192 House Democrats Vote "No" on Resolution to Condemn Socialism; Hakeem Jeffries Fumes at Democrats Who Voted With the Republicans

Two "moderate" Democrats joined the Republicans in getting the vote to the floor -- without those two Democrats, the resolution would have stalled in committee.

Hakeem Jeffries is spitting mad at these anti-socialist Democrats, calling them traitors.

The House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning socialism on Tuesday evening, with all but eight House Democrats voting against it.
In a stunning twist of fate, however, the vote would not have occurred if two House Democrats hadn't stepped in hours earlier to help the GOP through a procedural hurdle -- blindsiding House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in the process.
Jeffries later threatened consequences for the pair in a dramatic statement late on Tuesday night, calling their move a "breach of trust."
The resolution passed 220 to 192 with all "no" votes coming from the left, including Democrats' senior leaders: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.
The legislation also affirmed support for election integrity and called for passage of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which nearly all Democrats oppose.
House conservatives had threatened to tank a procedural vote, called a "rule vote," meant to unlock debate on several bills GOP leaders wanted lawmakers to vote on this week. That included the resolution condemning socialism and several other unrelated bills.
Five Republicans voted against the rule, which was poised to fail until Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., provided two critical votes to get the GOP over the finish line in a narrow 209 to 208 vote.

The five Republicans were protesting a past vote on the continuing resolution. I'm so tired of this look-at-me, quien-es-mas-macho-conservative bullshit.

Jeffries and other senior House Democratic leaders warned in a statement the day after, ""The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust."

"It is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order," the leaders said.
All Republicans wound up voting in favor of the resolution condemning socialism and affirming election integrity on Tuesday evening, however.

...
It's almost unheard of for the minority party to help their political rivals pass a rule, and Jeffries told reporters he was not notified beforehand.
The five House Republicans who voted against it were Reps. Pete Sessions, R-Texas; Chip Roy, R-Texas; Ralph Norman, R-S.C., Clay Higgins, R-La.; and Andy Harris, R-Md.

The rebels' issue was not with the measure itself, nor the bills it would have allowed the House to pass. Their votes were a protest against how their leaders handled a plan to avert a government shutdown just before the midterm elections, a short-term funding bill called a continuing resolution (CR). That measure passed just before the rule vote began.

Meanwhile, Abdulrahman Mohamad El-Sayed will join Islamists and conspiracy theorists to Just Ask Questions about 9/11, days before the 9/11 twenty-five year anniversary.

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed has questions, just as Tuq'r Qarlson wants to know who really blew up WTC 7.

Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at an Islamic convention this weekend--six days before the 25th anniversary of 9/11--on a panel alongside a "9/11 truther" and a Muslim cleric conspiracy theorist who has called for an "examination" of the official narrative surrounding the terrorist attacks.
El-Sayed is headlining the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention in Detroit on Saturday. There, El-Sayed will speak on a panel to examine a "turmoiled America" alongside left-wing pundit Cenk Uygur and Zaid Shakir, an outspoken New Jersey-based cleric, according to a convention itinerary.
Both men have promoted conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11, in which al Qaeda operatives killed 2,977 Americans.
"I no longer believe [sic] official 9/11 story," Uygur declared in a social media rant in February. Uygur, who hosts the Young Turks YouTube show, is now pushing debunked claims about Israeli involvement in the attacks, including the "dancing Israelis" myth, an antisemitic conspiracy theory that posits that five Israeli spies filmed and celebrated the terrorist attack. "I didn't know we arrested Israeli spies who were here to 'document the event,'" wrote Uygur, who is the uncle of Hasan Piker, a close El-Sayed ally who has said that "America deserved 9/11."
Uygur was widely mocked for, as one outlet described it, "going full 9/11 truther."
Shakir has similarly called for an "examination" of what he described as "glaring weaknesses and inconsistencies" in the official 9/11 narrative. He has argued that the U.S. government used the attacks to "launch a war on Islam," and he directed followers to the writings of David Ray Griffin, a leading 9/11 conspiracy theorist who has argued that the United States orchestrated the attacks.
El-Sayed's appearance alongside the conspiracy theorists comes as his own record of seeking to minimize the horror of 9/11, and to draw equivalence between 9/11 victims and casualties of the war on terror, is under scrutiny.
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El-Sayed has also faced withering scrutiny over his close ties to Piker, a popular left-wing influencer who has campaigned with El-Sayed. El-Sayed has repeatedly refused to fully disavow Piker's remarks about 9/11, saying that they have been "taken out of context" and that Piker is a victim of "cancel culture."
And El-Sayed has sought to link "Islamophobia" after 9/11 to health problems for Muslims and Arabs.
In a Sept. 11, 2012, essay for CNN that called Muslims "another victim of 9/11," El-Sayed cited a study conducted in California that found a dramatic increase in premature births for Muslim women after 9/11 compared with before the attacks. El-Sayed attributed the spike to "discrimination and marginalization" that Muslim women experienced after the attacks.
El-Sayed omitted from his essay the findings of his own study comparing birth outcomes for Muslim women before and after 9/11, however. El-Sayed's study, conducted in Michigan, found no difference in premature births for Muslim women after 9/11 and found overall that Arab and Muslim women were at "significantly" lower risk for premature births compared to white, black, and Asian mothers, the Free Beacon reported.
Shakir, in addition to propagating 9/11 conspiracy theories, has blamed Israel for other terrorist attacks and called for Muslims to use "guerrilla warfare" to achieve their desired political outcomes.

In related news: The media is attacking Bari Weiss for rewriting a "journalists'" headline about Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed deleting old tweets in which he suggested a moral equivalency between 9/11 and US war against Al Qaeda.

Bari Weiss personally directed this morning’s CBS News headline about Abdul El-Sayed to be tweaked to specifically mention deleted tweets referencing the September 11 terrorist attacks

New from @oliverdarcy https://t.co/vR0sNlaIZP
— Natalie Korach (@NatalieKorach) September 1, 2026

Why would the headline news of the story not be in the headline? For only one reason: the "journalist" wants to bury the story under an anodyne headline that draws no attention.

Mollie
@MZHemingway
How dare she improve the objective journalism of the entity she is responsible for

Matt Whitlock
@MattWhitlock
Facinating anyone would think a prominent Senate candidate deleting tweets about 9/11 ISN'T newsworthy

ZitoSalena
@ZitoSalena
I am old-school, but that's what executive editors at news organizations and in newsrooms around the country have always done

Mickey Kaus
@kausmickey
Sep 1
Why the hell not? Top editors often get involved in headline writing. One reason they call them editors. (You don't want to know the editorial struggles over a 5 word cover line at Newsweek during the GHWB years.) 9-11 certainly seems a salient angle to the CBS piece.
"CBS' El-Sayed Scandal", on the other hand, is a BS hed. But they can put it on save-get and use it again.

He's knocking this "expose" for claiming the routine step of an editor rewriting the headline is a "scandal." Once again, lefties decide that subordinates should have the power to overrule their bosses, at least when the subordinate is further left than the boss. They constantly make this claim in the Trump Administration, claiming that all 50,000 of Trump's left-wing bureaucrats should have the right to set Trump Administration policy.

As for the "save-get" part -- I have no idea what that means.

Mickey Kaus
@kausmickey
If like NYT you have a smooth-running operation that reliably churns out subscriber-pleasing anti-GOP heds then maybe, like an Open Claw, it doesn't need much top-level supervision. Maybe CBS was like that, which could be why reporters seem to feel changing heds violates UN human rights protocols.

192 @HouseDemocrats just voted AGAINST condemning socialism, an ideology that gave the world famine, firing squads, and 100 million dead.

They couldn't bring themselves to say no to it.

This is the Communist Democrat Party. pic.twitter.com/xkvny0SpID
— Lisa McClain (@LisaForCongress) September 1, 2026

Hakeem Jeffries wants to punish two Democrats who made the vote on the House floor condemning socialism possible.

"We were blindsided."

"It was a significant breach that requires a serious response. We have referred the matter to the Committee on Caucus Rules for further… pic.twitter.com/WQDc8fPRrc
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 2, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed: If you want to achieve the American dream, you should move to Canada. pic.twitter.com/FUSJZ24kjA
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 1, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:38 PM

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Posted by: GF at September 02, 2026 04:38 PM (mFN/k)

2 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

That's like being prince of the Eunuchs!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 02, 2026 04:40 PM (Sco7b)

3 Those 5 "Republicans" should get a nasty-gram from The Donald.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

4 And Jeffries could be the next Speaker....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2026 04:41 PM (+gK6I)

5 The crime syndicate continues apace.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 02, 2026 04:42 PM (P+WAR)

6 192 House Democrats Vote "No" on Resolution to Condemn Socialism; Hakeem Jeffries Fumes at Democrats Who Voted With the Republicans

—Disinformation Expert Ace
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So much for Jeffries' repudiating socialism.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

7 I'm starting to wonder if Abdul really wants to win.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 04:43 PM (viF8m)

8 Fire can melt steel, but you can never convince someone who was never convinced in the first place to give up their delusions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

9 Willowed:

434 You must be some sort of Carmen comment chameleon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

I have my greatest inspirations whilst using the Bizet.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 04:43 PM (77rzZ)

10 "Anti-socialism" is really anti-black!! -- Don Lemon and Joy Reid in a couple of weeks, probably.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 04:43 PM (Fi81e)

11 Hakeem Jeffries must be eating his sombrero by now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

12 The single most tone-deaf power-5 school in the nation continues demonstrating just how out of touch they remain (from ESPN.com):

Penn State has announced it is opening the Paterno Family Football Experience Room in the All-Sports Museum inside Beaver Stadium on Thursday, a "permanent museum experience" the school says will celebrate Penn State's football history.

I'd recommend any who plan to visit avoid the showers at all costs.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 04:44 PM (TN0g+)

13 >>>10 "Anti-socialism" is really anti-black!! -- Don Lemon and Joy Reid in a couple of weeks, probably.

of course! They've probably already said it.

Everything I don't like is racism!

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)

14 Abdul is betting the AWFLs will vote for him no matter what he says just to prove they are not 'racist.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

15 They don't actually oppose socialism/communism, they just don't want these upstarts giving the game away.

Posted by: Boil the frog slowly at September 02, 2026 04:44 PM (TbWk/)

16 11 Hakeem Jeffries must be eating his sombrero by now.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

Oh.. I forgot about that.. That was so funny

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2026 04:45 PM (+gK6I)

17 Chip Roy is asshoe. Good thing TX Primary Voters ended his re-election bid. Good riddance!

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at September 02, 2026 04:45 PM (q2NNn)

18 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at September 02, 2026 04:45 PM (SRRAx)

19 >>>Resolution to Condemn Socialism

Good thing they're finished solving the rest of the country's problems.

Worthless layabouts.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 02, 2026 04:45 PM (dK+Kv)

20 The House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning socialism on Tuesday evening, with all but eight House Democrats voting against it.
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We're here because atheists want slop.

Marxism IS a "religion" when it kills enough people--but it's NOT the type of religion you have to keep separate from STATE!

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)

21 The R temper tantrums are getting really old.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 04:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

22 When he is questioned about the U.S-Canada trade agreement collapse, Secretary Lutnick quotes the Canadian govt officials. “I said to him, are you trying to blow this up? and he said, and I quote, “I’m not allowed to say that.“” Lutnick then encapsulates what that response meant.

“They decided for political reasons, domestically, domestic Canada, they’d rather fight with Donald Trump; even if it’s bad for the economy of Canada, for their political ambition to get a certain election,” Lutnick noted. He continued, “now remember, Quebec has the sovereign party was in the lead, so that’s why they came up with this French nonsense. You think the American side talked about how people speak in Quebec? We have a deal with France, we have a deal with Italy, we have a deal with Germany, we don’t care about their language; none of that was true.”

Posted by: SMOD at September 02, 2026 04:46 PM (xEffA)

23 2 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

That's like being prince of the Eunuchs!
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 02, 2026 04:40 PM

We would have also accepted "Temu Obama."

Posted by: The Judges at September 02, 2026 04:46 PM (2Ez/1)

24 Woke 2.0 was crazy!

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

25 Can those Massie accused of being Epstein clients sue him for defamation?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:46 PM (2GVsD)

26 If the US is not a socialist country, how did the nation get $40 trillion in debt?

Posted by: Suckers Of The World Unite!g at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (+iYtA)

27 do they make giant corn chips in the shape of a sombrero? So you can put meat and cheese around the rim?

If they don't, they should.

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

28 Hey Theresa!

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (2GVsD)

29 You know that cartoon meme with a dog sitting at a table, while fire is burning all around him and the caption says "Everything is Fine"?
That describes the Democrat party perfectly.
The problem is that once the fire starts, it spreads everywhere, out of control.
I never thought I would, well beyond 29, see so many in America not being able to see Communism for what it is, much less embracing it.
Just wait until the food store isles are empty and the shooting starts. Like every other Communist regime in history. Those DSA'ers will want to go back to the "old days". It will be too late then.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (Uvvcx)

30 Abdul is betting the AWFLs will vote for him no matter what he says just to prove they are not 'racist.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

He already knows they dream of getting raped by swarthy "exotic" men so it's pretty much a lock.

Posted by: The morally superior sex at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (TbWk/)

31 Socialism? That's just a weak product of our two party system. We need a party that's pro dicks in pencil sharpeners.

Oh, wait

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 02, 2026 04:48 PM (r7+Q7)

32 Were their sleeves rolled up?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 02, 2026 04:48 PM (2Ez/1)

33 Bad news on the doorstep.

I couldn't take one more step. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:48 PM (wzUl9)

34 Why would Democrats condemn Socialism?

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 04:48 PM (MWfyi)

35 >>>21 The R temper tantrums are getting really old.

I totally get rejecting RINOs' claims that any measure that is actually conservative is "too hard" so shouldn't be tried.

But some things really *are* impossible, especially with a razor-thin 4 vote majority in the House. But the Quien Es Mas Macho Conservative brigade keeps insisting on the impossible so they can fundraise off of it.

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)

36 26 If the US is not a socialist country, how did the nation get $40 trillion in debt?
Posted by: Suckers Of The World Unite!g at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM

It's a write off, Jerry.

Posted by: Kramer at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (2Ez/1)

37 He already knows they dream of getting raped by swarthy "exotic" men so it's pretty much a lock.

Red nappies and Webley pistols?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (2GVsD)

38 do they make giant corn chips in the shape of a sombrero? So you can put meat and cheese around the rim?

If they don't, they should.
Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

Despicable Me 2 had the tortilla chip and guac sombrero.

Posted by: You'll eat your hat at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (TbWk/)

39 do they make giant corn chips in the shape of a sombrero? So you can put meat and cheese around the rim?

If they don't, they should.

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

Ask the festive hats guy. That seems right in his wheelhouse.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (dK+Kv)

40 democrats are like toddlers, they automatically say no to anything you tell them even if it is a good thing.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (cpFbA)

41 If the Republicans hold the House and Senate I think the radicals will revolt against Jefferies and Schumer. More popcorn,stat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (M9Oed)

42 192 House Democrats Vote "No" on Resolution to Condemn Socialism; Hakeem Jeffries Fumes at Democrats Who Voted With the Republicans
—Disinformation Expert Ace
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What are the odds that DJT will bring this vote up at the Mid-Term GOP Convention next week?

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

43 >>>It's a write off, Jerry.
Posted by: Kramer

You don't even know what a write off is, do you?

Posted by: Jerry at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (1wjle)

44 Hakeem Jeffries should be kicked in the cunt. What is he, a den mother? Is he trying to shame his colleagues into so sort of gang or mob behavior? This guy is disgraceful and untrustworthy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (C/aDH)

45 do they make giant corn chips in the shape of a sombrero? So you can put meat and cheese around the rim?

If they don't, they should.
Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026

***
I haven't bought Fritos in years. But they once had those big Scoops! versions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (wzUl9)

46 they make giant corn chips in the shape of a sombrero? So you can put meat and cheese around the rim?

If they don't, they should.
Posted by: ace at September

Homer Simpson wore one of those. And sang I'm a nacho nacho man.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 Take off to the great white north.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (Cqx++)

48 I have no happy news.

Posted by: The girl who sang the blues at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (2Ez/1)

49 >>>Despicable Me 2 had the tortilla chip and guac sombrero.

now I really want to eat nachos off of a big sombrero-shaped chip.

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (1wjle)

50 It's a write off, Jerry.
Posted by: Kramer
*
You don't even know what a write off is, do you?
Posted by: Jerry at September 02, 2026

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No, but they do . . . and *they're* the ones writing it off!
( -- Kramer)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (wzUl9)

51 "I no longer believe [sic] official 9/11 story," Uygur declared in a social media rant in February.
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"Fire can't melt steel," he said speaking from a steel microphone, forged in that shape a foundry.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (Fi81e)

52 Abdul El-Sayed: If you want to achieve the American dream, you should move to Canada.

LOL.
Always leave them laughing.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (Sco7b)

53 The girl who sang the blues

And all the church bells were broken.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (2GVsD)

54 On a less positive note, the Republican bill to limit the number of Supreme Court Justices to 9 was just defeated.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (viF8m)

55 Is my good friend and prayer partner Moe Said the second-greatest hero in history, or is he just one of many Americans victimized by cancel culture for supporting the brave attacks against money men in New York City while also being perceptive enough to realize they were really carried out at the behest of people eating hummus in Tel Aviv?

Just asking questions.

Serious questions.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (28xGL)

56 El-Sayed is headlining the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention in Detroit on Saturday.

====

Hmmm.....

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2026 04:51 PM (g47mK)

57 @25 Anna Puma, probably not . He is protected by the Speech and Debate Clause. Also all those people were already named in court filings or publicly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 02, 2026 04:52 PM (M9Oed)

58 Goes to show who the Socialists are

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 04:52 PM (Ia/+0)

59 I have no happy news.
Posted by: The girl who sang the blues at September 02, 2026

***
Pfizer has a pill for that!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)

60 Nacho Man

https://youtu.be/wOsWfzzvlkU

Posted by: Homer Simpson at September 02, 2026 04:52 PM (2Ez/1)

61 Guys, if you haven't seen it yet, check out Bridget Phetasy's latest. I have it cued up to a spot-on parody of "Paw Patrol," prompted by Milo's failure to control his holes:

Bridget Phetasy - Dumpster Fire 346 - "Hole Control"
https://youtu.be/9m9uvYBl12Y?t=982

Posted by: SciVo at September 02, 2026 04:52 PM (ke3zm)

62 7 He already knows they dream of getting raped by swarthy "exotic" men so it's pretty much a lock.

Red nappies and Webley pistols?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:49 PM (2GVsD)

Not quite THAT brutal

Posted by: It's not Zardoz but you can see it from here at September 02, 2026 04:52 PM (TbWk/)

63 Labeling like this is almost a form of sabotage, in that socialism is a term, with a very negative historical reputation which everyone knows instils fear and loathing. This is partially in thanks to a low period in American history called McCarthyism, which older Americans, of reasonable minds would like to forget.

So the DNC would rather risk Congress and the Senate than see DSA members win in the generals? Fuck them.

Ro Khanna should run for president at the very least so the establishment shill the party puts forward has to shift left if they want to win the primary

List of Dems voting to condemn public schools, fire departments, SNAP benefits and Social Security. Also some Dems: how did a data center end up in my backyard and why are there so many food recalls?

The next Congress should (and of course, it won't) pass a resolution condemning fascism and white nationalism.

Dumbasses condemning the only popular side of their platform. Maga lite aholes.

AKA- all they have is scare tactics. "Trans people in sports! Trans people in your restrooms! Immigrants eating your pets! Socialism socialism socialism booga booga booga!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 02, 2026 04:53 PM (neR8a)

64 Maybe they should challenge Massie to a duel, all of them.

See if he wimps out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026 04:53 PM (2GVsD)

65 The girl who sang the blues
*
And all the church bells were broken.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2026

***
Ding dang dong. . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)

66 Gemini....

While giant edible tortilla-chip sombreros aren't a mass-market grocery store product yet, the structural concept definitely exists in cooking and party circles:

Taco Bowls & Skillet "Sombreros": Food channels and recipe sites frequently make "Sombrero Pies" or deep-fried tortilla bowls where a large, molded tortilla creates a raised crown in the center and a outer rim to hold ground beef, melted cheese, and salsa.

Ceramic Sombrero Platters: There are popular ceramic serving dishes shaped like a sombrero where the center "crown" holds the salsa or dip, and the wide outer brim holds a ring of regular tortilla chips.

The Structural Challenge: The reason major snack brands (like Doritos or Tostitos) haven't put a giant 12-inch edible chip hat in a bag comes down to shipping logistics. A pre-fried, hollow chip structure that thin would shatter into a hundred pieces before it ever reached the supermarket shelf.

If someone figures out how to package an giant, unbroken corn-chip hat that you can load up with taco meat, cheese, and jalapeños without structural failure, they'll have a massive party hit on their hands.

Later all.
Back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 02, 2026 04:53 PM (Sco7b)

67 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

That's like being prince of the Eunuchs!

Or a dentist on the Island of Misfit Toys.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)

68 JJ had a commentary and link this morning that the majority of Americans are concerned about the rise of Socialism and Communism. It might behoove voters to take a look at this vote the D's couldn't even support.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (qBdHI)

69 Sure its been up, woman murdered in NY was a new mom

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)

70 I have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat.

My wife forced me to get rid of it because "tacky."

So it's down in the basement, and one day it will return.

And when it does, we're getting revenge on a certain lady's bizarre knockoff "Asian" table centerpiece.

*pencils this in for Saturday*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (BI5O2)

71 "It was a significant breach that requires a serious response. We have referred the matter to the Committee on Caucus Rules for further discussion and action."

___________________________

Committee on Caucus Rules? So that's the enforcement/ extortion arm of the DNC? I guess they are the ones putting dead fish on parked cars, killing Seth Rich and smashing people on the knuckles with a ruler when they look at the keyboard while typing.

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (dIske)

72 Abdul El-Sayed: If you want to achieve the American dream, you should move to Canada.
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I didn't know it was an American dream to be euthanized....

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)

73 Chip Roy is asshoe. Good thing TX Primary Voters ended his re-election bid. Good riddance!
Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at September 02, 2026 04:45 PM (q2NNn)
*****
He sometimes could be really good, but many, many times he drove me crazy. He wasn't always a team player and liked being a showboater .

Posted by: redridinghood at September 02, 2026 04:55 PM (NpAcC)

74 "If someone figures out how to package an giant, unbroken corn-chip hat that you can load up with taco meat, cheese, and jalapeños without structural failure, they'll have a massive party hit on their hands."

The Star Trek Food Replicator could do it but they never do.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 04:55 PM (MWfyi)

75 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

That's like being prince of the Eunuchs!

Or a dentist on the Island of Misfit Toys.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)

Fuck off.

Posted by: Hermey the Elf at September 02, 2026 04:55 PM (TbWk/)

76 You know that cartoon meme with a dog sitting at a table, while fire is burning all around him and the caption says "Everything is Fine"?
That describes the Democrat party perfectly.
The problem is that once the fire starts, it spreads everywhere, out of control.
I never thought I would, well beyond 29, see so many in America not being able to see Communism for what it is, much less embracing it.
Just wait until the food store isles are empty and the shooting starts. Like every other Communist regime in history. Those DSA'ers will want to go back to the "old days". It will be too late then.
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I've suggested before that Pol Pot's Cambodia was the easiest example to use when attempting to teach leftists about communism. It was a small country (about 8 million people) for a small time (about a decade) and yet more than 25% of the population was either murdered or killed by neglect and incompetence. Its a short and sweet lesson.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 04:55 PM (TN0g+)

77 A data center developer who was turned away by the Hazle Township supervisors and a county judge is appealing directly to residents – and their wallets.

The developer of Project Hazelnut is offering $10,000 to every “eligible” household in Hazle Township. Residents would get paid when Hazelnut gets a certificate of occupancy for its first data center building, which could happen by late 2027.

Posted by: SMOD at September 02, 2026 04:55 PM (xEffA)

78 Grocery store desert surrounding your neighborhood? That's Socialism.

Pharmacy desert surrounding your neighborhood? That's Socialism

Homeless people and drug addicts leaving needles in front of your apartment building? That's Socialism

Sexual deviants released from jail in front of your house? That's Socialism.

Your kids calling you racists and making appointments with sex-transitioning agencies without your knowledge? That's Socialism.

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

79 Yeah, a tortilla sombrero would be hard to ship. The current packages of crisp tortilla shells usually have at least one of the bunch that has cracked.

The nacho cheese-flavored ones make a good setup for scrambled eggs, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:56 PM (wzUl9)

80

Homer the nacho man.

https://youtu.be/wOsWfzzvlkU

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 02, 2026 04:56 PM (Cqx++)

81 70 I have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat.

My wife forced me to get rid of it because "tacky."

So it's down in the basement, and one day it will return.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 04:54 PM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Fishnet stocking clad ladies leg lamp at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (2Ez/1)

82 If someone figures out how to package an giant, unbroken corn-chip hat that you can load up with taco meat, cheese, and jalapeños without structural failure, they'll have a massive party hit on their hands.

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Here we call it Taco Bowls, son.

Posted by: DJT at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (g47mK)

83 Left unmentioned in the Jeffries brouhaha is that Pelosi has thrown him under the bus. I wonder if she's decided he's just too damn stupid and weak for the job and she's planning a comeback.

https://tinyurl.com/3cvnp3ns

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (Riz8t)

84 The Star Trek Food Replicator could do it but they never do.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026

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The Earth colony on Amarillo V has figured out a way!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

85 He already knows they dream of getting raped by swarthy "exotic" men so it's pretty much a lock.

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Dream?! I lived it!!

Posted by: The Prophet Muhammad at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)

86 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 02, 2026 04:53 PM (neR8a)

Aight, who's the genius who set up a GPT chat to fire off these summations of Redditors... they deserve a cookie.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (lLeLE)

87 You can in fact make your own tortilla sombrero hat.

https://tinyurl.com/vvtscj2d

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)

88 >>>The Structural Challenge: The reason major snack brands (like Doritos or Tostitos) haven't put a giant 12-inch edible chip hat in a bag comes down to shipping logistics. A pre-fried, hollow chip structure that thin would shatter into a hundred pieces before it ever reached the supermarket shelf.
If someone figures out how to package an giant, unbroken corn-chip hat that you can load up with taco meat, cheese, and jalapeños without structural failure, they'll have a massive party hit on their hands.

I WILL BE THAT MAN.

Or, you know, I'll just wait for some other guy to do it.

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)

89 have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat.

My wife forced me to get rid of it because "tacky."

So it's down in the basement, and one day it will return.

And when it does, we're getting revenge on a certain lady's bizarre knockoff "Asian" table centerpiece.

*pencils this in for Saturday*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Hold fast. Don't cave.

Is it yellow? We may have the same one.
It's tacky, yet festive and functional.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (P+WAR)

90 " have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat."

That sounds like the perfect thing for sinkco da mayo.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (MWfyi)

91 Islamic Society of North America
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They don't have the right to exist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 02, 2026 04:58 PM (RIvkX)

92 Thanks, Bertram Cabot and BruceWayne.

Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:58 PM (1wjle)

93 Roy didn't brun for reelection, he ran for AG and got his but kicked in the primary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 02, 2026 04:58 PM (M9Oed)

94 This guy is disgraceful and untrustworthy.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 04:50 PM (C/aDH)
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That's exactly why he's the leader of the Dems.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 04:59 PM (FZ29D)

95 have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat.

My wife forced me to get rid of it because "tacky."

So it's down in the basement, and one day it will return.

And when it does, we're getting revenge on a certain lady's bizarre knockoff "Asian" table centerpiece.

*pencils this in for Saturday*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

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Sounds very '70s.
( -- Harvest Gold and Avocado kitchen appliances)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)

96 Maybe the the sombrero bowls could be delivered by drone.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 04:59 PM (MWfyi)

97 87 You can in fact make your own tortilla sombrero hat.

https://tinyurl.com/vvtscj2d

Thanks, but I prefer my tortillas uncontaminated with dandruff.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2026 04:59 PM (Riz8t)

98 87 You can in fact make your own tortilla sombrero hat.

https://tinyurl.com/vvtscj2d
Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)

Ask and ye shall receive..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 02, 2026 05:00 PM (+gK6I)

99 Here we call it Taco Bowls, son.
Posted by: DJT

Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!

Posted by: Donald Trump at September 02, 2026 05:00 PM (neR8a)

100 Is it yellow? We may have the same one.
It's tacky, yet festive and functional.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (P+WAR)

Oh you're damn right it's yellow.

*fist bump*

Red sombrero-shaped nacho platters are for Communists.

Might as well grow out your unibrow and suck off Leon Trotsky at that point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:00 PM (BI5O2)

101 My dog "went to Canada" earlier this year.

We miss him.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)

102 87 You can in fact make your own tortilla sombrero hat.

https://tinyurl.com/vvtscj2d
Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM
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If only there was some upcoming social event where such a thing would be appreciated...

Posted by: Oh, wait... at September 02, 2026 05:01 PM (2Ez/1)

103 have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat.

My wife forced me to get rid of it because "tacky."

So it's down in the basement, and one day it will return.

And when it does, we're getting revenge on a certain lady's bizarre knockoff "Asian" table centerpiece.

*pencils this in for Saturday*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Just tell her it's Fiestaware. All the ladies love that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 02, 2026 05:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

104 It would be cheaper to buy a sombrero mold, mix the cornmeal and bake it yourself.

If there's no such thing as a sombrero mold, that's what 3d printers are for.

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:02 PM (rj6Yv)

105 You can in fact make your own tortilla sombrero hat.

https://tinyurl.com/vvtscj2d

Thanks, but I prefer my tortillas uncontaminated with dandruff.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2026

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Don't forget the Wildroot hair oil!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:02 PM (wzUl9)

106 Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash. only got elected in a fairly red district because her predecessor was one of the Ten Republican Traitors who voted to impeach Trump, and she was lucky enough to run against the loon Joe Kent as her Republican opponent twice.

She's running against a normal Republican now, and is sweating bullets.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 02, 2026 05:02 PM (aD4fx)

107
>>El-Sayed omitted from his essay the findings of his own study

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That's some dedicated lying. Dude repudiates his own study in favor of the Agenda.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 02, 2026 05:02 PM (mmrXZ)

108 >>>I have a totally killer giant ceramic sombrero for chips, and the salsa bowl was the divot in the top of the hat.

My wife forced me to get rid of it because "tacky."

So it's down in the basement, and one day it will return.

And when it does, we're getting revenge on a certain lady's bizarre knockoff "Asian" table centerpiece.

*pencils this in for Saturday*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

>Dude, tacky is best. If I had room to store I'd have one.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 05:02 PM (C/aDH)

109 El Sayed - "In America, where you start is where you end."

My understanding is a lot of the energy behind the DSA is from downwardly mobile trust fund kids.

The fact this is completely false is the very reason this short, fat loser with a heinous neckgina is the Dem nominee.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 02, 2026 05:02 PM (2ap+5)

110 Aight, who's the genius who set up a GPT chat to fire off these summations of Redditors... they deserve a cookie.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard

I'm no AI chatbot! Believe me, it takes skill to sift through the tons of Reddit crap to get the best, most concise, comments.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 02, 2026 05:03 PM (neR8a)

111 Yoo-hoo!
Posted by: Fishnet stocking clad ladies leg lamp at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (2Ez/1)
______________________

It's Italian. See... Fragile

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)

112 But some things really *are* impossible, especially with a razor-thin 4 vote majority in the House. But the Quien Es Mas Macho Conservative brigade keeps insisting on the impossible so they can fundraise off of it.
Posted by: ace at September 02, 202

I understand, but the 4 here did this because they were mad about something else. So what, friends and neighbors. Grow up, and vote accordingly. I realize they did in the end, but good grief.

As for a razor thin majority, yes, somethings are impossible. Equally, many things are possible, especially when everyone votes the way they are supposed to vote. Quiero que el voto apoye nuestra agenda. Menos machismo, más acción.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 05:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

113 If someone figures out how to package an giant, unbroken corn-chip hat that you can load up with taco meat, cheese, and jalapeños without structural failure, they'll have a massive party hit on their hands.

I WILL BE THAT MAN.

Or, you know, I'll just wait for some other guy to do it.
Posted by: ace at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)
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Three words -- clam shell packaging.

Of course, you'd destroy the tortilla hat trying to open the damn thing, but that's the customer's problem, not the shipper's.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:03 PM (FZ29D)

114 Just tell her it's Fiestaware. All the ladies love that.
Posted by: BruceWayne

The pride of Newell, WV. Old women love that shit. Pricey nowadays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 02, 2026 05:03 PM (P+WAR)

115 I'm no AI chatbot! Believe me, it takes skill to sift through the tons of Reddit crap to get the best, most concise, and stupidest comments.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 02, 2026

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Added for clarity.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:04 PM (wzUl9)

116 If they can create food on the Enterprise with a replicator, why can't they just beam it straight to your plate?

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (MWfyi)

117 r/AskSocialists is a damned goldmine, brother.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)

118 Left unmentioned in the Jeffries brouhaha is that Pelosi has thrown him under the bus. I wonder if she's decided he's just too damn stupid and weak for the job and she's planning a comeback.

https://tinyurl.com/3cvnp3ns

Posted by: Archimedes at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM

That would be a neat trick as she is not running for reelection this year.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (cpFbA)

119 Chip Roy's race was tough, because his opponent had problems too, but Roy has revealed himself - since losing - to be a tool. Kind of like how Cornyn and Tillis let their freak flags fly after they lost and quit, respectively.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (88C+u)

120 Sombrero mold?!

Can't you gringos do anything right?!

Posted by: Mexican Guy at September 02, 2026 05:06 PM (Fi81e)

121 I know nothing about this Chips Ahoy character.

But Tillis and Cornyn were known grifters.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)

122 Hakeem Jeffries wants to punish two Democrats who made the vote on the House floor condemning socialism possible.
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Come see the punishment inherent in the socialist system!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2026 05:08 PM (Dv3i1)

123 I suppose I need to get back into leggings and get ready to teach the last class.

Took my kid to her first orthodontist appointment today. I am doing my part to keep capitalism going, because wow. This stuff is not cheap.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 05:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

124 "Lord of the Flies" should be the official name for the official leader of the DNC.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)

125 Four out of five kitties agree -- my office is the place to be.

Especially when it's close to feeding time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:09 PM (FZ29D)

126 I've suggested before that Pol Pot's Cambodia was the easiest example to use when attempting to teach leftists about communism

And I agreed with you.
Saloth Sar speedran the socialism part that all "communist" parties actually do on their way to utopia, and did the utopia.

Posted by: it was the USSR, not the USCR at September 02, 2026 05:09 PM (88C+u)

127 r/AskSocialists is a damned goldmine, brother.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)
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We'll get 'em next time!

Posted by: r/AskSocialists AnswerBot at September 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e)

128 Took my kid to her first orthodontist appointment today. I am doing my part to keep capitalism going, because wow. This stuff is not cheap.
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 05:08 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Invisaligners or standard braces? I'd recommend the invisaligners if possible (wearing them myself right now).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:10 PM (FZ29D)

129
That would be a neat trick as she is not running for reelection this year.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (cpFbA)
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but the office of Speaker of the House doesn't have to be an elected member of the House, right?

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:11 PM (rj6Yv)

130 In Socialism all are equal but, SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS !!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at September 02, 2026 05:11 PM (eO806)

131 Please correct me if I am wrong, but the office of Speaker of the House doesn't have to be an elected member of the House, right?

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:11 PM (rj6Yv)

(Jump to top of page)
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In theory, no.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

132 Please correct me if I am wrong, but the office of Speaker of the House doesn't have to be an elected member of the House, right?
Posted by: mrp
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Constitution is silent about that.

Posted by: whig at September 02, 2026 05:12 PM (E4rtv)

133 Please correct me if I am wrong, but the office of Speaker of the House doesn't have to be an elected member of the House, right?
Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:11 PM (rj6Yv)
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1. I think you are correct.
2. That raises disturbing possibilities if the Dems take the House.
3. Or interesting possibilities if the Republicans retain control.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:12 PM (FZ29D)

134 127 r/AskSocialists is a damned goldmine, brother.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)
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We'll get 'em next time!
Posted by: r/AskSocialists AnswerBot

Those weren't real socialists. It's never been tried!

Posted by: r/RealSocialists at September 02, 2026 05:12 PM (neR8a)

135 If they can create food on the Enterprise with a replicator, why can't they just beam it straight to your plate?
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026

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Humans like to pretend they are "preparing" their food. Even when a waitress brings it right to you, you often adjust the plate a little, right? You're "preparing" your food. I'd guess the simple action of ordering the food and then taking it out of the replicator satisfies some deep instinctual human need.

God knows what the Klingons would do, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:12 PM (wzUl9)

136 Bravo! Another useless resolution!

How is the SAVE America Act coming along?
How about any movement on codifying DOGE cuts?
Making any process whatsoever to convert working EOs into legislation?

HAVE YOU LUNKHEADS DONE ANYTHING THAT JUSTIFIES A PAYCHECK OR ANY ATTEMPT TO GET NECESSARY WORK DONE?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 02, 2026 05:13 PM (pawvM)

137 Subreddit r/AskSocialists--JustNotAboutTHAT!

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

138 122 Hakeem Jeffries wants to punish two Democrats who made the vote on the House floor condemning socialism possible.

Their punishment will be to live in a Blue Shithole Dem City (Gulag) for 5-years minimum until they learn from their Capitalist Pig Mentality.

Posted by: Jackson K. at September 02, 2026 05:13 PM (eO806)

139 How is the SAVE America Act coming along?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 02, 2026 05:13 PM (pawvM)
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House has already passed it, last I checked.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

140 2. That raises disturbing possibilities if the Dems take the House.

I'm Baaaack!

Posted by: Speaker Clinton at September 02, 2026 05:14 PM (neR8a)

141 Once a week, on Sundays, I go visit r/AskSocialists for at least 30 minutes.

It's life-affirming.

If you're like me, you go through a given week doing numerous boneheaded things, and you feel down... "I'm a huge retard," you might say to yourself, "man, I'm pretty crazy."

But after a quick tour of r/AskSocialists, you'll be saying "I'm definitely very stable genius, and I think I may have the world's highest T levels."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:14 PM (BI5O2)

142 I would not call the resolution useless, if it is used against the Ds in 2026!

Posted by: DJT at September 02, 2026 05:15 PM (g47mK)

143 Four out of five kitties agree -- my office is the place to be.

Especially when it's close to feeding time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026

***
Little gray Dagny La Siberienne is sleeping on the bed. Stirling is camped out in the living room, wondering, no doubt, at what kind of starvation rations he'll get tonight.

"Off to the fat farm with you, big cat! Cottage cheese, lettuce leaves, and daily track laps for a month!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:15 PM (wzUl9)

144 ok, that was THREE!

Posted by: runner at September 02, 2026 05:15 PM (g47mK)

145
128 Took my kid to her first orthodontist appointment today. I am doing my part to keep capitalism going, because wow. This stuff is not cheap.
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 05:08 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Invisaligners or standard braces? I'd recommend the invisaligners if possible (wearing them myself right now).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:10 PM (FZ29D

The work she needs is too complex for Invisalign, which made her very unhappy. We went ahead with ceramic braces to be as incognito as possible since Invisalign is off the table.

Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 05:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

146 Ann Coulter's take on Lindsay Clancy: No woman president ever.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:16 PM (Fi81e)

147 121 I know nothing about this Chips Ahoy character.

But Tillis and Cornyn were known grifters.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)

I really don't have an opinion about Hot Chip, other than that he ran some of the most homoerotic "I'm a real Texan" ads I've ever seen.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 05:17 PM (IUcfu)

148 If they can create food on the Enterprise with a replicator, why can't they just beam it straight to your plate?
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:05 PM (MWfyi)

Because the transporter machine is an entirely different place and not in the food machinery?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

149 For that matter, they could just beam the replicated food right into your stomach.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:17 PM (MWfyi)

150 "That would be a neat trick as she is not running for reelection this year."

Insofar as being Speaker, there is no Constitutional requirement to be a member of Congress.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at September 02, 2026 05:17 PM (GMWTj)

151 This is excellent news. Dums are pandering to socialists and Abdul Headchoppee is pandering to Islamist headchoppers.

It’s obvious that the Dums haven’t even locked down their own rabid commie base of blue-haired lesbians, gay twinks who like gladiator movies, feral Muslims who like goat ass, and confused river otters.

With barely two months to go.

We are gonna win in November, my friends.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (DKeOf)

152 Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez

Aw, jeeze. Pick a fucking name, lady.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (45k/r)

153 By "moderate" you mean not batshit insane. Right?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (XMwZJ)

154 How is the SAVE America Act coming along?
Posted by: Community Notes
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House has already passed it, last I checked.
Posted by: Axeman

They also passed something else fairly critical:

The immediate risk of a federal shutdown is currently averted. On September 1, 2026, the U.S. House passed a stopgap spending bill (continuing resolution) by a 370-48 vote to fund the government through December 11, 2026.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (neR8a)

155 "Because the transporter machine is an entirely different place and not in the food machinery?
Posted by: Oldcat"

They can beam things from one place to another. Barely an inconvenience.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)

156 They are lucky Jeffries isn't a Bolshevik, he would have the arrested and shot out back

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (Ia/+0)

157 I'm no AI chatbot! Believe me, it takes skill to sift through the tons of Reddit crap to get the best, most concise, comments.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 02, 2026 05:03 PM (neR8a)

That’s exactly what a LLM would say.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

158 >>> For that matter, they could just beam the replicated food right into your stomach.

Posted by: fd

>Did you see the episode when Data beamed the green dildo right into Wesley's ass?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 05:20 PM (C/aDH)

159 By "moderate" you mean not batshit insane. Right?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (XMwZJ)
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That's about our level of expectation nowadays.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)

160 They probably could beam food to a stomach in a medical emergency or food strike, but humans tend to enjoy eating their food so it’s not something you get on request.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

161 We are gonna win in November, my friends.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (DKeOf)
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I would say that it's likely. When the DSA nut jobs start calling House Dems "MAGA lite", that's not good for the brand, is it?

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:22 PM (rj6Yv)

162 ">Did you see the episode when Data beamed the green dildo right into Wesley's ass?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone"

LOL no. I don't watch the Next Degeneration.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:22 PM (MWfyi)

163 They probably could beam food to a stomach in a medical emergency or food strike, but humans tend to enjoy eating their food so it’s not something you get on request.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)
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Transporter liposuction.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)

164 Summers over.

>>@IAPolls2022
·
1h
>>Harvard-Harris generic ballot among likely midterm voters:

🔵 March: Democrats +4
🔵 July: Democrats +2
🔴 August: Republicans +2

>>This is the first time a pollster has shown Republicans ahead among likely voters since October 2025.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

165 "Because the transporter machine is an entirely different place and not in the food machinery?
Posted by: Oldcat"

They can beam things from one place to another. Barely an inconvenience.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)

So they could beam Kirk from his chair to his bedroom, so they should do that all the time?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:23 PM (uhVAy)

166 "Transporter liposuction.
Posted by: Axeman "

Beam out your booty!

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:23 PM (MWfyi)

167 I think I may start going on r/AskSocialists posing as a tankie and guilt-trip them all from the Left Pole. That could be fun.

I could even venture into menacing them... "you'll all be writing Bukharin letters to me from the Dignity Canal one day, comrades. Mark my words, capitalist-roaders. Mark. My. Words."

I bet that *wouldn't* get you banned, unlike saying "maybe we shouldn't celebrate killing Charlie Kirk so much around here, it's a bad look."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:23 PM (BI5O2)

168 It’s obvious that the Dums haven’t even locked down their own rabid commie base of blue-haired lesbians, gay twinks who like gladiator movies, feral Muslims who like goat ass, and confused river otters.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

The fat Hispanic guy that eats carburetors for breakfast, and his twink friend sitting cross-legged on the pickup tailgate cosplaying as a farmer made me feel represented.

Posted by: No white, middle-aged, blue-collar Christian union worker ever at September 02, 2026 05:24 PM (neR8a)

169 They can beam things from one place to another. Barely an inconvenience.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)

So they could beam Kirk from his chair to his bedroom, so they should do that all the time?
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I could fly every week of the year if I wished to, but I'd never take another job that *required it*. Some risks stack up, or at least it seems that way to me.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:24 PM (TN0g+)

170 The work she needs is too complex for Invisalign, which made her very unhappy. We went ahead with ceramic braces to be as incognito as possible since Invisalign is off the table.
Posted by: Piper at September 02, 2026 05:15 PM (ZdaMQ)
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That's too bad.

Hope it all works out well for her in the long run!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:24 PM (FZ29D)

171 Trump says nearly 9 million barrels a day shipping through Hormuz. Media cites "expert" saying it's only 5 and calls Trump a liar. Expert now says they were wrong, and it's 8.6 million per day:

https://tinyurl.com/2vdyn6ft

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 02, 2026 05:24 PM (XvL8K)

172 Maybe they should challenge Massie to a duel, all of them.

The State of Kentucky, in their oath of office, has a paragraph dedicated to swearing off never having performed a dual nor intending to ever into one.

"...I... have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending..."

Posted by: Community Notes at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (nAS9C)

173 Did you see the episode when Data beamed the green dildo right into Wesley's ass?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That was more O'Brien's job as I recall.
Although the episode with James Cromwell arguing over what to do with that torpedo was funny. "I have a few suggestions-" "not NOW, chief"

Posted by: 88C+u at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)

174 "So they could beam Kirk from his chair to his bedroom, so they should do that all the time?

Posted by: Oldcat "

Sure. Why not? Wouldn't you? It's about 700' to my mailbox. Think of the possibilities.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (MWfyi)

175 Do we have to wait for the left to kill several thousand Americans? Let’s stop pretending we’re not at war.

Posted by: Eromero at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (LHPAg)

176 They can beam things from one place to another. Barely an inconvenience.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)

I'd be beaming the crap out of mofos. Thune don't pass the SAVE act? Beamed into an alligator pit. Oops.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (U7Jiq)

177 Incompetent Commies can't do anything right.

Posted by: Womp Womp at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (anL5R)

178 They probably could beam food to a stomach in a medical emergency or food strike, but humans tend to enjoy eating their food so it’s not something you get on request.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)
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Apparently cooking is still a valuable skill in the 24th century. I think Captain Sisko's father was a chef or something.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (FZ29D)

179 "So they could beam Kirk from his chair to his bedroom, so they should do that all the time?

Posted by: Oldcat "

Sure. Why not? Wouldn't you? It's about 700' to my mailbox. Think of the possibilities.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (MWfyi)

Energy isn't free, even in Star Trek.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (uhVAy)

180 I'm grumpy and wiped out. See y'all on the Cafe when I get back from church!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (aJQbY)

181 News: "Retards did a thing. Social media had bots and a fraction of the country's other retards say things in support. Otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people up in arms rather than ignoring or publicly and loudly laughing it off as absurd stupidity as we would have generations ago."

Posted by: It's Raining at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (hyQrc)

182 If you try hard enough, Marie Gluesnkamp-Perez with "hyphen" pronounced out loud scans with John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (Ot/FD)

183 The State of Kentucky, in their oath of office, has a paragraph dedicated to swearing off never having performed a dual nor intending to ever into one.

"...I... have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending..."
Posted by: Community Notes at September 02, 2026 05:25 PM (nAS9C)

Shit, ya might as well rename the place "Kencucky."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (BI5O2)

184 So... as the Constitution guarantees us a republican form of government, all those who voted against condemning socialism - and want to institute it here - can be considered to have resigned, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

185 Penn State has announced it is opening the Paterno Family Football Experience Room in the All-Sports Museum inside Beaver Stadium on Thursday, a "permanent museum experience" the school says will celebrate Penn State's football history.
==
The "experience" is touch based and clothing optional.

Posted by: things the press release left out at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (anL5R)

186
From the CA Post:

CALIFORNIA NEWS
Feds close alarming number of California driving schools lacking in English proficiency
By Ross O'Keefe
Published Sep. 2, 2026, 2:09 p.m. PT

Comments
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Add The California Post on Google
Close to one dozen California commercial driving schools have been shut down by the Trump administration after the feds claimed there was an alarming lack of English proficiency among drivers.

The 11 schools are located across the state — including in SoCal, the Bay Area and the Central Valley — according to documents shared with The California Post.

The driving schools were all closed due to failures associated with more than 5,000 drivers who failed English language proficiency tests across the nation.

Several of the driving schools reviewed by The California Post were marketed as multilingual, with at least two schools promising instructors who spoke “English, Punjabi, Hindi & Spanish!”

Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (kX27y)

187 "Energy isn't free, even in Star Trek.
Posted by: Oldcat "

Well. So much for convenience.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (MWfyi)

188 Gas is up around $4.40 in se Pa today

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (Ia/+0)

189 We will probably never hear the full, sad, tragic story of Ensign Betty who had an untreatable case of anorexia and accidentally beamed out her entire stomach, instead of the recently eaten food, one terrible night on the Enterprise-D.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

190 The Dems voted against the "SAVE" act, not primarily against Socialism. The GOP tried to sneak election theft into that vote.

Posted by: Sid at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (8GG05)

191 They can beam things from one place to another. Barely an inconvenience.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)
*
So they could beam Kirk from his chair to his bedroom, so they should do that all the time?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026

***
Not in Kirk's time. "Inter-ship beaming" was mentioned once in the original show as something they'd never tried before.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (wzUl9)

192 I had on Discovery when I wanted to sleep and needed something on I didn't give a damn about.

In addition to all the other woke, they had some large people there.

I always wanted to see a scene where they ordered food and the replicators gave them alternative low-calorie options.

On 'Strange New Worlds', Captain Pike cooks big meals for the crew on special occasions.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (Sco7b)

193 I could fly every week of the year if I wished to, but I'd never take another job that *required it*. Some risks stack up, or at least it seems that way to me.
Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:24 PM (TN0g+)

In Chicago while commuting years back I drove by a little subdivision that was houses, with hangars backed up to an airstrip so you could go out back of your house and go flying.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

194 Speaking of terrible Star Trek decisions, how could the actor who played "Hawk", one of the best written and cast "enforcers" in any long-running television show, be written and cast as the most effeminate starship captains ever?

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (TN0g+)

195 I would say that it's likely. When the DSA nut jobs start calling House Dems "MAGA lite", that's not good for the brand, is it?
Posted by: mrp

To be fair, the DSA has a legitimate grievance. They played by the rules, won the primaries, and the Dem Establishment isn't following the normal "Vote Blue No Matter Who" playback for many of them. Sounds familiar...I'm getting flashbacks to 2016, National Review and The Bulwark....

I may need a drink or four...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (neR8a)

196 This guy says it:
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Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno

Weird to see the side that claims to own compassion lining up behind cold-blooded murderers. One after another.

Cheering Charlie Kirk’s murder. Building an entire fangirl club for Luigi Mangione. Shrill pink shirts for a mother who strangled her infant and toddlers. Having sads every time a would-be Trump assassin fails.
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And the Abortion -> Decline in Value of Life model predicts this.

Mainly held by Christians and Bruce Dickinson.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (Fi81e)

197 He couldn't do it. He did nae have the Powers.

No Bushmills or Tully, neither.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (Ot/FD)

198 Headline (CNBC):

"Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday"

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)

199
"Ooooh, no dueling! That's why there's no Hermitage in Kentucky."

----- Champion Dueler, Coolest President, and Tennessean Andrew Jackson

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (BI5O2)

200 "Paterno Family Football Experience Room"

This is one f'd up simulation we live in.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (MWfyi)

201 Apparently cooking is still a valuable skill in the 24th century. I think Captain Sisko's father was a chef or something.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026

***
Right -- he had a restaurant in New Orleans! (They must have solved the problem in 300+ years of how to keep the city from flooding.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)

202 To be fair, the DSA has a legitimate grievance. They played by the rules, won the primaries, and the Dem Establishment isn't following the normal "Vote Blue No Matter Who" playback for many of them. Sounds familiar...I'm getting flashbacks to 2016, National Review and The Bulwark....

I may need a drink or four...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (neR8a)
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But those are not the "rules" of the DNC, who has long had “superdelegates” to make sure that Democrat candidates are serving the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

203 Trump says nearly 9 million barrels a day shipping through Hormuz. Media cites "expert" saying it's only 5 and calls Trump a liar. Expert now says they were wrong, and it's 8.6 million per day:
===
Which just means the media's expert is still lying because its 15 million a day.

Posted by: Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (anL5R)

204 "Energy isn't free, even in Star Trek.
Posted by: Oldcat "

Well. So much for convenience.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (MWfyi)

Having your last dilithium crystal go in a battle with the Klingons because you've been teleporting the bridge crew would be inconvenient.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (uhVAy)

205 The State of Kentucky, in their oath of office, has a paragraph dedicated to swearing off never having performed a dual nor intending to ever into one.
_________

It's in our state constitution. We also had a chapter in the statutes on confederate pensions that wasn't repealed until 2012.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (XvL8K)

206 Apparently cooking is still a valuable skill in the 24th century. I think Captain Sisko's father was a chef or something.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:26 PM (FZ29D)

Yup.
They visit Sisko’s father and the family restaurant in New Orleans in a few episodes and Sisko cooks in several episodes on the show.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

207 "Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday"

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (rj6Yv)
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Of course, he's lying--until it can be confirmed.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

208 Right -- he had a restaurant in New Orleans! (They must have solved the problem in 300+ years of how to keep the city from flooding.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)

Banning Democrats would be a good start.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:31 PM (uhVAy)

209 Inter-ship beaming" was mentioned once in the original show as something they'd never tried before."

Yeah. You could wind up with your head on backwards...

Posted by: man at September 02, 2026 05:31 PM (XuXeR)

210 I always wanted to see a scene where they ordered food and the replicators gave them alternative low-calorie options.

On 'Strange New Worlds', Captain Pike cooks big meals for the crew on special occasions.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (Sco7b)

Ensign Ricky: "Captain, the replicators have all been reprogrammed to only emit Kale Smoothies!"
Captain: "Ensign Piper!!!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 02, 2026 05:31 PM (xg/DD)

211 "Not in Kirk's time. "Inter-ship beaming" was mentioned once in the original show as something they'd never tried before.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere"

They can beam something to the transporter room and then immediately on to a new location.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:32 PM (MWfyi)

212 If I'm gonna shoot a motherfucker at twenty paces just for pissing me off, i sure as crap ain't gonna blench at lying to some pervert in a silly robe making me swear a fake oath on a probably fake Bible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 02, 2026 05:32 PM (Ot/FD)

213 @Insty has video of big anti-government crowd in Spain, over Ceuta.

Posted by: davidt at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Q+gd/)

214 I'm not talking about beaming people. I'm talking about beaming lunch.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (MWfyi)

215 Having your last dilithium crystal go in a battle with the Klingons because you've been teleporting the bridge crew would be inconvenient.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (uhVAy)
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Your agnonizer, sir?

Posted by: Bearded Spock at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

216 189 We will probably never hear the full, sad, tragic story of Ensign Betty who had an untreatable case of anorexia and accidentally beamed out her entire stomach, instead of the recently eaten food, one terrible night on the Enterprise-D.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

We'll get a miniseries on her brave and empowering decision to teleport the 8 month fetus from her womb directly to the medical waste incinerator.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (neR8a)

217 Right -- he had a restaurant in New Orleans! (They must have solved the problem in 300+ years of how to keep the city from flooding.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)

Earth has a planet-wide weather control system.
It’s mentioned a few times.

They had the one episode on TNG where they help a planet where the weather control system has gone haywire.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)

218 Star Trek toilets beam the shit out of ya!

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

219 "Paterno Family Football Experience Room"

This is one f'd up simulation we live in.
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That entire University remains completely unrepentant.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:34 PM (TN0g+)

220 Back in HS and college I used to make eloquent apologetics for Jackson - Our Coolest President.

But I don't need to anymore. Donald "Future Jackson" Trump proved I was right all along.

QED.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)

221 Weird to see the side that claims to own compassion lining up behind cold-blooded murderers. One after another.

Mainly held by Christians and Bruce Dickinson.
Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:28 PM (Fi81e)

The Leftist mantra since at least Karl Marx, always have your victim group you don't belong to named. Then after you are in charge you just redefine everyone in that group to be persecuted along with the rest.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)

222 I'm not talking about beaming people. I'm talking about beaming lunch.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (MWfyi)

That's just silliness.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 02, 2026 05:34 PM (U7Jiq)

223 Earth has a planet-wide weather control system.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)
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* nods *

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at September 02, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

224 In Chicago while commuting years back I drove by a little subdivision that was houses, with hangars backed up to an airstrip so you could go out back of your house and go flying.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026

***
Not quite the same thing, but there is a subdivision in NO near the original airport, the Lakefront/Shushan airport, with street names like "Beechcraft," "Boeing," "Cessna," and "Flite."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

225 This makes me so mad. The republicans and their stupid little theatrics. It’s like all their little pretend votes to repeal the individual mandate.

If they governed effectively we wouldn’t even have to lose a minute of sleep over the rise of the DSA. Instead, because of their clown show - and this includes Donald Trump - they’re going to help usher them into office. Fucking GOP.

Posted by: SMFH at September 02, 2026 05:35 PM (xO4by)

226 Mainly held by Christians and Bruce Dickinson.
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I saw Bruce Dickinson on his speaking tour. He was very entertaining.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:35 PM (TN0g+)

227 >>Earth has a planet-wide weather control system.

Big deal. My people have rain dance.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at September 02, 2026 05:36 PM (Q+gd/)

228
Several of the driving schools reviewed by The California Post were marketed as multilingual, with at least two schools promising instructors who spoke “English, Punjabi, Hindi & Spanish!”
Posted by: beckster at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (kX27y)

Funny how virtually everyone in the world speaks enough English to be able to communicate.... except for the illegal alien cocksuckers who get shipped to the US. I mean, really. It's IMPOSSIBLE to work any job in the world without a working knowledge of English. The one exception being if you make your living squatting in a rice paddy in a village that thinks television is run by magic.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 02, 2026 05:36 PM (y9nCu)

229 Could we get an entire Republican caucus to not have 5-6 "men" that get their fucking fee fees hurt and decide to rely on performative faggotry to make sure everyone knows that they have sand in their vaginas?

Posted by: ballistic at September 02, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

230 223 Earth has a planet-wide weather control system.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)
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* nods *
Posted by: Tucker Carlson

They still have Jews in the 23rd Century!?!??!?

Posted by: Candace Owens at September 02, 2026 05:37 PM (neR8a)

231 Earth has a planet-wide weather control system.
*
Big deal. My people have rain dance.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at September 02, 2026

***
Then why was one of your ancestors called "Chief Rain-in-the-Face"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)

232 There's a million cool things about Jackson. But telling the Supreme Court to kiss his sweaty Presidential swamp-ass was among the coolest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:37 PM (BI5O2)

233 228 Funny how virtually everyone in the world speaks enough English to be able to communicate.... except for the illegal alien cocksuckers who get shipped to the US.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

I was assured they are sending us their best, Mr. Dreamerhater.

Posted by: Auspex at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (Y8DZL)

234 So, how do you mount lights on a phaser? Bipod? Forward grip? LPVO?

Posted by: man at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (XuXeR)

235 Could we get an entire Republican caucus to not have 5-6 "men" that get their fucking fee fees hurt and decide to rely on performative faggotry to make sure everyone knows that they have sand in their vaginas?
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Every single one of the GOP "machine" in Oklahoma should be resign or be replaced. Trump swept every single county (77 of them in total) in 2024, yet the GOP could only muster ONE single state question into passing last Tuesday. The GOP is fundamentally non-serious.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

236 "In Chicago while commuting years back I drove by a little subdivision that was houses, with hangars backed up to an airstrip so you could go out back of your house and go flying."

Same thing near Robins AFB, called Air Park. I flew on a Cessna out of there once many years ago.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (MWfyi)

237 If anyone has the ear of the administration, can you please ask them to start covering school lunches again for the rest of his term, like was done during COVID? Breakfast and Lunch.

It would help working class families struggling with 6 straight years of food inflation burdens. It would actually buy him a little populist good he has lost. Cost wise COVID subsidy was 1.1 Billion. Let's be frank, that is nothing right now.

Thank you for time.

Posted by: Marcus ForRealius at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (99n9K)

238 "Transporter liposuction.
Posted by: Axeman "

Beam out your booty!
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:23 PM (MWfyi)

Larry Niven had a story about a dude that somehow ends up exploring the solar system far far into the future and getting into the remnants of tech. They had a de-aging process he discovers accidentally because the device teleports you across a room, but leaves all the aging poisons in your body at the source booth to be discarded.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

239 162 ">Did you see the episode when Data beamed the green dildo right into Wesley's ass?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone"

LOL no. I don't watch the Next Degeneration.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 05:22 PM (MWfy

This is why someone with some rank is always manning the transporter station. After the deviants started showing up in the med bay with tricorders in their asses, the rules got laid down. Now, the perverts have yo get their jollies on the holodeck.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at September 02, 2026 05:40 PM (IUcfu)

240 213 @Insty has video of big anti-government crowd in Spain, over Ceuta.

Posted by: davidt at September 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Q+gd/)

Peaceful protests are so cute.

Dead politicians convey anger.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 02, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)

241 Prior to World War II a lot of Wall Street guys and businessmen commuted by plane and taxied right up to Pier 34 or someplace like that. Gasoline rationing put an end to all that.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 02, 2026 05:40 PM (45k/r)

242 Hakeem Jeffries and Don Lemon look like twins.

Posted by: wth at September 02, 2026 05:40 PM (UjdFS)

243 >>> ...
Five Republicans voted against the rule, which was poised to fail until Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., provided two critical votes to get the GOP over the finish line in a narrow 209 to 208 vote.
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_Fox News writes back assward crap. It's like a sixth grader's stream of consciousness.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 05:41 PM (hPgrk)

244 Every single one of the GOP "machine" in Oklahoma should be resign or be replaced. Trump swept every single county (77 of them in total) in 2024, yet the GOP could only muster ONE single state question into passing last Tuesday. The GOP is fundamentally non-serious.
Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

Well, replace them then. Primary them out.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:41 PM (uhVAy)

245
We are gonna win in November, my friends.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 02, 2026 05:18 PM (DKeOf)

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I'll take lack of Voter Enthusiasm and Turnout for $500 Alex (RIP)

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at September 02, 2026 05:41 PM (lLeLE)

246 Funny how virtually everyone in the world speaks enough English to be able to communicate.... except for the illegal alien cocksuckers who get shipped to the US. I mean, really. It's IMPOSSIBLE to work any job in the world without a working knowledge of English. The one exception being if you make your living squatting in a rice paddy in a village that thinks television is run by magic.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 02, 2026 05:36 PM (y9nCu)
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Ya know what's funny?

The libs complain that we get our news from different sources, so "it's like we're living in different worlds!"

This is an "existential threat!"

They also believe America should NOT have just one language.

One source of news, for everybody who speaks English--but no one language for people who don't have any idea what America is supposed to be!

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at September 02, 2026 05:42 PM (Fi81e)

247 152 Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez

Aw, jeeze. Pick a fucking name, lady.
Posted by: Common Tater

Puerto Rican Jew, loud and proud!

Posted by: Juan Epstein at September 02, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)

248 Of course, press-ganging hookers and pirates to build berms around New Orleans so he could surprise and destroy Buttpackinham's lame-o Army and then kill him was pretty awesome, too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:42 PM (BI5O2)

249 "Let’s stop pretending we’re not at war."

this!

the left has been at war with America for about a century.
iran has only been at war with us less than half that.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 02, 2026 05:42 PM (VyBeY)

250 Not in Kirk's time. "Inter-ship beaming" was mentioned once in the original show as something they'd never tried before.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:27 PM (wzUl9)

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The Kelvin timeline doesn't count.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 02, 2026 05:42 PM (FZ29D)

251 In NO, too, there is a little subdivision with streets named "Stutz,""Buick," "Packard," and "Ford" . . . oddly, with cross streets named for Indian tribes like "Powhattan" and "Iroquois," and two called "Hiawatha" and "Pocahontas." I wonder what those developers were thinking. Or smoking.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:43 PM (wzUl9)

252 >>>Star Trek toilets beam the shit out of ya!

Posted by: Axeman

>Captain, I'm sensing a unidentified mass on our starboard porthole.

Stand down! That's Spock's dukey.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 05:43 PM (C/aDH)

253 You can in fact make your own tortilla sombrero hat.

https://tinyurl.com/vvtscj2d
Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)

But can you make a leopard skin pill box hat?

https://youtu.be/lOCYQtrm19s

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 02, 2026 05:43 PM (nbLIj)

254 Forcing the Spaniards to sell us Florida at gunpoint was very cool. Maybe DeSantis should formally thank Our Coolest President.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:43 PM (BI5O2)

255 The GOP is fundamentally non-serious.
Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)

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After watching them fuck up so much shit over my lifetime, you cannot convince me other wise that the GOP is the Delta Tau Chi of Political Parties.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at September 02, 2026 05:44 PM (lLeLE)

256 "241 Prior to World War II a lot of Wall Street guys and businessmen commuted by plane and taxied right up to Pier 34 or someplace like that. Gasoline rationing put an end to all that.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 02, 2026 05:40 PM (45k/r) "

or Meigs Field, just outside downtown Chicago.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 02, 2026 05:44 PM (VyBeY)

257 Meigs Field, just outside downtown Chicago.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Fucker lil Daley tore up the taxiways and runways in the middle of the night. Everyone had to trailer their planes out.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

258 Real intraship beaming has never even been tried!

That's why it's a good idea

Posted by: Axeman Redshirt at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (Fi81e)

259 ***Meanwhile, Abdulrahman Mohamad El-Sayed will ...
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Hey, MooHamid, hasn't NY figured you out yet?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (hPgrk)

260 Larry Niven had a story about a dude that somehow ends up exploring the solar system far far into the future and getting into the remnants of tech. They had a de-aging process he discovers accidentally because the device teleports you across a room, but leaves all the aging poisons in your body at the source booth to be discarded.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026

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I've read most of his work but I don't recall that one. Was that A World Out of Time?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)

261 Not quite the same thing, but there is a subdivision in NO near the original airport, the Lakefront/Shushan airport, with street names like "Beechcraft," "Boeing," "Cessna," and "Flite."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

There was one in Chicago near where I lived at the time, far South Suburbs, that were all Civil War Battles. "Corner of Gettysburg and Antietam"

A similar fun fact from a CW book of life in Washington DC around the times of the Civil War that the trendy red colors of the time were named for some bloody battles in Italy between France and Austria.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

262 Funny how virtually everyone in the world speaks enough English to be able to communicate.... except for the illegal alien cocksuckers who get shipped to the US.
____

I was able to figure out the ATM machines* in German (Austrian?) and Hungarian though I was in those countries for just a few days. Yes, they had English options, but I wanted to confirm for myself how easy it was. Why does abuela who has been in the US for 10 years need to press Spanish?

*don't use Euronet

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (Dv3i1)

263 The GOP is fundamentally non-serious.

Posted by: Crusader at September 02, 2026 05:39 PM (TN0g+)
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In comparison to the Democratic Party of sloganeers and words?

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

264 Probably the most honest vote by Democrats ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)

265 Larry Niven had a story about a dude that somehow ends up exploring the solar system far far into the future and getting into the remnants of tech. They had a de-aging process he discovers accidentally because the device teleports you across a room, but leaves all the aging poisons in your body at the source booth to be discarded.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026

***
I've read most of his work but I don't recall that one. Was that A World Out of Time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (wzUl9)

Yes. It also had the "Cat-tails" that were gene-modded cats with no legs just a tail body.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:48 PM (uhVAy)

266 Larry Niven had a story about a dude that somehow ends up exploring the solar system far far into the future and getting into the remnants of tech. They had a de-aging process he discovers accidentally because the device teleports you across a room, but leaves all the aging poisons in your body at the source booth to be discarded.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026

Kind of like a post Cinco de Mayo purge.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 02, 2026 05:48 PM (U7Jiq)

267 After watching them fuck up so much shit over my lifetime, you cannot convince me other wise that the GOP is the Delta Tau Chi of Political Parties.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at September 02, 2026 05:44 PM (lLeLE)
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Blutarsky became a senator.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

268 Probably the most honest vote by Democrats ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)
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Like when they booed God.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:48 PM (Fi81e)

269 I've read most of his work but I don't recall that one. Was that A World Out of Time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026
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Yes. It also had the "Cat-tails" that were gene-modded cats with no legs just a tail body.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026

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I don't have a copy of that one; only read it once years ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

270 Do we have to wait for the left to kill several thousand Americans? Let’s stop pretending we’re not at war.

By the time it comes to that, the non-left will be very ready, very willing, and very able to return the favor.

Posted by: weew at September 02, 2026 05:49 PM (9TspW)

271 Calhoun was a fool & dandy educated in Connecticut by a family who refused to fight in the Revolution while Jackson was a child soldier in it.

But he quit his pompous shit-talking after Our Coolest President threatened to gun him down on the front lawn of the White House.

The hits go on.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 05:50 PM (BI5O2)

272 Do we have to wait for the left to kill several thousand Americans? Let’s stop pretending we’re not at war.
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We can't even be sure that Americans aren't going to vote Democrats into power after all the shit they should have seen from Democrats were they watching.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

273 So like a furry cat snake?

Not sure if I want a 'cat-tail' doing the cat rub-hug thing around my neck.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 02, 2026 05:51 PM (6ydKt)

274 A similar fun fact from a CW book of life in Washington DC around the times of the Civil War that the trendy red colors of the time were named for some bloody battles in Italy between France and Austria.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)
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Magenta was invented in 1859 by a patriotic Frenchman who swiftly named it for that battle, itself named after a nearby village.

The alternative would have been Solferino.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at September 02, 2026 05:51 PM (28xGL)

275 US House condemns socialism while running up a $40 trillion debt. Sounds like my wife of 30 years. This bill is terrible! I denounce it.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 02, 2026 05:52 PM (wGerL)

276 History does say Spaniards can get blood thirsty

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

277 AT Machine would be acceptable here.

Decidedly not, "ATM Machine"

Posted by: Common Tater at September 02, 2026 05:52 PM (45k/r)

278
Having your last dilithium crystal go in a battle with the Klingons because you've been teleporting the bridge crew would be inconvenient.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:30 PM (uhVAy)

"Scotty! We need more power!"

"I'm giving it all I got, Captain. Maybe you shouldn't be wasting dilithium by beaming Yeoman Rand into your quarters every night, laddie!"

"Spock, nerve-pinch that insubordinate sheep-fucking cocksucker and launch him out of the airlock."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 02, 2026 05:53 PM (y9nCu)

279 Probably the most honest vote by Democrats ever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)
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It's pretty ironic that the Clintons - who led the Democrats to the center during the 1990s - have come full circle and are now leading them into abyss.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)

280 ***
I don't have a copy of that one; only read it once years ago.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

Don't know that you need to hunt it up, wasn't awful but usually Niven has his big idea in a book or story you remember even if they box him into a corner later. This one not so much.

Pournelle grounded him. He lifted Jerry out of the fairly prosaic stories he wrote alone, it was a good pairing.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

281 Probably the most honest vote by Democrats ever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)
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It's pretty ironic that the Clintons - who led the Democrats to the center during the 1990s - have come full circle and are now leading them into abyss.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)

Which side are the Clintons here?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)

282 It's absolutely amazing how the dems talk about Reps trying to steal elections, yet they, almost without exception, vote against any measures that would protect election integrity and vote for measures that decrease election integrity. It's almost as if they want election fraud...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (l3cgK)

283 281 Probably the most honest vote by Democrats ever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 02, 2026 05:47 PM (2Cry5)
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It's pretty ironic that the Clintons - who led the Democrats to the center during the 1990s - have come full circle and are now leading them into abyss.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)

Which side are the Clintons here?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)

Both?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 02, 2026 05:56 PM (l3cgK)

284 Which side are the Clintons here?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)
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"Hide Your Socialism!"

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)

285 Which side are the Clintons here?

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)

On the side of the Clintons.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 02, 2026 05:57 PM (U7Jiq)

286 Which side are the Clintons here?
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)
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Has Hillary denounced socialism? Has Carville broken with the party?

Nah, they are now endorsing policies that they once condemned and indeed their refutation made their careers.

Just wild to see.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

287 263 The GOP is fundamentally non-serious.

Posted by: Crusader
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Depends on your perspective.
GOPe will take you to the ropes every primary.
That's how Cornyn and half the others kept their job.
_Bitch McConnell asks, remember Thad Cochran? he
wasn't the only one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 05:57 PM (hPgrk)

288 Magenta was invented in 1859 by a patriotic Frenchman who swiftly named it for that battle, itself named after a nearby village.

The alternative would have been Solferino.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at September 02, 2026 05:51 PM (28xGL)

I think those were two of the colors mentioned, don't remember if there were more. The author (a woman btw) rounded out the anecdote by assuming the horror the ladies would have if their gowns were colored "Fredricksburg" or "Gettysburg"

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

289 It's absolutely amazing how the dems talk about Reps trying to steal elections, yet they, almost without exception, vote against any measures that would protect election integrity and vote for measures that decrease election integrity. It's almost as if they want election fraud...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (l3cgK)
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Quite recently they were talking about how Republicans wanted to pin the "socialist" label on the Democratic Party.

But they aren't going to play that game! They're not voting to condemn socialism!

They'll find some way in the next 6 months to say "Republicans were the real socialists after all!" because of some bill that spends money--or the WH bunker....

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e)

290 Hildabeast said she was all in on the Socialists

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

291 It's absolutely amazing how the dems talk about Reps trying to steal elections, yet they, almost without exception, vote against any measures that would protect election integrity and vote for measures that decrease election integrity. It's almost as if they want election fraud...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 02, 2026 05:55 PM (l3cgK)
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Again, this is a Clinton innovation. Accuse the other side of what you are doing. It was their go-to smear and they rely on it regularly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)

292 From above, " House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning socialism on Tuesday evening, with all but eight House Democrats voting against it."

During the February 2, 2023 vote on House Concurrent Resolution 9 (H.Con.Res.9), four local representatives split their votes as follows:

Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) voted Present.
Madeleine Dean (D-PA) voted Yea (in favor of the resolution).
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) voted Yea (in favor of the resolution).
Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) voted Yea (in favor of the resolution)

Mary Gay Scanlon is my U.S. rep.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 02, 2026 05:59 PM (NFX2v)

293 Has Hillary denounced socialism? Has Carville broken with the party?

Nah, they are now endorsing policies that they once condemned and indeed their refutation made their careers.

Just wild to see.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

Well Carville *has* denounced Socialism recently.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:59 PM (uhVAy)

294 ---
It's pretty ironic that the Clintons - who led the Democrats to the center during the 1990s - have come full circle and are now leading them into abyss.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)
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You've forgotten about proportional voting and Hillary care.
Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay and public out cry dragged them kicking and screaming to the center.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 06:00 PM (hPgrk)

295 Nood, theater kid hires actors

Posted by: SciVo at September 02, 2026 06:00 PM (ke3zm)

296 Depends on your perspective.
GOPe will take you to the ropes every primary.
That's how Cornyn and half the others kept their job.
_Bitch McConnell asks, remember Thad Cochran? he
wasn't the only one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 05:57 PM (hPgrk)
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Corporate tax cuts were the one issue on which they never compromised. Right to life, 2A, border security? Those were to gull the rubes and get the votes needed for corporate tax cuts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 02, 2026 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

297 If you guys can't see how an official floor vote is poised to help Republicans in November, I don't know about ya.

If they used it right, which they probably won't.

Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2026 06:00 PM (Fi81e)

298 During the February 2, 2023 vote on House Concurrent Resolution 9 (H.Con.Res.9), four local representatives split their votes as follows:

Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) voted Present.
Madeleine Dean (D-PA) voted Yea (in favor of the resolution).
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) voted Yea (in favor of the resolution).
Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) voted Yea (in favor of the resolution)

Mary Gay Scanlon is my U.S. rep.
Posted by: L - No nic... at September 02, 2026 05:59 PM (NFX2v)

A few weeks ago there were rumblings of something like 15 Dems in the House coming out against socialism. I guess they didn't need to have them all come out.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

299 History does say Spaniards can get blood thirsty
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0

History also says that they'll fuck off and go somewhere else for a drink... when Our Coolest President is staring them down.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 02, 2026 06:02 PM (BI5O2)

300
Not quite the same thing, but there is a subdivision in NO near the original airport, the Lakefront/Shushan airport, with street names like "Beechcraft," "Boeing," "Cessna," and "Flite."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 02, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

My mom lives a couple of blocks away from the first residential aviation subdivision ever, Sierra Sky Park here in Fresno. Built right after WWII. Streets are all WWII Generals and such: Dolittle, Vandegrift, Spaatz etc. Ball-less fuckers didn't name a street after Tibbets or LeMay though.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 02, 2026 06:03 PM (y9nCu)

301 A similar fun fact from a CW book of life in Washington DC around the times of the Civil War that the trendy red colors of the time were named for some bloody battles in Italy between France and Austria.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)
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Union General Phillip Kearney served in the French Army for a brief stint and fought in the Battle of Solferino with such distinction that the French awarded him the Legion d'honneur. He was killed in action leading his troops during the chaotic Battle of Chantilly outside of Washington, DC.

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 06:03 PM (rj6Yv)

302 275 US House condemns socialism while running up a $40 trillion debt.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

Yeah, the bond market will collapse, matter of when, not if.

But by then we'll know who the real Jews... er... enemies who won't lend at short of confiscatory interest are, right?

Posted by: Auspex at September 02, 2026 06:03 PM (Y8DZL)

303 Phillip Kearny, that is.

Posted by: mrp at September 02, 2026 06:06 PM (rj6Yv)

304 "save-get" is almost certainly newsroom slang for "save it and get it later"—basically, stick this headline in the file drawer and reuse the formula when another story comes along.

Kaus is talking about a headline ("hed" = headline in journalism jargon) and saying that "CBS' El-Sayed Scandal" is a bad or misleading headline. His joke is that editors can nevertheless save the template because it's a generic scandal headline that can be recycled endlessly:

"CNN's ___ Scandal"
"Trump's ___ Scandal"
"Biden's ___ Scandal"
etc.

So the meaning is roughly:

"This headline is nonsense, but it's such a reusable piece of clickbait that they can save it and pull it out again later."

Posted by: docweasel at September 02, 2026 06:09 PM (IuCAX)

305 telling the Supreme Court to kiss his sweaty Presidential swamp-ass was among the coolest.
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