The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 9/ 8 /26

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a relaxing Labor Day holiday... With that in mind,I give you the always inspiring words of the great Ronald Reagan on his final Labor Day in office back in September of 1988.

We salute working people because they have built our land with skill, energy, and resourcefulness, transforming raw materials into a shining edifice of freedom and prosperity. On Labor Day we recognize these achievements and reflect on the meaning and dignity of work and on the values it protects and strengthens — the values we as a nation hold most dear.. . Let us always remember that so much of what we are, we owe to working men and women.

Today, in spite of everything, we have some outstanding economic news that the Commie propagandists are doing their best to suppress. First, wow!

American manufacturing is on the rebound — and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.
Manufacturing isn’t the only sector that’s on a hiring spree; businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August.
Even The New York Times called the latest employment numbers “zesty.”
The paper quoted T. Rowe Price’s chief US economist, Blerina Uruci: “It’s a very good report . . . And it perhaps shows that financial conditions more broadly are not that tight.”
The workforce participation rate rose as well — which matters, because people who drop out of the labor force are invisible in unemployment rates that only count those who are looking for work... Establishment economists predicted none of this.

You can bet your sweet ass they didn't, and you can bet they were rooting for our economy to completely collapse. And yet we also have this to cheer about:

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night that the analysis shows an extremely strong job market for those between 22 and 34 years of age without diplomas from a higher education institution. . . The historically low unemployment rate among this demographic, which rivals lows since 2003, breaks with the rates of unemployment among college-educated peers in the same age window, per the analysis . . .The report comes days after an extremely strong jobs report on Friday, with the United States adding 162,000 jobs in August with unemployment holding at 4.1 percent, the same rate as in July. The report blew past economists’ forecast of just 55,000 jobs and an uptick in unemployment to 4.2 percent.

And with that we have the forces of darkness and evil in the form of the Democrat Party ready as they have been for 200 years set to strike:

After watching Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo in last year’s mayoral race, both radicals and relative moderates alike took the hint: Voters are desperate for candidates who speak to the frustration they feel at the gas pump, in the grocery line and after every utility payment. . . Embattled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer won’t shut up about his conference’s “affordability agenda,” and the progressive caucus in the House is pitching itself using the exact same phrase. “Democrats in Key Senate Races Campaign on Addressing GOP Affordability Crisis, Bringing Down Costs, and Making Life Easier,” crowed the wordy headline of a Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee press release issued on Friday.
In the opening months of their reign, they swiped taxpayers’ credit card for $1.9 trillion. So they swiped again, this time running up a tab of well over $700 billion for what they dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act.”That’s right, they dumped almost $3 trillion in cold hard cash into the economy under the supposition that would make everyone’s dollar go further.
Supply and demand: What is it? . . . Dismissing them as a hoax is folly. But they’d be well within their rights to remind Americans that Democrats’ only real interest in “affordability” is as a cynical slogan. And that all of their actual ideas undermine it in practice.

Don't be fooled by the feud between the alleged Moderates and the DSA. None of it is about policy. It's about control of the Democrat Party as well as how best to bamboozle the American people into thinking they have their and America's best interests at heart, and not the dismantling of America as founded and replacing it with a degenerate Socialist shit hole as was the fate of much of Europe and the world post the Second World War. Yeah, we won the war but the peace, not so much.

And so now, here's greasy Greaseball Newsom, the likely Democrat nominee for 2028:

Co-host Amna Nawaz asked, “So, let me ask you about how Democrats can win back control of Congress, because it’s been a pretty revealing primary season for the party, right? A reckoning, some have called it, too. You saw how many wins DSA candidates, Democratic Socialist candidates, were able to win, Donavan McKinney in Michigan, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, he doesn’t identify as DSA, but was sort of aligned with them. If you have these candidates and this platform that is clearly animating the base, energizing turnout, should more of those ideas be worked into the broader Democratic platform?” Nawaz then cut in to say, “But there seems to be a little distance between some leadership and those DSA candidates.”
Newsom responded, “But not the ideas. We want — I believe in universal healthcare, and I believe in Medicare for All. The party does overwhelmingly, you poll people in the party. So, if it’s about more money in your pocket, lowering costs, it’s about getting money out of politics, and it’s about Medicare for All, I think we’re pretty aligned. It’s about recognizing that we’ve got a planet that is getting hotter and drier, and that we’ve got to address the issue of climate change, and we want energy security, and we want to move off fossil fuels. That’s a DSA position. That’s a mainstream position within the Democratic Party. So, I think, in many ways — it’s just a label. And it’s a familiar — forgive me, you’re talking to the wrong person, it’s such a familiar label to me. We called them progressives. It was the Green Party. I ran against the Green Party. It sounded — the exact same platform 20 years ago, maybe it’s because I’m from the Bay Area, maybe it’s because I’m from California. And I think it’s healthy. I just think it’s — I’m not consumed by this.

And he's supposedly mainstream and moderate. They're all scum, criminals, vermin and tyrants. Poor Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave. And if we're not careful, we'll be spinning right along with him as the last tiny vestiges of America as founded are utterly annihilated.

On that positive note, I bid you all to . . .

Have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: The socialists didn’t radicalize the Democrat Party; they simply inherited a party that had already radicalized itself.
The Democratic Chicken—or the Socialist Egg?

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

Betsy McCaughey: The biggest disgrace of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
Time to Defeat the Legal Jihad Against 9/11 Families
After years of insisting that names are fluid, the left suddenly discovers tradition when Trump picks the name.
What’s in a Name – Trump Style
Democrats have made no secret of it: if they retake the House in 2026, impeachment goes back on the table. They don’t care if President Donald Trump hasn’t broken any laws; they will do it because the base wants them to...
Democrats Don't Need a Reason to Impeach Trump. They Just Will.
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced in a Friday press release that Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, an ex- senior Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was arrested along with his associate, Adeniyi Akeem Somoye. Both were charged with conspiracy to receive illegal gratuities by a public official.
Federal Immigration Official Arrested for Taking Bribes to Expedite Citizenship Applications
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The official told Al Jazeera that the assessment followed a months-long U.S. Navy operation to clear Iranian mines from the strait, adding that Washington expects shipping traffic to increase and remains satisfied with the amount of oil and gas currently moving through the waterway.
U.S.: Strait of Hormuz ‘Fully Open, Under U.S. Navy Control’ as Iran Threatens ‘New Maritime Exclusion Zone’
The South Korean government said on Friday that “nothing has been decided” about a potential deployment to the Strait of Hormuz to protect international shipping against Iranian piracy and terrorism, but some options were under discussion, including sending troops, maritime patrol aircraft, and a support ship.
Iran Threatens South Korea with ‘Serious Consequences’ for Deploying to Strait of Hormuz
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
‘They ignored the obvious, glaring linkages between UNRWA staff and Hamas,’ a Western diplomat tells the Free Beacon
EXCLUSIVE: UN Sought to ‘Cover-Up’ UNRWA Staff’s Role in Oct 7 Attack and Ties to Hamas by Undermining Internal Probe, US Watchdog Finds
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said he was the fifth “Most Wanted Fraudster.”
... FBI: Suspect in $600,000 SNAP Fraud Scheme Arrested in India
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
A government-led rebuilding of Ground Zero was plagued by politics, bad ideas, and delays, even as the private sector drove New York’s broader comeback.
After 9/11: The Folly and the Glory
Whatever the administration’s real actions turn out to be, somewhere past the sixty day mark when these orders might turn into policies, Congress continues to just sit there like a speed bump.
Trump’s Orders On Ranchers Might Be A Badly Needed Step In The Right Direction
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The vice president seems to have made his decision.
JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson
Larry Elder: Is it a warning or a threat?
Hasan Piker to Dems: Don’t Quit Me
On the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on February 19, 2009: “We’re thinking of having a Chicago Tea Party in July. All you capitalists that want to show up to Lake Michigan, I’m gonna start organizing.”
Rick Santelli, Whose Epic Rant Launched the Tea Party Movement, to Retire

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“… AI right now is just going to make a few billionaires into trillionaires while making millions of Americans poorer, less safe and less free.”
Sanders’ Bill Threatens US AI Developers With ‘Corporate Death Penalty,’ Prison Time
Axios reports that the three additions bring a mix of party ties and tech industry résumés. Jessica Schumer, the daughter of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will oversee policy and partnerships across the Northeast. She previously ran Amazon’s public policy work in New York and served as chief of staff at the Council of Economic Advisers under the Obama administration.
Sam Altman’s OpenAI Hires Chuck Schemer’s Daughter to Influence State-Level AI Policies
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The mayor's insistence on attending comes days after he handed a symbolic 9/11 pen to an aide who defended an al Qaeda operative.
Mamdani To Attend 9/11 Ceremony Despite Awkward Ties To Terrorist Sympathizers
“Many steeds of war.”
The Trojan Horse, or, Millions of Muslims in Our Midst
Rula Jebreal’s slur against Hakeem Jeffries reflects the racism of the prophet of Islam.
Racist Muslim Journalist Was Just Imitating Muhammad
Silicon Valley tools. Seventh-century ambitions.
MyDeen: The App Building Islam’s Next Generation
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
“There seems to be a lot of animosity and conflict in our community right now, and I see the Nativity as an invitation to everyone to pause, think, repent, and realize our common humanity. The Nativity is a wonderful symbol of that ….”
In Brighton (NY), a Nativity Scene Becomes a Constitutional Fight
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Army Physician Dr. Theresa Long said she’s looking into whether 2,544 unverified deaths among service members.
RFK Jr., Hegseth Assign Army Physician to Investigate Adverse Covid Vaccine Effects on Troops
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
American manufacturing is on the rebound — and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now. Manufacturing isn’t the only sector that’s on a hiring spree; businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August. Even The New York Times called the latest employment numbers “zesty.”
Trumponomics triumphs in US jobs report — just in time for the midterms
The historically low unemployment rate among this demographic, which rivals lows since 2003, breaks with the rates of unemployment among college-educated peers in the same age window, per the analysis:
Report: Unemployment Rate Among Non-College Grads Reaches One of Lowest Points in Past 23 Years
Their obsession with engineering a utopian (or dystopian) society into existence by way of arbitrary, top-down edicts threatens to make life still more expensive for their weary constituents.
Democrats’ faux affordability agenda will cost Americans big time
Buying a house, raising a family, spending Saturdays at kids’ sporting events – every aspect of normal life is touched by private equity.
From Cradle To Krispy Kreme To Grave, Private Equity Is Making Everyone’s Life Worse
The impression exists that Volkswagen Group’s consolidation course represents less a controlled downsizing than an internal corporate collapse -- the twilight of an economic era.
Does Volkswagen have a Future?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The announcement follows recent developments at “Sea Lion,” a joint British-Israeli offshore oil and gas project about 140 miles north of the Falkland Islands that plans to begin its first oil operations in early 2028, according to one of the companies involved in the project.
Argentine Foreign Minister: Govt’s Goal Is to ‘Prevent Hydrocarbon Operations’ at Falkland Islands
If saving nature requires destroying nature on an industrial scale, perhaps the first thing that needs recycling is our definition of environmentalism.<
The Green Energy Paradox: Saving Nature by Destroying It
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“When asked about the previous fundraising campaign and the need for additional funds, Dominique Alexander, president of Next Generation Action Network, declined to discuss how the earlier donations were used.”
Karmelo Anthony’s Family Asks Public for Another $250,000 Despite 2025 Fundraising Haul
Glenn H. Reynolds: Reddington, in an unhinged press conference after a mistrial was called, accused the dissident of stealing his fellow jurors’ time: “They know that they were robbed by one man for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors.”
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the IRS will review and revoke the tax-exempt status of private universities that use racial preferences in admissions, scholarships, loans and athletics.
Trump, GOP turn up the heat to ensure fairness, purge wokism on campuses
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
California already knows who is supposed to vote. Only citizens. Only living people. Only the person whose name is on the roll. What the state has refused to do is check.
California Still Needs Prop 39 (meh, it needs a U-235 enema - jjs)
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
You may have heard about the alleged assassination attempt against Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton over the weekend.
Amy Acton’s ‘Assassination Attempt’ Narrative Is Falling Apart
POLITICS
But the paradox is that even though he’s nobody’s first choice, he’s an awful lot of Republicans’ second or third choice. Because, yes, in D.C., everyone might hate him (and perhaps for good reason) — but in the heartland, most MAGA voters and conservatives respect him, appreciate him, and trust the genuineness of his convictions.
Don’t Laugh, Don’t Smirk, Don’t Count Him Out: Ted Cruz Could Beat JD Vance in 2028
I don’t think there’s a great — I just — I think it’s the natural — it’s the — how — it’s reflected in Kucinich and just aspects and component parts of our party that we’ve always had, and it’s a healthy dialectic within the party.”
Newsom: DSA Ideas Are Being Worked Into Dem Platform (Is Greaseball unaware of the New Deal?! - jjs)
Hanson does not emote; nor does he lavishly praise Trump the way an enthusiastic rally-goer would. He is as close to an objective observer as you can find in the world of commentary.
The Counterrevolution: Victor Davis Hanson Surveys Trump's Fall and Rise
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Six Indonesian volcanoes erupt simultaneously this week, including the famous “Child of Krakatau.”
2026 Is Becoming the Year the Earth Reminded Humanity Who Is in Charge
Bukele, Milei, Kast—and now De la Espriella: The search for a post-progressive political model.
The Charm of the New Transatlantic Axis of the Right
The results of a German election shock the continent.
Springtime for Saxony?
A government continues its war on its own people.
UK Police Pepper Spray Portsmouth Locals for Trying to Stop an Illegal Invasion
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The real architect of World War III isn’t Putin. It’s Xi Jinping—and Russia’s war in Ukraine may be giving Beijing exactly what it needs.
We Are in World War Xi
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
While U.S. Central Command attracts most of the attention and glory right now because of the Iranian conflict, the U.S. military in this half of the world is also engaged in important operations. Criminal cartels and their drug trafficking operations have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
U.S. Interdicts Drug Traffickers’ Floating Refueling Station
Judith Miller: A discussion with former NYPD director of intelligence analysis Mitchell Silber
Protecting New York from Terror Today
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
While there have been no reported issues with the Mars rover Perseverance, and while it appears to be functioning normally as it moves around the hilly barren terrain west of Jezero Crater, there appears to be some sort of indecisiveness in how the science team has been operating the rover for more than a year, with an almost complete black-out of updates to explain what they are doing.
What is going on with Perseverance?
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Gloria Steinem was the beautiful face of an ugly ideology.
The Radical Girl Next Door
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Young women have been taught that patriotism is embarrassing and contempt for America is a badge of intelligence."
America Needs A New ‘Rosie The Riveter’ For Its 250th Birthday
This is how it always ends.
After Woke and Green Rebrand, Jaguar Cuts 4,000 Jobs
Thank You For Sharing exposes how the mental health industry thrives off of telling people that their worst behaviors can be excused because of ‘illness.’
America’s Obsession With Mental Illness Is A Mental Illness
What happens when these Boomers can no longer hold on to the reigns of power? When they are just too old and need to hand it off? Will there be anyone to take their place?
Boomers just won't quit—but they should
Christian Toto: 'Raging Bull' scribe to use A.I. to fire back against reluctant performers
Did Paul Schrader Strike Blow Against Woke Actors?
Erwin is to be congratulated for bucking the trend of recent years for denigrating Washington.
Movie Review: ‘Young Washington’
HITHER & YON
In the late 1960s, a boy left Havana in the middle of the night, and days later, he was standing on Merritt Island, Florida.
A Young Immigrant’s Poem to America
So, in lieu of an editorial, we present the words Ronald Reagan delivered on his last Labor Day as president.
A Salute To Working People

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 08, 2026 07:27 AM (I43vL)

2 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

4 Things were quiet that Tuesday morning.

Too quiet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 07:29 AM (/FYr+)

5 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

6
Today's my birthday. You better be nice to me. And I'd like a big box of money.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:30 AM (eRlcH)

7 Hello again! Oh look; we have articles!

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 07:30 AM (+4yJ5)

8 Morning!

Would appreciate prayers for the interview this afternoon. Still hoping to hear positives from the other interviews last week and a half. Still applying to anything I'm remotely qualified for (even applying to be a substitute teacher...).

Thanks in advance for the prayers!

(Now to read the content)

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 07:30 AM (aJQbY)

9 Happy birthday, H7

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 07:31 AM (mqudn)

10 Hadrian the Seventh

I have some cash from my Monopoly game. Would that do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

11 Piker, in 2020, while discussing constitutional protections, said, “F—- the Constitution. I wipe my a— with the Constitution. It’s a piece of paper. F—- the Constitution. F—- this country.”

Democrat women: "He's soooo dreamy and he thinks like we do!"

That being said, I'm fine with him living outside the protection of the Constitution. He'd be begging for mercy within ten seconds.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 07:32 AM (+4yJ5)

12 Hadrian the Seventh

I could sing to you, but as you're a lover of fine opera, I will not do that. That is my real gift, no singing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

13 Hey! Hey! We Boomers are here to stay! Hey! Hey! We Boomers are here to stay!

Posted by: Old Fart Boomer Hippie Who Loves A Good Chant at September 08, 2026 07:34 AM (9uuIQ)

14
Reached my three score and 10. It's only in the last very few years that I've woken up and stopped living like an idiot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2026 07:34 AM (eRlcH)

15 “But not the ideas. We want — I believe in universal healthcare, and I believe in Medicare for All. The party does overwhelmingly, you poll people in the party. So, if it’s about more money in your pocket, lowering costs, it’s about getting money out of politics, and it’s about Medicare for All, I think we’re pretty aligned. It’s about recognizing that we’ve got a planet that is getting hotter and drier, and that we’ve got to address the issue of climate change, and we want energy security, and we want to move off fossil fuels. That’s a DSA position. That’s a mainstream position within the Democratic Party. So, I think, in many ways — it’s just a label. And it’s a familiar — forgive me, you’re talking to the wrong person, it’s such a familiar label to me. We called them progressives. It was the Green Party. I ran against the Green Party. It sounded — the exact same platform 20 years ago, maybe it’s because I’m from the Bay Area, maybe it’s because I’m from California. And I think it’s healthy. I just think it’s — I’m not consumed by this."
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Ravings of a lunatic.

Does this make any fvcking sense at all?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

16 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)

17 Happy Birthday Hadrian the Seventh! It is also my girlfriends so I must endeavor to make her happy.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at September 08, 2026 07:35 AM (Q/FnY)

18 Happy birthday Hadrian. Virgos Rule the World.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

19 Happy birthday! Howdy all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at September 08, 2026 07:36 AM (Rwdkj)

20 So things are being described as "zesty" and "not that tight."

Posted by: Used to date her at September 08, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Happy birthday Hadrian.
And a good week to the rest of you.

State media here in Canuckistan informs me that we'll be fine as we pull the trigger with the loaded gun pointed in the direction our economic brains should be in a trade war I'm betting most Americans won't even know about.

Every other country in the world except us and China were able to come to terms with President Trump. Make the lesson memorable President Trump.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 07:38 AM (Sco7b)

22 Voters are desperate for candidates who speak to the frustration they feel at the gas pump, in the grocery line and after every utility payment. .

Obama: "Under my policies, energy prices will necessarily increase". (referring to shutting down Big Coal).

Europe: Lets shut down all oil and gas production in the North Sea and see what happens. And while we are at it, destroy our agricultural economy.

AI Data Centers = Bad
80 million illegal aliens = Good.

And lets not forget, Ukraine and Russia, #1 and #2 in wheat and grain exporters, are busy destroying each other's ability to feed the world.

So the guy who made the US energy independent, has worked to stop the Eastern European war, and has gone after the food cartels is the guy to blame, and we need to return to power those who brought us all of these problems.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 07:38 AM (nCgQz)

23 Good luck RandomDave!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at September 08, 2026 07:39 AM (Sco7b)

24 Willowed: Just figured I might as well run out the clock before AI replaces me
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

What got things started for me was driving into work, looking around and asking "Why am I doing this to myself?" and not being able to come up with an answer.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026

***
Same here. My employer's knuckling under to The Sniffle Scare had wiped out any respect I had for the place; I was tired of the commute; and my office was about to move, which I would have had the thrill of organizing, to a much less convenient location. I said "Buh-bye."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

25 RandomDave I feel like some good news is coming your way.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

26 HEY

Arby's has 1.99 mozzarella sticks with minimum $5 purchase!

Take that, you tofu up the butt commie bastards!

Posted by: Miklos forces Positive Thinking even if it kills me at September 08, 2026 07:43 AM (4RYRd)

27 Hey! Hey! We Boomers are here to stay! Hey! Hey! We Boomers are here to stay!

Any correlation at all that as the Boomers retire, the enshittification of everything is on the increase?

And the number one actor to Make America Great Again is a Boomer?

Or are your saviors the AOCs, the Gavin Newsoms, Mandamis, and The New Generation of Marxists, Communists, DSA and Islamic "leaders"?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 07:43 AM (PVBkQ)

28 San Franpsycho - from your lips to God's ears!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 07:44 AM (aJQbY)

29 Now that AfD has won 44% of the votes in Saxony, we get to see if every other party combines to prevent them from governing, or if the German federal government outlaws the largest political party to save democracy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 08, 2026 07:44 AM (UDAfK)

30 the earlier donations were used.”
Karmelo Anthony’s Family Asks Public for Another $250,000 Despite 2025 Fundraising Haul“

True Headline - Karmelo’s new Attorneys, who are only in it for the easy money even though they know his appeal has no chance, are asking his gullible supporters for another $250k.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 07:45 AM (/FYr+)

31 Miklos forces Positive Thinking

Does your harem get upset if you don't go to Waffle House?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

32 AI Data Centers = Bad
80 million illegal aliens = Good.

In related news, Anduril's AI drones just scored a 100% kill rate on a live-fire "China invading Taiwan" exercise. The company was immediately denounced by Xi and the CCP, so they're clearly doing things right.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 07:45 AM (sabhw)

33 Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, an ex- senior Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was arrested along with his associate, Adeniyi Akeem Somoye.
----

Who could have foreseen this?!

The increasing number of Star Wars names in government positions is "concerning", as they like to say.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 08, 2026 07:46 AM (kpS4V)

34 Happy Birthday, Hadrian! I had one at the end of last month. Nothing special happened, but I'm still above ground, so, winning!

May you enjoy yours more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9)

35 Why did The Democratic Chicken cross the road? Because the communist rooster kept fucking her in the ass.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 08, 2026 07:46 AM (eP2ub)

36 Thomas Paine

Has an official vote count been released?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

37 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 07:46 AM (/xJ/M)

38 Rev. Wishbone

Why did the Robot cross the Road?

It was programed by the chicken.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

39 and we need to return to power those who brought us all of these problems.
Posted by: Community Notes

"We don't like Trump's tone of voice when he's solving all these problems!"

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 07:47 AM (+4yJ5)

40 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 08, 2026 07:46 AM (kpS4V)
======

Principles of HR Ledership:
A people hire A people
B people hire C people
C people hire D people
And so on.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

41 The company was immediately denounced by Xi and the CCP, so they're clearly doing things right.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026

***
The "feminist Western" I read this week was roundly disliked by progressives and feminists* on Goodreads; so I think this author did something right.

*I'm guessing. The posters yammered about "failure to address gender issues" and "lack of intersectionality," so I'm pretty sure of my diagnosis.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

42 >>>The official told Al Jazeera that the assessment followed a months-long U.S. Navy operation to clear Iranian mines from the strait

Whoa, whoa, whoa...there were mines in the strait?

That's funny, because the guy here who never STFU assured us repeatedly that Iran navy had no means available to deploy mines.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 07:48 AM (J4Dwc)

43 Does your harem get upset if you don't go to Waffle House?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I just sit and wait right here

They know the lot number

It's on their payday loan receipts

Posted by: Miklos hazy a lazy bone, some girls like that at September 08, 2026 07:49 AM (4RYRd)

44 "Same here. My employer's knuckling under to The Sniffle Scare had wiped out any respect I had for the place..."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at 7:40 AM.

I was a Quiet Quitter. After I watched my entire management chain bully pregnant employees into a medical procedure they didn't want in '21, I just did the bare minimum for a couple of years. In '24 there was a fun opportunity I threw myself into, but then I coasted. Handed in my badge this past April 20th. Buh bye. Now every day is Saturday.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 08, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

45 I especially love finding out that a job in the US...
has hired a contract company HQed in India...
to hire Americans (or US-located persons) to do the work.

Because somehow that makes sense apparently?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 07:50 AM (aJQbY)

46 "failure to address gender issues" and "lack of intersectionality,"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

damn

I knew something was missing in my life

Posted by: Miklos is clearly a hate-filled bigoted failure at September 08, 2026 07:50 AM (4RYRd)

47 Thomas Paine

Has an official vote count been released?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

They haven't opened all of the trunks of the Buicks yet.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 08, 2026 07:51 AM (UDAfK)

48 I was a Quiet Quitter. After I watched my entire management chain bully pregnant employees into a medical procedure they didn't want in '21, I just did the bare minimum for a couple of years. In '24 there was a fun opportunity I threw myself into, but then I coasted. Handed in my badge this past April 20th. Buh bye. Now every day is Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 08, 2026

***
I kind of coasted too. Not that my job (office manager for a small department) was a very busy one even before.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)

49 26 HEY

Arby's has 1.99 mozzarella sticks with minimum $5 purchase!

Take that, you tofu up the butt commie bastards!
Posted by: Miklos forces Positive Thinking even if it kills me at September 08, 2026 07:43 AM (4RYRd)

I LOVE Arby's!!

They give Ralphy a free small cup of meat when we go. He goes insane.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 08, 2026 07:51 AM (Sco7b)

50 >>Now every day is Saturday.

Heh - the week has 3 days: Saturday, Sunday, and Trash Day.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 08, 2026 07:51 AM (NcvvS)

51 Oil hits 94 dollars because idiot Trump is in total control of the Strait of Hormoz. 100 dollar oil equates to $4.50 gas

So the Iranians have absolutely nothing to do with $94/g oil.

Neither does the war in Ukraine/Russia (aka Gas Station with nuclear weapons)

Or Canada, Australia and Western Europe's Green Policies that have crushed their own oil and gas business?

Or Florida and California refusing to allow any recovery of oil off their own coasts

But the guy who brought 64billion barrels of oil back on line from Venezuela, who has turned the US into an energy exporting nation, has accelerated the move of Gulf Nations to use pipe rather than shipping and is challenging China for dominance in the new generation of nuclear energy is The Problem

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 07:52 AM (9s47C)

52 So, on one hand Bernie Sanders in advocating for the destruction of AI...

And on the other hand Chuck Schumer's daughter's hired by OpenAI to advocate for the continuation of AI development.

Disconnection much?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 08, 2026 07:52 AM (2Cry5)

53 one hour sober,

Out of claimed hundreds...

there were about 10? The rest were simply floated junk to make people think they had a pervasive mine setup.

And about half of those 10ish weren't even functional.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 07:52 AM (aJQbY)

54 San Franpsycho

From Clinton to Harris, this is so true.

Trump is an A person. His Cabinet is stuffed with doers and good picks. As always, no matter how elite an organization is, there is a finite amount of stupidity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

55 I LOVE Arby's!!

They give Ralphy a free small cup of meat when we go. He goes insane.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 08, 2026

***
I dated a cute brunette Arby's manager in '91. I ought to get a freebie some way!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

56 Paul honey-
Your special friend raimondo keeps calling and calling. He wants you to come over and play. Wants you to bring the "dog toys". Do what you want, sweetie, but tell him to stay away from the windows.

Posted by: Paul's mom at September 08, 2026 07:54 AM (4RYRd)

57 The posters yammered about "failure to address gender issues" and "lack of intersectionality," so I'm pretty sure of my diagnosis.

Sounds like they probably went to that socialist convention people have been mocking the videos from. A woman in a full-face Covid mask gave a speech on how being fat and ugly is how you defeat fascism, and she literally said "the more dysgenic, the better".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 07:54 AM (sabhw)

58 In Tucker Carlson’s latest podcast, he proved that he is beyond parody. In it, he attacked Algebra, said it was fake math, said that no one uses it or needs it, and admits that he never really understood it.

Tucker is finally revealed as a low IQ clown who is apparently proud of how little he knows or understands.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 07:55 AM (/FYr+)

59 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

A while ago I got more change than expected from paying cash at an Arby's. I asked why? "We gave you the senior discount."

Unbidden.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

60 "...no matter how elite an organization is, there is a finite amount of stupidity.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:53 AM"

This about me?

Posted by: The Strategic Stupidity Reserve at September 08, 2026 07:55 AM (2Ez/1)

61 Tucker will change his mind once his Qatari buddies inform him that algebra was invented by a Muslim.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 08, 2026 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

62 "failure to address gender issues"

Is this about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank at September 08, 2026 07:56 AM (Q+gd/)

63 I was a Quiet Quitter. After I watched my entire management chain bully pregnant employees into a medical procedure they didn't want in '21, I just did the bare minimum for a couple of years. In '24 there was a fun opportunity I threw myself into, but then I coasted. Handed in my badge this past April 20th. Buh bye. Now every day is Saturday.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 08, 2026

Over the years, I came to the conclusion that "Total Quality Management" was a bullshit story.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 07:56 AM (mqudn)

64 I dated a I dated a cute brunette Arby's manager in '91. I ought to get a freebie some way!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreamingin '91. I ought to get a freebie some way!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Ya want it dressed?

Posted by: cute brunette Arby's manager in Noo Awlins at September 08, 2026 07:56 AM (4RYRd)

65 So, on one hand Bernie Sanders in advocating for the destruction of AI...

And on the other hand Chuck Schumer's daughter's hired by OpenAI to advocate for the continuation of AI development.

Disconnection much?

Bernie's sided with the DSA, while Schumer represents the "traditional" Democrats who talk a lot about socialism but are only really interested in making themselves rich at taxpayer expense.

So from that point of view it makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 07:56 AM (sabhw)

66 In Tucker Carlson’s latest podcast, he proved that he is beyond parody. In it, he attacked Algebra, said it was fake math, said that no one uses it or needs it, and admits that he never really understood it.

Tucker is finally revealed as a low IQ clown who is apparently proud of how little he knows or understands.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 07:55 AM (/FYr+)
----
Has anyone told him about the usefulness of imaginary numbers?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 07:56 AM (FZ29D)

67 In Tucker Carlson’s latest podcast, he proved that he is beyond parody. In it, he attacked Algebra, said it was fake math, said that no one uses it or needs it, and admits that he never really understood it.

Tucker is finally revealed as a low IQ clown who is apparently proud of how little he knows or understands.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 07:55 AM (/FYr+)
=====

His guest literally called algebra "goyslop."

The Nazis attacked physics as "Jewish science."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

68 Unbidden.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

You wanna make 25 cents the hard way?

Posted by: Rodney Miklosfield at September 08, 2026 07:57 AM (4RYRd)

69 A while ago I got more change than expected from paying cash at an Arby's. I asked why? "We gave you the senior discount."

Unbidden.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026

***
I get that at a CC's Coffee here (Community Coffee, their coffee shops). The other day I'd asked to have my coffee reheated a bit in the microwave, and they did so cheerfully . . . and about fifteen minutes later the counter lady (who was our age) brought me out a free cup of the same, "For your trouble."

Plus they are a bit cheaper than most coffee shops in town.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 07:58 AM (wzUl9)

70 there were about 10? The rest were simply floated junk to make people think they had a pervasive mine setup.

And about half of those 10ish weren't even functional.

There were 11 total and I think 4 or 5 actually were in working condition.

To be fair, if an oil tanker hits one of the ones that works they're going to have a very bad day.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 07:58 AM (sabhw)

71 Meanwhile, more Americans have college degrees than ever, just as artificial intelligence is doing more of the entry-level work companies typically hire young graduates for.

So we solve the problem of H1-B folks taking jobs and now we have a new problem.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 07:59 AM (+4yJ5)

72 Tom Servo

Oh, Tuck has not been shy about what an idiot he is.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

73 The Nazis attacked physics as "Jewish science."
Posted by: San Franpsycho

My field of Givafukks is carefully cultivated according to strict Lysenko principles

Posted by: Miklos is unsurprised when he Beholds at September 08, 2026 08:00 AM (4RYRd)

74 IMO says 80 mines were laid as of June.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:00 AM (J4Dwc)

75 Learn to coal.

Posted by: The West Virginia Employment Commission at September 08, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

76 Glenn H. Reynolds: Reddington, in an unhinged press conference after a mistrial was called, accused the dissident of stealing his fellow jurors’ time: “They know that they were robbed by one man for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors.”

--

I find this defense attorney's behavior and actions absolutely shocking and unconscionable. This lone juror man will be hunted down like a beast in the jungle. If there is any law to back him up, I'd tell him to sue this attorney's pants off for slander and for putting him in the coming danger we all know he's going to be in.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 08, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

77 I dated a cute brunette Arby's manager in '91. I ought to get a freebie some way!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
*
Ya want it dressed?
Posted by: cute brunette Arby's manager in Noo Awlins at September 08, 2026

***
I liked her undressed.

She had more of an Uptown accent. Went to that big Cat'lick girls' school on St. Charles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:00 AM (wzUl9)

78 I suspect the Russia/Ukraine war is having much more of an impact on oil prices than people realize. The Ukes have been targeting refineries, creating a huge gasoline and diesel shortage inside Russia and also wrecking Russia’s export market, which was significant.

China is having to bid up oil prices, having lost both of their major suppliers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:01 AM (/FYr+)

79 Does Ralphy have an opinion on the US/Canada Trade War? What about Snowflake?

Posted by: America's Hat at September 08, 2026 08:01 AM (Fn+3X)

80
Oh, Tuck has not been shy about what an idiot he is.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026

***
Amazing, how stupid people are so proud of not knowing anything.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:01 AM (wzUl9)

81 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:02 AM (ExV1e)

82 You Catholic girls start way too late.

Posted by: William Joel at September 08, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

83 The Nazis attacked physics as "Jewish science".

"I mean, Ein-STEIN. Do we have to spell it out for you goyim? Oy vey" - the International Jooo Conspiracy, probably

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:03 AM (sabhw)

84 Report: Unemployment Rate Among Non-College Grads Reaches One of Lowest Points in Past 23 Years

Expel 3+ Million illegals and people with high school diplomas get a job.

Strange how that works.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

85 both radicals and relative moderates alike took the hint: Voters are desperate for candidates who speak to the frustration they feel at the gas pump, in the grocery line and after every utility payment"

Yeah, sure. I'm voting for mayor because gas prices are lower than under the previous administration?

SMH

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)

86 >>>In Tucker Carlson’s latest podcast, he proved that he is beyond parody. In it, he attacked Algebra, said it was fake math, said that no one uses it or needs it, and admits that he never really understood it.

Tucker is finally revealed as a low IQ clown who is apparently proud of how little he knows or understands.

Posted by: Tom Servo

>When I was designing products for a company a few years ago I used algebra regularly to enhance range and fine tune performance. We need an equation for Tucker's mouth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 08, 2026 08:04 AM (eP2ub)

87 In the opening months of their reign, they swiped taxpayers’ credit card for $1.9 trillion.

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Then, after months of denying the consequences of their actions, they finally admitted that something ought to be done about it.

So they swiped again, this time running up a tab of well over $700 billion for what they dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act.”

They added about 40% to M2. We still may have another 10 to 12% inflation to absorb.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)

88 My 7th grade algebra teacher Mr. Blackman gave me panic attacks that affected bowel urgency IYKWIMAIKTYD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

89 EXCLUSIVE: UN Sought to ‘Cover-Up’ UNRWA Staff’s Role in Oct 7 Attack and Ties to Hamas by Undermining Internal Probe, US Watchdog Finds

They'll send TWICE the number of Islamist investigators...

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

90 IMO says 80 mines were laid as of June.
Posted by: one hour sober

80 lays?

In a month?

you mean per minute

Posted by: the 5,000 man crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, in Thailand after 271 days at sea at September 08, 2026 08:05 AM (4RYRd)

91 Vance's ties to Tucker Carlson are deeply disappointing to me. I was fully in his corner a few short months ago for the '28 nomination. That has pretty much disappeared in my view. Cruz? I voted for Cruz in '16, but I simply don't believe he has the star power to attract enough voters in quantities that can overcome the freight train of fraud and lies that will descend on him. We still have a bit of time, but I'm putting Rubio ahead at the moment. I'd also go for Bessent if necessary. Maybe there's a dark horse out there yet to reveal himself, but suffice it to say that Vance has really disappointed me. If you can't disavow a nutjob like Carlson, you've got some major problems.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 08, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

92 JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson

And is pushing me to Team Rubio

Posted by: Delurker at September 08, 2026 08:05 AM (2Drhq)

93 Here's a cute Jewish joke.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1Yxr6DuZuoE

Posted by: Non-tribe member at September 08, 2026 08:05 AM (2Ez/1)

94 You Catholic girls start way too late.
Posted by: William Joel at September 08, 2026

***
The Arby's manager girl told me about her senior class's little act of rebellion. There's a tall white plaster statue of Mother Mary that faces the avenue. She and her fellow classmates rigged up a giant can of Budweiser, red and white, and a gigantic cigarette, and taped one to each of her hands. Visible from the avenue a good distance away.

She managed to graduate and go on to college, so I suspect the admin never found out who had done it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:06 AM (wzUl9)

95 Meanwhile, more Americans have college degrees than ever, just as artificial intelligence is doing more of the entry-level work companies typically hire young graduates for.

That's an interesting phenomenon in the tech industry now. Entry-level hiring is down, allegedly due to AI but actually due to H1B restrictions, and senior people can't get hired because of DEI, so your best bet is to be middle of the road.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:07 AM (sabhw)

96 Sounds like they probably went to that socialist convention people have been mocking the videos from. A woman in a full-face Covid mask gave a speech on how being fat and ugly is how you defeat fascism, and she literally said "the more dysgenic, the better".
Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 07:54 AM (sabhw)

Wolfus get's Arby's managers.
This sounds more like what I'd attract.

Okay, quick news check. Nothing much. Time for work.

Paxton was on FoxNews on the weekend. He seemed optimistic. And President Trump's PAC dropped him $10 million. MS Now said he had $403 million but wasn't going to spend it because of his correption, grifting and greed. They really should be sued.

Back to work. I have to create stuff.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at September 08, 2026 08:07 AM (Sco7b)

97 A while ago I got more change than expected from paying cash at an Arby's. I asked why? "We gave you the senior discount."

Unbidden.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I had that happen once. It was a FML feeling.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 08:07 AM (/xJ/M)

98 JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson

So, we should be like leftists and declare that if you disagree with me on anything, on some certain set of things, that we cannot be friends otherwise?

So tiring.

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

99 Affordability is a feeling not a fact.

Posted by: Change my mind at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)

100 Expel 3+ Million illegals and people with high school diplomas get a job.

Strange how that works.
Posted by: r hennigantx

This is the first time in my life that a high school diploma seems like it might be worth something

Posted by: Miklos has one, a Jr. High Ph.D. in fact under the name Arday at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (4RYRd)

101 Vance's ties to Tucker Carlson are deeply disappointing to me.

What ties? Vance participated in using Tucker's son or nephew or whatever to feed false information to Iran and then fired the guy.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (5hs8R)

102 We still have a bit of time, but I'm putting Rubio ahead at the moment.

We want Mr Amnesty now?

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (nCgQz)

103 Yeah, Vance's unwillingness to publicly attack even Tucker's POSITIONS, much less the man himself, is more than a little concerning. I'm not totally against him, but he's got to do something if he really wants the big chair.

Posted by: American Hawkman at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (U1fU7)

104 JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson"

So we're back to "all Republicans must publicly disavow everyone that might have ever been thought of as an ally but really isn't" again?

SMH 2.0

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (XuXeR)

105 >>I had that happen once. It was a FML feeling.

I has lunch with old friends on Sunday. When the cute, young waitress brought the bill I asked if it included the senior discount.

"You aren't old enough" she lied.

I gave her a nice tip.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2026 08:09 AM (viF8m)

106 98 So, we should be like leftists and declare that if you disagree with me on anything, on some certain set of things, that we cannot be friends otherwise?

That's disingenuous because it's not "just anything."

Posted by: Delurker at September 08, 2026 08:09 AM (2Drhq)

107 Ask your doctor if Dysgenic is right for you.

Posted by: Really Fat Pharma at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

108 declined to discuss how the earlier donations were used

Well... that's not a red flag or anything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

109 You Catholic girls start way too late.
Posted by: William Joel

Um, in engine performance, Catholic girls are 350's while public school girls are 302's. In my limited experience.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (/xJ/M)

110 Wolfus get's Arby's managers.
This sounds more like what I'd attract.

***
Stateless, she would have stood out in any crowd. Italian, devastating smile, slim and well-spoken. Among the employees at the Arby's, she was a diamond found in a pile of hogslop. (And this was more than thirty years ago; such a thing would be almost unheard of in da Deep South now)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (wzUl9)

111 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (ccf/V)

112 Rubio is clean-shaven, so I will probably support him, should he decide to run

I don't trust a politician who wears the perma-scruff beard look

Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

113 A while ago I got more change than expected from paying cash at an Arby's. I asked why? "We gave you the senior discount."

Unbidden.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

-take the cash

-write your number on the receipt and slide it back

-bitch know who gots de moneys

Posted by: Senior Fast Food Pickup Artist at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (4RYRd)

114 Newsom.

HA!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (ccf/V)

115 Morning Horde thx JJ.
The article about Jaguar is funny in an odd way. It says the company, owned by an Indian conglomerate. The articles says most of the jobs that are being cut are in England. India will show them for being colonial.
Always thought Jaguars were great looking, apparently not well built over the last couple decades

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 08:10 AM (TrqdA)

116 not "just anything."

Quotation marks, what do they mean?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

117 Just saw a Paul comment nuked in real time. I salute the COBs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 08, 2026 08:11 AM (XvL8K)

118 Gavin Newsom talking about lower costs and affordability when he governs a state that has some of the highest costs in the world.

Priceless........

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

119 Second look at me? Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Pat Paulsen at September 08, 2026 08:11 AM (6W6ju)

120 I'm so old I remember when "little Marco" was a thing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 08, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

121 Don’t Laugh, Don’t Smirk, Don’t Count Him Out: Ted Cruz Could Beat JD Vance in 2028

Ted Cruz will never be President. He isn't likable enough. It may be sad that this is a consideration but it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

122 So, we should be like leftists and declare that if you disagree with me on anything, on some certain set of things, that we cannot be friends otherwise?

So tiring.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)
====

I agree with you in principle but these differences go beyond mere "disagreements" to fundamental incompatibility.

Tucker Carlson is a traitor to the United States.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

123 The article about Jaguar is funny in an odd way. It says the company, owned by an Indian conglomerate. The articles says most of the jobs that are being cut are in England. India will show them for being colonial.

Because this is the HQ, you must call out that the Indian owner is named "Tata".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (5hs8R)

124 Vance's ties to Tucker Carlson are deeply disappointing to me.

Seriously ? How about Trump's ties ? They were best buds during the election of 24'.. He campaigned with Trump....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (+gK6I)

125 You Catholic girls start way too late.
Posted by: William Joel
*
Um, in engine performance, Catholic girls are 350's while public school girls are 302's. In my limited experience.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026

***
I gotta go with Rick on this one. Of the major relationships in my life, the Catholic girls all have been V-8s in one department or another.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

126 Vance is disappointing. He said he won’t throw a friend under the bus… but Carlson has already thrown him under the bus. Doesn’t he recognize that? Sigh…. Rubio it is

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (gkBVP)

127 Catholic girls are 350's while public school girls are 302's."

So, they're overweight iron blocks?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (XuXeR)

128 >Um, in engine performance, Catholic girls are 350's while public school girls are 302's. In my limited experience.

Posted by: rickb223
---

Back in HS, I briefly dated a Catholic schoolgirl. Plaid skirt and everything. Got to second base. True story.

Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)

129 How was your Labor Day?

I celebrated working by not working, one f*cking bit. I accomplished absolutely nothing.

We did take the daughter her car over the weekend. She's yet to drive it. She's nervous. Understandable.

We did love spending a little time with her, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (ccf/V)

130 351's > 350's

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

131 Gloria Steinem was the beautiful face of an ugly ideology.

Beautiful? I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

132 Tucker Carlson is a traitor to the United States"

Journalist. So....

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)

133
Seriously ? How about Trump's ties ? They were best buds during the election of 24'.. He campaigned with Trump....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 08:12 AM (+gK6I)

He was seemingly on Trump's side back then. Qatucker used him, obviously.

He is a traitor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

134
He is a traitor.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:13 AM (ccf/V)

Yes he is, but throwing JD under the bus for it seems a bit much.. I still like JD

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (+gK6I)

135 Expel 3+ Million illegals and people with high school diplomas get a job.

Strange how that works.
Posted by: r hennigantx

This is the first time in my life that a high school diploma seems like it might be worth something

Posted by: Miklos has one, a Jr. High Ph.D.

Help me out, I'm not good at algebra.

So employers previously preferred ignorant savages from third world nations over domestic GDE or HS Diploma bearing labor. But now that these savages are either in prison or somewhere else, they are hiring HS diploma back fill.

Doesn't that imply that a HS diploma has less value than whatever a semi-literate retard criminal from the jungle brings?

I've heard Man On The Street interviews. A HS Diploma implies entitlement, wokeness and zero work ethic.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (a6PrB)

136 351's > 350's"

.38, .39 - whatever it takes"

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)

137 Happy birthday Hadrian.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)

138 DSA platform is “about recognizing that we’ve got a planet that is getting hotter and drier, and that we’ve got to address the issue of climate change, and we want energy security, and we want to move off fossil fuels. That’s a DSA position. That’s a mainstream position within the Democratic Party.”

I shall translate:
DSA wants an EU America. Poorer, colder, hotter, and extremely more expensive.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (/+uur)

139 Um, in engine performance, Catholic girls are 350's while public school girls are 302's. In my limited experience.
Posted by: rickb223

But those small block 302s tend to run hot

Posted by: Mustang nostalgist Miklos at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (4RYRd)

140 How funny is it the Dem party is in such shambles, Hunter Biden thinks he needs to come swooping in and save it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (ccf/V)

141 You know about the cylinder sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

142 Seriously ? How about Trump's ties ? They were best buds during the election of 24'.. He campaigned with Trump....

--

Maybe he did, but I don't recall Carlson going off his rocker at that time. He's since become someone I don't associate with his former self. I don't recall his anti-Jew statements; I don't recall him giving props to the beauty of Islam. Could be I wasn't paying attention back then, but Tucker seems to have had a conversion, a piano dropped on his head...something. Everything that comes out of his mouth these days is lunacy.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (qBdHI)

143 Vance is disappointing. He said he won’t throw a friend under the bus… but Carlson has already thrown him under the bus. Doesn’t he recognize that? Sigh…. Rubio it is

I don't understand how being the bigger man makes Vance terrible. It costs him nothing to say "that guy hates me, and whatever".

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:16 AM (5hs8R)

144
But those small block 302s tend to run hot
Posted by: Mustang nostalgist Miklos at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (4RYRd)

The best bolt on upgrade engine ever.

"It's not how fast you want to go. It's how fast you can AFFORD to go."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:16 AM (ccf/V)

145 In my day, the Catholic School girls who smoked cigs on the bus stop were the randiest. One on my block quietly went away for about six months before reappearing.

Posted by: Home For Wayward Girls at September 08, 2026 08:17 AM (Fn+3X)

146
I don't understand how being the bigger man makes Vance terrible. It costs him nothing to say "that guy hates me, and whatever".
Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:16 AM (5hs8R)

Yeah. I read comments like that and the only thought in my head is FFS.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:17 AM (ccf/V)

147 So employers previously preferred ignorant savages from third world nations over domestic GDE or HS Diploma bearing labor"

Sure. They cost less, thanks to taxpayers. It ain't rocket math.

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

148 Doesn't that imply that a HS diploma has less value than whatever a semi-literate retard criminal from the jungle brings?

I've heard Man On The Street interviews. A HS Diploma implies entitlement, wokeness and zero work ethic.
Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:15 AM (a6PrB)

I think it implies that employers love the semi-slave wages and control that comes with illegal employment.

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

149 Could be I wasn't paying attention back then, but Tucker seems to have had a conversion, a piano dropped on his head...something. Everything that comes out of his mouth these days is lunacy.

Tucker has always been bought and paid for, including when he was allegedly conservative. Those of us who remember him 25 years ago in the bow tie on MSNBC as the tame opposition have always understood that.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:17 AM (5hs8R)

150 Back in HS, I briefly dated a Catholic schoolgirl. Plaid skirt and everything. Got to second base. True story.
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026

***
The Catholic schoolgirl look has never turned me on particularly. But when I first dated the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, she occasionally wore a plaid skirt like that. She'd graduated from a public high school the year before, so it wasn't her uniform; it must have been a conscious fashion choice. I thought it pretty damn nice.

(She made a LOT of good conscious fashion choices)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:18 AM (wzUl9)

151
Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Aw, but sooner or later, it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

Posted by: The Source Material at September 08, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)

152
Tucker has always been bought and paid for, including when he was allegedly conservative. Those of us who remember him 25 years ago in the bow tie on MSNBC as the tame opposition have always understood that.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:17 AM (5hs8R)

Tucker simply went back to who he is, only funded now by the muslhams.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:19 AM (ccf/V)

153
122 So, we should be like leftists and declare that if you disagree with me on anything, on some certain set of things, that we cannot be friends otherwise?

So tiring.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

I guess you missed that part where Tucker called for Trump to be immediately impeached and also said that he could only support radical leftists from now on, because they’re the only ones that hate Jews enough.

Maybe you’re comfortable being friends with those who want you dead. I’m not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:19 AM (/FYr+)

154 For 99% of the electorate, Tucker is a non-entity. He's an online podcaster wiith limited appeal, more limited daily. He's also kinda stupid.

I'd prefer Vance cut ties but unless something changes radically it won't affect my vote in '28.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)

155 Gloria Steinem when she was a Playboy Bunny

https://tinyurl.com/49wdvrd3

Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

156 351's > 350's
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

351/M400

Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 08:20 AM (/xJ/M)

157 Ted Cruz will never be President. He isn't likable enough. It may be sad that this is a consideration but it is.

Ted Cruz wants to be an internet Influencer. His time in office, where he promised Texans he would "fight for them" has been mostly finding opportunity to mine for sound bite material he can later podcast.

I'm pretty sure that his Goldman Sachs wife has made bank over his Insider Connections.

He is the other side of Jasmine Crockett who also uses Congress as source material for her preferred Internet Influencer career.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:20 AM (a6PrB)

158 For 99% of the electorate, Tucker is a non-entity. He's an online podcaster wiith limited appeal, more limited daily. He's also kinda stupid.

His audience is almost entirely bot farms and people like Ace that need content.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:20 AM (5hs8R)

159 We Are in World War Xi

I told you it was World War Eleven!

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at September 08, 2026 08:21 AM (l3cgK)

160 In the War of Ideas, Tucker is on the other side.

J.D. should be able to criticize the ideas, the words, the beliefs without "throwing his friend under the bus."

That is just a convenient excuse and belies a subtextual approval.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

161 So we solve the problem of H1-B folks taking jobs and now we have a new problem.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 07:59 AM (+4yJ5)

Same as it ever was. There's always something screwing with the system. Wait until companies find out that AI doesn't do the higher level stuff that they were training new hires to do and the old folks who learned it have all retired.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

162 I always assumed that Sister Christian was inspired by Only the Good Die Young. But the interwebs tell me tell me that's not true:

"Sister Christian" was written by drummer Kelly Keagy as a tribute to his younger sister, Christy, with the title originally being "Sister Christy" before bandmates misheard it as "Christian" during rehearsals.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 08, 2026 08:22 AM (XvL8K)

163 158 For 99% of the electorate, Tucker is a non-entity. He's an online podcaster wiith limited appeal, more limited daily. He's also kinda stupid.

His audience is almost entirely bot farms and people like Ace that need content.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:20 AM (5hs8R)

Bot farms that ask to see your Bobs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:22 AM (l3cgK)

164 I remember cubic inch engine sizes, but ever since I got into the Mercedes world in '97, I've been thinking of engines in liters. (Un-American of me, I know.)

Arby's Lady was a 3.8 with 300 hp. Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 was a 6.0L V-12 with 500 hp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:23 AM (wzUl9)

165 How far have we fallen as a military power when it took the Navy four months to clear 10 broken down, non-threatening Iranian mines?

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:23 AM (J4Dwc)

166 >>>I've heard Man On The Street interviews. A HS Diploma implies entitlement, wokeness and zero work ethic.

Posted by: Community Notes

>Never forget the smartest man in the room is the man who just barely passed his GED. These are the guys that get promoted and favored because these are the yes men who will give you 60 hours a week. Modern day slavery. Tradesmen who see their wives and families one day a week.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 08, 2026 08:23 AM (eP2ub)

167 Bot farms that ask to see your Bobs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:22 AM (l3cgK)

"Show me your bobs and vagene!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:23 AM (ccf/V)

168 J.D. should be able to criticize the ideas, the words, the beliefs without "throwing his friend under the bus."

That is just a convenient excuse and belies a subtextual approval.

Again, Vance participated in using Tucker as a patsy to feed misinformation to Iran. He's clearly not going to join Tucker in the public execution of CBD for being Jewish and misuse of maple syrup.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:23 AM (5hs8R)

169
U.S. ~~Interdicts~~ Blow da Fuck Outta Drug Traffickers’ Floating Refueling Station

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (/+uur)

170 Tucker might need a CAT scan of his head. I've known two folks that began behaving strangely and the news was not good.

Posted by: Block Head Barry at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (Fn+3X)

171 Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Aw, but sooner or later, it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one
Posted by: The Source Material at September 08, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)
====

I've had a Billy Joel earworm for a week it is torture and this comment magnifies my pain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

172 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (53oGX)

173 I don't understand how being the bigger man makes Vance terrible. It costs him nothing to say "that guy hates me, and whatever".
Posted by: Ian S. at September 08, 2026 08:16 AM (5hs8R)

He said he’s still friends with Carlson and everyone knows this. He says he’s friends with a guy who’s denounced everything about the administration he’s a part of, is working to destroy that administration and the guy who’s denounced republicans (of which Vance is one). He’s not being a bigger man he’s being a cuck. Someone treating you that way is not a friend

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (gkBVP)

174 MyDeen: The App Building Islam’s Next Generation

Paula Deen shoulda made an app first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (l3cgK)

175 Here's the deal, most Senators are non-essential, same goes for congressmen, the machine pretty much runs things with very little input from individual Senators or Congressmen.

Eventually they find this out and spend their time generating noise, and feathering their own nests.

Why anyone thought Cruz would be different is beyond me.

They all suck.

Some suck a little less.

But they all suck.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (Lm2uZ)

176 "Belies Subtextual Approval" was the working title for what Hemingway eventually published as The Sun Also Rises.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)

177 For 99% of the electorate, Tucker is a non-entity."

Heck, for most here it's the same. I couldn't pick him out of a lineup, but some seem to think he was the face of...something.

Frankly, it's boring, and I don't give a rat's fuzzy backside what any political figure says about a news reader. And anyone requiring me to disavow him will be laughed at.

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

178 Those of us who remember him 25 years ago in the bow tie on MSNBC as the tame opposition have always understood that.
Posted by: Ian S

Chatsworth Osborne Jr.

Posted by: Miklos looks over at his Rush Limbaugh Official Stuff at September 08, 2026 08:25 AM (4RYRd)

179 First, get a stick of butter...

Posted by: Paula Deen at September 08, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

180 I think some people put too much emphasis on what Tucker says. He's no policy wonk, and his influence (at least among some) isn't all that great. Not anymore.

I don't care if Vance and Carlson are buds. I'm not picking Vance's friends.

If and when Vance adopts some of Carlson's positions, officially, I'll take note. But not now. And I've not heard that Vance has adopted any of Tucker's hair brained ideas in an official capacity.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (2Cry5)

181 First, get a stick of butter...
Posted by: Paula Deen at September 08, 2026

***
No, no, Paula. It's "First, catch the rabbit . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (wzUl9)

182 179 First, get a stick of butter...

Posted by: Paula Deen at September 08, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

That's always a good start in the kitchen...and maybe even the bedroom...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (l3cgK)

183 So things are being described as "zesty" and "not that tight."
Posted by: Used to date her at September 08, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

I remember.

Posted by: But it's all over now at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)

184 one hour sober

CMDR Salamander and his lecture on "the weapon that waits" comes to mind.''

Minesweeping is hard to do quickly and safely.
We are using autonomous underwater vehicles to do it.
It may be tiny on a map, but the Strait of Hormuz is still a big place, with a lot of false positives.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

185 Yeah, Vance's unwillingness to publicly attack even Tucker's POSITIONS, much less the man himself, is more than a little concerning. I'm not totally against him, but he's got to do something if he really wants the big chair.
Posted by: American Hawkman at September 08, 2026 08:08 AM (U1fU7)

Vance has said, publicly and repeatedly, that he disagrees with things Carlson has said about a number of things. He won't attack him personally - something that people take to the fainting couches over when Trump does it. Carlson isn't an advisor, he's just someone Vance is friendly with.

The whole blow up is prep work for the Dems to try and destroy Vance should he be the nominee in '28. Don't do their work for them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

186 They all suck.

Some suck a little less.

But they all suck.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

This is still about the katlick girls, rite?

Posted by: Miklos in Noo Awlins Yat-speak at September 08, 2026 08:27 AM (4RYRd)

187
They all suck.

Some suck a little less.

But they all suck.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (Lm2uZ)

This. And the more we learn about our 'intellectual betters,' the more we learn that it's their f*cking STAFFERS that are doing all the work and destroying the country. They're bosses are just to busy getting drunk and laid to see it happening.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:28 AM (ccf/V)

188 They all suck.

Some suck a little less.

But they all suck.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
*
This is still about the katlick girls, rite?
Posted by: Miklos in Noo Awlins Yat-speak at September 08, 2026

***
Damn straight

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:28 AM (wzUl9)

189 First, get a stick of butter..."

In Paris?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

190 Posted by: Paula Deen at September 08, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

That's always a good start in the kitchen...and maybe even the bedroom...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (l3cgK)

I'm betting she did butt stuff back in her day. That's what landed her the millionaire fish she married.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (ccf/V)

191 The whole blow up is prep work for the Dems to try and destroy Vance should he be the nominee in '28. Don't do their work for them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
__________

How can they destroy him by using Tucker positions they agree with?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (XvL8K)

192 The Kremlin signaled that trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States were on the table following U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit to Moscow and Kyiv.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the three-way format was possible but gave no timeline for the potential talks.

Posted by: SMOD at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (GIf+b)

193 "Belies Subtextual Approval" was the working title for what Hemingway eventually published as The Sun Also Rises.
Posted by: Cliff Clavin

I got yer "subtextual" right here

or not

Posted by: Jake Barnes at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (4RYRd)

194 I've had a Billy Joel earworm for a week it is torture and this comment magnifies my pain.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

Hi there!

Posted by: Rick Astley at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (6W6ju)

195 190 Posted by: Paula Deen at September 08, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

That's always a good start in the kitchen...and maybe even the bedroom...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (l3cgK)

I'm betting she did butt stuff back in her day. That's what landed her the millionaire fish she married.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (ccf/V)

You saying she did spatchcocking?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

196 Oh, Star Trek fans, check your local cineplex.

Cinemark/Tinseltown is having a super quadruple billing today.

First is Star Trek: The Motion Picture is paired with the TOS episode "The Changeling."

Followed by Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and the episode "Space Seed."

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and "Amok Time."

And it concludes with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and "City on the Edge of Forever."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:30 AM (2GVsD)

197 194 I've had a Billy Joel earworm for a week it is torture and this comment magnifies my pain.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

Hi there!

Posted by: Rick Astley at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (6W6ju)

Uptown Girls...Christy Brinkley...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

198 Hi there!
Posted by: Rick Astley"

Meh.

/1-800 Kars for Kids

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

199 I think it implies that employers love the semi-slave wages and control that comes with illegal employment.

Miklos said: "a high school diploma seems like it might be worth something"

Maybe we both need algebra refresher courses because the high school diploma added no value.

Lets say I need to move a trailer full of stuff. The freight logistics guy sees a domestic with a HS diploma, and a foreigner with jungle smarts and chooses the latter. The HS diploma adds zero value because the employer calculated the risks of having an illiterate illegal alien potentially ruining his business or the domestic with a HS diploma doing same.

The HS diploma added no value over the evaluation of the risk.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (pUU4E)

200 >>How far have we fallen as a military power when it took the Navy four months to clear 10 broken down, non-threatening Iranian mines?

Not sure where this idea comes from but I story yesterday that it took Navy SEALS working at night for 4 months to remover live, not dummy mines.

https://shorturl.at/dtGac

Sounds pretty impressive to me.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)

201
165 How far have we fallen as a military power when it took the Navy four months to clear 10 broken down, non-threatening Iranian mines?

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:23 AM (J4Dwc)

Actually it was extremely impressive. First thing you get wrong - it was 10 fully functional mines mixed in with 190 decoys, which could not be proven to be decoys until someone checked them out.

Second, it was in a relatively large body of water, hundred of square miles, and the entire operation was carried out under the constant threat of drone and missile fire.

Third, due to the threat of drone and missile fire the entire operation was carried out under water, with submersible vehicles and men in scuba gear. Nothing like that has ever been done on this scale before.

So yes, it was extremely impressive.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (/FYr+)

202 So does Tucker Carlson say to Vance in private: Don’t worry about all those horrible things I say about your administration in public… they’re not about you it’s just I hate your boss. Don’t worry, in 28 I’m right there for you… ??

If I’m Vance I’m not happy with that arrangement at all.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (gkBVP)

203 That's disingenuous because it's not "just anything."

No? Here's the thing. Back before I retired, I worked in tech, in Austin. That means that most of my co-workers were raving loons. I could not have disagreed with them about politics more if I tried. And, yet, we could sit down, go to lunch, be friendly about other things - the weather, the traffic, whatever.

That's real life. Not, OMG!!!!! you said something about the great untouchable topic with which I disagree. You are an unperson to me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

204 198 Hi there!
Posted by: Rick Astley"

Meh.

/1-800 Kars for Kids

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

J. G. Wentworth...877-Cash-Now!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (l3cgK)

205 Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

lol

I was being facetious. Yes, it's a pretty big body of water, relatively speaking. I remember from flying over it many times during Operation Earnest Will.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:32 AM (J4Dwc)

206 She's real fine, my 409.
My four-oh-nine.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 08, 2026 08:32 AM (wVcYX)

207 Sounds dirty. But it's not.

Posted by: Just the punchline at September 08, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

208 No, no, Paula. It's "First, catch the rabbit . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Pauwa....I will woo you....with a WABBIT

Posted by: Besotten Elmer F. at September 08, 2026 08:32 AM (4RYRd)

209 Dominique.

Posted by: The Singing Nun at September 08, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

210 Tucker Carlson is a traitor to the United States.

What has Carlson done which makes him a traitor to the US?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

211 Come on Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners…. Worst ear worm ever…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (gkBVP)

212 Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:30 AM (2GVsD)

Very cool, thanks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

213 So does Tucker Carlson say to Vance in private: Don’t worry about all those horrible things I say about your administration in public… they’re not about you it’s just I hate your boss. Don’t worry, in 28 I’m right there for you… ??

If I’m Vance I’m not happy with that arrangement at all.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (gkBVP)

Remember: Adam Corolla and Jimmy Kimmel are still friends.

Sometimes, this shit just happens......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (ccf/V)

214 Oh JD, I'm not sure what to think, other than I refuse to condemn him just for not condemning Tucker loudly and at length.

I can easily envision him doing the embarassed "oh not again Tucker" in his head as he tries to pretend to himself that his once-friend is his still-friend.

I've known plenty of people who can't quite bring themselves to completely disassociate from someone who seems hell-bent on rushing down the path to perdition.

And if it weren't for those past ties, it would smack very loudly of "Why did you only denounce David Duke's endorsement three times? Why not three hundred? Why not three million?"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (aJQbY)

215 Eight hours of the best of Trek for the 60th anniversary!

My oldest buddy, who got me into ST fandom, told me of watching the very first episode. He'd seen promos, and expected the ship to land as in Forbidden Planet and every other SF movie up to then. Instead, there's this shimmering, and Kirk, McCoy, and the first security guard to get scragged in the course of the series materialize on the planet surface. Blew his mind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:34 AM (wzUl9)

216
What has Carlson done which makes him a traitor to the US?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

Sold his soul to islhamic nations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:34 AM (ccf/V)

217 Labor Day is done, so now the real political craziness begins. The GOPe will most likely come together with MAGA to at least hold were they are now.
The Dems and DSA will most likely kill each other. More popcorn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 08:35 AM (TrqdA)

218 “They know that they were robbed by one man for whatever his agenda was"

Really wondering if that lawyer is going to be sanctioned at all over this.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 08:35 AM (+4yJ5)

219 I noticed that the BBC ran with a headline I predicted the media would when USS Abraham Lincoln pulled into Thailand for port call.

"Why is the ship so rusty?" they asked.

You mewling worthless Commie cocksucking traitorous inbred low-IQ twits, go back and watch video of HMS Hermes returning from the Falklands War.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)

220
Doo doo doo doot

doo doot, doo doot
Can't touch this

Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)

221 Come on Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners…. Worst ear worm ever…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (gkBVP)

Too rye aye!

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (wVcYX)

222 "Billy Joel Is In The House Tonight" was stripper code that blow jobs were available so as to avoid any legal entanglements.

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: The Platinum Club at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (9uuIQ)

223 What has Carlson done which makes him a traitor to the US?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

Saying that Trump should be immediately removed from office for not being nice enough to Muslims, for starters.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (/FYr+)

224 - Had to fight my way through the ridiculous pop-up, that ace told his ad people to get rid of a week ago, just to say it's still there.
And it ain't worth fighting on every refresh.
Have fun.

Posted by: TeeJ at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (eblO+)

225 She's real fine, my 409"

Hey, let's name our new spray cleaner after something powerful....

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (XuXeR)

226 This place...

lol

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (J4Dwc)

227 The RNC is in Dallas this week. A libtard baker in my town has decided this is unacceptable and is baking 'F*ck Trump' cookies in retaliation.

Never heard of the place, but I have now and will never darken it's door with my shadow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

228 Dominique.
Posted by: The Singing Nun

I wonder why that is not some sort of lesbian fight song yet

Posted by: J. Talarico sings along at September 08, 2026 08:37 AM (4RYRd)

229 For the 60th, they should show "Space Seed" *before* Wrath of Khan. Original story first, then the expanded sequel.

Still, they have the right idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)

230 It's National Ants On A Log Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

231 I had schoolmates who would refer to it as "Star Track."
Being the word nerd that I was, I couldn't handle the error, and it just put me off from the whole thing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 08, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

232 I guess you missed that part where Tucker called for Trump to be immediately impeached and also said that he could only support radical leftists from now on, because they’re the only ones that hate Jews enough.

Maybe you’re comfortable being friends with those who want you dead. I’m not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:19 AM (/FYr+)

Lots of people have called for Trump to be immediately impeached and also said that he could only support radical leftists from now on. I don't want them in power but I wouldn't cross the street to avoid them.

I'm far more tolerant in my personal life than I am in my politics.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

233 Oh, it is far more than eight hours, the runtime for "The Changeling" and Star Trek: The Motion Picture is over three hours.

To watch all four, would mean 12 hours at the cinema.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:38 AM (2GVsD)

234 Jenny 867-5309

Mickey

Two more annoying ear worms from the 80s

You’re welcome

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:38 AM (gkBVP)

235 Too rye aye!"

"You can dance if you want to"

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

236 Gloria Steinem when she was a Playboy Bunny

She was slim enough to wear the uniform and she was of ever so slightly above median attractiveness - maybe - but she wasn't beautiful.

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

237 Pauwa....I will woo you....with a WABBIT
Posted by: Besotten Elmer F.

Elmer had a fine career, but everyone that turns 29+ needs a good home and support. He's here with us now.

Posted by: Happydale West Home at September 08, 2026 08:38 AM (Fn+3X)

238 >>Come on Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners…. Worst ear worm ever…

Actually heard that at the gym this morning. Lousy way to start the day.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (NcvvS)

239 It's a tough call whether to go with the International Maritime Organization's estimate of 80 mines deployed in the strait or a few random dudes commenting on AoSHQ who read something on the internet somewhere.

I'm going to have to give this much more thought.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (J4Dwc)

240 Wolfus, from how Tinseltown bills it on their site; that is the plan. Episode first, movie second.

But I decided to lead with the movies because they are more recognizable.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (2GVsD)

241 Oh, it is far more than eight hours, the runtime for "The Changeling" and Star Trek: The Motion Picture is over three hours.

To watch all four, would mean 12 hours at the cinema.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026

***
You're right, Anna; I was thinking just of the movies at two hours each.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

242
I'm going to have to give this much more thought.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (J4Dwc)

Don't you know who we are?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (ccf/V)

243 As a kid, Star Trek was OK

But the kids actually ran home to see Dark Shadows

Posted by: Miklos sends a shout out to Barnbas Collins, know yer still around at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (4RYRd)

244 The Kremlin signaled that trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States were on the table following U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit to Moscow and Kyiv.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the three-way format was possible but gave no timeline for the potential talks.
Posted by: SMOD

Would be wonderful if they're serious about it and not just buying time. Praying for peace and common sense to break out.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (aJQbY)

245 I don't want them in power but I wouldn't cross the street to avoid them.

I'm far more tolerant in my personal life than I am in my politics.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

If I run into someone like that, I start wondering if I could charter a helicopter to toss them out of.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (/FYr+)

246 >>Come on Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners…. Worst ear worm ever…

Gay

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (mqudn)

247 I wonder how Eileen feels about there being a song out there calling for dudes to come on her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (ccf/V)

248 Rule #1: Drown everything in butter. This is how you get to be a top chef. Make a saucy sauce put some green stuff on top and you too can be an expert.

It's all good, but you're just phoning it in. If butter is not your thing then use olive oil. Volume does not make you a better chef.

Look what's happening to that asshole, Salt Bae. How can you fuck up cooking meat?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (eP2ub)

249 go with a UN organization's estimate"

FIFY

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (XuXeR)

250 I had schoolmates who would refer to it as "Star Track."
Being the word nerd that I was, I couldn't handle the error, and it just put me off from the whole thing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 08, 2026

***
Star Trip was the most common at my junior high. Most of my classmates did not know the word "trek."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)

251 Anna Puma

Yup. First thing I thought of.

Steel, salt water, lots of time, and moving fast leads to rust, even with the good paint and a cathodic protection system.

The entire battlegroup did good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

252 217 Labor Day is done, so now the real political craziness begins. The GOPe will most likely come together with MAGA to at least hold were they are now.
The Dems and DSA will most likely kill each other. More popcorn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 08:35 AM (TrqdA)

=======

The GOP has more than $100 million more in ad buys reserved through the end of the election cycle, and their sudden purchasing of ad space was not matched by Democrats who have been burning through cash in July and August.

Ads are of limited value themselves, but the numbers are a useful indicator in terms of overall energy.

The tens of millions Talarico spent in July and August to "define" himself are going to be completely undone by a fraction of the amount of ads that include him talking crazy shit in September.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:41 AM (qE8uT)

253 I've heard Man On The Street interviews. A HS Diploma implies entitlement, wokeness and zero work ethic.

You've hear MotS interviews cherry picked to provide a specific view of the populace. It's an op. Like everything else.

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

254 As a kid, Star Trek was OK

But the kids actually ran home to see Dark Shadows
Posted by: Miklos sends a shout out to Barnbas Collins, know yer still around at September 08, 2026

***
It aired at 3:30 pm here, and I didn't get out of school until 3:15. Once I got home by bus, it was over.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:42 AM (wzUl9)

255 He said he’s still friends with Carlson and everyone knows this.

And this is why Cancel Culture will never die. Even so-called "Conservative" feel a need to continuously out group.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:42 AM (BvPIe)

256 Elmer had a fine career, but everyone that turns 29+ needs a good home and support. He's here with us now.
Posted by: Happydale West Home

His Care Assistant LaQuisha votes him democrat and signs herself checks from Elmer's glue fortune

Posted by: Miklos needs Power of Attorney, one that will stick at September 08, 2026 08:43 AM (4RYRd)

257
But the kids actually ran home to see Dark Shadows
Posted by: Miklos sends a shout out to Barnbas Collins, know yer still around at September 08, 2026 08:40 AM (4RYRd)

I loved Dark Shadows.. Barnabas....

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 08:43 AM (+gK6I)

258 The tens of millions Talarico spent in July and August"

Seemingly went to online adverts, oddly shown in places other than Texas.
Funny, no?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

259 Rule #1: Drown everything in butter. This is how you get to be a top chef. Make a saucy sauce put some green stuff on top and you too can be an expert.

Or just dress like a weirdo and roll salt off of your arm hair onto mediocre steak.

Posted by: Salt Bae, untalented hack at September 08, 2026 08:43 AM (9uuIQ)

260 Don't you know who we are?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (ccf/V)

Wait until another plane crashes. That's when the experts really come out.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (J4Dwc)

261 The 2026 midterms are the latest test of an increasingly mistrusted industry.

From Truman to Trump: Why Election Polls Keep Getting It Wrong

Posted by: SMOD at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (GIf+b)

262 > It's a tough call whether to go with the International Maritime Organization's estimate of 80 mines deployed in the strait or a few random dudes commenting on AoSHQ who read something on the internet somewhere.
----------
IMO was keeping pretty good stats on what Iran/IRGC was doing with regards to laying mines.

Between them, and the various shipping companies who have a vested interest in the safety of their vessels I'd say they were likely spot on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (2Cry5)

263 They've had light plane crashes in FL and MA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (2GVsD)

264 The Iranians mined my pants!

Posted by: Joe In Lower Slower Delaware at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (Fn+3X)

265 The GOP has more than $100 million more in ad buys reserved through the end of the election cycle, and their sudden purchasing of ad space was not matched by Democrats who have been burning through cash in July and August.
===================
Talarico outraised Paxton by a mile, and has been steadily spending on ads. PDJT has been saving GOP money and is now ready to spend. Democrats are going to have to really step on the donor list to keep up, in Texas and around hte country generally.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (YHv4j)

266 258 The tens of millions Talarico spent in July and August"

Seemingly went to online adverts, oddly shown in places other than Texas.
Funny, no?

Posted by: man at September 08, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

======

Unless the Talarico campaign is a grift that knows it's going to lose and was designed to, instead of trying to win, pilfer as much from small dollar donors as possible to line the pockets of campaign consultants who know that Blexas is one of the most reliable keys to generational wealth in American politics.

Then it just makes sense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (qE8uT)

267 It's me donna

My younger sister was enthralled with Dark Shadows. I never saw the appeal.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

268 I loved Dark Shadows.. Barnabas....
Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026

***
There's a reference to it in David McDaniel's last published U.N.C.L.E. novel: In 1960s New England, Solo and Illya see a tree with the carved legend, "Barnabas Loves Josette." Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 had to explain it to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

269 260 Don't you know who we are?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:39 AM (ccf/V)

Wait until another plane crashes. That's when the experts really come out.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (J4Dwc)

I once ate at a restaurant next to an airport called "Plane Food"...it wasn't spectacular, just average...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)

270 If and when Vance adopts some of Carlson's positions, officially, I'll take note. But not now. And I've not heard that Vance has adopted any of Tucker's hair brained ideas in an official capacity.

I think the noise is mostly coming from people who prefer Rubio - he's from Florida, after all - and so there's a lot of subtextual going on.

It'd be nice if they'd hold off trying to convince us that their preference is inevitable and the only correct choice at least until Vance and Rubio announce that they're running against each other but it is what it is.

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

271
Wait until another plane crashes. That's when the experts really come out.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (J4Dwc)

I've been away for a few days. Did we tell the NTSB what happened to the Amazon plane in Miami yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

272 They've had light plane crashes in FL and MA.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (2GVsD)
====

And in CA

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed at a San Diego airport Monday, officials said.

The crash occurred at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa after police received a report of the wreck around 5:21 p.m., according to the San Diego Police Department.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

273 265 Talarico outraised Paxton by a mile, and has been steadily spending on ads. PDJT has been saving GOP money and is now ready to spend. Democrats are going to have to really step on the donor list to keep up, in Texas and around hte country generally.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (YHv4j)

=======

Remember when Jamie Harrison outraised Lindsay Graham by a mile in 2020 and still lost by 9 because South Carolina is just a Republican state no matter how many ads get purchased?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (qE8uT)

274 Consider the Cosmic Justice wreaked on Dexy's Midnight Runners.

One song

one

For the rest of your mortal life

that one song

Posted by: the Fans only want to the old hits, Ok just the one at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (4RYRd)

275 Come, on Eileen. That was a porn flic I think

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (TrqdA)

276 You've hear MotS interviews cherry picked to provide a specific view of the populace. It's an op. Like everything else.

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - not Churchill, but likely Jay E House (1920s-1930s)

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:47 AM (BvPIe)

277 How can they destroy him by using Tucker positions they agree with?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 08, 2026 08:29 AM (XvL8K)

By suggesting that Vance agrees with them also. By saying that Vance, by refusing to condemn Carlson in the strongest terms ever, is secretly in cahoots with the Qataris, or whatever. Same as they do every primary season.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

278 272 They've had light plane crashes in FL and MA.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:44 AM (2GVsD)
====

And in CA

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed at a San Diego airport Monday, officials said.

The crash occurred at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa after police received a report of the wreck around 5:21 p.m., according to the San Diego Police Department.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

I still call it Montgomery Field...Old names die hard.

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

279 Smell the GloveComma placement is very important.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

280 South Carolina is just a Republican state no matter how many ads get purchased?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That should not stop any candidate from attaching a Benjamin to each and all of their mailers

Posted by: How to get Miklos' Attention- at September 08, 2026 08:48 AM (4RYRd)

281 " They're all scum, criminals, vermin and tyrants. "

you left out murderers, but all spot-on anyway.

they have been at war with America for decades if not centuries;
Americans are still struggling to grasp the idea that we are at war for our very existence.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (VyBeY)

282 A libtard baker in my town has decided this is unacceptable and is baking 'F*ck Trump' cookies in retaliation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Woah. That dude is standing at the corner of Stunning and Brave! I'm sure he'll be screaming "RESIST!" when he starts his work shift.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (+4yJ5)

283 Talarico outraised Paxton by a mile, and has been steadily spending on ads. PDJT has been saving GOP money and is now ready to spend. Democrats are going to have to really step on the donor list to keep up, in Texas and around hte country generally.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 08:45 AM (YHv4j)

A vast majority of the $$$$ sent to Talarico came from blue shitholes NOT in Texas.

He's Beta Cuck, just worse.

He hasn't been reported as trying to get his baby momma to eat the kids shit yet, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

284 I never sleep.

Posted by: Rust at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

285 Never Too Young was a teen soap that was unsuccessful for ABC in 1965. It starred Tony Dow and ran for 153 episodes. It's cancellation led to room on the schedule for Dark Shadows which was much more successful and ran for multiple years.

Posted by: Child Of The 60s at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (Fn+3X)

286 Dark Shadows did not capture my interest the way Yeoman Rand in a short tunic and hair piled high did.

Ditto catwoman and batgirl in form-fitting suits.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)

287 280 South Carolina is just a Republican state no matter how many ads get purchased?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That should not stop any candidate from attaching a Benjamin to each and all of their mailers

Posted by: How to get Miklos' Attention- at September 08, 2026 08:48 AM (4RYRd)

========

"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women and then vote against them, you've got no business being up here."
-Jesse "Big Daddy" Unruh

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (qE8uT)

288 282 A libtard baker in my town has decided this is unacceptable and is baking 'F*ck Trump' cookies in retaliation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Woah. That dude is standing at the corner of Stunning and Brave! I'm sure he'll be screaming "RESIST!" when he starts his work shift.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (+4yJ5)

Can I hire him to bake "Fuck Mandami" cookies?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (l3cgK)

289 Smell the GloveComma placement is very important.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

There was a Cambridge comma, but turned out it was fake

Posted by: Prof. Dr. Miklos at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (4RYRd)

290 So does Tucker Carlson say to Vance in private: Don’t worry about all those horrible things I say about your administration in public… they’re not about you it’s just I hate your boss. Don’t worry, in 28 I’m right there for you… ??

If I’m Vance I’m not happy with that arrangement at all.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:31 AM (gkBVP)

Do they have private conversation at all these days?

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

291 Remember when Jamie Harrison outraised Lindsay Graham by a mile in 2020 and still lost by 9 because South Carolina is just a Republican state no matter how many ads get purchased?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (qE8uT)

And amazing how people ignore the recent past. Cornyn famously spent $100 million in his primary race; Paxton spent $10 million and won by a 2-1 margin.

The biggest reason consultants and the professional political class hate candidates like Paxton is - guess where most of that $100 million actually went? And guess who didn’t pay them anything?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (/FYr+)

292 Unless the Talarico campaign is a grift...

It is a well established fact that high dollar campaigns favor the campaign manager's quest for generational wealth more than it does the McGuffin candidate's actual election.

Posted by: Community Notes at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (BvPIe)

293 I would love to catch all four movies, but no longer in college and the last movie not letting out till almost midnight. Not going to happen.

Wrath of Khan I think is the one for me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (2GVsD)

294 Newsom responded-

with the kind of word salad you get from a schizophrenic dude hanging out in front of a 7-11.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (+4yJ5)

295 My younger sister was enthralled with Dark Shadows. I never saw the appeal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026

***
It was so different from most soap operas then (and maybe now?) that it was a shock. Most TV shows then, if they dealt with the supernatural, always explained it as some hoax by the villains. The supernatural was never taken to be real. DS took that route, opening the way for Ghostbusters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more I can't think of.

Roddenberry had a pilot called Spectre, with an occult detective duo similar to Holmes and Watson, in which the supernatural was boldly declared to be real. Robert Culp and Gig Young were the leads.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (wzUl9)

296 284 I never sleep.

Posted by: Rust at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

You've even gotten into coding...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (l3cgK)

297 Well, IDK. The WSJ just told me the senate is all but lost and the only reason the GOP will win two of the seats is because it fielded “moderate” candidates. They bleat that with Trump at 39% approval, an economy that’s good on numbers but hasn’t translated into gains for individuals and the high price of gas Democrats will probably sweep the senate and House, despite any funding advantage. Those factors will all combine into victory for Democrats who got us into this economic mess, used the government against the people, trampled the Bill of Rights and now has added socialism as a goal.

You see, they reason, the extremists in the Democrat Party are outliers, and don’t represent the mainstream, who BTW did all the thing I just mentioned plus impeached Trump, which he “mainstream” says they will do again. Right after they eliminate ICE, restore funding for frauds, and stack the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:51 AM (wUu8b)

298 283 A vast majority of the $$$$ sent to Talarico came from blue shitholes NOT in Texas.

He's Beta Cuck, just worse.

He hasn't been reported as trying to get his baby momma to eat the kids shit yet, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

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"Well, if the election had been held in July, Talarico might have won."
-soon

"Bitch, the election is never held in July."
-also soon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:51 AM (qE8uT)

299 Sold his soul to islhamic nations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:34 AM (ccf/V)

That makes him an idiot, but not a traitor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

300 Eric Daugherty -

While being interviewed by George Stephanopoulos on GMA

Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney just asked President Trump to GIVE HER A PARDON

Un-freaking-real. He can't be serious.

"I'd like to say that perhaps Donald Trump, who felt compelled to speak out about this case, Mr. President, I hope you'd consider this young lady, the type of person she is...and consider a pardon."

Trump CLEARLY said Clancy did a "horrible thing" and must face "consequences"

It's also a STATE case, not federal. A pardon would be merely symbolic.

HE CAN SHOVE IT!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

301 291 And amazing how people ignore the recent past. Cornyn famously spent $100 million in his primary race; Paxton spent $10 million and won by a 2-1 margin.

The biggest reason consultants and the professional political class hate candidates like Paxton is - guess where most of that $100 million actually went? And guess who didn’t pay them anything?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:50 AM (/FYr+)

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I fully expect Paxton to run behind Abbott.

I also fully expect Paxton to be announced the winner of the Senate race within thirty seconds of the polls closing in the western part of the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:52 AM (qE8uT)

302 Saying that Trump should be immediately removed from office for not being nice enough to Muslims, for starters.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:36 AM (/FYr+)

That makes him a standard Democrat. Not even a radical, just a run of the mill Democrat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:52 AM (ExV1e)

303 Can I hire him to bake "Fuck Mandami" cookies?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

With a festive little penis

Posted by: Miklos thinks apropos at September 08, 2026 08:52 AM (4RYRd)

304 > A libtard baker in my town has decided this is unacceptable and is baking 'F*ck Trump' cookies in retaliation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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If it's the same guy.... there was a post on X yesterday with a photo of the cookies. Not appetizing at all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 08, 2026 08:52 AM (2Cry5)

305 I never caught on.

Posted by: The Princeton Semicolon at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

306 RCP still has Talarico winning in Texas, El-Sayed winning in MI and Susan Collins losing in Maine.

What are three things that will never happen, Alex?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (gkBVP)

307 The Democrat Party is Tan Rau, they want to sterilize your children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (2GVsD)

308 I know we have all had enough of the Lindsay Clancy trial, but this was brought to my attention concerning Canada. They are getting right around a year with credit goe time locked up pre-trial.

Infanticide: Section 233 of the Criminal Codestates that a female commits infanticide if she causes the death of her newborn child by a wilful act or omission when her mind is disturbed as a result of the effects of giving birth. It is a law that is specific to women. It was added in 1948 because juries were refusing to convict mothers of murdering their own children and comes with less harsh sentencing. The penalty for infanticide is a maximum of five years imprisonment. There is no minimum penalty.

https://tinyurl.com/yyv2tkef

Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/xJ/M)

309 297 You see, they reason, the extremists in the Democrat Party are outliers, and don’t represent the mainstream, who BTW did all the thing I just mentioned plus impeached Trump, which he “mainstream” says they will do again. Right after they eliminate ICE, restore funding for frauds, and stack the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:51 AM (wUu8b)

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One of the only pollsters to even begin to trust, Harvard-Harris whose summer polls have been within 1% of the final generic congressional result since 2018, shows the race R+2 with Trump having a 44% approval with all voters and 48% approval with likely voters. You know...pretty much the same as 2024.

But throw that in with Quinnipac whose summer polling is regularly off by double digits because we have to aggregate known goods with known bads to get where things might be in reality.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:54 AM (qE8uT)

310 There’s a difference in raising large sums of money from many donors in your state versus raising it from other places. Money doesn’t necessarily equal support. If your message sucks, and people don’t like you, they people who have to vote for you, you lose.

I think the entire cash=victory is a bit sophistic at times.

The GOP should remember that too.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (wUu8b)

311 306 RCP still has Talarico winning in Texas, El-Sayed winning in MI and Susan Collins losing in Maine.

What are three things that will never happen, Alex?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (gkBVP)

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Alexandra Daddario is more likely to arrive at my house tonight for a threesome than for Democrats to win all three of those races.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (qE8uT)

312
HE CAN SHOVE IT!

Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

He's an idiot that denies the existence of the human soul.

He will burn in Hell for eternity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (ccf/V)

313 This is how you get to be a top chef.

Make the portion sizes small enough that people have to imagine what the food tastes like. Add a pretentious description and charge outrageously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)

314 >>>I've been away for a few days. Did we tell the NTSB what happened to the Amazon plane in Miami yet?

I dunno, probably, I was around only briefly this weekend.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (J4Dwc)

315 310 There’s a difference in raising large sums of money from many donors in your state versus raising it from other places. Money doesn’t necessarily equal support. If your message sucks, and people don’t like you, they people who have to vote for you, you lose.

I think the entire cash=victory is a bit sophistic at times.

The GOP should remember that too.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (wUu8b)

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Well, it's a good thing no one argued that cash equals victory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (qE8uT)

316 306 RCP still has Talarico winning in Texas, El-Sayed winning in MI and Susan Collins losing in Maine.

What are three things that will never happen, Alex?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM
++++

Sniff...

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

317 I doubt that baker would bake green dildo shaped cookies for the WNBA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (2GVsD)

318 Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/xJ/M)

What Lindsay did was NOT infanticide...these kids were 5 years, 3 years, and 8 months...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

319 I can’t remember where I saw it, but in the last few weeks I saw an article talking about how Abbott could well lose in Texas. I couldn’t discern if the author was concern trolling or just simply retarded

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (gkBVP)

320 314 >>>I've been away for a few days. Did we tell the NTSB what happened to the Amazon plane in Miami yet?

Only thing I heard was the 5 that died were in a van.. The pilots survived

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (+gK6I)

321 And you have the GOP gaining in NH. Plus I think they will beat that idiot in GA with a lot of the voter cleanup they did.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (wUu8b)

322 With a festive little penis
Posted by: Miklos thinks apropos at September 08, 2026

***
They're ALL festive!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (wzUl9)

323 Vance adamantly refuses to take the honorable course. That makes him look weak at best. At worst, it makes him appear like a covert fellow traveler of Carlson’s degenerate, deranged, and destructive ideas. It also raises the question of whether Vance needs Carlson more than he needs the Trumpian coalition that made him vice president.

Tucker Carlson declared war on the GOP and on President Trump. Vance stands by him.
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American Thinker is on the warpath against JD, over his refusal to denounce the Qatari agent, Carlson.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (msMYi)

324 Alexandra Daddario is more likely to arrive at my house tonight for a threesome than for Democrats to win all three of those races.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (qE8uT)

So there's a chance?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (l3cgK)

325 By suggesting that Vance agrees with them also. By saying that Vance, by refusing to condemn Carlson in the strongest terms ever, is secretly in cahoots with the Qataris, or whatever. Same as they do every primary season.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

Secret? Tucker recently purchased a residence in Qatar and visits there often. Tucker has publicly said that the US “gets nothing” from its ties to Israel, and he praises ties with Qatar as “clearly more beneficial”. Tucker meets in private with leading members of the Qatari government quite often. Not illegal, but don’t pretend it doesn’t happen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (/FYr+)

326 "Co-host Amna Nawaz..."
I think I've spotted the problem...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (xAP/Y)

327 Talarico and Ossoff are in California on 9/10 for a fundraiser sponsored by big money. Paxton and the guy in Georgia should get mileage out of that.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (TrqdA)

328 I never caught on.
Posted by: The Princeton Semicolon at September 08, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

Same here.

Posted by: The William & Mary Ampersands at September 08, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

329 Anna Puma

Ohh. What a good request for a Liberal baker. But unlike the ones the Left asks the Christian bakers for.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)

330 NTSB has only had one big news conference; to announce they are working the case.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:58 AM (2GVsD)

331 >> Well, it's a good thing no one argued that cash equals victory.

You don’t get out much, do you.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:58 AM (wUu8b)

332 $100 days the Amazon pilot was a DEI hire.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (wUu8b)

333 316 Sniff...

Posted by: Francesca Hong at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

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The story of polling this cycle, as emphasized by the Hong polling, was how badly polling firms are missing the white vote.

Vastly oversampling white college educated voters in urban areas and vastly undersampling white non-college educated voters in rural areas.

It happened in the WI governor's primary, it happened in the TX GOP primary race. These small firms with no track records are, if they're going any polling at all, are essentially running online, opt-in polling which vastly favors Democrats because of that demographic issue.

If turnout is unnaturally low, these things could be right because rural whites tend to not show up in greater numbers in lower turnout elections. But if turnout is going to be in line with, you know, major senate elections, then these polls are all wrong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (qE8uT)

334 I think Talerico loses, but the Al Sayed character has a chance in MI because of the cheat and the Muslim population...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (+gK6I)

335 He hasn't been reported as trying to get his baby momma to eat the kids shit yet, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

No, but one of their big arguments against Paxton was that HE'S HAD AN AFFAIR!!!! I wonder if they'll drop that now that two women! have accused Talarico of the same.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

336 Alexandra Daddario is more likely to arrive at my house tonight for a threesome than for Democrats to win all three of those races.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (qE8uT)
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Or any of them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (msMYi)

337 332 $100 days the Amazon pilot was a DEI hire.
Posted by: Vengeance

My bet: The mechanics were.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (+4yJ5)

338 But throw that in with Quinnipac whose summer polling is regularly off by double digits because we have to aggregate known goods with known bads to get where things might be in reality.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

RCP did the yeoman work that I had almost decided to do myself. Not as thoroughly as I would like, but they show the different pollsters' results and in/accuracy for the last 5 four year election cycles. Quin-UH-PEE-ack is very consistent.

Posted by: Miklos does not mean in a good way at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (4RYRd)

339 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

Just want to let you know I tried the grilled figs with marscapone and pistachios. I rough chopped the pistachios in the spice grinder and rolled a little marscapone dollop in them then stuffed the figs after they came off the grill. There were no leftovers.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (3Ope8)

340
What Lindsay did was NOT infanticide...these kids were 5 years, 3 years, and 8 months...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

Late term abortion, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)

341 332 $100 days the Amazon pilot was a DEI hire.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (wUu8b)

That's 5 x $20, same as in town?
Too much math?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

342 Now this is an attention-grabbing title for a YouTube video -

"Woman so drunk she needs Deputy's help putting her bra on."

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (2GVsD)

343 336 Alexandra Daddario is more likely to arrive at my house tonight for a threesome than for Democrats to win all three of those races.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 08:55 AM (qE8uT)
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Or any of them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (msMYi)

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MI...maybe Democrats win.

El-Sayed is a bad candidate who should see reduced turnout from rural whites and even blacks (he'll still win like 90% of the black vote, but their overall share of the electorate should be down), but Detroit, man...

I just hope the DOJ Civil Rights Division is prepped for shenanigans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (qE8uT)

344 340
What Lindsay did was NOT infanticide...these kids were 5 years, 3 years, and 8 months...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

Late term abortion, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:00 AM (ccf/V)

the Left is for killing babies and children, but not for killing rapists, child molesters, and murderers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

345 Good morning, J.J. Happy birthday to you..

I will never idolize Ronald Reagan and I'll never understand why Republicans do. Forty years later we're still clawing our manufacturing base back. "Service economy"? Don't make me laugh.

Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (lWAes)

346 Now Collins in GA…. His campaign seems to be sputtering. This Ossoff guy has political luck; he’s also extremely annoying.

Should be beatable but maybe Kemp is intentionally sabotaging Collins. Ratfaceshitburger also

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (gkBVP)

347 I never caught on.
Posted by: The Princeton Semicolon

Same here.

Posted by: The William & Mary Ampersands
----

Been there

Posted by: The interrobang?! at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)

348 Inalienable is the word.

Posted by: The William & Mary Ampersands at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (wVcYX)

349 We're heading out this morning. First to my bank for a rough estimate of what my interest will be by 12/31 on my savings account so I can include it in my equally rough tax estimate for next year. Then off to a local food bank/thrift store, who are having an end-of-summer sale. Mostly women's clothes, but there are a few other items now and then. Once I bought a nice kitchen timer there, almost new and in the box, for very little money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (wzUl9)

350 TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

I answered one poll in the last 4 years two days ago. Just to mess up their sampling. My responses would have pegged their meter to the far right.

If polling was a science, my answers would be thrown out as outliers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

351 No, but one of their big arguments against Paxton was that HE'S HAD AN AFFAIR!!!! I wonder if they'll drop that now that two women! have accused Talarico of the same.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)

Talarico is running ads here that Paxton was impeached by his OWN PARTY!!!!!

He leaves out the fact that investigations by the FBI in the trial showed NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER of him breaking any laws and the case was an outright acquittal........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V)

352 319 I can’t remember where I saw it, but in the last few weeks I saw an article talking about how Abbott could well lose in Texas. I couldn’t discern if the author was concern trolling or just simply retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (gkBVP)
*****
No, I think Abbott is worried. He's running a bunch of ads and the race is also close. The Democrats have never been so energized.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

353 >>I think Talerico loses, but the Al Sayed character has a chance in MI because of the cheat and the Muslim population...

I think a lot of people are underestimating the work the Trump administration has done and continues to do to crack down on election fraud. I remember hearing that Trump couldn't win because of fraud particularly in places like Philapdelphia.

Trump won the popular vote.

Abdul barely won in the primary and was almost entirely because of muslims and college area voters. And he isn't getting more popular.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (viF8m)

354 Alexandra Daddario is more likely to arrive at my house tonight for a threesome than for Democrats to win all three of those races.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering

If it were my house, I would be out harvesting some damn votes and buying drinks for the Dominion guys

Posted by: Miklos needs motivation at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (4RYRd)

355
319 I can’t remember where I saw it, but in the last few weeks I saw an article talking about how Abbott could well lose in Texas. I couldn’t discern if the author was concern trolling or just simply retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (gkBVP)

This is where you can prove that the Texas “polls” are idiotic propaganda pieces and nothing more. Ask around (I have) and you’ll find that 9 out of 10 Texans don’t even know the name of the woman running against Abbott this year. A totally generic backbencher with a Hispanic name that no one has ever heard of, with no money and running a non campaign.

Oh sure, Abbott could lose. Uh huh. In three previous Governor’s races, Abbott has always gotten between 57% and 63% of the vote. He’ll be in that range again, and any poll that does not reflect that is garbage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (/FYr+)

356
the Left is for killing babies and children, but not for killing rapists, child molesters, and murderers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

What are you, some kind of animal!!!????

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (ccf/V)

357 The Democrats have never been so energized.

They borrowed Kaya's shock collar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)

358
346 Now Collins in GA…. His campaign seems to be sputtering. This Ossoff guy has political luck; he’s also extremely annoying.

Should be beatable but maybe Kemp is intentionally sabotaging Collins. Ratfaceshitburger also

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (gkBVP)

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I was in Atlanta over the weekend.

The majority of political ads I saw were anti-Ossoff. I saw one pro-Ossoff ad, and it was milquetoast boilerplate stuff about supporting random bills.

Ads aren't everything by a long shot, but it really feels like Ossoff is playing prevent defense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (qE8uT)

359 I've been away for a few days. Did we tell the NTSB what happened to the Amazon plane in Miami yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

Cheryl Ladd teleported from the future and caused the crash but left a tantalizing piece of future tech behind, that Kris Kristofferson found, so she had to go back to have sex with Kristofferson and retrieve the tech, and Daniel J. Travanti pushed the wrong button and died and Kris and Chery go to the future and live happily ever after ...

Posted by: John Varley fan at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (6W6ju)

360 Been there

Posted by: The interrobang?! at September 08, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)

Sounds like something that happens in Turkish prisons...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (l3cgK)

361 "Mascarpone" always makes me think of a villain name from Zorro.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (wzUl9)

362 No, but one of their big arguments against Paxton was that HE'S HAD AN AFFAIR!!!!

Ok. That makes him a democrat.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 08, 2026 09:04 AM (/xJ/M)

363 About the DSA and the radicalization of the D party.

Mamdani, AOC and Bernie are the public face of the Democratic Socialists of America. Its roots go back to the 1970s with founder Michael Harrington's plans to take over the Democratic party from within when he concluded that independent socialist parties could never win on their own. The idea was to organize as nominal Democrats to win at the local level and then metastasize.

AOC has always been DSA. She won a literal DSA beauty contest to get their backing to win her seat in 2018. She was a dues paying member at the time but went on the down low after she took her seat. Now she's publicly declaring her allegiance.

Mamdami adds Islam to the bitch's brew.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 08, 2026 09:04 AM (dtajH)

364 Talarico had an affair? With a woman?? I find this highly unlikely

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 09:04 AM (gkBVP)

365 By suggesting that Vance agrees with them also. By saying that Vance, by refusing to condemn Carlson in the strongest terms ever, is secretly in cahoots with the Qataris, or whatever. Same as they do every primary season.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

Secret? Tucker recently purchased a residence in Qatar and visits there often. Tucker has publicly said that the US “gets nothing” from its ties to Israel, and he praises ties with Qatar as “clearly more beneficial”. Tucker meets in private with leading members of the Qatari government quite often. Not illegal, but don’t pretend it doesn’t happen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (/FYr+)

Please re-read what I said. Let me remove the phrase which seems to be confusing...

...saying that Vance, ~~by refusing to condemn Carlson in the strongest terms ever~~, is secretly in cahoots with the Qataris...

Carlson isn't running for anything. Ignore him and move on. He is inconsequential.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

366 *****
No, I think Abbott is worried. He's running a bunch of ads and the race is also close. The Democrats have never been so energized.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

No one even knows who's running against him. They have no presence whatsoever and there are no ads, signs or anything relating to the Tx Gov race around here.

I've seen 3 yard signs and 1 vehicle window sticker for Talarico.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (ccf/V)

367 The Dems best hope to flip a Republican Senate seat are 1) NC and 2) Maine. I think Collins holds in Maine, NC is weird.
The Republicans best chance at flip 1) Michigan 2) NH. al-Sayed is toast, NH could be a rep pickup if the Dems nominate the DSA person in today's primary. Otherwise the Massholes could keep Pappas over Sununu

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (TrqdA)

368 By the way, the first ever Republican midtern convention starts tomorrow in Texas. Democrats don't have a convention.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

369 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (wzUl9)

I'm only on the second cup of coffee.....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (3Ope8)

370 The mechanics -- DEI or not -- didn't eventually set the aircraft down well beyond the safe landing zone.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (J4Dwc)

371 Speaking of great speeches . . .

Stu Smith
@thestustustudio
🚨🚨🚨 Why is
@CalStateLA
professor Melina Abdullah identifying a specific ICE agent, telling a crowd where he may be staying, giving the street address, and repeatedly saying to “fuck him up”?

“Brian Palacios may be staying at the Hilton Garden Inn at 2000 Solar Drive… fuck him up.”

https://tinyurl.com/3dd4ps8e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

372
JackOssOFF and Talacreepo headed to LA to fundraise.

3rd and 4th Senator from Californication

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

373 In 2018, very bad GOP year, Abbott won by 13.

In 2022, when the base was going to punish Abbott because of his covid policies, he won by 11.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (qE8uT)

374 366 *****
No, I think Abbott is worried. He's running a bunch of ads and the race is also close. The Democrats have never been so energized.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

No one even knows who's running against him. They have no presence whatsoever and there are no ads, signs or anything relating to the Tx Gov race around here.

I've seen 3 yard signs and 1 vehicle window sticker for Talarico.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (ccf/V)

Were any in Texas?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)

375 Democrats don't have a convention.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

They have the Evolution Revolution

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

376 I saw an article talking about how Abbott could well lose in Texas. I couldn’t discern if the author was concern trolling or just simply retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (gkBVP)
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Was the author a lifelong Republican (TM)?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:07 AM (msMYi)

377 376 I saw an article talking about how Abbott could well lose in Texas. I couldn’t discern if the author was concern trolling or just simply retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (gkBVP)
==================
Was the author a lifelong Republican (TM)?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:07 AM (msMYi)

Power of AND?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:07 AM (l3cgK)

378 Did we tell the NTSB what happened to the Amazon plane in Miami yet?

I'm willing to bet that the NTSB will declare pilot error since it appears that the initial touchdown was too far down the runway for the plane to have been able to stop... which it didn't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 08, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

379 No, I think Abbott is worried. He's running a bunch of ads and the race is also close. The Democrats have never been so energized.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 08, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I’m not at all worried about that one. If Abbott loses I’ll run naked through Times Square on New Year’s Eve. And believe me, that is a lose-lose scenario for everyone!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 09:07 AM (gkBVP)

380 Networks aren’t even covering the convention- are they?

Plus what idiot decided it was a good idea to hold the convention NFL opening week?

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 09:08 AM (wUu8b)

381 Plus, Trump is rumored to be planning near daily campaigning in the month leading up to the midterms.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:08 AM (msMYi)

382 "Vastly oversampling white college educated voters in urban areas and vastly undersampling white non-college educated voters in rural areas."

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

Public polls are especially bad at seeing swings in Turnout as their models assume past patterns. This will be especially true for the Novemeber mid-terms when the working class turnout, Let us Pray ..

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 08, 2026 09:08 AM (dtajH)

383 367 The Dems best hope to flip a Republican Senate seat are 1) NC and 2) Maine. I think Collins holds in Maine, NC is weird.
The Republicans best chance at flip 1) Michigan 2) NH. al-Sayed is toast, NH could be a rep pickup if the Dems nominate the DSA person in today's primary. Otherwise the Massholes could keep Pappas over Sununu

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 09:05 AM (TrqdA)

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I do think Cooper should be considered the underdog in NC.

Early voting numbers have started, and it's currently about 20 points more Republican on balance compared to 2022 and about 6 points more Democrat than 2024 on balance.

Trump won NC by 3 in 2024.

Whatley doesn't have any baggage like Robinson did for the governor's race, so the senate race should closely reflect the presidential race in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:08 AM (qE8uT)

384
Were any in Texas?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)

Yes. I can only report on what I see living here in Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:08 AM (ccf/V)

385 376 I saw an article talking about how Abbott could well lose in Texas. I couldn’t discern if the author was concern trolling or just simply retarded
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 08:57 AM (gkBVP)
==================
Was the author a lifelong Republican (TM)?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:07 AM (msMYi)

======

Voted for Trump 37 times and just can't anymore because he promised mass deportations and not one person has been deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:09 AM (qE8uT)

386 >> professor Melina Abdullah

Where does she live?

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 09:09 AM (wUu8b)

387 384
Were any in Texas?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)

Yes. I can only report on what I see living here in Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:08 AM (ccf/V)

Dallas and Houston are Libbie sh!tholes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:09 AM (l3cgK)

388 Get out your style books.

[Police Officer] Ari Hoffman
@thehoffather
So in Seattle we aren't calling them "shooters" anymore? Now they are "trigger pullers"?

-
The world is divided into trigger pulleys and bullet catchers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)

389 Oh, it is far more than eight hours, the runtime for "The Changeling" and Star Trek: The Motion Picture is over three hours.

To watch all four, would mean 12 hours at the cinema.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 08:38 AM (2GVsD)
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How much time is it when you include the endless previews and commercials?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (FZ29D)

390 LinusVanPelt -

Threat or Menace?

Posted by: Managing Editor Miklos at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (4RYRd)

391 I’ll never understand the popularity of a guy like Cooper in NC.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (wUu8b)

392
Dallas and Houston are Libbie sh!tholes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:09 AM (l3cgK)

Neither of which I frequent for that exact reason.

However, I was in San Marcos over the weekend and didn't see any signs at all, anywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (ccf/V)

393 The world is divided into trigger pulleys and bullet catchers.

That could apply to those who like to visit bathhouses.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (2GVsD)

394 >Plus what idiot decided it was a good idea to hold the convention NFL opening week?

Posted by: Vengeance
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Football scheduling is getting out of hand, with CFB and NFL games sometimes on the same day

Posted by: Don Black, reminding you to never throw late over the middle at September 08, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)

395 @383 TJM , hope you're right. Cooper has baggage but was a popular governor. Whately isn't the most inspiring candidate, but the Republican increase in registered voters could be the difference

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 09:11 AM (TrqdA)

396 $100 days the Amazon pilot was a DEI hire.

Show your DNA chart.
There is a tarbrush in your woodpile, guaranteed.
That's what gets your kind going every time.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 08, 2026 09:11 AM (zdLoL)

397 355 Ask around (I have) and you’ll find that 9 out of 10 Texans don’t even know the name of the woman running against Abbott this year. A totally generic backbencher with a Hispanic name that no one has ever heard of, with no money and running a non campaign.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 09:03 AM (/FYr+)

Which is why I’m now seeing Talarico signs with Hinojosa’s name on the bottom in a smaller font. I guess she’s piggybacking off of his signs because of obvious reasons.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 08, 2026 09:11 AM (SjAWL)

398 On Reddit and LinkedIn it’s the worst job market ever. Cuz you know who.

Posted by: Propaganda Works at September 08, 2026 09:12 AM (U1NLK)

399 "I’m recently excited about the formation of a bipartisan criminal justice reform caucus in the Texas House with prominent Democrats and prominent Republicans who understand that we have to move away from a tough-on-crime approach to a smart-on-crime approach, and that, I think, filters down to our schools," Talarico said in a 2020 interview on school disciplinary practices and their effect on minorities.

I believe the soft on crime ideas that Progressives love is a goal to crash the system. Then local popo will become a Nationalized TSA type of central law enforcement.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

400 Professor Squirrel

Showtimes are - 11:20am, 3:35pm, 7:35pm, and 9:20pm.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 09:13 AM (2GVsD)

401 The world is divided into trigger pulleys and bullet catchers.

That could apply to those who like to visit bathhouses.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (2GVsD)

😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 09:13 AM (AKptf)

402 391 I’ll never understand the popularity of a guy like Cooper in NC.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (wUu8b)

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It's actually easy.

He was a milquetoast Democrat white guy who wasn't allowed to govern like a Democrat because he was up against clear majorities (and even supermajorities) of Republicans in the legislature.

So, he gets sound bites and decent governance.

However, he shit the bed on the governance part by the end (Helene response...Western NC is still pissy about this for good reason, and the releasing of a bunch of criminals).

I finally saw a pro-Cooper ad recently, and it might be one of the worst things I've seen.

Whatley's been hammering him because of the criminal thing, and Cooper's ad says, "He blamed me for this one in SC that I had nothing to do with!" It's like half the ad. He's highlighting his opponent's own message against him. It's so awful. Practically "I'm not a witch" territory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:13 AM (qE8uT)

403 Newsom is on twitter decrying California gasoline prices and shortages, as "Trump's fault" after he himself closed 20% of California refineries during his term in office.

Gavin Newsom is shameless and thinks everyone else is just stupid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:14 AM (YHv4j)

404 Practically "I'm not a witch" territory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:13 AM (qE8uT)

I’m not a witch, I’m your wife!! - one of the best lines ever

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 09:14 AM (gkBVP)

405 395 @383 TJM , hope you're right. Cooper has baggage but was a popular governor. Whately isn't the most inspiring candidate, but the Republican increase in registered voters could be the difference

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 08, 2026 09:11 AM (TrqdA)

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He was popular...and then Helene.

I think his popularity is vastly over-estimated.

And, besides, we have another example recently of a popular governor of the wrong party running for senate.

Larry Hogan in MD. Very popular Republican governor of a Democrat state. Left office with very good approval ratings.

Decides to run for senate...loses by double digits because he's of the wrong party.

People are willing to vote for the wrong party for governor a lot more than they are willing to vote for the wrong party for federal races.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (qE8uT)

406 403 Newsom is on twitter decrying California gasoline prices and shortages, as "Trump's fault" after he himself closed 20% of California refineries during his term in office.

Gavin Newsom is shameless and thinks everyone else is just stupid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:14 AM (YHv4j)

Don't forget that Kali has, for many years, MANDATED

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (l3cgK)

407 So in Seattle we aren't calling them "shooters" anymore? Now they are "trigger pullers"?

Okay Chief-

We got it doped the trigger pullers were a pair of cheap mooks, a couple of two-bit hoods taking their orders straight from Fingers Liebowitz, the big noise running the rackets out of Shytown.

Ice 'em or bring 'em in?

Posted by: Gumshoe Miklos at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (4RYRd)

408
Don't forget that Kali has, for many years, MANDATED the use of special blends for summer and winter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (l3cgK)

409 Which is why I’m now seeing Talarico signs with Hinojosa’s name on the bottom in a smaller font. I guess she’s piggybacking off of his signs because of obvious reasons.
Posted by: TxAnn at September 08, 2026 09:11 AM (SjAWL)

Isn't she the former lesbo Dallas DEI police chief? She ran against Abbott last time and got unbelievably smoked.

I can't imagine she's gained any popularity since then........And again, I've seen zero ads for her and actually had to look up who was running after seeing an Abbott ad.

This is the quietest governor race ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (ccf/V)

410 I’m not at all worried about that one. If Abbott loses I’ll run naked through Times Square on New Year’s Eve. And believe me, that is a lose-lose scenario for everyone!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Ain't nobody wanna see that!

Posted by: Don't look, Ethel! at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (Fn+3X)

411 Cultural appropriation.

https://tinyurl.com/4p4e42sy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (ndZc7)

412 403 Newsom is on twitter decrying California gasoline prices and shortages, as "Trump's fault" after he himself closed 20% of California refineries during his term in office

We pay $1.24 in taxes on a gallon of gas

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 09:16 AM (+gK6I)

413 Ice 'em or bring 'em in?

Posted by: Gumshoe Miklos at September 08, 2026 09:15 AM (4RYRd)
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ICE'em? Isn't that assuming they are illegal aliens?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 09:16 AM (FZ29D)

414 Dallas and Houston are Libbie sh!tholes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:09 AM (l3cgK)

Not liberal like Austin, Seattle, or Portland. More like 3rd World. True number - 97% of Dallas school district students are black and Hispanic, and so is the staff. Houston population is about 30% foreign born, and significant parts of it are non English speaking.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 08, 2026 09:16 AM (/FYr+)

415
Gavin Newsom is shameless and thinks everyone else is just stupid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:14 AM (YHv4j)

Never underestimate the stupidity of the California voter.

Remember: They recalled Newsom, then re-elected him overwhelmingly in the forced election.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)

416 412 403 Newsom is on twitter decrying California gasoline prices and shortages, as "Trump's fault" after he himself closed 20% of California refineries during his term in office

We pay $1.24 in taxes on a gallon of gas

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 09:16 AM (+gK6I)

Special blends, high tax rates...and those tax monies were SUPPOSED TO go to fixing highways around the State, but were pilfered for "other" uses...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)

417 I’ll never understand the popularity of a guy like Cooper in NC.
Posted by: Vengeance at September 08, 2026 09:10 AM (wUu8b)

Jon Tester a far left Dem won 3 Montana senate races. Same principle. Many voters are retarded.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (U1NLK)

418 Never underestimate the stupidity of the California voter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)
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Also don't underestimate the efficiency of the Machine when they really, really want their candidate to "win."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (FZ29D)

419 Even Qatucker Qatarlson said that Newsome was the most pure, unrelenting liar he's ever been around. He has no moral compass whatsoever.

He's pathological.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)

420 Don't forget that Kali has, for many years, MANDATED the use of special blends for summer and winter...

==

Pot ???

Posted by: runner, joins in the middle of conversation at September 08, 2026 09:18 AM (AKptf)

421
----
Also don't underestimate the efficiency of the Machine when they really, really want their candidate to "win."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (FZ29D)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:18 AM (ccf/V)

422 So in Seattle we aren't calling them "shooters" anymore? Now they are "trigger pullers"?

say wut???

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)

423 418 Never underestimate the stupidity of the California voter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (ccf/V)
----
Also don't underestimate the efficiency of the Machine when they really, really want their candidate to "win."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2026 09:17 AM (FZ29D)

Indeed. All you have to know is that this Dem-controlled state refuses to clean up their voter rolls, keeps passing laws that allow for cheating via ballot boxes, and pass laws to punish whistleblowers and independent media undercover investigations.
At one point (and probably true today), San Diego county had an over 100% registration rate. Really impressive, no?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

424 Gavin Hairgel blaming CA gas prices on Trump is like OJ blaming the mystery killer for the murder of his ex-wife and vowing to find him.

Gavin — You’ve got blood all over your hands and the glove fits! Idiot

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (gkBVP)

425 and so it begins!

CNN: Voters overwhelmingly support requiring photo ID to vote.

GOP: 🟢 95%
Dem: 🟡 62%
Independents: 🟢 77%

All voters: 🟢 77%

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (AKptf)

426 ICE'em? Isn't that assuming they are illegal aliens?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Another wise guy, eh?

Sgt. O'Moose, explain the Policy

But go easy this time

Posted by: Gumshoe Miklos #37 Mooks on the Loose at September 08, 2026 09:20 AM (4RYRd)

427 Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney just asked President Trump to GIVE HER A PARDON
-----

Every young lawyer thinks he's a new Pliny, most fall short, and a few become Regulus.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

428 It doesn't bode well for Trump and the Republicans, however, driving down Texas freeways and seeing Diesel fuel for $6.07 a gallon.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

429 Seattle is liberal and 3rd World. Walk into some Walmarts or Costcos and if you hear English spoken it’s a special occasion.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 08, 2026 09:21 AM (U1NLK)

430 428 It doesn't bode well for Trump and the Republicans, however, driving down Texas freeways and seeing Diesel fuel for $6.07 a gallon.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

Ouch!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:21 AM (l3cgK)

431 The media, who hate you with a passion, amplify the messaging they want you to believe and suppress the info they don't want you to hear.

I'd imagine almost all of the polls, election reporting and so on is full blown horseshit.

The left is trying to reclaim the levers of power and the media's squarely on their side. So's the judiciary, but that's another story.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 08, 2026 09:21 AM (2Cry5)

432 , however, driving down Texas freeways and seeing Diesel fuel for $6.07 a gallon.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:20 AM (ccf/V)

$ 7.99 here for diesel

Posted by: It's me donna at September 08, 2026 09:21 AM (+gK6I)

433 Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney just asked President Trump to GIVE HER A PARDON

And when I dream, I have a pony. Her name is Sparkles.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 08, 2026 09:21 AM (+4yJ5)

434 and so it begins!

CNN: Voters overwhelmingly support requiring photo ID to vote.

GOP: 🟢 95%
Dem: 🟡 62%
Independents: 🟢 77%

All voters: 🟢 77%
Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (AKptf)

Begins? That's been the case since the SAVE Act was first introduced.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:22 AM (ccf/V)

435 I don't understand why people would like Cucker Tarlson in the first place. "He was on FOX and I listened to him for years!" But...things happened since then. Unless they like what he says....then, yeah, birds of a feather.

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 09:22 AM (AKptf)

436 So in Seattle we aren't calling them "shooters" anymore? Now they are "trigger pullers"?

say wut???
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)
======================
Even that some small responsibility is assigned to a human surprises me. The shooting is the fault of the gun, after all. It's "gun violence".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:22 AM (YHv4j)

437 Begins? That's been the case since the SAVE Act was first introduced.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 08, 2026 09:22 AM (ccf/V)

Nothing will happen!

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2026 09:22 AM (AKptf)

438 Kali-

According to the Hindus, Kali is Death, Destroyer of Worlds

Posted by: Miklos figures that figures at September 08, 2026 09:23 AM (4RYRd)

439 If at first you don't succeed . . .

Not satire: Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks President Trump for pardon on "Good Morning America"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 08, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

440 436 So in Seattle we aren't calling them "shooters" anymore? Now they are "trigger pullers"?

say wut???
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 08, 2026 09:19 AM (/+uur)
======================
Even that some small responsibility is assigned to a human surprises me. The shooting is the fault of the gun, after all. It's "gun violence".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 08, 2026 09:22 AM (YHv4j)

And the car or truck driven by a drunk driver or Jihadist is also the fault of the vehicle...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 08, 2026 09:23 AM (l3cgK)

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