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Louis Ribak

I would take "Social Realism" much more seriously as a style if it weren't used so transparently to advocate for socialism.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2026 09:30 AM (nZ6VT)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 01, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

3 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2026 09:31 AM (nZ6VT)

4 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

5 Dealer has blackjack. Next!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 01, 2026 09:32 AM (PvM3F)

6 Depressing.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 01, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

7 Cartoonish. Commie. No way to go through life, son.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 09:33 AM (/C5Rl)

8 Karen the Bureaucrat was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 01, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

9 >>I would take "Social Realism" much more seriously as a style if it weren't used so transparently to advocate for socialism.

Are you saying it's as ugly on the insides as it is on the outside?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2026 09:33 AM (rOKnE)

10 Early DMV?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 09:34 AM (RORbl)

11 Not my cup of tea.

Posted by: Tuna at October 01, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

12 Socialist humor is like food, comrade.

Not everyone gets it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 01, 2026 09:34 AM (qlLNh)

13 Ribak was involved in WPA artwork. You can tell the leftist leanings by the muscular lady at the desk.
Don't think I'd hang this one.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 09:34 AM (jivel)

14 this reminds me of traffic court years ago when every village had their own. now they are consolidated, but i appeared in all of the municipal city halls back when.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

15 The two cops on the left are telling each other dirty jokes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

16 And yet they kept voting for FDR . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 01, 2026 09:35 AM (4HoLg)

17 I can't tell about this artist and socialism - is he fer it or agin it?

Posted by: Burnham at October 01, 2026 09:35 AM (2ap+5)

18 Dude in the front row sort of reminds me of the dog eater.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (RORbl)

19 From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs ! I waz promised a high paying job with little or no responsibility, my own house and a girlfriend that looks like Sidney Sweeney, and Trump is not delivering on that promise!!

Posted by: Fat Ugly Gamer who spends life in altered reality at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (AKptf)

20 You can tell the leftist leanings by the muscular lady at the desk.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 09:34 AM (jivel)

Well that, and the pedestrian topic and skill.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (k5CNB)

21 Please sir, can I have some more?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (4NO2D)

22 Bea Arthur as the clerk?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

23 > You can tell the leftist leanings by the muscular lady at the desk.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 09:34 AM (jivel)

The accusatory failure pointed at the old lady is also an accurate touch.

If this were Canada, she'd be told she should to go outside and get in the MAID van.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (qlLNh)

24 10 nice. elston used to be a huge box dedicated to having you stand in the wrong line for hours. "oh no, you want 2b."
much streamlined now. the greeter points you in the right direction.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (Bep7s)

25 Everyone has caricature bodies, especially the heads...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 01, 2026 09:37 AM (aJQbY)

26 Apparently, there are no lights in the building.

Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

27 “It smelled like slow death in there. Malaria, nightmares.”

Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt)

28 >>Well that, and the pedestrian topic and skill.

Yup

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

29 I'd hang it. By "it" I mean the artist.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 09:37 AM (BHTo4)

30 17 - I'm sure the artist thought this pictured a flattering picture of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Nothing says "Everything is working great" like everyone having to spend their entire day waiting in some dismal government building waiting for scraps.

Posted by: Gaff at October 01, 2026 09:37 AM (EqzMw)

31 Did you Babushka last week?

Did you try to Babushka last week?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

32 > From each according to his ability

Please get on the truck. The canal isn't digging itself.

Posted by: Socialist Bureaucrat at October 01, 2026 09:38 AM (qlLNh)

33 But that's the day the plumber is coming!

Posted by: Just the Punchline at October 01, 2026 09:38 AM (4NO2D)

34 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 09:38 AM (5rh/l)

35 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 09:39 AM (ccf/V)

36 *whips out cock*

*wanks*

Posted by: Democrats at October 01, 2026 09:39 AM (ccf/V)

37 They are up to no good for sure

Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 09:39 AM (XKmie)

38 I think the story of this painting is the couple standing next to the desk are trying to get rid of grandma by hiring her out as a cleaning woman and the lady at the desk is telling her she has to be able to cook too.

Posted by: Burnham at October 01, 2026 09:39 AM (2ap+5)

39 So, what are they all there for?

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

40 I reckon all the DMV jokes have been used already...

Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

41 Fat bish scolding the old lady.

This is the future they want for us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

42 Man, those are some fugly people.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 01, 2026 09:40 AM (ThT1a)

43 I reckon all the DMV jokes have been used already...
Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2026 09:40 AM

But not in limerick form.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 09:40 AM (4NO2D)

44 "You can tell the leftist leanings by the muscular lady at the desk."
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Is next: Swimwear.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

45 Halloween's coming up. I'll have work for you soon. Next!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

46 I'd rather see the worst work from a member of the Ashcan School than this.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 01, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/)

47 "Now serving number 12.... number 12"

Looks at ticket... number 107.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 09:41 AM (RORbl)

48 So, what are they all there for?
Posted by: Bul

=====

Democrat voters asking Democrat government for relief from a Democrat depression caused by a Democrat president

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 01, 2026 09:41 AM (4HoLg)

49 Bea Arthur as the clerk?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

Her dick is around here somewhere...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 09:41 AM (gLYp7)

50 Meh … what a way to start a Thursday. The one at bottom right looks like he's applyin' for the role of Obammy stunt double …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 01, 2026 09:42 AM (ayRl+)

51 CLEANING WOMAN?!?!?!

Posted by: Rigby Reardon at October 01, 2026 09:42 AM (qRla/)

52 It's urchin thrashin' time.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 09:43 AM (4NO2D)

53 DSA Bread-lines.

Make America Wait Again

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 09:44 AM (aKiSo)

54 Did a quick search on Ribak. Commie. Wife was commie.

Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 09:44 AM (Gqar8)

55 Equality for all.
Equally miserable.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 09:45 AM (6lPOA)

56 Coppers behind the table are conspiring.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ThT1a)

57 Woman at the desk is telling the old lady: "You only get one loaf of bread each month".

Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

58 Today everyone in the chairs would be staring at their phones.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

59 Ugh.

This makes me sad and angry. No way to start October.

Iirc it’s the month of the Rosary. So that’s good. Hit those knees, we need all the help we can get.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 09:47 AM (yEz+x)

60 Can we get this hung at Denver International airport?
It would fit right in, maybe placed between two of the gargoyles.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2026 09:47 AM (rOKnE)

61 Woman at the desk is telling the old lady: "You only get one loaf of bread each month".
Posted by: dantesed

"Just brush off the rat droppings. It will be fine."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 09:47 AM (ZLygy)

62 Can we get this hung at Denver International airport?
It would fit right in, maybe placed between two of the gargoyles.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2026 09:47 AM

Hey now, we do move every once in a while.

Posted by: TSA at October 01, 2026 09:48 AM (4NO2D)

63 22 & 49 Bea Arthur played that beautifully.

Posted by: capercaillie4901 at October 01, 2026 09:49 AM (f1WVr)

64 They are speaking Truth to Power.
/s

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

65 The green tablecloth brings to mind some kind of gambling setup.

Win: get a loaf of moldy bread.
Lose: straight to the gulag.

Posted by: Socialist Bureaucrat at October 01, 2026 09:49 AM (qlLNh)

66 This painting does an excellent job illustrating that you don't need a Zoom terminal to have a Home Relief Station.

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at October 01, 2026 09:50 AM (0sNs1)

67 ALL ABOARD!!! (Except You) - a limerick

The social worker Maggie McBain
Repeated her constant refrain
Her mantra never ceased
"You have to be at least
THIS 👉 tall to ride the Gravy Train!"

Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2026 09:50 AM (I0N4X)

68 Where in hell would you hang this thing and why would you want to. Maybe a post office mural in 1930s Soviet Russia? Perhaps the broad at the table pointing at the old lady is Mother Russia.

I looked at his other paintings online. When did 'social realism' become another term for dull and unimaginative?

It's good to be exposed to 'art' like this. It makes you appreciate the real thing.

Posted by: JTB at October 01, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

69 What is "home relief?" Old name for welfare?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 09:51 AM (fmXi/)

70 This belongs at the IRS HQ.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 09:52 AM (yEz+x)

71 It looks like a prison.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 09:52 AM (fmXi/)

72 After consideration, would not paint on the side of my Free Candy van.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 09:53 AM (4NO2D)

73 Nice painting of Canada 2030.

Needs more muslims.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 09:53 AM (Sco7b)

74 The old lady in the bonnet looks like she's been hit in the face with a frying pan.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 09:53 AM (ZLygy)

75 If I was going to hang a depressing painting it would be Van Gogh’s Prisoners Round.

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 09:53 AM (KC5Lt)

76 Ribak never lived under socialism. He left Russia before the revolution.

Posted by: RS at October 01, 2026 09:53 AM (GYx3d)

77 Looks like a meeting of any of the socialist communes.

List of American utopian communities

Scroll down to 'Nineteenth Century':
https://shorturl.at/EIhP1

And, just continue down into the 20th Century...

Posted by: New Harmony at October 01, 2026 09:54 AM (XeU6L)

78 Jugheads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Y/06r)

79 Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ZxPkt)

80 Kind of a depressing start to my favorite month.

Posted by: Tuna at October 01, 2026 09:56 AM (lJ0H4)

81 After consideration, would not paint on the side of my Free Candy van.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Hey, well, I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan / Won't ya hop inside my car? / I got pictures, got candy, I'm a lovable man / ...

Posted by: Ides of March at October 01, 2026 09:56 AM (XeU6L)

82 > Looks like a meeting of any of the socialist communes.

Like the one where I became the first person in history to ever be ejected from a hippie commune for being too lazy.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at October 01, 2026 09:56 AM (qlLNh)

83 64 still don't know what that means.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)

84 Painted in 35-36... Things are a bit different now

Posted by: Garbage at October 01, 2026 09:58 AM (+gK6I)

85 81 saw them and cryin' shames (actually, ides/ shames union) open for styx at weber high school. smoke machine. flash pots.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 09:59 AM (Bep7s)

86 Well, somebody told us Wall Street fell
But we were so poor that we couldn't tell
Cotton was short and the weeds were tall
But Mr. Roosevelt's a-gonna save us all

Sing it
Song, song of the south
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
Gone, gone with the wind
There ain't nobody lookin' back again...

Posted by: Willie & The Poor Boys at October 01, 2026 10:01 AM (w+jhU)

87 Should art be thought provoking or just aesthetically pleasing .

Personally I think an aesthetically pleasing painting can also be thought provoking but seems the ‘art world ‘ mostly thinks thought provoking has to be ugly .

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:01 AM (KC5Lt)

88 What's even being depicted here?

Is that the line to sign up for Obamacare? MAID?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 10:02 AM (FZ29D)

89 But not in limerick form.
Posted by: toby928(c)

***********

A DMV Joke in Limerick Form

There once was a girl named McBee
Who died in twenty aught three
Smell of sulfur, devilish ladies
She said, "Crap, I've gone to Hades!"
They said, "No ma'am, you're at the DMV!"

Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2026 10:02 AM (I0N4X)

90 You got plenty of nothin'
And nothin's plenty for you

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

91 Not a big fan of this one.

Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 10:04 AM (3BwY8)

92 they must be on an upper level... there's an archer slot in the hallway.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

93 That’s definitely not a recent painting depicting the US.

I denounce myself .

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:04 AM (KC5Lt)

94 There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.....

Posted by: Zombie Jimi Hendrix Covering Zimmerman at October 01, 2026 10:05 AM (Fn+3X)

95 93 That’s definitely not a recent painting depicting the US.

I denounce myself .
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:04 AM (KC5Lt)

Yeah.. My thought too..

Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 10:05 AM (+gK6I)

96 There's a lot of truth in that painting, however. Notice the one in charge is very well fed. Those peons in the seats....not so much. It's even emphasized with the oversized heads.

Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:05 AM (dIske)

97 Needs snipers.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 01, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)

98 Hmm...my posts not posting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:05 AM (XeU6L)

99 A DMV Joke in Limerick Form

Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2026 10:02 AM

The good doctor never disappoints.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:06 AM (4NO2D)

100 they must be on an upper level... there's an archer slot in the hallway.
Posted by: cmeat

For the sniper, duh.

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

101 aha, here is what this is, from some website :"Where is this group? In a place New York new longer has (is that a fact ??), a relief station—where jobless people with no money to buy food or pay rent sought what was known as “home relief.”

Relief stations weren’t new. But with nearly one third of the city out of work at the height of the Depression and a government more willing to distribute relief to people in need, dozens of home relief bureau stations popped up across the city...Relief stations also became targets for activists—who petitioned (or rioted, depending on the report) for more help for New Yorkers to pay their bills. On at least one occasion, a South Williamsburg relief station was stormed by a hundred people who demanded that relief be given out a lot more quickly.

While we still have home relief—just under a different name—these portraits remind us of what the term used to mean, and how relief stations were part of the fabric of the 1930s city."

Posted by: runner at October 01, 2026 10:06 AM (AKptf)

102 Weird...post with link doesn't show up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:06 AM (XeU6L)

103 Hegseth is a big meanie!

🔥 Secretary Hegseth declares "NO MORE FATTIES OR TRANNlES" in the military

"We are NO LONGER the woke department or the weak department."

"NO FATTIES. NO TRANNlES, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just WARRIORS."

"No more silly PowerPoint trainings or drag queen shows. No more diversity quotas.

"No more gender pronouns. No more identity months. ONLY the warrior ethos." 🇺🇸

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

104 Looks like a meeting of any of the socialist communes.
List of American utopian communities
Scroll down to 'Nineteenth Century':
https://shorturl.at/EIhP1
And, just continue down into the 20th Century...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (XeU6L)

105 Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (U/fqy)

106 Okay, that worked.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (XeU6L)

107 Painting, don't like it.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 01, 2026 10:08 AM (sl73Y)

108 Updated scene: Everyone tips the scales at 300 lbs, has an Iphone, and a $150 mani-pedi. And just came back from a Carnival Cruise.

Posted by: We Sufferin' Out Here at October 01, 2026 10:08 AM (Fn+3X)

109 Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

dude, be careful what you wish for!

Posted by: runner at October 01, 2026 10:08 AM (AKptf)

110 🔥 Secretary Hegseth declares "NO MORE FATTIES OR TRANNlES" in the military

"We are NO LONGER the woke department or the weak department."

"NO FATTIES. NO TRANNlES, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just WARRIORS."

"No more silly PowerPoint trainings or drag queen shows. No more diversity quotas.

"No more gender pronouns. No more identity months. ONLY the warrior ethos." 🇺🇸
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

If the Dems take over I'm betting Hegseth is the first impeachee....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 10:08 AM (+gK6I)

111 Say what you will about Canada's MAID program, at least they know how to kill people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

112 Home Relief Station, 1935-36
Louis Ribak

Wikipedia, in part, "Born to a Jewish family in Grodno in the Russian Empire, Ribak emigrated to New York City at the age of ten with his family."

In the 1930s and 1940s, Ribak painted in a Social Realist style, exhibiting with fellow Social Realists like Reginald Marsh and Raphael Soyer.

In the 1930s, he also worked as a muralist for the Works Progress Administration; among these works is the 1939 mural View Near Albemarle in the U.S. Post Office in Albemarle, North Carolina. In 1933, he assisted Diego Rivera on his mural Man at the Crossroads, commissioned for Rockefeller Center and destroyed before completion.[1]

"Ribak met fellow artist Beatrice Mandelman in New York at a dance sponsored by the Artists Union, and the two married in 1942.[2] He served in the military for two years during World War 2 and was discharged because of asthma.[1] Seeking a healthier climate, Ribak and Mandelman moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1944.[1] At this point, Ribak shifted to a more abstract style and brighter color palette."

So the US socialists of long ago are much the same as now; White/white adjacent, ever demanding, and shirking real work. 🤔

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

113 Past 100.

From the WaPo's article about 'how badly are we going to destroy the Republicans in November,' comes this gem:

"The mid-term is not a "regular" and "common" one. Republican Donald J. Trump is a huge disaster, The Republican party will suffer the exceptional historic defeat which never happened in history of the American midterm elections. The scale of Trump's Republican party collapse will have no precedent!"

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:09 AM (s30Ba)

114 Just over two months into his tenure as U.K. prime minister, Andy Burnham is laying the groundwork for an unabashedly socialist overhaul of the British state.

Link is for the original WSJ article. Archive is not working for me this morning.

https://tinyurl.com/rk3z6axu

Posted by: Oglebay at October 01, 2026 10:10 AM (2ap+5)

115 "The mid-term is not a "regular" and "common" one. Republican Donald J. Trump is a huge disaster, The Republican party will suffer the exceptional historic defeat which never happened in history of the American midterm elections. The scale of Trump's Republican party collapse will have no precedent!"
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:09 AM (s30Ba)

Saw one this morning that said the Republicans are doing so badly Mississippi is in play.. Needles to say I passed that one up...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 10:11 AM (+gK6I)

116 > Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (U/fqy)
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Stick with it there movie boy.... my retirement depends on you!

Posted by: Social Security Recipient at October 01, 2026 10:11 AM (RORbl)

117 Too many people have too much time on their hands.

BBC removes article claiming bare nails trend perpetuates 'White supremacist' beauty standards

Piece linked unpainted nails to class and racial stigma before widespread backlash prompted an editorial review

The original article, "How the bare nails trend became a class issue," explored the beauty trend of women preferring clear and polished "naked" nails over the more stylish nail designs over the past few years.

The Sun editor-at-large Harry Cole wrote, "This is mental. Not painting your nails is now White supremacy coded, apparently. Are they hoofing nail polish remover over there?"

https://tinyurl.com/mrybb3hu

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (nZ6VT)

118 It is always odd to look at old socialist art. It mostly has manly men doing manly things.

Very hetero-normative with no gender fluidity to be seen.

Considering how modern Alphabet socialism is running Europe and competitive in America how the hell did the (relatively) saner version of socialism from 80 years ago not win?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (sKqQm)

119 Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

He wasn’t a very good artist so not surprised he switched to being an abstract artist. That’s the lazy way out.

Looking at you zombie Rothko.

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (KC5Lt)

120 Caption:

"You kulak are an old useless eater.

Into the woodchipper with you!

Next!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (eR5WW)

121 "The mid-term is not a "regular" and "common" one. Republican Donald J. Trump is a huge disaster, ..."
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Ah...and yet they are not explicit about the nature of this 'disaster'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (XeU6L)

122 Say what you will about Canada's MAID program, at least they know how to kill people.

************

Unlike say...um...Tennessee.

Posted by: muldoon at October 01, 2026 10:13 AM (I0N4X)

123 105 Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But enjoy the vacation! Hopefully you'll have those fond memories as you "hold down the fort" over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

124
Ah...and yet they are not explicit about the nature of this 'disaster'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (XeU6L)

He's a disaster for their socialist/ communist plans...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 10:14 AM (+gK6I)

125 121 "The mid-term is not a "regular" and "common" one. Republican Donald J. Trump is a huge disaster, ..."
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Ah...and yet they are not explicit about the nature of this 'disaster'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:12 AM (XeU6L)

======

Morning Consult, Dem leaning pollster, released their generic congressional ballot this morning.

D+3.

While we're supposed to believe that the blue wave is minimal in blue states but massive in red states, which is not how waves work in American politics.

Or, we can believe Ipsos which says D+15 which has been one of the worst pollsters for a generation consistently.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:14 AM (U/fqy)

126 UK-France Deal to Reduce Number of Migrants Crossing Channel in Small Boats Has Been Dropped

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Surrender first! Ask questions later.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

127 Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:14 AM (4NO2D)

128 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at October 01, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

129 123 But enjoy the vacation! Hopefully you'll have those fond memories as you "hold down the fort" over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

=====

Without the unemployment, I'd never have started the YouTube channel.

So, I've got that going for me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)

130
I take socialist realism seriously.

Very, very seriously.

Communist artists get 20 slinging canal dirt when I'm in charge.

I'd wipe that smirk off their faces.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

131 "No more gender pronouns. No more identity months. ONLY the warrior ethos." 🇺🇸
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7

MS Now was really upset.
Multiple segments.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)

132 UK-France Deal to Reduce Number of Migrants Crossing Channel in Small Boats Has Been Dropped

Odd how Hitler and Napoleon didn't known there is no way to stop a small boat from crossing the channel.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

133 D+3 traditionally gives a split congress.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

134
Just don't make the OK sign with unpainted nails on your hand!

That'll open up a huge Black Hole of White Supremacy...and nobody even knows how that could be.

Terra incognito, people. Terra incognito.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 01, 2026 10:16 AM (eR5WW)

135 Since it was a French woman that came up with fingernail painting if a black or asian woman does it is it cultural appropriation?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

136 And where is RFK Jr. on this?

E-Scooter Emergency Room Visits Double Over Two Years

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)

137 133 D+3 traditionally gives a split congress.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

=======

Harvard-Harris, the best pollster of the last 10 years, has had two polls in the last month.

The first was R+2. The second was D+2.

With gerrymandering post-2020 and the gerrmandering fight earlier this year, that's a Republican House and definitely keeping the Senate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:17 AM (U/fqy)

138 Or, we can believe Ipsos which says D+15 which has been one of the worst pollsters for a generation consistently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I hope like hell that we are not whistling past the graveyard. But, yes, a poll of likely-to-vote Democrats is just cheerleading.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:18 AM (XeU6L)

139 Since it was a French woman that came up with fingernail painting if a black or asian woman does it is it cultural appropriation?
Posted by: 18-1 at

Should be. According to their rules.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2026 10:18 AM (nZ6VT)

140 UK-France Deal to Reduce Number of Migrants Crossing Channel in Small Boats Has Been Dropped

Odd how Hitler and Napoleon didn't known there is no way to stop a small boat from crossing the channel.

Posted by: 18-1

100 lb anvil dropped from a helicopter.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2026 10:19 AM (nZ6VT)

141 100 lb anvil dropped from a helicopter.
Posted by: rickb223
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You're really with Acme, aren't you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:21 AM (XeU6L)

142 Senate Rejects Bill That Would Have Banned Congress From Insider Trading

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Wouldn't be prudent. Or profitable.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

143 100 lb anvil dropped from a helicopter.
Posted by: rickb223

*Scowls*

Posted by: Wile E Coyote at October 01, 2026 10:21 AM (ZLygy)

144 Sure, go ahead. Trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 01, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

145 It is comical watching leftwing governments argue there is no way to stop people from invading their countries.

This is why countries exist in the first place to keep foreigners out.

Even the Euro-niks with their comically small militaries could do so easily. Fire on one group of invaders and make it clear you will continue in the future and the invasion will stop.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:22 AM (sKqQm)

146 Coyote vs Acme is good actually. Ignore the tranny reviewers who called it an "indictment on capitalism".

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:22 AM (88C+u)

147 While we're supposed to believe that the blue wave is minimal in blue states but massive in red states, which is not how waves work in American politics.

Or, we can believe Ipsos which says D+15 which has been one of the worst pollsters for a generation consistently.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:14 AM (U/fqy)

This is why the redistricting fight was so important. Blue places get bluer, but so what? Those are lost seats anyway. Red seats get redder, but again, so what? Those were gained seats anyway. There aren't really that many 'up for grabs' seats, and that's where the primary focus should be.

The Cleansing of the Rolls will pay dividends here, but sweet fuck will it matter even more in '28.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:22 AM (gLYp7)

148 144 Sure, go ahead. Trust the polls.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 01, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

========

Young, college progressives will definitely be 20% of the electorate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:22 AM (U/fqy)

149 I will be very interested to see how USAID not providing walking around money will impact urban turn out...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

150 147 This is why the redistricting fight was so important. Blue places get bluer, but so what? Those are lost seats anyway. Red seats get redder, but again, so what? Those were gained seats anyway. There aren't really that many 'up for grabs' seats, and that's where the primary focus should be.

The Cleansing of the Rolls will pay dividends here, but sweet fuck will it matter even more in '28.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:22 AM (gLYp7)

====

We get to have the fight again in the next year or so.

Add another 5-10 safe GOP seats for 2028.

And then we get to have the fight AGAIN in 2031, post census.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:23 AM (U/fqy)

151 He wasn’t a very good artist so not surprised he switched to being an abstract artist. That’s the lazy way out.

Looking at you zombie Rothko.
Posted by: polynikes

I agree. But I'm often surprised of how many artists seeming (to me) to lack great artistic abilities were adopted by the Works Progress Administration as muralists. (And they themselves certainly weren't as the people represented in their 1930s, 1940s art.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:23 AM (NFX2v)

152 Too evil for a Bond villain.

“Goonies” Star and Legendary Bond Villain Robert Davi Says California Chaos Finally Drove Him Out

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

153 They are speaking Truth to Power.
/s
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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still don't know what that means.
Posted by: cmeat
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"we choose 'truth', not facts," - Joe Biden

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:24 AM (XeU6L)

154 Senate Rejects Bill That Would Have Banned Congress From Insider Trading

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Wouldn't be prudent. Or profitable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

That’s kind of a loaded headline. Insider trading is against the law for everyone right? I assume the bill just tried to make stock trading more restrictive for members of Congress.

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:26 AM (KC5Lt)

155 129. Without the unemployment, I'd never have started the YouTube channel.

So, I've got that going for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I know. You're OK & I'm just kidding with you.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:26 AM (NFX2v)

156 Senate Rejects Bill That Would Have Banned Congress From Insider Trading

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Wouldn't be prudent. Or profitable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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[smirks]

Posted by: Nanci Pelosi at October 01, 2026 10:27 AM (XeU6L)

157 Young, college progressives will definitely be 20% of the electorate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:22 AM (U/fqy)

Then the bong was passed around and that voting shit seems like work.

Posted by: Wile E Coyote at October 01, 2026 10:27 AM (ZLygy)

158 And then we get to have the fight AGAIN in 2031, post census.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:23 AM (U/fqy)

THAT could be the final victory. If Republicans are in control of the Senate, the census will be a paradigm-shifting event.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:28 AM (gLYp7)

159 Birds of Prey?

Navy Orders 10 Autonomous Romulus Warships From America’s Biggest Shipbuilder

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

160 That’s kind of a loaded headline. Insider trading is against the law for everyone right? I assume the bill just tried to make stock trading more restrictive for members of Congress.

Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:26 AM (KC5Lt)

No.

Insider trading is NOT illegal for Congress. Pelosi knew legislation was pending, made trades based on that knowledge, and made a bazillion dollars.

Not illegal.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:29 AM (gLYp7)

161 158 THAT could be the final victory. If Republicans are in control of the Senate, the census will be a paradigm-shifting event.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:28 AM (gLYp7)

========

Presidency.

Having the presidency to correct the errors of the census is what's really important.

I know what you mean by having both Senate and a reinvigorated House majority.

But the power is with the presidency, and a Democrat president can blunt any gains...again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:29 AM (U/fqy)

162 Insider trading is against the law for everyone right? I assume the bill just tried to make stock trading more restrictive for members of Congress.
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 10:26 AM

Per the Webz, no member of Congress has ever been successfully prosecuted for insider trading.

I'd say they are at least unofficially exempt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:30 AM (4NO2D)

163 still don't know what that means.
Posted by: cmeat

Theoretically it means questioning authority when it may be wrong

But this isn't what the left really means - they will quickly tell you that as you aren't an "expert" so you aren't allowed to question authority.

So who determines who an expert is? Oh, the left does. Experts have to echo the narrative or they aren't experts.

Nice system isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)

164
But the power is with the presidency, and a Democrat president can blunt any gains...again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:29 AM (U/fqy)

I meant White House, but my caffeine hasn't hit yet.

You're right, of course.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:30 AM (gLYp7)

165 Birds of Prey?

Navy Orders 10 Autonomous Romulus Warships From America’s Biggest Shipbuilder
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

And stocked with ale.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 10:30 AM (ZLygy)

166 Nancy Pelosi's substantial stock holdings have averaged 3X normal market returns.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:31 AM (sKqQm)

167 "we choose 'truth', not facts," - Joe Biden
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 10:24 AM (XeU6L)

I still can't get over that little bit of perverse cargo cult philosophy.

Facts are neutral. Truth is reached by contemplating what follows from those facts, but only with honesty and rigor.

The leftist way is to use facts to craft lies. They gaslight you into thinking that the veracity of some nebulous, floating "fact" somehow proves the monstrous conclusions they pretend to draw out of it.

Biden and the like don't even do that much. They just lie outright and act like you're the problem if you don't believe it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 10:31 AM (aKiSo)

168 Just pathetic by Thune. The Senate is taking another 5 week break, after taking one for all of August. WTF!!!

Posted by: Jonah at October 01, 2026 10:31 AM (gwrBY)

169 The Cleansing of the Rolls
Carwash!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 01, 2026 10:31 AM (vUcPr)

170 Pure hemophilia.

WWG1WGA
@WWG1WGA_QQ
School officials are in panic mode over kids revolting against “Pride Day”
Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

171 Al Jazeera, US Senate also rejects bill targeting AI data centre electricity costs
Democrats criticise bill as lacking ‘teeth’ and push for mandatory measures to address soaring electricity bills.

In part, "Only four Democrats — Maggie Hassan, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock — joined Republicans to support the bill, which proponents argue would have eased the burden of rising energy costs on individual households."

And,
"The Ratepayer Protection Act, a first-of-its-kind bipartisan bill, was aimed at addressing the economic concerns linked to the expansion of data centres.

It passed the House of Representatives earlier this month in a landslide vote of 417 to three.

But Democrats in the Senate argued the bill does not go far enough to protect consumers from high electricity bills. Rather than requiring states to “consider” a federal utility rate standard, some senators advocated instead for mandatory enforcement to guarantee consumer relief."

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (NFX2v)

172 Mornin' Horde. Today am technically retired, though that may not be long term. Maybe an uncertain future, but damned if I don't feel relief on leaving that situation.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (ENA4W)

173 Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (U/fqy)

**Nelson Muntz laugh**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (qRla/)

174 WWG1WGA
@WWG1WGA_QQ
School officials are in panic mode over kids revolting against “Pride Day”
Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

Moar please.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (ZLygy)

175 School officials are in panic mode over kids revolting against “Pride Day”
Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA

Oh man. I can hear the screeching already.

Also, why is there a pride day when there's already a pride month?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 01, 2026 10:33 AM (2ocoG)

176 WWG1WGA
@WWG1WGA_QQ
School officials are in panic mode over kids revolting against “Pride Day”
Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Where is this happening?

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

177 @WWG1WGA_QQ
School officials are in panic mode over kids revolting against “Pride Day”
Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

This. Is. AWESOME.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:33 AM (ccf/V)

178 164
But the power is with the presidency, and a Democrat president can blunt any gains...again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:29 AM (U/fqy)

I meant White House, but my caffeine hasn't hit yet.

You're right, of course.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:30 AM (gLYp7)

========

Essay from 2032:

Democrats are faced with the reality that in order to have a chance of winning the House, they have to win 20-30 seats that President Vance won by between 5-15 points. The rift between the DSA (or whatever they call themselves at that point) and the older establishment figures has been heating up as the far left of the party insists that the only way to win Vance+10 districts is to go harder on gay race communism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:34 AM (U/fqy)

179 I'd like to know what, specifically, was in the "no insider trading" bill that the Senate rejected.

I think it's fine to outsource your investments, but as a member of Congress that outsourcing should be made public. And whomever is doing the investing shouldn't take "tips" from a sitting member of Congress on what to buy or sell, and when.

If that was the gist of the bill, then the Senate can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:34 AM (RORbl)

180 Perhaps someone in the medical field can enlighten me... why are all phlebotomists black women? I object to neither their race nor their gender, it just seems odd to me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e)

181 For some reason, I don't think the lady is pointing and saying "YOU get a car, and YOU get a car....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ccf/V)

182 Pure hemophilia.

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Damn autocucumber! Homophobia! Homophobia!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)

183 Also, why is there a pride day when there's already a pride month?
Posted by: Ian S

There will be faggot worship and you'll act like you like it. /

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ZLygy)

184 Coyote vs Acme is good actually. Ignore the tranny reviewers who called it an "indictment on capitalism".

Without Mel Blanc, any Looney Tunes-related animation is crap.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (qRla/)

185 Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (U/fqy)

You asked for a job.

You got one.

Reap it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)

186 173 Well, I have started work.

I hate it.

I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (U/fqy)

**Nelson Muntz laugh**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM (qRla/)

=======

I deserved that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (U/fqy)

187 phlebotomy is a reasonably well paid job.

If you are young person interested in medicine its not a bad choice.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

188 Perhaps someone in the medical field can enlighten me... why are all phlebotomists black women? I object to neither their race nor their gender, it just seems odd to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I think the one at my doctor's office is a Filipina.

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

189 * perks up*

Posted by: Oprahpottamus at October 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ZLygy)

190 If you are young person interested in medicine its not a bad choice.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

I am neither.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ExV1e)

191 >>That’s kind of a loaded headline. Insider trading is against the law for everyone right? I assume the bill just tried to make stock trading more restrictive for members of Congress.

Not really. By the nature of their jobs members of Congress see privileged information about publicly traded companies that the rest of us do not have access to see. So do their staffs. Which is a big reason people like Pelosi routinely outperform people like Warren Buffett.

Not only do they get to see the information they make legislation that can effect a public company's stock performance dramatically. When they make individual stock trades it is the very definition of insider trading.

Yes, insider trading is against the law for us common folk. It is not for members of Congress. That's why they routinely vote these bills down and make many times their salary every year in the market. It's also why people who could make a larger salary in the private sector spend so much effort to go to DC.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:36 AM (viF8m)

192 But the power is with the presidency, and a Democrat president can blunt any gains...again.

Only when a Dem is in the White House.

When a Republican is there, power is with unelected judges.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 01, 2026 10:37 AM (qRla/)

193 Without Mel Blanc, any Looney Tunes-related animation is crap.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Do you know the only character that Mel Blanc didn't voice?

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

194 Perhaps someone in the medical field can enlighten me... why are all phlebotomists black women? I object to neither their race nor their gender, it just seems odd to me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e)

You're half right.

Phlebotomists are 89% women, but only 16% of those are black.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:37 AM (s30Ba)

195 Where is this happening?
Posted by: Bulg

https://tinyurl.com/3txr3b24

Deep behind enemy lines in Burlington Vermont.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

196 Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt.

Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2026 10:38 AM (LHPAg)

197 The rift between the DSA (or whatever they call themselves at that point) and the older establishment figures has been heating up as the far left of the party insists that the only way to win Vance+10 districts is to go harder on gay race communism.

By 2032 DSA will likely have completed their rout of the establishment and just call themselves the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 01, 2026 10:38 AM (2ocoG)

198 Phlebotomists are 89% women, but only 16% of those are black.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:37 AM (s30Ba)

Maybe it's because I'm in Texas but I would have expected some big booty latinas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:38 AM (ExV1e)

199 Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:32 AM

Who? Who won't wear the ribbon?

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)

200
It strikes me that some mutual fund manager could do well by setting up a Pelosi Fund that automatically mirrors her stock activity.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (iqcvy)

201 196 I'd like to know what, specifically, was in the "no insider trading" bill that the Senate rejected.

I think they tacked on voter ID to it so they knew the Dems would nix it and they can go back to their constitutes and say see, Dems are against stopping insider trading

Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (+gK6I)

202 200
It strikes me that some mutual fund manager could do well by setting up a Pelosi Fund that automatically mirrors her stock activity.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (iqcvy)

===

They exist.

They tend to do well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (U/fqy)

203 It strikes me that some mutual fund manager could do well by setting up a Pelosi Fund that automatically mirrors her stock activity.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (iqcvy)

There is one. I forget the ticker symbol.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:40 AM (ExV1e)

204 153 "or your own lying eyes?"

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 10:40 AM (Bep7s)

205 It strikes me that some mutual fund manager could do well by setting up a Pelosi Fund that automatically mirrors her stock activity.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

I watched it for awhile. Public info doesn't come out til 3 months later.
The plays been made.

Posted by: MkY at October 01, 2026 10:40 AM (ZHRuH)

206 Maybe it's because I'm in Texas but I would have expected some big booty latinas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:38 AM (ExV1e)

You're in luck! 18%!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 10:40 AM (gLYp7)

207 64 still don't know what that means.
Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)
=====

Am I really that obtuse?

The lady at the desk is the Power. They are not speaking...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

208 /s

means it was sarcastic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

209 It strikes me that some mutual fund manager could do well by setting up a Pelosi Fund that automatically mirrors her stock activity.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 10:39 AM (iqcvy)

There is a stock option out there that mirrors Pelosi's trading patterns.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:41 AM (ccf/V)

210 over 40 judicial openings, and the Senate takes another 5 week breather. Brutal

Posted by: Jonah at October 01, 2026 10:41 AM (gwrBY)

211 This makes socialism look pretty bleak and dreary. Which it is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:41 AM (4znQE)

212 >>It strikes me that some mutual fund manager could do well by setting up a Pelosi Fund that automatically mirrors her stock activity.

As the kids say, there's an app for that. Seriously.

Search on Pelosi stock tracker. Lots of people track her stock trades.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:41 AM (viF8m)

213 Am I really that obtuse?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I think Doof is the ultimate arbiter of obtuseness around here.

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

214 It's all over.

American AF 🇺🇸
@iAnonPatriot
BREAKING 🅱️ — Liberals across the country are now planning to CRASH President Trump's economy on October 1st.

They will all be skipping work, boycotting Netflix, not running their AC or heat, not using water or gas, and withdrawing their money from the banks.

First of all, you have to be employed to skip work, so most of them are safe. So their big plan to "hurt Trump" is to sit in a dark house with no water, scrolling nothing..

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

215 I miss being unemployed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:07 AM (U/fqy)

You asked for a job.

You got one.

Reap it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:35 AM (ccf/V)
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Also, get back to work.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

216 214
They will all be skipping work, boycotting Netflix, not running their AC or heat, not using water or gas, and withdrawing their money from the banks.

First of all, you have to be employed to skip work, so most of them are safe. So their big plan to "hurt Trump" is to sit in a dark house with no water, scrolling nothing..

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

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Hurting Netflix will hurt Trump more than the left?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (U/fqy)

217 There's also a "reverse Cramer" mutual fund. Based on doing the exact opposite of what that fool says.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (RORbl)

218 Do you know the only character that Mel Blanc didn't voice?
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:37 AM (77rzZ)

I know he didn't do Elmer Fudd originally. He didn't do Granny, either, and some female voices were June Foray's. Beyond that, no.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (qRla/)

219 @iAnonPatriot
BREAKING 🅱️ — Liberals across the country are now planning to CRASH President Trump's economy on October 1st.

They will all be skipping work, boycotting Netflix, not running their AC or heat, not using water or gas, and withdrawing their money from the banks.

First of all, you have to be employed to skip work, so most of them are safe. So their big plan to "hurt Trump" is to sit in a dark house with no water, scrolling nothing..
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

They did this in the past.

It affected nothing.

But, I hope they all lose their jobs for skipping work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:44 AM (ccf/V)

220 163 that's funny because it seems like "they" say that alot, but really can't stand anything more than reality being pointed out.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 10:44 AM (Bep7s)

221 I think Doof is the ultimate arbiter of obtuseness around here.
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)
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There you go with them ten-dollar words again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

222 165 and pussers rum.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Bep7s)

223 @ 159 Birds of Prey? Navy Orders 10 Autonomous Romulus Warships From America’s Biggest Shipbuilder Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)
_____________________________________

Hmm. Lessee … does those ships has a 'sister ship' named 'Remus'? And did they get clearance from Roddenberry to use that name?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 01, 2026 10:45 AM (ayRl+)

224 I know he didn't do Elmer Fudd originally. He didn't do Granny, either, and some female voices were June Foray's. Beyond that, no.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

It was Elmer Fudd that I was thinking of.

Makes sense he didn't do Granny.

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

225 If the economy is so bad, one doesn't need to crash it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 10:46 AM (ZLygy)

226
"Yes. A few tools track Nancy Pelosi’s publicly disclosed trades:

Quiver Quantitative: Provides a dedicated Nancy Pelosi page with disclosed trades, estimated holdings, trade history, and portfolio analytics. It also offers alerts and premium features.

Capitol Gains: An iPhone/iPad app that lets you follow politicians—including Pelosi—filter trades by member or ticker, and receive trade alerts."

Posted by: I'm the internet. Ask me anything at October 01, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

227 149. I will be very interested to see how USAID not providing walking around money will impact urban turn out...
Posted by: 18-1

Melinda French Gates's Personal Philanthropy (Pivotal Ventures), for one.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:47 AM (NFX2v)

228 It's always smart to announce your plans to sabotage your enemy. On the internet.

We are up against some of the dumbest people on the planet.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:48 AM (viF8m)

229 Perhaps someone in the medical field can enlighten me... why are all phlebotomists black women? I object to neither their race nor their gender, it just seems odd to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ExV1e)

I don't know where you live, but that's not necessarily true here. In any case, I really don't care as long as they don't rip a vein out of my arm.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew8)

230 over 40 judicial openings, and the Senate takes another 5 week breather. Brutal

Nice. That's exactly the opposite of how my job works.

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2026 10:48 AM (iFEms)

231 Day ending in Y.

Texas foils plot to "exterminate" AIPAC-funded politicians at state capitol

https://tinyurl.com/3zna4kh8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)

232 >>BREAKING 🅱️ — Liberals across the country are now planning to CRASH President Trump's economy on October 1st.

They will all be skipping work, boycotting Netflix, not running their AC or heat, not using water or gas, and withdrawing their money from the banks.
- - - -

No problem-o!
We'll do all that stuff for you, just more jobs Americans won't do!

Posted by: Immigrants at October 01, 2026 10:50 AM (rOKnE)

233 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

Special Agent Johnson, no the other one.

I keep thinking he died. I don't know why I thought he died during COVID.

Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 10:51 AM (enkoP)

234 over 40 judicial openings, and the Senate takes another 5 week breather. Brutal

while simultaneously denying recess appointments.

Thune can die in a fire as far as I am concerned.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:51 AM (4NO2D)

235 172 Mornin' Horde. Today am technically retired, though that may not be long term. Maybe an uncertain future, but damned if I don't feel relief on leaving that situation.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Best wishes!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

236 They will all be skipping work, boycotting Netflix, not running their AC or heat, not using water or gas, and withdrawing their money from the banks.

And walk thru which sanctuary neighborhood with all their money in their pockets? Fake.

Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2026 10:51 AM (iFEms)

237 Mornin' Horde. Today am technically retired, though that may not be long term. Maybe an uncertain future, but damned if I don't feel relief on leaving that situation.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:52 AM (ccf/V)

238 They will all be skipping work, boycotting Netflix, not running their AC or heat, not using water or gas, and withdrawing their money from the banks.
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LMAO. Leftards.

Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 10:52 AM (enkoP)

239 234 while simultaneously denying recess appointments.

Thune can die in a fire as far as I am concerned.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:51 AM (4NO2D)

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Just your regular reminder that full recesses require floor votes, and a SCOTUS decision from about a decade ago made it so a full recess of recess appointments has to be 10 days.

Biden didn't get recess appointments either because of this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:52 AM (U/fqy)

240 We all gently tried to guide TheJamesMonroe into a lucrative career selling his plasma, but he insisted on finding "work" anyway. Hard-headed and obtuse that fellow is.

Posted by: Bill Needle at October 01, 2026 10:52 AM (Fn+3X)

241 Mornin' Horde. Today am technically retired, though that may not be long term. Maybe an uncertain future, but damned if I don't feel relief on leaving that situation.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Congratulations!

You do have a place to live now, right?

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

242 Leftards will not buy any groceries today, opting instead to get them tomorrow. That will show the economy!!!

Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 10:53 AM (enkoP)

243 Just your regular reminder that full recesses require floor votes, and a SCOTUS decision from about a decade ago made it so a full recess of recess appointments has to be 10 days.

Biden didn't get recess appointments either because of this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:52 AM

I don't get your point.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:53 AM (4NO2D)

244 214 It's all over.

American AF 🇺🇸
@iAnonPatriot
BREAKING 🅱️ — Liberals across the country are now planning to CRASH President Trump's economy on October 1st.

A day won't do it and they're too spoiled and lazy to go a month. 🤡

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:54 AM (NFX2v)

245 243 Just your regular reminder that full recesses require floor votes, and a SCOTUS decision from about a decade ago made it so a full recess of recess appointments has to be 10 days.

Biden didn't get recess appointments either because of this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:52 AM

I don't get your point.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:53 AM (4NO2D)

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Thune needs 51 Senators to vote for a full recess. The bar for the full recess is high because it take 10 days.

Would Mitch, Cornyn, Cassidy, Ernst, Murkowski, Collins, and Tillis vote for a full recess?

How does Thune get to 51 votes for a full recess if all seven of those GOP senators refuse?

Thune is managing a very difficult deck right now. Should get better next Congress when five of those are gone, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:55 AM (U/fqy)

246 I don't get your point.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Where's Ben R. when you need him?

Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

247 A Philadelphia area man began selling plasma to make extra money for household essentials like pet food and toilet paper, earning around $500 to $520 a month to help cover everyday living costs. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Many middle-class and hourly workers use the fast cash to bridge inflation gaps or avoid high-interest debt. (NBC)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:57 AM (NFX2v)

248 Is it Melinda Gates or some other incredibly wealthy left wing idiot. It might be Jeff Bezos' ex wife who wants to start up private schools especially for "transgender" kids?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 10:57 AM (JrHfD)

249 How does Thune get to 51 votes for a full recess if all seven of those GOP senators refuse?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:55 AM

By simply staying in session. No fake recesses. Even Democrats want to go home and campaign.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:58 AM (4NO2D)

250 It looks like a team of women deliberately fucked up the Tennessee execution last night.

I used to be more confident in my side winning the civil war between men and women, but now I'm starting to realize that demons will be fighting on the side of women.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 01, 2026 10:58 AM (qwx/I)

251 FWIW, the current "recess" is scheduled to last until after the election.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:59 AM (4NO2D)

252 They want to crash the economy.

They will have 345,000 participate.

Nothing will happen and no one will notice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 10:59 AM (ccf/V)

253 249 By simply staying in session. No fake recesses. Even Democrats want to go home and campaign.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:58 AM (4NO2D)

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Pissing off everyone by not going into the fake recess so they can't go home would probably not be good at managing his caucus.

Also, this Senate has approved more appointments than any Congress in decades.

Thune instituted a bloc appointment schedule that saw dozens of appointments approved at once.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:59 AM (U/fqy)

254 MacKenzie Scott's "Trans Schools" Project?

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 10:59 AM (NFX2v)

255 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

256 NOOD

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

257 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)

258 Hurting Netflix will hurt Trump more than the left?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 10:43 AM (U/fqy)

Wouldn't that (notionally at least) hurt the Obama's pocketbook?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (4znQE)

259 By simply staying in session. No fake recesses. Even Democrats want to go home and campaign.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:58 AM (4NO2D)

In the age of streaming and webcasts, I'm not sure in-person campaigning is as important as it used to be.

These days, everything is byte-sized for quick consumption. I think they could all stay in DC the whole time without impacting their numbers in any measurable way, particularly with the small number of actual swing districts now that redistricting has gone through.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (gLYp7)

260 There was some day without immigrants thing a while back that was also supposed to crash the economy. Guess what happened? All the illegals that didn’t buy shit that day bought everything the next day.

The left is really retarded.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 11:01 AM (6lPOA)

261 particularly with the small number of actual swing districts now that redistricting has gone through.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (gLYp7)

Senate seats aren’t redistricted.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 11:02 AM (6lPOA)

262 Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 01, 2026 10:58 AM (qwx/I)

They're not fighting on my side, and I doubt that the women on this website are signing up with demons.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 11:02 AM (JrHfD)

263 261 particularly with the small number of actual swing districts now that redistricting has gone through.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 11:00 AM (gLYp7)

Senate seats aren’t redistricted.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 11:02 AM (6lPOA)

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Weird since I was talking about the House.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 11:02 AM (U/fqy)

264 180 nixon had preferences.

Posted by: cmeat at October 01, 2026 11:02 AM (Bep7s)

265 By simply staying in session. No fake recesses. Even Democrats want to go home and campaign.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 10:58 AM (4NO2D)

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Pissing off everyone by not going into the fake recess so they can't go home would probably not be good at managing his caucus.

Also, this Senate has approved more appointments than any Congress in decades.

Thune instituted a bloc appointment schedule that saw dozens of appointments approved at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Huh? Senate right there.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 11:04 AM (6lPOA)

266 265 Huh? Senate right there.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 11:04 AM (6lPOA)

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Read the actual comment you responded to where I was talking about gerrymandering.

Seriously.

You'll appear smarter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 11:04 AM (U/fqy)

267 Jumped in late. Oh well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 11:05 AM (6lPOA)

268 Deep behind enemy lines in Burlington Vermont.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Heh. Home of Jane Sanders -killed college.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 01, 2026 11:09 AM (XeU6L)

269 "Don't you point that finger at me!"

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 12:06 PM (hzuYO)

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