patter of similar confidence schemes. As grifters, they are nihilistic liars, who don't even care if their own words are true or false; that's missing the point, which is whether they're effective at manipulating you into putting on the slave collar.

Their only two pseudo-principles are Power & Clique -- and they would toss the latter in a heartbeat, if they got actual comic-book supervillain tech to be a one-man tyranny. In the meantime, they will do anything for their side while projecting their behavior onto you, and maybe even psychotically believing it.

Posted by: SciVo at August 24, 2026 07:43 PM (ke3zm)

127 I like Warrior sneakers, but they no longer exist

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 24, 2026 07:43 PM (f0sNM)

128
Crocs flip flops are very comfortable.

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 07:44 PM (/QHx4)

129 Never wore Nikes. New Balance for workouts, for several decades; Asics for competition, for a year; New Balance for competition for about 20 years, minus a year.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:44 PM (NcvvS)

130 My first (and last) pair of snooty-expensive sneakers, were Reebok.

$75, back in 1990! Ugh. And they didn't even last as long as the no-name Kmart cheapos I could get for $10.

Posted by: JQ at August 24, 2026 07:44 PM (rdVOm)

131 Where are my KangaRoos?

I think my car keys are in those

Posted by: Miklos shuffles about at August 24, 2026 07:45 PM (4RYRd)

132 April, they make a barefoot shoe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:45 PM (FHoaH)

133 Nike sucks. Too expensive for shoes that don't really fit. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 07:46 PM (vfz7U)

134 59 Well that 49'er homo owner can be their new standard bearer as they move to support fag prostitution.
Posted by: torabora at August 24, 2026 07:13 PM (7jOWE)

Nah, he was arranging for a lady in the trailer park. I can tell ya, you can find some good ones in those places. It helps to have some state troopers helping you out though, heh heh.

Posted by: Billy Jeff C. at August 24, 2026 07:46 PM (9ZFZd)

135 Wonder how the people who built rooms to house their Nike tennis shoe collection now feel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2026 07:47 PM (2GVsD)

136 I hate seeing stuff like this, great brand, at the Coca Cola and McDonalds level. They had everything going right. And look what they did to it. Next gen of woke degenerates killed it. Sad.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 07:47 PM (g47mK)

137 >>Where are my KangaRoos?

Thank God, first read that as Underoos. Know that you would never, Miklos.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:47 PM (NcvvS)

138 Wore RedWings a lot.
Good leather, good boots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 07:48 PM (/h59J)

139 123 I'd be pretty happy if I could wear soft-soled shearling slippers everywhere. I like to be as close to barefoot as possible when I have to wear shoes.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

I have a lovely pair of LL Bean quilted slippers with rubber soles that I would wear everywhere if I could get away with it. DH has a pair too, which is remarkable, since he is a size 15. Not a lot of options at that size.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (vfz7U)

140 132 April, they make a barefoot shoe.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2026 07:45 PM (FHoaH)

There is an increasingly good selection of barefoot, or zero drop, shoes with wide toe box. My current pair is made by Keen, and I'm going to be disappointed when I wear them out. I never learn, to buy multiple pairs when I find a good one.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)

141 Nah, he was arranging for a lady in the trailer park. I can tell ya, you can find some good ones in those places. It helps to have some state troopers helping you out though, heh heh.
Posted by: Billy Jeff C.
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Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find.

Posted by: James Carville at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (XeU6L)

142 I stopped buying NIKE when they claimed to stopped with the South East Asian child labor. If I want some sausage fingered adult screwing up my stitching, I'll buy Converse. They whined about the kids not getting bathroom breaks....but hey, fun fact, when you're malnourished from lack of eating, you have no need for a bathroom break. It's not like NIKE needed suicide nets outside the factory windows. You'd have to actually work in a building for that necessity.

Nah, kids, with little fingers and no self-worth. Those are the primo employees for a company like NIKE.

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (dIske)

143 Know that you would never, Miklos.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:47 PM (NcvvS)

He might, if Darleen insisted.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (vfz7U)

144 Thank God, first read that as Underoos. Know that you would never, Miklos.
Posted by: Nazdar

Nope. Car keys are right uncomfortable in those.

Posted by: Miklos dislikes chafing and redness at August 24, 2026 07:50 PM (4RYRd)

145 >>Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (vfz7U)

Almost all of my footwear has come from LL Bean for about 50 years. One dud in all that time.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:51 PM (NcvvS)

146 Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find.
Posted by: James Carville at August 24, 2026 07:49 PM (XeU6L)
_________________________

Somali philanthropists?

Posted by: Orson at August 24, 2026 07:51 PM (dIske)

147 He might, if Darleen insisted.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I cannot resist her winning ways.

Posted by: Especially when she's got me pinned on the floor in a leg lock at August 24, 2026 07:52 PM (4RYRd)

148 >>Nope. Car keys are right uncomfortable in those.

+1 !

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:52 PM (NcvvS)

149 120 If I ever wore crocs, I would shoot myself.
Posted by: That Guy at August 24, 2026 07:39 PM (i14TE)

I wore them, to beach volleyball games when DH's brother was playing. They were sponsors. I have a tiny pair of them that the boy wore on the beach at the time. They are cute as hell, with the AVP logo, and I hang them on the Christmas tree every year.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 07:53 PM (vfz7U)

150 >>I cannot resist her winning ways.

The French formidable is so much more emphatic than the English.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:55 PM (NcvvS)

151 >> 125 Why buy them when you can loot the stores? Not like you are going to jail if you are caught. 30 or 40 people with their faces covered grabbing everything in sight, high fiving each other when they get out to the parking lot. Meanwhile the store is torn to pieces and the clerks scared to death. Life in the big blue cities.

Nike had to close its first factory store it opened in Portland in 1984 because of the repeated looting.

Posted by: the dandy at August 24, 2026 07:55 PM (8l8nW)

152 Saucony seems to be at my personal sweet spot of "great distance comfort" and "not cheap but doesn't break the bank" running shoes.

Posted by: Crusader at August 24, 2026 07:57 PM (TN0g+)

153 The French formidable is so much more emphatic than the English.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:55 PM (NcvvS)
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We have that word in English as well.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:59 PM (Fi81e)

154 Maybe the WNBA (Dykes in Nikes) will save them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2026 07:59 PM (S41Gd)

155 >>Saucony seems to be at my personal sweet spot

Test-drove a Saucony pair once, not a good shape for my foot. Good that they work for you.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:01 PM (NcvvS)

156 134 Nah, he was arranging for a lady in the trailer park.
==

Is this confirmed? I haven't seen anything regarding the sex of the prostitute.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 24, 2026 08:02 PM (0bjKf)

157 >>We have that word in English as well.

Well, yes, but English seldom uses it, while French has it as a mainstay.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:03 PM (NcvvS)

158 wouldn't think you had to go to OH to find a dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 08:03 PM (uhVAy)

159 So Braenyard:

www.supremecourt.gov/
opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf

Trump v California et al

PER CURIAM.
The President recently issued an Executive Order regarding election integrity. A group of States sued the Government in the District of Massachusetts, contending that the Order unconstitutionally infringes on their authority to administer elections. The District Court agreed and enjoined the Government from implementing the Order. In doing so, the District Court rejected the Government’s argument that it lacked jurisdiction over the States’ claims because the States lack standing to bring them. The Government has asked us to stay the injunction, arguing that it is likely to succeed on the merits of its jurisdictional argument, that the injunction is causing it irreparable harm, and that the equities do not favor leaving the injunction in place while the Government’s appeal is pending. We agree and grant the stay.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:03 PM (rbvCR)

160 Bill Kristol has morphed into a hybrid of Renfield and Wormtongue.

Once you remember that this man used to be the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement for 25 years, it all starts to make sense why the GOP functioned like controlled opposition from the 1990s until Trump came along.

Because that’s exactly what they were.

https://tinyurl.com/2y2w6f73

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2026 08:04 PM (Riz8t)

161 Is this confirmed? I haven't seen anything regarding the ~~sex~~ gender identity of the prostitute.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 24, 2026 08:02 PM

Fixed for correctness

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at August 24, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

162 I am in desperate need of new sneakers actually, just keep putting it off.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 08:05 PM (Ia/+0)

163 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

164 Once you remember that this man used to be the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement for 25 years, it all starts to make sense why the GOP functioned like controlled opposition from the 1990s until Trump came along.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2026 08:04 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, but I dispute that I ever saw him promoted as a "chief intellectual leader".

They used to have him on quite a bit of political jabber shows. But, that probably has more to do with his self-promotion.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 08:07 PM (Fi81e)

165 The French formidable is so much more emphatic than the English.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:55 PM (NcvvS)

Formidable is more formidable? Sacred blue! Name of a dog!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:08 PM (rbvCR)

166 Abdul El-Sayed is on Jesse Watters' show.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 08:08 PM (Cqx++)

167 Don't tell me if there's anything sketchy about Skechers.

Posted by: DaveA at August 24, 2026 08:08 PM (FhXTo)

168 >>Once you remember that this man used to be the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement for 25 years, it all starts to make sense why the GOP functioned like controlled opposition from the 1990s until Trump came along.

He wasn't 'the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement', ever. He was a TV pundit who got by on his father's background and provided commentary to issues until he was caught up in himself. Wife used to call him 'Little Billy Kristol'; she thought he was a cute little guy, but we never took him very seriouslyu.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:09 PM (NcvvS)

169 Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at August 24, 2026 08:07 PM

--. --- --- -.. / . ...- . -. .. -. --. -.-.--

Posted by: -... --- --- -... ... at August 24, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

170 If Nike put a little star in the swoosh/crescent, I might actually have to buy a pair.

Posted by: Richard Reid at August 24, 2026 08:09 PM (R0XxO)

171 Don't tell me if there's anything sketchy about Skechers.
Posted by: DaveA at August 24, 2026 08:08 PM (FhXTo)

Nurses all wore them. I was wondering at the rounded heels.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:10 PM (rbvCR)

172 Not waiting any longer
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 08:11 PM (Ia/+0)

173 Wife used to call him 'Little Billy Kristol'; she thought he was a cute little guy, but we never took him very seriouslyu.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:09 PM (NcvvS)
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Now, that is more in line with what I remember.

Hey, if the guy made a point about something or other, I'd credit him. That would just mean he could do his job as a pundit.

Heck, even Sean Hannity says some notable things where I dismissed him far too lightly.

But I would never call Hannity a "chief intellectual leader".

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 08:12 PM (Fi81e)

174 >>Formidable is more formidable? Sacred blue! Name of a dog!

Heu? Qu'est-ce que c'est que vous ditez?

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:12 PM (NcvvS)

175 164 Once you remember that this man used to be the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement for 25 years, it all starts to make sense why the GOP functioned like controlled opposition from the 1990s until Trump came along.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2026 08:04 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, but I dispute that I ever saw him promoted as a "chief intellectual leader".

They used to have him on quite a bit of political jabber shows. But, that probably has more to do with his self-promotion.
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 08:07 PM (Fi81e)

Irving Kristol, on the other hand, was a giant. Yes, he was a father of neoconservatism, but still a giant. Bill's definition of neocon was substantially different than his father's.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2026 08:12 PM (0CU3H)

176 Abdul is on Jesse Watters' show right now. Obnoxious. Doesn't stop yakking long enough to breathe, talking over Watters and then complains that Jesse keeps interrupting him.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 24, 2026 08:13 PM (3ImbR)

177 Big Penguin 86'd the Cafe tonight so Ace is scrambling to come up with a replacement.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 24, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

178 Heu? Qu'est-ce que c'est que vous ditez?
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:12 PM (NcvvS)

Digo no hay entrada aqui. Debe irse a la frente y comprar tiquete como los demas.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:14 PM (rbvCR)

179 He wasn't 'the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement', ever. He was a TV pundit who got by on his father's background and provided commentary to issues until he was caught up in himself. Wife used to call him 'Little Billy Kristol'; she thought he was a cute little guy, but we never took him very seriouslyu.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:09 PM (NcvvS)

He was also Chief of Staff for VP Dan Quayle. Of course, that doesn't mean he was an intellectual heavyweight.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 24, 2026 08:14 PM (syz1S)

180 Asics and Saucony make WAY better running shoes than Nike.

Posted by: Now I only run when chased at August 24, 2026 08:14 PM (TbWk/)

181 Court ruled that Washington Post has to re-instate a black woman reporter they fired over comments the day Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

She wasn't about to mourn for a white man "who espoused violence".

I guess you don't have to be a reporter and right.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 08:15 PM (Fi81e)

182 I have a marketing idea/plan for NIKE. Now hear me out.

We get some tranny women and start marketing women.... oh wait... they already tried that... OK

How about getting all the black athletes to not stand or acknowledge our National Anthem.... nevermind already tried that too.

OK. I'm stumped.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 24, 2026 08:15 PM (xvV+O)

183 leather boots are still in style if a man needs footwear

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 24, 2026 08:16 PM (jrgJz)

184 "OK. I'm stumped.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious"

Penguins in black and white sneakers.

Posted by: Big Penguin at August 24, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)

185 >>>They used to have him on quite a bit of political jabber shows. But, that probably has more to do with his self-promotion.

Posted by: Axeman
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Most significant job he had was campaign manager for Dan Quayle.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 08:16 PM (/h59J)

186 >>Digo no hay entrada aqui. Debe irse a la frente y comprar tiquete como los demas.

Kindltot, Spanish is entirely foreign (SWIDT) territory for me. Just never got there.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (NcvvS)

187 I used to wear Nike Airs. Lightweight, nice cushioning. Then every pair started leaking after only a month. Done with them, and that was before they started the political bullshit.

Posted by: davidt at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (Q+gd/)

188 I agree that Kristol was never the "leader" of the conservatives, but at least he was widely seen as on the right, and therefore, when he adopted the left's position, they could point and say "See, even Bill Kristol agrees with us".

Anyone who says "abolish ICE" is an idiot, not an intellectual.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (Riz8t)

189
Ace is out shopping for shoes, lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (/QHx4)

190 Nike? Neeeeeeever heard of it.

Posted by: Gen. Pinkney at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (qUkBO)

191 181 Court ruled that Washington Post has to re-instate a black woman reporter they fired over comments the day Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
She wasn't about to mourn for a white man "who espoused violence".
I guess you don't have to be a reporter and right.
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 08:15 PM (Fi81e)

Thing is, the court is violating the WaPo's 1st amendment rights. They have the right to decide who gets to write in their pages. If she doesn't make their cut, nobody should be able to order them to employ her anyway.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 24, 2026 08:18 PM (syz1S)

192 "Then every pair started leaking after only a month. "

A pump like the lowriders use would make you jump higher.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (MWfyi)

193 189
Ace is out shopping for shoes, lol
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (/QHx4)

He looks FAAAAAGULOUS in his Jimmy Choos!

Posted by: Three snaps in a Z formation! at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (TbWk/)

194 Does Bill Kristol wear Nike shoes?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (Cqx++)

195 You don't get -... --- --- -... ... unless you have had your amateur extra license for a really long time.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (Gq/+4)

196 Digo no hay entrada aqui. Debe irse a la frente y comprar tiquete como los demas.
Posted by: Kindltot

Correctamundo

Posted by: El Moose-o al frente at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (4RYRd)

197 If you haven't felt it yet you will soon. We are winning in ways many said was impossible a couple years ago.

We are winning the culture wars largely because that orange menace understands and will not give up no matter what it costs him.

It's an amazing time to be alive.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (viF8m)

198 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the RILF.

Posted by: Spock at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

199 Kristol always had that shitty little snicker after saying something he thought was smart.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (/h59J)

200 Does Bill Kristol wear Nike shoes?

Do you want me to wear Nike shoes? I will...for a price.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (Riz8t)

201 192 "Then every pair started leaking after only a month. "

A pump like the lowriders use would make you jump higher.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2026 08:19 PM (MWfyi)

Or the hippity-hop thing.

Posted by: davidt at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (Q+gd/)

202 Kindltot, Spanish is entirely foreign (SWIDT) territory for me. Just never got there.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:17 PM (NcvvS)

If you do French then Spanish is simple, especially written Spanish. I was learning Spanish by immersion, and I got tossed into a French class as well. Spanish is simpler because it doesn't have all the niceties of French.
It was mitigated by half the basic vocabulary being in English in one form or another.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR)

203 Big Penguin 86'd the Cafe tonight so Ace is scrambling to come up with a replacement.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 24, 2026 08:13 PM/i]

Proof positive there is nothing so perfidious that penguins won't do. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (0sNs1)

204

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)

205 Thing is, the court is violating the WaPo's 1st amendment rights. They have the right to decide who gets to write in their pages. If she doesn't make their cut, nobody should be able to order them to employ her anyway.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 24, 2026 08:18 PM (syz1S)
---
I'm pretty sure her first amendment rights include access to the Post's circulation.

Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 08:21 PM (Fi81e)

206 Good night, y'all. This day is already 21 hours old; hoping the pup doesn't decide that 2:30 AM is the time to go out...again.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:22 PM (NcvvS)

207 I think in not too distant future, AI will make our clothes and shoes on demand! We see something somewhere in digital world, we tell AI to manufacture and deliver it, AI sends specs to the factory (all run by AI robots of course) directly , the order gets molded together, and then flying Tesla delivery vehicle will drop it off. Under 2 hours !

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 08:22 PM (g47mK)

208 "204
Posted by: Duncanthrax"

Oh no, now they have censored Duncanthrax!

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 24, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

209 I like it!

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2026 08:23 PM (g47mK)

210 Cafe?

Posted by: Tuna at August 24, 2026 08:23 PM (lJ0H4)

211 Oh no, now they have censored Duncanthrax!
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 24, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

Being new, please to tell me the downside of this event.

Posted by: First Time Commenter at August 24, 2026 08:24 PM (g47mK)

212 Cafe is closed. Penguin out front should have told you.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 24, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)

213 Well, the news media identified Sabrina as one of the people killed in the plane crash at Cape Newenham. I would give everything to have her back. The photo of the crash shows NOTHING left, nothing at all. She was obliterated. My prayer is that she didn't know it was going to happen, that the fog made it impossible to know they were crashing, that she felt no pain. Dear God in Heaven, take her soul to heaven to be with you in eternity.

It hurts my heart.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 24, 2026 08:24 PM (vfz7U)

214 >>Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR)

Fluency in French was a long time ago - French is the only language other than English I've ever dreamt in - so French to Spanish just isn't happening. Tip o' the cap to you, sir.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:26 PM (NcvvS)

215 Fluency in French was a long time ago - French is the only language other than English I've ever dreamt in - so French to Spanish just isn't happening. Tip o' the cap to you, sir.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:26 PM (NcvvS)

The Russians consider all the Romance languages to be more like accents than actual languages, but they are wrong.
I don't actually speak French, I just took a year of it while learning Spanish. "I understand Biochem the way I read French, and I failed both of them"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:28 PM (rbvCR)

216

Cafe

Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2026 08:28 PM (/QHx4)

217 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 24, 2026 08:28 PM (EJE3y)

218 cafe up

sorry I posted it so late

Posted by: ace at August 24, 2026 08:29 PM (1wjle)

219 for the record, I don't understand more than five phrases in Russian, and I can't remember which one of them is the obscene one.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)

220 >>It hurts my heart.

Requiem aeternam, dona ea, O Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eam in saecula saeculorum.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 08:30 PM (NcvvS)

221 -. --- --- -.. -.-.--, folks.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2026 08:31 PM (0CU3H)

222 The French formidable is so much more emphatic than the English.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 24, 2026 07:55 PM (NcvvS)
---
We have that word in English as well.
Posted by: Axeman at August 24, 2026 07:59 PM (Fi81e)

It may be spelled the same way, but it’s not the same word, at all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 24, 2026 08:44 PM (U4QYu)

223 Darrell Harris

Well done. But you are not a Boobs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2026 08:51 PM (u82oZ)

224 for the record, I don't understand more than five phrases in Russian, and I can't remember which one of them is the obscene one.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 24, 2026 08:29 PM (rbvCR)

Given the Russian temperament, they all probably are obscene.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 24, 2026 09:03 PM (uhVAy)

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