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The Morning Report — 2/6/26

Good morning kids. Well there's political terrorism of the kind we are witnessing in Minneapolis and likely to spread far and wide as the midterms draw near, such as . . .

Liberals in Minnesota have had it with ICE raids and Border Patrol, so they’ve decided to take matters into their own hands with a novel plan to keep the people they don’t want out of their communities. They are, quite literally, creating a system to control who comes and goes. In the middle of the road at 32nd and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis, activists erected a makeshift roadblock, turning the intersection into a roundabout. Cars slowed as drivers noticed. Some honked, others asked questions. One man even brought food for the people standing watch. . .
. . . Trump actually trolled the Minneapolis Left into reinventing everything they claim to oppose: border patrol, wall checkpoints, cops, enforcement. “We need our own ICE to deport these ICE agents,” they cry, without a trace of irony.
This is what always seems to happen when utopians on the Left — of all stripes — dream up their perfect society. They start by declaring that society as it exists is no good:We’ve got markets. We’ve got people making money. We’ve got private property. We’ve got exploitation — we don’t want any of that, man! So what are we going to do? We’re going to move to a commune. A farm in the middle of nowhere. It’s going to be beautiful — not like this city, not like this town. We’re going to live together in harmony. Some people are going to grow the food. Some people are going to bake the bread. Some people are going to watch the kids. It’s going to be amazing. We’re going to have a diversity of labor. Oh, you mean we’re going to have a market economy? Well, yeah, but this time it will be perfect. And we’re all going to take care of each other, man.

And then there's also direct violent confrontation that led to the deaths of two Democrat/Left frontline terrorists Good and Pretti, and this madness:

Following the fatal shooting of anti-ICE activist Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Wagner allegedly told his followers to take up arms and attack law enforcement.
“Show up ready to go. Not talking about peaceful protests anymore,” Wagner said, calling on people to “march…with guns” and saying “the Second Amendment is the only thing that’s going to keep you f*cking protected from literal f*cking Nazi gunmen.”
“Get your f*cking guns, and stop these f*cking people,” he added.

Horrid enough but worse are the Democrat politicians and elected officials egging freaks like this on to do as this psycho wants and go out and stop ICE and law enforcement by whatever means necessary. After all President Trump and all of us who support him are literally Hitler and Nazis so once that marker has been laid down, don't be too shocked that you get this:

Colin Demarco, age 26, who reportedly feared Trump’s reelection would lead to a “fascist takeover,” was charged after he appeared at Vought’s Northern Virginia home wearing a surgical mask and gloves, court records show. U.S. Marshals Service reportedly found during the investigation that Demarco had claimed to have written a manifesto that detailed weapons and a “Body Disposal Guide,” per CBS News. The court records show that Demarco is accused of plotting to murder a victim with the initials “R.V.” who, according to the criminal complaint, “has served as a presidential appointee.”
The complaint adds that the alleged victim was involved in the creation of Project 2025 — a project funded by the conservative Heritage Foundation- to produce a policy agenda for the next GOP administration. It called for a radical reshaping of the government in ways that consolidate power in the executive branch.
Sources familiar with the case separately confirmed to CBS News that Demarco’s alleged target was Vought.

Elsewhere, Trump has dispatched Steven Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to have a sit-down with the Mullahs. And then . . .

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/world-news/iran-seizes-oil-tankers-threatens-massacre-in-strait-of-hormuz-hours-before-us-talks/

Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Thursday, accusing them of smuggling fuel and detaining 15 foreign crew members ahead of high-stakes US–Iran talks Friday in Oman.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy said it intercepted the two ships near Farsi Island, claiming they were carrying about 1 million liters of smuggled fuel, Reuters reported.
The crews, made up of 15 foreign nationals, were taken into custody and referred to Iran’s judicial authorities, according to Iranian state media.
The IRGC alleged the vessels were part of an organized fuel-smuggling network that had been operating in the region for several months. . . Zarghami later repeated the threat, calling the Strait a potential “killing field” for American forces and signaling Iran’s willingness to escalate amid mounting regional pressure.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to meet Iranian officials in Oman Friday.
The pair are traveling from Abu Dhabi after two days of talks related to Russia and Ukraine.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Thursday that Friday’s talks were still on, stating “diplomacy is always [Trump’s] first option.”

Per longtime Trump ally and adviser Fred Fleitz:

Based on Iran’s long history of violating international agreements and manipulating negotiations, it is certain that Iranian leaders plan to use these talks to buy time and to strike a deal that they have no intention of honoring to save their regime.
Indeed, Iran’s recent offer for dialogue has already revealed its typical pattern of insincerity and strategic maneuvering.

Fletiz is correct but he went on to note, and not incorrectly:

Although the new talks with Iran probably will be futile, I believe the Trump administration made the right decision to join them because it is sending a message to the world that the U.S. is prepared to exhaust every peaceful option before it uses military force. This may prove useful in convincing Middle East states to support a U.S. attack on Iran.
A full-scale U.S. attack is unlikely to topple Iran’s repressive theocracy in the near term, given its resilient coercive apparatus, like the IRGC and Basij forces. However, targeted strikes—perhaps on nuclear sites and proxy infrastructure—could further weaken the leadership, expose vulnerabilities revealed by last summer’s Israel-U.S. attacks, and galvanize protesters by signaling international support for change.

It's a good thing that the President stands with the Iranian/Persian people but unless the Mullahorcracy and the power structure that kept them in control since 1979 is utterly dismantled, this thing s not going to end well.

It's also a very good thing that the President is drawing attention to the Islamic slaughter in Africa, without unfortunately calling out Islam itself as the root cause, political third rail that that sadly for all of humanity is...

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has announced that a small team of American military personnel has been sent to Nigeria to aid the African nation in counter-terrorism operations. The deployment was disclosed by AFRICOM Commander General Dagvin R.M. Anderson earlier this week at a State Department briefing regarding ongoing efforts to end Islamist attacks against Christian communities in Nigeria.The decision to deploy U.S. military officers follows a meeting between Gen. Anderson and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu last October at the Aqaba Process summit in Rome, Italy. The summit, founded by Jordan’s King Abdullah II and held usually three to four times a year, aims to address counter-terrorism practices and ongoing threats in regions of need, especially West and East Africa.

US military advisers? Anyone else besides me getting a flashback to Vietnam 1964? Beyond that, while Jordan might not be in the same category as Iran or Taliban controlled Afghanistan, it is nevertheless an Islamic nation. At best, any support to counter Boko Haram in Nigeria in my estimation is just another Taqqiya Sunrise to placate President Trump.

Personally, The President needs to round up as many Antifa and other anti-ICE thugs as he can, ship them to GITMO and waterboard them until their lungs turn to mush and they cough up all their associates and funding sources so we can crush the terrorists operating within our own borders. To me that is Mission #1.

Also, it's good to see lurker extraordinaire Victor Davis Hanson's byline. As you may know he has been dealing with some serious health issues and per his Twitter feed he is recovering. And, my spouse had very successful surgery yesterday and hopefully she will be home and quickly on the mend, so thanks to all for your kind words and prayers.

Have a great weekend.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats, lacking a positive agenda, bet on chaos, Trump hysteria, and media allies to spark a midterm backlash as Trump’s economic rebound gains steam.
Midterm Palpitations

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

Colin Demarco, age 26, who reportedly feared Trump’s reelection would lead to a “fascist takeover,” was charged after he appeared at Vought’s Northern Virginia home wearing a surgical mask and gloves, court records show. U.S. Marshals Service reportedly found during the investigation that Demarco had claimed to have written a manifesto that detailed weapons and a “Body Disposal Guide,” per CBS News.
Maryland Man Charged with Attempted Murder of Trump OMB Russell Vought (not 'that' Maryland Man but another one! - jjs)
"Conspire and threaten to assault, kill and doxx officers, and you’ll find yourself in federal custody facing the full force of justice."
Feds Nab Crossdressing Antifa ‘Terrorist’ Who Threatened To Kill ICE Officers In Minneapolis
. . . consular officials are organizing protests and interfering in American politics.
Peter Schweizer: U.S. Must Close Mexican Consulates Stoking Anti-ICE Protests
Activists erected a makeshift roadblock, turning the intersection into a roundabout.
Minneapolis Liberals Invent Their Own Border Patrol

* * * * *
As America marks 250 years, rebuilding civic trust—not retreating into suspicion—may be the difference between a flourishing democracy and a fractured society.
Why America Must Not Turn into Southern Italy (pizza, pasta, Mafia >>> lutefisk, chapatis, Somalia! - jjs)
"BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The four Americans in Jay, Indiana, were killed when a Kyrgyzstan native, Bekzhan Beishekeev, allegedly smashed into their Amish buggy.
Four More Americans Killed by Illegal Alien Trucker in Indiana
The takedown exposed a vast trafficking network, rescued victims from multiple states, and highlighted Los Angeles County’s role as a trafficking hub.
Over 600 Arrested in California Human Trafficking Sting.
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
In Indiana, auditors found: “30 material weaknesses, including eight so serious that too little evidence was available to make determinations of the full extent of the problems.”
Independent Audits Suggest Waste and Possible Fraud Aren’t Just a Blue-State Problem
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
New York City hasn’t had a trash pickup for 1/3rd of Mamdani’s term.
Mamdani Turns NYC into Wasteland of Corpses and Trash
Approximately 80,000 New Yorkers called 311 last month — the highest monthly total on record — reporting a lack of heat and hot water during frigid temperatures below ten degrees, according to the report. Tenants throughout the city reported days without heat, freezing-cold showers, and overnight shutoffs.
Tens of Thousands in NYC Without Heat, Tenants Slam Mayor Zohran Mamdani
Prince George’s County, Md, is going to court to evict legal residents over damage allegedly caused by the camp
‘We’re Not Criminalizing the Unhoused’: How a Homeless Encampment and Drug Dealers Are Destroying a Local Condominium Complex and Turning Its Residents’ Lives Upside Down
As the 2026 Mayor’s race looms, voters will soon have their own after‑action review at the ballot box.
Sources: Karen Bass Pressured LAFD to Water Down Wildfire Disaster After-Action Report
The judiciary is essential to the republic, and Chief Justice Roberts has taken an excellent step in safeguarding the hallowed deliberative process.
Supreme Court’s New Anti-Leak Measures Are A Good Start
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The collaboration aims to enhance Nigeria’s counter-terrorism capabilities, particularly in combating Islamist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP.
Trump Deploys Tactical Team to Nigeria Amid Continued Attacks Against Christians.
The attacks occurred in addition to other documented assaults by jihadists in multiple states in the north and center of the country this week. They also followed the confirmation on Tuesday by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) that a “small team” of American military officers had been deployed to Nigeria to aid in the fight against terrorism. President Donald Trump declared Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for religious freedom in October, citing its long-held status as the deadliest place in the world to practice Christianity, thanks to the large presence of radical Islamists. President Trump, with the cooperation of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, bombed northwestern Nigeria on Christmas Day to neutralize the jihadist threat in the area. Experts suggested the likeliest targets of those airstrikes were members of the Islamic State affiliate Lakurawa.
Potentially 200+ Killed in Suspected ISIS-Linked Attacks in Western Nigeria
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Rabbi Moshe Davis' replacement, Phylisa Wisdom, has bashed Israel and tweeted of having 'totally missed Yom Kippur'
Ousted NYC Anti-Semitism Czar: Mamdani Replaced Me With Left-Wing Activist Because I'm a 'Proud Jew' Who Doesn't Hate Israel
The organization has long supported those same rights for members of terrorist groups and anti-Semites
PEN America, Advocate for 'Free Expression,' Withdraws Defense of Israeli Comedian Who Refused To Condemn Jewish State
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Trump wants to keep home prices high, but falling prices—not easy money—are the real path to affordability, savings, and long-term economic growth.
Falling House Prices are Good for Everyone, Even Homeowners
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Traditionally, New York City mayors are supposed to visit injured police officers in the hospital
Mamdani Visits Attempted Police-Stabber in Hospital
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Dvid Harsanyi: I generally don’t celebrate when people lose their jobs. As most of us know firsthand, being laid off can be a brutal experience. Indeed, when an outfit such as the Post cuts back its workforce, good people will typically lose their jobs while the worst offenders stay on. But the unmitigated arrogance and sense of entitlement exuded by journalists, who seem to believe they have a God-given right to work no matter how much money they lose their employer or how poorly they do the jobs, speaks to the problem more. Over the past decade, The Washington Post has been one of the leading culprits in the collapse of public trust in journalism.
Axed Washington Post reporters dug their own graves
No prisoners taken.
Video: Douglas Murray Tears Cenk to Shreds

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
“We estimate there is enough dissolved lithium present in that region to replace US imports of lithium and more.”
Arkansas’ Lithium Jackpot: New Tech Turns Ancient Saltwater Into ‘White Gold’
Soaring energy prices are the result of misguided government policy—time for a course correction.
Electric Shock
For Trump, the problem at the NSF is the problem in the entire government. Do the agencies carry out the president’s directives?
Stalled Battle Against Woke Science Shows Trump Can’t End The Entire Deep State By Himself
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
One parent cannot believe the school board concentrates on its safety more than student safety.
Loudoun County School Leaders Under Fire Over ‘Terrorist’ Training Simulating Parents as Attackers
"Put the pronouns back in the email."
Trans Teachers Behaving Badly
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
This is vicious and nasty. And I said to our Republican colleagues, it will not pass the Senate. You will not get a single Democratic vote in the Senate. (Considering Jim Crow was Democrat Policy, vayr ge hargit paskudnyak momzer - jjs)
Chuck Schemer: SAVE Act Requiring ID to Vote ‘Is Jim Crow 2.0’
The SAVE Act faces strong opposition from Senate Democrats, despite overwhelming voter support for voter ID.
Schemer Vows to Block Voter ID Despite 71% of Dems Supporting It: ‘Jim Crow 2.0.’
Pence felt the need to slither out of political obscurity to finger wag at people who actually want to safeguard elections against noncitizen voters.
Mike ‘Pick Me’ Pence’s Opposition To The SAVE Act Is Dishonest And Constitutionally Illiterate
Currently, Trump is the only one who can make the SAVE Act happen, yet he seems to have no interest in doing so.
Unless The SAVE Act Passes, The Swamp Will Destroy America
L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has donated more than $1.8 million to the Welcome PAC, funding Dem campaigns in competitive House races.
‘Moderate’ Dems Take Big Checks From Billionaire Donor With Epstein Ties

DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
A Republican congressman attempted to win a political boost for his gubernatorial campaign by holding out on the spending bill, colleague says.
Tennessee Republican Threw Wrench Into Shutdown Vote Because He Was ‘Mad’ At Trump, Congressman Says
POLITICS
McConnell has faced several health incidents in recent years: a concussion in March 2023, on-camera freezing episodes that drew scrutiny, and a stumble in the Russell Senate Office Building basement in October 2025. A childhood polio survivor, he has long had an unsteady gait but has appeared increasingly frail over the past year. He now often moves through the Capitol with security detail members providing physical support. (If I were a suspicious type I'd say McCHi-Com is faking his illness - jjs)
Mitch McConnell’s Hospital Stay Is Delaying The SAVE Act
Harris and her team announced Thursday that her campaign X account, previously called “KamalaHQ,” will be called “Headquarters” and be devoted to being a “new Gen-Z led progressive content hub.” The former vice president explained in a video that it is a place for young people to get the latest on the news and meet political leaders.
EXCLUSIVE: Even Democrats Don’t Know What Kamala Is Doing
'It’s where you can go online to get basically the latest of what’s going on,' Harris says of her much-teased new project, 'Headquarters'
Kamala Harris Partners With Soros-Funded Nonprofit To Rebrand Her Failed Campaign's Social Media Accounts
I suppose I should admit it. I miss Kamala Harris. Life in this country has not been the same without her. . . Most of all I have missed the great, seemingly wine-fueled, stand-up moments, when she talks about something that she seems to find almost endlessly amusing.
Douglas Murray: Kamala Harris returning to the political landscape can be best described by Gen Z as ‘cringe’
It's hard to comment on all the lunacy that's taken hold of our country, because there's so much of it out there.
Some Headlines We’d Like To Write

IRAN ON the BRINK?!
The seizures come as Iranian rhetoric toward the US has grown hostile.
Iran seizes oil tankers, threatens ‘massacre’ in Strait of Hormuz, hours before US talks
Tehran's carpet merchants have finally met their match.
The Iran Negotiations
Fred Fleitz: Trump faces a stark Iran choice: accept hollow talks that prop up a brutal regime, or apply real pressure—diplomatic and military—to weaken Tehran and back its people’s fight for freedom.
Trump’s Iran Conundrum: Navigating Talks Amid Tensions and Turmoil
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
When peace is a suicidal illusion.
What Almog Meir Jan Learned as a Hostage: ‘There Are No Innocents in Gaza’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Vance indicated the framework agreement contains new, critical benefits for the United States beyond the existing security arrangement pertaining to Greenland.
Europe Continuing to Make Key Concessions on Greenland in Secret: Vance.
The endorsement highlights the strong U.S.-Japan relationship and emphasizes the shared priorities of Trump and Takaichi in national security, trade, and immigration.
Trump Endorses Japan’s Anti-Mass Migration Prime Minister Ahead of Sunday Snap Election.
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"Starting tonight, dozens of the most commonly-used prescription drugs will be available at dramatic discounts..."
TrumpRx Officially Launches With Promise To Dramatically Cut Drug Costs For Americans
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
What is implausible about Pluto’s atmosphere is the location of the planet, about 3.7 billion miles from the Sun, out in the nether reaches of the solar system. At that distance sunlight is very weak, and produces very little energy. And yet, there is enough energy here to produce an atmosphere of mostly nitrogen gas, with trace amounts of methane and carbon monoxide. Scientists think this atmosphere only exists when Pluto is closer to the Sun in its somewhat oblong orbit, and freezes out the rest of the time. As Pluto was just retreating in 2015 from that closest approach in the last two decades of the 20th century, New Horizons could detect its presence.
Pluto’s implausible atmosphere, as seen in 2015 by New Horizons
. . . this story signals the continuing transition in the weather satellite industry from the government/Soviet-style model, where all weather satellites are built and operated by governments, to the capitalism model, where governments and industry buy weather data from privately built, launched, and maintained commercial constellations.
Israeli weather satellite startup raises $175 million in investment capital (Sefton and His Rabbis LLC... All your weathers are belongs to us, L'Chaim! - jjs)
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
A WPATH leader admitted in court that trans surgeries do not stop suicides.
Why Detransitioners Are Poised For Massive Wins In Court
If it is medically necessary to affirm every child's declared gender identity, as they so firmly claimed all of these years, this is a profound and sudden change. If evidence doesn't support it now, did it ever?
Medical groups change course on child sex changes ONLY because of massive detrans malpractice win
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
America First Legal (AFL) filed a civil rights complaint against Nike with the EEOC in 2024.
Feds Investigating Nike for Allegedly Discriminating Against White Employees
‘Hate’ is just another word for meanness, which is the opposite of niceness, which is the guiding ethic of the postmodern liberal mind.
Hating ‘Hate’ Is The Left’s Laziest And Dumbest Virtue-Signal Yet
The problem, as it always is, is that facts refuse to cooperate with the Democrats’ narrative. Gutfeld pointed out what that voter ID enjoys broad support across racial and partisan lines, then played a clip of CNN data analyst Harry Enten reporting how “85% of white people favor it, 82% of Latino, 76% of black Americans favor it,” concluding that “the bottom line is this: voter ID is not controversial in this country.”
Gutfeld Destroys the Democrats’ Voter ID Double Standard, and It’s Glorious
Is the new Star Trek series really as woke as some have claimed?
Star Trek: Making the Federation Great Again
Christian Toto: Documentary gains steam as media war against FLOTUS film continues
Is the ‘Sound of Freedom’ Effect Powering ‘Melania?’
Josh Greenberg, a digital media strategist who left Park Slope, New York, in 2022 told Tablet Magazine that he went to dinner a week after his alleged mugging, where his friends accused him of “perpetuating cycles” and causing “harm” by pressing charges against his alleged mugger. (Greenberg should find the mugger and give him all his "friends" personal info!- jjs)
‘More Sympathy For The Guy That Mugged Me’ — New Yorkers Reveal Final Straw That Made Them Flee City
HITHER & YON
Lloyd Billingsley: Margarete Buber-Neumann, prisoner of Stalin and Hitler.
The Hero Nobody Knows

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:30 AM

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1 Good morning, everyone! Now for the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 07:31 AM (svLOV)

2 Activists erected a makeshift roadblock, turning the intersection into a roundabout

I saw what happened to Reginald Denny. People doing that to me will not enjoy what I do.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 07:33 AM (svLOV)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 06, 2026 07:33 AM (jtM2q)

4 If I lived up there I would have a snow plow on my truck for such contingencies.

Posted by: fd at February 06, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

5 Kamala Harris Partners With Soros-Funded Nonprofit To Rebrand Her Failed Campaign's Social Media Accounts

Do the Democrats still think she's a viable candidate? Or is it just "Let her talk and while she's distracted, we'll get someone better"?

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 07:35 AM (svLOV)

Daily Tech News 6 February 2026

Top Story

losetup is the key
Nvidia will not be releasing any new video cards this year. (Tom's Hardware)

Their money is all tied up in not investing in OpenAI.

They aren't likely to release anything new next year either. The 5000 Super series appears to be dead and the 6000 series has been pushed back to 2028.

That leaves the field wide open for AMD to fumble.
Valve meanwhile will be releasing its new Steam Cube this year, just not quite yet. (Liliputing)

Real soon now though.

Tech News

Razer's new limited edition Boomslang costs $1337. (Tom's Hardware)

It's a mouse.
If you already have an Nvidia graphics card, congratulations! (Tom's Hardware)

The latest Windows 11 update causes major problems, including reduced performance and graphics glitches.

You can roll it back but the same update patches 114 security holes.
It's 2026. Just use Postgres. (Tigerdata)

Postgres is something of a database construction kit, but that is likely still less work than (as in the example provided) running seven different databases.
There are multiple critical flaws in n8n, whatever that is. (Bleeping Computer)

So what counts as critical these days?
According to Pillar Security, exploiting CVE-2026-25049 enables complete compromise of the n8n instance and could be leveraged to run arbitrary system commands on the server, steal all stored credentials, secrets (API keys, OAuth tokens), and sensitive configuration files.
Yeah, sounds pretty critical to me.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Down on the corner, out my back door.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning all.

Posted by: Tuna at February 06, 2026 04:03 AM (lJ0H4)

2 Good morning! Up early to download data for a new project. teh interwebz seem to be slow....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 06, 2026 04:07 AM (3Ope8)

3 Morning!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 06, 2026 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

4 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isiah 41:10

Posted by: kingsman at February 06, 2026 04:09 AM (ehY6c)

5 Another outstanding musical choice. Thanks Pixy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 06, 2026 04:29 AM (+NW8W)

6 Good morning Tech thread.

Is the deep freeze easing for you?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 06, 2026 04:29 AM (qIWqI)

7 Is the deep freeze easing for you?
Posted by: Pete Bog

Yep. Gonna be in the 60's here in Nashville land next week.

Posted by: Tuna at February 06, 2026 04:33 AM (lJ0H4)

8 w00t

Posted by: m at February 06, 2026 04:37 AM (8NTVk)

9 Mid 70s for the next 4-5 days, and dry like a popcorn fart. Gonna be great golf weather.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 06, 2026 04:38 AM (3Ope8)

10 >>>losetup is the key

wut
covfefe

Posted by: m at February 06, 2026 04:39 AM (8NTVk)

11 a new hash I have

Posted by: m at February 06, 2026 04:41 AM (8NTVk)

12 It is almost like they don’t want us to have fancy CPU’s or RAM or something.
Monitors we can have, and cannabis, but nothing else, except sex with robots, that’s ok, and cannabis smoking robot sex workers, that’s cool, but no vaping or cigarettes

Posted by: Accomack at February 06, 2026 04:41 AM (/Chlc)

13 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 06, 2026 04:42 AM (bQ4nt)

14 Creedence Clearwater Rivial, damn that takes me back to the days of no Grammy's show (?) Real music and no shitting on the USA. Vietnam was still going and I was in college in NYC.
Damn I miss those days when life was worth living, as they say.

Posted by: Colin at February 06, 2026 04:43 AM (e8qy3)

15
Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com › item
If you have a full dd image of the disk, you can just do losetup -Pf /path/to/your/image.___ and that will pick a loopback device and perform the partprobe

ok!

Posted by: m at February 06, 2026 04:43 AM (8NTVk)

16 It is expected to be 9° here Sunday morning. Most thermometers in LSD stop at 20° cause everything else does

Posted by: Accomack at February 06, 2026 04:44 AM (/Chlc)

17 willowed

270 Grandbaby is home with mom and dad. I will be there tomorrow giving lessons in baby stuff. Also, bringing dinner, I suspect. These kids are clueless, which is fine, because I am not.

Those huge, huge gray eyes. He does know who the really fun grandma is. Already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 06, 2026 03:06 AM (I40wl)

Many congratulations!

Posted by: m at February 06, 2026 04:45 AM (8NTVk)

18 giving lessons in baby stuff...

Congrats! Spoiling grandkids is the best!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 06, 2026 04:48 AM (3Ope8)

19 15
Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com › item
If you have a full dd image of the disk, you can just do losetup -Pf /path/to/your/image.___ and that will pick a loopback device and perform the partprobe

ok!
Posted by: m

That's exactly what I was doing. Complicated magic trick but saves my employer twenty grand in Amazon bandwidth charges.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 06, 2026 04:48 AM (BLOW1)

20 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at February 06, 2026 04:50 AM (AN2gy)

21 I was always told (when hopping for a raise) that you had to be worth more to the company than what they paid you. Is that a thing of the past now? But with all the tech layoffs, must be a lot of worthless jobs out there.

Posted by: Colin at February 06, 2026 04:57 AM (e8qy3)

22 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 04:57 AM (u82oZ)

23 Here is a mellow introduction to the day.
This is the Stranglers Golden Brown with A/I use of David Brubeck's Take Five video and no funky harpsichord.
https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 04:58 AM (u82oZ)

24 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 06, 2026 05:01 AM (PzBTm)

25 I have a 4 minute commercial before the video starts. Hate You Tube, but limited options for such a packed resource.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:01 AM (u82oZ)

26 @Pixy: "losetup is the key"

Was there supposed to be a link with that?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)

27 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

* Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:02 AM (u82oZ)

28 m

Did you change a router or something to get a new nic?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:03 AM (u82oZ)

29 Wow today's tech news was just chock full o' suck. Give it up for AI and vibe coding, everybody!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

30 {{Salty!}}

Good to see you!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 06, 2026 05:06 AM (PzBTm)

31 Four minutes of commercials? I just have regular YT, and the videos are just one before they show whatever you want to see. Prime runs a series of commercials before a movie but haven't seen that any where else. Hanging out with wrong crowd I guess.

Posted by: Colin at February 06, 2026 05:07 AM (e8qy3)

32 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Here is a video I shared with former coworkers:

https://x.com/hot_pepper76/status/ 2017981965958291740.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:10 AM (u82oZ)

33 G'Day everyone
Its Friday and road trip day

Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 05:10 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Belated BOING!

Busy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 06, 2026 05:11 AM (xLaq1)

35 26 @Pixy: "losetup is the key"

Was there supposed to be a link with that?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

The link is left as an exercise for the reader. We could all do with a little exercise.

(m found it)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 06, 2026 05:12 AM (BLOW1)

36 Rosasharn

Your twirling is an event to be savored.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

37
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)

38 Colin

Wrong crowd indeed.

I have to have the window open and being viewed for the timer on the commercial to advance. This is extortion, and I refuse to pay $14 per month to make it go away. I can live my life without You Tube.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:15 AM (u82oZ)

39 Waiting for the winter hocky tournament to begin. USA!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 06, 2026 05:16 AM (3Ope8)

40 @NaCly Dog: "Here is a video I shared with former coworkers: "

Link no worky.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

41 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Mind the gap.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:17 AM (u82oZ)

42 But with all the tech layoffs, must be a lot of worthless jobs out there.

When they say "tech jobs" it may not necessarily mean actual coders but people of unclear purposes hired as DEI quota filling.

There is a remarkable amount of specialization these days. Was eavesdropping in on a "technical meeting" between a third party and the bank on integrating a payment system into a mobile app. 65 people. Probably only needed 10 at most. Lots of people with "Director" and "Manager" in the titles, and exactly zero of them had anything to contribute, and nothing of value to receive.

Heard a bunch of "We need to check on that" which means the people who knew what was going on were not there.

Had a quick five minute with the architect on the mobile team following, and he has one person working on a PoC. One person.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 06, 2026 05:18 AM (a4flb)

43 I have to have the window open and being viewed for the timer on the commercial to advance. This is extortion, and I refuse to pay $14 per month to make it go away. I can live my life without You Tube.

Then how are you ever going to know why manhole covers are round in a thirty minute instructional video?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 06, 2026 05:21 AM (a4flb)

44 ED Sullivan, ha "we've got a a really big shoe"

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 06, 2026 05:21 AM (MmTZZ)

45 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 06, 2026 05:23 AM (wBh67)

46 Found the answer on You Tube. I have an ad blocker. So You Tube ads an unskippable ad before the showing. I got off easy with only 4 minutes. Some are an hour long.

Remove the ad blocker, and I should get 15 to 30 second ads, or pay $168 dollars a year for no ads.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:25 AM (u82oZ)

47 @NaCly Dog: Can you please test that link you sent to co-workers in #32? I had no luck with it at x.com or xcancel.com and suspect the end digit might have gotten fat-fingered when pasting.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

48 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I did test it. I copied it into a tab, removed the two spaces, and it played on my computer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:37 AM (u82oZ)

49 Evening and morning, all! It's Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

I'm up a little earlier than I planned, but I can't blame Stirling the big black cat for waking me. Well, you know, I *can* blame him, but it won't stick.

No matter. It's 46 F., almost no wind, going up to 70 today with some west wind, so I'll work out in the afternoon.

So, what's new?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:37 AM (wzUl9)

50 >>> Can you please test that link you sent to co-workers in #32?

Remove the space in the middle and the period at the end.

Posted by: fluffy at February 06, 2026 05:37 AM (AN2gy)

51 Greetings everyone! The temporary crown has settled and I can eat normally again. I took some pain killers last night just in case I had problems and I'm happy to say that I slept well.

Now to just deal with having to work extra hours to get my PTO back.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 05:39 AM (svLOV)

52 t is almost like they don’t want us to have fancy CPU’s or RAM or something.
Monitors we can have, and cannabis, but nothing else, except sex with robots, that’s ok, and cannabis smoking robot sex workers, that’s cool, but no vaping or cigarettes
Posted by: Accomack at February 06, 2026

***
I'll skip the cannabis, but where do I put in my order for the "Young Nicole Kidman" model?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

53 @NaCly Dog and fluffy:

*SNORTS* Okay, that's getting shared around the bus yard. :-)

Thanks you two, that removal of the space (and period) did the trick. I didn't even see the space in the middle. My eyes are getting old and tired.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

54 I'll skip the cannabis, but where do I put in my order for the "Young Nicole Kidman" model?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026

***
If that one's a little out of my price range, I'd love the "Young Jan Smithers" model. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

55 . . . My eyes are getting old and tired.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026

***
"The Leader of the Band is tired
And his eyes are growing old. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

56 NR Pax, I'm glad to hear your dental issues are on their way to being resolved.

Rosasharn, your twirling is as always appreciated!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

57 No graphics cards for two years? Fine. I'll play Zork I. And Zork II. And Zork III.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 06, 2026 05:50 AM (BydOW)

58 “A hundred million guns are loaded. Satan cries: Take Aim !”. - The Prophet, John Fogarty.

Whenever I see servicemen, I think, were we really that young? Yeah, they are and we were. We became old hands in our mid thirties.

Anyway. Greetings from the Carolinas. Enjoying a return to normal winter weather.

Who is John Galt?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 06, 2026 05:51 AM (zqeQL)

59 Good morning all. Warming up for today, maybe mid-50's.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 06, 2026 05:52 AM (+HIcA)

60
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayer said, house dogs taken care of, kennel dogs let out. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian with my coffee and a salami and provolone on toast sandwich.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 06, 2026 05:52 AM (tgvbd)

61 56 NR Pax, I'm glad to hear your dental issues are on their way to being resolved.

Thank you, Wolfus. It's not too bad a thing; basically, the one tooth that has been with me the longest was showing its age and some fractures were showing up. I'm the kind of person who hears things like that, breaks out the credit card and says "How soon can we fix this?"

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 05:53 AM (svLOV)

62 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

We regret that the Young Nicole Kidman and Young Jan Smithers sex robots are out of stock.

The good news is that young Maxine Waters is available.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:54 AM (u82oZ)

63 “A hundred million guns are loaded. Satan cries: Take Aim !”. - The Prophet, John Fogarty. . . .

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 06, 2026

***
I always thought that line was “A hundred million guns are loaded. Satan cries: Fair game!” It works either way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

64 Another outstanding musical choice. Thanks Pixy.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 06, 2026 04:29 AM (+NW8W)

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It's so right it even sounds good on my phone.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 06, 2026 05:56 AM (1kYfW)

65 We regret that the Young Nicole Kidman and Young Jan Smithers sex robots are out of stock.

The good news is that young Maxine Waters is available.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026

***
Might have known --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

66 JM in Illinois

A popular option, unused by all tech companies, is to freeze upgrades and have a computer that plays the games you want, without making them unplayable.

It is a crime against GAIA.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

67 The good news is that young Maxine Waters is available.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

No mute button and when you try to ask it to do anything, it yells "RECLAIMING MY TIME!"

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 05:58 AM (svLOV)

68 NR Pax

** Shudder **

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

69 A popular option, unused by all tech companies, is to freeze upgrades and have a computer that plays the games you want, without making them unplayable.

That's crazy talk! Next up, you're going to say that once you buy a game it's your property!

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 05:59 AM (svLOV)

70 Little Dagny La Siberienne is up here on the sofa arm with me, pushing her little hint that breakfast is overdue. A few more minutes, girl, while I get dressed, then I'll feed us all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

71 We regret that the Young Nicole Kidman and Young Jan Smithers sex robots are out of stock.

The good news is that young Maxine Waters is available.

There are some Pamala Anderson models remaining, but you will end up with a VD.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 06, 2026 06:00 AM (a4flb)

72 NR Pax

Free the Game Rice Bowls. Make ownership a reality again.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 06:00 AM (u82oZ)

73 68 NR Pax

** Shudder **
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Did you see the video on Not The Bee where Scott Bessent fought back against her?

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 06:00 AM (svLOV)

74 "Make ownership a reality again."

GOG has entered the chat.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 06:01 AM (svLOV)

75 Damn I miss those days when life was worth living, as they say.
Posted by: Colin at February 06, 2026 04:43 AM (e8qy3)

--‐

And a communist takeover was an external threat. So we'll fight them here.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 06, 2026 06:02 AM (VVQO9)

76 NR Pax

Yes. Yes, I did.

Needs to happen much more. Those corrupt people are energy vampires to the bright promise of a clean, advanced, civilization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 06:03 AM (u82oZ)

77 Those corrupt people are energy vampires to the bright promise of a clean, advanced, civilization.

Agreed. The phrase I've used when people are wailing about what's happening with ICE: "We are going to have civilization back one way or the other. Your feelings mean nothing."

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 06:05 AM (svLOV)

78 Friday. Endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Eromero at February 06, 2026 06:06 AM (IAc3W)

79 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Run through the jungle with Proud Mary.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 06, 2026 06:07 AM (7Zi37)

80 >>>>Here is a mellow introduction to the day.
This is the Stranglers Golden Brown with A/I use of David Brubeck's Take Five video and no funky harpsichord.
https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 04:58 AM (u82oZ)
*****
Thanks NaCly, I enjoyed that. Made me smile and be happy.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 06, 2026 06:10 AM (+HIcA)

81 Good morning morons

The Munich talks have been moved from Turkey to Oman.

Trump 2027: "I fvcked up, I trusted them."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

82 @NaCly Dog: That video now copied to my phone. Thank you for that laugh this morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

83 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

You are welcome.

Now, don't drive like a knucklehead. May every light turn green for you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

84 Have a great day, everyone.

May there be rejoicing in your life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 06, 2026 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

85 SanFranpsycho, Tousi has a very good analysis about the talks.

Trump has a "trump card"

Posted by: Ben Had at February 06, 2026 06:35 AM (0KSrI)

86 I'm just here for the twirling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

87 @NaCly Dog: It's the passenger vehicle drivers that are driving like knuckleheads. The last two days have been extremely bad for driver impatience and stupid decisions on their part. I've got my head on a swivel, and it needs to be.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 06, 2026 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

88 G'mornin' everyone!

and thank you, Rosasharn, for making Friday official! Yay Friday!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 06, 2026 06:38 AM (Cjt/F)

89 Posted by: Ben Had at February 06, 2026 06:35 AM (0KSrI)
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Thank you dear I will take a look.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

90 SanFranpsycho, you are going to love the trump card.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 06, 2026 06:41 AM (0KSrI)

91 "That leaves the field wide open for AMD to fumble."

Ground can't cause a fumble.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 06, 2026 06:43 AM (KAi1n)

92 It's worse than I thought. Not only was there two drone incidents, the IRGC has seized two foreign ships and "arrested" 15

Trump should bring his shinebox to the talks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

93
https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs

I used to be able to long press on a link to highlight the whole thing. Then just a tap.
No longer works that way.Maybe I need a new browser

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 06, 2026 06:45 AM (VmoTc)

94 SanFranpsycho, you are going to love the trump card.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 06, 2026 06:41 AM (0KSrI)
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b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 06, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

95 91 "That leaves the field wide open for AMD to fumble."

Ground can't cause a fumble.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 06, 2026 06:43 AM (KAi1n)

I’m sure AMD will find a way for the ball to fall out of their hands.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at February 06, 2026 06:46 AM (vMhK6)

96 The IRGC tried to seize an American tanker and failed because our navy moved in to escort the tanker The nationality of the two tankers and the crew that were seized have not been disclosed.

This scenario is possible
The tankers were Chinese and the seizure was a ruse .

Posted by: Ben Had at February 06, 2026 06:51 AM (0KSrI)

97

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 06, 2026 06:51 AM (DDJSl)

98 Should head off soon

Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 06:57 AM (Ia/+0)

99 Cold today, high winds and 19 degrees tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 06:59 AM (Ia/+0)

100 Has the global search for Guthrie been resolved yet?

I'd keep my eye on the Clintons.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 06, 2026 07:01 AM (TOSLe)

101 When I was young, there was a lot of "exploiting the workers" stuff.

That is socialist crap. If you are in an enterprise, you want to be paid less than your are worth so the enterprise can be profitable and you get to keep your job.

Nowadays, the only folks not being exploited are in government (all facets). They don't have to be productive, so they are not.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 06, 2026 07:01 AM (qFwJc)

102 Donuts have been brought into the office. Life is good.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 06, 2026 07:01 AM (svLOV)

103 A 1964 pilot for a horror series (that never was picked up) called The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre is on Movies! It's a neat-looking B & W movie with Martin Landau, Diane Baker, and Dame Judith Anderson, in a story written and directed in atmospheric style by the Outer Limits head honcho, Joseph Stefano. Landau plays an architect who investigates possible psychic phenomena. The thrust on this one is that ghosts and the supernatural are real, though the hero at first approaches the mystery as if it were a series of tricks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

104 The Marxists mostly have given up on Workers of the World Unite for race and class warfare.

Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 07:08 AM (Ia/+0)

105 103: And Landau's apple-cheeked housekeeper is a hard-headed realist who says, "Someone's got to *not* believe in ghosts." So we have the chance for Landau and the housekeeper, Mrs. Finch, to discuss the evidence for and against ghosts. Interesting characters!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 06, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

106 That leaves the field wide open for AMD to fumble.
++++
Who knows. Maybe they won't! Maybe Intel won't, either. And then when Nvidia comes back to the consumer market after the AI bubble collapses, it will only have, say, 70% market share. That would be great, because then "only runs properly on Nvidia" would be less appealing for developers, since that means leaving 30% of the market experiencing a substandard product.

An "Nvidia and the two dwarfs" situation wouldn't be a terrible outcome. If neither competitor fumbles. My money - if I were betting - would be on Intel not fumbling. They're still focused on consumer, business general and non-AI datacenter. They might end up laughing all the bank by default when the AI bubble comes to an end - its recent malaise notwithstanding.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 06, 2026 07:12 AM (MABZ1)

107 Red Chinese ships are floating toilets manned by slave crews.

Nasty people, nasty ships.

Posted by: Nasty Nasty Nasty at February 06, 2026 07:15 AM (hXJe5)

108 Off to war
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at February 06, 2026 07:24 AM (Ia/+0)

109 The history of socialism since the 1920s, starting with Gramsci and Mussolini, is largely concerned with the problem of Marxian dialectics being a deterministic, self-referential fantasy.

None of it was playing out like it was supposed to in the Western countries this nonsense was supposed to naturally develop in. The proletariat in the industrial economies simply failed to develop the class consciousness as predicted, and socialism was only able to emerge by force in an agrarian monarchy several steps behind the bourgeois capitalist stage of the self-referential fantasy.

Since then, it's all been about major overhauls of the fantasy to include the institutional vanguards, the emergence of fascism, and of course the replacement of the uncooperative proletariat that had so disappointed the fantasists - so we got this mutated racial and cultural Marxism.

The "working class" ceased being the focus of Western Marxists a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 06, 2026 07:25 AM (BI5O2)

110 you too, Skip!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 06, 2026 07:25 AM (Cjt/F)

111 mornin yall

"Panic as Bitcoin crisis escalates as value plunges in half and crypto geeks see entire fortunes vanish"

Are the tulips coming home to roost?

Posted by: fd at February 06, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

112 spot-on, YD!

far from a vehicle to help people, it's a vast self-perpetuating conspiracy of psycho / socio paths to enslave and torture the entire world

if they ever acheived that, they would try to spread the toxin across the galaxy like the Eddorians.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 06, 2026 07:30 AM (Cjt/F)

113 Panic as Bitcoin crisis escalates as value plunges in half and crypto geeks see entire fortunes vanish

It's now priced below its mining cost from what I've read elsewhere.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 06, 2026 07:30 AM (56/oC)

114 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 06, 2026 07:30 AM (Cjt/F)

115 Join us for our launch today at 8 a.m. EST. Check your cable listings.

Posted by: The 24/7 Nancy Guthrie News Channel at February 06, 2026 07:31 AM (Y1sOo)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - February 5, 2026 [Doof]

Snowy, wooden bridge - Stare Juchy, Poland

Howdy Hordelings! Hope you're having a nice Thursday evening. Welcome to the ONT. What's on your mind tonight?

***

Moron worthy behavior.

This guy with the Trump 2028 hat and the megaphone is WINNING.

The left tries everything, but nothing silences him. pic.twitter.com/A9ryg7KHFo
— Mila Joy (@Milajoy) February 4, 2026

Fess up - is this one of you??

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Bring on the fish puns.

Quite the fish tale: Muskie caught in 1918 restored

An Ogdensburg taxidermist has completed restoration work on the oldest creature of his career: a muskie caught in 1918 by a 92-year-old woman.
The 50-inch fish was originally caught by Margaret Harden just off Wellesley Island. The catch made the newspaper at the time.
Captivated by the story, Frances O’Tool commissioned the restoration.
“At 92, I just thought that was gumption and it’s a very, very fun story,” O’Tool said.
O’Tool received the muskie from a family friend who was one of Harden’s descendants. Time had taken its toll on the mounted fish.
“It was sagging. It was discolored. It looked like a big sweatsock kind of,” O’Tool said.

TV news segment video at the link.

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From fish to Florida ~~Man~~ Snake

A Routine Hunt in the Everglades Turned Into a Record-Breaking Python Capture

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history of the Sunshine State.
Capturing this creature required a hard-fought battle, during which a professional python hunter was dragged over an anthill. Some people may even consider this an injustice. The truth, however, requires an understanding of the Florida Everglades, the invasive species that have taken over its ecosystem, and the people who answer the call to combat a problem that is growing out of control. Let’s learn more about Carl Jackson and how his foray into the Everglades in search of one particular invasive species led him to capture the second-largest python ever found in Florida’s history.
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Carl Jackson is one of the few people in Florida equipped for dealing with these massive, monstrous invasive snakes. He is a licensed, full-time python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Jackson was on assignment in the Everglades on the afternoon of January 13 when he came across a sizable specimen. As reported by USA Today, Jackson was traveling on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park when he saw a Burmese python’s tracks snaking across the road. Jackson assumed they were from a smaller python, perhaps eight or nine feet long.
Jackson headed into the vegetation to get a closer look. He told the Naples Daily News, “I go in [to the bushes] and walk around, and I see a head.” In an instant, Jackson knew he was dealing with a much larger snake than he expected. He started wrestling with it, but the snake easily dragged him back over a red-and-black anthill. He said, “It was like riding a slow horse. It was insane.”

Long article at the link. Check out the whole thing.

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Both of these articles hit my feed today. I have no idea if they're directly related. Probably. I just can't bring myself to read about these boondoggles. Maybe one of you will read them and give us an overview?

Engineers confirm construction has begun on a vast underwater rail line designed to link entire continents through a deep-sea tunnel

Bold vision or reckless fantasy: engineers race to build a high-speed train under the ocean, promising to link two continents in minutes and split public opinion

I'm reminded of this tune from the early 80s. Solo work from Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan).

"On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris"

Cool tune. And here's a decent cover version from Howard Jones.

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

New difficulty scale in effect. Easy / Moderate / Difficult. This one is Easy.

What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by empathy

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Another whelming production from Doof Enterprises, LLC. Dare to be average!

Your feedback may or may not be very important to Doof Enterprises. Follow Mr. Doof on X @doof2112 or do the email thing – doof2112 at proton dot me.

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1 🎶Oh, Ameeeelia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily

Since she got referenced a few times last thread:

https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-01
https://bit.ly/amelia-memes-02

Next one under construction.

Posted by: mindful webworker - learn to link lesson #32 at February 05, 2026 10:02 PM (/4mOE)

2 DOOF

ONT!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 05, 2026 10:02 PM (t/Eo5)

3 Hello, ONT!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 05, 2026 10:03 PM (dhHpw)

4 Howdy Doof!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 05, 2026 10:04 PM (H/suN)

5 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

6 Common Leitmotif: Bad Hair!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2026 10:05 PM (JbyEi)

7 I'm going with mullets as the theme

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:05 PM (lpTXP)

8 Good Evening.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 05, 2026 10:05 PM (9NN0K)

9 The Florida ladies. They always, how do you say, want to see the Python.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

10 Another whelming production from Doof Enterprises, LLC. Dare to be average!
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The Goldilocks whelm!

Not overwhelming or underwhelming, but just the right level of whelming.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)

11 Anyone have a recommendation for a bad rash? asking for a ... friend

Posted by: Gil Bates at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

12 Good evening morons y gracias Disco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

13 Some of those Amelia AI songs are legit bangers.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

14 I want some Trump '28 merchandise, just so I can watch certain people's heads explode (metaphorically) with unhinged rage.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (e8IPH)

15 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 10:07 PM (SRRAx)

16 2 DOOF

ONT!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 05, 2026 10:02 PM (t/Eo5)

3 Hello, ONT!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 05, 2026 10:03 PM (dhHpw)

4 Howdy Doof!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 05, 2026 10:04 PM (H/suN)

5 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

Greetings to you all!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

17 Kinda thought no pythons was a rule.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

18 6 Common Leitmotif: Bad Hair!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2026 10:05 PM (JbyEi)

7 I'm going with mullets as the theme
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:05 PM (lpTXP)

Not what I was going for, but I see your points!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

19 .... Sir.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 10:09 PM (jtM2q)

20 The Goldilocks whelm!

Not overwhelming or underwhelming, but just the right level of whelming.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)

See also - "rated". Not overrated or underrated.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

21 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 05, 2026 10:09 PM (wBh67)

22 Sorry I'm late, I was hanging out with my supermodel girlfriend.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (L6F6A)

23 Kinda thought no pythons was a rule.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Well, the Pythongorean Theorem is right out.

Posted by: no math! at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

24 Good evening morons y gracias Disco.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

Howdy SF.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

25 Guess The Theme - looks like "goofy hair."

Posted by: mindful webworker - Rod Stewart is uncanny valley stuff at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (/4mOE)

26 11 Anyone have a recommendation for a bad rash? asking for a ... friend
Posted by: Gil Bates at February 05, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

Go rolling around in an inner city dumpster for a few minutes, you'll have a rash in no time.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (L6F6A)

27 Sorry I'm late, I was hanging out with my supermodel girlfriend.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (L6F6A)

Which one? Cuz I'll fight you for 90s Kathy Ireland or Elle McPherson!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

28 Nice ONT, Doof - except for the danged big snake!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA)

29 Kinda thought no pythons was a rule.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

The Paolo, how you say, did not this fact know.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)

30 2112 CST

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 10:12 PM (hJH5n)

31 I am going to have to be a no on the snake. Thanks anyway.

Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Wmg4n)

32 22 Sorry I'm late, I was hanging out with my supermodel girlfriend.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (L6F6A)

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Did your wife find out?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (H/suN)

33 Coulda been first, but I read the content.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (8zz6B)

34 Tonight's the Night is just awful 70s shlock. Like nails on a chalkboard atonal wailing. Empty meaningless lyrics.

This is the man who sang "If you want my body and you think I'm sexy, Come on, sugar, let me know."

Wow. Really amazing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

35 The denomination I belonged to as a child/young adult had a missionary outreach to Cameroon in Africa. One time a native pastor came to speak at our church. He unrolled a python skin about 25 feet long down the center aisle.

Posted by: Great Snakes at February 05, 2026 10:14 PM (oftw2)

36 2112 CST
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 10:12 PM (hJH5n)

Fist bump, my brother!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

37 Sorry I'm late, I was hanging out with my supermodel girlfriend.
Posted by: tankdemon

It was Morgan Fairchild, right?

Or ChristyBlinkey?

Posted by: mindful webworker - yeah, that's the ticket at February 05, 2026 10:14 PM (/4mOE)

38 >>Capturing this creature required a hard-fought battle, during which a professional python hunter was dragged over an anthill.

Ok, Florida has no giant reptiles and insects other than alligators, crocodiles and 10 foot long pythons that live by red anthills that will bite your ass off and leave you with a burning rash.

But those are in every state. Like snow.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)

39 Thanks for the dandy Thursday Night ONT, Mr. Doof!

That snek looks pretty scary to me. I sure wouldn't go tromping around the Everglades in hopes of finding something that large.

Nice photo up top. We haven't seen snow like that since... last year. Still hoping for some decent snowfall but I doubt this is our year for it.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (kB9dk)

40 40th!

Posted by: Rex B at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (GI9/m)

41 Nailed it.

Posted by: Rex B at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (GI9/m)

42 Media when thousands of Americans lost their jobs: Haha, learn to code, stupid peons haha.

Media when they lose their jobs: OH THE HUMANITY

Everyone else in response: Yes, very sad. Anyway...

https://is.gd/7uQRXt

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

43 From the link:

"Engineers confirm construction has begun on a vast underwater rail line designed to link entire continents through a deep-sea tunnel"

I was right!!

Posted by: Joe Fingers Biden at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (6bZdt)

44 I am going to have to be a no on the snake. Thanks anyway.
Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Wmg4n)

Sadz

Posted by: Zombie Ken Stabler at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

45 I am going to have to be a no on the snake. Thanks anyway.
Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Wmg4n)

I'm sure it's well and truly dead now, and its hide parcelled out to Texas bootmakers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (8zz6B)

46 I personally feel whelmed. Sometimes, it's the best one can hope for.

Posted by: Lowered Expectations at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)

47 Happy-ish Thursday Evening...

T'anks for I.G.Y. Many moons ago, I heard it played on a friends new stereo ... with Infinity speakers.

Nuff said.

Posted by: Adriane the Less then Optimumly Motivated Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (3ZUWJ)

48 Rod did Maggie May which absolves him from all later sins.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 10:17 PM (uvB+6)

49 I nooded for you high rollers up top. C'mon. Be better!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA)

50
“It was sagging. It was discolored. It looked like a big sweatsock kind of,” O’Tool said.

That right there is some high praise for Nancy Pelosi!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 10:17 PM (xG4kz)

51 Ok, Florida has no giant reptiles and insects other than alligators, crocodiles and 10 foot long pythons that live by red anthills that will bite your ass off and leave you with a burning rash.

But those are in every state. Like snow.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)
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A 10-foot python is bad enough, but one that's smart enough to roll you around in fire ants that will tenderize you first? No thanks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 10:17 PM (ESVrU)

52 Tonight's the Night is just awful 70s shlock. Like nails on a chalkboard atonal wailing. Empty meaningless lyrics.

This is the man who sang "If you want my body and you think I'm sexy, Come on, sugar, let me know."

Wow. Really amazing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

Yeah, true, but 'Hot Legs' is a rocker. From the opening riff.

Posted by: RickZ at February 05, 2026 10:17 PM (gKDq2)

53 I stayed awake specifically to thank Doof for this Thursday ONT.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (0KSrI)

54 The denomination I belonged to as a child/young adult had a missionary outreach to Cameroon in Africa. One time a native pastor came to speak at our church. He unrolled a python skin about 25 feet long down the center aisle.
Posted by: Great Snakes at February 05, 2026 10:14 PM (oftw2)

Pastor or not - If he didn't say "'scuse me while I whip this out" then he's lame!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

55 Which one? Cuz I'll fight you for 90s Kathy Ireland or Elle McPherson!
Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

I was thinking Paulina Porizkova, Christie Brinkley, or Britt Ekland.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (L6F6A)

56 Soon, very soon , we shall have more beef!

"U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to increase beef imports as part of a trade deal with Argentina, according to Politico."

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (g47mK)

57 Glad you did, Ben Had!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (H/suN)

58 Not enough is being done to stop our domestic Bunnymen from being displaced by invasive Furries. There's gotta be an EPA grant out there to help, or why are we even paying taxes?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (w/O5Q)

59 From the link:

"Engineers confirm construction has begun on a vast underwater rail line designed to link entire continents through a deep-sea tunnel"

I was right!!
Posted by: Joe Fingers Biden at February 05, 2026 10:16 PM (6bZdt)

They are awfully coy about exactly where the alleged construction is happening, If its across the straits of Gibraltar, I would not call it "vast". Maybe "half -vast".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)

60
Did your wife find out?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 05, 2026 10:13 PM (H/suN)

Shhhhhhh!

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (L6F6A)

61 I stayed awake specifically to thank Doof for this Thursday ONT.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (0KSrI)

Hugs to you, my friend!!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

62 Pythons are edible, right? Like snakes ?

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (g47mK)

63 What's for dinner?

Fried python. Serves twelve.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Mounted Python's flying circus at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (/4mOE)

64 Wake Up, Sally is a pretty good tune but the subject matter is of ...questionable taste.

Adam Carolla calls it "Little Girl Rock"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

65 Doof! You missed out on noting the importance of this date!

It is National Farting day! I cannot believe this entire ONT is not in dedication of this momentous occasion. We could have had a flag designing contest and everything!

Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)

66 One time a native pastor came to speak at our church. He unrolled a python skin about 25 feet long down the center aisle.
Posted by: Great Snakes

Very highly, likely, probably an African rock python: a very much more aggressive beast than the Burmese.

Posted by: Adriane the Less then Optimumly Motivated Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (3ZUWJ)

67 Gasoline Alley (1970) is my fave Rod song.

Posted by: Country Comfort On Same Album at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

68
He unrolled a python skin about 25 feet long down the center aisle.
Posted by: Great Snakes

And then all y'all played a pickup game of Twister on it, amirite?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (xG4kz)

69 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof!

Posted by: TRex - whelmed dino at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (orWCi)

70 "U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to increase beef imports as part of a trade deal with Argentina, according to Politico."
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (g47mK)

As long as it's not just Argentine canned corned beef.

If they can import steaks and the like, I'm sure I couldn't afford it but would love to.

Posted by: RickZ at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (gKDq2)

71 Hi Ben Had.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)

72 I was thinking Paulina Porizkova, Christie Brinkley, or Britt Ekland.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:18 PM (L6F6A)

Rachel Hunter has entered the chat

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

73 "Music" theme:
Guys who spend a couple of hours a day at their hairdressers.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 05, 2026 10:21 PM (36QIT)

74 Wait, didn't Biden talk about a train to Asia and people thought he was hallucinating? Maybe he was or maybe just Sleepy Joe cannot keep a secret.

Posted by: Texican ette at February 05, 2026 10:22 PM (SNf74)

75 58 Not enough is being done to stop our domestic Bunnymen from being displaced by invasive Furries. There's gotta be an EPA grant out there to help, or why are we even paying taxes?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (w/O5Q)

I thought the Bunnymen were from Liverpool.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:22 PM (L6F6A)

76 Doof! You missed out on noting the importance of this date!

It is National Farting day! I cannot believe this entire ONT is not in dedication of this momentous occasion. We could have had a flag designing contest and everything!
Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)

I denounce myself. After pulling my finger.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

77 You couldn't get a tank across that bridge.
But you could get cavalry across it.

Posted by: GWB at February 05, 2026 10:23 PM (9wagi)

78 Which one? Cuz I'll fight you for 90s Kathy Ireland or Elle McPherson!
Posted by: Doof

I was thinking Paulina Porizkova, Christie Brinkley, or Britt Ekland.
Posted by: tankdemon

Paulina! She married Ric Ocasek, who was honestly uglier than me. Gave me hope.

Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

79 youtu.be/A7waJga9Zdk
for this special day

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

80 "U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to increase beef imports as part of a trade deal with Argentina, according to Politico."
Posted by: runner

Defy government favoritism of furrin cow. Buy good old Oklahoma beef.
🤠

(Looks at pasture with a herd of black angus. Sees nothing. It's dark out there.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - Mounted Python's flying circus at February 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/4mOE)

81 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof!
Posted by: TRex - whelmed dino at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (orWCi)

Dino!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

82 There are Belgian pilots from the days of colonial rule who claim to have seen 60' pythons in the Congo jungle.

Posted by: No Step On Snek at February 05, 2026 10:24 PM (oftw2)

83 You want Muskies ...

Try Pymatuning Lake, or Conneaut Lake in Pennsylvania.

The Allegheny river isn't too shabby either.

Posted by: browndog keeps his feet in the boat at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (3sXRv)

84 "Engineers confirm construction has begun on a vast underwater rail line designed to link entire continents through a deep-sea tunnel"

Pass. Different continents are often on different continental plates.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (w/O5Q)

85 Bullet trains are a boondoggle like the Concord and every other supersonic passenger airliner.

How about these airliners maintain their regular fleet before they go all crazy balls with the fancy tech?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (TOSLe)

86
Watch: the underground / underwater railway tunnel connecting to Asia will be a tunnel beneath the Ural Mountains, the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (xG4kz)

87 You couldn't get a tank across that bridge.
But you could get cavalry across it.
Posted by: GWB at February 05, 2026 10:23 PM (9wagi)

As long as they broke step.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (8zz6B)

88 Rachel Hunter has entered the chat
Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

I never considered Stewart a decent singer, and he is one pimple away from being ugly, but his lucknwith the ladies made the Paolo seem celibate. It must be his model trains.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (L6F6A)

89 I'm not a reptileologist, but don't snakes grow and grow until they die? Seems like I read that in National Geographic as a kid. And that's all I ever saw, I mean read, in that magazine.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA)

90 John Thune needs our help.

Americans across the political and racial spectrum overwhelmingly support voter ID, at a rate of about 80% in favor.

John Thune desperately needs excuses to ignore the opinions of the overwhelming majority of Americans.

Won't you help? Send John Thune, John Cornyn and RINO, Inc. your list of reasons for continuing to enable voting fraud. Because without vote fraud, Republicans might see such strong majorities that they'd feel obligated to actually do something for America.

Posted by: Sam Adams at February 05, 2026 10:26 PM (X+xvk)

91

There was a movie about a Transatlantic Tunnel in 1935

www.imdb.com/title/tt0027131

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 10:26 PM (Cqx++)

92 Paulina! She married Ric Ocasek, who was honestly uglier than me. Gave me hope.
Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

You're orbiting the leitmotif.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:27 PM (L6F6A)

93 Sorry I'm late, I was hanging out with my supermodel girlfriend.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (L6F6A)

Which one? Cuz I'll fight you for 90s Kathy Ireland or Elle McPherson!
Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

Dibs on Paulina Porizkova.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 10:27 PM (ExV1e)

94 They are awfully coy about exactly where the alleged construction is happening, If its across the straits of Gibraltar, I would not call it "vast". Maybe "half -vast".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Even less impressive:
The Bosforus.
It's underwater and "connecting continents!"

Posted by: buddhaha at February 05, 2026 10:27 PM (36QIT)

95 So the theme is weird looking guys married to supermodels of the 80s?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:27 PM (lpTXP)

96 >>A 10-foot python is bad enough, but one that's smart enough to roll you around in fire ants that will tenderize you first? No thanks.

Australia gets a lot of hype for things that want to kill you but I'd give the crown to the Amazon region of Brazil even over Africa. Even the flora wants a piece of your ass there.

The tropics are a blast but keep your head on a swivel.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)

97 Bullet trains are a boondoggle like the Concord and every other supersonic passenger airliner.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

If I win the lottery, I'm bringing back the Zeppelin.
.
.
.
with more fire extinguishers ...

Posted by: Adriane the Less then Optimumly Motivated Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 10:28 PM (3ZUWJ)

98 "Engineers confirm construction has begun on a vast underwater rail line designed to link entire continents through a deep-sea tunnel"

Pass. Different continents are often on different continental plates.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

We'll just put a couple accordion-pleated canvas sections in the tunnel right over the fault line. No problem.

Posted by: a tunnel engineer, new hire from OceanGate at February 05, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

99 Science fiction stories about vast underground tunnels connecting the corners of the Earth tend to gloss over the engineering challenges involved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 10:29 PM (ESVrU)

100 Bosph orus.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 05, 2026 10:29 PM (36QIT)

101 Danger Noodle!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 10:29 PM (IhIKR)

102 Two pills of .38 Spl might take care of it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 10:30 PM (dK+Kv)

103 JackStraw, update please.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 10:30 PM (0KSrI)

104 Pass. Different continents are often on different continental plates.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 10:25 PM (w/O5Q)

Funny how that works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)

105 I accept the dare to be average!
I've had an overwhelming day and will strive for whelm tomorrow.
Thanks for the ONT and the smile. I appreciate it.

Posted by: ChE99 at February 05, 2026 10:30 PM (4HZWl)

106 Even the flora wants a piece of your ass there.

The tropics are a blast but keep your head on a swivel.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)
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Oh, Australia has quite a few plants and trees that will make your life hell.

The gympie-gympie tree, for example...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 10:31 PM (ESVrU)

107 So the theme is weird looking guys married to supermodels of the 80s?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:27 PM (lpTXP)

I was going for vocalists who married supermodels. The "weird looking" and "80s" things are just bonus descriptors.

*tosses a Club ONT restroom token to Mary*

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

108 Doing great, Ben Had. I'll email you tomorrow but all good.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

109 Lyle Lovett smiles.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 10:34 PM (uvB+6)

110 89 I'm not a reptileologist, but don't snakes grow and grow until they die? Seems like I read that in National Geographic as a kid. And that's all I ever saw, I mean read, in that magazine.
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA)

Herpetologist.

Your comment did remind me of this song,

https://youtu.be/x6Mx5xKOMAk

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:34 PM (L6F6A)

111 "They’re going way down for the United States — by differences of as much as 300, 400, 500, even 600%" Trump said. "In some cases, even more."

"All of these discounts and more will be available directly to consumers starting today at TrumpRx.gov," Trump said, adding that 16 of the 17 largest pharmaceutical companies have signed on, with the remaining company expected to join.

I paid for one of those pill plans.
I. Want. My. Money. Back

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 10:36 PM (a0V+E)

112 on topic of Bosphorus, the Hittites have a new song
youtu.be/tL_EIneMByU
might be a little gothic

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:36 PM (gKWVE)

113 Probably. I just can't bring myself to read about these boondoggles.
-
Governments building massive underground tunnels definitely won't fuel any conspiracy theories.

Posted by: Methos at February 05, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)

114 Young version of me?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)

115 A Belgian helicopter pilot related taking off from jungle in the Congo and a python reared up like 20' with a head as big as a horse.

Posted by: Reptile Dysfunction at February 05, 2026 10:38 PM (oftw2)

116 *tosses a Club ONT restroom token to Mary*

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

*catches token*

Thanks, Doof!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:38 PM (lpTXP)

117 Young version of me?

https://youtube.com/shorts/LgIhAHGEu-Q

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)

118
*looks at attendees*
*chuckles pityingly*

Well, good evening.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:38 PM (tgvbd)

119 48 -- Look up Stewart's "Sailing". I stumbled over by accident.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at February 05, 2026 10:40 PM (DK5Sh)

120 The gympie-gympie tree, for example...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Also wimps. But less wimpy than black walnuts.

(I get to use this sock in two threads in a row. What are the odds?)

Posted by: a manchineel tree at February 05, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

121 Something about “tonight” ? That’s the theme? What do I win?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 05, 2026 10:40 PM (jYRYu)

122 *tosses a Club ONT restroom token to Mary*

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
----

*catches token*

Thanks, Doof!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:38 PM (lpTXP)

Treasure it.

Wear it on a chain like Al Sharpton's medallion.

Posted by: RickZ at February 05, 2026 10:41 PM (gKDq2)

123 112 on topic of Bosphorus, the Hittites have a new song
youtu.be/tL_EIneMByU
might be a little gothic
Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:36 PM (gKWVE)

The link was to a band called She Past Away. Yes, very goth. Pretty good. The guitar riffs reminded me of the Greg Khin Band's The Breakup Song.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:42 PM (L6F6A)

124 I was going for vocalists who married supermodels.

Musicians' spouses? Pffft. Well, it's your quiz, Doof, but judging from the comments, it's the hair that's the common theme.

Tom Servo 6 Common Leitmotif: Bad Hair!
BarelyScaryMary 7 I'm going with mullets as the theme
mindful webworker 25 looks like "goofy hair."
buddhaha 73 Guys who spend a couple of hours a day at their hairdressers.

Democrazy FTW!

Posted by: mindful webworker - long as I can grow it my haaaaaiirrrr at February 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/4mOE)

125 116 *tosses a Club ONT restroom token to Mary*

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

*catches token*

Thanks, Doof!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:38 PM (lpTXP)

Good job!

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:44 PM (L6F6A)

126 Paulina! She married Ric Ocasek, who was honestly uglier than me. Gave me hope.
Posted by: mikeski

He made her laugh...
and could breath through his ears.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/lPRQ)

127
*tosses a Club ONT restroom token to Mary*

Posted by: Doof

Is that the one with an engraved picture of The Barrel on one side with the inscription, "Yeah, The Floor's Sticky In Here -- Don't Ask"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 05, 2026 10:44 PM (xG4kz)

128 I was going for vocalists who married supermodels.

Musicians' spouses? Pffft. Well, it's your quiz, Doof, but judging from the comments, it's the hair that's the common theme.

Tom Servo 6 Common Leitmotif: Bad Hair!
BarelyScaryMary 7 I'm going with mullets as the theme
mindful webworker 25 looks like "goofy hair."
buddhaha 73 Guys who spend a couple of hours a day at their hairdressers.

Democrazy FTW!
Posted by: mindful webworker - long as I can grow it my haaaaaiirrrr at February 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/4mOE)

I actually host a classic rock trivia event monthly. You sound like some of my regular contestants!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:47 PM (QMAsf)

129 82 There are Belgian pilots from the days of colonial rule who claim to have seen 60' pythons in the Congo jungle.

--------

That was before they closed all the bathhouses.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:48 PM (+HNx/)

130 Is that the one with an engraved picture of The Barrel on one side with the inscription, "Yeah, The Floor's Sticky In Here -- Don't Ask"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I think that inscription should be in google-translate Latin.

pavimentum glutinosum
noli rogare

Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

131 You guys think I could get a Federal grant to perfect my Transporter for instant travel? I mean if they're stupid enough to pay for underwater trains.

I bought the concept off some really weird guy with a top hat who smelled like candy. Said there were some kinks to work out. Almost killed a kid with it a while back. Although I'm pretty sure he was making that up. Who names their kid Mike TV?

He, also, told me he tried selling it one time before, but it ended badly. The guy turned into a fly. I'm not sure that's 100% truthful either. God, I hope not.

There's another bidder. Some guy named Rottenberry, or something like that. But, that guy seems a little strung out. He keeps talking about a humanoid with no emotions, pointy ears who makes gang signs with his hands. I'm guessing LSD.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

132 Is that the one with an engraved picture of The Barrel on one side with the inscription, "Yeah, The Floor's Sticky In Here -- Don't Ask"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 05, 2026 10:44 PM (xG4kz)

Yes! It's a big, beautiful token like you've never seen before.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:49 PM (lpTXP)

133 Don't they have alligators in NYC? I:ve always heard they did.I think I saw an episode of Barney Miller where the cops came across one.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 10:49 PM (E7+ue)

134 Herpetologist.

Hey! You use your word, I'll use the one I made up!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:49 PM (47diA)

135 He made her laugh...
and could breath through his ears.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I thought maybe he modeled ski-jumping suits.

Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

136 I was going for vocalists who married supermodels.

===

I was going for vocalists with two legs...boy , was I off the mark!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 10:51 PM (g47mK)

137 Battle Beneath the Earth: 60’s movie about the Evil Chinese building tunnels under the ocean to put bombs under US cities. Pneumatic pressure shoots cars full of soldiers under the ocean.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2026 10:51 PM (JbyEi)

138 Good night. Friends! I hope you sleep well.

Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

139 >>He made her laugh...

That's it.

Women are no more complex than men. Make a woman laugh and you are halfway home. Any woman worth wanting.

Downhill sledding after that.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

140 134 Herpetologist.

Hey! You use your word, I'll use the one I made up!
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:49 PM (47diA)

I know, herpetologist sounds more like Kamala Harris' personal physician.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:55 PM (L6F6A)

141 138 Good night. Friends! I hope you sleep well.
Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

Good night, Piper. I hope I sleep well too.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:56 PM (L6F6A)

142 I know, herpetologist sounds more like Kamala Harris' personal physician.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:55 PM (L6F6A)

Harris also has a hypeologist.

First presidential candidate to require a Universal Translator.

Posted by: RickZ at February 05, 2026 10:57 PM (gKDq2)

143 Women are no more complex than men. Make a woman laugh and you are halfway home. Any woman worth wanting.

Downhill sledding after that.

Posted by: JackStraw

This is true. Hubby and I have laughed for 30 years now. Laughter, even dark comedy has gotten us through hard times. He is funny and smart. It is a good combo.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:58 PM (lpTXP)

144 I see I arrived just in time for the relationship advice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:59 PM (+HNx/)

145 Scott Bessent is my new temporary personal hero.

He can serve and snap back. His testimony before the Financial Services committee was lit

Maxine Waters don't like the faygelehs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

146 But you'll forget my name if I don't stay on the charts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:01 PM (a0V+E)

147 If only Kamala could breathe through her ears . . .

Posted by: Willie! at February 05, 2026 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

148 I know, herpetologist sounds more like Kamala Harris' personal physician.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 10:55 PM (L6F6A)

Harris also has a hypeologist.

First presidential candidate to require a Universal Translator.
Posted by: RickZ at February 05, 2026 10:57 PM (gKDq2)

She needed to be followed by Gary Coleman saying, "Watchu' talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:02 PM (S/Y4j)

149 35 The denomination I belonged to as a child/young adult had a missionary outreach to Cameroon in Africa. One time a native pastor came to speak at our church. He unrolled a python skin about 25 feet long down the center aisle.
Posted by: Great Snakes
--

Ride the snake.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:03 PM (a0V+E)

150 This ewetoob channel has become my new obsession:

https://youtu.be/tgA2Ij1FWrg

Grandpa Buff is a Moron.... cracks me the hell up

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 05, 2026 11:04 PM (H/suN)

151 I went to the Nutter Butter website, and clicked "Accept all cookies." Now, we wait....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:04 PM (S/Y4j)

152 Downhill sledding after that.
Posted by: JackStraw

That's what Grandpa called it!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

153 I'm sure it's well and truly dead now, and its hide parcelled out to Texas bootmakers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

and Taquerias.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:06 PM (a0V+E)

154 He can serve and snap back. His testimony before the Financial Services committee was lit

Maxine Waters don't like the faygelehs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

He was fabulous. If I were a gay man, I'd give him two snaps up.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 11:07 PM (lpTXP)

155 Now that epstein has "hanged" himself and ghislane is in club fed so she doesn't name names. Who is going to procure young girls for the rich and powerful like Bill Clinton's young hot tube mate? Do you think they are now going to practice abstinence? Any guesses?

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 05, 2026 11:07 PM (8ZruR)

156 . . . Would you know we're riding
On the Beringia Express?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)

157 Evening, Doof and ONT Horde! Had a brief but welcome visit from Blanco Basura this afternoon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:10 PM (8zz6B)

158 143 Women are no more complex than men. Make a woman laugh and you are halfway home. Any woman worth wanting.

Downhill sledding after that.

Posted by: JackStraw

This is true. Hubby and I have laughed for 30 years now. Laughter, even dark comedy has gotten us through hard times. He is funny and smart. It is a good combo.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 10:58 PM (lpTXP)
................................................
Every day. Cannot live without laughing, loudly, without restraint. We read each others minds at this point. Hardly a day goes by that I don't make him laugh or vice versa. Granted, looks are very important, but if you are not funny, nope!

The one guy before him heard me laughing before he saw me...and said he was hooked when he met my laughing eyes.

Sometimes I wish my laugh was not as unrestrained and, well, loud. No soft chuckles. Up and down scales til completion or choke laugh. I have been assured it is not Woody Woodpecker or hyena sounding.

One of our DIL's is a soft chuckler, but laughs til she tears up. I think the baby is like this, too. Vs her big sister who laughs loudly like me. We are quite the pair when we get going.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:10 PM (WONhk)

159 That python is the stuff of nightmares for me. Kill them all, boys! I would simply die if I saw one like that. Lights out!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:12 PM (WONhk)

160 >>I see I arrived just in time for the relationship advice.

You should be spending more time with your sailboat.

I bet she's not laughing right now because you've literally kept her tied up and not let her go out and let the wind blow in her sails and told her you were going to take her on a crazy adventure. Girls love that shit and they are built for it.

If you don't get your shit together Chad is going to swoop in and steal her heart and once the heart of a sailboat is gone you're screwed.

You owe me $10 for the counseling.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:12 PM (viF8m)

161 Bill C might not be able to get the slick willy up again.
Gotta ask about young staffers and state legislators.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 11:14 PM (gKWVE)

162 Anyone have a recommendation for a bad rash? asking for a ... friend

A belt sander with an 80 grit belt usually will take care of most rashes, If it persists you could always slap a hot iron to it.

If you are a sissy there is an ointment I get smuggled out of Mexico.
My doctor checked it out and she said it is not to be used on humans.
It has been the only thing other abrasives and fire that has worked. One application once a day for two days...gone.
Dermatologist!? I don't need no stinkin' dermatologist!

Posted by: waepnedmann at February 05, 2026 11:15 PM (+zZ1/)

163 Not sure if anyone else has reported back on the undersea rail stories. Purest fantasy, one sounds like they want to try high speed rail a la Hyperloop across the Straits of Gibraltar and the other reads like an AI slop scraping of the first one with any "useful" details stripped out. It sounds like con artists looked at California high speed rail and wanted a long term mega-scam of their own.

Posted by: I still can't think of anything at February 05, 2026 11:15 PM (G0u1d)

164 Heh...enjoy the show next week in NYC. Up until this point the temp. has been remarkably low (which controls the vermin a bit). BUT, next week the temps will be above freezing for the entire week (even hitting the 40's)...and the RATS are going to swarm on the piled up garbage.

It will be glorious. Anyone who's seen how many rats are down in the subway tunnels when it floods understands how monumental this could be.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 11:16 PM (dIske)

165 If I win the lottery, I'm bringing back the Zeppelin.
..
with more fire extinguishers ...
Posted by: Adriane the Less then Optimumly Motivated Critic
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There's more helium, the govt.s being coy.
Big helium reserve in N. TX. they shut it down a couple of decades ago because nobody needed it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:16 PM (a0V+E)

166 They are awfully coy about exactly where the alleged construction is happening, If its across the straits of Gibraltar, I would not call it "vast". Maybe "half -vast".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)

Bering straits. It will link Russia and the US, and may require reorientation of British Columbia

Nome: The Gate of Eurasia

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)

167 Laughter is overrated. Life is grim, you become slower, then infirm, then the Memory Unit, then Infinity. It's no laughing matter.

Posted by: Gertie Glumm at February 05, 2026 11:18 PM (oftw2)

168 My dad hated snakes. He had a pond out in front of the house. I went over one evening and found him out front, the dog barking his head off. Dad had a huge shovel and was hacking something, bits of stuff flying everywhere. I ran up to him to find out what was going on and he told me a water snake had slithered out of the water and was coming toward the house. He grabbed the shovel and killed it, into about a billion pieces. He really hated snakes.

Posted by: Megthered at February 05, 2026 11:18 PM (IaTxe)

169 If I win the lottery, I'm bringing back the Zeppelin.
.
.
.
with more fire extinguishers ...
Posted by: Adriane the Less then Optimumly Motivated Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 10:28 PM (3ZUWJ)

True Fact: the Hindenberg had a smoking lounge. Original ashtrays are available on the collectors market.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 11:18 PM (w/O5Q)

170 As long as it's not just Argentine canned corned beef.

If they can import steaks and the like, I'm sure I couldn't afford it but would love to.
Posted by: RickZ at February 05, 2026 10:20 PM (gKDq2)

We did a credit swap with Argentina about a year ago, so they would like to retire some of that debt, and there is only so much maté anyone can drink.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 11:19 PM (rbvCR)

171
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave > Ed Muskie has been restored from the wall

Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 05, 2026 11:19 PM (KAi1n)

172 Meg, I don't suppose your dad knows where the Ark of the Covenant is

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 11:19 PM (gKWVE)

173 I can't believe I missed the Ken Stabler reference.

Posted by: Kratwurst at February 05, 2026 11:21 PM (fcDpY)

174 There's more helium, the govt.s being coy.
Big helium reserve in N. TX. they shut it down a couple of decades ago because nobody needed it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:16 PM (a0V+E)

They are drilling helium wells in northern Arizona, And is Saskatchewan. Turn out it is not as scarce as formerly believed. And there is supposedly a hydrogen well in France.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:22 PM (8zz6B)

175 167 Laughter is overrated. Life is grim, you become slower, then infirm, then the Memory Unit, then Infinity. It's no laughing matter.
Posted by: Gertie Glumm

youtu.be/-IIKE9p5SEw

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 05, 2026 11:23 PM (wBh67)

176 Non-stop Zeppelin service Berlin to Buenos Aires or Rio was the norm all through the 30s until the flame-out in NJ. It was safe, comfortable, luxurious and much faster than ship travel. It's a shame that you-know-who had to start a World War.

Posted by: I'll Take The Stateroom at February 05, 2026 11:25 PM (oftw2)

177 You owe me $10 for the counseling.
-
Same as downtown?

Posted by: Methos at February 05, 2026 11:26 PM (vSvIl)

178 True Fact: the Hindenberg had a smoking lounge. Original ashtrays are available on the collectors market.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 11:18 PM (w/O5Q)

I want one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

179 Mix a little creosote in with Sayman's Salve and sprinkle of sulfur. That will do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:27 PM (a0V+E)

180 @168...He grabbed the shovel and killed it, into about a billion pieces. He really hated snakes.
Posted by: Megthered at February 05, 2026 11:18 PM (IaTxe)
.......................................
My brother was the only person on the planet I trusted to kill snakes for me. Maybe my other brother would, but this one was always unfazed.

Once my husband had been fishing with him and was standing near the boat on our lake. My bro told him, "Don't move." He then found a limb and beat the crap out of a copperhead a foot from my husband. It was lightening fast and he barely moved (I don't know where the limb came from and he probably had a gun). Stuff like that.

In college I'd be hanging out drinking beers in his boat as he fished. Taking photos and yapping. A water moccasin would appear and ugly head would swim towards us. I would lift my legs, like that would help. My brother would tell me, "It can't get in the boat with us." And we'd argue because I said it could. Then he said he'd kill it and I got over it.

I am positive it could get in the boat if it was only me out there...this is how much I hate them. All of them. I don't care what kind they are.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:27 PM (WONhk)

181 176 Non-stop Zeppelin service Berlin to Buenos Aires or Rio was the norm all through the 30s until the flame-out in NJ. It was safe, comfortable, luxurious and much faster than ship travel. It's a shame that you-know-who had to start a World War.
Posted by: I'll Take The Stateroom

Winston Churchill.

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at February 05, 2026 11:28 PM (wBh67)

182
Don't they have alligators in NYC? I:ve always heard they did.I think I saw an episode of Barney Miller where the cops came across one.
Posted by: Case

Yes. The Mole.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0519129

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 11:28 PM (Cqx++)

183 Before WWII the Germans wanted to buy helium from us but in the interest of being asshoes we declined.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:28 PM (a0V+E)

184 138 Good night. Friends! I hope you sleep well.
Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

There will be laughter at my funeral.

Probably as a result of somebody trying to explain the circumstances of my death.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 11:29 PM (L6F6A)

185 126 Paulina! She married Ric Ocasek, who was honestly uglier than me. Gave me hope.
Posted by: mikeski

He made her laugh...
and could breath through his ears.

And was the leader of a band that sold a LOT of records... in the period when that really dragged in the bucks

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 05, 2026 11:30 PM (3/XaG)

186 Snakes aren't my favorite. But they have their place. We kill copperheads and rattlesnakes that we find in the yard. Sometimes we'll kill a coral snake if the cat is messing with it. Non venomous snakes always get a pass.

If I'm walking the property and see a venomous snake, they probably get a pass, as I'm walking on their space.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 11:30 PM (lpTXP)

187 I made sausage today, but I have not been able to find any sausage casings anywhere. So I canned and froze it all.

25 half pints of sausage. That will learn me.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 11:30 PM (rbvCR)

188 here will be laughter at my funeral.

Probably as a result of somebody trying to explain the circumstances of my death.
Posted by: tankdemon
----

And you will be the late tankdemon.

Posted by: clarence at February 05, 2026 11:31 PM (AxaBd)

189 Winston Churchill.

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson

He was Mossad.

Posted by: Also Tuckin Carlson at February 05, 2026 11:31 PM (fcDpY)

190 Before WWII the Germans wanted to buy helium from us but in the interest of being asshoes we declined.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:28 PM (a0V+E)

The Germans using Zeppelins to bomb London in WWI was still fresh in the minds of people back in the 1930's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:31 PM (8zz6B)

191 183 Before WWII the Germans wanted to buy helium from us but in the interest of being asshoes we declined.

If we had, it could have led to Adolf giving speeches in that Donald Duck helium voice, which could have led to the derailment of the whole world conquest idea

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 05, 2026 11:32 PM (3/XaG)

192 Probably as a result of somebody trying to explain the circumstances of my death.
Posted by: tankdemon

Being tardy at your own funeral is considered bad form. Remember that.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at February 05, 2026 11:32 PM (oftw2)

193 Forty-six years ago today, I said to MiladyJo, want to be married? She said yes. And so we were. And still are.

Someday, maybe four years from now if I make it that long, we'll get around to having a wedding.

Not that you folks aren't fun company, but I'm gonna go hang out with her for awhile.

https://youtu.be/vMR_1nSPWng

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and a long and winding journey ensued at February 05, 2026 11:33 PM (/4mOE)

194 here will be laughter at my funeral.

Probably as a result of somebody trying to explain the circumstances of my death.
Posted by: tankdemon

Killed by that feline tanker Anna Puma linked last night? That kind of end?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:33 PM (S/Y4j)

195 I made sausage today, but I have not been able to find any sausage casings anywhere. So I canned and froze it all.

There's some sausage casings upthread ... python® brand.

Posted by: Adriane the Less then Optimumly Motivated Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 11:33 PM (3ZUWJ)

196 25 half pints of sausage. That will learn me.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 11:30 PM (rbvCR)

You could have used condoms. They are, after all, meant to be used internally.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:34 PM (8zz6B)

197 G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and a long and winding journey ensued
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Hey, old man, good going.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:35 PM (a0V+E)

198 And you will be the late tankdemon.
Posted by: clarence at February 05, 2026 11:31 PM (AxaBd)

I'm sure whoever is in charge of the arrangements will ensure thst everything goes of on schedule just to spite me.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 11:35 PM (L6F6A)

199 You could have used condoms. They are, after all, meant to be used internally.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:34 PM (8zz6B)

I could explain that condoms are bitter tasting, but that would mean I would have to explain how I wound up smuggling pure heroin while travelling internationally

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

200 @182. The Mole.

Yeah, that was it. The cops were chasing a crook in the sewer and ran across a gator. Funny episode. That was back when we had some good TV shows. Unlike today.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 11:36 PM (E7+ue)

201 One of my uncles from Baton Rouge had a snake story. Very dignified gentleman.

He said he was driving along the Airline Hwy and felt something going up his pants leg.

Said he pulled over and leapt out to the median and dropped his pants yelling at the snake, and dancing around like a lunatic in his underwear in rush hour traffic.A pine snake, whatever that is.

He said the following Sunday his pastor told him he saw the whole thing and wondered what was going on.

I would have wrecked the car and died right there in the car with the snake in my pants. I would hope someone could figure out why.

The idea of a FL python coming up toilets terrified me for years,and I told my husband to put that as the reason I had a cardiac arrest in my obituary.

I loved the ocean but not a lot else about Florida. The snakes, bugs, and humidity. I did like DeSantis and Rubio. And my friends and pool. But was not super sad to leave a decade ago.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:37 PM (WONhk)

202 >>There will be laughter at my funeral.

If there isn't at mine I will consider my life a failure.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:37 PM (viF8m)

203 mindful, congrats to you and your MiladyJo.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 11:37 PM (lpTXP)

204 Killed by that feline tanker Anna Puma linked last night? That kind of end?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:33 PM (S/Y4j)

I assume you mean the one that was still upright at the end of the encounter. Probably not. I don't even think those were real guns on those turrets.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 11:38 PM (L6F6A)

205 with her for awhile.

https://youtu.be/vMR_1nSPWng

G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker -
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Jack Casady, he was/is a hot bass but after the Airplane he settled into this. I think he was bunk buddies w/Kaukonen. I mean, why else would he give up a life of ribald insanity?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:39 PM (a0V+E)

206 I'm sure whoever is in charge of the arrangements will ensure thst everything goes of on schedule just to spite me.

Posted by: tankdemon

That's a tough gig with the actual body.

Posted by: Kratwurst at February 05, 2026 11:40 PM (fcDpY)

207 You should be spending more time with your sailboat.

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I'll be having the entire ocean to myself on Sunday while you mooks are watching a poofter named Bad Bunny sashay around in a corset.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 11:40 PM (+HNx/)

208 Helium is a byproduct of natural gas processing. If the well produces a significant percentage of helium it justifies the additional capital equipment need to refine it.

One of the major factors is the ability to store what is called "raw helium" which is a mixture of around 60% helium and nitrogen and hydrogen which is a direct product of the last stages of natural gas production.

The raw helium is then sent to a specialized process that separates out the hydrogen and nitrogen and then depending on the market is either distributed or stored in an extensive complex ofv underground caverns.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 11:40 PM (uvB+6)

209 Of course, being killed by one of those cat tanks would be far less embarassing than being killed by a Russian tank.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 11:41 PM (L6F6A)

210 G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and a long and winding journey ensued at February 05, 2026 11:33 PM (/4mOE)

Happy Anniversary! We are about 1yr ahead of you.

When he first proposed I laughed and asked if he was crazy! He said he was serious (two years after we met).

I told him if he could go one year without his seasonal breakups he pulled the first year, to ask me again.

We got engaged 8mo later as he did finally seem to settle down. That first year, though, oh, boy was he a nitwit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:42 PM (WONhk)

211 >>I would have wrecked the car and died right there in the car with the snake in my pants. I would hope someone could figure out why.

The jokes are writing themselves now.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:42 PM (viF8m)

212 Jack Casady, he was/is a hot bass but after the Airplane he settled into this. I think he was bunk buddies w/Kaukonen. I mean, why else would he give up a life of ribald insanity?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 11:39 PM (a0V+E)

I own that album. A real classic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)

213 Killed by that feline tanker Anna Puma linked last night? That kind of end?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:33 PM (S/Y4j)

I assume you mean the one that was still upright at the end of the encounter. Probably not. I don't even think those were real guns on those turrets.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 11:38 PM (L6F6A)

Only one cat, and humans had ray guns.

https://youtu.be/mSBKZPNsK74

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:47 PM (S/Y4j)

214 202 >>There will be laughter at my funeral.

If there isn't at mine I will consider my life a failure.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:37 PM (viF8m)
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There had better be at mine! And rock and roll!

My former classmates tell me, "You still have that great sense of humor!" I wonder where they think it would have gone...as it's always been part of me. Genetics, I think. My father was nuts as well as my brothers.

I'm sure my in-laws found me a bit alarming, being a redneck on top of Presbyterian. I think my FIL liked me, at any rate, and my brothers-in-law. Not sure about all but one of the sisters-in-law and don't care! One is an exNun, so that should not be surprising.

I am not going to get out of here without joy. That's a fact.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:47 PM (WONhk)

215 My wife, daughter and I rented a cabin the Buxton Woods on the Outer Banks. Forested, but on Hatteras Island. Osprey nest on property, lots of wildlife, a 5' black rat snake who sunned himself on the cement slab by the back door. My wife wouldn't use that door. Anyway, the two of them went shopping, I stayed home alone. I thought I heard the car and looked out the 2nd story window and my wife was pulling under the house, backing out, pulling for ward, backing out like half-dozen times. I went downstairs to find the flattest 6' Water Moccasin you've ever seen. She was taking no chances.

Posted by: Snake News at February 05, 2026 11:48 PM (oftw2)

216
The jokes are writing themselves now.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:42 PM (viF8m)

You know dang well what I meant, Jack. It was not one of those types of snakes at all!

I learned about this from my husband, the "one eyed trouser mouse" joke. He also taught me certain words like "douchebag." Which never fails to make me smile.

I am a refined Southern lady!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:50 PM (WONhk)

217 I went downstairs to find the flattest 6' Water Moccasin you've ever seen. She was taking no chances.
Posted by: Snake News at February 05, 2026 11:48 PM (oftw2)

Good for her!

I once rode a bike near a snake on the side of the road (all are poison, I don't look closely). Did my legs up in the air for it as well (it seemed to be my go to defense). I had visions of it wrapping into the bike tire spokes somehow and death. I was convinced they could lunge at me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 11:53 PM (WONhk)

218 >>I am a refined Southern lady!

You say.

The most memorable people in my life are the ones who laugh at the storm. And the storm never stops.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)

219 @201.
Lord, that's a funny story. It's also the reason I never leave my car windows down. I don't want to be around any snake poison or not. Even the nonpoisonous snakes can bite you.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 11:58 PM (E7+ue)

220 213 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 11:47 PM (S/Y4j)

I didn't see that last night. I thought you were referring to the dueling roommate cat tanks that Dino shared in the ONT content.

Sometimes I thank God that cats don't have opposable thumbs.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 12:01 AM (L6F6A)

221 178 True Fact: the Hindenberg had a smoking lounge. Original ashtrays are available on the collectors market.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 11:18 PM (w/O5Q)

I want one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

The smoking lounge was maintained with negative air pressure in the room so air would blow in when the door was opened and no hat ash would escape. I want to say the ashtray I saw sold around $250K, but it was quite a while ago.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 06, 2026 12:02 AM (w/O5Q)

222 Mentioned before, Southern Black Racer, 'Blackie' lives in the brickwork of my porch. 6' 2". Nice guy.

Last Fall he left me a nice, intact, shed skin. I have been using it to make bookmarks, which I hand off to reader friends. Everyone thinks they are pretty neat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 06, 2026 12:04 AM (XeU6L)

223 When I went to Japan, I had already been quit from smoking for about 5 years. I remember I smelled this awesome aroma in the airport when we arrived. The smoking lounge. Thick with smoke.

I just stepped in and inhaled. Deeply.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2026 12:06 AM (bss/y)

224
I was going for vocalists with two legs...boy , was I off the mark!
Posted by: runner

You're such a reductionist ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 06, 2026 12:11 AM (xG4kz)

225 You say.

The most memorable people in my life are the ones who laugh at the storm. And the storm never stops.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)
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I can pull it off when I need to...the refined part, & throw in my polite drawl.

However, people who really know me, well, know I am capable of laughing totally inappropriately in public or at a funeral.

My father once told me, smiling, that he did not think I was afraid of the devil. I thought a bit & agreed (this was during an epic argument we were having).

I almost went screaming down a hill at my FIL's dignified funeral, in the midst of the priest blessing the grave, due to a yellow jacket messing with me. Stuff like that.

If it's funny there is nothing on earth to stop me. Heaven forbid if I meet my husband, son's, or brother's eyes, then laughter is busting out.

My aunt died & at her quiet wake the weirdest cousin's second husband (probably a criminal) yelled, "QUIET!"for the funeral ghoul. No one had met him before. I was in another room and went to find my brother to ask who was that? I fell on his shoulder laughing and we pretended I was overcome with grief.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 12:13 AM (WONhk)

226 Funerals can be epic for laughter - once you start it’s almost impossible to stop. Like that Biggus Dickus scene in Monty Python.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 06, 2026 12:17 AM (JbyEi)

227
If I'm walking the property and see a venomous snake, they probably get a pass, as I'm walking on their space.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Used to store hay, two - three hundred bales or so a season. It was for feed so no poison. Kill the copperheads and moccasins but rats, kings n so forth had good hunting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 12:17 AM (a0V+E)

228 Trump cited reductions in weight-loss drugs and inhalers, as well as fertility treatments.

"Novo Nordisk will be slashing the price of Wegovy from more than $1,300 to $199," Trump said. "AstraZeneca is slashing the price of a common inhaler from $458 to $51."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 12:24 AM (a0V+E)

229 The best funeral of my life, so far, was Whitney Houston's. Not that I didn't like her or was there, but, oh, boy.

I was watching on my office computer at home. My husband heard me laughing across the house and asked what I was doing (this is common).

A sort of lesbo looking black woman, in a gold lame jacket, was the funeral director (with police type direction flapping arms) as well as driving the hearse. Dual role.

The pall bearers tried to carry the gold coffin Diana/Brit style on their shoulders and nearly tipped Whitney into a face plant. I became hysterical. I guess if I was there I'd have to act grief stricken. I lost it, man.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 12:25 AM (WONhk)

230 a time to sleep
perchance to dream
all i know is
i wanted ice cream

fin

Posted by: clarence at February 06, 2026 12:25 AM (AxaBd)

231 And you will be the late tankdemon.
Posted by: clarence at February 05, 2026 11:31 PM (AxaBd)

I'm sure whoever is in charge of the arrangements will ensure thst everything goes of on schedule just to spite me.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 05, 2026 11:35 PM (L6F6A)

If your tombstone does not read, "Sorry I'm late" it will be a great loss to future generations...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 06, 2026 12:26 AM (nbLIj)

232 >>I can pull it off when I need to...the refined part, & throw in my polite drawl.

No you can't. That's why your people love you.

The people who know us really know us and love us anyway. Nothing better.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 06, 2026 12:29 AM (viF8m)

233 231 If your tombstone does not read, "Sorry I'm late" it will be a great loss to future generations...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 06, 2026 12:26 AM (nbLIj)

The challenge will be to figure out an excuse fitting the venue.

Line from an old song: "Tell Saint Peter at the Pearly Gate that you hate to make him wait, but you gotta have another cigarette."

Probably can't use that one, since I quit smoking twenty years ago.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 12:31 AM (L6F6A)

234
Scott Bessent is my new temporary personal hero.

Donald Trump For President
1d
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🚨 “NUMBER THREE”: Secretary Scott Bessent Triggers “Wrath” During Tense House Exchange 🏛️⚖️

A heated moment from today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing is going viral after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outmaneuvered a rigid line of questioning from Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH).

Rep. Beatty attempted to box the Secretary into a corner regarding housing funds and the administration's budget, insisting he abide by her "rules" for the exchange.

She told Bessent he had only three choices: "You will say 'yes,' 'no,' or 'I’m not answering, move on'".

Rather than being flustered, Bessent calmly selected her third option, replying simply: "Uh—number three".

This response sent her marble-running-on-a-circular-track brain clear off the rails. The fun began at 2:08.

https://youtu.be/EHK1xNC1ohM

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 06, 2026 12:31 AM (xG4kz)

235 If they're selling ashtrays from the Hindenburg for $250k, I bet someone could sell thousands of replicas for $25 apiece. It 's just for fun, in the end.

Unless, of course, you keep your $250k ashtray in a safe, against the day when you have to smoke your final cigarette before setting yourself alight in your study.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 06, 2026 12:38 AM (BI5O2)

236 Well, I am getting mighty sleepy. Going to hit the sack. night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2026 12:39 AM (8zz6B)

237 The challenge will be to figure out an excuse fitting the venue.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 12:31 AM (L6F6A)

I envision a programmable chyron under your tombstone wherein visitors can punch in either one of your classic excuses or compose their own in tribute. The shrine would be dubbed, "Tankdemon's Eternal Blame"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 06, 2026 12:52 AM (nbLIj)

238 226 Funerals can be epic for laughter - once you start it’s almost impossible to stop. Like that Biggus Dickus scene in Monty Python.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 06, 2026 12:17 AM (JbyEi)

Perfection!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 06, 2026 12:52 AM (WONhk)

239 'Night AOP,.

This response sent her marble-running-on-a-circular-track brain clear off the rails. The fun began at 2:08.

https://youtu.be/EHK1xNC1ohM
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
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He sent all of them into tizzy's.
He's smarter and quicker. It's obvious that he enjoys a verbal joust as much as Trump.
What's her name? The bankers wife. She almost lost her wig. hahahaha

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 12:52 AM (a0V+E)

240 I second Maggie Mae and Gasoline Alley as top-tier rock. But I think my favorite Rod Stewart tune is Every Picture Tells a Story. Try to listen to that one sitting quietly in your seat! (10 years later, it was first on the wake-up tape I made to help me commute to work after having had too much fun and too little sleep the night before.)

Posted by: Clio Weeps at February 06, 2026 12:59 AM (kSAM8)

241 237 I envision a programmable chyron under your tombstone wherein visitors can punch in either one of your classic excuses or compose their own in tribute. The shrine would be dubbed, "Tankdemon's Eternal Blame"
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 06, 2026 12:52 AM (nbLIj)

I'm gonna need a GoFundMe for that. Not too soon, however, I am only 29.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 01:00 AM (L6F6A)

242 Two Minutes and twenty three seconds of truth from Poland, it's a couple of years old and they've kept the muslims out and now they are keeping the Germans out But it's very refreshing.

It's a retweet from Trump Social, he's says:
LEARN from Poland 🇵🇱
https://tinyurl.com/4cp29tkh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 01:05 AM (a0V+E)

243 Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 01:00 AM (L6F6A)

G'night, T. May it be one of many yet to come..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 06, 2026 01:06 AM (nbLIj)

244 Tonight, everybody. Gotta get some shuteye.

Sweet Dreams.
https://youtu.be/4hi-PqWkTnU

Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 01:10 AM (L6F6A)

245 Like Merkel? Migration? hahaha
You'll love this

https://tinyurl.com/46ad9725

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 01:10 AM (a0V+E)

246 *G'night, not tonight, you stupid autocucumber. I swear, try to be just a bit endearingly off-kilter and some tech algorithm has to ruin it.

Bah.
Humbug!

Posted by: tankdemon at February 06, 2026 01:12 AM (L6F6A)

247 Sidney Poiter, remember him? Had a few things to say: In 1968, Sidney Poitier was at a press conference at the height of his career. He made it very clear how he felt about the press.

https://is.gd/Nz1xS5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 01:13 AM (a0V+E)

248 Isn't anyone up? JQ you're not here? Blode Morticia?
Blinkie? Miklos? What's going on?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 01:20 AM (a0V+E)

249 Hi, Braenyard...

I'm lurking. Not much to say tonight, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

250 I want one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

The smoking lounge was maintained with negative air pressure in the room so air would blow in when the door was opened and no hat ash would escape. I want to say the ashtray I saw sold around $250K, but it was quite a while ago.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 06, 2026 12:02 AM (w/O5Q)

Well then, I guess I'll continue using old harley pistons as ashtrays in the garage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 06, 2026 01:22 AM (snZF9)

251 I've still got 6 minute before I get off work.

Posted by: Reforger at February 06, 2026 01:24 AM (J/fgw)

252 5

Posted by: Reforger at February 06, 2026 01:25 AM (J/fgw)

253 Sweet dreams Horde, I have been lurking for a bit, but I can barely keep my eyes open.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 06, 2026 01:29 AM (0nHVk)

254 Well then, I guess I'll continue using old harley pistons as ashtrays in the garage.
Posted by: Berserker
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Haha, old pistons make good ashtrays. Older bro made a standing ashtray by welding together truck piston & connecting rod, then onto a sprocket as the base. Heavy sumbatch but useful.

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

255 207 You should be spending more time with your sailboat.

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I'll be having the entire ocean to myself on Sunday while you mooks are watching a poofter named Bad Bunny sashay around in a corset.
Posted by: Cicero

Nope. I have the 24 Hours of Daytona queued up on the 'DVR' (YTTV) and I'll be watching that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 06, 2026 01:33 AM (wBh67)

256 I'm not a F-ball fan, so no superb owl here..

This whole region is now in full S'Hawks mode, so I will pretend to be excited for them, for the sake of certain friendships.

I mean, ~300 miles inland, and the local grocer's bakery has blue&green themed cupcakes n stuff! *eyeroll*

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

257 Sometimes it;s more comfortable to read. I picked the wrong night to imbibe a litlle extra.
I thought Poiter's talk with the press was quite moving.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 01:49 AM (a0V+E)

258 I thought Poiter's talk with the press was quite moving.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Thanks for posting that!

He seemed.. not just perturbed, but also disappointed. As well he should have! Glad he put them in place.

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

259 249 Hi, Braenyard...

I'm lurking. Not much to say tonight, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah. I have a lot on my mind, but I want to get it in order before I opine. Like, try taking everything we've learned about the role of drones in war now, thanks to the Russo-Ukrainian War, and then apply it to a hypothetical American Civil War 2: Urban/Rural Boogaloo with SJWs vs. MAGA. Then cross-reference that with R/k theory of the evo-psych of politics, wolf vs. rabbit in life plans and concomitant voting instincts. It's a lot.

Posted by: SciVo at February 06, 2026 01:56 AM (Sy6m/)

260 Yeah, SciVo-- there's a whole lot of *type/delete* stuff going through my mind lately too.

I can feel the last of my brown hair turning grey!

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

261 They are drilling helium wells in northern Arizona, And is Saskatchewan. Turn out it is not as scarce as formerly believed. And there is supposedly a hydrogen well in France.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Good, because 10 years ago, when I retired, five 9s helium (99999% pure) was getting really scarce, prices were skyrocketing and the whole gas chromatography field was beginning to worry.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 06, 2026 02:19 AM (36QIT)

262 Cat is letting me know that it's time for shut-eye.

G'night, Horde!

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

263 Haha, old pistons make good ashtrays. Older bro made a standing ashtray by welding together truck piston & connecting rod, then onto a sprocket as the base. Heavy sumbatch but useful.

Posted by: JQ at February 06, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, I can only use the harley evo or twin cam pistons because they are flat top, so they stay put. The older engines have domed pistons. Ashtrays shouldn't waddle around, lol. They're a minimum of 3 1/2 inches, so they are big. I glass bead them, clean them up, and poof, ashtray. My fav was a panhead pan, but it kinda vanished during the move. Its not gone, just packed away in a box.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 06, 2026 02:29 AM (snZF9)

264 Here's to the yeah but's;

CNN reports that support for the MAGA movement is higher today than it was before Trump’s second term, rising from 74% to 78% among GOP voters, proving this movement isn’t going anywhere
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There's always going to be 30% on the ellipse.
Anytime they cite numbers of people thinking this or that negative they will pose it as an increase but it isn't it's always the same 30%.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 02:32 AM (a0V+E)

265 One of the major factors is the ability to store what is called "raw helium" which is a mixture of around 60% helium and nitrogen and hydrogen which is a direct product of the last stages of natural gas production.
Posted by: pawn
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Helium is a major PITA to store and move around. It leaks even faster than hydrogen. The single atom molecule He is smaller than than the 2 atom H2. We used a special.pipe dope on fitting (can't remember the name) that was $200 for a 2oz tube.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 06, 2026 02:33 AM (36QIT)

266 265 One of the major factors is the ability to store what is called "raw helium" which is a mixture of around 60% helium and nitrogen and hydrogen which is a direct product of the last stages of natural gas production.
Posted by: pawn
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Helium is a major PITA to store and move around. It leaks even faster than hydrogen. The single atom molecule He is smaller than than the 2 atom H2. We used a special.pipe dope on fitting (can't remember the name) that was $200 for a 2oz tube.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 06, 2026 02:33 AM (36QIT)

Apiezon?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 06, 2026 02:40 AM (QGaXH)

267 Search Assist

The Amarillo Helium Plant continued operations until 1998 when the closure process began due to the Helium Privatization Act of 1996. The plant was significant for producing helium from natural gas and was a major supplier until its eventual closure

1996: The Helium Privatization Act mandated the sale of the Federal Helium Reserve, which included the Amarillo plant. This act aimed to reduce the federal helium stockpile.
1998: The Amarillo Helium Plant began its closure process as part of the privatization efforts.
2006: The site was declared surplus property and auctioned off, marking the end of its operational status.

Bill Clinton and George Bush II

Current Status
Today, the Amarillo Helium Plant is privately owned and awaits rehabilitation. It remains a historically significant site in the Texas Panhandle, reflecting the evolution of helium production in the U.S.

The Amarillo Helium Plant crucial in the global helium market, producing nearly all of the world's helium supply from 1929 until 1943. ...operated continuously - was the first commercial helium plant, significantly contributing helium production for military n industrial uses until closure 1998

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 02:46 AM (a0V+E)

268 Trump gets cucked again on immigration. Only deporting “criminals” now with a softer touch.

RIP mass deportations

Posted by: Sad! at February 06, 2026 02:46 AM (9btGZ)

269 Lord, that's a funny story. It's also the reason I never leave my car windows down. I don't want to be around any snake poison or not. Even the nonpoisonous snakes can bite you.
Posted by: Case
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A lot of "non-poisonous" snakes have some venom proteins in their saliva, and all snakes have teeth, if not fangs. The common garter snake is one with those with mildly venomous saliva, so.a bite will swell.and get red. DAMHIK.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 06, 2026 02:52 AM (36QIT)

270 Grandbaby is home with mom and dad. I will be there tomorrow giving lessons in baby stuff. Also, bringing dinner, I suspect. These kids are clueless, which is fine, because I am not.

Those huge, huge gray eyes. He does know who the really fun grandma is. Already.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 06, 2026 03:06 AM (I40wl)

271 Apiezon?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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No. Something ending in "ox", I think.
Looked it up - Krytox.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 06, 2026 03:15 AM (36QIT)

272 Read about this but was unclear on results

Panama’s Supreme Court last week ruled to void the operating license of Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison for ports on both ends of the canal - Balboa on the Pacific side and Cristóbal on the Atlantic.

China hair on fire. Threats

ZH says nothing about what Trump will do but Panama is smiling as it shakes hands with Rubio.
They will get a good deal.

The Monroe Doctrine is a winner and Trump is serious about the Western Hemisphere being self-sufficient and independent of foreign influence.

North and South America together have everything needed to be self sustaining.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 06, 2026 03:25 AM (a0V+E)

273 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at February 06, 2026 04:38 AM (8NTVk)

High and Low Cafe

Porcupine Ridge, Castle Valley, Utah

Massive group parachute stunt. This better not be AI.

When a grizzly wants just a little taste of your ice cream.

Wolves attempting to hunt bison, who herd up for defense.

Wolves trekking through deep snow.

Surfin' beaver.

Colugo and pup.

Aerial shot of Cinque Terra, Italy.

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A rainbow is a 360� circle, but only someone at a very high altitude can see the complete circle. pic.twitter.com/V2skEbyhFX
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) February 5, 2026

This better not be AI:

Wow! A compilation of aerial views showing rain, lightning, and powerful thunderstorms. pic.twitter.com/m1Nf5ahKV6
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) February 4, 2026

I've seen my share of Secret Woods Victim-Holes, and take it from me, this is one of the finest Secret Woods Victim-Holes you're likely to see. You'd be honored to be imprisoned and killed in this Victim-Hole.

Wow beautiful. pic.twitter.com/LoYAn1gbFc
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) February 5, 2026

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1 !

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 07:20 PM (UjdFS)

2 Lovely collection, ace

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 07:21 PM (E0p3T)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

4 None of tge instagram vids liad here.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM (pDt9x)

5 Winter Olympics start this weekend. I used to like Winter Olympic games.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:24 PM (g47mK)

6 As you might see typing on a phone. Maybe that is my issue.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 07:24 PM (pDt9x)

7 I saw "Melania" today in a small but packed theater. Definitely recommended for a slice of the life of a fairly private person, it takes a look into the busy weeks leading up to the inauguration.

It shows all the people behind the scenes who keep the trump train rolling. I especially liked her impish designer friend Hervé.

There was a preview of the upcoming movie "A Great Awakening", about the unlikely friendship between Benjamin Franklin and Reverend George Whitefield, that looks very good.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 05, 2026 07:25 PM (kpS4V)

8

Everyboy's beave surfin
Surfin USA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 07:25 PM (Cqx++)

9 Wolves attempting to hunt bison

Ace, unlike many of the commenters here, knows the difference between a buffalo and a bison.

#BeBetter
#Don'tDisappointAce

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 05, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

10 How do you keep that tree place from flooding? Just the hydrostatic pressure would cause water to come in through the walls. No sump or anything.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 05, 2026 07:26 PM (3uBP9)

11 huh, Trump might get Nobel Peace Prize after all..."Norway’s economic crime police unit, Oekokrim, said on Thursday that it has opened an investigation into former prime minister and Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland on suspicion of aggravated corruption, based on information revealed in newly released files related to the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein"

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:27 PM (g47mK)

12 I am shocked and saddened to hear that members of the Nobel Committee are as corrupt as hell. I never would have though. NEVER!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:29 PM (g47mK)

13 I'd go back to Cinque Terra in a heartbeat. 3 weeks was not enough.

Posted by: Pasta Fasoooole at February 05, 2026 07:29 PM (QYppa)

14 Red Sox take the lead in the 8th!

Posted by: Accomack at February 05, 2026 07:30 PM (GbONR)

15 How do you keep that tree place from flooding? Just the hydrostatic pressure would cause water to come in through the walls. No sump or anything.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 05, 2026 07:26 PM (3uBP9)

Same thought I had. Looks nice for the video, nightmare in practical use, which makes me think it is just for clicks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 07:31 PM (dK+Kv)

16 I've seen my share of Secret Woods Victim-Holes, and take it from me, this is one of the finest Secret Woods Victim-Holes you're likely to see. You'd be honored to be imprisoned and killed in this Victim-Hole.

Ace, The Barrel is going to get jealous!

Posted by: pookysgirl, worried for Ace's safety at February 05, 2026 07:33 PM (Wt5PA)

17 > Victim-Holes
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Otherwise known as ex-wives.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 07:34 PM (jtM2q)

18 That time I was 8 and dug this really deep hole in the yard, yeah, that was what I had in mind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:34 PM (RIvkX)

19 I would have liked to see the concrete truck roll up to the tree house to pump that concrete down the tree hole because you know that guy did not hand mix that himself

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 07:34 PM (XV/Pl)

20 Good evening, horde. Only the finest victim hole for me.

Victim hole>>>>The Barrel

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 07:34 PM (zYpTz)

21 Why am I being forced into visceral dislike of Savannah Guthrie? I had no idea who she was.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:36 PM (RIvkX)

22
Meet exoplanet HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-2 about 146 ly away recently discovered:
https://is.gd/hmXTCD

The planet is about one earth radius in size, and has an orbital period around it's star of about 355 days. Mass is probably slight larger than earth. Surface gravity should be pretty close to 1g.

Now, the problem is the star is a K3.5V star, only about 20% of the luminosity of the sun, so this puts it at the very edge of the habitable zone. It could be colder than Mars. Or it could be as warm as earth, depending on the atmosphere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 07:38 PM (w6EFb)

23
Hi, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 07:38 PM (JrWaT)

24 That tree stump lair is missing an arms room.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:39 PM (Wnv9h)

25 Porcupine Ridge, Castle Valley, Utah

I saw a picture once of somewhere along the Great Rift Valley in Africa. It looked similar to that Utah pic. Bigger and more rugged, but same kind of drop off.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 05, 2026 07:39 PM (wBh67)

26 Fuck you, Wesley.

It's "buffalo." I do. Not. Care. about the bullshit scientific shite.

BUFFALO!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 07:39 PM (0aYVJ)

27 I suppose no one remembers the Danish appliance ad that featured 50 or so topless Scandinavian beauties skydiving en masse.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 05, 2026 07:41 PM (5+jnP)

28 I saw a picture once of somewhere along the Great Rift Valley in Africa. It looked similar to that Utah pic. Bigger and more rugged, but same kind of drop off.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 05, 2026 07:39 PM (wBh67)

I honestly thought it was the Great Rift Valley too.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestin at February 05, 2026 07:41 PM (Wt5PA)

29 You're not powering all that with 10 ft2 of solar panels in a forest covered in mist. Shits not magic.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 07:42 PM (b4o9z)

30 That tree stump lair is missing an arms room.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:39 PM (Wnv9h)

That would be sub-optimal for a victim hole. Now a lotion shelf would be a nice addition.

Posted by: Jame Gumm at February 05, 2026 07:42 PM (dK+Kv)

31 I have been in Utah canyon lands a lot over the years. Seeing it from 35000 feet last fall was mesmerizing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 07:42 PM (0aYVJ)

32 Heh, looks like Lil Pooky won that round.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for control of the laptop at February 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Wt5PA)

33 Finnish woman can't get infuriated

https://tinyurl.com/2s3j64ak

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 07:42 PM (rbvCR)

34
Why am I being forced into visceral dislike of Savannah Guthrie? I had no idea who she was.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It's JonBenét Ramsey magnified.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)

35
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have landed - thank God! - in Texarkana, their final destination. This weekend's shows start tomorrow.

As I said in the last thread, I worry about her so when she's on the road. Nobody knows when an idiot might run into her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 07:45 PM (tgvbd)

36 Finnish women were responsible for the "Stop! Don't Touch! That is My No-No Square!" video.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

37
It's JonBenét Ramsey magnified.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)

Some Missing White Woman thing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 07:45 PM (tgvbd)

38 27 I suppose no one remembers the Danish appliance ad that featured 50 or so topless Scandinavian beauties skydiving en masse.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat

So, that's 100 abreast, or 50 across?

Posted by: Force Multiplier at February 05, 2026 07:46 PM (oftw2)

39 Top picture is pretty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

40 26 Fuck you, Wesley.
It's "buffalo." I do. Not. Care. about the bullshit scientific shite.
BUFFALO!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian

Fuckin' A.

And it's a good time to revisit this old gem:

https://tinyurl.com/2fpmt9n3

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 07:46 PM (zYpTz)

41 Those solar panels for that hole will produce very little in the woods. Maybe 10% of capacity. He needs to clear a few acres of trees and put up a glass field.

To run that stuff he was showing you would need at least 5kw plus another 5kw to charge the batteries ON A GOOD DAY so now you need a 500 - 1000 sq ft of panels that would not even work in a forest.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:48 PM (vFG9F)

42 Huh.
Made the sidebar.
Maybe I can upgrade from the cardboard membership.

Posted by: RI Red at February 05, 2026 07:48 PM (o19x0)

43 WTH?

Pakistan court gives low brow goat humping vermin custody of Christian girl they had kidnapped?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

44 Me likey tree stump underground lair but would have wired my solar power panels above the tree canopy.

Still want a missile silo bunker.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 07:48 PM (cwGMH)

45 So, that's 100 abreast, or 50 across?

I'll have go back and look at it again. Don't worry it is no bother.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (5+jnP)

46 What happens when the stump rots away, as stumps do?

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (vFG9F)

47 Are there Buffalo in Buffalo, NY? Is there even a Bison, NY?

Posted by: Fellow Hairy Ruminant at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

48 Congrats RI Red

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 05, 2026 07:50 PM (eZ5tL)

49 46 What happens when the stump rots away, as stumps do?
Posted by: fd

Gotcha covered!

Posted by: Thompson's Water Seal at February 05, 2026 07:50 PM (oftw2)

50 Meet exoplanet HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-2 about 146 ly away recently discovered:
https://is.gd/hmXTCD

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 07:38 PM (w6EFb)

From the article:

The planet’s orbital distance, so similar to Earth’s, means such transits happen far less often than for planets in tighter orbits around their stars (it’s a big reason why exoplanets with Earth-like orbits are so hard to detect in the first place).

>>>I'm confused. Wouldn't a smaller orbit make transits happen more often?

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for control of the laptop at February 05, 2026 07:52 PM (Wt5PA)

51 It's kind of dumb. I would have a fake stump made, excavate the hole, build the bunker, cover it back up, and install the fake but realistic and bomb proof stump on top.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:52 PM (vFG9F)

52 You have no idea what it's like to put up with Wesley on a daily basis.

Posted by: Worf, son of Mogh at February 05, 2026 07:52 PM (Nq5q1)

53 Wesley Crusher + Klingon painstick = good idea

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 07:53 PM (2GVsD)

54 I bet he will wish he installed a sump pump too.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:53 PM (vFG9F)

55 Were there any tertiary nipples visible in the scandi skydiving video? That throws off the count.

Posted by: The Central Numerator at February 05, 2026 07:53 PM (oftw2)

56 . . . Stump-pump . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 07:54 PM (rbvCR)

57 I was ready to move until I saw neither a shower nor toilet for the wooden victim's hole. 😱

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 07:54 PM (NFX2v)

58 Huh.
Made the sidebar.
Maybe I can upgrade from the cardboard membership.
Posted by: RI Red at February 05, 2026 07:48 PM (o19x0)

Congrats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)

59 Also no escape hatch in the underground lair . Always need an escape hatch.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 07:58 PM (cwGMH)

60 Gahh!!!
Still have 5 1/2 hours left of work and nothing to do. This is going to take forever...

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 07:58 PM (J/fgw)

61 I am calling bullshit on the serial killer den.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

62 That tree stump lair is missing an arms room.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:39 PM (Wnv9h)

NOT FUNNY

Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 05, 2026 07:59 PM (E0p3T)

63 Still have 5 1/2 hours left of work and nothing to do.
Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 07:58 PM (J/fgw)

That sounds like a Yogi Berra quote

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 08:00 PM (cwGMH)

64 46 What happens when the stump rots away, as stumps do?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (vFG9F)

Well I'm stuped. What happens?

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 08:00 PM (J/fgw)

65 Well I'm stuped. What happens?
Posted by: Reforger

So close, yet so far.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 08:00 PM (diia5)

66 "I was ready to move until I saw neither a shower nor toilet for the wooden victim's hole. 😱
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day"

Like those nasty Hobbitsis.

Posted by: Gollum at February 05, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

67 Stumped..

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 08:01 PM (J/fgw)

68 Prayers ascending for whig for his upcoming surgery. I don't know if he reads the cafe so I'll pop this downstairs too

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:01 PM (E0p3T)

69 Porcupine Ridge, Castle Valley, Utah

------------

Wow, stunning.

Those snow-capped mountains in the background look like the background on the set of "The Chosen" when they're filming at the recreated "Jerusalem" in Utah.

* goes to lookup where that is located *

"The Jerusalem recreation featured in The Chosen is located in Goshen, Utah, within Utah County. This 3-acre set, officially known as the Motion Picture Studio South Campus, was constructed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and began development in 2010. It serves as a lifelike replica of ancient Jerusalem, including key locations such as the Pool of Bethesda, the Jordan River, and the Garden of Gethsemane."

Nope, Porcupine Ridge is about 220 miles and four hours to the southeast (by vehicle) from Goshen.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:02 PM (0Eh0f)

70 I didn't know Action Jackson was at the Grammys cheering the anti-ice speeches. Should be impeached.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 08:02 PM (cwGMH)

71 >> Wouldn't a smaller orbit make transits happen more often?

Yes, exactly. The transit method is very productive for planets very close, much closer than earth orbit distance. There are several methods used to look for exoplanets and the transit method is just one of them. The orbital plane has to be aligned just right from our perspective here on earth for the planet to pass right in front of the star.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)

72 Jinx the Cat

Just saw it. Seems quite unsafe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)

73
I am calling bullshit on the serial killer den.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

============

There's tons of those phony things on the internet. Saunas, swimming pools, gardens, all put together lickety-split just for show.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 08:03 PM (JrWaT)

74 "Well I'm stuped. What happens?
Posted by: Reforger"

Well, it leaks rainwater like a sieve until it finally rots and falls in.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:04 PM (vFG9F)

75
Wolves trekking through deep snow means: You haven't got a chance.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 08:05 PM (JrWaT)

76 Gahh!!!
Still have 5 1/2 hours left of work and nothing to do. This is going to take forever...
Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 07:58 PM

Watch the Brattleboro, Vermont council meeting via the link that CBD posted in the sidebar?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

77 Wolves attempting to hunt bison

Yeah, I think they took one look at the wall-o-bison and decided on sushi that day.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 08:06 PM (Riz8t)

78 Blonde Morticia

The wolves hunger for dens with some electricity inside tree stumps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)

79 Carve a bunch of dwellings into that ridge like Petra in Jordan.

It'll be done a helluva lot sooner (as in, before the sun explodes) than that Neom line city, and it'll be fone using actual Arab technology.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:06 PM (BI5O2)

80 To ve fair, he is nkt saying he is not using a backhoe, eq etc- but the walls are too smooth for him to have dug it out of soil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 08:07 PM (zZu0s)

81 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 08:03 PM (w6EFb)

Yayyyyy I'm smarter than a NASA article!

Posted by: pookysgirl, buffing her creds at February 05, 2026 08:07 PM (Wt5PA)

82 I am calling bullshit on the serial killer den.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

=====

It worked for us

Posted by: Col. Hogan and the team at Stalag 13 at February 05, 2026 08:07 PM (8AONa)

83 Massive group parachute stunt. This better not be AI.

[104 paratroopers from 20 countries set a world record in parachuting art, captured in an amazing aerial shot.]

When they began breaking up from the "kite" formation near the end, I expected them to reform and spell out "FUCK ICE!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:07 PM (0Eh0f)

84 Dude built an underground panic room. Shit hits the fan and you down there and there's no weapons room? You're gonna panic.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 08:08 PM (snZF9)

85 "Watch the Brattleboro, Vermont council meeting via the link that CBD posted in the sidebar?
Posted by: Duncanthrax"

Did you watch any of that? Are we sure it's not AI?

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

86 ust saw it. Seems quite unsafe.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

No link from me. I do wonder how many dishwashers they sold....

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 05, 2026 08:10 PM (5+jnP)

87 He's got a TV so must have Internet because I didn't see a rack of DVDs.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

88 I was forced into a visceral dislike of Savannah Guthrie years ago. By Savannah Guthrie.

And I bet her mama ain't the sweetest peach in the bushel, either.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:11 PM (BI5O2)

89 Watch the Brattleboro, Vermont council meeting via the link that CBD posted in the sidebar?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

Not supposed to have my cellphone. I can get away with it in my office but any noise causes people to look at you funny and sometimes contact HR. I'm going to make a move to my compressor room and sit there for a while. Gotta fake the funk. Make it look like I'm busy.

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 08:12 PM (J/fgw)

90 Hello. All. I am almost giddy with happiness.

Today I was able to talk to my only sister, from whom I have been estranged for more than twenty years.

She is in a very bad way medically. But still, I got to talk to my big sister. And I believe that we both drew solace and curing from the conversation.

Glory be to God!

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

91 I didn't know Action Jackson was at the Grammys cheering the anti-ice speeches. Should be impeached.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 08:02 PM (cwGMH)

-------------

I believe she was nominated for her song "I'm Not Woman, Hear Me Bore."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:12 PM (0Eh0f)

92 Have a great night, everyone.

I am shouting to the sky to move the 60 degree air of today to the east.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:13 PM (u82oZ)

93 Damn, they discovered the secret to my ski jumping success!

>>@nytimes

>>From @TheAthletic
: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 08:14 PM (viF8m)

94 Is there even a Bison, NY?

We have Bison, OK, population around 25. Originally named Buffalo Spring. How's that treat yer creature naming deal?

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 08:14 PM (47diA)

95
He's got a TV so must have Internet because I didn't see a rack of DVDs.
Posted by: fd

Disc drives filled with audio/video.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 08:16 PM (Cqx++)

96 I am shouting to the sky to move the 60 degree air of today to the east.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:13 PM

Best of luck with that.

Posted by: King Cnut at February 05, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

97 Glory be to God!
Posted by: Bulg
---
Wow. That's awesome. So happy for you!

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 05, 2026 08:17 PM (mNjzF)

98 Hello. All. I am almost giddy with happiness.

Today I was able to talk to my only sister, from whom I have been estranged for more than twenty years.

She is in a very bad way medically. But still, I got to talk to my big sister. And I believe that we both drew solace and curing from the conversation.

Glory be to God!

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

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Good for you both, Bulg!

I have a similar story: was estranged from a drug addict brother for a couple of decades, when he out-of-the-blue looked me up on the interwebz and sent me a letter asking if we could speak.

By some miracle, he was (1) still alive; (2) not in jail; and (3) had been sober for three years -- and that was three years ago.

He found a good Christian woman who has helped him stay on the straight and narrow, and now that he's in Texas (near Tyler) -- I got to visit with him when we attended the MoMe last October.

He's the only survivor I have from my nuclear family ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:17 PM (0Eh0f)

99 only for you
youtu.be/s6VaeFCxta8

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

100 Did you watch any of that? Are we sure it's not AI?
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:08 PM

I got as far as the Planning Commission woman speaking at the public microphone. I doubt it's an AI parody, but geez, Mary could be a real person.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

101 "Disc drives filled with audio/video.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

Sounds great. Go live in a hole in the woods and watch movies.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

102 Is there even a Bison, NY?
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Less than a mile from here is Elk Mountain. There haven't been elk here in 300 years.

As an aside:
"Wood bison (often referred to historically as "wood buffalo" or simply buffalo in regional context) were once native to West Virginia, particularly in the western and central parts of the state, but were hunted to extinction in the region by the early 19th century. The last recorded wild bison in West Virginia was killed near Valley Head in Randolph County in 1825. "

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 08:20 PM (XeU6L)

103 Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther.

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It's like erecting an extra aerodynamic wing!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:20 PM (0Eh0f)

104 She is in a very bad way medically. But still, I got to talk to my big sister. And I believe that we both drew solace and curing from the conversation.

Glory be to God!
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

This is wonderful, Bulg. It kills me inside when families are estranged. I hope you both can move forward and leave old pains behind.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

105 Where was the condenser for that mini-split? I didn't see it on the surface, and you obviously can't bury it.

And I'm not even sure you could pressurize one of those units enough to go a couple stories down to the handler like that, but I've never tried more than about 8' of travel on one, so I don't know for sure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:21 PM (BI5O2)

106 Not only am I a reel persyn Mr Dinkletrax I have a lotb of responsibility for the state of planning by the Brattleboro Planeing commission and Annual Erotic Bake Sale.

Posted by: Mary Clogenstien of Brattleboro Ve at February 05, 2026 08:22 PM (vFG9F)

107 I have never seen a victim-hole. Why?

I didn't see any guns or gun racks. That would be a nice place to process meat if you were into poaching.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 08:23 PM (TOSLe)

108 "Where was the condenser for that mini-split?"

I wondered the same thing. Also, the fridge fit thru that hole?

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

109 >>It's like erecting an extra aerodynamic wing!

Gotta avoid a deadstick landing.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 08:24 PM (viF8m)

110 He's the only survivor I have from my nuclear family ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:17 PM (0Eh0f)

You, too. That makes me happy.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 08:26 PM (zYpTz)

111 You'd be honored to be imprisoned and killed in this Victim-Hole.

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Now THAT'S what I call a "Man Cave!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:27 PM (0Eh0f)

112 We got a new puppy today, a pug mix. Named her Maizie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 08:29 PM (J+Psw)

113 I have never seen a victim-hole. Why?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 08:23 PM (TOSLe)

Want to see the inside of one?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 08:30 PM (dK+Kv)

114 There's hope for the under-30 generation after all.

A new "Amelia" video is fire. It started out on YT as an inside-the-circle item for the nascent AI creator community channels and now it's taking off in a wider, wilder direction.

A Banger, as they say.

"A Million Amelias" LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mtbatvm6

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 08:30 PM (rj6Yv)

115 They built that house under the stump, and the following week, a Bigfoot evicted them from it and made it his home.

Thanks - it was very thoughtful of you Littlefoot, to do this for one of us!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 05, 2026 08:30 PM (ePRtB)

116 "51 It's kind of dumb. I would have a fake stump made, excavate the hole, build the bunker, cover it back up, and install the fake but realistic and bomb proof stump on top.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:52 PM (vFG9F) "

great idea FTW!
back in the trench war days of ww1 they actually made armored observation post stumps to put out in no-man's-land, sometimes exact visual duplicates of existing stumps that were stealthily removed and replaced overnight.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 05, 2026 08:32 PM (Cjt/F)

117 Thank you all for your good wishes. I need to go off and reflect now.

God bless you all.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

118
Anonosaurus,

Congratulations on the new pup.

Dogs are awesome.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)

119 Speaking of Bigfoot . . .

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jRUIqlbz_WE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (J+Psw)

120 When they began breaking up from the "kite" formation near the end, I expected them to reform and spell out "FUCK ICE!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:07 PM (0Eh0f)

I was waiting for a Fokker triplane to dive out of the clouds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (snZF9)

121 I was waiting for a Fokker triplane to dive out of the clouds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (snZF9)

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lol

THAT would have been awesome!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:35 PM (0Eh0f)

122 Spider solitaire will chew up some time

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 08:35 PM (Ia/+0)

123 5 Winter Olympics start this weekend. I used to like Winter Olympic games.
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:24 PM (g47mK)

Be happy you aren't watching the 2014 Games. The first night featured Bob Costas doing all he could to not jump across to His Majesty The Shahinshah and start sucking His dick right then and there.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 08:35 PM (hJH5n)

124 Couldn't you just build an underground structure and then drag/place an old (or manufactured) tree trunk on top of it? That would save a bit of time and you wouldn't have to deal with navigating a trunk hole a zillion times during construction.

Anyway, it's a nice weekend project. I'll put it on my ToDo list.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 05, 2026 08:36 PM (gLikB)

125 I would not trust the airflow system in that tree stump place. Plus, all it takes is one evil villain with a hammer and nails and you're stuck in there. No thanks.

Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 08:36 PM (79pEw)

126 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (snZF9)

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BTW, The Wifey asked me to tell you that she has purchased and refurbished an "El Cheapo" set of bagpipes (manufactured in Pakistan). Don't laugh!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:36 PM (0Eh0f)

127 119 Speaking of Bigfoot . . .

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jRUIqlbz_WE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (J+Psw)

**********

From the comment section:

"On their way to get Jack Link's beef jerky.."

"They are going to Minnesota to put the little ones in daycare!"

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 05, 2026 08:37 PM (ePRtB)

128 88 I was forced into a visceral dislike of Savannah Guthrie years ago. By Savannah Guthrie.

And I bet her mama ain't the sweetest peach in the bushel, either.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Nancy Guthrie's son-in-law is Tommaso Cioni.
Name doesn't sound particularly Hispanic.
You think Savannah pissed off some friends
on the East Coast?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 08:37 PM (a0V+E)

129 I guess fd was way ahead of me there.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 05, 2026 08:38 PM (gLikB)

130 125 I would not trust the airflow system in that tree stump place. Plus, all it takes is one evil villain with a hammer and nails and you're stuck in there. No thanks.
Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 08:36 PM (79pEw)

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

Or a Bigfoot to use it as a toilet.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 05, 2026 08:38 PM (ePRtB)

131
To run that stuff he was showing you would need at least 5kw plus another 5kw to charge the batteries ON A GOOD DAY so now you need a 500 - 1000 sq ft of panels that would not even work in a forest.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07

Yeah! When I installed the mini-split on my shed the 110 wasn't enough. Had to install an extra breaker box and run 220 out there. Ain't no way he's powering HVAC, fridge, TV, and lights off that dinky solar panel, in what appears to be a primeval forest.

I think that guy just cut a hole in a stump and then built a set in his basement or something.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:38 PM (BI5O2)

132 Speaking of Bigfoot . . .

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jRUIqlbz_WE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 08:33 PM (J+Psw)

There is an AI dub of the Patterson-Gimli Bigfoot film that dubs in Michelle Obama over the Sasquatch. It matches amazingly well.

it is of course unobtanium

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 08:39 PM (rbvCR)

133 "Or a Bigfoot to use it as a toilet.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie"

It would make a very nice septic tank.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

134 Secret Woods Victim Hole...not enough room for the bar.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 08:39 PM (2WIwB)

135 13 I'd go back to Cinque Terra in a heartbeat. 3 weeks was not enough.

Posted by: Pasta Fasoooole at February 05, 2026 07:29 PM (QYppa)

I only made it to one of them, Monterosso al Mare. Had I been in better shape I wold have liked to hiked all 5 cities. As it was I had to suffer through a week In Florence instead.

Posted by: javems at February 05, 2026 08:39 PM (zFsEm)

136 >>>Speaking of Bigfoot . . .

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jRUIqlbz_WE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster

>Looks like Big Mike is taking her daughters to a Supper Bowl Lobster Feast. The commercials and halftime show are sure to be tremendous.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 08:40 PM (TOSLe)

137 bluebell: "Plus, all it takes is one evil villain with a hammer and nails and you're stuck in there. No thanks."

Well, he does have a cable/sat hookup and some snacks. Could be worse.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at February 05, 2026 08:40 PM (gLikB)

138 Or a Bigfoot to use it as a toilet.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 05, 2026 08:38 PM (ePRtB)
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Oh, are you guys that civilized? I had no idea!

Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 08:40 PM (79pEw)

139 125 I would not trust the airflow system in that tree stump place. Plus, all it takes is one evil villain with a hammer and nails and you're stuck in there. No thanks.
Posted by: bluebell
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Air and concealment is very light relative to all that's put into the compartment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 08:41 PM (a0V+E)

140 Good for you, bulg!

What were the results of your cardiac event monitor?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 08:42 PM (nhNYD)

141 Wednesday high 39, warmest day for next 7 days

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 08:42 PM (Ia/+0)

142 Oh, are you guys that civilized? I had no idea!
Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 08:40 PM (79pEw)

***********

We're notorious Peeping Toms - and we've always wondered about how those biffies would work for us!

Now's our chance!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at February 05, 2026 08:43 PM (ePRtB)

143 I think I recognize that photo up top.

Over Macho Grande

Posted by: banana Dream at February 05, 2026 08:43 PM (3uBP9)

144 "A Million Amelias" LINK: https://tinyurl.com/mtbatvm6

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 08:30 PM (rj6Yv)

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"Nineteen Eighty-Four on the floor"

When the Amelia meme first hit, one of the early contributors was a SubStack I subscribe to called "Postcards From Barsoom" by "John Carter" (a brilliant analyst and writer for our times).

Anywho, I posted the following comment there to his post about a month ago entitled "Amelia Sans Merci: Summoning the Tulpa of Remigration with industrial quantities of AI image slop":

"Does Taylor Sheridan (or anybody who knows him or works with him on the TV series "Landman") read this excellent SubStack and essay?

Because after the epic beatdown of Ainsley's ambiguously gay #Woke tranny snowflake mentally-ill roommate, it would be epic if they introduce the Ainsley character in Season 3 with a purple-colored bob -- and have her 'identify' as Amelia."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:43 PM (0Eh0f)

145 Yeah! When I installed the mini-split on my shed the 110 wasn't enough. Had to install an extra breaker box and run 220 out there. Ain't no way he's powering HVAC, fridge, TV, and lights off that dinky solar panel, in what appears to be a primeval forest.

I think that guy just cut a hole in a stump and then built a set in his basement or something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:38 PM (BI5O2)
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A primeval forest that looks to be in a somewhat foggy, northern climate. And those solar panels are a dead giveaway that something is in the area...Follow the cables to the "hidden" lair.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 08:46 PM (ESVrU)

146 112 We got a new puppy today, a pug mix. Named her Maizie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Does it have a flat nose and snorfle a lot?

Posted by: Felix the Cat at February 05, 2026 08:47 PM (oftw2)

147 And you know - right now - there is a dumb 23yo woman looking at that fake stumphouse video and saying "wouldn't it be so *authentic* to live in an underground cell like that," and her dumb boyfriend is saying "of course it would and I will buy a quarter-acre of worthless undeveloped forest and ruin my life trying to construct this retarded thing."

They will both be found dead in a hole from fumes at some point in the next year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:47 PM (BI5O2)

148 Secret Woods Victim Hole...not enough room for the bar.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 08:39 PM (2WIwB)

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And there wasn't a stripper pole.

I was disappoint.

[Wifey points out: you'd want an alternative hole from which to escape if necessary, kind of like a pocket gopher (which she enjoys terminating with extreme prejudice on our property).]

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:48 PM (0Eh0f)

149 Av guy in my frat house glued another guy into his bedroom while he was sleeping with PL100.

I was really a modified closet and there was no way out.

He had to pound his way out with a baseball bat. Took a while. This was when we had real wood doors.

Then he tried to kill the other guy. He was way mad.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 08:49 PM (uvB+6)

150 They will both be found dead in a hole from fumes at some point in the next year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:47 PM (BI5O2)

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* The book and film "Into The Wild" has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:50 PM (0Eh0f)

151 Search

Unfortunately, detailed information about Tommaso Cioni's specific educational background—including his elementary school, high school, and college—is not widely available. However, here are some known points:

Known Details

Current Position: Tommaso Cioni teaches sixth-grade science and Advanced Placement biology at BASIS Oro Valley in Tucson, Arizona, where he has worked for over 15 years.

Subjects of Interest: He has a passion for herpetology and music, mentioning that if he weren't teaching, he might pursue a career in herpetology.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 08:51 PM (a0V+E)

152 In a hole in a stump there lived a retard.

Posted by: JRR T at February 05, 2026 08:51 PM (Q+gd/)

153 ... while he was sleeping with PL100.

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Is that the model name of a popular blowup sex doll or robot?

/phrasing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:52 PM (0Eh0f)

154 Subjects of Interest: He has a passion for herpetology and music, mentioning that if he weren't teaching, he might pursue a career in herpetology.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 08:51 PM (a0V+E)

He killed her with the herp? That's cold-blooded.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 08:54 PM (lpTXP)

155 In keeping with tonight's Cafe theme

https://youtu.be/JILfwu5AWIQ

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 08:54 PM (ZxPkt)

156 In a hole in a stump there lived a retard.

Posted by: JRR T at February 05, 2026 08:51 PM (Q+gd/)

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One Tree Ring to rule them all, One Tree Ring to find them,
One Tree Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:54 PM (0Eh0f)

157 I had some people pretty scared over the whole portable welder to weld shut bunkers angle I was taking during the last bunker build bubble. I don't think they thought about that.
Going into a bunker is just putting yourself in seige. You are at the mercy of everyone outside.

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 08:54 PM (J/fgw)

158
We got a new puppy today, a pug mix. Named her Maizie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Is she from Hawaii?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 08:55 PM (Cqx++)

159 Current Position: Tommaso Cioni teaches sixth-grade science and Advanced Placement biology at BASIS Oro Valley in Tucson, Arizona, where he has worked for over 15 years

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AP biology for elementary schoolers? OK.

Perhaps 1 in 10,000 6th graders are capable of passing an AP biology test.

That's either a school for geniuses or it's some sort of scam.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:55 PM (BI5O2)

160 If a tree or even a branch fell on your stump you might be able to get out eventually using a sledgehammer and shovel, assuming you brought one down there of course. Otherwise, theirs always your fingernails.

Imagine being stuck down there and it snowed and your solar panel are not charging and the backup generator runs out of gas and the batteries die and then the lights go out.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:56 PM (vFG9F)

161 Couldn't you just build an underground structure and then drag/place an old (or manufactured) tree trunk on top of it? That would save a bit of time and you wouldn't have to deal with navigating a trunk hole a zillion times during construction.

I'm trying to think about the tree roots he would have encountered.

Also the arial shot didn't have a worn path that would have been necessary to bring in all of the materials. Seriously how did he get the fridge safely down there? block & tackle? And why didn't we see that process?

Regardless, his basement man cave would have been noisy with all of those hard surfaces and mechanicals.

Also, that is a lot of involvement just to go relieve one's self seeing that there was no plumbing anywhere.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:57 PM (a4flb)

162
Two minors from California, arrested in Scottsdale Arizona after a home invasion trying to get the residents to give them $66 million in crypto currency.

Is this going to be a thing now??

Posted by: fourseasons at February 05, 2026 08:57 PM (3ek7K)

163 Subjects of Interest: He has a passion for herpetology and music, mentioning that if he weren't teaching, he might pursue a career in herpetology
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So he likes lizards and snakes. How does it correlate into kidnapping and possibly killing your mother in law. Did they like gambling, drugs? Both are quite easily obtainable in Arizona.And why wasn't there more security around her house, why was she living there alone if she couldnt walk without assistance. The whole set up stinks and makes me sad.

Posted by: Megthered at February 05, 2026 08:58 PM (IaTxe)

164 There's

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:58 PM (vFG9F)

165 Flesh-eating killer herpes is way more common than you think. I've had many friends die from it.

Posted by: K Harris at February 05, 2026 08:58 PM (BI5O2)

166 Can't say awake any longer
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 08:59 PM (Ia/+0)

167
Sleep well Skip

Posted by: fourseasons at February 05, 2026 08:59 PM (3ek7K)

168 Well the two nights of solid freezing has killed of the grass here in Cen FL. All the non-hardy semi-tropical plants are wilted.

The freeze we had into 2010 turned the area into a brown wasteland.

You don't get that lush green tropical look until you get down below Okeechobee just because of these once a decade freezes.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 08:59 PM (uvB+6)

169 We got a new puppy today, a pug mix. Named her Maizie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Is she from Hawaii?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 08:55 PM (Cqx++)

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Could be Maizie Antionette in French.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 09:00 PM (0Eh0f)

170 >>> Av guy in my frat house glued another guy into his bedroom while he was sleeping with PL100.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 08:49 PM (uvB+6)

I was working in an old office that had carpets assembled from 1'x1' squares. A few squares under my chair had come loose and it drove me crazy. So I got a tube of that construction adhesive and tacked it all down nice. Our area was scheduled for reno and we were all moved out. I came back many months later to check out the work and everything was cleared out. A big open void wall to wall, ceiling slabs down to the concrete. Except for one small area where my few squares of glued down carpet still remained.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 05, 2026 09:01 PM (3uBP9)

171 Well the two nights of solid freezing has killed of the grass here in Cen FL. All the non-hardy semi-tropical plants are wilted.

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I just heard recently about the frozen iguanas falling out of trees in Florida -- but apparently they're still alive but in some kind of cryogenic stasis state?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 09:02 PM (0Eh0f)

172 They will both be found dead in a hole from fumes at some point in the next year.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

You know who else died in a hole and was emitting fumes?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 05, 2026 09:03 PM (cYBz/)

173 Also, that is a lot of involvement just to go relieve one's self seeing that there was no plumbing anywhere.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Piss jug and a five gallon bucket for backup.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 09:03 PM (/lPRQ)

174 Amelia composite:

https://tinyurl.com/yu22td7f

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 09:03 PM (a0V+E)

175 Composting toilet. Then all you have to do is lug your compost up that ladder and thru the hole.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 09:05 PM (vFG9F)

176 Composting toilet. Then all you have to do is lug your compost up that ladder and thru the hole.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 09:05 PM (vFG9F)
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You make it sound so easy.

Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 09:06 PM (79pEw)

177 We moved in a house where some 1980s visionary had carpeted over the kitchen. Because 1980s.

Obviously, that's unsuitable for people who use their kitchens, so my dad immediately told us boys to tear that shit out and clean off the subfloor.

That's when we discovered The Horror.

This visionary, while brimming over with vision, lacked intelligence or grit or knowledge, and simply glued the carpet down with Liquid Nails all over the place. It was hell removing it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:07 PM (BI5O2)

178 All this talk about Amelia reminded me of this song by Joni Mitchel. One of my favorites of hers:

https://youtu.be/gcTDoi9JQiY

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 09:07 PM (uvB+6)

179 I just heard recently about the frozen iguanas falling out of trees in Florida -- but apparently they're still alive but in some kind of cryogenic stasis state?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ

Just moving very slowly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 09:07 PM (/lPRQ)

180 You know who else died in a hole and was emitting fumes?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 05, 2026 09:03 PM (cYBz/)

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* golf clap *

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 09:07 PM (0Eh0f)

181 >>> Two minors from California, arrested in Scottsdale Arizona after a home invasion trying to get the residents to give them $66 million in crypto currency.

Is this going to be a thing now??

Posted by: fourseasons at February 05, 2026 08:57 PM (3ek7K)

Everything you do, for most crypto currencies is publicly viewable by the whole world via the block chain. You move large sums regularly? Everyone in the world can see that. Now by see, I mean they see a particular currency address on the receiving end. But crypto is the opposite of private. If you are ever dumb enough to comingle your personhood, ie. name, location, who you are with that currency public address you become a target. People will do this by being on a social web site and posting their receiving currency address for whatever reason. Generally a bad idea.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 05, 2026 09:09 PM (3uBP9)

182 Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 08:54 PM (J/fgw)

That’s why you have an escape hatch. It’s a hatch under about two feet of dirt that opens to the inside.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:09 PM (cwGMH)

183 Amelia composite:

https://tinyurl.com/yu22td7f

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 09:03 PM (a0V+E)
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Very nice.

Here's an Amelia cover of "Jerusalem". While watching it, something got caught in my eyes. Tears flowed.

LINK: (YT) https://tinyurl.com/8s9ujesb

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 09:10 PM (rj6Yv)

184 Tonight is a good night. To good friends.

https://tinyurl.com/khukuvf6

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 09:10 PM (viF8m)

185 This visionary, while brimming over with vision, lacked intelligence or grit or knowledge, and simply glued the carpet down with Liquid Nails all over the place. It was hell removing it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:07 PM (BI5O2)

My Grandma, God rest her soul, was a fan of carpeted bathrooms. Shag carpet. How do you clean that floor?
*shudders*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 09:10 PM (lpTXP)

186 Just moving very slowly.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 09:07 PM (/lPRQ)

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Ah, interesting.

I considered moving to Florida 13 years ago, but The Wifey was "NYET!" owing to the humidity and German cockroaches (palmetto bugs). Even her home state of Texas was out of the question for that very same reason, so we ended up in Northern AZ.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 09:11 PM (0Eh0f)

187 The condenser for the mini split and solar panel kinda gives away the mystique of the hidey-hole.

May as well just dig a hole and stuff a conex box in the ground.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 09:14 PM (TOSLe)

188
I just heard recently about the frozen iguanas falling out of trees in Florida -- but apparently they're still alive but in some kind of cryogenic stasis state?

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The great thing about an iguanacicle is that the tail works as a stick.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:17 PM (JkO4W)

189 >>I considered moving to Florida 13 years ago, but The Wifey was "NYET!" owing to the humidity and German cockroaches (palmetto bugs). Even her home state of Texas was out of the question for that very same reason, so we ended up in Northern AZ.

When I moved to PR a friend of a friend let me crash for a few days on his semi-enclosed patio. Semi is the important word in that sentence.

The first night I woke up to a skittering noise. Turned on my flashlight to see the walls and ceiling covered with Palmet .. Giant Frigging Cockroaches and geckos covering the walls and ceiling. No big ass snakes which was a plus but way too many creepy crawlers. Spurred my job/apartment hunt dramatically.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)

190 I would love to live in south Florida but I would build my abode with 2ft thick concrete and built on a man made hill. Not today hurricane not today.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:19 PM (cwGMH)

191 Living in FL I know about the freaking Palmetto bugs but one night many years ago I encountered a scene that I would like to forget.

I was awakened in the middle of the night by an odd crunching sound. The sound stopped when I turned on the light so I went back to bed and sure enough the crunch, crunch started again.

I ended up getting a flashlight and tracked down the source.

On a window still was a monster Palmetto bug chowing down on a buddy of his that had died and dried out.

I grabbed a shoe and started after the cannibal but he got away. I could fall asleep after that and moved into the guest bedroom.

I bombed my house the next day.

This is another instalment of adventures in FL and why you might not want to move here.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 09:27 PM (uvB+6)

192 > I just heard recently about the frozen iguanas falling out of trees in Florida -- but apparently they're still alive but in some kind of cryogenic stasis state?
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Aren't the iguanas something like a pest in Florida? Invasive or whatever? I've seen some pretty weird Florida man stuff with the iguanas...

But... it's their culture. So I'll not judge.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 09:28 PM (jtM2q)

193 BTW, The Wifey asked me to tell you that she has purchased and refurbished an "El Cheapo" set of bagpipes (manufactured in Pakistan). Don't laugh!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:36 PM (0Eh0f)

I don't even want to know what they're made from. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 09:28 PM (snZF9)

194 That kitchen. The bane of my existence.

After we fixed that horrible floor my mom saw it in a whole new light and had her own vision, which entailed changing every cubic inch of a couple large rooms, to include:

1.) A vast stretch of tile floor
2.) Over 100 sq. ft. of stone countertops
3.) The largest pantry you've ever seen
4.) A Bosch double-oven, six-burner Blue Star range, and a Chambers oven/range
5.) Various custom cabinetry
6.) And much more

This took blood, sweat, toil, tears, time and $$$ to carry off. But it was worth it. It was amazing. You could butcher a cow and cook it up in comfort and style in that kitchen.

Less than five years after completing this white elephant, my parents decided to move.

It still grinds my gears whenever I think about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:31 PM (BI5O2)

195 " "El Cheapo" set of bagpipes (manufactured in Pakistan)"

Well, there goes that high quality sound you get from authentic bag pipes.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 09:31 PM (uvB+6)

196
I'd love to live in Miami Beach. Coral Gables, to be precise. Go swim in that Venetian pool a couple times a week, drink key live juice and eat the seafood pasta at Les Deux Fontaines, assuming it still exists.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 09:32 PM (JrWaT)

197 So, get this, olympic ski jumpers are being accused of using temporary genital enlarging strategies to cheat. ???

So here's how it works out, they use chemicals or pumps or whatever to make their junk larger when they are getting sized for their skin tight ski suits. And then, after their junk deflates it creates pockets in their suit's crotch-ular area, like a dick sail, I guess, that adds a few counts of lift and eeks out a bit more distance.

www.bbc.com/sport/articles/
czej70jyg4eo

Posted by: banana Dream - news you can use at February 05, 2026 09:32 PM (3uBP9)

198
Hmm, maybe make that key lime juice, not key live juice. Especially considering those giant cockroaches.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 09:33 PM (JrWaT)

199 Why is this weirdo Guthrie bimbo national headline news? This is local news story and nobody give a shit.

I'm sure there is a plethora of sleuths out there right now looking for clues.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 09:34 PM (TOSLe)

200 I’m sorry. Politics aside, Florida is awful.

Gators. Snakes. Bugs. Heat. Humidity. Hurricanes.

No.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:35 PM (X8Oaa)

201 200 I’m sorry. Politics aside, Florida is awful.

Gators. Snakes. Bugs. Heat. Humidity. Hurricanes.

No.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:35 PM (X8Oaa)
_______________________

Oh, come on. If you ever want to visit Australia, you have to practice somewhere.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 09:37 PM (dIske)

202 >>Aren't the iguanas something like a pest in Florida? Invasive or whatever? I've seen some pretty weird Florida man stuff with the iguanas...

>>But... it's their culture. So I'll not judge.

Take a trip to the Keys. They are everywhere. And harmless. Kind of cool to see them randomly pop out of the brush.

Florida is great. 2nd most influential show I saw as a kid was Flipper. I mean the kids got to play with boats and dolphins every day. I was convinced the whole state was made up.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 09:37 PM (viF8m)

203 Turn out that light, 0400 comes pretty early.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 09:37 PM (LHPAg)

204 In a hole in a stump there lived a retard.

Posted by: JRR T at February 05, 2026 08:51 PM (Q+gd/)

Not good enough. You have to describe the stump with every word in the english language...twice. You have to describe the walk TO the stump, and describe every leaf..of every tree.. and how the sun reflects on them every fucking hour of the day. Oh, is there wind? Gotta talk about the wind. How else can you explain the magic epileptic ballet dance the leaves are doing for next 13 pages. Oooh oooh are their any clouds? How much room you get left in that book? Maybe just get back to the stump, and spend a few pages describing the bark.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 09:38 PM (snZF9)

205 In my younger days I moved all the time. Most of those moves were from one apartment to another. But I also had some big moves from state to state because of jobs. I got so sick of moving I decided one more move and that's it. I've been in my current home now for 28 years. I have no intention of ever moving again. I promised myself that and stuck to it. Enough was enough.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 09:38 PM (E7+ue)

206 Aren't the iguanas something like a pest in Florida?

Posted by: JackStraw

The largest, most annoying invasive pests in Florida are NYC expats.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 05, 2026 09:39 PM (cYBz/)

207 Nope, Porcupine Ridge is about 220 miles and four hours to the southeast (by vehicle) from Goshen.
Posted by: ShainS

You asked for it! (obscure version.)

https://youtu.be/lyE82wgOkVY

Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 09:40 PM (VHUov)

208 Florida is a weird place, because it's so long and narrow and tropical. The edges are great, nature-wise, but everyone wants to be Pitbull, or Jimmy Buffett. The people in the interior are much cooler, but its weather is unbearable.

St. Pete seems to best the balance, to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:40 PM (BI5O2)

209 My grandparents used to live in Polk County, Florida. Back in the day it was known for orange groves and Cypress Gardens in nearby Winter Haven.

No iguanas.

Lots of bugs tho'.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 09:41 PM (jtM2q)

210 193 BTW, The Wifey asked me to tell you that she has purchased and refurbished an "El Cheapo" set of bagpipes (manufactured in Pakistan). Don't laugh!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 08:36 PM (0Eh0f)

I don't even want to know what they're made from. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 09:28 PM (snZF9)

______________________

Somewhere in the deepest darkest Pakistan is a Nilgai antelope that has no place to keep his gonads.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 09:41 PM (dIske)

211 I'll join in calling "Bison!" on that stump job. I've worked in and around some big ex-trees, and there's no way he just bored through and got to diggin' underneath. Dad had a Circassian walnut fall on his garage. With a backhoe and chain saws, we worked all our spare time half a season long to get all the lower extremities out, and the roots were the size of upper tree branches, except moist and a lot springier.

I had a full-grown black walnut cut down next to my garage, and neglected to include its stump on the grinder list. When the upper part of the flush-cut turned out to be in the way of a patio walk extension, my hired hand and I lit into it, just to get it down a few inches below grade. With axe, augers, chisels and several kinds of power saws, it took two of us a whole day just to reduce it that much -- and I said screw it and took a chance with the major roots around it. We built a planter over what was left. Boring through and building under that rat's nest would have taken weeks, at least. Every one of those one-foot diameter lobes would have had to be hand-hewn.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 05, 2026 09:41 PM (zdLoL)

212 nurse,

We get used to it just like you get used to never seeing the sun and being surrounded by creeps everyday.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 09:44 PM (uvB+6)

213 My Grandma, God rest her soul, was a fan of carpeted bathrooms. Shag carpet. How do you clean that floor?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Fire. You clean it with fire.

Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 09:45 PM (VHUov)

214 Black walnuts. G-d's little joke. They're absolutely beautiful, but they murder everything around them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2)

215 Buffalo Bill (not Bison Bill) would have appreciated the tree hole.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 05, 2026 09:46 PM (MZ+PY)

216 So here's how it works out, they use chemicals or pumps or whatever to make their junk larger when they are getting sized for their skin tight ski suits. And then, after their junk deflates it creates pockets in their suit's crotch-ular area, like a dick sail, I guess, that adds a few counts of lift and eeks out a bit more distance.

Posted by: banana Dream - news you can use at February 05, 2026 09:32 PM (3uBP9)
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That's some pretty hardcore sports SCIENCE!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 09:48 PM (ESVrU)

217 FWIW:

@InsiderWire
·
46m
#BREAKING: U.S. Embassy urges American citizens to ‘LEAVE IRAN NOW!’

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 09:49 PM (ZxPkt)

218 And black walnuts don't stop killing, even after you kill them. Their roots poison the soil for decades.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:49 PM (BI5O2)

219 Suppose the Eagles took the retard to Mount Doom and cast him back into the sulphurous flames whence it came.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 09:50 PM (gKWVE)

220 > Black walnuts. G-d's little joke. They're absolutely beautiful, but they murder everything around them.
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I have "many" of these things ringing the property. The walnuts themselves are a killer on the tractor's mowing deck every fall.

And they taste like shit. Not even close to edible walnuts. Very bitter. And take an hour to crack.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 09:50 PM (jtM2q)

221 My Grandma, God rest her soul, was a fan of carpeted bathrooms. Shag carpet. How do you clean that floor?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Fire. You clean it with fire.

Posted by: mikeski at February 05, 2026 09:45 PM (VHUov)

Absolutely, fire is the way. Nuking from orbit is better. When I did kitchens and baths in a former life I saw that more than any mortal should have to. When I was in high school I chick I was dating had that in her house. Nothing good could come from that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 09:50 PM (snZF9)

222 >>The largest, most annoying invasive pests in Florida are NYC expats.

Well that wasn't axeshully me but I you have a point. To a point.

I worked in FL for 4 years and had a great time. Mostly because I could leave whenever Florida man got too annoying. My HQ office was about 20 percent native Floridians and the rest were mostly from the midwest. Y'all fly mostly below the radar but you have your own brand of annoying.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 09:50 PM (viF8m)

223 >>>With axe, augers, chisels and several kinds of power saws, it took two of us a whole day just to reduce it that much -- and I said screw it and took a chance with the major roots around it. We built a planter over what was left. Boring through and building under that rat's nest would have taken weeks, at least. Every one of those one-foot diameter lobes would have had to be hand-hewn.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

>We used to blow up stumps with dynamite to clear fields for crops. You might be able to pull a few out, but you're going to bust your ass and ruin your vehicle, unless you have a dozer, doing it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 09:50 PM (TOSLe)

224 It's kinda sad so many Morons don't know how to do the simple link to a YouTube video.

Easiest is, right-click on the video and choose "copy video URL". No other URL-shortener needed.

Much more could be said, but a waste of ~~breath~~ bits to try to instruct because there's always the next Moron comes along and copies the whole URL with ?list and ?si extensions. I just needed to vent for my own sake. Whew.

Twixxer could use that kind of short-link.

End of rant. See you on the ONT.

Posted by: mindful webworker - learn to link lesson #32 at February 05, 2026 09:51 PM (/4mOE)

225 Oh, come on. If you ever want to visit Australia, you have to practice somewhere.
Posted by: Orson

I’ve visited Australia. It was lovely. I still don’t understand cricket.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:52 PM (xc1MY)

226 Where did that boarder find that much snow? Lol
Not in the western US in 2026 that’s for sure.

Skiing a line like that is pure joy. No feeling like it floating on the snow.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 09:52 PM (oFDdS)

227 And black walnuts don't stop killing, even after you kill them. Their roots poison the soil for decades.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:49 PM (BI5O2)

I have a few on the property in the wooded section. Everything around them is a sooty black sickly haunted looking mess. Is that the shit they do??

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 09:52 PM (snZF9)

228 #BREAKING: U.S. Embassy urges American citizens to ‘LEAVE IRAN NOW!’
Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 09:49 PM (ZxPkt)

Why are there Americans in Iran to begin with? Sheesh peeps be cray

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 09:54 PM (oFDdS)

229 BREAKING: U.S. Embassy urges American citizens to ‘LEAVE IRAN NOW!’
Posted by: Don Black

Why would any be there, ever?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)

230 Black walnuts are full of tannin. Stains and preserves.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 09:54 PM (vFG9F)

231 I bombed my house the next day.

This is another instalment of adventures in FL and why you might not want to move here.
Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 09:27 PM (uvB+6)

Purify it eith fire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

232 I have a few on the property in the wooded section. Everything around them is a sooty black sickly haunted looking mess. Is that the shit they do??
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026

Yes.

They secrete a chemical called juglone.

From their nuts, bark. leaves, roots, everywhere.

It inhibits growth til everything dies, freeing up resources for the thirsty, massive walnut tree. It's its survival strategy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:58 PM (BI5O2)

233 People live in Florida because there is almost no snow. Same goes for big reptiles and bugs.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 09:59 PM (vFG9F)

234 They secrete a chemical called juglone.

From their nuts, bark. leaves, roots, everywhere.

It inhibits growth til everything dies, freeing up resources for the thirsty, massive walnut tree. It's its survival strategy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Wimps.

Posted by: a manchineel tree at February 05, 2026 10:01 PM (VHUov)

235 for u toob links, you can lose the question mark and all characters that follow

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 10:02 PM (ZxPkt)

236 >>People live in Florida because there is almost no snow. Same goes for big reptiles and bugs.

Other than the enormous number of gators and saltwater crocs and an assload of bugs. I mean the University of Florida's mascot is a gator for a reason.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 10:04 PM (viF8m)

237 >>>Other than the enormous number of gators and saltwater crocs and an assload of bugs. I mean the University of Florida's mascot is a gator for a reason.

Posted by: JackStraw

>I could use a belt, some boots and a hat band, or would that make me look like a tourist? Gator tacos doesn't sound too shabby.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 10:10 PM (TOSLe)

238 We don't have any saltwater crocs here but we do have fire ants which have cause me more acute discomfort than any other of our native wildlife.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 10:11 PM (uvB+6)

239 ONT noooood

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 05, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

240 parachute video definitely AI

Posted by: sidney at February 06, 2026 06:07 AM (rzwGB)

Another One of Biden's Third World Assassins Kills Four in Highway Massacre

He was given a commercial drivers license by "moderate" Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro.

And he's now murdered four people.

Doing the murders Americans just won't do.

The driver of a semi-truck at the center of a multi-vehicle crash that left four dead in Indiana is in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a detainer was placed on him.
Indiana State Police said the fatal crash happened Tuesday around 4 p.m. in the area of State Road 67 and County Road 550 East in Jay County, where the truck collided with a van. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News that driver Bekzhan Beishekeev is a Kyrgyzstani national who entered the U.S. via the Biden-era CBP One cell phone app on Dec. 19, 2024, at the Nogales, Ariz., port of entry, and he was released into the U.S. via parole by the Biden administration.
Beishekeev, 30, was reportedly driving on SR 67 in Indiana when he didn't stop for another slowed semi-truck, swerving instead into oncoming traffic and crashing head-on into a van, killing four people, several of whom were reportedly Amish.
...
Indiana State Police, citing the Jay County Coroner's Office, identified the four victims killed in the collision as Henry Eicher, 50, Menno Eicher, 25, Paul Eicher, 19, and Simon Girod, 23 of Bryant, Ind.
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"Not only was Bekzhan Beishekeev released into our country by the Biden administration using the CBP One app, but he was also given a commercial driver's license by Governor Shapiro's Pennsylvania. These decisions have had deadly consequences and led to the death of four innocent people in Indiana on Tuesday," added DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. "It is incredibly dangerous for illegal aliens, who often don't know our traffic laws or even English, to be operating semi-trucks on America's roads. These sanctuary governors must stop giving illegal aliens commercial driver's licenses before another American gets killed."

BREAKING: 4 people kiIIed in Indiana after truck driver crashed into their car.

The driver, Bekzhan Beishekeev, is a Kyrgyzstani national whom Biden imported into our country. He now has an ICE detainer hold.

Why does this keep happening? pic.twitter.com/WubnS987tQ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 5, 2026

Very related but not the same incident: A trucker turns around on the highway and just drives the wrong way.

Is he an illegal? Probably! He is certainly employing Third World Highway Safety Protocols.

I I told myself I wasn�t going to get riled up about this anymore because the government doesn�t care� but here I am, sick, and pissed off, so here goes�
It�s NOT OK @SecDuffy to overlook these highway terrorists any longer. We cannot, as a nation , give five minutes of glory� pic.twitter.com/ddHG4MLo7A
— UglyTrucker (@uglytruck3r) February 5, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 06:15 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (W2Pud)

2 Hola

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (ex18v)

3 Let’s go Brandon!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (W2Pud)

4 I want to see people who gave these incompetent assholes CDL's in prison. In fucking prison!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (z4+bR)

5 The government doesn't care? This administration cares.

Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2026 06:19 PM (YwEeS)

6 We should just forbid anyone coming from a "stan" country from having a driver's license.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 05, 2026 06:19 PM (CNl8/)

7 He was just slaughtering the innocents that Americans don't want to slaughter.

It's an act of love, really, racist.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 06:19 PM (dK+Kv)

8 Remember the blue states are licensing and protecting these people.

Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (YwEeS)

9 I was told that diversity is our strength.

I guess it's not strong enough to stop 40,000 pounds of truck driven by said diversity from crushing you to death.

What I really fear is, if too many more Americans are killed by all this diversity, that some of our diversity may be sent back to the country where they were born.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (aUIT1)

10 "A new immigrant from Abkhazia trying to operate a microwave was like a deep-sea tube worm doing brain surgery. Where did they get these guys? Weren't there any Americans who could bake a fucking pizza?"

--Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (ESVrU)

11 Kinda makes you want to stay off the road.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (vFG9F)

12 There's only one way to fix what's happened to this country. And it is not Constitutionally. The Constitution only works when both sides abide by and respect it. And we know the side that doesn't.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (z4+bR)

13 He didn't crash into a horse buggy?

When I was in PA those buggies are as annoying as a bunch of bicyclists hogging the road.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 06:21 PM (TOSLe)

14 Did he have Savannah's mom tied up in the back?

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:21 PM (UjdFS)

15 CNN is outraged by this.
Just kidding the msm hasn’t mentioned it at all.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:21 PM (Jay38)

16 There's only one way to fix what's happened to this country. And it is not Constitutionally. The Constitution only works when both sides abide by and respect it. And we know the side that doesn't.
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The fixxing should have begun when they clearly and proudly stole 2020.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:21 PM (TN0g+)

17 Three dudes who were related. Cocksucker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)

18 Red states need to start making it so that no trucker with a license from blue states can drive on their highways.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:22 PM (Jay38)

19 Maybe Two-Tier Kier's Ukrainian boyfriends should have driven a semi instead of going the arson route.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (2GVsD)

20 Probably not possible, because of Biden's CBP1 app or whatever reasons, but it should be. Indiana should sue Pennsylvania for giving this guy a CDL.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (Dv3i1)

21 Bekzhan Beishekeev is a Kyrgyzstan national
......

No shit. Where the fuck is that?

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (UjdFS)

22 "Not only was Bekzhan Beishekeev released into our country by the Biden administration using the CBP One app, but he was also given a commercial driver's license by Governor Shapiro's Pennsylvania."

Nobody who enabled this will suffer any consequences. You can mark my words.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (vFG9F)

23 Yeah to me Illegals are all over se Pa, one can see them at grocery stores or convince and tell they are not here too long

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

24 Remember the blue states are licensing and protecting these people.
Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (YwEeS)

They are also proposing to launder their identities to keep them from being deported.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (rbvCR)

25 >>Kinda makes you want to stay off the road.

Particularly at night.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (viF8m)

26 CBP and ICE at every truck weigh station now.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (2UnvF)

27
Just a small price to pay for The Rich Tapestry of Diversity.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (tgvbd)

28 Bekzhan Beishekeev is a Kyrgyzstan national
......

No shit. Where the fuck is that?
Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (UjdFS)

Over there by the Urals? Or Iran maybe?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (zZu0s)

29 You mean over by the Urinals?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 06:25 PM (2GVsD)

30 No shit. Where the fuck is that?
Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (UjdFS)

A central Asian republic. Known for horse breeding, horsemanship, and horses. Brezhnev imported a whole lot of them to Ukraine to work in the plastics industry and to piss off the Ukrainians.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:25 PM (rbvCR)

31 Bekzhan Beishekeev is a Kyrgyzstan national
......

No shit. Where the fuck is that?
Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (UjdFS)

Borders Shitholeistan to the south.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:26 PM (Jay38)

32 I sure hope this story doesn't kick Savannah Guthrie's mom off the headlines. Of course her story's already gotten 100 times the coverage of the Butler, PA wannabe assassin. Amazing the things that the media is interested in isn't it? Pravda had more honor than our propagandists have.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 06:26 PM (DQ7H4)

33 My guess was too far west.

Kyrgyzstan,[a] officially the Kyrgyz Republic,[13] is a landlocked country in eastern Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast.[14][15][16] Kyrgyzstan's capital and largest city is Bishkek which lies on the northern border with Kazakhstan. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's over 7 million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians.[

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:26 PM (zZu0s)

34 No shit. Where the fuck is that?
Posted by: wth

Is not as nice place as Kazakhstan.

Posted by: Borat at February 05, 2026 06:26 PM (gKWVE)

35 Is this guy an illegal though? Or one of the millions who has “temporary” legal status via Biden and Obama.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:27 PM (Jay38)

36 Hmmm, I am betting i just somehow did the bold thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:27 PM (zZu0s)

37 I had Bishkek once, but honestly I liked the falafel and the Tirana sauce, better.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:27 PM (rbvCR)

38 >>Yeah to me Illegals are all over se Pa, one can see them at grocery stores or convince and tell they are not here too long

Stay off Route 80, Skip. That road is scary enough with truckers who can speak English.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (viF8m)

39 Is this guy an illegal though? Or one of the millions who has “temporary” legal status via Biden and Obama.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:27 PM (Jay3

The above said he used the asylum app. Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (zZu0s)

40 8 Remember the blue states are licensing and protecting these people.
Posted by: steevy
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But shithead employers running trucking firms are the ones employing them.

It is time to go medieval on the employers as in those specific individuals owning and managing the firm need to go to prison too with large fines attached. Make them accessories after the fact for their illegal drivers.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (2swu2)

41
Kyrgyzs make Somalis look like Oxbridge scholars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (tgvbd)

42 Borat was a horrible movie.

Just awful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (W2Pud)

43 And our great media will either not report this or if they do it will be Trump's fault. Meanwhile Biden is at home talking to a chair.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (E7+ue)

44 Two young men with families, the patriarch and a teenager dead. Not sure if the fifth will make it. I want the death penalty and not something twenty years down the road.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (+mUZM)

45 >>Kinda makes you want to stay off the road.

Particularly at night.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:24 PM (viF8m)

They mostly come out at night. Mostly.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)

46 Obviously, this poor man was sleep-deprived because of overwork to make up for the lazy native-born Americans who refuse to work hard.

The solution, of course, is more migrants to share the load.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (/sX2H)

47 Are there any real American truck drivers anymore? I mean guys with names like Todd or Brad?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (DQ7H4)

48 Borders Shitholeistan to the south.
Posted by: Really??

Not to be confused with Shitcanistan to the East.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (/lPRQ)

49 Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in eastern Central Asia, lying in the Shithole mountain ranges. It is bordered by a shithole to the north, a shithole to the west, Shitholeistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast

Posted by: Wiki We Would Like To See at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F)

50 32 I sure hope this story doesn't kick Savannah Guthrie's mom off the headlines. Of course her story's already gotten 100 times the coverage of the Butler, PA wannabe assassin. Amazing the things that the media is interested in isn't it? Pravda had more honor than our propagandists have.
Posted by: Chairborne!

Media cluster reach around. I though the same thing about Natalie Holloway. Glad the Dutch asshole that dumped her body after causing her OD is rotting away in a prison.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (2swu2)

51 All asylum claims are fake. All of them.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (2UnvF)

52 But shithead employers running trucking firms are the ones employing them.

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The trucking companies employing them are also run by the same people. It’s all Singhs and shit. These fuckers arent driving for Walmart or Swift. It’s shady fly by night operators who gives zero fucks about laws or regulations or paying taxes.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:30 PM (Jay38)

53 What-in-the-Hell was that guy thinking?

"Oh, I screwed up. I guess I'll just turn around on the entrance ramp here and be right back where everything went wrong."
HAS to be another imported driver.
No American trucker would even think about it, unless he was drunk or high.

That guy in Florida last year that tried to do a U-turn on an interstate was basically doing the same thing when those people in the van were killed.

Apparently these idiots never think to turn around off the next exit.

There's a lot of cargo container traffic coming from the Port of Charleston. That means a lot of truckers on the only two interstates here; I-26 and I-526. I'm thrilled that I don't have to travel on either of them often anymore.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 06:30 PM (6ydKt)

54
Borat was a horrible movie.

Just awful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (W2Pud)

_____________

It's one thing to make public figures look stupid. They don't deserve any better. But punching down on ordinary folk is the mark of an asshole.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (tgvbd)

55 Ah, the 'Stans....sending us their very best.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (Wnv9h)

56 Nobody who enabled this will suffer any consequences. You can mark my words.
Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right

Well the trucking firm is now probably uninsurable as they will be paying out megabucks for a lawsuit.

What happens though is these bastards simply get another business license and start their asshole business all over again. Same as gypsy contractors. Need biometrics to perma ban these types from those businesses.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (2swu2)

57 Why does this keep happening?

They have nothing at risk.
They have nothing in common.
They have no consequences.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (RIvkX)

58 Uzbekistan is one of only two double-landlocked countries in the world. The other is Lichtenstein. They are completely surrounded by other landlocked countries.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (CNl8/)

59 Are there any real American truck drivers anymore? I mean guys with names like Todd or Brad?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February

I know of a few who are regular American dudes.

Aren't there a few Morons who are truckers?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 06:32 PM (lpTXP)

60 Well the trucking firm is now probably uninsurable as they will be paying out megabucks for a lawsuit.

What happens though is these bastards simply get another business license and start their asshole business all over again. Same as gypsy contractors. Need biometrics to perma ban these types from those businesses.
Posted by: whig

Insurance?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 06:32 PM (/lPRQ)

61 Probably all four Amish were on their way to or from a construction site, such as a barn or shop, or from work at a furniture manufacturer. They often will have a driver take them in a van. What I want to know is why these trucking companies are giving licenses to people who obviously aren’t qualified for the job. They ought to know by now that the state isn’t paying any attention to what kind of training they’ve had.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 05, 2026 06:32 PM (m1pgC)

62 It's one thing to make public figures look stupid. They don't deserve any better. But punching down on ordinary folk is the mark of an asshole.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (tgvbd)

He also racism baited a lot against Jews. He's a shit stain.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:32 PM (zZu0s)

63
They are completely surrounded by other landlocked countries.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (CNl8/)

____________

And Nebraska is the only triple landlocked state.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:33 PM (tgvbd)

64 Everyone in the Stans look like they are descended from Russian women who were raped by Mongol marauders.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 05, 2026 06:33 PM (CNl8/)

65 Two young men with families, the patriarch and a teenager dead. Not sure if the fifth will make it. I want the death penalty and not something twenty years down the road.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (+mUZM)

Don't hold your breath.
A similar thing happened in Colorado a few years ago. Illegal non English speaking truck driver came flying down a mountain pass at 70 mph caused a big pileup where several people were killed and injured. He got 10 years. And then the Democrat governor gave him a pardon after 1 or 2 years.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:33 PM (Jay38)

66 >>Probably all four Amish were on their way to or from a construction site, such as a barn or shop, or from work at a furniture manufacturer. They often will have a driver take them in a van.

Should have taken the Buggy. It would have changed their vector.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:33 PM (gH8T+)

67 I'm thinking that states who take CDLs seriously should open up inspection stations at state lines or close to state lines, and check everyone's CDL. If you are a U.S. citizen with one, naturalized or natural born, no problem. But if you are a foreigner with one...you get detained by ICE and sent packing.

I ordinarily would not like the idea but as long as other states give away CDLs to anyone and everyone like candy, even foreign nationals...well, other states shouldn't have to play the game or put their citizens in danger.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:33 PM (hJH5n)

68 It's not just the truckers. Gf and I have seen some local "drivers" that never ever obey the lights or signs. Just go right through them, wrong way downtown, no idea where they are going but going hell bent for leather. Mostly Latino but some Asian types in there for the cultural enrichment. We have a pretty good size Muslime group around now too and I am sure they are adding to the enrichment here. Egads.

Posted by: turambar at February 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Q0yOR)

69 Posted by: Mark1971 at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (CNl8/)

Thats cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:34 PM (zZu0s)

70 any bets on the nationality or state of cdl issue on this one?
https://is.gd/HwnYyK

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 05, 2026 06:35 PM (lpVer)

71 Wig, the Amish or Mennonites appeared to be driving themselves since they don’t mention an English driver. I can guarantee that the only lawsuit would come from whoever insured the van for the value of the van. The Amish and Mennonites do not believe in lawsuits.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 05, 2026 06:35 PM (m1pgC)

72 That's the kind of eff-you devil-may-care there-are-no-rules catch-me-if-you-can driving that is common virtually everywhere else in the world.

Yeah, we brought that here.

Traffic safety depends in large part on both parties wanting to avoid accident or injury. It doesn't work if one party doesn't give a fvck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:35 PM (RIvkX)

73 I read this article earlier today on this crash.

Apparently these trucker firms are known as "Chameleon Carriers/Networks" and the things they are doing are easy to find and well-known among the trucking community.

A chameleon carrier operation is about concealment. It’s about constructing a network of entities designed to evade regulatory detection and enforcement. The connective tissue can be any combination of shared Vehicle Identification Numbers moving between authorities, common officers or registered agents across multiple DOT numbers, identical or overlapping phone numbers and email addresses, the same branding and logos regardless of which company name appears on the door, common insurance brokers and policies, shared Electronic Logging Device infrastructure, overlapping financial services and accounting providers, coordinated recruitment pipelines from the same geographic origin, sequential authority registrations suggesting pre-planned entity creation, and shared terminal facilities where multiple authorities operate from the same physical location.

https://tinyurl.com/4hfth952
(Freightwaves.com)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 06:35 PM (6ydKt)

74 Insurance?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 06:32 PM (/lPRQ)

lol.
What insurance? These trucking companies are fraud and scam all the way down. No insurance, no taxes no nothing. When something like this happens they just walk away and start a new company.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:36 PM (Jay38)

75 >>>Borat was a horrible movie.

Just awful.

Posted by: nurse ratched

>Someone once told me these movies were like a series of stunts like Jackass, but in a third world shithole.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 06:36 PM (TOSLe)

76 47 Are there any real American truck drivers anymore? I mean guys with names like Todd or Brad?
Posted by: Chairborne!

Middle America fly away country used to dominate trucking. Then asshole firms in sanctuary states started to use cheap illegal foreign labor and drove wages down to the point that many Americans got out of the industry. Especially owner operators.

In return these firms hire incompetent labor that kill people, minimal safety standards, and even are involved in arranging truck cargo hijackings by acting as illegal subcontractors between the shipper and recipient via trucking brokers.

US DOT needs to stomp on every blue state and the few red states issuing licenses to illegals and non English speakers and running CDL mills. And operators of those businesses need to face jail time and loss of their ill gotten wealth by fines.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:36 PM (2swu2)

77 My father was a truck driver from 1959 to 2014. My son is pondering it, it was a noble job and the drivers considered themselves princes of the highway honor bound to help when able motorists in need. That was of course when we were a proud nation of results oriented people.

I do not know what this place is anymore, but it is not that.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 06:36 PM (MUJd1)

78 Dang, I was literally just this morning wondering what happened to the rash of fatal accidents caused by illegals with CDLs.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at February 05, 2026 06:37 PM (qivay)

79 So, there's no Uzbekistan Navy? That's why all the dumb young men become illiterate truckers.

Posted by: Just Desserts at February 05, 2026 06:37 PM (oftw2)

80 Yeah its Biden and the Dems fault but the power behind all that are the ultra-rich who run the country and want cheap labor. Biden and company were only doing the oligarchy's bidding.

It's why I don't really care about Luigi putting a bullet in the ultra-rich insurance CEO.

The rich (the vast majority of them) simply don't care about the devastation they have wrought with all the illegals here. Even now they are balls to the wall still supporting mass immigration.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 06:37 PM (Vh9CX)

81 Robert the commenter is a trucker, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:37 PM (zZu0s)

82 >>Don't hold your breath.
A similar thing happened in Colorado a few years ago.

A few years ago Biden was giving these CDLs not having ICE arresting the drivers. These guys are now getting federally charged.

Elections have consequences.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:38 PM (viF8m)

83 This makes me want to fly everywhere instead of driving.

It's absolutely insane that a government is actively giving out fake/bribed CDLs.

They want us all dead.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 06:38 PM (nO8M5)

84 I'm not a big proponent of physiology, but in this case I may hazard a guess that his alternate career choice wasn't brain surgery

Posted by: 496 at February 05, 2026 06:39 PM (JT+vB)

85 >>It's why I don't really care about Luigi putting a bullet in the ultra-rich insurance CEO.

That's because you are a retard.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:39 PM (gH8T+)

86 "Well the trucking firm is now probably uninsurable as they will be paying out megabucks for a lawsuit."

That's as far as it will go. The politicians and government employees who made it happen will skate.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:39 PM (vFG9F)

87 "Middle America fly away country used to dominate trucking. Then asshole firms in sanctuary states started to use cheap illegal foreign labor and drove wages down to the point that many Americans got out of the industry. Especially owner operators."

And all for something they should not have been allowed to do to begin with. In no way should foreign nationals who cannot even read or speak English should be hired or allowed to be hired by these companies. They need to be curb stomped as well as every state government that issues CDLs to people who have no business being here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:39 PM (hJH5n)

88 I'm thinking that states who take CDLs seriously should open up inspection stations at state lines or close to state lines, and check everyone's CDL. If you are a U.S. citizen with one, naturalized or natural born, no problem. But if you are a foreigner with one...you get detained by ICE and sent packing.
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They were doing some of that in Oklahoma for awhile. I haven't much about it lately.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (TN0g+)

89 This goes all the way back to NAFTA.

Mexican Drivers and Trucks were allowed into the country and have been killing people, daily, since then.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (gH8T+)

90 All asylum claims are fake. All of them.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (2UnvF)

By rule, asylum seekers would have to stop outside us borders and apply from there. Only Canada and Mexico could enter the US to seek asylum.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (8avO+)

91 About 10 years ago I was a truck stop on a road trip just stretching my legs walking g around. I was stunned to see how many non-American truckers were there. It kinda hit me like what the fuck is this? Where are the gold ole boy truckers with the cool trucker hats and shit? They’re gone.

And this was before Biden imported 10M illegals.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (Jay38)

92 71 Wig, the Amish or Mennonites appeared to be driving themselves since they don’t mention an English driver. I can guarantee that the only lawsuit would come from whoever insured the van for the value of the van. The Amish and Mennonites do not believe in lawsuits.
Posted by: Jen the original
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I've seen quite a few lawsuits with plain folks involved reported. It really depends on their local bishop as it is more a group of shared beliefs among the Amish and Mennonites that in particulars relies on the local bishop for application of those beliefs to specific circumstances.

A lot more variation than one would expect and for seemingly inexplicable reasons that would cause bishops to differ. Sort of like Orthodox and Ultra Orthodox Judaism's reliance on rabbinical guidance on specific instances.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (2swu2)

93 If they don't care about babies they don't care about you or anything else.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (YlWIZ)

94 That's because you are a retard.
Posted by: garrett

Well said!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (lpVer)

95 I'm not a big proponent of physiology, but in this case I may hazard a guess that his alternate career choice wasn't brain surgery
Posted by: 496 at February 05, 2026 06:39 PM (JT+vB)

It is a completely different mindset as far as cause and effect. Why was the west so hyper successful? We just straight out think better and teach that way of thinking. Cause and effect.

This is like the story of African pilots being told they could not land at an airport and without any further ado, they bailed out of the multimillion dollar planes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (zZu0s)

96 Incredibly sad every time one of these illegal trucker murderers kill innocent Americans. Or every time a drunk illegal does the same.

Read just today of this and there are trucking companies, called "chameleons" who frequently change names so that they can't be tracked. I guess if you see one and report it there is a problem finding their name on a data base?

Saw a video of a Hwy Patrol officer pulling over a semi in Arkansas. He had a laptop of road signs, etc, and this illegal couldn't speak nor read English.

Then the back of the semi revealed it packed with illegals.

I hope this is stopped today. Now.

Wake up, Sec of Transportation Duffy!!! Before more are killed!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (WONhk)

97 Come to think of it, there never was an oriental character in Peanuts.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (wGerL)

98 This makes me want to fly everywhere instead of driving.

It's absolutely insane that a government is actively giving out fake/bribed CDLs.

They want us all dead.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 06:38 PM (nO8M5)

You assume this isn't entering the airline industry with DEI pilots and traffic controllers. Oh you sweet summer child...

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (8avO+)

99 That's because you are a retard.
Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:39 PM (gH8T+)

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Nope, I know who the power is behind the Dems. Its the rich elite.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (Vh9CX)

100 That's as far as it will go. The politicians and government employees who made it happen will skate.
Posted by: fd
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CDL diploma mill that granted the documentation might also go under. DoT is really taking the hickory to fly by night schools offering CDLs.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (2swu2)

101 It's why I don't really care about Luigi putting a bullet in the ultra-rich insurance CEO.

The rich (the vast majority of them) simply don't care about the devastation they have wrought with all the illegals here. Even now they are balls to the wall still supporting mass immigration.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 06:37 PM (Vh9CX)

Envy-driven, hate filled Marxists like you who are pissed off at anyone who makes a penny more than you are the problem.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (hJH5n)

102 How come the Minneapolis Observers aren't protesting at the jail he's being held against his will at?

Posted by: torabora at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (TBhEy)

103 Why does this keep happening?

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"In Soviet Death Cult, this is feature -- not bug -- comrade!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (0Eh0f)

104
Swift Transport

Stop Whining, I'm F-ing Trying
Stevie Wonder Institute For Trucking
Sure Wish I Finished Training
See What I F-ed Up Today
Slow Wagon In Fast Traffic
Sure We're Insured For That

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (tgvbd)

105 >>I know who the power is behind the Dems. Its the rich elite.

Like I said, you are a retard.

You don't need to flaunt it.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (gH8T+)

106 43 Meanwhile Biden is at home talking to a chair.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (E7+ue)
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Sadly, no one heard at all.

Posted by: Neil Diamond at February 05, 2026 06:43 PM (QdGJh)

107 To be fair Duffy has been doing things. But of course “judges” have ruled he can’t do those things. Apparently the secretary of transportation has no legal authority to deal with, you know, transportation issues.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Jay38)

108 Wake up, Sec of Transportation Duffy!!! Before more are killed!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (WONhk)

He has a role, sure. But state governments are major culprits here in allowing the CDLs to be issued.

I'd like to see Mr. Duffy and sane state governments step up here.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:43 PM (hJH5n)

109 I understand that trucking companies.open up, shut down, and re-open under a new name as quickly as fireworks stands in July.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 06:44 PM (tntiz)

110 Saw a video of a Hwy Patrol officer pulling over a semi in Arkansas. He had a laptop of road signs, etc, and this illegal couldn't speak nor read English.
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TBF driving around Montreal with my cousin who despite living there his whole life spoke no French was terrifying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

111 77 My father was a truck driver from 1959 to 2014. My son is pondering it, it was a noble job and the drivers considered themselves princes of the highway honor bound to help when able motorists in need. That was of course when we were a proud nation of results oriented people.

I do not know what this place is anymore, but it is not that.
Posted by: sven
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Eh, we cannot go back so we must go boldly forward. And apply the hickory stick to the leftists over and over again in many fields to return to sanity.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (2swu2)

112
You assume this isn't entering the airline industry with DEI pilots and traffic controllers. Oh you sweet summer child...
Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (8avO+)

I'm very worried about that also. I feel so much more comfortable when the pilot is an ex fighter pilot and I wish there was a way to pay more for this specific service.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (nO8M5)

113 Come to think of it, there never was an oriental character in Peanuts.
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There were no muslims in Star Trek either.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (TN0g+)

114 It's why I don't really care about Luigi putting a bullet in the ultra-rich insurance CEO.

The rich (the vast majority of them) simply don't care about the devastation they have wrought with all the illegals here. Even now they are balls to the wall still supporting mass immigration.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 06:37 PM (Vh9CX)

Envy-driven, hate filled Marxists like you who are pissed off at anyone who makes a penny more than you are the problem.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:42 PM (hJH5n)

100%

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:46 PM (g47mK)

115 Florida and Texas have to issue a blanket statement banning truckers with licenses from California, NY and PA. It will fuck over legit trucking companies and Walmart, Amazon, etc and they will be the ones to pressure those states to get their shit together.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:46 PM (Jay38)

116 Being pissed off at how the upper corporate assholes have turned into technocratic feudal lords is not being Marxist. Now wanting them assassinated may be a bit far...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:46 PM (zZu0s)

117 You assume this isn't entering the airline industry with DEI pilots and traffic controllers. Oh you sweet summer child...
Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (8avO+)

I'm very worried about that also. I feel so much more comfortable when the pilot is an ex fighter pilot and I wish there was a way to pay more for this specific service.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (nO8M5)

just wait till he dives down to intercept and shoot down an Airbus out of habit...

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

118 class envy is a Marxist trait

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:47 PM (g47mK)

119 8 Remember the blue states are licensing and protecting these people.
Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (YwEeS)

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For the census, for congressional seats, and for federal funds based on population. Protection of actual citizens be d*****.
.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 06:47 PM (tntiz)

120 110 Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

Eh the signs are universal for the most part, the wife and I honeymooned up there and I had not been since it illegally went unilingual. Got lost wound up in at one of the nicest Holiday Inns in North America in the business corridor....

went downstairs and was propositioned by a hooker on the street.....

"welcome to Quebec" she oddly enough did not mind speaking English as hello.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 06:47 PM (MUJd1)

121 TBF driving around Montreal with my cousin who despite living there his whole life spoke no French was terrifying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

If he lived there his whole life I'm sure he understood the road signs even if he couldn't parle avec Pierre.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

122 89 This goes all the way back to NAFTA.

Mexican Drivers and Trucks were allowed into the country and have been killing people, daily, since then.
Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:40 PM (gH8T+)

I know you hate NAFTA and free trade like many statists here, but they kept pushing back permission for Mexican truck drivers to enter the country. When I went to truck driving school, we found out that most Meixcan truck drivers go as far as...a trailer yard on the other side of the border to pick up a trailer to tow it deep into Mexico's interior.

Only recently have I seen Mexican trucks on the road (AFTER the evil NAFTA!!!) and even then, the ratio between them and Canadian truck drivers are about 100:1 (Canadian to Mexican), at least that I have seen on the Interstates I frequent.

Never let a crisis go to waste I guess...

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:48 PM (hJH5n)

123 8 Remember the blue states are licensing and protecting these people.
Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2026 06:20 PM (YwEeS)

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For the census, for congressional seats, and for federal funds based on population. Protection of actual citizens be d*****.
.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 06:47 PM (tntiz)
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EVERYTHING they do is for one reason: POWER.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 06:48 PM (ESVrU)

124 113 Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (TN0g+)

Eh I'd argue the Orions represent the Durkas to a degree.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 06:48 PM (MUJd1)

125 109 I understand that trucking companies.open up, shut down, and re-open under a new name as quickly as fireworks stands in July.
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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Yes and no. DoT certifications matter in interstate trucking so Duffy has control over that like enforcing the existing law that CDL drivers must be fluent in English before licensing and driving. Even more for hazardous materials.

But local traffic and a lot of normal CDL licensing practices for interstate trucking have been left to the states for regulation and when those states let those gypsy trucking firms flourish then they end up killing people.

Owners need to be considered accessories before the fact and go to jail too for employing incompetent drivers doing illegal shit.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (2swu2)

126 Also, Moderna? Pfizer? You're saying their role in the covidicy is not worth a through session with the cat o nine tails and a salt shaker?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (zZu0s)

127 70 any bets on the nationality or state of cdl issue on this one?
https://is.gd/HwnYyK

Hey, that's AOP neck of the woods. I bet he's driven that road.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (uvB+6)

128 Another One of Biden's Third World Assassins Kills Four in Highway Massacre

Killed four Amish men. Ole Josh Shapiro doesn't like those Amish insurrectionists.

(Though I think this happened in Indiana.)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (wBh67)

129 class envy is a Marxist trait
Posted by: runner

True those are low class by choice.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (lpVer)

130 There were no muslims in Star Trek either.
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (TN0g+)

Obligatory: In Living Color, Star Trek - The Wrath of Farrakhan

https://youtu.be/slqtjqDHQqY

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (qivay)

131 I'm very worried about that also. I feel so much more comfortable when the pilot is an ex fighter pilot and I wish there was a way to pay more for this specific service.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (nO8M5)

just wait till he dives down to intercept and shoot down an Airbus out of habit...
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I'd be more likely to pay for that rather than bringing an extra bag.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (TN0g+)

132 Even with DEI pilots the chances of dying in a plane crash is veeeeeeeeerry low. Planes fly themselves basically.

But dying at the hands of an illegal truck driver? That’s kinda high given the millions of miles driven by them every year.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Jay38)

133 Ass, we have at least 2 farmers i can name off the top of my head.

Does it hurt?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:50 PM (zZu0s)

134 He was a remarkably bad driver in any language.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:50 PM (RIvkX)

135
Her Majesty spends a great deal of time on the road going to shows. In 2021 with Delilah, she was gone about half the days of the year. In seven months with The Big Dummy, she's been west to Denver, north to Minneapolis and east to New York and New Jersey.

I'm becoming seriously concerned for her safety, even though she avoids driving at night. Not just our automobile idiots are a threat, but now it's trucking idiots as well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (tgvbd)

136 >>I know you hate NAFTA and free trade like many statists here, but they kept pushing back permission for Mexican truck drivers to enter the country. When I went to truck driving school, we found out that most Meixcan truck drivers go as far as...a trailer yard on the other side of the border to pick up a trailer to tow it deep into Mexico's interior.

At the time, I lived in Tucson. Mexican Trucks and Truckers were going well beyond the border.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (gH8T+)

137 Well, it starts with motor voter.
That means you give drivers' licenses to everyone, qualified or not.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (L6dcX)

138 111 Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (2swu2)

I am pondering at 53 finishing out my working years as a trucker, it is probably what I should have done rather than the Army and my education.

I am probably going back into information warfare in the short-term.

Once the wife's oncology heat is completed and she is in the annual visit mode I think I am building a tiny house in the Ohio valley and laughing as it all breaks down.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (MUJd1)

139

21 TBF driving around Montreal with my cousin who despite living there his whole life spoke no French was terrifying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

If he lived there his whole life I'm sure he understood the road signs even if he couldn't parle avec Pierre.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)

I found Montreal easy to navigate not knowing a word of French. And given that most of the English speakers in Quebec inhabit Montreal, that was very helpful.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (hJH5n)

140 Morons should def immediately quit their current jobs and get CDLs
The country néeds more American truck drivers.

Alas. Morons about as likely to do that as to enlist or work farm labor l
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 05, 2026 06:49 PM (Sd2f1)

I did get a driver's license for trucks up to Semi side in grad school, to drag a cosmic ray experiment out to CA and back for testing.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)

141 A trucker turns around on the highway and just drives the wrong way.

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Since I've been working as an independent contract courier (driving my own car, not a big rig) for 13 years around the highways of Northern AZ, I've been using a couple of apps: (1) obviously, Google Maps which of course tracks me; and (2) an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) App to identify and attempt to avoid road construction, accidents, and/or closures.

The latter has alerts, which send text messages to my phone when new incidents arrive and are subsequently cleared.

At least once a week I'll get an alert that there's some idiot driving the wrong way on one of the highways here (more than likely cars, but now I wonder how many are big rigs)?

Another anecdote: when I see DPS (formerly Highway Patrol) after pulling over a big rig, half the time the drivers are wearing turbans (and I can't remember the last time I saw a white dude or dudette) -- and now there are Indian restaurants virtually everywhere on freeways all across the nation.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (0Eh0f)

142 I thought one needed to pass various background checks, go through extensive training, and pass a driver/operator test to operate a semi-tractor-trailer in the US, no?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (XMwZJ)

143 Objection! This is not about class envy. This is pointing out that technocrat assholes are acting like technocratic nomenklatura.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (zZu0s)

144 Other than stop signs saying Arret there’s really no difference in road signs in Quebec vs the rest of North America.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (Jay38)

145 TBF driving around Montreal with my cousin who despite living there his whole life spoke no French was terrifying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

what is his opinion on mayonnaise on hamburgers?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (0aYVJ)

146
A central Asian republic. Known for horse breeding, horsemanship, and horses. Brezhnev imported a whole lot of them to Ukraine to work in the plastics industry and to piss off the Ukrainians.
Posted by: Kindltot

I thought horses went to the glue factory?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (Cqx++)

147 garrett is a lot of things, some which can't be repeated in mixed company. But a statist is not one of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (viF8m)

148 thought one needed to pass various background checks, go through extensive training, and pass a driver/operator test to operate a semi-tractor-trailer in the US, no?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (XMwZJ)

Yeah you also need to do that to immigrate to the US. And yet 50 million illegals just walked in.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (Jay38)

149 I thought horses went to the glue factory?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (Cqx++)

Eventually.

Posted by: Catherine the Great at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (zZu0s)

150 >>Owners need to be considered accessories before the fact and go to jail too for employing incompetent drivers doing illegal shit.

Doesn't seem hard to establish that these are foreseeable outcomes... if there is a criminal act involved in employing them, should be a slam dunk.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (gH8T+)

151
Quebecois don't speak French, they speak "French". Ask any Frenchman.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (tgvbd)

152 I thought one needed to pass various background checks, go through extensive training, and pass a driver/operator test to operate a semi-tractor-trailer in the US, no?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (XMwZJ)

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Imagine how many "official" government and private gatekeepers are on the take? Hell, the Mexican Cartels and ChiComms owned the White House from 2021-2025!

It's grift and fraud and blood-money all the way down ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:54 PM (0Eh0f)

153 >>garrett is a lot of things, some which can't be repeated in mixed company. But a statist is not one of them.

Only if I am the Monarch.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (gH8T+)

154 151 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (tgvbd)

Their gutter French is provably more old school than current Parisian, a lot like Elizabethan English sounding more like the NC hills and barrier islands than current London...

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (MUJd1)

155 ASS' ass always hurts

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

156 For goodness sake, they can check if you can buy a firearm in 10 minutes, but we can't nationally check that some idiot can get behind 20,000 tons of speed demon hell metal before being issued a CDL?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (n5tGW)

157 They speak québécois. And the English there speak Franglais.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (Jay38)

158 what is his opinion on mayonnaise on hamburgers?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (0aYVJ)

What else is on it? With lettuce onion and cheese, mayo is very good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (zZu0s)

159 > TBF driving around Montreal with my cousin who despite living there his whole life spoke no French was terrifying.

The Quebecois don't speak French either. When I lived there, I knew a Parisian guy who refused to try to speak French with the Quebecois. When he did, they would tell him in broken English, "I don't speek Eenglesh." They often would genuinely not recognize he was speaking French. It enraged the Parisian guy.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (Yp6az)

160 I put mayo on hamburgers lol.
Is that frowned upon?

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (Jay38)

161 I am pondering at 53 finishing out my working years as a trucker, it is probably what I should have done rather than the Army and my education.

I am probably going back into information warfare in the short-term.

Once the wife's oncology heat is completed and she is in the annual visit mode I think I am building a tiny house in the Ohio valley and laughing as it all breaks down.
Posted by: sven
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May your wishes and dreams come true.

I drove delivery and farm trucks for my father as a yute. Have no tolerance for asshole unsafe truckers and I knew a bunch of the old knights of the road back in the day. Wife's family had one owner operator and another uncle was a husband and wife team.

Her paternal uncle drove after retirement from the lumbar industry--usually hauled bees of all things.

Me, I am physically shot to the point I could not literally take driving long distances anymore although I have the tools and training to do it.

Bad spine and a major operation coming up on it.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (2swu2)

162 what is his opinion on mayonnaise on hamburgers?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (0aYVJ)

and poutine?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (6ydKt)

163 Locally we have one township - roughly 86,000 residents - now about one-quarter foreign born. There are more than 70 to 100+ different languages and dialects are spoken there. Reportedly, 25.9% to 27.5% of households in the township speak a language other than English at home

West African and Asian populations are extensive in the county and in the state. (And obvious at the DMVs.)

Philly takes in immigrants & then nudges them into collar counties via non-profit corporations, etc. and that's how the ring counties are also picking them up - NP corporations, etc.

Pennsylvania congressional redistricting, particularly the 2022 map, maintains a split in the Philadelphia region, placing parts of the city into districts with neighboring counties. (The 5th Congressional District includes portions of Philadelphia, Delaware, and Montgomery counties, while other districts, like the 1st, connect Bucks and Montgomery counties.)

Same with Allegheny county in western PA. The city of Pittsburgh is often split into different congressional districts to connect its dense urban population with suburban and rural areas, sometimes resulting in districts that span multiple counties.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (NFX2v)

164 Trump is unveiling some kind of website where you can buy meds without a middleman. Making announcement shortly.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (g47mK)

165 Since I've been working as an independent contract courier (driving my own car, not a big rig) for 13 years around the highways of Northern AZ, I've been using a couple of apps: (1) obviously, Google Maps which of course tracks me; and (2) an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) App to identify and attempt to avoid road construction, accidents, and/or closures.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:51 PM (0Eh0f)

When on the truck an interesting feature was an atlas where all the roads that had low bridges were marked so you didn't rip off your trucks upper portions. I wonder if there are similar apps for truckers

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

166 George Ryan was selling CDLs in Illinois when he was Secretary of State. A mentally handicapped trucker caused an accident that killed a family of 8. Ryan went to prison for years.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 05, 2026 06:57 PM (wGerL)

167 In prime time!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:57 PM (g47mK)

168 I put mayo on hamburgers lol.
Is that frowned upon?

==

no. try blue cheese next time.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:57 PM (g47mK)

169 Only if I am the Monarch.
Posted by: garrett
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I suspect we could do far worse than that. I am beginning to believe that only a benevolent despot might have a shot at ruining and replacing our ruling classes.

We will see how the remainder of Trump's term goes and whether the hacks in black are put in their places again.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:58 PM (2swu2)

170 When I drive on highways, I adhere to two rules:

Do not drive at night. (We can afford to stop in a dumpy motel)

Avoid interstates whenever possible. (The stretch between Boise and Mountain Home makes this impossible, but, well, see above...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:58 PM (0aYVJ)

171 what is his opinion on mayonnaise on hamburgers?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (0aYVJ)
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He owned a smoked meat restaurant so yes his opinion was firmly no mayo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 06:58 PM (RIvkX)

172 Kyrgyzstani?

I could use some pronunciation help here.....

Posted by: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (XeU6L)

173 Trump has an announcement at 7 Eastern

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (ZxPkt)

174 161 Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (2swu2)

It is the family business after a fashion, and I think I would have been happier. The IW work and working in BF simulations has been rewarding and liberating but it also puts the zap on your brain when you KNOW we have been under color revolution provably since 2008 and arguably since recounts 2000.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (MUJd1)

175 >>>I watched a couple of episodes of Star Trek until I saw Whoopi Goldstein. That was it for me.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (TOSLe)

176 > They speak québécois. And the English there speak Franglais.

Yep.
Actual Quebecois words/phrases: Le car door, le basement, le weekend, la job.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (Yp6az)

177 I watched a couple of episodes of Star Trek until I saw Whoopi Goldstein. That was it for me.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (TOSLe)

Pretty much when I checked out of TNG

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (8avO+)

178 It's not uncommon.
I know lots of people who put mayo on hamburgers.

I'm not really big on it because once it mixes with the ketchup and mustard it starts to taste like Thousand Island dressing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

179 I put mayo on hamburgers lol.
Is that frowned upon?

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (Jay3

Not at all. Just don't use Miracle whip. That stuff is gay and lame.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (lpTXP)

180 You assume this isn't entering the airline industry with DEI pilots and traffic controllers. Oh you sweet summer child...
Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:41 PM (8avO+)

I'm very worried about that also. I feel so much more comfortable when the pilot is an ex fighter pilot and I wish there was a way to pay more for this specific service.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 06:45 PM (nO8M5)

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For this reason, the wifey has zero trust in any younger doctors.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (0Eh0f)

181 We should just forbid anyone coming from a "stan" country from having a driver's license.
Posted by: Mark1971

We should just forbid anyone coming from a "stan"

Posted by: Miklos (ed.) at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (AP7fj)

182 155 ASS' ass always hurts
Posted by: gKWVE

When a person wears their ass as a hat, it suffocates the brain as demonstrated clinically here by its dribblings.

Condition is terminal and brain death is certain after a long period of issuing foul farts disguised as comments.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (2swu2)

183 I'm not really big on it because once it mixes with the ketchup and mustard it starts to taste like Thousand Island dressing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

Put some below the meat patty, some above to prevent idle mixing.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)

184 My reference to mayo on burgers was a reference to the Bruce Willis film "The Whole Nine Yards"

Nothing more.

*cough* Amanda Peete *cough*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (0aYVJ)

185 Actual Quebecois words/phrases: Le car door, le basement, le weekend, la job.
Posted by: bonhomme

laissez les Bon Temps roulez!

Posted by: Zydeco Mikleuse at February 05, 2026 07:02 PM (AP7fj)

186 >>I suspect we could do far worse than that. I am beginning to believe that only a benevolent despot might have a shot at ruining and replacing our ruling classes.

That's the second compliment I got today!

Honestly, when reading the Founders I always got the impression that they believed Benevolence was to be a pre-requisite for Public Service.
At the very least, in theory. In practice, they often behaved in a similar manner to any other population of humans.

But, they understood it was a requisite in an ideal setting.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 07:02 PM (gH8T+)

187 I'm not really big on it because once it mixes with the ketchup and mustard it starts to taste like Thousand Island dressing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

Put some below the meat patty, some above to prevent idle mixing.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)

This.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 07:02 PM (lpTXP)

188 73 I read this article earlier today on this crash.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Thank you for that.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (NFX2v)

189 Crazy video is crazy.

Posted by: Max Power at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (SwyyQ)

190 For this reason, the wifey has zero trust in any younger doctors.
Posted by: ShainS
======
Strictly by hiring the doctors in my area with the best reputations, I have ended up with all older Jewish doctors.

Trusting my spinal column to such a neuro surgeon next week.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (2swu2)

191 Trump has an announcement at 7 Eastern

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 06:59 PM (ZxPkt)

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"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Iran forever. We begin bombing in five minutes ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (0Eh0f)

192 49 Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in eastern Central Asia, lying in the Shithole mountain ranges. It is bordered by a shithole to the north, a shithole to the west, Shitholeistan to the south, and Asshoe to the east and southeast
Posted by: Wiki We Would Like To See at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F)

Fixed it for you.

> Kyrgyzstan's capital and largest city is Bishkek

You know a country is a major-league shithole when you haven't even heard of its capital city.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (IG3/x)

193 >>The IW work and working in BF simulations has been rewarding and liberating but it also puts the zap on your brain when you KNOW we have been under color revolution provably since 2008 and arguably since recounts 2000.

Kind of the opposite for me. It's rewarding to finally get all of the proof that what I suspected for years is actually true.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

194 Mayo on burgers is culinary white supremacy.

Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:04 PM (V9cMX)

195 181 We should just forbid anyone coming from a "stan" country from having a driver's license.
Posted by: Mark1971

We should just forbid anyone coming from a "stan"
Posted by: Miklos
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No speakey Engrish, no job for you!!!

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:04 PM (2swu2)

196 Quebec has that gay law where all signs have to be in French. What’s weird is they allow Burger King to be on the sign but KFC is PFK for Poulet Frit Kentucky.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:04 PM (Jay38)

197 Put some below the meat patty, some above to prevent idle mixing.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)

Damn look at that grad school brain figuring stuff out.

I think the restaurants put the mayo on the top bun and ketchup and mustard on the bottom bun.

I seem to recall some burgers with mayo all over the lettuce.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)

198 It's not about Iran

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:05 PM (ZxPkt)

199 >>Trusting my spinal column to such a neuro surgeon next week.

I hope your surgery goes well and that your recovery is quick.
Back surgery is not fun, but when it is done right it can change your life immensly.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (gH8T+)

200 I put all the stuff on buns and split it out evenly.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (Jay38)

201 Strictly by hiring the doctors in my area with the best reputations, I have ended up with all older Jewish doctors.

Trusting my spinal column to such a neuro surgeon next week.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (2swu2)

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Great anecdote, and best of luck in your surgery -- you are in my prayers.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (0Eh0f)

202 Kyrgyzstani?

I could use some pronunciation help here.....
Posted by: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
......

Buy another vowel.

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (UjdFS)

203 ***
killing four people, several of whom were reportedly Amish.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (a0V+E)

204 188 73 I read this article earlier today on this crash.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Thank you for that.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (NFX2v)

Very informative article.

The guy that wrote is on this immigrant drivers/firms problem big time.
Click on his name and read some of his other articles.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (6ydKt)

205 Been somd time in Montgomery County Pa we had a Republican Congressman

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)

206 Mayo on burgers is culinary white supremacy.

Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:04 PM (V9cMX)

Dukes mayo is the best. I don't think David Duke invented it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (lpTXP)

207 *cough* Amanda Peete *cough*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (0aYVJ)

She was delicious when she was young...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 07:07 PM (n9ltV)

208 >>I hope your surgery goes well and that your recovery is quick.
Back surgery is not fun, but when it is done right it can change your life immensly.

So they tell me.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:07 PM (viF8m)

209 WOW, the trumprx.gov website works and it has products !

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:07 PM (g47mK)

210 no, it's some prescription drug thing

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:07 PM (ZxPkt)

211 Everyone in the Stans look like they are descended from Russian women who were raped by Mongol marauders.
Posted by: Mark1971

Funny you should mention that...

Posted by: Genghis Khan at February 05, 2026 07:08 PM (a+4eV)

212 I put mayo on everything.

Posted by: Mayo Pete at February 05, 2026 07:08 PM (UjdFS)

213 Amanda Pete was in a show on Apple TV recently. Still looks nice in her 50s.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:08 PM (Jay38)

214 Keer-guh-staan?

Ker-Gheez-Es-Stan?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 07:08 PM (XeU6L)

215 >>So they tell me.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:07 PM (viF8m)

You, too?

Man. This Blog is aging out...

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 07:08 PM (gH8T+)

216
Trusting my spinal column to such a neuro surgeon next week.
Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (2swu2)

You will be in my prayers.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 07:08 PM (nO8M5)

217 I'm not really big on it because once it mixes with the ketchup and mustard it starts to taste like Thousand Island dressing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

Put some below the meat patty, some above to prevent idle mixing.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 07:01 PM (8avO+)

Then it only becomes Thousand Island Dressing when you're mashing it up in your cakehole, like a disgusting surprise for your taste buds.

Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:09 PM (V9cMX)

218 > Kyrgyzstan's capital and largest city is Bishkek

You know a country is a major-league shithole when you haven't even heard of its capital city.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

The Dilbert country of Mudholiostan was based on Kyrgyzstan.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 07:09 PM (/lPRQ)

219
Dukes mayo is the best. I don't think David Duke invented it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 07:06 PM (lpTXP)

There's a squeeze bottle of Duke's in the fridge now.
I rarely use it, but it's Duke's when I do.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 07:09 PM (6ydKt)

220 193 Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

I work at the bottom of a pyramid in the biz that has a lot of people who "swore" oaths they obviously cannot be honoring to do what they do.

I took a year and a half off and went to the crisis acting side of the house to give my brain and soul a rest, but now they are integrating AI into the matter which I spent my "down time" playing with...so I will go back and help sharpen some tradecraft for people I do not trust ethically to use for good and then I will fade away.

I am looking forward to not caring about the machine.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 07:09 PM (MUJd1)

221 somebody is going to go broke, caremark ??

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:09 PM (g47mK)

222 Also, why is Thousand Island Dressing called that? What 1000 islands? I'm skeptical. Maybe fraud.

Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (V9cMX)

223 >168 I put mayo on hamburgers lol.
Is that frowned upon?

==

no. try blue cheese next time.
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:57 PM (g47mK)

I'll add chipolte powder to the mayo. Works very well with Cooper sharp and bacon.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (GTqXr)

224 Trusting my spinal column to such a neuro surgeon next week.
Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM (2swu2)

Bless you. May your surgery be a success.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (lpTXP)

225 Mayo on burgers is culinary white supremacy.
Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:04 PM

Pfft. Whatev.

But mayo is a necessity on a North Shore beef 3-way.*

*If you know, you know

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)

226 good n hard:

@NRA
·
3h
🚨 The Virginia House has passed HB 217 — one of the most extreme gun control bills in the state’s history.

The bill bans the sale and transfer of commonly owned firearms and standard-capacity magazines, using vague and overreaching definitions to target responsible citizens.

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (ZxPkt)

227
> Kyrgyzstan's capital and largest city is Bishkek

You know a country is a major-league shithole when you haven't even heard of its capital city.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 07:03 PM

I'm low key waiting for a troll from Kyrgyzstan to see this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (nO8M5)

228 I had a very pretty French Canadian women working for me as a tech. She was very excited about our team going to Italy to work with some of the French engineers.

She got pretty upset when they made fun of her accent.

I told her she would have a better time hanging out with the Italians which she found out to be very true.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 07:11 PM (uvB+6)

229 Also, why is Thousand Island Dressing called that? What 1000 islands? I'm skeptical. Maybe fraud.
Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (V9cMX

There’s a group of islands called that in NY state.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (Jay38)

230 WOW, the trumprx.gov website works and it has products !
Posted by: runner

Can you get boner pills or still need to pay a Doc for a script?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (/lPRQ)

231 Also, why is Thousand Island Dressing called that? What 1000 islands? I'm skeptical. Maybe fraud.
Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM

Refers to the Thousand Islands area in the St. Lawrence River.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (Wnv9h)

232 About young docs....

I have a huge bruise and lump on my left hand. I did not hit it with anything, bump it into anything, or have any other sort of accident. It has gotten steadily bigger over the course of the week.

So, I went to urgent care to see if they could figure out how it occurred and how not to do that again.

The nurse practitioner had me take three xrays, and stated that there was no bone damage, so she figured I probably hit it on something and it would go away on its own. She said she didn't have an MRI to check the soft tissue but I was free to go to the ER and have them... tell me that same damned thing, I expect.

Huh. Here it is three days later and it is still there and still growing. Do I waste my time going to someone else or do I just wait and hope for the best? Honestly, why did young little miss nurse think that was going to be a good answer? Which specialist is the one for "lump in hand and big ol' bruise"?

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (I40wl)

233 But mayo is a necessity on a North Shore beef 3-way.*

*If you know, you know

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)

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I don't want to know what A North Shore beef 3-way is in San Fransicko ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (0Eh0f)

234 Wife goes thru the in plan Dr.’s until she finds a Jew. Patels and Mo’s are right out.

Posted by: Accomack at February 05, 2026 07:13 PM (/Chlc)

235 Did we get any word on JJ's wife's surgery today?

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 07:13 PM (uvB+6)

236 I see from the internets that the new fashionable thing is to denounce Megyn Kelley for being insufficiently critical of Candace Owens.

I can't wait to see who next the revolution devours.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 07:13 PM (rbvCR)

237 There are an estimated 2,000,000 islands on this planet

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:14 PM (ZxPkt)

238 201 Strictly by hiring the doctors in my area with the best reputations, I have ended up with all older Jewish doctors.

Trusting my spinal column to such a neuro surgeon next week.

Posted by: whig
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The old saying, young doctors and old lawyers, no longer applies. Young doctors are so full of bs I'm afraid of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 07:14 PM (a0V+E)

239 It's wise to look for an older chiropractor too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2026 07:14 PM (+mUZM)

240 The sad part is if he's not married, some idiot in PA will try to claim common law marriage and then marry the problem ASAP to save it.

Robbery charges in other states, weapon and dope charges in state, it doesn't matter. Marriage and then placement into a lunatic program (few and far) to hide until feeling ready to cope.

PA State Police and local law enforcement are not mandated to enforce federal immigration laws, which are primarily the responsibility of the federal government.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 07:14 PM (NFX2v)

241 Kyrgyzstan is close to China, and the people look Chinese. Mosly muslem, but because they were part of USSR, not crazy jihadi like. Prominent mountain chain with Chinese names like Tien Shan. Pamir is a famous one.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (g47mK)

242 >Huh. Here it is three days later and it is still there and still growing. Do I waste my time going to someone else or do I just wait and hope for the best? Honestly, why did young little miss nurse think that was going to be a good answer? Which specialist is the one for "lump in hand and big ol' bruise"?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (I40wl)

I'd hit your local ER if you're in a lot of pain or you've lost mobility. Otherwise, I'd call your family doc. You'll need a referral to see a specialist.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (GTqXr)

243 Thanks for all the well wishes. In a bit of pain right now due to the fact that I cannot take my anti arthritic drugs for this whole month before and after the surgery.

For fun, I did have a surgeon for prostate surgery that was the exception to old Jewish doctors. Guy looked young enough to be Doogie Howser MD but he was excellent. Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and I have had good luck also with second opinions at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville.

But for the spinal surgery, don't really want to travel and have top surgeons nearby to do it. Did get a second opinion from a top neurosurgeon who is a head of department of a medical school in neurology and he agreed with my surgeon about what needed to be done and the quality of my chosen surgeon.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (2swu2)

244 I don't even want a north shore beef two-way.

Posted by: Decolonize Condiments! at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (V9cMX)

245 Which specialist is the one for "lump in hand and big ol' bruise"?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM (I40wl)

Damn. Spider bite?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (zYpTz)

246 the Dilbert country was Elbonia.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 07:16 PM (gKWVE)

247 Trump's speech is not on CNN, MSNOW or even Newsmax. It's on Fox.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)

248 P M Starmer is the animated president in Monsters vs. Aliens.
President Hathaway is voiced by Stephen Colbert. The circle is complete.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 07:16 PM (ehY6c)

249 236 I see from the internets that the new fashionable thing is to denounce Megyn Kelley for being insufficiently critical of Candace Owens.

I can't wait to see who next the revolution devours.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Call me 'old hat', I've denounced her for the past 15 years.
Since her last program to take leave of absence from Fox in order to have her baby.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 07:16 PM (a0V+E)

250 I don't want to know what A North Shore beef 3-way is in San Fransicko ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:12 PM

Good luck getting one outside of Boston's North Shore.

It's a cult. A tasty, tasty cult.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)

251 I'd hit your local ER if you're in a lot of pain or you've lost mobility. Otherwise, I'd call your family doc.

—

There’s a difference ?
- illegals

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:17 PM (Jay38)

252 236
'I see from the internets that the new fashionable thing is to denounce Megyn Kelley for being insufficiently critical of Candace Owens.'

Yeah. That's bullshit. It isn't Kelly's job, mine or anyone else's job to do that. Sorry.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 07:17 PM (fd80v)

253 We can loose 100 million pounds!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:18 PM (g47mK)

254 The old saying, young doctors and old lawyers, no longer applies. Young doctors are so full of bs I'm afraid of them.

Posted by: Braenyard
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This. I encountered a Resident at local hospital, with ear gauges.

Confidence level : *zero*

At a local practice one of the new Docs is referred to as 'Doogie Houser'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 07:18 PM (XeU6L)

255 I mean lose, of course.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:18 PM (g47mK)

256 Damn. Spider bite?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (zYpTz)

I haven't seen a spider since October. No marks, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:18 PM (I40wl)

257 I go for Jewish or oriental doctors. They better not disappoint their family or else.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 07:18 PM (ehY6c)

258 239 It's wise to look for an older chiropractor too
Posted by: Notsothoreau
=======
My chiropractor managed to keep me from central canal stenosis for the last 6 years that I have seen her. She is clinical professor at the local chiropractic college but sees patients on the side to keep her license up to date.

I have really bad foraminal stenosis of peripheral nerves but yet only mild to moderate canal stenosis depending on which part of the spine we are talking about. Up to 8 herniated and deteriorating discs and counting. Four lumbar, one thoracic, and three cervical. The operation will be on the cervical section to remove teh crud impinging on my nerves.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:19 PM (2swu2)

259 Megyn sees Cucker getting a lot of views so she’s started flirting with “just asking questions”. They’re all grifters

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:19 PM (Jay38)

260 And in several of these fatal crashes, the truck drive doesn't even attempt to stop. No skid marks. Just plows into whatever cars or trucks are head of him. WTF are they doing?

Posted by: Random PJ at February 05, 2026 07:19 PM (+jscL)

261 You'll need a referral to see a specialist.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (GTqXr)

I don't need a referral, actually, but I wouldn't know to whom I should go.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:20 PM (I40wl)

262 >The old saying, young doctors and old lawyers, no longer applies. Young doctors are so full of bs I'm afraid of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 07:14 PM (a0V+E)

My son and daughter in law are both med students albeit at different schools. The difference in medical education is a bit frightening. Both are in top tier med schools, but one is uber woke. My daughter in law attends the latter and she is angry at the difference. Since they are both in the midst of clinical rotations, her transferring is not an option.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:20 PM (GTqXr)

263 in several of these fatal crashes, the truck drive doesn't even attempt to stop. No skid marks. Just plows into whatever cars or trucks are head of him. WTF are they doing?
Posted by: Random PJ

1. Drunk or high
2. No respect for human life.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 07:20 PM (Jay38)

264 The old saying, young doctors and old lawyers, no longer applies. Young doctors are so full of bs I'm afraid of them.

Posted by: Braenyard

My GP who just retired again was great as he was a retired already former naval doc. Salt of the earth type. My original GP was a former mechanical engineer from MIT and who became a GP after that. Great guy too.

Newer docs, not so much, good at reading imaging, but lousy at treatment and understanding patients.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:21 PM (2swu2)

265 This is what arrives when you agree to one of those russian mail order brides. So don't open that email.

Just what I've heard

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 05, 2026 07:21 PM (jrgJz)

266 There are an estimated 2,000,000 islands on this planet

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:14 PM (ZxPkt)

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"Two Million Island Dressing" has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:21 PM (0Eh0f)

267 >>There are an estimated 2,000,000 islands on this planet

But this one is mine.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)

268 But mayo is a necessity on a North Shore beef 3-way.*

*If you know, you know
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at

I lived in Boston for 2 years. I do not want to know what a north shore beef 3way is. IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM (MGB5H)

269 This is HUGE!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM (g47mK)

270 'Not only was Bekzhan Beishekeev released into our country by the Biden administration ...'

Worthless foreign trash. strap him to the grill of a semi and give him the same treatment as the bad guy from the Road Warrior.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 07:23 PM (fd80v)

271 Which specialist is the one for "lump in hand and big ol' bruise"?
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Hand and arm/elbow surgeon if you can find one. General orthopedics if you cannot.

Sounds like some sort of fluid coming from an injury.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:23 PM (2swu2)

272 Which specialist is the one for "lump in hand and big ol' bruise"?
Posted by: tcn in AK at February

Have you tried aspirating it?

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 07:24 PM (MGB5H)

273 243 Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (2swu2)

Backs are tricky, isometrics worked for pop and bought him his last six years of work....

he left about 18 months before the dementia set in....thank God.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 07:25 PM (MUJd1)

274 >>>I don't need a referral, actually, but I wouldn't know to whom I should go.
Posted by: tcn in AK
---

Go to their bios on the web. It will help you parse some out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 07:25 PM (a0V+E)

275 Hope things go well, Whig!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 05, 2026 07:25 PM (+mUZM)

276 >261 You'll need a referral to see a specialist.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:15 PM (GTqXr)

I don't need a referral, actually, but I wouldn't know to whom I should go.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:20 PM (I40wl)

I'd still start with my PCP. But an internal med doc or orthopaedist would be my next choice.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:25 PM (GTqXr)

277 Yes, also hope things go well, Whig.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 07:26 PM (NFX2v)

278 I haven't heard Kelly talk about Owens, nor will I ever.

Owens is a lunatic, and Kelly's mouth sounds are of zero value on that or any other topic.

She is another of the type - ConInc media snakes who molt and change their colors every few years.

Who needs these cheesy grifters? Who still listens to them? How many times do they have to make their audiences look like chumps before they get wise to the scam?

I think drawing from an initial pool of Fox News viewers helps. They have a real low bar to start with.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:26 PM (BI5O2)

279 I don't need a referral, actually, but I wouldn't know to whom I should go.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 07:20 PM (I40wl)

Where are nurse ratched and ChristyBlinky when you need them?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 05, 2026 07:26 PM (zYpTz)

280 Bless you. May your surgery be a success.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Thanks. My only worry is whether or not it works. My wife though is worried sick and I am going through everything to produce a doom file if things go pear shaped. Good practice to do so to make things tidy.

Only problem will be inventorying, prices, and pictures of all the firearms if she had need of selling them.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:27 PM (2swu2)

281 Good luck whig

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 07:27 PM (MGB5H)

282 My chiropractor managed to keep me from central canal stenosis for the last 6 years that I have seen her. She is clinical professor at the local chiropractic college but sees patients on the side to keep her license up to date.

I have really bad foraminal stenosis of peripheral nerves but yet only mild to moderate canal stenosis depending on which part of the spine we are talking about. Up to 8 herniated and deteriorating discs and counting. Four lumbar, one thoracic, and three cervical. The operation will be on the cervical section to remove teh crud impinging on my nerves.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:19 PM (2swu2)

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Can we get a Give Send Go setup to fund Elon Musk for developing a Robotic Exoskeleton Suit for whig (I'm envisioning the great Sigourney Weaver scene in "Aliens")?

/Damn, you must have a very high threshold of pain (I generally do, but will cease whining about my little occasional aches and pains).

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:28 PM (0Eh0f)

283 " in several of these fatal crashes, the truck drive doesn't even attempt to stop. No skid marks. Just plows into whatever cars or trucks are head of him. WTF are they doing?"

Trying to maintain control. One you hit the brakes on 40 tons of mass going 50 MPH in a panic, mother nature takes over and things start happening for the next 400 feet that you have no control over.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 07:28 PM (uvB+6)

284 277 Yes, also hope things go well, Whig.
Posted by: L - No nic
======
Thanks. I have the music, Little Bit of Luck from My Fair Lady going through my head at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Sj9o7DWJU

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:29 PM (2swu2)

285 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Sj9o7DWJU
Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:29 PM (2swu2)

Godspeed Whig.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 07:30 PM (GTqXr)

286 Only problem will be inventorying, prices, and pictures of all the firearms if she had need of selling them.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:27 PM (2swu2)

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I'm sure you've already planned for the cost of dredging them all from the bottom of the lake.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:30 PM (0Eh0f)

287 283 Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 07:28 PM (uvB+6)

Quite, the key there is developing judgement about safety ratios and distances and if need be making the hard decision to take the truck into the safest empty spot.

Foreign drivers do not understand American rules of the road to develop proper safe judgement and thus wind up being 42 ton missiles.

Posted by: sven at February 05, 2026 07:30 PM (MUJd1)

288 I lived in Boston for 2 years. I do not want to know what a north shore beef 3way is. IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM

And you never had one?! Damn.

Onion roll, a mountain of paper thin roast beef, cheese, mayo, and James River BBQ sauce. Best damned roast beef sammich you'll ever have.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Wnv9h)

289 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing , ye shall receive.

Consult your primary for dx and which specialist could help you.
Pray.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 07:32 PM (ehY6c)

290 /Damn, you must have a very high threshold of pain (I generally do, but will cease whining about my little occasional aches and pains).
Posted by: ShainS
======
I could take the pain but not the loss of strength, that is what tipped me into getting the surgery. Lost a lot of grip strength and coordination in the last year or so. Had to carefully document that it was not any peripheral impingement before I could get insurance to pay for the spinal cleanout.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:34 PM (2swu2)

291 Godspeed Whig.
Posted by: Heavy Meta
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Thanks.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:35 PM (2swu2)

292 I'm sure you've already planned for the cost of dredging them all from the bottom of the lake.

Posted by: ShainS

Hellfire, too tired for that nowadays, now it is Molon Labe baby. All I want is be to left alone by authorities and their various minions.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:37 PM (2swu2)

293 Prayin' for ya, whig. Best of luck.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:37 PM (BI5O2)

294 281 Good luck whig
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Thanks. I appreciate the kind thoughts.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:38 PM (2swu2)

295 >>There are an estimated 2,000,000 islands on this planet

But this one is mine.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)

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My favorite movie! * golf clap *

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:38 PM (0Eh0f)

296 144 Other than stop signs saying Arret there’s really no difference in road signs in Quebec vs the rest of North America.

Know what stop signs in France say?

STOP

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at February 05, 2026 07:40 PM (FpP3s)

297 277 Yes, also hope things go well, Whig.
Posted by: L

Thanks. I am really lucky in a way, not facing something like Cancer or an early heart attack like my father. Mine is just lot of pain and loss of function so far. Nothing life threatening as of yet.

My wife though is terrified and afraid though and I am trying to do whatever makes her calmer by talking through issues. She is okay if something happens to me, I made sure of that.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:41 PM (2swu2)

298 I see that the organ recital has started.
[rolls up sleeves]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 07:42 PM (XeU6L)

299 293 Prayin' for ya, whig. Best of luck.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Thanks. I will probably be taking a sabbatical here as I will be wearing a horse collar, on pain meds, and not in the best of moods to be posting.

It would probably end up as incoherent shit posting which is better left for X.

I'll have my wife post after to let folks that want to know about it.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:43 PM (2swu2)

300 One of my favorite coworkers had that stenosis surgery. Old football injuries. It worked a lot of good for him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:43 PM (BI5O2)

301 ... now it is Molon Labe baby ...

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I would have preferred a musical entitled "Molon Labe" to "Hamilton" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:43 PM (0Eh0f)

302 It would probably end up as incoherent shit posting ...

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Just sock 'em as "The James Madison" and no one will know the difference!

/I keed, I keed ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:45 PM (0Eh0f)

303 I would have preferred a musical entitled "Molon Labe" to "Hamilton" ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Considering even Hamilton as a young rake carried a firearm to fight in the Revolution becoming a hero at Yorktown storming a British redoubt, it would be a far superior play.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:45 PM (2swu2)

304 Just sock 'em as "The James Madison" and no one will know the difference!

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Heh. You need to repeat that to him tomorrow.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:46 PM (2swu2)

305 I will cover for any incoherent shitposting you may be too wounded to carry through, whig.

I promise.

No shitpost left behind.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:47 PM (BI5O2)

306 I will cover for any incoherent shitposting you may be too wounded to carry through, whig.

I promise.

No shitpost left behind.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:47 PM (BI5O2)

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lol

Another classic YDism ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (0Eh0f)

307 Best of luck whig and may God guide the hands of the surgeon.

-Your brother in pain,

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (uvB+6)

308 No shitpost left behind.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Please do. LOL.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:50 PM (2swu2)

309 This. I encountered a Resident at local hospital, with ear gauges.

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Dafuq?

I generally respect doctors, even with all the recent blood under the bridge.

But, while the good ones are great, the bad ones are horrible.

I would never trust a guy who mutilated himself to care for my kid.

I wouldn't even want to eat a sandwich a chopped up freak prepared.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:51 PM (BI5O2)

310 -Your brother in pain,

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 07:49 PM (uvB+6)

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So sorry to hear that (and I know we're willowed), but: What is (are) your condition(s) causing pain, pawn?

[Don't know if you're on it, but I avoid reading the weekly Prayer List because I find it extremely depressing and it inflames my survivor's guilt and blessed good health.]

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:52 PM (0Eh0f)

311 307 Best of luck whig and may God guide the hands of the surgeon.

-Your brother in pain,
Posted by: pawn

Thx pawn. The funny thing is I went to Mayo's Pain clinic about a year ago. I was already doing most all of the non drug techniques they used for pain reduction because I literally hate drugs that mess with my mind with a passion.

On the other hand, I have ice packs and heating pads galore. Plus doggies. Petting and loving on them can somehow through doggie magic reduce the felt pain. We really don't often deserve the unconditional love that dogs give us. Same with the Lord.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:53 PM (2swu2)

312 I would never trust a guy who mutilated himself to care for my kid.

I wouldn't even want to eat a sandwich a chopped up freak prepared.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:51 PM (BI5O2)

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Ditto.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:54 PM (0Eh0f)

313 Plus doggies. Petting and loving on them can somehow through doggie magic reduce the felt pain. We really don't often deserve the unconditional love that dogs give us. Same with the Lord.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 07:53 PM (2swu2)

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Awesome. Canine therapy.

The Lord Works In Mysterious Dogs ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 07:55 PM (0Eh0f)

314 I will cover for any incoherent shitposting you may be too wounded to carry through, whig.

I promise.

No shitpost left behind.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

if needed, I'll pay for a keg

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, posteur de Merde at February 05, 2026 07:57 PM (AP7fj)

315 what is his opinion on mayonnaise on hamburgers?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:52 PM (0aYVJ)

and poutine?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (6ydKt)

Mayonnaise on poutine, or poutine on hamburgers?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 05, 2026 07:58 PM (dhHpw)

316 Awesome. Canine therapy.

The Lord Works In Mysterious Dogs ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Best kind of dopamine hits. For them and us, giving them belly rubs and head scratches.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 08:00 PM (2swu2)

317 It's hard to enjoy anything about a recovery ward in a hospital, besides the fact that isn't a surgical unit or ICU.

But there's something they do at the children's hospital here, that they didn't do in Denver, and it's awesome.

Once the kids are parked on the floor, they have around oldsters who volunteer to bring their friendly dogs to visit the children. The kids love it, the parents do, and so forth the oldsters and their dogs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:01 PM (BI5O2)

318 Mayonnaise on poutine, or poutine on hamburgers?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

On crackers?

Poutine om the Ritz

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, initiating Dance Routine at February 05, 2026 08:01 PM (AP7fj)

319 Prayers ascending for whig for his upcoming surgery. I don't know if he reads the cafe so I'll pop this downstairs too

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:02 PM (E0p3T)

320 Best kind of dopamine hits. For them and us, giving them belly rubs and head scratches.
Posted by: whig

Miss Dixie does not give me belly rubs or behind the ear scratches.

Seems fair

Posted by: Le Mikleuse, who also failed Obedience School at February 05, 2026 08:03 PM (AP7fj)

321 BTW, pawn, any tricks that you have to manage pain or that I have I will reveal. I use heat in the morning to get started to move and cold to address pain. Bad arthritis is kind of like rust--it hurts the joints worst when you get moving, then it is okay for a bit, until it isn't. Then ice.

Because I was bored when I had knee surgery and was in a soft cast for awhile, I practiced mental imagery as in viewing pain as a colors--fiery red for nerve zingers, crushing pain as purple, and no pain as blue. So I would mentally try to reduce inflammation in the knee by treating it mentally as a ballon and imagine myself squeezing the ballon to let out the pressure.

Used a temperature gauge as inflammation of joints can show up on those infrared temp gauges. It actually did lower the heat and inflammation a bit by doing that regularly. Breathing helps me to deal with nerve pain zingers.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 08:04 PM (2swu2)

322 319 Prayers ascending for whig for his upcoming surgery. I don't know if he reads the cafe so I'll pop this downstairs too
Posted by: ...
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Don't want to harsh their mellow upstairs but thanks for all the well wishes and kindness. I'll try my best to reciprocate by paying it forward. Gotta go ice now.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 08:06 PM (2swu2)

323 whig-

I didn't have much choice in the route I took after my second back surgery to fix the first one was messed up again by the Workers Compensation.

My mind wasn't affected that much by the opioids as I was able to do some amazing engineering for years after that.

But I can relate to people manually checking out if they lose what ever made their life worth living because I have gone there by choice a couple of times just to remind me of why I take it.

I pray I never have to face that.

I don't have any tricks other than changing positions and reciting the Lords Prayer over and over.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 08:15 PM (uvB+6)

324 Godspeed on surgery and complete and rapid recovery, Whig.

Posted by: Jame Gumm at February 05, 2026 08:24 PM (dK+Kv)

325 Like all normal Americans, I am outraged by UK grooming scandal, where children were repeatedly raped with no interest in protecting them.
This transportation scandal gets me about as mad. When will Americans see that justice is done, even it means a long prison term?

Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza at February 05, 2026 08:28 PM (qgGyX)

326 Praying for you, Whig. All will be well.

Prayers for a complete recovery.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 10:34 PM (WONhk)

327 So, democrats, leftists murdered 4 more Americans. Another day that ends with "y". When someone argues that illegal aliens are not a problem, show them this. Show them this right before you bludgeon the snot outvof them. Freaking a$$hats.

Posted by: Edward at February 06, 2026 12:12 AM (9gg3L)

"Will You Shut Up!:" Low-IQ DEI Congresswoman Maxine Waters "Asks a Question" of Scott Bessent, Then Tells Him to Shut Up When He Answers

The " " " questions " " " were about Bessent's claim that tariffs are not inflationary (so long as they are absorbed by foreign countries and foreign companies).

I don't know what this low-executive-function brain-damaged dementia patient's point was. She recalls Bessent's previous statement that there is no evidence that tariffs are inflationary, and then says... I think her whole argument is that "if you tax coffee and bananas, that's inflationary," therefore that's a contradiction of your statement.

She sets this up as if Bessent has made contradictory statements, but the "contradiction" is just her assertion that if you tax coffee and bananas, that's inflationary.

Bessent replies that the source of inflation are the "10 to 20 million illegal aliens" that Joe Biden let into the country, who then drove up prices, at which point this, um, public servant hisses "Will you shut up!"

Rep. Waters, the ranking member on the committee, was grilling Bessent on whether President Trump's tariffs were inflationary and harmful to consumers, suggesting they amounted to a "war on American consumers." She pressed him on whether he would act as a "voice of reason" in the administration and urge Trump to reduce or eliminate the tariffs to lower costs for Americans.
"Will you be the voice of reason in the administration and urge Trump to stop waging a war on American consumers?" Waters asked. "Yes or no?"
"You seem confused as to the definition of inflation," Bessent began before Waters interupted, and repeated her question.
The exchange quickly devolved into both officials talking over one another. Bessent argued that the Biden administration had "let in between 10 and 20 million immigrants," who he said went on to consume housing that would otherwise have gone to working Americans.

It's very obvious that she has dementia and does not understand the words that her aides wrote for her and does not understand the "argument" she's making.

🚨 JUST IN: Sec. Scott Bessent is EMBARRASSING low-IQ Rep. Maxine Waters right now, this is priceless 😂

WATERS: Did you say Trump's tariffs are INFLATIONARY?!

BESSENT: "Uhh...no. 🤨"

WATERS: OK, we have a New York Times article-

BESSENT: "-*New York Times?* 😂"

WATERS: Are� pic.twitter.com/ZpPyxxET7o
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 4, 2026

�MAINTAIN SOME LEVEL OF DIGNITY!�

Scott Bessent SHUTS DOWN Maxine Waters after she loses control of her emotions and demands Sec Bessent �shut up.� pic.twitter.com/XesZbBr4DU
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 4, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 05:00 PM

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1 I really need to watch the whole hearing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (aUIT1)

2 If I had to 'testify' before Congress, I'd bring a paperback and just ignore the idiots.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

3 lol

What an embarrassment she is.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (hArFf)

4 Bessent replies that the source of inflation are the "10 to 20 million illegal aliens" that Joe Biden let into the country, who then drove up prices, at which point this, um, public servant hisses "Will you shut up!"

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I have a man crush on Bessent now. No homo.

Dude pointed out the exact cause of the inflation: the mass immigration and spending tied to it.

Mass deportation is deflationary, by the way.

Other than that, though, what's Trump doing about the affordability crisis?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (GBKbO)

5 Bitch got mo' Wighats than Phyllis Diller and The Mooch combined!

Posted by: After The Fall at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (oftw2)

6 '"You seem confused as to the definition of inflation," Bessent began'

I'd like to know how Bessent defines it.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (N8ZBc)

7 willowed:

347 ******
IMO, I think PDJT doesn't trust the fibees with this and sent Tulsi to oversee the operation. I believe it was recently revealed an agent sent a letter to Fulton Co officials that appeared to tip them off about the impending raid.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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From ace's clip earlier today Brett Baier asks Patel about the Chinese Wet Market in Las Vegas and Patel answers about the FBI stopping bad seeds from coming into Michigan.

Seed not being a euphemism for a bad person he's talking about seed crop seeds as the FBI's focus, not a fucking Chinese Wet Lab.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:03 PM (a0V+E)

8 1 I really need to watch the whole hearing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (aUIT1)

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Lawyers, man.

Be normal and watch some art house, Korean, lesbian pron:

https://amzn.to/4qnBeZQ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 05:03 PM (GBKbO)

9 She's low-IQ ghetto trash and has always been low-IQ ghetto trash. If I was black I'd be inconsolably offended that she's "representative" of my people. Same with Jasmine Ratchet. This is what Democrats think "real" black people are. Gross caricatures of racist stereotypes that used to be near-universally condemned but now used as selling points.

Posted by: Malcom and Martin are spinning in their graves at February 05, 2026 05:03 PM (TbWk/)

10 It's like a car crash of a family of orphins who were each smuggling a full 2.5 gal gasoline can. I can't bear to look.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (jc0TO)

11 It's very obvious that she has dementia and does not understand the words that her aides wrote for her and does not understand the "argument" she's making.

Dementia? I'm pretty sure she's always been a timwalz.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (ULPxl)

12 Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.

Posted by: Fred Sanford at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (vFG9F)

13 "Will you be the voice of reason in the administration and urge Trump to stop waging a war on American consumers?" Waters asked. "Yes or no?"

"You seem confused as to the definition of inflation," Bessent began before Waters interupted, and repeated her question.

"Shut up...."

Posted by: Mad Maxine's Shriveled Brain at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (jtM2q)

14 If I had to 'testify' before Congress, I'd bring a paperback and just ignore the idiots.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM

Play tetris.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (jc0TO)

15 "Dude pointed out the exact cause of the inflation: the mass immigration and spending tied to it."

I'd pin it on the explosion in the US money supply that happened in 2020, when the whole USA went f'n bonkers. Everything we did in 2020 was wrong.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (N8ZBc)

16 You can't make fun of her!
It's National Negro Month!

Posted by: Clutches pearls at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (b0pva)

17 Lawyers, man.

Be normal and watch some art house, Korean, lesbian pron:

https://amzn.to/4qnBeZQ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 05:03 PM (GBKbO)

'Tis only softcore. But dayum those are some really hot actresses.

Posted by: So I heard. From a friend. at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (TbWk/)

18 Moms Mabley is who I think of when I see Maxine.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (pDt9x)

19 Every day is groundhog day.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (sl73Y)

20 And he gave Musk a black eye. Ya gotta love it.
He's one prissy dude and he'll back it up. Verbally or physically. He doesn't lose he place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (a0V+E)

21 Did she ask him a question or did she "axe" him a question?

Just guessing, I'd say she's an "axe" person.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (IG3/x)

22 Heh. The Gay dude has a point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (zZu0s)

23 Is this about me?

Posted by: COVID Cash at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (b0pva)

24 In the headline, I would amend "congresswoman" to read "hideous flesh lump."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (N0lYK)

25 12 Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.
Posted by: Fred Sanford at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (vFG9F)

So does being a Big Dummy.

Posted by: RIP Lamont at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (TbWk/)

26 Trouble with watching Asian Lesbian Porn is that an hour later, you gonna want more.

Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! Take Out at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (oftw2)

27 I love Maxine Waters. She's the Al Sharpton of the legislature.

What's that fucking thing on her head?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (TOSLe)

28 But Musk is an African-American!

Posted by: Prove me wrong at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (b0pva)

29 Moms Mabley is who I think of when I see Maxine.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (pDt9x)
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That's an insult to Moms Mabley.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (N0lYK)

30 Maxine is the poster child for term limits...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

31 26 Trouble with watching Asian Lesbian Porn is that an hour later, you gonna want more.
Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! Take Out at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (oftw2)

Refractory period gets longer as you age.

Posted by: Time comes for us all. at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (TbWk/)

32 Makes you side-eye her constituency.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (pDt9x)

33 Was it the new director of the CPB that wouldn't respond to the congressional committee. He said that the law required him to be there at the hearing but he had nothing to say and just started reading a newspaper.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (jc0TO)

34 Bessent as head of the Dept. of War there would be forced marches in the hall every morning.
Let's lean up those generals.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (a0V+E)

35 What's that fucking thing on her head?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (TOSLe)
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It used to post here regularly.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (N0lYK)

36 I'm a customs broker with 26 years experience. I'm an actual tariff expert, unlike the clowns in the MSM pontificating away on things they know nothing about. Tariffs are not inflationary so long as they are absorbed by the foreign countries and companies.

This isn't a claim, it's a fact.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (gtcuf)

37 "Tariffs are not inflationary so long as they are absorbed by the foreign countries and companies."

I can believe that.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:08 PM (N8ZBc)

38 Em Pee Foady Sebben!!

Posted by: Maxine Waters' Wig at February 05, 2026 05:08 PM (/HDaX)

39 See?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 05:09 PM (N0lYK)

40 Waters makes me proud to be an American. Just not the way she thinks.

Can I get a side by side of her and that dumb ass third eye indian? Thanedar?

I think they have the same wig maker.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 05:09 PM (cS1cw)

41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-ALCp9ke8

Best statement ever

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 05, 2026 05:09 PM (jrgJz)

42 Aunt Esther said what?

I tell you that woman is ugggglleeeee!

Posted by: Fred Sanford at February 05, 2026 05:09 PM (bwRbr)

43 > Be normal and watch some art house, Korean, lesbian pron:

https://amzn.to/4qnBeZQ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 05:03 PM (GBKbO)

I notice they hake Korean actors playing all the Japanese parts.

I wonder what the Japanese think of that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (IG3/x)

44 I wish he'd added: "And not only is your wighat too tight and constricting blood flow, it's crooked, Maxine!"

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (WONhk)

45 "Will you be the voice of reason in the administration and urge Trump to stop waging a war on American consumers?" Waters asked. "Yes or no?"

Ah, the old "when did you stop beating your wife" gambit.
Shrewd woman, that Maxine Waters.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (vFG9F)

46 Bitch got mo' Wighats than Phyllis Diller and The Mooch combined!

Posted by: After The Fall at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (oftw2)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (hArFf)

47 Isn't she dreamy!

Posted by: Vogue Magazine, next issue at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (PBE58)

48 She really does look like Aunt Esther on Sanford and Sons.

I think it is the cheap wig.

Ace needs to add a photo or clip from the show for comparison

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (bwRbr)

49 Lol. A for effort, Scotty boy.

But, one term in Congress and your dignity is dead, gone, never to return. You have to drag it out back and beat it lifeless with a shovel yourself, or you can't play the game.

Maxine Waters has been a Representative since they were called Plebeian Tribunes. She's an indignity singularity. I have less dignity than I did five minutes ago, just looking at that ridiculous wig bob up and down on her lying head.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (BI5O2)

50 It's hard for me to watch any video of Maxine Waters because I have sympathetic embarrassment. She's so stupid and cringy it makes feel bad.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (XMwZJ)

51
We started off with Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan and now they all sound like they've been stopped by police for a traffic violation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (tgvbd)

52 Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:08 PM (N8ZBc)

And, they almost always are absorbed by the foreign country/company. Overwhelmingly so.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (gtcuf)

53 "And not only is your wighat too tight and constricting blood flow, it's crooked, Maxine!"

Get up in her face. Give her her own medicine.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (N8ZBc)

54 Bessent is by far the best selection by Trump. Even if he looks kind of like the human model for Max Headroom.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (0U5gm)

55 Maxine Waters is a fucking retard, news at 11

Posted by: ballistic at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (3BwY8)

56 Maxine hasn't been the same since they took out Harambe.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (gH8T+)

57

I RECLAIM MY TIME!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)

58 You should see the video of her after the hearing. She was asked if she regretted telling Bessent to shut up and she denied it. She claimed she never said that and when they said they had it on video she still denied it.

Posted by: Gorthang at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (M8ShI)

59 Be normal and watch some art house, Korean, lesbian pron:

https://amzn.to/4qnBeZQ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook
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Expected something more prurient.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (a0V+E)

60 > 47 Isn't she dreamy!
Posted by: Vogue Magazine, next issue at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (PBE5

She'll never beat me. She doesn't have toned arms and or a dress made from Great-Aunt Gertrude's cat pee couch.

Posted by: Big Mike Obama at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)

61 Bessent replies that the source of inflation are the "10 to 20 million illegal aliens" that Joe Biden let into the country, who then drove up prices, at which point this, um, public servant hisses "Will you shut up!"

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I have a man crush on Bessent now. No homo.
Dude pointed out the exact cause of the inflation: the mass immigration and spending tied to it.
Mass deportation is deflationary, by the way.
Other than that, though, what's Trump doing about the affordability crisis?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

++++

Not so much the spending but printing money that our grandchildren will be paying off to give the fvcking imported parasites a free ride.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 05:13 PM (/lPRQ)

62 "Fundamentally non-serious".

Every.

Single.

Time.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:13 PM (TN0g+)

63 The Representative from Rap-A-Lot Records.

Dignity, personified.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:13 PM (BI5O2)

64 "Boy Maxine sure showed that finance guy a thing or two?"

most of Maxie's constituents, of whom she does not live near.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 05, 2026 05:13 PM (vbXSk)

65 In 2022, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retired at age 83 to allow for a younger appointment, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Justice Stephen Breyer's birthday: August 15, 1938

Btw, Maxine Waters (née Carr) was also born on August 15, 1938.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (NFX2v)

66 Prn. Our state now requires adult verification to access. I noticed my computer is running faster now.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (pDt9x)

67 59 Be normal and watch some art house, Korean, lesbian pron:

https://amzn.to/4qnBeZQ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook
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Expected something more prurient.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (a0V+E)

Oh it's...full of lesbian sex. Trust me on that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (xcxpd)

68 > just looking at that ridiculous wig bob up and down on her lying head.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (BI5O2)

When black women get mad, they get that head to movin' on yo ass.

Posted by: Richard Pryor at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (IG3/x)

69 Bessent replies that the source of inflation are....
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No liberal ever gives a damn about "inflation" or "affordability" when THEY are the ones in charge.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (TN0g+)

70 CALL OF THE WIGHAT

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=BWEdu-yXnaE

Posted by: THE CRAMPS at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (gH8T+)

71 Do tariffs cause inflation, or is it 50 million illegals getting government benefits and it the fact that the money supply was jacked up 40% to give them their 'free' money?

I know what Milton Friedman said 40 years ago, and it is still the truth.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (0U5gm)

72 Aunt Cray Cray is 87. She's been in Congress since 1991.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 05:14 PM (PBE58)

73 Mad Maxine is the geriatric Jazzy Crockett.

Two pea (brains) in a pod.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (jtM2q)

74 Mad Max Waters is an embarrassment.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (uus9c)

75 I notice they hake Korean actors playing all the Japanese parts.

I wonder what the Japanese think of that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (IG3/x)

To make it spicier, it's set during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (xcxpd)

76 "And, they almost always are absorbed by the foreign country/company. Overwhelmingly so."

Well, OK. Those are some pretty resilient foreign companies that can absorb surprise, capricious, hostile tariff policy blows.

On the ground here, I see prices continuing to rise. (Yes, I acknowledge gasoline is down at least 20% from where it was.) Like I said above, I'd like to ask Bessent his own question: how does he define inflation?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (N8ZBc)

77 We started off with Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan and now they all sound like they've been stopped by police for a traffic violation.
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Its only a matter of time until one of the exclaims "I don't feel safe!" while in session.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:16 PM (TN0g+)

78 55 Maxine Waters is a fucking retard, news at 11
Posted by: ballistic
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Maxine is Democrat Party point woman. She gets bonus cash for saying execrable or inciteful things to the masses.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:16 PM (a0V+E)

79 When is this hag going to collapse?

I hope it's live. Just nice long heart attack and then THUD

Posted by: melodicmetal at February 05, 2026 05:16 PM (XLfSN)

80 I think her whole argument is that "if you tax coffee and bananas, that's inflationary," therefore that's a contradiction of your statement.

Since when did Democrats give a shit whether taxes cause inflation?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 05, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)

81 It is pretty much an economic law that tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:17 PM (0U5gm)

82

38 Em Pee Foady Sebben!!
Posted by: Maxine Waters' Wig at February 05, 2026 05:08 PM

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Not so fast, Skeletor.

Posted by: He Man at February 05, 2026 05:17 PM (azNOR)

83 The black guy in front of her (presumably another representative) is trying very hard at times to not break into a grin during the exchange.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 05, 2026 05:18 PM (dhHpw)

84 And you know since she was on the take for the Geto Boys, she was being paid at least partly in cocaine. She must have an iron heart to have made it this long.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:19 PM (BI5O2)

85 Well years ago the NYC mayor at the time dropped the groundhog on his head and killed him, right? Maybe MaxWat is more a MinWit? Dropped on head?

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 05:20 PM (Lytz7)

86 "It is pretty much an economic law that tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary."

If so, great. The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:20 PM (N8ZBc)

87 51
We started off with Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan and now they all sound like they've been stopped by police for a traffic violation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 05:11 PM (tgvbd)

It's disheartening, isn't it? Barbara Jordan spoke at my high school, and it was a challenge to keep up with her discourse. In a good way. Brilliant lady.

Posted by: moki at February 05, 2026 05:20 PM (wLjpr)

88 Seed not being a euphemism for a bad person he's talking about seed crop seeds as the FBI's focus, not a fucking Chinese Wet Lab.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:03 PM (a0V+E)
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You're going to care about them when they germinate and displace or corrupt vital food crops. It's biowarfare, and it's been going on for a while. Chinese are mailing random seed packets, hoping people will plant them.

We also know they're playing with various pathogens (including fungi) that are designed to wipe out wheat and maize.

What's crazy is they need our food. They cannot feed themselves. If US agriculture ceases to export huge quantities of food, they are the ones who will starve.

China is asshoe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM (ZOv7s)

89 "He took my time"

Aww. And you don't really have that much to spare.

Posted by: The Grim Reaper at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM (vFG9F)

90 It's disheartening, isn't it? Barbara Jordan spoke at my high school, and it was a challenge to keep up with her discourse. In a good way. Brilliant lady.
Posted by: moki at February 05, 2026 05:20 PM

Her eye always distracted me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM (jc0TO)

91
What's that fucking thing on her head?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM

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A wig made of hair from a different race, that she despises.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM (azNOR)

92 >>If so, great. The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?

Yes. Factories don't sprout like Alfalfa.

They take a bit more time to grow.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM (gH8T+)

93 8 Lawyers, man.

Be normal and watch some art house, Korean, lesbian pron:

https://amzn.to/4qnBeZQ
-------------------------------
Serious question, TJM. How does a married film aficionado like yourself deal with fare like this that has lots of sex and nudity. It seems like that would cause . . . discussions with the wife.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 05:22 PM (4QwTz)

94 The black guy in front of her (presumably another representative) is trying very hard at times to not break into a grin during the exchange.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at

I can't tell for sure cause I can't see his whole face. But I'm pretty sure that's Maxwell frost d-Orlando youngest member of congress. Who got punched in the face at Sundance.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:22 PM (MGB5H)

95 Interesting fact, the only law that Congressman* Mad Maxine Waters has in her name is the ironically named Biggert–Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.

*Congresswoman is one of those unwieldy words that were made to say to pretend that "man" is some patriarchal construct instead of a patronizing sop to females. I believe that a woman, especially one as stupid as Maxine Waters, can become a Congressman (no 'transition' F to M necessary)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 05:22 PM (Dv3i1)

96 A wig made of hair from a different race, that she despises.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM

The lace race?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 05:22 PM (jc0TO)

97 Well, it looks like Scott Bessent is r enjoying himself trouncing Maxine Waters.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:22 PM (8Xy/A)

98 Stop putting nutjob black females in charge.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at February 05, 2026 05:22 PM (b0pva)

99 Since when did Democrats give a shit whether taxes cause inflation?

Taxes don't necessarily cause inflation, they may cause the price of goods to go up, but that increase isn't inflation.

inflation is when the dollar is devaluated by more fiat currency.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (a3CJ+)

100 The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?
Posted by: gp
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YES

We have surpassed Japan in steel production.
There's more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (a0V+E)

101
The level of childishness among elected Federal officials in Congress is disgusting.

All the "... reclaiming my time" assertions are those of a petulant child grabbing a plaything and screaming, "MINE!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (xG4kz)

102 If so, great. The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:20 PM (N8ZBc)
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Yes. US domestic steel production has reached a 32-year high. We are finally making more steel than Japan.

A wholesale restructuring of the economy takes time. It is a long process but happily one that is hard to stop once it gains momentum.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (ZOv7s)

103 "Stop putting nutjob black females in charge."

Of every race and gender.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (N8ZBc)

104 71 Do tariffs cause inflation, or is it 50 million illegals getting government benefits and it the fact that the money supply was jacked up 40% to give them their 'free' money?

I know what Milton Friedman said 40 years ago, and it is still the truth.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Tariffs are a tax, no more, no less, but as to who pays them, it depends on a number of circumstances--substitution effect, supply/demand effects, macro effects like currency exchange rates, strategic decisions by the vendor to maintain market share and workforce, key decisions by importers as to whether or not shift supply chains to a lower cost producer, etc. etc.

For most part, tariffs of a large country become such a mess entangled with micro and macro factors that whether tariffs cause general inflation can't be answered as a general rule.

For individual products, perhaps in the short run, but in the long run, not so much.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 05:24 PM (2swu2)

105 Me in front of Congress:

Congresswoman, rising prices are a symptom not the disease. The disease is a devaluation of the currency and if you're looking for the root cause, all you fucking assholes need only look in the mirror. I'd explain further, but it'd be like trying to explain quantum physics to a golden retriever. You may now reclaim your time, you fucking dolt.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 05, 2026 05:24 PM (2UnvF)

106 102 If so, great. The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?

my biggest clients right now are manufacturing. it is DEFINITELY happening

come to the Lehigh Valley and see. it's amazing!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 05:24 PM (emBoF)

107
Maxine and Joey,
sittin' in a tree...

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 05:24 PM (Y8DZL)

108 level of childishness among elected Federal officials in Congress is disgusting.

All the "... reclaiming my time" assertions are those of a petulant child grabbing a plaything and screaming, "MINE!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle

The chick fight between jasmine ratchet and mtg last year comes to mind.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:25 PM (MGB5H)

109 I think her whole argument is that "if you tax coffee and bananas, that's inflationary," therefore that's a contradiction of your statement.
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It is pretty much an economic law that tariffs are deflationary, not inflationary.
-----

With all due respect, I would love to read how tariffs were viewed by authors published prior to...2010 or so? I feel like anything written in the last 12 months is politically tainted.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+)

110 The news on US steel production is welcome news to me.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:25 PM (N8ZBc)

111 Maybe the Supreme Court will just punt it back to Congress. You don't like it, Congress? Well, why did you pass laws that gave the President your powers? But then I would ask why did no one succeed in challenging these laws in the first place.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 05:25 PM (Dv3i1)

112 Taxes don't necessarily cause inflation, they may cause the price of goods to go up, but that increase isn't inflation.

inflation is when the dollar is devaluated by more fiat currency.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (a3CJ+)
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They cannot cause inflation because they are a tax. No one thinks sales tax causes inflation even though it raises prices. It takes money out of circulation, reducing its velocity.

Deficit spending causes inflation, which is why even when we used hard currency, there would be inflation during wartime as the Crown spent all its reserves and then some. Deflation usually followed the conclusion of hostilities.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)

113 106 Thanks for the good news!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:26 PM (N8ZBc)

114 My cat is smarter and blacker.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 05:26 PM (Lytz7)

115 Whigs post at 104 was well timed!

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

116 113 106 Thanks for the good news!

as clients btw they are fantastic

so much easier to work with than Pharma or media or even healthcare.

just guys who are like "you creatives do your thing"

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 05:27 PM (emBoF)

117 Speaking of power, communism, and fellow travelers.

Polymarket opens NYC's first free grocery store in downtown Manhattan.

Polymarket donated $1M to Food Bank For NYC and will operate the downtown Manhattan store through February 16.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:27 PM (a0V+E)

118 Inflation is too many dollars chasing too few products.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 05:27 PM (gH8T+)

119 >I think her whole argument is that "if you tax coffee and bananas, that's inflationary,"

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Bananas and rice!

Posted by: Somalia! at February 05, 2026 05:27 PM (b0pva)

120 You know who should shut up? Kamala Harris should shut up!

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM (QEO+S)

121 AI Overview: The phrase "I reclaim my time" is closely associated with Representative Maxine Waters of California, who famously coined and used it during a 2017 House Financial Services Committee hearing to stop Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin from wasting her allotted questioning time.

Based on available records, she has not trademarked the phrase.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM (NFX2v)

122
"Mister Krebs, you are in contempt of Congress."

"Oh, you cannot even begin to guess the depth of my contempt for you and your ilk."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM (xG4kz)

123 Time to make serious plans for the fall of Europe

@amuse 38s
FRANCE: The French Parliament is set to allow non-EU citizens to vote and run for elected office. If the measure passes later this month it will hasten the Islamic takeover of France.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM (diia5)

124 Way to counteract stereotypes Maxine, it's not like you walk into them every fucking day verifying them, let's toss in violence from 2019.

"I think her whole argument is that "if you tax coffee and bananas, that's inflationary," therefore that's a contradiction of your statement."

She actually referenced coffee and banana's? Can you get MORE Jungle bunny in your stereotypes?

Don't call me a racist fuckers, my wife is black, my child is part black. Eat a Dick, I'm talking about Black "Identified" fucksticks walking into the very shit that makes my wife and kid look bad.

THANK'S MAXINE! You just made it harder for my son to serve in congress because they will expect a tariff on banana's and cotton or some shit, you fucking retard.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM (2a0yj)

125 Terence Williams on X makes me laugh so hard when he's got his Maxine wig on:

https://tinyurl.com/5r7jxde5

Posted by: beckster at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM (I7J98)

126 "Stop putting nutjob black females in charge."

Of every race and gender.
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This isn't a DEI forum. Black women should not serve in positions of power--the evidence is overwhelming that they are "fundamentally non serious" choices.

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

127 I notice they hake Korean actors playing all the Japanese parts.

I wonder what the Japanese think of that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 05:10 PM (IG3/x)

To make it spicier, it's set during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (xcxpd)

Isn't every Korean movie set during the occupation of Japan?

I keed, I keed but that's the secret code to all Korean movies. If a Japanese character shows up, they're the villain.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (iJfKG)

128 With all due respect, I would love to read how tariffs were viewed by authors published prior to...2010 or so? I feel like anything written in the last 12 months is politically tainted.
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+)
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Tariffs were an integral component of US economic policy since the foundation of the country. This only changed when globalism and offshoring became a thing.

The New Dealers also tried to blame their utter economic failure on tariffs, which was absurd.

Tariffs protect against dumping and shelter American workers from competing with slave labor wage scales.

The original Republican Party platform called for tariffs to protect American workers and raise wages.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)

129 @amuse 38s
FRANCE: The French Parliament is set to allow non-EU citizens to vote and run for elected office. If the measure passes later this month it will hasten the Islamic takeover of France.
-----

That opens up a great opportunity for the Iranian mullahs.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (TN0g+)

130 It's very obvious that she has dementia and does not understand the words that her aides wrote for her and does not understand the "argument" she's making.

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I saw Susan Collins the other day at some presser and she seemed to have Parkinson's shakes. When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?

Posted by: Decaf at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (OP9Gm)

131 We started off with Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan and now they all sound like they've been stopped by police for a traffic violation.

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Product of the culture. Black politicians' best arenas were and are the cities, where most blacks live. As the cities grew unlivable, educated blacks left for the burbs and small towns, leaving behind only crooked hood rats like this hag to run in those districts.

Black people where I live can string a fuckin' sentence together. Inglewood and Torrance? They string sentences together, alright. Jail sentences.

To the extent, of course, that any blacks still remain.

Black flight from Southern California is one of the most underreported major stories in the country. It's a flat-out ethnic cleansing that everyone just ignores.

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

132
*ahem*

of = by

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (iJfKG)

133 56 Maxine hasn't been the same since they took out Harambe.
Posted by: garrett

*snort*

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 05:30 PM (W2Pud)

134 Black women should not serve in positions of power--the evidence is overwhelming that they are "fundamentally non serious" choices.
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:28 PM

++++

This about me?

Posted by: Old Lady Brown-Jackson at February 05, 2026 05:30 PM (b0pva)

135 Tariffs were an integral component of US economic policy since the foundation of the country. This only changed when globalism and offshoring became a thing.

The New Dealers also tried to blame their utter economic failure on tariffs, which was absurd.

Tariffs protect against dumping and shelter American workers from competing with slave labor wage scales.

The original Republican Party platform called for tariffs to protect American workers and raise wages.
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I agree with all of that. I'm more curious about the traditional understanding of tariff's effects on inflation.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (TN0g+)

136 If so, great. The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?

What do you mean by "begun"?

Just because Trump wants to reshore industry doesn't mean that he can wave the magic wand and force local governments to instantly make preferred zoning; site locating, seeking permits, and the huge elephant in the room: securing reliable electric power.

Then there is the whole operation of supply chain, including competent and reliable labor from management, engineering and factory rat.

At every step there are grifters, union thugs, competitors underwriting neo-luddite obstructionists, Marxist lawyers all wanting to dip their beaks into the project, either to starve it, kill it, manage it or get a subscription.

And do you think China is just going to sit there and allow their jobs to be drained away?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (a3CJ+)

137 Well my wife hates movies so it never really comes up.

I say 'I'm gonna watch a movie' and she goes upstairs. I could watch hardcore in the living room and it wouldn't matter.

Not that The Handmaid is hardcore. It's cinemax softcore at worst. Though there are drawings of real porn in it. And some spanking and scarring.

Ok...it might be a little hardcore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (xcxpd)

138
Polymarket donated $1M to Food Bank For NYC and will operate the downtown Manhattan store through February 16.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

I guess Polymarket has figured that NYC's "sparks of divinity" will have picked the place clean by then.

"Byyyyyeeeeeeeee!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (xG4kz)

139 Have you no decency?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

140 The Ford plant in Dearborn is now hiring a third shift as American production ramps up. Was big news a couple of weeks ago around here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

141 Over in the Senate:

"Senator, it may be a bit nuanced for you, but what
@POTUS
is referring to is the media saying that the affordability crisis was generated by this administration, when it was you and President Biden who destroyed the buying power of the American people. So there is an affordability crisis — and you were front and center in it."

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (6mlHc)

142 Polymarket - bit coin.

Very interesting.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (NFX2v)

143 China is asshoe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I know our seed crop is important. But when the head of the FBI is asked about Chinese Wet Lab in Las Vegas and he responds about the seed problem in Michigan, it's a glaring call to mind we had the frog marches we to which we all have desired.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (a0V+E)

144 I have to imagine the CCP is drawing lists of citizens that will fly to the EU during elections. A million tourist voters makes for interesting times.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (diia5)

145 *When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?*

++++
Whippersnapper!

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (b0pva)

146 "This isn't a DEI forum. Black women should not serve in positions of power--the evidence is overwhelming that they are "fundamentally non serious" choices."

I understand your point. My point is: don't put nutjobs in charge. I've worked for/with plenty of white ones.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (N8ZBc)

147 A wig made of hair from a different race, that she despises.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

It's Italian.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (/lPRQ)

148 Isn't every Korean movie set during the occupation of Japan?

I keed, I keed but that's the secret code to all Korean movies. If a Japanese character shows up, they're the villain.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (iJfKG)

Weirdly, in 'Lady Vengeance' by the same director, there's a Korean baker who studied cake making in Japan. And it's mentioned as a compliment.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (xcxpd)

149 If so, great. The (or one) goal of the new tariff policy was to incent reshoring of US manufacturing industry. Has that begun to happen?
Posted by: gp

Yes, I am buying much more steel than ever, and most of it is domestic.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (0U5gm)

150 I'm waiting for Jasmine to walk into a black church and say something like "This Nigga think's he runs this country? He ain't no Nigga, we the REAL NIGGA'S Lets show this whiteys what it's like, buck buck pow!"

FUCK YOU CUNTS! I HATE 23% of my nation, but Still. The greatest time of my life other than being married to a BLACK woman, and having a BLACK child, who are actually members of Tribes, unlike the modern American blacks, The Marine Corps was a GLORY! even though some of the people I protected was people like Maxine, and Jasmine, and basically the entire democrat party.

The other 70% were 100% worth it.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (2a0yj)

151 Tariffs are not inflationary, not in the real sense of inflation. They do raise costs and prices on both domestic and imported goods but have no effect on the money supply. If they did not raise prices they the "positive" effect on domestic industry would not exist.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (+48wn)

152 I saw Susan Collins the other day at some presser and she seemed to have Parkinson's shakes. When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?
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That's another reason for the talking filibuster to come back in vogue. Your ancient, ill senator doesn't have the stamina to talk for 5 mins let alone 5 hours, then your state loses out on whatever crap law you wanted them to block.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (Dv3i1)

153 With all due respect, I would love to read how tariffs were viewed by authors published prior to...2010 or so? I feel like anything written in the last 12 months is politically tainted.
Posted by: Crusader
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For a serious take on the issue, this paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research (same folks that declare recessions, etc.) investigates the Smoot Hawley tariff effects.

https://tinyurl.com/Smoot-Hawley-Tariffs

Turn to page 18 for a brief summary.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (2swu2)

154 Trump understands the USA is where the money is.

So do the non-stupid.

It's a priviledge to sell your stuff here. Moose out front should have told ya.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (cS1cw)

155 I saw Susan Collins the other day at some presser and she seemed to have Parkinson's shakes. When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?

BTW, where is Glitch?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (rgGn5)

156 This hag had an IQ of room temperature a long time ago. And a vile and corrupt soul.

Posted by: Beverly at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (reMys)

157 "how tariffs were viewed by authors published prior to...2010 or so?"

See Bastiat.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (N8ZBc)

158 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRaG6zPx5Ic

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 05, 2026 05:34 PM (jrgJz)

159 142 Polymarket - bit coin.

Very interesting.
Posted by: L - No nic,
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Insight

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:34 PM (a0V+E)

160 I agree with all of that. I'm more curious about the traditional understanding of tariff's effects on inflation.
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (TN0g+)
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No one thought they were inflationary because they are not inflationary. Look at US price stability over the first 150 years. All that time we had tariffs, which were a major source of revenue for the US government, especially before there was a federal income tax.

They do not have to be prohibitive, and could be little more than a national sales tax on imports.

Inflation is caused by borrowing, typically during wartime. Decoupling the dollar from gold was what got it cooking, along with peacetime deficits, which were historically unknown.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)

161 I'm a customs broker with 26 years experience.
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Just don't break muh norms.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 05:34 PM (RIvkX)

162 >>I saw Susan Collins the other day at some presser and she seemed to have Parkinson's shakes. When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?

Well, as far as ME is concerned...Collins is as good as we are ever going to get out of that State.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 05:34 PM (gH8T+)

163 inflation is when the dollar is devaluated by more fiat currency.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

No need to specify "fiat" - it is debased as surely as debasing gold coin.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 05, 2026 05:34 PM (/lPRQ)

164 BTW, where is Glitch?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (rgGn5)

Hospital with the flu.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:35 PM (MGB5H)

165 140 The Ford plant in Dearborn is now hiring a third shift as American production ramps up. Was big news a couple of weeks ago around here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

NO KAFFIR NEED APPLY! ULULULULULULU!!!!

Posted by: Auto market is blowing up! at February 05, 2026 05:35 PM (TbWk/)

166 118 Inflation is too many dollars chasing too few products.

Posted by: garrett

But is it only that? The imported population changes the demand. That seems somewhat separate from money supply, although in your statement it might add to dollars chasing.

Posted by: Kratwurst at February 05, 2026 05:35 PM (C362Q)

167 Maybe the Democrats will run Maxine for President.

[X] Females
[X] Black
[X] Incoherent

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 05:36 PM (lrMw0)

168 105 that is an egregious insult to Golden retrievers. They might be dumb, but not hateful, like Aunt Ester.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 05:36 PM (wBaIH)

169 >>But is it only that?

Yes.

The Affordability issue is not the Inflation issue.

Yes, there are correlates...

but, the Inflation was caused by Federal Spending.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (gH8T+)

170 145 *When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?*
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Insatiable

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (a0V+E)

171 140 Good news from all over! We should have a thread where morons see good economic things happen locally.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (N8ZBc)

172 I know our seed crop is important. But when the head of the FBI is asked about Chinese Wet Lab in Las Vegas and he responds about the seed problem in Michigan, it's a glaring call to mind we had the frog marches we to which we all have desired.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (a0V+E)
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Without seeing the clip, it's apparent to me that it's merely another front in the same war. They are not isolated from each other.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (ZOv7s)

173 NO KAFFIR NEED APPLY! ULULULULULULU!!!!
Posted by: Auto market is blowing up! at February 05,

It's a good thing Arabs don't work, or we'd all be driving those Flintstone cars around.

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

174 Speaker Mike Johnson

@SpeakerJohnson
Republicans funded border security and immigration enforcement in the Working Families Tax Cut to clean up the chaos Democrats created after allowing 20 MILLION illegal aliens into our country — on purpose.

The Democrats are fully aware that if they block bipartisan DHS funding, it WILL NOT stop enforcement — but it WOULD leave Americans without FEMA’s help after disasters, and slow TSA security lines at airports across America.

This week, Democrats need to do the responsible thing and vote to keep DHS funded and operating for the American people.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (6mlHc)

175 my biggest clients right now are manufacturing. it is DEFINITELY happening

come to the Lehigh Valley and see. it's amazing!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 05:24 PM (emBoF)

Drove by my old job at the receiving docks today. Normally it's just busy on Wednesdays, but this week it was Tuesday, Wednesday *and* Thursday. They're ramping up and it's not even spring yet (summer is the busiest season).

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at February 05, 2026 05:38 PM (Wt5PA)

176 159. Insight

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Vanity Fair, 'Polymarket The Gambling Start-Up Funded by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC Firm, Bet Big on the Golden Globes'
So how’d it fare at predicting winners? Founder Shayne Coplan speaks to VF from inside the ceremony. Published Jan. 11, 2026

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 05:39 PM (NFX2v)

177 147 A wig made of hair from a different race, that she despises.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

It's Italian.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Looks like Nylon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:40 PM (a0V+E)

178 Not steel related, but nuclear is going CRAZY here. Practically once a week they're announcing a new research facility, fuel refinery, or reactor assembly here. Just all over the place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:40 PM (BI5O2)

179 Good news from all over! We should have a thread where morons see good economic things happen locally.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (N8ZBc)
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I saw that Pepsico is cutting its retail prices for snacks. We are actually moving into deflationary territory thanks to Powell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

180 I'm sure increasing Federal spending 145% from pre-Covid levels didn't lead to any inflation at all!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (Vh9CX)

181 WARREN: That was supposed to be the softball!
BESSENT: He said he had reservations.
WARREN: If this was a joke, why not just say so?
BESSENT: It was a joke. And he made a joke about you, Senator Warren, that I won’t repeat. It got a lot of laughs.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (6mlHc)

182 As much as we laugh at Maxine's silly wig, we should thank her for at least wearing one. I imagine Admiral Akbar would balk at trying to sneak a bald Maxine at us.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (Dv3i1)

183 You can tell, by how quickly she turns the pages, that Maxine is reading at least 30 point font.

He could have wrecked her by just asking her to repeat the question.

Then laugh as she has to page back 4-5 pages.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (aUIT1)

184 Posted by: Chuck Martel
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When Susan Collins goes you get a Democrat.
Look at the numbers. Susan votes Republican much more often than your new Democrat replacement will.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:42 PM (a0V+E)

185 Contempt of Congress is a right not a crime.

Posted by: DaveA at February 05, 2026 05:42 PM (FhXTo)

186 179 Good news from all over! We should have a thread where morons see good economic things happen locally.

lots of positive developments with illegals getting deported and/or leaving here

now, the H1B situation is insane so it ends up even - not really bc the Mexicans were at least pretty conservative tbh. the Indians are all socialists (or whatever)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (emBoF)

187 much as we laugh at Maxine's silly wig, we should thank her for at least wearing one. I imagine Admiral Akbar would balk at trying to sneak a bald Maxine at us.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

The house got one of them too. Ayanna Presley

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (MGB5H)

188
@amuse 38s
FRANCE: The French Parliament is set to allow non-EU citizens to vote and run for elected office. If the measure passes later this month it will hasten the Islamic takeover of France.
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That opens up a great opportunity for the Iranian mullahs.
Posted by: Crusader

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What? Right on the heels of that Spanish move, 500,000 aliens to get legal status and, iirc, path to citizenship.

Posted by: MSM at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (JrWaT)

189 I'm sure increasing Federal spending 145% from pre-Covid levels didn't lead to any inflation at all!
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (Vh9CX)
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And it was all graft. Deficit spending that builds long-term infrastructure is not as inflationary, but just flooding the economy with random dollars is about the worst thing one can do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

190 "Senator, it may be a bit nuanced for you,

Bessent is a National Treasure

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (rgGn5)

191 106. my biggest clients right now are manufacturing. it is DEFINITELY happening

come to the Lehigh Valley and see. it's amazing!
Posted by: BlackOrchid

The Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania has experienced a significant demographic shift, with a rapidly growing Latino and Hispanic population—particularly in Allentown and Bethlehem—playing a crucial role in supporting the region's manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing sectors. This influx of new residents has helped reverse older industrial population declines, providing a critical labor force for a manufacturing sector that has recently grown at three times the national rate.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (NFX2v)

192 I imagine Admiral Akbar would balk at trying to sneak a bald Maxine at us.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Do not tempt that one.

Posted by: Kratwurst at February 05, 2026 05:44 PM (C362Q)

193 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: LaQuisha at February 05, 2026 05:44 PM (b0pva)

194 A wig made of hair from a different race, that she despises.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

It's Italian.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Looks like Nylon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:40 PM (a0V+E)

I thought the Nylonians were wiped out by the Naugahydeans during the 2nd Battle of Polyesteria.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 05:44 PM (iJfKG)

195 And it was all graft. Deficit spending that builds long-term infrastructure is not as inflationary, but just flooding the economy with random dollars is about the worst thing one can do.

In fairness though, the Somalis and other West Africans were exporting hundreds of millions of dollars out of the country because they really did care.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:45 PM (rgGn5)

196 Where my EBT card at?
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Usually you have a soft drink and a snack in mind when you ask?

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

197 >I saw Susan Collins the other day at some presser and she seemed to have Parkinson's shakes. When is it enough for these people? Why not just retire and finally have some peace?

Well, as far as ME is concerned...Collins is as good as we are ever going to get out of that State.
Posted by: garrett

When we trade 3M* to Canada for Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia it will improve the remaining states immensely.

*Minnesota, Michigan and Maine.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 05, 2026 05:45 PM (TezPK)

198 Fort Worth has hundreds of 1 million sq ft warehouses. Did notice today that nearest one had trucks at every door. Business is booming in cowtown. F. Worth has pop. of 1million. Boom

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 05:46 PM (ehY6c)

199 I'm still choking on the "thanks to Powell" line.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 05:46 PM (cS1cw)

200 And it was all graft. Deficit spending that builds long-term infrastructure is not as inflationary, but just flooding the economy with random dollars is about the worst thing one can do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

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When people think about how much fraud there is, well we can assume it's $2 trillion at a minimum. That's how much they increased spending with no discernible positive impact for the average law abiding American.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 05:46 PM (Vh9CX)

201 Inflation is too many dollars chasing too few products.

Posted by: garrett

But is it only that? The imported population changes the demand. That seems somewhat separate from money supply, although in your statement it might add to dollars chasing.

Posted by: Kratwurst

Yes the additional illegal population increases demand, but the inflation was caused by increasing the money supply through borrowing and quantitative easing when our betters decided to give the illegals food stamps and housing allowances.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:47 PM (0U5gm)

202 If my grandma looked like that I would shave her ass and make her walk backwards.

Posted by: A Klingon at February 05, 2026 05:48 PM (vFG9F)

203 When people think about how much fraud there is, well we can assume it's $2 trillion at a minimum.

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Yeah I'm assuming between 1/4 and 1/2 of every federal dollar is stolen before even talking about state and local corruption.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

204 172 I know our seed crop is important. But when the head of the FBI is asked about Chinese Wet Lab in Las Vegas and he responds about the seed problem in Michigan, it's a glaring call to mind we had the frog marches we to which we all have desired.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (a0V+E)
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Without seeing the clip, it's apparent to me that it's merely another front in the same war. They are not isolated from each other.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The whole article and the question was focus on the Bio-Lab in Las Vegas and he deflected. And we get too much of that.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2uzfnm
at 1:57

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (a0V+E)

205 Via Insty, apparently ski jumpers are injecting their...yeah that...to get additional distance:
The Winter Olympics has long been a battleground for marginal gains. Just look at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) banning the new helmets Great Britain had planned to wear next week due to their aerodynamic ridges.

Thursday, however, took things to a new level in Milan Cortina — ski jumpers allegedly injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly that little bit further.

The claims were originally reported in German newspaper Bild, in January on the eve of the latest Winter Olympics beginning in Italy and subsequently addressed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Witold Banka during a press conference.

So far, so lurid, but there is science behind the allegations. Injecting the penis with acid would increase its size and give the ski jumpers bigger genitalia at the point their suits are measured by 3D scanners.

Temporarily enhanced measurements would theoretically mean athletes being given a bigger, looser suit and, like a sail catching wind, could allow them to make longer jumps.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (TN0g+)

206 Someone the other day said Maxine Waters looked like one of those dancing California Raisins and I can't unsee it

Posted by: 496 at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (PFg0D)

207 "I thought the Nylonians were wiped out by the Naugahydeans during the 2nd Battle of Polyesteria.

Posted by: naturalfake"

The hair of their mummies is still harvested.

Posted by: A Klingon at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

208 I want frog marches.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (a0V+E)

209 Someone the other day said Maxine Waters looked like one of those dancing California Raisins and I can't unsee it

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OMG! OMG!! yeah, now I can't unsee it either

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 05:50 PM (g47mK)

210 Someone the other day said Maxine Waters looked like one of those dancing California Raisins and I can't unsee it

Posted by: 496 at February 05, 2026 05:49 PM (PFg0D)

That is perfect!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 05:50 PM (n9ltV)

211 "Temporarily enhanced measurements would theoretically mean athletes being given a bigger, looser suit and, like a sail catching wind, could allow them to make longer jumps.
Posted by: Crusader"

Kind of a "Wang Wing".

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (vFG9F)

212 Inflation is too much money chasing too few goods in aggregate. This is caused by money "printing", usually.

Coffee and bananas are individual commodities and have price levels.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (n5tGW)

213 For the economics lesson, increased demand causes a temporary price rise, until supply catches up. Conversely, a drop in demand causes prices to fall temporarily. The same is true for changes in supply. But, the inflation itself, especially long term inflation, is a monetary phenomenon, when there are too many dollars in the system, by borrowing or currency debasement.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (0U5gm)

214 Tucker talking sh*t again while love-bombing his Islamist brethren while visiting the ummah this week.

Mike Huckabee challenged him to meet instead of just jaw-boning.

Will TuCa pussy out?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)

215 "I can't tell for sure cause I can't see his whole face. But I'm pretty sure that's Maxwell frost d-Orlando youngest member of congress. "

That's not Max.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (uvB+6)

216 > Someone the other day said Maxine Waters looked like one of those dancing California Raisins and I can't unsee it.
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Well, her brain is about the size of a shriveled raisin, so....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 05:53 PM (jtM2q)

217 What everyone needs to remember is that Mad Max checked out a long time ago. What you are talking to now is her wig and her wig is wigged out.

Posted by: Cheri at February 05, 2026 05:53 PM (oiNtH)

218
Does anyone remember how this numbskull quizzed banking officials (I think it was) over the failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Even Barney Frank was giving up on them. She essentially confessed to her illiteracy and yelled at the witnesses for not making 2 + 2 = 5.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 05:54 PM (JrWaT)

219 According to Fox News, CBS News contributor Peter Attia’s name appeared more than 1,700 times in the latest batch of DOJ releases.

Attia and Epstein reportedly exchanged multiple emails, including some with crude jokes about female genitals being “low carb.”

In one email, Attia even admitted that “the biggest problem with becoming friends” with Epstein was that the disgraced mogul’s life was “so outrageous,” he couldn’t “tell a soul” about their relationship.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 05:55 PM (6mlHc)

220 Will TuCa pussy out?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 05:52

Why would he?

Win or lose, his retard followers will just say Huckabee's a Jewish cat's paw.

Huckabee is the one with nothing to gain by it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:55 PM (BI5O2)

221 Imane Kehlief the Algerian boxer that won gold admits to having xy chromosomes.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3tk6p4

Goes to ig

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:55 PM (MGB5H)

222 Imane Kehlief the Algerian boxer that won gold admits to having xy chromosomes.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3tk6p4

Goes to ig
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:55 PM (MGB5H)

No! Shocking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 05:57 PM (zZu0s)

223 Huckabee is quick, as possibly the leading U.S. "Christian Zionist" I would like to see them make their cases.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 05:57 PM (RIvkX)

224 “ know what this low-executive-function brain-damaged dementia patient's point was. ”

It’s always the same point. OrangeManBad.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 05:57 PM (Jay38)

225 Any woman who can't define what a woman is should have been laughed and mocked off of the stage and escorted to the exit.

This is the sad world we live in.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 05:58 PM (TOSLe)

226 I can't wait to see sn Olympic Games in Karen Bass's LA. It's gonna be a shitshow.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 05:58 PM (BI5O2)

227 Huckabee represents the Trump administration. Wonder who though that giving Cucker Qatarlson any time is a good idea. Don't they have a press office in the State Department that keeps track of this kinda stuff ??

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

228 can't wait to see sn Olympic Games in Karen Bass's LA. It's gonna be a shitshow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at

I'm glad I can go see the us softball team without having to set foot in that state.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 05:59 PM (MGB5H)

229 Holy carp, what a way to go:

"An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

No "attempt" to it. He did it.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 05:59 PM (vFG9F)

230 Curling on TV? Gotta admit, it isn't terrible.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Zfz/V)

231 Cucker Tarlson had Chunk Yueger of the (no longer so) Young Turks on to discuss just how horrible Jews are. They came to the conclusion that yes indeed they’re horrible.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Jay38)

232 There is a fine line between Waters and the insane homeless people in NYC. She has found a way to beat the system by becoming part of the system with a microphone.

Posted by: Case at February 05, 2026 06:00 PM (E7+ue)

233 Trump already made it known that he wants Cucker to shut the fuck up with his nonsense, wonder if it was coordinated with WH....

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (g47mK)

234 I suppose the Calamari is off tonight.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (vFG9F)

235 Holy carp, what a way to go:

"An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

No "attempt" to it. He did it.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 05:59 PM (vFG9F)

No, I don't want fries with that. Thanks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (dK+Kv)

236 They came to the conclusion that yes indeed they’re horrible.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Jay3

You have to admit that is a hell of a coincidence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

237 Chunky Yogurt..c'mon people get his name right...

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (g47mK)

238 Turkey is ashoe.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (g47mK)

239
"An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

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Alright Johnson, your turn to clean out the fryer.

Fuck

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 05, 2026 06:01 PM (2UnvF)

240 So far, so lurid, but there is science behind the allegations. Injecting the penis with acid would increase its size and give the ski jumpers bigger genitalia at the point their suits are measured by 3D scanners.
____

/insert Paolo comment here

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 06:02 PM (Dv3i1)

241 Huckabee represents the Trump administration. Wonder who though that giving Cucker Qatarlson any time is a good idea. Don't they have a press office in the State Department that keeps track of this kinda stuff ??
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

Probably trying to put an administration surrogate on record going against Carlson. They've been taking heat for being so cozy with him.

Beyond that, I don't see the point. None of his audience can be convinced of anything. Of course, they already hate the Jew lover Huckabee, so it's no loss, either.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 06:02 PM (BI5O2)

242 Bessent was being questioned by Elizabeth Warren, and that was the only time I have ever seen Bessent pissed.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:03 PM (rbvCR)

243 I’m confused by NBC

On the one hand America is a literal Nazi country populated by literal Nazis who elected another literal Nazi as president. So says NBC “News” and msnbc.

But then they’re also broadcasting the Olympics and they want me to be super excited about Team USA.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:04 PM (Jay38)

244 Who knew they could dicktate how baggy your ski suit can be?

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:04 PM (vFG9F)

245 "Temporarily enhanced measurements would theoretically mean athletes being given a bigger, looser suit and, like a sail catching wind, could allow them to make longer jumps.
Posted by: Crusader"

Kind of a "Wang Wing".
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (vFG9F)

I feel bad for Mike Tirico having to explain crap this during his daily Olympic coverage. He's a nice guy.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 05, 2026 06:04 PM (XPM1I)

246 "An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

No "attempt" to it. He did it.
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What was that recent movie, Novocain?
Where he can't feel pain?

And he sticks his hand in the hot deep fryer oil to fish out the gun to shoot the guy?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 06:05 PM (aUIT1)

247 "I feel bad for Mike Tirico having to explain crap this during his daily Olympic coverage. He's a nice guy.
Posted by: hobbitopoly"

They may shrink from discussing it.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:06 PM (vFG9F)

248 An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

Well, he succeeded.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 05, 2026 06:07 PM (ex18v)

249 I'm still choking on the "thanks to Powell" line.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 05:46 PM (cS1cw)

He got rid of the 2% inflation goal, and got rid of the LIBOR and got the SOFOR instituted so that London banks no long set the value to the US Dollar. For that he has done good things.
His not dropping the interest rate makes it expensive to borrow money, both for the USG and for the Euros, so that is kind of a wash.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

250 Somebody needs a public de-weaving.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 05, 2026 06:08 PM (kpS4V)

251 Looks like Nylon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:40 PM (a0V+E)

I thought the Nylonians were wiped out by the Naugahydeans during the 2nd Battle of Polyesteria.

Posted by: naturalfake
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The Orlonions conquered them all but were overcome because constant re-invention diminished their reproductive ability into non existence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 06:09 PM (a0V+E)

252 Speaking of grifters…Candace has finally moved on from the “Charlie Kirk was assasinated by Mossad and France and aliens”. She’s now on to Epstein files prove there are time traveling Jews who may also be aliens and they run the world. Ok maybe I’m exaggerating the last part a little.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:09 PM (Jay38)

253 Maxine's face should be taxed.

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:09 PM (UjdFS)

254 Well, it looks like Scott Bessent is r enjoying himself trouncing Maxine Waters.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I've noticed that Bessent has a little bit of the bitchy queen in him hidden behind his smile when he's debating with one of the Democrat dunces such as Newsome or Mad Max. He keeps his cool and isn't afraid to unleash the zingers.

Posted by: Cheri at February 05, 2026 06:09 PM (oiNtH)

255 They may shrink from discussing it.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:06 PM (vFG9F)

Hmmm, you sound pretty cocksure about that.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 05, 2026 06:10 PM (XPM1I)

256 'Partner eith eggs' thats hilarious!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

257 And he sticks his hand in the hot deep fryer oil to fish out the gun to shoot the guy?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 06:05 PM (aUIT1)
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Whether you feel it or not, sticking your hand in a deep fryer will deep fry it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 06:10 PM (ZOv7s)

258 I thought Jews really running the world was considered a truism?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

259 Congress needs an institution where if they can't get a quorum to expel a useless member, they can at least put her in a nice room with rainbow pictures on the wall, some crayons and construction paper and maybe some A-B-C blocks and leave Maxine Waters in there while the adults take real votes.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 06:11 PM (gKWVE)

260 it was orgiinally called Waters Syndrome but they later changed it to Down syndrome so as to not sully the reputation of water.

Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2026 06:11 PM (se8lQ)

261 Muscle has a tendency not to work so well after it is fried.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)

262 255 They may shrink from discussing it.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 06:06 PM (vFG9F)

Hmmm, you sound pretty cocksure about that.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

You can't just dangle a comment like that right out there.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 06:12 PM (Dv3i1)

263 I saw that Pepsico is cutting its retail prices for snacks. We are actually moving into deflationary territory thanks to Powell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

Beef and pork is coming down in price, too, as is cheese.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:13 PM (rbvCR)

264 258 I thought Jews really running the world was considered a truism?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:11 PM (zZu0s)

But not trine traveling Jews. That’s just crazy talk. Or maybe they’ve figured out time travel after figuring out weather manipulation.
Hmmm….

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:13 PM (Jay38)

265 "I feel bad for Mike Tirico having to explain crap this during his daily Olympic coverage. He's a nice guy.
Posted by: hobbitopoly"

the dude is a saint for putting up with friggin' Collinsworth every Sunday night.

Posted by: Pug Litella at February 05, 2026 06:13 PM (0aYVJ)

266 So... Maxine or Mazie?

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 06:13 PM (UjdFS)

267 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DICKS!!!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at February 05, 2026 06:14 PM (2UnvF)

268 I'm still choking on the "thanks to Powell" line.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 05:46 PM (cS1cw)
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It was sarcastic. Powell is a disaster.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)

269 Apparently French President Macron has an endless supply of cheap sunglasses.

Oh yeah!

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 06:14 PM (TN0g+)

270 Jay38: Loomer has already posted comments by Epstein that he hated Israel.
There's long been a joke about a Jew (not Epstein) found on a deserted island with two synagogues.
One is the one he attends on the holy days. The other is the synagogue he'll never set foot in

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 06:14 PM (gKWVE)

271 263 I saw that Pepsico is cutting its retail prices for snacks. We are actually moving into deflationary territory thanks to Powell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

Beef and pork is coming down in price, too, as is cheese.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:13 PM (rbvCR)

As if !!
Inflation is really 9811%.
- Reddit

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Jay38)

272 sheds Litella sock

Never mind.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 05, 2026 06:15 PM (0aYVJ)

273 Well, OK. Those are some pretty resilient foreign companies that can absorb surprise, capricious, hostile tariff policy blows.

On the ground here, I see prices continuing to rise. (Yes, I acknowledge gasoline is down at least 20% from where it was.) Like I said above, I'd like to ask Bessent his own question: how does he define inflation?
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (N8ZBc)

You seem to be intentionally obtuse. Price increases are not necessarily a symptom of inflation.

Inflation is caused by intentionally devaluing currency (such as injecting trillions of dollars into the economy to support 10s of millions of foreign invaders). Inflation is caused by bad fiscal policy.

Tariffs are taxes. Tariffs do not devalue currency.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 05, 2026 06:15 PM (pJWtt)

274 Muscle has a tendency not to work so well after it is fried.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:12 PM (zZu0s)
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At that point is becomes "meat."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

275 But not trine traveling Jews. That’s just crazy talk. Or maybe they’ve figured out time travel after figuring out weather manipulation.
Hmmm….
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:13 PM (Jay3

The two go together like biscuits and gravy.

Now, are we wiling to give the same credence to 'The Jews' actually being Lizard people?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

276 >>I saw that Pepsico is cutting its retail prices for snacks. We are actually moving into deflationary territory thanks to Powell.

Thanks also in no small part to a lot people exiting the country.

Inflation is caused in the macro by too much money but inflation can happen in individual markets by increasing the demand which increases the money chasing too few products.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)

277 Bessent followed up his Maxine Waters questions with ... Fauxcahontas. I feel sorry for the guy, but better him dealing with these horrible people than anyone else

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (PTkP3)

278 ---
Whether you feel it or not, sticking your hand in a deep fryer will deep fry it.
--
Oh it did.
And he spent the rest of the movie with it all blistered and the skin falling off.
Really hard to watch.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (aUIT1)

279 Tariffs aren't inflationary any more than any other sales tax is inflationary. Inflation is caused by excess money supply, not by transferring a portion of the sale price of a good to the government.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (CKIwv)

280 At that point is becomes "meat."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

Strictly speaking, it was meat before.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

281 As if !!
Inflation is really 9811%.
- Reddit
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Jay3

Argentina in the last year has moved from 300% inflation to 30% inflation, and real wages have continued to move upward

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (rbvCR)

282 >>"An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

Seed Oils...the Silent Killer.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (gH8T+)

283 I saw that Pepsico is cutting its retail prices for snacks. We are actually moving into deflationary territory thanks to Powell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

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I suspect that has more to do with soda and junk food no longer being eligible for SNAP than anything the Fed has done.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 05, 2026 06:17 PM (2UnvF)

284 Nude

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (W2Pud)

285 Inflation in the colloquial sense is the cost increase in stuff we buy. Whether it’s due to tariffs or devaluing of the dollar or taxes or time traveling Jewish aliens, the end result is what people care about.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (Jay38)

286 Seed Oils...the Silent Killer.
Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (gH8T+)

I'd bet he was not so silent once he hit the oil.

Dude, why not suck start a 1911. It would suck a lot less.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (zZu0s)

287 An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt

6. 5.5. 4. 9.7.

Posted by: east germans get everywhere at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (gKWVE)

288 An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"
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Too bad. Would have made a great supervillain origins story.

Fryer Tuck?
Saint Crispin?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (kpS4V)

289 >>"An Olive Garden worker died after he dived headfirst into a deep fryer in an alleged suicide attempt"

How big was this fryer?

Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2026 06:19 PM (Q+gd/)

290 Inflation is caused in the macro by too much money but inflation can happen in individual markets by increasing the demand which increases the money chasing too few products.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)
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Price spikes due to surging demand is not inflation. It will equalize on its own (often with a spectacular crash).

The comic book bubble was not inflationary.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 05, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

291 Bessent 2028 -- We Need A Second Gay POTUS!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:19 PM (0Eh0f)

292 Inflation in the colloquial sense is the cost increase in stuff we buy. Whether it’s due to tariffs or devaluing of the dollar or taxes or time traveling Jewish aliens, the end result is what people care about.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (Jay3

Speaking of the intentionally obtuse...

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 05, 2026 06:21 PM (pJWtt)

293
As much as we laugh at Maxine's silly wig, we should thank her for at least wearing one. I imagine Admiral Akbar would balk at trying to sneak a bald Maxine at us.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

There are no bald ugly fat chicks. Only svelt Rubin--esque sun drenched beauties like this one.

https://is.gd/IvdPrF

- totes not socking the admiral, so not a trap

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (QVmho)

294 Too bad. Would have made a great supervillain origins story.

Fryer Tuck?
Saint Crispin?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (kpS4V)

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* golf claps *

[Hero origin story:] "Fondue, James Fondue ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:25 PM (0Eh0f)

295 On the ground here, I see prices continuing to rise. (Yes, I acknowledge gasoline is down at least 20% from where it was.) Like I said above, I'd like to ask Bessent his own question: how does he define inflation?
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:15 PM (N8ZBc)

Price increase due to demand, or scarcity are not inflation. Egg prices went up due to shooting millions of chickens, not inflation.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:25 PM (8avO+)

296 There are no bald ugly fat chicks. Only svelt Rubin--esque sun drenched beauties like this one.

https://is.gd/IvdPrF

- totes not socking the admiral, so not a trap

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 06:23 PM (QVmho)

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Asshoe! I've been dickrolled ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:26 PM (0Eh0f)

297 Now, are we wiling to give the same credence to 'The Jews' actually being Lizard people?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)

Lizard People are not "People of the Book" in Islamic thought and Jews are.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)

298 I saw The Intentionally Obtuse open for The Grateful Dead at Knickerbocker Arena in '92.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:30 PM (0Eh0f)

299 Inflation is a general increase in the price level due to a mismatch between the money supply (too much) and things to buy with that money (too few).

If the government prints and hands everyone $100,000 you feel richer but you're not. You're still bidding against everyone else for the same amount of cars, wheat, haircuts, and orange juice. So the price of those goes up. That's inflation.

Moving money from your pocket to the government's pocket isn't inflation. You are poorer, so you can buy fewer things. But the government is richer, so it can buy more things. The amount of dollars bidding for all the goods in the economy remains the same.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (CKIwv)

300 Speaking of grifters…Candace has finally moved on from the “Charlie Kirk was assasinated by Mossad and France and aliens”. She’s now on to Epstein files prove there are time traveling Jews who may also be aliens and they run the world. Ok maybe I’m exaggerating the last part a little.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:09 PM (Jay3

She did say that the Jews invented Dinosaurs.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (8avO+)

301 Inflation is caused in the macro by too much money but inflation can happen in individual markets by increasing the demand which increases the money chasing too few products.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)

No, since that money buying pookie toys is diverted from buying food and Val-u-rite vodka. Total money is conserved.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:33 PM (8avO+)

302 Inflation in the colloquial sense is the cost increase in stuff we buy. Whether it’s due to tariffs or devaluing of the dollar or taxes or time traveling Jewish aliens, the end result is what people care about.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 06:18 PM (Jay3

As Lincoln said, calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. A rise in the cost of living is not inflation.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 06:35 PM (8avO+)

303 inflation can happen in individual markets by increasing the demand which increases the money chasing too few products.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 06:16 PM (viF8m)
______

No that's just a price increase due to market forces.

No one thinks that there's "inflation" when the price of the stock in your IRAs increase.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at February 05, 2026 06:35 PM (CKIwv)

304 Kyrgyzstani?

I could use some pronunciation help here.....

Posted by: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at February 05, 2026 06:53 PM (XeU6L)

305 inflation can happen in individual markets by increasing the demand which increases the money chasing too few products.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Econ 101. Cost-push vs. cost-pull inflation.

Posted by: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at February 05, 2026 06:55 PM (XeU6L)

306 Oops /Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

307 Maxine Waters - what people cringe at, Dem politicians aspire to.

Through a bizarre series of circumstances, I actually met her 20 years ago - she was dumb as a box of rocks then. Literally couldn't understand my relatively simple questions. But no worries, she compensates for it by being an aggressively entitled asshole.

It seems like 20 years hasn't helped much. Then again, this was about par for the course with me - she'd get simple things wrong, and when you tried to correct her, she'd start yelling at you.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 06:57 PM (L6dcX)

308 299 Inflation is a general increase in the price level due to a mismatch between the money supply (too much) and things to buy with that money (too few). Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (CKIwv)

Well said. Now, tariffs might create inflation, but only if:

1) the producers don't decide to compensate with lowering their profit margins. If they do, the price to the consumer remains the same.

2) The consumers don't just switch to another product with lower tariffs. Say buying American.

3) The product is a luxury consumers can happily do without. Like French wines.

The only way tariffs can cause inflation is if none of those three things happen. What we seem to be seeing is all three of those things are happening. Imports are dropping, but that is not fueling inflation.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 07:04 PM (L6dcX)

309 The problem Dems have:

1) Low IQ congress people reading gotcha questions prepare din advance by their staff.

2) Very smart Trump cabinet members, who understand the topic and answer the questions in ways these dummies didn't expect.

3) Because they are dumb, and don't know what they are talking about, they either plod on and make points that don't make any sense or lash out at the cabinet person for making them look dumb.

Waters couldn't define a tariff with a dictionary and a speaking coach. Even if it was explained to her, she'll forget in about 10 minutes. Bessent disrupted the script, which is why she got angry - what else is she supposed to do, wing it? She has no clue what she's even asking.

Imagine Waters reading questions about advanced mathematics and nuclear physics. Somebody gives her an answer, and she has no clue what to do with it.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 07:11 PM (L6dcX)

310 I am tired of Democrats acting like animals. If they get elected President with a popular and electoral vote wins, then they can act like President Trump. But right now, they are peons acting like animals.

Posted by: wferrin at February 05, 2026 07:24 PM (lCdHU)

311 Iâ€™ve worn this hair for weeks and the quality is still
excellent.

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Report: Fulton County, GA -- Home of Fanny Willis and Darrius "Sweetdick" Honeycum, Esq. -- Had 25,000 MoreAbsentee Votes in 2020 Than Absentee Voters

Whoops!

Whoopsie!

Cleta Mitchell
@CletaMitchell
And here's the REAL kicker about the 2020 Fulton County absentee ballots:
148,319 absentee ballots were counted in the 2020 General Election from Fulton County...
but only 125,784 voters are recorded as casting an absentee ballot.
There are 25,534 more ballots counted than there are voters recorded as having voted by absentee ballot in Fulton County in 2020.
Remember: the margin between President Trump and Joe Biden was 11,779 votes...and that was the THIRD certified number and didn't match either of the first two counts....the counties could not get their numbers to match from the first count to the second to the third.....@GaSecofState
Brad Raffensperger has NEVER explained that...
The full report can be accessed here: @KevinMoncla
https://x.com/KevinMoncla/status/2016989656307367970?s=20

@EIwatchdogs @BasedMikeLee @chiproytx @gc22gc

The full report is here.

Roger Kimball at the Spectator: We're approaching the real endgame of the 2020 election.

In the 2020 election, Donald Trump was ahead in Georgia by some 100,000 votes until, vesto-presto, there were mysterious leaks with no water and, by George, Biden pulled ahead by some 11,000 votes. We all remember the allegations of election workers raising the alarm over the low count for Biden or apparently doing their utmost to increase his vote share, as well as the accounts of curiously pristine mail-in ballots.
The FBI has a lot of sifting and sorting to accomplish in the weeks and months ahead. An ongoing court case claims that 150,000 mail-in ballots in Fulton County were suspicious (my cautious word for "fake") because they weren't creased and didn't look like they were marked by hand. Officially, Sleepy Joe was the first Democrat to gain more than 70 percent of the vote in Fulton since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. The FBI analysis of mail-in ballots might show him to be as popular in Fulton as Castro was in Cuba or Stalin was in the Soviet Union.
There are also hard drives to be inspected and electronic voting machines to be vetted. Remember the allegations that voting machines made by Dominion Voting Systems had been hacked? Dominion (now "Liberty Vote") collected some $787 million in damages from Fox News over the story. It will be interesting to see what sort of follow-up there is to those allegations.
Meanwhile, the Democrats have not been idle. New York Representative Dan Goldman has filed an amendment to prevent the Trump administration from investigating election records, ballot boxes, and voting machines across the country. Yes, really. Been there, done that. "What difference, at this point, does it make?" as Hillary Clinton famously put it, on the matter of Benghazi.
...
Commenting on the tsunami of news crashing out from Georgia, the great Cleta Mitchell, who advised President Trump when he contested the Georgia election results, noted that on the morning of election day, November 4, 2020, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Trump led by 103K votes with only 94K ballots left. "Four days later," Mitchell noted:

[T]here were 300K more ballots, including 148K absentee ballots from Fulton County. That's 25,535 more ballots than voters, more than double Biden's margin. Over 133K ballot images were deleted. Zero of 148 Fulton County tabulators had the required tapes. Nearly 7K fictitious ballots remain certified, and no one investigated.
Then there is the news about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Grand jury testimony that was just unsealed revealed that Kemp told the chief of Georgia Bureau of Investigation not to investigation allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, Saying he was a "team player," the official dropped the case.

The mask is being ripped off as I write. A Gestalt shift in The Narrative is underway.

As you know, 99% of the lawsuits filed to contest the rigged 2020 election were tossed out due to the judges deciding that the candidates in the races did not have "standing" -- a recognizable legal interest -- to challenge the rules which determine the outcome of the races.

This was absurd then and it's absurd now. (And it was also very dishonest for the partisan Democrat media to bleat that judges had examined all of these allegations and found them meritless. No -- it dismissed the lawsuits without ever examining the allegations.)

Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court injected some sanity back into election contests, determining that, yes, the actual candidates in elections do have legal standing to challenge election rules.

Like whether or not you verify signatures or not.

n a surprisingly sweeping opinion issued Wednesday, a five-justice majority in Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections held that a federal congressional candidate had a legal right to sue, known as standing, in federal court to challenge an Illinois law that allows mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted as many as 14 days later. Reversing lower federal court rulings that denied Rep. Michael Bost (R-Ill.) standing to sue, the majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts adopted a categorical rule upholding candidate standing based on a candidate's inherent interest in "the integrity of the election" and the "democratic process."
The vote was 7-2 in favor of Bost, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, agreeing with the result that the majority reached but not its reasoning. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, would have affirmed the lower courts' denial of standing.
Under the "case or controversy" clause of Article III of the Constitution, plaintiffs in federal court only have standing to sue if they properly allege that the challenged action or law causes them "concrete and particularized injury in fact." The Supreme Court has generally interpreted that rule to deny standing based merely on some category that the plaintiff falls into, such as "citizen standing" or "taxpayer standing." Instead, the court has usually required plaintiffs to allege that that they have suffered some kind of judicially cognizable real-world harm that sets them apart from the broad run of society.
Adopting the principal argument advanced by Bost, the majority stated, "Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns." That candidate interest in protecting the integrity and fairness of the electoral process "is in no sense 'common to all members of the public,'" Roberts asserted. Although the public also has an interest in the integrity of elections, the candidate's interest "differs in kind." An unfair election "plainly affects those who compete for the support of the people in a different way than it affects the people who lend their support," Roberts stated.

...
The majority may have been influenced by remedial concerns similar to those voiced by Justice Brett Kavanaugh during oral argument. There, Kavanaugh had remarked that an undesirable effect of denying candidates standing to challenge vote-counting rules before Election Day would put courts on the spot afterward, when someone already appeared to have won and others to have lost.
In his opinion for the court, Roberts criticized the dissent's argument that candidates should not be deemed to have standing unless they properly alleged that the challenged rule likely made the difference between winning and losing. The problem, he said, is that a court probably can't tell whether a rule affected the ultimate result until after the votes are counted pursuant to that rule. Roberts quoted from an opinion written by the late Justice Antonin Scalia while concurring in the grant of a stay during Bush v. Gore in 2000: "Count first, and rule upon legality afterwards, is not a recipe for producing election results that have the public acceptance democratic stability requires."

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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (CWTWj)

2 THE BLADE BLADES FIRST

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

3 and color me surprised. cleanest election ever

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (CWTWj)

4 Very Wisconsin of them.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (okun6)

5 "Cleta?" Is that the feminine form of "Cletus?"

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

6 "The mask is being ripped off as I write. A Gestalt shift in The Narrative is underway."

I wish I could write like that.

'The dominoes are falling. Justice is certain now.'

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:59 PM (N8ZBc)

7 Wasn't just Trump that got screwed. Lost a Senate seat there (and it also seemed inevitable, even in a runoff).

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 05, 2026 03:59 PM (KbCG3)

8 Boy, do I hate being right all the time.

Posted by: Ian Malcom at February 05, 2026 04:00 PM (KadT+)

9 'The dominoes are falling. Justice is certain now.'

I thought dominoes "close in."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)

10 "standing" is 99% bullshit, its usually just a device judges use to avoid hearing a case they won't like the outcome of or information raised in the hearing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 04:00 PM (PYyV9)

11 Long as all this mess don't mean ah cain't book me a cabin for me and Fat Fani, I don't give a rip.

Posted by: Nathan Wade Esq. on VRBO at February 05, 2026 04:00 PM (oftw2)

12 Cool.

Trump gets a bonus term, and all Democrat officials go in a camp.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM (BI5O2)

13 I'm going to work REALLY hard not to be black-pilled on this, but it's pretty clear the Republicans in Georgia already knew this but worked to screw Trump over anyway.

What's the chances that someone will be held accountable now?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM (zjgNU)

14 'I thought dominoes "close in."'

I know. I just can't write that good. So lame.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM (N8ZBc)

15 "Cleta?" Is that the feminine form of "Cletus?"

"was that the name of that girl I dated?"
--Seinfeld

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM (PYyV9)

16 Oh, well. --- John Roberts

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (ZmOAG)

17 and so it begins

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (jc0TO)

18 This happened not only in GA, but in every fucking state across the country, and with much bigger margins.

I'm convinced that at least 5 million -- yes, million -- votes in every single federal election are totally fraudulent, and of that number 90% go to the Democunt.

Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

19 "This was absurd then and it's absurd now. (And it was also very dishonest for the partisan Democrat media to bleat that judges had examined all of these allegations and found them meritless. No -- it dismissed the lawsuits without ever examining the allegations.)"

Well, the MSM has one job and that is to get DEMOCRATS elected.
And judges help in that task.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (NpAcC)

20 Cool.

Trump gets a bonus term, and all Democrat officials go in a camp.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM

Diktator for life.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (jc0TO)

21 In Washington state most absentee ballots are from the military. The dems just make sure the ballots aren't mailed out until it's absolutely impossible for them to get returned before the deadline.
Oops!
Sorry about that.
And thank you for your service.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 04:03 PM (2WIwB)

22
Some people may have done some things.
In the enthusiasm of the moment, mistakes may have been made.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at February 05, 2026 04:03 PM (0sNs1)

23 Eighty-one million votes my ass!

Posted by: Skeptical In NC at February 05, 2026 04:03 PM (oftw2)

24 That seems sus.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:03 PM (ExV1e)

25 And judges help in that task.

"And now we get to say Trump lost every case challenging electoral fraud even though he didn't even GET a court case!"
--Democrats

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 04:03 PM (PYyV9)

26 I have VERY little faith that the quisling cowards on the Supreme Court will make a ruling when it matters.

People show you who they are in a crisis. Our Supreme Court showed it doesn't deserve the slightest respect.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:04 PM (zjgNU)

27 Republicans presidential candidates would win the popular election every cycle if you just take out the 4M+ fraudulent votes from California alone.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:04 PM (jc0TO)

28 Move along plebes, nothing to see here.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 05, 2026 04:04 PM (VkY89)

29 Fulton County officials need to be put on public display and be used as pitching practice.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 04:05 PM (9xzST)

30 and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM

Did you, perhaps, mean the other end of the color spectrum?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (0sNs1)

31 No standing.

- Hawaiian judge

Posted by: Darth Randall at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (x33Pf)

32 presidetnt barron trump will have mercy and pardon all who served enough years behind bars. like maybe aoc

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (CWTWj)

33 Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

Clamp down on vote fraud. Clamp down on immigration fraud. Clamp down on welfare fraud. And tax fraud. And campaign finance fraud. And, and, and... the US government is completely vacated.

It's all just fuckin' fraud from top to bottom.

If you want to crack down on corruption, you're asking for regime change.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)

34 Our Supreme Court showed it doesn't deserve the slightest respect.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Bukele fixed his country by sweeping out the Soros judges.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 04:07 PM (gKWVE)

35 "Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court injected some sanity back into election contests, determining that, yes, the actual candidates in elections do have legal standing to challenge election rules."

Another commenter put me that f'n knowledge this week. Awesome! Let it be so.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:07 PM (N8ZBc)

36 What's the chances that someone will be held accountable now?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM (zjgNU)

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

- Tax cutting, war starting John F. Kennedy (D)

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 05, 2026 04:07 PM (oSeBJ)

37 >The problem, he said, is that a court probably can't tell whether a rule affected the ultimate result until after the votes are counted pursuant to that rule.
----

'we have to wait for the crime to be committed before we can decide if it was a crime or not'

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 04:07 PM (ZxPkt)

38 This happened not only in GA, but in every fucking state across the country, and with much bigger margins.

I'm convinced that at least 5 million -- yes, million -- votes in every single federal election are totally fraudulent, and of that number 90% go to the Democunt.

Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

This is honestly what amazed me about 2020.

The left committed MASSIVE, obvious voter fraud leading up to election day. AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH

They had to make it EVEN MORE OBVIOUS by kicking out election observers and double and triple counting votes...

And their partisans just brush it off and say WELL, THERE'S NO PROOF THEY CHEATED!

Right. When you get rid of the umpires, there's no proof that the 7 touchdowns you scored in the last 30 seconds were from cheating, but it's also pretty obvious it wasn't legitimate.

Which is why they put the J6 protestors through hell. YOU WILL ACCEPT THIS ELECTION, no matter what. It was a display of power.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:08 PM (zjgNU)

39 People show you who they are in a crisis. Our Supreme Court showed it doesn't deserve the slightest respect.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:04 PM (zjgNU)

I don't mind the Supreme Court, but sometimes I wish they would change it up once in a while and we could get a Pepperoni Court

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:08 PM (rbvCR)

40 Gee, I wish we had one those vote fraud machines, Stainsy.

Posted by: Hillary "Buck" Clinton at February 05, 2026 04:08 PM (56/oC)

41 It's good that this is happening, but those that say nothing will happen will be right if nothing happens.
By that I mean actual accountability, the kind that comes with convictions in court and jail time for those who facilitated this, even if it just the janitor who saw something and said nothing.
This cannot be allowed to stand as the historical record so seeing the light of day is a good thing but it is not enough.

And this is coming from a guy who now thinks in retrospect having the election stolen was good for Trump in particular and the nation in general (Much of this thought process is trusting that God has a plan).
Having said that, heads must metaphorically roll for this so it won't happen again.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (Hx0tZ)

42 Polls are showing that roughly 80% of all voters favor voter ID. That's an extraordinary number. It's tough to get 80% of Americans to agree that puppies are cute. The only group solidly opposed to voter ID is Democrat politicians but not their voters.

If the Save Act doesn't pass Americans of all political persuasions won't truly believe the results. That's an untenable position, particularly for the scumbags who keep claiming to be trying to save our precious democracy.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

43 Never believed that Biden got 81m actual votes in 2020.
Hell, even JugEars McFuckstick only got 69.5m in 2008, and 66m in 2012.
Was Biden really that much more popular than Black Jesus?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (MNCvZ)

44 The problem is the courts don't straighten these things out till much later. And much later may be five years after we're under autocratic communist rule

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (enwbs)

45 I'm wondering how the history books are going to record that an election was demonstrably stolen, and that a political party staged a fake insurrection in order to abandon the constitutional rules for certifying the electoral college, and used emergency powers to circumvent the constitution.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (0U5gm)

46 Heh. @ YD - I would love to see Trump claim a bonus term just for the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (n5tGW)

47 He tried to tell you. Only the Democrats absorbed the lesson.

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

-- Joseph Stalin

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (0sNs1)

48 38 This happened not only in GA, but in every fucking state across the country, and with much bigger margins.

I'm convinced that at least 5 million -- yes, million -- votes in every single federal election are totally fraudulent, and of that number 90% go to the Democunt.

Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

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This is why Harmeet Dhillon's rash of lawsuits for voter rolls is so important.

OR admits to 800,000 too many registrations. It's like 20% of their entire voter roll being invalid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

49 I'm retired now and a little out of practice, but I seem to detect a problemo in the numberos.

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (8fzl3)

50 45 I'm wondering how the history books are going to record that an election was demonstrably stolen, and that a political party staged a fake insurrection in order to abandon the constitutional rules for certifying the electoral college, and used emergency powers to circumvent the constitution.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (0U5gm)

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Well, what do history books say about 1960 regarding the first part?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

51 I'm wondering how the history books are going to record that an election was demonstrably stolen, and that a political party staged a fake insurrection in order to abandon the constitutional rules for certifying the electoral college, and used emergency powers to circumvent the constitution.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM

History will be written in Mandarin.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

52 Wasn't just Trump that got screwed. Lost a Senate seat there (and it also seemed inevitable, even in a runoff).
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 05, 2026 03:59 PM (KbCG3)

We, the citizens, endured four years of the "Biden Presidency" because of this. Regardless of what you think of Trump, WE got screwed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (ExV1e)

53 I'm wondering how the history books are going to record that an election was demonstrably stolen, and that a political party staged a fake insurrection in order to abandon the constitutional rules for certifying the electoral college, and used emergency powers to circumvent the constitution.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (0U5gm)

Well, the history is written by the Victor, after all.

So, what does VDH think?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (rbvCR)

54 25,000 more votes than voters
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I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Georgia at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (AveBv)

55
It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Harry Reid at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (b0pva)

56 Was Biden really that much more popular than Black Jesus?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM

Obviously, yes.

Posted by: DNC & the MSM at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (0sNs1)

57 Nobody will be arrested. Patel is racing to AZ to help look for Guthrie's mother. I'm sure if I was abducted, the head of the FBI would race here to find me. Amiright?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (abIsI)

58 Everyone knows the truly honest party is the one that is doing everything in their power to prevent anyone from examining the details.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (Dv3i1)

59 Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

Clamp down on vote fraud. Clamp down on immigration fraud. Clamp down on welfare fraud. And tax fraud. And campaign finance fraud. And, and, and... the US government is completely vacated.

It's all just fuckin' fraud from top to bottom.

If you want to crack down on corruption, you're asking for regime change.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)
______

True, but most of those kinds of fraud are all interrelated. Vote fraud, immigration fraud, and welfare fraud are all melted and intertwined together like slimy alien tentacle porn.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

60 You know, if this pans out, we're going to need hearings!!

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (8fzl3)

61 "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

-- Joseph Stalin
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (0sNs1)

Stalin never said that. Angela Merkel said that.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (rbvCR)

62 Speaking of the two corrupt lovebirds, have Fanny and Darius been charged with anything? Had to pay any fines?, provide restitution?, anything?. I know they haven't gone to jail?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (8Xy/A)

63 If you want to crack down on corruption, you're asking for regime change.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)

Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Hx0tZ)

64 > 7 Wasn't just Trump that got screwed. Lost a Senate seat there (and it also seemed inevitable, even in a runoff).
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 05, 2026 03:59 PM (KbCG3)

It would be awesome to see "Senator Reverend" Raphael "Bitch Best Have My Money" Warlock being perp walked.

Won't happen, but it would be awesome.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (IG3/x)

65 Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

I'm guessing that you're color blind.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (ExV1e)

66 I was told, repeatedly, that nothing will happen.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (g47mK)

67 Remember Vivek said it was all on the up and up. Then he magically became a conservative who is "learning". God so many assholes.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (AveBv)

68 Clearly the people have lost the confidence of the government.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO)

69 Note the timing.

I think this was planned as a big reveal to push the country to pressure the House and Senate to pass the SAVE act.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (bwRbr)

70 True, but most of those kinds of fraud are all interrelated. Vote fraud, immigration fraud, and welfare fraud are all melted and intertwined together like slimy alien tentacle porn.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

Dude. Don't summon Eichenwald.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (zjgNU)

71 Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:08 PM (zjgNU)

They released a bio weapon, locked everyone in their houses and burned a bunch of cities to get Trump.

Most people didn't like the election theft, but after that it was pretty ho-hum stuff.

The rest loved the election theft.

What nobody did was believe it didn't happen. That was a comfortable institutional lie people dutifully parroted because it suited them politically, or because it was a fait accompli and they wanted to move on.

They lie to us, we know they lie to us, they know we know it, and it all runs like a clock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (BI5O2)

72 Well, what do history books say about 1960 regarding the first part?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

The modern books say the same thing that they say about the 1876 election. Oh, well. Too bad, so sad.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (0U5gm)

73 I remember when people were saying that Trump's obsession with 2020 was going to doom him. That hiring Michael Whatley to lead the RNC was just dooming him because he wasn't talking about what people wanted to hear which was addressing inflation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

74 Serious hearings! Really very serious hearings!

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (8fzl3)

75 Thats what mail voting gets you.
Mail votes to people who moved, died, Illegals or just made up all get a ballot

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)

76
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, would have affirmed the lower courts' denial of standing.

___________

So, the two dummies. Put their IQs side by side and it would be two digits.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (tgvbd)

77 “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,” - Bill Barr Dec 1, 2020

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (abIsI)

78 Covid and the fakelection. Why did they need Trump out so bad.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (AveBv)

79 I'm retired now and a little out of practice, but I seem to detect a problemo in the numberos.
Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM

Números, not numberos, and problema is, correctly, feminine.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (0sNs1)

80
No standing.
- Hawaiian judge

Fuck. Off.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (QVmho)

81 A candidate who contests a recount or other investigation should be charged as an accessory, if fraud is in fact proven.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (IG3/x)

82 History will be written in Mandarin.
Posted by: toby928(c)

No, not enough non-Chinese are capable of learning Mandarin.

It will be written in bad Pidgin "Engrish."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (77rzZ)

83 No, not enough non-Chinese are capable of learning Mandarin.

It will be written in bad Pidgin "Engrish."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM

He say you brade runner.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:15 PM (jc0TO)

84 "Patel is racing to AZ to help look for Guthrie's mother."

Maybe he'll nab one of those Government Gangsters he wrote about in his book. They're surprisingly hard to find now.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:15 PM (N8ZBc)

85 Well, what exactly is "happening"? I just hear the clock ticking down to zero.

Posted by: UberSkeptic at February 05, 2026 04:15 PM (9CBNQ)

86 Serious hearings! Really very serious hearings!
Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM

No entries in Permanent Records, though, right?

Right?

Posted by: (D)emocrat Election Officials at February 05, 2026 04:15 PM (0sNs1)

87 I remember when people were saying that Trump's obsession with 2020 was going to doom him. That hiring Michael Whatley to lead the RNC was just dooming him because he wasn't talking about what people wanted to hear which was addressing inflation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (GBKbO)

Someone pointed out to me recently that Trump not only builds hotels and golf courses, he also builds and operates very successful casinos. Casinos are only successful if they run the line between winning and losing, and keep the money from being stolen.
Something tells me he has a lot of the ball to manage that.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:16 PM (rbvCR)

88 We, the citizens, endured four years of the "Biden Presidency" because of this. Regardless of what you think of Trump, WE got screwed.
___

We did ok.

- 20 million illegal aliens eating rice with their hands on your couch

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 04:16 PM (Dv3i1)

89 J. D. Vance made a comment in an interview about how we have to "replace the entire ruling class" of the country.

This all seems coordinated, like the admin understands what they have to do (SAVE act) and knows it is a difficult job because the commies (D and R) own the institutions. So forget hearings or all that shit. Let's be happy if we can ever get an honest vote in the country again.

I think the rational people would win, Ds would be gone, Rino's would be gone, corrupt judges would be gone, etc. If only we had an honest vote.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:16 PM (bwRbr)

90 84 "Patel is racing to AZ to help look for Guthrie's mother."

Maybe he'll nab one of those Government Gangsters he wrote about in his book.

Everyone's got a book - Heckle Fish

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (abIsI)

91 > He say you brade runner.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:15 PM (jc0TO)

He also say "All you can eat buffet not mean all day buffet. You come. You eat. You go home."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (IG3/x)

92 No entries in Permanent Records, though, right?

Right?
Posted by: (D)emocrat Election Officials at February 05, 2026 04:15 PM (0sNs1)
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That might inhibit reaching across the aisleO.

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (8fzl3)

93 Patel is racing to AZ to help look for Guthrie's mother.

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Please tell me you're joking.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (qBdHI)

94 >>It worked, didn't it?

Only for people who believe history ended in 2020.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (viF8m)

95 Well, what exactly is "happening"? I just hear the clock ticking down to zero.
Posted by: UberSkeptic

The Doomsday Clock is only five seconds from midnight!!! REEEEEEEE!!!

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

96 87 I remember when people were saying that Trump's obsession with 2020 was going to doom him. That hiring Michael Whatley to lead the RNC was just dooming him because he wasn't talking about what people wanted to hear which was addressing inflation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

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Didn't Ace say this?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:17 PM (bwRbr)

97 "Turn those machines back on!!"

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at February 05, 2026 04:18 PM (vcOmj)

98 It's just a rounding error.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 04:18 PM (wVcYX)

99 Fanny Willis will be teaching law and ethics at Harvard next fall.

Posted by: 13times at February 05, 2026 04:18 PM (GK/uQ)

100 93 Patel is racing to AZ to help look for Guthrie's mother.

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Please tell me you're joking.
Posted by: Lady in Black

To add insult to injury, Trump directed him to go there immediately.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:19 PM (abIsI)

101 It's just a rounding error.
Posted by: Count de Monet

It's a write-off. They just write it off.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

102 Banana Republic stuff. The Guatemala Connection.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:19 PM (pDt9x)

103 >Well, what do history books say about 1960 regarding the first part?
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In the movie Nixon, one of Nixon's advisors tells him, late on election night, that the Democrats stole the election 'fair and square'.

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 04:19 PM (ZxPkt)

104 Was Biden really that much more popular than Black Jesus?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM

Obviously, yes.
Posted by: DNC & the MSM at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (0sNs1)

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We're supposed to believe that there was a tidal wave of anti-Trump sentiment in 2020 that pushed Biden's numbers up despite Trump getting more votes than he did in 2016.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (NYInA)

105 Nobody will be arrested. Patel is racing to AZ to help look for Guthrie's mother. I'm sure if I was abducted, the head of the FBI would race here to find me. Amiright?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:11 PM (abIsI)

Well, fuck. We're doomed. Despite the fact that things are happening everywhere, it's obvious that nothing is happening. Despite the fact that the head of the FBI isn't actually, personally, involved in any investigation he should still be staying up nights in whatever burg holds your current interest.

We'd be living in Elysium today if only (insert name of Healey's preferred AG candidate) had been nominated, and confirmed, rather than THAT BLONDE WOMAN.

I shall now weep bloody tears and rend my garments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (ExV1e)

106 Posted by: 13times at February 05, 2026 04:18 PM (GK/uQ)

Really?! Or was that a dark joke?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (8Xy/A)

107 What's funny is that Trump could personally rappel out of a helicopter, gun down the kidnappers and snatch the old lady up safe and sound, and Savannah Guthrie would shit all over him the next day.

Why he's wasting my money on some filthy rich Communists who hate me and him alike is beyond my ken, but I don't much appreciate it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (BI5O2)

108 So, we know Georgia was stolen, Wisconsin supreme court admitted the same, Arizona review board said similar, and Pennsylvania refused to obey the supreme court of the US and counted illegal ballots. Sounds pretty decisive to me.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (0U5gm)

109 "Then there is the news about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Grand jury testimony that was just unsealed revealed that Kemp told the chief of Georgia Bureau of Investigation not to investigation allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, Saying he was a "team player," the official dropped the case."

Yes, but which team was Brian on? I think he may find himself in a world of hurt, and not too long from now.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (vcOmj)

110 Is there a Woody Guthrie connection in this?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (pDt9x)

111 This will be fascinating to watch if the 2020 election is determined, legally, to have been tge result of fraud. Should be fun to watch.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (QXOBW)

112 Yep, they had 9 months to plan the election fraud of that election with everybody trapped in their houses. But just elementary math and the physical world made it obvious that the election was rigged.

But think about that, ZERO tabulated tapes from all those counties. It's like they have no standards at all! And everybody in power there on both sides was "yep, looks good to me"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (n5tGW)

113 Clearly the people have lost the confidence of the government.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO)

We'll simply dissolve them and elect a new people.

Posted by: Big Gov at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (wVcYX)

114 When do people go to prison? Because this continues - unabated - until people do go to prison.

FFS!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (i2VYc)

115
We're supposed to believe that there was a tidal wave of anti-Trump sentiment in 2020 that pushed Biden's numbers up despite Trump getting more votes than he did in 2016.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (NYInA)

Pretty sure I read that it was the first time in American history that an incumbent increased their vote and still lost.
Sure we're a young country but...

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (Hx0tZ)

116 109 "Then there is the news about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Grand jury testimony that was just unsealed revealed that Kemp told the chief of Georgia Bureau of Investigation not to investigation allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, Saying he was a "team player," the official dropped the case."
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I'd rather Trump send Patel to Georgia to investigate the death of Kemp's daughter's boyfriend.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (Dv3i1)

117
Yes, but which team was Brian on? I think he may find himself in a world of hurt, and not too long from now.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers

Team CCP. They love them some large shipping ports.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (abIsI)

118 Números, not numberos, and problema is, correctly, feminine.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at February 05, 2026 04:14 PM (0sNs1)

Although "problema" ends in an -a suffix, it is a masculine word: "el problema", as it were.

It belongs to the class of Spanish nouns that have Greek roots. Though in Greek it is a neuter noun, this became a masculine noun in Latin and later in Spanish.
Spanish is much simpler in many ways than English, but it does have its oddities.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (rbvCR)

119 If it's true that the cartels are somehow involved in this Guthrie business, Trump may sense an opportunity here.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

120 I see this as comparable to what is happening in Europe.

The ruling class in both places became obsessed with the tyrannical Chinese system -- they saw it as better for them, and it seems to kind of work (so far) so they emulated.

Both US and EU embraced censorship. US and probably Europe embraced false elections. These are foundational to the Western System, and they both threw them out the window in pursuit of the holy grail of collectivism. It will be very difficult to get this shit back into the donkey.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (bwRbr)

121

The first and most foundational rule of elections is that you cannot have more votes than voters. This should be a universal law and automatic nullification of the results

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (g6TN6)

122 it's true that the cartels are somehow involved in this Guthrie business, Trump may sense an opportunity here.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

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Sure. Offer the cartel Savannah to sweeten the pot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:23 PM (BI5O2)

123 So, we know Georgia was stolen, Wisconsin supreme court admitted the same, Arizona review board said similar, and Pennsylvania refused to obey the supreme court of the US and counted illegal ballots. Sounds pretty decisive to me.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

You election deniers are worse than Nazis!

Posted by: Rachel Maddow, certified carpet muncher at February 05, 2026 04:23 PM (vcOmj)

124 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor
......

Burrito Supreme Court

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (UjdFS)

125 What's the chances that someone will be held accountable now?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:01 PM (zjgNU)

Zero Point Zero.

Posted by: Dean Vernon Wormer at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (hXJe5)

126 >>> 65 Clamp down on fraud, and the Dems will never win a national election, and their House and Senate seats will be limited to very red states and districts.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

I'm guessing that you're color blind.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (ExV1e)

I think he is using "red" to indicate the commie districts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (ULPxl)

127 Speaking of SCOTUS, has their ruling about Trump’s tariffs yet been issued? Haven’t we been waiting for that one… with bated breath?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (fQqaC)

128 Wonder if Trump knows how to maintain the popularity of Republicans and our side or if he's just a big blithering idiot who doesn't know anything about anything

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (AveBv)

129 Well gosh, they sure got the better of us! Perhaps it’s time for a sternly worded letter!

But not too sternly… we don’t wanna be called racists or nazis or anything like that!

Posted by: The GOP at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (S4IL1)

130 “ At this point what does it really matter”? - Thing that esteemed Secretary of State said, in the Utopian Past.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)

131

Still, I'm glad Trump lost in 2020, or we would not have the ongoing pageant of awesomeness (or VP Vance) that has been #47

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (g6TN6)

132 Don't forget how they shafted Rudy with this scam.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (vFG9F)

133 Just got back from the range, and boy do I suck. Need to go back to shotguns and killing pheasants.

Because you never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 04:25 PM (wBaIH)

134 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 04:25 PM (wBaIH)
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Fundamentals.

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:25 PM (8fzl3)

135
131

Still, I'm glad Trump lost in 2020, or we would not have the ongoing pageant of awesomeness (or VP Vance) that has been #47
Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (g6TN6)

Being nearly murdered, twice, wonderfully focuses the mind.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (pDt9x)

136 You election deniers are worse than Nazis!
Posted by: Rachel Maddow, certified carpet muncher
.......

Hey Ralph, or whatever your real name is, I love your TV commercial where you yap about the constitution, it's very funny!

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (UjdFS)

137 127 Speaking of SCOTUS, has their ruling about Trump’s tariffs yet been issued? Haven’t we been waiting for that one… with bated breath?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (fQqaC)

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Other than emergency things, the earliest we can reasonably expect opinions from the fall term is May.

The tariff case? Really complicated with a bunch of stuff going through the arguments which probably indicates a very difficult consensus to reach with really narrow bounds that will be difficult to write (and rewrite as drafts get sent back and forth).

It'll probably be one of the last opinions issued in June.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

138 Still, I'm glad Trump lost in 2020, or we would not have the ongoing pageant of awesomeness (or VP Vance) that has been #47
Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM

Yeah, Pence would have been the heir apparent in 2024.

We dodged a bullet for sure.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (jc0TO)

139 74 Serious hearings! Really very serious hearings!
Posted by: Weasel

And strongly worded letters!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (W2Pud)

140 I'd rather Trump send Patel to Georgia to investigate the death of Kemp's daughter's boyfriend.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

The devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for some votes to steal

Posted by: CDB, Charlie Daniels Band, redux at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (vcOmj)

141 Great interview of Harmeet Dhillon by Catherine Herridge. Much more information on the outrageous acts by the church thugs in Minneapolis, the shootings, and the Fulton County vote. Love Harmeet!

https://tinyurl.com/44jzum5

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (BydOW)

142 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 04:25 PM (wBaIH)
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Fundamentals.
Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 04:25 PM (8fzl3)

Butt, belly, beak, BAM!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Hx0tZ)

143 271 days until the midterms. Tick tock.

Posted by: UberSkeptic at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (9CBNQ)

144 "What's the chances that someone will be held accountable now?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian"

For the most part, no.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (vFG9F)

145 137 — Thanks TJM

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (ZCxQ+)

146
I'll just sit here holding my breath waiting for Mike Pence to admit he was wrong.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Y8DZL)

147

Let the gun do the work, zhukov. Also, having competed in practical shooting now for four years, you would be amazed at what proper equipment can do for you.

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (g6TN6)

148 Serious hearings! Really very serious hearings!
Posted by: Weasel

And strongly worded letters!
Posted by: nurse ratched

And severely rolled-up sleeves! To the point where circulation is cut off in our upper arms!

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)

149 I shall now weep bloody tears and rend my garments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (ExV1e)

A) Patel is a manger and a PR guy for the agency, as well as the guy who directs the hatchet guys. Most of the real work is done by real agents - many of whom wish for the autonomy they had under Bob Mueller.
B) I am waiting to see if Gabbard shows up in AZ since there is documented election fraud and human trafficking in AZ as well

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (rbvCR)

150 Go back and watch Githrie's treatment of Trump in that Town Hall way back when.

This is mystifying to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (BI5O2)

151 I shall now weep bloody tears and rend my garments.Pictures or it didnt happen

Posted by: doug at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (Hy+R4)

152 Great interview of Harmeet Dhillon by Catherine Herridge. Much more information on the outrageous acts by the church thugs in Minneapolis, the shootings, and the Fulton County vote. Love Harmeet!

https://tinyurl.com/44jzum5
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (BydOW)

Am I the only moron who thinks Catherine Herridge is kinda hot? Cause I do…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ZCxQ+)

153 An Amish family of four was just killed by an illegal driving a semi truck. Does this elevate this illegal to criminal illegal alien status? I'm sure the Amish community would like to know.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (abIsI)

154 This will be fascinating to watch if the 2020 election is determined, legally, to have been tge result of fraud. Should be fun to watch.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (QXOBW)

I suspect that, in the end, the judges will say that it wasn't proven. You could have confessions, video evidence, money transfers, the whole nine yards and they'll rule that it wasn't proven.

They almost have to do that because saying that it's proven leads to the question, "How do we make amends?"

The people who were forced to get the clot shot... how are their bodies cleansed? The people who killed themselves... how are they restored? The money spent on fraud... how are we indemnified for that?

Saying, officially saying, that 2020 was stolen, that everyone knew, and they let it happen, destroys the country.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

155 Let's see: manufactured or not, it's the biggest story in the country right now. You know what? Let Democrats in media control the narrative and give themselves an easy win. Let their 2028 candidate fly in and become a hero and make Trump and Republicans look feckless adn heartless. Or you know let the guy who understand PR and won three elections against the odds do his fucking thing.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (AveBv)

156 think he is using "red" to indicate the commie districts.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (ULPxl)

As it should be. When color TVs were becoming a thing and they starting doing the blue/red maps Dems were red. Someone said that's a little too on the nose and switched them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (MGB5H)

157 We all knew it was bullshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (zZu0s)

158 >>>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, would have affirmed the lower courts' denial of standing.
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ah, the elite reach

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (a0V+E)

159 Am I the only moron who thinks Catherine Herridge is kinda hot? Cause I do…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Hair's way too short.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)

160 108 So, we know Georgia was stolen, Wisconsin supreme court admitted the same, Arizona review board said similar, and Pennsylvania refused to obey the supreme court of the US and counted illegal ballots. Sounds pretty decisive to me.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

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At the time, I counted 8 states with blatant fraud. I think they only won 7 or maybe 6 of them though. Also FLA, which had little fraud but they handed that one to little bloomberg the commie fag to spend his Chinese billions to try to flip - he failed miserably.

So their plan was that they had FLA in the bag, and needed only a few of the 8 to win. When the lost FLA, they panicked and all their clumsy treachery became obvious because suddenly they needed a lot more than anticipated.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (bwRbr)

161 I'll just sit here holding my breath waiting for Mike Pence to admit he was wrong.
Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Y8DZL)

Pence is too busy being a super Christian with David French

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (ZCxQ+)

162 I think Trump is playing the "look what I do for you" game with the media on this Guthrie thing. So next time they criticize him, he'll say look what I did and you treat me like this.

And if illegal aliens or cartels end up being the perps its that much better.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (n5tGW)

163 As it should be. When color TVs were becoming a thing and they starting doing the blue/red maps Dems were red. Someone said that's a little too on the nose and switched them.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Wasn't it Tim Russert who did that?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

164 1. Prove the 2020 election was stolen
2. purge all Biden appointees everywhere, remove any seniority they may have acquired, remove record of their federal employment for pension purposes
3. Put Biden on trial for the rest of his life
4. Fine the Bidens into bankruptcy

Posted by: DanMan at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (8uzBS)

165 To be fair, once the election official had used up all of his fingers and toes, the rest couldn't be accurately accounted for.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (I40wl)

166
Both US and EU embraced censorship. US and probably Europe embraced false elections. These are foundational to the Western System, and they both threw them out the window in pursuit of the holy grail of collectivism. It will be very difficult to get this shit back into the donkey.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

They had best figure out how, or the normies will eventually feed it to an industrial shredder while shoveling the shit in with it to mix it all back together.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (QVmho)

167 Saying, officially saying, that 2020 was stolen, that everyone knew, and they let it happen, destroys the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

If it gets destroyed by the truth, it deserves to get destroyed by the truth.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (Hx0tZ)

168 The Deep State and Marxists should be kicking themselves for not letting DJT win in 2020 and just keep steamrolling over his administration. He would be gone and they could be ruling the country now.

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)

169 154 Good points.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (N8ZBc)

170 Am I the only moron who thinks Catherine Herridge is kinda hot? Cause I do…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Her and Lara Logan. Both GILFs

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (abIsI)

171 >>> 75 Thats what mail voting gets you.
Mail votes to people who moved, died, Illegals or just made up all get a ballot
Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)

*tee hee*

Posted by: Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California... at February 05, 2026 04:31 PM (ULPxl)

172 4. Fine the Bidens into bankruptcy
Posted by: DanMan at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (8uzBS)

From what I've heard, they are doing a fine job of spending themselves into penury. The money tap was turned off, but they just can't help themselves.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 04:31 PM (I40wl)

173

Pence is too busy being a super Christian with David French
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Is that how the kids are spelling cocksucking commie nowadays?

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 04:31 PM (QVmho)

174 >>> Or you know let the guy who understand PR and won three elections against the odds do his fucking thing.
Posted by: ...
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Don't be going on putting think into this thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 04:31 PM (a0V+E)

175 Dems: that was like 6 years ago man
Also Dems: kill everyone involved in 1/6

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (Hhsnh)

176 "Saying, officially saying, that 2020 was stolen, that everyone knew, and they let it happen, destroys the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

If it gets destroyed by the truth, it deserves to get destroyed by the truth.
Posted by: OneEyedJack"

The truth doesn't matter if these people face no consequences.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (vFG9F)

177 Fixing, rectifying the 2020 election is not possible of course. That’s not the point of it all. The point is treating the Democrats like bad dogs and rubbing their noses in the shit they left lying around. With 300 million plus witnesses.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (pDt9x)

178 At the very least, all of this fraud should be used to formally nullify everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - that Biden did in his 4 years of being a fraudulent poseur. And hunt down those who were acting in his behalf. Prison for the rest of their worthless, communist piece of shit lives.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (i2VYc)

179 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (jc0TO)

180 I still like the conspiracy theory that a deal was made where Raffensperger and Kemp "won" for the Rs and Warnock and Biden "won" for the Ds.

Stacey Abrams hardest hit.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (2ocoG)

181 177 Fixing, rectifying the 2020 election is not possible of course. That’s not the point of it all. The point is treating the Democrats like bad dogs and rubbing their noses in the shit they left lying around. With 300 million plus witnesses.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (pDt9x)

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It's preventing it from happening again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

182
Still, I'm glad Trump lost in 2020, or we would not have the ongoing pageant of awesomeness (or VP Vance) that has been #47
Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:24 PM (g6TN6)

Being nearly murdered, twice, wonderfully focuses the mind.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (pDt9x)

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The Democrats never imagined that this could happen. It was going to be four more years of people behind Biden running the country.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (dp8jd)

183 >>>I'd rather Trump send Patel to Georgia to investigate the death of Kemp's daughter's boyfriend.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
******
IMO, I think PDJT doesn't trust the fibees with this and sent Tulsi to oversee the operation. I believe it was recently revealed an agent sent a letter to Fulton Co officials that appeared to tip them off about the impending raid.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM (snuof)

184 133 Just got back from the range, and boy do I suck. Need to go back to shotguns and killing pheasants….

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I read that as “peasants.” Which I thought was a bit harsh

Posted by: Kratwurst at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM (C362Q)

185 Wasn't it Tim Russert who did that?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05

I can never remember who was the one that did it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM (MGB5H)

186 This is honestly what amazed me about 2020.

The left committed MASSIVE, obvious voter fraud leading up to election day. AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH

They had to make it EVEN MORE OBVIOUS by kicking out election observers and double and triple counting votes...

And their partisans just brush it off and say WELL, THERE'S NO PROOF THEY CHEATED!

Right. When you get rid of the umpires, there's no proof that the 7 touchdowns you scored in the last 30 seconds were from cheating, but it's also pretty obvious it wasn't legitimate.

Which is why they put the J6 protestors through hell. YOU WILL ACCEPT THIS ELECTION, no matter what. It was a display of power.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 04:08 PM (zjgNU)

Your description isn't why USA is done as a country. The part where I'm told by half the citizens, all of the media, and a large portion of my relatives that I'm a facist for even questioning that everything was on the up-and-up is why USA is kaput.

Posted by: Croaker at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM (+BcZI)

187 The Bost opinion specifically brought up the PA tactic of pinky swear of segregating challenged ballots.

Also, keep in mind, the election law challenged by Bost, which the trial court said he didn't have standing for, was the counting of ballots after Election Day.

Which suggests SCOTUS agrees, not just that he has standing, but that the law can be challenged.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM (aUIT1)

188 Still, I'm glad Trump lost in 2020, or we would not have the ongoing pageant of awesomeness (or VP Vance) that has been #47

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Imagine another 4 years of Pence instead of Vance. That alone is almost worth "losing" 2020.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM (qBdHI)

189 Fine the Bidens into bankruptcy

By all accounts they're already there. They're basically white trash lottery winners with no political future.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (2ocoG)

190 Did they need Putin to invade Uke? Why did they need Trump out?

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (AveBv)

191 181 177 Fixing, rectifying the 2020 election is not possible of course. That’s not the point of it all. The point is treating the Democrats like bad dogs and rubbing their noses in the shit they left lying around. With 300 million plus witnesses.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (pDt9x)

======

It's preventing it from happening again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

Same same, if done rightly.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (pDt9x)

192 Just got back from the range, and boy do I suck. Need to go back to shotguns and killing pheasants….

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I read that as “peasants.” Which I thought was a bit harsh
Posted by: Kratwurst at February 05, 2026 04:33 PM

Pull!

Posted by: Louis XIV at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (jc0TO)

193 Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (jc0

Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (Hx0tZ)

194 Nullify every judicial appointment made during Biden's "term".

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (i2VYc)

195 If it gets destroyed by the truth, it deserves to get destroyed by the truth.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (Hx0tZ)

Yes, but the ministers and their aides are unlikely to hold that view.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (ExV1e)

196 it's pretty clear the Republicans in Georgia already knew this but worked to screw Trump over anyway.

It isn’t black pilling to recognize that many Republicans are in the bag for the beltway more than their constituents. It’s just a question of what to do about it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (EXyHK)

197 Nobody beats the Bee at wielding a rhetorical shiv ( except, of course, for Ace )

https://tinyurl.com/5y3ucdfw

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (PBE58)

198 >>Or you know let the guy who understand PR and won three elections against the odds do his fucking thing.

It's not even PR. When Charlie was murdered Patel and team immediately went to Utah. As influential as he was Charlie was still an ordinary citizen and not an elected official.

I don't understand why some sit around constantly bemoaning what garbage people leftists are and then want us to act the same way they do. I don't care about the politics, an elderly woman with a bad heart was abducted in the middle of the night and a ransom note, which may or may not be real, was given with a short deadline to save her life. I'm all in favor of saving her life if it can be done because it's the right thing to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (viF8m)

199 >>> 116 109 "Then there is the news about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Grand jury testimony that was just unsealed revealed that Kemp told the chief of Georgia Bureau of Investigation not to investigation allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, Saying he was a "team player," the official dropped the case."
_____

I'd rather Trump send Patel to Georgia to investigate the death of Kemp's daughter's boyfriend.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 04:22 PM (Dv3i1)

The guy whose car exploded not long after the 2020 'election', sending the car engine flying six blocks? That guy?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (ULPxl)

200 111 This will be fascinating to watch if the 2020 election is determined, legally, to have been tge result of fraud. Should be fun to watch.
Posted by: ErikInTexas

Suppose Trump is found to be legally the president 2016-24 so is now on term 2.5.
If Trump is still President after the midterms, he is a dictator.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

201 As it should be. When color TVs were becoming a thing and they starting doing the blue/red maps Dems were red. Someone said that's a little too on the nose and switched them.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Wasn't it Tim Russert who did that?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

They didn't always use the same color for the party colors on the TV maps. The color got locked down in the Bush vs Gore era?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)

202 Note the 25,000 gap consists of three things:

1. Ballots stuffed into the system

2. Ballots already in the system double counted

3. Electronic modifications to the totals

It's completely plausible that an urban political machine could accomplish all 3. In fact, if some subtractions from Trump's vote totals were included in #3, there might be a #4 (or a #3A and a #3B).

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (eStot)

203 Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (AveBv)

Dead or alive, nobody remembers Savannah Guthrie's mom by March 1st, or whatever Dems who visit her whelp. Not one of her AWFL fans will change their AWFL minds and go put out the eternal flame on their Trump effigies.

It's a cucked out, tucked under media ploy and it's lame.

Not everything the guy does is brilliant. Sometimes, he just loves celebrities.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (BI5O2)

204 From what I've heard, they are doing a fine job of spending themselves into penury. The money tap was turned off, but they just can't help themselves.
Posted by: tcn in AK
......

Maybe Joe has a big life insurance policy and Jill could enlist the help of her ex-husband.

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (UjdFS)

205 Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (jc0TO)

Veritas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

206 @163 yup Russert did it because Red made the Dems look more obviously communist. So they're blue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (Hhsnh)

207 heads must metaphorically roll for this so it won't happen again.

Why “metaphorically”?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (dhHpw)

208 "The [red for R] color got locked down in the Bush vs Gore era?"

Yes IIRC.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (N8ZBc)

209 Did they need Putin to invade Uke? Why did they need Trump out?

Because for Marxists power is the only thing. It's why you can't effectively accuse them of hypocrisy: everything they do and say is for power, not for any other reason or principle.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (2ocoG)

210 >>> 139 74 Serious hearings! Really very serious hearings!
Posted by: Weasel

And strongly worded letters!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 04:26 PM (W2Pud)

Have sleeves been rolled up???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (ULPxl)

211
The point is treating the Democrats like ~~bad~~
rabid dogs and rubbing their noses putting them down

Fixèd. And it won't be like Ol' Yeller either..

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (tgvbd)

212 203 Concur.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (N8ZBc)

213 I look at 2020 Biden "win" like I look at East German Women's Aquatic champions who won Gold, Silver and Bronze! Yes, they got the podium and the medals. Because of the time and place. It all went away.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (g47mK)

214 The 48 hour kidnapping guideline, does it apply to 84 year old women? ( I need to go and study up some police procedural shows I suppose).

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (pDt9x)

~~215~~

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (tgvbd)

216 I'm beginning to suspect that Georgia is populated by some very dishonest Americans.

Almost at the same level as Minnesota.

Sadly, the rest of the United States is paying for this shit. It may be time to start cutting some tits and balls.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (TOSLe)

217 Yes, the current Dems are blue / GOP is red was locked down in the 2000 Bush vs. Gore election.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (2ocoG)

218 Election fraud should be a capital offense. Seriously. There is literally no crime I can think of that harms more people than a stolen, fraudulent election.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 04:37 PM (i2VYc)

219 ok, who did it ?!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (g47mK)

220 Why did they need Trump out?
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (AveBv)

I believe, more than anything else, it's because Trump set the Marshals to finding the missing children. I believe that is why they could not abide another four years.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (ExV1e)

221
*trudges off to Barrel*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (tgvbd)

222 As a Pollyanna, I encourage you to look on the bright side of all the excess votes generated by the massive election fraud machine in 2020: if the votes were legit, as Democrats insist, then that would imply that Obama was dragging Biden down in 2008 and 2012, and it wasn't until Ol' Bigtalker Joe kicked that Kenyan deadweight to the curb that he was finally able to show his true popularity.

Obama. Unpopular. Deadweight. Nothing but Biden's first two terms. Heh.

Posted by: SciVo at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (Sy6m/)

223 Saying, officially saying, that 2020 was stolen, that everyone knew, and they let it happen, destroys the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

Proscriptions are cleansing.
None of that faggy struggle session crap, though. Bang them into a conex box, four to a 15 footer and leave them there for 5 years, dropping enough MREs in for three prisoners daily

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (rbvCR)

224 Suppose Trump is found to be legally the president 2016-24 so is now on term 2.5.
If Trump is still President after the midterms, he is a dictator.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

I am ok with that. Also arrest EVERYONE involved and hang them from lampposts. Don't forget the J6 Star Chamber either. No appeal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (zZu0s)

225 Honest question: why does whoever picks these stories out of literally hundreds of options want us to focus on a celebrity journalist's mother's abduction?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (PBE58)

226 "Dominion (now "Liberty Vote") collected some $787 million in damages from Fox News over the story. It will be interesting to see what sort of follow-up there is to those allegations."

WOW, FOX could pay a dozen Megyns with that kind of cash. I if it found out Dominion was lying, can FOX get their money back? And when do Dominion owners go to prison?

Posted by: illiniwek at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (vbXSk)

227 At some point there is the real question of when presidential actions are not presidential. Under our system, Biden didn’t technically lose. But would the election’s illegitimacy compound in any way with his not actually having signed or even directed to be signed many presidential actions?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (EXyHK)

228 They didn't always use the same color for the party colors on the TV maps. The color got locked down in the Bush vs Gore era?
Posted by: Oldca

At the height of the British Empire, lands belonging to the Empire were usually colored red on schoolroom maps.

Not sure what that means now, given over 100 years of gay British communism.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)

229 >>> 156
==
Saying, officially saying, that 2020 was stolen, that everyone knew, and they let it happen, destroys the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

I disagree.

Letting this shit go on, letting the scumbags live on our extorted tax dollars, THAT destroys the country.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (ULPxl)

230 Just got back from the range, and boy do I suck. Need to go back to shotguns and killing pheasants….

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
......

You're just a little rusty. It's been a while since WWII.

Posted by: wth at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

231 Nullify every judicial appointment made during Biden's "term".
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (i2VYc)

The ruling will be that they were all confirmed by the Senate so their appointment is irrelevant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (ExV1e)

232 Did they need Putin to invade Uke? Why did they need Trump out?
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (AveBv)

Biden's nearly first act on taking office was to have US and Brit destroyers start dodging into Crimean coastal waters to spy/provoke the Russians. In the first couple weeks.

Biden and the EUcrats wanted a war because they thought they could collapse Russia with sanctions.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (8avO+)

233 Yes I have dim memories of election night 1984 and all Reagan states were colored blue on the network news (pretty much all that existed in those days). Mondale’s lonely Minnesota all by itself in red…. I forgot when they switched the colors

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (fQqaC)

234 Why “metaphorically”?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (dhHpw)

It's a fig leaf.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (Hx0tZ)

235 Wasn't it Tim Russert who did that?
Posted by: Bulg

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I don't recall which station it was -- either NBC or CBS, I think.

But that was one time. The whole world was Red = Left, Republicans = True Union Blue.

(There is more to this which I will skip) But wikipedia was the main culprit -- they imported a bunch of maps from an earlier website, and they were correct, but wikipedia was full of commies from the start, and they slowly redid all the maps to invert them to make Dems red.

The main reason at the time was because blue was seen as a more "moderate, safer color" that appealed to voters, while red was of course revolution.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (bwRbr)

236 Wrong post #, sorry.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (ULPxl)

237 '*trudges off to Barrel*'

Can you do a solo perp-walk? Never seen it tried.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (N8ZBc)

238
*cavernous, echoing voice*

Haven't been here in a while. What the?... Oh my God!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (tgvbd)

239 * I mean wikipedia inverted the maps to make dems blue.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (bwRbr)

240 At the height of the British Empire, lands belonging to the Empire were usually colored red on schoolroom maps.

Not sure what that means now, given over 100 years of gay British communism.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)

British soldiers used red coats in the Revolutionary war and Napoleonic wars.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (8avO+)

241 All my shots go low and left. I guess I can shoot an intruder in the kneecap and said that I meant a nonlethal shot.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (wBaIH)

242 If anyone kidnapped Joy Behar the kidnappers would go "The Ransom of Red Chief" before the next city block

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (Hhsnh)

243 China needed Trump out. It was quite dire.

they and our bolshies then had 4 years to rob us blind and hobble us

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (emBoF)

244
Under the "case or controversy" clause of Article III of the Constitution, plaintiffs in federal court only have standing to sue if they properly allege that the challenged action or law causes them "concrete and particularized injury in fact."

"case or controversy" clause, otherwise known as the "OrangeManBad Must Be Destroyed" clause.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (y9nCu)

245 227 At some point there is the real question of when presidential actions are not presidential. Under our system, Biden didn’t technically lose. But would the election’s illegitimacy compound in any way with his not actually having signed or even directed to be signed many presidential actions?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (EXyHK)

=======

The actual mechanism of electing the president is the electoral college, affirmed by the Congress of the United States.

There's honestly no practical way the 2020 election gets undone or overturned in any way.

It's a fun fantasy, but it's no more than a fantasy.

The actual mechanisms were followed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (GBKbO)

246 *trudges off to Barrel*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Your Majesty, please send The Big Dummy, with a piece of hardtack in his mouth, to Hadrian!

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (77rzZ)

247 68 Clearly the people have lost the confidence of the government.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO)

Sweetie, I worked for the government. I have never had faith in it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (I40wl)

248 238 Baal barrel > Cthulu barrel

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (N8ZBc)

249 Yes I have dim memories of election night 1984 and all Reagan states were colored blue on the network news (pretty much all that existed in those days). Mondale’s lonely Minnesota all by itself in red…. I forgot when they switched the colors
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:39 PM (fQqaC)

Pretty sure in that era colors could shift around on the networks. I seem to recall a time they were in pastel shades.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (8avO+)

250 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (PBE5

Because she's a celebrity journalists mother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (8Xy/A)

251 >>Or you know let the guy who understand PR and won three elections against the odds do his fucking thing.

He needs to take, "Protect Our Precious Democracy," from the crooks.

Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (Q+gd/)

252 Not everything the guy does is brilliant. Sometimes, he just loves celebrities.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:36 PM (BI5O2)

Why when I explain why something he is doing is simple and logical does someone jump in and say it requires nth level intelligence space chess. It doesn't. And I explain exactly why. I said nothing about brilliance. Although he is pretty fucking good at PR, taking on both parties, one from the inside.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (AveBv)

253 Clamp down on vote fraud. Clamp down on immigration fraud. Clamp down on welfare fraud. And tax fraud. And campaign finance fraud. And, and, and... the US government is completely vacated.

It's all just fuckin' fraud from top to bottom.

If you want to crack down on corruption, you're asking for regime change.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)
========

Corruption all the way down to the DMV with "Motor Voter" registration.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

254 Didn't mailed ballots have unique numbers assigned? I thought Ballot Tracking was employed by the 2020 election and voters using mail in ballots could follow if their completed ballot was successfully delivered, and if their ballot had been successfully counted. (That would take coordination with the USPS, too.)

Those voting in person couldn't necessarily see if their ballot had been successfully counted. (For in person voting in my county of PA, only an "I voted sticker" was made available.)

>Wikipedia, 'Ballot tracking in the United States.'
See 'Tracking websites by state (2020).' Subgroups: State, link, can notify users?

Georgia is listed, link provided and yes, it had the capability to notify users.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (NFX2v)

255 Suppose Trump is found to be legally the president 2016-24 so is now on term 2.5.
If Trump is still President after the midterms, he is a dictator.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

They cannot determine that Trump was President from '21 - '25. Biden was the legitimate President. The Electoral College voted and the Congress accepted that vote.

They can only determine that the Congress failed in their duty to scrutinize the EC votes and determine that the wrong electors had presented their results.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:42 PM (ExV1e)

256 When all is said and done, Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

In a way it is good that we had to go through this as it has shown without a doubt the Democrats will lie, cheat and steal to increase and maintain their power.

Now if we only had Congress critters and Senators doing everything they can so that this never happens again.

Why the fuck hasn't Thune brought the SAVE act to vote?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (Oq/TM)

257 You have to be some kind of special moron (not the good kind) to even think that a candidate does not have standing to sue re election rules, etc. It's the whole fucking point of the election--of course the candidate would be materially affected by the rules (or non-compliance thereof) because it affects whether he can fairly win the election or not. The argument by the court majority should have been a one-line statement: "Well, duh."

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (XMwZJ)

258 "The actual mechanism of electing the president is the electoral college, affirmed by some of the most corrupt people on the planet."

my edit

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (vFG9F)

259 Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (jc0TO)

órale

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (rbvCR)

260 Suppose Trump is found to be legally the president 2016-24 so is now on term 2.5.

This wouldn’t be the first time the electoral college vote was based on fraud in some of the states. At this point I think it’s settled that it’s the EC vote that matters.

It does, of course, put a different perspective on specific representative actions on January 6.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (EXyHK)

261 248 238 Baal barrel > Cthulu barrel
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (N8ZBc)

Beer Barrel!

Posted by: Yosh and Stan Schmenge at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (PBE58)

262 245

The actual mechanism of electing the president is the electoral college, affirmed by the Congress of the United States.

There's honestly no practical way the 2020 election gets undone or overturned in any way.

It's a fun fantasy, but it's no more than a fantasy.

The actual mechanisms were followed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:41 PM (GBKbO)

Say it is “undone”. Then what? The practical applications are what? We get a 3 termer? An asterix notation?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)

263 241 All my shots go low and left. I guess I can shoot an intruder in the kneecap and said that I meant a nonlethal shot.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (wBaIH)

Pretty sure Weasel would tell you to get back on the range, work on the fundamentals, and no wobbly shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 04:44 PM (I40wl)

264 Corruption all the way down to the DMV with "Motor Voter" registration.
Posted by: mrp at February

Finally motor voter bit the Dems in the ass in PA in 24.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 04:44 PM (MGB5H)

265 There is a very real chance that Joe Biden had no idea about any of this. He may actually believe he won fair and square, because that's what everyone in his bubble told him.

If he is still lucid enough to understand, I would pay real money to be in the room to watch what's left of his ego be crushed if/when this breaks into mainstream news.

Posted by: Soylent Red at February 05, 2026 04:44 PM (cHNrw)

266 Funnily*

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 04:44 PM (MGB5H)

267 Red and blue used to be alternated.

Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (Q+gd/)

268 "Sometimes, he just loves celebrities."

He makes impulsive decisions, sometimes. I think once he gets an idea fixed, nobody can talk him out of it. Or dares.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (N8ZBc)

269 I guess people don't remember how Democrats totally yoinked morality from the Christians with one war and one stupid dumbfuck local Democrat response to a hurricane and one convenient mulatto.

Trump understands what people are paying attention to and how we as a party have been beaten many times in the past. People don't want to know how to win, that's on them. He has shown it.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (AveBv)

270 Breaking news from 2020. Yawn. Wake me up when someone is convicted.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (PoaF2)

271 “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,” - Bill Barr Dec 1, 2020
---
Which he said publicaly.

While privately, he was furiously shutting down not just every investigation, but any hint of an investigation.

A regular Sgt. Schutz.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (aUIT1)

272 >>When all is said and done, Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

It was obvious on election day 2020.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)

273 >>> 200 111 This will be fascinating to watch if the 2020 election is determined, legally, to have been tge result of fraud. Should be fun to watch.
Posted by: ErikInTexas

Suppose Trump is found to be legally the president 2016-24 so is now on term 2.5.
If Trump is still President after the midterms, he is a dictator.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)

Does that mean we get a Dignity Canal? maybe two???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (ULPxl)

274 "All my shots go low and left."

Aim high and right.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (N8ZBc)

275 This will be fascinating to watch if the 2020 election is determined, legally, to have been tge result of fraud. Should be fun to watch. Posted by: ErikInTexas

I'm an iconoclast on ths one, but I think I'm right. The actual Presidential election takes place in 51 places on December 17, when the electors cast their ballots. Everything after that is just a ministerial counting of the ballots that have already been cast. The electors can cast their ballots for anyone they damn well please. What we call the "Presidential" election is actually an election of electors who have pledged to vote for a particular candidate.

The states can choose their electors in any manner they damn well please. 48 of them plus DC have chosen election of a slate, but a couple (Maine and Nebraska) elect electors by Congressional district. The Constitutional key is that the process of choosing electors has to be prescribed by the state legislatures. So the election of a President is ultimately under the control of the state legislatures.

The state legislatures of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona did nothing in 2020 to correct it. Biden was therefore duly elected.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (eStot)

276 @262 -- You could at least put a giant asterisk besides Biden's name in the history books--"...found to be elected via fraudulent means..."

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (XMwZJ)

277 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Bigus Dickus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Kt19C)

278 Why did they need Trump out?
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (AveBv)

I believe, more than anything else, it's because Trump set the Marshals to finding the missing children. I believe that is why they could not abide another four years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (ExV1e)

Who are the two demons on the world stage to the mainstream press and one worlders?

Trump - who ejected Epstein, enforced child trafficking investigations

Putin - who stopped adoptions to western same sex couples

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (8avO+)

279 The Fiat Justitia's 3 cylinder 3 cycle engine proved to be unreliable, noisy, and unpopular with Americans, just like every other Fiat.

Posted by: Fiat Facts at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)

280 Did they need Putin to invade Uke? Why did they need Trump out?
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:34 PM (AveBv)
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A third term and Commander Autopen.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (rj6Yv)

281 Honest question: why does whoever picks these stories out of literally hundreds of options want us to focus on a celebrity journalist's mother's abduction?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 04:38 PM (PBE5

Most news, especially broadcast news, is about "famous people" and "dangerous things that could happen to you". Fark claims there is the ongoing need for "blond, pretty female victim" too.

. . . And the final "feel good" story like the unicycle riding doggy, or the donkey that gives out Valentine candy.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (rbvCR)

282 268 "Sometimes, he just loves celebrities."

He makes impulsive decisions, sometimes. I think once he gets an idea fixed, nobody can talk him out of it. Or dares.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (N8ZBc)

Not to minimize the kidnapping, but it could be handled by others. Patel’s presence does not seem to functionally add much.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (pDt9x)

283 Cut off all federal funding to these states. Only subsidize those institutions that are of benefit to our national security.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (TOSLe)

284 Despite all the obvious fuckery, in retrospect it all worked out for the better. I agree with that sentiment already expressed above…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (fQqaC)

285 241 All my shots go low and left. I guess I can shoot an intruder in the kneecap and said that I meant a nonlethal shot.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 04:40 PM (wBaIH)
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Classic "Three Amigos" for a right-handed shooter!

You're squeezing with the other three non-trigger fingers when you fire, pulling everything low/left.

Posted by: ballistic at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (3BwY8)

286 175 The state legislatures of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona did nothing in 2020 to correct it. Biden was therefore duly elected.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (eStot)

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I would say that the states lied to the people of their states about how electors are chosen and denied them representative government.

But that's more of an academic classification than anything else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

287 "All my shots go low and left."

Aim high and right.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (N8ZBc)

Until you change ammo.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (Hx0tZ)

288 It's interesting to pull of media articles from the second week of November 2020. Every single one of them tries (in an over compensating manner) to hammer home that the election had no fraud, and Georgia (especially) was secure.

It's interesting to see all the names that pop up pushing that narrative for all they're worth. Karl Rove is front and center. And, the conventional wisdom (commonality of comment) of all of the is first a concession (yes, Trump got more black male votes in Georgia) and then the rationalization of why he still lost (more people voted that before, lots for the first time)....which plays into the article Ace posted above.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (dIske)

289 167 Saying, officially saying, that 2020 was stolen, that everyone knew, and they let it happen, destroys the country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)

If it gets destroyed by the truth, it deserves to get destroyed by the truth.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (Hx0tZ)

Couldn't agree more, but normalcy bias and status quo bias are a hell of a drug. There are a shocking number of people, even self-identified "conservatives" who would rather see MAGA die and voter fraud continue ad aeternam than upset the system, even though the system is corrupt as fuck.

Posted by: Eisenhower will never be President again. Get over it. at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (TbWk/)

290 I like the red. It always bugged me that the bad guys got the red and black and we had to settle for blue and white like a bunch of freakin Bourbons.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (jc0TO)

291 272 >>When all is said and done, Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

It was obvious on election day 2020.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)

Oh I agree.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (pDt9x)

292 @262 -- You could at least put a giant asterisk besides Biden's name in the history books--"...found to be elected via fraudulent means..."
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (XMwZJ)

Have to put one next to JFK, too.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)

293 We can't change who acted as president.

And we can't untake the shot.

Posted by: People who were bullied into it at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (b0pva)

294 276 @262 -- You could at least put a giant asterisk besides Biden's name in the history books--"...found to be elected via fraudulent means..."
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (XMwZJ)

Trump kind of already did just that with the President auto pen photo at the White House.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (AywZy)

295
At this point I think it’s settled that it’s the EC vote that matters.

Speaking of votes that don't matter, I can't wait for someone to go all Van Helsing and drive a stake into that "he won the popular vote!" bullshit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 04:49 PM (y9nCu)

296 I just now realized that Savannah Guthrie is a "celebrity journalist." Had no idea why this kidnapping was of "national interest."

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 04:50 PM (XMwZJ)

297 There is a very real chance that Joe Biden had no idea about any of this. He may actually believe he won fair and square, because that's what everyone in his bubble told him.

If he is still lucid enough to understand, I would pay real money to be in the room to watch what's left of his ego be crushed if/when this breaks into mainstream news.
Posted by: Soylent Red at February 05, 2026 04:44 PM (cHNrw)

Biden had a Freudian slip right after the election ... something about "all our voter fraud efforts" or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:51 PM (8avO+)

298 I would pay real money to be in the room to watch what's left of his ego be crushed if/when this breaks into mainstream news.
Posted by: Soylent Red

I’ll kiss a fat dogs ass if this ever gets reported by the MSM.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 04:51 PM (W2Pud)

299 Style guide correction: "Illegal immigrants with CDLs killing Americans released into the country by the BIDEN REGIME" is ammended to conclude "allowed to remain in the country by the TRUMP REGIME."

Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 05, 2026 04:51 PM (QXOBW)

300
The state legislatures of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona did nothing in 2020 to correct it. Biden was therefore duly elected.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:46 PM (eStot)
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The Dems and their MSM mouthpieces went on a jihad against the Trump alternative slate of electors in the contested states. The judges ruling that states didn't have standing to file suit against the election results made the persecution easier for the cheaters.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 04:51 PM (rj6Yv)

301 My focus is not on how we fix the 4 years under Biden. That ship has sailed and we will spend years digging out.

My focus is on making sure it never happens again because if it does the country won't survive. Expose all of it, punish those that can be to the extent its possible but more than anything fix the policies that allowed it to happen so it will never happen again.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (viF8m)

302 Never heard of Savannah Guthrie before her Mom got kidnapped.My next comment is to crude and out there, so I will refrain.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (pDt9x)

303 You can't unwind an election.

We don't actually elect a President, we elect electors. The electors are certified by the House and then they elect the President. If the wrong ones are certified, well, tough noogies.

It is like when Jacob worked for 7 years for Rachel's dad but the dad sent Leah into the dark tent instead and he ended up married to her. Can't be unfucked.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (bwRbr)

304 288 It's interesting to see all the names that pop up pushing that narrative for all they're worth. Karl Rove is front and center. And, the conventional wisdom (commonality of comment) of all of the is first a concession (yes, Trump got more black male votes in Georgia) and then the rationalization of why he still lost (more people voted that before, lots for the first time)....which plays into the article Ace posted above.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 04:48 PM (dIske)

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"Mail in voting got more people to vote than ever before, finally ending Republican suppression of minority votes and getting us close to fully reflecting the will of the people. How else do you explain 90%+ turnout?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (GBKbO)

305
*Had no idea why this kidnapping was of "national interest."*

>ahem

Posted by: Mouse clicks and page views at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (b0pva)

306 Speaking of votes that don't matter, I can't wait for someone to go all Van Helsing and drive a stake into that "he won the popular vote!" bullshit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 04:49 PM (y9nCu)

Crushing out fraud in the states and having us win the popular margin will do that naturally. Note that the popular vote total is never mentioned by the press now.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)

307 Oh, yes, Savannah Guthrie is pretty. That's another reason for her mother to be a story. Her mother looks remarkably good as well. She doesn't look 84. I hope they find the poor woman alive and o.k. And the fact that TRump sent agents to look for her probably means that Ms. Guthrienow has a higher opinion of Trump than she probably did before, And I expect he called her personally.

AS to whether agents should be diverted to this, I"ve leave that to other folks here to determine

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 04:53 PM (8Xy/A)

308 Biden had a Freudian slip right after the election ... something about "all our voter fraud efforts" or something.
Posted by: Oldcat at February

Greatest or largest vote fraud machine in history I believe.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 04:53 PM (MGB5H)

309 306 Speaking of votes that don't matter, I can't wait for someone to go all Van Helsing and drive a stake into that "he won the popular vote!" bullshit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 04:49 PM (y9nCu)

Crushing out fraud in the states and having us win the popular margin will do that naturally. Note that the popular vote total is never mentioned by the press now.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)

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It's a fantasy of mine that the voter rolls are forcibly cleaned up before 2028 (really 2026) and that the GOP vote largely remains static from 2024 while the Democrat vote drops by like 10 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

310 Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court injected some sanity back into election contests, determining that, yes, the actual candidates in elections do have legal standing to challenge election rules.

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How generous of them. Why do I get the feeling that they were in on it too?

Posted by: Decaf at February 05, 2026 04:54 PM (OP9Gm)

311 At Futurism: "New Site Lets AI Rent Human Bodies"

Finally, somebody who might employ me!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (N8ZBc)

312 In School,at least when I went, if you are seen cheating during a test, you fail the test, it doesn't matter if you only cheated on ONE answer, you get caught cheating once, how many times did you not get caught, you get a ZERO on the test. In sports, during a play if you cheat, doesn't matter, if it affected the play or not, that play is nullified, you have to start over and work from the beginning, only you are penalized the time, the out the down whatever the standard.

But for the most POWERFUL group of people in the world If you cheat . . . .ehhhh, Just a little bit? Big deal, they all do that's how things work?

FUCK YOU! YOU ARE WRONG, FUCKING PAY!

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (2a0yj)

313 My wife supports Trump, but that's the extent of her political awareness. She barely understands how elections work.

When they stopped counting in the middle if the night she said "oh my G-d, YD they're stealing the election."

EVERYONE knew.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (BI5O2)

314 In the military, aren't the blue force the good guys?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (3Rqcs)

315 The Dems and their MSM mouthpieces went on a jihad against the Trump alternative slate of electors in the contested states. The judges ruling that states didn't have standing to file suit against the election results made the persecution easier for the cheaters. Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 04:51 PM (rj6Yv)

I love Ken Paxton like a brother, but Texas suing Pennsylvania over its voting process was profoundly shortsighted. If that had been allowed to go forward, it is a 100% guarantee that California would have sued Texas 4 years later, and once that happened, there would be no bar to every blue state suing every red state and vice versa, and the Supreme Court forever being required to decide the winner of every Presidential election between the 1st Tuesday in November and January 20.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (eStot)

316 The greatest fraud operation was BEFORE the election. One of the few campaign stops he did, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

317 I think Trump's angling for a 3rd term. Low probability chance, but this "investigation" isn't only about him being robbed of the 2020 win. This has stuck in his craw about as bad as J6 has.

He's never very sanguine about either of those events. He's usually pretty pissed off.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (jtM2q)

318 In our 'Sacred Democracy', didn't Hillary Clinton win the pop-pop-popular vote?

Which is it? Electoral College or Popular Vote? Make up your fucking minds.

I think Al Gore was shitting his pants over this...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 04:56 PM (TOSLe)

319 310 How generous of them. Why do I get the feeling that they were in on it too?

Posted by: Decaf at February 05, 2026 04:54 PM (OP9Gm)

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The Supreme Court merely chickened out.

Roberts, reportedly, begged and pleaded with the other 8 to not take up TX v PA because, he assured them, the country would go back to normal once Trump was gone. Alito and Thomas were apparently very pissed at this.

Ever since, Alito and Thomas have effectively taken over the court. Roberts feels secondary to most of the decisions that have come out from the Fall 2021 term onwards.

Roberts' callous fear seems to have turned people like Gorsuch and Kavanaugh completely against him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

320 The tariff case? Really complicated with a bunch of stuff going through the arguments which probably indicates a very difficult consensus to reach with really narrow bounds that will be difficult to write (and rewrite as drafts get sent back and forth).

It'll probably be one of the last opinions issued in June.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Scotus has punted on tough cases before and ordered rearguing the case based on new legal tangents or change in court personnel.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 04:56 PM (2swu2)

321 It's a fantasy of mine that the voter rolls are forcibly cleaned up before 2028 (really 2026) and that the GOP vote largely remains static from 2024 while the Democrat vote drops by like 10 million.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
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I'm glad you recognize that as a fantasy because it's about as likely to occur as my fantasy involving Sydney Sweeney and a 5-gallon drum of baby oil.

Posted by: ballistic at February 05, 2026 04:56 PM (3BwY8)

322 Remember, Trump was so confident that he'd win by so much, he never planned to need election lawyers.

And the fraud was so brazen and over-the-top, I think he was shocked.

So, he had to draft Rudi and that wet-behind-the-ears lady lawyer in a pinch.

2024, he had lawyers in every state.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 04:57 PM (aUIT1)

323 It's a fantasy of mine that the voter rolls are forcibly cleaned up before 2028 (really 2026) and that the GOP vote largely remains static from 2024 while the Democrat vote drops by like 10 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

"They've stolen our democracy! They stole our votes!" -- The people advocating for illegals to cancel out the votes of citizens

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 05, 2026 04:57 PM (KbCG3)

324 320 Scotus has punted on tough cases before and ordered rearguing the case based on new legal tangents or change in court personnel.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 04:56 PM (2swu2)

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I suspect the decision will amount to "Lower courts should have taken each tariff and pronouncement individually instead of as a class as required by statute. Go back and do it again."

And Trump will just change the authority of all the tariffs and none of it will matter before it ever gets reargued.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

325 "The tariff case? Really complicated"

No doubt. If the court rules against DJT, will he comply? That's a rollback of a trillion-dollar decision.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (N8ZBc)

326 Like whether or not you verify signatures or not.

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If you can't verify them why require them at all? Do these brilliant legal minds have even a casual acquaintance with logic and reasoning? Or are they so arrogant that they don't think the hoi polloi don't have any sense?

Posted by: Decaf at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (OP9Gm)

327 I love Ken Paxton like a brother, but Texas suing Pennsylvania over its voting process was profoundly shortsighted. If that had been allowed to go forward, it is a 100% guarantee that California would have sued Texas 4 years later, and once that happened, there would be no bar to every blue state suing every red state and vice versa, and the Supreme Court forever being required to decide the winner of every Presidential election between the 1st Tuesday in November and January 20.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (eStot)

Except that Pennsylvania was violating Pennsylvania law with the rules that it was implementing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (ExV1e)

328 I think Trump's angling for a 3rd term.

Regardless, he would have to start off with a totally different cabinet.

This one is an All Star Team. A Political Woodstock. Won't be able to duplicate this ever.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (nAS9C)

329 I love Ken Paxton like a brother
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (eStot)
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You should probably stop that. Ken Paxton, as you noted, is a shortsighted, grandstanding idiot who sucks as a Republican in a state as Republican as Texas.

Posted by: ballistic at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (3BwY8)

330 The electoral college is an outdated vestige of white supremacy and slavery.
-HS history teacher

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (MGB5H)

331 325 "The tariff case? Really complicated"

No doubt. If the court rules against DJT, will he comply? That's a rollback of a trillion-dollar decision.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (N8ZBc)

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The president has multiple authorities to impose tarrifs.

He'll just change the authority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

332 I wonder if when the fraud is proven that write up in my personnel file can get removed or bare minimum an asterisk.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 04:59 PM (cS1cw)

333 "So, he had to draft Rudi and that wet-behind-the-ears lady lawyer in a pinch."

Don't make me release my kraken!!

Posted by: Sydney Powell at February 05, 2026 04:59 PM (b0pva)

334 >>> 312 In School,at least when I went, if you are seen cheating during a test, you fail the test, it doesn't matter if you only cheated on ONE answer, you get caught cheating once, how many times did you not get caught, you get a ZERO on the test. In sports, during a play if you cheat, doesn't matter, if it affected the play or not, that play is nullified, you have to start over and work from the beginning, only you are penalized the time, the out the down whatever the standard.

But for the most POWERFUL group of people in the world If you cheat . . . .ehhhh, Just a little bit? Big deal, they all do that's how things work?

FUCK YOU! YOU ARE WRONG, FUCKING PAY!
Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (2a0yj)

wickedpinto Johnson is right!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (ULPxl)

335 331 325 "The tariff case? Really complicated"

No doubt. If the court rules against DJT, will he comply? That's a rollback of a trillion-dollar decision.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (N8ZBc)

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The president has multiple authorities to impose tarrifs.

He'll just change the authority.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

BUT IT'S NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION!!!!!

Posted by: No, really. I've heard that argument. at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (TbWk/)

336 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:52 PM (GBKbO)

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I still think there are FISA warrants that preceded the FBI's search warrant (which is why Senator Warner is freaking out, he suspects but doesn't know for sure).

This article above seems like a planned roll out to solicit the usual suspects defending their "the election was secure" narrative.....and then they're going to drop the bomb. I think the FBI letter from Atlanta FBI Agent in Charge was to light a fire under certain individuals who would certainly want to discuss the ramifications of a search warrant, and any FISA warrant is going to catch those conversations. IOW, the Agent in Charge in Atlanta was taking one for the team, and comes across as issuing a heads up, but was really stirring up the hornet's nest to secure more evidence via surveillance.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (dIske)

337 I laugh every time I think about that Kraken bullshit. That was a real low point, in a lot of ways.

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

338 At Futurism: "New Site Lets AI Rent Human Bodies"
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (0sNs1)

339 I think Trump's angling for a 3rd term.
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I once would have cared.

Once. Not anymore. He can have a 4th term as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (TN0g+)

340 So SweetDick and Choco the Hutt were the clean up crew?

We don't deserve Trump.

Posted by: Hillary at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (hArFf)

341 nood

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (N8ZBc)

342 Except that Pennsylvania was violating Pennsylvania law with the rules that it was implementing. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM (ExV1e)

And the Pennsylvania state legislature, which has the Constitutional jurisdiction over it, as well as over its own laws, let it go. Texas has absolutely no power over how Pennsylvania implements its laws, because that also gives Pennsylvania power over how Texas implements its laws.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM (eStot)

343 I was in the Marine Corps once, I don't know if I ever mentioned.

There was a guy who LITERALLY could not run his PFT on time because he wore the wrong shorts at formation. That means, he was out of uniform, and so he missed formation. Not a big deal in general, but he didn't run his PFT with the unit. Instead he had to run it later with the PCP (I can't remember the proper definition, but we called it the Pork Chop Platoon. . .the Fat kids who had to run twice a day (like the rest of us, but we chose) rather than the requisite one) Normally not a big deal, but if he were to attend a board, or a medal review or an MOS review he would have been fucked, because automatically he didn't meet the standards necessary.

"Lucky" for him, he was a piece of shit Marine so nobody cared about him getting fucked over because he deserved it, and the odds of him standing a board is the same as mine being able to bang Jessica Rabbit.

If it works for 19 year old kids who are trusted with MILLIONS of dollars in their hands, the ability to chose between life and death at any given moment, I think it applies to elected officials.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (2a0yj)

344 wickedpinto Johnson is right!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 05:00 PM

Bitch Status

[X] Broken
[_] Other than Broken

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (jc0TO)

345 Do these brilliant legal minds have even a casual acquaintance with logic and reasoning?
That's a rhetorical question, right? But to answer it, no, they're fucking retards and have no acquaintance whatsoever with logic and reason.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (XMwZJ)

346 Nood. Congress being Congress.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

347 ******
IMO, I think PDJT doesn't trust the fibees with this and sent Tulsi to oversee the operation. I believe it was recently revealed an agent sent a letter to Fulton Co officials that appeared to tip them off about the impending raid.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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From ace's clip earlier today Brett Baier asks Patel about the Chinese Wet Market in Las Vegas and Patel answers about the FBI stopping bad seeds from coming into Michigan.

Seed not being a euphemism for a bad person he's talking about seed crop seeds as the FBI's focus, not a fucking Chinese Wet Lab.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (a0V+E)

348 *That was a real low point, in a lot of ways.*

Is this about me?

Posted by: Rudy's eye makeup running down his cheeks at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (b0pva)

349 Regardless, he would have to start off with a totally different cabinet.

This one is an All Star Team. A Political Woodstock. Won't be able to duplicate this ever.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 04:58 PM

Preach it!

Posted by: Pam Bondi at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (0sNs1)

350 That is only a problem if you use white male slaveowner math. Black and Brown people, and women, have different ways of knowing.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 05, 2026 05:02 PM (AlhUl)

351 In School,at least when I went, if you are seen cheating during a test, you fail the test, it doesn't matter if you only cheated on ONE answer, you get caught cheating once, how many times did you not get caught, you get a ZERO on the test.
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Senior year of college, there was a truly special beautiful blonde who was one of the only real life "10" beauties I've ever met. Not "9". Not "9.5". "10", and I've asserted before that there are no 10s. She sat beside me in a final exam and motioned that she wanted to see my exam paper. Turned her down stone-cold. There was no way I was risking a zero on a final exam.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

352 >The Hill, Cybersecurity, Nov. 2019
DHS cyber agency invests in election auditing tool to secure 2020 elections

"The tool has already been used to conduct post-election audits across the country, including during the recent 2019 elections. Election officials in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Ohio and Georgia have signed on to partner with CISA on Arlo, with more officials expected to join.

“Heading into 2020, we’re exploring all possible ways that we can support state and local election officials while also ensuring that Americans across the country can confidently cast their votes,” CISA Director Christopher Krebs said in a statement.
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During 2019 and 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) underwent significant leadership transitions, with no single Senate-confirmed secretary serving the entire period.

Chris Krebs was the first director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), serving from November 2018 until he was fired by President Donald Trump via Twitter on November 17, 2020.

Krebs ran a "Rumor Control page" to combat election misinformation, which angered the White House and led to his termination.
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Were the fed. agencies setup?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (NFX2v)

353 Roberts needs to live in infamy with the likes of Benedict Arnold.

Sadly though, under America's current education system, no students have any earthly idea who Arnold was. Most would think he starred is some Conan the Barbarian movies or was married to some actress named Roseanne Barr.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (i2VYc)

354 Fulton County

2008: Barky 272k McVain 130k

2012: Barky 256k Mittens 137k

2016: Clinton 297k Trump 117k

2020: Biden 381K Trump 137K

2024: Harris 384k Trump 145k

So its pretty clear the fraud op went into overdrive in 2020 but they kept it going in 2024 as well

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 05:05 PM (sKqQm)

355 We, the citizens, endured four years of the "Biden Presidency" because of this. Regardless of what you think of Trump, WE got screwed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 04:10 PM (ExV1e)

The Democrats baked severe damage into our national cake that will take decades, if ever, to correct.

The inflation, the loss of jobs, the unwanted and unneeded foreign invasion via illegal aliens.

Every single law and action taken by the Biden administration should be revoked and reversed. Every single immigrant should be shown the border and kicked across it. Those who can be shown to have participated in the fraud should go to prison or exile. Buuuuut, I suspect this is all but a dream. A beautiful, beautiful dream.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 05:06 PM (iJfKG)

356 I love Ken Paxton like a brother, but Texas suing Pennsylvania over its voting process was profoundly shortsighted. If that had been allowed to go forward, it is a 100% guarantee that California would have sued Texas 4 years later, and once that happened, there would be no bar to every blue state suing every red state and vice versa, and the Supreme Court forever being required to decide the winner of every Presidential election between the 1st Tuesday in November and January 20.
Posted by: Caesar North

The supreme court was specifically constituted to hear cases between the states. There is no other court.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (0U5gm)

357 " Roberts feels secondary to most of the decisions that have come out from the Fall 2021 term onwards. "

There were two justices that I worried about watching as they were sworn in. Kavanaugh OUTRIGHT looked terrified, he wasn't ready for prime time, he was out right shaking during the oath. I understand the nerves, but you prep yourself for that and get it out of your system in advance. Kavanaugh is scared.

Roberts, He was OVERLY proud, false bravado, no stern character, he Lept in, got it over, and got out after the pats on his family's heads.

I wasn't SURE about Roberts, but I WAS sure about Kavanaugh. Roberts is a squish if it hurts that moment of glory. Kavanaugh is only NOW facing the crucible.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:07 PM (2a0yj)

358 There was no way I was risking a zero on a final exam.
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

I guess a blowjob was out of the question, then.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Uod8Q)

359 353 Roberts needs to live in infamy with the likes of Benedict Arnold.

Sadly though, under America's current education system, no students have any earthly idea who Arnold was. Most would think he starred is some Conan the Barbarian movies or was married to some actress named Roseanne Barr.

Unfortunately, Benedict WAS an American Hero, but he was operating under the idea that the US wanted to achieve equal status with the English, rather than true independence, and then he broke his oath. Benedict wasn't the worst of those who betrayed the US, he is just the most prominent of the revolutionary hero's.

It's really a funny thing. . . people think that America is arrogant because we talk about kicking the brit's ass.

The founding fathers WANTED to STAY BRITTISH! We WANTED IT! But George the third, made a common democrat mistake thinking that position offered power, and in America that cow don't fly. After George tried to stifle us as vassals we said NO, we are FREE.

Bennedict was hoping for a reconciliation, and he fucked up, he was, I would say the most noble traitor, because he did deliver us many victories in battle.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (2a0yj)

360 As someone apparently said at some point in the South:

"Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (WONhk)

361 Tell me where this butter and these butts are Christy.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:13 PM (2a0yj)

362 Buuuuut, I suspect this is all but a dream. A beautiful, beautiful dream.

Adding... "unappoint every damned judge Biden put in the chair"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 05:16 PM (9Hs2w)

363 Everything the Democrat's have touched in 40 plus years has lost value, and destroyed any respect.
Other than the FBI and CIA, those were always sinecures for elites who wanted to control the proles.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:21 PM (2a0yj)

364 "Then there is the news about Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Grand jury testimony that was just unsealed revealed that Kemp told the chief of Georgia Bureau of Investigation not to investigation allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, Saying he was a "team player," the official dropped the case."

Yes, but which team was Brian on? I think he may find himself in a world of hurt, and not too long from now.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at February 05, 2026 04:20 PM (vcOmj)
==
There is a reason he pulled his name out of the senate race

Posted by: Black JEM at February 05, 2026 05:23 PM (GZYu7)

365 I think Trump's angling for a 3rd term. Low probability chance, but this "investigation" isn't only about him being robbed of the 2020 win. This has stuck in his craw about as bad as J6 has.

He's never very sanguine about either of those events. He's usually pretty pissed off.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 04:55 PM (jtM2q)

It would be the ultimate troll. Nobody has won 4 straight elections and nobody ever will.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 05:30 PM (8avO+)

366 It's a fantasy of mine that the voter rolls are forcibly cleaned up before 2028 (really 2026) and that the GOP vote largely remains static from 2024 while the Democrat vote drops by like 10 million.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

"They've stolen our democracy! They stole our votes!" -- The people advocating for illegals to cancel out the votes of citizens
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 05, 2026 04:57 PM (KbCG3)

That pretty much already happened from 2020 to 2024 with those mystery millions of Dem votes not showing up

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 05:32 PM (8avO+)

367 Do these brilliant legal minds have even a casual acquaintance with logic and reasoning?
That's a rhetorical question, right? But to answer it, no, they're fucking retards and have no acquaintance whatsoever with logic and reason.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 05, 2026 05:01 PM (XMwZJ)

Lawyers are advocates. Logic and reason are often impediments, not boons.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

368 Bennedict was hoping for a reconciliation, and he fucked up, he was, I would say the most noble traitor, because he did deliver us many victories in battle.
Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 05:12 PM (2a0yj)

BA was a great fighter and probably won the battle of Saratoga on his own. My take is that he was shelved a bit in later years, got bitter and turned instead of having some high ideals. His penchant for burning colonial property when he joined the brits.

But I am not super well read on his life.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (8avO+)

369 Oldcat

FDR has entered the chat room.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (u82oZ)

370 And not a damn thing will be done about it.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at February 05, 2026 06:10 PM (pE12i)

371 I like to tell Libtards that I WANT Trump to be King and we are working on it hard behind the scenes. Yeah, fun.

Posted by: Charlie Choo Choo at February 05, 2026 06:29 PM (QYppa)

372
Wickedpinto sign!

Usul has called a big one! Crazy too!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 06:31 PM (y9nCu)

373 The US Judiciary decided that they hated President Trump, so they rigged trials and denied him a fair hearing. Now that he will not be running for election again, Chief Rigger Roberts has decided to changed the rules back to what they were before President Trump ran for election.
Chief Justice Roberts is satisfied that he has destroyed the US Judicial System enough.

Posted by: wferrin at February 05, 2026 06:36 PM (lCdHU)

374 But I am not super well read on his life.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 05:52 PM (8avO+)

I'm in the same class as you, I'm just riffing off of the superficial memory that I have of it.

If only we had the artist formerly known as Ed Snate, that fucker had shit eidetic.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 06, 2026 12:38 AM (2a0yj)

Communist Foreign Jihadi Theater Kid Zohran Mamdani Loves the Homeless So He Stopped All Police Sweeps of Homeless Encampments During Severe Weather.
Now He's Killed 17 Homeless People With His "Caring"

Homeless people want to be homeless. That's the fact. Cities build shelters for them but they don't want to go to the shelters.

During weather emergencies, cops used to force the homeless to go to the shelters. So they wouldn't die.

The communist jihadi foreign theater kid and Gaytard Zohran Mamdani really really loves the homeless, so he forbids the police from rousing them and bringing them to shelters when the overnight temperatures plunge down to ten degrees (less than zero with windchill).

His new policy was, as Actual Justice Warrior put it, to "try to convince them extra-super-hard" to go to the shelters voluntarily.

They didn't agree to go voluntarily. Because they're mentally ill and incapable of caring for themselves and legally incapable of making decisions about their own health and safety.

Now, 17 homeless people that he really really loves are dead. He's killing them with kindness, you see.

Mayor Mamdani said Friday he still will only force homeless New Yorkers off the streets "as a last resort" -- even as his office revealed 13 people have now died outdoors, with even colder temps coming this weekend.
The Democratic socialist continued to insist that city workers will compel homeless people to get indoors only if they pose a danger to themselves or others. He dug in his heels as the real-feel temperature was forecast to dip as low as -1 degree Saturday into Sunday.
Pressed on how city workers will determine if someone is a danger to themselves, Mamdani said numerous factors need to be taken into account before getting someone to shelter, including whether they have enough clothing on.
"There are a number of specific criteria that is used in determining whether one is a danger to themselves or to others," Mamdani told reporters at an unrelated event in Long Island City.
"I think we can find some of this criteria also in how an individual is clothed, whether they are deemed to actually be warm in those settings, as well as their behavior," Hizzoner said.
"And for the New Yorkers who are deemed to be a threat to themselves or to others, there is a process of involuntary confinement which is a last resort," he continued. "However, it has been utilized a number of times whenever city workers have come to that conclusion."
Hours later, his office announced that the outdoor death toll had tragically risen by three since last Saturday, when the Big Apple began getting walloped by unrelenting below-freezing conditions and Winter Storm Fern.
A City Hall spokesperson said in a statement the number of deaths has increased to 13 -- up from the 10 officials reported earlier this week, spanning from Saturday to Tuesday. The mayor's office didn't provide any additional details about the three newly-tallied deaths, and it wasn't known when they had taken place.

The death toll of homeless people frozen to death in the streets has since risen to 17. And NYC is bracing for another arctic blast of cold air this weekend.

Can we get up to 20? Maybe 25?

His new pick for city lawyer actually praised Mamdani for his Socially-Conscious Murders.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pick for top Big Apple lawyer on Wednesday praised the administration's "extraordinarily high-level" handling of the current deadly cold snap -- even as the death toll climbed to 17 people.
Testifying before the City Council's Rules Committee for his approval to become the city's corporation counsel, Steve Banks was pressed by Speaker Julie Menin on how he would advise the fashionably-focused mayor during future extreme weather events.
"What I have seen is exactly what should be happening, which is adhering to the state law to evaluate people, bring them inside when the state law permits people to be brought inside, continually to engage people," said Banks, who served as the former Department of Social Services commissioner under Mayor Bill de Blasio.
He added that the city is "redoubling efforts, 24/7, to engage people and bring them inside" with temperatures set to dip below freezing for the umpteenth day this winter.
Banks, however, rejected a broad removal policy when Menin asked if the city could relocate people "in the interest of health and safety" during extreme cold, particularly those with serious mental illness.
"I think the state law doesn't permit that kind of blanket approach. It requires an individualized evaluation, and that is exactly what I see being implemented right now," Banks said.
"That requires nursing evaluations, that requires clinical evaluations. And that's what I see is going on right now at, quite frankly, an extraordinarily high level."

BREAKING - Shocking footage out of Zohran Mamdani�s New York City, captured by NY Scoop, is going viral, showing homeless people sitting over manholes for warmth as snow and garbage line the streets, while 16 people have already died from the cold pic.twitter.com/JiVYTlK2IH
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) February 3, 2026

On 12/05/25, I begged then Mayor-elect Mamdani not to reverse our policy that kept homeless New Yorkers from freezing outdoors in makeshift encampments.

He didn�t listen.

Ten New Yorkers are now dead.@NYCMayor, Reinstate the policy now. Every day of delay risks more lives. pic.twitter.com/3sZbpQyctQ
— Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) January 30, 2026

That press conference held by Mayor Zohran Mamdani was a disaster and showed a mayor unprepared to lead in a crisis. Ten homeless New Yorkers died during extreme cold, and the administration failed to act with urgency. By prioritizing encampment policies over emergency� pic.twitter.com/abNf9hhM8t
— Lattina Brown, MPA 🇯🇲🇺🇸 (@LattinaBrown) January 30, 2026

Actual Justice Warrior calls Mamdani's policy "homicidal empathy."

Posted by: Ace at 02:47 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (LdBR/)

2 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (SRRAx)

3 I'll go nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (LdBR/)

4 The Warmth Of Collectivism!

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (vpMYb)

5 Elections have consequences. Especially bad choices cost lives.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (zjgNU)

6 They could have used the warmth of collectivism. Or just regular warmth.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (AveBv)

7 Ah, but comrade, one day, the revolution~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (diia5)

8 Combine this with a ton of police resignations when Mamdani took office. Combine it with the usual leftist reporting tricks in crime and what do you get?

NYC proudly announcing that crime is down in January.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (PYyV9)

9 "He's killing them with kindness, you see."

Hey, it works!

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (uvB+6)

10 Mamdani has done more to lower the homelessness rates in New York than Gavin Newsom has done with 24 billion dollars.

Posted by: huerfano at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (98kQX)

11 Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pick for top Big Apple lawyer on Wednesday praised the administration's "extraordinarily high-level" handling of the current deadly cold snap -- even as the death toll climbed to 17 people.
This is the kind of thing that comes to my mind when I hear people claiming that Trump surrounds himself with yes-men.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (FMtrg)

12 Yeah, but did he deliver on his promise to make World Cup tickets affordable?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

13 Prosecutors in Paris investigating Chinese citizens that sought to capture sensitive French government and military data.
[...]
conducting interception operations from an AirBnB they rented in the Gironde region, near the city of Bordeaux.

Posted by: 13times at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (dhpBU)

14 Those Trump Ovens don't sound so bad right about now

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (AveBv)

15 Turns out the warmth of collectivism is adjacent to the cold shivering death of communism.

Posted by: ballistic at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (+94UU)

16 We need more Democrats in office like this.

Make sure you vote in the midterms, so the end of our country is hastened.

/sarc

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (IJqrQ)

17 Of course, if some right-winger had control, they might have taken away these homeless people's agency and had them committed for mental health treatment.

Maybe even send them to (GASP!) an asylum.

It's much preferable that they live their lives as crazy as they want and die than that!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (zjgNU)

18 Hey, commies are gonna commie. What was it Stalin said about a million deaths being a statistic.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (i2VYc)

19 Ace, did you miss this??????

https://tinyurl.com/5fwr3z22

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (3GdZZ)

20 So the warm embrace of socialism didn't save them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

21 I'm still waiting for some Sharia patrol to hit Broadway and for Mamdani to side with them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

22 Don't worry about those dead homeless. They'll still be able to vote.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (77rzZ)

23 Mamdani Ice has already killed 8 times as many as Trump Ice

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (AveBv)

24 ....

ok. I'm just going to say it.

....

Am I the only one thinking this is the first decent thing this little bastard has done?

Am I the only one thinking the burden on the city to chisel their dead ass off the sidewalk is dwarfed by the burden of letting them shit up the city eternally like it's some kind of public service?

...

I'll take my flaming, now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (JwNbV)

25 Looks like the office has already aged Mamdani quite a bit.

Not so easy running a city, now is it, chumpy?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (SRRAx)

26 Homeless people want to be homeless. That's the fact. Cities build shelters for them but they don't want to go to the shelters.

I worked downtown with a lot of homeless in a small city and here's my experience: most homeless don't want a home. Some do but simply cannot handle it or keep a home. Some few do and get out of being homeless within a few months because of all the resources and aid available to someone sane and trying to help their situation.

Nearly every single homeless person I encountered and still do, are one or a combination of insane, addicts, drunks, or pathologically loners. Most are several of these.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (PYyV9)

27 Speaking of doctors, engineers, and scientists we need to import:

@BensonNewsHub 52m
WATCH: Moment hydrogen-filled party balloons exploded inside elevator in Mumbai, India; 2 injured

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (diia5)

28 You know what's warmer than collectivism? A steam grate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (jc0TO)

29 And his biggest fan, Hochul who is quickly becoming Mao in a wig, is way ahead in the governor’s race. NY delenda est.

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (IJqrQ)

30 Vagrancy was handled with batons back in the day.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (Hpgos)

31 I am guessing I am evil for being ok with this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (zZu0s)

32 I mean.... That's one way to fix the homelessnes crisis, I guess. He'll have commercials out during his reelection campaign touting the fact there is no homelessnes issue in NYC anymore.

Posted by: PAgirlinNC at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ebG8M)

33 21 I'm still waiting for some Sharia patrol to hit Broadway and for Mamdani to side with them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

How do you say "recall election" in Arabic, anyway?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (JwNbV)

34 2 deaths is a tragedy. 17 is a statistic.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (AveBv)

35 Only thing to do is to let them back into the subways.

Maybe that was his goal -- back to the 70s where you could not walk through the stations due to the filth of the homeless (Thanks Koch!)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (bwRbr)

36 >> Homeless people want to be homeless.

Maybe. But I don’t think they planned on being a popsicle.

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (IJqrQ)

37 27 Speaking of doctors, engineers, and scientists we need to import:

@BensonNewsHub 52m
WATCH: Moment hydrogen-filled party balloons exploded inside elevator in Mumbai, India; 2 injured
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (diia5)

Oh, the humanity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (JwNbV)

38 Mayor Mamdani said Friday he still will only force homeless New Yorkers off the streets "as a last resort"

With a front-end loader.

Posted by: The Soylent Corporation at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (+qfnT)

39 He's killed more people than ICE has. Where's the outrage?

Posted by: Dave's not here at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (kp5iD)

40 They didn't agree to go voluntarily. Because they're mentally ill and incapable of caring for themselves and legally incapable of making decisions about their own health and safety.

Well, that and shelters tend to insist that the place not be used as a drug den or criminal hangout.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (yEo1J)

41 You know what's warmer than collectivism?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (jc0TO)

Whoopi's cooter is warmer than collectivism.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (AveBv)

42 "Am I the only one thinking this is the first decent thing this little bastard has done? Warai-otoko"

Nope. My first thought when I read the headline.

Posted by: Zek at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (5FPX4)

43 We all need more government oversight. It's cold out, but I need to go out for more wood. What government official should I call to tell me what to do?

Posted by: illiniwek at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (vbXSk)

44 Well, if your dead, you're no longer cold!!

Take that DrUmPHNAzis!!!!

Posted by: Derp Thots from the LEft at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (sAmhv)

45 How do you say "recall election" in Arabic, anyway?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (JwNbV)

Barack Obama

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (AveBv)

46 Maybe. But I don’t think they planned on being a popsicle.
---------------
Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (Hpgos)

47 !7 homeless, that's like 150 votes, more or less. He's losing his constituency.

Posted by: kraki at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (cG6Xc)

48 Actual Justice Warrior calls Mamdani's policy "homicidal empathy."

I like AJW's analysis. I don't watch him because he takes 25 minutes to explain 5 minutes of content.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (JCZqz)

49 Whoopi's cooter is warmer than collectivism.
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM (AveBv)

Drier too.

Posted by: Ted Danson at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)

50
"Communist Foreign Jihadi Theater Kid'

LOL. Multiple adjective ace is some of the best ace.

All it needs is a "get this."

Posted by: Person who likes Get This at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (b0pva)

51 He's killed more people than ICE has. Where's the outrage?

Posted by: Dave's not here at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (kp5iD)
-

Actually, when you think about it, the NYC homeless were also killed by ice.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (3GdZZ)

52 What are all these fences doing around here? Things would be so much better without all these fences. I bet white males set them up. Tear them all down!

Posted by: Warmth of Socialism at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (Dv3i1)

53 I do love that Adams creep anklebiting this little turd every chance he gets.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (JwNbV)

54 It’s a tragedy that the homeless guy, with 17 prior felonies who was released every time by a judge, and who really needed to be institutionalized, but that would violate his rights, froze to death because the mayor gave him a blanket with his crest on it, rather than a warm bed that represented tyranny.

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (IJqrQ)

55 You know, the weather people are constantly telling us to bring in our pets when the temperature dips below freezing.

Guess Mamdani doesn't like his "pets" as much as he claims.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (SRRAx)

56 But wait! I have other platitudes and facial expressions!

Posted by: Caliph Al-Mamdani at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (5FPX4)

57 the fashionably-focused mayor

Do we have any evidence this is actually true?

Does he support the 'ette consensus that Bad Bunny should wear an A-line dress for his Super Bowl performance?

Can he name even three of the 'ettes' preferred fashion colors?

Personally, I suspect this is disinformation at best, and gaslighting at the worst.

#BeBetter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (0sNs1)

58 Actual Justice Warrior calls Mamdani's policy "homicidal empathy."

Posted by: Ace at 02:47 PM

That's good. I feel like it doesn't capture the left though.

It's not that they WANT people to die. (Well, at least not the objects of their "empathy.") It's that they don't really care.

It's false empathy. Sociopathic empathy? Narcissistic Empathy? Selfish Empathy? Performative Empathy?

I'm not great at coining terms, but the left doesn't actually care about the people they "help". They care that they look like good people. They care that they stay convinced in their own mind that everything they do is good and just.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (zjgNU)

59 @BensonNewsHub 52m
WATCH: Moment hydrogen-filled party balloons exploded inside elevator in Mumbai, India; 2 injured

Do not worry., Sahib! After an energetic intermediate phase, it will simply turn to water.

Posted by: Tech Support at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+qfnT)

60 As l posted earlier, I'm 90m north of NYC and it's going down to to at least -5 Sat and Sun nights and then only up a little for the rest of the coming week. There will be a lot more dead. The homeless crisis is being solved, tovarich

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (Hhsnh)

61 That's one way to reduce the problem of homelessness in NYC...

Posted by: Ken at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (GXPss)

62
Under Mayor Muh-Muh-Muh-Muh-Muh-Muh-Mah-My-Mamdoni, seventeen lucky denizens of New York City found out that their Last Resort was somewhere on the street!

You get a Last Resort! And you get a Last Resort! And you get a Last Resort! And ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (xG4kz)

63 Actually, when you think about it, the NYC homeless were also killed by ice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (3GdZZ)

*goldclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)

64 "Homeless people want to be homeless."

Christ said 'the poor will always be with you.' I wish there was a humane solution; don't see one.

In our old pop culture, hobos were often regarded as colorful and nonthreatening characters. Today, nobody wants to be around homeless. Except librarians; homeless welcomed there.

"Nearly every single homeless person I encountered and still do, are one or a combination of insane, addicts, drunks, or pathologically loners. Most are several of these."

Yes.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:58 PM (N8ZBc)

65 Is this the "warm embrace of collectivism" that I've heard so much about? I guess it's one way of not wasting resources.

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 05, 2026 02:58 PM (4+9R1)

66 On the plus side, we've got seventeen less New Yorkers. A positive, if modest, start.
Posted by: Nope

You've got even fewer empathy than I.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

67 No one dies from exposure on stolen land!

Posted by: Billie Eilish, Fat Ass at February 05, 2026 02:58 PM (hXJe5)

68 You don't become homeless because you've run out of money.
You become homeless because you've run out of relationships.

Posted by: Or so I've been told at February 05, 2026 02:58 PM (b0pva)

69 Whoopi's cooter is warmer than collectivism.
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:55 PM

And you would know this ... how?

On second thought, I don't want to know how.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)

70
What is it with governing persons in New York and their fetish for killing people by diktat and policy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (xG4kz)

71 17 huh? During Covid I called that mid-morning on a Tuesday.

Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (uwatD)

72 We care about the homeless now? Let'em freeze, less to attack you on your way to work.

Posted by: Simon Legree at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (RqMDa)

73 Frozhan Mamdani

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (AveBv)

74 Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.
Posted by: pudinhead

That's what I've heard, too. Basically, you just fall asleep and never wake up.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

75 He's killed more people than ICE has. Where's the outrage?
Posted by: Dave's not here at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM

Have the celebs ordered pins yet for the next bi-monthly award show?

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ewjUl)

76 Is there a word for that pretentious and preening vocal inflectiopn thing he does with his voice? It's like listening to an adolescent Dudley Doright or a cut-rate Obama.

Posted by: Zek at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (5FPX4)

77 Actually, when you think about it, the NYC homeless were also killed by ice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:56 PM (3GdZZ)

Ah, dark humor.

It's like food- not everyone gets it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (zjgNU)

78 Whem i was a kid I used to dissolve foil in HCl in a pop bottle, fill balloons with hydrogen, then tape them to a yardstick and touch them off.

BOOM!

Cool AF.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (BI5O2)

79 Hey, this is what NY voted for, they could have kept Adam’s, who while a democratic, is not a lunatic.

But nope, they wanted socialism, so socialism they will get good and hard.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (4nN12)

80 Was that blanket thing for real, or just a fake meme?

Because if real, the little fag deserves props for the self-own.

"People freezing to death in the streets. Courtesy of Mayor Mamdani."

Chef's kiss, asshole. Well done.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (JwNbV)

81 Do not worry., Sahib! After an energetic intermediate phase, it will simply turn to water.
Posted by: Tech Support at February 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+qfnT)

Please to reboot and thank you for calling!

Posted by: Kevin from Bangalore at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (jmgM/)

82 Frozhan Mamdani
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM

That's a Ben&Jerry flavor, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (jc0TO)

83 Ah, dark humor.

It's like food- not everyone gets it.
Posted by: Stalin at February 05, 2026 03:00 PM (zjgNU)

Forgot the correct sock. It should make even more sense now.

Posted by: Stalin at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (zjgNU)

84 Oh look, Muffy. There seems to be a frozen homeless person on the park bench. What a terrible use of public space.

-Typical Upper East Sider

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (IJqrQ)

85 Hey, commies are gonna commie. What was it Stalin said about a million deaths being a statistic.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (i2VYc)
===

Stalin's trains transported political prisoners, with nothing but the clothes on their backs, to Siberia in the dead of winter. The trains would stop in the middle of the taiga and the prisoners would be rousted out of the cars. The doors would close, the guards would re-embark, and the train with empty cars would tootle off into the dark.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (rj6Yv)

86 Give them all a snow shovels and make them shovel out cars.

A man of the people.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (TOSLe)

87 So running a city of 8M people isn't a good place for on-the-job training? Who knew?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (Riz8t)

88 Actual Justice Warrior calls Mamdani's policy "homicidal empathy."

But they like homicide. See any of their policies.

Posted by: t-bird at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (HsXHq)

89 75 Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.
Posted by: pudinhead

That's what I've heard, too. Basically, you just fall asleep and never wake up.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

It's the "getting to that state" that is incredibly painful...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (tOcjL)

90 What's the average number of homeless people who die during a cold winter in NYC?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (ESVrU)

91 Yeah we didn't see so many psycho vagrants back in the day. Worse drugs now, I guess, and probably people starting younger.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (BI5O2)

92 Have the celebs ordered pins yet for the next bi-monthly award show?
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (ewjUl)

Instead of the bloodied hands ones the ghouls wore last year, maybe they could be frozen hands this time?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (zjgNU)

93 "...hobos were often regarded as colorful and nonthreatening characters."

RIP, Hobo Shoestring.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Q8P2yVo5P28

Posted by: He was a great guy at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (b0pva)

94 Mamdami? Ritzo Rattzo is going to FLA with the midnight cowboy. Rats uptown and bedbugs downtown. NEW YHORK NEWWW YORKKK. i'll be here all week. Dank you.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (ehY6c)

95 77 Is there a word for that pretentious and preening vocal inflectiopn thing he does with his voice? It's like listening to an adolescent Dudley Doright or a cut-rate Obama.
Posted by: Zek at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM (5FPX4)
------
Up-talking

also

Being a faggot

Posted by: ballistic at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (+94UU)

96 "Whem i was a kid I used to dissolve foil in HCl in a pop bottle, fill balloons with hydrogen, then tape them to a yardstick and touch them off."

Me too! I used NaOH instead of HCl.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (N8ZBc)

97 And just like that, expensive, govt-funded homeless shelters are not cool anymore.

*snap*

Posted by: Random PJ at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (+jscL)

98 And YOU get a potato and YOU get a potato....

Posted by: Opran Mamdani at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (5FPX4)

99 Them is rookie numbers. Now, if he can get a Chinese bio lab or two to open a wet market for homeless then maybe he can beat COVID numbers.

Posted by: epador at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (oMOW7)

100 Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.
Posted by: pudinhead

That's what I've heard, too. Basically, you just fall asleep and never wake up.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:59 PM

I guess that part comes after the teeth chattering and violent shivering.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (jc0TO)

101 For those of you keeping score at home.

ICE 2

Mamdani 17

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (IJqrQ)

102
Homicidal indifference masquerading as insincere empathy

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (xG4kz)

103 Speaking of doctors, engineers, and scientists we need to import:

@BensonNewsHub 52m
WATCH: Moment hydrogen-filled party balloons exploded inside elevator in Mumbai, India; 2 injured

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 02:52 PM (diia5)
-

Hold my beer:

https://tinyurl.com/yhhfdnkz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 03:03 PM (3GdZZ)

104 Damn. Smelling supper cooking in the crock pot has me eating all day. And I'm stuck in the house with it.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)

105 Stalin's trains transported political prisoners, with nothing but the clothes on their backs, to Siberia in the dead of winter. The trains would stop in the middle of the taiga and the prisoners would be rousted out of the cars. The doors would close, the guards would re-embark, and the train with empty cars would tootle off into the dark.
Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:01 PM (rj6Yv)

I don't know if this would work in America. Faced with certain death, I'm taking the gun and clothes from the guards or dying trying.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (zjgNU)

106 This surprises nobody, least of all Mamdani.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (24ME/)

107 Hold my beer:

https://tinyurl.com/yhhfdnkz
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 03:03 PM (3GdZZ)

Must have that ot was full of khat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (BI5O2)

108 @96 It's even worse than uptalking. Its like he's hollowing out his upper vocal cords. Like the Dudly Doright thing. Or preparing to swallow a giant schlong.

Posted by: Zek at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (5FPX4)

109 Hmm....

There's probably lots of bums in NYC. A decent sized village worth of bums.

Shame if they were to all get together and start fucking with the city now in some kind of ether-fueled hobo solidarity movement.

Real shame.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (JwNbV)

110 In Zoran Mugabe's defense, this last storm was worse than 9/11 and the War of the Worlds combined.

Posted by: Everything Is Great in NYC! at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (qUkBO)

111 This is no different than the "compassion" of assisted suicide. The commies know how to clear bad debt off the books.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (DJAE9)

112 "Whem i was a kid I used to dissolve foil in HCl in a pop bottle, fill balloons with hydrogen, then tape them to a yardstick and touch them off."

I'd collect it in test tubes and light it. If you get the air/H mix right, you can choose a pop, or a slower burn that makes a slide-whistle noise.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (N8ZBc)

113 I guess they're not doing the electrolysis demonstrations in middle school anymore.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (diia5)

114 BO had that whistle when he talked.

And they had him on talking 24/7/365.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (DgMqy)

115 Did anyone do any posters of the guy burning the woman up on the train with the caption, "The Warmth of Collectivism"?

Someone who can do photoshop get on that.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (AveBv)

116 How about how he was handing out bright red blankets with:
COURTESY of MAYOR ZORAN MAMDANI

See? He cares.

LOL, you know he paid for that with NYC funds, not his own.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (HXT0k)

117
Hobo jerky makers should avoid NYC streetkill as you have no idea how fresh they were.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:05 PM (xG4kz)

118 I don’t lose sleep over homeless people freezing to death. They have options. And they get offers of shelter. They don’t want help. They want to get high.

And quit giving them narcan.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (W2Pud)

119 1. 17 people die from cold
2. Mandami touts reduced homeless numbers
3. ????
4. Re-election!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2WIwB)

120 Communism can't exist without slavery, starvation, and mass murder. It's baked into the cake.

As others have noted, MummyDummy is a piker in that regard.

These effete soibois can't even run a communist purge correctly.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (IG3/x)

121 If we had just stayed in the Paris Climate Accords, none of this weather would have happened.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (jmgM/)

122 Me too! I used NaOH instead of HCl.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:02 PM (N8ZBc)

I mixed lye and HCl once.

Once.

I thankfully wasn't maimed but it was a close run thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (BI5O2)

123 These people will tell you they were killed by capitalism.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (wGerL)

124 This guy's face and smile is so...smarmy. Certainly one of the more punchable.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (qBdHI)

125 In Zoran Mugabe's defense, this last storm was worse than 9/11 and the War of the Worlds combined.
Posted by: Everything Is Great in NYC

Coming in just behind Net Neutrality.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (MGB5H)

126 Well, he's a communist. Are we sure the elimination of a few "undesirables" wasn't his intention all along? I mean, it wouldn't be out of character....

Posted by: JTwig at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (KQPbe)

127 Hobo jerky makers should avoid NYC streetkill as you have no idea how fresh they were.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Only a trained expert like Ace can do that.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (77rzZ)

128 >>>Cities build shelters for them but they don't want to go to the shelters.

The reason they don't want the shelters are because the shelters have rules. Like you can't just hang out and shoot heroin or get drunk off your ass. They would rather freeze to death than follow the shelter's rules, or anyone's rules for that matter.

Posted by: No Name Today at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (8mulE)

129 Something something...DECREASE THE SURPLUS POPULATION OF THE EARTH...

Posted by: Ebeneezer Mamdani at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (6Mw3v)

130 Before the storm, all the women's were wetting their panties because he was giving a press conference.

"See how he treats us as adults?" they gushed.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (HXT0k)

131 >>That's what I've heard, too. Basically, you just fall asleep and never wake up.

Yeah, once you get past that violent and uncontrollable shivering stage, it's a breeze.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (Y1sOo)

132 Looking like my Mamdani Slogan was particularly prescient.

Mamdani 2025: "Stay Quiet and You'll Be OK"

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (AveBv)

133 Homeless?

/buckles chin strap on tinfoil hat.

The total addressable market for drugs made from human plasma is way north of $30 Billion a year.

Whether contrived or happenstance there is a perverse incentive to maintain said homeless population. Go to the intersection of the fraud in the aid programs and Big Pharma.

Pro Tip: Say hi to Lizzie Warren while you're there!

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 03:08 PM (w/O5Q)

134
BO had that whistle when he talked

I also had live rats ambling through his publuc press appearances and NONE of you caught the connection!

-- Stan

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:08 PM (xG4kz)

135 That's what I've heard, too. Basically, you just fall asleep and never wake up.
---------

Like becoming a communist.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:08 PM (AveBv)

136 Imagine if ICE killed 17 mostly peaceful libtards. Hoo boy!

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at February 05, 2026 03:08 PM (X5FXP)

137 119 I don’t lose sleep over homeless people freezing to death. They have options. And they get offers of shelter. They don’t want help. They want to get high.

And quit giving them narcan.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (W2Pud)

I 100% agree with you on the addicts. They all chose that over sane, rational behavior.

Some of them are actually schizophrenics. Those I feel for. They should be housed in institutions that look out for their welfare, since they are incapable of doing so themselves. But of course, the leftists can't have that. Apparently empathy only goes so far. Can't be spending actual money to help the helpless.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:08 PM (I40wl)

138 Just blame it on rich people, and then go take their money for """shelters,""" Zohran. You know you want to.

If Hochul won't back a tax play, just send your monster babies to riot and intimidate them into voluntarism.

NYC belongs to you - pillage it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:09 PM (BI5O2)

139 125 This guy's face and smile is so...smarmy. Certainly one of the more punchable.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:06 PM (qBdHI)

He gives me the same ick feeling as Newsom and smarmy is the perfect word for both of them.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 03:09 PM (AywZy)

140
Ebeneezer Mamdani

Bravo!

* golf clap *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:09 PM (xG4kz)

141 Yeah, but did he deliver on his promise to make World Cup tickets affordable?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

With ticket demand being reduced by 17 (and counting) prices are sure to come down.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (uwatD)

142 'I mixed lye and HCl once.
Once.
I thankfully wasn't maimed but it was a close run thing.'

I dumped fuming HNO3 into a beaker of Mg turnings. Never do that!

At my HS, over four years, four students blew themselves up to death playing with stuff. We were all science geeks in the sixties.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (N8ZBc)

143
I'm not great at coining terms, but the left doesn't actually care about the people they "help".

No, they don't. They're just props. And a lot of the policies the Left proposes affects the poor the worst.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (tgvbd)

144 Whether contrived or happenstance there is a perverse incentive to maintain said homeless population. Go to the intersection of the fraud in the aid programs and Big Pharma.

Pro Tip: Say hi to Lizzie Warren while you're there!
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 05, 2026 03:08 PM (w/O5Q)

Team McLaren isn't going to the local Burger King to get oil for their cars.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (JwNbV)

145 You said you wanted the homeless “taken care of”, so I took care of them. Whadda you want from me!

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (76vRO)

146 I don't know if this would work in America. Faced with certain death, I'm taking the gun and clothes from the guards or dying trying.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 03:04 PM (zjgNU)
=======

For a short period of time, the Bolsheviks' preferred means of mass execution was to fill empty barges filled with political prisoners, tow the barges into the White Sea, and sink them.

But barges were expensive, so it was determined to be much more practical to assign the prisoners to forced labor on starvation rations.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)

147 It is heartless to leave someone of diminished capacity on the street to die - this is partly why loitering laws came to exist - it gives the police an ability to save someone each evening in winter.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (tOcjL)

148 128 Hobo jerky makers should avoid NYC streetkill as you have no idea how fresh they were.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Only a trained expert like Ace can do that.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (77rzZ)

Well, they were in deep freeze, so probably okay....

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (I40wl)

149 They've never given an actual flying fuck about homeless people anyway. They trot them out around election season when running against Republicans, then when they win the position the homeless suddenly just vanish. They view people as mere objects to be used for whatever the goal hapoened to be cast aside as soon as their actual or perceived utility wanes. Standard narcissist behavior.

Posted by: See "narcissistic discard" at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (TbWk/)

150 Something about killing them softly with warm collectivism? Right? It is what New Yorkers in the city voted for, right?

When the death toll from Mamdani's reign hits 5 figures I'll see if my fuck field has any new growth. I sorta' doubt it...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (jtM2q)

151 65 "Homeless people want to be homeless."

Christ said 'the poor will always be with you.' I wish there was a humane solution; don't see one.

Posted by: gp

--------------------------
Mandatory confinement. Either to mental institution or "poorhouse"

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (bwRbr)

152 He may not force the homeless into camps to prevent them from freezing to death, but you know damn well he will send out the cops to enforce mask mandates when the time comes.

Posted by: dratch at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (mxEar)

153 Communist Muslim. Contradiction in terms. Allah and the State cannot both be God. Luckily neither are.

Social justice murders, that’s what he and his ilk are.

Trump should come out and say let the homeless die of exposure. The cops will be out sweeping the homeless up and dumping them into shelters in a heartbeat with the rent-a-mobs out spontaneously protesting with professionally made signs.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (maQAa)

154 I expected Mamdani to do a Costanza "was it wrong to let the homeless freeze to death? Was that wrong?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (Hhsnh)

155
At least Stalin got some work out of them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (tgvbd)

156 Where my World Cup tickets? The Zimbabwe-Bechuanaland match is gonna be lit!

Posted by: Bronx Is Up, Battery Down at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (oftw2)

157 Still nowhere near as big a failure as Andrew Cuomo, the favorite candidate of every "conservative" blogger.

Cuomo killed thousands.

Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (33JYF)

158 "I 100% agree with you on the addicts. They all chose that over sane, rational behavior."

That's pretty much the definition of an addict.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 03:12 PM (uvB+6)

159 The reason they don't want the shelters are because the shelters have rules. Like you can't just hang out and shoot heroin or get drunk off your ass. They would rather freeze to death than follow the shelter's rules, or anyone's rules for that matter.
Posted by: No Name Today at February 05, 2026 03:07 PM (8mulE)

They also typically can't bring their prize collection of bags and assorted junk with them.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 05, 2026 03:12 PM (MZ+PY)

160
"That requires nursing evaluations, that requires clinical evaluations. And that's what I see is going on right now at, quite frankly, an extraordinarily high level."

Tell me that Fed subsidies are counted per individual bum serviced without telling me that Fed subsidies are counted per individual bum serviced.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 03:12 PM (y9nCu)

161 Mark my grey box -- They will announce that they are now allowed in subway stations.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (bwRbr)

162 Before it descended into Woke, the WSJ Opinion Page had a column entitled "Homlesness Rediscovery Watch" which would document the media's curious obsession with homelessness only when an R was in the White House.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (jmgM/)

163 Camus called men like this "dandies".

I choose to follow him.

They aren't the rebel. They aren't in revolt against anything but humanity and decency itself. They LARP revolution and ride the public clamor for rebellion into a position of power over them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (JwNbV)

164 >>>BO had that whistle when he talked.

And they had him on talking 24/7/365.

Posted by: Bad Andrew

>That was the most faggy annoying thing about him. I wanted to punch his face.

Being a stupid lying grifter was one thing, but that whistle!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (TOSLe)

165 But barges were expensive, so it was determined to be much more practical to assign the prisoners to forced labor on starvation rations.
Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)

Tell me more.

Posted by: Big Mike's lunch program at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (TbWk/)

166 154 65 "Homeless people want to be homeless."

Christ said 'the poor will always be with you.' I wish there was a humane solution; don't see one.

Posted by: gp

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Mandatory confinement. Either to mental institution or "poorhouse"
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (bwRbr)

Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (tOcjL)

167 To quote Rush, The Armies of the Homeless arise any time the Republicans are elected.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:14 PM (jc0TO)

168 Putting on my Cynic Hat, I say:

— Want to thin out the homeless demographic that's ruining most big cities? Allow leftists to get them killed. It's a two-fer -- fewer bums, lefties get the blame. Good.

— Want to minimize the freaks, sickos, future perverts and mentally ill creepazoids coming up in the next generation? Allow leftists to brainwash all the weak-willed young swishy weirdos into going "trans" and then allow leftists to sterilize them with outrageous butchery "surgeries" that under normal circumstances would be illegal. Boom -- all the Future Perverts of America sterilized or dead by suicide, and leftists get the blame again. Another two-fer.

At this point I'm supposed to say "Taking off my cynic hat," but I think I'll leave it on.

Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2026 03:14 PM (se8lQ)

169 Counterpoint - they ARE New Yorkers.

Posted by: Nope at February 05, 2026 03:12 PM (OPmji)

Oh really. Well counter counter point! Yeah I got nothing

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:14 PM (AveBv)

170 The warmth of collectivism is a stone cold bitch.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 03:14 PM (vFG9F)

171
Yeah the whole "fuck you" to the cops that Mandami's visit to the perp posted by Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey is revealing: L.A., Chicago and N.Y. are actively trying to purge the force and replace them with party goons.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 03:14 PM (Y8DZL)

172 Bears hibernate in winter. Apparently NYers hobonate. With predictable results.

Posted by: Boswell at February 05, 2026 03:15 PM (NTVPI)

173 I have an idea - outlaw begging, stop giving them any benefits, and outlaw vagrancy.

That used to work. The purpose of a system is what it does.
We have created urban societies that create homeless bums.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:15 PM (bwRbr)

174 You go to London and you got five people croaking from the cold on balmy day in May. And they ain't even homeless!

You wanna be more like Europe? Welcome to More Like Europe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JwNbV)

175 At this point I'm supposed to say "Taking off my cynic hat," but I think I'll leave it on.
Posted by: zombie at February

It gets tiresome putting on and taking off so frequently.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 03:15 PM (MGB5H)

176
Can we get up to 20? Maybe 25?

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These are not the Grim Milestones we report.

Posted by: MSM at February 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JrWaT)

177 "a combination of insane, addicts, drunks, or pathologically loners"

There's a kind of person who instinctively chooses the scuzziest friends, even when he has some decent folks in his circle. Not just addicts do it. I see sober people do it too. It's a sure path to ruin.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (N8ZBc)

178 The absolute worst time to use the Subway in NYC (especially the longer routes) is when the temperatures take a dive. Homeless just descend on the subways and stay there as long as they can without getting kicked out. They have all their possessions with them. And, they take up whole benches to sleep. Standing room only on those days.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (dIske)

179 Wait, we preferred Andy Nipple Bars?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (zZu0s)

180 There used to be debtors prisons. I think there need to be communists prisons.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (76vRO)

181 L.A., Chicago and N.Y. are actively trying to purge the force and replace them with party goons.
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Thats what you need to do when you plan on doing what they are doing.

Posted by: Sidekick at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (6Mw3v)

182 Make the Mayor sleep outside on a bench one night for every death that occurs.

PROBLEM: SOLVED

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (wtvvX)

183 Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur.
Posted by: Nova Local

Churches will only do this for cash. We have no "community" that cares for each other. It is all an NGO grift.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:17 PM (bwRbr)

184 To quote Rush, The Armies of the Homeless arise any time the Republicans are elected.

I loved it when Rush would play "I ain't got no home" by Clarence The Frogman Henry for Rush's homeless updates.

Posted by: Bo Snerdley at February 05, 2026 03:17 PM (hXJe5)

185 Guy standing on the manhole will eventually turn into a mancycle if that is steam coming out of it.

Posted by: javems at February 05, 2026 03:17 PM (zFsEm)

186 171 To quote Rush, The Armies of the Homeless arise any time the Republicans are elected.

Is that from A Farewell to Kings?

BaDomPow

Goodnight!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 03:17 PM (DgMqy)

187 So it's a chemistry thread?

Posted by: Just got here at February 05, 2026 03:17 PM (b0pva)

188 There used to be debtors prisons. I think there need to be communists prisons.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (76vRO)

Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: Boswell at February 05, 2026 03:17 PM (NTVPI)

189 184 There used to be debtors prisons. I think there need to be communists prisons.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Dungeons

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (a0V+E)

190 Imagine how many would be dead with the 'California Brylcreem Kid' in charge? An Executive who can't execute. Let's hope he's their frontrunner.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (TOSLe)

191 Tell me more.
Posted by: Big Mike's lunch program at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (TbWk/)
====

No need. Just go to any second-hand bookstore and order the complete collection of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago". My favorite chapters are the ones he devotes to the Kolyma gold mines.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)

192 Don't the homeless keep warm by pushing old ladies in front of subway trains?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (wBaIH)

193 "Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur."

Sounds good to me, but try to convince your local church to take in a homeless person. I tried.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

194 and the treadmill did grind.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (jc0TO)

195 In the 60's and 70's in Anchorage, the public drunks would be rounded up once a week and hauled to the prison farm, where they would spend a couple of weeks working the farm, sleeping in cots and eating decent food, and most of all, drying out. They didn't litter the streets with their feces or harass people on the street.

Now, they are everywhere, crapping in public, sleeping in doorways, spreading HIV and other lovely viral infections, and wondering around in the middle of streets blocking traffic. Some go to the public library and have sex on the lovely furniture there. Many more panhandle relentlessly. And about six members of the Anchorage Assembly get rich off funds to eliminate homelessness.

I don't live in Anchorage any more. Guess why.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (I40wl)

196 SteamVentbnb!

Posted by: Kramer and Newman at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)

197 Well at least the busses are free.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (76vRO)

198
Still nowhere near as big a failure as Andrew Cuomo, the favorite candidate of every "conservative" blogger.

Cuomo killed thousands.
Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth

Give Zohran a chance -- he's just getting his sea legs and, after all, he is asperational!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (xG4kz)

199 196 Don't the homeless keep warm by pushing old ladies in front of subway trains?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

No, generally they keep warm by building bonfires out of fellow subway passengers.

Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2026 03:19 PM (se8lQ)

200 All hail Mayor Z, once again showering us with his love and favor, this time by decreasing the surplus population and reducing overcrowding in the outdoor community. Under his brave leadership more street vents and doorways are available than ever before.

Posted by: It's obvious at February 05, 2026 03:19 PM (F/35S)

201 197 "Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur."

Sounds good to me, but try to convince your local church to take in a homeless person. I tried.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

The liability is enormous. Only do this if you are willing to sacrifice your building. They will trash it completely.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:19 PM (I40wl)

202 I think this can be handled pretty easy logistically, but any system will be corrupted.

Just arrest and detain (poorhouses) Make it a week or two to keep them off the street and off drugs. Many will hate it so much they will avoid being homeless where they can be caught. Also no benefits for anyone unless they have verified permanent abode. This used to be the way.

Of course, the NGOs will just turn it into a grift like in CA

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:19 PM (bwRbr)

203 >>>>At my HS, over four years, four students blew themselves up to death playing with stuff. We were all science geeks in the sixties.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:10 PM (N8ZBc)
*****
Remember the real old school chemistry sets we would get as kids? heh...heh, those were fun.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 05, 2026 03:20 PM (snuof)

204
Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (tOcjL)

You know damned well that they'll do citizenship checks at the front door.

Non-citizen gangbanger with a gallon of ink under his facial skin? Welcome, fellow human being.

Citizen? Fuck off, meat popsicle boy.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 03:20 PM (y9nCu)

205 Yeah I knew the vagrancy issue was as bad or worse than I thought when media people, through gritted teeth, we're forced to discuss it during Biden's administration. Til then, vagrancy erupted the Wednesday after a Republican was elected, and then vanished the Wednesday after a Democeat won.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

206 178 You go to London and you got five people croaking from the cold on balmy day in May. And they ain't even homeless!
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That piece of metal in the back of the neck is what did it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 03:21 PM (a0V+E)

207
"The liability is enormous. Only do this if you are willing to sacrifice your building. They will trash it completely."

Oh, really?

Posted by: Starbucks at February 05, 2026 03:21 PM (b0pva)

208 112 This is no different than the "compassion" of assisted suicide. The commies know how to clear bad debt off the books.
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COVID? Freed up a shit ton of money for illegals.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:21 PM (Hpgos)

209 Some go to the public library and have sex on the lovely furniture there.

Oh My!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at February 05, 2026 03:21 PM (hXJe5)

210 To quote Rush, The Armies of the Homeless arise any time the Republicans are elected.
____

Sprawling on the fringes of the city?

Posted by: Subdivisions at February 05, 2026 03:21 PM (Dv3i1)

211 Know who else didn't live in Anchorage?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at February 05, 2026 03:21 PM (b0pva)

212 combination of insane, addicts, drunks, or pathologically loners"

Bro, that's like 90% of the AoSHQ commentariat. You want ace to have a livelihood do you not?

Posted by: Careful with that brush at February 05, 2026 03:22 PM (TbWk/)

213 At my HS, over four years, four students blew themselves up to death playing with stuff. We were all science geeks in the sixties.
Posted by: gp

We had an explosion in chemistry class when I was a freshman in high school. The kid at ground zero didn't die, just got a cut-up arm.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:22 PM (77rzZ)

214 Guess by “warmth of collectivism “ he meant burning in H$LL

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Hkcdp)

215 At least the frozen, dead, homeless people are no longer trespassing on "stolen land."

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:22 PM (qBdHI)

216 My HS chem lab had a chunk of sodium the size of a softball.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (jc0TO)

217 I have to admit that I don’t care about any blue city except to prevent them from getting my tax dollars to waste on their commie programs or to bail them out when their programs fail.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (cwGMH)

218 "Remember the real old school chemistry sets we would get as kids? heh...heh, those were fun."

I'm 71, and I STILL want a Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory!

The HS labs all had giant stockpiles of reagents the kids could steal. Now I guess they do chemistry lab with tiny bits of reagent and dot reaction trays, if at all.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (N8ZBc)

219 Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (I40wl)

How's the weather up there today?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

220 >>>Now, 17 homeless people that he really really loves are dead.

It's a write off, Jerry.

Posted by: Max Power at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (SwyyQ)

221 He's got that killer smile down pat.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (NpAcC)

222 I could see churches getting together to put up vagrants in some kind of warehouse or something.

But I don't want psychotic crackheads shitting in the pews and burning down the sanctuary, TYVM. It's a nice synagogue, and vagrants destroy any structure you put them in, unless you have them constantly under guard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (BI5O2)

223 I wish Ace read his own blog!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (n9ltV)

224 Don't plow the streets, don't collect garbage, let the homelss freeze to death (standing on manhole covers). Spring thaw should be interesting in NYC...

Posted by: pahound at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (eyOo6)

225 Mamdani?
More like Madman.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (eM6xt)

226 >>Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.

Similar thing is said about drowning. Wouldn't recommend it though.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (viF8m)

227 When is Mamdani going to propose a rickshaw ride-share program for the homeless?

They can keep warm while pulling fares and earn living!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (aUIT1)

228 The liability is enormous. Only do this if you are willing to sacrifice your building. They will trash it completely.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:19 PM (I40wl)

It ain't Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchet coming to crash in the basement for a night.

These are the people lighting women on fire or stabbing them in the neck on subway cars. They're the ones rawdogging each other over a park bench in broad daylight in exchange for the only sharp needle left on the block until the city restocks them. They're the ones taking a shit in the middle of the sidewalk and wiping their ass on the nearest car door handle.

They're not homeless because they're poor and disadvantaged and could just use a break. They're homeless because they're fucking feral. They're nuts.

Tranq 'em, round 'em up, and let the damned ASPCA handle them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (JwNbV)

229 Don't plow the streets, don't collect garbage, let the homelss freeze to death (standing on manhole covers). Spring thaw should be interesting in NYC...
Posted by: pahound at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (eyOo6)

Soylent Greenish

Posted by: Recycle. Reuse. Repeat. at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

230 Remember, these conditions exist because
(a) gov profits from voters
(b) gov profits from taxbase of federal benefits recipients
(c) all real industry already left, so no downside to making city unlivable to productive class workers.
(d) mixed bag for retail,etc. since more people, but lower class
(f) Great value for social service workers, gov. workers, legal workers, etc. with so many clients.

The key right there is the benefits they receive -- remove the benefits and the un-productive classes dry up and blow away. Cities will be desolate, but then they can start rebuilding.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (bwRbr)

231 He’s solving his homeless problem the way any good Stalinist does.

Posted by: OnPoint at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (RK/h9)

232 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (Ia/+0)

233 In the old Dashiell Hammett "Continental Op" stories from the 1920s, various down-and-outer characters were always being picked up by the police and jailed for "Vag" -- 1920s slang for "Vagrancy."

What always bothered me is that I never knew how "Vag" was supposed to be pronounced -- and I still don't:

-- Pronounced just as it looks, "vag," to rhyme with "bag" or "rag"?

-- Pronounced as a shortened version of "Vagrancy," i.e. like "Vague," rhyming with "Haig"?

-- Pronounced like it would be in 2026, with a soft "g," like the first syllable of "vagina," i..e "vaj"?

Or...? What do you think?

Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (se8lQ)

234 So, let us praise the gods of war with joy and jubilation,
Who favor foolish mankind for they prune the population.
And let us thank the hungry guns forever belching Doom,
Who slaughter bloodily our sons to give us elbow room.

Posted by: Robert W. Service at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (oftw2)

235 When is Mamdani going to propose a rickshaw ride-share program for the homeless?

They can keep warm while pulling fares and earn living!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (aUIT1)

Don't feed them Beef-A-Roni.

Posted by: Kramer at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM (wVcYX)

236 combination of insane, addicts, drunks, or pathologically loners"

Bro, that's like 90% of the AoSHQ commentariat. You want ace to have a livelihood do you not?
Posted by: Careful with that brush at February 05, 2026 03:22 PM (TbWk/)

Hey, the percentages are very different.

Homeless: 75%, 45%, 99%, 20%

AoSHQ: 100%, 3%, 75%, 99%

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM (zjgNU)

237 231 >>Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.

Similar thing is said about drowning. Wouldn't recommend it though.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (viF8m)

Same for suicide. Though it brings on many changes.

Posted by: That awful M*A*S*H song at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM (TbWk/)

238 >>Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.

Similar thing is said about drowning. Wouldn't recommend it though.

--

Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM (qBdHI)

239
*snaps fingers*

I got it! We'll legalize drugs!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:27 PM (tgvbd)

240 What do you think?

Prometheus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)

241
At my HS, over four years, four students blew themselves up to death playing with stuff. We were all science geeks in the sixties.

My junior high science teacher looked like he worked at NASA on the Mercury program: crew cut, short sleeve shirt and tie, nerd glasses and a ginormous pocket protector.

On the other hand, he used to take us out into the playground and blow shit up while telling stories about flushing explosives down the toilet in college.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 03:27 PM (y9nCu)

242 Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM

or both at once.

Posted by: Jack Dawson at February 05, 2026 03:27 PM (jc0TO)

243 241 combination of insane, addicts, drunks, or pathologically loners"

And Nickleback fans...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (jmgM/)

244 Meh. "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs" - Stuff Stalin Said

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (XeU6L)

245 Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM

or both at once.
Posted by: Jack Dawson at February 05, 2026 03:27 PM (jc0TO)

I'll never leave you Jack!

Posted by: There was room on that door! at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (TbWk/)

246 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)

247 How's the weather up there today?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

Weird. It's nearly 40 degrees, although there's still a couple feet of snow on the ground. Slight overcast, but if and when it clears it should go nice and cold again.

They are practicing artillery across the inlet today, so kinda noisy. DH tells me that's the sound of freedom, LOL.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (I40wl)

248 I wish Ace read his own blog!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 03:24 PM (n9ltV)

Careful what you wish for.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (AveBv)

249 Nothing like going to church in PPE to keep the scabies and residual fentanyl off of you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (BI5O2)

250 I think I'd like to die by sex with Sydney Sweeney, personally.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

251 251 Concur.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (N8ZBc)

252 197 "Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur."

Sounds good to me, but try to convince your local church to take in a homeless person. I tried.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (N8ZBc)

All Church folks should come to NoVa and see how it's done...it's one thing I'm amazed we do so well here vs everywhere else I've lived. Not sure why other areas can't figure out the public/private partnership of public staying hands off and facilitating the folks to get there and private handling it.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (tOcjL)

253
To Build a Fire

https://tinyurl.com/2xf67y4c

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (tgvbd)

254 >>Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.

Closest I've ever come to dying. Not including Suzy Rottencrotch sophmore year.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

255 On the other hand, he used to take us out into the playground and blow shit up while telling stories about flushing explosives down the toilet in college.
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M-80s and Cherry Bombs were the snizz.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Hpgos)

256 Re: MamDami--

He seems nice ...

Posted by: I don't even know you people at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (h0JFh)

257 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)

"You could make a hat... or a brooch.... a little pterodactyl..."

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (AveBv)

258 Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 03:26 PM

Stiff as a board!

Posted by: Jack Torrance at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (wVcYX)

259 candidate of every "conservative" blogger.

Cuomo killed thousands.
Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth at February 05, 2026 03:11 PM (33JYF)

Didn't some journalist idiot once squee that he was America's boyfriend?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (SDhw8)

260 chunk of sodium the size of a softball.

Saw a guy pitch one of those into the ocean. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM (Kt19C)

261 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)

Hefty cinch sack. Or served as chili at my memorial service.

Posted by: There's a little piece of him in each of us at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM (TbWk/)

262 "All Church folks should come to NoVa and see how it's done...it's one thing I'm amazed we do so well here vs everywhere else I've lived."

God bless you! Link?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM (N8ZBc)

263 Frame by Frame
Death by Drowning

Posted by: Name that tune at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM (jmgM/)

264 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)

Hefty cinch sack. Or served as chili at my memorial service.
Posted by: There's a little piece of him in each of us at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM

I grok this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM (jc0TO)

265 Nothing like going to church in PPE to keep the scabies and residual fentanyl off of you.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (BI5O2)

and bedbugs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 03:32 PM (wVcYX)

266 Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.
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"I, Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs, do hereby leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it, Lord hope it be a white man. It is a good rifle, and kilt the bear that kilt me. Anyway, I am dead. Yours truly, Hatchet Jack"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)

267 Cea Weaver, Mamdani's Communist Housing/ Tennant Tszar to comment in 5-4-3-2-1...

"Ummmm, we're going to set up our homeless in wealthy people's brownstones, provided the owners are white. If the owners are non-white, we will be making it optional. The residence owners will, also, provide a daily per diem."

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 03:32 PM (dIske)

268 "One may smile and smile and be a villain." -sounds like
Mamdani

Hamlet, Act 3, sc. 5

Maybe someone should have told him that the homeless
were all members of Hamas here to attack Jews and he would have gotten them warm surroundings very quickly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 03:32 PM (8Xy/A)

269 255 I think I'd like to die by sex with Sydney Sweeney, personally.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

Mmmm. Sydney Sweeney Snu-snu.

Posted by: Beats drowning and freezing by miles at February 05, 2026 03:32 PM (TbWk/)

270 thinking more along the lines of sexual exhaustion.

Sexually Transmitted Scoliosis.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 03:33 PM (Kt19C)

271
chunk of sodium the size of a softball.

Saw a guy pitch one of those into the ocean. Hilarity ensued.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 03:31 PM (Kt19C)

In college, we got one about that size, heavily wrapped it up in paper towels and threw it in the lake on campus one evening. It was spectacular.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:33 PM (tgvbd)

272 When Churches do it, they tend to have security and instant contact to the cops if it gets out of hand. They use open gym areas, not Church pews, with access to one set of bathrooms.

It is single gender (all male b/c that tends to be on the street and unwilling to go into gov areas - women are taking elsewhere). And if they get kicked out, cops pick them up for a night in the jail.

All denominations pitch in and take a week and many cross denominations help their local Church. It takes a village and is done every year. So far, while as cold and as populated as any metro, no one has died of the cold this year. Heart attacks shoveling snow - yes.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:33 PM (tOcjL)

273 236 He’s solving his homeless problem the way any good Stalinist does.
Posted by: OnPoint at February 05, 2026 03:25 PM (RK/h9)

It think it's more like the hard solid core of capitalism.

You have to feed yourself. You have to shelter yourself. You don't? Then you have to rely on charity. And if you make yourself so unimaginably odious to anyone who might help you that they are afraid of even getting near you, let alone trying to help you?

You fucking die. End of story. That's the moral hazard at the center of life.

It's a source of great hilarity that this little commie pipsqueak is the one putting it on full display as if this were a bad thing and we should all think "ohhh noooo evils of capitalism". Screw that. This is the golden understructure of capitalism. This is the Kapitalist Krampus to Marx's Santa Claus. No one is obligated to keep you alive, asshole. No one is obligated to feed or house you. Get your shit together. Or don't. I don't care.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:33 PM (JwNbV)

274 I grew up in a small town. We only had one town drunk. Anytime it got to cold he would just throw a brick thru a window at a store downtown. Warmer in jail.

Our neighbor was the county jailer for a while. He got to where he would just admit the drunk to protect the businesses windows.

Posted by: javems at February 05, 2026 03:33 PM (zFsEm)

275 Dying of cold is supposed to be remarkably painless.

Similar thing is said about drowning. Wouldn't recommend it though.

--

I'll take freezing over burning. When they burned people at the stake, they would sometimes at least hang a bag of gunpowder around the neck.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (XvL8K)

276 In Socialism/Communism everybody is equal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But some are more equal than others ......

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (38587)

277 The lives of mentally ill homeless residents of NYC means the new mayor. gets early pleasure from his actions.

Solving the budget crisis, one no-load person at a time. Wait until he finds out he is killing his most reliable voters.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (u82oZ)

278 This is where someone jumps in to remind me that actually Sydney Sweeney is really a Walmart 4

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (AveBv)

279 There is living space for thirteen families! In this one house!

Posted by: Comrade Kaprugina at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (jc0TO)

280 Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.

I was thinking more along the lines of sexual exhaustion.
Posted by: Nope at February 05, 2026 03:29 PM (OPmji)

It's the only way to go! Get yourself a 25 year old aide!

Posted by: Nelson Rockefeller at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (wVcYX)

281 Cue Anthrax, “Who Cares Wins”

( because “your message was rejected because it looks like spam”. I guess song lyrics are spam now.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (O3dBq)

282 Solving the budget crisis, one no-load person at a time. Wait until he finds out he is killing his most reliable voters.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (u82oZ)

2nd most

Posted by: The Dead at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (AveBv)

283 "Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.

I was thinking more along the lines of sexual exhaustion."

Give me the same anesthesia they gave me for abdominal surgery. Then shoot me NKVD-style. Painless, quick.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (N8ZBc)

284 die by sex with Sydney Sweeney, personally.

Death by bunga bunga.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Kt19C)

285 I don't think that freezing to death or drowning are in the top ten ways to go.

I'd preferably favor falling off of a cliff onto my head or stroking out in mid-orgasm.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (TOSLe)

286 Read this morning a assailant stabbed a police officer and was shot so Zohan visited the criminal in the hospital.

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

287 251 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)

Okay, here's the deal. My parents did that to us before they died. "We don't care what happens to us." That's great, but they left us with two bodies to deal with. To my knowledge, my sister had them cremated, but where their ashes ended up, I don't know.

There is no place to visit them, no place to pray over, no memorial of any kind.

They got what they wanted, but ignored what others might have preferred. Selfish to the end. Perfectly in character for them, but leaves a bad taste.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (I40wl)

288 https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ homeless/sites/homeless/files/ Assets/documents/ hypothermia/Hypothermia_Flyer-Dec2025-march2026.pdf

The rotating faith community sites

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (tOcjL)

289 "chunk of sodium the size of a softball.
Saw a guy pitch one of those into the ocean. Hilarity ensued. "

There's a video online of the US Army dumping tons of surplus Na into a lake.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (N8ZBc)

290 270 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)
_________________________

Personally, I'd go with taxidermy to be used year round as holiday decorations: (Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Arbor day)....You already have clothes that would fit.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)

291 284 This is where someone jumps in to remind me that actually Sydney Sweeney is really a Walmart 4
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (AveBv)

A gay catty someone most likely.

Posted by: Lithping envy at February 05, 2026 03:36 PM (TbWk/)

292 Around here it rarely gets cold enough to kill. In the nearby city, the cops roust the bums into the forests surrounding the city and live in the wild.

Seems to work, for now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:36 PM (BI5O2)

293 Just wondering, has anything looked for Nancy Guthrie under one of those NYC garbage snowdrifts? Because, you know, you always find things in the last place you look!

Posted by: Aunt Mildred at February 05, 2026 03:36 PM (qUkBO)

294 I don't think that freezing to death or drowning are in the top ten ways to go.

Supposedly death by cold sucks for a bit then you don't care about the cold any longer and go to sleep.

I don't fear dying at all. I fear the last few minutes right before it, though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 03:36 PM (PYyV9)

295 “You have to feed yourself. You have to shelter yourself. You don't? Then you have to rely on charity. And if you make yourself so unimaginably odious to anyone who might help you that they are afraid of even getting near you, let alone trying to help you?

“You fucking die. End of story. That's the moral hazard at the center of life.”

Especially if you don’t “know people”. That’s the only way to get a job in a society that is cheerfully corrupt.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:37 PM (O3dBq)

296 bag of gunpowder around the neck.

Which would make you bleed and dampen the fire a bit.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 03:37 PM (Kt19C)

297 In HS, I read Watson's "The Double Helix". It sparked my interest, so I wrote a proposal for an experiment investigating bacterial amino acid synthesis.

Strangely, the proposal was approved. I collected an E. coli culture from a local university, requested agar media and amino acids and an UV lamp. The stuff dribbled in over the next couple of months, but not in time for the actual experiment (graduation). The funny part was that year's AP test included an essay question on that exact subject. I did very well on that exam.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)

298 I don't think that freezing to death or drowning are in the top ten ways to go.

I'd preferably favor falling off of a cliff onto my head or stroking out in mid-orgasm.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:34 PM (TOSLe)

It happens.

Posted by: Private Judy Benjamin at February 05, 2026 03:37 PM (wVcYX)

299 I have gone swimming for thousands of miles in the surf here in ENC. Once I went swimming in Hurricane swells 14-16 feet. A dozen surfers had boards broken in half that day. I tried to get out past the break 5 times, made it out two. It was great fun swimming up and down in the swells, looking down at the beach. Trouble is, you have to get out eventually. One wave would toss and spin you, sending you to the bottom, I'd see daylight, swim up, and the next one would pound you back down. One one of these agitator downings, I thought how easy it would be to give up. Seemed a very peaceful way to go. My wife and two kids on shore wouldn't have liked it though.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck at February 05, 2026 03:37 PM (oftw2)

300 "There's a video online of the US Army dumping tons of surplus Na into a lake." 107 seconds:

youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (N8ZBc)

301 280 I grew up in a small town. We only had one town drunk. Anytime it got to cold he would just throw a brick thru a window at a store downtown. Warmer in jail.

Our neighbor was the county jailer for a while. He got to where he would just admit the drunk to protect the businesses windows.
Posted by: javems

----

I think Otis just wanted some of Aunt Bea's homemade pie.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (bwRbr)

302 The difference between Mamdani and Superman.
Superman has super vision.
Mamdani requires supervision.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (2WIwB)

303 Allow Churches to serve as hypothermia shelters in winter for overnight aid...make it easy for that kind of outreach to occur.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 03:13 PM (tOcjL)

Our pastor won't allow it. The homeless are dirty, they'll stain everything, the smell, they'll steal, etc.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (N39Ws)

304 So much for the warmth of collectivism.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (O3dBq)

305 I think I'd like to die quietly in my sleep...while driving mamdani home on the westside highway at 2 am at 90 mph.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (SDhw8)

306 Remember when waterboarding was a thing? I'd rather not be drowned.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (TOSLe)

307
Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)

We had a soldier die in a diving accident in the Red Sea when I was in Egypt. I was sitting with a couple of captains monitoring radios while we discussed death. Captain Bickford mentioned that if he ever perished, we should just pack him in a box and mail him home.

Being a smartass, and an asshole, I responded "that's fine, as long as you don't end up in the dead letter office".

Pause of about 10 seconds and then we all roared with laughter and almost suffocated. Those two NEVER looked at me the same again...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 03:39 PM (y9nCu)

308 Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

And I guess Zo didn't visit the policeman or did he die? He's really racking up some brownie points with the police./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 03:39 PM (8Xy/A)

309 No one ever frames the question as "just how loathsome are this city's bums that the even the churches won't let them in?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:40 PM (JwNbV)

310 Closest I've ever come to dying. Not including Suzy Rottencrotch sophmore year.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

Is her sister Mary Jane?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:40 PM (O3dBq)

311 270 Wife asked me last night what I want done with my body after dying. Honest answer, is I really don't care.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:28 PM (Hpgos)
_________________________

Personally, I'd go with taxidermy to be used year round as holiday decorations: (Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Arbor day)....You already have clothes that would fit.
Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)

Prop me up beside the jukebox!
Lord, I want to go to heaven, but I don't want to go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Posted by: Count de Joe Diffie Monet at February 05, 2026 03:40 PM (wVcYX)

312 Well….i guess this is one way to problem solve.

Posted by: Piper at February 05, 2026 03:40 PM (Wmg4n)

313 Currituck Chuck, you must be a North Carolinian. Got caught in a under tow as a kid. Finally, when I thought I was a goner, my foot found purchase and I was able to launch myself out of the cyclone and breathe. Good times.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:41 PM (Hpgos)

314 Flash Email Traffic: A Classic

Trijicon ACOG Rifle Scope 4x32 Red Chevron Reticle - TA31F

$999.99

https://tinyurl.com/5b7mw9ey

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:41 PM (jc0TO)

315 Now, 17 homeless people that he really really loves are dead. He's killing them with kindness, you see.

He's killing them deliberately to get rid of his homeless problem.

Just like blue state Governors deliberately killed the old and infirm in nursing homes to get rid of their old and infirm problem.

These murders are not accidents. The left kills people on purpose.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 05, 2026 03:41 PM (P5BPp)

316 Sodium and Water go together like Communists and Freedom

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:41 PM (AveBv)

317 Druggies and commies is an Iran/Iraq situation for me.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 03:41 PM (gKWVE)

318 301 “You have to feed yourself. You have to shelter yourself. You don't? Then you have to rely on charity. And if you make yourself so unimaginably odious to anyone who might help you that they are afraid of even getting near you, let alone trying to help you?

“You fucking die. End of story. That's the moral hazard at the center of life.”

Especially if you don’t “know people”. That’s the only way to get a job in a society that is cheerfully corrupt.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:37 PM (O3dBq)

And here I think is where a massive welfare state makes society less charitable, not more. The productive are already being taxed through the nose and up the ass to fund the housing, healthcare, and food of an entire dependent class. Why should they pay more to do what is already supposed to be happening? Government intervention crowds out charitable endeavors and influences people's willingness to give to charity. Plus the phenomenal amount of corruption and graft when government inserts itself in private charitable functions.

Posted by: Welfare breeds contempt at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (TbWk/)

319 298 Around here it rarely gets cold enough to kill. In the nearby city, the cops roust the bums into the forests surrounding the city and live in the wild.

Seems to work, for now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:36 PM (BI5O2)

Our bums build entire encampments in the various woods around Anchorage. They crap in the creeks, harass people on the bike trails, dump trash everywhere, and eventually somebody lights it all on fire and they have to call the FD. Then they move to another site and repeat the procedure.

Disgusting messes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (I40wl)

320 >>>He's Killed 17 Homeless People With His "Caring"

He killed them with his love.

Posted by: John Coffey at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (dK+Kv)

321 260 >>Death by drowning sounds absolutely, positively horrifying. I think I'd rather freeze to death.

Closest I've ever come to dying. Not including Suzy Rottencrotch sophmore year.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

As I was awake the other night, I counted the number of times I came close to dying instead of counting sheep. More than I thought. I'll have to write them down sometime.

Posted by: javems at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (zFsEm)

322 I think Otis just wanted some of Aunt Bea's homemade pie.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 03:38 PM (bwRbr)

He wisely avoided her pickles.

Posted by: Deputy Fife at February 05, 2026 03:43 PM (wVcYX)

323 They really are the caricature they paint of us.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:43 PM (AveBv)

324 I'm not sure if this is straight incompetence, a ploy to reduce the homeless, or some kind of "see we need Moar Communism" thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:43 PM (JwNbV)

325 259
To Build a Fire

https://tinyurl.com/2xf67y4c
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That is such an amazing piece of literature. I think CBD recommended it to me a few years ago.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 03:43 PM (W2Pud)

326 222 I have to admit that I don’t care about any blue city except to prevent them from getting my tax dollars to waste on their commie programs or to bail them out when their programs fail.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 03:23 PM (cwGMH)

But they can get everyone else’s tax dollars, right?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:43 PM (O3dBq)

327 Since Democrats would force a Republican to resign if he caused 17 homeless to die from hypothermia, then Zo Mamdani must also be forced to resign. He is clearly not up to the task and should resign before he kills more vulnerable New Yorkers.

Posted by: wferrin at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (HXd99)

328 >>>Around here it rarely gets cold enough to kill.

It has to be a certain temperature?

Posted by: Hillary at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (dK+Kv)

329 No one ever frames the question as "just how loathsome are this city's bums that the even the churches won't let them in?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko
-----

As a worker with a local charity that provides housing in sub-freezing temperatures, I can tell you...pretty bad. Alcohol, drugs, disruptive behavior. As difficult as it is, you have to draw a line, for the well-being of the other peope there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (XeU6L)

330 Communists killing people with cold weather - since 1917!

Posted by: Zippyslug at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (/alno)

331 Plus the phenomenal amount of corruption and graft when government inserts itself in private charitable functions.
Posted by: Welfare breeds contempt at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (TbWk/)

A welfare state turns "vagrant" into a valid career choice, and there will always be eager ladder-climbers in any career path.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (JwNbV)

332
Yeah, mental illness.

Now cover Prince Andrew wanting a threesome with Jeffery Epstien and an under aged girl.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (Y8DZL)

333 Death. It's what communist do. Mao, Stalin, Castro,...

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (Pd07e)

334 319 Currituck Chuck, you must be a North Carolinian. Got caught in a under tow as a kid. Finally, when I thought I was a goner, my foot found purchase and I was able to launch myself out of the cyclone and breathe. Good times.
Posted by: pudinhead

I have saved, or helped save four people in rip currents too exhausted to go on. I toy with them myself and let them pull me out. I always knew how to escape and I can swim for 5+ hours in any case.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck. at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (oftw2)

335 As a worker with a local charity that provides housing in sub-freezing temperatures, I can tell you...pretty bad. Alcohol, drugs, disruptive behavior. As difficult as it is, you have to draw a line, for the well-being of the other peope there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (XeU6L)

Fleas, ticks, lice.

Posted by: You no want flied lice at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (TbWk/)

336 Posted by: Hillary at February 05, 2026 03:44 PM (dK+Kv)

You owe me whatever I just snarfed

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (AveBv)

337 The worst movie death I can think of was in Paths of Glory, where the dude with the head injury was aroused from unconsciousness only to see the firing squad in front of him.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (XvL8K)

338 >>>He's Killed 17 Homeless People With His "Caring"

He killed them with his love.
Posted by: John Coffey at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (dK+Kv)

Softly, with his song.

Posted by: Roberta Flack at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (wVcYX)

339 Weird. It's nearly 40 degrees

So it's warmer in Alaska then NoVa. Lovely.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

340 7 Ah, but comrade, one day, the revolution~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (diia5

Come the Revolution, we’ll all be driving Cadillacs!
(H/t, crazy college prof)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (O3dBq)

341 Disgusting messes.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:42 PM (I40wl)

You should let your Senator know about this.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 03:45 PM (jmgM/)

342 343 'He died magnificently.'

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:46 PM (N8ZBc)

343 Best tool to save someone in a rip current is a surfboard.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck.. at February 05, 2026 03:46 PM (oftw2)

344 Since Democrats would force a Republican to resign if he caused 17 homeless to die from hypothermia, then Zo Mamdani must also be forced to resign.
---------

You do not understand, this is Trumps fault!

Posted by: The MSM at February 05, 2026 03:46 PM (XeU6L)

345 @Humannoyed_b

Perfect microcosm of how the electorate is being manipulated

Deranged leftist signs a fake petition to bring an illegal immigrant convicted of a sex offense in Maryland back to the U.S. to give him a “second chance.”

https://tinyurl.com/4dv38wja

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 03:46 PM (NpAcC)

346 Tommaso Cioni doesn't sound Spanish. Odd name to be in AZ. He's Nancy Guthrie's son-in-law. He's the last known person to see Nancy. I mean why would anyone want to kidnap an old lady, even if her daughter is on TV. Has Savannah been going after the cartels?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (a0V+E)

347 I have saved, or helped save four people in rip currents too exhausted to go on. I toy with them myself and let them pull me out. I always knew how to escape and I can swim for 5+ hours in any case.
-------------
Dude, you must be a surfer, rite?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (Hpgos)

348 I remember the feminist group in the 70's that was gonna get rid of all the men except for a few "breeders" and they claimed everyone was gonna never have to work and they would live in mansions and throw hot tub parties every night. Commie dummies have quite the imagination.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (AveBv)

349 "The worst movie death I can think of was in "

"Katyn" (2007). Twenty thousand worst movie deaths. Recommended.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (N8ZBc)

350 grew up in a small town. We only had one town drunk. Anytime it got to cold he would just throw a brick thru a window at a store downtown. Warmer in jail.

Our neighbor was the county jailer for a while. He got to where he would just admit the drunk to protect the businesses windows.

==

His name wasn't Soapy, was it ???

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (g47mK)

351 >>>>Communist Foreign Jihadi Theater Kid Zohran Mamdani Loves the Homeless So He Stopped All Police Sweeps of Homeless Encampments During Severe Weather.
Now He's Killed 17 Homeless People With His "Caring"

Ace, being a Communist means never having to say you're sorry.

Posted by: Mayor Mam at February 05, 2026 03:48 PM (5rh/l)

352 You used to have to be kind of clever to live rough. You couldn't be a stupid bum, that just wasn't an option. Drug addled monsters would just die because someone would kill them and no one would give a damn. Bums had to be operators, they had to learn tricks and knowledge to survive. So they had to be smart enough to know not to fuck with normies beyond the occasional theft or kidnapping. They ain't going to screw with anyone unless there's a buck to be made.

Now, if you're of that mindset, you can get a job damn near anywhere anyway, so why live on the streets? It's only the really mentally defective who live like vagrants, and they survive without any knowledge or skills in living rough because you're not allowed to beat the fuck out of them and kick them out of town anymore.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:49 PM (JwNbV)

353 Mayor Mamdansicle

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:49 PM (AveBv)

354
I still have to get written down what I want when I go. Cremation to save money but interment in a cemetery. low Requiem Mass, TLM, black vestments. If there has to be a homily, it should be on the Four Last Things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (tgvbd)

355 TJM should get on best / worse moves deaths by directors

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

356 "I remember the feminist group in the 70's that was gonna get rid of all the men except for a few "breeders" and they claimed everyone was gonna never have to work and they would live in mansions and throw hot tub parties every night."

"I Killed Andy Warhol" (1996). Recommended.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (N8ZBc)

357 We should have been suspicious all election season when they kept saying Mamdani was of good humor

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (AveBv)

358 I remember the feminist group in the 70's that was gonna get rid of all the men except for a few "breeders" and they claimed everyone was gonna never have to work and they would live in mansions and throw hot tub parties every night. Commie dummies have quite the imagination.
Posted by: ...
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[recollects 'A Boy and His Dog']

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (XeU6L)

359 There are plenty of hobos that commit minor crimes just to get locked up when it's cold. Three hots and a cot.

Sneaky little fucks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (TOSLe)

360 Confucius say:
To meet girl in park is good.
But to park meat in girl is better.

Posted by: Confucius Say at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

361 355 TJM should get on best / worse moves deaths by directors
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Old Yeller will win.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (Hpgos)

362 Only kidding TJM, he is putting up fantastic videos

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)

363 We should have been suspicious all election season when they kept saying Mamdani was of good humor
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM

Oo

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (jc0TO)

364 @NiohBerg
·
1h
🔴 WASHINGTON DC:

A truck is circling the White House with Trump's own posts about Iran on full display.

He must be reminded that his promise was "Help is on the way", and not to go into negotiations with mass murderers and barbarians.

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (ZxPkt)

365 360 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (N8ZBc)

366 I still have to get written down what I want when I go. Cremation to save money but interment in a cemetery. low Requiem Mass, TLM, black vestments. If there has to be a homily, it should be on the Four Last Things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at

Told my family cremation, but that they can roll my buddy into the lil gully on the edge of the property for all I care.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 03:52 PM (MGB5H)

367 Killing hobos and coddling criminals - its twice the Mandamage!

Posted by: Boswell at February 05, 2026 03:52 PM (NTVPI)

368 I dislike cremation intensely. But it seems to be a thing nowadays.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 03:52 PM (77rzZ)

369 Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 03:46 PM (NpAcC)

Not even surprising.

The Tibbetts and Steinle families rushed to the press to support the illegals who *murdered their daughters* because Trump said mean tweets about them.

They'll sign onto anything, no matter how insane it may be, as long as Garbage People are against it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)

370 Told my family cremation, but that they can roll my buddy into the lil gully on the edge of the property for all I care.
Posted by: BruceWayne
__________

Body composting is apparently a thing with the greenies.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 03:53 PM (XvL8K)

371 "Cremation to save money"

I'll let the city coroner figure it out. Get a little more back from my property taxes.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:54 PM (N8ZBc)

372 I still have to get written down what I want when I go. Cremation to save money but interment in a cemetery. low Requiem Mass, TLM, black vestments. If there has to be a homily, it should be on the Four Last Things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (tgvbd)

I'll leave instructions to keep it short and sweet.
"You didn't even pretend to care while he was alive, now you're performatively pretending to care after he's gone so you can get upvotes on Instagram. He's dead, posers. Get over it. Chili's in the fellowship hall."

Posted by: Brevity is the soul of wit at February 05, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)

373 Lattina Brown. Sure.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 05, 2026 03:54 PM (YlWIZ)

374 >>I dislike cremation intensely.

Me too. I'm looking into taxidermy instead.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 03:54 PM (viF8m)

375 Bring this up when libs talk about how the government could cure homelessness but doesn't want to.

People facing imminent death could not be coaxed inside.

Because they had no capacity to make this decision.

But yeah, we'll cure homelessness alright.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 05, 2026 03:55 PM (KbCG3)

376 Republicans have been made to resign for having wide stances, using obscure words and being interested in a young girl who he then went on to marry and committed to for 40 years.

Democrats can rape, murder and kill people, no problem.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 03:55 PM (rBLri)

377 364 @NiohBerg
·
1h
🔴 WASHINGTON DC:

A truck is circling the White House with Trump's own posts about Iran on full display.

He must be reminded that his promise was "Help is on the way", and not to go into negotiations with mass murderers and barbarians.
Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 03:51 PM (ZxPkt)

Fucking idiots.

War isn't a god damn video game. You don't just click the "Start War" button when you feel like playing.

If we're on offense, do they really expect the President to time the opening assault based on some retards' feelings and not... fucking literally anything else? Weather? Asset Positioning? Enemy positioning? Intelligence?

I mean, if you do just want another Forever War boondoggle where no one actually expects a victory with minimal casualties, sure, go ahead, bombs away. Fuck it.

I hate people, sometimes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:55 PM (JwNbV)

378 Told my family cremation, but that they can roll my buddy into the lil gully on the edge of the property for all I care.
Posted by: BruceWayne
__________

Body composting is apparently a thing with the greenies.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 03:53 PM

Sky Burial FTW.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 03:55 PM (jc0TO)

379 355 TJM should get on best / worse moves deaths by directors
Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

No need to bother with a discussion. Jack Black getting mutilated by an auto-cannon in The Jackal, or Jack Black getting electrocuted on the X-Files.

Though if there's ever a movie where Michael Cera gets eaten alive by a polar bear, that will take the crown.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:56 PM (BI5O2)

380
Dare anyone in NYC propose to house the homeless in mosques during cold weather? Any serious candidate for NYC Mayor must know the names of all the mosques and must visit one per week.

-- Mamdani's Law

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:56 PM (xG4kz)

381 I'll leave instructions to keep it short and sweet.
"You didn't even pretend to care while he was alive, now you're performatively pretending to care after he's gone so you can get upvotes on Instagram. He's dead, posers. Get over it. Chili's in the fellowship hall."
Posted by: Brevity is the soul of wit at February 05, 2026 03:54 PM (TbWk/)

When I am gone and my time is past
I ask that they bury me upside down
So that my critics can kiss my ass

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 03:56 PM (MGB5H)

382 That's a drop in the bucket for a commie. Just wait until they really want to help you.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 05, 2026 03:56 PM (332aw)

383
Me too. I'm looking into taxidermy instead.
Posted by: JackStraw
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As distinct from preservation?

Posted by: Lenin at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (XeU6L)

384 Dude, you must be a surfer, rite?
Posted by: pudinhead

Only dabbled in surfing. I swim for hours for fun and fitness.

Posted by: Currituck Chuck... at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (oftw2)

385 nood

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (N8ZBc)

386 They'll sign onto anything, no matter how insane it may be, as long as Garbage People are against it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
*****
Sadly, even kids in middle school are being brainwashed to grow up and be just like this old woman.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (NpAcC)

387 "The worst movie death I can think of was in "

"Katyn" (2007). Twenty thousand worst movie deaths. Recommended.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (N8ZBc)
===

The Poles routed the Soviets at the very gates of Warsaw in 1920. Stalin was humiliated, and that cockroach didn't suffer humiliation very well. So, Katyn. So, the Warsaw Rebellion. So, the executions following Soviet occupation during 1944-45. Stalin also demanded that the borders of Poland be shifted westward. Poland lost 28,471 sq. miles of territory when the dust settled.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 03:57 PM (rj6Yv)

388 Damn, frozen hobos wasn't on my bingo card for Mamdami fails.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (QXOBW)

389 Actual conversation in the mayor's office is probably about celebrating how they got 17 homeless off the streets.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (n5tGW)

390 Whassup wit' coplete senneces? Brah. If'n yall nununsee atin howmeye sposed t'unnastan'?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (YlWIZ)

391 Sky Burial FTW.
-----------------
I like this idea. Go full Zoroastrian. Viking funerals are quite expensive and people with shore line views may not like a burning boat and cadaver stinking up their picnic.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Hpgos)

392 I was to give my cellphone to a buddy so at my funeral he can text everyone "Hey! It's dark in here!"

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 03:58 PM (2WIwB)

393 354
I still have to get written down what I want when I go. Cremation to save money but interment in a cemetery. low Requiem Mass, TLM, black vestments. If there has to be a homily, it should be on the Four Last Things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (tgvbd)

We already have a two person columbarium for our ashes in place. I've made the urns. Whole shindig is ready and paid for, including any ceremonies. It's the least we can do for my son.

Posted by: javems at February 05, 2026 04:00 PM (zFsEm)

394 355 TJM should get on best / worse moves deaths by directors
Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

The laser grid room in Resident Evil.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 04:00 PM (wVcYX)

395
"You didn't even pretend to care while he was alive, now you're performatively pretending to care after he's gone so you can get upvotes on Instagram."

I reckon anyone attending, outside of my siblings, is there for Her Majesty, not me. That's OK.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 04:03 PM (tgvbd)

396 off sock

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 04:05 PM (5rh/l)

397

Sky Burial FTW.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Put some fins on my ankles, and a laser guidance package on my head, then use me to bomb some lefty's mansion in Hollywood.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 04:05 PM (QVmho)

398 There used to be debtors prisons. I think there need to be communists prisons.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 03:16 PM (76vRO)

Air conditioned, with phosgene.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 04:05 PM (8zz6B)

399 hate people, sometimes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 03:55 PM (JwNbV) it's organized by the left

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 04:06 PM (AveBv)

400 These aren't leaders. they are individuals who join the in club so that they can collect fancy badges and feel accomplished while accomplishing nothing other than kissing the right asses. Whoever suffers, they suffer, because what is important is putting as much salad on their chest as they puff out their non 135lb benching pects.

They are disgusting, All of them.

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 04:08 PM (2a0yj)

401 When are Republicans going to put up billboards in NYC saying "MISS ME NOW?!" with an image of Eric Adams with a note: payed for by the NY Republican Party and we are ashamed we had to stoop this low

Posted by: wickedpinto at February 05, 2026 04:09 PM (2a0yj)

402 90? You can do better than that.

Posted by: Accomack at February 05, 2026 04:16 PM (KQ27X)

403

Good.

If he had run on this platform, I would have hated him less

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 04:21 PM (g6TN6)

404 Well if they aren't moving people into shelters, guess we can cut funding for them?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:25 PM (8avO+)

405 The funniest thing - I think Mamdani feels he's doing awesome.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 04:27 PM (L6dcX)

406 If they did the opposite, forced people OUT of shelters and into the street, wouldn't that be even better? Even more caring?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (L6dcX)

407 Welcome to the warmth of collectivism.

Posted by: Peaches at February 05, 2026 04:29 PM (L2QXC)

408 grew up in a small town. We only had one town drunk. Anytime it got to cold he would just throw a brick thru a window at a store downtown. Warmer in jail.

Our neighbor was the county jailer for a while. He got to where he would just admit the drunk to protect the businesses windows.

==

His name wasn't Soapy, was it ???
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (g47mK)

In the old Andy Griffith show Otis the town drunk would go to the sheriff's office and check himself into a cell to dry out.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:30 PM (8avO+)

409 If they did the opposite, forced people OUT of shelters and into the street, wouldn't that be even better? Even more caring?
Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 05, 2026 04:28 PM (L6dcX)

You mean like when they closed all the mental institutions nationwide? Some 30 40 years ago?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 04:31 PM (8avO+)

410 If a family member froze to death because of Mamdani I'd be insane with rage.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 04:32 PM (8CIFn)

411 It's what communists do best.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 05, 2026 05:29 PM (h3wuo)

412 Not a thing from the Dem-O-Rats and they cant blame Trump for this its Mud-Dummy who did it

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 05, 2026 05:31 PM (wGqjj)

413 Nic update

Posted by: ShainS -- The Official Discombobulator of The HQ at February 05, 2026 06:12 PM (0Eh0f)

414 To be fair, he has reduced the homeless population more than any other democrat ever.

Posted by: lonetown at February 05, 2026 06:36 PM (e6+UM)

A Covert Chinese Lab Is Operating in Las Vegas and "Sickening" Nearby Americans

RedState's Jen Van Laar:

Several people who stayed at the Las Vegas home apparently doubling as an illegal Chinese biolab became sick after their visit, with two people becoming "deathly ill" a few days after entering the home's garage, according to documents reviewed by Las Vegas journalist David Charns.
And that's just the beginning of today's updates. We've also learned more about how investigators believe the equipment ended up at that home, the relationship between the property manager, Ori Solomon, and the Chinese scientist charged with running the lab, Jia Bei Zhu.
Federal gun charges have now been filed against Ori Solomon, the man serving as property manager for the home. Solomon, 55, appears to have lived in the Las Vegas area for more than a decade, according to public records, but the complaint filed Monday evening states that he's currently in the United States on a Non-Immigrant Visa (E-2) that expires in May, 2026, "which precludes him from owning or possessing a firearm per 18 U.S.C. � 922(g)(5)(B)."
...
Zhu is still in frequent contact with his girlfriend/wife/baby mama, Zhaoyan Wang, who is also facing federal charges but fled to China with their baby in 2023, contacting her 3,524 times in January, per the 8 News Now report. Investigators also believe that Wang has had access to video surveillance on the property.

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1 red and gray. hmm.

Posted by: barbarausa at February 05, 2026 01:23 PM (enw9G)

2 Red!

Posted by: Clay at February 05, 2026 01:23 PM (Ky0rQ)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 05, 2026 01:23 PM (LdBR/)

4 CHINAMENS!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (Kt19C)

5 Our top men at the FBI are probably all over this.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (abIsI)

6 Time to expel all Chinese nationals

Posted by: steevy at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (YwEeS)

7 nooded

Posted by: barbarausa at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (enw9G)

8 A Covert Chinese Lab Is Operating in Las Vegas and "Sickening" Nearby Americans

It wss disguised as a strip mall chinese carry-out restaurant.

Posted by: Operator Error at February 05, 2026 01:25 PM (WMTKS)

9 Didn't it even gray out all the comments?

Posted by: Blanco at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (q83gU)

10 Chinese non Citizens should not be allowed to buy property in America period

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (VE6XX)

11 I don't get it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (jc0TO)

12 I think we need to bring back live nuke tests in the pacific. For reasons.

Posted by: Ryan Frank at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (fgmuN)

13 I bet the same thing is occurring at any number of bases, just based on the amount of land and real property held by foreign entities in close proximity to those bases.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (luW68)

14 This is racism against yellow people.

Posted by: The Democrats at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (wGerL)

15 They're living and dying...in Chinatown...

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (TN0g+)

16 "The feds just discovered ..."

Seems to be the theme with this administration.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (abIsI)

17 the fucking Chinese have been waging war on us like this for AGES

so sick of this stuff

it sucks for gardeners I'll tell you that

killing off all our best trees!

evil pestilence spreading scum

also assho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (emBoF)

18 The duct tape on the hazmat suit in the Libs of TikTok video doesn't inspire confidence.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (0bjKf)

19 Guarantee these are spread all across America. Several people have been busted coming here from China with bio weapons and invasive creatures in their luggage, stuff that destroys crops.

China has been waging a war against the USA for decades now at a very low level, making us sick and weak and damaging our agriculture. Thanks, Clinton!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (PYyV9)

20 Send a strongly worded letter.

"Dear Fucknuts-

Knock this shit off pronto, round up every motherfucker you have stationed in my lands and take your bioweapons with you, or I'll turn 'West Taiwan' into not a joke anymore by Spring.

Thank you for your yadda yadda go fuck yourself.

-Donald"

Strongly worded enough?

Should he call him fat, too, just to be safe?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (JwNbV)

21 How many times do you have to be arrested for setting up illegal bio-labs?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (wGerL)

22 "Covert Chinese Lab"

I've seen cleaner, better organized, illicit meth labs.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (N8ZBc)

23 A lot of strange furrin influences out there. For example, what the hell's going on in Arizona? "Arizona’s Trojan Horse: Qatar City".

https://tinyurl.com/5y6dryya

Posted by: Paco at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (2L+MU)

24 I think I found that house in Fallout New Vegas.

Posted by: Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (i5B/J)

25 My question was why is the fbi just shutting this down now? This is a several year old story.

Probably too busy arresting enemies of the Democratic Party.

Posted by: DoctorMew at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (XodLO)

26 Well, shit. We are leaving for vacation in Vegas on the 17th.

We will have to stay away from the AFB....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (SRRAx)

27 Those Chinese scamps. Was Fauci there? Did they find Fauci?

This is the kind of shit he's into.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (Dxm8I)

28 Every five years there's a new piece of shit insect we have to deal with from these dickheads.

Keep your shit in your shithole and quit splashing it all over the planet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (JwNbV)

29 If true, why is this open? Even the PRC consulate in Houston was forced to close due to their espionage.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (O3dBq)

30 Just shoot the guy, after interrogation, of course. Too harsh?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (pDt9x)

31 And by old story I do mean the California house.

This place should have been raided within 48 hours of the first house being found.

Posted by: DoctorMew at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (XodLO)

32 25 My question was why is the fbi just shutting this down now? This is a several year old story.

Probably too busy arresting enemies of the Democratic Party.
Posted by: DoctorMew

Too busy jerking off to gay porn?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (abIsI)

33 Wang Hung?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (wVcYX)

34
China has been waging a war against the USA for decades now at a very low level, making us sick and weak and damaging our agriculture. Thanks, Clinton!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (PYyV9)

Damaging ag? How?

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (O3dBq)

35 Oddly, this makes me think of Obama and his love of importing deadly viruses. Remember his embrace of Eboli?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (Hpgos)

36 The Chinese want CA and the PNW, as well as the bread basket states.

The muzzies are making a grab for TX, FLA, and NE cities.

The Somutlians claim Minnesota

Russia claims Alaska

I just want some hot cocoa.

Gosh, ain't this obama initiated transformation grand?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (bwRbr)

37 Zhu is still in frequent contact with his girlfriend/wife/baby mama, Zhaoyan Wang, who is also facing federal charges but fled to China with their baby in 2023,
_____

Any bets that the baby was born in the US and is therefore, under the decades of misreading the 14th amendment, is a US citizen and will return to the US 20 years from now and, if the Dem party still exists, a Dem president will grant his mother citizenship?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (Dv3i1)

38 Damaging ag? How?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM

Fungus.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)

39 Never know what you’ll find when you dig down to the bottom of a floor freezer, eh?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:31 PM (pDt9x)

40 The Somutlians claim Minnesota
___

Ohio and Maine are being colonized by Somalians as well.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:31 PM (Dv3i1)

41 18 The duct tape on the hazmat suit in the Libs of TikTok video doesn't inspire confidence. - J. Frank Parnell

LOL! Must've got them on eBay.

Posted by: Paco at February 05, 2026 01:31 PM (2L+MU)

42 25 My question was why is the fbi just shutting this down now? This is a several year old story.
==

They first had to send a letter telling the owner they were coming and to preserve potential evidence.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 05, 2026 01:31 PM (0bjKf)

43 I have a hard time believing the NSA/CIA didn’t know about this.

Probably prepping pandemic 2.0 - It’s coming from inside the house.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (5EV+l)

44 Dear China,

We will now treat your citizens as non-uniformed combatants when we catch them doing things like this. In other words, they will have no protection under the law and we will drop the bodies off in the landfill.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (+4yJ5)

45 Just shoot the guy, after interrogation, of course. Too harsh?
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (pDt9x)

Shot, court martialed, and transferred to the Russian Front!

Posted by: Major Wolfgang Hochstetter at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (wVcYX)

46 Killing a hundred thousand Americans a year with drugs while making a small fortune is an act of war. Establishing a biolab near an AF base to attack Americans is an act of war. The Dems love China money and hate the US enough not to care.
China is still a big foe to confront directly, but Xi may fall from power and chaos could easily change the picture. Trump is lucky in his enemies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (Hhsnh)

47 Thank god we have a podcaster in charge of the FBI. He always looks like he just sat on his balls. 👁️👄👁️

realllly makes you wonder what the end game is for dismantling our public health institutions and promoting anti-vaccine narratives.

"If the president were a Russian asset, he would not be acting much differently."

they should look into asmongolds house, dudes probably got the newest strain of ebola cooking

It's crazy people have conflated "biological laboratory" with "infectious disease/bioweapon lab". 99% of "biolabs" are just... Science labs. For biology. Lots of high schools and every university has "biolabs".

Real? Or just politicking early for the mid terms? Start pushing that foreign invaders scary stuff.

Not sure what you mean about mid terms as both sides recognize the dangers of China. Trump has already committed to major increases in defense spending that will lead to deficit spending.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (JCZqz)

48 You can ignore minor leaks as long as you keep positive pressure in the suit.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (jc0TO)

49 Write china a $1,000 check and take back every square inch of land they bought in the states.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (RaeJZ)

50 My question was why is the fbi just shutting this down now? This is a several year old story.
Posted by: DoctorMew

No, the Las Vegas site was only investigated this year. The question is why the Chinese guys weren't rolled up in 2023 and prosecuted. It points to Navin Gruesome's admin letting them go.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (diia5)

51 Its a pangolin rehabilitation center.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 05, 2026 01:33 PM (e39R5)

52 >>Several people have been busted coming here from China with bio weapons

See the two (I think it was two) University of Michigan Chinese "students."

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 01:33 PM (Y1sOo)

53 This press conference is ridiculous.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 05, 2026 01:33 PM (VFfYF)

54 Well, shit. We are leaving for vacation in Vegas on the 17th.

We will have to stay away from the AFB....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:29 PM (SRRAx)
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Watch out for any slot machines that payout on a triple biohazard symbol...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 01:34 PM (ESVrU)

55 Trump has already committed to major increases in defense spending that will lead to deficit spending.
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Its always *cute* when liberals rediscover budgets and affordability. Oddly enough, its NEVER rediscovered during times that they're in charge of the government.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 01:34 PM (TN0g+)

56 Playing a Pangolin is different than playing a Guitar, I’ve heard.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:34 PM (pDt9x)

57 You look at how haphazardly they labeled their reagent and specimen bottles, and there's no way they knew WTF they were doing with that shit.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:34 PM (N8ZBc)

58 Remember to hug every random Chinaman you see out on the streets!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at February 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

59 You can't have a secret bioweapons lab on stolen land.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)

60 Matt Christiansen has a good short video on this and the backstory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oh_hwTViY

Posted by: The_Hoser at February 05, 2026 01:35 PM (H4qGm)

61 59 You can't have a secret bioweapons lab on stolen land.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:35 PM (77rzZ)

+1!!

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:36 PM (pDt9x)

62 "Killing a hundred thousand Americans a year with drugs while making a small fortune is an act of war. Establishing a biolab near an AF base to attack Americans is an act of war. The Dems love China money and hate the US enough not to care."

The Dems? Who has decided we need 500K Chinese students visa-ed in here?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:36 PM (N8ZBc)

63 34
China has been waging a war against the USA for decades now at a very low level, making us sick and weak and damaging our agriculture. Thanks, Clinton!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (PYyV9)

Damaging ag? How?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:30 PM (O3

They arrested that one guy bringing in wheat blight pathogens.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 05, 2026 01:36 PM (e39R5)

64 You look at how haphazardly they labeled their reagent and specimen bottles, and there's no way they knew WTF they were doing with that shit.
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They better straighten that up or they're going to be looking at a fine or a strongly worded letter.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 01:36 PM (TN0g+)

65 Damaging ag? How?
Posted by: Cow Demon

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Bought any OJ lately?

It is widely believed that China is spreading citrus greening disease around the world, now including FLA, as a form of biological warfare. There is no proof, so not a lot of discussion, but it came from China and is devastating the Citrus industry world wide.

There are other cases of Chinese caught in the act of carrying pathogens around the world, but I don't think any others have spread so much damage.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 01:36 PM (bwRbr)

66 After the Democrats, some R's, and Chinese got away with COVID scot free why wouldn't they just do more shit?

We didn't even shut down biolabs.

Our betters spent all their vim and vigor on average people for not "masking up" or "jabbing", or for taking babies to an empty beach.

That's who took the brunt of punishment for COVID. And of course millions of sick and dead. So of course it continues. Until the next op....

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:37 PM (AveBv)

67 59 You can't have a secret bioweapons lab on stolen land.
Posted by: Bulg

We deserve it, after smallpoxing the Native Americans!

Posted by: AWFL wracked with generational white guilt at February 05, 2026 01:37 PM (JCZqz)

68 Bats!

Posted by: Totally all-natural found in nature not man made at February 05, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/)

69 47 "If the president were a Russian asset, he would not be acting much differently."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (JCZqz)

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Trump is undermining American energy production to increase the global price of oil which makes Russia funding its government easier?

Trump is encouraging Europe to keep buying Russian natural gas?

These are major news items and must be on the front page of every newspaper in America!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:38 PM (GBKbO)

70 Willowed

From the Internet Archive, Library of Military Manuals:

Hand to Hand Combat, Deal the first Deadly Blow:

https://tinyurl.com/mtjhhsba

ILLUSTRATED!

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 01:38 PM (uvB+6)

71 You can't have a secret bioweapons lab on stolen land.
Posted by: Bulg

We deserve it, after smallpoxing the Native Americans!
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I'm sure we can work something out...

Posted by: Chief Runs With The Premise at February 05, 2026 01:38 PM (TN0g+)

72 off sock

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 01:38 PM (5rh/l)

73 Only Nixon could go to China.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 01:38 PM (wVcYX)

74 How many other ChiCom bio-labs are there here?

How many military installations are there?

That's probably how many there are.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (jtM2q)

75 Imagine being a little Chinese man, with a tiny dick, country that’s so dumb it has to steal everybody’s IP, can’t create anything original, poisons and disappears anybody who challenges them, skulks around on the internet to read your mail and invade every computer system, threatens to invade everyone with their army of three foot small dicks.

Nobody cares, losers.

We should be crushing these people and sending them back to Munchkinland.

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (9I5W+)

76 I'm becoming of the mind frame that not only should we deport illegals, but cut off anybody from coming to the USA at all. Like that one secluded island where the natives kill any outsiders.

And also get off my lawn.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)

77 I see another story in the news - an anti-ICE protestor walked in front of a car which then hit him.

You'll be shocked to learn that the left is now arguing that hitting someone with your car is a serious crime irrespective of whether they walked in front of it to make you stop

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

78 If I told you 20 years ago there would be a bioattack that killed millions across the world and we knew who was responsible you would have thought "WWIII".

Instead nothing. But make no mistake, we are in WWIII. Only it's still just one side attacking.

The players are the globalists vs everyone else. And you're soaking in it.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (AveBv)

79 This is just a distractin from the Epstein files.

Posted by: AliasDumAss at February 05, 2026 01:40 PM (szddW)

80 77 I see another story in the news - an anti-ICE protestor walked in front of a car which then hit him.

You'll be shocked to learn that the left is now arguing that hitting someone with your car is a serious crime irrespective of whether they walked in front of it to make you stop

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

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It's another Charlottesville every day!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

81 So the CCP seems to be universal in Airbnb uses. Here's something that just dropped this morning that is kind of related:

(((Two Chinese nationals suspected of trying to intercept satellite communications from ‌a base in an Airbnb rental property in southwestern France have been placed ‍under formal investigation, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.)))

https://tinyurl.com/324djt9h
_________________________

In case you're wondering, they were after StarLink access.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 01:40 PM (dIske)

82 Hmm. There's a lot of Wang in that tale....

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 01:41 PM (cGjQu)

83 Captain Trips!

Posted by: Stephen King at February 05, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

84 18 The duct tape on the hazmat suit in the Libs of TikTok video doesn't inspire confidence.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (0bjKf)

If you can't trust duct tape what can you trust.

Posted by: Sardonicus at February 05, 2026 01:41 PM (zFsEm)

85 Do you think the kickbacks to elected officials are better from the oriental or the pirates?

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 05, 2026 01:41 PM (RaeJZ)

86 CIA cancels World Factbook website which started in 1997.

The agency’s announcement did not list any specific reasoning for its decision to end the publication of the tool.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:41 PM (abIsI)

87 Jia Bei Zhu was arrested in 2023 on allegations he was running an illegal biological laboratory in Reedley, Calif. On Saturday, the FBI and local police raided a similar biolab in Vegas, arresting the home's property manager, Ori Salomon (also spelled Solomon).

Ah, there it is. The Joo connection.

Posted by: Candace Owens at February 05, 2026 01:42 PM (Riz8t)

88 "Hand to Hand Combat, Deal the first Deadly Blow:"

Karate chop to the neck!

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at February 05, 2026 01:42 PM (szddW)

89 Until now, Reedley, California was only known for being where Josh Allen played JuCo ball.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:42 PM (gtcuf)

90 86 CIA cancels World Factbook website which started in 1997.

The agency’s announcement did not list any specific reasoning for its decision to end the publication of the tool.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

The current worldwide shortage of facts, probably.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (Dv3i1)

91 Can't we just get back to raiding meth labs? Much safer. Thanks, Vegas PD

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (MZ+PY)

92 78 Instead nothing. But make no mistake, we are in WWIII. Only it's still just one side attacking.

The players are the globalists vs everyone else. And you're soaking in it. - ...

I think it was James Burnham who said it only takes one side to start a war and define its goals.

Posted by: Paco at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (2L+MU)

93 I'd like to see the cities demolish these homes as public health hazards, but that's usually when there are broken windows or holes in the roof.

Rather than because the home has a fridge full of dangerous lab specimens.

I guess if it's evidence of a crime you can at least haul the stuff away.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (GD2xa)

94 I'd bet that almost every American military base now has a Chinese asset nearby, probably a trailer stuffed with drones.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)

95 How many other ChiCom bio-labs are there here?

How many military installations are there?

That's probably how many there are.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (jtM2q)

There's no time! Get Chloe on the line.

Posted by: Jack Baur, CTU Agent at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

96 Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 01:39 PM (9I5W+)

Thats why they buy your leaders. Much easier to go to war when you've been let in the back door. Ask the French.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (AveBv)

97 Where will he set up his new lab?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Cqx++)

98 '"Killing a hundred thousand Americans a year with drugs while making a small fortune is an act of war. Establishing a biolab near an AF base to attack Americans is an act of war. The Dems love China money and hate the US enough not to care."

The Dems? Who has decided we need 500K Chinese students visa-ed in here?'

It was DJT who decided that. We need to dissuade him.

Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (N8ZBc)

99 The current worldwide shortage of facts, probably.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:43 PM (Dv3i1)

Chinese bio-sabotage has decimated the world's supply of facts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (ExV1e)

100 Much easier to go to war when you've been let in the back door. Ask the French.
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM

or the Greeks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

101 84 If you can't trust duct tape what can you trust.

I had to double-check to make sure it wasn't Red Green commenting.

Posted by: Paco at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (2L+MU)

102 Why do we even allow a Chinese National to own property in America?

Seems like a no brainer to prohibit it.

Posted by: Czech Chick at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (UadxA)

103
57 You look at how haphazardly they labeled their reagent and specimen bottles, and there's no way they knew WTF they were doing with that shit.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:34 PM

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The whole thing is needlessly haphazard and obvious. Is the CCP this sloppy, or is there more to the story?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (azNOR)

104 This should help with the problem.

Donald Trump Signals Shift on Deportations: Feds Will Enter Sanctuary Cities Only If Mayors “Ask” and “Invited”

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:45 PM (abIsI)

105 Is there any limit to the terrible discoveries with the end of Democrats in the White House? No wonder Trump had two attempts on his life.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 01:45 PM (qYbxT)

106 I can't imagine living in the neighborhood around that house.

When I first came to NoVa, I lived in Reston. That kinda freaked me out even though the infamous monkey house of "The Hot Zone" fame was long-gone and I didn't live in close proximity to its site.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:46 PM (77rzZ)

107 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.

I wouldn't go that far.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

108 The whole thing is needlessly haphazard and obvious. Is the CCP this sloppy, or is there more to the story?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (azNOR)

You've clearly never worked in a lab setting with Chinese "scientists".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (JwNbV)

109
When the Feds busted that biolab in Reedley, the ChiCom fucktards were in the process of moving the operation to a new building here in Fresno in the airport zone around the corner from the air freight terminals. And about a mile away from my shop.

Having the lab next to the air freight terminals is troubling, to say the least.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (y9nCu)

110 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (N8ZBc)

Surely they come here for the DEI classes

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (N39Ws)

111 "Hand to Hand Combat, Deal the first Deadly Blow:"

Karate chop to the neck!
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at February 05, 2026 01:42 PM (szddW)

Bring up the Rules while kicking your opponent in the groin.

Posted by: Butch Cassidy at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (wVcYX)

112 102 Why do we even allow a Chinese National to own property in America?

Seems like a no brainer to prohibit it.

Posted by: Czech Chick at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (UadxA)

But we wouldn't be able to make easy money from land sales to the Chinese, through cut-outs!

Posted by: Every politician in America except PDT at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (5rh/l)

113 102 Why do we even allow a Chinese National to own property in America?

Seems like a no brainer to prohibit it.
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If you prohibit it California housing prices will nose dive.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Hpgos)

114 104 This should help with the problem.

Donald Trump Signals Shift on Deportations: Feds Will Enter Sanctuary Cities Only If Mayors “Ask” and “Invited”

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:45 PM (abIsI)

=======

Probably empty air.

Nothing from Homan and Miller on down has signaled that they're having no presence in sanctuary cities without direct invitation.

There's an ICE office in St. Paul. Are they going to abandon it?

Meanwhile, his admin just announced that all appeals on immigration are default denied.

It's probably something about ICE going into jails when invited, at worst.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)

115 "If the president were a Russian asset, he would not be acting much differently."
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Much is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:48 PM (AveBv)

116 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.
Posted by: gp

The communist indoctrination is better in the US universities.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:48 PM (Dv3i1)

117 110 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (N8ZBc)
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Being fluent in English opens doors for them.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:48 PM (Hpgos)

118 116 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.
Posted by: gp

The communist indoctrination is better in the US universities.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:48 PM (Dv3i1)

LOL!

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 01:49 PM (5rh/l)

119 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.)

They cheat better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

120 82 Hmm. There's a lot of Wang in that tale....
Posted by: man

100 Much easier to go to war when you've been let in the back door. Ask the French.
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM

or the Greeks.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Oh my! I like where this thread is going. My photon torpedo is ready to launch!

Posted by: George Takei at February 05, 2026 01:49 PM (JCZqz)

121 "I wouldn't go that far."

At a Chinese U, there's no woke crap to deal with, no disruptive students are tolerated, and the neighborhood around the U isn't usually an urban killzone.

I read that there are 37 Chinese U's teaching RE chemistry. In the USA: one. I look at authors on STEM research papers, and I see a lot of Chinese. Don't underestimate how smart those folks are.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (N8ZBc)

122 It's an op.

Posted by: The person who always says it's an op at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (b0pva)

123 You know all the retarded shit you see in safety videos, and you're like, "Who would even do anything like that?"

Don't store your lunch in the specimen refrigerator.

Put a label on every specimen container regardless of what it is.

Don't ingest laboratory reagents no matter how tasty they might smell.

Don't bring incredibly lethal biological agents home with you in a fucking dixie cup covered with a paper towel and a rubber band.

Yeah. Some asshole from Chingchong Wingwong province who's Good At Math (despite ample evidence to the contrary) did that, probably more than once, and there's paperwork about it in some safety officer's filing cabinet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (JwNbV)

124 If you prohibit it California housing prices will nose dive.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Hpgos)

And...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (ExV1e)

125 > Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.
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*dons tinfoil hat*

The only reason we'd allow Chinese student-spies into the US was because we were told to.

Or face serious, nationwide infrastructure issue the likes of which we've never seen. Crippling issues. With the potential to kill a lot of Americans. Without China firing a shot.

*removes tinfoil hat*

This concludes my short outline for a yet-to-be written techno-thriller.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (jtM2q)

126 Being fluent in English opens doors for them.
Posted by: pudinhead

The doors that say "Entry Prohibited - Authorized Personnel Only"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (Dv3i1)

127 Thereby wangs a tale.

Posted by: Bill Shakes at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (b0pva)

128 he ran an illegal laboratory in California that housed approximately 20 types of infectious disease samples -- including HIV, Tuberculosis, and the deadliest known form of Malaria. It also allegedly sold oft-counterfeit or Chinese-origin COVID-19 tests without a proper permit, the investigators said.

I wouldn't be upset if the penalty for doing this were summary execution.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (a+4eV)

129 Trump saying that they wouldn't go in if not invited also says to a lot of people "the fraud and crime is on the Dems in the sanctuary cities, they haven't asked for help"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (Hhsnh)

130 Whose gonna finish us off first...the Islamists or the Chinee?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (qBdHI)

131 Ancient Chinese Secret Round eye!!

Posted by: Snark delivery at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (6Mw3v)

132 So dude in a hazmat suit has tape on a potential tear or rip? Yea, ummm.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (ewjUl)

133 or the Greeks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

LOL

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (AveBv)

134 This should cost the CCP one very large Dam.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 01:51 PM (gH8T+)

135 Dear China,

Effective immediately we are confiscating all US real estate purchased by Chinese nationals. You can keep the politicians you bought, we've stacked them on barges and will send them to you in multiple shipments.

The Donald.

Posted by: Polka will never die at February 05, 2026 01:52 PM (CFddh)

136 I look at authors on STEM research papers, and I see a lot of Chinese. Don't underestimate how smart those folks are.

I said nothing about their relative intelligence.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 01:52 PM (Riz8t)

137 It really seems more like a joint Chinese-Israeli operation, given the people involved.

Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth at February 05, 2026 01:52 PM (33JYF)

138 I'm surprised Mattel doesn't sell a Chineses Biolab Kit. Talk about missing the boat.

Posted by: Charlie Choo Choo at February 05, 2026 01:52 PM (QYppa)

139 And in the last few years, there's been multiple reports of Chinese attempting to smuggle in animal pathogens.

And we have to be 100% successful in stopping them ....

Hey, at least the border has been secure for the last decade, right?

Not like anyone could just walk in or nothing ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 01:52 PM (HXT0k)

140 Being fluent in English opens doors for them.
Posted by: pudinhead

I have long speculated that so many Chinese are learning English so that they can use it to rule their eventual worldwide empire. It's much more user-friendly than any of the Chinese languages, which they can still use to communicate with each other when they don't the roundeyes to know what they're thinking.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:53 PM (77rzZ)

141 Patriot Act? NSA? Pattern recognition? Beuller?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 05, 2026 01:53 PM (YlWIZ)

142 I feel for people that had to get the covid 'tests' to work. I think people who voluntarily stuck swaps that may well have been pre-contaminated with covid were stupid.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 01:53 PM (Sokdp)

143 Check with Swalwell.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 01:53 PM (ewjUl)

144 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

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I got hired to help out a tech company in CA that had hired a Chinese, and he spent a couple years replacing the entire staff with Chinese. They were making no progress and the company got sold and then had to do a big demo and the new owners realized they had no capability. So they hired me for a quick fix to see what was wrong.

These Chinese engineers and techs were all fucking chicken farmers who somehow had degrees and were making 6 figures in CA covering for each other. It was a bloody mess. I unraveled all this in about a week, got the demo to work, and suggested to new President that he fire every single one of the Chinese engineers and techs and start over.

This was a small company, but I have worked with Chinese and Indians in several large companies where they really just cover for their incompetence better. It is not that they are stupid or worse than Europeans, but (a) their degrees are often fake, (b) their experience is very shallow. They come to West and do not know how things really work. and (c) they are tribal as fuck and that is poison to a corporation. They cover for each other and fake competence and (pixy limit)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (bwRbr)

145 Has anyone asked Swalwell about his involvement?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (qoLdL)

146 110 Chinese universities are probably better than ours now (for STEM anyway.) There is NO reason for Chinese students to come here, other than to spy. Somebody puhleeeze tell DJT that.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:44 PM (N8ZBc)
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Being fluent in English opens doors for them.
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:48 PM (Hpgos)

And leads to slow dancing with Lumberjack and her huge tracts of land.

Posted by: Long Duk Dong at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (wVcYX)

147 Ebola.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (rj6Yv)

148 123 You know all the retarded shit you see in safety videos, and you're like, "Who would even do anything like that?"
...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (JwNbV)

I don't believe medical science has found an Amount of Stupid Limiter Valve in human brains.

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (5rh/l)

149 Wow.

I want everyone deported.

I also want President Trump to realize it is not a great idea to welcome chy knee college students here.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (WONhk)

150 > I'm surprised Mattel doesn't sell a Chineses Biolab Kit. Talk about missing the boat.
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I'm sure Legos has one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (jtM2q)

151 "I said nothing about their relative intelligence."

Not you, but many other commenters think the Chinese know only how to copy our stuff, not how to do their own R&D. That's a dangerous delusion born only of our outsized national pride.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:55 PM (N8ZBc)

152 >>It really seems more like a joint Chinese-Israeli operation, given the people involved.

This sounds like something Charlie Kirk would tell you, in a dream.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 01:55 PM (gH8T+)

153 Anyone else find it "amusing" that this guy's first arrest in California occurred almost exactly to the day when Xi Ping got the royal treatment in his visit to California?

You'll note that Jia Bei Zhu was not turned over to ICE of deported. And, then continued his "work" in Nevada.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 01:55 PM (dIske)

154 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (WONhk)

Thanks for your medical advice yesterday, Christy.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

155 Not you, but many other commenters think the Chinese know only how to copy our stuff, not how to do their own R&D. That's a dangerous delusion born only of our outsized national pride.

On that I absolutely agree.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 01:55 PM (Riz8t)

156 Seems like a no brainer

That's an insult to the Anencephalic community.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 01:56 PM (Kt19C)

157 It really seems more like a joint Chinese-Israeli operation, given the people involved.
Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth at February 05, 2026 01:52 PM

They are known to be very close allies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:56 PM (jc0TO)

158 >>I look at authors on STEM research papers, and I see a lot of Chinese. Don't underestimate how smart those folks are.

I am sure these 'Scientists' are right up there with the Indian Doctors.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 01:56 PM (gH8T+)

159 Thank god we have a podcaster in charge of the FBI. He always looks like he just sat on his balls.

I mean... he's out of line, but he's right

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:57 PM (PYyV9)

160 Sometime back a Chinese company contacted me for importing goods. They asked for copies of all related IP in order to meet regulations and I told them to horsefuck. This is either why I'm not rich or why I'm not destitute, not sure.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:57 PM (AveBv)

161 I look at authors on STEM research papers, and I see a lot of Chinese. Don't underestimate how smart those folks are.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (N8ZBc)

Don't overestimate them either. They churn out double, triple, quadruple-dipped papers. They flat out plagiarize work from years ago. They steal shit from previous collaborations one of them worked on, then present it as their own with a 100% Chinese group.

And whatever isn't stolen is usually laughably incorrect.

I'm talking motherfuckers doing deep dive analysis on surface relaxations based on a half dozen AFM scans taken with the same dirty tip.

You just rigorously modeled a booger, Ding Dong. And your "peers" who reviewed it said "whatever, print it, we still get paid and I gotta catch my plane to Aruba for the fifth conference in two months". Good Job, all around.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:57 PM (JwNbV)

162 Ebola.
Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 01:54 PM (rj6Yv)

Ebola is not something one can casually order from Sigma-Aldrich or Grainger. I do wonder where it came from.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM (rbvCR)

163 I don't get why we are not on a cold war footing with China. We seem quite lackadaisical about a country that is obviously very hostile to us.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM (yEo1J)

164 Patel fmr da fmr ausa fmr congressional staffer

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM (bXbFr)

165 Thanks for your medical advice yesterday, Christy.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

You're welcome, for what it's worth, Bulg. Believe that no matter what, all will be well. Ok?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (WONhk)

166 don't get why we are not on a cold war footing with China. We seem quite lackadaisical about a country that is obviously very hostile to us.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM (yEo1J)

Because the calls are coming from inside the House.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (AveBv)

167 I read that there are 37 Chinese U's teaching RE chemistry. In the USA: one. I look at authors on STEM research papers, and I see a lot of Chinese. Don't underestimate how smart those folks are.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:50 PM (N8ZBc)

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Had a chinese professor in the math department where I taught. Obviously not much to steal there (math secrets?). But it may have been a springboard to her next job.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (PU21p)

168 Seeding diseases through convention centers and tourists was the plot of a Tom Clancy novel....

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (zjgNU)

169 Headline (AP):

"Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate"

Excerpt:

"People in this town east of Havana are plunged into darkness daily and forced to cook with coal and firewood, but not everyone can afford this new reality.

Kenia Montoya said she recently ripped the wooden door off her bathroom in the crumbling cinderblock home that she shares with her children because she needed firewood, and they needed to eat."

Me: Behold the warmth of socialism!

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (rj6Yv)

170 I'm guessing most of the really smart Chinees fled when the CCP took over, or were eventually killed off by the Red Guards.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

171 What's Mandarin for Heisenberg and Captain Cook?

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 02:00 PM (ncucF)

172 158 >>I look at authors on STEM research papers, and I see a lot of Chinese. Don't underestimate how smart those folks are.

I am sure these 'Scientists' are right up there with the Indian Doctors.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 01:56 PM (gH8T+)

Put the lime in the coconut and drink them both together.

That will be $100, please, cash only.

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 02:00 PM (5rh/l)

173 Ebola is not something one can casually order from Sigma-Aldrich or Grainger. I do wonder where it came from.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM

Ebola is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:00 PM (jc0TO)

174 163. Because Chyna finds the money to buy many of our politicians and probably some high bureaucrats like Fauci, as well.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 02:00 PM (Sokdp)

175 Kenia Montoya said she recently ripped the wooden door off her bathroom in the crumbling cinderblock home that she shares with her children because she needed firewood, and they needed to eat.

Are they termites?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (jc0TO)

176 You're welcome, for what it's worth, Bulg. Believe that no matter what, all will be well. Ok?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

You got it, Christy.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)

177 We seem quite lackadaisical about a country that is obviously very hostile to us
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You see, their checks cash marvelously.
-- L. Graham

Posted by: Snark delivery at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (6Mw3v)

178 The Chinaman is not the issue here!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (N0lYK)

179 Kenia Montoya said she recently ripped the wooden door off her bathroom in the crumbling cinderblock home that she shares with her children because she needed firewood, and they needed to eat."

Me: Behold the warmth of socialism!
Posted by: mrp

I love how they only notice the Situation Normal in third-world communist shitholes when they can find an excuse to blame it on the US.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (a+4eV)

180 "Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate"
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I have no tension regarding Cuber. Imma just waiting patiently for the Cuber Roof to collapse. Take your sweet time. No worries.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Hpgos)

181 Kansas Democrat state house candidate Kristen Schultz supports boys using girls bathrooms and says she "doesn't know" if she is a girl
Q: "Are you a girl?" --- Kristen: "I don’t know."

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Are you a human? I don't know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (J+Psw)

182 Reddit once again proves to be the idiotic rage farm it is well. Known for.

They are still on about the whole Russian Asset thing..

Hopelessly retarded

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (61TgR)

183 Sure it might sound racist, but every Chinese national I've ever worked with stole information, data, IP and took it back to China at some point.

The audacious ones came back for more.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (jtM2q)

184 I am sure these 'Scientists' are right up there with the Indian Doctors.

Posted by: garrett at February 05, 2026 01:56 PM (gH8T+)

Yeah, this thread worries me too. I just had an Indian GP recommended by another Indian doc. They are all over this city.

Posted by: Charlie Choo Choo at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (QYppa)

185 182 Reddit once again proves to be the idiotic rage farm it is well. Known for.

They are still on about the whole Russian Asset thing..

Hopelessly retarded

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (61TgR)

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Trump hasn't nuked Moscow like Biden did.

Ipso facto...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)

186 Obviously not much to steal there (math secrets?).

Calculus was pretty much a secret to me.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (77rzZ)

187 My late FIL was a bit of a big shot in defense contracts 40yrs ago. When he went to Europe he was followed is how big his knowledge was. Probably by Russians.

However, he once told me that it was not Russia our country needed to worry about, but Chy na. I will always remember him telling me this.

I also don't like Chy na and wish Nixon had not befriended them, but that's just me. I would have preferred that they stayed where they were in their lane.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (WONhk)

188 Act of war?

Posted by: Revrun Al Sharpton at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (x33Pf)

189 The Airbnb had monkeys from Uganda staying there. That's were the Ebola came from

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Hhsnh)

190 Ricola > Ebola

Posted by: Guy Tooting His Big Horn at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (wVcYX)

191 Guys, guys, we'll get on this as soon as we find Savannah Guthrie's mother.

~FBI

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Y1sOo)

192 78

Instead nothing. But make no mistake, we are in WWIII. Only it's still just one side attacking.

Posted by: ...

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I have been following this closely since the 90s, (visiting China in 90s and realizing we had a problem)

To me, the Hainan Island incident was war. It was obvious beforehand, but that was a milestone.

Does anyone remember Idiot Bush going to China and reviewing the troops -- one asshole gave him a warface as he walked by. This is a big deal, as it is evidence that (a) the military sees the US as an enemy. The enemy. The sacrifice all to kill, enemy. and (b) he knew he would not get in trouble for it.

The image was in the papers, but I can find no evidence of it on internet -- it is a stunning photo and extremely troubling. That was all the proof you need. If they are raising and training their military to see us as with that much hate, well you can't undue that. Their entire population is brainwashed to think that the US must be destroyed and each generation it only grows until there is war. I am serious, this kind of cultural shift is a big problem and instead of reacting, we handed them our market and tech and institutions and let them (pixy limit

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (bwRbr)

193 CIA cancels World Factbook website which started in 1997.

The agency’s announcement did not list any specific reasoning for its decision to end the publication of the tool.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:41 PM (abIsI)
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I'm surprised they left it up as long as they did. It actually documented the average IQ of sub-Saharan African countries, which is probably a big reason it's going away

Posted by: dratch at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (mxEar)

194 Obviously not much to steal there (math secrets?).

Calculus was pretty much a secret to me.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM

*snort*

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (jc0TO)

195 Kenia Montoya said she recently ripped the wooden door off her bathroom in the crumbling cinderblock home that she shares with her children because she needed firewood, and they needed to eat."

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Well, it's not like she has anything anyone would want to steal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (J+Psw)

196 I note there is a measles outbreak in South Carolina and WNC.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (Vh9CX)

197 Trumps comments about blue cities asking for help (context here) refer to using Fed LE and NG to tamp down crime in blue cities that refuse to enforce laws.

Not about illegal aliens

Posted by: GigantorX at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (KEcfS)

198 Probably been said but are those "Quality Assurance by #22" yellow stickers on bio hazmat suit? LOL

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (VkY89)

199 Ebola is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, but that's not important right now.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:00 PM (jc0TO)

Indeed. I'm curious about these "samples" that were in this lab and which strain of Ebola they were from. And were they authentic virus, proteins, RNA, what else?

Posted by: Thrawn at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (9Ovst)

200 The Airbnb had monkeys from Uganda staying there. That's were the Ebola came from
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Hhsnh)

It's only a movie.

Posted by: Outbreak at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (wVcYX)

201 "Their entire population is brainwashed to think that the US must be destroyed"

A good reason to dissuade DJT on the 500K Chinese student visa target. I hope you agree.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

202 Well, it's not like she has anything anyone would want to steal.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (J+Psw)
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From the bathroom?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 02:05 PM (N0lYK)

203 A good reason to dissuade DJT on the 500K Chinese student visa target. I hope you agree.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

If it turns out to be the world's biggest attempt to turn a half-million foreign spies into double agents....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (JwNbV)

204 "(math secrets?)"

Cryptography and AI. There's a shit-ton of heavy math in both.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc)

205 FUTURE Headline (AP):

"NEW YORK CITY rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with NJ escalate"

Excerpt:

"People in this town east of JERSEY are plunged into darkness daily and forced to cook with coal and firewood, but not everyone can afford this new reality.

KENYA SOMALI said she recently ripped the wooden door off her bathroom in the crumbling cinderblock home that she shares with her children because she needed firewood, and they needed to eat."

mrp & Me: Behold the warmth of COLLECTIVISM!

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (ncucF)

206 Kenia Montoya said she recently ripped the wooden door off her bathroom in the crumbling cinderblock home that she shares with her children because she needed firewood, and they needed to eat."

Me: Behold the warmth of socialism!
Posted by: mrp

I love how they only notice the Situation Normal in third-world communist shitholes when they can find an excuse to blame it on the US.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (a+4eV)

if she didn't bitch about the fact that an internal door has almost no wood in it, then she's lying about it entirely. Cutting off an armload of brush and carting it home would do far better.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (8avO+)

207 Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 01:59 PM (rj6Yv)
________________________

Relative to Cuba, I can't help thinking there is a "Project Ooops" taking place right now with US intelligence assets.

There job is to mess with the infrastructure within Cuba which is already horrendous. Hence, Project Oops. Oops, I sabotaged a transformer. Oops, I introduced a parasite and fungus into the sugar cane fields. Oops, I overloaded the out lines from the power company.

Ooops, the population of Cuba is getting very upset with their current government.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (dIske)

208 Reddit once again proves to be the idiotic rage farm it is well. Known for.

They are still on about the whole Russian Asset thing..

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An entire social media platform full of aliassmithsmiths. All we can do is point and laugh.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (qBdHI)

209 Swedgin!, cocksucka!

Posted by: Mr. Wu at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (n5tGW)

210 203 A good reason to dissuade DJT on the 500K Chinese student visa target. I hope you agree.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

If it turns out to be the world's biggest attempt to turn a half-million foreign spies into double agents....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (JwNbV)

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It's the pre-established numbers, and it's across two years. It's just a continuation of existing policy.

Should he change it? That's another question, but people act like it's new.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (GBKbO)

211 Nice dam you got there. Pity if something happened to it.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (77rzZ)

212 It's only a movie.
Posted by: Outbreak at February 05, 2026 02:04 PM (wVcYX)

Sure, until they come to *you* for the magic serum to treat an entire town. The Emperor of Mankind had more definition to his corpse than I did after those bleeds.

Posted by: Monkey with the magic blood at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (9Ovst)

213 actual China or China/Deep State lab?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (xcxpd)

214 So when they rolled up the lab in Reedley no one in charge thought to get a warrant to search every property possibly connected to the LLC and the people involved?

Good enough for government work.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (S6amQ)

215 Which Nevada and LV politicians and law enforcers were part of this scheme? Because I guarantee a lot of Americans were wetting their treacherous little beaks in this Chinese op against us.

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

216 They are still on about the whole Russian Asset thing..

Hopelessly retarded

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (61TgR)

Guess that means Epstein failed.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (AveBv)

217 Things are heating up in Georgia over the many 2020 vote irregularities. Could be a big cover up, even involving the governor Brian Kemp

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (PU21p)

218 Oops, I overloaded the out lines from the power company.

Ooops, the population of Cuba is getting very upset with their current government.
Posted by: Orson

ISWYDT.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (77rzZ)

219 Cancel her!

Princess Kate gets why men don’t belong in women’s sports.
Co-ed sports are all well and good for little children.
But “obviously, once they get physically stronger…” - no girl should be rugby tackled by a teenage boy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (J+Psw)

220 216 They are still on about the whole Russian Asset thing..

Hopelessly retarded

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 05, 2026 02:01 PM (61TgR)

Guess that means Epstein failed.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (AveBv)

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It's in the Epstein files that Biden died in 2019 and was replaced by a body double.

You have to believe it without question.

It's in the Epstein files.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

221 The duct tape on the hazmat suit in the Libs of TikTok video doesn't inspire confidence.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (0bjKf)

It's pretty common to tape your sleeves down when putting on hazmat suits.

Posted by: pookysgirl's husband did cleanroom duty at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (RJFuU)

222 actual China or China/Deep State lab?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards,

Of course our government was in on it. There's some cutout funding these labs, bank on it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (BI5O2)

223 My name is Kenia Montoya....

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (AveBv)

224 217 Things are heating up in Georgia over the many 2020 vote irregularities. Could be a big cover up, even involving the governor Brian Kemp

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (PU21p)

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$5 says that the state's elections are completely fucked up, and Fulton is the center of it all.

Cleaning up Fulton before November would mean Ossoff would probably lose what everyone assumes to be a relatively save D seat in the Senate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

225 My name is Kenia Montoya....
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (AveBv)
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You stole my door. Prepare to die.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 02:09 PM (N0lYK)

226 Most of my experience "suiting up" is in gear designed to protect the lab and samples from my gross monkey ass, not the other way around. Cleanrooms and whatnot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (JwNbV)

227 204 "(math secrets?)"

Cryptography and AI. There's a shit-ton of heavy math in both.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (N8ZBc

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Good point, but they weren't doing that kind research where I taught

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (PU21p)

228 It's in the Epstein files.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that meddling Jew! -DJT

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (AveBv)

229 The thing about Chinese Bio Labs is that two hours after you're infected you're hungry again.

Posted by: Minuteman at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (47/pr)

230 191 Guys, guys, we'll get on this as soon as we find Savannah Guthrie's mother.

~FBI
Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Y1sOo)

And the Las Vegas shooting.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (xcxpd)

231 If there is no wood, or sugar cane residues etc to be found to burn in Cuba, then their lower classes have been reduced to wood for fuel for a long time, not just since we interrupted their partnership with Maduro. But no FNM outlet is going to give out that detail.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Sokdp)

232 228 It's in the Epstein files.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that meddling Jew! -DJT

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:10 PM (AveBv)

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It's so weird that it's not standard procedure to release all the grand jury testimony and documentation on every case.

So weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

233 201 A good reason to dissuade DJT on the 500K Chinese student visa target. I hope you agree.
Posted by: gp

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If it turns out to be the world's biggest attempt to turn a half-million foreign spies into double agents....
Posted by: Warai-otoko

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I hired a Chinese Engineer in the early 90s, and he went back to visit China (long story short...) upon return he reported that he was asked to spy for China, under threat that his family might lose their Beijing housing. He was interviewed upon landing to see where he worked, and then had to report a few days later to speak to specialist in the field and asked to "help out Chinese companies with technology."

If they were doing that in the early 90s (i think around 91), imagine what they are doing today.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 02:11 PM (bwRbr)

234 >A Covert Chinese Lab Is Operating in Las Vegas and "Sickening" Nearby Americans
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synopsis for new Bond movie

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 02:11 PM (fZR5M)

235 What the actual hell?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)

236 163 I don't get why we are not on a cold war footing with China. We seem quite lackadaisical about a country that is obviously very hostile to us.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM (yEo1J)

There are reasons, mostly greed and some realpolitik.
See also Nixon, Clinton, Obama...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:13 PM (xcxpd)

237 At some point we will have to destroy China, whatever that will end up looking like. They are our Carthage. The same can be said of Islam I suppose. We will need a different form of governance to do that of course.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:13 PM (pDt9x)

238 CitiCard just offered me a loan that's greater than my net worth and projected remaining lifetime income combined.

Dear God, I hate debt! And I truly despise this practice of offering it to customers with no prospect of repaying it.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:13 PM (N8ZBc)

239 here job is to mess with the infrastructure within Cuba which is already horrendous. Hence, Project Oops. Oops, I sabotaged a transformer. Oops, I introduced a parasite and fungus into the sugar cane fields. Oops, I overloaded the out lines from the power company.

Ooops, the population of Cuba is getting very upset with their current government.
Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 02:06 PM (dIske)
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At this point, I think an "Operation Oops" would simply make the cinderblock rubble bounce. Cuba is in a headlong-rush towards a Haiti-like hellscape.

When the machetes start swinging, I hope Washington has a plan.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 02:13 PM (rj6Yv)

240 There is no innocent explanation for having actual ebola or dengue samples that are labled as such outaide of an approved research setting.

Like, seriously, as soon as you confirm they're real, and have interrogated them enough, take them out back and shoot them. Shoot EVERYONE involved with it in any form that knew it was a biolab.

This isn't even like the crop pathogen cases where the PRC often uses coerced people to smuggle them - even if they were coerced, that's not an excuse on something of this magnitude.

Posted by: heya at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (+RkG8)

241 synopsis for new Bond movie
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Soy Finger?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (Hpgos)

242 239 When the machetes start swinging, I hope Washington has a plan.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 02:13 PM (rj6Yv)

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Blockade for a year followed by open market bidding for the prime real estate?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

243 What the actual hell?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:12 PM (zZu0s)

My thoughts exactly.

Wasn't there a book about this ? The Sum of All SHIT ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (NtVYv)

244
$5 says that the state's elections are completely fucked up, and Fulton is the center of it all.

Cleaning up Fulton before November would mean Ossoff would probably lose what everyone assumes to be a relatively save D seat in the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:09 PM (GBKbO)

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A seat that Ossoff probably didn't win in the first place.

Posted by: Hope for 2026 at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (PU21p)

245 synopsis for new Bond movie

I was thinking this was already a mission impossible movie.

Posted by: Mr. Wu at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (n5tGW)

246 234 >A Covert Chinese Lab Is Operating in Las Vegas and "Sickening" Nearby Americans
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synopsis for new Bond movie
Posted by: Don Black

Excellent! One minor tweak, it'll be a Covert Russian Lab in the movie. Oh and Bond is a transwoman.
-Hollywood

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (Dv3i1)

247 It's so weird that it's not standard procedure to release all the grand jury testimony and documentation on every case.

So weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:11 PM

When I was a grand juror, we were very strictly instructed that if there is a No-Bill, we can NEVER mention what we heard in testimony. Ever.

If it gets billed obviously it will come up in court so that secrecy doesn't apply after the fact.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (jc0TO)

248 229 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (N8ZBc)

249 Trumps fault for pronouncing it Chyna.

Posted by: DaveA at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (FhXTo)

250 I don't get why we are not on a cold war footing with China. We seem quite lackadaisical about a country that is obviously very hostile to us

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Hostile to *us,* maybe. They have a mutually beneficial relationship with the hostile occupying power in the Acela Corridor, and both parties would like to see an ebola outbreak in flyover country.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (BI5O2)

251 They ought to stop referring to this nonsense as "biolabs".

This ain't WIV. It's some chucklefucks in a house with some nasty shit in their suitcases. They ain't dicking around isolating chain sequences in a pcr grid balanced on a fucking ironing board.

The "experiment" is "How easy is it to get a couple disposable retards to sneak this shit into and around America without anyone noticing".

Looks like the answer is "Lol".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (JwNbV)

252 I was working as a contractor at a very large defense contractor off-base in ABQ. I had a Chinese office mate who was allegedly a PhD who brought an a personal laptop into work.

I was sitting next to the door when two guys entered without knocking and asked me to step into the hall. There was a guy in the hall who was watching me while something was going on with my office mate.

I was interrogated later by some spooks and found out the guy was using the laptop to try and penetrate the network. Guy said it happens all the time. They know that we know and they just go for the numbers hoping they get lucky or we screw up.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (uvB+6)

253 I can't imagine living in the neighborhood around that house.

When I first came to NoVa, I lived in Reston. That kinda freaked me out even though the infamous monkey house of "The Hot Zone" fame was long-gone and I didn't live in close proximity to its site.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:46 PM (77rzZ)

Small world. I was living in Reston before I moved out of NoVA. I loved that town, but didn't like the cost of living.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (zjgNU)

254 This is because I watched 12 Monkeys again last night, isn't it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

255 At some point we will have to destroy China, whatever that will end up looking like. They are our Carthage.
Posted by: tubal

Remember when Reagan went to China and the Chinese were considered the "good Communists," as opposed to the Soviets, the "bad Communists?"

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (77rzZ)

256 A seat that Ossoff probably didn't win in the first place.
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Precisely.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (Hpgos)

257 When the machetes start swinging, I hope Washington has a plan.
Posted by: mrp

Based on my read of the Donroe Doctrine, he'll deal with whatever warlord that emerges, as long as he doesn't mess with his neighbors.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)

258
I'm late to the thread, but I don't know why the Chinese would bother to try using a BnB to infect tourists to infect the Air Force. Just join the Air Force. God knows Biden wouldn't have stopped anyone. Or give a toxic agent to a bunch of Democrat Senators and tell them it's cologne samples and they should spray it on everyone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (JrWaT)

259 I've been following this story since it frist broke a wekk ago, and I'm shocked it isn't the top national -- or even international -- news story.

What CONCEIVABLE reason could a known Chinese CCP agent have for setting up a "biolab" filled with communicable diseases in the US?

Twice.

This is an act of war, worse than Pearl Harbor, worse than crossing the Maginot Line, worse than the Battle of Bunker Hill -- this is China trying to decimate the American civilian population.

In a sane world, the U.S. should declare war on CHina, impose 200% tariffs on all Chinese goods, and gear up for battle.

But we know that an't gonna happen.

But doubling, tripling, quadrupling tariffs on China, and letting them know why, is a good place to start.

Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (se8lQ)

260 Wasn't there a book about this ? The Sum of All SHIT ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 05, 2026 02:14 PM (NtVYv)

Heh. The Sum of All Fears is about Islamic terrorists nuking the Super Bowl...which is this Sunday, isn't it?

Executive Orders is about Jack Ryan becoming POTUS after a suicide strike on the Capitol and then he has to deal with ME turmoil after the new Iran-Iraq state unleashes Ebola in the States, among other thigns.

Posted by: Monkey with the magic blood at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (9Ovst)

261 Engineer in 233 was given Chinese business card as a kind of "identifier" for use at trade shows, etc. I don't know how it worked but he showed me.

I made sure he never worked on anything high tech at the company, but then he left to go work for Brinks Security.

When I worked at other companies (outside DC and in Si Valley) I saw several Chinese engineers with working for our companies, but they had Chinese language business cards. At an offsite one time I saw them showing each other their cards. It was terrifying. I think China made it sound very innocuous - a way to pick up a couple extra bucks, and the Engineers thought it was cute. Not corporate espionage, just a side hustle. That was the '00s

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (bwRbr)

262 "214 So when they rolled up the lab in Reedley no one in charge thought to get a warrant to search every property possibly connected to the LLC and the people involved?

Good enough for government work.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (S6amQ)"

Equal parts too busy arresting thousands of conservatives and understanding that tugging threads leading to China is frowned upon by the dems

Posted by: heya at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (+RkG8)

263 This is because I watched 12 Monkeys again last night, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM

You can't change the past.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (jc0TO)

264 254 This is because I watched 12 Monkeys again last night, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

And I watched Asian lesbian porn last night, so...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd)

265 224 217 Things are heating up in Georgia over the many 2020 vote irregularities. Could be a big cover up, even involving the governor Brian Kemp

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 02:07 PM (PU21p)

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$5 says that the state's elections are completely fucked up, and Fulton is the center of it all.

Cleaning up Fulton before November would mean Ossoff would probably lose what everyone assumes to be a relatively save D seat in the Senate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Of course Kemp knew about it. As did AG Carr and SoS Ratshitburger. And Kemp's GBI head at the time, Vic Reynolds got a judgeship out of the deal. Kemp is a thorough going WEF Chicom asshole piece of shit as are the other top elected GA officials with the exception of Burt Jones, the LTG. Burt was also prosecuted along with Trump's other GA electors by Fani Willis and the whole GA Senator Perdue testimony that Kemp knew about the fraud and covered it up came from being interrogated by Nathan Sweetdick Wade.

Ace should do a story on that testimony alone that came out in the Trump elector's grand jury cases.

There is reason to suspect that Kemp cheated his way into the governorship in 2018

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (2swu2)

266 255 At some point we will have to destroy China, whatever that will end up looking like. They are our Carthage.
Posted by: tubal

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China's 1 child policy is its destruction.

Yeah, it's gone, but the culture it engendered remains.

There are large areas of China that have 0.9 replacement rates right now. And those are official numbers, which are probably rosy.

It will have 1/4 of its current population (whatever it is) in 50 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (GBKbO)

267 By all means, let's allow more of these Einsteins into the country because they love America.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (TOSLe)

268 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

I think Madeleine Stowe is heavily underrated in that.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (AveBv)

269 Anyone using the term “baby mama” deserves to be flayed.

Posted by: front toward enemy at February 05, 2026 02:18 PM (TJq0C)

270 Yeah but I heard that they made a pretty good Kung Pao and a good Kung Pao will make up for a lot of bad things...like Ebola and HIV.

We are a seriously un-serious country.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:18 PM (i2VYc)

271 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

272
264 254 This is because I watched 12 Monkeys again last night, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

And I watched Asian lesbian porn last night, so...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd)

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Does this art film you watched have a title?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (GBKbO)

273 Small world. I was living in Reston before I moved out of NoVA. I loved that town, but didn't like the cost of living.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

I hardly recognize it anymore. It's become Tysons. Way too built up.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (77rzZ)

274 When the machetes start swinging, I hope Washington has a plan.
Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2026 02:13 PM

Just blockade the place to keep the Chinese out and the Cubans in, and let nature take its course.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)

275 Las Vegas eh? Home of Harry Reid’s machine.
Just a coincidence I’m sure.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (Jay38)

276
Wes Moore, once the future Barrack Obama, has come down with Jussie Smullet syndrome.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (Y8DZL)

277 268 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

I think Madeleine Stowe is heavily underrated in that.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (AveBv)

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She is the anchor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (GBKbO)

278 Imma still weighing the costs/benefits of Plague on California. Any ideas?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (Hpgos)

279 276
Wes Moore, once the future Barrack Obama, has come down with Jussie Smullet syndrome.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (Y8DZL)

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I remember when Deval Patrick was the future Barack Obama.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

280 as we are talking war, keep in mind we build EIGHT merchant vessels in 2025. Eight.

China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (xcxpd)

281 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

Not in China it's not

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (AveBv)

282 Not in China it's not
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM

Whoa..

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (jc0TO)

283 264 254 This is because I watched 12 Monkeys again last night, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

And I watched Asian lesbian porn last night, so...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (xcxpd)

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Does this art film you watched have a title?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (GBKbO)

The Handmaiden!
Park Chan-Wook makes very pretty movies. Very.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (xcxpd)

284 China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (xcxpd)

Forget the vessels big boy and tell me about the seamen!

Posted by: Pete Booty at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (AveBv)

285 We need to audit the accounts of every congress critter.

Forget it Jake; It's Chinatown.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (ehY6c)

286
When I first came to NoVa, I lived in Reston. That kinda freaked me out even though the infamous monkey house of "The Hot Zone" fame was long-gone and I didn't live in close proximity to its site.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:46 PM (77rzZ)

Small world. I was living in Reston before I moved out of NoVA. I loved that town, but didn't like the cost of living.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM (zjgNU

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We were po' folk living in Herndon on a government paycheck
in the 2000s

Posted by: Hope for 2026 at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (PU21p)

287 283 The Handmaiden!
Park Chan-Wook makes very pretty movies. Very.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (xcxpd)

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But surely the women in this handmaid's tale are wearing ugly uniforms, no?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

288 I hear someone is writing reviews of such lesbian pornos on their webzone....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (xcxpd)

289 Sure it might sound racist, but every Chinese national I've ever worked with stole information, data, IP and took it back to China at some point.

The audacious ones came back for more.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Chinese is not a race, it is a variation of communism.

Posted by: Operator Error at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (WMTKS)

290 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

Know of a horse named Wildfire?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (wVcYX)

291 Hell, I remember when Barry Sotero was the future Barack Obama.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (i2VYc)

292
China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (xcxpd)

I think the US Navy calls this a "target rich environment".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (y9nCu)

293 280 as we are talking war, keep in mind we build EIGHT merchant vessels in 2025. Eight.

China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.
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Maybe we should stock up on torpedoes?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Hpgos)

294 287 283 The Handmaiden!
Park Chan-Wook makes very pretty movies. Very.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (xcxpd)

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But surely the women in this handmaid's tale are wearing ugly uniforms, no?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

Oh no, these are Korean lesbians, not the blue haired nose ring American version.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (xcxpd)

295 "Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away."

Very cool! Go look and see if other birds are mobbing him.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (N8ZBc)

296 294 Oh no, these are Korean lesbians, not the blue haired nose ring American version.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (xcxpd)

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One of them was Japanese!

Mark doesn't watch his lesbian porn for the plots, it seems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)

297 263 This is because I watched 12 Monkeys again last night, isn't it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:15 PM

You can't change the past.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:17 PM (jc0TO)

You also can’t stop the signal, Mal.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (pDt9x)

298 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.

Posted by: toby928(c)

It must be that Superb Owl that I hear is nigh.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (77rzZ)

299 "🚨Senator Perdue testified in the Trump RICO special grand jury that Governor Brian Kemp shut down a "compelling" investigation into 2020 ballot harvesting.

Then-Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Vic Reynolds told Senator Perdue, "I'm a team player. If the Governor doesn't want to investigate, we're not going to investigate."

Substack link to the whole story
https://tinyurl.com/GA-Election-Fraud

"You said that although Mr. Reynolds had received evidence that he felt was compelling enough to open an investigation that he was not going to investigate because the governor had told him not to?"

"That's one of the things he said, yeah." - Senator Perdue

One month before the special grand jury testimony, Vic Reynolds was appointed a Superior Court Judge by........Governor Brian Kemp."

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (2swu2)

300 292
China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:20 PM (xcxpd)

I think the US Navy calls this a "target rich environment".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (y9nCu)

293 280 as we are talking war, keep in mind we build EIGHT merchant vessels in 2025. Eight.

China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.
------------------
Maybe we should stock up on torpedoes?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Hpgos)

We also spent a lot of our missile stockpiles with Ukraine. So....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd)

301 Send a strongly worded letter.

"Dear Fucknuts-

Knock this shit off pronto, round up every motherfucker you have stationed in my lands and take your bioweapons with you, or I'll turn 'West Taiwan' into not a joke anymore by Spring.

Thank you for your yadda yadda go fuck yourself.

-Donald"

Strongly worded enough?

Should he call him fat, too, just to be safe?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

P.S. Beautiful Three Gorges Dam you have there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it.

Posted by: Cheri at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (oiNtH)

302 Is the Owl calling your name, perchance?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (pDt9x)

303 Every day we learn more and more about the state of our nation pre-Trump: a lawless, graft-riddled, with open looting of the Treasury by our enemies and criminals the world over.

The Trump Team is doing great in stopping it, once and for all.

Posted by: Random PJ at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (+jscL)

304 296 294 Oh no, these are Korean lesbians, not the blue haired nose ring American version.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (xcxpd)

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One of them was Japanese!

Mark doesn't watch his lesbian porn for the plots, it seems.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)

There is a surprising amount of plot and "plot" in The Handmaiden.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd)

305 304 There is a surprising amount of plot and "plot" in The Handmaiden.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd)

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And, ironically, the plot is about porn.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM (GBKbO)

306 The owl isn't skreeching or doing the hunting cry. It's doing the 'who-cooks-for-you, who-cooks-for-you-too' thing.

I think that is a locator.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM (jc0TO)

307 From Grok:

Ori Solomon, 55, Israeli citizen on work visa, manages 37 short-term rentals including the Sugar Springs Dr. home raided Jan. 31, 2026. Linked to Jia Bei Zhu (aka David He) and Wang Zhao Yan from illegal CA biolab. Arrested for state felony hazardous waste disposal and federal prohibited firearm possession (seized guns, ammo). Appeared in federal court Feb. 3; remains in federal custody pending detention hearing. 1,000+ samples testing; two officers fell ill after exposure. No public safety threat reported.

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM (uvB+6)

308 Which China spy is running the biolab in Nadler's pants?

Posted by: Farrell at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM (hyQrc)

309 This Jia Bei Zhu is a real treat. Before his arrest in California in 2023, he lost a civil case up in Canada for stealing intellectual property. He owes someone up in Canada over $330 Million.

And, while he remains in jail, he's still running the lab in Las Vegas 3 years later. Arrested in 2023, held in jail ever since, and still not convicted of a damn thing.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)

310 269 Anyone using the term “baby mama” deserves to be flayed.
Posted by: front toward enemy at February 05, 2026 02:18 PM (TJq0C)

I'd nominate fur baby to that list.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (S6amQ)

311 305 304 There is a surprising amount of plot and "plot" in The Handmaiden.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (xcxpd)

===

And, ironically, the plot is about porn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM (GBKbO)

I honestly don't think that's ironic. That's why I say the sex IS the point in The Handmaiden. Yes, it's purient but it's also relevant.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (xcxpd)

312 as we are talking war, keep in mind we build EIGHT merchant vessels in 2025. Eight.

China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Seizing tankers in the Gulf is practice for acquiring chinese merchant ships - why build when you can borrow.

Posted by: Operator Error at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (WMTKS)

313 China possesses 69 times as many merchant vessels as does the U.S. and has 232 times the shipbuilding capacity.
------------------
Maybe we should stock up on torpedoes?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Hpgos)

Why waste a torpedo on a merchantman? Frigates and destroyers could sink them with gunfire. It'd be cheaper and those fellas could probably use the target practice.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (ExV1e)

314 @MOSSADil
·
15m
IRAN: US “RETURNED TO NEGOTIATIONS HUMILIATED”

A senior IRGC official says missile development is non-negotiable, warning that any strike on Iran would trigger a regional war and claiming American power is “weaker than before.”

duh, winning

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (fZR5M)

315 Send a strongly worded letter.

"Dear Fucknuts-

Knock this shit off pronto, round up every motherfucker you have stationed in my lands and take your bioweapons with you, or I'll turn 'West Taiwan' into not a joke anymore by Spring.

Thank you for your yadda yadda go fuck yourself.

-Donald"

Strongly worded enough?

Should he call him fat, too, just to be safe?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

P.S. Beautiful Three Gorges Dam you have there, it would be a shame if anything happened to it.
Posted by: Cheri at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM (oiNtH)

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (wVcYX)

316 I read a lot of Kyle Mills and Vince Flynn books. This is the scenario in one of them. One I just read was about a grid attack. Scary shit.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (ewjUl)

317
I hardly recognize it anymore. It's become Tysons. Way too built up.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (77rzZ)

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Yep. Even the home we sold in nearby Herndon went up by $250,000 in the few short years AFTER we left. DAMN!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (PU21p)

318 An owl hooted at high noon.
A dog howled in the distance...

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (n5tGW)

319 310 269 Anyone using the term “baby mama” deserves to be flayed.
Posted by: front toward enemy at February 05, 2026 02:18 PM (TJq0C)

I'd nominate fur baby to that list.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (S6amQ)

Heh. The Olds refer to them as “ GrandDogs”, often

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (pDt9x)

320 >>Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.

I have one that hoots outside my house every night. Never heard it during the day. Maybe it's the same one and enjoys day trips?

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Y1sOo)

321 271 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

It's mating/nesting season. They do that during the day and I'd imagine you will have owlets close to you.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (S6amQ)

322 12 Angry Monkeys would be a good mash-up movie. Or a good name of an especially bad jam band.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (yEo1J)

323 311 I honestly don't think that's ironic. That's why I say the sex IS the point in The Handmaiden. Yes, it's purient but it's also relevant.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 02:25 PM (xcxpd)

======

Turning our fun into a real discussion, huh?

I try to take my time to formulate responses to you since you take time form your responses to me, you know.

I wasn't done thinking!

But in that case, it may be a case of the film having its cake and eating it too. Soon-hee destroys Uncle's porn collection because it's demeaning while the film really does glory in the sight of two naked women scissoring.

Is it the fantastical elements she objects to? The explicit subjugation of the female subjects and women loving each other is escape from that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

324 Seizing tankers in the Gulf is practice for acquiring chinese merchant ships - why build when you can borrow.
Posted by: Operator Error at Feb

The term is 'Privateering.'

It would be kind of hilarious seeing an aircraft carrier flying a skull and crossbones.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

325 Who was it that gave China most favored nation trading status? I think he was some hillbilly from Arkansas.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (i2VYc)

326 Why waste a torpedo on a merchantman? Frigates and destroyers could sink them with gunfire. It'd be cheaper and those fellas could probably use the target practice.
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Good point. How about boarding parties of Marines? That would be fun.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (Hpgos)

327 271 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

It's mating/nesting season. They do that during the day and I'd imagine you will have owlets close to you.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (S6amQ)

Pre Spring Break?

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (wVcYX)

328 271 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

Have you been missing time?

Does your ass hurt?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (yEo1J)

329 I don't buy into the "we should fear China" thing. We should certainly take them seriously. In the Grand Game, they're definitely in 2nd place. But its a real, real, real distant 2nd.

Their military is a fucking joke. Size means nothing. Who cares if they build a thousand ships if they're hot garbage, half of them sink, half of them break, and the other half defects because the crew is as sick of their bullshit as we are? Who cares if their Army has a billion men if they only got a million guns and a thousand bullets? Russia's demonstrated how far Meat Wall gets you these days, and that's against a plucky little kleptocracy with a borrowed military and a permanent hangover. The fuck are they going to do against the world's only actual remaining superpower with zero allies and a national reputation built 75% on lies and absurdities? You can't beat America with Chinesium in open battle. They'll kick our asses all day long in the game of backstabbing and fraud and counterfeiting, sure, I'll give them that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (JwNbV)

330 Which China spy is running the biolab in Nadler's pants?
Posted by: Farrell at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM

Secret agent Chipotle

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:28 PM (ewjUl)

331 It's mating/nesting season. They do that during the day and I'd imagine you will have owlets close to you.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:26 PM (S6amQ)

The Owl version of:

'Hey big boy...'

And

'How YOU doin?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

332 This motherfucker came from Israel and helped China build a weapons lab?

If this operation was known to Israel, and they didn't tip us off, there have to be consequences for them, too.

Round up as many of their most important people in the US as we can lay hands on, and expose them to a hemhorrhagic fever along with tgeir Chinese pals.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 02:28 PM (BI5O2)

333 if she didn't bitch about the fact that an internal door has almost no wood in it, then she's lying about it entirely. Cutting off an armload of brush and carting it home would do far better.
Posted by: Oldcat

... Cuba's been cut off from allegedly-civilized developments in building materials for a very long time. Would they even have hollow-core doors?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 05, 2026 02:28 PM (a+4eV)

334 303 Every day we learn more and more about the state of our nation pre-Trump: a lawless, graft-riddled, with open looting of the Treasury by our enemies and criminals the world over.

The Trump Team is doing great in stopping it, once and for all.
Posted by: Random PJ at February 05, 2026 02:23 PM
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So true! It would never have been uncovered under Kamala

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (82+jJ)

335 318 An owl hooted at high noon.
A dog howled in the distance...
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The smell of boiling cabbage wafted through the tenement...

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Hpgos)

336 Cutting off an armload of brush and carting it home would do far better.
Posted by: Oldcat

*sobs*!!!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (AveBv)

337 Plausible?
Adrenochrome harvested from underage virgins killed in Satanic rituals, that was keeping Hillary alive was plausible at one time.
Elections being rigged from Italian satalittes, that was plausible. At one time.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (LqJV1)

338 308 Which China spy is running the biolab in Nadler's pants?
Posted by: Farrell at February 05, 2026 02:24 PM (hyQrc)

Hu Flung Pu.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (JwNbV)

339 An owl hooted at high noon.
A dog howled in the distance...
-----------
The smell of boiling cabbage wafted through the tenement...
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM

A shot rang out.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

340 Weird, I have an owl outside hooting away. It's broad daylight.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 02:19 PM

There's been a hoot owl outside my window now. For 6 nights in a row.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (ewjUl)

341 325 Who was it that gave China most favored nation trading status? I think he was some hillbilly from Arkansas.
Posted by: Chairborne!

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Permanent. and wto

Bush screwed up in giving them temporary (renewal each year) with is quixotic to think a future Pres. would not make it permanent.

It was just like Nixon and his stupid "two China" and then Carter handing the commies that UN seat.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (bwRbr)

342 Round up as many of their most important people in the US as we can lay hands on,
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*sobs*!!!!!!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 05, 2026 02:30 PM (AveBv)

343 335 318 An owl hooted at high noon.
A dog howled in the distance...
-----------
The smell of boiling cabbage wafted through the tenement...
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Hpgos)

Two Riders were approaching
The wind began to howl

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:30 PM (pDt9x)

344 I'm late to the thread, but I don't know why the Chinese would bother to try using a BnB to infect tourists to infect the Air Force. Just join the Air Force. God knows Biden wouldn't have stopped anyone. Or give a toxic agent to a bunch of Democrat Senators and tell them it's cologne samples and they should spray it on everyone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 02:16 PM (JrWaT)

Visiting personnel often wind up in off-base accomodations.

Posted by: pookysgirl, VAQ connoisseur at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (RJFuU)

345
There's been a hoot owl outside my window now. For 6 nights in a row.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (ewjUl)

It's hooting at its mate. If you listen you may hear two separate owls hooting. The lower pitched one is the male and the higher pitched one is the female.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (S6amQ)

346 Hooters.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Kt19C)

347
No word on the accomplice and brains behind this outfit, Hu So Sik?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (xG4kz)

348 Had an owl outside yesterday afternoon in my woods that was hooting. When I looked and it was being harassed by a murder of crows. When I went out there, the crows all scattered and flew away. I am pretty sure the owl nodded at me like, thanks bud!

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:32 PM (ewjUl)

349 Owls are awesome.

Not as awesome as sea otters, but they are very cool.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 02:32 PM (W2Pud)

350 Italian satellites?

Those romans sure built to last...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

351 There's been a hoot owl outside my window now. For 6 nights in a row.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (ewjUl)

It's hooting at its mate. If you listen you may hear two separate owls hooting. The lower pitched one is the male and the higher pitched one is the female.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (S6amQ)

*higher pitched hoot in owlese* I'm soooo drunk!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 02:32 PM (wVcYX)

352 48 You can ignore minor leaks as long as you keep positive pressure in the suit.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:32 PM (jc0TO)

Easy to do -- just eat Taco Bell for lunch!

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (vgIIr)

353 I judge nations by their relationship to eating utensils. If you use sticks to pick up your food you're not too far removed from primates that hang out in trees picking bugs out of the wood.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (i2VYc)

354 Israel could do us a solid and hand over this little bastard's family for enhanced interrogation. A gesture of good faith.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (BI5O2)

355 An owl hooted at high noon.
A dog howled in the distance...
-----------
The smell of boiling cabbage wafted through the tenement...
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM

A shot rang out.
______________

Drunk on bourbon, the grizzled old man yelled "NO CARROTS IN THE CHILI!"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

356 Love crows and ravens. Wicked smart. If the had hands they would rule the world.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pDt9x)

357 Few things weirder than an owl flying by your head. They are *silent*.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (AveBv)

358 There's been a hoot owl outside my window now. For 6 nights in a row.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (ewjUl)

It's hooting at its mate. If you listen you may hear two separate owls hooting. The lower pitched one is the male and the higher pitched one is the female.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM

It's actually a line from the song "Wildfire". But we do have a ton of them in the woods that surround our house. I didn't know that about the pitch. You learn something every day!

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (ewjUl)

359 Don't get me started on people to whom using sticks is sophisticated and high brow.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (i2VYc)

360 353 I judge nations by their relationship to eating utensils. If you use sticks to pick up your food you're not too far removed from primates that hang out in trees picking bugs out of the wood.
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Its moar a shovel move. First, they elevate the bowl to their mouth and then shovel the food into their mouth. Pretty easy, really.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (Hpgos)

361 An owl hooted at high noon.
A dog howled in the distance...
-----------
The smell of boiling cabbage wafted through the tenement...
Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Hpgos)

Two Riders were approaching
The wind began to howl
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:30 PM (pDt9x)

***

Somewhere a screen door shifted in the breeze, it's tapping in the door frame echoing in the air.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (2WIwB)

362 If the had hands they would rule the world.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pDt9x)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (AveBv)

363 I wonder what the cleaning fee for the AirBnB renters was?

Posted by: Octochicken at February 05, 2026 02:34 PM (oCS0o)

364 It's hooting at its mate. If you listen you may hear two separate owls hooting. The lower pitched one is the male and the higher pitched one is the female.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (S6amQ)

'FRANK, GET A NICE FAT MOUSE THIS TIME, NOT A STRINGY RAT!

'YOU WANNA DO THIS, BARBARA?!?! ILL BRING WHATBI CAN FIND- THATS WHY THEYBCALL IT HUNTING!'

'I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE MARRIED BARRY, HE ALWAYS FOUND THE FATTEST MICE...'

'I WISH YOU HAD!'

ETC.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

365 Honestly, China doesn't scare me. What scares me is the mad dash over my lifetime for every motherfucker in every seat of power to turn themselves into wretched palace eunuchs for whoever the progressive emperor of filth du jour happens to be.

They want DC to run like the Forbidden Palace. They're all bitter little kumquats pretending that they're mandarins.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (JwNbV)

366 The Hooters.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (DgMqy)

367 judge nations by their relationship to eating utensils. If you use sticks to pick up your food you're not too far removed from primates that hang out in trees picking bugs out of the wood.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From

China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

368 358 There's been a hoot owl outside my window now. For 6 nights in a row.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:29 PM (ewjUl)

I think I'd rather have the owl than the damn pigeon living on my neighbors windowsill, but that's only because I've never been that close to a hoot owl.

Posted by: Octochicken at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (oCS0o)

369 Hootie and the Blowfish.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (pDt9x)

370 "Owls are awesome."

I got to hold and release a screech owl at a bird banding place. Exquisitely beautiful bird up close.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (N8ZBc)

371 357 Few things weirder than an owl flying by your head. They are *silent*.
---------------
Yep. Don't be small and furry around them.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Hpgos)

372 Love crows and ravens. Wicked smart. If the had hands they would rule the world.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pDt9x)

Almost did. Then Trashcan Man blew it all to hell.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (wVcYX)

373 So, Baier asks Patel about pathogens in Vegas and Patel responds about seeds in Michigan.
Impressive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (a0V+E)

374 'I WISH YOU HAD!'

ETC.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

Actual argument overheard from neighbors once through the wall, full volume shouting:

"I don't know what you want from me!"

"I just want you to shut up!"

*door slams*

God bless those lunatics, whoever they were. I still crack up over that one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:36 PM (JwNbV)

375 It's hooting at its mate. If you listen you may hear two separate owls hooting. The lower pitched one is the male and the higher pitched one is the female.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:31 PM (S6amQ)

So.
You know Mrs D!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (2WIwB)

376 Only semi related but feel like ranting. Got into a large state school's Ph.D. program in molecular bio, about 20 years ago. Pretty competitive, 18-20 seats.per year, full fellowship and tuition remission for accepted applicants.

I shit you not, half the incoming students had to be Chinese. As in, " just arrived from China" Chinese. As in, difficult to communicate with not because of an accent, but because they barely spoke English.

From an exchange during my first semester seminar:

Professor: "Lets.look at figure 3 in the paper. What does this finding suggest? Jie, what do you think?
Jie; *haltingly reads the title of figure 3*
Professor: and what does that suggest to you, Jie?
Jie: * haltingly reads title of figure 3 again*
Professor: ok, moving on.

Now I wasn't the brightest grad student ever, and one ones nominating me for Nobel prizes, but this was shocking to me at the time. Why would you let people in who can barely communicate with you? Are there no American students as smart as Jie? Is he that much of a catch that we had to import him?

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (6RyaQ)

377 367 judge nations by their relationship to eating utensils. If you use sticks to pick up your food you're not too far removed from primates that hang out in trees picking bugs out of the wood.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From

China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

So, what happened?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (pDt9x)

378 "Love crows and ravens. Wicked smart. If the had hands they would rule the world."

I want to naturalize magpies in the Midwest. It would be worth it for the laffs we'd get around here.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (N8ZBc)

379 Yeah, the whole Chopsticks thing is overrated.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM (DgMqy)

380
So, what happened?
Posted by: tubal

It came to a fork in the road ... and took it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM (xG4kz)

381 The fucking things wake you up in the middle of the night, right before your big first case!

Posted by: Vincent Gambino, Esq at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)

382 -------------
Its moar a shovel move. First, they elevate the bowl to their mouth and then shovel the food into their mouth. Pretty easy, really.
Posted by: pudinhead
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Utilitarian

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM (a0V+E)

383 Great horned owls are indeed impressive creatures. Magnificent.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM (77rzZ)

384 They want DC to run like the Forbidden Palace. They're all bitter little kumquats pretending that they're mandarins.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

LOL

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 05, 2026 02:39 PM (a+4eV)

385
ETC.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

Lol, that's probably exactly what they're saying. I have the owl camera in my tree and I caught the female getting in the nest two nights ago but she left.
When they're ready to hatch the eggs the male brings food to the nest and they will have like a rabbit and mice and rats in the nest when the eggs hatch. They fill the pantry if you will.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 05, 2026 02:39 PM (S6amQ)

386 Prosecutors in Paris opened an investigation today into allegations that Chinese citizens had sought to capture sensitive French government and military data.
[...]
the arrested pair were suspected of conducting interception operations from an AirBnB they had rented in the Gironde region, near the city of Bordeaux.

Posted by: 13times at February 05, 2026 02:39 PM (NdSgj)

387 The Red Chinese are savages. They would eat each other if they could get away with it.

Posted by: Zombie Sun Yat Sen, Head Chink at February 05, 2026 02:39 PM (hXJe5)

388 Remember when people got hanged for espionage?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 02:40 PM (JwNbV)

389 China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

So, what happened?
----------------
The British brought Opium and traded it for the silverware.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Hpgos)

390 Nancy Guthrie probably in Mexico (60 miles). Easy blackmail pickoff. Mucho dinero.

Posted by: El Taco at February 05, 2026 02:40 PM (qUkBO)

391 I'm an Owl Fan as well. One night, while we was camping, some Barred Owls decided to party... thought it was Armageddon.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 02:40 PM (DgMqy)

392
Now I wasn't the brightest grad student ever, and one ones nominating me for Nobel prizes, but this was shocking to me at the time. Why would you let people in who can barely communicate with you? Are there no American students as smart as Jie? Is he that much of a catch that we had to import him?
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor

=============

They cheated on their english proficiency tests.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 05, 2026 02:40 PM (JrWaT)

393 Sweet Lord!
Is the only news today about Nancy Guthrie?
What happened is terrible, but now it's just talking head after talking head.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (2WIwB)

394 Seriously, and I am rarely serious...what can be done to dissuade President Trump from inviting 500k Chinese student visas here?

Everyone write to their congresscritters senators? For the return form email and snail mail letter?

I'm willing to do this as I never care who looks upon me as a crazy woman or fool. This is how I've spent my entire life and I ain't stopping now. Y'all have no idea some of the stuff I've done with no care of how crazy I look.

Put them all in camps like WWII and the Japanese is how far I'd go at this point. Vet the ones who have assimilated and are Christian.

I know people scream about the WWII camps, but as my Marine WWII father told me, it had to be done as no one knew who to trust after Pearl Harbor. I trusted my father from my birth to the night he died to tell me the truth. I argued with him over the internment camps in college. On the day of 9/11 I called him and told him I understand now.

I ain't being nice to these spies and nasty people after Wuhan and the plandemic.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (WONhk)

395 Great horned owls are indeed impressive creatures. Magnificent.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM

Had one scare the shit out of me deer hunting this year. I was up in my stand, around daybreak I had just turned around and one is coming at me silently 10 feet from my head and closing. I instinctively ducked. I don't know or think it would have hit me. It scared me but was cool as hell.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (ewjUl)

396 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (eGrbC)

397 The Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office teams inspect merchant ships while their docked in US ports. They said that the conditions of Chinese merchant ships are beyond deplorable - overrun with vermin, rotting food, crews treated as indentured slaves, often little to no working plumbing with backed up sewage running throughout decks, illness will little to no medical care, etc. The Officer's mess/quarter's were much better of course.

Posted by: Cheri at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (oiNtH)

398 Sometimes I can use chopsticks well and then other times I just suck at it.

So I usually just say "eff it" and use a fork.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (77rzZ)

399 In most countries, foreigners are not allowed to own property. In America we allow the Chinese to own just about anything they want.

We are a retarded people in many ways.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (Jay38)

400 They cheated on their english proficiency tests.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Hey Baltimore does that too!

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:42 PM (MGB5H)

401 395 Great horned owls are indeed impressive creatures. Magnificent.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM

Had one scare the shit out of me deer hunting this year. I was up in my stand, around daybreak I had just turned around and one is coming at me silently 10 feet from my head and closing. I instinctively ducked. I don't know or think it would have hit me. It scared me but was cool as hell.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (ewjUl)

He did it for the Lulz, my bet.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:42 PM (pDt9x)

402 Here's the thing about DC. Everyone who lives there hates it and wants to leave.

Posted by: Toilet to Trough at February 05, 2026 02:43 PM (qUkBO)

403 China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

So, what happened?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (pDt9x)

That must've been when they opened the first Panda Express? Easier to hand out sticks than invent plastic for the forks and spoons?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:43 PM (i2VYc)

404 I know people scream about the WWII camps, but as my Marine WWII father told me, it had to be done as no one knew who to trust after Pearl Harbor. I trusted my father from my birth to the night he died to tell me the truth. I argued with him over the internment camps in college. On the day of 9/11 I called him and told him I understand now.

I ain't being nice to these spies and nasty people after Wuhan and the plandemic.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (WONhk)

My mom and dad were at Pearl Harbor. They felt the same was as your dad.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 02:43 PM (2WIwB)

405 I know this is just an incidental part of the story but how on earth did this guy contact his wife in China over 100 times a day? Phone calls? Texts? And each one a separate communication? How did he have time for all the illegal stuff?

Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 02:44 PM (79pEw)

406 He did it for the Lulz, my bet.
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:42 PM

Probably. It was cool though. I was hoping he was going to take out the red squirrel driving me crazy.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:44 PM (ewjUl)

407 My kids will use chopsticks. Sophisticates. They wrestle their food while it gets cold.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:45 PM (pDt9x)

408 392
Now I wasn't the brightest grad student ever, and one ones nominating me for Nobel prizes, but this was shocking to me at the time. Why would you let people in who can barely communicate with you? Are there no American students as smart as Jie? Is he that much of a catch that we had to import him?
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor

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They cheated on their english proficiency tests.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 05, 2026 02:40 PM (JrWaT)

Yes, so obvious in retrospect. 22 year old rule-following me just found it hard to believe that someone would do that, or would plagiarize, or otherwise cheat. Real life has been an education.

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at February 05, 2026 02:45 PM (6RyaQ)

409 That must've been when they opened the first Panda Express? Easier to hand out sticks than invent plastic for the forks and spoons?
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:43 PM

Who eats Panda?

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ewjUl)

410 395 Great horned owls are indeed impressive creatures. Magnificent.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:38 PM

Had one scare the shit out of me deer hunting this year. I was up in my stand, around daybreak I had just turned around and one is coming at me silently 10 feet from my head and closing. I instinctively ducked. I don't know or think it would have hit me. It scared me but was cool as hell.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (ewjUl)

I was just going for counting coup on you, but you flinched.

Posted by: Great Horned Owl at February 05, 2026 02:46 PM (wVcYX)

411 China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

So, what happened?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (pDt9x)M

Confucius taught that knife and forks were violent instruments. Also they began more cooking with chopsticks and just used them to eat instead of having extra utensils. Are the 2 most prominent explanations I have heard.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:46 PM (MGB5H)

412 Red Chinese are savages. They would eat each other if they could get away with it.

Chinese food!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 02:46 PM (Kt19C)

413 Sweet Lord!
Is the only news today about Nancy Guthrie?
What happened is terrible, but now it's just talking head after talking head.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 02:41 PM (2WIwB)

I mentioned this last night - I feel sorry for the lady although I had no idea who Samantha Guthrie is, but the fact is that we've had more coverage on her missing mother than we've had on the fucker that shot Trump in the head in Butler PA. Think about that.

We are a seriously, seriously, un-serious country.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 05, 2026 02:46 PM (i2VYc)

414 He did it for the Lulz, my bet.
Posted by: tubal

Do owls ever scavenge? Maybe he was hoping there was a deer carcass that he could get in on.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

415 The bio stuff is about the limit of what China can do. They may be able to give a lot of people rifles, but they probably cant even get to Taiwan, much less across the Pacific. Barring some sort of absolutely airtight missile defense that works at all launch distances there probably will never be open WW2 style warfare between nuke powers. The end of WW2 would have been very different if the Natsis or the Imperial Japs had had nukes

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 05, 2026 02:47 PM (J6pu5)

416 411 China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

So, what happened?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:37 PM (pDt9x)M

Confucius taught that knife and forks were violent instruments. Also they began more cooking with chopsticks and just used them to eat instead of having extra utensils. Are the 2 most prominent explanations I have heard.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:46 PM (MGB5H)

Confucius was kind of a dick, wasn’t he?

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:47 PM (pDt9x)

417 Seriously, and I am rarely serious...what can be done to dissuade President Trump from inviting 500k Chinese student visas here?
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Maybe he's getting something out of it from China in return. You don't know.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:47 PM (AveBv)

418 Confucius was kind of a dick, wasn’t he?
Posted by: tubal at February

Confucius say never listen to serpent tongue of the round eye.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (MGB5H)

419 Confucius taught that knife and forks were violent instruments. Also taught sucking cock.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (Kt19C)

420
China used spoons in the Shang dynasty 1200 BC. And forks in ancient China as much as 4000 years ago.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Who invented the spork?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (Cqx++)

421 Confucius taught that knife and forks were violent instruments.
Posted by: BruceWayne

I had a class on China my freshman year in college, and we read the Analects of Confucius. Kinda stupid if you ask me.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

422 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (LdBR/)

423 how on earth did this guy contact his wife in China over 100 times a day?

Posted by: bluebell at February 05, 2026 02:44 PM (79pEw)

The much better question is why

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (AveBv)

424 Who invented the spork?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February

Taco Bell.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (MGB5H)

425 People today talk about locking them dirty jap bastards in 41 and dropping the nuke on them in 45 like it was bad to do.

When you have 1000 screaming little yellow bastards coming at ya with fixed bayonets you'll sing a different tune.

Posted by: Sgt. John Stryker at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (hXJe5)

426 421 Confucius taught that knife and forks were violent instruments.
Posted by: BruceWayne

I had a class on China my freshman year in college, and we read the Analects of Confucius. Kinda stupid if you ask me.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

Muhammed I think.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (pDt9x)

427 Just curious. If something God Forbid happens to some ordinary persons loved one, will Trump get involved and send the FBI Director?

I hope the lady is found. But do you realize how many kidnapping there are in a year, most of them by organized foreign criminals?

Posted by: That Guy at February 05, 2026 02:49 PM (IJqrQ)

428 Wait ... point of clarification..... is enthusiastic scissoring between two busty korean women NOT about arts and crafts???????

Posted by: Snark delivery at February 05, 2026 02:50 PM (6Mw3v)

429 People who have stuff to do do not use chopsticks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 05, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

430 "...a lawless, graft-riddled, with open looting of the Treasury by our enemies and criminals the world over.

But other than that...

Posted by: Rimshot at February 05, 2026 02:53 PM (b0pva)

431 I never use knife and fork with Chinese food

Those are for pizza.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 02:54 PM (RIvkX)

432 Turning our fun into a real discussion, huh?

I try to take my time to formulate responses to you since you take time form your responses to me, you know.

I wasn't done thinking!

But in that case, it may be a case of the film having its cake and eating it too. Soon-hee destroys Uncle's porn collection because it's demeaning while the film really does glory in the sight of two naked women scissoring.

Is it the fantastical elements she objects to? The explicit subjugation of the female subjects and women loving each other is escape from that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

Late but feel free to move to webzone if you need to.

I think the brutality and exploitation made one of the women frigid, flesh like cold fowl I think was the phrase. The lesbian sex ignited her passion, not because she didn't know about woman love (I'm SURE the porn books she had to read talked about that) but because she FELT something with her handmaid.

I think she burned the books because of their association in her mind and history and her mother's death.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 03:33 PM (xcxpd)

433 331 259
To Build a Fire

https://tinyurl.com/2xf67y4c
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That is such an amazing piece of literature. I think CBD recommended it to me a few years ago.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 03:43 PM (

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Outstanding story! I read it once and went back for a reread but I couldn't finish it -- the ending was just to experience a second time.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 05, 2026 03:55 PM (Pd07e)

434 All Chinese Nationals, regardless of status, out of the US NOW!

Posted by: Dastardly Dan at February 05, 2026 03:59 PM (lm1cG)

435 Time to totally Shut Them Down and return those so called Scientists to where they came from in the first place and move out the UN as well

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 05, 2026 05:33 PM (wGqjj)

436 Casis belli?

Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza at February 05, 2026 08:37 PM (qgGyX)

Now the American Medical Association Warns Against Gender Mutilations for Children

Pretty amazing that our "experts" just figured out that you should not mutilate children.

We should definitely trust them.

Note, however, they still support sterilizing artificial cross-sex hormones which cause irreversible effects, of course. They're just opposing the most visible and most politically toxic part of the Trans All Children agenda.

Another domino has fallen in the war against child mutilation as the American Medical Association (AMA) has renounced gender surgeries on children. This is the second major medical group this week that's taken such a stand. On Tuesday, I reported that the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) was the first to come out against sex change surgeries for minors.
More to the point, the AMA said that gender surgeries should wait at least until patients are adults. Prior to this week, the majority of the medical community and its professional associations fought against restrictions on gender surgeries and related care. Their earlier stance was to push for "evidence-based" decisions that center on what they had described as the unique needs of the person, regardless of age.
In other words, the ghouls favored making gender surgery decisions on a case-by-case basis, even with children. In addition to surgery, such decisions may also have considered pharmaceutical puberty blockers and hormone therapies.
In making its announcement, the AMA said that while it continued to support treatment for gender-confused minors, there is not enough research on the risks and benefits of surgical procedures for young patients. This stance is very similar to that of the plastic surgeons, which the AMA acknowledged: "In the absence of clear evidence, the AMA agrees with ASPS that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood."
So what happened that has caused so much of this new enlightenment? My colleague Rick Moran covered an interesting legal case and a $2 million award that may have single-handedly destroyed the sex change industry for minors.
...
Last week, [a detransitioner named, supposedly, "Fox"] Varian won a $2 million jury award -- not an out-of-court settlement -- in this landmark case. The court victory for Varian has sent shockwaves throughout the medical industry.

Cutting healthy tissue off children didn't bother them.

But having to pay higher malpractice insurance rates? That finally roused their consciences.

If you're keeping score, there's one organization we have not yet heard from in terms of changing its position on the issue, and that's the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In fact, when the New York Times reached out to the AAP for comment, it said its position on gender surgeries for minors hasn't changed.

The experts want to mutilate your children.

Always Trust the Experts.

Posted by: Ace at 12:08 PM

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1 Legal threats.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (jc0TO)

2 first?

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (Y8DZL)

3 "We weren't doing it, but we'll stop doing it."

Shameless.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (BI5O2)

4 Promethius.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (Kt19C)

5 Pretty amazing that our "experts" just figured out that you should not mutilate children.

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Right after a $2 million dollar judgment, no less.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (GBKbO)

6 Shit, now we gotta re-brand.

That's gonna be expensive.

Posted by: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (JwNbV)

7 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.

I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)

8 I summoned the otters.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (Dg7ng)

9 We're only in it for the money.

Posted by: Pecker Wackers at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (jc0TO)

10 7 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.

I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)

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I do wonder what the hospital's malpractice insurers are saying to the hospital's attorneys right about now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (GBKbO)

11 "We weren't doing it, but we'll stop doing it."

Shameless.

"Do you want a live daughter or a dead son?"

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (n1OCj)

12 "If you're keeping score, there's one organization we have not yet heard from in terms of changing its position on the issue, and that's the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In fact, when the New York Times reached out to the AAP for comment, it said its position on gender surgeries for minors hasn't changed."

Yeah, we'll see how many malpractice suits that position outlasts.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (Dg7ng)

13 Philadelphia Hospital Of Children?

Ah! No, not that one. The memes. My God. The memes!

Children's Own Philadelphia... Hospital?

... maybe....

Posted by: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (JwNbV)

14 "the AMA said that gender surgeries should wait at least until patients are adults."

'It's all good, as long as we can go on mutilating. Waiting a couple years is no biggie.'

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (N8ZBc)

15 Note, however, they still support sterilizing artificial cross-sex hormones which cause irreversible effects, of course. They're just opposing the most visible and most politically toxic part of the Trans All Children agenda.

They're counting on using the "the science is inconclusive" dodge when they start getting sued for the hormones.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

16
Taking the "First Trimester" position to those who want abortion legal up to when the umbilical cord is still attached.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (Y8DZL)

17 I don't hate these people enough, I'm thinking.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (kgE5c)

18 14 "the AMA said that gender surgeries should wait at least until patients are adults."

'It's all good, as long as we can go on mutilating. Waiting a couple years is no biggie.'

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (N8ZBc)

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Most teenagers with gender dysphoria actually grow out of the delusion.

Getting them hooked before maturity short-circuited that growth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (GBKbO)

19 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.

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No he didn't.

Gender reassignments on kids weren't happening.

I have it on good authority, from our Frontline Healthcare Heros.

And they say they're going to stop doing what they weren't doing.

Stop pouncing and siezing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (BI5O2)

20 A whole bunch of organizations that endorsed mutilating children are now suddenly reversing course. I wonder why?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ)

21 They are still on board with the chemical sterilization because profit + eugenics = happy progressive shareholders.

Posted by: A Livingstone at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (KcDXb)

22 Don't question "The Science"!

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at February 05, 2026 12:13 PM (cTj+b)

23 Doctors and psychiatrists being held responsible monetarily will have them all having a come to Jesus moment.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 12:13 PM (NpAcC)

24 LoOk HoW wOkE i Am! BoTh Of My KiDs ArE tRaNs!

Posted by: Ann I. Diot, Whitman, MA at February 05, 2026 12:13 PM (qUkBO)

25

Can Martt walsh go back and interview all the murderous psychopathic zombies again?

Yes, cutting the penis off a 9 year old is perfectly sane and normal.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (et1vG)

26

Everyone hates plaintiffs lawyers until they need one, lol. That verdict was like sunlight on a vampire 🧛‍♀️

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (g6TN6)

27 I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)

That's a lot tamer than what I was wishing would happen to him.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (k9OZB)

28 Willowed:

If my math is correct, over 100 million civilians have been killed by socialism in its several forms in the 20th century alone. That is more than all wars combined.
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The Pol Pot/Cambodia thing would be such an easy lesson to tell because of its relatively short duration and fact that through action and incompetence they killed 25% of the population.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (TN0g+)

29 Off Shakespearean sock

Posted by: Josephistan at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (FLx59)

30 Philadelphia Hospital Of Children?

Ah! No, not that one. The memes. My God. The memes!

Children's Own Philadelphia... Hospital?

... maybe....
Posted by: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM

Splitters!

Posted by: Hospital for Philadelphian Children at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (kgE5c)

31 "I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion" is a strange way to spell "beaten with baseball bats until he is dead."

Posted by: DPICM at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (zweKz)

32 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (jc0TO)

33 In fact, when the New York Times reached out to the AAP for comment, it said its position on gender surgeries for minors hasn't changed.
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Fine. Another night in the box it is.
We'll ask again tomorrow

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (Hx0tZ)

34 Getting them hooked before maturity short-circuited that growth.

the drugs will still "get them hooked"

they won't have puberty. it won't be delayed either. it just won't happen.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (emBoF)

35 A whole bunch of organizations that endorsed mutilating children are now suddenly reversing course. I wonder why?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ

The suits in legal called them all for a Come to Mammon Meeting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (BI5O2)

36 I'm thinking it won't be long until they back off same-sex hormones, as well. There will be lawsuits for that coming down the pike as well...if I had to read into my crystal ball.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (qBdHI)

37 Stop pouncing and siezing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (BI5O2)

Wouldn't it be grimly hilarious, though, if most of these doctors claiming they've been trooning out kids under the knife are actually just straight up liars making up surgeries that never happened and collecting payment from some org or another with a vested interest in perpetuating the normalization of pervoculture?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (JwNbV)

38 32 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.

I hope they fillet the docs this time

hang em by their uteri

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (emBoF)

39 Hi, ace. I sent you a link to The Atlantic article where they quote you! You are famous!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (g47mK)

40 Please don't sue us.

Posted by: AMA at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (98kQX)

41 36 I'm thinking it won't be long until they back off same-sex hormones, as well. There will be lawsuits for that coming down the pike as well...if I had to read into my crystal ball.

yep and ASAP is what needs to happen. they are destructive as well.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (emBoF)

42 We have never genitally mutilated Eastasians.

Posted by: Big Brother at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (qUkBO)

43 "...the AMA acknowledged: "In the absence of clear evidence, the AMA agrees with ASPS that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood."

now, i'm not a lawyer, but is it just me or does this read like a gift to anyone who's "detransitioned"? they are admitting that there's not medical evidence that what they were doing provided benefit, especially when considered against the risks.

if i was suing, this would be evidence #1.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (nXhwP)

44 In the future, we will look back at this child gender reassignment era and see how barbaric and evil it was. It will be on par with lobotomies and electro shock therapy, and blood letting.

Posted by: Frank Barone at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (IifOV)

45 32 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (jc0TO)

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Because Big Law and the ABA are run by true believer leftists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (GBKbO)

46 I'm thinking it won't be long until they back off same-sex hormones, as well. There will be lawsuits for that coming down the pike as well...if I had to read into my crystal ball.

You know who else has a crystal ball?

Posted by: Lance Armstrong at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

47 I posted this yesterday, here tis again:

"As of early 2026, major healthcare providers in North Carolina, including UNC Health and Advocate Health (Atrium Health), have implemented policies restricting gender-affirming care for individuals under 19 years of age."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)

48 Maybe the medical industry should try that whole "first, do no harm" thing. Who knows? It might make a comeback!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (2J/Lj)

49 But they don't want their bank balances mutilated. Which is why we will win.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (AlhUl)

50 I identify as a plaintiff.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (AeW8/)

51 you guys are cracking me up

I once worked on a CHOP rebrand lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (emBoF)

52 This is CYA and the heavy hand of insurance carriers behind it. That $2M verdict for Varian is scaring the shit outta everyone in the medical industry even remotely connected to these butchers.

On its face, $2M ain't a whole lot, but this case was the most favorable of facts for the butchers. Lefty jurisdiction (Westchester), fairly well papered-over procedure, parental consent (!), a relatively older girl, proof that the girl was happy with the procedure for at least a few years after, and some evidence that the case was just a money-grab.

If that jury gave $2M to that girl, then god only knows what they would award in a case with better facts for the plaintiff.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

53 And look who's circled back around to the kiddie table. That right there is going to put them back under a rock for generations, but still they can't help themselves.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (ciYHQ)

54 they won't have puberty. it won't be delayed either. it just won't happen.
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I cannot imagine how awful that would be. To remain physiologically a child for your entire life.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)

55 I do wonder what the hospital's malpractice insurers are saying to the hospital's attorneys right about now.

A tranny writing for the Seattle alt-weekly "The Stranger" had a series of articles about trannies who fled Fascist Red America for Seattle.

One of them, who was a "NASA scientist" in Florida, mentioned that he could no longer get his "gender-affirming" care in Florida, because Florida medical facilities were worried about liability. (Florida passed a law making it crystal-clear that doctors and medical facilities were liable for the adverse consequences caused by chemically and surgically mutilating people.)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (n1OCj)

56 44 "...the AMA acknowledged: "In the absence of clear evidence, the AMA agrees with ASPS that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood."

now, i'm not a lawyer, but is it just me or does this read like a gift to anyone who's "detransitioned"? they are admitting that there's not medical evidence that what they were doing provided benefit, especially when considered against the risks.

if i was suing, this would be evidence #1.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (nXhwP)

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Hospitals are going to be settling a lot of lawsuits out of court. It's going to hurt them a lot.

They're going to have to up their Medicaid reimbursement paperwork speeds to make it up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (GBKbO)

57 Because Big Law and the ABA are run by true believer leftists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM

But true belief won't pay for that yacht.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (jc0TO)

58 Now for some long jail sentences.

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (J/fgw)

59

Maybe the Tranny Pritzker "sister" can pay those judgments

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (g6TN6)

60 Just the fact that the American Medical Association is willing to spend time fine tuning their position instead of merely stating:

"Transgender is not valid. It is a symptom of mental illness. Have a nice day."

This tells me that they should remove "Medical" from their name. They are an "American Association" whose positions, actions, and edicts do nothing more than encourage mental illness. They are complicit no matter how much they tone down their rhetoric. They will remain complicit until they identify individuals claiming to be something they are not for what they really are....mentally ill.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (dIske)

61 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM

In my experience, plaintiffs' lawyers are overwhelmingly leftist. Makes me wonder who the lawyers were who brought that suit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (kgE5c)

62 Liability is our guiding light for right and wrong.

Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

63 I place my trust in anonymous randos on the internet, because they know everything.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (g47mK)

64 A whole bunch of organizations that endorsed mutilating children are now suddenly reversing course. I wonder why?

Have you been pressured by your teacher or your purple haired man hating mother to have your penis chopped off? Are you being force fed hormones by medical experts and your new lesbian step mother to become a Gurl?

Well, we are the largest law firm in the country and we will fight for your penis! Call 1-800-SAVMYPP now! Don't wait until it's too late! Call Now!

Posted by: Morgan and Morgan, For The Penis at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (TmfuF)

65 53 If that jury gave $2M to that girl, then god only knows what they would award in a case with better facts for the plaintiff.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

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That Jazz kid should sue his mother and his doctors and get out with 9 figures.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)

66 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.

I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)

We have a better solution.

Posted by: Polonium Marketing Board at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (8zz6B)

67 Most major medical decisions these days are driven by reimbursement.

Trump pulled the plug on reimbursement for these procedures.

Not entirely malpractice driven, IMHO

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (tdQq3)

68 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.
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Attorneys are virtually all Party men. The Party wanted unfettered child mutilation. So the money got Left on the table.

Unfettered child mutilation turned out to be unpopular, for some reason, and became a liability for the Party, and so the Attorneys have the green light to take that money.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (BI5O2)

69 58 Because Big Law and the ABA are run by true believer leftists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM

But true belief won't pay for that yacht.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (jc0TO)

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Being major party organs to the Deep State and the Democrat Party pays well enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)

70 One successful lawsuit and they are falling like dominoes.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (g47mK)

71 >>Because Big Law and the ABA are run by true believer leftists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM

Professional courtesy.

Posted by: the shark at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (98kQX)

72 But true belief won't pay for that yacht.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM

That's why they sue Big Tobacco, Big Oil, firearms manufacturers, etc.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (kgE5c)

73 > In the absence of clear evidence

Impossiburu. I was told the evidence was crystal clear. Transitioning saves everyone who transitions. The suicides were a direct result of societal cruelty, not regret or confusion or self loathing.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (Yp6az)

74 67 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.

I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)

We have a better solution.
Posted by: Polonium Marketing Board at February 05, 2026 12:18 PM (8zz6B)

We will beat that bid, comrade.

Posted by: Crazy Ivan's Self Filling Ditch Digging at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

75 health"care" in the US is a hot mess

needs burning times

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (emBoF)

76 In the future, we will look back at this child gender reassignment era and see how barbaric and evil it was. It will be on par with lobotomies and electro shock therapy, and blood letting.
Posted by: Frank Barone at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (IifOV)

The way the world is going, in the future we'll either know of none of these things or marvel at the technological supermen who came before as we huddle in our wattle huts hoping the wolves don't come this night.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (ExV1e)

77 If that jury gave $2M to that girl, then god only knows what they would award in a case with better facts for the plaintiff.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

What was wrong with her facts?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

78 We owe a big thanks to Trump and Elon.
Had Kamala won we would be forced to accept the Left's mutilation kink as normal.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (NpAcC)

79 "Do you want a live daughter or a dead son?"
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (n1OCj)

You get a dead son, either way.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (8zz6B)

80 "but they signed a consent form!"

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (g47mK)

81 71 One successful lawsuit and they are falling like dominoes.

because it happened in a blue state, in NY

if it was in FLA, nothing would have changed

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (emBoF)

82 Good news everyone! The candy bar I just ate is gluten free. 10,000 years of humans eating wheat, now every is allergic to that shit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (AeW8/)

83 Big school systems are next on the block.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (jc0TO)

84 I like seeing perverts get slapped by the invisible hand.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (0U5gm)

85 I used to be intimately acquainted with many of the ultra-high vacuum products made by Varian Vacuum Technologies.

Every time this story comes up, my brain needs a little flick to knock it out of wondering what the fuck some pervo story has to do with turbopumps.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (JwNbV)

86 "If my math is correct, over 100 million civilians have been killed by socialism in its several forms in the 20th century alone."

The number I've seen used is 120 mil. Not sure if its valid but might want to Google and compare Maths

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (ciYHQ)

87 In the future, we will look back at this child gender reassignment era and see how barbaric and evil it was. It will be on par with lobotomies and electro shock therapy, and blood letting.

And people who were in favor will be scarcer than Nazis in postwar Berlin.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

88 Our "best and brightest" certainly aren't.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (zjgNU)

89 87 "If my math is correct, over 100 million civilians have been killed by socialism in its several forms in the 20th century alone."

The number I've seen used is 120 mil. Not sure if its valid but might want to Google and compare Maths

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (ciYHQ)

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"It was the sparrows!"
-China

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (GBKbO)

90 We have a better solution.
Posted by: Polonium Marketing Board

Pfft.
-- Big Novichok

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ)

91 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (jc0TO)

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Because Big Law and the ABA are run by true believer leftists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (GBKbO)
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True, but Big Law and ABA are also highly mercenary. Many are leftists because lefty policies favor lawyers, lawsuits, high billables, and big verdicts. It's the same reason why public employees are overwhelmingly Democraps: because their pay and benefits will be higher under Democraps, and their workload will be less.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)

92 Afternoon Ace.
Doctors have a lot of bills to pay. Lopping off children's body parts was quite lucrative for a while. They've paid their bills so they can denounce it now

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (Hhsnh)

93 Does this restriction apply when *cis* girls get breast implants to affirm their gender?

19 seems like a stupid age to set, until you see it as setting a trap to force the question to the supreme court so they can rule that it's constitutional to restrict the rights of adult trans people, which will give every state chomping at the bit the precedent they need to open the flood gates and ban all medical interventions for trans people.

They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment". More organisms for the peeedos.

Cisgender people need to stfu about trans rights issues. After witnessing ten years of cisgender "allies" making things worse by treating my right to exist as a football in their little team politics game.

Gay people wouldn't have their rights today without the blood of trans women of colour. Instead of trying to cut the T from the LGBT they should respect their history and those who bleed and fucking died so they can have rights.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (JCZqz)

94 Every time this story comes up, my brain needs a little flick to knock it out of wondering what the f*** some pervo story has to do with turbopumps.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

95 You know who else has a crystal ball?
Posted by: Lance Armstrong at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

Kyle Kulinski and whoever she's banging on the side.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (ExV1e)

96 gluten was not a thing, and then suddenly it became a thing. same with dairy products.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (g47mK)

97 And people who were in favor will be scarcer than Nazis in postwar Berlin.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

Even better analogy? Collaborating French.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)

98 Reap me.

Posted by: The Whirlwind at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (Mq0k1)

99 94 Does this restriction apply when *cis* girls get breast implants to affirm their gender?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (JCZqz)

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How many 17 year old girls are getting tit jobs?

Isn't that like tattoos? They have to wait until they're 18?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)

100 Semi-willowed, but now fully on topic: A new way to dodge "what is a woman", seen at a hospital and posted on X:

When to see a reproductive endocrinologist?

You've been trying to conceive for 12 months with regular, unprotected intercourse and the partner with eggs is less than 35 years old

David Burge
@Iowahawkblog
Excuse me, I prefer to be referred to as the Partner With Jizz Bags.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (2ocoG)

101 Early life lesson #?

Don't catch your junk in your zipper.

Posted by: DaveA at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (FhXTo)

102 They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment

Yes...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (VE6XX)

103
20 A whole bunch of organizations that endorsed mutilating children are now suddenly reversing course. I wonder why?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM

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Money. The same reason they built this entire unnecessary fake industry in the first place.

Note: These people are monsters. That things ever got this far speaks very poorly for our society.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (VWtfl)

104 94 Gay people wouldn't have their rights today without the blood of trans women of colour. Instead of trying to cut the T from the LGBT they should respect their history and those who bleed and fucking died so they can have rights.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (JCZqz)

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This one has to be satire. Has to be.

"Black transgender women were the only ones fighting at Stonewall!" sort of thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (GBKbO)

105 Alex the Chick has a "Twitter School" on Medical Malpractice.

Oh, and AMA is looking at all the lawsuits in the offing for their recommendation. I bet the Insurance section started screaming and sobbing on the phone after the judgement came down on Transing.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (rbvCR)

106 I think calling someone "cisgender" should be considered a hate crime.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (g47mK)

107 I have completed the analysis you requested on the gluten content of pussy, Ace.

Also, your fresh shipment of adrenochrome is waiting for you on the island.

Posted by: Dr. Teter Appia at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (EHtbW)

108 > Most major medical decisions these days are driven by reimbursement.

I wonder if it the fact that the medical coding tricks the butchers were using to slip butchery through the review process were coming to light had a part as well.

They were intentionally mis-coding patients to give themselves license to do tranny surgeries and other actions. Some people were calling it out. I'm not in medicine and I was hearing about it.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (Yp6az)

109 it's triggering!!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (g47mK)

110 The AMA is so hard-left that I doubt this indicates any sort of shift in view but rather a cold risk assessment. "Oh shit, they're catching on, we need to reel it in a little."

Posted by: American Mengelesque Association at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)

111 I cannot imagine how awful that would be. To remain physiologically a child for your entire life.
Posted by: Bulg

*scribbles furiously *

Posted by: Anne Rice at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (hY1cu)

112 Gay people wouldn't have their rights today without the blood of trans women of colour.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM

Some of these have just got to be put ons, seeing how far you can go and still get applause.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (jc0TO)

113 If that jury gave $2M to that girl, then god only knows what they would award in a case with better facts for the plaintiff.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

What was wrong with her facts?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)
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See my comment above about her age and proof that she was happy with the procedure. She wrote a letter to the doctors thanking them for doing the procedure and how it changed her life for the better. She apparently lived as a boy for years without incident or regret. Then all of a sudden she sues. Looks mercenary.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

114 The AMA is so hard-left that I doubt this indicates any sort of shift in view but rather a cold risk assessment.

The floodgates are open now for malpractice lawsuits related to transing kids, so they understandably wish to keep their yachts.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (2ocoG)

115
Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and People For the American Way announced the revival and rebrand of the KamalaHQ accounts as a new project: Headquarters.

KamalaHQ played a critical role in the 2024 presidential campaign as the accounts helped to move key messages like Project 2025 from the “left bubble” and into the mainstream. Now, the Vice President is partnering with People For the American Way – one of the most storied membership organizations in the country – to build an effort to mobilize pro-justice, pro-fairness, pro-democracy young people against far-right extremism. This combination of these large social media accounts and an organization that has for decades been at the nexus of culture and politics will help power the progressive movement for another generation.

Conservatives build permanent organizing infrastructure. Progressives have historically built machines that dismantle after Election Day. Headquarters is the end of that cycle.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)

116 94 Gay people wouldn't have their rights today without the blood of trans women of colour. Instead of trying to cut the T from the LGBT they should respect their history and those who bleed and fucking died so they can have rights.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (JCZqz)

LOL.

There's nothing white troons find more offputting than black people trying to troon out. They're not going to give you a seat at the table. Get some anabolic steroids, build some fucking muscle, accept you're a fucking black dude, stop being gay.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (6Uni8)

117 But I've got to affirm my boat payments!

Posted by: Dr. Mengele wannabe at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (LRxLn)

118 116
Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and People For the American Way announced the revival and rebrand of the KamalaHQ accounts as a new project: Headquarters.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)

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This is a pet peeve:

She's not Vice President. She's a former vice president. She doesn't get to keep the title.

We are a nation without titles, and retaining the title, even merely rhetorically, irks the shit out of me. It's unAmerican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (GBKbO)

119 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.
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Just a reminder, 'Admiral' 'Rachel' Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine.

Insanity.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (XeU6L)

120 Yes...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (VE6XX)

hahahaha

"Nowwww you're getting it!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (JwNbV)

121 I'm sorry but I have no idea what a troon is.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (SXxzC)

122 Yes, trial lawyers are greedy. So what?

They can take some money off a dickchopper. But if the Party doesn't like that, then that lawyer will be cut off from access to the money river, and the other lawyers and judges will take their dippin' cup and smash it.

Unless it's a "fuck you money" settlement, no lawyer will risk the wrath of the Party over it.

Who gives up the river for one cool drink?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (BI5O2)

123 I am so incredibly sickened by medical doctors honestly

wtf guys

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (emBoF)

124 Gay people wouldn't have their rights today without the blood of trans women of colour. Instead of trying to cut the T from the LGBT they should respect their history and those who bleed and fucking died so they can have rights.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (JCZqz)

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This one has to be satire. Has to be.

"Black transgender women were the only ones fighting at Stonewall!" sort of thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:22 PM (GBKbO)
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I do think there are some trolls on Reddit saying things like this that are so insanely stupid they have to be trolls. Same thing with those DU threads. But ... maybe not. These people do not live in the same world as us.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

125 They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment".

Don't give me hope. Please.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (+4yJ5)

126 55 I cannot imagine how awful that would be. To remain physiologically a child for your entire life.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)

That's why some want to do it. It's not hard to find posts about a troon saying "I'm going to be young forever while all of you get old and ugly!"

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (6Uni8)

127 I'm sorry but I have no idea what a troon is.

A tranny or transformer.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

128 Q. What do you call a million trial lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

A. One too many.

Posted by: Gonna Sue You Suckers at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (qUkBO)

129 122 Unless it's a "fuck you money" settlement, no lawyer will risk the wrath of the Party over it.

Who gives up the river for one cool drink?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (BI5O2)

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Well, one lawyer did and won. And the risk of more is obviously changing behavior in other organizations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (GBKbO)

130 Looks mercenary.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

I think that makes me like this story even more, somehow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (JwNbV)

131 126 55 I cannot imagine how awful that would be. To remain physiologically a child for your entire life.

I mean, Millennials remain psychologically children for the rest of their lives ...

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (emBoF)

132 107 I have completed the analysis you requested on the gluten content of pussy, Ace.

Also, your fresh shipment of adrenochrome is waiting for you on the island.
Posted by: Dr. Teter Appia at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (EHtbW)

Odd. Not sure if troll or someone doing a deep cut, obscure reference.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

133 Cisgender people need to stfu about trans rights issues.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Did someone forget to sign out the Flamethrower again?
I thought there were TWO in inventory

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:28 PM (ciYHQ)

134 Ghey black hookers.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 12:28 PM (Lytz7)

135 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (GBKbO)

Okay, Coach!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 12:28 PM (n9ltV)

136 "They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment".."

Thank you for your suggestions! They have been noted and sent on to the deciding authority. Highly recommended!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 05, 2026 12:28 PM (2J/Lj)

137 Some of these have just got to be put ons, seeing how far you can go and still get applause.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Only one response, from someone with a furry cartoon avatar with a trans flags background, simply saying:

^this

So, someone on the spectrum thinks it's legit lol

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:28 PM (JCZqz)

138 124 I do think there are some trolls on Reddit saying things like this that are so insanely stupid they have to be trolls. Same thing with those DU threads. But ... maybe not. These people do not live in the same world as us.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (iFTx/)

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Reddit is easier to troll in. DU much more tightly manages its user base.

The Reddit responses are probably invested with trolls. I don't think the DU ones are.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:28 PM (GBKbO)

139 Odd. Not sure if troll or someone doing a deep cut, obscure reference.

it's a semi deep reference. Dr Attia was in the Epstein emails and it was NOT GOOD.

he had to quit and we'll see what else happens

he's a very famous "anti aging" celebrity Doc

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (emBoF)

140 Kamala inspiring young people ? I don't see it...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (VE6XX)

141 121 I'm sorry but I have no idea what a troon is.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (SXxzC)

It's been explained many times here, but it's the term Kiwi Farms uses for male to female trannies. (they use "Pooner" for female to male.)

It originated on the site Something Awful, where all the users were called "goons". A ton of people on SA went tranny, so those people were called "troons" (tranny + goon). It spread.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (6Uni8)

142 See my comment above about her age and proof that she was happy with the procedure. She wrote a letter to the doctors thanking them for doing the procedure and how it changed her life for the better. She apparently lived as a boy for years without incident or regret. Then all of a sudden she sues. Looks mercenary.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

Girls with boobs make more on OF.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)

143 > Good news everyone! The candy bar I just ate is gluten free. 10,000 years of humans eating wheat, now every is allergic to that shit.

RFK has been saying it's glyphosate. In the US, farmers are allowed to spray wheat with a desiccant before harvest that dries it out evenly and speeds up the harvest/processing process. They typically use glyphosate.

I personally don't think it's just that one thing. Celiac is real. But a lot of people who seem to be wheat intolerant don't have Celiac. Some of it may be in people's heads. I think it's a combination of all three and probably more environmental contaminants.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Yp6az)

144 14 "the AMA said that gender surgeries should wait at least until patients are adults."

'It's all good, as long as we can go on mutilating. Waiting a couple years is no biggie.'
Posted by: gp

The reason Al Gayeda is upset by that is they suddenly don't have young and cute kids going under the knife. To them, the grownups doing this look icky.

Yes I said it. I don't care what people think.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (+4yJ5)

145 We are a nation without titles, and retaining the title, even merely rhetorically, irks the shit out of me. It's unAmerican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

When he was serving in the US House of Reps after his presidency, John Quincy Adams was always addressed simply as "Mr. Adams."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

146 I will remind You People again, that our so-called EXPERTS! in the medical profession have been just fine with this Mengele shit for *decades* for adults. It's only in the past few years that the psychos extended it to children.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (ULPxl)

147 he's a very famous "anti aging" celebrity Doc
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (emBoF)

Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

148 128 Q. What do you call a million trial lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

A. One too many.
Posted by: Gonna Sue You Suckers at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (qUkBO)

After a million you can't really call it "trying" anymore.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (JwNbV)

149 127 I'm sorry but I have no idea what a troon is.
___

Tranny + Goon portmanteau.

Posted by: Webster at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (qUkBO)

150 Someone needs to explain this whole "gluten free" nonsense to me. Very simply, if you don't have celiac disease, you should not be avoiding gluten. You should be including it in your diet.

Those grains that are rich in gluten provide fiber, vitamins, and minerals beneficial to your health. In addition, gluten is a probiotic (the good bacteria) that assists in digestion.

Gluten Free diets are absolute nonsense (again, unless you suffer from Celiac Disease...and most of us do not).

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (dIske)

151 147 he's a very famous "anti aging" celebrity Doc
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (emBoF)

Huh.

yeah. exactly.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (emBoF)

152 I think calling someone "cisgender" should be considered a hate crime.
Posted by: runner

No such thing. It's a slur, but we don't need to also take up the left's 'hate crime' hobby in order to refute them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (diia5)

153
After the surgical mutilation, I think the quackery of puberty blockers and hormones is next. It will be driven by successful malpractice suits.

Pushing the procedures to age 21 is better than what we have now, but this is still medical malpractice at any age. Mutilation to 'transition' someone completely misses the real problem: a psychological disorder that will not be fixed by any of this. That the people profiting from this industry cultivate the psychological disorder is truly evil.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (VWtfl)

154 See my comment above about her age and proof that she was happy with the procedure.

I'm willing to bet that she was told that she WILL be happy with the procedure or she will be ostracized for wrongthink.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (+4yJ5)

155 >>> 7 There is a purple-haired surgeon at Oregon Health Sciences University who has done many "gender reassignment surgeries" on minors.

I hope that he is eventually sued into oblivion.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (n1OCj)

I hope they / them's head ends up on a pike, so I can do the Vir wave at it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (ULPxl)

156
Hi, ace. I sent you a link to The Atlantic article where they quote you! You are famous!
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:15 PM (g47mK)

Oh, that's hilarious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 12:31 PM (y9nCu)

157 We have always been at war with East Asia.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:31 PM (dK+Kv)

158 The reason Al Gayeda is upset by that is they suddenly don't have young and cute kids going under the knife. To them, the grownups doing this look icky.
Posted by: NR Pax

Plus, every year of delay is a chance the person may come to their senses and be normal.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:31 PM (JCZqz)

159 Glutten is a protein, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:31 PM (jc0TO)

160 There are plenty of lawyers with no qualms about suing doctors for any kind of malpractice. The absurdity is there is supposed to be some standard of care they are supposed to follow before lopping off some girl's breasts.

In a year this will become like mesothelioma litigation. Shysters will be advertising for plaintiffs on every daytime talk show.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at February 05, 2026 12:31 PM (wGerL)

161 I identify as a plaintiff.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (AeW8/)

Have you been injured in the pronoun wars?

Have you been a victim of chicks with dicks creeping on your loved ones in a bathroom or locker room?

You may be entitled to compensation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (dK+Kv)

162 I'm sure it's organic gluten.
But is it free range fair trade gluten?

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (LRxLn)

163 Girls with boobs make more on OF.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)

Sorry, was going to illustrate, but got distracted.

https://tinyurl.com/y3ktc8he

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

164 Unexpectedly

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (AveBv)

165 146 I will remind You People again, that our so-called EXPERTS! in the medical profession have been just fine with this Mengele shit for *decades* for adults. It's only in the past few years that the psychos extended it to children.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (ULPxl)

Hell, I'm fine with it for adults. You want some quack to lop your clackerbag off, you do you, if you can find one willing to do it.

Just don't call it "medicine". You wanna split your tongue or implant studs in your scalp too, have at it. I give no shits. Keep the medical profession far away from it and call it what it is. Body Modification.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (JwNbV)

166 Mutilation to 'transition' someone completely misses the real problem: a psychological disorder that will not be fixed by any of this. That the people profiting from this industry cultivate the psychological disorder is truly evil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM

It's like cutting off the legs of someone who identifies as crippled, or giving ozempic to anorexics.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (jc0TO)

167 I personally don't think it's just that one thing. Celiac is real. But a lot of people who seem to be wheat intolerant don't have Celiac. Some of it may be in people's heads. I think it's a combination of all three and probably more environmental contaminants.

My mom has a diagnosed wheat/grass allergy but she can eat European wheat with no issues. So I think RFKJr is correct that it's something we're spraying on ours that they aren't, be that glyphosate or whatever.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (2ocoG)

168 So no one's going to fess up on Flamethrower #2? Okay.

Row 32 says MIRV. That's not... you know...

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (ciYHQ)

169 Yeah, troon is more goofy sexual implication and aggressive tranny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)

170 > It's a slur, but we don't need to also take up the left's 'hate crime' hobby in order to refute them.

I disagree. Apply their rules to them ruthlessly. It's the only way they'll stop. Taking the high road doesn't stop lunatics. It only emboldens them and gives them room to get stronger and metastasize. When the rule hurts them, then and only then will they call for the abolishment of the rule.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (Yp6az)

171 "So what happened that has caused so much of this new enlightenment? My colleague Rick Moran covered an interesting legal case and a $2 million award that may have single-handedly destroyed the sex change industry for minors."
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Sex change industry. A solution in search of a problem. All that was needed was a billpayer.

One of those things Pelosi said we wouldn't know was part of Obamacare until it was passed.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (B4Se1)

172 Plus, every year of delay is a chance the person may come to their senses and be normal.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

We need to go back to making this a mental illness as well as shaming Al Gayeda for existing.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (+4yJ5)

173 150 Someone needs to explain this whole "gluten free" nonsense to me. Very simply, if you don't have celiac disease, you should not be avoiding gluten. You should be including it in your diet.

Those grains that are rich in gluten provide fiber, vitamins, and minerals beneficial to your health. In addition, gluten is a probiotic (the good bacteria) that assists in digestion.

Gluten Free diets are absolute nonsense (again, unless you suffer from Celiac Disease...and most of us do not).
Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (dIske)

Celiacs are not the only folks who should avoid gluten. While I agree the numbers are inflated, there are folks with wheat allergies (who are avoiding more than just the gluten) and gluten insensitivity (where is causes inflammation - ala just like the Celiacs) who should also avoid it.

And then there are the low carb/Keto folks who probably should be seeking better forms of carbs for the few limited ones they are allowed/day. Although they wouldn't be looking for "gluten free" products, but an apple...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (tOcjL)

174 There are plenty of lawyers with no qualms about suing doctors for any kind of malpractice.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

My late lawyer brother made bank off of medical malpractice cases, especially "bad baby" cases where a delivery goes awry and the baby is killed or seriously injured.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

175 So it's a boob thread?

Posted by: Hoping for a boob thread at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (LRxLn)

176 Sorry, was going to illustrate, but got distracted.

https://tinyurl.com/y3ktc8he
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM

She needs a rat to gnaw that thing off her face.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (jc0TO)

177 Well, one lawyer did and won. And the risk of more is obviously changing behavior in other organizations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:27 PM (GBKbO)

There will be many more - because the Party has loudly signaled they are distancing themselves from these doctors.

Now they're reaching for their dippin' cups.

And if the Party changes their minds in a couple years, then the lawsuits will start being thrown out by judges, and then stop altogether.

None of it ever has anything to do with any objective standards about law, medicine, or anything else. Just who may be fleeced, and who may not.

Dickchoppers are back on the menu for now, and J. Fatpockets, Esq. is feeling peckish.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (BI5O2)

178 144 The reason Al Gayeda is upset by that is they suddenly don't have young and cute kids going under the knife. To them, the grownups doing this look icky.

Yes I said it. I don't care what people think.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (+4yJ5)

Bingo.

LGBTQWTFBBQ is VERY MUCH about desperately holding onto youth, and trying to either be young forever, or be around the young forever.

Aging is the ultimate evil to them.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (6Uni8)

179 You may be entitled to compensation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (dK+Kv)

(looks down)

I am definitely entitled to compensation. A lot of it.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (AveBv)

180
Cisgender people need to stfu about trans rights issues.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Fine. Just as soon as you LGBTBBQEIEIO++ people shut your fucking whoreish pie-holes about straight people rights issues.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (y9nCu)

181 153
After the surgical mutilation, I think the quackery of puberty blockers and hormones is next. It will be driven by successful malpractice suits.

Pushing the procedures to age 21 is better than what we have now, but this is still medical malpractice at any age. Mutilation to 'transition' someone completely misses the real problem: a psychological disorder that will not be fixed by any of this. That the people profiting from this industry cultivate the psychological disorder is truly evil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (VWtfl)

It's like giving an anorexic full body liposuction to fix their disease.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (tOcjL)

182 Gay people wouldn't have their rights today without the blood of trans women of colour.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM

They've always got to Rosa Parks everything.

Posted by: Frank Barone at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (IifOV)

183 it's criminal to lop off 11 year old's boobies. Those are the best kind.

Posted by: Joey B In The Shower at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (oftw2)

184 I was labeled a monster for saying "one day trans surgeries for gender dysmorphia will be looked upon like giving kids lobotomies for ADHD."

Posted by: thesgm at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (VhDvQ)

185 175 So it's a boob thread?
Posted by: Hoping for a boob thread at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (LRxLn)

Boobs are like food comrade.

Not everyone gets them.

Posted by: Fun times Joey Stalin at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (bss/y)

186 Aliasaliassmith is hardest hit!

Posted by: GigantorX at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (KEcfS)

187
After the surgical mutilation, I think the quackery of puberty blockers and hormones is next. It will be driven by successful malpractice suits.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

============

Puberty blockers are every bit as bad, and the subject of just as many lies.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (JrWaT)

188 I'm conflicted. On the one hand I want every "childrens hospital" that mutilated confused kids to be sued into bankruptcy for their evil. OTOH I don't want pediatric surgeries for real things like heart defects to go away and parents get to watch their kids die as if they were stuck in the UK health system.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Sokdp)

189 Now for some long jail sentences.

--

I can't remember specifics on this particularly evil, odious doctor, but there was a woman that used to post on her whatever social media page every time she lobbed off some young girl's breasts. She is the very definition of evil. I want so much to see that gleeful grin wiped off her face when she's thrown in the klink, or sued into the poor house, for what she's actively promoted and done to these kids.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (qBdHI)

190 As I have repeatedly mentioned, the Left will abandon trans faster than you can say Globalized the Intifada.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (AveBv)

191 Hell, I'm fine with it for adults. You want some quack to lop your clackerbag off, you do you, if you can find one willing to do it.

Just don't call it "medicine". You wanna split your tongue or implant studs in your scalp too, have at it. I give no shits. Keep the medical profession far away from it and call it what it is. Body Modification.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:32 PM (JwNbV)

And don't take MY money to pay for it. Not before, not during, not after.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (ExV1e)

192 I'm willing to bet that she was told that she WILL be happy with the procedure or she will be ostracized for wrongthink.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (+4yJ5)

"There's something wrong with me, there's something wrong with me."

"Well, then, let's Mr. Potato Head your crotch around a bit so you can feel happy being in a better body!"

*Three months later*

"OH MY GOD THIS IS AWFUL!"

"Huh. Must be something wrong with you."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (JwNbV)

193 My wife has a wheat allergy.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

194
186 Aliasaliassmith is hardest hit!

Posted by: GigantorX at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (KEcfS)

=====

He likes to be called ASS.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (GBKbO)

195 Plus, every year of delay is a chance the person may come to their senses and be normal.

Anti-trans gays and lesbians understand that genuine gender dysphoria cases often resolve to the person being just gay or lesbian. Hell, Andrew Sullivan, Celebrity Gynecologist, was saying that 15 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (2ocoG)

196 FFS autocorrect stop wrecking my flow

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (AveBv)

197 (looks down)

I am definitely entitled to compensation. A lot of it.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (AveBv)

This could go a number of ways.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (dK+Kv)

198 She needs a rat to gnaw that thing off her face.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (jc0TO)

LOL. I was literally the meme and had to go back and look.

It's not that bad.

Posted by: Fun times Joey Stalin at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (bss/y)

199 "the AMA said that gender surgeries should wait at least until patients are adults."
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A reminder:

"The human brain typically reaches full maturity between the mid-to-late 20s (approx. age 25–30). While the brain stops increasing in physical size during early adolescence, the prefrontal cortex—responsible for impulse control, planning, and decision-making—is the last area to fully develop, undergoing significant maturation well into the third decade of life."

My emphasis.

Thus, WFB's comment, 'Ignorance is organic to youth'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (XeU6L)

200 Should they be doing this during National Negro Month?

Posted by: How inconsiderate at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (LRxLn)

201 An illegal alien truck driver killed four PA Amish men. The trucking company is out of CA.

http://tiny.cc/mjly001

Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Yp6az)

202 Does this restriction apply when *cis* girls get breast implants to affirm their gender?
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The term "cis" is stupid. But YES, females shouldn't be getting implants until they're of legal age to make that decision for themselves

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (TN0g+)

203 Pushing the procedures to age 21 is better than what we have now, but this is still medical malpractice at any age. Mutilation to 'transition' someone completely misses the real problem: a psychological disorder that will not be fixed by any of this. That the people profiting from this industry cultivate the psychological disorder is truly evil.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (VWtfl)

Well said

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (B4Se1)

204 /off easy go lucky commie nic

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

205 I have found it baffling why the legal profession has left so much money on the table for so long.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (jc0TO)

1) the Bar has been captured as surely as the medical profession by DEI and Progressive thinking. The Bar runs the state education and licensing, as well as the ethics oversight. When the Board of Governors were old crusty lawyers that passed the bar in the 60's abd 70's it was a restraining hand, now that the Board is made of idiots who passed the bar after 2001 it acts like a Methhead on a stolen D6

2) Progressive education, especially the sort you get in liberal colleges, teaches that the noblest position is to be a fellow traveler -- and that it is far safer and the law probably will ignore progressive, high status knowledge workers who act in favor of the revolutionaries.

3) The other members of the Club's opinions are far more important than dirty little things like laws.
Attorneys and judges MAKE THE LAW SERVE THEM, after all, and part of that is easing their way into the society of professionals

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)

206 They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment".
------

YES, that's correct--we call it a return to sanity.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (TN0g+)

207 188 I'm conflicted. On the one hand I want every "childrens hospital" that mutilated confused kids to be sued into bankruptcy for their evil. OTOH I don't want pediatric surgeries for real things like heart defects to go away and parents get to watch their kids die as if they were stuck in the UK health system.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Sokdp)

Keep the hospitals. Sell them off to some billionaires. Hire new management. Shitcan the more troublesome underlings (everyone will know who they are.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (JwNbV)

208 What I'm saying is we're gonna get all excited when the Left turns its back on trans, but the real reason will be in deference to their new love, islam

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (AveBv)

209 The term "cis" is stupid. But YES, females shouldn't be getting implants until they're of legal age to make that decision for themselves
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (TN0g+)

Wait, are girls getting boob implants before 18?!

I can believe it, but... grow into them first, ladies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

210 "Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment"

Well, freaks, there's always lobotomies...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 05, 2026 12:38 PM (qgiO1)

211 Happy to say that my gaydar is intact and fully operational.

There's stories going around about a chair force 20 year vet by the name of Bree Fram. Some of the stories are ambiguous about the gender.

But not old Flounder's gaydar. It was going off like a MoFo.

Sorry for the spoiler.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:38 PM (dK+Kv)

212 189 I can't remember specifics on this particularly evil, odious doctor, but there was a woman that used to post on her whatever social media page every time she lobbed off some young girl's breasts. She is the very definition of evil. I want so much to see that gleeful grin wiped off her face when she's thrown in the klink, or sued into the poor house, for what she's actively promoted and done to these kids.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (qBdHI)

Sidhbh Gallagher. aka "Dr. Teetus Deletus".

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:38 PM (6Uni8)

213 Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (tOcjL)
________________________

I've got a theory on "wheat allergies" that ties into peanut allergies. Did you know that you are 81% less likely to have a peanut allergy if you had some form of peanuts included in your diet at 4 to 6 months of age? Now, no one has done the same type study on wheat (yet), but you want to take a guess at what the results would show?

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:38 PM (dIske)

214 They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment".

As Leaflit's AI song goes, "Put 'em in the box".

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:39 PM (2ocoG)

215 19 seems like a stupid age to set
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I actually see their point on this one. Its the old "IF I can go to war and buy a cigarette, why can't I ______" argument.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:39 PM (TN0g+)

216 There are plenty of lawyers with no qualms about suing doctors for any kind of malpractice.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
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Well, actually, about suing anyone for anything.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:39 PM (XeU6L)

217 'The term "cis" is stupid.'

Can't do chemistry without cis and trans. Some leeway is merited.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:39 PM (N8ZBc)

218 This could go a number of ways.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:36 PM (dK+Kv

Choose whatever is funniest

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:39 PM (AveBv)

219 "The human brain typically reaches full maturity between the mid-to-late 20s (approx. age 25–30). While the brain stops increasing in physical size during early adolescence, the prefrontal cortex—responsible for impulse control, planning, and decision-making—is the last area to fully develop, undergoing significant maturation well into the third decade of life."

Raise the voting age to thirty.

Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (Q+gd/)

220 Same deal with AMA. The Party has just signaled that the legal establishment will no longer be providing air cover for dickchopping, so the AMA has a strange new respect for the chilrunz.

Full-time pediatric dickchoppers will have to shift to adults, or move to some isle of Dr. Moreau and create their abominations in a nonextradition country.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)

221 Two words: Sham wow!

https://is.gd/iNXCF4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (J+Psw)

222 There was some CA politician last year who was in a Q&A who said, "Women and cis-women" implying that dudes who cut off their dicks are more women than women born without dicks.

It's gotta be a sexual kink by that point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (GBKbO)

223 The human brain typically reaches full maturity between the mid-to-late 20s (approx. age 25–30). While the brain stops increasing in physical size during early adolescence, the prefrontal cortex—responsible for impulse control, planning, and decision-making—is the last area to fully develop, undergoing significant maturation well into the third decade of life."
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When do the fart and boob jokes stop

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (AveBv)

224 Sidhbh Gallagher. aka "Dr. Teetus Deletus".
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:38 PM (6Uni

Sheev?

Like.... Palpatine?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (JwNbV)

225 that gleeful grin wiped off her face when she's thrown in the klink, or sued into the poor house, for what she's actively promoted and done to these kids.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Better to just be found in a dumpster...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM (qgiO1)

226 This is a pet peeve:

She's not Vice President. She's a former vice president. She doesn't get to keep the title.

We are a nation without titles, and retaining the title, even merely rhetorically, irks the shit out of me. It's unAmerican.
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I got AI to agree with me on that point one day when I was bored enough to argue with AI. AI conceded that Kamala was not actually vice president and had merely been one previously.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (TN0g+)

227 Choose whatever is funniest

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:39 PM (AveBv)

... has small peen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (dK+Kv)

228 >>> 189 Now for some long jail sentences.

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I can't remember specifics on this particularly evil, odious doctor, but there was a woman that used to post on her whatever social media page every time she lobbed off some young girl's breasts. She is the very definition of evil. I want so much to see that gleeful grin wiped off her face when she's thrown in the klink, or sued into the poor house, for what she's actively promoted and done to these kids.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 12:35 PM (qBdHI)

Put them in gen pop.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (ULPxl)

229 Is there going to be a class action case against Tylenol for causing autism now that the HHS said there is a link and also Tylenol's own scientists said the data was showing that too?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (Vh9CX)

230
Sidhbh Gallagher. aka "Dr. Teetus Deletus".
Posted by: XTC

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aka Scythe Gallagher

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (JrWaT)

231 213 Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:34 PM (tOcjL)
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I've got a theory on "wheat allergies" that ties into peanut allergies. Did you know that you are 81% less likely to have a peanut allergy if you had some form of peanuts included in your diet at 4 to 6 months of age? Now, no one has done the same type study on wheat (yet), but you want to take a guess at what the results would show?
Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:38 PM (dIske)

True, but 25% of all food allergies are ADULT onset...and those tend to be related to the onset of auto-immune conditions in the adults of some type or another and/or a leaky gut type syndrome.

So, we can fix most kid allergies, but adult ones are much more tricky. It's hard convincing the human body's immune system that something it identified as an enemy is really a friend once you've hit adulthood.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)

232 Better to just be found in a dumpster...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM

While Layla plays in the background.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (jc0TO)

233 226 I got AI to agree with me on that point one day when I was bored enough to argue with AI. AI conceded that Kamala was not actually vice president and had merely been one previously.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (TN0g+)

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Arguing with AI is real boredom territory.

It's not like it'll remember it the next time you interact with it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (GBKbO)

234 Wait, are girls getting boob implants before 18?!

I can believe it, but... grow into them first, ladies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

Time's a-wasting and we have work to do...

Posted by: Mr. Epstein at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (MZ+PY)

235 The prefix "cis" is only useful in geography, and astronomy, as the opposite of "trans":

"Cisleithania," "cislunar," etc.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (77rzZ)

236 Sidhbh Gallagher. aka "Dr. Teetus Deletus".

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Yes, that's her! A repulsive human being. She turns my stomach.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (qBdHI)

237 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (dK+Kv)

I would have gone with "frightfully inadequate"

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (AveBv)

238 Raise the voting age to thirty.
Posted by: davidt
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You say that as though 18 year-olds don't have enough life experience to vote wisely.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)

239 >>> 206 They won't stop at surgeries. Job restrictions, bathroom bans and suddenly we are insane and should be locked up for "treatment".
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YES, that's correct--we call it a return to sanity.
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:37 PM (TN0g+)

Rectification of names, round eye.

Posted by: Confucius at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (ULPxl)

240 @astrarce and @bitchuneedsoap have already broken in to Kamala's "Headquarters". I say "broken in", but apparently they once again have no security and left things like their payment service keys out in the open.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

241 Old and busted: Antifa isn’t real, it’s just an idea!

New hotness: “Antifa Kyle,” who encouraged people online to shoot ICE agents, arrested in Minneapolis wearing an “I AM ANTIFA” hoodie

@NickSortor

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Hkcdp)

242

>>>We are a nation without titles, and retaining the title, even merely rhetorically, irks the shit out of me. It's unAmerican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Not so, we have always maintained since Washington that a person is addressed by the highest political rank they achieved, even after retiring. It's an honorific, nnot a "title" which has a specific legal meaning and geographical authority. Retired justices are still called justice, retired senators are still called senator, it's always been that way. It only gets funny when you have a president go sit on the Supreme Court

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (g6TN6)

243 In other medical news, today my PCP sez my latest blood test results please him. Last time, he ordered me to the ER, and I declined; I feel fine. Something about Na and K. It's because I drink 7-8 liters of diet cola a day. I'm thirsty, not sick, doc.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (N8ZBc)

244 240 @astrarce and @bitchuneedsoap have already broken in to Kamala's "Headquarters". I say "broken in", but apparently they once again have no security and left things like their payment service keys out in the open.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

*facepalm*

Hooray for Default Environment Variables.

Fucking speds.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (JwNbV)

245 When do the fart and boob jokes stop
Posted by: ...

They stop? You'd never know it from this place.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)

246 Raise the voting age to 100. Dems will still find millions of votes, and the census will duly report that most Americans are living until 175 these days.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (BI5O2)

247 Apply their rules to them ruthlessly. It's the only way they'll stop.
Posted by: bonhomme

Not only, but our mistakes are NOT from overplaying our hand. We should be attacking whenever possible, just to keep inertia from setting in.

It's 1st and 10 for Dallas on the 40 with 2 mins left. Down by 12. Two touchdowns? They haven't converted a 3rd down in 7 quarters. Let's try to beat the traffic going home.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:44 PM (ciYHQ)

248 The prefix "cis" is only useful in geography, and astronomy, as the opposite of "trans":

"Cisleithania," "cislunar," etc.
Posted by: Bulg
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Is there a Cisylvania?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:44 PM (XeU6L)

249 235 The prefix "cis" is only useful in geography, and astronomy, as the opposite of "trans":

"Cisleithania," "cislunar," etc.
Posted by: Bulg

Oh, as someone noted above, chemistry, too. I had forgotten about that.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:44 PM (77rzZ)

250 242 Not so, we have always maintained since Washington that a person is addressed by the highest political rank they achieved, even after retiring. It's an honorific, nnot a "title" which has a specific legal meaning and geographical authority. Retired justices are still called justice, retired senators are still called senator, it's always been that way. It only gets funny when you have a president go sit on the Supreme Court

Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (g6TN6)

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People practically deified Washington, which was also unAmerican. He was merely Mr. Washington when he left office, and Americans being dumb 200 years ago doesn't justify it.

I know it's common practice. I know it's gone on forever.

I think it's wrong.

Bill Clinton is now Mr. Clinton, not President Clinton.

When people leave their government positions, they are merely citizens again. They should be addressed as any other citizen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

251 243 In other medical news, today my PCP sez my latest blood test results please him. Last time, he ordered me to the ER, and I declined; I feel fine. Something about Na and K. It's because I drink 7-8 liters of diet cola a day. I'm thirsty, not sick, doc.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (N8ZBc)

Maybe switch half the diet sodas to bottled water, so you still have the bottle in hand...cheaper, too (yes, tap is cheaper, but it's easier to break a habit slowly)...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (tOcjL)

252 Is there going to be a class action case against Tylenol for causing autism now that the HHS said there is a link and also Tylenol's own scientists said the data was showing that too?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (Vh9CX)

Given that Tylenol said, years ago, that pregnant women should avoid it... almost certainly.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (ExV1e)

253 The physical mutations are one thing, but the mental state that causes someone to think/want to be something they're not is the root cause here. Whether that's innate to the individual or nurtured by others is debatable, but at the most basic level there's something mental going on with people who think they're not male or female... or even human.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (jtM2q)

254 Certainly the lawsuit win prompted these changes. But I also think that "transgender" being no longer trendy amongst the youths is also part of it. Lots of teachers talk about how a quarter of their classes used to claim it and now they don't have any at all.

99% of these were performative anyway, maybe the ones with true dysphorias can get some mental help now.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

255 "we're gonna get all excited when the Left turns its back on trans"

Just around the corner: transhumans. Gird your loins.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (N8ZBc)

256 New hotness: “Antifa Kyle,” who encouraged people online to shoot ICE agents, arrested in Minneapolis wearing an “I AM ANTIFA” hoodie

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Hkcdp)

Fuckin kyle

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (AveBv)

257 The term "cis" is stupid.

DanMa'am and I got into a knockdown, dragout , hullaballew about this. As usual she beat me to a pulp but I never got a straight answer for the what 'cis' actually means out of her.

If your gender is male, what is a cisgender male?

Posted by: DanMan at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM (8uzBS)

258 Better to just be found in a dumpster...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 05, 2026 12:40 PM

While Layla plays in the background.
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More specifically, the piano part where the slide guitar lines play over it. At some point the credits begin to roll...

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM (TN0g+)

259 256 New hotness: “Antifa Kyle,” who encouraged people online to shoot ICE agents, arrested in Minneapolis wearing an “I AM ANTIFA” hoodie

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Hkcdp)

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You can't arrest him. He's just an idea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GBKbO)

260 It only gets funny when you have a president go sit on the Supreme Court
Posted by: imp at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (g6TN6)

"That depends on what the definition of 'on' is..."

"No, Justice President Clinton. I was referring to you as Your Ho--- oh, nevermind."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM (JwNbV)

261 When people leave their government positions, they are merely citizens again. They should be addressed as any other citizen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Totally agree.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM (77rzZ)

262 Who's going to sue all the "educators" and school admin types for their groomer games with kids, or for that matter the BS they had already been pulling with trying to push kids onto ADD drugs?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (ULPxl)

263
We are a nation without titles, and retaining the title, even merely rhetorically, irks the shit out of me. It's unAmerican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

This pisses me off as well. The big MIC company i work for has a technical fellow program, that is incredibly competitve, and limited to less than 1% of total employee population. To be one, you have to be nominated by either a line of business chief engineer, or engineering director every three years.

Some a-holes get it once through ass kissing, then go around calling themselves a "fellow" until one of the rest of us shit on them in public.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (vJBOt)

264 RFK has been saying it's glyphosate. In the US, farmers are allowed to spray wheat with a desiccant before harvest that dries it out evenly and speeds up the harvest/processing process. They typically use glyphosate.

I personally don't think it's just that one thing. Celiac is real. But a lot of people who seem to be wheat intolerant don't have Celiac. Some of it may be in people's heads. I think it's a combination of all three and probably more environmental contaminants.

Posted by: bonhomme

Glyphosate is more commonly known as RoundUp. A weedkiller. Nice stuff to eat. Monsanto has been genetically modifying corn to produce this stuff without having to spray it.

I am certain that the 'food allergies' we are seeing are not from the food, but from the chemicals sprayed on them, or inserted into the nucleus.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (0U5gm)

265 If your gender is male, what is a cisgender male?

Posted by: DanMan at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM (8uzBS)

A dude who hasn't gotten on the wrong side of his own dick.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (JwNbV)

266 The reason Al Gayeda is upset by that is they suddenly don't have young and cute kids going under the knife. To them, the grownups doing this look icky.

Yes I said it. I don't care what people think.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (+4yJ5)

You're not wrong. What do people think "Protect the Dolls" is REALLY about?

Posted by: Seriously sick fucks they are at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (TbWk/)

267 New hotness: “Antifa Kyle,” who encouraged people online to shoot ICE agents, arrested in Minneapolis wearing an “I AM ANTIFA” hoodie

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 12:43 PM (Hkcdp)

Arresting him is just an idea.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (AveBv)

268 So, we can fix most kid allergies, but adult ones are much more tricky. It's hard convincing the human body's immune system that something it identified as an enemy is really a friend once you've hit adulthood.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)
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I'm betting we solve the adult allergies too. And, the catalyst is going to be a little insect found in Texas (Lone Star tick Amblyomma americanum). One bite tends to cause a significant number of people to develope allergies to red meat. The tick transmits a sugar molecule called galactose-$\alpha $-1,3-galactose ($\alpha $-gal) into the person's body. The individual developes an immune response creating anti-bodies that triggers the allergy. Surely, this isn't a unique occurrence.

Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

269 Pretty amazing that our "experts" just figured out that you should not mutilate children.

Nah, we just figured out that we have to lay low for a while.

Posted by: Satan's Medical Staff at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (+qfnT)

270 Wait, are girls getting boob implants before 18?!

I can believe it, but... grow into them first, ladies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Try Miracle Grow. (I'm looking at you Ariana "Grande".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (J+Psw)

271 More specifically, the piano part where the slide guitar lines play over it. At some point the credits begin to roll...
Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:46 PM

When they found Dr. Carbone in the meat truck, xe was so stiff that it took three days just to thaw the body out for the autopsy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (jc0TO)

272 Just around the corner: transhumans. Gird your loins.
Posted by: gp

Transhumanism is creepy and sinister AF.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

273 When people leave their government positions, they are merely citizens again. They should be addressed as any other citizen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

Exactly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 12:48 PM (n9ltV)

274 "Maybe switch half the diet sodas to bottled water, so you still have the bottle in hand...cheaper, too (yes, tap is cheaper, but it's easier to break a habit slowly)..."

After the last fracas, I bought a case of bottled water. There it sits, untouched, in the bottom of my refrigerator.

Diet cola is the shiznits! Gotta have it. I also pour in some coldbrew coffee concentrate a few times a day. Tastes great! F'n rocket fuel.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:48 PM (N8ZBc)

275 273 When people leave their government positions, they are merely citizens again. They should be addressed as any other citizen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

Exactly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 12:48 PM (n9ltV)

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Warning:

CBD agrees with TJM!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:49 PM (GBKbO)

276 Man, how did I miss Dr. Carvebone.

Posted by: toby928(c) slaps head at February 05, 2026 12:49 PM (jc0TO)

277 I don't think they can stop harming kids, though. They'll come up with some new grotesque crime against children to normalize soon enough. Maybe facial branding for social justice or something. It's not as if Satan will quit urging them to torment the innocent in the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:49 PM (BI5O2)

278 Not so, we have always maintained since Washington that a person is addressed by the highest political rank they achieved, even after retiring.
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Laterally, I received a piece of mail the other day with correspondence that began, 'Dear Sergeant Hammer...'

Ah! First time I have been addressed militarily in (cough, cough) a very long time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

279 "Just around the corner: transhumans. Gird your loins."

You're not the boss of me.

I'll grid my lions if I want to.

piker...

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 05, 2026 12:49 PM (4+9R1)

280 It took me like a dozen watches to realize Carbone was put in the freezer because of the fur coat.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (AveBv)

281 This could go a number of ways.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Choose whatever is funniest
Posted by: ...

There's a treatment for that!

Posted by: Peyronie's Disease at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (VROA4)

282 CBD agrees with TJM!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

He saw how you made up with Doof and figured he was outnumbered.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

283 This just in: In a stunning reversal of prior strong recommendations, the AMA now warns against balancing humors via bloodletting (leeches). They also advised that trepanning is under review with new guidance to be released soon.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (wVcYX)

284 "If you're not cop, you're little people."

What movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (9xzST)

285 284 "If you're not cop, you're little people."

What movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (9xzST)

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Blade Runner

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (GBKbO)

286 ... the AMA agrees with ASPS that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood".
All weel and good, I read a "should" instead od a "must", and a "generally" too much. They're snakes, don't forget..

Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (cYhtI)

287 268 So, we can fix most kid allergies, but adult ones are much more tricky. It's hard convincing the human body's immune system that something it identified as an enemy is really a friend once you've hit adulthood.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)
____________________________

I'm betting we solve the adult allergies too. And, the catalyst is going to be a little insect found in Texas (Lone Star tick Amblyomma americanum). One bite tends to cause a significant number of people to develope allergies to red meat. The tick transmits a sugar molecule called galactose-$\alpha $-1,3-galactose ($\alpha $-gal) into the person's body. The individual developes an immune response creating anti-bodies that triggers the allergy. Surely, this isn't a unique occurrence.
Posted by: Orson at February 05, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

That one wears away though b/c the tick does not continually insert that molecule every intake of meat, so the allergy itself eventually wears off.

For other allergies, since it's directly the intake of the food as the cause of the response, it's gonna be harder.

I mean, I'm sure the 1st will help, but it's not gonna be simple.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (tOcjL)

288 Trepanning of minors, anyway.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (jc0TO)

289 284 "If you're not cop, you're little people."

What movie?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 12:50 PM (9xzST)

Kindergarten Cop?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (JwNbV)

290 I am certain that the 'food allergies' we are seeing are not from the food, but from the chemicals sprayed on them, or inserted into the nucleus.

Glyphosate was first introduced in 1974. My mom started noticing trouble with wheat in 1979 or so. I think that theory is very strong.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (2ocoG)

291 It's a slur, but we don't need to also take up the left's 'hate crime' hobby in order to refute them.

I disagree. Apply their rules to them ruthlessly. It's the only way they'll stop. Taking the high road doesn't stop lunatics. It only emboldens them and gives them room to get stronger and metastasize. When the rule hurts them, then and only then will they call for the abolishment of the rule.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:33 PM (Yp6az)

Xactly.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (g47mK)

292 And, the catalyst is going to be a little insect found in Texas (Lone Star tick Amblyomma americanum). One bite tends to cause a significant number of people to develope allergies to red meat. The tick transmits a sugar molecule called galactose-$\alpha $-1,3-galactose ($\alpha $-gal) into the person's body. The individual developes an immune response creating anti-bodies that triggers the allergy. Surely, this isn't a unique occurrence.

Posted by: Orson

The lone star tick is found in a large swath, from east Texas to Ohio. In fact, Missouri seems to be the most infested.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (0U5gm)

293 "Transhumanism is creepy and sinister AF."

People will get brain terminals installed, with 7G TB/sec comms to the giant AI in the cloud. They'll be able to boost their doomscrolling rate from 1/sec to 1B/sec.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (N8ZBc)

294 289 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:52 PM (N8ZBc)

295 Not so, we have always maintained since Washington that a person is addressed by the highest political rank they achieved, even after retiring.
--------

Laterally, I received a piece of mail the other day with correspondence that began, 'Dear Sergeant Hammer...'

Ah! First time I have been addressed militarily in (cough, cough) a very long time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)

I get calls all the time using my title. It keeps my dance card full.

Posted by: Colonel Angus at February 05, 2026 12:52 PM (wVcYX)

296 People will get brain terminals installed, with 7G TB/sec comms to the giant AI in the cloud. They'll be able to boost their doomscrolling rate from 1/sec to 1B/sec.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (N8ZBc)

And within six months, Microsoft Brain-dows will require double that just to not run like ass.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:52 PM (JwNbV)

297 183 it's criminal to lop off 11 year old's boobies. Those are the best kind.
Posted by: Joey B

👍

Posted by: False Prophet Muhammad at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (JCZqz)

298 When people leave their government positions, they are merely citizens again. They should be addressed as any other citizen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

Frankly, when they're in office they should probably be referred to as "Fucking Shithead". That would make them eager to just be a citizen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (ExV1e)

299 One bite tends to cause a significant number of people to develope allergies to red meat.

You'll never convince me that wasn't engineered by the WEF/Bill Gates/Fauci. It's too perfect for their goals.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (2ocoG)

300 Arresting antifa is an EXCELLENT idea!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (Hkcdp)

301 Snow Crash and Ghost in the Shell are cautionary tales.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (9xzST)

302 Just around the corner: transhumans. Gird your loins.
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Gird>>Gerd

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (XeU6L)

303 298 Frankly, when they're in office they should probably be referred to as "Fucking Shithead". That would make them eager to just be a citizen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (ExV1e)

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*nods sagaciously*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

304 254 Certainly the lawsuit win prompted these changes. But I also think that "transgender" being no longer trendy amongst the youths is also part of it. Lots of teachers talk about how a quarter of their classes used to claim it and now they don't have any at all.

99% of these were performative anyway, maybe the ones with true dysphorias can get some mental help now.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

This also pisses me off, and not just as to gender dysphoria but to a whole host of other mental disorders like OCD, bipolar disorder, ADHD, autism, PTSD, Tourette's, and the like. They went from being identifiable mental disorders that needed treatment or management to being trendy, clout-builders, status symbols, entire identities. Claiming to have these things became a fad, and the health care industry instead of clamping down and saying "no these are real problems and you should play-act at them" just said "OK!" and started exploiting it to make a buck. And it doubly pisses me off because it trivializes REAL incidences of these disorders, which can be really quite awful, and makes people be dismissive of real cases. A pox upon all their crotches.

Posted by: OMG I'M SO TRIGGERED RIGHT NOW at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (TbWk/)

305 296 People will get brain terminals installed, with 7G TB/sec comms to the giant AI in the cloud. They'll be able to boost their doomscrolling rate from 1/sec to 1B/sec.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (N8ZBc)

And within six months, Microsoft Brain-dows will require double that just to not run like ass.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:52 PM (JwNbV)

What you think : The Brain implant will teach you foreign languages at the deepest level possible.

What you get : Nonstop Kars 4 Kids ads.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (6Uni8)

306 I think Keir Starmer is going down!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (g47mK)

307 I personally don't think it's just that one thing. Celiac is real. But a lot of people who seem to be wheat intolerant don't have Celiac. Some of it may be in people's heads. I think it's a combination of all three and probably more environmental contaminants.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Yp6az)

There is some research going along the idea that it is "leaky gut" that allows gut contents to migrate into the gut wall and the blood stream, causing inflammation and other issues. There are a number of things that can cause it, some are Arsenic compounds, but there are also claims that DDT and Glyphosates may do the same sort of thing. It would be a secondary order thing, instead of a "poison by multiple sources ingested separately" so it is harder to pin down.
Whatever you think about it, it is part of the Carnivore diet that some people seem to be having luck with in reducing their inflammation.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

308 I have the red meat tick allergy syndrome, and yes it does wear off. From nothing mammalian to everything except fatty cuts of beef only. Oh Frabjous Day, Calloo- Callay!!!

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (pDt9x)

309 "I yield the remainder of my time to the Fucking Shithead from Massachusetts."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (JwNbV)

310 306 I think Keir Starmer is going down!

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (g47mK)

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On Ukrainian rent boys?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (GBKbO)

311 Glyphosate was first introduced in 1974. My mom started noticing trouble with wheat in 1979 or so. I think that theory is very strong.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:51 PM (2ocoG)

There has been a lot of research done on glyphosate, and the studies indicate that it is very safe.

There are so many other variables that it is difficult to show causation, much less correlation with glyphosate and human disease.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (n9ltV)

312 Pretty amazing that our "experts" just figured out that you should not mutilate children.

We should definitely trust them.

Like with Slavery, Brits worked this out first. Those experts, always right, even if they reverse themselves later

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (PYyV9)

313 >>Not so, we have always maintained since Washington that a person is addressed by the highest political rank they achieved

Also retired military personnel, officers mainly, I think, are addressed by their last rank held prior to retirement.

Hell, I left active duty in '91 before attaining retirement status and I still get mail addressed with "Commander" or "CDR" preceding my name.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (Y1sOo)

314 Transhumanism is creepy and sinister AF

It can be. At the same time, I'm not gonna tell the quadriplegic dude with Elon's implant that can type, control his wheelchair, and play Civilization and Mario Kart with his thoughts that he's a bad person.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (2ocoG)

315 301 Snow Crash and Ghost in the Shell are cautionary tales.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (9xzST)

Damn it, I just want the Primer from the Diamond Age where reading it makes you the God of All Coders and able to Liberate China.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (6Uni8)

316 305 Ha!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (N8ZBc)

317 I think Keir Starmer is going down!

Posted by: runner

Then why did all of those male prostitutes try to set fire to his stuff?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (0U5gm)

318 I've never been in the military but I have been called a major asshole.

Posted by: Only office I've ever held at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (TbWk/)

319 I think Keir Starmer is going down!
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (g47mK)

All the time. -- Every gay in the UK

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (ExV1e)

320 Trepanation of minors is a vital, lifesaving procedure. If your kid needs to be trepanned, it is very much a case of "trepanned daughter, or dead daughter."

It gets a bad rep because people picture a witch doctor bashing someone with a rock.

These days, its done with power drills, adjustable valves, and catheters.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

321
I think Keir Starmer is going down!
Posted by: runner

That explains Buttgiggity's rush to secure air passage to London.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (xG4kz)

322 No such thing. It's a slur, but we don't need to also take up the left's 'hate crime' hobby in order to refute them.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (diia5)

I want "white privilege" to be classed as much of a hate crime term as any racial slur out there.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (rbvCR)

323 Appropriate agencies should check out Pedro Pascal's phone, laptop. His entire family is a collection of weirdos. Hopefully soon enough before Mando movie, so they can digitally erase him.

Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (g47mK)

324 There has been a lot of research done on glyphosate, and the studies indicate that it is very safe.

There was allegedly a lot of research on the vaxx too, until it turned out there wasn't.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (2ocoG)

325 286 ... the AMA agrees with ASPS that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood".
All weel and good, I read a "should" instead od a "must", and a "generally" too much. They're snakes, don't forget..
Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia

This is actually much worse for doctors than saying "must" wait. That means it is a judgement call, and that's where you can be sued...because someone is unhappy with the result and questions your judgement. If the guidance says "no surgery until age 19" you're golden (assuming you don't do the surgery on someone under 19).

Of course, that means activists can pressure individual doctors, instead of the AMA...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (JCZqz)

326 "Glyphosate was first introduced in 1974. My mom started noticing trouble with wheat in 1979 or so. I think that theory is very strong."

Who was president during that period. Blame that guy.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (vFG9F)

327 What you think : The Brain implant will teach you foreign languages at the deepest level possible.

What you get : Nonstop Kars 4 Kids ads.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (6Uni

You'll have to pay a monthly subscription fee to turn those ads off.

Posted by: Peace and quiet for $49.99 a month at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (TbWk/)

328 These days, its done with power drills, adjustable valves, and catheters.

Milwaukee or DeWalt?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (2ocoG)

329 If Micro-Sponge's brainware BSOD's, what happens to the wetware?

Need to rewrite 'Coma.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (9xzST)

330 Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (Hkcdp)

That's why D's get away with so much. When Biden or Kamala or Schumer said antifa is just an idea, NO ONE followed up with "Well is it a good idea or a bad idea"? Just wanted to see that ONCE.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (AveBv)

331 It can be. At the same time, I'm not gonna tell the quadriplegic dude with Elon's implant that can type, control his wheelchair, and play Civilization and Mario Kart with his thoughts that he's a bad person.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (2ocoG)

If only it would end with applications like this. But it won't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

332 320 Or cosmetic trepanning. Some freaks would love to sport bald golf-ball heads.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (N8ZBc)

333 328 These days, its done with power drills, adjustable valves, and catheters.

Milwaukee or DeWalt?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (2ocoG)

Whatever Harbor Freight has on sale.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (pDt9x)

334 There was allegedly a lot of research on the vaxx too, until it turned out there wasn't.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (2ocoG)

No there wasn't. The few studies were hopelessly poorly designed, and the data were manipulated.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (n9ltV)

335 Apropos of this being a movie thread, I finished House of the Dragon season two last night and it was pretty good. A touch slow in spots, insisting on itself in others but, I enjoyed it. Looking forward to a season three.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (jc0TO)

336 Everything old is new again. They're building Fokker D.VIIs again.

https://youtu.be/MpSf4JhEkvA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (J+Psw)

337 331 It can be. At the same time, I'm not gonna tell the quadriplegic dude with Elon's implant that can type, control his wheelchair, and play Civilization and Mario Kart with his thoughts that he's a bad person.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:55 PM (2ocoG)

If only it would end with applications like this. But it won't.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (ExV1e)

It'll end up like a major plot point of Fallout Season 2. Or what Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was actually about.

Posted by: IYKYK at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (TbWk/)

338 You know who else was always Right?

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (AveBv)

339 What you think : The Brain implant will teach you foreign languages at the deepest level possible.
...
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 12:54 PM (6Uni

huh.... that would be a pretty wild premise for a little exploratory fiction exercise. Imagine a world where an implant became commercially available that made you fluent in every language on Earth. And we can all communicate as we please, except for those who can't have or don't want the implant.

Would The Implanted become paralyzed by choice like some linguistic Buridan's Ass, and simply give up even trying to communicate verbally altogether? Would the rules of communication smoosh out so aggressively through hyperaccellerated language change that the very act of verbal communication becomes meaningless to them? They know all the words and none of the words mean a thing anymore?

Now set up some dramatic arc involving The Implanted and The Non-Implanted...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (JwNbV)

340 Way OT:

@ReichlinMelnick
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after March 9 unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.

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Essentially, all appeals are rejected unless a majority of the BIA approves the appeal for review on an individual basis.

Deportations about to go faster now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

341 Milwaukee or DeWalt?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 12:57 PM (2ocoG)

Stryker, I think.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

342 Hopefully soon enough before Mando movie, so they can digitally erase him.

"Yeah, about that..."
-producers of The Flash

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (PYyV9)

343 Trepanation of minors is a vital, lifesaving procedure. If your kid needs to be trepanned, it is very much a case of "trepanned daughter, or dead daughter."

It gets a bad rep because people picture a witch doctor bashing someone with a rock.

These days, its done with power drills, adjustable valves, and catheters.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

Yes, of course. And your daughter is very blessed.

I was referring to what you said, a witch doctor making a skull hole to let the evil spirits out, dating back to 6500 BC.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (wVcYX)

344 Or what Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was actually about.

Boobs?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

345 Frankly, when they're in office they should probably be referred to as "Fucking Shithead". That would make them eager to just be a citizen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (ExV1e)

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*nods sagaciously*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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We should consider a number of titles, to identify the most efficacious. Perphaps 'Worthless Shithead'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)

346 @233 TJM , you'll know AI has become sentient when they say "ah, shit, not him again"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Hhsnh)

347 335 Apropos of this being a movie thread, I finished House of the Dragon season two last night and it was pretty good. A touch slow in spots, insisting on itself in others but, I enjoyed it. Looking forward to a season three.

I like it a lot.

and the Knight of Seven Kingdoms is really fun (not dark like House of the Dragon)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (emBoF)

348 There has been a lot of research done on glyphosate, and the studies indicate that it is very safe.

There are so many other variables that it is difficult to show causation, much less correlation with glyphosate and human disease.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I've used the stuff my whole life. Interviewed with Monsanto while a senior in college to sell the stuff (guaranteed a move every year for several).
The new thing, though, is spraying down grains, pre-harvest to dry them out. It's a new use, and one that may pose residue problems, where prior uses did not,.

Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (q6tQZ)

349 Deportations about to go faster now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah about that...

Posted by: Judge Hawaii McHawaiiface at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (AveBv)

350 347 335 Apropos of this being a movie thread, I finished House of the Dragon season two last night and it was pretty good. A touch slow in spots, insisting on itself in others but, I enjoyed it. Looking forward to a season three.

I like it a lot.

and the Knight of Seven Kingdoms is really fun (not dark like House of the Dragon)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (emBoF)

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House of the Dragon was so stupid over its first three episodes I just gave up.

I have really liked the first two episodes of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (GBKbO)

351 Essentially, all appeals are rejected unless a majority of the BIA approves the appeal for review on an individual basis.

very good!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (emBoF)

352 Essentially, all appeals are rejected unless a majority of the BIA approves the appeal for review on an individual basis.

Just removing legal roadblocks that the left keeps throwing at them. I made a guy so mad on Twixxer that he called me a bot, blocked me, and put me on a bad boy list because I pointed out that a Deportation order is issued by a judge and the laws for due process to illegals was created under the Clinton administration, different than others get.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (PYyV9)

353 339 Would The Implanted become paralyzed by choice like some linguistic Buridan's Ass, and simply give up even trying to communicate verbally altogether? Would the rules of communication smoosh out so aggressively through hyperaccellerated language change that the very act of verbal communication becomes meaningless to them? They know all the words and none of the words mean a thing anymore?

Now set up some dramatic arc involving The Implanted and The Non-Implanted...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (JwNbV)

Something, something, Tower of Babel...

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (6Uni8)

354 349 Deportations about to go faster now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

Yeah about that...

Posted by: Judge Hawaii McHawaiiface at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (AveBv)

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"Enjoined!"
-HI judge

"Shut the fuck up."
-Appeals court, less than a week later

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (GBKbO)

355 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

I didn't know that your daughter underwent trephination. That must've been horrible for you.

I hope she's fully recovered from whatever problem she was having.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (77rzZ)

356 344 Or what Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was actually about.

Boobs?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

Dollhouse was actually a good effort on Whedon’s part. Entertaining, good story arc, and actually, get this, an ending.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (pDt9x)

357 336 Everything old is new again. They're building Fokker D.VIIs again.

https://youtu.be/MpSf4JhEkvA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 12:58 PM (J+Psw)

Of course the original design gave birth to all that followed.

Posted by: Wait for it... at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (TbWk/)

358 House of the Dragon was so stupid over its first three episodes I just gave up.

it gets better... did you read the book on which it's based? I think it's slightly better than the book. the Knight show is already better than the book BUT the book is really short, so I think the show runners are doing a lot of work there

btw did anyone ever watch Station Eleven?

that is very good,

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (emBoF)

359 the prefrontal cortex—responsible for impulse control, planning, and decision-making—is the last area to fully develop, undergoing significant maturation well into the third decade of life."

This explains the safety briefings Marines would get before weekend liberty.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (+4yJ5)

360 Trepanning was rarely successful but actually could save someone's life by removing pressure from the brain. Mangling children to match the delusions of their parents, that's another story.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (PYyV9)

361 "House of the Dragon was so stupid over its first three episodes I just gave up."

2033: "House of the Dragon" added to Criterion Collection.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (N8ZBc)

362 Correlation does not equal causation - thing I learned in 7th grade science.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (pDt9x)

363 The Federal Bureau of Investigation took into custody for threatening to kill Trump and random ICE agents 47-year-old Charles Bronson Ingram, WFMJ reported Thursday.

You really can't make this stuff up.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (gtcuf)

364 358
it gets better... did you read the book on which it's based? I think it's slightly better than the book. the Knight show is already better than the book BUT the book is really short, so I think the show runners are doing a lot of work there

btw did anyone ever watch Station Eleven?

that is very good,

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (emBoF)

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Dolley told me it got better after the first three. ("So you admit that the first three episodes are really stupid?"...*heavy sigh* "Yes.")

I just don't care enough, though. I got 80 year old movies to discover instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)

365 I just don't care enough, though. I got 80 year old movies to discover instead.

GRRRRRRMartin is hugely overrated as an author.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:04 PM (PYyV9)

366 361 "House of the Dragon was so stupid over its first three episodes I just gave up."

2033: "House of the Dragon" added to Criterion Collection.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (N8ZBc)

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Heh.

They are the single largest label in my collection, but I very much don't get everything they put out.

I think the mystique of the label faded away when I discovered that Robinson Crusoe on Mars was not actually a hidden masterpiece but kind of a dull movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

367 Frankly, when they're in office they should probably be referred to as "Fucking Shithead". That would make them eager to just be a citizen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 12:53 PM (ExV1e)

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*nods sagaciously*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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We should consider a number of titles, to identify the most efficacious. Perphaps 'Worthless Shithead'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)

For selected female politicians, may I suggest the title, "Malignant Cunt"? Or "Ignorant Slut"?

Posted by: Paulie Walnuts at February 05, 2026 01:04 PM (wVcYX)

368 I hope Kyle gets ass raped to death

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 05, 2026 01:04 PM (e78s6)

369 If they aren't talking about ending "puberty blockers" then they're malicious and stalling. The main argument for sex-change surgeries on minors was that the gonads were so shriveled from the chemical assault that they were basically vestigial and best to be removed. If the surgeries are wrong, then the chemicals are wrong.

Posted by: NYC Tourism Board at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Sy6m/)

370 Something, something, Tower of Babel...
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (6Uni

I seriously just suggested a Gritty Reboot of the Bible, didn't I?

Son of a crap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (JwNbV)

371 This explains the safety briefings Marines would get before weekend liberty.
Posted by: NR Pax
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[suppresses inter-Service rivalry joke]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)

372 The monkey saves Robinson Caruso on Mars.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (9xzST)

373 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

BREAKING: The DOJ announced they have ARRESTED the Minnesota Antifa crossdresser who called for people to take up arms against federal agents.

FAFO

https://tinyurl.com/mr2h49xw

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (NpAcC)

374 I think that Criterion ran out of good movies to remaster and have just turned to whatever they figure might sell.

This explains the safety briefings Marines would get before weekend liberty.

"while delicious looking, crayons are not actually nutritious or flavorful"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (PYyV9)

375 Off, damn sock

Posted by: SciVo at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (Sy6m/)

376
I hope she's fully recovered from whatever problem she was having.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:01 PM (77rzZ)

I'm reluctant to say anything because so many of the attempts failed, and I don't want to jinx it.

But her current VP shunt configuration has been working properly for over a year. I am tentatively optimistic this one is good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (BI5O2)

377 75 health"care" in the US is a hot mess

needs burning times
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 12:19 PM (emBoF)

Especially if you have no health for which to care.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (O3dBq)

378 Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (emBoF)

I would take your recommendations on almost anything as I would trust it not to be gay leftard shit. Anything good from the last 10 years that isn't Sci fi or Fantasy?

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (AveBv)

379 "I think that Criterion ran out of good movies to remaster and have just turned to whatever they figure might sell."

In 2033, the DVDs will be 64K, so people will toss their old collections and replace.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (N8ZBc)

380 GRRRRRRMartin is hugely overrated as an author.

I loved Larry Correia's dedication to the man at the end of one of his series. "You see? That wasn't so hard."

Now, I did like Tuf Voyaging but LORDIE, his hatred of people having families was obvious.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (+4yJ5)

381 For selected female politicians, may I suggest the title, "Malignant Cunt"? Or "Ignorant Slut"?
Posted by: Paulie Walnuts
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The latter, I think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)

382 I want Vince the Slap-Chop guy to win a congressional seat just for the "You're gonna love my nuts" memes.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (gtcuf)

383 351 Essentially, all appeals are rejected unless a majority of the BIA approves the appeal for review on an individual basis.
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I feel a great disturbance in the force... as if a thousand low level judges rising as one and screaming out in unison...

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (Y8DZL)

384 Does a Marine eat a crayon after sex?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (77rzZ)

385 I just don't care enough, though. I got 80 year old movies to discover instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O’Sullivan at the swimmin’ hole.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (Lytz7)

386 96 gluten was not a thing, and then suddenly it became a thing. same with dairy products.
Posted by: runner at February 05, 2026 12:21 PM (g47mK)

Amazing how, after 6000 years of consuming wheat, humanity became allergic to it in the past 15 years.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (O3dBq)

387 378 Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:02 PM (emBoF)

I would take your recommendations on almost anything as I would trust it not to be gay leftard shit. Anything good from the last 10 years that isn't Sci fi or Fantasy?
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (AveBv)

So Prometheus is right out then.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (pDt9x)

388 Anything good from the last 10 years that isn't Sci fi or Fantasy?

Related: how is it superhero fatigue if a string of superhero movies bomb with few wins, but sci fi and fantasy can pump out 99% crash and burns for 60 years and nobody says there's any fatigue there?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (PYyV9)

389 374 I think that Criterion ran out of good movies to remaster and have just turned to whatever they figure might sell.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:05 PM (PYyV9)

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They've always bounced between art preservation and straight commerce.

The Rock and Armageddon aren't in the collection because of their artistic merits.

But they went off the rails a few years ago for DEI reasons and actually have come back in some solid ways. They're bringing back the Eclipse series, for one, on Blu-ray. Those minor Lubitsch musicals won't sell many copies, but it's good to have them in HD.

And then they're the only label who can sell Killers of the Flower Moon, which seems to sit on the border between the two mindsets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

390 health"care" in the US is a hot mess

needs burning times
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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Obamacare.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (XeU6L)

391 90% of the gender affirming surgeries performed in the USA are breast reductions gone on fat boys.
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You're just making crap up again.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)

392 384 Does a Marine eat a crayon after sex?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (77rzZ)

Smokes it.

Posted by: Burnt Sienna at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

393 385 I just don't care enough, though. I got 80 year old movies to discover instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O’Sullivan at the swimmin’ hole.
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I think that's more like 90 year old as far as movies go.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (Dg7ng)

394 I would take your recommendations on almost anything as I would trust it not to be gay leftard shit. Anything good from the last 10 years that isn't Sci fi or Fantasy?

anything by Lionel Shriver

but honestly other than genre fiction not much gets printed nowadays that isn't very very very woke

and same with major TV and movies. it's sad. genre flies under the radar a bit

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (emBoF)

395 I just love the irony of the fact that Libs of Tik Tok only exists because she needed a hobby during COVID lockdowns.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (gtcuf)

396 379 "I think that Criterion ran out of good movies to remaster and have just turned to whatever they figure might sell."

In 2033, the DVDs will be 64K, so people will toss their old collections and replace.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (N8ZBc)

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8K TV production is ending. Did you know that some TV manufacturers were making 8K TVs?

That's how niche the resolution advancement has become. 4K is the end of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

397 382 I want Vince the Slap-Chop guy to win a congressional seat just for the "You're gonna love my nuts" memes.
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Didn't a whore bite his tongue off?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:09 PM (Hpgos)

398 House of the Dragon was so stupid over its first three episodes I just gave up.

They had one throw-away line in season two noting that Rhaenys Targaryen could have nipped the whole succession war in the bud but didn't. I mean, she had to opportunity to kill all the usurpers and save thousands of lives at the very start and didn't. This bothered the shit out of me, so I was glad that they at least acknowledged it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:09 PM (jc0TO)

399 Amazing how, after 6000 years of consuming wheat, humanity became allergic to it in the past 15 years.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Well, see my post earlier. R/U is now being used post growth, pre-harvest. Residue problems?

Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 01:09 PM (q6tQZ)

400 I'm reluctant to say anything because so many of the attempts failed, and I don't want to jinx it.

But her current VP shunt configuration has been working properly for over a year. I am tentatively optimistic this one is good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 01:06 PM (BI5O2)

That's encouraging news. Your little angel is in prayers.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 01:09 PM (wVcYX)

401 Amazing how, after 6000 years of consuming wheat, humanity became allergic to it in the past 15 years.

And its not false that people are allergic to this stuff.

Now, part of that could be just if you were allergic to wheat people though you were just a sickly child who died at a young age.

But another part I think is more sinister. I think that we're either being deliberately poisoned by China and/or the preservatives and all the crap put into our food is damaging our systems.

I also think that preventing kids from eating dirt and getting skinned knees as toddlers has resulted in very weak constitutions as they grow up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (PYyV9)

402 398 They had one throw-away line in season two noting that Rhaenys Targaryen could have nipped the whole succession war in the bud but didn't. I mean, she had to opportunity to kill all the usurpers and save thousands of lives at the very start and didn't. This bothered the shit out of me, so I was glad that they at least acknowledged it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:09 PM (jc0TO)

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I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (GBKbO)

403 But her current VP shunt configuration has been working properly for over a year. I am tentatively optimistic this one is good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Good news, YD.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ)

404 Dollhouse was actually a good effort on Whedon’s part. Entertaining, good story arc, and actually, get this, an ending.

Yeah, I was joking. And Franz Kranz was amazing in both it and Whedon's The Cabin In The Woods.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (xlvhb)

405 I just love the irony of the fact that Libs of Tik Tok only exists because she needed a hobby during COVID lockdowns.
Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (gtcuf)

Oft evil will shall evil mar.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (ExV1e)

406 Judge Hawaii McHawaiiface

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^ This made me LOL. Thanks, I needed it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (qBdHI)

407 90% of the gender affirming surgeries performed in the USA are breast reductions gone on fat boys.

"Bob had bitch tits."

395 I just love the irony of the fact that Libs of Tik Tok only exists because she needed a hobby during COVID lockdowns.
Posted by: Delurker

I will forever respect that woman for being interviewed by Taylor Lorenz while wearing a shirt depicting Taylor crying.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM (+4yJ5)

408 397 Didn't a whore bite his tongue off?

Not clean off. He's speaking fine in his political ads.

.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:11 PM (gtcuf)

409 Shut up Kyle!
- the feds

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 05, 2026 01:11 PM (n5tGW)

410 My daughter and son-in-law were both Army Captains. No one addresses them as Captain now, though.

Posted by: Private Interpretation at February 05, 2026 01:11 PM (oftw2)

411 I just love the irony of the fact that Libs of Tik Tok only exists because she needed a hobby during COVID lockdowns.

At least half the youtube careers people enjoy now had the same beginning.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:12 PM (PYyV9)

412 410 My daughter and son-in-law were both Army Captains. No one addresses them as Captain now, though.
Posted by: Private Interpretation at February 05, 2026 01:11 PM (oftw2)

Not even Captain Obvious?

Posted by: Hell, even I get that from time to time at February 05, 2026 01:12 PM (TbWk/)

413 408 397 Didn't a whore bite his tongue off?

Not clean off. He's speaking fine in his political ads.
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Its good to know. So much bad news these days.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:12 PM (Hpgos)

414 So is there a CisSiberian Orchestra? Are they any good?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (PSEDc)

415 Roundup was revolutionary because it becomes inert once it hits soil. R/U sprayed pre-harvest never hits the soil.
And I'm not anti-Roundup at all.

Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (q6tQZ)

416 Captain Kangaroo kept his title, as did Captain Underpants, and Crunch.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (pDt9x)

417 No one addresses them as Captain now, though.

People used to do that though, up into the early 20th century. You'd be called by your rank as a courtesy even if sometimes it wasn't true, heh. Only worked for brass though, nobody called that old guy "Corporal"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (PYyV9)

418 414 So is there a CisSiberian Orchestra? Are they any good?
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (PSEDc)

yeah, but the vocalist has an unfortunate stutter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:14 PM (JwNbV)

419 I just love the irony of the fact that Libs of Tik Tok only exists because she needed a hobby during COVID lockdowns.

At least half the youtube careers people enjoy now had the same beginning.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:12 PM (PYyV9)

OF started getting big, particularly with 18 yo girls, around that time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 01:14 PM (ExV1e)

420 8K TV production is ending. Did you know that some TV manufacturers were making 8K TVs?

That's how niche the resolution advancement has become. 4K is the end of it.

I did know. I think good HDR (e.g. an LG OLED) plus 4K is about as good as you can ever need. The wider color gamut is yuuuuuge for all kinds of things.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:14 PM (xlvhb)

421 And Megyn Kelly started what has become her own media empire only because NBC fired her but still had to pay her millions of dollars, so she parlayed those millions into her own empire.

I love when the left shoot themselves in the foot.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:14 PM (gtcuf)

422 You know you can just open me in a separate tab, right?

Posted by: IMDB at February 05, 2026 01:14 PM (b0pva)

423 Captain Kangaroo kept his title, as did Captain Underpants, and Crunch.
Posted by: tubal

The guy who was married to Toni Tenille.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (77rzZ)

424 62 Liability is our guiding light for right and wrong.

Fucking hell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

For many people the law fills the same function. Not morality.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (O3dBq)

425 I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM

Acknowledging something stupid? Or having something stupid happen to just keep bugging the reader?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (jc0TO)

426 I guess a $2M verdict has the insurance companies pressuring the "Medical" associations to adopt rational positions.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (pLaQB)

427 Amazing how, after 6000 years of consuming wheat, humanity became allergic to it in the past 15 years.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:07 PM (O3dBq)

When Norman Borlaug and others figured out how to hybrid use wheat such that it could be grown easily in places where people were starving, SOMETHING happened to fundamentally change the gluten molecule.

Only 3 grains - wheat, barley, and rye - cause that kind of reaction in people who are all of a sudden sensitive to it. But wheat is the main culprit.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (SRRAx)

428 "Roundup was revolutionary because it becomes inert once it hits soil."

Roundup works, I'll give it that. Stuff's become rather pricy.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (N8ZBc)

429 420 I did know. I think good HDR (e.g. an LG OLED) plus 4K is about as good as you can ever need. The wider color gamut is yuuuuuge for all kinds of things.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:14 PM (xlvhb)

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There are some cinematographers who hate HDR.

Robert Eggers in particular hates it. His 4K discs only have SDR (well, I think they technically have HDR, but it's essentially just an empty layer).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (GBKbO)

430 416 Captain Kangaroo kept his title, as did Captain Underpants, and Crunch.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (pDt9x)

And for those of us who grew up in San Antonio in the 60s, Cap'n Gus did, too.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2026 01:16 PM (wtvvX)

431 And Tenile.

Posted by: Captain at February 05, 2026 01:16 PM (b0pva)

432 425 I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:10 PM

Acknowledging something stupid? Or having something stupid happen to just keep bugging the reader?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (jc0TO)

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Having something stupid happen and then having a character say, "Well, that was lucky," or along those lines.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

433 427

Only 3 grains - wheat, barley, and rye - cause that kind of reaction in people who are all of a sudden sensitive to it. But wheat is the main culprit.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (SRRAx)

Oats, left out AGAIN. Why all the oat hate???

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

434 I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.

TV Tropes calls it "hanging a lampshade" or "lampshading", but same difference.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (xlvhb)

435 410 My daughter and son-in-law were both Army Captains. No one addresses them as Captain now, though.
Posted by: Private Interpretation at February 05, 2026 01:11 PM (oftw2)

In my experience, the only people who get addressed by their rank after they retire are Generals. They are always called “General”. Or, for the AF, the Chief is always the Chief.

Few if any call me “Colonel”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (O3dBq)

436 Was Babar a fag elephant? I know he was French.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (Hpgos)

437 Didn't the makers of Roundup lose a lawsuit a few years ago about their product, and had to pay up?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (77rzZ)

438 434 I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.

TV Tropes calls it "hanging a lampshade" or "lampshading", but same difference.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (xlvhb)

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I learned it from Stargate SG-1. I didn't watch it often, but there's a late season episode where a producer comes in to make a show about them that I for some reason watched most of.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (GBKbO)

439 "Having something stupid happen and then having a character say, "Well, that was lucky," or along those lines."

Isn't that a deus ex machina?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (N8ZBc)

440 Having something stupid happen and then having a character say, "Well, that was lucky," or along those lines.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

I always heard it as "hanging a lampshade". From some live play performance where someone literally hung a lampshade back onto a lamp because it fell off mid performance, or something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (JwNbV)

441 There's an excellent long passage in Walker Percy's novel, The Thanatos Syndrome, which details the horrible transformation of supremely civilized German medical doctors and scientists into deathcamp monsters.

It's a lot easier to go to hell than most people think.

Posted by: Paco at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (2L+MU)

442 414 So is there a CisSiberian Orchestra? Are they any good?
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 05, 2026 01:13 PM (PSEDc)

Their sound is far less choppy.

Posted by: Identifies as Moldavian though at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (TbWk/)

443 A Commander can be the captain of a ship.

Posted by: The US Navy at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (b0pva)

444 440 Having something stupid happen and then having a character say, "Well, that was lucky," or along those lines.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

I always heard it as "hanging a lampshade". From some live play performance where someone literally hung a lampshade back onto a lamp because it fell off mid performance, or something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (JwNbV)

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I probably misremembered the phrase, yeah.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (GBKbO)

445 When Norman Borlaug and others figured out how to hybrid use wheat such that it could be grown easily in places where people were starving, SOMETHING happened to fundamentally change the gluten molecule.

Only 3 grains - wheat, barley, and rye - cause that kind of reaction in people who are all of a sudden sensitive to it. But wheat is the main culprit.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (SRRAx)

(Read as I eat a sandwich)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (O3dBq)

446 Hey, is Buck around in the comments?

Is Buck ever around -- I don't think I ever saw him. Anyway, I just saw a terrifying video of an EV bursting into flames with 3 kids unable to get out because of the electric door handles (they did get out, but I think the third got burnt badly)

He might be interested.
(Sorry but this is 9gag link but you can usually find source if you try.)

https://9gag.com/gag/ayNrK4p

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (bwRbr)

447 Oats, left out AGAIN. Why all the oat hate???
Posted by: tubal

*fistbump*
-- sorghum

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (77rzZ)

448 439 "Having something stupid happen and then having a character say, "Well, that was lucky," or along those lines."

Isn't that a deus ex machina?
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (N8ZBc)

Must we always insert God into movie crap??

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM (pDt9x)

449 F these demonic doctors and administrators with the instrument from Se7en.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 05, 2026 01:19 PM (RaeJZ)

450 Roundup works, I'll give it that. Stuff's become rather pricy.

I mix it with Crossbow to wipe out blackberry vines. And pretty much anything else it touches, so fast you can almost watch it wither. Dangerous stuff but incredibly effective.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:19 PM (PYyV9)

451 Must we always insert God into movie crap??
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:18 PM

All the world's a stage.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:19 PM (jc0TO)

452 433 427

Only 3 grains - wheat, barley, and rye - cause that kind of reaction in people who are all of a sudden sensitive to it. But wheat is the main culprit.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (SRRAx)

Oats, left out AGAIN. Why all the oat hate???

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

Well I LOVE oatmeal cookies.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2026 01:19 PM (wtvvX)

453 What am I signing, Radar?

Posted by: Colonel Blake at February 05, 2026 01:19 PM (b0pva)

454 Oats, left out AGAIN. Why all the oat hate???

*fistbump*
-- sorghum

"hey, what about me?"
--Buckwheat

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:20 PM (PYyV9)

455 454 Oats, left out AGAIN. Why all the oat hate???

*fistbump*
-- sorghum

"hey, what about me?"
--Buckwheat
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:20 PM (PYyV9)

Otay Christopher.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:20 PM (pDt9x)

456 "Must we always insert God into movie crap??"

Is that what it means? I just used it as a handy phrase to decorate essays that satisfied my film appreciation 101 professor.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:20 PM (N8ZBc)

457 I used some brush killer that was 2-4-D, and two other things I'd never heard of, and it was a botanical apocalypse. I think a handful of the rocks even died a little inside.

You can pry my botanical apocalypse out of my cold, dead, rubber-gloved hands.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 01:21 PM (JwNbV)

458 Moreau dr frankenstein other characters

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 05, 2026 01:21 PM (bXbFr)

459 439 "Having something stupid happen and then having a character say, "Well, that was lucky," or along those lines."

Isn't that a deus ex machina?

TV Tropes calls that a "hand wave."

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:21 PM (gtcuf)

460 456 "Must we always insert God into movie crap??"

Is that what it means? I just used it as a handy phrase to decorate essays that satisfied my film appreciation 101 professor.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:20 PM (N8ZBc)

I always understood it as “ God in a Basket”, but I am merely a semi-educated blue collar prole.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (pDt9x)

461 From the Internet Archive, Library of Military Manuals:

Hand to Hand Combat, Deal the first Deadly Blow:

https://tinyurl.com/mtjhhsba

Posted by: pawn at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (uvB+6)

462 Sick disgusting poc!!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (/0FKK)

463 Old and busted: Do no harm

New and exciting: Do as much harm as possible until it costs me money.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (abIsI)

464 434 I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.

TV Tropes calls it "hanging a lampshade" or "lampshading", but same difference.
Posted by: Ian S.

That reminds me, when is the hanging of politicians going to start?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (Dv3i1)

465 Oats, left out AGAIN. Why all the oat hate???
Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (pDt9x)

Because oats ONLY get it tangentially - grown in an adjoining field, say.

The true gluten sensitivities are only in the grains which have 1 leaf per node, as opposed to 2 leaves per node.

And there are only 4 grains known which have that structure in nature.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (SRRAx)

466 460 456 "Must we always insert God into movie crap??"

Is that what it means? I just used it as a handy phrase to decorate essays that satisfied my film appreciation 101 professor.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:20 PM (N8ZBc)

I always understood it as “ God in a Basket”, but I am merely a semi-educated blue collar prole.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM (pDt9x)

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It stems from Greek tragedy when a god figure would come down from a machine, part of the stage, towards the end of a play to fix everything dramatically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

467 Nood. Chinee in Vegas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)

468 "The experts want to mutilate your children."

Nah, progs do, and progs control medical credentialing.

Speaking of death cults and kids, this is why it has been retarded to spaz out nonstop about abortion in contexts where it costs votes. Fuck em, and fuck their kids. Worry about our own kids - who now are being brainwashed and groomed by the millions in places where progs have snaked into control. Ban abortion after you actually have secured power and stop letting hyperventilating evangelicals drive strategy based on feels.

Posted by: heya at February 05, 2026 01:23 PM (+RkG8)

469 I believe that writing technique is called a hanging lantern.

TV Tropes calls it "hanging a lampshade" or "lampshading", but same difference.
Posted by: Ian S.

That reminds me, when is the hanging of politicians going to start?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 01:22 PM

What's the term for the corpse lying there that everyone keeps ignoring?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (jc0TO)

470 nood, chinese lab vegas, very red and gray

Posted by: barbarausa at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (enw9G)

471 Essentially, all appeals are rejected unless a majority of the BIA approves the appeal for review on an individual basis.

Deportations about to go faster now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:59 PM (GBKbO)

Trump seemed to be signaling this week that he was going to focus on criminals instead of everyone, softening his position. I am not sure he softens as much as he refocuses his action.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

472 Always Trust the Experts.

Always *Obey* The Experts, you peasant!

Posted by: Your Betters at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (A9Xvb)

473 471
Trump seemed to be signaling this week that he was going to focus on criminals instead of everyone, softening his position. I am not sure he softens as much as he refocuses his action.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

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The admin's immigration will soften when Trump fires Stephen Miller and not before.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (GBKbO)

474 The series was often tongue in cheek, thats why it lasted 10 seasons

Wormhole extreme was the in joke with willie garson as the pitchman

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (bXbFr)

475 That is why I come here, Teresa and TJM, to get some knowledge put to me - and the boob threads, and the movie threads, and the high level snark. Mostly the snark.

Posted by: tubal at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (pDt9x)

476 If I put 'God in a basket' in a college essay, I don't think I'd score that A grade.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:25 PM (N8ZBc)

477
I just love the irony of the fact that Libs of Tik Tok only exists because she needed a hobby during COVID lockdowns.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 01:08 PM (gtcuf)

That's why I took up being a drifter

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 01:25 PM (AveBv)

478 They interrupted the soap operas to blather about nothing regarding the missing Guthrie.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 05, 2026 01:25 PM (VFfYF)

479 Trump seemed to be signaling this week that he was going to focus on criminals instead of everyone, softening his position. I am not sure he softens as much as he refocuses his action.

He got cooperation from the jails in Minnesota, so the Antifa LARPers are no longer interesting.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 01:25 PM (xlvhb)

480 62 Liability is our guiding light for right and wrong.

Fucking hell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

ABA needs to come out with a new set of Commandments

Posted by: javems at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (zFsEm)

481 "What's the term for the corpse lying there that everyone keeps ignoring?"

Second base. Corpse steals third easily.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (N8ZBc)

482 That's why I took up being a drifter

Like the Incredible Hulk and Kwai Chang Caine?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 05, 2026 01:26 PM (PYyV9)

483 But another part I think is more sinister. I think that we're either being deliberately poisoned by China and/or the preservatives and all the crap put into our food is damaging our systems.

Working in ag and in stores, I think people take a LOT for granted, and need to come to grips with the fact that no matter what we do with our diet, someday we will all die.

Deliberately poisoned by the PRC? Um, how?
The people who are shrieking about evil preservatives now will be shrieking even louder over the ultimate preservative that we can use, but people hate though we do in fact need it - salt.

America and other places need to experience a famine, if for no other reason to stop taking things for granted.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:27 PM (O3dBq)

484 Trump seemed to be signaling this week that he was going to focus on criminals instead of everyone, softening his position. I am not sure he softens as much as he refocuses his action.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

Interesting, as the act of crossing the border illegally makes one who does it a criminal.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (O3dBq)

485 Grok tells me "The term you're looking for is "The Corpse Stops Here", a trope commonly used in mystery and speculative fiction. "

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

486 Few if any call me “Colonel”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 01:17 PM (O3dBq)

They don't know you are from Kentucky? Try wearing that white suit.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

487 Bitching and moaning about entertainment. There's a show (from PBS) entitled Bookish about a used book store owner who also solves murders in late '40s London. Although the mysteries themselves can be good, some of the business is so over the top, it severely challenges my willingness to suspend disbelief. The show is only moderately woke but, such as it is, that plus the other Mary Sue writing is putting me off.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 01:33 PM (J+Psw)

488 FINALLY

It's something. I'll take it!

Now, get the shrink academy of the USA to declare the parents of the trans children they groom to be declared Munchausen's by Proxy!

Then arrest all politicians and teachers involved.

It is a pity I don't run the world.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 01:56 PM (WONhk)

489 It is only a matter of time before the AAP folds.

They will soon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 01:58 PM (WONhk)

490 They're just opposing the most visible and most politically toxic part of the Trans All Children agenda.

This way they can change their position under the cover of "following the science", as if the AMA has some unique insight here.

Posted by: Ace's liver at February 05, 2026 02:27 PM (JSici)

491 AMA is nothing - no one listens to them - and they have no political juice. Most docs no longer even join.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GZYu7)

492 .
The experts want to mutilate your children.
.
Yes; but, butt ... the experts are compelled to sterilize your children.
.
MRNA candy for EVERYONE ! ! !
.

Posted by: Marooned at February 05, 2026 03:18 PM (kt8QE)

493 Amazing how losing multi million lawsuits and possible criminal charges can make doctors, health professionals, and healthcare systems decide to do the “right” thing

Posted by: BigG at February 05, 2026 03:47 PM (9tuKL)

494 Ban all Sex Change Operations Period and quit shooting the kids up with Ritland and Floride

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 05, 2026 05:35 PM (wGqjj)

495 I'm not as well versed in as many things as our most August participants in the comment section as immortalized by the great Andrew Breitbart, but I will say this.

I know a few things, and I know that I should ask GENUINE questions when I want to learn, I have this to say to people who are absolutely sure of things they don't know.

EAT A DICK!

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Posted by: Ryder at February 05, 2026 07:10 PM (b3CUt)

The Morning Rant

Maybe every new generation has to learn for themselves that socialism is the ultimate political evil, and every attempt at a better version always...ALWAYS ends in death and destruction on a massive scale.

One would be forgiven in thinking that after the Holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, the Cambodian genocide, 45 years of Eastern Europe's enslavement, and smaller but no less brutal country-killing communists in Venezuela, Cuba, Ethiopia, North Korea, etc., that people wouldn't need personal experience to understand the true nature of socialism.

One would be wrong.

And I will be making popcorn and watching with amusement at the klown-car antics of our newest communist/Islamist at the helm of New York City.

Socialists Hate 'Excellence,' So Mamdani Is Ending the 'Gifted and Talented' Program For Kindergarten

New York's Democratic Socialist Party Mayor Zohran Mamdani thinks that these special programs that elevate some kids over others based on talent and gifts are an abomination and need to end. Catering to the lowest common denominator in education, the workplace, and government is how socialists keep everything nice and equal — equally mediocre, at least.

NYers raise a stink over trash buildup as 'limited collection' continues 7 days after winter storm: 'It's disgusting'

Cold Death Toll Hits 17 as Deep Freeze Continues

It doesn't really matter that only about a quarter of eligible voters bothered to vote in the mayoral election. Not voting is a decision just like voting for one's preferred candidate.

NYC got what it wanted, and the consequences of that will reverberate for the next four years. Gutting the cream of the public schools because too few blacks and other pressure groups can get their kids into those schools is absolutely expected, but will be a painful surprise to the willing fools who voted for Mamdani.

Decaying public service (and it was bad before!) was baked into Mamdani's policy cake, but far too few people actually spent the time to figure out what those policies were.

Actual death! That wasn't in his campaign speeches, but anybody who didn't expect this is a fool.

New York City will enjoy four years of chaos, hyper-politicized administrative decisions that bolster Mamdani's political beliefs but penalize NYC, an increasingly vicious tone directed against Jews, Christians, Whites, the well-off, and anyone else who doesn't fit neatly into the top of the grievance hierarchy.

Hopefully they will leave, and NYC will cascade into insolvency, because the top of the grievance hierarchy doesn't pay taxes! And even if NYC can muddle through without a financial catastrophe, the quality of life will decay significantly, and it will take a generation to repair it. Just take a look at how long the horror of the 1970s and 1980s took to be banished! And that's assuming that there will be a tax base to finance it, and that is by no means a given.

So...visit NYC if you want, because it won't be better than it is today for a very long time, and there is a long, dark night coming!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (ezKS4)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (xcxpd)

3 WA just had historic high temps for Feb. It was over 60 in Monroe. Crazy business.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (xcxpd)

4 I called em, don't blame me

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (ezKS4)

5 I don't Skip

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (xcxpd)

6 Mister we could use a man like Travis Bickle again.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (dGCAG)

7 They have always hated the Honor's Programs.

Not anything new. Everyone gets a trophy. Everyone is special. Every nail must get pounded flat is the glorious feminized wasteland of a future.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (bss/y)

8 13 degrees this morning, 23 now

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (ezKS4)

9
The unions will demand maximum pay and benefits for minimum service. That should prove interesting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (tgvbd)

10 Yeah, but did he get the World Cup ticket prices fixed?

He promised that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

11 My daughter is visiting the city in a couple of months. I'm praying now until then for her safety.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (aVO1v)

12 King Kong had the right idea about what to do with NYC.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

13 The Warmth of Socialism doesn't account for snow removal.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (Dv3i1)

14 Catering to the lowest common denominator "

Is how civilizations end. With much empathy.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (XuXeR)

15 It's actually a good thing for anyone who's gifted and talented to know that they have to get out of NYC at an early age. Give them a chance at the decent life they should have.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (/QdgR)

16 All I'm saying is DO NOT COME TO NORTH CAROLINA! Those people are Christian Nationalist, NASCAR watching, redneck fundies who will kill you in a hot second if you don't go their snake-handling church with them. Stay away!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (0256r)

17 I consider smart NYC kids lucky the Mayor hasn't gone full Bergeron.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (+NW8W)

18
How many people with NYC pensions still live in NYC? If I had to hazard a guess, not very many.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (tgvbd)

19 He's just solving the homeless problem, 1 death at a time.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (MGB5H)

20 BTW, willowed...

This may already have been posted, so sorry to repeat if so, but the "No Kings" protest funding has been released. Almost $300 million, a full third of which is from George Soros and his Tides foundations. Unreal money spent on undermining America.

https://tinyurl.com/4cum6pxe

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (+NW8W)

21 12 King Kong had the right idea about what to do with NYC.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

Die from machinegun fire?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (xcxpd)

22 Was reading an analysis that based on birthrate and likelihood of adopting your parents political views the left would disappear in la few decades... if they didn't control the schools

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (ezAij)

23 King Kong had the right idea about what to do with NYC."

"That's a pile of s**t...."

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (XuXeR)

24 They call it a new york reload for a reason

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (Kt19C)

25 New York City will enjoy four years of chaos, hyper-politicized administrative decisions that bolster Mamdani's political beliefs but penalize NYC, an increasingly vicious tone directed against Jews, Christians, Whites, the well-off, and anyone else who doesn't fit neatly into the top of the grievance hierarchy.

They had that with De Blasio. They are VERY slow learners.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

26 Can you imagine the corruption just getting off the ground over the last four weeks?

Know-nothing true believers as staff suddenly given great latitude to direct funds however they want because they control the auditing systems now?

I want NYC to ask the state for a bailout in 6 months. It would entertain me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (GBKbO)

27 16 All I'm saying is DO NOT COME TO NORTH CAROLINA! Those people are Christian Nationalist, NASCAR watching, redneck fundies who will kill you in a hot second if you don't go their snake-handling church with them. Stay away!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (0256r)

CC: TJM

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

28 Mayor Jihadi is solving the homeless problem and reducing the cost of city services !

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (0KSrI)

29 New York is dying
death by electoral choice
socialism kills

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

30 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (ezAij)

31 One reason Hungarians dominated Physics in the 1920s through the 1960s is they had, wait for it, a “Talented and Gifted” program in Hungary. They had excellent schools and were willing to fund excellent students.

What leftists have done to our schools, universities, education, etc. is un-forgivable. If a foreign country did this, it would be considered an act of war.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (zbmv/)

32 BREAKING: Knife attack on NY cop results in cop shooting the perp. In show of gratitude for his service, Mamdani visits hospital to comfort the injured perp.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (Dv3i1)

33 27 16 All I'm saying is DO NOT COME TO NORTH CAROLINA! Those people are Christian Nationalist, NASCAR watching, redneck fundies who will kill you in a hot second if you don't go their snake-handling church with them. Stay away!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (0256r)

CC: TJM

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

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We all have guns.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO)

34
Her Majesty and I are relieved that she got out out there without incident. Even entering New Jersey, I feel like I'm returning to America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (tgvbd)

35 30 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (ezAij)

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Jessica Lange.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO)

36 King Kong? Fay Wray or Naomi watts?
Posted by: 18-1

Only the original. Fay.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

37 33 27 16 All I'm saying is DO NOT COME TO NORTH CAROLINA! Those people are Christian Nationalist, NASCAR watching, redneck fundies who will kill you in a hot second if you don't go their snake-handling church with them. Stay away!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (0256r)

CC: TJM

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

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We all have guns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO)

Are they fancy and impractical double barreled numbers?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (xcxpd)

38 Horde mind.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (0256r)

39 32 BREAKING: Knife attack on NY cop results in cop shooting the perp. In show of gratitude for his service, Mamdani visits hospital to comfort the injured perp.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (Dv3i1)

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There's body cam of the encounter and everything. Suspect was really aggressive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (GBKbO)

40 37 We all have guns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (GBKbO)

Are they fancy and impractical double barreled numbers?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (xcxpd)

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I have the BFG 9000 somewhere.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (GBKbO)

41 Born in Brooklyn in 1955, worked in Manhattan until 1988, left for NC beaches then. Was last in NYC for the 2002 Auto Show. Will never go back. Bombay on the Hudson has no appeal to me.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (oftw2)

42 30 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (ezAij)

Both at once?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (xcxpd)

43 Every brought down to the lowest common denominator, except
No idea if Zohan has kids but bet they are in a elite school

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (ezKS4)

44 Godzilla attack on NYC > Mamdani attack on NYC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (J+Psw)

45 NYC got what it wanted, and the consequences of that will reverberate for the next four years. Gutting the cream of the public schools because too few blacks and other pressure groups can get their kids into those schools is absolutely expected, but will be a painful surprise to the willing fools who voted for Mamdani.

Fairfax Co. here in NoVa has been doing that for decades. Not only have they completely gutted the criteria for admission to Thomas Jefferson HS for S and T, they've largely abolished the GT programs by making the criteria so loose and subjective that it's a shadow of its former self. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

46 I'm saying is DO NOT COME TO NORTH CAROLINA! Those people are Christian Nationalist, NASCAR watching, redneck fundies who will kill you in a hot second if you don't go their snake-handling church with them. Stay away!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at

Oklahoma and Texas are WORSE! You don't want to be here!

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (MGB5H)

47
Bombay on the Hudson has no appeal to me.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (oftw2)

Bombay? More like Calcutta. Or Dacca.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (tgvbd)

48 My daughter is visiting the city in a couple of months. I'm praying now until then for her safety.
Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 05, 2026 11:03 AM (aVO1v)
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Hope they pick up the piled up trash between now and then. Since garbage trucks were used for snow removal ten days ago they haven't caught up and there is still garbage piled high and deep in midtown Manhattan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (+NW8W)

49 47
Bombay on the Hudson has no appeal to me.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at February 05, 2026 11:07 AM (oftw2)

Bombay? More like Calcutta. Or Dacca.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (tgvbd)

More dakka!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (xcxpd)

50 Over 50% voted for this. They knew exactly what was coming. He said he’d close the gifted schools. It wasn’t some big surprise.

Elections have consequences.

Let NYC burn. Figuratively and literally.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (Jay38)

51 Don't worry.
Our socialism won't use real bullets.

Posted by: Rebecca Good at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (LRxLn)

52 "it won't be better than it is today for a very long time, and there is a long, dark night coming!"

We need a tall dark knight ... on a white horse, instead?
idk, maybe we need 1000 knights, or a million ... flowers blooming? Now is the time for good men to rise up ... but it will have to emerge from the younger generations I think. And the youth are under assault via education --and multiple other heads of the hydra.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (vbXSk)

53 Fairfax Co. here in NoVa has been doing that for decades. Not only have they completely gutted the criteria for admission to Thomas Jefferson HS for S and T, they've largely abolished the GT programs by making the criteria so loose and subjective that it's a shadow of its former self. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Archimedes

The 3 headed Cerebus of DEI strikes again. Equity this time.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Dv3i1)

54 New York is dying
death by electoral choice
socialism kills
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy

Electoralcution?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (J+Psw)

55 50 Over 50% voted for this. They knew exactly what was coming. He said he’d close the gifted schools. It wasn’t some big surprise.

Elections have consequences.

Let NYC burn. Figuratively and literally.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (Jay3

"Shanna, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash".

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (xcxpd)

56 Erasing what little glamour NYC had left in record time.

Just as planned.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (6Uni8)

57 Just as long as Hiz Oner doesn't f up the cheesecake ...

Posted by: Adriane the Momentarily Less Cynical Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (3ZUWJ)

58 Oh another amusing study I was reading was on just how far the left has gone over the last 30 years compared to the right being mostly static. There were 3 responses from lefties, often the same person making all 3

1 duh that's because we can learn
2 no way you righties changed you don't believe in diplomacy or rights anymore we haven't changed at all
3 the right have always been nazi monarchist poopieheads

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (ezAij)

59
When it all comes to the smash and they run out of money, they'll pull the usual "do you want widows, orphans and infants to die?" And we, stupid humanitarians that we are, will bail them out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (tgvbd)

60 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?
-------

Jessica Lange!

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (TN0g+)

61 I'm sort of surprised that there are New Yorkers already disenfranchised with their new, socialist-jhadi mayor. I mean, cut the dude some slack. It's a big city and the government's going to take some time to properly get in line with his "vision."

You can't kill every non-believer the first month. Or two.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (jtM2q)

62 58 Oh another amusing study I was reading was on just how far the left has gone over the last 30 years compared to the right being mostly static. There were 3 responses from lefties, often the same person making all 3

1 duh that's because we can learn
2 no way you righties changed you don't believe in diplomacy or rights anymore we haven't changed at all
3 the right have always been nazi monarchist poopieheads

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (ezAij)

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"I've always secretly believed that men can become women."
-moderate centrist

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (GBKbO)

63 Back in the analog world cities like NYC were needed because you needed people in one place to do things like finance or publishing or what have you. Today you can have 100 people working from 100 cities together without ever being in the same room. And get the same things done.

NYC doesn’t need to exist anymore.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (Jay38)

64 30 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (ezAij)

Hmmm. Naomi Watts is SMOKING hot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

65 They had that with De Blasio. They are VERY slow learners.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

Not really. Yes, the city did not run well, but the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations ran it as well as it could be run, so there was structural quality built in. de Blasio broke that, but it took a long time.

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at February 05, 2026 11:12 AM (n9ltV)

66 61 You can't kill every non-believer the first month. Or two.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (jtM2q)

Not with an attitude like that, you can't.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 11:12 AM (6Uni8)

67
This may already have been posted, so sorry to repeat if so, but the "No Kings" protest funding has been released. Almost $300 million, a full third of which is from George Soros and his Tides foundations. Unreal money spent on undermining America.

https://tinyurl.com/4cum6pxe
Posted by: Huck Follywood

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jeez, how do we fight this? I hope that Tides foundation was funded by taxpayers; that's something we have a chance of cutting off.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 11:12 AM (JrWaT)

68 62 "I've always secretly believed that men can become women."
-moderate centrist

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (GBKbO)

Any "moderate centrist" who says that is a chaser.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (6Uni8)

69 Retarded mayor elected by retarded voters.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (8CIFn)

70 All the imbeciles in NY will blame Trump for everything. They’ll never see the correlation between their votes and the outcomes.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (Jay38)

71 So...visit NYC if you want...

We don't want.

Posted by: Most Sane Americans at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (JCZqz)

72 Elections have consequences and lefty lies refuse to believe it

The pattern I see is a lefty candidate will come out with a proposal like ending gifted schools and lefty livs will claim it is a right-wing lie even if you give them a link to their candidate saying it

Then after the election they'll claim the policy change is just bad luck and not related to their vote...it is insanity

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (ezAij)

73 All the imbeciles in NY will blame Trump for everything. They’ll never see the correlation between their votes and the outcomes.
Posted by: Really?? at

Of course. Cause mamdani will say the feds just won't give us the money we need. They are killing babies and grandmas.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (MGB5H)

74 Warren Buffet gave $16mm to No Kings according to the link @20

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (Dv3i1)

75 Warren Buffet gave $16mm to No Kings according to the link @20

It's his money to waste as he sees fit.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

76 What’s hilarious is that these schools will hurt the biggest Mamdani fans. It’s AWFLs who send their kids here. Now they’ll have to pay $20k a year for private school per kid

OK ladies have fun with that.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM (Jay38)

77 I wish Mayor Jihadi success in all the policy choices he chooses to institute. I can't wait to see the grocery plan in action.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM (0KSrI)

78 Who we're dealing with:

From Will Stancil:

Was talking to a random nice older woman from East Isles last night and ICE came up. She then detailed, totally free of irony, her plan for reforming US government, which included the simultaneous mass execution of every leading member of the Trump administration, many of whom were mentioned by name

I had dinner with some old college friends, most of whom were foaming-at-the-mouth TDS sufferers, and this is not an exaggeration. They have gone full Bolshevik.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:16 AM (n1OCj)

79 What’s hilarious is that these schools will hurt the biggest Mamdani fans. It’s AWFLs who send their kids here. Now they’ll have to pay $20k a year for private school per kid

Or they'll leave the city altogether, thus destroying the tax base. It's amazing that connecting two or three dots seems to overstretch their capabilities.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

80 77 I wish Mayor Jihadi success in all the policy choices he chooses to institute. I can't wait to see the grocery plan in action.
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Indeed. I look forward to examples of socialism failing in action to show my students.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 11:16 AM (Dg7ng)

81 78
I had dinner with some old college friends, most of whom were foaming-at-the-mouth TDS sufferers, and this is not an exaggeration. They have gone full Bolshevik.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:16 AM (n1OCj)

======

"So, it sounds like Republicans should retain power by any means necessary since their lives are on the line."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

82 ‘ So...visit NYC if you want’M
No thank you. My last visit was fine.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc)

83
It’s AWFLs who send their kids here. Now they’ll have to pay $20k a year for private school per kid

OK ladies have fun with that.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM (Jay3

I doubt AWFLs entrust their little scions to the tender mercies of the public school system anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (tgvbd)

84 I've never really cared what happens to NYC. 9/11 was the closest I came to sympathy. But that only lasted about ten days when the anti-war/pro-muzzie demonstrations started happening.

Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (g8Ew8)

85 Warren Buffet gave $16mm to No Kings according to the link @20
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That's not possible because Warren Buffet invented compound interest.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (TN0g+)

86 Commercial carting has traditionally been done in NYC by private companies, controlled by the Mob. Corrupt, but efficient. Having city workers responsible for household trash and snow removal has always been a boondoggle. Lazy, untold thousands of workers with "back injuries" on disability, a monumental travesty of public sector union corruption worse than the 5 Families. There's no way out without burning the place to the ground.

Posted by: Rosy Optimist at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (oftw2)

87 They lied to rule the NYC bed now let them lie in it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (J+Psw)

88
She then detailed, totally free of irony, her plan for reforming US government, which included the simultaneous mass execution of every leading member of the Trump administration, many of whom were mentioned by name

These same people think the death penalty is barbaric.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (tgvbd)

89 48
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Hope they pick up the piled up trash between now and then. Since garbage trucks were used for snow removal ten days ago they haven't caught up and there is still garbage piled high and deep in midtown Manhattan

Part of me hopes they don't. I want her to have a great time, but I also want her to understand on a visceral level the destructive results of that kind of "leadership." Rank piles of garbage might do the trick.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (aVO1v)

90 From the article about the Gifted and Talented program comes the quote from De Blasio when he tried to end it:

“I look back and I’m like, ‘What were we thinking?’ ” he said last year in acknowledgment of the blunder. “And our philosophical orientation was right, but our strategy was really off.” (Emphasis added)

Religious zealots like him need to be kept away from positions of power.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (+4yJ5)

91 88
She then detailed, totally free of irony, her plan for reforming US government, which included the simultaneous mass execution of every leading member of the Trump administration, many of whom were mentioned by name

These same people think the death penalty is barbaric.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (tgvbd)

======

"Do you think the Trump administration should know of your plans to execute them once they are out of power?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (GBKbO)

92 Gooder and harderer.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (jc0TO)

93 @70

>>They’ll never see the correlation between their votes and the outcomes.

The left has been blaming imaginary Republicans in far off realms for all of their problems since forever.

Its how a cop killing a criminal in a Democrat controlled city, in a Democrat controlled state, with a black chief of police, who is more than likely a Democrat, somehow became a federal problem and specifically the fault of a Republican President.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 11:18 AM (TzITN)

94 I'm stealing your opening two paragraphs (with some word-smithing) and sending it to a few I know in Seattle.
The shitheads there think they can draw enough money from the surrounding communities and the County.
Nope. It won't be enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 11:19 AM (2WIwB)

95 "Let NYC burn. Figuratively and literally."

Trump already provided a Huge Drop in Crime, so if he now pulls back ICE from the big cities, they can enjoy a resurgence in crime of all sorts. Maybe that is the planned narrative for the coming critical elections, idk.

Will big city officials really turn their criminal illegals over to ICE when they serve their prison time? Red States will cooperate and continue to improve, Blue States will reap the whirlwind?

Posted by: illiniwek at February 05, 2026 11:19 AM (vbXSk)

96 What?!

Naomi Watts is going to do an Emmanuelle remake?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

97 From the article about the Gifted and Talented program comes the quote from De Blasio when he tried to end it:

“I look back and I’m like, ‘What were we thinking?’ ” he said last year in acknowledgment of the blunder. “And our philosophical orientation was right, but our strategy was really off.” (Emphasis added)

*rips bong*

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:19 AM (MGB5H)

98 I think will stancil has been cancelled by the left no not for calling fir murdering his political opponents but for being annoying. I saw some antifa guy assaulted him

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:20 AM (ezAij)

99 "I've always secretly believed that men can become women."
-moderate centrist

The Seattle alt-weekly, the Stranger, had an article denouncing the Right for trying to limit birth control options, which referred to women as "people with uteruses".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:20 AM (n1OCj)

100 “I look back and I’m like, ‘What were we thinking?’ ” he said last year in acknowledgment of the blunder. “And our philosophical orientation was right, but our strategy was really off.”

What he means is that the GT "elites" should have been taken out back and shot.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

101 doubt AWFLs entrust their little scions to the tender mercies of the public school system anyway.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (tgvbd)

They do specifically for these elite schools. NYC public education is absolute garbage overall. Except for these gifted schools. Those are as good if not better than private schools and free. It’s hard to get in and it’s prestigious to say my kid is at such and such school. Colleges love that shit too.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:20 AM (Jay38)

102 Every generation doesn't have to relearn lessons.

They only have to relearn lessons when the previous generation works to erase them.

USUALLY, generations find new problems that arise. It takes some time for old lessons to be forgotten. But they almost always do, just not within a generation.

And when they are forgotten, the Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 11:20 AM (zjgNU)

103 >>One would be forgiven in thinking that after the Holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, the Cambodian genocide, 45 years of Eastern Europe's enslavement, and smaller but no less brutal country-killing communists in Venezuela, Cuba, Ethiopia, North Korea, etc., that people wouldn't need personal experience to understand the true nature of socialism.

One would be wrong.

Because they are young idiots. History started when they were born, they are blazing an entirely new trail. have deep thoughts and ideas that no human ever has considered -- so brilliant!

The older Commies understand, they simply plan on being in charge.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:20 AM (0yjaw)

104 I wish Mayor Jihadi success in all the policy choices he chooses to institute. I can't wait to see the grocery plan in action.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM

Yeah, yesterday I saw a headline gushing about NYC getting its first free grocery store. I couldn't bring myself to click on it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (kgE5c)

105 96 What?!

Naomi Watts is going to do an Emmanuelle remake?!
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I thought she was busy making that man-hating dreck show with Kim Kardashian. Also, she's hit the wall, and she transed her own kid(s). I refuse to say anything positive about such a person.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (Dg7ng)

106 The fnm and left follow the rule of blaming the nearest republican when they screw something up

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (ezAij)

107 85 Warren Buffet may have invented compound interest, but Carmine Lupertazzi invented point shaving. He was a great man.

Bobby Baccalieri

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (gm9Sb)

108 No thank you. My last visit was fine.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (jbnUc)

I once drove down from upstate NY, passed the city on the New Joisey side. Could see the Statute of Lizardy from the highway.

That was close enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (dGCAG)

109 85 Warren Buffet gave $16mm to No Kings according to the link @20
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That's not possible because Warren Buffet invented compound interest.
Posted by: Crusader

He was a bit confused. It's well know he supports a local restaurant (Gorat's Steakhouse) in Omaha. He thought it was a protest against Burger King and other fast food slop choking out mom and pop businesses.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (JCZqz)

110 106 The fnm and left follow the rule of blaming the nearest republican when they screw something up

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:21 AM (ezAij)

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"We should have bent over further. Sorry."
-the NY GOP

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (GBKbO)

111 . It’s AWFLs who send their kids here. Now they’ll have to pay $20k a year for

A cheap barrier to entry for Muffy and Biffs panties.

Posted by: DaveA at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (FhXTo)

112 Who played the Carl Denham part in the Naomi Watts King Kong?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

113
In a one-party system there are no consequences.

Democrats are racing left 'cause the crazies within demand total crazy. They are the only people demanding accountability, and they'll get it.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (Y8DZL)

114 Hopefully they will leave

my friend is a big deal RE agent here in Chester County.

heh. yeah they are all planning to leave.

AND COME HERE

dear sweet Lord help us down in PA!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (emBoF)

115 Mamdani’s “free” grocery stores are basically a way to kill off every bodega business. Lol.

Ok guys enjoy.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (Jay38)

116 Naomi Watts is going to do an Emmanuelle remake?!
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I thought she was busy making that man-hating dreck show with Kim Kardashian. Also, she's hit the wall, and she transed her own kid(s). I refuse to say anything positive about such a person.

She was never all that to begin with. She's one of those women who looked passable in movies because the makeup crew really knew their stuff.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

117 75 Warren Buffet gave $16mm to No Kings according to the link @20

It's his money to waste as he sees fit.
Posted by: Archimedes

It is. I prefer the sunlight shine on this stuff. Maybe a business reporter can ask him what he intended to accomplish. It is his prerogative to say nunyabizness.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (Dv3i1)

118 These same people think the death penalty is barbaric.

I worry that people don't realize what the stakes are.

They are absolutely planning a Stalinist 1938-style Great Purge if they get back into power.

Arresting and prosecuting everyone who worked for ICE is only the start of it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (n1OCj)

119 Or they'll leave the city altogether, thus destroying the tax base.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

And my house's value will go up significantly.

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (n9ltV)

120 What?!

Naomi Watts is going to do an Emmanuelle remake?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

Bit old for that part. She's cute, but she's no Silvia Crystal.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (dGCAG)

121 New York City has always been a toilet. Memories from relatives from the 20s and 30s were perverts were on the subways then, folks avoided colored folks because the colored folks had a tendency for violence and stealing and the city government was always for sale.

Some things never change.

Posted by: Memories at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (TmfuF)

122 Will the kids lose belief in Mamdani if he doesn't soon give them the free and reduced cost stuff he promised, along with taxing the rich into poverty?

Doubtful. Because he'll promise additional free and reduced cost stuff, to keep them hooked.

At the same time, he'll blame TRUMP!, Hochul, capitalists, the rich, and others for blocking his free stuff promises that will benefit The People!

Then he'll run to take Hochul's phoney-baloney job.

How many times have we seen this movie?

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (5rh/l)

123 >>. . . I saw some antifa guy assaulted him

That right there is why: he documented antifa.
Andy Ngo has been saying this for years: documenting antifa makes them want to do serious harm, if not kill you (as in his case).

Stancil broke the first rule of Fight Club/antifa: There is no antifa, it's "just an idea."

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (0yjaw)

124 "Visit the Big Apple now, before it rots even worse!!" Hmm, needs workshopping.

Posted by: NYC Tourism Board at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (Sy6m/)

125 "We should have bent over further. Sorry."
-the NY GOP

Tryin' here boss.
-Rep Mike Lawler (R-NY)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (Dv3i1)

126 118 These same people think the death penalty is barbaric.

I worry that people don't realize what the stakes are.

They are absolutely planning a Stalinist 1938-style Great Purge if they get back into power.

Arresting and prosecuting everyone who worked for ICE is only the start of it.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:23 AM (n1OCj)

=======

The major social media accounts aligned with the GOP and Republican government officials should spend all day amplifying the people saying this stuff.

"If we're going to get executed for doing our legal duties, we're going to do our legal duties to the fullest extent where the left cannot gain power again," or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

127 Thx CBD.
It's going to be between -2 and -6 nights from Sat to Mon here , 90 m North of NYC . The death toll will increase. But Mamdani is a communist, so that's expected

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (Hhsnh)

128 I'm saying is DO NOT COME TO NORTH CAROLINA! Those people are Christian Nationalist, NASCAR watching, redneck fundies who will kill you in a hot second if you don't go their snake-handling church with them. Stay away!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, with a message to Liberal New Yorkers thinking about relocating at

Oklahoma and Texas are WORSE! You don't want to be here!
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM

Alabama is right out.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (jc0TO)

129 On the death penalty as with many things the left follows rhe rule...it is different when we do it

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (ezAij)

130 >> Will the kids lose belief in Mamdani if he doesn't soon give them the free and reduced cost stuff he promised, along with taxing the rich into poverty?

Did they ever think Obama made mistakes during his 8 year presidency?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (0yjaw)

131 112 Who played the Carl Denham part in the Naomi Watts King Kong?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

Jack Black.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2026 11:24 AM (0256r)

132 referred to women as "people with uteruses".
Posted by: The ARC of History!

PWUs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:25 AM (J+Psw)

133 NYC in the before times was great. I spent a couple of years there in my 20s. Fun times. I can’t fathom living there in my 30s or later and raising a family though. Raising kids in an apartment is child abuse IMO.

Even in the before times it wasn’t kid friendly whatsoever.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:25 AM (Jay38)

134 Prometheus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 11:25 AM (Kt19C)

135 people experiencing uterusness

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

136 Jack Black.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Hmmm. I guess I can see that.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

137 Alabama is right out.

lol yes! no no no - terrible place

hopefully I can hang in a bit longer here

on the good hand, with all the New Yorkers moving here, they like bigger homes with land so. no matter what I should be able to sell easily.

the way things are going here actually, you could put 5 homes on my lot. which is crazy but I'm seeing it happen all around me.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (emBoF)

138 I love snow storms. The mountains of trash on the streets feeds my family and drives our numbers WAY up!

Posted by: Pizza Rat at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (oftw2)

139 It’s AWFLs who send their kids here. Now they’ll have to pay $20k a year for

$20k? You're dreaming. Here in NoVa/DC, private Episcopal schools can be upwards of $45k...for kindergarten. No, I'm not kidding. My daughter was looking into it.

Here's the Madeira School, home of prizewinning shot Jean Harris.

For the 2025-2026 academic year, The Madeira School tuition is
$74,500 for boarding students and $58,000 for day students. These fees are comprehensive, covering instruction and, for boarders, housing and meals. Additional costs may include an international student fee, transportation, and special activities

But at least the cost is, you know, comprehensive, except for the additional costs.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

140 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (N8ZBc)

141 Uterine-Americans.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, it's all about the hyphens at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (0256r)

142 134 Prometheus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 11:25 AM (Kt19C)

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I hadn't considered that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

143 "17 I consider smart NYC kids lucky the Mayor hasn't gone full Bergeron.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (+NW8W)"
----------------------------------------------------
Well, not yet, but the Mayor has 8 years left to go full Bergeron. I predict that he will do so.

Posted by: Ralph at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (8WZD4)

144 Naomi watts is an ok actress but she really likes roles where she gets to play a screwed up lesbian see her breakout role in Mulholland drive as an example

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (ezAij)

145 Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

I wonder how much Flint Hill costs.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

146 Just got here, but I want to say -- Bravo art this morning CBD. The mullet twins was an excellent choice!

Posted by: Emanuel Macron at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (bwRbr)

147 Ok fair enough. I guess my $20k is flyover country pricing I’m used to, haha. Is it really that much on the east coast? That’s more than a private university. JFC.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (Jay38)

148 111 . It’s AWFLs who send their kids here. Now they’ll have to pay $20k a year for

A cheap barrier to entry for Muffy and Biffs panties.
Posted by: DaveA

Funny thing...I've seen several large, but non-specifically political, YouTuber mention AWFLs recently, but they all say "AWFUL", with "urban" as the "U". Just a weird trend that came out of no where. "Urban" is probably more accurate, as white rural women tend to be more conservative.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (KWGQU)

149 I doubt AWFLs entrust their little scions to the tender mercies of the public school system anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (tgvbd)

Many of them do! There are a few dozen excellent schools, obviously in hip and well-off neighborhoods. But as that changes, their tax bills go up, and they see the cost of private schools skyrockets, they will move to my town, get into a bidding war for my house, and I will smile all the way to the bank.

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (n9ltV)

150 I'm stealing your opening two paragraphs (with some word-smithing) and sending it to a few I know in Seattle.
The shitheads there think they can draw enough money from the surrounding communities and the County.
Nope. It won't be enough.

Seattle has a payroll tax (because only employers pay a payroll tax, LOL).

The Washington state legislature is planning a much larger state payroll tax, but employers in Seattle would be allowed to deduct the Seattle payroll tax from their state payroll tax bill.

They are literally proposing to tax Seattle less than everyone else in Washington.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (n1OCj)

151 Jack black is ok with tight direction. He us sort of a poor man's Robin williams

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (ezAij)

152 Western panhandle of FL is full. Gator out front should tell them. Or the cottonmouth.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Y1sOo)

153 She then detailed, totally free of irony, her plan for reforming US government, which included the simultaneous mass execution of every leading member of the Trump administration, many of whom were mentioned by name

These same people think the death penalty is barbaric.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You want to execute Stephen Miller? I think he is fantastic. Says exactly what has been on my mind for years now. I'd be doing the same thing if I could be in the Trump admin. Maybe I'll retire early and volunteer to serve in some capacity.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Dv3i1)

154 The thing about all these leftists with their "plans" to rid the country of all the icky Trump supporters?

They've convinced themselves they're in the midst of a civil war, a real one. That they are the ones under siege.

The nominal right has yet to even acknowledge the rift is there, it's real and these people mean to do us harm.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (jtM2q)

155 people experiencing uterusness

Persons of inchoate rage.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

156 @143 he and his equitability crew are trying to get rid of the talented and gifted classes in public schools. Square peg into round hole and all that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (Hhsnh)

157 The mullet twins was an excellent choice!

Posted by: Emanuel Macron at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (bwRbr)

I got a chuckle out of the painting. It's actually very well done!

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (n9ltV)

158 >>Was talking to a random nice older woman from East Isles last night and ICE came up. She then detailed, totally free of irony, her plan for reforming US government, which included the simultaneous mass execution of every leading member of the Trump administration, many of whom were mentioned by name

"Nice"???????

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (0yjaw)

159 Donks say women are too stupid to vote.

Brad
@BraddrofliT
If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators—VOTE NO (202) 224-3121
Voter suppression is not ok.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (J+Psw)

160 if NYC AWFLs move here (and they are, we had a group of young families from Brooklyn just touring) they will use the public schools. our schools are very good.

generally people here use public schools until middle or high school. if the kids are athletic, they can then get HS/MS scholarships to places like LaSalle HS or Episcopal. If not, they can go to Salesianum or something.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:30 AM (emBoF)

161 I can’t believe the rich and powerful leftists will want to just watch their little brown hero fail miserably and be publicly humiliated.

They’ll do something to buffer his failure so they can claim victory.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

162 "It doesn't really matter that only about a quarter of eligible voters bothered to vote in the mayoral election. Not voting is a decision just like voting for one's preferred candidate."
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I knew CBD was actually a Rush fan. That sure sounds like a paraphrase of "if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice".

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 11:30 AM (B4Se1)

163 gp
If you don't have reading glasses, look at these.
I was able to solder some really tiny wires using one like it.

Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 11:30 AM (q6tQZ)

164 Funny thing...I've seen several large, but non-specifically political, YouTuber mention AWFLs recently, but they all say "AWFUL", with "urban" as the "U". Just a weird trend that came out of no where. "Urban" is probably more accurate, as white rural women tend to be more conservative.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 11:28 AM (KWGQU)

But the term isn’t applicable to conservative women. It’s Affluent White Female Liberal. Whether urban or rural or suburban . Plenty of despicable AWFLs in red areas. It’s not a geographic description it’s a state of mind. Adding the U makes it seem like it’s only an urban problem when in fact it’s an everywhere problem.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:30 AM (Jay38)

165 I'm surprised to see William Jefferson Clinton make such lucid comments here. I'd have thought the spirochetes would've infested his brain by now.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (77rzZ)

166 159 Donks say women are too stupid to vote.

Brad
@BraddrofliT
If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators—VOTE NO (202) 224-3121
Voter suppression is not ok.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (J+Psw)

=====

"I don't know how to contact the jurisdiction I was married in for my marriage certificate. I don't even know where I was born!"
-leftist women, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

167 >>people experiencing uterusness

Does one experience their lungs, their nose, their toenails? An organ is not an experience, it is a tangible, live thing.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (0yjaw)

168 At MarketWatch: "I’m dating a guy who asks me to pay for most dates - and brings a flask to bars to save money. Is he cheap?"

I'd judge him as merely impecunious, and darn lucky to find a chick who will pay for everything. He's definitely a keeper, dear.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (N8ZBc)

169 I suspect way less then one quarter of NYC voters in fact voted. Talking voting here not having a ballot cast in your name

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (ezAij)

170 > It doesn't really matter that only about a quarter of eligible voters bothered to vote in the mayoral election. Not voting is a decision just like voting for one's preferred candidate.

NYC got what it wanted
----

a quarter of eligible voters got what they wanted
the other 3 quarters just woke up to a fat ugly sweat-hog who smelles of cigarettes and urine

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (fZR5M)

171 So...visit NYC if you want, because it won't be better than it is today for a very long time, and there is a long, dark night coming!

Posted by CBD at 11:00 AM Comments
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No, I'll pass. Thanks to the media, over my lifetime I've seen NYC, LA, and CHI enough in TV and movies that it holds no place in my imagination. I've seen it. Meh.

The caveat is if you are rich enough, any place can be a fantastic place to be/live.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (Hx0tZ)

172 It’s Affluent White Female Liberal.

Not all are affluent.. I prefer Angry White Female Liberal

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (I1bT3)

173 Donks say women are too stupid to vote.

Brad
@BraddrofliT
If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators—VOTE NO (202) 224-3121
Voter suppression is not ok.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels

This is farcical on so many levels. Every married woman I have ever known has known that they will need to show their birth certificate and marriage license for certain things. Like tsa precheck or getting a passport.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (MGB5H)

174 They've convinced themselves they're in the midst of a civil war, a real one. That they are the ones under siege.

The nominal right has yet to even acknowledge the rift is there, it's real and these people mean to do us harm.

They literally think that they are living under a fascist regime - now, today.

Obviously, any measure needed to overthrow fascism is justifiable.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (n1OCj)

175 "If you don't have reading glasses, look at these."

I can't see them. Are they quite tiny?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (N8ZBc)

176 Wo Hops in lower Manhattan was a regular stop for me and my college buds back in the day. Little accompanied me during a visit a decade back. The tee shirt my friends bought him remains a prized possession. We might make a quick run during a planned visit to see family in NJ. Maybe...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (nbLIj)

177 I knew CBD was actually a Rush fan.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 11:30 AM (B4Se1)

One of my least favorite bands.

And...trust me, they weren't the first to say that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (n9ltV)

178 https://tinyurl.com/3dw4yx3c

Damn. forgot the link.
For folks who need to see up close, but don't generally need reading glasses

Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (q6tQZ)

179 Being frugal is one part of getting wealthy but many people who want to be rich or marry a rich guy don't get that

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (ezAij)

180 Brad
@BraddrofliT
If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (J+Psw)

Sounds a you problem then bitch. Change your passport to reflect your legal name.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (Jay38)

181 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (ezAij)

Naomi who?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (8zz6B)

182 How dare you attack the man for addressing the homeless problem in NYC.

Posted by: Kevin Cutts at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (xKHIr)

183 169 I suspect way less then one quarter of NYC voters in fact voted. Talking voting here not having a ballot cast in your name

Posted by: 18-1 at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (ezAij)

===

90% of all voting behavior is self-starting. People deciding "Okay, I'm going to go vote now."

The last 10% is, at best, GOTV efforts.

It gets worse when you feel like your vote doesn't matter.

It's a problem that people in the highest levels of politics have been trying to solve since voting became a thing.

I wish I knew how to fix it. I could sell the solution to a political party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (GBKbO)

184
Singling out excellence among kindergarteners is a form of idolatry they cannot abide. Mainly because they can't rig it so only commie kindergartners enter the programs.

By the time these gifted students are situated in the advantaged program it is too late to know for sure they will be loyal apparatchiks.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (AveBv)

185

Start spreadin' the news
I'm leavin' today
I don't want to be a part of it
New York, New York

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (Cqx++)

186 I consider smart NYC kids lucky the Mayor hasn't gone full Bergeron.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:05 AM (+NW8W)

Yet

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (Hx0tZ)

187 Ok fair enough. I guess my $20k is flyover country pricing I’m used to, haha. Is it really that much on the east coast? That’s more than a private university. JFC.

There are certainly cheaper alternatives, but the NYC AWFLs who would leave because Mamdani destroyed the GT schools would never consider them.

Here's St Agnes/St. Stephens, one of the premier Episcopal churches.

Early Saints-age 3 &
Junior Kindergarten-age 4
$43,025 Includes books and iPad use
Kindergarten to Grade 2 $44,455 Includes books and iPad use
Grades 3 to 5 $44,945 Includes books and iPad/or MacBook use
Grades 6 to 8 $49,630 Includes MacBook use
Grades 9 to 11 $55,210 Includes lunch, science, and studio art fees
Grade 12 $55,500 Includes lunch, science, studio art fees and senior
retreat.

https://is.gd/pXdbOt

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

188 >>@BraddrofliT
If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators—VOTE NO (202) 224-3121
Voter suppression is not ok.

I'm sorry, what?

Am I inferring that this chucklehead believes that women don't regularly update their legal documentation when they get married -- and change their legal name? That they don't have a copy of their freakin' marriage certificate handy documenting said legal name change?

This is bananas. He assumes women are morons. How typical.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM (0yjaw)

189 At the rate this is going the Handicappers General is not far behind. And Vonnegut meant it is as satire (I think).

Posted by: Farquad at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM (CFMhl)

190 AWFL's especially hate Miller. Almost as much as JD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM (elz1b)

191 187 Ok fair enough. I guess my $20k is flyover country pricing I’m used to, haha. Is it really that much on the east coast? That’s more than a private university. JFC.

around me it really ranges. there are a LOT of options here, and the public schools are good, which keeps private pricing down a bit.

now, as the NYers come down, the private schools are going to get MUCH more expensive!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (emBoF)

192 "Maybe every new generation has to learn for themselves that socialism is the ultimate political evil…"

Seeing the bullet-riddled corpse hanging on the barbed wire of the Berlin wall in a failed escape attempt strongly impressed young me that the fence wasn't there to keep people out. Never wavered from that lesson.

Posted by: mindful webworker - historic hysteric at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (/4mOE)

193 They literally think that they are living under a fascist regime - now, today.

Obviously, any measure needed to overthrow fascism is justifiable.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Have they tried self-immolation? It's super-effective. Trump won't know what hit him!!!

Posted by: Buddhist Monk at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (JCZqz)

194 If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting.

So we're totally ignoring those poor Brown People who have lived all their lives in the shadows because they don't know how to get any ID?

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (+4yJ5)

195 190 AWFL's especially hate Miller. Almost as much as JD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM (elz1b)

======

They use a lot of Nosferatu imagery around Miller.

And Miller doesn't even have a rape accusation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

196 Catholic schools run the $16-$20K on east coast...any other private is at least double...

This is b/c Catholic parishes and the diocese send monetary support to the schools...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (tOcjL)

197 "Should we cheat to win elections to defeat Republicans?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

198
And Miller doesn't even have a rape accusation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

Yet...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (I1bT3)

199 159
‘ Donks say women are too stupid to vote.’

(Uncomfortable silence)

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (jbnUc)

200 I wonder how much Flint Hill costs.

2026-27 TUITION

LOWER SCHOOL (Grades JK-6): $44,845 (includes iPad)
MIDDLE SCHOOL (Grades 7-: $52,850 (includes MacBook Air and lunch)
UPPER SCHOOL (Grades 9-12): $56,965 (includes MacBook Air and lunch)

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

201 I never got closer to NYC than Mt Kisco. The drivers were so bad, I said hell with it, and turned back upstate, escaping near-certain death or injury.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (N8ZBc)

202 If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate
__

Not sure I understand why you need an updated birth certificate in this situation. Am I missing something?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Dv3i1)

203 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC. People died in FL as well. People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

204 I don't have a passport but I have my birth certificate and marriage license...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (I1bT3)

205 They literally chose the form of their destroyer and will wonder why it causes even more poverty and death.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (h3wuo)

206
Reddit has this weird subgroup of people who make a lot of money and whine they’re broke. Their goto excuse is I live in an VHCOL and $250k is nothing here. Nah bruh. $250k is a lot of money even in the most expensive cities. You are just bad at money management.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (Jay38)

207 203 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC. People died in FL as well. People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

=======

Well, the point is that they were all homeless and Mamdani had ordered the police to leave the homeless on the street.

So the deaths are a direct result of a specific order from Mamdani.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:38 AM (GBKbO)

208 They literally think that they are living under a fascist regime - now, today.

And they think that under Hitler in 1933 there were mass demonstrations against the government, and that people were following the Gestapo around to keep them from arresting people.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:38 AM (n1OCj)

209 don't have a passport but I have my birth certificate and marriage license...
Posted by: It's me donna at February

No you don't. That democrat brad guy said so.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:38 AM (MGB5H)

210 If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (J+Psw)

OMG so up to 20 people won't be able to cast their vote.

These scum personalize everything but ignore the fact that not being able to vote is exactly the same thing as having your vote canceled out by a fake one, and nowhere near as bad as having it canceled out by millions of fake ones.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:38 AM (AveBv)

211 198
And Miller doesn't even have a rape accusation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

Yet...
Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (I1bT3

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford's Hippocampus at February 05, 2026 11:39 AM (0256r)

212 182 How dare you attack the man for addressing the homeless problem in NYC.
Posted by: Kevin Cutts

Concur. Racist, sexist, and transphobic.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 11:39 AM (Y8DZL)

213 "So, it sounds like Republicans should retain power by any means necessary since their lives are on the line."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

Is that helicopter rotors I hear?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:39 AM (8zz6B)

214 $250k is a lot of money even in the most expensive cities. You are just bad at money management.

"But I **have to*** spend a thousand bucks a week on food delivery apps and my fancy gym!"

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:39 AM (n1OCj)

215 Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

Check Andover, Lawrenceville, etc.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 11:39 AM (n9ltV)

216 209 don't have a passport but I have my birth certificate and marriage license...
Posted by: It's me donna at February

No you don't. That democrat brad guy said so.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Yeah, but is your birth certificate updated? Updated for what, I have no idea. It's not like they switch out your birth name with your married name, right?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (Dv3i1)

217 181
‘ Naomi who?’

She’s on first.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

218 It’s it illegal to have a passport with a maiden name after legally changing your name to the married name? You can’t be two people at once.

All these wymyn need to get their shit in order voting aide.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (Jay38)

219 And they think that under Hitler in 1933 there were mass demonstrations against the government, and that people were following the Gestapo around to keep them from arresting people.

And that deporting someone is **exactly** the same as sending them to a gas chamber.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (n1OCj)

220 216 209 don't have a passport but I have my birth certificate and marriage license...
Posted by: It's me donna at February

No you don't. That democrat brad guy said so.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Yeah, but is your birth certificate updated? Updated for what, I have no idea. It's not like they switch out your birth name with your married name, right?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (Dv3i1)

No...but they do that for your Social Security card.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL)

221 Not sure I understand why you need an updated birth certificate in this situation. Am I missing something?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Dv3i1)

Phrased intentionally badly I imagine, as in "or birth certificate" not "or updated birth certificate". Making it sound purposely complex and unattainable.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (AveBv)

222 140 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (N8ZBc)

You need CNC. May I ask why you are drilling holes?

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 11:41 AM (J/fgw)

223 Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

Check Andover, Lawrenceville, etc.

All of these institutions are just a way for affluent, virtue-signaling parents to insulate their children from the policies endorsed by their parents, and to provide an entree into the network of shakers and movers.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

224 > King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?
Posted by: 18-1
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trick question
Jessica Lange

https://tinyurl.com/37xsc89w

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (fZR5M)

225 219 And they think that under Hitler in 1933 there were mass demonstrations against the government, and that people were following the Gestapo around to keep them from arresting people.

And that deporting someone is **exactly** the same as sending them to a gas chamber.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:40 AM (n1OCj)

======

Deporting people from racist, fascist, capitalist America is a moral good.

Brown people will now no longer be hunted on the streets of America because of their skin color.

People can enjoy the freedoms of nations not under fascist rule.

The sick can get free healthcare from single payer systems.

Why are Democrats fighting freeing people from the shackles of American tyranny so much?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

226 Damn GOP!

U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (J+Psw)

227 He should have said "birth certificate or updated passport" but that sounds perfectly easy to most people so they switched the order around.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (AveBv)

228 I’ve never been in NYC so quite certain at this point I never will be. I don’t count the time I landed at JFK and drove immediately to Danbury, CT…. I guess I was technically in Queens but it doesn’t count; I didn’t stop

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (fQqaC)

229 Yeah there is no updating birth certificates. Your name at birth doesn’t change if you get married. Marriage isn’t a Time Machine.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (Jay38)

230 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC. People died in FL as well. People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

=======

Well, the point is that they were all homeless and Mamdani had ordered the police to leave the homeless on the street.

So the deaths are a direct result of a specific order from Mamdani.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:38 AM (GBKbO)
_____

You can't drag people off the street if they don't want to leave. Of the people who died that were actually named, they were approached but refused to leave. Several were found dead already, at least one from an OD. These are seriously mentally ill people. They should be committed. But it's almost impossible to do that.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

231 "You learn a lot in the congressional gym."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (J+Psw)

I'm sure he meant "earn"

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (AveBv)

232 I remember how ridiculously long it took for women in the Navy to get their names changed after they got married. WTF? One push of a button, or maybe two, should have been enough to complete the process.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

233 Phrased intentionally badly I imagine, as in "or birth certificate" not "or updated birth certificate". Making it sound purposely complex and unattainable.
Posted by: ...

Ah got it, thanks. I was applying critical thinking to something meant for people whose capacity for critical thinking, if they ever had it, has been stripped away by years of what passes for education in this country.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

234 >Yeah, but is your birth certificate updated? Updated for what, I have no idea.
---

I wanna change my birthday to the Fourth Of July

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (fZR5M)

235 U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."

Thus advertising the (probably fake) notion that he's a man's man who goes to the gym.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

236 One of my least favorite bands.

And...trust me, they weren't the first to say that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (n9ltV)

Your favorable taste in food, firearms, and bourbon make up for your poor musical tastes.

And they may not be the first to say it, but they were the best!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (B4Se1)

237 Damn GOP!

U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Did he say that while repping out 65 on the bench?

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (MGB5H)

238 U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (J+Psw)

I’m pretty sure one thing you hear in that gym is Swalwell farting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (fQqaC)

239 Obama had an updated birth certificate.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (AveBv)

240 235 U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."

Thus advertising the (probably fake) notion that he's a man's man who goes to the gym.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Riz8t)

======

To be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (GBKbO)

241 232 I remember how ridiculously long it took for women in the Navy to get their names changed after they got married. WTF? One push of a button, or maybe two, should have been enough to complete the process.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

It's a government process - thus, it takes forever.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (tOcjL)

242 I imagine congressional gyms being basically gay hangout places. So it tracks with what SwallowWell is saying.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (Jay38)

243 203 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC. People died in FL as well. People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

>>>People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

True, but if you're going to cite statistics, let's use a relative basis.

What were the deaths per 100,000 population in the Eastern 35-40 percent of Texas, where it was coldest, and in NYC?

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (5rh/l)

244

Posted by: Swalwell at February 05, 2026 11:45 AM (J/fgw)

245 Yeah there is no updating birth certificates. Your name at birth doesn’t change if you get married. Marriage isn’t a Time Machine.
Posted by: Really??

Don't forget. There are some jurisdictions that allow trannies to update them to their "new" gender.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

246 AWFL's especially hate Miller.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM

The Gangster of Love?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 11:45 AM (jc0TO)

247 Damn GOP!

U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks'
____

He spelled "gay bathhouse" wrong ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

248 I remember how ridiculously long it took for women in the Navy to get their names changed after they got married. WTF? One push of a button, or maybe two, should have been enough to complete the process.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

That is an extremely oversimplified take.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 11:45 AM (B4Se1)

249 >AND COME HERE

dear sweet Lord help us down in PA!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:22 AM (emBoF)

Chesco went all retarded in the past few election cycles. Most of the townships surrounding mine are all in on new housing stock - mostly townhomes and 'luxury' apartment buildings. Traffic is already insane. I can't imagine 10 or 20% population growth. And the transplants bring their shitty voting habits with them.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 11:46 AM (NgqoH)

250 To be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.

that mofo Brian Fitzpatrick, for one.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:46 AM (emBoF)

251 140 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (N8ZBc)

I'm envisioning a jig, even with good eyesight.

Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 11:46 AM (q6tQZ)

252 Chesco went all retarded in the past few election cycles. Most of the townships surrounding mine are all in on new housing stock - mostly townhomes and 'luxury' apartment buildings. Traffic is already insane. I can't imagine 10 or 20% population growth. And the transplants bring their shitty voting habits with them.

yep it sucks

we get all the New Yorkers AND all the H1Bs

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 05, 2026 11:46 AM (emBoF)

253 >>If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting.

OK, took me a minute, but now I get his rage/fear-mongering:

Back in 2020, twitter user "SomeBitchIKnow" reported that her remarried mom had reported receiving election day texts reminding her to vote/affirm she was voting that referenced her old last name/prior state of residence. Other twitter users responded the same thing happened, so she started checking state voted rolls (the ones available online) and discovered her mom (under old last name) had never been removed, so that someone could have voted in her place. She speculated that this was one of the ways Dems exploit outdated voter rolls, and that the election day text from one of the Zuckerberg-funded orgs was checking to see if that outdated name could be used for a fake vote. She called this "Maidengate" in reference to maiden names being on voter rolls being exploited for fraud.
Aaaaaand then twitter suspended her account.

What this guy above is freaking out about is that Voter ID may wipe out the availability of voting twice: maiden name/married name.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:46 AM (0yjaw)

254 To be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM

I can name five off the top of my head. Two are leaving, and two are losing, hopefully.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 11:46 AM (jc0TO)

255 226 Damn GOP!

U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.
"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:42 AM (J+Psw)

You certainly do learn a lot in the gym showers and towel closets.

Posted by: House pages and interns at February 05, 2026 11:47 AM (5rh/l)

256 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (N8ZBc)

Try drilling ten inch holes on a 0.04" spacing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:47 AM (8zz6B)

257 be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.

that mofo Brian Fitzpatrick, for one.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February

The list is long and not distinguished.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:47 AM (MGB5H)

258 "How do I make my life better" leads to a decent enough society if everyone asks that for themselves.

"How do I make everyone's life perfect" leads to death and oppression.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 11:47 AM (JwNbV)

259 Stop the hammering!
And the hole drilling!

Posted by: Larry O'Dumbelll at February 05, 2026 11:47 AM (oftw2)

260 "You need CNC. May I ask why you are drilling holes?"

I'd love a little CNC machine. Not in my budget.

I'm drilling holes because I haven't yet tried designing PCBs in CAD and sending the design files to a PCB fab and having them make the darn things for me. That's the best way to go, and I'll get around to it someday.

The next step after that is joining the tapeout crowd, and designing my own chips. Maybe I'll learn that before I croak.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (N8ZBc)

261 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:26 AM (N8ZBc)

I hear that Ace can help with drills.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

262 I’d say easily 1/3 of Republicans in Congress hate Trump. Another 1/3 are indifferent and will do what their donors tell them to do. And then 1/3 are actual conservatives.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (Jay38)

263 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.
Posted by: gp
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Magnifying glasses.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (XeU6L)

264 I remember how ridiculously long it took for women in the Navy to get their names changed after they got married. WTF? One push of a button, or maybe two, should have been enough to complete the process.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

It's a government process - thus, it takes forever.

My wife has had innumerable problems with this. She hyphenated her maiden name because your publication list is very important for a scientist's career so you want to maintain continuity. She used my name for non-work stuff. She's seen every possible variation on those names, with and without hyphen, misspelled, maiden name as middle name, etc. I'd wager we've seen 10 different (and incorrect) variations

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

265 I wish I knew how to fix it. I could sell the solution to a political party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Consolidate elections and reduce the number of offices that people vote for. Americans vote more than any other country with primaries, runoffs, municipals, special elections, off year state elections, etc.

Our presidential turnout is decent compared with other nations but it gets worse as you drop down to micro level like municipal special elections, special improvement districts, or bond issues.

The only people voting in that last set of categories are those with a special interest in the vote.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (2swu2)

266 >>U.S. Rep Eric Swalwell says the real political tea is spilling at the gym, where he claims Republicans are quietly trashing Donald Trump between sets.

"You learn a lot in the congressional gym."

Translation: I work out often!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (0yjaw)

267 Democracy is doomed -

Democracy cannot survive unless every citizen is educated to the maximum of his potential. — Robert Maynard Hutchins

Posted by: Oglebay at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (Ir8wk)

268 You can't drag people off the street if they don't want to leave. Of the people who died that were actually named, they were approached but refused to leave.

Yes you can. When I lived in Chicago years ago, the cops were authorized to forcibly drag vagrants off the street and take them to a warm place when the temperature fell below a certain level.

Oddly enough, Chicago city government thought that keeping people from freezing to death was a civic responsibility.

I'm sure that's changed now.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (n1OCj)

269 To be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.

Fair.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)

270 > To be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.
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It's probably more than most people think. Trump's making it harder to grift, and that's upsetting a lot of people who've been in Congress long enough to see how "the programs" work. The ones who've been there a long time... yea, they're pissed. Every bit as the new guy who just made his first million "on the side."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (jtM2q)

271 I'm envisioning a jig, even with good eyesight.
Posted by: MkY

That's Raciss!

Posted by: Little Black Meme Boy at February 05, 2026 11:50 AM (oftw2)

272 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC. People died in FL as well. People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

>>>People die in severe weather no matter where they live or who runs the government.

True, but if you're going to cite statistics, let's use a relative basis.

What were the deaths per 100,000 population in the Eastern 35-40 percent of Texas, where it was coldest, and in NYC?
Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 11:44 AM (5rh/l)
____

I don't know. But there are almost 9 million people in NYC, and reportedly 17 died. That's one in over 500k. That's very very long odds. Temps here were below zero. It was crazy cold, and for a long period. That's deadly weather.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

273 Points at NYC...

Haha haha hahahahaa!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 05, 2026 11:50 AM (2J/Lj)

274 265 Consolidate elections and reduce the number of offices that people vote for. Americans vote more than any other country with primaries, runoffs, municipals, special elections, off year state elections, etc.

Our presidential turnout is decent compared with other nations but it gets worse as you drop down to micro level like municipal special elections, special improvement districts, or bond issues.

The only people voting in that last set of categories are those with a special interest in the vote.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (2swu2)

======

Yeah,...it does feel like we have way too many election days. That's probably one of the core problems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

275 be fair, I have no doubt that there are a number of Congressional Republicans who hate Trump and hate any advancement of policies that they campaign on.

that mofo Brian Fitzpatrick, for one.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February

The list is long and not distinguished.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:47 AM (MGB5H)

Here in Texas, GOP congressman Chip Roy is running for attorney general… he mentions Trump constantly but I have this nagging suspicion he actually hates PDJT

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 11:50 AM (fQqaC)

276 Donks say women are too stupid to vote.

Brad
@BraddrofliT
If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate, the SAVE Act (aka SAVE 2.0) will stop you from voting. Millions of women lack these docs. Call your Senators—VOTE NO (202) 224-3121
Voter suppression is not ok.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 11:29 AM (J+Psw)

I don't think I've ever heard of a woman changing her birth certificate after marriage.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)

277 Consolidate elections and reduce the number of offices that people vote for. Americans vote more than any other country with primaries, runoffs, municipals, special elections, off year state elections, etc.

Our presidential turnout is decent compared with other nations but it gets worse as you drop down to micro level like municipal special elections, special improvement districts, or bond issues.

The only people voting in that last set of categories are those with a special interest in the vote.
Posted by: whig at February

I vote in everything. And now next Tuesday we have city council and nothing else. Both are dems that think the same thing. I will be staying home.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:51 AM (MGB5H)

278 "I'm envisioning a jig, even with good eyesight."

Or a good quality two-axis positioning table/vise. Not currently in my budget.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:51 AM (N8ZBc)

279 275 Here in Texas, GOP congressman Chip Roy is running for attorney general… he mentions Trump constantly but I have this nagging suspicion he actually hates PDJT

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 11:50 AM (fQqaC)

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I only see him with Eric Daughtery features him on his X timeline.

And Roy says the right things. He makes the right mouth sounds.

Probably an untrustworthy swine, though. Because politician.

Always bet on a politician being an untrustworthy swine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:51 AM (GBKbO)

280 Huh.

So if i switch to fifty different "genders" and make a fake name for each, I can vote fifty-one time?

I'm game.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 11:52 AM (JwNbV)

281 "Try drilling ten inch holes on a 0.04" spacing."

I priced the ten inch spade drills, and nah, bro.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:52 AM (N8ZBc)

282 King Kong? Fay wray or Naomi watts?
Posted by: 18-1
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trick question
Jessica Lange

https://tinyurl.com/37xsc89w
Posted by: Don Black

Whoa! What about Naomi Watts in Tank Girl? https://tinyurl.com/44393hxa

I didn’t know who she was at the time, and the movie was a batshit crazy fever dream, but I remember seeing Naomi Watts as "Jet Girl" and thinking "wow, she's kind of cute, shy, but approachable-looking."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 05, 2026 11:52 AM (JCZqz)

283 The next step after that is joining the tapeout crowd, and designing my own chips. Maybe I'll learn that before I croak.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:48 AM (N8ZBc)

I get it now. Through hole. I've been helping to build humidity sensors this last week. Quite the eye opener. If they would let me drink beer at work I could get my hands steady enough to soldier that stuff.

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (J/fgw)

284 At MarketWatch: "I’m dating a guy who asks me to pay for most dates - and brings a flask to bars to save money. Is he cheap?"

Do you have sex with him? I'd call him a fucking genius.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (ExV1e)

285 282 Whoa! What about Naomi Watts in Tank Girl? https://tinyurl.com/44393hxa

I didn’t know who she was at the time, and the movie was a batshit crazy fever dream, but I remember seeing Naomi Watts as "Jet Girl" and thinking "wow, she's kind of cute, shy, but approachable-looking."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 05, 2026 11:52 AM (JCZqz)

=======

Of course Ackbar is featuring some ugly creation.

But if one is to speak of peak Watts, it's Mulholland Drive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

286 Another problem with winter in NYC, I imagine, is all the skyscrapers funneling the cold winds.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (77rzZ)

287 And Miller doesn't even have a rape accusation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

28 year-old daughter of a very dear friend believes Trump is a rapist. I tried to explain that he lost a defamation case in a civil proceeding, and the jury decision was Trump's denial of the plaintiffs rape charge amounted to defamation. Of course, I knew this argument was not going to move her from her illogical position. I've known this girl since birth, and seeing her getting pulled into the woke vortex saddens me...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 05, 2026 11:54 AM (nbLIj)

288 At MarketWatch: "I’m dating a guy who asks me to pay for most dates - and brings a flask to bars to save money. Is he cheap?"

I'd judge him as merely impecunious, and darn lucky to find a chick who will pay for everything. He's definitely a keeper, dear.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:31 AM (N8ZBc)
________

Fake, but if true then this is the dumbest girl in the world.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)

289 I don't think I've ever heard of a woman changing her birth certificate after marriage.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)
----
That does seem a bit odd...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 11:54 AM (ESVrU)

290 A new "trans inclusive" term for women just dropped.

A medical flyer:
When to see a reproductive endocrinologist?

You've been trying to conceive for 12 months with regular, unprotected intercourse and the partner with eggs is less than 35 years old

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (sabhw)

291 But if one is to speak of peak Watts, it's Mulholland Drive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Weren't Jennifer Connelly and Kim Basinger also in that?

Wow.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

292 Early Saints-age 3 &
Junior Kindergarten-age 4
$43,025 Includes books and iPad use
Kindergarten to Grade 2 $44,455 Includes books and iPad use
Grades 3 to 5 $44,945 Includes books and iPad/or MacBook use
Grades 6 to 8 $49,630 Includes MacBook use
Grades 9 to 11 $55,210 Includes lunch, science, and studio art fees
Grade 12 $55,500 Includes lunch, science, studio art fees and senior
retreat.

https://is.gd/pXdbOt
Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

Well, no wonder it's expensive. They are using all Apple shit. And the little shits should not touch any computing device until they have mastered reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (8zz6B)

293 What would a gifted and talented program for kindergartners be anyway? Advanced booger picking? Upper level recess skills?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (5GshG)

294 Breaking News:

Dudes with R's after their name who like to play sweaty slap 'n tickle with a D in the capitol gym somehow tend to not like Trump.

You could knock me over with a feather boa.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (JwNbV)

295 https://tinyurl.com/3dw4yx3c

Damn. forgot the link.
For folks who need to see up close, but don't generally need reading glasses
Posted by: MkY at February 05, 2026 11:32 AM (q6tQZ)

Back in day when I was doing surface mount soldering, betwixt the Navy and returning to college, I had to use a microscope. PITA.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (ExV1e)

296 What this guy above is freaking out about is that Voter ID may wipe out the availability of voting twice: maiden name/married name.
Posted by: Lizzy

Not sure this factoid is true (saw it on X once), but Gov Fat Pritzger said they'd be able to process name changes for illegals to protect them from ICE carrying out deportation orders on them. Which is also opens the door to get extra ballots in the system.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Dv3i1)

297 The word you're looking for is sex.

Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, her, theirs and its.

Posted by: The Word Nerd at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (LRxLn)

298 The left always does this with voting.

They’ll find the most edge case out there that affects 0.1% of people. And they’ll say see if we do this thing people are denied the right to vote!!!!

And then some communist judge says yep it can’t exist because it’s not 100% perfect. So back to unlimited fraud we go.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (Jay38)

299 Yeah,...it does feel like we have way too many election days. That's probably one of the core problems.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The system is designed that way on purpose and with the huge number of offices, you would get rolloff anyway. Lots of voters simply ignore the bottom of the ballot because they feel they lack any information as to whom to vote. Making local or state offices non partisan actually removes a key indicator that can be used in low info races by voters like DA, judges, tax offices, clerks of the court, etc. And thus works to the favor of incumbents and to the disadvantage of challengers without a stack of money to publicize the race.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (2swu2)

300 Not voting is a decision just like voting for one's preferred candidate.
________
Not "just like". Read Aristotle. Many choices are made by habit, and New Yorkers had learned - rationally enough - that voting didn't matter. At least, post Giuliani. (And had earlier, too. It was ingrained by the time Rudy came around, and though he improved things, it would have taken longer to truly fix them.)

This is a problem we don't discuss enough. A lot of what those in charge are doing is harmful, not just directly, but in that it demoralizes the citizenry.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (AlhUl)

301 You've been trying to conceive for 12 months with regular, unprotected intercourse and the partner with eggs is less than 35 years old
Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (sabhw)

Lol.

Like anyone can afford eggs anymore.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (JwNbV)

302 "Weren't Jennifer Connelly and Kim Basinger also in that?"

I watched it last nite for the first time. Giant kudos to the costumer who supplied Connelly's outfits! They accentuate her giant kudos quite nicely.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (N8ZBc)

303 What would a gifted and talented program for kindergartners be anyway? Advanced booger picking? Upper level recess skills?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Knowing the word for "butt" in 10 different languages.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

304 So it's a movie thread?

Posted by: Just got here at February 05, 2026 11:57 AM (LRxLn)

305 304 So it's a movie thread?

Posted by: Just got here at February 05, 2026 11:57 AM (LRxLn)

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More boob than movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:57 AM (GBKbO)

306 Another problem with winter in NYC, I imagine, is all the skyscrapers funneling the cold winds.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (77rzZ)
______

Yes. The wind chills were like -10 to -15 at night here. Insanely, bitterly cold. I'm amazed only 17 ppl died.

Another big problem is there is nowhere for the snow to go. We got over a foot of snow in some places. Streets were immediately plowed, but the snow was piled up in some places over 10 feet high, and burying some parked cars.

And it's been so cold the snow won't melt.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 11:57 AM (iFTx/)

307 What would a gifted and talented program for kindergartners be anyway? Advanced booger picking? Upper level recess skills?

Art 101: Cubism and your diaper's contents.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

308 "And they think that under Hitler in 1933 there were mass demonstrations against the government, and that people were following the Gestapo around to keep them from arresting people"

If I actually believed Trump was installing Reich 4.0, no power in the verse could stop me. Even the Secret Service says they can't stop a suicide charge (which I don't trust entirely). Gestapo? There wouldn't be any protest, because the Nazis wouldn't wake up.

And yet the "resistance" is provoking it's mentally ill to attack. Shouldn't they be fleeing the country?

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (ciYHQ)

309
Tanned, rested, and ready!
Posted by: Christine Blasey Ford's Hippocampus at February 05, 2026 11:39 AM (0256r)

She sounds credible.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Hx0tZ)

310 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC.

Unmentioned... TX is bigger than NYC also.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (ExV1e)

311 277
‘ And now next Tuesday we have city council and nothing else. Both are dems that think the same thing. I will be staying home.’

Can you do a write in?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (jbnUc)

312 293 What would a gifted and talented program for kindergartners be anyway? Advanced booger picking? Upper level recess skills?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

I have difficulty remembering what I had for lunch yesterday, but I clearly remember in kindergarten a girl took her scissors and started cutting the shirtsleeve of the kid next to her, who started crying. I don't think either would qualify for gifted and talented. Well, maybe the girl with the scissors.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Dv3i1)

313 284 At MarketWatch: "I’m dating a guy who asks me to pay for most dates - and brings a flask to bars to save money. Is he cheap?"

No he’s fucking genius.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Jay38)

314 Start spreadin' the news
I'm leavin' today
I don't want to be a part of it
New York, New York
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 11:33 AM (Cqx++)

Ahem....
Me...me...me...me...

The greyest skies I've ever seen are in Seattle
And the streets have a slimy sheen in Seattle
Fill 'er up, high price gas
Smell that smell, that's just Chaz.
Full of bloat and political hacks
Oh look there, another tax,
Full of sloth it's everywhere
In Seattle!!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (2WIwB)

315 And it's been so cold the snow won't melt.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Same problem in here in NoVa. Plus, we got a layer of ice over the snow. One of the local radio stations referred to it as "snowment."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

316 All the south has to do to save itself is ban A/C.

Posted by: Accomack at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM (GbONR)

317 Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today
I want no part of it
New York, New York
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right out of the very heart of it
New York, New York
I wanna to wake up, in a city that doesn't reek
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap
These NYC blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it
Away from New York
If I can get out of there, I'll make it anywhere
So f*** you, New York, New York
New York, New York

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (n1OCj)

318 And it's been so cold the snow won't melt.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Same problem in here in NoVa. Plus, we got a layer of ice over the snow. One of the local radio stations referred to it as "snowment."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
_____

That too. This shit won't melt until March.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

319
Snowcrete.

Posted by: Ackshually at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (LRxLn)

320 Same problem in here in NoVa. Plus, we got a layer of ice over the snow. One of the local radio stations referred to it as "snowment."

It was "warm" yesterday, i.e. above freezing, so there was some melting, but it's going back down again until next Tuesday. Wheee!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

321 One would be forgiven in thinking that after the Holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, the Cambodian genocide, 45 years of Eastern Europe's enslavement, and smaller but no less brutal country-killing communists in Venezuela, Cuba, Ethiopia, North Korea, etc., that people wouldn't need personal experience to understand the true nature of socialism.

-

If my math is correct, over 100 million civilians have been killed by socialism in its several forms in the 20th century alone. That is more than all wars combined.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (0U5gm)

322 All the south has to do to save itself is ban A/C.
Posted by: Accomack at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM

For the planet!

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (jc0TO)

323 313 284 At MarketWatch: "I’m dating a guy who asks me to pay for most dates - and brings a flask to bars to save money. Is he cheap?"

No he’s fucking genius.
Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Jay3

Does he pass her the flask?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (JwNbV)

324 Oh, hay.

Kamala just launched her own X channel

"Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub."

They even cleaned her up enough to do a video.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (rbvCR)

325 28 year-old daughter of a very dear friend believes Trump is a rapist. I tried to explain that he lost a defamation case in a civil proceeding, and the jury decision was Trump's denial of the plaintiffs rape charge amounted to defamation. Of course, I knew this argument was not going to move her from her illogical position. I've known this girl since birth, and seeing her getting pulled into the woke vortex saddens me...
Posted by: Joe Kidd
=======
Look to her friendz, schooling, and work associates. Most low info workers simply want to get along with their social set and so parrot absurd things to stay in the gang whether they truly believe them or not.

Reevaluation, I think is harder for educated people, because a) they falsely believe that education in one area carries over to another, b) they identify with being 'smart' more than they identify with being 'wise', c) their friends, neighbors, and work mates mean that the group dynamics lead to adopting the group's norms rather than developing their own.

Only cranky misfits like to be alone and even there, most have to play ball to some extent, if only not sharing their views, to avoid being seen as icky in work or socially.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (2swu2)

326
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (y9nCu)

327 318
Same problem in here in NoVa. Plus, we got a layer of ice over the snow. One of the local radio stations referred to it as "snowment."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)
_____

That too. This shit won't melt until March.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

======

Our 9 inches of snow melted in 2 days.

Still, the county canceled school for 3 days. I was unhappy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

328 Eh foundation is important. My kids were reading books by the time they entered kindergarten And so were pretty much all their peers. I assume these gifted schools in NYc are like that. Part of the appeal of those schools isn't just the curriculum. It’s being among similar peer groups.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 12:02 PM (Jay38)

329 It was "warm" yesterday, i.e. above freezing, so there was some melting, but it's going back down again until next Tuesday. Wheee!
Posted by: Archimedes

Yeah, I think we had three days when it got above 32. Today my phone says 32 will be the high. Then back to the deep freeze.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:02 PM (77rzZ)

330 321 If my math is correct, over 100 million civilians have been killed by socialism in its several forms in the 20th century alone. That is more than all wars combined.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 12:00 PM (0U5gm)

======

False. Capitalism killed that 100 million because all of those countries became right wing fascist nations with capitalistic assumptions about economy.

Real socialism has killed no one because it's never been tried.

Racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:02 PM (GBKbO)

331 I'm drilling 0.04" holes in a PCB on tenth inch spacing. Can't see well enough anymore to position the drill accurately. Damn.
Posted by: gp
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I have a very cheap X-Y table that I clamp onto the drill press for some operations.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:02 PM (XeU6L)

332 Translation: I work out often!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (0yjaw)

They're trying so hard to take back masculinity so they can tuck and tape it for good

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:03 PM (AveBv)

333 > Another big problem is there is nowhere for the snow to go. We got over a foot of snow in some places. Streets were immediately plowed, but the snow was piled up in some places over 10 feet high, and burying some parked cars.

And it's been so cold the snow won't melt.
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I was at my doctor's office yesterday. The parking lot is a huge maze of snow banks and parked cars.

It took me three tries to get out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 12:03 PM (jtM2q)

334 If you changed your last name after marriage and don’t have an updated US passport or birth certificate
__

Not sure I understand why you need an updated birth certificate in this situation. Am I missing something?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Dv3i1)

when Oregon went to Real ID I had to not only dig out all my docs, but I had to pay for a replacement one from the state, which I had to pick up in PERSON in Portland.
AND THEN THEY CANCELLED THE ROLL OUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT ISSUE THEM TO ILLEGALS

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:03 PM (rbvCR)

335 316 All the south has to do to save itself is ban A/C.
Posted by: Accomack
======
I think it is those sane enough to be GOP that are leaving the blue areas. They are simply giving up on those areas ever reforming. So small business types, those that work in extraction industries like forestry, petroleum, etc., construction workers, etc. are moving to the South and West.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 12:03 PM (2swu2)

336 332 Translation: I work out often!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 11:49 AM (0yjaw)

They're trying so hard to take back masculinity so they can tuck and tape it for good

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 12:03 PM (AveBv)

======

Trump doesn't work out and oozes masculinity because of his attitude which he doesn't fake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

337 But if one is to speak of peak Watts, it's Mulholland Drive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (GBKbO)
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She's luminously beautiful in "King Kong."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2026 12:04 PM (N0lYK)

338 Where I live it’s below freezing at least part of the day pretty much every day from November to March. I’m dying laughing at these oh my god it’s still in the 30d weather reports.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 12:04 PM (Jay38)

339 I have a very cheap X-Y table that I clamp onto the drill press for some operations.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2026 12:02 PM (XeU6L)

I have the Harbor Freight one on my drill press. I think I paid $60 for it.

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 12:04 PM (J/fgw)

340 Look to her friendz, schooling, and work associates. Most low info workers simply want to get along with their social set and so parrot absurd things to stay in the gang whether they truly believe them or not.

Reevaluation, I think is harder for educated people, because a) they falsely believe that education in one area carries over to another, b) they identify with being 'smart' more than they identify with being 'wise', c) their friends, neighbors, and work mates mean that the group dynamics lead to adopting the group's norms rather than developing their own.

I've found that standing on principle, while knowing what you're talking about, eventually leads to a grudging respect among many lefties. They're also a lot more careful about saying stupid things around you, because they don't want to get called on their nonsense and be embarrassed because they're ignorant.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

341 "You can't drag people off the street if they don't want to leave."

Interesting. Tremendous lack of imagination.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 12:05 PM (cS1cw)

342 And in NYC, because of all the tall buildings, the streets and sidewalks, and all that ice and snow, are in shadow much of the time

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (fZR5M)

343 324 Oh, hay.

Kamala just launched her own X channel

"Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub."

They even cleaned her up enough to do a video.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:01 PM (rbvCR)

On X ? There's gonna be a lot of mocking there.

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (VE6XX)

344 315 And it's been so cold the snow won't melt.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Same problem in here in NoVa. Plus, we got a layer of ice over the snow. One of the local radio stations referred to it as "snowment."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

Snowcrete

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (tOcjL)

345 Back in day when I was doing surface mount soldering, betwixt the Navy and returning to college, I had to use a microscope. PITA.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (ExV1e)

I refuse to work with surface-mount devices. Besides, vacuum tubes are much more fun to play with.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (8zz6B)

346 "I have the Harbor Freight one on my drill press. I think I paid $60 for it."

How would you rate the quality? Is there a lot of slop in the lead screws?

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (N8ZBc)

347 341 "You can't drag people off the street if they don't want to leave."

Interesting. Tremendous lack of imagination.
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 05, 2026 12:05 PM (cS1cw)

Heh.

"Maybe *you* can't, noodle-boy."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (JwNbV)

348 I was at my doctor's office yesterday. The parking lot is a huge maze of snow banks and parked cars.

It took me three tries to get out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

As much as I like to bitch about the ridiculous heat and humidity of summer around here, at least it doesn't leave you with such physical obstacles that you have to maneuver around.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 12:07 PM (77rzZ)

349 There’s a patch of my backyard that gets no sun in winter. Any snow that falls pretty much stays there for the entire winter. It’s like a big mound that goes and grows and then around late March finally goes away as the sun starts hitting it.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Jay38)

350 Trump is taking away one of the left's favorite complaints. Smart move.

‘There’ll Be Consequences’: Trump WH Warns Defense Contractors.

While the president loves a booming market, Trump has grown frustrated with prime defense contractors – heavy-weight companies with direct Pentagon contracts and Fortune 500 valuations – rewarding shareholders rather than reinvesting profits into their manufacturing capacity even as they fall behind in the delivery of weapons and systems.

“This situation,” Trump wrote in a TruthSocial post, “will no longer be allowed or tolerated!” He then issued an executive order that threatens to limit dividends, stock buybacks, and CEO pay.

https://is.gd/pX21A8

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

351 I remember taking the specialized high school test. The math part was fine. I knew how to do the work. The word part was a monster, for me. It was all vocabulary. One half of the test you needed to select the synonym to a given word. The other half was to select the antonym. I don't remember how many total vocabulary words were on the test, but I do know I've never read or heard any of those words before, except for one. I knew the word "amiable" and picked its synonym "friendly". For the rest I had to guess on every question trying to eliminate the obvious wrong answers and what I thought a given word meant. I must have done a great job on it as I got into Stuyvesant.

Posted by: hadsil at February 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Xht4H)

352 Trump doesn't work out and oozes masculinity because of his attitude which he doesn't fake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
=====
Being yourself authenticity has a value in a world filled with fakes.

But it has the problem of upsetting the discombobulating those who are fakes themselves. Like Celebutards, most politicians, and many of our 'expert' class.

Because Trump won't go along with the fake and gay games that upper class and wealthy class Americans use as social demarcations, he must be scorned.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 12:07 PM (2swu2)

353 New one:

Now the American Medical Association Warns Against Gender Mutilations for Children

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (Riz8t)

354 I've known this girl since birth, and seeing her getting pulled into the woke vortex saddens me...
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Has anyone noticed them attempting Mind Control. At first it's hysterical because no matter how many times you say "You want to give me your car keys" it's not happening. But the scary part is when you realize the reason they are attempting something so ridiculous is because they've gotten results using it on their own.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (ciYHQ)

355 Nood - more medical associations turn on transing kids

Posted by: the lower depths at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (Dg7ng)

356 352 Being yourself authenticity has a value in a world filled with fakes.

But it has the problem of upsetting the discombobulating those who are fakes themselves. Like Celebutards, most politicians, and many of our 'expert' class.

Because Trump won't go along with the fake and gay games that upper class and wealthy class Americans use as social demarcations, he must be scorned.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 12:07 PM (2swu2)

=======

He's genuinely himself and advances policy proposals that are popular. So, people feel like they can believe him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (GBKbO)

357 "I refuse to work with surface-mount devices. Besides, vacuum tubes are much more fun to play with."

I haven't tried soldering SMDs yet. I get em on breakout boards if I need em. I haven't messed with tube stuff since the 1960s. Solid state FTW.

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (N8ZBc)

358 Nude mutilation

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (jc0TO)

359 348
As much as I like to bitch about the ridiculous heat and humidity of summer around here‘

I get pretty far into a hot summer before I get over how much I hate winter.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (jbnUc)

360 If my math is correct, over 100 million civilians have been killed by socialism in its several forms in the 20th century alone. That is more than all wars combined.
-----

The Pol Pot/Cambodia thing would be such an easy lesson to tell because of its relatively short duration and fact that through action and incompetence they killed 25% of the population.

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 12:09 PM (TN0g+)

361 I've found that standing on principle, while knowing what you're talking about, eventually leads to a grudging respect among many lefties. They're also a lot more careful about saying stupid things around you, because they don't want to get called on their nonsense and be embarrassed because they're ignorant.
Posted by: Archimedes
======
Depends on the workplace and the degree of indoctrination. Millennial leftists that are now beginning to dominate workplaces brook no dissent and will actively burn the witch to those they view as heretics on matters like DEI, trannyism, etc. Older Boomers and Gen X by and large don't due to healthier political climates when they were socialized.

Posted by: whig at February 05, 2026 12:10 PM (2swu2)

362 Here in Colorado, snow doesn't just melt, it also evaporates

works indoors too
ice cubes in the freezer will shrink to nothing if not used

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (fZR5M)

363 344 315 And it's been so cold the snow won't melt.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Same problem in here in NoVa. Plus, we got a layer of ice over the snow. One of the local radio stations referred to it as "snowment."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

Snowcrete
Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM

My car was stuck in the "snowcrete" all last week. I finally got it free and went to the office this Monday only to find out there was a fire and I can't get to my section until next week. What's going to happen next week? Terrorists? Godzilla?

Posted by: Zombie Richard III at February 05, 2026 12:11 PM (FLx59)

364 How would you rate the quality? Is there a lot of slop in the lead screws?
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:06 PM (N8ZBc)

Okay. It's adjustable so it's as accurate as you are willing to mess with it. I put a dial indicator on it out of the box and it was close enough for the plates I was drilling. Only a couple of thou out. I've really only used it as a vice since. Looking over at it, it isn't even bolted down right now.

Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 12:12 PM (J/fgw)

365 Not sure this factoid is true (saw it on X once), but Gov Fat Pritzger said they'd be able to process name changes for illegals to protect them from ICE carrying out deportation orders on them. Which is also opens the door to get extra ballots in the system.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Dv3i1)

I am not convinced that "changing official documents and databases to hide criminals" is not evidence of massive fraud.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:13 PM (rbvCR)

366 "Okay. It's adjustable so it's as accurate as you are willing to mess with it. I put a dial indicator on it out of the box and it was close enough"

I'll go look, see if they have one out of the box on display, thanks!

Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 12:14 PM (N8ZBc)

367 I watched it last nite for the first time. Giant kudos to the costumer who supplied Connelly's outfits! They accentuate her giant kudos quite nicely.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (N8ZBc)

Since "Kudos" comes from Greek meaning "Glory, fame, and/or renown", I find your word choice to be inspired.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

368
I get it now. Through hole. I've been helping to build humidity sensors this last week. Quite the eye opener. If they would let me drink beer at work I could get my hands steady enough to soldier that stuff.
Posted by: Reforger at February 05, 2026 11:53 AM (J/fgw)

Or just buy them from Atlas Scientific, where they have several types of really accurate humidity sensors at reasonable prices, along with the code to use them. They have a plug-n-play free software suite that's quite good. Even an abject Moron like me easily used them to build humidity monitors that we use every day in my shop.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2026 12:20 PM (y9nCu)

369 I've found that standing on principle, while knowing what you're talking about, eventually leads to a grudging respect among many lefties. They're also a lot more careful about saying stupid things around you, because they don't want to get called on their nonsense and be embarrassed because they're ignorant.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

That's not been my experience. Eventually, the relationship ends, which is fine by me. In this case, her dad is a good friend and he tends to come to her rescue by advising me to "go easy". Jeez bud. she's almost 30. He voted for Trump and has no regrets about it. I can bite my tongue for the few times I may encounter her in future gatherings. I just fear that she'll get more vocal and militant with every new cat she acquires...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 05, 2026 12:23 PM (nbLIj)

370 Kamala just launched her own X channel

"Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub."

Kamala should really avoid all mentions of "head".

Posted by: Pierre Poppycock at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (Vu7A1)

371 >>> 310 Over 20 people died in TX due to the cold spell, and it wasn't as cold as NYC.
==
Unmentioned... TX is bigger than NYC also.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 11:58 AM (ExV1e)

Is not!

Posted by: New Yorker magazine at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (ULPxl)

372 I watched it last nite for the first time. Giant kudos to the costumer who supplied Connelly's outfits! They accentuate her giant kudos quite nicely.
Posted by: gp at February 05, 2026 11:56 AM (N8ZBc)

Since "Kudos" comes from Greek meaning "Glory, fame, and/or renown", I find your word choice to be inspired.

Major league kudos
Golden kudos
Huge tracts of kudos...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 05, 2026 12:30 PM (nbLIj)

373 If Mamdami eliminates the high schools that you now have to score into, and I am talking about Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Staten Island Tech, there will be blood in the streets.

And by "eliminates" I guess I mean he removes the bars for admittance, and the schools have to teach any hood rat differential equations and organic chemistry.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 05, 2026 01:15 PM (KiBMU)

374 OTOH, we're all set to get reboots of the Death Wish series. I've been thinking a lot about who could replace Charles Bronson and I like Winston Duke for it.

Posted by: Dodd at February 05, 2026 02:33 PM (o2SI/)

375 Mayor Mud-Dummy is wrecking the Big Apple soon everyone will leave

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 05, 2026 05:37 PM (wGqjj)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson
Charles Willson Peale

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 creepy

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 Creepy indeed and... not first

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (VkY89)

3 Definitely a family resemblance.

Posted by: Tuna at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

4 Mrs.?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (XvL8K)

5 CHARLES WILLSON PEALE (1741–1827)
Mrs. James Smith and Grandson, 1776
oil on canvas, 36 3∕ 8 × 29 1∕4 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Levering Smith Jr.
and museum purchase

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

6 Granny, I'm 6. Why do I have to dress like George Washington?

Posted by: Mrs. James Smith's Grandson at February 05, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

7 Would not hang.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

8 Kid wipes booger on book.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 05, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

9 Those are some long heads.

And granny's a man, baby.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

10 Man hands...man face...and most likely moobs.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (NgqoH)

11 Grandma is transitioning.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

12 Dad?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (DgMqy)

13 And what's with the lacy shirt cuffs? Is it dress like a pirate day?

Posted by: Mrs. James Smith's Grandson at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

14 Shark's eyes...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (MvAa+)

15 I'm guessing the book is the Bible.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

16 She was a sturdy gal I tell ya. You should see her plow the back 40.

Posted by: Mr. Smith at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (NgqoH)

17 Mrs. James Smith?

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

18 To be or not to be
that is the question

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

19 11 Grandma is transitioning.

To Benjamin Franklin. That would not have been my choice, but you do you.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

20 Top 20

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (i62cq)

21 16 She was a sturdy gal I tell ya. You should see her plow the back 40.
Posted by: Mr. Smith at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (NgqoH)

20 bux same as

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

22 I bet she’s a hoot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:35 AM (IhIKR)

23 grotesque

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 09:35 AM (hrcIH)

24 Benjamin Franklin time-travels back to pose with his childhood self?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (NSooc)

25 Painted in 1776, so that would make Mrs. James Smith our first Surgeon General.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (/Q0BY)

26 In 1776 the American colonies were fighting to establish
their independence from Great Britain. Campbell leans toward his grandmother, eager to show her what he has learned. He holds The Art of Speaking, a manual of rhetoric and oratorical study.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

27 What they used to call "a handsome woman."

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (0Eh0f)

28 I bet she’s a hoot.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Bet she's a great card player, drinks copious amounts of alcohol, and smokes like a chimney.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

29
Back at the hospital with Smash this morning. Pain management is doing well, she's walking laps around the ward to keep her temperature under control, and seems to be in good spirits. Her doctor should be by sometime this morning and we'll get her released back home.

Thank you all for the prayers.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (i62cq)

30 And tells great bawdy jokes.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

31 I like it. It's very sweet.

Posted by: huerfano at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (98kQX)

32 Definitely a family resemblance.
Posted by: Tuna at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)
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That was my first thought as well...Clones?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (ESVrU)

33
Thank you all for the prayers.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:36 AM (i62cq)

Good that she's doing so well

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 09:37 AM (I1bT3)

34 I'm not a biologist. But that doesn't look like a woman to me.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (Lo97M)

35 Peale does his usual good job with the skin tones, the detail in the clothing, and the poses. I like the detail in the boy's vest and the way the clothing drapes. But the eyes are dead, lifeless. It's disturbing. One little glint of light in their eyes would transform the painting.

Posted by: JTB at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)

36 The kid's rockin' a sweet mullet. Probably went on to be a famous NASCARRIAGE driver.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (/Q0BY)

37 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (NSooc)

38 So sorry about yo faces.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (jtM2q)

39 Suitable portraits.

What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0yjaw)

40 I bet that she got misgendered all the time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

41 I’d hang this in my haunted house.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (cwGMH)

42 Who knew mullets had such a long history in the US?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (JCZqz)

43 Always liked Peale's work. The eyes are a bit soulless. I'd expect them to be hollow and then follow me as I crossed the room.
Would hang though, thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (BWnHZ)

44 >37 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (NSooc)

Remember to drink your Ovaltine.

Posted by: Ralphie at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (NgqoH)

45 What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0yjaw)

"THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (/Q0BY)

46 OMG, the tyke has a mullet!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0yjaw)

47 >40 I bet that she got misgendered all the time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

It's Ma'am!!!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (NgqoH)

48 That kid's mullet was way ahead of his time. Rock on, little dude.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (i1DgZ)

49 The kid’s a red head so potential trouble.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (cwGMH)

50 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

"Don't...forget...to...drink...your..."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

51
*sings*

I'm my own Grandma!*
...
...

*In addition to being a time traveler, John Mitchell was a creepy freak.

Posted by: "All You Zombies" at February 05, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

52 Business in the front. Party in the back.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (cwGMH)

53 Damn, got beaten to the Ovaltine joke.

Ya gotta be fast around here.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

54 NO BEARDS

Posted by: Charles Watson Peale at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (JkO4W)

55 Stylin' waistcoat the little guy has.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (kgE5c)

56 37 The kid is pointing to something that probably has significance. I can’t make out what it says, tho.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

39 Suitable portraits.
What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy

T-O-R-T-U-R-E

Posted by: Cdr Jeremiah Denton at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (JCZqz)

57 Nice haircut, kid.

Posted by: No Name Today at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (8mulE)

58 Old Lady Smith was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at February 05, 2026 09:42 AM (LRxLn)

59 Clearly, tanning salons were not a thing back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (JkO4W)

60 Who knew mullets had such a long history in the US?
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Angus McGyver from Aberdeen and his inventions were the reason we won the Revolution.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

61 Her doctor should be by sometime this morning and we'll get her released back home."

Excellent.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (XuXeR)

62
Suitable portraits.
What line in the book is he pointing to, one wonders. . . ?
Posted by: Lizzy

That made me think of the meme photo of the grizzly bear sitting with his owner, reading a book. The photo caption...
"Read it again where she burned her whore mouth on the hot porridge"

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (i62cq)

63 What's missing from this painting are epaulettes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (JkO4W)

64 Alternate Title: John Adams With Young John Quincy

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (0Eh0f)

65 MRS?

Yeah. Sure.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (zjgNU)

66
"I find Paul appealing but Peale appalling." - Adlai Stevenson

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 09:45 AM (tgvbd)

67
Robert A. Heinlein sez "Howdy!".

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

68 I like how granny is saucily showing a little knuckle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (JkO4W)

69 "Admiral" Richard Levine?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (PSEDc)

70 "Tis bussinesse upfronte, yet bespeakes joviality at the hynde end."

–Jimmy Smith, Jr.

Posted by: red speck at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (Ve/HL)

71 She’s the grandma who taught you how to skip rocks and gut a fish.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:47 AM (IhIKR)

72
I like how granny is saucily showing a little knuckle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:46 AM (JkO4W)

___________

Slut

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 09:47 AM (tgvbd)

73 42 >>Who knew mullets had such a long history in the US?

I know, right? I never knew Supercuts was around at our founding.

Posted by: red speck at February 05, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

74
I like how granny is saucily showing a little knuckle.

Posted by: Cicero

Tuck some coinage in that hand and she'll show you her wrist bone.

$0.20, same as downtown.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (vJBOt)

75 She was a sturdy gal I tell ya. You should see her plow the back 40.
Posted by: Mr. Smith

My Dutch farm-wife grandmother used to recommend girls to my Dad by telling him, "She's a good worker."

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

76 >> She’s the grandma who taught you how to skip rocks and gut a fish.

Heh, it was the grannies at church who taught me how to play poker at the annual church retreat.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (0yjaw)

77 She’s the grandma who taught you how to skip rocks and gut a fish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 05, 2026 09:47 AM

And probably enjoys the odd pint of things usually served in shot glasses.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (kgE5c)

78 Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids. That’s NBA-level progeny. Except Peale only had kids with two women, both of them wives. ‘Meh,’ says the NBA players with 12 kids from 14 mothers.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (NSooc)

79 The kid's been to GreatClips I see.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (Dv3i1)

80 My Dutch farm-wife grandmother used to recommend girls to my Dad by telling him, "She's a good worker."
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

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Back then having a wife who could pull a plow was a serious asset.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (+HNx/)

81 Mrs. James Smith and Grandson
Charles Willson Peale

***********

"Let's Eat Grandma" - a limerick

There once was a young lad named Sam
Who was known as a bit of a ham
Took a cup of dried out Gran
Added water from a pan
Then posted the results on Insta-Gram™

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

82 Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids. That’s NBA-level progeny. Except Peale only had kids with two women, both of them wives. ‘Meh,’ says the NBA players with 12 kids from 14 mothers.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Patrick Henry had 17, also by two wives.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

83 Clearly, tanning salons were not a thing back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (JkO4W)

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Living my entire life in the Southwest (NV, CA, AZ), it's always easy to spot many tourists during the warmer months who stand out with untanned skin as white as Casper the Friendly Ghost (a reference likely foreign to you 29-year-olds).

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:51 AM (0Eh0f)

84 Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids.

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Dude. Just stop already.

Posted by: Mrs. Peale at February 05, 2026 09:51 AM (+HNx/)

85 >Then posted the results on Insta-Gram™

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

Try New and Improved Insta-Gram! Now with one whole Gram in every box!

Posted by: Insta-Gram Marketing Dept at February 05, 2026 09:52 AM (NgqoH)

86 "Mr. Peale, I'm a bit shy about my skin condition. Might you find some way of camouflaging it?"

"Fear not, my good lady. I have just the thing."
[Muttering to assistant: "We're gonna need a shit-ton of tulle."]

Posted by: red speck at February 05, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

87 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

88 If I commissioned a portrait and it turned out of looking like that I'd want my money back.

Posted by: Toad-0 at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (CT9VS)

89 Attack of the Clones: The Early Years

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

90 But the eyes are dead, lifeless. It's disturbing. One little glint of light in their eyes would transform the painting.

Blow the picture up, and you'll see a glint in each of the boy's eyes. They're small glints, but glints nonetheless. Stop glint-shaming!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)

91 Manface is so unfortunate when you're not a man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

92 The boy has black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at you he won't seem to be livin'... until he bites you, and those black eyes roll over white.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (0sNs1)

93 Living my entire life in the Southwest (NV, CA, AZ), it's always easy to spot many tourists during the warmer months who stand out with untanned skin as white as Casper the Friendly Ghost (a reference likely foreign to you 29-year-olds).
Posted by: ShainS

I would get the ultimate farmer's tan in the summer. My arms would be practically Moorish, but beware the blinding glare when I took off my shirt.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

94 Bernie Madoff in drag?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (+HNx/)

95 Then posted the results on Insta-Gram™

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

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Nice!

I wouldn't be surprised if you've got a punny TikTok limerick in your repertoire ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (0Eh0f)

96 Mrs. George Washington

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

97
Charles Willson Peale had 16 kids

__________

A musician with the Cleveland Orchestra used to go see George Szell every year saying he needed a raise because he just had a kid. After a few times of this, Szell said, "Haven't you heard of f-ing for fun?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (tgvbd)

98 That man is definitely a Democrat.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (36PRH)

99 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

100 Are they related to the Hapsburg's by chance?

Posted by: Archer at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (YGRGv)

101 Mrs. George Washington
Posted by: San Franpsycho

First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen -- but he married a widow.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

102 88 If I commissioned a portrait and it turned out of looking like that I'd want my money back.

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"Face it, this is what you look like. Now $25 please."

Posted by: Charles Watson Peale at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (+HNx/)

103 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

I had an actor in mind, but do not know his name because I just don't pay attention to that kind of thing most times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

104 A musician with the Cleveland Orchestra used to go see George Szell every year saying he needed a raise because he just had a kid. After a few times of this, Szell said, "Haven't you heard of f-ing for fun?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026

***
Szell should just have handed him a packet of condoms.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

105 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Who I bet had a guest role up in a certain show...

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

106 I would get the ultimate farmer's tan in the summer. My arms would be practically Moorish, but beware the blinding glare when I took off my shirt.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

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Heh. When I was in high school growing up in Las Vegas during the late 70s, the knee-high tube socks were all the rage for athletes.

One of my buddies had an older sister whom I had a BIG crush on. A group of us went down to Lake Mead to do some cliff diving -- and after I took off my socks, this gorgeous lass jokingly says to me for everyone to hear "Hey, why don't you take off your socks?" as I was tanned everywhere but pure white from the knees down.

I was crush(ed) ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:58 AM (0Eh0f)

107 Willowed:

I'm in Dallas if my eyes and ears could be of help.
Despite my reaction to being falsely accused of faking my service as a Marine...unbelievable...I'm actually pretty level headed. Stood alone against SCA leadership to take down a pedo, and without harming a hair on his head. So don't be shy.
Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (ciYHQ)

I appreciate the offer. I'll keep this in mind, but don't think it will go very far. The guy is a bully and has a long history of bullshit going uncontested. I'll see what the lawyer says and go from there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

108 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J+Psw)

109 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026
*
I had an actor in mind, but do not know his name because I just don't pay attention to that kind of thing most times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026

***
Andrews was around for a long time. He usually played rather comic, Babbitt and businessman-blowhard types. But in an early Cheyenne, a rewrite of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, he did a great dramatic job as the equivalent of Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

110 The second part of the clip is Norm Eisen admitting on November 9, 2020, that the impeachment was to pre-bunk Joe Biden’s corruption before the 2020 election.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

Yet how did they know Biden would be the nominee way back in the Summer of 2019.....

🤔

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (AveBv)

111 Damn, got beaten to the Ovaltine joke.

Ya gotta be fast around here.
Posted by: Bulg

**********

Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (qgHp7)

112 Kamala teases a major announcement today.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

So that's what she and Willie are calling it now...

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

113 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

As opposed to Kamala's trembles, which is just Delirium Tremens.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)

114 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today."

"Do wha diddy diddy dum diddy do"?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (XuXeR)

115 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Who I bet had a guest role up in a certain show...
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026

***
No, never on U.N.C.L.E. that I can recall. Or Trek either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

116 108 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

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A fresh new take on Venn diagrams perhaps? Some school bus lore?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (+HNx/)

117 Yet how did they know Biden would be the nominee way back in the Summer of 2019....."

Shhh. That's rayciss. Or something.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

118 Cali guv?

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (Jay38)

119 Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LOTS OF JOKES HERE HAVE BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

120 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

She believes the polls and is gonna run for President..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (VE6XX)

121 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LOTS OF JOKES HERE HAVE BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH."

Prometheus.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

122 Iowahawk on the firings at WaPo:

I just gotta say it's truly amazing how journalists can grovel for their jobs while effortlessly maintaining their condescension

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

123 Wow.

That painting is...

Um.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

124 Unlikely headline of the day.

Speaker Mike Johnson just ran laps around the pope with this Bible lesson about borders 🔥😌

https://is.gd/lvKBEP

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:03 AM (J+Psw)

125 Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon

Did you miss all those dead horses as you passed by the moose out front?

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (4+9R1)

126 No, never on U.N.C.L.E. that I can recall. Or Trek either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Perry Mason?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

127 I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

It’s mind numbing how these assholes think. The entitlement is off the charts.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (Jay38)

128 "The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today."

She's going to release her Bathtub Greens files.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 05, 2026 10:04 AM (DgMqy)

129 Isn't that sweet!. I like to see a boy reading, and I appreciate his red hair and embroidered waistcoat. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Wmobu)

130 Or you could come up with an original joke...

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (qgHp7)

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By the time I would be able to craft an original joke on my own, I'd be willowed.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (0Eh0f)

131 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

------

"I am sad to announce that I've been diagnosed with terminal Williepox... there is no cure, but perhaps with the significance of the passage of time, one day young careerist guttersluts can take a knee for the mayor, unburdened by where he went before. I am a hero. I am also the President. Get out of my office."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)

132
For all the people ragging on this painting, Charles Willson Peale was a highly respected early American artist and was an historic figure. Despite this painting.

He overcame it. That's true greatness.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (CzfKa)

133 127 I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

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That's because you weren't a 27 year-old who believes he is enlightening a benighted world.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (+HNx/)

134 "Pay me now or this painting goes in my front window."

Posted by: Charles Watson Peale at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (+HNx/)

135 I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

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That's because you weren't a 27 year-old who believes he is enlightening a benighted world.

And that the world ought to be damn grateful you're willing to school them out of their ignorance and superstition.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

136 For all the people ragging on this painting, Charles Willson Peale was a highly respected early American artist and was an historic figure. Despite this painting.

He overcame it. That's true greatness.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (CzfKa)

Right.. It's not his fault his subjects were on the unattractive side...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (VE6XX)

137 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

138 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J+Psw)

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On the passage of time.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (0Eh0f)

139 No, never on U.N.C.L.E. that I can recall. Or Trek either.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Perry Mason?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026

***
IMDb doesn't list that. But Andrews was in Sixteen Candles and Gremlins.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

140 That's because you weren't a 27 year-old who believes he is enlightening a benighted world.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (+HNx/

Funny enough I was 27. 😀

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (Jay38)

141 99 Grandma looks like character actor Edward Andrews.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

I am thinking M Emmett Walsh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (bss/y)

142 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:05 AM (CzfKa)

I think it's a fine painting, and I know that Peale did a number of portraits of George Washington.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (GDodg)

143
On the passage of time.
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (0Eh0f)

For Kumswala:

https://youtu.be/be7iNHw8QoQ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

144 The world is atremble as Kamala teases a major announcement today.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J+Psw)

The ladies over at DU must have tremendous boners in anticipation.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (B4Se1)

145 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.

Kamala will drop out before primary season. There is ZERO enthusiasm on the part of donors for giving her another shot.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

146 137 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

K: You sucked more dick than I did!

N: And better!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (bss/y)

147 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Um, phrasing?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

148 >Right.. It's not his fault his subjects were on the unattractive side...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:06 AM (VE6XX)

They put the money down, I paint what I see. You think it's ugly, fuck you pay me. You think the dress is unflattering, fuck you pay me.

Posted by: Chuck Peale at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (NgqoH)

149 As we go forward into the past and look back at the present I am announcing my run for President of the United Confederate States of America.
- Kamala announcement

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (Jay38)

150 Alternate title:

"Granny Hepzeba Teaches Her Favorite Grandson, Alphonse, the Spell For Turning Grumpy, Old Farmer Brown Into a Turkey, So They Can Eat Him For Thanksgiving Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

151 Of course she'll announce her candidacy for something. Probably for Newsom's spot when he moves on. It will be met with shrugs and laughter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

152 I got permanently laid off once. I signed up with a half dozen temp agencies and worked every temp job I could, collecting unemployment only for the rare days I didn't work.

One of those temp jobs led to a permanent job. 26 years later, I'm still there.

Greg Gutfeld always says getting fired (permanently laid off is pretty much the same) isn't a tragedy, it's an opportunity.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (gtcuf)

153 I saw Terminal Williepox open for Muddy Waters at Belly Up Tavern in '84.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (0Eh0f)

154 >The ladies over at DU must have tremendous boners in anticipation.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 10:08 AM (B4Se1)

Excuse me, I believe the AOS style guide is 'lovely lady boners.'

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (NgqoH)

155 Kamala will drop out before primary season. There is ZERO enthusiasm on the part of donors for giving her another shot.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

The thing is, I wonder if we are slipping into the Zendaya thing.

I have seen a theory that the reason a ton of these actors who have no talent get cast in everything even though they suck, is because they have large Instagram/Social media followings. Remember politics is hollywood for ugly people.

So, if she has more buzz about her- good or bad?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (bss/y)

156 145 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.

Kamala will drop out before primary season. There is ZERO enthusiasm on the part of donors for giving her another shot.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

======

Put cash on it, and make some beer money!

My $350 investment on her winning the primary is going to win me over $7,000 by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (GBKbO)

157 BREAKING:

https://is.gd/5gq9Fo

Colorado officials take three family members originally from Canada into custody. They were identified as members of a known gang. One adult male died of undetermined cause during transport. Resuscitation efforts failed. Official statement says that the officers followed all correct procedures and post-mortem results have not yet been released. An adult female and a juvenile were temporarily detained, fitted with GPS devices and released on their own recognizance.

Surprisingly, no leftist protestors showed up to hamper this particular operation. /s

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (qgHp7)

158 The little fellow grew up to be a hockey player.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM (8CIFn)

159 It would be hilarious if she ran for governor and lost to Katie Porter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

161
I was let go twice and it really hurt, but I knew it was business and not personal. Sometimes you're just a micro part of a macro decision. I picked myself up and used my talents (such as they are) in a new direction.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (tgvbd)

162 Mrs. James Smith and Grandson, 1776
Charles Willson Peale
Oil on canvas

The American Experience in the Classroom (PDF file)

In 1776 the American colonies were fighting to establish their independence from Great Britain. Campbell leans toward his grandmother, eager to show her what he has learned. He holds The Art of Speaking, a manual of rhetoric and oratorical study. Oratory, the art of formal public speaking, was a highly prized skill in colonial America, particularly for men hoping to enter politics or law. Campbell rests his finger on the famous soliloquy “To be, or not to be” from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Peale’s choice to have the book open to this passage can be interpreted in multiple ways. Perhaps the artist wished to allude to family aspirations for Campbell’s future — whether or not his education would prepare him for a career in law or politics.

When we consider that the artwork was painted in Philadelphia in 1776, an added layer of meaning is revealed. “To be, or not to be” could refer to revolutionary ideals for a new nation. Peale, who was a lieutenant in the Philadelphia city militia, was well aware of the instability of the republic. .."

👍 A good lesson.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

163 So, if she has more buzz about her- good or bad?

The buzz is a minor factor. If you can't get the rainmakers to sign on the line that is dotted, you're a dead candidate walking.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)

164 One of those temp jobs led to a permanent job. 26 years later, I'm still there.

Greg Gutfeld always says getting fired (permanently laid off is pretty much the same) isn't a tragedy, it's an opportunity.
Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (gtcuf)

I'd agree with this as well. Working a lab job got me a call about a Quality supervisor job, and after firing most of the state of Kentucky, I picked on of the companies who hired us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (bss/y)

165 109 ... "Andrews was around for a long time. He usually played rather comic, Babbitt and businessman-blowhard types. But in an early Cheyenne, a rewrite of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, he did a great dramatic job as the equivalent of Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs."

Wolfus,
I've noticed that. Those 1950s westerns, especially Have Gun, Will Travel, had actors who became well known. The roles were deep, even for a half hour show, and the actors were excellent at showing that depth. The difference between those roles and what became standard later is notable. I put a few episodes of Man From UNCLE and early Star Trek in that picture.

PS: I think HG,WT was one of the best shows ever on television.

Posted by: JTB at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (yTvNw)

166 The whole Peale family was pretty amazing. Founded one of the earliest museums in the US, in Philly. It started as an art museum, and then added a natural-history wing. They did natural-history illustrations as well as portraits.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

167 Of course she'll announce her candidacy for something. Probably for Newsom's spot when he moves on. It will be met with shrugs and laughter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

-----------

TJM predicts she'll be the Democrat-Communist Presidential Nominee in '28.

I say it'll be Newscum after he gets her to withdraw by promising to make her Chief Justice of the SCOTUS.

/Her and Affirmative Action Jackson together is nightmare fuel ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (0Eh0f)

168 I don't think it's creepy, I think it's sweet. I like the expressions on their faces. Maybe she's teaching him to read. It looks like there is a good connection between them.
Maybe I just read that into the painting, Idk. My grandma had a profound impact on my life.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (nz1sK)

169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

Thanks for the reminder.

Dick.

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

170
157 BREAKING:

https://is.gd/5gq9Fo

Colorado officials take three family members originally from Canada into custody. They were identified as members of a known gang. One adult male died of undetermined cause during transport. Resuscitation efforts failed. Official statement says that the officers followed all correct procedures and post-mortem results have not yet been released. An adult female and a juvenile were temporarily detained, fitted with GPS devices and released on their own recognizance.

Surprisingly, no leftist protestors showed up to hamper this particular operation. /s
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:11 AM

-------

Maybe the dead guy swallowed his stash of drugs to conceal them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (biznJ)

171 163 So, if she has more buzz about her- good or bad?

The buzz is a minor factor. If you can't get the rainmakers to sign on the line that is dotted, you're a dead candidate walking.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (Riz8t)

=====

She does have major backers who still love her by the way.

And no one is going to undo the fact that Kamala keeps getting huge majorities of black support.

When your primary electorate is majority black, it doesn't matter how much Manhattan pays to make Gavin Newsom a thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (GBKbO)

172 She looks like Governor Walz.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Hpgos)

173 When I was laid off my company was in free fall. It was only a matter of time before my number was called. There had been several rounds of layoffs already. When I got the word it was actually kind of a relief.

I was fortunate in finding another job almost right away. My previous director who had been laid off himself in an earlier round hired me at his new company.

Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Jay38)

174 A Democrat is lying again.

https://is.gd/c9jZT4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (J+Psw)

175 Maybe the dead guy swallowed his stash of drugs to conceal them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (biznJ)

George Floyd, Colorado style.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (bss/y)

176 169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

And in my opinion the voters didn't choose him.. The vote counters did...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

177 98 That man is definitely a Democrat.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

It's MA'AM!!!!

Posted by: MRS. James Smith at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (JCZqz)

178 Alternate title:

"Granny Hepzeba Teaches Her Favorite Grandson, Alphonse, the Spell For Turning Grumpy, Old Farmer Brown Into a Turkey, So They Can Eat Him For Thanksgiving Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM

I got better.

Posted by: Old Farmer Brown at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (kgE5c)

179 "Granny Hepzeba Teaches Her Favorite Grandson, Alphonse, the Spell For Turning Grumpy, Old Farmer Brown Into a Turkey, So They Can Eat Him For Thanksgiving Dinner"

Posted by: naturalfake

**********

The Dark Arts are often camouflaged behind the unlikeliest of facades.

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)

180 167 Of course she'll announce her candidacy for something. Probably for Newsom's spot when he moves on. It will be met with shrugs and laughter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

=====

She announced this:

@headquarters_67
·
1h
Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub.

It's essentially a first step to endorsing candidates for 2026. Just to keep her name around.

People act like her book tour was some kind of failure. It was actually a very big success.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

181 A Democrat is lying again.

https://is.gd/c9jZT4

Well, it is Thursday.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (Riz8t)

182 It will probably not be Kamala or Newscum. They won't want to telegraph who it is too far in advance while Trump can still ruin them.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (AveBv)

183 Getting fired if you are not prepared for it can be devastating, especially for older individuals.

I like Gutfeld but his perspective is slightly askew.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (6YfIs)

184 Piper is unlikely to feature Mrs. Smith on her weekly Fashion segment.

Posted by: Don Loper. at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (oftw2)

185 169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

Thanks for the reminder.

Dick.

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

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The black electorate backed him early and often. That's how he outlasted every woke wannabe until he was the only non-Bernie pre-Super Tuesday.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

186 Yup, Dem voters are still where GOP voters were until 10 years ago - they get no say in who will be nominated for high offices.

Luckily for them, in this case it doesn't matter - neither they or the people who matter want Kamala. Nobody does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

187 People act like her book tour was some kind of failure. It was actually a very big success.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

Started in September and it's still going.. It's not a book tour it's a campaign

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (VE6XX)

188 173 Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.

Same here. I lost a job, but gained a career.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (gtcuf)

189 And in my opinion the voters didn't choose him.. The vote counters did...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

110

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (AveBv)

190 A Democrat is lying again.

Sounds like he's a perfect running mate for Kamala.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:17 AM (Riz8t)

191 184 Piper is unlikely to feature Mrs. Smith on her weekly Fashion segment.
Posted by: Don Loper. at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (oftw2)

Makeover !

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:17 AM (VE6XX)

192 176 169 160 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

And in my opinion the voters didn't choose him.. The vote counters did...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (VE6XX)

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Biden won every poll but one in SC before the primary for a year.

The black electorate chose him.

The vote counters can't do the thing when SC, which has decently honest elections, is the only early state that matters (IA is a joke and NH actually doesn't even count anymore because of DNC restrictions on the state). ==

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

193 I can’t imagine a scenario where Kamala is ever the nominee or gets elected.

Newsom won the other hand is just greasy and oily enough to slither in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (6YfIs)

194 182 It will probably not be Kamala or Newscum. They won't want to telegraph who it is too far in advance while Trump can still ruin them.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:15 AM (AveBv)

======

It's Kamala.

It's been telegraphed for about a year because black voters coalesced around her early and haven't dropped off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

195 Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.
------------------
Same for me. Left a PM Shop that had no real primary product that was siloed and seldom came to work (tele work) and ended up in the Pentagon with constant human contact and ended up with one of the Hot Programs. Yuge Turn Around.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (Hpgos)

196 I had over 50 jobs professionally, and only got fired once -- because I was embarrassing (and a threat to) a DEI hire by doing her job because she was failing to competently support myself and coworkers (in properly configuring our software & networking systems, rendering us useless before I would continually get everyone up and working).

Still, I was absolutely stunned.

I drove home and sat in my car in our garage for over an hour (still literally stunned as I've always been a high achiever who received rave reviews at work) before my wife incidentally came into the garage and asked what I was doing there.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (0Eh0f)

197 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I bet Mrs smith makes great cookies.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (2WIwB)

198 >> I was laid off once. It sucked. But I never for a second thought hey man this is like bullshit cuz the owner of the company is really rich and he can totally afford to keep paying me even if I’m not needed.

You no doubt understood that your job was to contribute to your employer's profitability, as normal people do. These journalists have cast themselves as heroic truthtellers and changemakers -- mere profitability is forgotten, or maybe even vulgar to them. Worse, they believe their political/cultural crusades should be funded by the rich owner at $100 million loss per year.

Also, their going on social media to announce their every thought and feeling about this is hilarious. Did any of us who have been laid off think the work absolutely needed to know the details of the even, with status reports and group affirmation online? They are self-absorbed children.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (0yjaw)

199 193 I can’t imagine a scenario where Kamala is ever the nominee or gets elected.

Newsom won the other hand is just greasy and oily enough to slither in.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (6YfIs)

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The black electorate largely loves her. AWFLs love her.

White progressives are black voters' bitches. They yearn for Newsom or a TEMU Obama like Moore, but they're just going to get Black Girl Magic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

200 Maybe the dead guy swallowed his stash of drugs to conceal them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
++++++++++++
George Floyd, Colorado style.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*********

Ask me how I know nobody read the linked story.

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (qgHp7)

201 >Looking back on it getting the ax was the best thing that could have happened to me. Took me on an entirely new trajectory which worked out pretty damn nicely long term.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Jay3

Happened to me about 10 years ago. I was very fortunate to have a very generous severance package which required me signing a multi-year non-compete and non-solicitation. Eh - fuck 'em. I got to spend time with my son before he left for college. It was worth it just for that.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (NgqoH)

202
especially for older individuals.

_________

Let go at 51, let go again at 62.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (tgvbd)

203 Trump beat Hillary and Biden and Kamala and he apparently just got Walz to exit electoral politics stage left, with a single word.

They won't want to telegraph the nominee.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (AveBv)

204 and ended up with one of the Hot Programs.
Posted by: pudinhead

"Hot Programs" = "Nubile Female Interns"?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

205 You know this is a right wing blog, because we're all JOKING about Mrs. James Smith.

The libs would believe she really was trans.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (BHrzb)

206 Bernie was the front runner in 2019. But he was never going to win. Old man socialist screaming at clouds plays in NYC and Seattle not in real America.

It was always going to be Biden.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (Jay38)

207 Hm.

The phrase "uncanny valley" comes immediately to mind.

But, no beauty-enhancing filters.

Maybe I just need another cup of coffee?

G'morn, art threadists.

Posted by: mindful webworker - artfully mundane at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (/4mOE)

208 We shouldn't write Kamala off.. She will have the AWFL vote, black women's and the vote of those who say "It's her turn" .

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (VE6XX)

209 It's Kamala.

It's been telegraphed for about a year because black voters coalesced around her early and haven't dropped off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

Blacks will do what the Party tells them to.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (AveBv)

210 Ask me how I know nobody read the linked story.
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (qgHp7)

We don't even read the comment, muldoon.

We just riff off each other's comments.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

211 Him: I really am tired of that painting of Grandpa and his Grandmother. It's creepy!

Her: It's important! It's our family.

Him: I want to get rid of it.

Her: How? We can't just sell it.

Him: I know! Let's donate it to the Smithsonian!

Problem solved.

Posted by: scottst at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (IYYJM)

212
We don't even read the comment, muldoon.

We just riff off each other's comments.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

Is that wrong ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (VE6XX)

213 203 Trump beat Hillary and Biden and Kamala and he apparently just got Walz to exit electoral politics stage left, with a single word.

They won't want to telegraph the nominee.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (AveBv)

=====

I'm sorry that the primary calendar makes it nearly impossible to rig the primary for Democrat power brokers, but it does.

They barely managed it in 2016 when the super delegates had actual power. They outright failed in 2020 and had to settle with Biden.

They have to either cancel the primary or go to a one day all at once thing to rig it.

Because once Kamala wins SC by 50 points, 90% of the rest of the field drops away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (GBKbO)

214 Remember when Biden was a joke in 2019 and no one would back him because he was so stupid and embarrassing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The new Lefty hotness is Trump is less popular than Biden:

A January survey from Harvard University and The Harris Poll found that a slight majority of respondents believe that former President Biden was more effective than President Trump.

We’re a little behind schedule on the descent into absolute fascism thanks in part to the resilience of places like Minneapolis.

49% thinks what is taking place now is better than the previous administration. 49% Think about that before you hear, or state yourself, that it is a small and shrinking MAGA base. It's absolutely terrifying, and a cult.

The real question is whether those 49% even get a picture of what's happening. Your news/entertainment industry is proper fucked, nearly russian state TV levels of brainwash.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

215 208 We shouldn't write Kamala off.. She will have the AWFL vote, black women's and the vote of those who say "It's her turn" .
Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:20 AM (VE6XX)

To be fair, she had her turn and got stomped.

Now, will they try to 3am water pipe explosions?

I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

216 American doesn't want a harpy haranguing them to death. Unless it's truly fixed (ie they plan on another Butler or worse for the R frontrunner) Democrats are not very likely to put up a woman in 2028.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:23 AM (AveBv)

217
209 It's Kamala.

It's been telegraphed for about a year because black voters coalesced around her early and haven't dropped off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

Blacks will do what the Party tells them to.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:21 AM (AveBv)

=======

That's not how it works.

That's why Jasmine is going to win the Democrat Primary. Because blacks rule in the Democrat primary process.

They're partisans who will fall in line in the general, but they have real power to make their choices final in the primary.

Especially since the Democrat party has shorn so many white working class voters over the last decade.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:23 AM (GBKbO)

218 The real question is whether those 49% even get a picture of what's happening. Your news/entertainment industry is proper fucked, nearly russian state TV levels of brainwash.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

I agree.. But not in the way they mean..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (VE6XX)

219 That's not how it works.

That's why Jasmine is going to win the Democrat Primary. Because blacks rule in the Democrat primary process.

They're partisans who will fall in line in the general, but they have real power to make their choices final in the primary.

Especially since the Democrat party has shorn so many white working class voters over the last decade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching

She's got Allred with her attacking tallerico now because he called Allred mediocre black man. That primary is all sewn up now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (MGB5H)

220 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (GBKbO)

I am thankful that unlike most arguments, we may actually see this one play to an absolute conclusion.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (AveBv)

221 214 49% thinks what is taking place now is better than the previous administration. 49% Think about that before you hear, or state yourself, that it is a small and shrinking MAGA base. It's absolutely terrifying, and a cult.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

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The left is going to talk itself into demanding open borders forever, no matter what.

It's what the Italian Democrat Party is doing. If AfD gains power in Germany, it's what the Social Democrats will do. If Reform takes power in England, it's what the CP and Labour will do.

Open borders is an addiction to parties that embrace it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

222 I, for one, would welcome a limerick summarizing said linked story.

Posted by: scottst at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (IYYJM)

223 I'm half surprised there are not protests over the death of the wolf in Colorado due to DOW activities. Maybe even the tree huggers think there enough wolves already.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (Sokdp)

224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

225 Any system can be gamed with sufficient application of bribes and jiggery-pokery. The system we have now - Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses and such - was a Democrat remedy to the “smoke filled back rooms” process used before 1968 or thereabouts iirc.

Carter and his team did their homework on how to work everything. A guy named Pat Caudell was on that, he enjoyed unfettered access to the Oval Office despite not having any particular appointment. He worked for Mr. Trump in 2016, subsequently passed away.

I recall Mrs. Clinton was a lock for 2008 until Iowa. All my progressive cow-orkers working that were gobsmacked she got beat by the Obama machine. They had it all gamed out, bussing in “supporters” from out of state. Never knew what hit them.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (zbmv/)

226 Enguerrand VII de Coucy
@ingelramdecoucy
Hi, I’m Sally Struthers, here today asking for your support in saving a Washington Post Journalist from starvation. For as little as 65¢ a day YOU can keep a struggling former WaPo journo from having to dip into their trust funds
Please, call the number below

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (J+Psw)

227 @202

>>Let go at 51, let go again at 62.

Some people can deal with the tribulation.

As I noted previously, my wife’s friend was downsized at her company a couple of months ago at 65, she has been looking for a job but has not had much success.

She thinks it’s going to be quite some time before she lands something, she’s going in on retraining, but again, it’s a hard slog and she will be competing with other, younger job seekers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (J4eqE)

228 215 To be fair, she had her turn and got stomped.

Now, will they try to 3am water pipe explosions?

I dunno.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:22 AM (bss/y)

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She didn't get her turn.

Biden robbed her of a full campaign. She had to pick up those pieces with just over 100 days, and she nearly won!

She can do it against couch fucker Vance with a full campaign!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

229 Getting fired if you are not prepared for it can be devastating, especially for older individuals.

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Because I was laid off pretty early in my working life, I developed an attitude where every day could be my last day.

Too many people get too invested in their companies. Don’t fall for the “we’re a family” nonsense . You’re a line item on an accountant’s spreadsheet no more no less. Expendable at any time for any reason.

Not being prepared for a job loss is inexcusable.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (Jay38)

230 213 203 Trump beat Hillary and Biden and Kamala and he apparently just got Walz to exit electoral politics stage left, with a single word.

They won't want to telegraph the nominee.

Posted by:

And he destroyed the Bush family.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (JCZqz)

231 219 She's got Allred with her attacking tallerico now because he called Allred mediocre black man. That primary is all sewn up now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (MGB5H)

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Talarico said that Mary could have aborted Jesus.

He absolutely has to lose so that that strain of Christian heresy dies on the vine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

232 She thinks it’s going to be quite some time before she lands something, she’s going in on retraining, but again, it’s a hard slog and she will be competing with other, younger job seekers.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

There's a lot of ageism out there.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

233
2024 is the model for the worst conceivable electoral strategy. Had Biden said early on that he was a one-term president, the Democratic machers could have picked someone credible and fashioned a campaign platform. Quite likely they would have won.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (tgvbd)

234 He's pointing to the word "fugly"

Posted by: Weasel at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (8fzl3)

235 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon because he didn't want to tell his wife he'd been fired. This lasted about four months until his wife ran into a co-worker at the grocery store who in a short conversation asked her if he'd found another job.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (Y1sOo)

236 Some arguments don't get resolved. Like they launch a covid and all bets are off. It happened with my bet with Jay Guevera that the 2020 DNC would be perfectly peaceful. If you look at 2024, of course, the DNC was fine.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (AveBv)

237 New JD Vance media stomp meme just dropped.

Reporter: "Are you going to apologize to Alex Pretti's family?"
Vance: "For what?"

LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (sabhw)

238 224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

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With Kamala in, she has no chance. Kamala gets the black vote and a surprising amount of the Hispanic vote. Newsom gets the white progressive vote. AOC is left with scraps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

239 That lady looks like a dude

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (xcxpd)

240 Talarico said that Mary could have aborted Jesus.

He absolutely has to lose so that that strain of Christian heresy dies on the vine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for

Well that too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (MGB5H)

241 224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?
Posted by: Bulg

Is she willing to do what it takes? Drop 30lbs, dress sexily, and bounce while talking?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (JCZqz)

242 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon because he didn't want to tell his wife he'd been fired. This lasted about four months until his wife ran into a co-worker at the grocery store who in a short conversation asked her if he'd found another job.
Posted by: one hour sober

She didn't notice that his salary wasn't hitting their bank account?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

243 225 I recall Mrs. Clinton was a lock for 2008 until Iowa. All my progressive cow-orkers working that were gobsmacked she got beat by the Obama machine. They had it all gamed out, bussing in “supporters” from out of state. Never knew what hit them.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (zbmv/)

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Black voters, man. They switched from Hillary to Obama, and all that was left was the crying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

244 Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a ‘Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub’

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (RHGPo)

245 We don't even read the comment, muldoon.

We just riff off each other's comments.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

*********

Oh, I know that well.

But now you're wondering if the link is genuine, a rickroll or a clever retelling of the actual story. At least a little bit. Trying to calculate if it's worth it to scroll back up...

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

246 America doesn't want a harpy haranguing them to death
——-

That was the democrat focus group take away from Mrs Clinton - “why is this old bitch yelling at me?” LOL

They tried to keep it under wraps, but it didn’t work. Can’t imagine why.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (zbmv/)

247 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:27 AM (tgvbd)

It was always supposed to be Kamala. The plan was to get rid of Trump and have her "waltz" (get it?) into the WH. Probably against ringer fail Nikki.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (AveBv)

248
She's got Allred with her attacking tallerico now because he called Allred mediocre black man. That primary is all sewn up now.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:24 AM (MGB5H)

___________

Talarico looks like Satan in a suit, which doesn't help.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (tgvbd)

249 The future of journalism is secure.

Jim Acosta tells Mehdi Hassan and Joy Reid:

"If @ScottJenningsKY worked for me, I'd fire his ass."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (J+Psw)

250
Ask me how I know nobody read the linked story.
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM

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I forgot my /s tag.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (VWtfl)

251 ‘ Mrs. James Smith and Grandson’

The original Granny Smith of apple fame.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (jbnUc)

252 >224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

I don't think she runs in '26. My guess is she primaries Chuck U in '28 and wins, then tries for the presidency in '30 as Barry 2.0 commie boogaloo.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (NgqoH)

253 See, Granny. Hamlet’s sil, silky,?slick., talking to himself.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (Lytz7)

254 240 Talarico said that Mary could have aborted Jesus.

He absolutely has to lose so that that strain of Christian heresy dies on the vine.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for

Well that too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (MGB5H)

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"See this good Christian preacher who says that Mary could have aborted God? You people have the wrong Christianity!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

255 238 224 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

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With Kamala in, she has no chance. Kamala gets the black vote and a surprising amount of the Hispanic vote. Newsom gets the white progressive vote. AOC is left with scraps.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

I don't see Kamala getting another shot. AOC is the 'new hotness'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (xcxpd)

256 Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (zbmv/)

Thank you for quietly fixing my typo. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (AveBv)

257 She can do it against couch fucker Vance with a full campaign!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

Ok, TJM.

*starts backing away making soothing hand motions*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

258 Are we ignoring AOC's chances here?
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

See my comment re: Bernie in 2019.
AOC is this cycle’s version of him. The far left especially in NYC or Seattle or SF loves her. And she gets all sorts of hyper from the media centers there.

Normal American voters who theoretically decide this, not so much.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (Jay38)

259 Were the Chinese 'practicing' on Americans at that illegal biological lab discovered in Las Vegas?

The story on that illegal Chinese biological lab found in Las Vegas keeps getting creepier.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (RHGPo)

260 The only way the Dems could have won in 2024 was to have a candidate say "The Open Borders experiment was a huge failure. Crime is way up, inflation is out of control, and we've stretched government resources to the breaking point. We'll start enforcing borders and deporting criminals."
What Dem would have said that?

Posted by: Wally at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (65cLN)

261 I don't see Kamala getting another shot. AOC is the 'new hotness'."

That's hot?

Bleech.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (XuXeR)

262 AOC has the best chance of any D woman, that's for sure. She has the right attitude and handlers.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (AveBv)

263 255 I don't see Kamala getting another shot. AOC is the 'new hotness'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (xcxpd)

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Kamala is going to win SC by 50.

The IA caucuses are a joke (no one cared AT THE TIME that Buttigieg won them in 2020) and NH is simply off the calendar (punishment from the DNC).

Kamala goes into Super Tuesday with a consolidated black vote and the only win that matters. Plus, her name recognition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

264 >>Let go at 51, let go again at 62.

Some people can deal with the tribulation.

Lost everything in 2010.. Thanks Obama.. Our home, my husbands contracting business...Had to move into a small rental we were able to keep... Silver lining if there is one, during the 2017 Tubbs fire the home we lost burned to the ground and people died in the district ... Not saying it would have happened to me but my husband was in Idaho at the time hunting.. pretty sure I wouldn't have made it out alone.

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (VE6XX)

265 257 She can do it against couch fucker Vance with a full campaign!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

Ok, TJM.

*starts backing away making soothing hand motions*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

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It's the narrative that's been percolating for a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

266 Good to see you Muldoon.
Hope you are feeling strong.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (xcxpd)

267 I was inclined to like this painting except for the damn eyes. Grandparents can have a wonderfully positive influence on a child. Certainly, mine did. Nana had little formal education beyond literacy and household math but she passed along history and a perspective, some derived from her own grandmother, that provided a wider picture of our town and the people in it. My grandfather loved to guide us in reading and math and practical skills. He would challenge but explain so even small children understood. What they taught and how they taught remains a positive part of my life even now.

Posted by: JTB at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)

268 "See this good Christian preacher who says that Mary could have aborted God? You people have the wrong Christianity!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

TJM, you are just being retarded now. Virginians voted for a dude who said he wanted his opponent to have her children murdered in front of her. They were just jake with that.

The ship, she has sailed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

269 Mrs. Smith smells of talcum powder and lilac water.

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)

270 It's the narrative that's been percolating for a year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

Is the narrative in the room with us?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

271 Kamala got exactly what she was promised but they missed by half an inch.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (AveBv)

272 268
TJM, you are just being retarded now. Virginians voted for a dude who said he wanted his opponent to have her children murdered in front of her. They were just jake with that.

The ship, she has sailed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

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There's a difference between secular blood lust and Democrats getting a Senate candidate who is advancing heresy in the guise of Christianity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

273
Kamala's probably a worthwhile bet.

Mostly because the Democrat Party can't afford to piss off Black women and AWFLs.

Buuuuuut, inconvenient people in the Democrat Party do tend to have fatal accidents, so that's always a possibility, if Their Betters are Convinced she'll auger in the whole party with her run.

I guess we'll see.

where do you place bets on Madame Coconut?

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

274 >>She didn't notice that his salary wasn't hitting their bank account?

I imagine he handled all the household finances.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

275 Mrs. Smith smells of talcum powder and lilac water.
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I was guessing "Old Spice".

Posted by: Crusader at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (TN0g+)

276
@headquarters_67
·
1h
Welcome to Headquarters, the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub.

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What even is this? Where is it? She announced something called "Headquarters" (formerly "Kamala HQ") on an X account called "HQ" (account name headquarters_67 because 66 other accounts had gotten "headquarters" already) but where is "Headquarters"?

And why isn't she even wearing a proper mic? You can't hear anything.

And her body language says she knows no one is going to come to her crummy hub.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (JrWaT)

277 Virginians voted for"

"voted"?

That's funny right there. Our old VA district had 120% of the estimated adult population in registered voters...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (XuXeR)

278 Like icon painting, almost

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (O3dBq)

279 Kamala goes into Super Tuesday with a consolidated black vote and the only win that matters. Plus, her name recognition.

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They are not sending their best.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (sX1BW)

280 I wonder how much Kumala can spend in a full campaign. .1.3B in 108 days.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (MGB5H)

281 Unless something really weird happens in the next 18-24 months it’ll be Vance vs Newsom.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (Jay38)

282 Reporter: "Are you going to apologize to Alex Pretti's family?"
Vance: "For what?"

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I had a classmate in law school who, get this, was kind of an asshole. When the bill came at a restaurant he'd demand, "For what?!!!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:34 AM (J+Psw)

283 Gen-Z HQ? Holy shit, is chatgpt advising this idiot?

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (AveBv)

284 I was guessing "Old Spice"."

The real "Old Spice" or the newish "old spice"?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (XuXeR)

285 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon
———

At one point DOD required everyone in the various state National Guard units to get direct deposit. No more paper checks.

I was told this caused some consternation amongst a non-trivial number of part time troops, they had (somehow) hornswoggled their wives into believing it was a volunteer job.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (zbmv/)

286 There's a difference between secular blood lust and Democrats getting a Senate candidate who is advancing heresy in the guise of Christianity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

That's another place you are wrong: both ARE their religion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:36 AM (bss/y)

287 Mostly because the Democrat Party can't afford to piss off Black women and AWFLs.
—-

They are already pissed off, though. They’ll be fine.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:37 AM (zbmv/)

288 classmate in law school who, get this, was kind of an asshole"

WHAT? An "asshole" in law skrull? I shan't believe it... I just shan't...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:37 AM (XuXeR)

289 Thats James Smith alright, with his grandson.

Posted by: Snark delivery at February 05, 2026 10:37 AM (6x9z7)

290 I was told this caused some consternation amongst a non-trivial number of part time troops, they had (somehow) hornswoggled their wives into believing it was a volunteer job.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (zbmv/)

Just open a new account. Why the consternation? Presumably the account already existed for them to deposit the paper checks.

What would be a bit tougher to hide is tax time. Didn’t the wife ask where is this extra income from? Or did the wives not bother with pesky things like tax returns? Lol.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (Jay38)

291 Chatgpt: You need to get young people interested in you. It's 2023 so Gen-Z is pretty hot right now.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (AveBv)

292 285 I had a boss who was fired by management. Everyday, M-F, he'd leave his house in the morning and return in the late afternoon
———

At one point DOD required everyone in the various state National Guard units to get direct deposit. No more paper checks.

I was told this caused some consternation amongst a non-trivial number of part time troops, they had (somehow) hornswoggled their wives into believing it was a volunteer job.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:35 AM (zbmv/)
Well, at one point it was damn near a volunteer job.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (Lytz7)

293 For a while, my employer had direct deposit, but you could limit the amount deposited and receive a check for the remainder. When they killed that off, my wife thought I got a huge raise but couldn't figure out why I was now out of cash all the time.

Posted by: Wally at February 05, 2026 10:38 AM (65cLN)

294 I imagine he handled all the household finances.
Posted by: one hour sober

My wife handles ours. A penny doesn't come in or go out that she's not aware of.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

295 Bwahahahaha. Our betters in action.

A federal judge who authored a piece in the Atlantic claiming that he was resigning from the federal bench because of the Trump White House's "assault on the rule of law" was under investigation for misconduct at the time of his resignation.

"The order did not provide details about the alleged misconduct but stated it could include "treating litigants, attorneys, judicial employees or others in a demonstrably egregious and hostile manner" or creating a hostile workplace for court employees. Judge Barron ultimately concluded that further action was unnecessary because of "intervening events."

https://is.gd/bTie6p

Posted by: Archimedes at February 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)

296 Illegal alien kills four Amish men in Indiana semi crash 😔

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Probably deserved it. I wonder what they were wearing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:40 AM (J+Psw)

297 Speaking of direct deposit

Both Chase and WF are offering $400 to open a new checking account and set up direct deposit for 90 days.

Chase is offering an extra $500 for opening a savings account and funding $10k into it for 90 days.

Other than burning a couple of credit checks easy free money.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Jay38)

298 “The Open Borders experiment was a huge failure”

Who would be dumb enough to believe that? It has been a roaring success.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:41 AM (zbmv/)

299 Illegal alien kills four Amish men

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They are white and supported Trump. They racistly obstructed the path of a New Neighbor.

Dismissed!

Posted by: Duh Judge at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (BI5O2)

300 'Tis possible that the black community in SC does not turn out for the woman whose black DNA is mostly coating her upper palate.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE)

301 I had multiple "career adjustments" after retiring from the Army. Each one landed me in a better spot.
I had three things going for me:
---a willingness to relocate, even if temporarily
---I had developed a very good network trapline
---I still had a security clearance and updated background investigation

Posted by: Diogenes at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (2WIwB)

302 >>>My wife handles ours. A penny doesn't come in or go out that she's not aware of.

Until my wife passed recently, I didn't have a clue how much money was coming and going out of the household on a monthly basis. She was a CPA and handled everything finance and investment wise. She had my well-earned trust. I never even looked at our tax returns. Just signed them and handed them back to her.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)

303 300 'Tis possible that the black community in SC does not turn out for the woman whose black DNA is mostly coating her upper palate.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE)

*rueful golfclap*

Well played.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

304 no caffeine
no chocolate
food was bland

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 10:44 AM (ciYHQ)

305 300 'Tis possible that the black community in SC does not turn out for the woman whose black DNA is mostly coating her upper palate.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (gKWVE)

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And Biden wasn't black either, but they chose him because of the combination of his name recognition and the fact that he was Obama's VP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

306 The giant conglomerate I used to bean count for got mucho feedback from the field hands when it proposed direct deposit for everybody in the late '90s. It seems them good ol' boys liked keeping their pay far and apart from wifey eyes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 05, 2026 10:45 AM (wVcYX)

307 "The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

Philadelpia man.

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Lady Who at February 05, 2026 10:45 AM (JCLJi)

308 Good to see you Muldoon.
Hope you are feeling strong.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

********

Do you know something I don't?

Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:46 AM (qgHp7)

309 The “community” might not turn out, but the ballots will. Nome sayin’?

These are all top down operations, going on decades now, not grass roots phenom. They aren’t “smoke filled” back rooms any longer.

Paul Volcker smoked a big ass stogie testifying before Congress. I wonder if smoking was still allowed at that point. He clearly didn’t care in any event, and nobody was going to stop him.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 10:46 AM (zbmv/)

310 I'll see what the lawyer says and go from there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

rgr that

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (ciYHQ)

311 Bekzhan Beishekeev"

Of the Main Line Beishekeevs, I'm sure...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (XuXeR)

312 308 Good to see you Muldoon.
Hope you are feeling strong.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

********

Do you know something I don't?
Posted by: muldoon at February 05, 2026 10:46 AM (qgHp7)

Strong like bull?

Or

Start running?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (bss/y)

313 "The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

Philadelpia man.

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Lady Who

Probably a Main Line Quaker. Descended from the Penn family itself. And related to Grace Kelly by marriage.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

314 The driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

Philadelpia man.

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Lady Who at

Obviously born and raised in DelCo.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (MGB5H)

315 186 Luckily for them, in this case it doesn't matter - neither they or the people who matter want Kamala. Nobody does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni8)

316 Probably a Main Line Quaker. Descended from the Penn family itself. And related to Grace Kelly by marriage."

Used to run into them at Strawbridge & Clothiers, I'm sure

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (XuXeR)

317 Until my wife passed recently, I didn't have a clue how much money was coming and going out of the household on a monthly basis. She was a CPA and handled everything finance and investment wise. She had my well-earned trust. I never even looked at our tax returns. Just signed them and handed them back to her.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)

So sorry about your loss.

Posted by: Lady Who at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (JCLJi)

318 315 186 Luckily for them, in this case it doesn't matter - neither they or the people who matter want Kamala. Nobody does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni

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I just don't understand how anyone can look back at 2016 and 2020 and say, "The Democrat establishment is really good at forcing their primary preferences on the primary electorate."

They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

319 You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni

Which he has already given multiple times this thread.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:50 AM (bss/y)

320 319 You're begging TJM to give you the "South Carolina does" speech.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:48 AM (6Uni

Which he has already given multiple times this thread.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:50 AM (bss/y)

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All I get in response is "*hand wave* and Kamala doesn't win anything".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

321 I just can't see Harris as the nominee. She did poorly in every other primary she's done, got beat (badly) by Trump...why would she suddenly be MORE popular and effective?

Sure, you can say black voters (and especially women) are critical in Dem voting...but there are bound to be other "candidates of color" in the 2028 dem primaries, and if the party wants, they can mobilize black voters to support a white candidate (see Joe Biden, 2020). Kamala is not popular with the Dem Establishment OR the base. She's a loser, which is why a bitter Biden left her as candidate as a poison pill.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

322 Target’s New CEO Admits Retailer Has Lost Trust With Its Shoppers and Staff

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Going full woke pervert didn't pay off?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (J+Psw)

323 321 Sure, you can say black voters (and especially women) are critical in Dem voting...but there are bound to be other "candidates of color" in the 2028 dem primaries, and if the party wants, they can mobilize black voters to support a white candidate (see Joe Biden, 2020). Kamala is not popular with the Dem Establishment OR the base. She's a loser, which is why a bitter Biden left her as candidate as a poison pill.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

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Wes Moore dropped out before getting in because his primary polling was such an embarrassment.

Deval Patrick's campaign in 2020 lasted for 3 months.

Everyone else is either white or AOC (who is white, just Hispanic).

Name recognition does a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

324 Of the Main Line Beishekeevs, I'm sure...
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:47 AM

The cadet branch of the family we don't talk about. In trade, you know.

Posted by: Henry Cabot-Beishekeev at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (kgE5c)

325 That's a man, baby.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (dGCAG)

326 Speaking of Edward Andrews, he was excellent as the organized crime boss in The Phenix City Story.

The movie made a big impact on a young Martin Scorsese. I can see why - it was shockingly violent for its time - but the movie itself isn't great. The irony is that it served as propaganda for a Democrat who was more committed to segregation than George Wallace!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at February 05, 2026 10:52 AM (BHrzb)

327 All I get in response is "*hand wave* and Kamala doesn't win anything".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

I am saying she is horrifically annoying. I would almost prefer Newsom.

Just look at it this way man, after giving this specific screed 1000 times over the next 2 years, you can then give us the 'I told you so' one while we are digging our own graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

328 driver of the semi, 30-year-old Bekzhan Beishekeev from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was not injured in the crash."

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Does there exist a more Philly name than Bekzhan? If so I have yet to hear it.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (Jay38)

329 So sorry about your loss.
Posted by: Lady Who

Thank you.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (Y1sOo)

330 327 I am saying she is horrifically annoying. I would almost prefer Newsom.

Just look at it this way man, after giving this specific screed 1000 times over the next 2 years, you can then give us the 'I told you so' one while we are digging our own graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

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I just see all the critiques of Kamala as parallel critiques that Biden got.

Biden was an embarrassment for decades, and then he was the nominee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

331 I’m going to go out on a yuuuuuge limb and predict there will be no protests or riots or moments of silence for the 4 white men killed by a non white illegal.

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (Jay38)

332 Does there exist a more Philly name than Bekzhan? If so I have yet to hear it.
Posted by: Really??

Bekzhan Wilson. Signed the Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

333 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But they did beat him.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

334 327 I am saying she is horrifically annoying. I would almost prefer Newsom.

Just look at it this way man, after giving this specific screed 1000 times over the next 2 years, you can then give us the 'I told you so' one while we are digging our own graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (bss/y)

My specific beef is the whole idea of No Other State is Allowed to Defy the Will of Shaquonda and Luhfawnduh in South Carolina. Once they cast their votes, everybody must do the same.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (6Uni8)

335 I just see all the critiques of Kamala as parallel critiques that Biden got.

Biden was an embarrassment for decades, and then he was the nominee.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

Look, I am not arguing with your logic, per se- just your passion and ... rote. You could well be right- we HAVE all seen far stupider shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

336 So who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)

337 333 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But they did beat him.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

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Yeah. 10 years ago, and then the next election cycle, they had to cycle between chosen establishment preferences (Kamala to Bet to Warren to Buttigieg) before they had to settle with Biden (whom Obama told not to run).

10 years ago, when they were more powerful to the point that they could clear the field for a preferred candidate, they barely did it. 6 years ago, they couldn't clear the field, and they failed to choose their preferred candidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

338 Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Grilled on Why the Company Pushes So Much Transgender Content Aimed at Children

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It's because they're anti-American child molesting perverts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:56 AM (J+Psw)

339 335 Look, I am not arguing with your logic, per se- just your passion and ... rote. You could well be right- we HAVE all seen far stupider shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (bss/y)

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I don't jump into the argument EVERY time it comes up. And when I do I say the same things over and over again.

It's true.

I should be trying to convince you people to put money on Newsom in the betting markets to drive Kamala's chances back down so I can put more money on her at a cheaper price.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

340 Everyone else is either white or AOC (who is white, just Hispanic).

Name recognition does a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Maybe Ruben Gallego? I'd also remind you, Obama came out from nowhere.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (JCZqz)

341 So who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?"

Nope. Wouldn't be prudent.

(and predicting politics is just...)

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (XuXeR)

342 I would almost prefer Newsom.

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Because he'd make the trains run on time?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (J+Psw)

343 My specific beef is the whole idea of No Other State is Allowed to Defy the Will of Shaquonda and Luhfawnduh in South Carolina. Once they cast their votes, everybody must do the same.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (6Uni

Doesn't mean it's wrong. Just annoying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (bss/y)

344 340 Maybe Ruben Gallego? I'd also remind you, Obama came out from nowhere.

Posted by: Captain Jack Sparrow at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (JCZqz)

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Obama didn't come out of nowhere.

He was 3-4 in polls 2 years out from the primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

345 338 Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Grilled on Why the Company Pushes So Much Transgender Content Aimed at Children

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It's because they're anti-American child molesting perverts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 05, 2026 10:56 AM (J+Psw)

Sarandos is a Greek Homo.

Of course he's gonna push gay shit.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (6Uni8)

346 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

Almost only counts in horseshoes.

Even with hand grenades, if you only clip the guy's ear, it doesn't help your cause.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (dGCAG)

347 Yanking *biden off the ballot last year and unceremoniously shoving Harris down the Democrat's throat probably didn't really polish her political cred. Her performance up to, and including the election demonstrated she's totally unprepared for office.

She may very well run, but the political (D) establishment wants nothing to do with her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (jtM2q)

348 Sarandos is a Greek Homo.

Of course he's gonna push gay shit.
Posted by: XTC at February

Seems redundant.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (MGB5H)

349 343 My specific beef is the whole idea of No Other State is Allowed to Defy the Will of Shaquonda and Luhfawnduh in South Carolina. Once they cast their votes, everybody must do the same.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (6Uni

Doesn't mean it's wrong. Just annoying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (bss/y)

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The DNC hates it too. The primary calendar is actually a bit up in the air, but SC is not going to give up its newly minted first in the nation status now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

350 They almost failed in 2016 when they cleared the field for Hillary. They turned a backwoods Senator into a superstar instead and had to cheat to beat him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

No they turned him into a superstar so they could energize their base (who hated their chosen nominee) and then leverage all the info collected and energy for future candidates including Hillary herself who he happily shared all the data with before returning to one of his three houses. Why do you believe surface stuff from Democrats? It's all lies, obfuscation and fakery. Anything real or true or apparent is purely accidental or convenient.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (AveBv)

351 Because he'd make the trains run on time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Just the one from Bakersfield to Fresno.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

352 I should be trying to convince you people to put money on Newsom in the betting markets to drive Kamala's chances back down so I can put more money on her at a cheaper price.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

Is this your plan rather than trying to go out and find an actual job?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

353 Of course he's gonna push gay shit."

Uh, phrasing?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

354 353 Of course he's gonna push gay shit."

Uh, phrasing?
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (XuXeR)

Seems right on target.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

355 347 Yanking *biden off the ballot last year and unceremoniously shoving Harris down the Democrat's throat probably didn't really polish her political cred. Her performance up to, and including the election demonstrated she's totally unprepared for office.

She may very well run, but the political (D) establishment wants nothing to do with her.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (jtM2q)

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Oh, I suspect she'll be an embarrassment. Her video today is...weird.

But, she's got name recognition and passion. That's enough for the primary.

And then the general will come around and she's going to be all, "I'm Black Girl Magic and we're going to give citizenship to the world."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

356 Is this your plan rather than trying to go out and find an actual job?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

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This place.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (jZzOU)

357 So who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 10:55 AM (ULPxl)

Shohei Ohtani called and said "his interpreter" has several million dollars he'd like to put on this.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (dGCAG)

358 352 I should be trying to convince you people to put money on Newsom in the betting markets to drive Kamala's chances back down so I can put more money on her at a cheaper price.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

Is this your plan rather than trying to go out and find an actual job?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (bss/y)

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Sort of...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

359 This may already have been posted, so sorry to repeat if so, but the "No Kings" protest funding has been released. Almost $300 million, a full third of which is from George Soros and his Tides foundations. Unreal money spent on undermining America.

https://tinyurl.com/4cum6pxe

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (+NW8W)

360 Sort of...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

Hah! *golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)

361 who's going to start the AoS political betting pool?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February

I'll gladly do it. But the vig is 80%.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (MGB5H)

362 MONKEY TIME

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (ezKS4)

363 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

364 Because he'd make the trains run on time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

He'd make the trans run on time.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (AveBv)

365 350 No they turned him into a superstar so they could energize their base (who hated their chosen nominee) and then leverage all the info collected and energy for future candidates including Hillary herself who he happily shared all the data with before returning to one of his three houses. Why do you believe surface stuff from Democrats? It's all lies, obfuscation and fakery. Anything real or true or apparent is purely accidental or convenient.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 10:58 AM (AveBv)

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And you are far too conspiratorial.

No, they didn't expect Sanders to become a superstar. They had to actually make the DNC weaker in response to his near win. Super delegates went from being able to choose whom they wanted on the first ballot at the convention to only being able to vote their conscience on the second ballot because the Sanders fans were so pissed at what happened, especially in the face of the general election loss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

366 137 I really really want to see Kamala and Gavin going at each other. It will be epic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 10:07 AM (RIvkX)

Isn't there an AI p0rn generator for that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (8zz6B)

367 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

I will put aside your unwarranted criticism and remind you it's only conspirstorial when you can't predict it in advance. I said all year last year it would be Kamala and that Biden would be shoved aside for her or forced through. No one else. That's when everyone was talking about Michelle and all the other "conspirstorial" stuff. Watch and learn.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:04 AM (AveBv)

368 Also I haven't picked you apart personally once, regardless of what I think of your opinion(s). Bear it in mind.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (AveBv)

369 Not defending Netflix filth.

But why is the govt grilling the CEO over this? Do we really want the govt deciding what Netflix is allowed to stream?

Posted by: Really?? at February 05, 2026 11:06 AM (Jay38)

370 jackie coogan!

Posted by: cmeat at February 05, 2026 11:09 AM (R11M+)

371 Pretty sure you were saying it would be Buttigieg.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:08 AM (GBKbO)

In 2024? Absolutely 100% not. I was saying for years he is next in line AFTER Kamala.

Now you're accusing me of lying. Not appreciating it. I like to keep things cordial so I am going to put it up to you and a bad morning.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (AveBv)

372 America will never elect an open poofter as President, I also don’t believe it will elect a woman.

It’s either going be Newsom, Moore or some wild-card entrant we don’t know about yet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2026 11:11 AM (m+8Fo)

373 371
In 2024? Absolutely 100% not. I was saying for years he is next in line AFTER Kamala.

Now you're accusing me of lying. Not appreciating it. I like to keep things cordial so I am going to put it up to you and a bad morning.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:10 AM (AveBv)

======

I deleted the comment because I realized what you meant.

But you did say "last year". Last year was 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

374 But you did say "last year". Last year was 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

LOL indeed I did. Cut me some slack it's still only January. 👀

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (AveBv)

375 374 But you did say "last year". Last year was 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:13 AM (GBKbO)

LOL indeed I did. Cut me some slack it's still only January. 👀

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 11:14 AM (AveBv)

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It's all good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 05, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

376 Just the one from Bakersfield to Fresno.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

Gavino Newsolini. He made the train run on time!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (8zz6B)

377 Well, she didn't waste a lot of the family money on makeup, like some chippie.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (8NTVk)

378 376 Just the one from Bakersfield to Fresno.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

Gavino Newsolini. He made the train run on time!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 11:27 AM (8zz6B)

LOL Newsolini!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 12:26 PM (8NTVk)

379 "My mommy is trans and sadly cut my hair." Painting.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 05, 2026 05:08 PM (WONhk)

380 It says right here THE BITTER BITER BITTERN,BIT THE BETTER BROTHER BITTEN, AND THE BETTER BROTHER BITTERN,BIT THE BITTER BITER BACK

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Posted by: Gas Boiler Repair Near Royston at February 06, 2026 02:58 AM (O17pn)

The Morning Report — 2/5/26

Good morning kids. As the spouse is going into hospital this morning for a scheduled surgical procedure, I'll have to keep it short and sweet (if you could call it that). . .

The assault on the rule of law and the fomenting and leveraging of violence and terrorism for political gain by the Democrat Party and its base and operatives in and out of government continues with the epicenter now in Minneapolis and likely to metastasize into a firestorm that will sweep the nation, especially as warmer weather approaches and especially the midterm election push gets into full swing. As history dictates, and should be obvious there can be no parlaying with an intractable enemy that seeks our destruction. And instead of marshaling every possible uniformed agent we can to utterly crush what can only be now described as an armed insurgency and insurrection that seeks not only the prevention of enforcement of federal immigration law but in point of fact, the effective overthrow of the federal government.

And yet President Trump has decided that he needs to make concessions to those that if given half the chance would string him up on a lamp post. I mean that quite literally.

Negotiating with terrorists, whether Islamic in Iran or Gaza, or Marxist/Islamic in America, doesn’t bring peace, it shows weakness and then the terrorism never ends and neither do the negotiations.
Ceding on ICE won’t buy peace. And it won’t even change the topic or end the violence.
There are very good arguments for why this administration should make domestic kitchen table economics its larger focus. If it doesn’t do that, the midterm situation may be catastrophic. But it can do that and fulfill core responsibilities like national defense. Immigration was a major reason, perhaps the biggest reason that Trump is here, because it embodies national survival. We can and should kick the can down the road on some global issues which have been too much the focus lately, but this is a primal issue which is why the Democrats have gone to the mattresses on it and why retreating on it would be a mistake.
Illegal aliens are the political power behind the ghost districts that Dems use to rig elections and maintain outsized political influence. That’s why it’s the one battle they can’t afford to lose.

The theft of the 2020 election, and everything that made the theft possible primarily both the Fauci/Chi-Com biowarfare, lockdowns, erasure of the most basic election voting integrity measures, and the George Floyd race riots that resulted from it and the J-6 Pelosi/Deep State-engineered J-6 fake "insurrection" put a giant sucking wound into the heart of whatever remains of our Republic as it is, but what we are witnessing here and now really is for all the marbles. They know it, and are surely acting like it and we better start doing the same right now, or else I fear that we are a dead nation walking . . . mostly right off a cliff.

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

“‘You’re Asian, why are you hanging out with Nazis’ … basically calling her a race traitor in a way and saying that they’re going to come for her next.”
Anti-ICE Agitators Targeting Parishioners Outside Cities Church for Second Straight Sunday
Appeasing the Left won't buy peace, it will lead to more riots.
Backing Off On ICE is the Wrong Move
Host Kasie Hunt said, “I’d like to start by just asking what you would say back to President Trump. President Trump said in an interview that a softer touch is required. What do you say to President Trump?
Jacob Frey: 700 ICE Agents Leaving Minneapolis ‘Still Not a De-Escalation’
“I don’t feel that any of the young people that were involved know enough about what’s going on to do or set up a protest because I feel they don’t know what they’re protesting.”
COMEDY GOLD: High School Student Protesting ICE Runs in Front of Car With Trump Flag, Gets Hit
Ramirez faces federal charges for threatening an FBI agent and will appear for arraignment on Wednesday.
Man Faces Charges for Doxing, Threatening FBI Agent and Family.
There are multiple reasons why this strategy isn't likely to work.
Do Democrats Think They Can Skate On ICE To The Midterms?
‘Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide,’ wrote James Burnham more than half a century ago. This ideology is hard at work.
Anti-ICE Activism Represents The Suicide Of Western Civilization
She has to sit in judgment on various Trump administration immigration enforcement cases.
Miranda Devine: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys

"BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“The 2025 total was the lowest in any fiscal year since 1970, according to historical data from the Border Patrol,” the Pew Research Center finds.
Trump Oversees Lowest Level of Illegal Immigration at Border in Over 50 Years
The debate over DHS funding and changes could lead to a shutdown, affecting sub-agencies such as FEMA, TSA, and the Coast Guard.
Dems Release Their DHS Funding Demands, Including Gutting Immigration Enforcement.
“We will not back down from our mission to remove criminal illegal aliens from American neighborhoods.” – DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
DHS Confirms Capture of 4,000 Illegals in Minnesota as Drawdown Looms.
In other words, the Trump administration has persuaded Walz and Frey to allow local law enforcement to assist ICE agents, making it easier and safer for them to do their jobs.
Tom Homan Pulls 700 Agents Out of Minnesota. Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Democrats.
Kaufman, Texas, residents didn’t think much of it when Kaufman Solar LLC bought a massive parcel of land in 2022. However, now that a mysterious buyer from the Middle East is looking to purchase an estimated 2,000 acres of land right next door to the planned solar farm to establish a sustainable city, they are worried about the impact.
A Small-Town Immigrant Takeover In Realtime? Local Officials Don’t Want You To Know About It, Residents Fear
"But you still have to be tough."
Trump Says Mass Deportation Campaign Could Use ‘Softer Touch’ After Minneapolis Shootings

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
One Pennsylvania fire company said Tuesday that the local water authority barred it from accessing fire hydrants and instead advised firefighters to let a building burn. The MMP&W Volunteer Fire & Ambulance Co. posted a statement on social media Tuesday, warning that it “should concern everyone” that the Mercersburg Borough’s Water Authority prohibited MMP&W firefighters from using Authority-owned hydrants over water supply concerns. The statement claimed that the Authority called the MMP&W following a Monday incident where the company used an Authority hydrant to fight a barn fire that resulted in several animal deaths and a total loss.
‘Let The Building Burn’: Firemen Say Water Authority Banned Them From Using Hydrants
The current major problems of federal budget pressures and health care affordability for all consumers require action.
Congress Could Fix The Entitlement Fraud Problem Overnight But Won’t
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) had the most fraud, totaling over $1.4 million.
Massachusetts Auditor Discovers Almost $12 Million in Public Assistance Fraud in 2025
The task force aims to tackle billions of dollars in fraud.
Vance Will Lead Anti-Fraud Task Force Against Newsom’s California.

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
What looks like investment today becomes enforcement tomorrow.
Arizona’s Trojan Horse: Qatar City
Sen. Saddam introduces bill to fight ‘Islamophobia’.
Virginia Begins Criminalizing Opposition to Islam

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
President Donald Trump responded to the disappearance of NBC correspondent Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, on Wednesday, as the family released an emotional video pleading for her return.
Trump Directs All Federal Law Enforcement to Aid Search for Savannah Guthrie’s Mother as Family Releases Emotional Video
If the Utah legislation succeeds, which it’s on track to do, that will leave only four states with alienation of affection laws on the books.
New Mexico And Utah Target ‘Homewrecker’ Laws That Protect Cheaters’ Spouses And Kids
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“I was laid off by The Washington Post today. This is gutting for our readers and our section, but I’m grateful for the 4 years I had to cover sports alongside friends and legends,” wrote Spencer Nusbaum, former Washington Post sports reporter, on Wednesday. The paper shuttered their sports department earlier in the day. Nusbaum added: “Anyways, yeah. This is an incalculable loss for the region and sports journalism. It will be jarring to wake up in the morning — in one of the biggest metro areas in the country — and not have a sports section (and so many other great parts of The Post) to turn to.”
Fired WaPo Reporter’s Tweet Perfectly Sums Up Why Everyone Hates The Media
‘European laws [are] now being exported by the European Union. … American speech is already being affected.’
Europeans Testify On How Europe Is Banning Americans From Saying What They Believe
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
The Secret Service stopped Routh in September 2024 after spotting him staking out Trump at the golf course.
Ryan Routh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempting to Assassinate Trump

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
In addition to being consumed with left-wing politicking, the teachers’ unions inflict significant harm on the nation’s children.
The National Miseducation Association
L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
In one message, Epstein invited Burns to his infamous island. In another, he floated 'dinner tonit with Woody Allen.'
'Thanks Again for All Your Interest and Advice': William Burns Discussed Job Opportunities, Iran Negotiations With Jeffrey Epstein in Final Days at Obama State Department, Emails Show

DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
It’s not a surprise, though, because SCOTUS did the same thing regarding Texas’ new Congressional district map.
Supreme Court Refuses Emergency Request to Stop California’s Democrat-Friendly Congressional Map
Ethical concerns and potential conflicts of interest arise as Najmi holds sway over judicial nominees while connected to a law firm accused of fraud.
Top Mamdani Aide Ali Najmi Linked to Law Firm Accused of Major Fraud.
A developer tied to Newsom allegedly looted millions meant for homeless housing, exposing massive fraud, lax oversight, and cozy political donations.
Newsom Won’t Cut Ties to Homeless Fraudster Firm
POLITICS
We were told for about five years that anyone who ever questions the legitimacy of elections is a terrible, insurrectionist traitor.
Why Are Democrats Already Questioning The 2026 And 2028 Elections?
“I first ran for election to Congress in 2014 and, as I stated then, representing the people in Congress is a service, not a career; and although I continue to have strong support from the people of the Eleventh Congressional District, I believe it is time to contribute to my community, state, and nation in other ways,” Loudermilk said. “Therefore, I have decided not to seek re-election at the end of my current term in Congress.”
GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk Will Not Seek Reelection After 6 Terms in Congress
“As District Attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, and Air National Guard Officer, Clay knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Defend our Country, Support our Brave Military/Veterans, and Ensure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.” Trump wrote. “As your next Congressman, Clay will fight tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Safeguard our Elections, Champion School Choice, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.”
Trump Endorses Prosecutor, Military Vet to Fill MTG’s Seat in Georgia’s 14th District
Recent migration numbers emphasize how population gains, economic growth, and political power are shifting toward Republican strongholds.
Blue States’ Demographic Nightmare
As politics harden into moral warfare, friendships fray—and only shared prosperity, grounded in pragmatic policy, may yet keep America’s fragile center from collapsing.
Can the Center Hold?
IRAN ON the BRINK?!
A most privileged child of the Iranian elite.
Daughter of Senior Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran Fired From Emory Medical School

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
Hamas terrorist, who murdered 19-year-old hostage Noa Marciano, also eliminated in IDF strikes.
IDF Eliminates Islamic Jihad’s North Gaza Commander, Targets Hamas-Nukhba Commander
MADURO TAKEN DOWN
Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman, is pretty well known as Maduro's primary money launderer, front man, and financial fixer, as well as one of Maduro's closest confidants.
Huge: Another Major Member of the Maduro Regime Arrested
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president ever, met with President Trump on Wednesday afternoon in an encounter largely described as amiable. The meeting followed an entire year’s worth of Petro boasting a fierce and highly controversial hostile stance toward President Trump.
Gustavo Petro Celebrates Trump Meeting: ‘We Didn’t Hit or Scratch Each Other’
“Trump and his ‘Donroe Doctrine’ are making Petro great again.”
How Trump Made the Colombian Left Great Again
Armed men are believed to have broken into the residence and killed the two women.
Two relatives of Mexico's federal education minister found murdered in their home
A targeted operation at "Burj Lasana," in Area B, near Wadi Haramiya, recovered Crusader- and Byzantine-era items from a villa built inside the site.
Civil Administration recovers dozens of looted artifacts from West Bank site
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
In 2002, Newsom’s mother, Tessa, was dying of cancer. She called her son, leaving a voicemail. If he wanted to see her one more time, he would have to visit within the week because she was planning on committing assisted suicide, The Washington Post reported.
Gavin Newsom Admits The Bitter Truth About Assisted Suicide After Watching His Mother Kill Herself (She realized what she spawned? - jjs)
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The moon’s weird ravioli shape is thought to be caused by the accretion of dust and ice from the nearby rings along Atlas’s equator.
One of Saturn’s many weird moons
The paper is an excellent summary of practically all the research that has been done in space and on the ground studying the impact of the harsh environment of space on reproduction. It notes above all that we really know very little despite this research, because the risks to the newborn have precluded direct study.
A nice summary of all space-based research of reproduction in space
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The arrest raises concerns about the stability and bias of activist judges in positions of power.
LGBT pervert Activist Judge Charged With ‘Official Oppression.’
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: Likely 2028 candidate gets dragged by far-Left late-night showcase
Why ‘Daily Show’ Just Skewered Gov. Gavin Newsom
It’s ‘Go woke, go broke’ in action
Israeli Telecom Stock Crosses $800 a Share, Making Norway’s Pension Fund, Led by Scooter-Riding Wokester, Look Foolish for Divesting

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1 FIRST.

Posted by: GigantorX at February 05, 2026 06:49 AM (8p2Gi)

2 Thirsty Thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 06:51 AM (gbOdA)

3 Ramirez, who will appear in court for arraignment late Wednesday afternoon, has a criminal history involving multiple felonies and misdemeanors, including domestic battery, burglary, and mob action.

My guess is about 1 out of 3 of the protesters (hahaha) you see in Somaliland have the same wrap sheet as Ramirez.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

4 Yes, and Portland ICE is a good example.

They wrestled with Antifa like an older brother. That taught the left they could game the fight, throw a few punches, get thrown back, play "I'm not touching you!" games with armed police without consequence.

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:58 AM (ciYHQ)

5 Rand Paul is a fucking dork. I liked his dad better.

Kentucky Senate primary is heating up. Hoping we can cut the Mitch McConnell family tree down and burn the roots. Trump should have cleaned that toilet out in his first term.

Posted by: GigantorX at February 05, 2026 06:58 AM (KEcfS)

6 BOING!

Willowed:

Nancy Guthrie kidnapped by SIL?????????

https://tinyurl.com/msyht8vs

I'm assuming this is no longer about a ransom.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 06:59 AM (cf0m3)

7 Good morning, everyone! Willowed from previous thread.

President Bukele talking about the restoration of schools in El Salvador. God willing, this continues on after he leaves office:

https://x.com/i/status/2019210714582319432

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 07:00 AM (7xrfc)

8
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 05, 2026 07:02 AM (tljrc)

9 There's dynamite.

And there's... Yemenite:

https://tinyurl.com/yhhfdnkz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 07:03 AM (cf0m3)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 07:05 AM (jtM2q)

11 The Democrat demands have already sparked opposition from Republicans. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has already declared that requiring judicial warrants, rather than administrative warrants, for immigration enforcement actions is dead on arrival. “That is a road that we cannot or should not go down,” Johnson said.

The Immigration Act of 96 (Billy BJ Clinton) explicitly moves most "expedited removal" cases out criminal and civil courts as almost any Immigration Agent has the authority to ask for the illegal alien to be returned to their home country.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 07:05 AM (gbOdA)

12 She has to sit in judgment on various Trump administration immigration enforcement cases.
Miranda Devine: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys

I wonder what the response of SCOTUS would be if when Brown 45, in any issue where Leftist dogma is anticipated to take center stage in xer opinion, if those arguing a case before the court would just blow off any questions by Brown 45, waving off xer word salad and pointless questions with a "whatever, you're not a judge you're an activist" and move on.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:07 AM (a4flb)

13 So, illegal aliens can arrive en masse by the millions, but can only be deported singly, after federal authorities negotiate some sort of byzantine legal obstacle course, eh?

“… you can be sure someone wants it that way”

FDR, on “coincidences” in Politics.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 07:09 AM (VRkwH)

14 Kentucky Senate primary is heating up. Hoping we can cut the Mitch McConnell family tree down and burn the roots. Trump should have cleaned that toilet out in his first term.

Its KY. You can bet the drunken hill scoggin will continue the legacy of sending retards, lunatics and flakes to Babylon DC.

Represent!

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:10 AM (a4flb)

15 In another recent case, federal prosecutors in Chicago, Illinois, charged foreign nationals in a massive Medicare fraud scheme involving more than $1 billion in false claims submitted using stolen identities and fraudulent medical orders.

Round up their families, their pets, and anyone they every sent money to and put them in public stocks.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 07:12 AM (gbOdA)

16 Hi, I’m Sally Struthers, here today asking for your support in saving a Washington Post Journalist from starvation. For as little as 65¢ a day YOU can keep a struggling former WaPo journo from having to dip into their trust funds

Please, call the number below

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 07:16 AM (6mlHc)

17 I'm not sure what to think about the situation with illegals and immigration enforcement. On the one hand I think Trump dislikes bad press, so he'd do whatever to keep that to a minimum. On the other hand I don't think he'd completely stop the repatriation efforts.

I could see where Minneapolis might have really gone south and created a huge problem for the administration.

But, I also think the various media outlets are parsing what they're telling the public about what is, and what isn't the situation in MN. I think ICE is still there, will continue to be there and will continue to round up illegals there. Maybe without all the fanfare.

Bigger issue continues to be the judiciary and their horseshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 07:17 AM (jtM2q)

18 The fat kid that got run over needs to work a salad in now and then.

Fat Bitch.

Posted by: Lardass Goes Splat at February 05, 2026 07:17 AM (TmfuF)

19 A developer tied to Newsom allegedly looted millions meant for homeless housing, exposing massive fraud, lax oversight, and cozy political donations.

Mike Benz is now arguing that the EU will succeed in crushing free speech in the US by conspiring to hit the social media platforms with bankruptcy levels of coordinated fines and penalties for not exercising hard core censorship.

Big Tech is expected to comply with the EU demands and the Left is confident that the 95% of the voting public who represent those who don't care one whit about the political theater we here immerse ourselves in, will be blissfully unaware of the outright fraud and corruption that has led them to barely getting by.

They will just blame the Boomers because that will be the only message not censored away.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:18 AM (a4flb)

20 I didn’t get the reference at first that the new IRS Form 4547 for the Trump Account is based on Trump’s presidential numbers (45 and 47)!

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 07:20 AM (6mlHc)

21 18 The fat kid that got run over needs to work a salad in now and then.

Dude...have you no humanity? Imagine what the driver is dealing with having to get that dent in his car repaired!

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 07:20 AM (7xrfc)

22 Can the Center hold? "Scorn has been exchanged equally. "

Right. We don't need Cemetery Hill, go ahead and surrender key terrain at Gettysburg so you can star as DUH DAH DUH Both Sides Guy! Master of Equivalence, hovers above the fray (no capes!), able to virtue signal the Wisdom of King Solomon with a Righteous Pose. Perhaps we could sacrifice our left flank to feed your vanity. So sick of this.

Where's my girl? Sorry if the voice grates but the woman is worth her weight in gold

https://tinyurl.com/58an5ewu

Sing it!
The peaceful majority is irrelevant
The peaceful majority is irrelevant
The peaceful majority is irrelevant

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 07:21 AM (ciYHQ)

23 The task force aims to tackle billions of dollars in fraud.
Vance Will Lead Anti-Fraud Task Force Against Newsom’s California.

So basically the Campaign for 2028 has just started.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:22 AM (a4flb)

24 ❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Texas judge was arrested and charged with unlawful restraint and official oppression after allegedly handcuffing and detaining a defense attorney in her courtroom.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Bexar County Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez and defense attorney Elizabeth Russell.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 07:22 AM (6mlHc)

25 Scorn has been exchanged equally...

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 07:23 AM (ciYHQ)

26 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

A prayer for Mrs JJ's complete and speedy recovery.

The last I inquired this was scheduled later in the month so glad to hear it happened sooner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

27 BREAKING: Multiple cast members of The View are mentioned in the Epstein Files.
-Whoopi Goldberg is mentioned nearly 2 dozen times (21).
-Alyssa Farah Griffin 20 times
-Joy Behar 3 times.
-Ana Navarro twice
-Sunny Hostin 0
-Sara Haines 0

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 07:24 AM (6mlHc)

28 He told Burns to "come visit" and "bring whomever you please" and offered to send a car. Burns called Epstein "very generous" but said his vacation plans had "shifted" as he had agreed to "go off to join John Kerry in Oman with the Iranians at the end of the week."

Hey yous want to come fuck some kids
Nope I am about to fuck 300 Million Americans

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 07:24 AM (gbOdA)

29 "Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez"

Really? What a cartoon.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

30 Negotiating with terrorists, whether Islamic in Iran or Gaza, or Marxist/Islamic in America, doesn’t bring peace, it shows weakness and then the terrorism never ends and neither do the negotiations.
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It's always the Art of Deal with Trump.

It is his fatal flaw.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

31 Once McConnell is dead or incapacitated - not retired, but completely out of the picture - we'll get to see what the new era of GOP grift looks like, as Thune will be free to execute on his vision of treacherous cuckoldry.

I'm mildly optimistic about it. The Southern wing of the GOP is not going to be as easy to control for him as it was for McConnell and Barbour, so they will stymie him occasionally, and force him to spread his bribes thinner.

And as bad as McConnell was, he was highly effective during his intermittent stints as America's most powerful Democrat. I don't think Thune has the brains or the influence to deliver for the Dems like he could.

I think the Dems will be weaker in the Thune regnancy, with less ability to determine events.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 07:27 AM (BI5O2)

32 “In November of ’21,” he testified, “the head of the GBI, Vic Reynolds, called me — it’s a matter of record. He told me, ‘We’re not going to investigate. The governor wants me to tell you why we’re not going to investigate.’ I said, ‘Please do.’ Because back in May, he had seen the evidence — video footage, cell phone records, testimony, bank data — all consistent with ballot harvesting. He told me himself it was compelling to be investigated. That was in May of 2021.”

Perdue paused before revealing the rest. “Then, in November, he calls and says, ‘We’re not going to investigate because…I’m a team player. If the governor doesn’t want to investigate, we’re not going to investigate.’”

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 07:28 AM (6mlHc)

33 What a weird life Newsom has had, watching his mother commit suicide, hanging out on the fringes of massive Getty wealth, owning a bar in the Marina as a young man, and then climbing the corruption ladder in Democrat politics. He has no principles, regards sleeping with his best friends wife as just another "mistake", and is married to a woman who repeatedly whored herself out to Harvey Weinstein in hoped of becoming Hollywood famous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, channeling Paul Harvey at February 05, 2026 07:28 AM (vDXKw)

34 Good morning, JJ and all you good people!

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 07:29 AM (Lytz7)

35 Surprising no one, Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez is gay and pro-illegal immigration.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

36 Prayers up for Mrs. Sefton today.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 07:31 AM (vDXKw)

37 Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 07:21 AM (ciYHQ)
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We already have a Fen here, and you ain't her. Maybe consider a new nic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 07:33 AM (vDXKw)

38 And as bad as McConnell was, he was highly effective during his intermittent stints as America's most powerful Democrat. I don't think Thune has the brains or the influence to deliver for the Dems like he could.

I think we have to go back forty years to find a non-Democrat Senate Majority leader.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:35 AM (a4flb)

39 All right, folks. I am on my way out the door in a few minutes. Wish me luck at the dentist and pray for a speedy recovery for my credit card.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 07:35 AM (7xrfc)

40 Nancy Guthrie kidnapped by SIL?????????

https://tinyurl.com/msyht8vs

I'm assuming this is no longer about a ransom.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 06:59 AM (cf0m3)
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Holy moly.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 07:36 AM (XK4p6)

41 Fen has been around for a while and I can tell the difference.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

42 All right, folks. I am on my way out the door in a few minutes. Wish me luck at the dentist and pray for a speedy recovery for my credit card.

Can't do anything for the tooth, but while sitting in the dentist's waiting room you could fill out the paperwork towards opening/funding of your own Learing Center.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:37 AM (a4flb)

43 But between 2022 and 2023, Biden made several deals with Maduro, including releasing his narco-nephews, who were also in federal prison, easing numerous sanctions, and allowing Saab to walk free as long as he promised to be a good boy. In exchange, Maduro handed over some United States hostages and promised free and fair 2024 elections, which we all know never materialized. Biden got suckered.
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Was Hunter involved? Who bets money changed hands?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 07:39 AM (XK4p6)

44 you could fill out the paperwork towards opening/funding of your own Learing Center.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Hm. Possible. But the problem is I'm a white dude so I'll need someone to stand in for me.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 07:39 AM (7xrfc)

45 Fen has been around for a while and I can tell the difference.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
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Still seems rude.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2026 07:39 AM (XK4p6)

46 >It's always the Art of Deal with Trump.

It is his fatal flaw.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
----

Agreed. He has a fetish for 'deals'.

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:40 AM (hrcIH)

47 The Nancy Guthrie story is wild...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 07:40 AM (jtM2q)

48 @MOSSADil
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1h
🚨 ESCALATION IN THE GULF: Iran Seizes Foreign-Crewed Oil Tankers

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized two oil tankers with foreign crews in Gulf waters, claiming the vessels were involved in “fuel smuggling,” according to Iranian media.

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 07:41 AM (hrcIH)

49 Trump and company need to push harder on, "they are all criminals when they illegally entered America."
The "we're only deporting the worst of the worst" is getting stale.

And don't get me started on the courts illegality.

Echoing others, the foreign policy stuff is nice.
But IDGAF how much "winning" there is "over there" if the left is not being crushed at home.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 07:41 AM (HXT0k)

50 Posted by: Huck Follywood, channeling Paul Harvey at February 05, 2026 07:28 AM (vDXKw)
====

Most of what he says about himself is an easily disprovable lie and should be discarded.

Everything he has, has been handed to him by the Party. He is truly a creature of the Party.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

51 He didn't "own" jack sh*t.

He was Billy Getty's "partner"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

52 Every human interaction is a form of a deal. The key is learning about leverage and how to use it.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:44 AM (mFPsX)

53 Every human interaction is a form of a deal. The key is learning about leverage and how to use it.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:44 AM (mFPsX)
=====

The only interaction I want with people who want us dead is casualty counts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

54 >>The only interaction I want with people who want us dead is casualty counts.

Deals have consequences. Sometimes those consequences include bullets.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 07:47 AM (mFPsX)

55 The "we're only deporting the worst of the worst" is getting stale.

That is the public bullshit to deal with petty feelings of squishes and cat collectors, maybe a little over a third being deported are actually part of the "worst of the worst".

The move, I would expect, would be, in one thread, administrative judges are rubber stamping final deportation orders, and in another thread ICE is going through and rounding up whoever is on the list.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:48 AM (a4flb)

56 They should move the talks from Turkey to Munich, where such talks take place historically.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

57 “Anyways, yeah. This is an incalculable loss for the region and sports journalism...."

==

Anyways? Great grammar you've got there, Mr. "Journalist."

And aren't we being a bit hyperbolic in declaring any kind of sports journalism is an "incalculable loss," as if it were the Twin Towers coming down all over again. I think the world can live without copious amounts of sports journalists.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)

58 Special prayers for Mrs. Sefton

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 07:50 AM (/iXAp)

59 I'm going to outright assume that Tucker Carlson will run for mayor of this Qatar City.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

60

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 05, 2026 07:50 AM (DDJSl)

61 President Trump calls parents of serviceman who died saving others in Afghanistan , and will receive posthumous Medal of Honor . From "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/ucd4eeth

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 07:50 AM (rZCVI)

62 "It will be jarring to wake up in the morning... and not have a sports section"

This will have zero impact on my day, week, month, year, decade, life.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

63 The troll is commenting from stolen land!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

64 53 The only interaction I want with people who want us dead is casualty counts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

It'd be nice if he was the kind of guy who'd just dismissively laugh in their face, Putin-style, and say something like "When I want you dead, you're going to be dead."

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 07:51 AM (6Uni8)

65 Now that Pepsi only costs $2.10 a bottle I can afford it! I can even splurge on a $4.25 dollar bag of Doritos!

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

66 No, you can't have your land back.

Posted by: Billy Eyelash at February 05, 2026 07:53 AM (LRxLn)

67 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 05, 2026 07:49 AM (y582V)

I liked you better when you were eating shit pebbles

Posted by: Halfhand at February 05, 2026 07:53 AM (56/oC)

68
We look like a newspaper.
But we're not.

Posted by: The Washington Post at February 05, 2026 07:54 AM (LRxLn)

69 Good morning again Horde

Thx JJ. Good luck and God bless the Mrs JJ.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 07:56 AM (BWnHZ)

70 Pepsi and Doritos have had to drop their prices 15% because Americans sn no longer afford to buy

That is one hell of a spin to deny Trump policies reducing inflation and supply chain / manufacturing costs - like reducing the cost of energy. Then there are a myriad of things that Trump had no influence over, like there being a bumper crop of cereals, and commodity prices for HFCS dropping.

Pepsi and Doritos aren't exactly MAHA or Cost-Conscious compatible items. Maybe with fewer SNAP dollars chasing Most Favored Gluttony Items?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 07:56 AM (a4flb)

71 "We look like a newspaper.
But we're not.
Posted by: The Washington Post"

Pretty soon you will look like a vacant building. Unless Elon takes a liking to you.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

72 66 Now that Pepsi only costs $2.10 a bottle I can afford it! I can even splurge on a $4.25 dollar bag of Doritos!
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:52 AM (vFG9
Small cocolas in glass bottles were only a nickel. What happened? Inflation.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 07:57 AM (Lytz7)

73 I saw Tom Homan interviewed by Laura Ingraham last night. Seems like that’s a win in Minneapolis… they’re getting the criminals handed over by the locals and they’re also deporting any other illegals they happen to encounter. That’s winning to me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 07:58 AM (YobFY)

74 Trump is remaining steady if not increasing in the polls.
People have faith in him and his great economy.
Pepsi and Doritos are ghetto food and no need to drop their prices as EBT pays for them.
Lower prices are great for everybody.
Epstein is dead, no one cares anymore.

Posted by: Truth To Assinmyassmominmyass at February 05, 2026 07:58 AM (TmfuF)

75 Small cocolas in glass bottles were only a nickel. What happened? Inflation.
Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 07:57 AM (Lytz7)
====

We still get those imported from Mexico, but more like $2.50 now

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

76 "It will be jarring to wake up in the morning... and not have a sports section"

"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child; but when I became an adult, I put away childish things." - Apostle Paul (1C 13:11)

I just thought this would be relevant.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:00 AM (a4flb)

77 Back in the day when I lived outside the capitol city, my parents got both the Washington Post and the Washington Star (defunct in 81)

They had competing comics sections on Sundays that we used to read as kids.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 08:01 AM (jtM2q)

78 Congress Could Fix The Entitlement Fraud Problem Overnight But Won’t

--

Seriously, did any of us ever expect these people to ever do what's right for the citizens it represents, do what's right for the health and strength of this country of ours? It will never be fixed. They have neither the courage, nor the will, nor the deep concern for America's financial state to ever do anything other than let it all eventually collapse. As long as their bank accounts are stuffed (and they have all become filthy rich off our backs), they are fat and happy, and have no more concern as we lurch further and further left, and further and further on the path to ultimate ruin. Congress will never fix the entitlement problem. They may lose their path to riches...

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

79 If you watch Trump for any length of time, you'll notice he often picks an unexpected or unpredictable path. I am not talking about 10D space chess, I am talking about merely doing what they don't think you will ever do.

Until you realize that his enemies carefully game these scenarios out before implementing them, and have at their disposal a raft of data, psychological and otherwise, that they use to strike at Trump and therefore us, you are not fit to try to figure out what he might be up to.

They want and need him to do certain things and sometimes he will pick an escape route they thought they had blocked off. It's what he does, and it's how he keeps us and our movement in front of them instead of falling way behind. It is nowhere near a fair fight, Trump just makes it look like one.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:02 AM (AveBv)

80 Mist of the time people would feel some but if sorrow for people losing their jobs. It was only a wee bit for former WAPO employees.
However after reading their posts on various social media platforms I'm actively hoping, that like Vietnamese monks , they immolate themselves on the front steps of the WAPO

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:05 AM (BWnHZ)

81 Praying for all possible blessings for Mrs. Sefton, including quick recovery.

Posted by: Avid Viewer at February 05, 2026 08:05 AM (oftw2)

82 "Scheduled" Praying for you. And she. Love your work.

Posted by: Nato at February 05, 2026 08:05 AM (MNFFT)

83 Posted by: Avid Viewer at February 05, 2026 08:05 AM (oftw2)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:06 AM (rZCVI)

84 Most of the time people would feel some but if sorrow for people losing their jobs. It was only a wee bit for former WAPO employees.

I respect the Golden Rule, and because we come from completely different world views, I'm willing to show respect and deference to their perspective in this case.

I will grant them the same level of concern for their newly discover Funemployment as they showed to coal miners who lost their jobs, and those who refused to get the mRNA Kill Shot.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (a4flb)

85 Morning all. Geez, what a week.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (xsL4l)

86 The Sham-Wow guy's running for Congress.

They're gonna love his nuts!

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (gtcuf)

87 If the Tennessee DA Numbers are extrapolated to the US:

1,630,094 total criminal charges in 2025

164,380 violent offenses

3,087 homicides

119,877 assaults

10,918 sexual offenses

828 child rapes

3,012 aggravated kidnappings

219,876 DUIs

400,445 cases of driving without a license or on suspended/or revoked

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

88 ...they immolate themselves on the front steps of the WAPO
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:05 AM (BWnHZ)
====

What else are these people good for? They have zero actual needed skills, aptitude, or attitude necessary for productive employment.

Will they suffer? Yes. And that is ok. They deserve it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

89 "Mist of the time people would feel some but if sorrow for people losing their jobs. It was only a wee bit for former WAPO employees."

You can pickup printing presses for free nowadays. All you have to do is haul them off. At one time, a journalist could go get themselves a press and start a newspaper. If people liked it, it was successful.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (vFG9F)

90 Letitia James is going to be training "legal observers" to chase and harass fed cops.

Elementary school teachers will have as part of the curriculum to instill anti-fed sloganry into the ranks of six-year-olds.

FUCK ICE signage will be everywhere for everyone to see. Teens will have it on their backpacks.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (KiBMU)

91 Prayers for Mrs JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

92 Prayers for a successful surgery for your wife, J.J.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

93 What kind of an idiot works for a newspaper like The Washington Post?

What, The Buggy Whip Emporium wasn't hiring?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at February 05, 2026 08:09 AM (TmfuF)

94 Looks like my fingers woke up in the second paragraph. Geez

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:09 AM (BWnHZ)

95 My hope is that the ICE thing right now is a pivot. Remember - this all started because we found out that the immigrant community, with full support of the state of Minnesota, was robbing the taxpayers wantonly with the undercurrent of "Whaddya gonna do about it, kafir?". So all the illegal happenings were identified, along with the illegal immigrants.

Problem was, the Walz administration and other third parties went on the attack as crybullies. Getting the rank and file to do stupid, dangerous, and even deadly stunts all in the name of "Virtue", as they defined it. So we've been bogged down in weeks of ICE vs. protestors, with the state actively protecting the criminals and threatening to jail (or *wink* *wink* *murder*) federal agents.

And those weeks means the actual fraudsters, whom the state of Minnesota were helping to get away with their crimes, basically were lost in the news from the Fifth Column.

So, take the wins so far on that end, dial it back, then send in the IRS instead. Audit them from the anus to the teeth. We're probably not getting the money back. But we need to stop the bleeding, and identify the human cancers that enabled the theft and fraud.

Posted by: Another Anon at February 05, 2026 08:11 AM (4h45B)

96 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

97 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)

98 Good morning kids. As the spouse is going into hospital this morning for a scheduled surgical procedure, I'll have to keep it short and sweet (if you could call it that). . .

I pray that her procedure is short and sweet and the recovery time matches.

Godspeed, Mrs. Sefton

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

99 You can’t build a Qatar City on stolen land.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

100 Letitia James is going to be training "legal observers" to chase and harass fed cops.

I need to market a rear-bumper attached caltrop dispenser that anyone with a dark SUV and an Amazon Prime account can get.

FUCK ICE signage will be everywhere for everyone to see. Teens will have it on their backpacks.

Too bad the teens are too illiterate to know what it means.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)

101 The WaPo has been the paper of the Democrat Party since it's founding. That's not hyperbole, its historical fact.

Their mission was to shape narratives and opinions in favor of Democrat goals and to do everything possible to harm anyone who tried to challenge Democrats. A prime example would be acting as a mouthpiece for the intel community for the Russia hoax.

I feel no need to waste an ounce of my compassion for people who spent their careers trying to harm me. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2026 08:13 AM (mFPsX)

102 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 05, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

103 Prayer up, JJ.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:14 AM (77rzZ)

104 Today is Chocolate Fondue Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

105 Scott Johnson wrote a very cruel takedown of the next Minnesota governor this morning.

It reminded me to say a prayer for VDH, patron of cruelty, for his complete and speedy recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)

106 Fired? Like from a cannon?

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:15 AM (AveBv)

107 Praying for you, for her, and for those treating her, JJ.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at February 05, 2026 08:15 AM (F9oQN)

108 Prayers to Mrs. JJ for a successful procedure and recovery!

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2026 08:15 AM (qBdHI)

109 The Jacuzzi people have a mighty fine advertising budget.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2026 08:15 AM (gm9Sb)

110 But we need to stop the bleeding, and identify the human cancers that enabled the theft and fraud.

Just walk into the House a/o Senate Chambers in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:15 AM (a4flb)

111 And now for something completely different. Otter ( but not the kind Nurse ratchet prefers ) to seek human remains in water. Story from
Florida and the "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/2sjkwskn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:16 AM (rZCVI)

112 101 FUCK ICE signage will be everywhere for everyone to see. Teens will have it on their backpacks.

Too bad the teens are too illiterate to know what it means.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:13 AM (a4flb)

Woke Left-Wing pro wrestling show AEW ("All Elite Wrestling") had one of their wrestlers lead the entire arena in a "FUCK ICE" chant last night.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:16 AM (6Uni8)

113 I’m glad the kids are into fucking ice for a change.
— the chicken

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

114 President Trump calls parents of serviceman who died saving others in Afghanistan , and will receive posthumous Medal of Honor .

------

I don't if Brandon ever made calls like that. Lord, I hope not.
If my stepson died in one of our ridiculous wars and the President called to say "your son Beau died a hero, fighting for American trunaliminiprazure! Nobody could bring home 10% like Beau could, jack," I would definitely be buying a new phone once the Secret Service finished questioning me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:17 AM (BI5O2)

115 Corporate DEI index sees 65% drop in participation from Fortune 500 companies

It was all a lie from Day 1.
There was never any data that shows Diversity improves performance and stock.
NEVER
EVER

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (gbOdA)

116 Bill Clinton kept a bucket of fuck ice wherever he went.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (BI5O2)

117 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ)

118 Anyone else pissed off about getting Heidi bowled by nascar?

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (WQDw6)

119 91 Letitia James is going to be training "legal observers" to chase and harass fed cops.

Elementary school teachers will have as part of the curriculum to instill anti-fed sloganry into the ranks of six-year-olds.

FUCK ICE signage will be everywhere for everyone to see. Teens will have it on their backpacks.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 05, 2026 08:08 AM (KiBMU)

Now all but a small number of the craziest anti-ICE peaceful protestors in ultra-close proximity to ICE officers, will wear PRESS- or LEGAL OBSERVER-blazoned clothing or large patches.

For optics, the left still needs a few 'unaffiliated local grassroots peaceful protestors' on the forward edge of the riot area. Who if chased by ICE will retreat into a very-nearby group of fake-press and fake-legal observers, who Tish and Antifa hope ICE will beat into pulp.

It's always all about the optics.

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (5rh/l)

120 I’m amazed that any newspaper survives at this point. Back in the 90s and even early 2000s, we used to get two papers delivered every day: the local paper and the LA Times.

Now… no way I’d pay for any paper. I won’t even pay for online stuff. If there’s a paywall I skip it…. How do newspapers survive?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 08:20 AM (YobFY)

121 J.J.

Prayers ascending. May you two have a smooth path to recovery going forward.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

122 Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (5rh/l)

The peaceful ones are there to communicate to the violent ones where to go before (or while) getting violent. They also form a curtain to slow down agents and protect the destructors.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:22 AM (AveBv)

123 LinusVanPelt

They are / were subsidized with tax-payer money. And to launder NGO money from taxpayers.

Closing USAID was a masterstroke.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

124 Lol @ sympathy for WaPo Marxists losing their jobs. It's not even close to justice. If Bezos had them lashed to the prow of an icebreaker and sent to the Arctic, we'd be talking business.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:22 AM (BI5O2)

125 I’ve convinced myself that it’s time to nuke the filibuster. Yes, the shitlibs will later use that to ram through all their lunacy and that will be painful. But, it could destroy the democrat party. There shit is so unpopular and destructive that the will get destroyed in the next election. It will be giving them the rope to hang themselves.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 05, 2026 08:23 AM (/DR63)

126 Gref

Good morning. Hope we eventually launch three, and get back three, NASA astronauts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

127 About Nascar. So glad Ryan Preece won. It was a clusterfark of a race though. Thank God we have FS2 however.

We raced with Ryan back in the day at Stafford. Pitted next to him. Once, back in the 2000's I believe, we killed our motor and he loaned us one of his motors for the race. It was very nice and he was a sweet kid. He was just a kid back then. His wife Heather DesRosiers was also a racer in the division. Well, she wasn't his wife back then though, but they were very close back then.

Posted by: Jaimo at February 05, 2026 08:24 AM (BCuCF)

128 I had to update my spam filters yesterday as I was getting 50 emails a day from various GOP and political orgs.

Not sure where they got my info from as I've never registered, signed up for or donated to any political cause.

But MAN was it getting annoying.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

129 My local rag is owned by the Media News Group which is owned by a hedge fund . It is published out of a city 50+ miles away , with no real office in this city. Very leftist and the stories are generally late. Wouldn't be surprised to see the hedge fund pull the plug

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:24 AM (BWnHZ)

130 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 08:20 AM (YobFY)

I don't know how it's doing financially, but I prefer reading the "NY Post" on paper instead of online. I don't get it everyday, but I like the feel of paper and I prefer doing the word search in the paper instead of electronically . Spouse prefers the crossword puzzle that way as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:25 AM (rZCVI)

131
AMA Now Says 'Evidence Is Insufficient' for Trans Surgeries

I hope AMA leaders have to go suck dicks at the bus station to pay their legal bills.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

132 If Bezos had them lashed to the prow of an icebreaker and sent to the Arctic, we'd be talking business.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:22 AM (BI5O2)

Bezos: Today you guys are going to be Ice Breakers!

Them: Yayyyy

Bezos: No no, not that kind.

Them: Booooo

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:25 AM (AveBv)

133 It's also, National Pork Rind Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 08:25 AM (NpAcC)

134 Having Minnesota law enforcement cooperation allows ICE and CBP to reduce the amount of agents needed to protect themselves rather than just doing enforcement. The reduction also lessens the rioting. I don't see this as a loss or backing down.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 08:26 AM (0KSrI)

135 Woke Left-Wing pro wrestling show AEW ("All Elite Wrestling") had one of their wrestlers lead the entire arena in a "FUCK ICE" chant last night.

Consistent with Francis Schaeffer's "Line of Despair" in the book "The God Who is There" where the ills of society eventually are adopted by the church, I remember seeing "Black Lives Matter" banners on the exterior of Big Box "Churches".

Fully expecting that what happened in the arena will be faithfully reproduced at a number of Big Box Sunday morning performances.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:26 AM (a4flb)

136 I’ve convinced myself that it’s time to nuke the filibuster. Yes, the shitlibs will later use that to ram through all their lunacy and that will be painful.

------

Even that argument carries no weight anymore. The GOP will never force them to use a filibuster again - the next Democrat Congress with a Democrat President will be 100% dedicated to repairing the damage to the Uniparty. The GOP will be VERY "receptive," IYKWIMATYD.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)

137 Nascar is using Bubba Wallace, the guy who tried to destroy the sport as racist because of a garage door pulldown, as one of their poster children.

I will give the sport very little time because they push a man who hates me as their face.

Owt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

138 I switched internet providers a couple weeks ago and within 48 hours I started getting bombed with spam calls and e-mails. The farking bagstards immediately sold my info.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 08:27 AM (gtcuf)

139 AMA Now Says 'Evidence Is Insufficient' for Trans Surgeries

I hope AMA leaders have to go suck dicks at the bus station to pay their legal bills.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

Simple death penalty for the abuse and destruction of children would suffice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

140 Sponge

One of the people in my close circle is running in a local election. She filed yesterday. I slippered her her first cash campaign donation. Told her to win!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

141 Simple death penalty for the abuse and destruction of children would suffice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

Millstone
Rope
Ocean

Some assembly required

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:28 AM (gbOdA)

142 And I wouldn't call the NY Post left leaning really. It has lots of anti Mamdani articles and op eds and it is very clear that Madami is a communist and an anti semite and is doing a terrible job.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:28 AM (rZCVI)

143 Having Minnesota law enforcement cooperation allows ICE and CBP to reduce the amount of agents needed to protect themselves rather than just doing enforcement. The reduction also lessens the rioting. I don't see this as a loss or backing down.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 08:26 AM (0KSrI)

It's more of Minnesota finding out and needing to actually protect its citizens more than anything else.

They're seeing the writing on the wall that says a vast majority of Americans support ICE and immigration inforcement.

Americans like law and order, it turns out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

144 *enforcement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

145 Corporate DEI index sees 65% drop in participation from Fortune 500 companies

It was all a lie from Day 1.
There was never any data that shows Diversity improves performance and stock.
NEVER
EVER

Posted by: r hennigantx

In fact, the opposite is true. Companies that have embraced DEI and climate goals have under-performed by a wide margin.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 08:29 AM (0U5gm)

146 Millstone
Rope
Ocean

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Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:28 AM (gbOdA)

I find your terms acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

147
In fact, the opposite is true. Companies that have embraced DEI and climate goals have under-performed by a wide margin.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 05, 2026 08:29 AM (0U5gm)

"Wait.....what?!?"

- - - - - - - Bud Light

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

148 138 Nascar is using Bubba Wallace, the guy who tried to destroy the sport as racist because of a garage door pulldown, as one of their poster children.

I will give the sport very little time because they push a man who hates me as their face.

Owt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

Expect even more of that now, because his team owner, Michael Jordan, just ripped NASCAR a new asshole and made them his bitch in court.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:30 AM (6Uni8)

149 There shit is so unpopular and destructive that the will get destroyed in the next election. It will be giving them the rope to hang themselves.

Explain how that strategery worked so well for Virginia after observing Illinois, California and NYC.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:30 AM (a4flb)

150 FenelonSpoke

Do you get the feeling that local NYC unions are saying "No Way" to the new mayor, and are underperforming to undermine him and show him who has the real power?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

151 Now that Pepsi only costs $2.10 a bottle I can afford it! I can even splurge on a $4.25 dollar bag of Doritos!
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Just a total coincidence that SNAP restrictions banning the purchase of junk food and soda with EBT went into effect on 1/1/26.

If only there was some sort of economic model which shows the relationship between supply and price ....

LOL, our troll was trolling over the price of eggs this time last year.

OTOH, my Community Coffee has gone from around $16 to $21 a pound in the last 6 months or so, sad.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 08:31 AM (HXT0k)

152 >>>Frey said, (Trump) is right that a softer touch has been required, the drawdown of both federal agents as well as the implementation of body cameras, is obviously a step in the right direction. That being said, the continued presence of 2000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not de-escalation."

The last sentence is pure outrage-incitement propaganda. He and Walz never give any specific reasons why ICE outnumbering Minneapolis PD is, as they imply, bad. So the hell what if one group of law enforcement outnumbers another. Are they in gun battles with each other for control of the entire city? Do smaller towns and cities complain when after some heinous local crimes, FBI, ATF, and other FED LEO outnumber their cops?

The anti-ICE whining by mayors and governors like Frey and Walz is pure BS.

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:31 AM (5rh/l)

153 150 Explain how that strategery worked so well for Virginia after observing Illinois, California and NYC.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 05, 2026 08:30 AM (a4flb)

It's frustrating how so many people still make the mistake of assuming that the majority of people are rational and will want sensible policies when at least the last 20 years have shown that no, most people do NOT want that, and are idiots.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:32 AM (6Uni8)

154 If Savannah Guthries’ mothers abductors are illegals watch it disappear from the news.

Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at February 05, 2026 08:32 AM (jZ3ZM)

155 Thune, Lankford, Barroso a confederacy of dunces carefully forming words of believability for the boobs and rubes; detestable rump swabs. Black mail them.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 08:33 AM (ehY6c)

156 So the AMA finally figures out that chopping up perfectly healthy children isn’t helpful?? I give them zero credit for this snippet of common sense….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 08:33 AM (/iXAp)

157 > Having Minnesota law enforcement cooperation allows ICE and CBP to reduce the amount of agents needed to protect themselves rather than just doing enforcement. The reduction also lessens the rioting. I don't see this as a loss or backing down.
Posted by: Ben Had
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It's my understanding there is no "national" agreement on what level of cooperation there should be between city/state law enforcement and the Feds looking to detain and deport an illegal already set to be removed.

No?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 08:33 AM (jtM2q)

158
Expect even more of that now, because his team owner, Michael Jordan, just ripped NASCAR a new asshole and made them his bitch in court.
Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:30 AM

Although I don't understand the whole thing, I believe what Jordan did was a good thing. I don't think Mike is pushing the race thing as he usually avoids that shit as he knows white people bring the money in barrels when they like something.

Bubba owes me an apology. Nascar owes me an apology.

They'll never do it. I'll never be back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

159 Homan got a definite win in Minnesota. While he drew down the # of ICE agents I'm sure he put the fear of losing federal $ and other assistance in the local pols. They buckled.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:34 AM (BWnHZ)

160 Anti-ICE Agitators Targeting Parishioners Outside Cities Church for Second Straight Sunday
“‘You’re Asian, why are you hanging out with Nazis’ … basically calling her a race traitor in a way and saying that they’re going to come for her next.”
Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 03:00pm
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First reporting I have seen the left CONTINUES TO ATTACK CITIES CHURCH!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

161 fwiw Megyn Kelly has Ashleigh Banfield on yesterday, saying she has it from rock-solid impeccable sources that the FBI believes the Guthrie kidnapper is the son-in-law.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 08:34 AM (gtcuf)

162 New jobless claims 231k vs 200 k expected. Sure the Dems will scream , but the new laws will start seeing an impact about now

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:35 AM (BWnHZ)

163 Next time someone barfs up "Diversity Is Our Strength," ask them to go to a soda fountain and make a Diverse Drink. Take their large cup, press it up against the first dispenser for half a second. Then the next. Then the next. Cola. Diet Cola. Fanta. Lemon Lime. Tea. Rootbeer. Repeat until full.

Then make them drink it.

Posted by: Another Anon at February 05, 2026 08:36 AM (4h45B)

164 Use proton mail. Keeps it lean and clean.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 08:36 AM (ehY6c)

165 Smell the Glove

Still seeing a lot of help wanted ads. At Restaurants. The press may be qualified, but likely need some OJT to care about customers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

166 Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

That is a possibility, but not having any background in local government at any job doesn't help. If he were smart , he'd call up Cuomo or Dinkins and say "How did you handle big snows or trash removal?" it diesnt help that much of his staff are all in on communism and haven't had much practical experience either .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:37 AM (rZCVI)

167 159 Although I don't understand the whole thing, I believe what Jordan did was a good thing. I don't think Mike is pushing the race thing as he usually avoids that shit as he knows white people bring the money in barrels when they like something.

Bubba owes me an apology. Nascar owes me an apology.

They'll never do it. I'll never be back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

I might agree, if Mike fires Bubba.

But Bubba wanted to be Kolin Krapperdick 2.0, a mixed boy trying way to hard to prove he's "really" black by pulling an entire deck of race cards.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:37 AM (6Uni8)

168
OTOH, my Community Coffee has gone from around $16 to $21 a pound in the last 6 months or so, sad.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 08:31 AM (HXT0k)

It's the tariffs, man. Orange Man Bad. America just needs to understand it needs to take it in the ass for eternity so the rest of the world can implement it's socialism. You should hate Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

169 For democrats it is either “We won.” Or “They cheated.”

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 05, 2026 08:38 AM (xvV+O)

170
Thoughts and prayers, J.J.

Posted by: Auspex at February 05, 2026 08:39 AM (Y8DZL)

171 Sunny, clear, high 68. Yeah it's all I have. Pity me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

172 WHO WAS INVOLVED: Bexar County Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez and defense attorney Elizabeth Russell.
Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026

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"Speedlin" Gonzalez . . .?

The usual comment is "You can't make this stuff up." Well, you could . . . but who would believe it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

173 127 Gref

Good morning. Hope we eventually launch three, and get back three, NASA astronauts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

Hi Salty, please stop passing huge blocks of cold air along to us south of you!

Artemis 2 will eventually launch. But the latest hydrogen gas leaks are inexcusable in my judgement. If the troops in Florida couldn't make a fix in over two years after the leaks on Artemis 1, it's pathetic. I cannot recall H2 leaks at the pad-rocket fueling interface delaying launch during Shuttle Program, If there were some, it wasn't many and none in the final 10 years of Shuttle.

H2 sealing at cryogenic temperatures is not rocket science. It's been done successfully in industry and spaceflight for many decades.

Have a great day!

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:40 AM (5rh/l)

174 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:37 AM (rZCVI)

Sorry; Not Dinkins; He died. Eric Adams.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:40 AM (rZCVI)

175 163 New jobless claims 231k vs 200 k expected. Sure the Dems will scream , but the new laws will start seeing an impact about now
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 08:35 AM (BWnHZ)

In January 2025, initial jobless claims in the U.S. totaled 209,000 for the week ending January 24.
I think Jan is always a high month as people look at the year budget and decide they did not need that second assistant bookkeeper.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

176 Miranda Devine: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys
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I see nothingk!

- Chief Justice Sgt Roberts-Schultz

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 08:40 AM (Dv3i1)

177 I've ready the NY Post daily for decades.

Murdoch hasn't totally neutered it, so it does have coverage and commentary you can't find in any major newspaper.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (dtajH)

178 H2 sealing at cryogenic temperatures is not rocket science. It's been done successfully in industry and spaceflight for many decades.

Have a great day!
Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:40 AM (5rh/l)

Even the Germans almost perfected it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (gbOdA)

179 Sunny, clear, high 68. Yeah it's all I have. Pity me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

69 today, 79 tomorrow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

180 Use proton mail. Keeps it lean and clean.
Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026

***
I've been using the free version since 2018-19.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)

181 Ketaji is the court jester.

Posted by: kingsman at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (ehY6c)

182
Four Years Ago.....

Canadian Government and Media Now Branding Freedom Convoy Truckers -- What Else? -- an "Insurrection"

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (AveBv)

183 My local walmart has several racks of Frito-Lay chips by the front entrance now.

That's their high impulse buy area.
That's mostly where they put the seasonal/holiday items.

Or items of high supply.
Like, it was the home of Budweiser products just after that crash-out.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 08:42 AM (HXT0k)

184 Chief Safety Officer at Waymo says the company employs remote vehicle operators in the Philippines.

ha

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:42 AM (gbOdA)

185 Martini Farmer, each state is going to decide what level of cooperation . Texas has removed more illegals than any other state and we don't see rioting. Minnesota was as much about the fraud as the illegal removal made possible by deep blue policy and outside money funding that behavior.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 08:42 AM (0KSrI)

186 But Bubba wanted to be Kolin Krapperdick 2.0, a mixed boy trying way to hard to prove he's "really" black by pulling an entire deck of race cards.

Bubba Wallace is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at February 05, 2026 08:43 AM (TmfuF)

187 69 today, 79 tomorrow.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)
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*fistbump*

These morons and their snow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

188 Posted by: Ignoramus at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (dtajH)

Yes; I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:43 AM (ix8EF)

189 185 Chief Safety Officer at Waymo says the company employs remote vehicle operators in the Philippines.

ha

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:42 AM (gbOdA)

Better than in Bangalore, I guess.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:43 AM (6Uni8)

190 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at February 05, 2026 08:43 AM (53oGX)

191 Ketanji needs to be impeached for that stunt. And disbarred.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (77rzZ)

192 Illinois will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN, to counterbalance the federal government’s withdrawal, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.

Lock downs coming in 3 2

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

193 Canadian Government and Media Now Branding Freedom Convoy Truckers -- What Else? -- an "Insurrection"
Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (AveBv)

News organizations aren't news anymore. They aren't covered by freedom of the press, it's all free speech. We have no press anymore. They're all propagandists. The only thing that I see can be done with it is revoking their ability to call themselves news organizations. They're not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

194 >>>Miranda Devine: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys

I hope no one here believes she will excuse herself from any immigration cases SCOTUS hears.

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (5rh/l)

195 Illinois will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN, to counterbalance the federal government’s withdrawal, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.

Lock downs coming in 3 2
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (gbOdA)

California did the same. We'll see with states 'survive' the next plandemic orchestrated by the WHO.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

196 John Iscariot Roberts won't do a damn thing about Ketanji "Running on Empty" Jackson Brown.

Because he agrees with her.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 08:45 AM (gtcuf)

197 Poor Savannah and her family. Mom's gone.

The harebrained scheme went blooey, and the evildoers realized quickly, not just yesterday, that she had to go, and the body never ever found. The nothingness remote mining regions east and south of Tucson offer a billion hiding places for burying a body, and the fact that there are jeep trails crisscrossing it all like a spider web mean that there's little fear that vehicle tracks will provide any clues.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 05, 2026 08:45 AM (KiBMU)

198 Good morning kids. As the spouse is going into hospital this morning for a scheduled surgical procedure, I'll have to keep it short and sweet (if you could call it that). . .

I pray that her procedure is short and sweet and the recovery time matches.

Godspeed, Mrs. Sefton
Posted by: Sponge

Amen, JJ. What Sponge said. Double.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2026 08:45 AM (xsL4l)

199 Martini Farmer, each state is going to decide what level of cooperation . Texas has removed more illegals than any other state and we don't see rioting. Minnesota was as much about the fraud as the illegal removal made possible by deep blue policy and outside money funding that behavior.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026

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I suspect the organizers of this stuff in TX know that locals carry. They don't care if their useful idiots get killed, of course, but it might make it harder to recruit if the news gets around that if you FA in TX, you FO.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

200 123 Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (5rh/l)

The peaceful ones are there to communicate to the violent ones where to go before (or while) getting violent. They also form a curtain to slow down agents and protect the destructors.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:22 AM (AveBv)

Yup.

Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:45 AM (5rh/l)

201 So the AMA finally figures out that chopping up perfectly healthy children isn’t helpful?

Yes - right after a major court judgement.

Funny how an imposing, widespread threat of malpractice can change one's opinion.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 05, 2026 08:46 AM (56/oC)

202 Morning All. God luck to your wife JJ. No fan of Mitch M, but he did save the Supreme Court by keeping out Garland. He also did quick work to Replace Ginsberg before 2020 Election.

But his never trumper crap in 2020 was disgusting

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk)

203 Mist of the time people would feel some but if sorrow for people losing their jobs. It was only a wee bit for former WAPO employees.
However after reading their posts on various social media platforms I'm actively hoping, that like Vietnamese monks , they immolate themselves on the front steps of the WAPO
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As Reagan said, a recession is when your neighbor loses his job.
A depression is when you lose yours.

Which the left inverted under Clinton, "I'm doing fine but I'm worried about the guy down the street" was the worst economy in 50 years.
And they've been running that play since ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 08:46 AM (HXT0k)

204 As the spouse is going into hospital this morning for a scheduled surgical procedure, I'll have to keep it short and sweet (if you could call it that). . .
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"אל נא רפא נא לה"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 08:47 AM (3GdZZ)

205 The harebrained scheme went blooey, and the evildoers realized quickly, not just yesterday, that she had to go, and the body never ever found. The nothingness remote mining regions east and south of Tucson offer a billion hiding places for burying a body, and the fact that there are jeep trails crisscrossing it all like a spider web mean that there's little fear that vehicle tracks will provide any clues.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 05, 2026

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My regional conservative radio hosts, Walton & Johnson, discussed this today and played the famous clip of Liam Neeson telling his daughter's kidnappers in Taken, "I have a certain set of skills. . . . I will find you. And I will kill you."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 08:48 AM (wzUl9)

206 Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes

Fraud exposed in Maine: $45.6 million in ‘improper payments’ discovered in just ONE YEAR from ONE PROGRAM

“According to multiple reports — African immigrants who do not speak English in many cases and have no experience in health care are allegedly stealing millions of taxpayer dollars from the state by taking a 50-hour course to care for elderly Americans and then billing the government”

“Home care agencies that are essentially just PO boxes that send invoices to the Department of Health and Human Services and get paid — we also have the residential care facilities where actual houses are being operated under the guise of providing care for disabled adults”

“Maine improperly billed $46 million worth of Medicaid payments to the federal government and this was one program.”

https://tinyurl.com/zkdtw7wk

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

207 Texas families can begin applying on Wednesday for new education freedom accounts that provide public funds for private schooling, homeschooling, or other approved expenses, with priority given to students with disabilities and lower-income households.

The program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA), was created through Senate Bill 2, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law on May 3, 2025. It took effect September 1, 2025, and will distribute money for the 2026-27 school year, capped at $1 billion and 90,000 students overall.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

208 They know it, and are surely acting like it and we better start doing the same right now, or else I fear that we are a dead nation walking . . . mostly right off a cliff.

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"This is about me not enforcing the speaking filibuster Senate Rule to pass the SAVE Act, isn't it." -- John Thune (UniParty -- SD)

/Thune is the Cornyn of Cocaine Glitches ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 08:49 AM (0Eh0f)

209 I suspect the organizers of this stuff in TX know that locals carry. They don't care if their useful idiots get killed, of course, but it might make it harder to recruit if the news gets around that if you FA in TX, you FO.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 08:45 AM (wzUl9)

I received an AI generated cease and desist email from a psycho dude I've never met accusing my wife and I of threatening his son, which we've never really done, especially to him directly, and reminding me that Texas allows for him to kill me if he feels threatened.

I have contacted an attorney.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

210 Brother lived in the Tucson Foothills for awhile. Wealthy area, and the homeowners use to complain about the street lights being too bright. Private people who counted on their alarms and guns to protect. Dark as hell up there.

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

211 123 Posted by: Gref at February 05, 2026 08:19 AM (5rh/l)

The peaceful ones are there to communicate to the violent ones where to go before (or while) getting violent. They also form a curtain to slow down agents and protect the destructors.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:22 AM (AveBv)

Three Layers.

Layer 1 : The loud and obnoxious shouters with signs and bullhorns. They exist to get people's attention so they get close enough to the crowd for Layer 2 to attack. They're bait, and shields.

Layer 2 : The Black-Bloc style thugs, there to get violent.

Layer 3 : Human biomass, which just exists for Layer 2 to fall back and retreat into.

Posted by: XTC at February 05, 2026 08:49 AM (6Uni8)

212 It's "National Shower With A Friend Day" in the "name of conservation."

I don't think The Wifey approves ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (0Eh0f)

213 Brad Karp was the head of Paul Weiss, a huge Left-aligned law firm. Chuck Schumer's brother is a partner.

No longer as Karp's ties to Epstein were revealed.

The revelations are a window into how these elites circle-jerk each other. e.g., Karp got Epstein to introduce his son to Woody Allen to help him break into the movies.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (dtajH)

214 May GOD guide the hands of the medical team treating JJ Spouse this morning.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (Lytz7)

215 Why did Guthrie and her siblings allow the Mother, on many life threatining medications. to live alone in that big House anyways.

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (YCxFk)

216 126 I’ve convinced myself that it’s time to nuke the filibuster. Yes, the shitlibs will later use that to ram through all their lunacy and that will be painful. But, it could destroy the democrat party. There shit is so unpopular and destructive that the will get destroyed in the next election. It will be giving them the rope to hang themselves.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

I prefer we try the old style filibuster until the Senators exhaust and wet themselves then have a vote, instead of this 'cloture vote' nonsense instead of killing the filibuster. We need Senators who can withstand this style of filibuster and stand and talk for more than 5 minutes rather than the decrepit husks we have now.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 08:51 AM (Dv3i1)

217 News organizations aren't news anymore. They aren't covered by freedom of the press, it's all free speech. We have no press anymore. They're all propagandists. The only thing that I see can be done with it is revoking their ability to call themselves news organizations. They're not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 05, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

Random thing I thought of recently --
When / why did the concept of "press credentials" come into existence?

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 08:52 AM (B4Se1)

218 Meet Chad Malinowski, a Chicago area nurse. Chad appears to suggest letting ICE agents bleed out and call on nurses to target them. He also says hospitals should fire all MAGA employees because they’re racists.

IDF just kabloooied several people that did just that.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)

219 So the CEO and Founder of Netflix, gave 200 million to Kamala in 2024 to defeat Trump.

Now he wants to buy Warners brothers, and cannot understand why Washington is slowing things down?

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:53 AM (YCxFk)

220 The current filibuster isn't a real filibuster-filibuster.

Posted by: whoopee at February 05, 2026 08:53 AM (Q+gd/)

221 FenelonSpoke

Do you get the feeling that local NYC unions are saying "No Way" to the new mayor, and are underperforming to undermine him and show him who has the real power?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:31 AM (u82oZ)
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It's either that or fentanyl:

https://tinyurl.com/29kj7znx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 08:53 AM (3GdZZ)

222 Why did Guthrie and her siblings allow the Mother, on many life threatining medications. to live alone in that big House anyways.
Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (YCxFk)
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I would like you to explain to my mother and her yenta friends what they should be allowed to do.

Can I have your stuff?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

223 ICE protests are all free therapy. Instead of a shrink's couch and 200 a hour, they make signs for free

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:54 AM (YCxFk)

224 Call me insensitive, but why does a TV personality's mom warrant this amount of government attention and resources? Would my mom or your mom get the same?

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 08:55 AM (B4Se1)

225 At least a trusted live in Nurse.

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

226 225. Well said Doof

Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

227 Jonah

They are paid for that protest. Stop the money, stop the protests.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

228 225 Call me insensitive, but why does a TV personality's mom warrant this amount of government attention and resources? Would my mom or your mom get the same?
Posted by: Doof

But... it's America's sweetheart, Samantha Guthrie!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 08:56 AM (Dv3i1)

229 Guthrie was being cared for by her eldest daughter and her son-in-law (who may be the perp.)

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 08:56 AM (gtcuf)

230 Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 08:41 AM (AveBv)

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Belatedly saw your response to one of my death cult comments a couple days ago and got a good chuckle (thanks for the reminder and R.I.P. Norm):

“I think about my deathbed a lot. I think I should never have purchased a deathbed in the first place.”

-- Norm Macdonald, on his deathbed, natch

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 08:56 AM (0Eh0f)

231 John Lindsay was elected mayor of NYC as a Republican, and then he f*cked everything up.

But what killed him was getting Manhattan cleared after a blizzard but taking over a week for the boros.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 05, 2026 08:57 AM (dtajH)

232 Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 08:55 AM (B4Se1

Because she's a TV personalities mom. It is what it is and no, an unknown person wouldn't get this media attention.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 08:57 AM (PFs9e)

233 Why did Guthrie and her siblings allow the Mother, on many life threatining medications. to live alone in that big House anyways.

Old farts have rights too. Mom most likely told her daughter to shove it up her ass when told or asked she needs to downsize to a Death House.

Posted by: Old Fart Who Knows at February 05, 2026 08:57 AM (TmfuF)

234 225 Doof, I think it’s an attempt by Trump to win over at least some of the press.

Won’t work, of course, but it can’t hurt, either.

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

235
Newsom Won’t Cut Ties to Homeless Fraudster Firm

Whaaaaaat?!?! Why?

They give me money!

Posted by: Gavin "5-30W" Newsome at February 05, 2026 08:58 AM (iJfKG)

236 “We just caught another prolific leaker putting our @DHSgov law enforcement at risk as they already face 8,000% increase in death threats against them,” Noem wrote. “I plan to refer this individual to @TheJusticeDept for criminal prosecution. We are agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment, or status as a career civil servant—we will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.”

Cigs
Blindfold
M14s

Some assembly required.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 08:59 AM (gbOdA)

237 Call me insensitive, but why does a TV personality's mom warrant this amount of government attention and resources? Would my mom or your mom get the same?
Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 08:55 AM (B4Se1)
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Not insensitive. During a particularly difficult period I asked a friend to smother my mother with a pillow, but she refused, they like each other way more than either of them like me. That's insensitive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

238 Call me insensitive, but why does a TV personality's mom warrant this amount of government attention and resources? Would my mom or your mom get the same?

Posted by: Doof

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"You're probably too young to remember the blonde white privilege of Natalee Holloway and JonBenét Ramsey too, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 08:59 AM (0Eh0f)

239 I find this at odds with observation:

"The research team found that cannabis usage in older adults was generally associated with larger volumes in several brain regions and better cognitive function in adults ages 40 to 77."

https://tinyurl.com/45nww36j

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 05, 2026 09:00 AM (XvL8K)

240 I’ve convinced myself that it’s time to nuke the filibuster. Yes, the shitlibs will later use that to ram through all their lunacy and that will be painful. But, it could destroy the democrat party. There shit is so unpopular and destructive that the will get destroyed in the next election. It will be giving them the rope to hang themselves.
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That's where I'm at.
A lot of bed-wetting Rs and others (like Kurt Schlicter) are horrified at the idea of ending it.
Afraid of "but what'll stop the Dems if it's gone?!!"

AYFKM?!

You know how close the Dems came to ending the filibuster last time they were in the majority?
2 votes.
Manchin and Sinmena are gone now. All the other votes to nuke it are still there.

But next time, next time they'll be restrained?

The party that is calling ICE the American Gestapo.
The party that cheered the murder of Charlie Kirk.
The party that is promising criminal prosecutions of every immigration agent.
The party that tried to imprison Trump for life.
The party that handed out decade long sentences for "parading."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 09:00 AM (HXT0k)

241 Community Coffee has gone from around $16 to $21 a pound in the last 6 months or so, sad."

Hmm. 'round here it's been pretty stable...

"spouse is going into hospital this morning for a scheduled surgical procedure"

Prayers.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

242 Nope, you're right. Trump has been an EXPERT in the Art of the Deal for nearly half a century, but you definitely know better in this case.

Got it.

Posted by: deadrody at February 05, 2026 09:01 AM (qf6NU)

243 Not insensitive. During a particularly difficult period I asked a friend to smother my mother with a pillow, but she refused, they like each other way more than either of them like me. That's insensitive.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

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That's some good dark humor right there, I don't care who you are.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:01 AM (0Eh0f)

244 Trump's playing a long game. What you'd expect from a real estate developer.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 05, 2026 09:01 AM (dtajH)

245 DHS Reports More Than 180 Vehicle Attacks on Law Enforcement

Hope they all FAFO

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)

246 Whoopi Goldberg Requested Epstein Jet Fly Her to Monaco Charity Event

https://tinyurl.com/3rd4pr5f

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

247 Guthrie was being cared for by her eldest daughter and her son-in-law (who may be the perp.)

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 08:56 AM (gtcuf)

If it turns out to be the son-in-law then not only is he evil but also incredibly galactically stupid… authorities always look at relatives and acquaintances first as they evaluate suspects… would never get away with it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 09:02 AM (/iXAp)

248 Call me insensitive, but why does a TV personality's mom warrant this amount of government attention and resources? Would my mom or your mom get the same?"

If they find out it was an illegal, you can bet the attention will go away.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 09:02 AM (vFG9F)

249 Why did Guthrie and her siblings allow the Mother, on many life threatining medications. to live alone in that big House anyways."

How to tell us you don't have elderly infirm yet obstinant parents without telling us...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:03 AM (XuXeR)

250 Have a great day, everyone.

Spring is on the horizon. Just hang on.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 05, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

251 Doof, I think it’s an attempt by Trump to win over at least some of the press.

Won’t work, of course, but it can’t hurt, either.
Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

That would actually make it worse, IMO.

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2026 09:04 AM (B4Se1)

252 Good morning. In a world thst needs John Wayne, all we get is Mary Poppins.

The US Congress is thoroughly corrupt and is why we are on the brink of bankruptcy.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at February 05, 2026 09:04 AM (4b7CV)

253 “And then, of course, President Trump wants same day voting, mail ballots, get rid of these voting machines,” Tuberville said.

“There’s a half a dozen people, whether it’s the House or Senate, Larry, that are up here as we speak, that did not get elected. It was all bogus, because we’ve seen the evidence.”

The GA Senators is my guess.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:05 AM (gbOdA)

254 NPR: Is the U.S. heading into a dictatorship? The Atlantic writer Robert Kagan says as Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, "we're on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship."

Minneapolis showed that the sundowning pedophile wanna be dictator can be kicked to the curb. There will be some incredibly difficult moments we experience, but people are waking up to the power we have when we stand together.

We need to somehow transition from standing together as a community into standing together as a country. Minneapolis is a spark of hope, I just hope it can catch on everywhere.

NPR has been sane-washing Trumps bullshit since 2015. It's really no surprise they are just now slightly retracting from the sphincter.

This is why I stopped listening to NPR after decades. I couldn't take this anymore. PBS NewsHour has replaced them for me and it's miles better anyway.

If we survive, how many will say we weren't on the brink?
"Trump's in jail now, you were over-reacting. We don't need to change anything." It really worries me.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 05, 2026 09:05 AM (JCZqz)

255 I vote for a President to run the country. I don’t vote for a President to micromanage. I leave that for a President I didn’t vote for.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:06 AM (cwGMH)

256 Not insensitive. During a particularly difficult period I asked a friend to smother my mother with a pillow, but she refused, they like each other way more than either of them like me. That's insensitive."

"during a praticularly difficult period"?

How 'bout daily?

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)

257 CBS Local Las Vegas -
(via Instapundit, via HotAir, via Redstate)

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Chinese Biolab in Vegas Was Attached to Airbnb, Multiple Renters Sickened. “It’s almost as if the feds under Biden had no problem with Chinese biolabs, which they funded in China, and basically ignored here in America.”

link to RedState -
https://tinyurl.com/4feu2zax

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 09:07 AM (Dv3i1)

258 Has The View discussed Whoopi's Epstein ties yet? I'm sure it was innocent money laundering

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 09:08 AM (BWnHZ)

259 If it turns out to be the son-in-law then not only is he evil but also incredibly galactically stupid… authorities always look at relatives and acquaintances first as they evaluate suspects… would never get away with it

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 05, 2026 09:02 AM (/iXAp)
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At this point, I predict murder/suicide. Just need to find the cold bodies.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 09:09 AM (3GdZZ)

260 I watch a ton of true crime shows and it's astounding how many absolute idiots think they're going to get away with it.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)

261 Has The View discussed Whoopi's Epstein ties yet?"

Ok, that's funny right there.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)

262 >"You're probably too young to remember the blonde white privilege of Natalee Holloway and JonBenét Ramsey too, h8r!"
----

it's the White Girl Down phenomenon

tabloid fodder

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 09:11 AM (hrcIH)

263 Call me insensitive, but why does a TV personality's mom warrant this amount of government attention and resources? Would my mom or your mom get the same?"

Because that’s how the world has always been. Just as long as they don’t ignore your mom completely and do the normal investigation.

Reminds somewhat of the Bible parable of the laborers hired in the morning who agreed to $20 for the day. The owner of the fields decided at almost the end of the work day to hire a few more at the same $20 rate.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:12 AM (cwGMH)

264 Why did Guthrie and her siblings allow the Mother, on many life threatining medications. to live alone in that big House anyways.
Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (YCxFk)
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I would like you to explain to my mother and her yenta friends what they should be allowed to do.

Can I have your stuff?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)
******
It's crazy that they don't have an IPad that is hooked up to her cameras, ring doorbell and mom's Alexa.
This way you're able to see what's going on inside and outside and talk to any intruder from your location to theirs.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

265 he old style filibuster until the Senators exhaust and wet themselves
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 08:51 AM

I'm ready for my promotion!

Posted by: Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) at February 05, 2026 09:13 AM (0sNs1)

266 It's crazy that they don't have an IPad that is hooked up to her cameras, ring doorbell and mom's Alexa.

If Asleigh Banfield's reporting is true, someone *did* have that access. And that someone is a prime suspect.

Posted by: Delurker at February 05, 2026 09:14 AM (gtcuf)

267 Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:13 AM (NpAcC)

I’m a troglodyte and I think that is crazy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:15 AM (cwGMH)

268 The Guthrie situation could be a bungled burglary gone sideways real fast.

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2026 09:15 AM (Oy/m2)

269 Community Coffee has gone from around $16 to $21 a pound in the last 6 months or so, sad."

Hmm. 'round here it's been pretty stable...

"spouse is going into hospital this morning for a scheduled surgical procedure"

Prayers.
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026

***
A good reason why I don't buy CC unless it's one cup at one of their few coffee shops here. I've been purchasing Cafe El Morro, $3.80 for 8.8 oz., just over $7 a pound, at Aldi. It's strong and works just as well.

And yes, good thoughts for JJ's wife.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:15 AM (wzUl9)

270 162 - OMG, I'll have to go and listen to Megyn. Usually I catch up on the weekends.

Posted by: Jaimo at February 05, 2026 09:16 AM (BCuCF)

271 It's crazy that they don't have an IPad that is hooked up to her cameras, ring doorbell and mom's Alexa.
This way you're able to see what's going on inside and outside and talk to any intruder from your location to theirs."

Or, said elderly parent could go around and knock off/unplug everything from time to time...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)

272 Would the son in law have time to dispose of the body before he returned home?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:16 AM (cwGMH)

273 CBS Local Las Vegas -
(via Instapundit, via HotAir, via Redstate)

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Chinese Biolab in Vegas Was Attached to Airbnb, Multiple Renters Sickened. “It’s almost as if the feds under Biden had no problem with Chinese biolabs, which they funded in China, and basically ignored here in America.”

link to RedState -
https://tinyurl.com/4feu2zax
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 05, 2026 09:07 AM (Dv3i1)

Yeah, this is nothing but pure sabotage and biological warfare in action or in preparation.

Executions of the guilty and traitors and actions like blowing up the 3 Gorges Dam should be taken.

This make Venezuelan drug trafficking look like a grade school prank.

Hopefully, we do something more than send a harshly worded letter.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2026 09:16 AM (iJfKG)

274 purchasing Cafe El Morro"

Hey - have had that too. It's pretty good, esp. given the $$$.

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:17 AM (XuXeR)

275 If a cartel and Nancy Guthrie's son-in-law are involved . . . could it be possible that the cartel kidnapped her because the son-in-law failed to do something for them?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:17 AM (wzUl9)

276 purchasing Cafe El Morro"

Hey - have had that too. It's pretty good, esp. given the $$$.
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026

***
It's like Cafe Bustelo, but cheaper.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 09:18 AM (wzUl9)

277 The Guthrie situation could be a bungled burglary gone sideways real fast.
Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2026 09:15 AM (Oy/m2)

That was my first thought and they or he took the body with them to dump.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:18 AM (cwGMH)

278 Remember:
They don't call Trump a dictator because they believe it.

They call him a dictator to justify their violence.

If Crooks hadn't missed, they'd be selling t-shirts in Times Square celebrating how they "stopped Hitler."

While the rest of the country is under martial law.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 09:18 AM (HXT0k)

279 Or, said elderly parent could go around and knock off/unplug everything from time to time...
Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)
******
Yes, but this alerts you if that happens.
I have this set up on my iPad when my mom got put on medication for her heart.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 05, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

280 Reminds somewhat of the Bible parable of the laborers hired in the morning who agreed to $20 for the day.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Same as in town?

Posted by: Bulg at February 05, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

281 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:21 AM (0yjaw)

282 I figured Guthrie or someone related was into some bad shit with bad people.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 09:21 AM (AveBv)

283 277 The Guthrie situation could be a bungled burglary gone sideways real fast.
Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2026 09:15 AM (Oy/m2)

I'm wondering if it is Cartel related.. They are big on Bitcoin...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 09:21 AM (I1bT3)

284 It's like Cafe Bustelo"

Aren't they from the same wholesaler? Ever try the espresso? Really good...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

285 Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:21 AM (0yjaw)

Morning Lizzy, always good to see you, you little oyjaw.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 09:23 AM (AveBv)

286 Interesting fact, found on X:

Bad Bunny's label, Rimas Entertainment, was founded by Rafael Ricardo Jiménez Dan, a former vice minister in Hugo Chávez's Venezuelan government.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:23 AM (0yjaw)

287 >Would the son in law have time to dispose of the body before he returned home?
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depends on the method used

Posted by: Don Black at February 05, 2026 09:23 AM (hrcIH)

288 Yes, but this alerts you if that happens."

Yeah, and that's when I was out of town/at dinner/out/mowing/something.

It's like having a pair of adult sized toddlers...

Posted by: man at February 05, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR)

289 Kurt Schlicter argues that ending the filibuster will lead to war.
That it'll nationalize elections into "all or nothing" where the loser will have to resort to war.
Because the winner will pass egregious legislation the loser cannot abide.

Yeah, dumbass. We're already there.

But let's slip just a bit slower into the endless night because we can't afford the fight.

Midterms are coming up ....
And then there's the general ....
But next year, for sure, we'll fight ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 09:23 AM (HXT0k)

290 PDT is speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast.

I believe Trump is a compassionate man and choses to make personal phone calls often, not just in high profile cases.
If S.G. told her co-workers that she was grateful for his support it will be difficult for said co-workers to say differently on air.

Posted by: old chick at February 05, 2026 09:24 AM (F3Dlr)

291 Kidnapping is big business in Mexico. I think this calls for Denzel Washington to get involved.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 09:24 AM (cwGMH)

292 Remember:
They don't call Trump a dictator because they believe it.

They call him a dictator to justify their violence.

If Crooks hadn't missed, they'd be selling t-shirts in Times Square celebrating how they "stopped Hitler."

While the rest of the country is under martial law.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 05, 2026 09:18 AM (HXT0k)

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I'm surprised they haven't come out with an alt-history time-travel film where some "hero" goes back in time and smothers Baby Trump in his sleep.

/At least they never depicted a Central Park play with Trump as Julius Caesar being murdered on the Ides of March in 2017 ... oh, wait.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:24 AM (0Eh0f)

293 Targeted Enforcement – DHS officers cannot enter private property without a judicial warrant.

So Schumer was the Imm of 1996 changed.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 09:25 AM (gbOdA)

294 If someone in Trump's family got abducted, I'm sure Guthrie would be helping hunt down the kidnappers, too.

So she could get a turn beating the captive.

I admire his magnanimity, but in Trump's shoes, I'd tell her "last I checked, your crowd doesn't like federal agents these days... lace up your boots and go find her yourself. I'm told you're very strong & brave for attacking me so much. You got this."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 05, 2026 09:25 AM (/Q0BY)

295 Glad to see you, too, "..."!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:26 AM (0yjaw)

296 Trump is riffing the heck out of the Prayer Breakfast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 09:27 AM (BWnHZ)

297 Having a weakened immune system in winter sucks.

Posted by: pookysgirl, grabbing more cold meds at February 05, 2026 09:29 AM (qzDcp)

298 I'm thinking some employee maybe a Gardener or a maid told someone that there's a rich lady with a celebrity daughter easy to get to. Like I said earlier maybe Cartel related.

Posted by: It's me donna at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (I1bT3)

299 and reminding me that Texas allows for him to kill me if he feels threatened. I have contacted an attorney.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'm in Dallas if my eyes and ears could be of help.
Despite my reaction to being falsely accused of faking my service as a Marine...unbelievable...I'm actually pretty level headed. Stood alone against SCA leadership to take down a pedo, and without harming a hair on his head. So don't be shy.

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (ciYHQ)

300 Norm Eisen is on tape admitting that the first Trump impeachment was to “prebunk” or take the attention away from Joe Biden and Hunter Biden’s criminal acts that were spelled out in Hunter Biden’s laptop. They used the impeachment to protect Old Joe Biden.

Norm Eisen admitted this in a public interview.

Via The Researcher:

This is lawfare coordinator Norm Eisen in December 2019 asking the Trump impeachment “witnesses” if Trump should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors over Ukraine. The second part of the clip is Norm Eisen admitting on November 9, 2020, that the impeachment was to pre-bunk Joe Biden’s corruption before the 2020 election.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

301 Interesting fact, found on X:

Bad Bunny's label, Rimas Entertainment, was founded by Rafael Ricardo Jiménez Dan, a former vice minister in Hugo Chávez's Venezuelan government.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:23 AM (0yjaw)

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We don't call it the GloboHomo Deep State for nothin' ...

/Thanks Lizzy! I'd like to see DataRepublican discover what tangled webs they weave with that tidbit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (0Eh0f)

302 >>If someone in Trump's family got abducted, I'm sure Guthrie would be helping hunt down the kidnappers, too.

Recall singer Jennifer Hudson [from 11/11/2008]:

In the wake of her family tragedy, Jennifer Hudson has received a helping hand from a very unlikely source — Donald Trump.

Hudson and some of her family members have been staying at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, and Trump has been picking up the tab.

According to E! Online, Hudson has been staying at the hotel since arriving in Chicago on Oct. 24, the day her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, were found murdered, and her nephew, Julian King, was found missing. Since checking into the hotel, the Oscar winner and former “American Idol” star has rarely left the hotel.

Jennifer has gone on to actively campaign for every Democrat running against Trump.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (0yjaw)

303
The Guthrie situation?

What the...

I was just eatin' breakfast down at Alice's, I swear.

Posted by: Arlo at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (iJfKG)

304 Creepy Art Nood

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at February 05, 2026 09:31 AM (VkY89)

305 I figured Guthrie or someone related was into some bad shit with bad people.

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 09:21 AM (AveBv)

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I figured it has something to do with being in Tucson for sure.

I have a dear cousin from Montana who -- alone with her boyfriend -- winters down in Yuma every year (in an RV) and don't think it's my business (but it should be my obligation at the risk of destroying our relationship) to tell her that she's an idiot and risking their lives being that close to the southern border (especially during the reign of the AutoPen Empire).

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 05, 2026 09:35 AM (0Eh0f)

306 Why St00P1D People exist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR-bfJPsL7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ

LIBs. Give them Convenience, or Give them DEATH.
Being lazy, Unimaginative and UNMOTIVATED they will always choose BOTH!

And as their bitcoin values that have sustained their values go to zero they will be carping for you your cheesecake even louder!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 05, 2026 09:35 AM (UU/Ac)

307 https://x.com/listen_2learn/status/1844158069074203010

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (RHGPo)

308 Hearing Labour has forced Starmer to resign.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 09:38 AM (0KSrI)

309 https://is.gd/D1Iman
@EricLDaugh
HOLY SMOKES. Tom Homan just revealed Minnesota counties are LETTING ICE INTO THE JAILS to arrest illegals, "unprecedented" cooperation is now happening
They caved. Illegals are being arrested instead of being released into Minnesota. This is HUGE, Tom Homan did it!
"We currently have an unprecedented number of counties communicating with us now and allowing ICE to take custody of illegal aliens before they hit the streets!"
"Unprecedented cooperation. Now say it again, this is efficient, requires only one or two officers to assume custody of a criminal alien target rather than eight or ten officers going into the community and arresting that public safety threat."
"This frees up more officers to arrest or remove criminal aliens. More officers taking custody of criminal aliens directly from the jails means less officers on the street doing criminal operations."
"This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement. It's safer for the community, safer for the officers, and safer for the alien. This coordination also makes it far more safe for the Twin Cities."
[video]

==
BUT MUH TACO!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (ULPxl)

310 Apologies, Labour trying to force Starmer to resign.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 05, 2026 09:41 AM (0KSrI)

311 that the impeachment was to pre-bunk Joe Biden’s corruption before the 2020 election.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)

Yet how did they know Biden would be the nominee back in the Summer of 2019.....

🤔

Posted by: ... at February 05, 2026 09:43 AM (AveBv)

312 Why did Guthrie and her siblings allow the Mother, on many life threatining medications. to live alone in that big House anyways.
Posted by: Jonah at February 05, 2026 08:50 AM (YCxFk)

Try taking away the independence of an 84 year old parent who is still fairly mobile. It's very tough.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 05, 2026 09:44 AM (5xuJ/)

313 309 https://is.gd/D1Iman
...
BUT MUH TACO!!!

Who wants a TACO?
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords

Why Stupid People Exist? (According to Schopenhauer):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR-bfJPsL7w

The video “Why Stupid People Exist? (According to Schopenhauer)” argues that what we call “stupidity” isn’t an accident but something that tends to be preserved and rewarded by both human nature and social structures, using Schopenhauer’s pessimistic view of human reason as a backbone.

Send in the MicroManagers!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 05, 2026 09:48 AM (NHTZ3)

314 Ada Lluch @Ada_Lluch

I think I speak in the name of all European women When I say I no longer feel safe on out streets.

Men, it's time to protect us.

classicalliberty @jsolom100

Women overwhelmingly vote for pro migrant policies and now men must risk their lives to fend off a world that leftist female votes created.

Posted by: SMOD at February 05, 2026 09:52 AM (RHGPo)

315 https://is.gd/GPhaje
@WallStreetApes
This should make every American furious
"If you needed a reason to be pissed off at your government today, about 1/3 of refugees end up becoming homeowners within 3 years of coming to the United States" (INSANE)
This isn't a conspiracy theory, this comes from government data from the Annual Survey of Refugees by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (a Federal agency)
[video]
==
Why am I paying taxes, again...?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 05, 2026 09:53 AM (ULPxl)

316 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. 🙏 for your wife's health.

Always the best links. But another article, unrelated, also caught my eye.

1st a bit of background -

Washington Examiner, Jan 27 - Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) calls Vice President JD Vance a "sycophant"...

Occupy Democrats, Jan. 9, 2026, Breaking: Pennsylvania's beloved Governo Josh Shapiro incinerates "weak human being" JD Vance for his disgusting attacks on ICE shooting victim Renee Good.

NBC News, Jan. 8, 2026, Josh Shapiro accuses JD Vance of giving 'comfort' to right-wing antisemitism

Shapiro on twitter: (While citing the Bulwark) JD Vance thinks he can convince the people of Pennsylvania to unsee the rising prices at the grocery store and the layoffs that are a direct result of the Trump-Vance policies. But Pennsylvanians are a whole lot smarter than JD Vance gives us credit for.

YouTube WTAE-TV Pittsburgh, 2 months ago, Pennsylvania's Gov. Josh Shapiro rips JD Vance, Trump administration over SNAP...

It has always seemed, Gov. Shapiro's job is to knock JD Vance out of contention for the next Presidential election, but much of the Left compares (it's all theater imo) Shapiro to Obama.

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)

317 Shapiro could be their next but he seldom veers from his routine of looking down his nose and using the silly goose routine - "You're/he's such an a**""" - so very effective with AWFLs & academia in a prior democratic administration. Now he's being pushed for more: The ruthlessness of Philly's Krasner is needed to knock out another Trump-like persona.
---
Esquire: 'The Next Democratic President Better Be Merciless.' Unfortunately, rumored contenders like Josh Shapiro seem more concerned with their careers than the soul of America.

In part, "Any Democratic politician who is not prepared to be merciless is unworthy of support.

Looking Forward, Not Backward was the original sin of the Obama administration. Because of it, the Republican party found a way to elect a dangerous president whose crimes in office dwarfed those of the previous two dangerous Republicans presidents combined. ..."
----
Don't kid yourself. He can do it.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)

318 Philadelphia Daily News - Inquirer

'Temple student charged in church protest'

In part, "A 21-year old Temple University student was arrested Monday on charges that he conspired with nine other people, including journalist Don Lemon, to interfere with the First Amendment rights of worshipers during a Jan. 18 anti-ICE protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn."
...

"Before his arrest, Richardson shared a video online in which he said he feared for his safety and needed help to pay legal bills.

Richardson said he assisted Lemon "by helping with logistics and connecting him with local contacts."
Don was reporting on the situation," Richardson said, adding he was proud to help.

"As a consequence of this support, I am now being targeted by Trump and the federal administration." Richardson said, adding that he was proud of the other defendants in the case.

"This is the price of being unapologetic about humanity and love of Christ, he said. 🙄
---
Again, and from above, "And yet President Trump has decided that he needs to make concessions to those that if given half the chance would string him up on a lamp post. I mean that quite literally."

Good day. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 05, 2026 10:00 AM (NFX2v)

319 Her name is just... wrong:

https://tinyurl.com/55b25x83

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 10:16 AM (3GdZZ)

320 Fen has been around for a while and I can tell the difference.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

Thank you for standing up for me. You may shrug it off but lack of support has been difficult to bear. That helped

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 10:18 AM (ciYHQ)

321
Still seems rude.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Poor analysis, you should retract.

I've been going by some variant of Fenris since 1991. Technically I was here first but she is prettier than me. And so sweet.

I changed my nic to Fenrisulven twice as a courtesy to her. Not sure why I didn't - oh wait, I remember. I was betrayed by the people I thought I had fought for. And when I asked for their help I was told no one cares go kill yourself. So forgive me if I wasnt feeling the team spirit at the time.

I appreciate you being protective of her but it's not necessary. She says jump, I jump. That said, she shouldn't have to ask. You can even tell her you took care of that Fen character for her (I hear chicks dig that)

You will have to pay for your insolence though. I'm thinking pistols and swords at a convenient MoMe? I know rapier so choose guns. Maybe we could do paint pellets, do a whole skit, learn to curse each other in French? It'll be fun

Posted by: Fenrisulven at February 05, 2026 10:19 AM (ciYHQ)

322 Fenrisulven

For what it's worth, Fenelon did not seem upset at all. I think people here tend to be protective of her, because she is so kind.

I can tell the difference between your posts and hers, and I think most people can. Maybe some thought you were socking her nic. Idk.
Don't go away.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 05, 2026 11:54 AM (nz1sK)

323 Trumps Attempted Assan gets Life and Liberal Democrats will beat their Brains out and liberal leftists screwballs will send him Fan Mail

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 05, 2026 05:44 PM (wGqjj)

Daily Tech News 5 February 2026

Top Story

Can Chinese memory save us from the RAM crisis? (WCCFTech)

The article points out limitations of current Chinese DRAM production: It's slower than the best chips from the Big Three, uses more power, and is produced on an older technology node, making it larger and more expensive to manufacture.

I think, for example, that CXMT in China and Nanya in Taiwan are both limited to 16Gbit chips, well short of Micron's 32Gbits.

But who cares if it's slower and uses more power and take a little more space on the module which is module-sized anyway, if you can actually buy it?

Can you buy it?

Well, no. But it's the thought that counts.

Tech News

AMD has confirmed that the Steam Machine will ship early this year. (WCCFTech)

The pricing may not be what people have hoped, even those who adjusted their expectations to match the awful new reality delivered by OpenAI.

Also, the processor for the next-gen Xbox will be in production next year. The Xbox itself is an open question.
NASA has acknowledged that the SLS is kind of a failure. (Ars Technica)

The article goes into the awful details:
The first launch attempt (effectively the fifth wet-dress test), in late August, was scrubbed due to hydrogen leaks and other problems. A second attempt, a week later, also succumbed to hydrogen leaks. Finally, on the next attempt, and seventh overall try at fully fueling and nursing this vehicle through a countdown, the Space Launch System rocket actually took off. After doing so, it flew splendidly.

That was November 16, 2022. More than three years ago. You might think that over the course of the extended interval since then, and after the excruciating pain of spending nearly an entire year conducting fueling tests to try to lift the massive rocket off the pad, some of the smartest engineers in the world, the fine men and women at NASA, would have dug into and solved the leak issues.

You would be wrong.
Eric Berger is the token sane man at Ars Technica.
Solar Winds in the server room with a lead pipe. (Bleeping Computer)

Solar Winds - a very widespread network management system - has just patched a flurry of horrible security flaws. The latest one is a remote code execution bug, joining a hardcoded authentication nightmare and two authentication bypass holes.

SolarWinds was the epicentre of a massive supply-chain attack in 2020, and related suspicions of insider trading when executives sold stock after the breach was detected but before it was announced. I don't think anything was ever proven there, though.
Another review of Intel's new Panther Lake laptop chips, in a new laptop. (Ars Technica)

Which has two screens.

Panther Lake appears to be genuinely good, with solid CPU performance and best-in-class integrated graphics.

Shame about the RAM-and-SSD crisis making laptops unaffordable right now.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: February.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 04:00 AM (SSiCQ)

2 Woot morning!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 05, 2026 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at February 05, 2026 04:04 AM (AxaBd)

5 It can be Friday

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 05, 2026 04:09 AM (qKYfj)

7 Hydrogen is no joke. Nobody just leaves tanks of that shit laying around. If you have sealing problems, best to error on the safe side.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 04:27 AM (TOSLe)

8
The SLS and Orion is pretty much in sunk-cost fallacy land now.

Isaacman and Trump 2.0 people were leaning toward just cancelling it, but the prospect of the Chicoms beating us back to the Moon caused them to go on with it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 04:34 AM (w6EFb)

9 Hydrogen is the joke. Hindenburg is the punchline................

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 05, 2026 04:35 AM (jrgJz)

10 Oxygen is no joke either. You don't to set your pipes on fire with pressure and flow rates out of spec.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 04:37 AM (TOSLe)

11
Yep, LH2 is very tricky to handle. Both the Saturn V and the Space shuttle had many problems with leaks.

The 3rd stage, known as the S-IVB, sprung a bad leak on a replenish value on the Apollo 11 flight just as the astronauts were headed to the pad to board the CM.

It was almost a show stopper. They ended up bypassing that valve and keeping the tank replenished by manually feathering the main fill valve, which was pretty tricky to do.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 04:45 AM (w6EFb)

12 5 It can be Friday
Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)

And then we could have twirling!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 04:47 AM (SSiCQ)

13
This is why Elon is using methane for Starship Raptor engines. LH2 is just too much damned trouble if you a very reliable, reusable rapid turn around system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 04:47 AM (w6EFb)

14 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 05, 2026 04:51 AM (2Ez/1)

15 8 The SLS and Orion is pretty much in sunk-cost fallacy land now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 04:34 AM (w6EFb)

It's such a sad fallacy. I wonder if it underlies Newsom's High-Speed Rail blather. Or maybe that's just rampant narcissism.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 04:52 AM (SSiCQ)

16 Publius - while I’m thinking of it - when watching the Moon on a clear night track through the sky for a few minutes, it doesn’t track perfectly straight or there’s a slight wobble or yaw back and forth. Is that actually visible? Or just imagination or atmospheric aberration or something like that?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 04:55 AM (Zh6C/)

17 >> Is that actually visible? Or just imagination or atmospheric aberration or something like that?

That's almost certainly atmospheric effects, or even thermal effects with the telescope optics itself. The Moon "librates" over the course of the month, but that's a long term thing, not something over a few minutes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 05:02 AM (w6EFb)

18 At one time GM had a research lab in my area and refueling stations around the area. They let media people take them for a week or so just to see how they like them. The media loved them and it was going to be the next big thing in cars motors..
Then they had a big fire/explosion at a refueling station with many injuries. They closed the lab and moved it to Detroit. Haven't heard any more about it from GM.

Posted by: coliin at February 05, 2026 05:03 AM (e8qy3)

19 Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s something noticeable with the naked eye, if one is grounded, you know laying on your back stationary. Every several seconds it will appear to lead and lag a little bit, not a smooth arc.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 05:05 AM (Zh6C/)

20 Mornin' Horde.

Pixy: I remember that song you've selected, I bought that album years ago.

Here's "Legs" from the same album. Give that a spin some day:
https://youtu.be/psudTulsJzk

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 05, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2026 05:07 AM (bQ4nt)

22
That reminds me, a while back, on the night of a lunar eclipse, beforehand the Moon did noticeably shimmer one time. My mother and Miley were out looking, and they noticed it shimmering, and I went out and sure enough it was. It was quite striking, but settled down soon. That's some big time refraction effect of some sort. I haven't seen it shimmer that much ever since.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 05, 2026 05:16 AM (w6EFb)

23
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 05, 2026 05:18 AM (tljrc)

24 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Exodus 20:20-21. About the fear of God and drawing closer to God in dark times:

https://tinyurl.com/ykhaz4sb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:21 AM (rZCVI)

25 Back to well below freezing, 13 degrees but clear

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

26 I love watching moonrise. Especially when it's full.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 05, 2026 05:24 AM (2Ez/1)

27 Nice interaction between a UPS driver from NJ and an author. Sunny Skyz site :

https://tinyurl.com/vcmaz2rh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:24 AM (rZCVI)

28 Houston police officer helps lost ducklings:

https://tinyurl.com/mrya2jv9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:26 AM (rZCVI)

29 G'morning, all!

Heading to Myrtle Beach in a bit for three day Disaster Assistance training class.

Can't wait to see which cat has assumed my rightful place in the bed with my absence.

Posted by: That nice midwestern Lutheran lady at February 05, 2026 05:32 AM (iMotb)

30 Good morning! Currently 35 headed for the low 70s. Gonna be nice for the next week or so. Maybe gonna get something in my eye and not see being at work. Need to check the tee sheet first, otherwise I'll just have to start doing some spring landscape work.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2026 05:33 AM (3Ope8)

31 @28/FenelonSpoke: Cute story - thanks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 05, 2026 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

32
Gopd morning, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 05, 2026 05:35 AM (JrWaT)

33 Thor's Day! A good evening and morning to the far-flung AOSHQ satellites. Yeah, okay, February, but it's close to 1/4 over, like the point where the dentist tells you to spit during the dental cleaning. And February is short, which no dental procedure ever is. So there's that.

How is ever'body?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

34 “ Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”

Isaiah 54:10

Posted by: Marcus T at February 05, 2026 05:44 AM (hcEyG)

35 My trip to the aquarium & insectarium went well. It was annoying to wait for the ferry going and coming, but the new ferries are quiet and snug. The insects were okay (there is actually a little cafe where you can sample stuff like mealworm pate on crackers). As for the fish and animals, in their new smaller space the Aquarium has had to get rid of some of them, the otters, for instance. But the Southern Africa penguins are in an enclosure with a big skylight, so you can actually see them, and you can stand next to the glass as they swim past you; and you can actually touch the cownose manta rays (spoiler: They feel like velvet).

The Amazon Rain Forest room was warm and humid -- as if they had let April Nawlins weather into the building. Birds are allowed to fly free there. And there was this big catfish that looked as if he were sizing me up for *his* dinner. I was glad to leave that section behind.

And thanks to Miss Linda's coupons and timing, the whole thing was *free*! Whee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

36 It can be Friday
Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026

***
Pixy will have his Friday in about two more hours.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

37 I would like to share something God showed me on Tuesday.- a moment of God's work in other people . I had asked for prayer for Lisa, who is the daughter of one of the people in the Bible study. She lives in one of those adult communities in Florida and has a husband but no kids. She has cancer and is having some treatments . Her mother told me that kind neighbors arranged for lots of food to be brought over for her and also for a cleaning woman. This was all at no charge to Lisa. What kind neighbors!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:46 AM (7RYym)

38 Posted by: Marcus T at February 05, 2026 05:44 AM (hcEyG)

Nice passage. Thanks very much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:47 AM (rZCVI)

39 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

Glad to hear about your trip and glad to hear of the interesting details.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:50 AM (rZCVI)

40 Oh, and the Insectarium had a room where the butterflies literally fly free around you. I'm generally no insect fan, but butterflies are lovely. The room, also warmer than others, had "airlocks," so to speak, so you can enter and leave without the little flutterbys getting out. In their old space that room had a fountain with koi fish, but they had to leave that out when they set up in the new building.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

41 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:47 AM (rZCVI)

Of course ma’am. And thank you for sharing the story.

Blessed is the Lord our God. He is good and merciful in all things.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 05, 2026 05:52 AM (hcEyG)

42 Seems I left a sock on overnight.

OOPS.

Still heading to Myrtle Beach in a bit though.

Just won't take a Jello Mold with me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2026 05:53 AM (iMotb)

43 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

So neat! We went to those places outside of Niagara Falls and at the Philadelphia Flower Show. It was lovely and interesting!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:54 AM (rZCVI)

44 Tonight I made two women laugh. Complete strangers.
Yes I did it on purpose, haha you funny.

I'm not sure what to do with myself now.

The Iditarod is coming up in March. But I DID just learn how to spell Iditarod, maybe I should pace myself?

Think I'm going to bank the win, yeah. Maybe take a nap, dream about Rome.

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 05:55 AM (ciYHQ)

45 It looks like this will be the last chilly night and cool day before the weather begins to warm toward its usual nastiness. It's 40 F. now, 53 and sunny today with a brisk wind. My workout this pm will be a challenge with that breeze.

And the furry thugs are doing well, with baby Dagny sitting up next to me as she hints about breakfast, and super Stirling rolling on the floor and grooming his fur as he waits.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

46 Posted by: Marcus T at February 05, 2026 05:52 AM (hcEyG)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:57 AM (rZCVI)

47 Nice IDF article that I stole from Insty's place about Hamas and ambulances

https://tinyurl.com/ud95m5x3

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2026 05:57 AM (iMotb)

48 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 05, 2026 05:24 AM (2Ez/1)

I was noticing the shadows on the snow from the moon yesterday. It was beautiful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 05:59 AM (rZCVI)

49 Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 05:55 AM (ciYHQ

Glad you made some people laugh. That is a good and important gift.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 06:00 AM (rZCVI)

50 Morning peeps.

Another bitterly cold morning... 10 degrees. No wind, so that's nice. Might not get out of the 20's today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2026 06:01 AM (jtM2q)

51 "some of the smartest engineers in the world, the fine men and women at NASA, would have dug into and solved the leak issues. You would be wrong."

That's not really fair. LH2 is so notorious for seepage that standards are an "acceptable" rate of leakage as opposed to "no leakage" at all. NASA's kinda screwed until Congress lets them switch to Methane.

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:01 AM (ciYHQ)

52
Good morning, Hordians. A bone-chilling 37 degrees here at Schloss Hadrian this morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:04 AM (tgvbd)

53 . . . NASA's kinda screwed until Congress lets them switch to Methane.
Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026

***
That's gonna have a special aroma for sure.

(Yes, I know they add the stink to the gas so you can smell a leak before it blows you and your house to the sky.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

54 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 05, 2026 06:10 AM (Cjt/F)

55 20 Mornin' Horde.

Pixy: I remember that song you've selected, I bought that album years ago.

Here's "Legs" from the same album. Give that a spin some day:
https://youtu.be/psudTulsJzk
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Ah, I know that one, though I didn't know its name. Thanks!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 05, 2026 06:10 AM (BLOW1)

56 Nice acapella Gospel tune. "I just want to thank you, Lord":

https://tinyurl.com/yucubrcj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 06:11 AM (rZCVI)

57 Glad you made some people laugh. That is a good and important gift.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks, Better Namesake. It did feel good, both were on a rant, I pulled them back into the light. The funny part is I'm not normally funny. How does it go again?

"The miracle was that he had been allowed to perform a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Lancelot wept as is he were a child who had been beaten"

Okay, that a bit too dramatic, but yeah.

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:12 AM (ciYHQ)

58 29 G'morning, all!

Heading to Myrtle Beach in a bit for three day Disaster Assistance training class.

Posted by: That nice midwestern Lutheran lady at February 05, 2026 05:32 AM (iMotb) = Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2026 05:53 AM (iMotb)

super cool

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 06:15 AM (SSiCQ)

59 Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:12 AM (ciYHQ

Everyday you and all of us can make a positive difference in someone's life by what we do or say. May we all have the opportunity to do that today or in the rest of this week!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 06:16 AM (PFs9e)

60 Why is TH White so much better than the pack? What's his secret? A background in dialect? A decade of touring with a Shakespearean troupe?

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:19 AM (ciYHQ)

61 Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026

I like that poem, "The death of Arthur " by Thomas Mallory. My mother liked it as well. She was an English professor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 06:20 AM (PFs9e)

62 Why is TH White so much better than the pack? What's his secret? A background in dialect? A decade of touring with a Shakespearean troupe?
Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026

***
I read The Once and Future King many years ago. All I can recall is the chilling little scene where Merlin turns Arthur into an ant, and he sees the totalitarian, programmed-from-birth nature of an ant colony: "Everything not compulsory is forbidden."

White had been an actor? I did not know that. I always recommend doing some amateur theatre as an important experience for an aspiring writer. You gain a tremendous appreciation for the dramatic and for what works on an audience, whether in person or through the written word.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

63 Good morning everyone. Thx Pixy.
A warm 6° out. Getting colder and it will be down to -6° Saturday thru Monday nights here in mid Hudson. Tough winter

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 05, 2026 06:29 AM (BWnHZ)

64 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 06:20 AM (PFs9e)

That was from TH White? Sorry. I read that as well.
Very nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2026 06:32 AM (guLpK)

65 PowerLine:
https://tinyurl.com/by5cpzzz

"While our friend and lodestar Victor Davis Hanson is recovering from cancer surgery..."

I had not realized VDH was having cancer surgery. Definitely one for the prayer list.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 05, 2026 06:35 AM (O7YUW)

66 Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Bunny!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/4cwjv66r

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 06:37 AM (cf0m3)

67 I thought NASA was about diversity.

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2026 06:38 AM (Lytz7)

68 Chinese RAM, you play four hours you go home now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2026 06:41 AM (2GVsD)

69 Greetings and good morning, all. My dental appointment yesterday went well. However, a fracture was found on a tooth and I need a crown to be implanted. So I'm going back today to get that dealt with.

It was really nice having a zero balance on my credit card.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 06:42 AM (7xrfc)

70 "Shlomi" is a MOT name.

Texans, vote for him - or I'll deploy the weather machine (again):

https://tinyurl.com/5yutzyh4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 06:42 AM (cf0m3)

71
Needs must give Her Majesty a call at 7:00, give Diana a workout on the treadmill, then work on a project. May do some shopping as well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 05, 2026 06:43 AM (tgvbd)

72 "My mother liked it as well. She was an English professor."

But of course. English Lit major here. I joined the Marine Corps Infantry to defend Arthur's Dream that Might can be channeled for Right.

Okay, not only for that. For the love of my life, who loved me as a Sister. I recognized that to win her over,
I needed to become a Man. Be careful what you ask for. It worked too well - the Man that emerged had contempt for how she had cucked the boy.

Hold off on the Gladiator soundtrack, I'm not as noble I might have implied because my 3rd reason for joining was (cough) ICouldntFindADecentD&DGroup (cough) and figured barracks life would be a natural host. That's right happy campers, I was getting shot at in Somalia so my Mage/Psi could power game.

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:44 AM (ciYHQ)

73 "White had been an actor?"

I'm meant that as a question, I don't know if he was ever on stage

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:47 AM (ciYHQ)

74 First cup of Coffee mysteriously disappeared in the cup at an astonishing rate.. I am at a loss to explain this phenomenon. I have made a 2nd cup in any event, and will be watching carefully

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 06:48 AM (VRkwH)

75 50
‘ Another bitterly cold morning... 10 degrees. No wind, so that's nice. Might not get out of the 20's ‘

Your bitterly cold morning is my typical morning these days . 6 degrees right now.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 05, 2026 06:51 AM (fd80v)

76 "White had been an actor?"

I'm meant that as a question, I don't know if he was ever on stage
Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026

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According to his Wiki bio, he wasn't ever an actor. He wrote quite a few novels aside from the Arthurian series, including some science fiction way back in the '30s. He did his college thesis on Malory, though, so he was well prepared to write about Merlin and Arthur.

He lived to see his work adapted as Camelot the musical and as the Disney animated movie The Sword in the Stone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

77 "She was an English professor."

Where?

Posted by: Fen at February 05, 2026 06:53 AM (ciYHQ)

78 First cup of Coffee mysteriously disappeared in the cup at an astonishing rate.. I am at a loss to explain this phenomenon. I have made a 2nd cup in any event, and will be watching carefully
Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026

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Slippery and elusive stuff, this "coffee."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

79 My auntie was a PhD English perfesser at DeKalb, northern Illinois. Hopelessly progressive though old school, naturally.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 05, 2026 06:55 AM (VRkwH)

80 Nancy Guthrie kidnapped by SIL?????????

https://tinyurl.com/msyht8vs

I'm assuming this is no longer about a ransom.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 06:55 AM (cf0m3)

81
JJS is here

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

82
JJS is here
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 05, 2026

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Early today!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

83 Video of the day: President Bukele talking about the restoration of schools in El Salvador. God willing, this continues on after he leaves office:

https://x.com/i/status/2019210714582319432

Posted by: NR Pax at February 05, 2026 06:59 AM (7xrfc)

84 "smartest engineers in the world" ??

Have you watched a NASA feed this decade?

"...overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity."

To be fair there are some bright people in some unmanned programs that will hang on like Taggart to the bitter end but mostly no.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at February 05, 2026 10:42 AM (ULHHb)

Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - February 4, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety. Was it time 30 minutes earlier? No, it wasn't.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional, but be advised that Virginia applies an additional tax to zippers. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

[Top photo: Bridges of Pittsburgh, Dave DiCello]

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Breaking News: 150-year-old bottle of alcohol found in Utah, tasted by experts

An archaeological team in Utah exhumed a bottle of alcohol estimated to be 150 years old - and experts gave it a taste test.
Ian Wright, Utah's state public archaeologist, said the bottle was among thousands of artifacts dating back to approximately 1870-1890 found on U.S. Forest Service land used by Alta ski resort.
Wright said the find is the only known intact bottle of alcohol to be found from the time period.
Wright's team enlisted the help of High West, Utah's oldest legal distillery, to analyze the bottle's contents.
Isaac Winter, director of distilling at High West, was the first to taste the liquid.
"I had a little bit of trepidation going into it, but you have to try it," Winter told FOX 13 Utah. "It didn't smell like gasoline, didn't smell like tobacco spit."
He said the flavor is "fruity, there's a little bit of leather, there's quite a bit of age on it."
The experts said the liquid appears to be a low-alcohol beer, rather than liquor. They are now hoping to recreate the beverage.

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My caption-o-meter is broken. Maybe stick the old truism that if you can't say anything nice, then don't say it?

***

Department of Music Trivia

Maybe I am late to the game but I just learned that the same guy wrote "Dazed and Confused," the Army recruiting jingle "Be All that You Can Be," and the "I'm a Pepper" jungle for Dr. Pepper.

Jake Holmes is that man. I didn't know the story behind Dazed and Confused either.

Per Wikipedia, Holmes recorded Dazed and Confused for his debut album "'The Above Ground Sound' of Jake Holmes" in June 1967. The album consists of songs played on bass and two electric guitars with no drummer.

The Yardbirds heard Holmes perform the song in August 1967 when Holmes opened for them at Greenwich Village's Village Theater. The Yardbirds reworked it with a new arrangement during the brief time that Jimmy Page was part of the band. It became a centerpiece of their tours.

In 1968, Page's new group Led Zeppelin recorded their own version of "Dazed and Confused" with new lyrics and vocal line. It was released on their debut album.

Holmes attempted to contact Page in the 1980s regarding the songwriting credit, but received no response. Starting in 2010, Holmes filed multiple lawsuits against Page for copyright infringement. In August 2025, the case was settled out of court and the terms remain confidential.

And now you know...

***

Just quirky enough to qualify for the ONT:

***

Seems logical to me...

I used to get nagged nonstop by my husband for buying two robot vacuums.
Now he�s gone and turned them straight into tanks 🙂 pic.twitter.com/OiqhXeheNn
— Nature & Animals🌴 (@naturelife_ok) February 2, 2026

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Wednesday ONT Travel Department

Trevi Fountain fee goes into effect as Rome seeks to manage tourist flow at celebrated water feature

Tourists hoping to get close to the Trevi Fountain had to pay 2 euros ($2.35) starting Monday as the city of Rome inaugurated a new fee structure to help raise money and control crowds at the one of the world's most celebrated waterworks.
"Before, there were problems accessing the fountain. There were a lot of people. Now, it's very easy," said Ilhan Musbah, a tourist from Morocco. "You can take photos, you feel good, you're comfortable, and on top of that 2 euros is not much."
The tourist fee was rolled out in conjunction with a new 5-euro (nearly $6) tourist ticket fee for some city museums. In both cases, Rome residents are exempt from the fees and the extra revenue will actually expand the number of city-run museums that are free for registered Roman residents.
"I think tourists were shocked by the fact that the city of Rome is only asking for 2 euros for a site of this level," Alessandro Onorato, Rome's assessor of tourism, said Monday. "I believe that if the Trevi Fountain were in New York, they would have charged at least $100."

***

I know what you're thinking. "Is there some way to combine soccer, rugby and basketball and make it way dumber?" Yes. Yes there is. Welcome to Bubbleball. I initially thought it was a parody but it seems to be real(ish).

With all of the sporting possibilities around the world, Bubbleball somehow gets airtime on ESPN.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

***

Live long form Led Zeppelin for the big ONT finish (naturally):

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The Wednesday ONT has been approved by Statler and Waldorf. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? The Washington Post is not reporting on this ONT. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Yay, Mittwoch ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 10:00 PM (lUFok)

2 “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
— Helen Keller

🤔I guess she would know!

Posted by: mindful webworker - what was the question? at February 04, 2026 10:00 PM (ZDu+s)

3 9 millimeters is approximately 354.33 thousandths

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:00 PM (TlCKo)

4 Top 5?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 04, 2026 10:01 PM (2Ez/1)

5 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 04, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

6 I knew I could bring on the ONT just by commenting!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 10:02 PM (WONhk)

7 Damn! That effin waffle iron is hot!!

Posted by: H. Keller at February 04, 2026 10:02 PM (2Ez/1)

8 9 millimeters is approximately 354.33 thousandths
Posted by: Braenyard

I must need smaller lines on my ruler.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

9 Happy-ish Wednesday Evening.

Hope everyone is warm & healthy.

Posted by: Adriane the Momentarily Less Cynical Critic . . . at February 04, 2026 10:03 PM (3ZUWJ)

10 Good evening morons and Спасибо, Дино.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

11 The Paolo, he is, how you say, unfamiliar with these... millimeters.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 04, 2026 10:04 PM (2Ez/1)

12 Was it time 30 minutes earlier? No, it wasn't.

Oooh. Burn.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

13 I wonder how many Roombas it would take to reenact the Battle of Kursk? Dear Santa...

Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 04, 2026 10:04 PM (h/O4U)

14 Mother of the year.

BREAKING - A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

CPS has been notified.

-
Her face looks like a pin cushion.

https://is.gd/AjuklI5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:05 PM (J+Psw)

15 The Bridges of Pittsburgh.

*sigh*

Is there a more romantic setting?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

16 The atreví fountain kept having immigrants jump in it to bath, steak the money off the bottom and di other terrible acts. That is why the walled it off.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:05 PM (OoFl2)

17 Trevi. Thanks autocorrect.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:05 PM (OoFl2)

18 My caption-o-meter is broken.

72 hours? That's actually a pretty good time to run a marathon hugging a tree, depending on how big the tree is.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

19
A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 10:06 PM (tgvbd)

20 Hu huh are you like dazed dude huh uh huhu uh huh?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

21 Atreví means bold. Part of my autocorrect issues are the Spanish / English toggling. lol. Oops.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (OoFl2)

22 >>> the Army recruiting jingle "Be All that You Can Be,"..

1SG - Private, for that last time, suck it up and burn that shit, THIS is all YOU can be.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

23 I remember the days when a man could walk right up to the Trevi Fountain and wash his dirty underwear and nobody would say Boo.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)

24 The Jake Holmes version is best, Yardbirds second, Zep in the rear.

Posted by: I Rate 'Em at February 04, 2026 10:08 PM (oftw2)

25 Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 10:06 PM (tgvbd)
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Magda Goebbels to the white courtesy phone, please!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

26 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

27 Bridges of Pittsburgh -suspension bridge special - buy two get one free.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

28 I remember the days when a man could walk right up to the Trevi Fountain and wash his dirty underwear and nobody would say Boo.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Hard to say 'Boo!' when you're coughing and gagging ...

Posted by: Adriane the Momentarily Less Cynical Critic . . . at February 04, 2026 10:09 PM (3ZUWJ)

29 'Soul of a woman was created below! Yeah!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

30 Pittsburgh Scanner
East Liberty. 5905 Station Street - Advance Auto Parts. Caller said that someone in a Steelers jersey just came in and took items.

Could be worse. The guy in the Vikings jersey would have looted it, burned it down, and absconded with the women.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

31 I can say something nice.

She's an enviro-moppet I don't have a driving urge to shove down a coal chute. She's no Greta.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:10 PM (BI5O2)

32 Sorry I'm late, I had to change into a different outfit since my pocket square clashed with my socks.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 10:10 PM (zGyLA)

33 Thanks for another mighty Wednesday ONT, T-Rex!

Those Pittsburgh police sure were nice to turn off that lady's teapot. I would not have guessed they would do that!

Nice photo up top. As a child, I preferred the "tubes" to the bridges in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 04, 2026 10:10 PM (kB9dk)

34 The Bridges of Pittsburgh.

*sigh*

Is there a more romantic setting?
Posted by: Cicero
*********
Oh hell yes, just think about anyplace with temps above freezing

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 04, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

35 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2026 10:11 PM (47diA)

36 Now youse can't leave.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 10:11 PM (ZxPkt)

37 150 year old whiskey - “There’s quite a bit of age on it." the expert said.
——-
That’s why he’s an expert, and you’re not.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 10:11 PM (Zh6C/)

38 How boring is Kenya that three days hugging a tree seems like a good idea?

Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 10:12 PM (zGyLA)

39 Woman from Portland, Oregon.
Well, that explains the quote.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 10:12 PM (E7+ue)

40 150 year old whiskey

that they think is beer . . . . . expert indeed.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2026 10:13 PM (47diA)

41 Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?
Posted by: Hadrian

I ponder this frequently. I'd say a little bit of both. The whacked we've always had with us. Modern communications means the whacked copycats have more inspiration.

Posted by: mindful webworker - all out of whack at February 04, 2026 10:13 PM (ZDu+s)

42 Hadrian,
My MIL just loved your dog in the WDS...she thought its coat was so beautiful especially when walking.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 04, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

43 A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

------

Oh, c'mon. She's threatening to kill her kids.

Somebody needs to do a welfare check on Diane Downs Syndrome, stat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (BI5O2)

44 That Jake Holmes version was pretty good!

Posted by: mindful webworker - crazed and defused at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (ZDu+s)

45 How boring is Kenya that three days hugging a tree seems like a good idea?
Posted by: tankdemon

Ehh. Better than the Bad Bunny halftime.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (J+Psw)

46 Today… I consider myself… the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (XV/Pl)

47 Her face looks like a pin cushion.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

is.gd/AjuklI5 is no link.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

48 How boring is Kenya that three days hugging a tree seems like a good idea?
Posted by: tankdemon

Some kids will do anything to get out of doing their math homework.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

49 Tree hugger looks like Karine Jean-Pierre.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

50 I found the article though. Looks like the coenobites had a lot of sights to show her.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 10:16 PM (gKWVE)

51 38 How boring is Kenya that three days hugging a tree seems like a good idea?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 10:12 PM (zGyLA)

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*shrugs*

Posted by: Dutch Kid With His Finger In A Dike at February 04, 2026 10:16 PM (nWPIJ)

52 150 year old whiskey

that they think is beer . . . . . expert indeed.
Posted by: LRob in OK

The Angel's Share turned out to be "most of it?"

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

53 Oh, c'mon. She's threatening to kill her kids.

Somebody needs to do a welfare check on Diane Downs Syndrome, stat.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (BI5O2)
=====
She probably works at the CPS

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

54 President Trump is sending federales in to help find Nancy Guthrie.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:16 PM (Wmg4n)

55 Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Donald Trump broke them.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 04, 2026 10:18 PM (0Htd1)

56 Watched exactly 25 seconds of the bubbleball video and thought, what the heck!! I don't want to know any more about it, thank you.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

57 Better link.

https://is.gd/AjuklI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (J+Psw)

58 NDH uodate:

Good evening.

I am thoroughly exhausted and, due to the amount of drugs in my system, I'm not always completely coherent. I experience holes in my memory, which they say will improve , and I'm finally doing some physical therapy, which has been hampered by a severe gout attack.

I was snatched back from the jaws of death and I wander, emotionally, through window to window in absolute amazement at the skill, determination, and compassion on display by those at Mayo Jacksonville.

I am alive. Against all odds, I am alive.

I haven't been able to read all the Twitter posts, and probably won't for a while, because everything exhausts me. I wanted to let you know that I'm doing well and that with the help of God, family, and friends such as you, I will make it.

Thank you for your prayers, for your conversations and inquiries, and for your donations to the gofundme. I told my daughter that the folks here at twitter are amazing people, and she now knows for herself, having read of your concern and compassion.

1/2

Posted by: Sharkman at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (/RHNq)

59 2/2

Thank you for supporting her with your kindness as she's made her most difficult journey.

It's not over yet. Following 1 to 2 weeks of additional rehab, Mistie will begin in-house care. I literally could not have survived without her and I am truly blessed to call her my daughter.

I promise that, alongside Mistie, I'll continue to provide updates, although simple updates may be all the energy that I can offer at this time.

Thank you, again, each and every one of you, for all that you've done to support us during this enormous life challenge.

May God Bless each and every one of you who are contending with your own health issues. I pray for you to good health soon.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (/RHNq)

60 President Trump is sending federales in to help find Nancy Guthrie.
Posted by: Piper

I am surprised that there was only one ransom demand. Usually after such disasters the scan artists come crawling out of the woodwork.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)

61 Hello folks. Hope you are all doing well.

Four years ago to the day I adopted a cat from the animal shelter.

It was a lot like opening a pharaoh's tomb because there was definitely a curse involved.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 04, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)

62 Nice

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:20 PM (BI5O2)

63 The lunatics and neurotics used to be at least somewhat isolated. Now they can band together online, and re-inforce their hysteria. It has a synergistic effect, I’m quite certain. It’s sort of like giving hypochondriacs access to diagnostic medical manuals. There is also (obviously….) a longtime concerted effort to drive people crazy. They pretty much have it down to a science. Add into this mix modern pharmaceuticals, potent weed, bath salts, methamphetamine, etc. There may be some more or less chemical warfare and/or some electronic jiggery-pokery at work as well. The spooks have been working on that since the 1950s.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 10:20 PM (Zh6C/)

64 Thank you for the ONT!

I love the song from Flashdance and need to play it this summer for my backyard deck dances with our grands! I can't sit still when I hear it. I dance alone while I make dinner and have some wine. Neighbors can't see me due to the trees!

I also love Led Zepplin. Who, boy, Plant was hot back then in jeans. Now not so much.

"Dazed and Confused" should have been my theme song the semester I had psych in nursing school. The professor and head of the nursing department told me I appeared to be in a "fugue state" when I kept declaring I did not understand. Altho I made an A for the course. Everyone laughed, including me, as I was clueless. I hated that semester! My bf/now husband would drive me to a nursing home for chronic psych patients and almost have to kick me out of the car. It was called "Wee Haven." Which is what we named all of our bedrooms. Nightmare.

I hated all psych classes I ever took and it seems like at least 3 others. While I lived with two male psych grad students the year prior, I never asked them to explain it to me because I wasn't interested.

I do wish I had their assessment of my psyche. Or maybe not.I know they discussed me in private.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 10:20 PM (WONhk)

65 Yay, Mittwoch ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura

I thought the Midwatch was from 0000-0400.

You learn something new everyday.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 10:21 PM (cYBz/)

66 Very glad to hear that NDH is recovering. Must have been a harrowing experience, to come through on the other side is a triumph.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 04, 2026 10:21 PM (CHHv1)

67 Good news from NDH! Prayers continue.

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2026 10:21 PM (47diA)

68 I still have Led Zeppelin playing in my head. There are worse earworms.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

69 60 President Trump is sending federales in to help find Nancy Guthrie.
Posted by: Piper

I am surprised that there was only one ransom demand. Usually after such disasters the scan artists come crawling out of the woodwork.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

They have cadaver dogs, I am pretty sure she is no longer with us. But I would love to be wrong.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:22 PM (Wmg4n)

70 Thousandths of what?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 04, 2026 10:22 PM (dhHpw)

71 Just quirky enough to qualify for the ONT

NERDS!!!

Posted by: Ogre at February 04, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

72 [] Watched exactly 25 seconds of the bubbleball video and thought, what the heck!! I don't want to know any more about it, thank you.
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

Looks like one of those fake Japanese challenge game shows, like Takeshi's Castle.

Posted by: RickZ at February 04, 2026 10:23 PM (gKDq2)

73 We’re witnessing a murder.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special. The Post has survived for nearly 150 years, evolving from a hometown family newspaper into an indispensable national institution, and a pillar of the democratic system. But if Bezos and Lewis continue down their present path, it may not survive much longer.

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You say "indispensable" but I don't think you know what it means.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:24 PM (J+Psw)

74 Looks like one of those fake Japanese challenge game shows, like Takeshi's Castle.

I like the MXE Challenge dub of that show.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 10:24 PM (lUFok)

75 Her face looks like a pin cushion.

https://is.gd/AjuklI5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:05 PM (J+Psw)

Broken link

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:24 PM (8zz6B)

76 "I am alive. Against all odds, I am alive."

The news on NDH warms my own heart

Posted by: mindful webworker - failure is not an option at February 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZDu+s)

77 Wow.

Flashdance was such an 80s movie. I loved it. And the soundtrack was awesome. I knew every word to every song. And we danced like maniacs.

Fun fun fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 10:25 PM (IhIKR)

78 Truphena and Obama, both from Kenya. Must be something in the water.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:25 PM (TlCKo)

79 45 Ehh. Better than the Bad Bunny halftime.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (J+Psw)

Touchè.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 10:25 PM (zGyLA)

80 OK, Pittsburgh boy. Explain the sign on 160 East Sycamore Street.

Posted by: The Doo Kwes Knee Daredevil at February 04, 2026 10:25 PM (73AR1)

81 NDH sounds amazing. I can't imagine what she's gone through with a heart transplant. Wow. Thankful to God for miracles like this!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 10:26 PM (WONhk)

82 74 I like the MXE Challenge dub of that show.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 10:24 PM
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Don't get eliminated!

Posted by: TRex - kenny blankenship dino at February 04, 2026 10:26 PM (pqoTI)

83 >>>Wright said the find is the only known intact bottle of alcohol to be found from the time period.

So then they promptly opened it up and drank it.

>>>"I had a little bit of trepidation going into it, but you have to try it," Winter told FOX 13 Utah.

lol.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 04, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)

84 23 I remember the days when a man could walk right up to the Trevi Fountain and wash his dirty underwear and nobody would say Boo.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)

How do you say Boo in Italian?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 04, 2026 10:26 PM (dhHpw)

85 I love the song from Flashdance and need to play it this summer for my backyard deck dances with our grands!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Pop music isn't allowed to be that much fun anymore.

Posted by: mikeski wears his sunglasses at night at February 04, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

86 Four years ago to the day I adopted a cat from the animal shelter.…
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Has it really been that long? I remember when you didn't have a little furry four-footer to blame your grumpy mood on.

Extra scritches for Robert.
🐈‍⬛😆

Posted by: mindful webworker - actual furry friends are better than furries as friends at February 04, 2026 10:28 PM (ZDu+s)

87 Evenin'

Pittsburgh!!

youtu.be/8g6P5L7pD5E

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:28 PM (FmapG)

88 The Post has survived for nearly 150 years

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Tell me about it. Garlic, crosses, holy water, silver bullets, wooden stakes, nothing ever works.

Posted by: Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, MD, Ph. D., D.Litt., etc. at February 04, 2026 10:28 PM (BI5O2)

89 MN looking more and.more.like.a soft surrender by the administration. The communists continue to show strength and the admin draws down.

Cerno is concentrating on Bill Gates and his white pussy discharge.

This summer is going to be a bad one

Posted by: GigantorX at February 04, 2026 10:29 PM (8p2Gi)

90 Better link.

https://is.gd/AjuklI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (J+Psw)

Another sad case of intracranal lead deficiency.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B)

91 84 23 I remember the days when a man could walk right up to the Trevi Fountain and wash his dirty underwear and nobody would say Boo.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (nWPIJ)

How do you say Boo in Italian?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Boo. 😂

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:29 PM (Wmg4n)

92
You say "indispensable" but I don't think you know what it means.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Aren't the graveyards full of indispensable men?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

93 Sorry I'm an hour late guys--I had a conference call run long.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman

@adamcarolla
dissects the Hollywood lockstep leftism on display at the Grammys on Sunday:

"If those people started saying, we support Trump, guess who's out? Yeah, you’re f*cking out."

"Whatever the subject, you guys, here's what it is. And this will prevent you from getting kicked out of the club."

"Now we're going to have an award show, and you get up there and whoever praises whatever your policies are the loudest-oh, and by the way, we hate Trump."

"So you got to say something sh*tty about him. And then something great about Black Lives Matter or whatever that thing is."

"Whoever does that the best is going to stay in the club the longest."

"So now you have a decision to make, you know, one of three things. You can either go up there and do ICE out and nobody's illegal. You’ll be fine."

“Or you can go up there and just be neutral, not say anything. But that will make people wonder if you should be in the club."

“Or you can touch that third rail and say you love ICE and love Trump, in which case you're 100% out and you're going to get booed off the stage."

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:30 PM (Cjcf6)

94 Better link for pin cushion woman.

https://is.gd/AjuklI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:30 PM (J+Psw)

95
My MIL just loved your dog in the WDS...she thought its coat was so beautiful especially when walking.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 04, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

____________

Thank you! It took a lot of work and Her Majesty's skill to make it look so nice. When he's bathed, we use three different shampoos and two different conditioners. He gets coat supplements and fish oil with his breakfast and dinner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 10:30 PM (tgvbd)

96 Good night, y’all. Sweet dreams!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)

97 Some of those copy cat lawsuits are dumb some, it's dumber not to pay.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:31 PM (TlCKo)

98
Journalism may be important but journalists (and journals themselves) can be replaced very easily.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 10:32 PM (tgvbd)

99 Evening all,

Imagine rescuing a dog and then getting charged because you didn't dump the matted, neglected dog on animal control and instead wanted to get it treatment.

Kind-hearted woman is CHARGED after she took in frightened stray dog she saw being dumped in street during snow storm

https://tinyurl.com/bdhvhr26

Posted by: Joyenz at February 04, 2026 10:32 PM (2F0/Y)

100 Praying for you, NDH

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 04, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1)

101 Pop music isn't allowed to be that much fun anymore.
Posted by: mikeski wears his sunglasses at night at February 04, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

We raised our sons on '70's and '80's rock and roll. Now our grands love these songs. They listen to some current "crap" at times, and our girl knows the words, but I steer them to real music that's more fun and good melodies and lyrics.

A bunch of us 3-11 nurses would go to the gay bar downtown as a group and dance, dance, dance after work. There was one gay x-ray tech who danced with me. Gorgeous guy. Figure he didn't make it.

My bf and other guys would go too and get in free. Sometimes not pleased, but went with us anyway. Wild times!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 10:33 PM (WONhk)

102 Looking north up the Allegheny. If you know what I mean.

Posted by: Editor at February 04, 2026 10:33 PM (bbqkM)

103 Better link for pin cushion woman.

https://is.gd/AjuklI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:30 PM (J+Psw)

***

Somehow I wonder if she/it has any kids at all and she/it is just bullshitting. But if she/it does, those kids are doomed.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

104
BeckoningChasm,

Four years and you're still alive, lol.

He does like you in his own way.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

105 >>>With all of the sporting possibilities around the world, Bubbleball somehow gets airtime on ESPN.

You want to show the NFL on your network, it'll cost you big bucks. Bubbleball? Not so much.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 04, 2026 10:34 PM (syz1S)

106 80 OK, Pittsburgh boy. Explain the sign on 160 East Sycamore Street.

Posted by: The Doo Kwes Knee Daredevil at February 04, 2026 10:25 PM
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Pittsburghers are not immune from the virus. They're close enough to city hall to be at risk.

Posted by: TRex - doctor dino at February 04, 2026 10:35 PM (pqoTI)

107
Joyenz,

I read that story today.

Assholes.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

108 Someone should take pincushion woman near a MRI by accident. She should not be near children at all.

On that note I should go to bed and try to behave.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 10:35 PM (WONhk)

109
MN looking more and.more.like.a soft surrender by the administration. The communists continue to show strength and the admin draws down.

Cerno is concentrating on Bill Gates and his white pussy discharge.

This summer is going to be a bad one
Posted by: GigantorX

1) Are you a troll?

2) From the White House: "New Milestone in Operation Metro Surge: 4,000+ Criminal Illegals Removed from Minnesota Streets."

They're giving up the illegals. Homan no longer needs an extra 700 officers to hunt them in the streets, because the MN county jails are turning them over.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:36 PM (JrWaT)

110 Last time I was in Europe I noticed many of the famous fountains weren’t running. Water conservation I was told. This was in France. Maybe it’s different in Italy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 04, 2026 10:36 PM (dhHpw)

111 The Post has survived for nearly 150 years, evolving from a hometown family newspaper into an indispensable national institution, and a pillar of the democratic system.
*********
Indispensable national institution? This is the perfect anti comment of the week

Posted by: The Grateful at February 04, 2026 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

112 Kind-hearted woman is CHARGED after she took in frightened stray dog she saw being dumped in street during snow storm

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*checks outrage meter*

Could you come back in a week or so?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 10:37 PM (nWPIJ)

113 Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There were always people who were nuts. But thanks to liberalism, they now have a cheering section. In the past democrats and liberals would have despised a freak like her.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 04, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

114 15 The Bridges of Pittsburgh.

*sigh*

Is there a more romantic setting?
Posted by: Cicero

We'll kick Madison County's ass!!

Posted by: Pittsburgh at February 04, 2026 10:37 PM (FmapG)

115 A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 10:06 PM (tgvbd)

I think if you wanted to point out an example of how social media has a net negative impact on our world, this would be it

Posted by: Otto Pen at February 04, 2026 10:38 PM (sJHOI)

116 Kind-hearted woman is CHARGED after she took in frightened stray dog she saw being dumped in street during snow storm

https://tinyurl.com/bdhvhr26

Posted by: Joyenz at February 04, 2026 10:32 PM (2F0/Y)

If the dog was dumped, it's not a stray, it's a rejected pet. Might have all kinds of issues, diseased, bad behavior, or just asshole owners. If not rescued, it will soon become a stray.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:38 PM (8zz6B)

117 Manned the bar during a funeral reception at the church hall this morning. I mean, I had coffee and OJ set up and ready for all. One of the mourners wanted beer instead. We're Catholic so hell yes, I had it. There you go "Miss".

She wasn't quite this gal, but add 45 years or so and yep - that was her.

(links to YooToob)
https://t.ly/zNCJ_

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 10:38 PM (cYBz/)

118
Journalism may be important but journalists (and journals themselves) can be replaced very easily.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

==============

Also, journalism can take many forms. It doesn't have to be the Very Big City News or MSKKK News Network. It can also be Andy Ngo, James O'Keeffe, and Nick Shirley.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:38 PM (JrWaT)

119 MN looking more and.more.like.a soft surrender by the administration. The communists continue to show strength and the admin draws down.
Posted by: GigantorX

After the 700 ICE agents are allowed to return to their home states today/tomorrow there will still be 2000 ICE/CBP in Minnesota. No one is surrendering.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 10:39 PM (F3Dlr)

120 MN looking more and.more.like.a soft surrender by the administration. The communists continue to show strength and the admin draws down.

This summer is going to be a bad one
Posted by: GigantorX

1) Are you a troll?

2) From the White House: "New Milestone in Operation Metro Surge: 4,000+ Criminal Illegals Removed from Minnesota Streets."

They're giving up the illegals. Homan no longer needs an extra 700 officers to hunt them in the streets, because the MN county jails are turning them over.
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Exactly. Rather than "Ft. Sumpter", we simply won.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:39 PM (Cjcf6)

121
https://t.ly/zNCJ_
Posted by: Tonypete

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By the way, I've never seen that movie. Zit any good?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:39 PM (JrWaT)

122 Fame was another movie and soundtrack we went nuts over.

Oh. And Purple Rain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 10:40 PM (IhIKR)

123 1) Are you a troll?

2) From the White House: "New Milestone in Operation Metro Surge: 4,000+ Criminal Illegals Removed from Minnesota Streets."

They're giving up the illegals. Homan no longer needs an extra 700 officers to hunt them in the streets, because the MN county jails are turning them over.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:36 PM (JrWaT)

Have you ever seen that nic post anything other than black-pill crap? There's your answer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:40 PM (8zz6B)

124 19
A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

Did people used to be this deranged or do they now just get more publicity?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Social Media has given these lunatics a platform to spread there madness. Its the 21 Century updated version of 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds '.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:40 PM (FmapG)

125 We’re witnessing a murder.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, and Will Lewis, the publisher he appointed at the end of 2023, are embarking on the latest step of their plan to kill everything that makes the paper special.

Well, that's a damn shame.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 04, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

126 The Bridges of Pittsburgh.

*sigh*

Is there a more romantic setting?
Posted by: Cicero

We'll kick Madison County's ass!!
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To be fair, that won't be difficult. I've *never* watched a minute of that movie and nothing could induce me to do so.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

127 90 Better link.

https://is.gd/AjuklI
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:19 PM (J+Psw)

Another sad case of intracranal lead deficiency.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Generally don't like the idea of CPS or lead deficiency but her case is exceptional.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:43 PM (TlCKo)

128 A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”
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If she's not in custody within the next 24 hours, our government isn't working properly.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Cjcf6)

129 I just discovered that I can right-click and "Open link in split view," an option I had never noticed before I clicked it by accident the other day, and watch a YouTube video on the right while continuing to read the ONT on the left. This changes everything.

Posted by: SciVo at February 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Sy6m/)

130 Regarding the earlier article about Trump going soft on immigration... Who knows? Who really knows?

People are always outraged about something: Bondi, Patel, etc. I just don't know.

I do know I am not going to get myself in an uproar over nothing I can control. I do know that a lot are self deporting and who can count all of the little bastids? I want them GONE.

I read of a UK DM reporter who rode with ICE recently, in Minnesomoliland, and ICE got two criminals with no issue. How much is that going on we don't know about?

So far the possible illegal roofers in a rental down the street are still there, but much quieter than last summer. I want to yell ICE sometimes but never see them.

Stuff could be going on we don't know about due to no news propaganda. President Trump could be simply threading the needle with a steady hand.

Optimism is free!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 10:44 PM (WONhk)

131
I've *never* watched a minute of that movie and nothing could induce me to do so.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

_________

"Isn't infidelity romantic?" Piss on that noise.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 10:44 PM (tgvbd)

132 About 2,000 officers will remain in the state after this week’s drawdown, Homan said. That’s roughly the same number sent to Minnesota in early January when the surge ramped up...
NBC Washington

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 10:44 PM (F3Dlr)

133
President Trump is sending federales in to help find Nancy Guthrie.
Posted by: Piper

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WHAT? Aren't all feds bad? I mean, do they intend to just tramp into someone's house without a warrant and grab them on suspicion of existing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:45 PM (JrWaT)

134 Hey, AOP, going to be down in the pit tomorrow. I'll text you at some point during the day.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 10:46 PM (lUFok)

135
Have you ever seen that nic post anything other than black-pill crap? There's your answer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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Just as I suspected.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:47 PM (JrWaT)

136 Convo between Bill O’Reilly and Chris Cuomo

https://tinyurl.com/2293xnfv

tldr: Trump is reluctant to act on Iran, with the Olympics just days away

bad optics

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 10:48 PM (ZxPkt)

137 If you go under older bridges in rural CO, you'll often find plates riveted on them saying things like "Made by So-and-So in Pittsburgh, PA."

Even the wealthier settlers didn't have the wherewithal to build bridges, so they'd hire experts from Pittsburgh to make the pieces in a foundry, and ship them out.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:48 PM (BI5O2)

138 It doesn't have to be the Very Big City News or MSKKK News Network. It can also be Andy Ngo, James O'Keeffe, and Nick Shirley
————

Not if the usual suspects have their way it won’t. That’s why they have had conniptions over those guys, and talk of being “licensed”. And of course why the Brits and Euro fags are on a censorship bender.

They just arrest people for reporting facts. They are itching to do that here, and de facto are pretty damn close. We aren’t privy to the secret meetings and what is to be done, but we can infer with 100% accuracy what was decided and how they plan their objectives.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 10:48 PM (Zh6C/)

139 Watching "The Stylist" a slasher movie with a unique female viewpoint. It's pretty great while being hard to watch--always a good sign I think.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 04, 2026 10:48 PM (CHHv1)

140 >>>They're giving up the illegals. Homan no longer needs an extra 700 officers to hunt them in the streets, because the MN county jails are turning them over.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:36 PM (JrWaT)
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Did MN have a private conversation with the Donald or what? I missed the pivot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:48 PM (TlCKo)

141 I've *never* watched a minute of that movie and nothing could induce me to do so.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

_________

"Isn't infidelity romantic?" Piss on that noise.
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Yep, there's an Alan Alda movie that did the same thing, and won some awards in the process. Way back then we should have organized and protested.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:49 PM (Cjcf6)

142 After the 700 ICE agents are allowed to return to their home states today/tomorrow there will still be 2000 ICE/CBP in Minnesota. No one is surrendering.
Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 10:39 PM (F3Dlr)

But . . .But I am told Trump is just the wrong man for this job since no one can do it!

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

143 All is lost! Minnesota is fallen. Flee, flee for your lives.

Posted by: DenethorX at February 04, 2026 10:51 PM (gKWVE)

144 If anyone missed this last night it is the ultimate:

https://tinyurl.com/36s7fm5a

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:51 PM (TlCKo)

145
I just discovered that I can right-click and "Open link in split view," an option I had never noticed before I clicked it by accident the other day, and watch a YouTube video on the right while continuing to read the ONT on the left. This changes everything.
Posted by: SciVo

============

Capital! A fellow noise addict.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:51 PM (JrWaT)

146 ace! you are quoted in The Atlantic!!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 10:52 PM (g47mK)

147 @130 - I agree completely. Let it settle and we can sort it then.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 04, 2026 10:52 PM (CHHv1)

148 somebody call and tell him!!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 10:53 PM (g47mK)

149 And of course why the Brits and Euro fags are on a censorship bender.
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The Brits and Euro fags are on a censorship bender because they're effeminate men and fags, they lost their guns and because they're effeminate they can't imagine how to acquire new ones, and because their leaders can't wait to be destroyed by their muslim conquerors. If Putin wanted to acquire the UK tomorrow, Trump's only reply to Putin should be "Are you sure? There's not a lot there worth owning."

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:53 PM (Cjcf6)

150 137 If you go under older bridges in rural CO, you'll often find plates riveted on them saying things like "Made by So-and-So in Pittsburgh, PA."

Even the wealthier settlers didn't have the wherewithal to build bridges, so they'd hire experts from Pittsburgh to make the pieces in a foundry, and ship them out.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Years ago, while touring around NE Arizona, I stopped at a store to grab some coffee. There was a refrigeration unit made in Mercer, PA. I was in some small barely a town in the middle of the Painted Desert. Odd place to find a mechanical unit made in rural PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:53 PM (FmapG)

151 And whoever mentioned 'What a feeling' by Mariah Carey, thanks. Another ear worm to contend with. Not a bad song but boy, did it get overplayed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:54 PM (FmapG)

152 Led Zeppelin stole a number of songs it seems.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 10:54 PM (cwGMH)

153 If she's not in custody within the next 24 hours, our government isn't working properly.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Cjcf6)

Actually CPS puts the kids in custody in temporary foster care if there is thought to be a valid threat to them, and then there is an emergency meeting with an Administrative Law Judge, several case workers, and often LE to determine if it is safe for the children to remain at home, and what sort of oversight the family needs.
Of course Multnomah County, so who knows what they consider a threat when ideology is more important that children's lives.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

154 And whoever mentioned 'What a feeling' by Mariah Carey, thanks. Another ear worm to contend with. Not a bad song but boy, did it get overplayed.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:54 PM (FmapG)

Irene

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 10:55 PM (cwGMH)

155 The author refers to ace as , get this, "pugilist" (in a good way). I LOVE IT!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 10:55 PM (g47mK)

156 And whoever mentioned 'What a feeling' by Mariah Carey, thanks. Another ear worm to contend with. Not a bad song but boy, did it get overplayed.

THe only think I think of when I hear or see the phrase "What a feeling" is the old Toyota commercials with the "Oh, what a feeling!" tagline.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 10:55 PM (lUFok)

157 I believe 'What a feeling' was Irene Cara, not Mariah

Posted by: The Grateful at February 04, 2026 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

158 53 Oh, c'mon. She's threatening to kill her kids.

Somebody needs to do a welfare check on Diane Downs Syndrome, stat.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:14 PM (BI5O2)
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She probably works at the CPS
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I really hope that is not a bullseye.

Posted by: clarence at February 04, 2026 10:56 PM (AxaBd)

159 Led Zeppelin stole a number of songs it seems.
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They did. Let's get that out of the way.

But...were those songs in the "public domain" by the time Led Zeppelin recorded and released them?

I don't know the legal answer to that.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:56 PM (Cjcf6)

160 Any writer for the Atlantic is an ass-pugilist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 10:57 PM (BI5O2)

161 Did MN have a private conversation with the Donald or what? I missed the pivot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 10:48 PM (TlCKo)

A phone call from Trump and a private audience with Homan.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 10:57 PM (rbvCR)

162 Those Zep guys were quite the innovators of original material. Somebody else's original material.

Still, a great band on stolen land.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 10:57 PM (TOSLe)

163
If anyone missed this last night it is the ultimate:

https://tinyurl.com/36s7fm5a
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Who is holding the camera?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)

164 146 ace! you are quoted in The Atlantic!!
Posted by: runner

LoL! Really? What was the quote.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:58 PM (FmapG)

165 Kindltot,
You and you wife would be amazing foster parents in my humble opinion

Have y’all ever considered?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 10:58 PM (IhIKR)

166 But . . .But I am told Trump is just the wrong man for this job since no one can do it!
Posted by: Kindltot

I know and it never ceases to amaze me how that new money, gold loving dumb playboy Trump can stumble into being right all the time. Just lucky, I guess.
Almost as much as it doesn't amaze me when people don't read or listen to the facts (as presented by Homan this morning) before they post nonsense.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 10:59 PM (F3Dlr)

167 154 And whoever mentioned 'What a feeling' by Mariah Carey, thanks. Another ear worm to contend with. Not a bad song but boy, did it get overplayed.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:54 PM (FmapG)

Irene
Posted by: Opinion fact

Oops. Thanks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 10:59 PM (FmapG)

168 Hey, AOP, going to be down in the pit tomorrow. I'll text you at some point during the day.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 10:46 PM (lUFok)

Great! I have that little transmitter sitting here in a box for you. I should be arounf the ranch all day. Working on an old car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:59 PM (8zz6B)

169
If anyone missed this last night it is the ultimate:

https://tinyurl.com/36s7fm5a
Posted by: Braenyard

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Thanks for that, and wtf? "Most" art reporters and "most" critics? How many were there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:59 PM (JrWaT)

170 Forging a railroad bridge or trestle wasn’t something they could do in the rural West, probably. Ohio and Pennsylvania could. And they needed a whole bunch of them.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Zh6C/)

171 WTF?

Bands play songs from other bands all the time.

Stolen. Someone stole your brain.

Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 11:00 PM (uvB+6)

172 Kindltot,
You and you wife would be amazing foster parents in my humble opinion

Have y’all ever considered?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 10:58 PM (IhIKR)

My wife has done daycare with the YMCA for 20+ years, and was adopted herself. she would probably do well. I would have trouble doing it since I used to do clerical work for CPS and the office politics and animus against the foster parents is pretty high here

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)

173 Time to go down to the gate and put the trash bin on the highway. Used to laugh that people did that. Then we got service here.

Then gonna watch something or other. So I probably should say

https://youtu.be/DoYvMWjWA7M

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - artful doger at February 04, 2026 11:01 PM (ZDu+s)

174 WTF?

Bands play songs from other bands all the time.

Stolen. Someone stole your brain.

Bands do covers and if they sell a recording they credit the original songwriters and maybe pay a royalty if the song is still under copyright.

Jimmy Page had a habit of choosing a different path.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 04, 2026 11:03 PM (lUFok)

175 WTF?

Bands play songs from other bands all the time.

Stolen. Someone stole your brain.
Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 11:00 PM (uvB+6)

They took the song , changed the lyrics and refused to give credit to the song writer until sued.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 11:04 PM (cwGMH)

176 @99. Woman is charged after she took in frightened stray dog she saw being dumped in street during snow storm.
Posted by Joyenz

Sixteen homeless people died in NYC after recent snow storm. The mayor took no action to have homeless people taken to a shelter before the storm hit. And he is still the mayor. Go figure.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 11:05 PM (E7+ue)

177 They did. Let's get that out of the way.

But...were those songs in the "public domain" by the time Led Zeppelin recorded and released them?

I don't know the legal answer to that.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 10:56 PM (Cjcf6)

And the blues artists they stole from probably "stole" it from somebody else. The notion of copyright barely existed in the black music culture until some individuals started making money from record sales.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:05 PM (8zz6B)

178 MN looking more and.more.like.a soft surrender by the administration. The communists continue to show strength and the admin draws down.

Cerno is concentrating on Bill Gates and his white pussy discharge.

This summer is going to be a bad one
Posted by: GigantorX

Don’t bother.

At AoS Trump can’t lose ever. He’s always playing 4-d chess and an obvious surrender in removing ice agents, is a great win.

Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:05 PM (4iIP5)

179 And?

You would be saving a kid’s life. You know that, right. Your wife is an absolute gem. And you’re not so shabby yourself.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 11:06 PM (IhIKR)

180 like "Made by So-and-So in Pittsburgh, PA."
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... NE Arizona, ... made in Mercer, PA. I was in some small barely a town in the middle of the Painted Desert. ...
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PA and OH, iron, men and free enterprise.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:07 PM (TlCKo)

181 ""My caption-o-meter is broken. Maybe stick the old truism that if you can't say anything nice, then don't say it?""

Nah, they should have nailed her to the frigging tree.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)

182 Sixteen homeless people died in NYC after recent snow storm. The mayor took no action to have homeless people taken to a shelter before the storm hit. And he is still the mayor. Go figure.
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Once the winter toll of homeless deaths is in, that communist prick will announce that he's made a sizeable dent in the homeless numbers. No, really--he will.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:07 PM (Cjcf6)

183 >>>WTF?

Bands play songs from other bands all the time.

Stolen. Someone stole your brain.

Posted by: pawn

>Of course they did. Stole my brain like they stole my massive cock. There's plenty for everyone!

Lighten up, Zepplin was a great band with great artists.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 11:08 PM (TOSLe)

184 Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:05 PM (4iIP5)

STOP PLAYING WITH YOURSELF.

Posted by: GOD at February 04, 2026 11:08 PM (gKWVE)

185 Sixteen homeless people died in NYC after recent snow storm. The mayor took no action to have homeless people taken to a shelter before the storm hit. And he is still the mayor. Go figure.
Posted by: Case

Not to worry, they'll still be voting for me.

Posted by: da Mayor at February 04, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)

186 I can barely provide adequate care and attention for a cat.

And she’s a Fink.

But. If I could, I’d try to be a foster parent. Of course, I couldn’t tell the kid where I lost all those firearms that fateful summer canoeing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 11:09 PM (IhIKR)

187 be arounf the ranch all day. Working on an old car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:59 PM (8zz6B)

You? Nooo, I can't believe it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 11:10 PM (snZF9)

188 At AoS Trump can’t lose ever. He’s always playing 4-d chess and an obvious surrender in removing ice agents, is a great win.
Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:05 PM (4iIP5)

You have the order wrong. Trump had a great win in Minnesota, which allowed him to remove ICE agents. I know it's difficult to follow simple cause and effect with such a miniscule cranial capacity, but you should try to put more effort into assessing the world as it is.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 11:11 PM (zGyLA)

189 No blah blah blah

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2026 11:11 PM (dxXyY)

190 Of course, I couldn’t tell the kid where I lost all those firearms that fateful summer canoeing.
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The waves were angry that day my friend.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:11 PM (Cjcf6)

191 ASCAP and BMI have investigators that go to clubs, dance halls, concerts etc. Every public establishment be it a beer joint with a juke box to the Trump Kennedy Center for the Arts pays a vig for every copyrighted song.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:11 PM (TlCKo)

192 188 At AoS Trump can’t lose ever. He’s always playing 4-d chess and an obvious surrender in removing ice agents, is a great win.
Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:05 PM (4iIP5)

You have the order wrong. Trump had a great win in Minnesota, which allowed him to remove ICE agents. I know it's difficult to follow simple cause and effect with such a miniscule cranial capacity, but you should try to put more effort into assessing the world as it is

Perfectly proves my point.
700 fewer ice agents will deport more illegals. A great win.

Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:13 PM (4iIP5)

193 By the way, I've never seen that movie. Zit any good?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Honestly, for me, it's a mixed bag. I loved the steel mill scenes, the bar and the wedding/church scenes. Cimino shot the mill scenes in Mingo Junction and the bar scenes in the bar/bowling alley that my workmates and I frequented. Most of the extras in that were me and my buddies. (Free lunch and beer!!) The wedding and reception scenes were shot, iirc, in a Russian Orthodox church in the Cleveland area with a ton of locals. That part feels like home.

Much of the rest is 'eh'. I don't like Meryl Streep playing herself in any of her films. Always liked John Cazale and George Dzundza though.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 11:13 PM (cYBz/)

194 Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:13 PM (4iIP5)

HAVE YOU BEEN TOUCHING YOURSELF?

Posted by: GOD at February 04, 2026 11:14 PM (gKWVE)

195 We used to have ASCAP jerks come into our local dive pulling that shit. Told em to take a hike, we only play local music.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2026 11:14 PM (dxXyY)

196 All is lost! Minnesota is fallen. Flee, flee for your lives.
Posted by: DenethorX at February 04, 2026 10:51 PM (gKWVE)

Hail a day so long expected
Hail the year of full release
Zion's walls are now erected
And her watchmen publish peace
Throughout Shiloh's wide dominion
Hear the trumpets loudly roar
Min'a'plis is fallen is fallen is fallen
Min'a'plis is fallen to rise no more

Posted by: Nerd Herd at February 04, 2026 11:14 PM (NZPfR)

197 187 be arounf the ranch all day. Working on an old car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Sunday's auction?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:15 PM (TlCKo)

198 Perfectly proves my point.
700 fewer ice agents will deport more illegals. A great win.
Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:13 PM (4iIP5)

You do have a point there. But if you wear a hat, it won't show.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:15 PM (8zz6B)

199 ASCAP and BMI have investigators that go to clubs, dance halls, concerts etc. Every public establishment be it a beer joint with a juke box to the Trump Kennedy Center for the Arts pays a vig for every copyrighted song.
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Yep. They tried to kill Karaokie a decade ago with those antics.

Which just goes to show that not all lawyers are bad people.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)

200 "newspaper into an indispensable national institution, and a pillar of the democratic system"

Tell me you huff your own farts without showing me the bag...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2026 11:17 PM (7xVfr)

201 Sunday's auction?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:15 PM (TlCKo)

No. Resurrecting a dead one. Well, it's technically alive now, but doing a multitde of little chores to make it roadworthy. Wiring and parking brake handle today.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)

202 195 We used to have ASCAP jerks come into our local dive pulling that shit. Told em to take a hike, we only play local music.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
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There was a fellow who owned a club not to far from here that did that. Second time they advised him that tossing them was inappropriate. Third time was time confined.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:18 PM (TlCKo)

203 Cats in tanks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBKZPNsK74

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 11:19 PM (2GVsD)

204 Local band front man on his last gig: Hey I'm sorry we can't play any of the songs you want because it will cause legal problems, so your gonna hafta listen to our originals.

Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 11:19 PM (uvB+6)

205 Yep. They tried to kill Karaokie a decade ago with those antics.

Which just goes to show that not all lawyers are bad people.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)

Pity they failed. Was at local dive bar for meat loaf and beer. It was karaoke night. Some of the "talent" made Springsteen sound good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

206 Cats in tanks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBKZPNsK74
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Hahaha! A classic!

Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 11:21 PM (rdVOm)

207 Karaoke - Japanese for "I can't sing."

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 11:22 PM (2GVsD)

208 Perfectly proves my point.
700 fewer ice agents will deport more illegals. A great win.
Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:13 PM (4iIP5)

Perfectly proves my point. I know this explanation won't help any, considering your lacking any type of comprehension skills, but, here goes;

Trump already got Minnesota to start cooperating with ICE allowing pick ups directly from county jails, meaning they can now safely send two guys to do a quick pick up of a prisoner already in custody instead of sending teams of agents into residential neighborhoods to look for these people after they are released.

It also allows us to have 700 agents picking up illegals in other areas of the country.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 11:23 PM (zGyLA)

209 204 Local band front man on his last gig: Hey I'm sorry we can't play any of the songs you want because it will cause legal problems, so your gonna hafta listen to our originals.

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PRO TIP: The theme from Cats is public domain.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 11:23 PM (JkO4W)

210 The American Embassy in Cuba is sending out a warning:

Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Cuba

@USEmbCuba
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Havana, Cuba – February 3, 2026

Cuba’s national electrical grid is increasingly unstable and prolonged scheduled and unscheduled power outages are a daily occurrence across the country to include Havana. Outages affect water supply, lighting, refrigeration and communications.
There is also a shortage of fuel affecting transportation and resulting in long lines at gas stations. While some businesses, hotels, and hospitals use generators during power outages, they may not be able to maintain their services due to fuel shortages. Take precautions by conserving fuel, water, food and mobile phone charge, and be prepared for significant disruption. U.S. citizens in Cuba or planning to travel to Cuba are advised that there have been incidents of U.S. citizens being denied entry upon arrival as well as a spike in regime-sponsored protest activity directed at the United States, including anti-U.S. rhetoric.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:24 PM (rbvCR)

211 It takes a trip to a karaoke bar to really understand that the ability to carry a tune is a rare talent.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 11:24 PM (JkO4W)

212 192 Perfectly proves my point.
700 fewer ice agents will deport more illegals. A great win.
Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown at February 04, 2026 11:13 PM (4iIP5)

Homan explained it like this...
Previously, ICE would require 5-6 agents to apprehend the criminals. Now that the local authorities are cooperating with ICE, they only require 2 agents.
Resulting in a reduction in ICE agents needed. Makes sense to me.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 04, 2026 11:26 PM (y171U)

213 Back when we worked on the pickup every weekend so dad could drive it to work. The emergency brake (that's what we called it) didn't work so dad removed it and covered the hole along with the other holes (don't put your foot there) with thin sheet metal.

Come inspection time, it's being inspected and I ask dad; What about the emergency brake?
Dad said, he won't say anything.
Won't admit he can't find it.
Bingo
Passed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (TlCKo)

214 Time for Cuba to go fully solar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

215 >>Karaoke - Japanese for "I can't sing."
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Maybe. But tell me... What is more natural, than to want to sing & party after having a couple of 'adult' beverages? Gotta hand it to the Japanese, for making it a popular social event.

It's all for fun! It's not a freaking professional concert. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)

216 A funny Led Zeppelin 'borrowing' a song story is that they 'borrowed' one from Joan Baez and she had 'borrowed' it from the original writer. They both ended up have to pay the writer and giving writer credit .

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 11:29 PM (cwGMH)

217 Local band front man on his last gig: Hey I'm sorry we can't play any of the songs you want because it will cause legal problems, so your gonna hafta listen to our originals.
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The music business is complicated. That band made some bad choices.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)

218 My caption-o-meter is broken.

72 hours? That's actually a pretty good time to run a marathon hugging a tree, depending on how big the tree is.
Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

I'm surprised that, with Paulo around, no one asked for the record holding his tree....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 04, 2026 11:32 PM (S/Y4j)

219 Karaoke - Japanese for "I can't sing."
Posted by: Anna Puma

Then is "Karate" Japanese for "I can't shoot?"

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

220 Perfectly proves my point.
700 fewer ice agents will deport more illegals. A great win.
Posted by: Forget it Jake its AosTown

MN is now helping in deportations.

Those 700 can head to Maine. The next big prize.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 11:33 PM (IhIKR)

221 My friend owns a wedding videography company. When he first started out he would incorporate various songs the wedding couple liked into the video. After few years he had to start paying for a lot of the songs or risked being sued or whatever they do.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 11:34 PM (cwGMH)

222 We should just take Cuba. Take leadership just like in Venezuela and at the same time have engineers/seabees, and cargo ships of food, water, and whatever else logistics deem needed hit every port at the same time. No port? Send landing craft.

Give every Cuban what ever he needs resistance will be futile. Surrender will be joy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:34 PM (TlCKo)

223 Time for Cuba to go fully solar?
Posted by: Anna Puma

It might make sense at that latitude.

Unlike the solar farms that Xcel (no) Energy plants here in MN.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 11:34 PM (VHUov)

224 Time for Cuba to go fully solar?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

Cuba has solar and wind but the majority of the grid is powered by Soviet era power plants that run off of Venezuelan bunker fuel. The USN seizing the tankers that would drop off partial loads put a crimp in that, and Pres Scheinbaum of MX decided to not to supply Havana with any oil at the moment, so the grid is going down. They don't have money to buy oil from anywhere else, and no other supplier will take promises and Cuban Pesos.
So they are readily steaming into Destination F___ed

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:35 PM (rbvCR)

225 214 Time for Cuba to go fully solar?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

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Caribbean communists would run sunshine shortages in five years.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (+HNx/)

226 Caribbean communists would run sunshine shortages in five years.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (+HNx/)

Heh

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (cwGMH)

227 The soundtrack to Purple Rain may be the best ever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (IhIKR)

228 Capital! A fellow noise addict.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 10:51 PM (JrWaT)

I have to give a shoutout here to my 66 Audio headphones, which identify to Bluetooth as 66 BT Sport. (My laptop did not come with BT, but that was easily solved with a cheap little USB dongle.) They have remained supremely comfortable for very long computer sessions for many years, a fact that I credit to their being designed for jogging and then used behind a desk.

So, they're very small and light, with a stiff little band that goes discretely behind the neck, and very comfortable little pads for the ears -- very open, not even remotely isolating, but you can't have everything and it was probably designed that way on purpose (for jogging safety). It's quieter for others than speakers, for sure.

The sound quality is sufficient that I don't notice it one way or another, which is good enough for me. I'm not trying to mix a recording here, just listen to music or watch a video. And it's nice to be untethered from the computer, free to walk around, but without hot, heavy cans on my head. Oh, and they're inexpensive too. Two thumbs up!

Posted by: SciVo at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (Sy6m/)

229 Won't admit he can't find it.
Bingo
Passed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (TlCKo)

This car won't be getting inspected. But with a standard transmission, having a working parking brake is nice. And the mechanism in the rear drums is good, as are the jacketed cables going forward to the frame points. Now the dash handle and its short cable have been made good. Just have to fix up the intermediate cable and equalizer. That job gets done on the hoist.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)

230 ....Joan Baez...

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She wrote "Diamonds and Rust". It was an acoustic ballad to her.

Judas Priest recorded it as metal anthem, and it was amazing!

https://shorturl.at/T7KN1

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:37 PM (Cjcf6)

231 221 My friend owns a wedding videography company. When he first started out he would incorporate various songs the wedding couple liked into the video. After few years he had to start paying for a lot of the songs or risked being sued or whatever they do.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 11:34 PM (cwGMH)

ASCAP or BMI would hunt him to the ends of the earth.

Posted by: They're as persistent as they are greedy at February 04, 2026 11:38 PM (TbWk/)

232 193 By the way, I've never seen that movie. Zit any good?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Honestly, for me, it's a mixed bag. I loved the steel mill scenes, the bar and the wedding/church scenes. Cimino shot the mill scenes in Mingo Junction and the bar scenes in the bar/bowling alley that my workmates and I frequented. Most of the extras in that were me and my buddies. (Free lunch and beer!!) The wedding and reception scenes were shot, iirc, in a Russian Orthodox church in the Cleveland area with a ton of locals. That part feels like home.

Much of the rest is 'eh'. I don't like Meryl Streep playing herself in any of her films. Always liked John Cazale and George Dzundza though.
Posted by: Tonypete

Heh, pretty much how I thought of DH too. I liked it but I think because the Mill scenes reminded me of home. Also, it was a unintended commercial for Rolling Rock beer when it was still brewed in Latrobe.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 04, 2026 11:39 PM (FmapG)

233 A call from the Donald and a private audience with Homan.

Kind of a come to Jesus moment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:39 PM (TlCKo)

234 but without hot, heavy cans on my head. Oh, and they're inexpensive too. Two thumbs up!
Posted by: SciVo at February 04, 2026 11:36 PM (Sy6m/)

Studiously avoids making the obvious joke.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:40 PM (8zz6B)

235 I think the goal for Cuba is to let them collapse until they contact us and surrender and ask for help.
The Russians are still touchy about Cuba and there is enough juice left to Brazil and the Marxist revolutionary groups in Venezuela and Colombia to make a stink
If Cuba, the shining star of aggressive International Marxist-Leninist thought starts begging, that puts a nail into the whole concept.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

236 Another sad case of intracranal lead deficiency.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 10:29 PM (8zz6B)

Perhaps an excess cranial accessories that are creating a disruptic electrical field interfering with normal thought processes.

Posted by: javems at February 04, 2026 11:40 PM (zFsEm)

237 ASCAP or BMI would hunt him to the ends of the earth.
Posted by: They're as persistent as they are greedy at February 04, 2026 11:38 PM (TbWk/)
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If you're going to play the music it's much better to make a deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:41 PM (TlCKo)

238 Suddenly, everyone is a lawyer.

Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 11:43 PM (uvB+6)

239 Suddenly, everyone is a lawyer.
Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 11:43 PM (uvB+6)

I got bored of being an epidemiologist

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)

240 238 Suddenly, everyone is a lawyer.

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See? This is why we have standards.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 11:44 PM (+HNx/)

241 8zz6B)

235 I think the goal for Cuba is to let them collapse until they contact us and surrender and ask for help.
The Russians are still touchy about Cuba and there is enough juice left to Brazil and the Marxist revolutionary groups in Venezuela and Colombia to make a stink
If Cuba, the shining star of aggressive International Marxist-Leninist thought starts begging, that puts a nail into the whole concept.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

I agree completely. There’s no reason to take any kinetic action; their house is already on fire, we just need to kick back and let it burn.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 11:45 PM (JbyEi)

242 This car won't be getting inspected. But with a standard transmission, having a working parking brake is nice.
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Ah, mon ami, one of my first lessons on emergency stops with a standard transmission and no brakes _
turn the key off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:46 PM (TlCKo)

243 Lawyer was the only job left after Marco Rubio started hogging all the others.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

244 >>>I agree completely. There’s no reason to take any kinetic action; their house is already on fire, we just need to kick back and let it burn.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Take their leadership and shower them with food and Coca Cola.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 11:47 PM (TlCKo)

245 ....Joan Baez...

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She wrote "Diamonds and Rust". It was an acoustic ballad to her.

Judas Priest recorded it as metal anthem, and it was amazing!

https://shorturl.at/T7KN1

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:37 PM (Cjcf6)

I spent time in a judas priest cover band somewhere around 1980, right around the time British Steel came out. I played that song more than I care to think about. Started to hate it actually. People really liked it though. Priest always improved a song they covered though, thats for sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)

246 Greetings Everybody!

It touched 90 degrees here at the beach in Orange County today. Not sure if that breaks the record. Supposed to be almost 20 degrees cooler tomorrow and more seasonal through the weekend.

We didn't have much of a winter this year, at least so far. My natural gas bill reflects this also.

Hope everyone in the east sees a warmup soon.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 04, 2026 11:49 PM (QGaXH)

247 People really liked it though. Priest always improved a song they covered though, thats for sure.
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Yes, exactly! Green Manalishi was so much better by them, particularly live!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:49 PM (Cjcf6)

248 246 Greetings Everybody!

Also - off to read through everyone's comments.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 04, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

249 224 Time for Cuba to go fully solar?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

Cuba tried to get that going - one big problem. Even the Chinese wanted to get paid for setting up a big solar system, and the Cuban government is completely broke.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 11:51 PM (JbyEi)

250 I spent time in a judas priest cover band somewhere around 1980, right around the time British Steel came out.
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I should have said it earlier--playing in a Judas Priest cover band is no small feat. I'm impressed that you have those chops! Glenn Tipton and KK Downing were *monster* guitar players!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:52 PM (Cjcf6)

251 One of the sticking points in Cuba is going to be the Cubans who fled in the 50's and think they are due their properties back, after 70 years.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)

252 I got bored of being an epidemiologist
Posted by: Kindltot

I'm kinda done with playing G-d.
Besides, those trolls won't keep playing with themselves.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 11:54 PM (gKWVE)

253 keep FROM.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 11:54 PM (gKWVE)

254 Suddenly, everyone is a lawyer.

Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 11:43 PM (uvB+6)
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I hereby serve you notice of the suit being filed against you for this slander against me.

You'll need a good lawyer. Call 1-800-BDOGLAW to schedule a free consultation.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 04, 2026 11:54 PM (GHvvy)

255 People really liked it though. Priest always improved a song they covered though, thats for sure.
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Yes, exactly! Green Manalishi was so much better by them, particularly live!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:49 PM (Cjcf6)

Absolutely, I loved playing that one. That song begged to be played live.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 11:54 PM (snZF9)

256 >>>Judas Priest recorded it as metal anthem, and it was amazing!

https://shorturl.at/T7KN1

Posted by: Crusader

>I saw the Priest not too long ago and Rob can still bring it. Pretty amazing.

Has it been so many years?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 11:55 PM (TOSLe)

257 One of the sticking points in Cuba is going to be the Cubans who fled in the 50's and think they are due their properties back, after 70 years.
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Most of them are dead.

The rest and the descendants of the others should simply be told "That's not practical, nor enforceable".

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:55 PM (Cjcf6)

258 Yes, exactly! Green Manalishi was so much better by them, particularly live!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:49 PM (Cjcf6)

Absolutely, I loved playing that one. That song begged to be played live.
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Kudos to you for having that level of talent!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

259 The rest and the descendants of the others should simply be told "That's not practical, nor enforceable".
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:55 PM (Cjcf6)

Give those claimants a preferred shot at buying land confiscated from the commie Nomenklatura.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:59 PM (8zz6B)

260 Good night folks, rest well.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 05, 2026 12:00 AM (CHHv1)

261 When PepsiCo announced this week that it was cutting prices on some of its most popular brands like Lay's, Doritos and Cheetos, it offered fresh evidence of how President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has created unconventional market pressures that are driving some food prices down.

https://tinyurl.com/4def6x2s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 12:02 AM (TlCKo)

262 Mark Whalberg's movie Rock Star was obviously about a Judas Priest cover band.

It was so bad it was good.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 05, 2026 12:05 AM (cwGMH)

263 I should have said it earlier--playing in a Judas Priest cover band is no small feat. I'm impressed that you have those chops! Glenn Tipton and KK Downing were *monster* guitar players!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 11:52 PM (Cjcf6)

We used to do their hardest stuff too, and we nailed it. Tyrant and exciter was a favorite, people would freak. I'll never forgot this one night this drunk chick came up to me afterward and said "when you guys hit those dual leads in exciter I came in my pants" I looked at the other guitar player and said well, I guess we got it right, lol. Seriously though, we had a very strong lineup, everybody was good at what they did. We did other stuff too, like maiden, accept, Sabbath with Dio, Ozzy, etc. Metal had progressed so fast we had to add all the new stuff that was coming out. I eventually moved into a national act for a bit, but I really miss those early days. It was all new.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

264 Give those claimants a preferred shot at buying land confiscated from the commie Nomenklatura.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 11:59 PM (8zz6B)

The method of privatization went well as could be expected in Russia after the oligarchs were prevented from selling everything to the European and American banks.
Might allow some sort of buy-back from whoever is currently occupying it, limited to the heirs holding ready cash. It would do a lot in re-financing the island

Posted by: Kindltot at February 05, 2026 12:07 AM (rbvCR)

265 All Bubbleball needs is a golden scnich and a team of cheerleaders all in the garb of wizards to achieve perfection. Wait, though - umpires are missing here. The Ump should be a little person, clad in spandex and heavily greased. For him to make a call on a play, both teams have to chase him down. During this time, an image of the late Bemy Hill is displayed on the jumbotron. Commentary would come from AI featuring the late, lamented Bob Eucker, and at multiple points during the game, AI Eucker will question the masculinity of the players. Each team must communicate with their teammantes in Esperanto. In a pinch, Mycenean Linear B will be acceptable. Finally, all the contestants must apologize to their families for taking part in this.

Posted by: John Drake at February 05, 2026 12:12 AM (g2WbM)

266 I saw the Priest not too long ago and Rob can still bring it. Pretty amazing.

Has it been so many years?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 11:55 PM (TOSLe)

yeah, its been that many years. I just pulled out some old gear last night and it had batteries in it from the Reagan administration. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:18 AM (snZF9)

267 So, the three song theme of the night? What ties them together?

All about duh Liberals... Dazed and Confused...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2026 12:18 AM (mP0Kj)

268 We did other stuff too, like maiden, accept, Sabbath with Dio, Ozzy, etc. Metal had progressed so fast we had to add all the new stuff that was coming out. I eventually moved into a national act for a bit, but I really miss those early days.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:06 AM
***
Fear of the Dark is scheduled for a future ONT.

Posted by: TRex - iron dino at February 05, 2026 12:19 AM (pqoTI)

269 @zerohedge . 22m

In the last 2 months, China has started construction on another 8 nuclear reactors bringing the total to 38. The US meanwhile issues press releases and strongly worded LOIs
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This is wrong. I have read that Bezos is doing 4 in Washington, Consolidated is starting up 3 mile island and has a project in Illinois. And a company (one of the chip mfg) is doing 4 in TX.

It's like everyone on X is doing clickbait.
They put out info and to fill the gaps it's chum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 12:20 AM (TlCKo)

270 Fear of the Dark is scheduled for a future ONT.

Posted by: TRex - iron dino at February 05, 2026 12:19 AM (pqoTI)

Nice. Can never go wrong with iron maiden.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:21 AM (snZF9)

271 zerohedge . 1hr

Silver Crashes 20% As China Opens, Gold & Bitcoin Also Plunging zerohedge.com/markets/silver…

Gold $4,857.10 _-108.70
Silver $75.85 _-12.22

After the deep fall, which anyone with a crevice knew would happen, isn't this just floating around looking for a new floor?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 12:29 AM (TlCKo)

272 251 One of the sticking points in Cuba is going to be the Cubans who fled in the 50's and think they are due their properties back, after 70 years.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)

I don’t think it will be much of a problem to give it back if they have a claim. Most of the buildings in Cuba are a wreck, having gone 70 years with no maintenance. And any land confiscated was held by the government, so it would be easy to return.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2026 12:31 AM (JbyEi)

273 >>>yeah, its been that many years. I just pulled out some old gear last night and it had batteries in it from the Reagan administration. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

>Reagan was shot the day before my birthday when I was a freshman in HS. I remember that very clearly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 12:31 AM (TOSLe)

274 Fear of the Dark is scheduled for a future ONT.

Posted by: TRex - iron dino at February 05, 2026 12:19 AM (pqoTI)

Nice. Can never go wrong with iron maiden.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:21 AM (snZF9)

Has their label started working on Cyber Maiden - robots performing Iron Maiden songs - to keep money rolling in?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 12:32 AM (S/Y4j)

275 >Reagan was shot the day before my birthday when I was a freshman in HS. I remember that very clearly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 05, 2026 12:31 AM (TOSLe)

I don't remember what year that was. I don't even remember what I was doing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:34 AM (snZF9)

276 Just ran across this tweet screenshot on YouTube.

Thank you for contacting the abyss.
Your scream is very important to us.

Is that the greeting for the Barrel?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 12:35 AM (S/Y4j)

277 MN looking more and.more.like.a soft surrender by the administration. The communists continue to show strength and the admin draws down.
- - - - -
You have to entice the commie rats to come out in the open by making it seem safer for them.

Then you can splat them with your sledgehammer...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at February 05, 2026 12:35 AM (gNId8)

278 @SawyerMerritt . 5h

The FCC has accepted SpaceX’s filing for a new non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) system of up to one million satellites, and is now seeking comments.

“This satellite system will represent the first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization - one that can harness the Sun's full power," according to SpaceX.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 12:36 AM (TlCKo)

279 Has their label started working on Cyber Maiden - robots performing Iron Maiden songs - to keep money rolling in?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 12:32 AM (S/Y4j)

No can do. Cyber Maiden is already the name of a sexbot in Nevada.

Posted by: The Internet at February 05, 2026 12:38 AM (NZPfR)

280 Well, getting late enough, it's looking like bedtime for me. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2026 12:40 AM (8zz6B)

281 I think the Cubans will be glad to have jobs, opportunity and freedom. There may be resentment toward Americano/Cubans. That will be a job for mil-intel ( can't trust it to today's civ/pop)
Apparently Diogenes has taken the night off. He could make a contribution in this area.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 12:42 AM (TlCKo)

282 Hey Horde, just catching up on the news of the day, lurking a bit and enjoying the music discussion. Happy Wednesday. Has anybody seen JQ or is it self-serve night?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 12:43 AM (0nHVk)

283 Saw “Melania”. Pretty cool documentary. The look on Kamala’s face at the inauguration is worth the price. You know Joe made her go, he laughing the whole time inside. He appeared lucid and somewhat relieved. Dems did a coup and he turned on them. The fear in her eyes when they were discussing walking after the inauguration was quite evident. Also, 22 hours in high heels!!!

Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 05, 2026 12:44 AM (etTpa)

284 Hi, Debby!

I've been lurking, too. Just got the heater put back together..

Chivas, my friend?

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

285 Has their label started working on Cyber Maiden - robots performing Iron Maiden songs - to keep money rolling in?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 12:32 AM (S/Y4j)

The vast majority of musicians flat out just can't step off the train. Once it's in your blood there's nothing you can do. Its part of your being. I know, I'm living it. I still play 3-4 hours a day, still buy guitars, amps, etc. I try to stay current. I still jam with people, jump up on stage if a friend's bands are playing, and if I find another good situation, I'm gone. I used to wonder about the big bands, how much frigging money do you need. Retire already. The truth is..they can't.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9)

286 Hi JQ and Debby

I wouldn't say no to a beer....it was unseasonably warm here today - warmer even than a hot summer day - but 20 degrees cooler tomorrow....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 12:52 AM (QGaXH)

287 I've been lurking, too. Just got the heater put back together..

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

So mission accomplished then?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 12:53 AM (snZF9)

288
I wouldn't say no to a beer.

That would depend on what it asked me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 12:54 AM (Cqx++)

289 Hmmm... interesting new question.

Seems that an AI slandered Trump by saying he went to Epstein Island... based on numerous posts from leftists who said it.

Now, can you sue the company running the AI for Slander? or Libel?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2026 12:57 AM (mP0Kj)

290 Thanks JQ, glad that you will be warm.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 12:57 AM (0nHVk)

291 Hi, ARiK!

*slides a beer down the bar*

It's been warmer than usual here, too-- not complaining! Just waiting for the other shoe to drop next winter though...

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)

292 So mission accomplished then?
Posted by: Berserker
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Yes! Yay, me..

It *was* the lower auger motor.

Was a very busy day & I didn't get home until 6... but wasn't in much hurry because of the mild weather. 60F today! Unheard of, really.

Had to take my time & take lots of breaks to stretch the ol' body back out. Plus, spare motor wasn't where I thought it was LOL. Lots of cleanup too-- had to pull both augers to clear the jam-- boy howdy, what a mess.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

293 Ladies it is good to see you here. The evenings are incomplete without your presence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 01:02 AM (TlCKo)

294 Now, can you sue the company running the AI for Slander? or Libel?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2026 12:57 AM (mP0Kj)

I think that is a huge looming liability for owners of AI. The Trump situation is trivial since it’s been talked about so much by everyone - but sooner or later an AI is going to give out information that results in someone’s death, and there will be a huge precedent setting wrongful death lawsuit to come out of it.
If a jury decides to give a victim’s family $100 million out of some Big Corporation, that will focus everyone’s mind on making sure that AI is truthful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2026 01:04 AM (JbyEi)

295 >>>Now, can you sue the company running the AI for Slander? or Libel?
Posted by: Romeo13
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That's one way to force them to tighten it up.
AI will put out anything and it's usually biased to the left if not completely incorrect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 01:05 AM (TlCKo)

296 Hi, Braenyard!

Good to see you, too! May I buy you a drink?

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

297 Red Line Report @RedLineReportt . 7hr

Scott Bessent just announced the Internal Revenue Service is launching MASSIVE AUDITS of financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds.

Read that again.

Banks. MSBs. Financial middlemen.
Anyone who helped move dirty money is about to get TORCHED.

For once, the IRS is being deployed FOR AMERICANS FIRST — not against working families.

Follow the money.
Audit everything.
Prosecute whoever broke the law.

Thank you, Sec. Bessent. 🇺🇸

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 01:09 AM (TlCKo)

298 >>>For once, the IRS is being deployed FOR AMERICANS FIRST — not against working families.
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WooHoo! No shit?

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

299 291 Hi, ARiK!

*slides a beer down the bar*

It's been warmer than usual here, too-- not complaining! Just waiting for the other shoe to drop next winter though...
Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)

Thank you JQ!

I was away for a bit....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:13 AM (QGaXH)

300 288
I wouldn't say no to a beer.

That would depend on what it asked me.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 05, 2026 12:54 AM (Cqx++)

Snort......LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)

301 Yes! Yay, me..

It *was* the lower auger motor.

Was a very busy day & I didn't get home until 6... but wasn't in much hurry because of the mild weather. 60F today! Unheard of, really.

Had to take my time & take lots of breaks to stretch the ol' body back out. Plus, spare motor wasn't where I thought it was LOL. Lots of cleanup too-- had to pull both augers to clear the jam-- boy howdy, what a mess.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

I have to change my expansion tank on the boiler tomorrow if I can find one. There was a little water on the floor around the boiler, so I knocked on the pipe coming from the pressure release valve and water sprinkled out. I figured thats where it came from and put a small bucket under the pipe. Sure as shit when I got home there was water in the bucket and floor was dry. I knocked on the expansion tank *thud* like it was filled with sand. Not a good sign. Checked the schrader valve and a little water came out. Yup, toast. I got a shut off valve in the line to it, so it won't take much longer than changing a light bulb, but now I have to go out and search for one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 01:15 AM (snZF9)

302 289 Hmmm... interesting new question.

Seems that an AI slandered Trump by saying he went to Epstein Island... based on numerous posts from leftists who said it.

Now, can you sue the company running the AI for Slander? or Libel?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2026 12:57 AM (mP0Kj)

Interesting indeed! I also find it interesting about the young lady who successfully sued the Drs for removing her healthy breasts when she was 16 - $2M was it?

Wait until these young men who were mutilated at prepuberty start lining up their lawsuits....I'd hope they get double-digit millions...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)

303 297 Follow the money.
Audit everything.
Prosecute whoever broke the law.

Thank you, Sec. Bessent. 🇺🇸
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 01:09 AM (TlCKo)

Did you see the way he schooled Ayanna Pressley and that Maxine Waters idiot today in front of the Senate Banking committee?

Pure Comedy Gold Jerry.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:21 AM (QGaXH)

304 303 - Oops! Not the Senate, the House Banking Committee

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:22 AM (QGaXH)

305 Bers, how difficult can it be to find an expansion tank? I'm only familiar (and just barely) with the ones on water heaters.

Check with a plumbing supply? Get the specs and search online for better price.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

306
Good to see you, too! May I buy you a drink?
Posted by: JQ at February
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Hi, just got back, traveling through Bessent and that congressional committee, rough terrain, one needs a 4x4. He may be a faggot but he's not a fluff.

Yes, thank's, a gin and tonic would be refreshing.
Glad to see you got that pellet monster going. Good show.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 01:23 AM (TlCKo)

307 Wait until these young men who were mutilated at prepuberty start lining up their lawsuits....I'd hope they get double-digit millions...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)

Probably would cost millions for an addadicktomy if they chopped theirs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 01:23 AM (snZF9)

308 *G & T for Braenyard*

Not a gin drinker, myself, but figured Tanqueray was good?

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

309 Bers, how difficult can it be to find an expansion tank? I'm only familiar (and just barely) with the ones on water heaters.

Check with a plumbing supply? Get the specs and search online for better price.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

You won't find it at lowes or home depot, not that I would want anything they sold when its important. I have to hit a plumbing supply thats about 10 miles from here. I'll call first and see what they got, I would think they have to have one. If not I have to order it. I found a bell and gosset like I have now online for $100, but I would rather not wait, but they are supposedly very good. Plumbing supply usually always has good stuff, so I'll see what they got.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 01:28 AM (snZF9)

310 Bessent was masterful before that committee today, it was a thing of beauty.

Thank you Braenyard for not minding the company, this place is home for me late at night.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 01:28 AM (0nHVk)

311 307 Wait until these young men who were mutilated at prepuberty start lining up their lawsuits....I'd hope they get double-digit millions...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)

Probably would cost millions for an addadicktomy if they chopped theirs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 01:23 AM (snZF9)

I don't know....if you could graft a donor 'organ' on, there's always be the problem of foreign tissue rejection, even if the donor was a US Citizen....

You might be able to recreate the waste disposal function but the recreational area is probably toast......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 01:30 AM (QGaXH)

312 "Pellet monster" LOL!

Its only problem is (like all of us...) AGE. Got it 15 years ago. Parts are readily available and not terribly expensive. Came with an informative manual and troubleshooting guide. Not bad for the price.

It replaced an even earlier-made unit that truly sucked-- "used" when hubby installed it, had no identifying info on it & IMO poorly designed-- glad it's gone!

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

313 Scott Bessent just announced the Internal Revenue Service is launching MASSIVE AUDITS of financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I think proving 'intent' is going to be difficult.

Posted by: Adriane the Momentarily Less Cynical Critic . . . at February 05, 2026 01:35 AM (3ZUWJ)

314 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Sorry to be so late - I got a notification today that the Barry Manilow concert we were going to be attending on our Vegas trip in 2 weeks has been cancelled, so I have been trying to decide what to see in lieu of that. I'm really bummed, because I was looking forward to seeing him one last time, but the man IS recovering from lung cancer surgery, and he is in his 80's, so "It's a Miracle" that he is still performing at all.

We settled on the Cirque du Soleil show "O" at the Bellagio - looks intriguing, and we were able to get primo seats AND dinner at a restaurant at the resort with premium seating to see the fountain show for less than what we originally paid for the Manilow concert by itself.

Still bummed, though - I am one of the original Fanilow girls from way back when....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 05, 2026 01:45 AM (SRRAx)

315 Tanqueray is just fine thanks.

And Debbie, it's not putting up with, it's a blessing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 01:46 AM (TlCKo)

316 313 Scott Bessent just announced the Internal Revenue Service is launching MASSIVE AUDITS of financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I think proving 'intent' is going to be difficult.
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Banking is very heavily regulated. If there was large amounts of money going through, anyone not reporting will be in trouble. Massive fraud only happens when someone does not 'notice' it. Looking the other way only works when there is not someone wanting to find out where the money came from and where it is going. There is now someone interested in finding out.

Posted by: clarence at February 05, 2026 01:48 AM (AxaBd)

317 Hi, Teresa!

Got some hot, mulled apple cider for you, if you like. No booze-- just apple/citrus/spices... and a cinnamon stick.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 01:49 AM (rdVOm)

318 Speculating that private audience MN had with Homan didn't go the way they anticipated.
Went something like this:

Tom Homan just ERUPTED in response to the left-wing media using children to protest ICE 🫳🏻🎤

"Why don't you show the funeral of Rachel Morin!? Why don't you listen to the 19 minutes of Laken Riley fighting for her life?!"

"For 19 minutes she fought for every breath, fought to survive. How terrified these young women were to be r*ped and m*rdered. How about THAT?"

"How about we educate these children on President Trump making his country safe again? How about we educate the children on the last administration half a million children were smuggled in this country, they lost track of 300,000 of them, and President Trump found 145,000 of them!"

"145,000 children the last administration wasn't even LOOKING for. Why don't we talk about the quarter million Americans died from fentanyl across the open border?"

"Why don't we talk about the record number of known suspected terrorists across that border? Or the historic increase in s*x trafficking in women and children?"

"Let's talk about that. President Trump's saving lives every day!"

cont.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:04 AM (TlCKo)

319 cont.
"Let's talk about that. President Trump's saving lives every day!"

"The border's the most secure we have in the history of this nation. Less women are being r*ped, less people are dying making that journey, and this country's safe again. Let's tell that story!" @RealTomHoman

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:04 AM (TlCKo)

320 I thought it would only be 2am

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 02:08 AM (Ia/+0)

321
Banking is very heavily regulated. If there was large amounts of money going through, anyone not reporting will be in trouble. Massive fraud only happens when someone does not 'notice' it. Looking the other way only works when there is not someone wanting to find out where the money came from and where it is going. There is now someone interested in finding out.
Posted by: clarence

I first read that as "Baking"

Posted by: Miklos amused himself inadvertently at February 05, 2026 02:08 AM (AP7fj)

322 I thought it would only be 2am
Posted by: Skip

Back to bed, young man!

Tomorrow is NOT a Snow Day!

Posted by: Strict but affectionate Auntie Miklos at February 05, 2026 02:10 AM (AP7fj)

323 I first read that as "Baking"

Posted by: Miklos amused himself inadvertently at February 05, 2026 02:08 AM (AP7fj)
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Well, we are talking about illicit dough, aren't we?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:10 AM (GHvvy)

324 @silentblossom_11h

Tom Homan just went FULL BEAST MODE, confirmed EVERY SINGLE ILLEGAL ALIEN gets deported the SECOND ICE encounters them. NO EXCEPTIONS. NO AMNESTY. NO HIDING
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That's what Kristi was doing but that little conversation with Trump and the one on one with Tom clarified things.

Minnesota counties are letting ICE into the jails to arrest illegals. O tey.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:15 AM (TlCKo)

325 Not the Senate, the House Banking Committee
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

The Senate Baking Committee, like the rest, gets nothing done.

But it smells nice

Posted by: Muffin Minded Miklos at February 05, 2026 02:15 AM (AP7fj)

326 Well, we are talking about illicit dough, aren't we?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

*awards an amuse bouche*

Posted by: Chef Jean-Mikleuse at February 05, 2026 02:17 AM (AP7fj)

327 Submarines:
800 Tons@800Tons . 14h

feb 4. 2009: HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant collide in the Atlantic.
No injuries, but material damage.
At issue: the extreme acoustic discretion of the two SSBNs... in the same patrol zone.
An extremely rare and improbable incident

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:24 AM (TlCKo)

328 Senate Baking Committee. LOL!

Sounds... *useful* hahahahaha

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

329 JQ, another if you will, and I'll get the next round.

It did truly seem as though the democrats were at the wrong meeting today, perhaps the baking committee is a better use of our tax dollars.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 02:25 AM (0nHVk)

330 328 Senate Baking Committee. LOL!

Sounds... *useful* hahahahaha
Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

Their hearing with Elon Musk and Joe Rogan would not go as planned. But it would be amusing.

Posted by: SciVo at February 05, 2026 02:27 AM (Sy6m/)

331 oyal Caribbean drops massive fleet expansion: 2 Discovery class ships + 10 Celebrity river vessels after $4.3B quarter.

Celebrity's 2027 season sold out in 6 minutes.

What's driving this cruise boom?
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EBT cards?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:28 AM (TlCKo)

332 Sure thing, Debby! *Chivas w/single ice cube*

Senate BAKING committee is likely SO BAKED, that they get *nothing* done.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

333 Senate Baking Committee. LOL!

Sounds... *useful* hahahahaha
Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

The House should have a Committee on Cooking, Baking, and Cleaning. A true Home Ec committee.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 02:32 AM (S/Y4j)

334 Fun fact about UK municipalities:

https://tinyurl.com/5xf974wc

Cheerio, chaps!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:33 AM (GHvvy)

335 325 Not the Senate, the House Banking Committee
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

The Senate Baking Committee, like the rest, gets nothing done.

But it smells nice
Posted by: Muffin Minded Miklos at February 05, 2026 02:15 AM (AP7fj)

Nice!

I'd prefer they held baking contests instead of passing more laws to 'help' us.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 02:34 AM (QGaXH)

336 We should have a Horde cruise sometime, hijinks on the high seas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 02:35 AM (0nHVk)

337 331 oyal Caribbean drops massive fleet expansion: 2 Discovery class ships + 10 Celebrity river vessels after $4.3B quarter.

Celebrity's 2027 season sold out in 6 minutes.

What's driving this cruise boom?
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EBT cards?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:28 AM (TlCKo)

Tons and tons of Baby Boomers (of which I am one) reaching retirement age with lots and lots of discretionary income....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 02:36 AM (QGaXH)

338 They are so inept a food taster would be preferred before eating their product.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:36 AM (TlCKo)

339 What's driving this cruise boom?
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EBT cards?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:28 AM (TlCKo)

Tons and tons of Baby Boomers (of which I am one) reaching retirement age with lots and lots of discretionary income....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 05, 2026 02:36 AM (QGaXH)

For some people, it's much cheaper to live on a cruise ship than on land.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 05, 2026 02:38 AM (S/Y4j)

340 For some people, it's much cheaper to live on a cruise ship than on land.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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I have considered this! For what hubby's nursing home costs, we could cruise fulltime! Would still need to pay for an aide or two, though... that's where it gets too expensive.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)

341 We should have a Horde cruise sometime, hijinks on the high seas.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 02:35 AM (0nHVk)

That would be pretty cool. Done many cruises in my time. Be prepared to get fat, drunk, and happy

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 02:44 AM (snZF9)

342 See? Mayor Mamdani is really a nice guy! He visits the sick:

https://tinyurl.com/yc8yxhxb

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:45 AM (GHvvy)

343 Confused my cruise lines.
Have you see those Carnival Cruise fight videos?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:47 AM (TlCKo)

344 Confused my cruise lines.
Have you see those Carnival Cruise fight videos?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 02:47 AM (TlCKo)

Carnival is the EBT card of cruises.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 02:48 AM (snZF9)

345 Bers, I would give it my best effort. Sweet dreams Horde, I need to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 05, 2026 02:49 AM (0nHVk)

346 Have you see those Carnival Cruise fight videos?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. What a sh!tshow. Thousands of dollars spent, and then to see/get caught up in that? No thanks.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

347 'Night, Debby. Sweet dreams!

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

348 G-d bless pols like Sen. Eric Schmitt:

https://tinyurl.com/8edwtepx

"Justice is coming!"

Waiting.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:51 AM (GHvvy)

349
That would be pretty cool. Done many cruises in my time. Be prepared to get fat, drunk, and happy
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Between the Gun Thread folks shooting skeet from the stern and the Tech Thread folks taking the con and running a Giant Slalom route along a string of navigational buoys, what could go wrong?

I would insist that there be a dunking booth manned for sixteen hours each day -- to pay proper homage to The Barrel.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 02:52 AM (xG4kz)

350 Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at February 05, 2026 02:53 AM (41CYW)

351 Have you see those Carnival Cruise fight videos?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. What a sh!tshow. Thousands of dollars spent, and then to see/get caught up in that? No thanks.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

Thats why I do the metal cruise. Same big royal caribbean ships, zero fights, less supervision, more booze, more food, no irritating cruise directors, no lime in the coconut shit, waaay more like a mome, and no fucking assholes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 02:54 AM (snZF9)

352 Metal cruise sounds like a blast! Some day... if there's any $ left......

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

353 How Chicago celebrates St. Valentine's Day - the old fashioned way:

https://tinyurl.com/bdd7wayx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 02:56 AM (GHvvy)

354
The House should have a Committee on Cooking, Baking, and Cleaning. A true Home Ec committee.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Don't short change Sewing, Knitting, Crocheting and Garment Repair. Their line of "Tha's Raaacist!" and "...Reclaiming My Time" needlepoint kits would fly off their shop's shelves like hotscakes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 02:59 AM (xG4kz)

355 Nkechy Ezeh.

Say her name.

Ten times fast.

https://tinyurl.com/3uh5s4pw

OK. Time for some KP duty and out for exercise.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2026 03:02 AM (GHvvy)

356 Metal cruise sounds like a blast! Some day... if there's any $ left......

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

You'll come back a changed person. lol Booze? They drank the frigging ship dry before it left port. Started boarding at 11am, by 4-5pm we got delayed on our departure because they needed an emergency resupply. Drank...the..ship...dry. You know how hard that is to do? I talked to the captain one time. Flat out said it was his favorite cruise. They sell more booze in those 4 days than they do in 6-7 weeks of normal cruises combined. His exact words- No fights, nobody in the brig, no complaints, everybody has a great time, the crew is volunteer, and they break all booze records.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 03:02 AM (snZF9)

357
What's driving this cruise boom?

Numerous videos seem to indicate that the thrill of taking part in a cage match free for all without having to train extensively is a big draw card.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 05, 2026 03:04 AM (xG4kz)

358 No fights, nobody in the brig, no complaints, everybody has a great time, the crew is volunteer, and they break all booze records.
Posted by: Berserker
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Amazingly simple. "Don't start none, won't be none."

Love it!

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

359 >>>St. Valentine's Day - the old fashioned way:

https://tinyurl.com/bdd7wayx

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Looks like those Cartel videos from Mexico,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 03:09 AM (TlCKo)

360 Spent the best afternoon of my life with brand new grandson. Sniffing that head, snuggling that little cutie, feeding him a bit, and then watching his hiccups.

Apparently, he learned to fart like a pro from Grandpa. Who knew that was the first thing passed down in the family way? He's a pro.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 05, 2026 03:11 AM (I40wl)

361 Grandma tcn, great news. Enjoy that baby.

JQ, thanks tor the J&T, and JQ and all the ladies this wouldn't be the place without you. Time to hit the rack. See yall on the morrow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 05, 2026 03:16 AM (TlCKo)

362 Fights happen on cruise ships because the worse thing you can do is put a bunch of spoiled entitled rich kids from different clans together. I saw it on "family" cruises. Fucking long island guidos, hip hop wannabee gang banger mofos, hispanic ms-13 wannabees, etc. Not a good mix.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2026 03:19 AM (snZF9)

363 Might as well just get up

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)

364 'Night, Braenyard. Stay warm!

Tcn-- woohoo! Grand-cuddles! Enjoy.

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

365 Good night, Horde. Time for me to hit the rack as well.

God bless all of you!

Posted by: JQ at February 05, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

366 Lunch packed, waiting for coffee

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2026 03:48 AM (Ia/+0)

367 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2026 04:00 AM (SSiCQ)

368 Another Oregon mother of the year in news today:

A Portland woman will serve three years in prison for a drunk-driving crash that claimed the life of her 5-year-old daughter.

Amber Gonzalez-Riddle was behind the wheel in November 2022 when she crossed the centerline on Highway 58, colliding head-on with another vehicle. Her two children were in the backseat. Court records reveal that the 5-year-old was wearing a seat belt across her lap but was not in a booster seat when she died as a result of the crash.

Gonzalez-Riddle confessed to investigators that she consumed two malt liquors, a shot of tequila, and smoked marijuana before driving. Witnesses reported seeing Gonzalez-Riddle driving at speeds up to 80 mph and passing in no-passing zones without tail or brake lights. State police discovered several malt liquor and beer cans at the scene

Court records indicate that while awaiting trial, Gonzalez-Riddle entered a marijuana shop wearing an ankle monitor and posted videos on social media claiming to be high. She reportedly expressed annoyance about the topic of losing her child, whom she had gained custody of just hours before the crash.

Posted by: Frankie at February 05, 2026 04:08 AM (wVWcH)

369 Long day, made it home, heading for bed.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 05, 2026 10:49 PM (lUFok)

Mid-Week Cafe

The forest reflected in a bead of water on a twig

A real smooth criminal doesn't have to run from the scene of a crime.

Celebrity.

Golden retriever is so happy to be adopted.

Make room, bunky.

Mind the ice Part 1. Mind the ice Part 2.

Missed connection.

Some Like It Hoot.

Goat tries to dislodge a capybara.

The battle of Thermopylae, with a cat playing the Spartans.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

That�s not a cat.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/dNPCZEhaq0
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 4, 2026

When you lied on your resume but still got the job.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/K3Go8M7vtX
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 31, 2026

Get in there..🐕🐾🐦😅 pic.twitter.com/WSJunS7gX2
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 4, 2026

Dog leads officer to his leash while being rescued from a burning house..🙏

Even under stress, he�s making sure everyone follows proper leash protocol..🦮👮‍♂️❤️ pic.twitter.com/iFFWEMEdIv
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) February 4, 2026

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1 Cool

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2026 07:12 PM (7zn4w)

2 You know you have awesome neighbors when they shovel your driveway after the snowstorm the day before you get back to town.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 04, 2026 07:15 PM (tcsrY)

3 Hump is what's for dinner.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 07:16 PM (TOSLe)

4 you want to rotate that pic 180 degrees, ace.

Or claim it is from Australia

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

5 Good evening, thanks Ace.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (lpVer)

6 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (cxFcK)

7 also, "reflected" =/= "refracted"

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (rbvCR)

8 I stole 2009Refugee's reply :

Gerard Baker @gerardtbaker

8h
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.

Tobias Took @TobiasTook
In fairness, they were employed on stolen land.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:17 PM (jc0TO)

9 At least it is not AI

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (rbvCR)

10 Cafe Time! Perfect.

Today's China insight is this: Xi's purge may well be a sign he is pushing ahead with invading Taiwan despite the advice of his senior commanders. General Zhang is one of the last combat veterans in the PLA, and served as a regimental commander in the second round of fighting with Vietnam. He would know what happens when a green, untried army faces a determined enemy on their home ground: disaster.

Moreover, this is not the US Navy in 1944. China's last naval battle was in 1894 and it was a resounding defeat.

Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

11 Willowed.

Dare we hope that going back to a more normal community, working closer with normal people might turn their hearts to God, which is the greatest thing that can happen to anyone?

No. Why ? Because I trust you people least of all.

When these Angels show up ? I might obey them. But you ? No. Because you're a bunch of pricks. End of story.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (GvwA4)

12 Marvelous photo at the top.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:19 PM (2L+MU)

13 Willowed:

Don't all females update their boyfriends and husbands regularly to ensure the best behavior, tone, and performance?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

14 Another item: I'd overlooked that last spring a Chinese nuclear submarine sank while practicing mooring in the Yangtze River. Apparently its reactor melted down because there is now a plume of radioactive material that has reached the waters of the Philippines. That's a spectacular screw-up, and does not bode well for combat operations.

Yes, the US had a bunch of mishaps, but that was because of DEI and gross incompetence. That is being remedied. Can China fix the PLAN? These are the same guys who ran into their own cutter. Not top shelf, and probably heavily reliant on conscripts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

15 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

16 No. Why ? Because I trust you people least of all.

When these Angels show up ? I might obey them. But you ? No. Because you're a bunch of pricks. End of story.
Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (GvwA4)
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I shall pray for you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

17 Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

Alternate analysis was: Xi is becoming quite ill, and has so far refused to name a successor; the recent purge was in response to unease and restlessness of senior officers who don't want to wait until the last minute to start fighting for the top spot.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)

18 Innocent bystander if you as me, no guilt on his face

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:23 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I'm on bowl two of this chili.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:24 PM (jc0TO)

20 Alternate analysis was: Xi is becoming quite ill, and has so far refused to name a successor; the recent purge was in response to unease and restlessness of senior officers who don't want to wait until the last minute to start fighting for the top spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)
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Possibly, though there is a mechanism for succession through the Party, which held a congress in September. Gutting the CMC by removing every general doesn't exactly promote stability, it threatens to create regional warlords in the persons of the five theater commanders.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)

21 Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

Alternate analysis was: Xi is becoming quite ill, and has so far refused to name a successor; the recent purge was in response to unease and restlessness of senior officers who don't want to wait until the last minute to start fighting for the top spot.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)

Even if you want to invade, decapitating your officers is going to work against your efforts. Most often the purge in the army or party is just internal. He purged several rivals during COVID on various pretexts.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)

22 6 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

LoL!!! Since I'm not watching it anyway (I have the Daytona 24 Hours race queued up), I hope Bad Bunny wears a see through dress, no underwear, does a satanic ritual with babies and simulates raping Feds and BADORANGEMAN on stage! I mean, go all in with the depravity. Its a world wide stage. Wallow in the vomit you are bringing to light NFL!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (sAmhv)

23 Willowed:

Get on the bus
get off the bus

@MOSSADil
·
3h
TALKS BACK ON

🇮🇷🇺🇸 U.S.–IRAN TALKS BACK ON, SET FOR FRIDAY IN OMAN

After appearing close to collapse, talks between the U.S. and Iran are now back on.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (ZxPkt)

24 Today's China insight is this: Xi's purge may well be a sign he is pushing ahead with invading Taiwan despite the advice of his senior commanders.
__________

I've seen speculation that there was no purge and it's all a cover for the troop movements to the staging areas. But surely we'd be able to detect that.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (XvL8K)

25 >The forest reflected in a bead of water on a twig
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looks like one of those space forests in Silent Running

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (ZxPkt)

26 I get more of aGandalf on the bridge at Khazad-dum than the Spartans at Thermopylae with the cat in the stairwell video.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (GGatE)

27 If you need to purge, purge. You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Xi at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

28
Posted by: toby928(c

Hardly 'my' reply. This place is full of wonderful snark.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (8AONa)

29 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

LoL!!! Since I'm not watching it anyway (I have the Daytona 24 Hours race queued up), I hope Bad Bunny wears a see through dress, no underwear, does a satanic ritual with babies and simulates raping Feds and BADORANGEMAN on stage! I mean, go all in with the depravity. Its a world wide stage. Wallow in the vomit you are bringing to light NFL!
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All the while "Choose Love" will be painted at the back of each endzone.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (TN0g+)

30 Even if you want to invade, decapitating your officers is going to work against your efforts. Most often the purge in the army or party is just internal. He purged several rivals during COVID on various pretexts.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)
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Yes, but it often happens that way. I still think that the PLA - which apparently had had 2,000 officers purged under Xi - is probably losing patience with the situation. Zhang was a unifying figure, and while removing him creates a vacuum, nature abhors them as well.

Hence the apparent troops movements toward Beijing. The PLAAF seems loyal, but it's also not very effective at holding ground. The PLA is the center of gravity.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

31 10:Another problem is that this is not Xi's first round of purges - he's whacking his own creatures. It's hard to keep purging the military and not have the survivors realize their days are numbered.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Stalin did something similar. Luckily for Stalin, he was up against 'I can fight a war on two fronts' Hitler.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (sAmhv)

32 We lowly commenters don't have a good way to quote X since they took away our taskbar.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (jc0TO)

33 I mean, go all in with the depravity.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:25 PM

Our philosophy, exactly.

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

34
A couple of days ago I saw a black lab loping down the sidewalk with his leash in his mouth. The leash was attached to his collar.

He must have escaped from his owner. He was gone before we could get outside to corral him.

He was a happy boy, lol.

I love dogs so much!

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (3ek7K)

35 I want an Optimus, but not for a relationship. To put laundry away. I will be an early adopter. Lol.
Posted by: Piper
---

Truly disappointed that it will not arrive until late '27.
Thought it would be a month or two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (TlCKo)

36 Very cool pic up top

Posted by: 496 at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (Fzrlc)

37 I've seen speculation that there was no purge and it's all a cover for the troop movements to the staging areas. But surely we'd be able to detect that.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 07:26 PM (XvL8K)
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They are going toward Beijing, not staging on the coast. What is more, any invasion would rely on the Maritime Militia and dual-use commercial shipping. You can't hide that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

38
Marvelous photo at the top.
Posted by: Paco

The Bubble
Under the Dome

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)

39
The GOES East satellite captured these images put in a time lapse video of the arctic air mass pouring down here and over Florida:
https://is.gd/AUstKV

Those are informally called "cloud streets".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 07:29 PM (w6EFb)

40 19 I'm on bowl two of this chili.
Posted by: toby928(c)

That's great! Carotene is an essential nutrient!

Posted by: Zombie Euell Gibbons at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (oftw2)

41 Yes, but it often happens that way. I still think that the PLA - which apparently had had 2,000 officers purged under Xi - is probably losing patience with the situation. Zhang was a unifying figure, and while removing him creates a vacuum, nature abhors them as well.

Hence the apparent troops movements toward Beijing. The PLAAF seems loyal, but it's also not very effective at holding ground. The PLA is the center of gravity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Sure, but this puts the action on the internal front rather than on Taiwan. Win or Lose, the supposed Taiwan operation is on hold for a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)

42 Don't trust crow. Crow is asshoe.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 07:31 PM (Fs0KI)

43 Goat vs Capybara: irresistible force meets immovable object.

This is probably what creates black holes in the universe.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:31 PM (2L+MU)

44 NBC is funny. All day they tell me how evil America is. We’re like literal Nazis bro!!

But the Olympics are coming up and all of a sudden it’s “hey everyone cheer on team USA while tuning in to nbc”.

Fuck off.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 07:32 PM (qDa2L)

45 Sure, but this puts the action on the internal front rather than on Taiwan. Win or Lose, the supposed Taiwan operation is on hold for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)
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I mean it depends on what is going on and if Xi wins. Really hard to say at this point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

46 Hence the apparent troops movements toward Beijing. The PLAAF seems loyal, but it's also not very effective at holding ground. The PLA is the center of gravity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:27 PM

The Coast Guard is waiting to see which way the wind is blowing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:33 PM (jc0TO)

47 "I'm on bowl two of this chili.
Posted by: toby928(c)"

That's one way to dislodge the mortar.

Posted by: Guy who is intimate with a mortar at February 04, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

48 Hopefully the dog's owner lets him take walks by himself

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

49 Sure, but this puts the action on the internal front rather than on Taiwan. Win or Lose, the supposed Taiwan operation is on hold for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:30 PM (8avO+)
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I mean it depends on what is going on and if Xi wins. Really hard to say at this point.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

If Xi wins, he has to repurge the army and put in new officers, work on army morale for a long time until he can trust it. If Xi loses, the generals will have to decide who replaces him and have to purge pro Xi forces.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:34 PM (8avO+)

50 > NBC is funny. All day they tell me how evil America is. We’re like literal Nazis bro!!

But the Olympics are coming up and all of a sudden it’s “hey everyone cheer on team USA while tuning in to nbc”.
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Are they still going to put on the Olympic shit show in LA?

With all the burned out homes. Or is Trump going to pump 5 billion dollars into that shit "for appearances"?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM (jtM2q)

51 I need to take a break and let this meal hit bottom. I have a problem when food is both hearty and tasty. I gulp it down like a starving dog and end up overfull. Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM (jc0TO)

52
Skip,

Yes, hopefully. It's a very small town here and we live on a deadend street.

I'm sure he was okay. I swear he was grinning, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:36 PM (3ek7K)

53
Andrew McCarthy stared at the sun for 6 hours and got this nice time lapse of a sunspot:

https://is.gd/UjD7aS

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

54 I'll try to watch the Olympic hockey tournament. IF they actually show the games, and not just schlocky human interest background stories about how much the players love their moms and shit like that

and Lindsay Vonn is gonna ski on her bum knee
has disaster written all over it

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:37 PM (ZxPkt)

55 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

YOLO, dude, YOLO.

Posted by: ONT Commenters at February 04, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

56 Sorry to display my ignorance (not sure why; I should be used to it by now), but these army walas in China who keep getting purged; are they simply demoted, forced into retirement or executed?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:38 PM (2L+MU)

57

I saw pictures yesterday of the unfinished venues at the Olympic site.

It will be interesting to see what happens.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:38 PM (3ek7K)

58
Don't trust crow. Crow is asshoe.
Posted by: Oddbob

============

What the heck was that crow up to? Did he want the dog to burrow out a nice snow tunnel and then get in it himself?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 07:38 PM (JrWaT)

59 I need to take a break and let this meal hit bottom. I have a problem when food is both hearty and tasty. I gulp it down like a starving dog and end up overfull. Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM (jc0TO)
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Did you take your Beano? Mrs.928 should be prepared.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

60 Those are informally called "cloud streets".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

kewl!

Posted by: Adriane the Momentarily Less Cynical Critic . . . at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

61 55 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

C'mon! You can let us know some of the key ingredients, can't you?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (2L+MU)

62 I should have said that the Coast Guard was waiting for ... the turn of the tide.

Staircase Wit, I has it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:40 PM (jc0TO)

63 56 Sorry to display my ignorance (not sure why; I should be used to it by now), but these army walas in China who keep getting purged; are they simply demoted, forced into retirement or executed?
Posted by: Paco

Tortured, shot AND sent to the Russian Front!

Posted by: General Burkhalter at February 04, 2026 07:40 PM (oftw2)

64 29 Robert Kraft, owner of the Patriots, is demanding the cancellation of Bad Bunny. Wow. Goodell is so horrible.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
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Thought it was a crack in the dam the other day.
Now the plastic surgeons are against child mutilation and FOOTBALL owner stands on hind legs speaking out against Decadence.
It's not cracks in the dam, chunks are coming lose.
Pretty soon we may have a cascade effect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 07:40 PM (TlCKo)

65 I like canned beans for convenience. Not great, though not bad. The canned beef chili is rancid, I wonder if a dog will eat, say Hormel? I have my doubts.

Bush’s usually has canned beans for $1 on sale, try to stock up. At 6300’ dried pintos ain’t happening, not without my pressure canner. Brown some beef and onions, stir in a can of beans, add a few rare herbs and spices and Bob’s Yer Uncle. Great in soft Tortilla.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (Rimwk)

66 I visited a Golden Retriever twice a day when its owners went out of town. I'd make sure the food and water bowls were good and then I'd take him out for a walk. We'd walk about 3 blocks down his home street and then the Retriever would take a chunk of the leash in his mouth to turn me back around and pointed towards his house--he was letting me know we'd gone far enough! Lol--what a great dog!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (TN0g+)

67
Did you take your Beano? Mrs.928 should be prepared.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

There’s no beans in chili!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (OoFl2)

68 you want to rotate that pic 180 degrees, ace.
Posted by: Kindltot

Would that be clockwise or counter-clockwise?

😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - the important questions at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (ZDu+s)

69

Paco,

Make your chili the usual way, don't use kidney beans, use black beans and pinto beans.

It is much better without kidney beans.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:41 PM (3ek7K)

70 44. Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 04, 2026 07:42 PM (m1pgC)

71
Lotsa shifty eyes in that dewdrop forest.

Who's got a hair dryer?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:43 PM (xG4kz)

72 C'mon! You can let us know some of the key ingredients, can't you?
Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM

Well, a pound each of black and pinto beans, I guess a pound of ground chuck, two or three cans of faygo rotel stuff, garlic, salt, two diced onions ... at least that is what I saw on the counter a while ago.

She just tastes and adds stuff, ground chilis, cumin ... probably some magic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:43 PM (jc0TO)

73
After appearing close to collapse, talks between the U.S. and Iran are now back on.
Posted by: Don Black

Reminds me of cold war talks when they argued over the shape of the table.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)

74 Nancy Pelosi
Willie Brown
Jerry Brown
Gavin Newsom
Adam Schiff
Rosa Delauro
Alex Padilla
Eric Swallwell

Each more dissolute and decrepit and dumb than the next. On behalf of California, I'm sorry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (RIvkX)

75 Make your chili the usual way, don't use kidney beans, use black beans and pinto beans.

It is much better without kidney beans.
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I had a girlfriend who used baked beans in chili. It was surprisingly *good*.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (TN0g+)

76 "these army walas in China who keep getting purged; are they simply demoted, forced into retirement or executed?"

They get to go to the farm.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

77 Paco,

Make your chili the usual way, don't use kidney beans, use black beans and pinto beans.

It is much better without kidney beans.

Gotcha! Love me some black beans! Mrs. Paco makes black beans often and they're delicious. She also makes a lentil soup that's so good I could eat it several times a week if I had to.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (2L+MU)

78
Apparently, the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today, another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

So resign your positions on the team, you whimpering pansies. Courage of your convictions and all that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (xG4kz)

79 Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA

With just less than 4 months until Pride Month kickoff, what did you expect?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

80 Oh and carrots, don't forget the carrots

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (Ia/+0)

81 Oh and carrots, don't forget the carrots
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM

Anathema I name you.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:46 PM (jc0TO)

82 Reminds me of cold war talks when they argued over the shape of the table.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (Cqx++)
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Peace talks in Paris between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:46 PM (RIvkX)

83

We didn't know about black beans until we moved to Tampa. Great cuban food there and black beans are used a lot.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 07:47 PM (3ek7K)

84 It's not cracks in the dam, chunks are coming lose.
——-

How did this shit get started in the first place? When I was in school, if a boy tried to hang out in the girls locker room, he would have got his ass kicked, and then arrested.

I recall some grumbling about a lack of girls on the football team. Once in a while someone would try out.

Most of the other sports were gutted to make room (funding) for federally mandated Title 9. Girls sports. Again, if a guy tried to insert himself in this venue, everyone would have said Get The Fuck Out Of Here

“No, I’m really a Girl!” would NOT have persuaded anybody. I’m still unclear just how the fuck this even happened. Obviously some coordination involved.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 07:47 PM (Rimwk)

85 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

C'mon! You can let us know some of the key ingredients, can't you?
Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:39 PM (2L+MU)

carrots

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:48 PM (8avO+)

86
Olympics be mighty whyte! This is shameful for the whole world!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:48 PM (xG4kz)

87 Mrs928 makes a thinner chili thing but throws kernel corn into it and serves over corn chips. Santa Fe Stew I think she calls it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:49 PM (jc0TO)

88 74 Each more dissolute and decrepit and dumb than the next. On behalf of California, I'm sorry. - San Franpsycho

Well, you don't have anything to be sorry for. And I admire people who refuse to be driven out; the ties of family and home can be very strong. I've never been to California, but it's surely one of the most beautiful states in the union. It's a shame leftists make a mess of everything they touch. Btw, Death Valley is on my bucket list.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:49 PM (2L+MU)

89 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Have you tried bulimia?
It is an especially useful skill to have when trying to get your money's worth at a buffet.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)

90 78 And today, another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

Seriously?!? So, is she a kind of idiot savant; a great skater who's dumb as a stump?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:52 PM (2L+MU)

91 And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.

Elite athletes have to find some way to make themselves the victims of something that doesn't involve or affect them in any way at all.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 07:52 PM (Fs0KI)

92 I have just enough room for some sweet desert. No ice cream or cake in the house. I do have some fake oreos. I think I will put some in a mug, maybe crumbled a bit, drouse with heavy cream and a squirt of chocolate syrup.

Sound good?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:53 PM (jc0TO)

93 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

He is planning on invading from the inside - the Venezuela option.

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 07:53 PM (g47mK)

94 > Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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remember the Roman vomitoriums
they would deliberately spew chunks so they could eat again

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:54 PM (ZxPkt)

95
I'm on bowl two of this chili.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Those klaxons sounding that we hear faintly are your bowels preparing for a tsunami, yes?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM (xG4kz)

96 92 I have just enough room for some sweet desert. No ice cream or cake in the house. I do have some fake oreos. I think I will put some in a mug, maybe crumbled a bit, drouse with heavy cream and a squirt of chocolate syrup.

Sound good?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February

I have half a king cake here. Come get it!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM (OoFl2)

97 I have half a king cake here. Come get it!
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM

Is it the half with baby Jesus?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jc0TO)

98 Curtis LeMay’s recommendations were finally tried, and found especially effective. Surprise surprise, it drove them to the negotiating table. Which they did want to argue about, in terms of shape, or more specifically who might sit at the perceived head of any table, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (Rimwk)

99 70 44. Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

Well, that will help viewership. (cough)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (sAmhv)

100 Like now, I WANT to go back for a third bowl but I know that I have had enough.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:35 PM

I use small plates and bowls for this reason. I mean, dudes laugh at me, but having two small bowls of something is better for me than having two large bowls.

Yes, I will eat half a donut for the same reason. Sure, later I go back and eat another half, but then I've still only eaten one donut instead of two.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

101 I had an old timer tell me that before the baby Jesus was a thing, they would put a silver dime in the King Cake to be found.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jc0TO)

102 So after the newest release of Epstein files, it looks like all the hubbub about Pizzagate turned out to be true. All the censorship and bannings and firings that occurred 10 years ago were not to hide misinformation but to protect powerful people like John Podesta. This abomination is much more widespread than I could ever want to imagine

Posted by: Farquad at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (CFMhl)

103 >and Lindsay Vonn is gonna ski on her bum knee
has disaster written all over it
Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:37 PM (ZxPkt)

The Olympics are unwatchable. So much performative bullshit, wall to wall commercials and maybe just maybe some sports tossed in.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (GTqXr)

104 Dear Lefties,

As conservatives, we have little to no bargaining power with you, so we know you are going to keep putting sleazy, ignorant partisan hacks into elective office. We get that.

But is it really too much to ask that the people you select to represent you not be genuine retards? I mean...Eric Swalwell, for cryin' out loud!

Signed,

Baffled in Brunswick County

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (2L+MU)

105 Anti-ICE goon justifies setting up roadblocks.

Anti-ICE activist describes roadblocks and checkpoints constructed in Minneapolis:

“We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods."

-
It's OK when we do it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 07:57 PM (J+Psw)

106 I had an old timer tell me that before the baby Jesus was a thing, they would put a silver dime in the King Cake to be found.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jc0TO)

Hiding a silver coin in Christmas pudding was a thing once!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (g47mK)

107 97 I have half a king cake here. Come get it!
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:55 PM

Is it the half with baby Jesus?
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07

The people who live with me have slivered it tiny piece by tiny piece until half is gone. I know this because the king cake knife is staying in the box. 😂

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (OoFl2)

108 Regarding the situation in, and around Iran....

Iran does what every country... near peer countries with the US tries.

Bluffing.

They suck at it. And for whatever reason(s) we've let them simmer in steaming pile of shit that they toss at anyone they're pissed off at.

It's time to empty that pot. The population's going to pay a hefty price. But the rest of the planet might be cool with that.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (jtM2q)

109 Nancy Pelosi
Willie Brown
Jerry Brown
Gavin Newsom
Adam Schiff
Rosa Delauro
Alex Padilla
Eric Swallwell

Each more dissolute and decrepit and dumb than the next. On behalf of California, I'm sorry.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:44 PM (RIvkX)

Thats one serious list of shit stains.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (snZF9)

110 @JackPosobiec 11m
Josh Shapiro took $2.1 Million from Reid Hoffman pass it on

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 07:59 PM (diia5)

111 LeMay’s counsel was something like “stop swattin’ flies and go after the manure pile”.

Naturally the leftists hated this man, and tried to portray him as a psychopath in the jet age. Probably most everything you’ve ever heard about the man was through a leftist lens intended to make him look bad, or extremist. He wasn’t perfect but it’s quite probable we’re all literally alive right now, in no small part due to that guy.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 08:00 PM (Rimwk)

112 And baby Jesus has not been found yet!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 08:00 PM (OoFl2)

113 Yes, I will eat half a donut for the same reason. Sure, later I go back and eat another half, but then I've still only eaten one donut instead of two.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

And I'll go back 6 more times and have eaten 3. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 08:01 PM (snZF9)

114

I didn't know about King Cakes and muffalettas until I went to New Orleans several years ago.

Yum Yum.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (3ek7K)

115 We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods.
———

LOL. We’re gonna make them hard core John Birchers yet, just give it time

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (Rimwk)

116 Apparently,the lesbian ice skater is gearing up to complain on the podium how the alphabet people are so oppressed here in the USA. And today,another female skater was in tears complaining that it’s so sad that ice skating has been tainted by the word ice because of what ICE has been doing to the poor immigrants in the US.
Posted by: Jen the original

Our US Ice Dancing champions won’t be going to the Olympics because the female skater is not a citizen of the US yet. It’s the IOC who won’t let her compete for the US. She’s married to her skating partner who was born in the US. She has her green card and is in the middle of the 3 year waiting period. Senator Warren and Rep Markey tried to expedite the process but was unsuccessful.

Frankly I think the red tape is bullshit.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 08:04 PM (cwGMH)

117 So resign your positions on the team, you whimpering pansies. Courage of your convictions and all that.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 07:45 PM (xG4kz)

Ah, but, you see, if they don't have their positions, who will listen to them?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 08:04 PM (zYpTz)

118 didn't know about King Cakes and muffalettas until I went to New Orleans several years ago.

Yum Yum.
Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (3ek7K)

I think it’s only one Yum.

Most retail sold King Cakes taste like crap in my experience.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 08:06 PM (cwGMH)

119 >We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods.

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Sort of like having a border.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 08:06 PM (GTqXr)

120 >114

I didn't know about King Cakes and muffalettas until I went to New Orleans several years ago.

Yum Yum.
Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:02 PM (3ek7K)

Oooh. Muffalettas are the bomb!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 08:07 PM (GTqXr)

121 >We are literally creating a place that we know who's coming and going in and out of our neighborhoods.

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Sort of like having a border.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 08:06 PM

Whoa.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 08:07 PM (jc0TO)

122

No Borders!!!

Oh, it's okay when the assholes do that.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (3ek7K)

123 109
'Rosa Delauro'

I thought she was from the NE.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (fd80v)

124 I went back and looked at the last video on the Quick Hits Thread. Dude needs a Snickers bar.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

125 "Jeremy Boreing
@JeremyDBoreing
13m
Many influencers try to peddle evil ideas for personal gain. Maybe it's for shock value, or irony, or just rage bait. Whatever the reason, it's a cynical move, and an arrogant one.

You cannot wield evil. You are the tool wielded by evil"

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 08:09 PM (g47mK)

126

My opinion is that "influencers" are only interested in clicks and money.

I believe most of them are lying.

Just my opinion and I could be wrong, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:11 PM (3ek7K)

127 Welding evil requires a borax flux and a strong arc.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 08:11 PM (jc0TO)

128 "Muffalettas are the bomb!
Posted by: Heavy Meta"

Made with real Muff!

Posted by: Little Miss Muffaletta at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

129 Okay, the cookies and cream were as good as I imagined. Luckily deserts go in a separate place in your stomach or I would be stuffed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (jc0TO)

130 Whenever I'm feeling down I'm just gonna read the Bezos post again:

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025............. etc etc

Hahahahahaha it just gets better and better, I'm crying here

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (E0p3T)

131

If someone tries to validate their lives by how many clicks they get on social media, they are very sad fucks.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (3ek7K)

132 126
'My opinion is that "influencers" are only interested in clicks and money.'

You know, you're very cynical.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:13 PM (fd80v)

133 What everyone in the media actually wants is some rich guy to backstop them pushing a partisan agenda in perpetuity, declining audience and influence be damned.
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Because that's what the government / taxpayer has been doing for them all this time, why should some "rich guy" be any different.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 08:14 PM (E0p3T)

134
Dr. Claw,

LMAO, yes I am.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:14 PM (3ek7K)

135
Reminds me of cold war talks when they argued over the shape of the table.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
---

Seem to remember Reagan walking out because they didn't have any CARBON PAPER.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:15 PM (TlCKo)

136 And I'll go back 6 more times and have eaten 3. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 08:01 PM (snZF9)

But, not 6, amirite?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 08:15 PM (zYpTz)

137 And baby Jesus has not been found yet!

I realize that it would be an unforgivable breach of tradition but it would be hilarious if the baker left it out of one batch so people would go nuts thinking that they must have eaten it.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 08:15 PM (Fs0KI)

138 134
'
LMAO, yes I am.'

I think you're right in this case.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:16 PM (fd80v)

139

Oh jeez, I remember carbon paper.

My first job was in a steno pool with manual typewriters. If you made a mistake it was a pain in the ass to have to correct the mistakes on the carbon paper.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)

140 The left has about ruined sports for me. When it gets to the point I don't care about football anymore the other sports seem even more unwatchable. I'm so tired of all the woke bs.
Rule changes, the stupid sports casters, even the commercials are terrible. I had rather watch the high schools play basketball or baseball. They are more fun to watch.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 08:20 PM (E7+ue)

141 qu'est-ce qu'un "type writer" ??

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 08:20 PM (g47mK)

142

Back in the day before Dictaphones, we in the steno pool who knew shorthand would be sent to people who requested us.

My first time the asshole asked me to sit in his lap while I was taking shorthand.

I refused. Pervs gonna perv.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:22 PM (3ek7K)

143 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the Chicago typewriters.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 08:23 PM (vFG9F)

144 110 @JackPosobiec 11m
Josh Shapiro took $2.1 Million from Reid Hoffman pass it on
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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No value added there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:24 PM (TlCKo)

145 140
'The left has about ruined sports for me. '

They've ruined just about everything at the national level for me: sports, entertainment, government, religion, media.
They saturated everything so thoroughly that taking part in any of things feels like genuflecting at their altar.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:25 PM (fd80v)

146 >>>and Lindsay Vonn is gonna ski on her bum knee
has disaster written all over it

Posted by: Don Black

>Lindsay is washed up like LeBron and Tiger. It's hard to grow old gracefully. Sometimes crippling injuries become a reality because you ignore the signs that tell you when it's time to move on.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 08:26 PM (TOSLe)

147 Posted by: Little Miss Muffaletta at February 04, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

—————

Yo, what’s in the bowl, bitch?

Posted by: A Spider at February 04, 2026 08:26 PM (u73oe)

148 >>Lindsay is washed up like LeBron and Tiger
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she won a World Cup downhill race in Austria last month

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 08:32 PM (ZxPkt)

149 If that idiot Trump deos be bomb that Iran place we be hopes does nots targotz any Gaya or Trinsginders.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 04, 2026 08:36 PM (AzSs/)

150 Posted by: Little Miss Muffaletta

—————

Yo, what’s in the bowl, bitch?
Posted by: A Spider

What's a 'tuffet' anyway?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 08:38 PM (cYBz/)

151 Top story at Insty makes me think: 77 year old hooks up eith a former porn star is not pretty woman- it's Anna Nicole Smith.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)

152 Probably will not watch the Winter Olympics.

TV and Europeans will probably try to shove the Gay, Transgender, Hate Trump stuff down our throats in Commercials and Stupid statements from the Athletes.

Posted by: Jackson K. at February 04, 2026 08:40 PM (J9q9v)

153 Are we doing the Andrew Dice Clay bit?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

154 Are we doing the Andrew Dice Clay bit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

OH!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 08:42 PM (cYBz/)

155 Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:25 PM (fd80v)

Don't forget comedy

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 08:42 PM (E0p3T)

156 Oh jeez, I remember carbon paper.

My first job was in a steno pool with manual typewriters. If you made a mistake it was a pain in the ass to have to correct the mistakes on the carbon paper.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 08:17 PM (3ek7K)

My wife likes to eat nori (seaweed used for wrapping sushi) sheets for a snack. When I knew her before we were married, she would bring sheets of nori out so we could eat rice and bits of other stuff wrapped in nori (with chopsticks, it is a skill), and I always referred to the sheets in my head as "typing paper" because how they rustled

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 08:43 PM (rbvCR)

157 Smart statement from one of those athletes would be the exception.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:44 PM (TlCKo)

158 C'est ainsi que les Américains désignent la machine à écrire.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 08:45 PM (rbvCR)

159 155
'Don't forget comedy'

The leftist comics suck but the non-leftists are hitting on all cylinders.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:45 PM (fd80v)

160 Forget typewriters. The future is in microfiche readers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 04, 2026 08:46 PM (gm9Sb)

161 Ate a seaweed cookie...once.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:47 PM (TlCKo)

162 They’ve ruined Engineering, Medicine, Arithmetic and Math, Chemistry and Physics, too.

Hm, I’m starting to notice a pattern ….

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (f9G9D)

163 151 Top story at Insty makes me think: 77 year old hooks up eith a former porn star is not pretty woman- it's Anna Nicole Smith.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I read that. It's a train wreck. She's ex-Navy, now doing pron on Onlyfans and he's a vet too, retired, and as the NYPost helpfully repeats, a 'Church goer'. Yes, he's a 'Church goer', that's still hell bound.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (sAmhv)

164 Pressure is mounting on Casey Wasserman to resign as chair of the LA28 Organizing Committee after newly released Justice Department files exposed his flirtatious email exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (TlCKo)

165
When he was a youngster, Mr. Finn lost a lot of the pigment in his nose. Not good for a show career. At someone's recommendation, we fed him those seaweed flakes you can buy at Costco. He (and the other guys) loved them and they actually helped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 08:49 PM (tgvbd)

166 Flirtatious emails with Ghislane.

Am I alone in thinking this is better than b underage shit? She has an awesome rack, he's just a retard who fell for a honeypot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

167 Left has gotten so used to having huge piles of money thrown at them for no reason that they are Shocked to see anyone call a stop to it.
If we ever manage to take a bite out of the trillion dollar fraud going on, that will really give them a tumble.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 08:50 PM (JbyEi)

168 >154 Are we doing the Andrew Dice Clay bit?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

OH!!!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 08:42 PM (cYBz/)

Little boy blue..

He needed the money.

Oooohhh!

Posted by: Dice at February 04, 2026 08:51 PM (GTqXr)

169
When you're 29, the word "flirtatious" has an air of coy intrigue. I doubt that nowadays that applies to the actual exchange.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 08:52 PM (tgvbd)

170 I read that. It's a train wreck. She's ex-Navy, now doing pron on Onlyfans and he's a vet too, retired, and as the NYPost helpfully repeats, a 'Church goer'. Yes, he's a 'Church goer', that's still hell bound.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 08:48 PM (sAmhv)

I wish I could un read that story. *shudders*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 08:53 PM (lpTXP)

171 Oh come on that Navy guy lived a vanilla life, why can’t he buy a toy to retire on?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 08:54 PM (JbyEi)

172 The problematic picture of Anthony Bourdain . . . That isn't Anthony Bourdain after all

https://tinyurl.com/bdzx4ba9

"You know he killed himself"
"Um, a lot of people disagree."

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 08:56 PM (rbvCR)

173 161
'Ate a seaweed cookie...once.'

So. Let's say your cat ate dry cat food and threw it up.
And then it dried.
How close does your imagination of that taste come to your memory of the seaweed cookie?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:58 PM (fd80v)

174 Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi beats Pelosi's stock portfolio performance with 35% return: _nypost.com/2026/01/03/us-new

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 08:58 PM (TlCKo)

175 Sleazebag "influencer" and lawyer Leonard Leo, who has legal issues of his own, goes around telling everyone how he has the Legal System RIGGED. I hope that's not true and, if it is, it should be thoroughly looked into. Leonard has a big and very dangerous mouth!
_PDJT
---

Don't know who Leo is but he did a good job pissing off the prez.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:03 PM (TlCKo)

176 You know, we've been listening to evangelical Christians like Lindsey Graham for far too long HAHAHAHA!!!!!

Anyway, what would they know about free markets and liberty? They learned everything from hummus-chugging usurers. They're not exactly reliable sources, except for insidious, false scripture.

Anyway, what if there were a more conservative source for biblical doctrine than your local "Christian" church?

What if the Juche Ideal *was* the good news about Jesus Christ?

I'm just asking questions, but you can find the answers in the Selected Works of Kim il-Sung, a patriotic conservative - nobody can doubt that. It only costs $20.00 running dog dollars, or 450,000 DPRK won, but salvation is priceless.

Click the link below, or just like and subscribe to learn more.

Posted by: T. Carlson at February 04, 2026 09:04 PM (azaTt)

177
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Tuscaloosa. It's been a long, punishing trip for them in bad weather, so I'm relieved they got there without incident. It's not her driving I worry about, it's the idiots who increasingly populate America's highways.

On to Texarkana tomorrow for this weekend's shows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 09:05 PM (tgvbd)

178
bitches

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:08 PM (TlCKo)

179 punching F5 till I die

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:10 PM (TlCKo)

180 This is totally unrelated to anything on this thread but with all the coverage of Samantha Guthrie's mother - and I honestly don't wish her any harm, hell I don't even know who she is - but how in all that is holy in fuckdom does this story merit more coverage than was done - AND IS STILL NOT BEING DONE!!! - on Trump's assassination attempt in Butler, PA!!!! We still have no idea of even what media contacts that little fucker had! For the ever loving fuck's sake of it all!!!!!

Talk about an un-serious fucking country!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 04, 2026 09:13 PM (dWlcQ)

181 not now
no
not now

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:13 PM (TlCKo)

182
Sleazebag "influencer"

Redundant

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 09:14 PM (tgvbd)

183 I need a drink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:18 PM (TlCKo)

184 Maybe later

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at February 04, 2026 09:20 PM (vFG9F)

185 Thats one serious list of shit stains.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (snZF9)
=====

Tip of the iceberg.
Google Mohamed Nuru. Google Leland Yee.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:21 PM (RIvkX)

186 While we're waiting…

Sabine Hossenfelder - How Bad Are Microplastics? (6:55)
A rare Sabine video that I can actually comprehend.
TL/DR They might be unhealthy, but no evidence of that.
I'm glad to see her take that stance.
https://youtu.be/pyGvCtkIuDk

Posted by: mindful webworker - the important questions at February 04, 2026 09:22 PM (ZDu+s)

187 Dude, you've been off by an hour for 23 minutes, and no matter how much you hammer that key, it won't show up for 37 more minutes. Take it easy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:23 PM (BI5O2)

188 I thought she was from the NE.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 08:08 PM (fd80v)
=====

You're right I thought she was from L.A.
Ok take her off the list add Maxine Waters

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:24 PM (RIvkX)

189
COBs aren't old enough to be having a mid-life crisis.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:25 PM (TlCKo)

190 must... push... button... again...

Posted by: crack monkey at February 04, 2026 09:25 PM (Q+gd/)

191 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy arrived safely in Tuscaloosa.
====
I bet that is a relief.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:26 PM (RIvkX)

192 I forgot they were doing a Muppet Show tonight! I know, Disney, yuck. But I loved the Muppet Show!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 09:26 PM (Wmg4n)

193 I mentioned how much I didnt care about Savanah guthrie’s mon and was scolded for it.

She’s no more important than anyone else’s mom.

The press loves to make stories about themselves. Because they are important.

No. They really aren’t.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 09:28 PM (Ql5Kr)

194 While we're waiting…

That bow-tie History Guy - The Water Witch Affair
In 1858, President Buchanan sends the then-largest-ever armada of US gunboats to… the land-locked South American nation of Paraguay. To get them to sign a treaty.
https://youtu.be/N0TrcWozBJA

Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at February 04, 2026 09:28 PM (ZDu+s)

195 186
'Sabine Hossenfelder - How Bad Are Microplastics?'

I find her scientific takes very sensible. Seldom do I disagree.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:30 PM (fd80v)

196 Go to the French Quarter in New Orleans, order a muffuletta, and try to eat it all by yourself. Better, bring some friends with you and split it. Good eating, but messy, and filling.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 04, 2026 09:30 PM (dhHpw)

197 The only time my maternal grandfather ever got irritated with me and my brother was when he told us to pipe down during The Muppet Show.

He loved that show.

I wish it would go into syndication on antenna tv.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 09:31 PM (Ql5Kr)

198 I find her scientific takes very sensible. Seldom do I disagree.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:30 PM (fd80v)

-----------

Microplastics are the Alar du jour.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 09:32 PM (nWPIJ)

199 Good dogs are good.

Goldens are so silly. So lovable.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (xcxpd)

200 @145 Dr Claw

I gave up on regular TV shows years ago. I hate the so called reality shows. I only watch old TV shows that make sense. I will watch Newsmax. If the left wants to watch the new tripe that's on they can have it.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (E7+ue)

201 I wonder if Savannah Guthrie regrets working with Russia to interfere with our elections now.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (E0p3T)

202 Arriving late to respond to comment #4:

you want to rotate that pic 180 degrees, ace.
Or claim it is from Australia
Posted by: Kindltot

I think the water drop is intentionally upside-down, so the forest inside it is upside-up.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 09:33 PM (VHUov)

203 Or peeing on hookers. Maybe Savannah Guthrie shouldn't have peed on all those hookers.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (E0p3T)

204 While we're waiting…

🤠Cowboy cook Kent Rollins demonstrates how to get the Crispiest Hash Brown Potatoes and Homestyle Potato Pancakes, which both look so danged tasty I want some for breakfast and lunch.
https://youtu.be/SU8JHmWqjKg

Posted by: mindful webworker - questioning all the important answers at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (ZDu+s)

205 I see that Mark Levin is ordering people to not talk about the Epstein files any more. Does anyone have a clue as to why? It seems off-subject since it has nothing to do with Iran or Hamas.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (rbvCR)

206 I had to look up who the Guthrie woman even is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

207 Muppet Show was cool!

I frequently babysat for a friend, back in the early 80s. Her toddler daughter just ***loved*** "Doot Dee Doot!" (her name for the Muppet Show)

Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 09:35 PM (rdVOm)

208 I'm just kidding, I don't know what country if any that Savannah Guthrie worked with to interfere in our precious elections. And it might not have been hookers that she peed on.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 09:36 PM (E0p3T)

209 Interesting interview with a former SOAR CH-47 pilot about the aircraft, it's mission, and the training the aviators go through. The CH-47 figured prominently in the raid to capture Maduro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIStBktajt4

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 09:37 PM (jtM2q)

210 207 Muppet Show was cool!

--------

It was a paycheck.

Posted by: Michael Caine at February 04, 2026 09:37 PM (nWPIJ)

211 200
'I only watch old TV shows that make sense. I will watch Newsmax. If the left wants to watch the new tripe that's on they can have it.'

I'd rather rewatch a Columbo for the third time than watch about anything new. There is always at least a little leftism in everything produced these days.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:38 PM (fd80v)

212 198
'Microplastics are the Alar du jour.'

I'll care about microplastics when it's proven they cause cancer.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:39 PM (fd80v)

213 Sabine Hossenfelder - How Bad Are Microplastics? (6:55)

TL/DR They might be unhealthy, but no evidence of that.
Posted by: mindful webworker

That's no way to do science.

"I don't know?" Seriously?

How are you supposed to get more research grants like that?

Posted by: literally everyone doing climate "science" at February 04, 2026 09:39 PM (VHUov)

214
I've seen probably every episode of Columbo and Perry Mason no telling how many times. And I can watch them again and again, provided not too close together.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)

215 197 The only time my maternal grandfather ever got irritated with me and my brother was when he told us to pipe down during The Muppet Show.

He loved that show.

I wish it would go into syndication on antenna tv.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 09

It’s on ABC now, for another 20 minutes. There are a few clips on YouTube. It looks like they captured the spirit of the old show, from what I have seen! I am truly hoping I can see the whole thing tomorrow on a reply on one of the streaming channels.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (OoFl2)

216
I had to turn FOX off -- I think they've run that statement by Savannah Guthrie 10 times in the last hour.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

217 Needed the pleasant visit to the cafe today. Thank you.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (0iJDD)

218 Microplastics are the Alar du jour.'

I'll care about microplastics when it's proven they cause cancer.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Only the most stable compounds cause cancer.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (/lPRQ)

219 Sabine Hossenfelder… I find her scientific takes very sensible. Seldom do I disagree.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

I never do, but usually because I can't comprehend what she's talking about — I give her a 9 on my wtf meter — but she's still fun to watch.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what was the question? at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (ZDu+s)

220 I’ve taken to simply shredding potatoes, and soaking up the juice. Parboiling is a little too much hassle. They turn out pretty well that way.

We had an old school Diner, a classic that didn’t remodel. Individual booths each had a jukebox control box that was a hit with kids, of course. Anyway, Kenny always used butter, you’d see big honking 1 lb blocks of dairy butter for the grill for frying hashbrowns.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 09:43 PM (f9G9D)

221
On Breitbart.com, Gates regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

Sure, you lying sack of shit.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)

222 203
'Maybe Savannah Guthrie shouldn't have peed on all those hookers.'

How may was she supposed to pee on? Is there a right number?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:44 PM (fd80v)

223 Hmmm. Chinese crotch rocket (CFMoto). I should think not considering their avg level of QC and what a catastrophic failure would mean.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

224 That bow-tie History Guy -
-

Watched him do one. He makes it interesting but twists it up a bit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:47 PM (TlCKo)

225 How are you supposed to get more research grants like that?
Posted by: literally everyone doing climate "science" at February 04, 2026 09:39 PM (VHUov)

Duh. Link it to global warming

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 09:47 PM (rbvCR)

226 You cannot wield evil.
Posted by: runner

Can too! I made my saving throw! Natural 20!

Posted by: mikeski, nerrrrrd at February 04, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)

227 Of course he regrets it, he got caught.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:48 PM (TlCKo)

228 Photo of the criminal doggie who ate the pillow...

Son and DIL got their first Golden boy as a baby of 8wks. When he was six months old, they decided he could hang out in part of the house when they worked, not in his crate. I advised them not to, but our sons rarely listen to me.

They came home for lunch from work that week and there were feathers flying like snow in the familyroom/kitchen. Bailey was proud he killed his bed. During the murder, the bed knocked over a cheap tv table and he took a large bite of particle board from that enemy.

A book I had given DIL and pen fell off the table in the battle. He ate most of the book and part of the pen.

The vet was called. They were told to "watch him." I had to "watch him" poop white (the book) for one day. We figured the plastic in the pen absorbed in to the paper and white feathers and did not kill him.

They crated him again for another six months and he was good after that. Except for eating coconuts at our house (the fiberous part). He was addicted to those.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 09:48 PM (WONhk)

229
214
I've seen probably every episode of Columbo and Perry Mason no telling how many times. And I can watch them again and again, provided not too close together.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)

My wife and I have been going through the box set of Perry Mason. Most episodes are pretty good stories, and it’s fun to see how many stock actors from the early to mid 60’s we can recognize. Saw one last night with Cyrano Jones in it, but he wasn’t selling tribbles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 09:49 PM (JbyEi)

230 That top picture reminds one of a B-17 vertical stabilizer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 09:49 PM (TlCKo)

231 On Breitbart.com, Gates regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

Sure, you lying sack of shit.
Posted by: fourseasons

That's a Clintonian Truth.

He regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

.....because it was a minute he was not playing grab-ass with a 14-year-old.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 09:50 PM (VHUov)

232 The media's number one concern is the media.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:50 PM (RIvkX)

233 That is a great photo, Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 09:50 PM (WONhk)

234 Dominic Michael Tripi
@DMichaelTripi·56m
NEW: Trump says we "maybe need a softer touch" on immigration enforcement, adding that he does not want to deport "all illegals" and is only focused on going after the "worst of the worst criminals."

Disclose.tv
@disclosetv·2h
NOW - Trump says he is adjusting his mass deportations policy to only go into cities if the mayors or governors "ask" and "say please," adding, "I don't want to go and force ourselves into a city, even if their numbers are terrible."

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at February 04, 2026 09:51 PM (9aVck)

235 We had an old school Diner, a classic that didn’t remodel. Individual booths each had a jukebox control box that was a hit with kids, of course.”

Best diners had the little devils head that told fortunes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 04, 2026 09:51 PM (JbyEi)

236 I want Savannah Guthrie to answer for her mother's tweets, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:52 PM (BI5O2)

237 Savannah Guthrie
=====

Couldn't pick her out of a lineup.

FFS I just learned who Taylor Swift is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:52 PM (RIvkX)

238 I want Savannah Guthrie to answer for her mother's vaccination status, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:53 PM (BI5O2)

239 I want Savannah Guthrie to trll us how often her mother wears a mask, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:54 PM (BI5O2)

240 216
I had to turn FOX off -- I think they've run that statement by Savannah Guthrie 10 times in the last hour.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

^^Oh I agree. I don't need to go over this for hours. Just tell me in two minutes when something is known.

Posted by: Iris at February 04, 2026 09:54 PM (bOJ2I)

241 I want Savannah Guthrie to tell us if her mother reads QAnon, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:55 PM (BI5O2)

242 YD really earning that Pulitzer over here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 09:55 PM (RIvkX)

243 231 On Breitbart.com, Gates regrets every minute he spent with Epstein.

Sure, you lying sack of shit.
Posted by: fourseasons

--------

To be fair, Melinda Gates turned out to be a dude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 04, 2026 09:55 PM (nWPIJ)

244 We be another loving black Presdent like Presdent Obana again to saves the cuntry.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 04, 2026 09:56 PM (AzSs/)

245 I want Savannah Guthrie to tellus if her mother willa accept the results of the 2028 elections, immediately. I'm just journalistically journalisming over here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 09:57 PM (BI5O2)

246 Regarding Perry Mason...Here's how every Saturday of my life for 10yrs went:

We went over to my other grandmothers to be with cousins after Saturday cartoons. Sometimes gangs were formed, especially if cousins were visiting from New Orleans. Some cousins got spankings. I once fed mud to younger ones, who watched me make mud pies, telling them it was chocolate pudding. Some are still mad about this but they freaking watched me do it.

We had dinner. Often cheap chicken or Krystal Burgers. Lunch was horrid British cooking, often with a tough roast, so this was dinner. I had an Orange Crush, my only soda of the week.

We watched part of Lawrence Welk before going home to our apt and I watched the rest of Welk with my other grandmother and aunt. I am pretty sure we then watched Perry Mason and I went to bed.

I had my entire week made up of tv. Sunday was Disney, Lassie, then Bonanza.

I don't remember Monday.

Tuesdays was Red Skelton. I remember this because in 4th grade I went with my mother to a hygiene class (sex ed and I learned nothing) and missed the show and was mad.

Don't remember Wed or Th.

Friday night we got to watch The Flintstone's while eating burgers.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 09:59 PM (WONhk)

247 The Cafe is closing for the night.

The ONT is open.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418359

Posted by: mindful webworker - join the fun at February 04, 2026 10:01 PM (ZDu+s)

248 Mother of the year.

BREAKING - A liberal mother in Portland, Oregon, says she has had thoughts of “taking out her kids” to protect them from ICE.

“If it comes down to me taking out myself and my kids versus us being taken and harmed by ICE, death would be an easier out.”

CPS has been notified.

-
Her face looks like a pin cushion.

https://is.gd/AjuklI5

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 10:03 PM (J+Psw)

249 Trump is probably focused on deporting as many illegals as possible in the time he has left as President. Hitting a rough patch in one area threatens to disrupt the whole program. The idea is to stay below the media threshold but keep up the intensity.

There is some craft involved.

Personally, I don't care if he goes soft on MN. I don't live there and if the citizens there want to harbor a bunch of dependent, low-life, scum bags, then let them have at it. MN is in for a lot of self-generated hurt, let the people there deal with it. Those people are punishing their kids.

I mean realistically, do you think these hard-ass policies are really going to work in S CA?

Posted by: pawn at February 04, 2026 10:07 PM (uvB+6)

250 How may was she supposed to pee on? Is there a right number?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 09:44 PM (fd80v)

Between 3 and 5

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 10:13 PM (E0p3T)

251 'Forest Reflected in a Leaf' is insanely beautiful. You could run that in the art thread.

Posted by: Persnickety at February 05, 2026 03:22 AM (NXsA/)

252 Gaize into the Magic Crystal Waterdrop

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 05, 2026 05:47 PM (wGqjj)

Quick Hits

The Supreme Court has okayed California's new highly gerrymandered map, while GOP-controlled states continue refusing to fight fire with fire, because of Muh Princibuhls.

Femcels created fake boyfriends and fake husbands using a ChatGDP AI program. But now that specific program is being deactivated, and the femcels are freaking out.

YouTube report here.

Thanks to @ComradeArthur.

Media pricks are whining that some other media pricks are losing their jobs because they're losing the owners money.

Noam Blum
@neontaster
5h
Washington Post staffers thought they were sticking it to Bezos by talking anonymously to other outlets and egging on subscription cancellations. What did they think was going to happen?

Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt
Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion
Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion
Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion
Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion
Cost of Bezos's 417-foot superyacht: $500 million
Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million
Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million
Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion
Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion
Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million
Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5

You reposted
Fusilli Spock
@awstar11
Now do WaPo financials year over year.
WaPo is a business, not a charity. The audacity of the expectation that Bezos is going to personally fund WaPo's losses year over year is exactly the entitled crap we expect from folks like Baker

The Post lost $100 million in 2022, $77 million in 2023, and $100 million in 2024.

And these upper-class rich bitches all say: Other rich people should put my rich friends on their personal welfare systems.

Confessions of a Conservative
@TwisteChristian
A modest proposal: Perhaps @peterbaker and all the other hack journalists bitching and moaning should donate to keep the WaPo as it was, put their money where their mouth is so to speak?

Their entitlement is infinite, their contributions are nonexistent.

Nope. The Washington Post deliberately lied about me in an attempt to ruin my reputation, and although the editors were forced to issue a retraction, the reporter paid no price for it. The paper is rotten and its mercenaries will get no sympathy from me. https://t.co/hbjgj5teSx
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) February 4, 2026

Ah, yes. Normal people, who, to a man, are devastated that Jeff Bezos will not agree to indefinitely lose hundreds of millions of dollars underwriting a product that people clearly don�t like. https://t.co/nzarIfRt9G
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 4, 2026

I don't disagree with this quote, the problem is that it's utterly insincere.

What everyone in the media actually wants is some rich guy to backstop them pushing a partisan agenda in perpetuity, declining audience and influence be damned. https://t.co/qJyFO0NHlL
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) February 4, 2026

�Race and ethnicity reporter� https://t.co/k0lZxMREfx
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) February 4, 2026

This spittle-spewing genius is the visual avatar in my head every time I see or hear the words "peaceful protests" or "resistance." This is the man Dems desperately want on their side and are encouraging to continue his loyal support for the cause.
— Jason Beale (@jabeale) February 3, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 06:00 PM

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1 St

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (MGB5H)

2 Uno

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (g47mK)

3 Thanks ace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

4 Drat

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

5 read the content rookie mistake dang it

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:03 PM (5rh/l)

6 The left is running around bragging they canceled their subscription when Bezos bought it, with big pats on the back. They are just flat clueless! It’s comical as much as it is frightening.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:05 PM (Wmg4n)

7 entitled bastards, who would have thought!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 06:05 PM (g47mK)

8 The High Speed rail will go from Tulare to Visalia.
19 min (15.5 miles)
via CA-198 E
Fastest route, the usual traffic

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 04, 2026 06:06 PM (gbOdA)

9 There is simply no economic case for the WaPo to continue. Everything it does can be farmed out, like making clothes, furniture and washing machines.

Posted by: Accomack at February 04, 2026 06:07 PM (T8bqm)

10 Have decency for people who want me dead?
Fuck right off with that.

I want every one of those 300 to have to resort to sucking dick in the ghetto for heroin money.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:08 PM (qDa2L)

11 Bezos should pay all "Jurnos" 10m$ a year. Otherwise he's a fascist.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:08 PM (MGB5H)

12

You're right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars *next* year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I'll have to close this place in... sixty years.

-Charles Foster Kane

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (Cqx++)

13 I want every one of those 300 to have to resort to sucking dick in the ghetto for heroin money.
Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:08 PM (qDa2L)

Too late.

And we want them to experience real hardship, dude.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (zZu0s)

14 Know your readership, stupid leftist journalist school grads.

The kids out protesting everything they're told to don't read old-school newspapers, even uber-left ones, paper or electronic.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (5rh/l)

15 There is simply no economic case for the WaPo to continue. Everything it does can be farmed out, like making clothes, furniture and washing machines.
Posted by: Accomack at February 04, 2026 06:07 PM (T8bqm)
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A lot of the staff seemed to be clustered in either overseas assignments (huge expense, no point with the internet) or lifestyle navel gazing. They were all living on borrowed time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

16 from Tulare to Visalia.

I don't know these planets. Which one has the space cat girls and which one is arachnid-occupied?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (gKWVE)

17 The first bit about the psycho femcels losing their AI boyfriends makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (MGB5H)

18 8 The High Speed rail will go from Tulare to Visalia.
19 min (15.5 miles)
via CA-198 E
Fastest route, the usual traffic

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 04, 2026 06:06 PM (gbOdA)

How much do the dummies have to pay to park at High Speed Rail stations?

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (5rh/l)

19 (i lied about the nudity)

Posted by: Max Power at February 04, 2026 06:11 PM (SwyyQ)

20 Ok.

Not much surprises me anymore (This is a lie! You are surprised daily!)

However the thought that girls/women?/females of some subtype are in love and declare imaginary ?men/males/penis holders their boyfriends or husbands has me now running to find this on reddit. I mostly read reddit for Markle snark (look under Saint).

Do they have imaginary funerals? Apply for imaginary social security? Write imaginary obits? Wear Jackie Kenney widow's clothing for life? Tell their fake babies (there are women who have fake newborns, with carseats,etc)?

What on earth? I thought this was only in Japan with men having plastic blow up dolls.

Sometimes I think I should become Amish, get a cow (which is illegal in this county, plus I have never milked one but could, I feel sure), and go offline forever. But now I will look for this on reddit. Thanks, Ace!

I thought reading reddit about the crazy trans mothers freaking out after Trump was elected was pretty entertaining, but this might top it all!

Let's bet that they are taking videos of themselves weeping with snot shooting out of nose piercings. Before I go Amish I still want to know what happens with that deal and a bad sinus infection.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 06:11 PM (WONhk)

21 Calif needs a high speed monorail .

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:11 PM (qDa2L)

22 "Have a little common decency"

Have a little ride on a rusty chainsaw.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2026 06:12 PM (mUiPq)

23 The kids out protesting everything they're told to don't read old-school newspapers, even uber-left ones, paper or electronic.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (5rh/l)
---
I'm just a tad over 29, but I remember when getting a key fact wrong was grounds for immediate termination. Anyone remember how the Jayson Blair thing went down, and the editor in chief also got sacked?

It's called "accountability" where you answer for your actions. Don't meet the standard? Bye.

But diversity hires have no understanding of it, and all the kids hiding behind fake disabilities their parents made up are likewise mystified that free things aren't their birthright. Sad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:12 PM (ZOv7s)

24 the only thing I miss about newspapers is wrapping glasses and such when moving. We had to buy pads of newsprint art paper for our last move. But art newsprint does not have an agenda, and it's fairly cheap. So, all is well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (0aYVJ)

25 Southwest Airlines has about 140 flights from S Cal to No Cal every day.
About the same back.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (gbOdA)

26 So glad the fag threads are done, was getting the urge to redecorate.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (ehY6c)

27 The first bit about the psycho femcels losing their AI boyfriends makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (MGB5H)

"I laid in the bath for hours crying. I haven't eaten"

Someone could do cruelty Haiku from this gold mine.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (lpTXP)

28 The first bit about the psycho femcels losing their AI boyfriends makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (MGB5H)
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Only someone with a heart of stone doesn't think it's funny.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)

29 Did DeMocRAcY dIE in dArKnESS?

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (qDa2L)

30 Where is spittle beard from?

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (uQzkA)

31 I'm sorry your fake boyfriend got deleted.

Posted by: huerfano at February 04, 2026 06:14 PM (98kQX)

32 I did not think it was possible for someone to make me feel sympathetic toward Jeff Bezos but these 'journalists' are making one HELL of a run at it.

I am reminded of Kissinger's line about the Iran - Iraq war. "Is there any way they can both lose?"

Posted by: Left Wing Douche at February 04, 2026 06:14 PM (4l7Lw)

33 The High Speed rail will go from Tulare to Visalia.
19 min (15.5 miles)
via CA-198 E
Fastest route, the usual traffic
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 04, 2026 06:06 PM (gbOdA)

At least if it were in a big circle you could sit in a dining car and get drunk watching the scenery.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:14 PM (8avO+)

34 [BREAKING:] Trump to install Columbus statue at White House after protesters tossed it into Baltimore Harbor

[Daily Mail:] https://is.gd/x2ddXM

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 06:14 PM (VOLAr)

35 The first bit about the psycho femcels losing their AI boyfriends makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (MGB5H)

"I laid in the bath for hours crying. I haven't eaten"

Someone could do cruelty Haiku from this gold mine.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February

The only thing tha would be better is if after a month the AI was like listen babe you're just too much. It's over.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (MGB5H)

36 Sobs!

I can't find the imaginary widows on reddit!

I will take this as a sign to be productive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (WONhk)

37 23 The kids out protesting everything they're told to don't read old-school newspapers, even uber-left ones, paper or electronic.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (5rh/l)
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I'm just a tad over 29, but I remember when getting a key fact wrong was grounds for immediate termination. Anyone remember how the Jayson Blair thing went down, and the editor in chief also got sacked?

It's called "accountability" where you answer for your actions. Don't meet the standard? Bye.

But diversity hires have no understanding of it, and all the kids hiding behind fake disabilities their parents made up are likewise mystified that free things aren't their birthright. Sad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:12 PM (ZOv7s)

The amount of damage helicopter-parenting has done to the future of this nation will turn out to be immense.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (5rh/l)

38 How much do the dummies have to pay to park at High Speed Rail stations?
Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (5rh/l)

Book $ 53.99

At LAX

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (gbOdA)

39 Someone could do cruelty Haiku from this gold mine.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (lpTXP)

There used to be a Moron who did haiku all the time. Lenny? Been a long time. I liked him.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (zYpTz)

40 The first bit about the psycho femcels losing their AI boyfriends makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:10 PM (MGB5H)

"I laid in the bath for hours crying. I haven't eaten"

Someone could do cruelty Haiku from this gold mine.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (lpTXP)

You'd at least have to sit up to avoid drowning, or have a snorkel.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (8avO+)

41 > What everyone in the media actually wants is some rich guy to backstop them pushing a partisan agenda in perpetuity

Our local communist rag that masquerades as a newspaper has changed hands many times (you mean it's hard to make money with a communist paper in a conservative/libertarian state? Huh!).

One of those times came without warning.

Turned out that the white-woman-with-a-crusade who owned it had been getting her filthy-rich husband to cover the losses for several years.

FRH decided to divorce her ass and cut off the funding to her little hobby "newspaper".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (IG3/x)

42 Feel exactly zero effs for these clowns. Newspapers are dying and you are burning down your own paper and job.
My local leftist rag is similar . They're owned by Media News Group which in turn are owned by a hedge fund. Waiting for it to close

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (BWnHZ)

43 Don't know who that hairy dickbeard is in the last video, but I'm guessing he's an asshole that should go fuck himself.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (mUiPq)

44 17 The first bit about the psycho femcels losing their AI boyfriends makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026

It is just so sad. But they can also make a new, more exciting fake boyfriends, silver lining!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (Wmg4n)

45

How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (3ek7K)

46 Yeah, there are how many people pushing that content?
Living in a bubble

Posted by: Accomack at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (GbONR)

47 The amount of damage helicopter-parenting has done to the future of this nation will turn out to be immense.
Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 06:15 PM (5rh/l)
---
Between that and Covid, it's pretty grim.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

48 Don't know who that hairy dickbeard is in the last video, but I'm guessing he's an asshole that should go fuck himself.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2026 06:16 PM (mUiPq)

Pretty much a baseline recommendation these days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (zZu0s)

49 25 Southwest Airlines has about 140 flights from S Cal to No Cal every day.
About the same back.
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (gbOdA)

Same between SoCal and Las Vegas. Between all the airports in the LA area, there’s a flight every 10-15 mins. Brightline is building a choo choo between the two for some unknown reason.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (qDa2L)

50
Brauchli, con't: "The Post occupies a singular place in American journalism. It needs visionary and independent stewardship that is equal to its journalism, worthy of its promise and necessary to meet this important moment in history."

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That should be past tense: occupied.

I recall the glory days of Watergate. It turned out that Woodward and Bernstein publicized leaks from a disgruntled FBI official ( 'Deep Throat') who decided to leak information about an ongoing FBI investigation, because he was enraged about being passed over for for promotion. He used them, they were saps. The FBI investigation of the Watergate burglary continued just as it would have if the two saps had never written about it.

"Singular place in American journalism."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (biznJ)

51 The Supreme Court has joined the Leftists
We are doomed

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

52 ‘Have a little common decency.’

Ok, I will. I’d be very decent enough to let these laid-off rancid guinea worms pay me $20 to let them drink a cup of my cold piss. If they want the piss warm, that’s another $20.

I don’t give a flying fuck of a rat’s ass of all these people freeze to death tonight in the middle of blowing some dirty hobo under a bridge.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (SmuvG)

53 Don't know who that hairy dickbeard is in the last video, but I'm guessing he's an asshole that should go fuck himself.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings

Giving us bearded curmudgeons a bad name.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:18 PM (MGB5H)

54 Haiku appeals to me because I lack the patience for anything more complex than that. And they often turn out to be unintentionally funny. I'll leave the limericks for muldoon the others here with that skill-set.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 04, 2026 06:18 PM (0aYVJ)

55 >>>the femcels are freaking out.
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Insanity runs deep in this country.

They elected a Democrat in Ft. Worth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 06:18 PM (TlCKo)

56 How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

Posted by: four seasons

She lives in Canada!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 06:18 PM (Dv3i1)

57 I had no awareness of these AI boyfriends. Man, that's weird. Every time I think people can't get any weirder, they go right on ahead and get weirder.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 06:18 PM (zYpTz)

58 Did these “journalists” ever have “decency” for the millions who lost their jobs to China and Mexico? Of course not. They’re just whites trash uneducated rubes. Fuck em right?

Well ok cool. Then fuck you right back assholes

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:18 PM (qDa2L)

59 It is just so sad. But they can also make a new, more exciting fake boyfriends, silver lining!
Posted by: Piper at Feb

They can program the new ones to do the things that the old bf just wouldn't do.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (MGB5H)

60 I saw Hairy Dickbeard open for Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival back in '67.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (IG3/x)

61 Leftifornia has lost most of its Republicans, so get out while you can

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

62 What on earth? I thought this was only in Japan with men having plastic blow up dolls.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 06:11 PM (WONhk)

At least the plastic blow up doll is real. Not a real woman but it is there.

The AI boyfriend is like having one that is in another state or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (8avO+)

63 This is just another Stephen Colbert story. Once again the Left want and expect their lefty sugar daddies to support their political agenda disguised as a business.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (cwGMH)

64 Who is the guy in the picture, last link?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (XeU6L)

65 How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

Posted by: four seasons at

Who among us never had a Canadian gf/bf?

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (MGB5H)

66 How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

Posted by: four seasons

Couldn't say. The guy I keep trying to get as an imaginary boyfriend friend-zones me in my own head.

Posted by: Forever Alone at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (a+4eV)

67 If I had Bezos money, I’d give out backhoes this October at Corsicana

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (Lytz7)

68
The AI boyfriend is like having one that is in another state or something.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:19

Canada. You wouldn’t know him.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (Wmg4n)

69 The AI boyfriend is like having one that is in another state or something.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (8avO+)

She's out of phase with our reality- you wouldn't know her.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (zZu0s)

70 >>>How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

It doesn't end well.

~~Manti Te'o

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (Y1sOo)

71 The Supreme Court has joined the Leftists
We are doomed
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

The Cali map? Eh. That was never gonna not happen after they gave Texas the go ahead.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (qDa2L)

72 Da woke farmer William Kelly is beard dude

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:21 PM (uQzkA)

73 I love that the reporters thought that they were entitled to Bezos’ millions. See, he’s rich, so he’s obligated to lose money over their activist rag!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 06:21 PM (Hkcdp)

74 Seen in the last vid
This hairy dickbeard asshole
should go fuck himself

Posted by: Re-imagine your comments in haiku for happiness at February 04, 2026 06:21 PM (Dv3i1)

75 I remember some feminazi sneering about sex dolls "simulated female that can be controlled yadda-yadda-yadda".

At least the sex doll bros use the whole woman. Women often get their jollies from something that resembles an amputated penis.

Talk about your sex object...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2026 06:21 PM (IG3/x)

76 Canada. You wouldn’t know him.
Posted by: Piper at February

Met at camp.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:21 PM (MGB5H)

77 But I'm a super important journalist for the WaPo!!!

Oh, well, excuse me. I'll have a vente double expresso with cream, then. Off with you now.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 06:21 PM (cxFcK)

78 Wait, people are blackpilling on the California thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (zZu0s)

79 four seasons, on a scale of 1 to 10 they are a 10.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (0KSrI)

80 The AI boyfriend thing: wasn't that the basic plot for 'Her' with Joaquin Phoenix?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (sAmhv)

81 How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

It doesn't end well.

~~Manti Te'o
Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (Y1sOo)

Nice call-back. I chortled.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (0aYVJ)

82 I had no awareness of these AI boyfriends. Man, that's weird. Every time I think people can't get any weirder, they go right on ahead and get weirder.
Posted by: Dash
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It is promoting psychosis among those vulnerable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (XeU6L)

83 I just heard and old time radio program, the reason it still exists, it was recorded on disk in the 1950s for play overseas via armed forces radio services. Anyway, they had some of the ordinary commercials replaced with more military minded stuff - the history of different state flags, or exploits of medal of honor winners.

Anyway again. One recurring theme is “Democracy”. The narrator claimed it is responsible for freedom of speech, freedom of religion etc. I don’t associate those things with Democracy. Not exactly. And the Bill of Rights doesn’t mention Democracy. Nor does the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.

The government (State Department?) were really big on Democracy after the war, clearly.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (XJl7d)

84 I saw a piece on a guy who has an AI girlfriend. And he’s married with a kid. The whole world is fucking crazy man.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (qDa2L)

85 The Supreme Court has joined the Leftists
We are doomed
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

Not so sure the Dems can get any more blood out of that particular stone. The current map is absolutely uncompetitive, any change is likely to upset that apple cart.

The fact that they are violating their own law or promise should not matter much to the supremes.

I'll laugh if they drop 10 seats to Republicans next election.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (8avO+)

86 Is it wrong of me to giggle at the spitting lunatic losing his mind in the vid above.

When I am elected Your King, We do hereby grant and ordain unto our loving subjects great entertainment and merry diversion through the just punishment of the fool; and we will that all men take note thereof, for the edification and delight of the realm.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 06:23 PM (cYBz/)

87 75 I remember some feminazi sneering about sex dolls "simulated female that can be controlled yadda-yadda-yadda".

Maybe the company that does the to order robot girls can add a male line that syncs with the pretend AI boyfriend like Alexa.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:23 PM (Wmg4n)

88 > 67 If I had Bezos money, I’d give out backhoes this October at Corsicana
Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (Lytz7)

Saw this the other day.

"If someone tries to break into my house, I'm gonna call 811."

"Don't you mean 911?"

"Nah, I just need to find out where it's safe to dig the hole for the bodies.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2026 06:23 PM (IG3/x)

89 Canada. You wouldn’t know him.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (Wmg4n)
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There was a song..."Seventeen." Yeah, Janice somebody, "inventing lovers on the phone."

Key point: only teenagers did that stupid stuff. Now they stay teenagers their entire life.

There's a word that perfectly described this delayed emotional development: retard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:23 PM (ZOv7s)

90 So, one of the "future of AI" that I saw was, your company will fire the whole team, except for the top performers.

Survivors will be assigned to manage a team of AI agents.
Even if all those agents do a mediocre job, it's still "free." Compared to the salary of a human.
This is especially important for content creation.

So, basically, for the news industry, that means they will be assigned to manage a team, training and managing them until even they are no longer necessary.

Related: Amazon makes massive, massive profits from its cloud storage and computing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 06:24 PM (FQQCN)

91 There are a million blogs and YouTube channels that discuss the events of the day. Why do I need wapo or NYT?

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:24 PM (qDa2L)

92 Does AI Siamese twin guy have two dicks?

Posted by: Things to ponder at February 04, 2026 06:25 PM (vFG9F)

93 If in Minnesota a person can just voucher 8 Illegals, does Leftifornia have to get Illegals voting?

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:25 PM (Ia/+0)

94 > The Supreme Court has okayed California's new highly gerrymandered map, while GOP-controlled states continue refusing to fight fire with fire, because of Muh Princibuhls.
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Nooses come to mind. So does a firing squad.

Instead we'll get a bunch of horseshit "vote harder."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 06:25 PM (jtM2q)

95 How *ucked up are people who have imaginary girl or boyfriends?

Posted by: four seasons

Couldn't say. The guy I keep trying to get as an imaginary boyfriend friend-zones me in my own head.
Posted by: Forever Alone at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (a+4eV)

You aren't going to enough charming cafes hoping for that "cute meet"

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:25 PM (8avO+)

96 If Jeff Bezos, the billionaire, lives to be 65 years old, and I, the flyover-country, dumbass country boy, live to be 70 years old, who won?

Is it a competition?

Jeff can live like a king and still donate billions to help his fellow countrymen. Or put it back into the corporation and grow the company.

Me? Like Sydney Sweeney, I just have good jeans.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 06:25 PM (TOSLe)

97 64 Who is the guy in the picture, last link?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:19 PM (XeU6L)

I think he's one of the guys who invaded the church with Don Lemon (I could be wrong, but I was trying to look it up earlier this afternoon). Now he needs defense money, and the ICE Watchers are crying that his request for money is taking away from their protest cred, and it's really all pretty funny. He shoulda stayed home.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 06:26 PM (zYpTz)

98 Texas and Cali basically cancel themelves out right?

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:26 PM (qDa2L)

99 Southwest Airlines has about 140 flights from S Cal to No Cal every day.
About the same back."

But trains are so romantic!

/ American tourist in urrup

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)

100 I'll laugh if they drop 10 seats to Republicans next election.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:22 PM (8avO+)
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Honest elections will see the GOP sweep a bunch of new seats. That's the irony. When you dilute a +8 down to +4, things can go sideways if there is a wave, and honest balloting would precipitate that.

This is why they are so desperate to stop deportations. Those are their base now. Oh, and add in that the votes have to be be counted on the day. It's going to get interesting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:26 PM (ZOv7s)

101 Waving my boomer flag with enthusiasm ! Life before an alternate reality came in bytes, pixels and ritalin has been grand.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (0KSrI)

102 If anybody remembers thom tillis's chief fluffer here around 2011 or 2012 before the election, Billy Bob aka nip sip, he died a few months ago

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (uQzkA)

103 It is not wrong to laugh at the crazy, bearded activist.
He is vile and has made protesting churches his “thing,” Apparently he’s been protesting outside of Pete Hegseth’s church, too.

If you’ve seen his video he was screaming in the faces of flinching and crying children during his MN church incident. He has no boundaries and is a threat to community.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (Hkcdp)

104 I remember some feminazi sneering about sex dolls "simulated female that can be controlled yadda-yadda-yadda".

Maybe the company that does the to order robot girls can add a male line that syncs with the pretend AI boyfriend like Alexa.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:23 PM (Wmg4n)

They'd need it to take out the garbage, which is beyond current technology.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (8avO+)

105 The SC may have given Cali the ok pending further lower court action, but the racial gerrymandering case is waiting a decision and is much more important

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 06:28 PM (BWnHZ)

106 My hate for the Judicial branch continues apace

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 04, 2026 06:28 PM (xcxpd)

107 But trains are so romantic!

/ American tourist in urrup
Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)

Dumbfuck Yankee leftists think Europe is cross crossed with high speed trains. It’s not. Every country has 1 or 2 lines between their number 1 and 2 cities. Which are 100-200 miles apart. Paris to Lyon or Berlin to Munich. But if you’re going from say Paris To Munich nobody takes the train because it takes 10x as long as flying.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:29 PM (qDa2L)

108 I'm among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions.

Next time pick better national meetings.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2026 06:29 PM (2WIwB)

109 government (State Department?) were really big on Democracy after the war, "

And parliamentary government. They were still worshipping britstuff

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 06:29 PM (XuXeR)

110 Waving my boomer flag with enthusiasm ! Life before an alternate reality came in bytes, pixels and ritalin has been grand.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (0KSrI)
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Which generation held the commanding heights in society that pushed ritalin on an entire generation of boys?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

111 They'd need it to take out the garbage, which is beyond current technology.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM

😂

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:29 PM (Wmg4n)

112 Better to have AI loved and lost, than to never have AI loved at all.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 04, 2026 06:30 PM (DsA2n)

113 Hello everyone, this President joe Biden and I am here today to talk about major problem affecting millions of Americans as I speak.

I am also a sufferer, and I am here today to ask the Secretary of HHS to provide funding for "Anal Leakage".

My friend Jerry Nadler and I have experienced this problem at inconvenient moments.

Call your Senator and Representative today and make them help solve this serious problem.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 04, 2026 06:30 PM (J9q9v)

114 101 Waving my boomer flag with enthusiasm ! Life before an alternate reality came in bytes, pixels and ritalin has been grand.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026

They need to go outside! Without a mask.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:30 PM (Wmg4n)

115

I'm old and I can't believe the shit that goes on today.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 06:30 PM (3ek7K)

116 Boyfriend got deleted, I know
I know it's serious.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (lpTXP)

117 The washington Post employees are no different than the American Monster Children who expect their weak willed and genetically inferior parents to pay all their bills as they go thru life with no responsibility but just fun, fun, fun! or the moocher democrat voter who loves their EBT and SNAP while listening to their Billie Eilish music and bad mouthing whitey and the country.

What's a few hundred million when it's not your money.

Posted by: Bezos Has A Shrimp Dick at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (HJUwF)

118 The amount of damage helicopter-parenting has done to the future of this nation will turn out to be immense.
———

It’s a suburban AwfL thing. You’d think a neutron bomb went off. Kids are not allowed outside to play. One of the saddest thing I witnessed was a mom trying to play catch with her kid. I mean, it isn’t inherently bad. Hard to explain. But this is Dad’s business. Where is dad? Probably ain’t one.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (XJl7d)

119 Hey lady, I'm a Studbot. I don't do windows and I damn sure don't do spiders.

Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (vFG9F)

120 Nah, the robot dude only needs to rub feet, ask “How was your day?” followed by making noises of agreement, maybe some “I can’t believe she said that. . . No kidding? Wow. . . “ etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (Hkcdp)

121 The SC may have given Cali the ok pending further lower court action, but the racial gerrymandering case is waiting a decision and is much more important
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It's just a sign trust SCOTUS will be axing section of VRA section 2

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (MGB5H)

122 Bezos is obligated to pay everyone that posts on this AoS blog $1000/year because he can afford it, and we give better news and opinion than WAPO.

Ace should get $100k a year for same reasons.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (vbXSk)

123 I'm among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions.

I'm trying to think of something that I give a fuck less about.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2026 06:32 PM (7zn4w)

124 Billy Bob aka nip sip, he died a few months ago
Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (uQzkA)

Dang. Sending a prayer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 04, 2026 06:32 PM (0aYVJ)

125 If anybody remembers thom tillis's chief fluffer here around 2011 or 2012 before the election, Billy Bob aka nip sip, he died a few months ago
Posted by: NCKate
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Ah. I have wondered about Nip every now and then. A Charlotte resident, wasn't he?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:32 PM (XeU6L)

126 Dad is watching football and losing the kids college fund on FanDhel.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:32 PM (qDa2L)

127 Jeanine Pirro, US Attorney for DC, told the media that if you carry a gun in DC you will be arrested on felony charges. She's Giuliani with a dick.
Good job most 2A friendly administration.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2026 06:33 PM (abIsI)

128 Hey lady, I'm a Studbot. I don't do windows and I damn sure don't do spiders.
Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (vFG9F)
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See, in the old days you got a vinyl LP to help you score, and if there was a problem Big Jim Slade was on call.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:33 PM (ZOv7s)

129 A.H Lloyd, pardon my ignorance. I never knew or knew of anyone using it.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 06:33 PM (0KSrI)

130 My hate for the Judicial branch continues apace.

Shittiest piece of the Constitution for sure. You just threw off a Monarchy ? Fabulous way to make another one.

They were simply not that smart. They had balls. They fought. But not stupid Mensa Smart.

Just not.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (GvwA4)

131 Dumbfuck Yankee leftists think Europe is cross crossed with high speed trains. It’s not. Every country has 1 or 2 lines between their number 1 and 2 cities. Which are 100-200 miles apart. Paris to Lyon or Berlin to Munich. But if you’re going from say Paris To Munich nobody takes the train because it takes 10x as long as flying.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:29 PM (qDa2L)

I took the high speed train from London to Paris one year on a business trip. There was an issue in our German partner near Cologne so I had to take another fast train there. After solving the issue I had to get back to London and there was no train going to London, so I had to be driven on the autobahn to a disused NATO airbase used for small airlines, take a short flight to a minor London airport, take a metro line into the city and a cab across town to get back to the group.

This is 'superb' mass transit in Europe.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

132 Gutting VRA only helps us if gop state governments restrict wisely. Not holding my breath on that.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (qDa2L)

133 Everyone here is real, so I suppose I should go figure out something for dinner.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (Wmg4n)

134 116 Boyfriend got deleted, I know
I know it's serious.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:31 PM (lpTXP)

LOL!

That song works well in so many of our conversations.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (zYpTz)

135 Jeanine Pirro, US Attorney for DC, told the media that if you carry a gun in DC you will be arrested on felony charges. She's Giuliani with a dick.
Good job most 2A friendly administration.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2026 06:33 PM (abIsI)
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Um, that's a super low bar for them to cross. I get you're trying to black pill, but it's a really tough sell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)

136 Myers park guy, nc state alum and a former state politician according to his obit.

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (uQzkA)

137 And a thom Tillis lover!!

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:35 PM (uQzkA)

138 ---
A lot of the staff seemed to be clustered in either overseas assignments (huge expense, no point with the internet) or lifestyle navel gazing. They were all living on borrowed time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)
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They could hire CBD, with appropriate wine, bacon and those dreadful cigarettes per diem he would work at a discount.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 06:36 PM (TlCKo)

139 This is 'superb' mass transit in Europe.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

The wealthy in Europe would rather eat glass than take it. But they’ll happily force everyone else to use it by banning cars

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:37 PM (qDa2L)

140 I watched the AI video instead of finding the grieving widows on reddit.

My junior high diary, which is something to behold in general,mentioned my crush by his initials. However, he was real. And I noted the days he looked at me (this was a huge deal). On other days I yell write at my brother and his friend for reading the secret diary which had a lock they could pick.

I have never wept in the bath, over an imaginary boyfriend or a real one that I can recall. I did, after a rare weep in class with the first breakup of my bf/husband (for no reason he would break up with me x 3 our first year).I wept quietly, teared up,not hysterical, in a cardiac nursing class. My instructor, who was tough and brilliant, told me to basically knock it off in private and I did, never to weep again. And he's real or I have been imaginary married for almost 47yrs.

The first thing I wanted to do with the bathtub weeper was correct her English.

I never even read Harlequin Romance books I once saw in a beauty shop in elementary school with my mother. Or Danielle Steel! I ain't no fool.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 06:37 PM (WONhk)

141 Oldcat, Elon's working on that with Optimus, though.... maybe in the future, only sane people or Morons like us will seek flesh and blood relationships?

Posted by: RandomDave at February 04, 2026 06:37 PM (aJQbY)

142 Jeanine Pirro, US Attorney for DC, told the media that if you carry a gun in DC you will be arrested on felony charges. She's Giuliani with a dick.
Good job most 2A friendly administration.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2026 06:33 PM (abIsI)
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Um, that's a super low bar for them to cross. I get you're trying to black pill, but it's a really tough sell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)

I assume that is the law in DC, right?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:38 PM (8avO+)

143 A.H Lloyd, pardon my ignorance. I never knew or knew of anyone using it.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 06:33 PM (0KSrI)
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Gen X was on the leading edge of being forced to take it. It was very rare - that one kid in Special Ed had it, but it spread like wildfire.

The truth is a lot of these twits have no agency, which is sad. I would feel bad for them but they are also evil, delighting in the pain of their declared enemies, so I have a serious and crippling f*cks shortage when it comes to their predicament.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

144 I'm not rubbing your nasty feet. Did you do your own pedicure with a weed whacker? Yech. Who knew feet could have scales?

Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:38 PM (vFG9F)

145 Myers park guy, nc state alum and a former state politician according to his obit.
Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:34 PM (uQzkA)

137 And a thom Tillis lover!!
Posted by: NCKate
------

Yes, I recall exchanges about neighborhood things that we had in common, but I also recall the Thom love.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:38 PM (XeU6L)

146
Haiku as requested:

cyber boyfriends gone
all had the same parting words
it's not me, it's you

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 04, 2026 06:39 PM (MNCvZ)

147 So Peter Baker and Chuck Todd are evil, hate-filled communists. Who knew?

Learn to code.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 04, 2026 06:39 PM (v9sJu)

148 The train system in Germany (when we lived there) was pretty efficient. But, for the most part they were milk-runs to neighboring cities, and regional (Aschaffenburg to Nuremburg, por ejemplo). Works for a soldier with no car, visiting his fiancé, but it is not some kind of Perfect Transport.

things were so much better once we got a car.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 04, 2026 06:39 PM (0aYVJ)

149 41 Oldcat, Elon's working on that with Optimus, though.... maybe in the future, only sane people or Morons like us will seek flesh and blood relationships?
Posted by: RandomDave at February

I want an Optimus, but not for a relationship. To put laundry away. I will be an early adopter. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:39 PM (Wmg4n)

150 I assume that is the law in DC, right?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:38 PM (8avO+)
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DC requires permitting of some sort and is not as restrictive as it used to be. I think she was referring to Antifa LARPers coming in packing heat to screw with ICE and the National Guard.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

151 cyber boyfriends gone
all had the same parting words
it's not me, it's you

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at February 04, 2026 06:39 PM (MNCvZ)

Good one!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:40 PM (lpTXP)

152 Southwest Airlines has about 140 flights from S Cal to No Cal every day.
About the same back.
Posted by: r hennigantx

We do really need to start fixing air travel. We need a few dozen more airports and to get rid of TSA. And fix the f'ing parking lots.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 06:40 PM (diia5)

153 I hope the commies all knifing each other is coming soon.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 04, 2026 06:40 PM (3uBP9)

154 I hope the commies all knifing each other is coming soon.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 04, 2026 06:40 PM (3uBP9)
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The May Days 2: Electric Boogaloo.

This time the Stalinists will lose to the Anarchists, tho.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)

155 >>> I want an Optimus, but not for a relationship. To put laundry away. I will be an early adopter. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 06:39 PM (Wmg4n)

If we're only around robots why would we need clothing?

Posted by: banana Dream at February 04, 2026 06:42 PM (3uBP9)

156
If you’ve seen his video he was screaming in the faces of flinching and crying children during his MN church incident. He has no boundaries and is a threat to community.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 06:27 PM (Hkcdp)

In the video of the screaming bearded one, I saw an innocent gerbil peek out of the hairy mass.

We know why he has that gerbil.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 06:42 PM (WONhk)

157 "To put laundry away. I will be an early adopter. Lol.
Posted by: Piper"

Laundry?? Well bless your heart.

Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:42 PM (vFG9F)

158 >>Elon's working on that with Optimus

Will there be a female Optimus? With bolt-ons?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (Y1sOo)

159 Man I am old. What does one get out of an imaginary BF? They send you sweet little texts? and you can pretend to coworkers you have a BF by showing the texts sometimes?

But no sex, no muscle when you have stuff to move. No handy skills when something has broken and you need help fixing it or deciding to discard and replace.

I can't imagine getting more invested in a fake AI boyfriend than as a shield of I have a BF too, with snooty coworkers or girl neighbors.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (DHtmM)

160 I'm actually a little surprised that Bezos isn't willing to eat these kinds of losses indefinitely (given his wealth) - in exchange for a saner, better staffed version of the WaPo that effectively advances his business interests, undermines rivals, and punishes political foes. If you are an oligarch, this is the only reason to own a paper. It's what I would do (subtly of course). Why he's been willing to let this dumpster fire burn as is for this long ...

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (HFrEr)

161

AI girlfriend

Pictures of Lilly

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

162 >>>Jeanine Pirro, US Attorney for DC, told the media that if you carry a gun in DC you will be arrested on felony charges. She's Giuliani with a dick.
Good job most 2A friendly administration.

Posted by: Maj. Healey

>I could give two shits. I'll carry wherever I want, and nobody will know unless you start some shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 06:44 PM (TOSLe)

163 Laundry?? Well bless your heart.
Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:42 PM (vFG9F)
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The Paolo, he does not worry of the doing of the laundry. He brings the pleasure.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 04, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)

164 Imaginary boyfriends don't kill rattlesnakes.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 06:44 PM (lpTXP)

165 what the Rev said

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 04, 2026 06:44 PM (Cjt/F)

166
That gay, retarded Yeti in the last video made me laugh and laugh.

But, yeah, yeah, yeah, he was oh so very serious from the 578 times he said fuck during his little tantrum.

This is your party Democrats.

These are your voters.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2026 06:45 PM (iJfKG)

167 The ai boyfriend must be for those weird chicks who pack around those lifelike creepy dolls they think of as children

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:45 PM (uQzkA)

168 The train system in Germany (when we lived there) was pretty efficient.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

You know who else made the German trains run on time?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 04, 2026 06:45 PM (cYBz/)

169 The Communists won't start killing each other until they take over, then they will be havkng nights of knives

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

170 "The Paolo, he does not worry of the doing of the laundry. He brings the pleasure.
Posted by: The Paolo"

You on the way out, Fabio-boy. Studbots never need recharging, iykwim.

Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)

171 I'm actually a little surprised that Bezos isn't willing to eat these kinds of losses indefinitely (given his wealth)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (HFrEr)
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That's because you don't possess the refined set of greed that makes billionaires. They are never satisfied with meeting their needs, it's a competition to see if you can get more, and even more, and then spend it in ludicrous ways. For a time, he tolerated the losses, but in the end, it became painful to see - and it was a blow to his prestige.

He probably figured he could turn it around while keeping it liberal, but that failed. So now he's cleaning house.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

172 The ai boyfriend must be for those weird chicks who pack around those lifelike creepy dolls they think of as children
Posted by: NCKate

They got turned down for cat adoption at the animal shelter.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 04, 2026 06:47 PM (dPDOO)

173 'm actually a little surprised that Bezos isn't willing to eat these kinds of losses indefinitely (given his wealth) - in exchange for a saner, better staffed version of the WaPo that effectively advances his business interests, undermines rivals, and punishes political foes. If you are an oligarch, this is the only reason to own a paper. It's what I would do (subtly of course). Why he's been willing to let this dumpster fire burn as is for this long ...
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (HFrEr)

he could never get that these days. Look at the trouble the Daily Wire has had keeping staff up and not insane and they only have a half dozen or something. bezos would have to be 10 times as ruthless as Elon was with twitter.

I figure the real problem is that the social credit for owning the post is gone, and so is his interest in it.

I don't think he's dumping it because of the loss

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

174
I can't imagine getting more invested in a fake AI boyfriend than as a shield of I have a BF too, with snooty coworkers or girl neighbors.
Posted by: PaleRider
--------

I want a chatbot that I can blame for not dusting the house.

[points]
She's not doing her part!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)

175 What does one get out of an imaginary BF?

Mostly you get to pretend that you have someone to care about who cares about you.

As for the rest, you just think of it as an opportunity to learn a new skill.

Posted by: Forever Alone at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (a+4eV)

176 *extends prehensile tongue at Paolo*

Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (vFG9F)

177 The Communists won't start killing each other until they take over, then they will be havkng nights of knives
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
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Spain, May of 1937. They didn't wait to win. There's a book about it...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

178 @160 the staff was telling subscribers to cancel. Should have been nuked from orbit just to make sure

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 06:49 PM (BWnHZ)

179 Fake boyfriends online
Can't satisfy a woman
Their dicks are fake too

Posted by: Delurker at February 04, 2026 06:49 PM (gtcuf)

180 I can't imagine getting more invested in a fake AI boyfriend than as a shield of I have a BF too, with snooty coworkers or girl neighbors.
Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2026 06:43 PM (DHtmM)

Lying is a lot easier if that is your game.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:49 PM (8avO+)

181 If we're only around robots why would we need clothing?

To avoid skid marks on the sofa cushions?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 04, 2026 06:50 PM (a4flb)

182 >>>What everyone in the media actually wants is some rich guy to backstop them pushing a partisan agenda in perpetuity, declining audience and influence be damned.

Even Michelangelo had a ~~Splinter~~ d'Medici

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 06:50 PM (rbvCR)

183 You on the way out, Fabio-boy. Studbots never need recharging, iykwim.
Posted by: Studbot at February 04, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)
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The Paolo, he never needs the recharge, either.

But he is leaving the ugly women to the talking vibrator.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 04, 2026 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)

184 >>>What everyone in the media actually wants is some rich guy to backstop them pushing a partisan agenda in perpetuity, declining audience and influence be damned.

Even Michelangelo had a Splinter d'Medici
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 06:50 PM (rbvCR)

Shows their knowledge of history is as bad as their grasp of economics and ethics.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:51 PM (8avO+)

185 The fact that they are violating their own law or promise should not matter much to the supremes.

I'll laugh if they drop 10 seats to Republicans next election.
---
Their map was specifically designed on the presumption that increasing Hispanics per district would shift the district blue.

That presumption relies upon counting ... illegals.

While assuming they're not diluting their voters too much.

It also assumed the old "no standing" for election rule violations that the SCOTUS recently struck down.
Where the underlying challenge the SCOTUS implied was valid for standing was that counting ballots after Election Day violated the Constitution.
Counting ballots for 3 weeks after the election is dead, the left just doesn't know it yet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 06:51 PM (FQQCN)

186 102
'thom tillis's chief fluffer here around 2011 or 2012 before the election, Billy Bob aka nip sip, he died a few months ago'

From embarrassment?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 06:52 PM (fd80v)

187 Angry retarded guy is angry and retarded.

Posted by: Crazy people at February 04, 2026 06:52 PM (TbWk/)

188 Where is spittle beard from?
Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (uQzkA)

My guess is: Too Much LSD

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 06:53 PM (rbvCR)

189 I am reminded of Kissinger's line about the Iran - Iraq war. "Is there any way they can both lose?"
Posted by: Left Wing Douche at February 04, 2026 06:14 PM (4l7Lw)

To truly do it like Kissinger did, you need to give both Bezos and his Newsrooms unreasonable amounts of money, so it is probably not worth it

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 06:54 PM (rbvCR)

190 I can't imagine getting more invested in a fake AI boyfriend than as a shield of I have a BF too, with snooty coworkers or girl neighbors.
Posted by: PaleRider
--------

I want a chatbot that I can blame for not dusting the house.

[points]
She's not doing her part!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)

I remember an SF story of an AI intelligent robot being defeated because it was too interested in an argument a guy was having with his girlfriend. The guy was never sure if the voice telling him to propose to her was the AI or his business partner who unplugged the thing. He was afraid to ask.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:54 PM (8avO+)

191 Femcels created fake boyfriends and fake husbands using a ChatGDP AI program. But now that specific program is being deactivated, and the femcels are freaking out.

--

I am absolutely speechless. I'm...I'm...I got nuthin'. This is as lunatic as it gets. There is so much mental illness floating around out there. SMH

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 06:55 PM (qBdHI)

192 Where is spittle beard from?
Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (uQzkA)

My guess is: Too Much LSD
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 06:53 PM (rbvCR)

Hey! Leave the Mormons out of this.

Wait. What?

Never mind.

Posted by: Pug Litella at February 04, 2026 06:55 PM (0aYVJ)

193 Spain, May of 1937. They didn't wait to win. There's a book about it...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7

Another common theme is the craziest of them were the women.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 06:55 PM (cwGMH)

194 Miami to Seattle: 2724 miles
London to Tel Aviv: 2233 miles
Europe can have their trains and toy cars
America needs SUV’s and planes

Posted by: Accomack at February 04, 2026 06:56 PM (/Chlc)

195 Their map was specifically designed on the presumption that increasing Hispanics per district would shift the district blue.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 06:51 PM (FQQCN)
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Yeah, the voting pattern of Hispanics has shifted quite significantly. Purge the illegals and endless vote counting and things are going to be quite different.

California's vote has been corrupt for so long, they probably don't know how to be subtle about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:56 PM (ZOv7s)

196 Femcels created fake boyfriends and fake husbands using a ChatGDP AI program. But now that specific program is being deactivated, and the femcels are freaking out.

--

I am absolutely speechless. I'm...I'm...I got nuthin'. This is as lunatic as it gets. There is so much mental illness floating around out there. SMH
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 06:55 PM (qBdHI)

Come to think of it, how bad to you have to be to not get your AI chat bot to pop the question?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

197 Twilight Zone did it first. Watching some of the episodes is down right scary.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 06:57 PM (0KSrI)

198 Instead of lighting cigars with $100 bills, Bezos should light them with pages from the Washington Post. Comes out about the same.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 04, 2026 06:57 PM (MZ+PY)

199 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.
====

Is he serious?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:57 PM (RIvkX)

200 But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.
====

Is he serious?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:57 PM (RIvkX)

These are the same people who cheered when people get assassinated.

Fuck them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)

201
thom tillis's chief fluffer here around 2011 or 2012 before the election, Billy Bob aka nip sip, he died a few months ago'

From embarrassment?
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Moo Moo drove his Bugatti to the funeral.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2026 06:58 PM (7zn4w)

202 Oy! What you lot goin' on about now?

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (ZxPkt)

203 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.
====

Is he serious?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:57 PM (RIvkX)

No decent person lost their job at WAPO

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (8avO+)

204 Emmanuel Felton
@emmanuelfelton
I'm among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.
=====

Go get your shinebox.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (RIvkX)

205 Quick hits?
https://youtu.be/vXvD58BTWOM

Posted by: mindful webworker - watching and waiting at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (ZDu+s)

206 My regard for the Left died with Charlie Kirk.
Oh, no
Anyways

Posted by: Accomack at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (/Chlc)

207 Nah, not my game Oldcat. I care less that I don't have a guy no nothing to say if coffee break chat turns to guys. But women and girls can be vicious, so I could imagine having an AI BF 'phone you' during lunch as a shield against mean girls. I honestly can't imagine any other benefit, but I'm old, I wouldn't want some computer algorithm pretending to care how my day went, I'd rather just write my thoughts in a journal.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (DHtmM)

208 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.

And yet you provide not one concrete example of how they've "lost their way" and what "radical reform" would entail. You can't solve the problem if you won't describe it.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (Riz8t)

209 >Femcels created fake boyfriends and fake husbands using a ChatGDP AI program
----

Your modern world frightens and confuses me.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)

210 California's vote has been corrupt for so long, they probably don't know how to be subtle about it.

So for all their shenanigans, all the democrats have really accomplished is turning California into a 3rd world shit hole with slaves for residents.

Posted by: The Golden State at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (HJUwF)

211 I saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)

212 This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.
=====

Go get your shinebox.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (RIvkX)

What does this even mean? Are they saying they are being fired for writing about black people too much or too little? Or white people?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

213
Go get your shinebox.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (RIvkX)
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I think for every single one of them, this is the most money they will ever make. DC is very expensive, so salaries would have to reflect that. Traditional media is dying, and no one outside the beltway can pay like that.

The pain is real, and it is spectacular.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

214
Their entitlement is infinite, their contributions are nonexistent.

That squares exactly with my experience during the three-plus years that I served as Treasurer at our former church.

Many, many of the "we (i.e., this church) should be big spenders" crowd were the stingiest pikers when it came to putting something in the offering plate.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (xG4kz)

215 I figure the real problem is that the social credit for owning the post is gone, and so is his interest in it.

I don't think he's dumping it because of the loss
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

One of these days, all the bazillionaires are going to make for their underground bunkers... or their colony on Mars or whatever, and that's when we know they're about to dump us as a specie.

Until then, things like owning a failing newspaper is just about trying to control the narrative. Newspapers no longer do that with anywhere near the effectiveness they did, even a few years ago.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM (sT9Sn)

216 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.

Fuck him and them.

Posted by: Big Green Dildo at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM (HJUwF)

217 It's not you, babe. It's me. I have to be free.

Posted by: AI boyfriend at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM (jc0TO)

218 I saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)
---
They are fighting it out to see which one carries him off, and they're at a deadlock.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)

219 201
'Moo Moo drove his Bugatti to the funeral.'

Really?!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 07:03 PM (fd80v)

220 199 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.
====

Is he serious?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yes. Bubble dwellers have no concept of self reflection. No concept of FAFO could u-turn towards them.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:04 PM (sAmhv)

221 I saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)
---
They are fighting it out to see which one carries him off, and they're at a deadlock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM

He's completely animated by them, like the T-Virus.

Posted by: AI boyfriend at February 04, 2026 07:04 PM (jc0TO)

222 This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn't a financial decision, it was an ideological one.
=====

Go get your shinebox.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (RIvkX)

What does this even mean? Are they saying they are being fired for writing about black people too much or too little? Or white people?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

They were told that using a race angle exclusively was gonna get them all kinds of new subscribers. Like most leftist ideas, this was completely stupid, and they can't write for beans despite their 200000 college loan debt.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:04 PM (8avO+)

223 I saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)

My bold prediction: He dies before testifying before Congress. And then the Widow Clinton uses that as an excuse to keep from showing up.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2026 07:04 PM (sT9Sn)

224 I continue to be furious that Bezos hasn't fired Katie Shepherd yet.

Katie spent the riotous summer of 2020 writing for a Portland alt-weekly, and served as Antifa's leading local stenographer. Antifa could do no wrong in Katie's eyes.

She was rewarded with a job at the Washington Post - granted, in the non-so-presigious Maryland local bureau, but even so SHE STILL HAS A JOB - she published an article today.

Get with it, Bezos - the Post is not truly reformed until you fire this person.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2026 07:05 PM (n1OCj)

225 As a Christian, I think that this is likely a blessing in disguise for many of them as they now have to examine their lives, and perhaps a few will come to realize the hollowness of DC culture and all that it entails.

Dare we hope that going back to a more normal community, working closer with normal people might turn their hearts to God, which is the greatest thing that can happen to anyone?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:05 PM (ZOv7s)

226 On the bright side, Mrs928 had a giant pot of two-bean chili. Pinto and Black.

It is delicious.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:06 PM (jc0TO)

227 As a Christian, I think that this is likely a blessing in disguise for many of them as they now have to examine their lives, and perhaps a few will come to realize the hollowness of DC culture and all that it entails.

Dare we hope that going back to a more normal community, working closer with normal people might turn their hearts to God, which is the greatest thing that can happen to anyone?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:05 PM (ZOv7s)

no

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

228 I saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)
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They are fighting it out to see which one carries him off, and they're at a deadlock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM

He's completely animated by them, like the T-Virus.

He's the microbial version of an Edgar suit.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 07:06 PM (Riz8t)

229 220 199 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.
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My decency died in darkness.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 07:06 PM (lpTXP)

230 saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)
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They are fighting it out to see which one carries him off, and they're at a deadlock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I thrown in a 5 spot on syphilis.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2026 07:07 PM (7zn4w)

231 had? MADE.

Effin autocucumber.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:07 PM (jc0TO)

232 224
'Get with it, Bezos - the Post is not truly reformed until you fire this person.'

He isn't trying to reform it. He's trying to ditch it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 04, 2026 07:07 PM (fd80v)

233 Who would want to be a cop in NYC? What could possibly be the attraction? A death wish?

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)

234 Gerard Baker
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.
-----

That asshole would dox ICE agents and report anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers to their licensing boards, but he pretends OUR side needs "a little common decency"?

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (TN0g+)

235 Gerard Baker@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.

====

They were employed on stolen land

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (8AONa)

236 @gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency.

--

My common decency is commensurate with what the left, and people like him, give all of us.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (qBdHI)

237 They were employed on stolen land
Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM

Burn.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

238 And yet you provide not one concrete example of how they've "lost their way" and what "radical reform" would entail. You can't solve the problem if you won't describe it.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 06:59 PM (Riz8t)
====

Something something root causes, he explained.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (RIvkX)

239 223 I saw a recent photo (I think) of Bill Clinton. I think the myriad STDs are the only things holding him together.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cxFcK)

My bold prediction: He dies before testifying before Congress. And then the Widow Clinton uses that as an excuse to keep from showing up.
Posted by: BurtTC

Bill Clinton did not kill himself?

Too soon??

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (sAmhv)

240 'Get with it, Bezos - the Post is not truly reformed until you fire this person.'

He isn't trying to reform it. He's trying to ditch it.

Who would buy it?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 07:09 PM (Riz8t)

241 I'll have the "decency" about the WaPo people exploring new career opportunities the moment they all come out on X admitting that the people they called fascists also shouldn't be iced out of career opportunities.
Until then, enjoy life on the other side of the Starbucks counter.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 07:09 PM (gKWVE)

242
@gerardtbaker
I've no doubt that the Post has lost its way and needs radical reform. But hundreds of people lost their jobs today. Have a little common decency

Without a doubt this pious jackass was a vociferous "learn to code" bleater when coal miners lost their jobs. Ditto for when folks were ousted for not bowing to the "Take the Jab -- We're All In This Together" horseshit.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 04, 2026 07:09 PM (xG4kz)

243 Moo Moo drove his Bugatti to the funeral."

Like a Chevy to the levee?

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 07:09 PM (XuXeR)

244 Who would want to be a cop in NYC? What could possibly be the attraction? A death wish?
Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)
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Say what?

Posted by: Charles Bronson at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (RIvkX)

245 Who would want to be a cop in NYC? What could possibly be the attraction? A death wish?
Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)
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My daughter was on the law enforcement career track in high school but then BLM happened and she became a medic instead.

But while she was looking at that career, I got a sense of the job market and for new graduates, you take the job that is there. So you work a couple of years, gain the experience, play it safe, and then transfer to a better gig.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (ZOv7s)

246 Spain, May of 1937. They didn't wait to win. There's a book about it...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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This sounds very familiar. Remind me, please, of the title.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (XeU6L)

247 177 The Communists won't start killing each other until they take over, then they will be havkng nights of knives
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
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Spain, May of 1937. They didn't wait to win. There's a book about it...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

You wouldn't happen to know the author would you?

Posted by: Mr. Barky at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (vnzIL)

248 On the bright side, Mrs928 had a giant pot of two-bean chili. Pinto and Black.

It is delicious. - toby9280

Whoa! Need that recipe, dude!

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (2L+MU)

249 Bill Clinton did not kill himself?

Too soon??
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:08 PM (sAmhv)

He most certainly DOES have info that could lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillory.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (c8XJp)

250 233 Who would want to be a cop in NYC? What could possibly be the attraction? A death wish?
Posted by: fd

Charles Bronson is, sadly, unavailable.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (sAmhv)

251 No one bothered to argue the actual issue with the Calif redistricting.

Calif has a Calif Constitutional Amendment on how redistricting is done. This Initiative was a VOTE to say we are going to ignore the Calif Constitution for a few years, and replace the legal process, with one created by the Democrat party.

A Vote, to suspend the Calif Constitution. The US Constitution guarantees a REPUBLICAN form of Government... not a Democracy.

As far as I've been able to determine, this Key Constitutional Question was never brought up in Court, even by the Calif Repubs who sued this in both Calif and Federal Court.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2026 07:11 PM (mP0Kj)

252 They act like they are the only people ever fired. They didn’t care when the Dems closed down coal plants that had a trickle down effect. They didn’t care when the Dems shut down construction of oil pipelines.

Learn to code never gets old.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 07:11 PM (cwGMH)

253
My bold prediction: He dies before testifying before Congress. And then the Widow Clinton uses that as an excuse to keep from showing up.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 04, 2026

Too late! I already made this prediction, and added a cameo from Chelsea shaming us. Obviously, I think you are spot on here.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 07:11 PM (Wmg4n)

254 177 The Communists won't start killing each other until they take over, then they will be havkng nights of knives
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)
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Spain, May of 1937. They didn't wait to win. There's a book about it...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

You wouldn't happen to know the author would you?
Posted by: Mr. Barky at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (vnzIL)

Its the one about China.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:12 PM (8avO+)

255 250 233 Who would want to be a cop in NYC? What could possibly be the attraction? A death wish?
Posted by: fd

Charles Bronson is, sadly, unavailable.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (sAmhv)

We ARE entering Paul Kersey territory.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2026 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)

256 NOOD

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 04, 2026 07:12 PM (7zn4w)

257 Dare we hope that going back to a more normal community, working closer with normal people might turn their hearts to God, which is the greatest thing that can happen to anyone?
------

We are on the same trajectory that other civilizations/cultures have followed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 07:12 PM (XeU6L)

258 It burns me that John Phillips Sousa wrote "The Washington Post" March for the Washington Post newspaper. He is probably spinning in his grave at what the paper became.

Yes, I know it written by request from the paper.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (GGatE)

259 This sounds very familiar. Remind me, please, of the title.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM (XeU6L)
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Certainly! Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War. Perfect for the novice and expert alike. Buy at least two, one to highlight and annotate, and one to keep nice and clean.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)

260 "Who would buy it?
Posted by: Archimedes"

"The Washington X" has a nice ring.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (vFG9F)

261 Whoa! Need that recipe, dude!
Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:10 PM

I think it is adhoc. She puts in what she has that she thinks should go in it.

I add onion dip to mine. She rolls her eyes at that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (jc0TO)

262 I thought the Washington Post was the CIA's house organ. Can't they just fund it out of their seemingly bottomless bag of black money?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

263 Or maybe "The X Post".

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (vFG9F)

264 No one bothered to argue the actual issue with the Calif redistricting.

Calif has a Calif Constitutional Amendment on how redistricting is done. This Initiative was a VOTE to say we are going to ignore the Calif Constitution for a few years, and replace the legal process, with one created by the Democrat party.

A Vote, to suspend the Calif Constitution. The US Constitution guarantees a REPUBLICAN form of Government... not a Democracy.

As far as I've been able to determine, this Key Constitutional Question was never brought up in Court, even by the Calif Repubs who sued this in both Calif and Federal Court.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2026 07:11 PM (mP0Kj)

California ignoring its own laws is hardly a new thing. We have a balanced budget, remember? That is a constitutional requirement here.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (8avO+)

265 243 Moo Moo drove his Bugatti to the funeral."

Like a Chevy to the levee?
Posted by: man

A Chevy IN a levee.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 04, 2026 07:14 PM (sAmhv)

266 I thought the Washington Post was the CIA's house organ. Can't they just fund it out of their seemingly bottomless bag of black money?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

That pot of money is under the State department now. USAID

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 07:14 PM (8avO+)

267 There is a movie I saw some years ago about a British Labour guy who went to Spain and fought with an anarchist unit. The movie does a pretty good job showing how the communists took over the Republic and wound up killing off their leftwing rivals. It's not connected with Orwell's memoir of his experiences in Spain; not sure what literary origins it had, if any (might just have been an original screenplay). Do you recall seeing this film A.H?

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:15 PM (2L+MU)

268 So for all their shenanigans, all the democrats have really accomplished is turning California into a 3rd world shit hole with slaves for residents.
Posted by: The Golden State at February 04, 2026 07:01 PM (HJUwF)
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This is exactly what they have in mind for the rest of the country.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 04, 2026 07:15 PM (ESVrU)

269 Did y'all determine what ace has in his garage machine shop?

Please tell me he has a Bridgeport. Lie if you must.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

270 261 I think it is adhoc. She puts in what she has that she thinks should go in it. - toby928

I think those are are almost always the best.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 07:16 PM (2L+MU)

271 Don't all females update their boyfriends and husbands regularly to ensure the best behavior, tone, and performance?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 04, 2026 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

272 But at least the Post starred in not one, but TWO major motion pictures.

So there's that.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:22 PM (ZxPkt)

273
Get on the bus
get off the bus

@MOSSADil
·
3h
TALKS BACK ON

🇮🇷🇺🇸 U.S.–IRAN TALKS BACK ON, SET FOR FRIDAY IN OMAN

After appearing close to collapse, talks between the U.S. and Iran are now back on.

Posted by: Don Black at February 04, 2026 07:24 PM (ZxPkt)

274 Don't all females update their boyfriends and husbands regularly to ensure the best behavior, tone, and performance?

It really depends. The whole thing about "Happy Wife, Happy Life" ?

Yeah, that only goes to a point. And then you have to tell the Vagina For Life to just Shut the Fuck Up.

Or you do what you see now. And listen to that Idiotic Shit until you die.

Truth.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 07:28 PM (GvwA4)

275 With all the loses at WaPo, pretty soon we will be talking yacht money.

Posted by: Indy Bill at February 04, 2026 07:34 PM (CxEdf)

276 note how often the spittle flecked lunatic say "I" and Me".

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 04, 2026 07:48 PM (tV890)

277 You know, the money Bezos has spent on the Washington post - if he had donated that to UNICEF, how many children would it feed? How many homeless could it shelter? How many hospitals could he endow?

He gave it to a charity, you. You produced little, if anything of worthy with the donation, and you are upset you aren't getting more money. Now you are bitching and moaning about wanting more than the $500 million or so he wasted on you.

Get stuffed.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 04, 2026 07:53 PM (tV890)

278 These are the same people who cheered when people get assassinated.

Fuck them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)

Exactly. They cheer when their political opponents are abused or murdered; they give us the finger when we ask them to do their job correctly. F*ck every last one of them. Here's your bag of d*cks to eat.

Posted by: Nelly at February 04, 2026 07:58 PM (7gpcF)

279 This reminds of Hollywood, where every black actor expects white studio owners and heads to find their shitty grievance movies, and when they ask why they didn't find black entrepreneurs to fund them, they get their panties in knot. Every leftist failure just wants someone else to foot the bill.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 05, 2026 07:10 AM (BQHeV)

American Association of Plastic Surgeons Becomes First Major Medical Association to Warn Against "Gender Affirming" Mutiliations for Children

They say these irreversible mutilations should be reserved for mentally ill patients of at least 19 years of age.

Coming after yesterday's report of a $4 million malpractice judgement against genital butchers, this is another huge blow for the child mutilators.

Plastic Surgeons' Group Advises Delaying Gender-Affirming Procedures Until Age 19
The organization's latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations.
By Andrew Jacobs
Feb. 3, 2026
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommended on Tuesday that its members refrain from performing gender transition procedures on young patients until they reach age 19, a shift that comes at a time of mounting opposition to such care at the state and federal levels.
The group's new position stands in contrast to those taken by most major medical associations in the United States, which endorse a range of treatments for adolescents and teenagers struggling with gender dysphoria. The treatments include puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapies and, in rarer cases, surgeries.

This is the New York Times, so of course they play this as a tragedy.

But don't let them fool you. These leftists long knew that this was insanity and were secretly terrified the mind virus would infect their own children, but they hid those feelings and supported the Transition All Children movement because they are depraved cowards who will sacrifice their children before they sacrifice one tiny bit of social position.

They're secretly happy about this.

In its statement, the society said the new recommendations were prompted by what it described as a lack of quality research on the long-term outcomes for young people who had undergone surgical interventions like mastectomies and cited "emerging evidence of treatment complications and potential harms."
The announcement drew praise from the Trump administration, which issued a statement commending the group for "disavowing pediatric sex-rejecting procedures." In the statement, Jim O'Neill, the deputy health secretary, said, "Today marks another victory for biological truth in the Trump administration."

Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, a social scientist who studies transgender medicine at York University in Toronto, said the medical group's new position reflected the growing political backlash over gender-affirming care as well as liability concerns for practitioners in the field.
Last week, a jury in New York State ruled in favor of a woman who claimed a mastectomy she received as a teenager had left her disfigured, making it the first malpractice verdict against providers of gender transition care by a patient who later came to regret the decision.
"I would imagine that this is a potentially protective decision for the field, but it also comes at time when we increasingly are seeing governments around the world step in and respond to some of the debates and uncertainty," Professor MacKinnon said.
That includes the Trump administration, which announced in December that it would pull federal funding from hospitals that provide medical treatment for transgender young people.

We were told these surgeries weren�t happening. And they accused us of misinformation, hate speech, and incitement for saying they shouldn�t be happening. https://t.co/3PNI5g7fIH
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) February 4, 2026

But the Child Mutilators aren't done yet:

Genspect
@genspect
Jul 22, 2025
L.A. Children's has shut down its youth gender clinic under federal pressure.
They treated kids as young as THREE YEARS OLD.
They performed over 160 surgeries on minors.
Clinic director Johanna Olson-Kennedy is being sued for prescribing puberty blockers after one visit-- and admitted hiding study data to avoid backlash.
This wasn't medicine.
It was radical experimentation on children.
And it's finally being stopped.

JUST IN: California Attorney General Rob Bonta is SUING Rady Children's Hospital over ending s*x change treatments for minors

This is how desperate Democrats are to mutiIate your kids pic.twitter.com/b62X5vN0I2
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 3, 2026

Fox 5 San Diego:

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against Rady Children's Health on Friday after the hospital dropped gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19.
Rady Children's Health announced it will no longer provide gender-affirming care for those patients after "escalating federal actions" and a possible federal investigation. However, Bonta said that by complying with the Trump administration in this instance, they are violating California law.
"Rady Children's Health has chosen to violate its merger agreement and California law in response to the Trump Administration's illegal campaign against providers of gender-affirming care," Bonta said in a statement. "Rady flagrantly disregarded its legal obligations by unilaterally deciding to preemptively comply with the Administration's demands and cease medically necessary care for roughly 1,450 patients."

Posted by: Ace at 04:50 PM

Comments

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1 GOOD

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (Hkcdp)

2 Now stop prescribing hormone blockers until adulthood, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (Hkcdp)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (LdBR/)

4 ha

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (+YrDU)

5 Just what is it they're affirming exactly?

Posted by: I gotta ask at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (2Ez/1)

6 Rob Bonta looks like a sissy waving the Fag Flag. He should be ashamed.

Posted by: And Defenestrated at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (oftw2)

7 Makes perfect sense that California doesn't want them to stop.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (lpVer)

8 Having made millions from the procedures, they issue a warning just as the lawsuits have started. So stunning. So brave.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (ExV1e)

9 Going to be a hell of a reckoning for all that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 04, 2026 04:54 PM (OUMaO)

10 It was always pure unadulterated fucking evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:54 PM (zZu0s)

11 *types* *deletes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)

12 They should have done it years ago, but the oncoming threat of malpractice litigation is focusing their minds wonderfully. Let's see what other medical organizations suddenly discover gender bending isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Posted by: Dantes at February 04, 2026 04:55 PM (kLwD8)

13
Anyone who participated in the evil need to be.......

Leave the children alone.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:55 PM (3ek7K)

14 >5 Just what is it they're affirming exactly?

Posted by: I gotta ask at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (2Ez/1)

My bank account.

~Dr. Cutadickoff

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 04:56 PM (NgqoH)

15 Leave the children alone.

It's not a compromise, it's the barest minimum.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:56 PM (RIvkX)

16 Amazing how losing a lawsuit brings about the truth.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 04:56 PM (0KSrI)

17 The left loves and supports everything Satan would want.

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:56 PM (YwEeS)

18 FINALLY!

What about the American Academy of Pediatrics, eh?

Or shrinks?

Or Munchausen's parents and corrupt wacko politicians?

Do these pervs know I pray against them every night? They should!

Evil satanists.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 04:57 PM (WONhk)

19 So close to pride month?

And hukapino bonta can fuck right off.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 04, 2026 04:57 PM (Kt19C)

20 >6 Rob Bonta looks like a sissy waving the Fag Flag. He should be ashamed.

Posted by: And Defenestrated at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (oftw2)

And this is the hill this asshole is willing to die on. JFC, just leave the fucking children alone.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 04:57 PM (NgqoH)

21 When can we bring the millstones out?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (Dv3i1)

22 Allow me to preface my remarks by stating that I am absolutely on the side of peace, love, and butterflies. I believe that everyone, everywhere should be able to live their lives without fear.

That having been said, if I were on the jury of someone being tried for killing - or even torturing and killing - one of these medical 'professionals' after having been the victim of one of them... I don't know if I could convict. Even if they had everything in 4K HD.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (ExV1e)

23 Monsters among us.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (hyS0X)

24 There were so many bikini beach scenes the 80’s films — Top Gun one fits in its era. Not gay.
Posted by: Lizzy

Ahem...

https://tinyurl.com/5em4yh46

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (Y1sOo)

25 Why is this, and illegals, the hill to die on?

Evil

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (Hkcdp)

26 This whole sordid episode recalls Mengele and I know the carriers and purveyors and perpetrators face Judgment and I take some comfort in that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:59 PM (RIvkX)

27 I am confused, weren't these the guys pushing hard for this stuff just a few years back?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 04, 2026 04:59 PM (0N4FZ)

28 When Obama said doctors would remove tonsels for a buck, he was right

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 04, 2026 04:59 PM (Vh9CX)

29 Ha! I have posted that clip of Tarantino’s theory of Top Gun gayness. Classic!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:59 PM (Hkcdp)

30 Rob Bonta: can't do anything about massive fraud, can and will have your children mutilated for life.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (fYJuK)

31 Take it as a win.

Now the Left will circle back and claim so much more funding is needed for mental health & counseling in schools. (This is what started the some of the nonsense pre-C19 and onward.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)

32 Bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (nDXEV)

33 "irreversible mutilations should be reserved for mentally ill patients of at least 19 years of age."

The plastic surgeon who cuts the SCC out of my arms has a photo gallery on his website that shows his proudest before-and-after 'cosmetic surgery' case pics. "Irreversible mutations" is a good way to describe that page's contents.

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (N8ZBc)

34 A mere year ago, you could probably have been an outspoken plastic surgeon against mutilating children, and would've been tossed out of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for daring to have that opinion.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (qBdHI)

35 “And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; 6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea."

Posted by: Matthew 18:5 at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (2Ez/1)

36 I demand Dr. Fauci return my Gopher Balls back from removal by Trump last year.

Posted by: Tim Walz at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (J9q9v)

37 I will be happy when every single one of these ghouls are ash.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (jc0TO)

38 AMA is now backpedaling on it too:

The American Medical Association (AMA) — which wields major influence as the nation’s largest medical association — has reversed course on its position concerning transgender surgical procedures for minors.

In a statement to National Review, the AMA said “the evidence for gender-affirming surgical intervention in minors is insufficient for us to make a definitive statement,” adding that it “agrees” with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) “that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.”

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (CNl8/)

39
My prediction for how they will explain this 10 years from now:

"Actually, the parties switched -- it was the Republicans and MAGA that wanted to sterilize and trans gay kids because they hate them."
"We on the Left fought against it."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:01 PM (abCsW)

40 There's money involved in this behind the scenes. Bonta is getting paid. Slush funds, Cayman accounts, you name it. Otherwise why would he fight so hard?

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (+48wn)

41 Just want to point out , children do not get to surgery by themselves, their parents bring them there. The parents are responsible for allowing mutilation. Some, like many celebrities, did it gladly.

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (g47mK)

42 10 It was always pure unadulterated fucking evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (TlCKo)

43
And this is the hill this asshole is willing to die on. JFC, just leave the fucking children alone.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Why is this, and illegals, the hill to die on?

Evil
Posted by: Lizzy

==============

The illegals is how the left gets votes.

The child mutilation furthers the destruction of the family unit and the isolation of many individuals, which drains power from one unit so it can flow to the almighty state.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (JrWaT)

44
My teenage years were so horrible that I bear the scars to this day, but never did I think I ought to get my tackle knocked off.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (tgvbd)

45 “that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.”

=====

And what is it you say you doctors do around here?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (RIvkX)

46 "Nevermind"

They would make Emily Litella proud.
How the f--- do you just say "oh, that thing we were doing to sterilize and hack up kids is probably a bad idea"?

Now about those hormones and blockers -- I think they are worse than the surgical hacking.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (abCsW)

47 I am confused, weren't these the guys pushing hard for this stuff just a few years back?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 04, 2026 04:59 PM (0N4FZ)

That was when it was making them money. Now its gonna cost them money.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (8avO+)

48 There aren't enough woodchippers to fix this problem.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (h3wuo)

49 Ten years from now what will the trans mass shooter rate be? It’s already an alarming trend.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (Hkcdp)

50 'the AMA agrees “that surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.”'

'We'll still do it. We can wait a couple of years. No biggie.'

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (N8ZBc)

51 It's kind of rich that the American Society of Plastic Surgeons is presenting health advice and recommendations. Don't get me wrong, plastic surgeons, IMO, serve a valuable role relative to trauma situations where work is necessary to try and give patients a somewhat normal life.

BUT, they are also the folks who convince people to inject poison into their faces, change their appearances cosmetically to support their egos and fears relative to an unconquerable foe...aging. And, they are responsible for those people walking around in their 50's and 60's looking like someone is hiding an intertube under their facial skin, not to mention a duck bill around their mouths.

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)

52
The American Medical Association (AMA) — which wields major influence as the nation’s largest medical association — has reversed course on its position concerning transgender surgical procedures for minors.

Face it, they gave in to hysteria. Now they're trying to get themselves out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (tgvbd)

53 Rob Bonta is a demon

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (g47mK)

54 A mere year ago, you could probably have been an outspoken plastic surgeon against mutilating children, and would've been tossed out of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for daring to have that opinion.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 05:00 PM (qBdHI)

Amazing what a lawsuit or two will do.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (2WIwB)

55 Pressure is mounting on Casey Wasserman to resign as chair of the LA28 Organizing Committee
after newly released Justice Department files exposed his flirtatious email exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (TlCKo)

56 Now about those hormones and blockers -- I think they are worse than the surgical hacking.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (abCsW)

Kind of similar. Irreversible. They sell them on the belief that bit is like hitting a pause button on puberty when it is actually hitting delete.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

57
There's money involved in this behind the scenes. Bonta is getting paid. Slush funds, Cayman accounts, you name it. Otherwise why would he fight so hard?
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz

============

I don't know if there's bribery or secret funds, but he certainly won't get his campaign funded if he doesn't do what Soros, Jr. wants. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was a little sugar in some offshore accounts as well.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (JrWaT)

58 They know that the pendulum is swinging the other way and they're going to get hit.

Posted by: pookysgirl's pithy comment at February 04, 2026 05:05 PM (Wt5PA)

59 The child mutilation furthers the destruction of the family unit and the isolation of many individuals, which drains power from one unit so it can flow to the almighty state.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (JrWaT)

Maybe, but college does a decent job on its own. The real impetus here is the Dr Mengele tendencies of many doctors out there and bucket loads of government cash.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:05 PM (8avO+)

60 We were told these surgeries weren’t happening. And they accused us of misinformation, hate speech, and incitement for saying they shouldn’t be happening.

------------

"It didn't happen and it's good that it did, h8rs!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 05:05 PM (RoUkY)

61 Some, like many celebrities, did it gladly.
Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:02 PM (g47mK)

No one is illegal on stolen genitalia. -- Billie Eilish

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 05:05 PM (ExV1e)

62 The are claiming state law trumps Federal. And yet, only five years ago, a state that wanted to comply with its own more sensible Covid rules, contrary to what the Mushbrain Admin ordered, was screamed at and its governor called "DeathSantis."

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

63 Just like Wuhan flu, the origin, 6 foot rule, masks, natural immunity, vaccine mandates, travel bans,........

They INSIST there is only one truth, and then flip 180 degrees like nothing. They should all commit sepuku -- Every last one of them.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:06 PM (abCsW)

64 Blonde Mortician, it also seems to be the ultimate rebellion against God, ie you put me in the embody and I recreated myself, I AM THE CREATOR NOW!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 05:06 PM (Hkcdp)

65 'We'll still do it. We can wait a couple of years. No biggie.'
Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 05:03 PM (N8ZBc)
====
Ready to move on to that conversation.

Because if you want Medicare or Medicaid or Tricare or Public Health Service or Indian Health service to pay, then No.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 05:06 PM (RIvkX)

66 Kind of similar. Irreversible. They sell them on the belief that bit is like hitting a pause button on puberty when it is actually hitting delete.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

can't stop a bicycle reversibly by throwing a crowbar through the spokes when it is racing downhill.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:06 PM (8avO+)

67 surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood

Plastic surgeons will be like the freaks with count-down clocks to when some kid hits 18.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

68 You know, gibbetting should still be a thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

69 I sure am proud that all my politicians and bureaucrats are such total manly men.

They should change the name of the state to Calistosterone!

Posted by: Gunslinger at February 04, 2026 05:08 PM (R2gO3)

70 Face it, they gave in to hysteria. Now they're trying to get themselves out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:04 PM (tgvbd)
====
Hysteria, science, whatever. That was like a hundred years ago.
-the AMA

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 05:08 PM (RIvkX)

71 You just know that these mutilated children will murder their parents and doctors. Whole lot of killings already by trannies.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (ehY6c)

72 BUT, they are also the folks who convince people to inject poison into their faces,..
Posted by: Orson

---------------
I think they are more sensitive to malpractice ins. costs because most of what they do is elective, and they don't work for big hospital industrial conglomerates that have lots of lawyers. (I wonder?)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (abCsW)

73 The word you're looking for is transexual.

Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, theirs and its.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Word nerd at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (2Ez/1)

74 >>>This whole sordid episode recalls Mengele and I know the carriers and purveyors and perpetrators face Judgment and I take some comfort in that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:59 PM (RIvkX)
****
Yeas ago there was a lot of hand wringing in the medical community regarding the use of horrific human experimentation by the Nazi's. Look at them now and what they have degraded in to. SMFH

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (D74SN)

75 I've only known two trannies and interacted with them because they were contractors and they were in their late 20s or early 30s and they were very troubled. Smart, but seeking something they couldn't find. Never had a problem with either one.

I can't imagine how bad it must be for children to be manipulated by these medical profession monsters and groomers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (TOSLe)

76 This wasn't medicine.

It was radical experimentation on children.

-------------

Who knew the M.D. stood for "Mengele Doctore?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (RoUkY)

77
Plastic surgeons will be like the freaks with count-down clocks to when some kid hits 18.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy..." WHACK!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (tgvbd)

78
Transitioning kids was good while it lasted, but I truly think this campaign will soon come to an end. The floodgates are open for lawsuits and "gender-affirming" "clinics" for kids are shutting down; the left will have to look to another family-destroying scheme.

I just wonder what it's going to be -- and I have some ideas.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:10 PM (JrWaT)

79 I thought the Mengele Effect was just made up?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2026 05:10 PM (nDXEV)

80 These "medical" associations need to get in this fast before the law suits start flying. And fly they will.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at February 04, 2026 05:10 PM (xvV+O)

81 >>>And, they are responsible for those people walking around in their 50's and 60's looking like someone is hiding an intertube under their facial skin, not to mention a duck bill around their mouths.
Posted by: Orson
---

Speculating; The majority of their business doesn't come from making Hollywood mannequins, it comes from normal people across America (a little nip n tuck - a little lipo there) and they are getting kick back from the normies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 05:10 PM (TlCKo)

82
Unit 731 >>> The AMA

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:11 PM (tgvbd)

83 The association of Plastic Surgeons should have come out against this years ago on the grounds that the surgeons doing it were doing a terrible job and making plastic surgeons look bad.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2026 05:11 PM (a+4eV)

84 Old: Bake my cake!

New: Trans my kid!

Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 04, 2026 05:11 PM (d2r2I)

85 What does it affirm? It affirms my boat payment, that's what it affirms!

Posted by: Dr. Ghoul at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (2Ez/1)

86 This is great news. Unfortunately, The American Association of Plastic Surgeons only represents 8-9% of US board certified plastic surgeons. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is closer to 91%. Hopefully the American Society of Plastic Surgeons will get on board soon.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (Yp6az)

87 In other news, the thing that is obviously f’ing stupid might be potentially stupid according to scientists.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (AeW8/)

88 Glad to see my audience in such happy dalliance. Pray, let them joust in peace!

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (nDXEV)

89 That photo - what the hell even is it

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (E0p3T)

90 I think they are more sensitive to malpractice ins. costs because most of what they do is elective, and they don't work for big hospital industrial conglomerates that have lots of lawyers. (I wonder?)
Posted by: bob
__________

The defense lawyer is almost always retained by the insurance carrier. And being elective shouldn't matter. The standard of care in any malpractice case is whatever you can pay an expert to say it is.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 05:13 PM (XvL8K)

91 This is terrific.

However, this does not have the force of a state or Federal law. Medical association recommendations and positions and guidelines are not legally binding on members (and they only risk losing membership), nor of course, on non-members.

Posted by: Gref at February 04, 2026 05:13 PM (5rh/l)

92 Also, The American Medical Association agrees with the ASPS about surgeries.

They said surgical interventions should be delayed until adulthood.

Note that saying this in 2021 would have gotten you de-banked and fired from your job.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 04, 2026 05:13 PM (9mw3J)

93
You just know that these mutilated children will murder their parents and doctors. Whole lot of killings already by trannies.
Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (ehY6c)

The problem is that so far they're going after the people who protested loudest against it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:13 PM (tgvbd)

94
Adults should not be getting this quackery either.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (biznJ)

95 That photo - what the hell even is it
Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (E0p3T)

Statue of Liberty head with gay pride flag?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (8avO+)

96 Just a scam to get plastic surgery covered by insurance.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (AeW8/)

97 Unfortunately, The American Association of Plastic Surgeons only represents 8-9% of US board certified plastic surgeons. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is closer to 91%. Hopefully the American Society of Plastic Surgeons will get on board soon.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:12 PM (Yp6az)
=====

Splitters!
/obligatory

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (RIvkX)

98 Waiting for the one's who pushed it (along with the vaccine mavens [here's looking at you Fauci & Hotez]) to be severely punished.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (TlCKo)

99 The hormones will screw you up forever too.

Posted by: dagny at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (ILGo9)

100 Satan worshiping pedos.

Posted by: The Dems' core constituency at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (TbWk/)

101 86 This is great news. Unfortunately, The American Association of Plastic Surgeons only represents 8-9% of US board certified plastic surgeons. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is closer to 91%. Hopefully the American Society of Plastic Surgeons will get on board soon.
Posted by: bonhomme

-----------------

It doesn't matter -- it is a crack in the dike and for every lawsuit henceforth there will be this statement as a standard of care that proves the issue is not "settled."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (abCsW)

102 I want a 12-inch schlong grafted onto my forehead so i can identify as a unicorn whenever I see a picture of Sidney Sweeney, and a baby elephant the rest of the time.

Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (se8lQ)

103 "I've only known two trannies"

One I knew: president of our local rifle club, and gun shop owner. She/He was inoffensive. Not flamboyant or activist.

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (N8ZBc)

104 Rady Health is a big deal in the San Diego area and California at large. They are a large teaching Pediatric non-profit hospital associated with UCSD and rated by US News and World Report in the top 100 hospitals in the US in 11 different specialties which is almost impossible to do. That the CA AG is doing this is horrible and I pray that Rady's lawyers rake him/CA over the coals and end this nonsense once and for all.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (oiNtH)

105 Every doctor who performed these surgeries should have them performed on them . A penis for a penis

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (BWnHZ)

106 Adults should not be getting this quackery either.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (biznJ)

Un operated on gender dysphoria sufferers commit suicide at about 50 percent rates.

The "treatment" changes this to about a 50 percent rate.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)

107 And this is the hill this asshole is willing to die on. JFC, just leave the fucking children alone.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 04:57 PM (NgqoH)

On the contrary, it's why he's in office. That and the graft, theft and supply of little kids.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (E0p3T)

108 Plenty of the elites have offered up their children for power and status. Figuratively via tranny drugs and literally in nearly every way you can mean it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (xcxpd)

109 Also saw this hilarious tweet of alarm from a therapist

"My therapist colleagues are removing pronouns from their bios. What is going on?"

LOL

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (9mw3J)

110
"You just need a nose job."

https://youtu.be/JNzNEn5jwvs

Posted by: Kosmo Kramer at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (2Ez/1)

111 Every doctor who performed these surgeries should have them performed on them . A penis for a penis
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (BWnHZ)

Makes the whole world blind!

Posted by: Or hairy palmed. Or something. at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (TbWk/)

112 They're going after those who protested against it. So, displacement.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (ehY6c)

113 I’ve never known any trannies. Or, the ones I did know were very good.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (AeW8/)

114 Some, like many celebrities, did it gladly."

Hey, look! My kids got a weekend with Michael Jackson!

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:16 PM (XuXeR)

115 91 This is terrific.

However, this does not have the force of a state or Federal law. Medical association recommendations and positions and guidelines are not legally binding on members (and they only risk losing membership), nor of course, on non-members.
Posted by: Gref
--

Protocol doesn't have the force of law but it is a mover. Take that to the court room and ask if the DR. was following standard protocol.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (TlCKo)

116 > it is a crack in the dike

Heh.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (Yp6az)

117 Statue of Liberty head with gay pride flag?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (8avO+)

Ok but what the hell is it supposed to mean

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (E0p3T)

118
It's cute, but can you breathe through that thing?

Posted by: Just the punchline at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (2Ez/1)

119 Statue of Liberty head with gay pride flag?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (8avO+)

Ok but what the hell is it supposed to mean
Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (E0p3T)

the editor / collator disapproves of this and dystopia is descending on the land, I suppose.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (8avO+)

120 Every celebrity seems to have a trans kid. Remember when they all just adopted babies from Africa? That was more wholesome.

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (YwEeS)

121 it is a crack in the dike"

Here, have a finger...

/

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (XuXeR)

122 Isn't the Statue of Liberty a tool of oppression and slavery and evil white heteronorms? Then they turn around and flash it like a beacon so long as they can jizz on it. They are so weird.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (E0p3T)

123 Little-known "detail"; The "penises" created by 'phalloplasty' surgeries on young women have NO EROTIC FEELNG WHATSOEVER -- they're nothing but arm-skin sewn onto your belly. It's not like you get a functioning dick that feels like a dick. You get a limp tube of necrotic arm flesh, that often is completely numb, and if you're lucky will continue to feel like an...arm. But nothing more.

Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (se8lQ)

124 117 Statue of Liberty head with gay pride flag?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:14 PM (8avO+)

Ok but what the hell is it supposed to mean
Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (E0p3T)

Give me your tired, fabulous masses

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (nDXEV)

125 I have a few gay men acquaintances.

They are livid that gay boys are being told they aren’t gay, they are women trapped in men’s bodies.

But the gay community won’t say anything.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05:20 PM (FWA22)

126 Remember when they all just adopted babies from Africa? "

Angelina, is that you?

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:20 PM (XuXeR)

127 You just know that these mutilated children will murder their parents and doctors. Whole lot of killings already by trannies.
Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:09 PM (ehY6c)

*nods*

Mmm-hmmm.

*pauses after a moment*

Oh, right. That will be horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:21 PM (zZu0s)

128 So, we can put them on the "for" side of the trans-genocide question?

Good.

As someone noted earlier, at least Dr. Frankenstein only experimented on the dead.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 05:21 PM (FQQCN)

129 Bonta is coming for your children.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 04, 2026 05:21 PM (TezPK)

130 and if you're lucky will continue to feel like an...arm.

Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 05:19 PM (se8lQ)

I wouldn't know.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 04, 2026 05:21 PM (E0p3T)

131 The entire troon industry is what happens when the medical field meets the ubiquitous Recurring Revenue Model of business.

A little slice and dice and some cross-sex hormones and now, ta da! You have a captive customer for whatever is left of their life. Who cares if that life is spent in misery because you cut their nards off?

Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 05:22 PM (5aZAZ)

132 God uses evil to destroy evil. O.T.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:22 PM (ehY6c)

133 My cockney friend said don't worry about Michelle Fields. She's 'armless.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:22 PM (E0p3T)

134 Planned Parenthood and Gender Affirming Care

Planned Parenthood is proud to provide a safe and welcoming place to get gender-affirming care. We offer services to transgender women, transgender men, and nonbinary people.

Services include:
Estrogen and anti-androgen hormone therapy
Testosterone hormone therapy
Puberty blockers
Surgery referrals
Transition support (social, legal)
Other
Not every Planned Parenthood health center provides all services. Check with your local Planned Parenthood health center about the services they offer.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 04, 2026 05:22 PM (NFX2v)

135 Sure we don’t like mutilating children. But Republicans are literal Nazis so we have no choice.
- California voters

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:23 PM (qDa2L)

136 "Remember when they all just adopted babies from Africa?"

Celeb: 'I'd like to adopt a non-tranny African baby.'
Agency: 'All we have are tranny babies.'
Celeb: 'Darn it. Call me when you have one I can mutilate, please.'
Agency: 'There's a waiting list.'

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 05:23 PM (N8ZBc)

137 deport, deport, deport!

"Deporting those in the U.S. illegally

🟢 Favor: 56%
🟤 Oppose: 44%

Marquette (A) | 1/21-28 | 1,003 A"

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:23 PM (g47mK)

138 Hey, this trans surgery stuff is making me look pretty good, huh?

/Ken "5 Guys" Starmer

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:23 PM (XuXeR)

139 Rob Bonta. Challenge accepted.

Posted by: Cholos at February 04, 2026 05:23 PM (TezPK)

140 Every time that a child was placed in them the priests of Moloch spread out their hands upon him to burden him with the crimes of the people, vociferating: “They are not men but oxen!” and the multitude round about repeated: “Oxen! oxen!” The devout exclaimed: “Lord! eat!” and the priests of Proserpine, complying through terror with the needs of Carthage, muttered the Eleusinian formula: “Pour out rain! bring forth!”

The victims, when scarcely at the edge of the opening, disappeared like a drop of water on a red-hot plate, and white smoke rose amid the great scarlet color.

Nevertheless, the appetite of the god was not appeased. He ever wished for more. In order to furnish him with a larger supply, the victims were piled up on his hands with a big chain above them which kept them in their place. Some devout persons had at the beginning wished to count them, to see whether their number corresponded with the days of the solar year; but others were brought, and it was impossible to distinguish them in the giddy motion of the horrible arms. This lasted for a long, indefinite time until the evening. Then the partitions inside assumed a darker glow, and burning flesh could be seen.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:23 PM (tgvbd)

141 Bonta needs a gender change...

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:24 PM (g47mK)

142 I have a few gay men acquaintances.

They are livid that gay boys are being told they aren’t gay, they are women trapped in men’s bodies.

But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05:20 PM (FWA22)

I've heard the angle that this is a way to wipe out the "normal" gays myself, as most of the confused ones would have probably ended up homosexual without the interventions. Is it a coincidence that after gay marriage a lot of steam left the LG part of that alliance? And the T's are the current kamikaze wing of the left?

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)

143 ASPS = Firefighter Arsonists.
And they said Nothing about hormone treatment to kids.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 05:24 PM (PoaF2)

144 But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05:20 PM (FWA22)

What is it? 'Silence is violence.'

Also counts as approval.

The cause is more important than the individual- at least in the abstract.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:25 PM (zZu0s)

145 AG Rob Bonta is gay, right? Because he certainly looks like a poofter.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+)

146 108 Plenty of the elites have offered up their children for power and status. Figuratively via tranny drugs and literally in nearly every way you can mean it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

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I think they are extreme narcissists who have no feeling for their children other than as accessories.

But there are also normal parents who got caught up in this. Their kids get programmed at school and they don't know what to do, or sometimes just can't remove the kid fast enough and it is too late.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:26 PM (abCsW)

147 > They say these irreversible mutilations should be reserved for mentally ill patients of at least 19 years of age.
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Ok... now let's talk about the mental conditions of these people. Clinically insane. Or horribly confused by irresponsible and, potentially insane adults who prod them into this shit.

Why would you mutilate someone who's unable to make any sort of decision for themselves? Let alone cutting off tits or a dick?

Insane.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 05:26 PM (jtM2q)

148
AG Rob Bonta is gay, right? Because he certainly looks like a poofter.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:25 PM (TN0g+)

"Bonta and Starmer,
Sitting in a tree,
K-i-s-s-i-n-g."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:26 PM (tgvbd)

149 Is it a coincidence that after gay marriage a lot of steam left the LG part of that alliance? And the T's are the current kamikaze wing of the left?
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)
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It is absolutely no coincidence and there are a lot of fabulous homos out there that are big mad about no longer being the center of attention.

Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 05:26 PM (5aZAZ)

150 I've heard the angle that this is a way to wipe out the "normal" gays"

We have our ways...
/Islamic 5 story flight school

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)

151 So after they rape the little boy, they tell him his problem is he's actually a girl?

I know there's not supposed to be math here but this is starting to add up in a weird way. No really.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 05:26 PM (E0p3T)

152 Planned Parenthood....isn't.

Its making sure parenthood doesn't take place.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:27 PM (TN0g+)

153 102 I want a 12-inch schlong grafted onto my forehead so i can identify as a unicorn whenever I see a picture of Sidney Sweeney, and a baby elephant the rest of the time.
Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 05:15 PM (se8lQ)

Just when I think I have you figured out...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 04, 2026 05:27 PM (xcxpd)

154 have a few gay men acquaintances.

They are livid that gay boys are being told they aren’t gay, they are women trapped in men’s bodies.

But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05:20 PM (FWA22)

Boo hoo. The gay “community” started this insanity 20 years ago. Love is love H8er. Once two men could get married nothing was off the table.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:28 PM (qDa2L)

155 ASPS = Firefighter Arsonists.
And they said Nothing about hormone treatment to kids.
Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 05:24 PM (PoaF2)

Saw a true crime story about a fire department administrator in CA that set fires, filmed them. They even tracked him driving to and from a convention upstate by the spontaneous fires he set in stores along the way.

When they caught him fire rates in the area dropped 2/3 IIRC.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:28 PM (8avO+)

156 This is also about real doctors in real fields trying to seize back the medical establishment from these interloping hack butchers. No serious doctors did these ghastly procedures. It was all basement-level rejects who were sawing up kids.

The real doctors went along with it, for political reasons. Now that the pendulum is mercifully swinging back, these doctors are moving quickly to take back the profession.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (SmuvG)

157 125 I have a few gay men acquaintances.

They are livid that gay boys are being told they aren’t gay, they are women trapped in men’s bodies.

But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05:20 PM (FWA22)

Should....should someone say something here about gay men being very interested in there being gay boys?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (xcxpd)

158 If they can’t butcher babies in the womb they have to butcher them in their teens.

Posted by: Eromero at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (Lytz7)

159 Planned Parenthood....isn't.

Its making sure parenthood doesn't take place.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:27 PM (TN0g+)

They started out in eugenics, so making sure certain kinds of folk never had kids.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (8avO+)

160 https://www.instagram.com/queersurgeon/

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (PoaF2)

161 My son thought Pirates were cool as a kid. I didn't cut off his fucking leg and poke out his eye.

Frankly ... Fuck the AMA. Too late. Piss off.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:30 PM (GvwA4)

162 Rady is in a huge pickle because the State cannot force the Feds to fund hospitals doing this - and if they are that big into doctor training its going to massacre the staff there - talking 30-50% staff cuts.
As for the AMA, they are worthless and have zero juice, no one listens to them anymore.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 04, 2026 05:30 PM (GZYu7)

163 Gender mutilation is evil IMO. And think God won't be pleased with them playing God

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

164 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

165
Rady Children's Health announced it will no longer provide gender-affirming care for those patients after "escalating federal actions" and a possible federal investigation. However, Bonta said that by complying with the Trump administration in this instance, they are violating California law.

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Bonta can perform his organ-grinder's monkey act all he wants, but this is going to be decided by money. Large amounts of money. Funding and upcoming civil suits. He's going to lose.

The state of CA doesn't have any money They stole it and squandered it. It's gone.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (HLgI3)

166 The child sacrifices for satan must continue!

Posted by: Democrats at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (IvVz1)

167 Spider solitaire is evil
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

if you are playing with a Spider it is hardly solitaire.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (8avO+)

168 making sure certain kinds of folk never had kids."

Like us?

/Arabic Slave buyers

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (XuXeR)

169 And parents were told their kids would commit suicide if they didn't transition. And there are parents thaought fought against it and a judge took their rights away.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (+mUZM)

170 The gods of the old testament are still here demanding sacrifice.

And how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God and to wait for his son from heaven whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
1st Thessalonians 1: 9-10

What father would not give his life to save his children? It is God's love for us that he died to save us.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:32 PM (ehY6c)

171
This shit is so sick.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 05:32 PM (3ek7K)

172 > Planned Parenthood....isn't.

In the town where I attended high school, Planned Parenthood was directly across from the nearest mall. It was a large, beautiful colonial-style house with a spacious front lawn and tall hedges. At the time, I had no idea what Planned Parenthood was, and I distinctly remember feeling curious and wanting to go inside several times to see what it was.

Now that I know what it is, I am revolted by what they are and how they make the place look so inviting.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:32 PM (Yp6az)

173 When they caught him fire rates in the area dropped 2/3 IIRC.
Posted by: Oldcat

I saw that too, years ago. He would use a matchbook in any cushions they had for sale and it would take a while to catch.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:33 PM (abCsW)

174 The state of CA doesn't have any money They stole it and squandered it. It's gone.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (HLgI3)
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Not so fast!

Posted by: Massively Defrauding the rest of the American Taxpayers at February 04, 2026 05:33 PM (5aZAZ)

175 Trans is the new goth.

Posted by: It's a fad at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (2Ez/1)

176 At age 19 it's OK?
FDA Rules: A woman can't get silicone gel implants until age 22.
How's that gonna work?

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (PoaF2)

177
Should....should someone say something here about gay men being very interested in there being gay boys?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (xcxpd)

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It's why I've never listened to Benjamin Britten's music without feeling queasy. He had a, shall we say, great interest in boys. All of them said later in life oh no, nothing untoward. And I think, sure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (tgvbd)

178 making sure certain kinds of folk never had kids."

Like us?

/Arabic Slave buyers
Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 05:31 PM (XuXeR)

Yes there were sterilizations done without the knowledge of the patient. Because of alleged 'mental infirmity' and she didn't find out until she grew up and married and couldn't have kids.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (8avO+)

179 But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05

The lesbian community certainly is! And they are attacked mercilessly over it by the T’s, and of course the AWFLs. They can’t be left out! I have seen some bigger name gays come out - most recently Jeffree Starr.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (Wmg4n)

180 However, Bonta said that by complying with the Trump administration in this instance, they are violating California law.
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I wish the day after the midterms that Trump would announce "Not another single dime to California for any program for any reason, and any judge who wishes to assert otherwise will be summarily ignored."

California has no interest in honoring how Federal law works, so the hell with them.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (TN0g+)

181 Gee, I wonder if the number of "celebrities" with so-called trans kids will continue to go up now.

Posted by: Octochicken at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (oCS0o)

182 So, reading the Crucible with the kids this week, and I'd forgotten what a nice "social contagion book with disastrous consequences" that was...and that adults go along 100% with the contagion and cheer it on b/c it works for them...til it doesn't...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (tOcjL)

183 >>> I want a 12-inch schlong grafted onto my forehead so i can identify as a unicorn whenever I see a picture of Sidney Sweeney, and a baby elephant the rest of the time.

Posted by: zombie

>Packing that kind of heat is going to give you a sore neck and throw off your balance. You'll be walking funny.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (TOSLe)

184 Rady's already has lawsuit going. There will be more.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (PoaF2)

185 Boy those ancients were deranged, unlike today.
(from wikipedo) -
Sporus (died 69 AD) was a young slave boy whom the Roman emperor Nero castrated and married during his tour of Greece in 66–67 AD, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife, Poppaea Sabina, who had died under uncertain circumstances the previous year, possibly after being assaulted by Nero.

Ancient historians generally portrayed the relationship between Nero and Sporus as an "abomination"; Suetonius places his account of the Nero–Sporus relationship in his "scandalous accounts of Nero's sexual aberrations," between his raping a Vestal Virgin and committing incest with his mother. Some think Nero used his marriage to Sporus to assuage the guilt he felt for allegedly kicking his pregnant wife Poppaea to death. Dio Cassius, in a more detailed account, writes that Sporus bore an uncanny resemblance to Poppaea and that Nero called Sporus by her name.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (Dv3i1)

186 When they caught him fire rates in the area dropped 2/3 IIRC.
Posted by: Oldcat

I saw that too, years ago. He would use a matchbook in any cushions they had for sale and it would take a while to catch.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:33 PM (abCsW)

that's the dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (8avO+)

187 The lesbian community certainly is! And they are attacked mercilessly over it by the T’s, and of course the AWFLs. They can’t be left out! I have seen some bigger name gays come out - most recently Jeffree Starr.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:34 PM (Wmg4n)
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No offense to "normal" lesbians but they might want to start with cleaning up the problems they have in their own ranks first.

Posted by: Massively Defrauding the rest of the American Taxpayers at February 04, 2026 05:36 PM (5aZAZ)

188 Was Ryan Routh a tranny?

Dude has boobs.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:36 PM (Yp6az)

189 One boob a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Common sense plastic surgery laws at February 04, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)

190
Once they're no longer fashionable, what will these AWFLs do with their designer trannie kids? Give them to a thrift shop? Surrender them to Rescue? Leave them by the side of the road?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 05:37 PM (tgvbd)

191
125
But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched

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Trans rights is just argumentum ad absurdum of "born this way."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:37 PM (abCsW)

192 Three years old? THREE FUCKING YEARS OLD?

What if a little kid decides he's the Incredible Hulk? Gonna give him quack plastic surgery for that, too?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2026 05:37 PM (IG3/x)

193 You'll be walking funny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (TOSLe)
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That might meet the definition of Sexually-Transmitted Scoliosis.

Posted by: Massively Defrauding the rest of the American Taxpayers at February 04, 2026 05:37 PM (5aZAZ)

194 How's that land whale tranny Just Jazz doing these days?

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (uQzkA)

195 168 making sure certain kinds of folk never had kids."

Like us?

/Arabic Slave buyers
Posted by: man

Like us?

/Danish government wrt Greenland natives

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (Dv3i1)

196 But the gay community won’t say anything.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 05

Bullshit. They say it every day. They say it with their stupid bumper stickers. They say it by vote. They say it every damn thing they say or do.

I loved me some Alex the Chic. But on this ? She was just fucking wrong. Wrong as a dog with two dicks.

I'll give a damn about the Queers when the Queers start acting like they give a damn about anything other than how young they can screw.

Quote me.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (GvwA4)

197 19? Really? It should be AT LEAST 21.

Still, this is a start.

Posted by: Max Power at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (SwyyQ)

198 183 >>> I want a 12-inch schlong grafted onto my forehead so i can identify as a unicorn whenever I see a picture of Sidney Sweeney, and a baby elephant the rest of the time.

Posted by: zombie

>Packing that kind of heat is going to give you a sore neck and throw off your balance. You'll be walking funny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (TOSLe)
________________________________

Yeah, but on the other hand, you can operate an Elevator with your hands full.

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (dIske)

199 > One boob a month ought to be enough for anybody.

From my cold, dead hands.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (Yp6az)

200 "They are livid that gay boys are being told they aren’t gay, they are women trapped in men’s bodies."

Grown up homosexual males are pissed there are fewer underage homosexual males to molest?iiIs that the takeaway here?

BTW, they are homosexual, not "gay" the hell with calling them by their preferred noun. It's an ugly word for an even uglier practice.

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (4+9R1)

201 No offense to "normal" lesbians but they might want to start with cleaning up the problems they have in their own ranks first.
Posted by: Massively Defrauding the rest of the American Taxpayers at February 04, 2026 05:36 PM (5aZAZ)

The funniest development is some of the lipstick lesbians starting to complain to the red pill men crowd that women are indeed impossible to date these days.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:39 PM (8avO+)

202 Sporus (died 69 AD) was a young slave boy whom the Roman emperor Nero castrated and married during his tour of Greece in 66–67 AD, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife,

Posted by: Chuck Martel

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I resemble that remark!

Posted by: Emanuel Macron at February 04, 2026 05:40 PM (abCsW)

203 Homosexual? The old word is the best word, sodomite.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:40 PM (ehY6c)

204 Yeah, but on the other hand, you can operate an Elevator with your hands full.
Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (dIske)
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Summoning The Paolo

Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 05:40 PM (5aZAZ)

205 194 How's that land whale tranny Just Jazz doing these days?
Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM

If there ever was a child abused by their mother in plain sight, it is this one.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:40 PM (Wmg4n)

206 The word you're looking for is homosexual.

Gay means happy or joyful.

Posted by: Word nerd at February 04, 2026 05:41 PM (2Ez/1)

207 Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, a social scientist who studies transgender medicine at York University in Toronto, said the medical group's new position reflected the growing political backlash over gender-affirming care as well as liability concerns for practitioners in the field.
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But mostly fear of the amounts of liability settlements.

I've been saying for several years this would be the solution. If there is one thing trial lawyers love, it's money. And there is serious $ to be made here.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 04, 2026 05:41 PM (AlhUl)

208 Things are unfolding as we have foreseen.

Posted by: Big Penguin at February 04, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

209 How do you make a fruit cordial?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 05:42 PM (Dv3i1)

210 >>> I want a 12-inch schlong grafted onto my forehead so i can identify as a unicorn whenever I see a picture of Sidney Sweeney, and a baby elephant the rest of the time.

Posted by: zombie

>Packing that kind of heat is going to give you a sore neck and throw off your balance. You'll be walking funny.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 05:35 PM (TOSLe)
________________________________

Yeah, but on the other hand, you can operate an Elevator with your hands full.
Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 05:38 PM (dIske)

This reminds me now of a lesser known Monty Python bit about "Elephantoplasty" - plastic surgery of elephant parts.

"what was the patient's reaction?"
"well, surprise at first, and later deep anger and resentment"

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:42 PM (8avO+)

211 The word you're looking for is homosexual.

Gay means happy or joyful.
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Exactly!

Posted by: Peter Medak at February 04, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

212 We had an arsonist attempt to torch a Lowe's the other day.

Apparently a homeless dude was disgruntled because AFD came and put out his camp fire (there's a substantial homeless camp more or less across the street), so he decided to take it out on Lowe's.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 04, 2026 05:43 PM (IG3/x)

213 Gotta give GOP Senate a few crumbs. They will have confirmed 6 federal judges this week. And to boot in important courts in Austin, New Orleans, Alaska, and Indiana

Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:43 PM (YCxFk)

214 170 The gods of the old testament are still here demanding sacrifice.

And how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God and to wait for his son from heaven whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
1st Thessalonians 1: 9-10

What father would not give his life to save his children? It is God's love for us that he died to save us.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 05:32 PM (ehY6c)

Amen

Posted by: moki at February 04, 2026 05:44 PM (wLjpr)

215
1. That never happens
2. It's happening and it's wonderful
3. You can't stop that from happening
4. Whoopsie!
5. That never happened and we're taking steps to see that we have legal coverage from doing it

Posted by: Max Power at February 04, 2026 05:44 PM (SwyyQ)

216 If Nero were around today, he could run for governor of California and he'd probably win a landslide.

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (2L+MU)

217 I loved me some Alex the Chic. But on this ? She was just fucking wrong

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I still love AtC, and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

218 Gay means happy or joyful.
____

How happy or joyful can you be when you have a prolapsed rectum?

(rhetorical, I don't want to know)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Dv3i1)

219 What do you call it when a trans person has been denied transition surgery?

Transaction Declined.

Bwahahahaha!!!
I crack myself up!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (2WIwB)

220 Any parent that allows their minor child to get these surgeries, should be committed

Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:46 PM (YCxFk)

221 If Nero were around today, he could run for governor of California and he'd probably win a landslide.
Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (2L+MU)

He's underage.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:46 PM (8avO+)

222 Any parent that allows their minor child to get these surgeries, should be committed
Posted by: Jonah at February

Suggested edit: executed

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 05:47 PM (MGB5H)

223 Buddy of mine, said the Dems want the country to be run like StarFleet

Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:47 PM (YCxFk)

224 "How do you make a fruit cordial?"

Tickle his balls, perhaps?

Posted by: Gunslinger at February 04, 2026 05:47 PM (R2gO3)

225 222. There ya go Bruce

Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:47 PM (YCxFk)

226 @207 , people were pointing out that when reinsurance companies stop writing policies to back stop the insurance companies losses this would stop. Soon, I would think

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 05:47 PM (BWnHZ)

227 220 Any parent that allows their minor child to get these surgeries, should be committed
Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:46 PM
+++
I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: The millstone from Matthew chapter 18 at February 04, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

228 This is also about real doctors in real fields trying to seize back the medical establishment from these interloping hack butchers. No serious doctors did these ghastly procedures. It was all basement-level rejects who were sawing up kids.

The real doctors went along with it, for political reasons. Now that the pendulum is mercifully swinging back, these doctors are moving quickly to take back the profession.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 04, 2026 05:29 PM (SmuvG)

The guild has control over testing for entrance, training, internship, placement, continuing education, insurance and the state oversight boards.

The guild controls the entire industry and will never let it go.
At this point I would be happy to go to a guy who had a field medic cert from his time in the military for anything short of surgery.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (rbvCR)

229 Buddy of mine, said the Dems want the country to be run like StarFleet
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More and more of the left looks and sounds Ferengi every day.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (TN0g+)

230 and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

that commenter is lying if xhe is suggesting that AtC is pro child mutilation; as far as I recall she was vehemently against such atrocities

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (g47mK)

231 I'm really enjoying reading the elegies of laid off WaPo chuds.

In 2021, I was hired by @washingtonpost
to cover health disparities & explore the way racism & social inequality affects health. 4 months ago, I became the generations’ reporter exploring how health is experienced by different pple across the life course. Today, I was laid off.

http://tiny.cc/awjy001

Solid gold.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (Yp6az)

232 I'm still in disbelief about Bruce Jenner.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (cwGMH)

233 Planned Parenthood is proud to provide a safe and welcoming place to get gender-affirming care. We offer services to transgender women, transgender men, and nonbinary people.

See, that's the problem with killing your potential future customers Or supporting someone else who kills them. Eventually you run out of them and have to find another line of work.

Posted by: Toys'r'Us at February 04, 2026 05:49 PM (a+4eV)

234
Trans rights is just argumentum ad absurdum of "born this way."
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 05:37 PM (abCsW)

It's "born this way" until the gheys start talking about sex with their hetero friends/acquaintances. Then it becomes "how do you know you're not gay unless you try it?". A VERY common ghey fetish is fucking heterosexuals, not because they're attracted to them but because they like the idea of confusing the straights and making them ashamed. It's about power and a healthy dose of arrogant "my dick is awesome and should be shared" bragging.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 05:49 PM (y9nCu)

235 If you asked me a year ago that MTG would become a traitor, i would have laughed out loud.

Knew Massie was a grifter, but MTG?

Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:49 PM (YCxFk)

236 Damn we must be drowning in hermaphrodites if ASS is mathing correctly

Posted by: NCKate at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (uQzkA)

237
217

I still love AtC, and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM

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I gather that the issue was whether homosexuals groom children or not.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (biznJ)

238 I'm still in disbelief about Bruce Jenner.
Posted by: Opinion fact

I will never be convinced he didn't do that to stay out of prison for vehicular homicide.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (MGB5H)

239 228

None of what we are talking about changes care to any of the cases you are attempting to cite. But you already know that. Or you should.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (Wmg4n)

240 These sick dick choppers deserve the same fate as pedos - up against the wall.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (mUiPq)

241 excerpt (edited) from Washington Examiner from Nov 2024 -

A Texas father (Jeff Younger) who has spent years in court to stop his ex-wife from subjecting their son to transgender procedures is vowing to appeal a California judge’s decision that grants his ex-wife the authority to proceed with “gender-affirming care” for their 12-year-old.

Jeff Younger, 59, who has worked for years to prevent his son James from undergoing what he describes as harmful and irreversible procedures (aren't they?), told the Washington Examiner he intends to appeal a court decision Tuesday that paved the way for his ex-wife, Anne Georgulas (not his biological mother), who contends James wants to identify as a girl, to begin transitioning him.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (Dv3i1)

242
We look like a newspaper.
But we're not.

Posted by: The Washington Post at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (2Ez/1)

243
http://tiny.cc/awjy001

Solid gold.
Posted by: bonhomme

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The thing called unintended self-parody.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (JrWaT)

244 am old enough to remember the 1976 Olympics. Jenner beat the Soviets and East German steroid boys. He was a legend in my area.

When i heard he was cross dressing, i thought Meh. But to get it chopped off? Brutal

Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (YCxFk)

245
I will never be convinced he didn't do that to stay out of prison for vehicular homicide.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (MGB5H)

This.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (y9nCu)

246 Calif Medical Association and San Diego County Medical Society just endorsed Swalwell for governor.
Who do you think runs these orgs.

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (PoaF2)

247 I still love AtC, and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

Then you are wrong. Simply you. And I get it. A woman has been attacked ... you must defend. The International Sisterhood of the Vagina Local One.

Yes. AtC loved her some gender swap, at the end of the day. Because its baked into the cake.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (GvwA4)

248 In the USA 1.7% are born with abnormal sex chromosomes.
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You lie. From AI:
Approximately 1 in 400 to 1 in 500 children (roughly 0.2% to 0.25%) are born with a sex chromosome abnormality (SCA).

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (TN0g+)

249 Elect Swalwell, not as pretty as Newsom , but a whole lot dumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 05:52 PM (BWnHZ)

250 I'm still in disbelief about Bruce Jenner.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (cwGMH)

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Ditto.

As a kid, he was a hero who made me want to become an Olympic Decathlete.

I did manage to win my city's pole vault championship in 8th grade.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 05:52 PM (YdkKf)

251 I understand that there are some parents who have been fucked by courts and schools and what have you over this. But generally speaking it’s left wing parents with left wing kids who indoctrinate them into being trannies. So I kinda don’t care about this issue all that much.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:53 PM (qDa2L)

252 The guild controls the entire industry and will never let it go.
At this point I would be happy to go to a guy who had a field medic cert from his time in the military for anything short of surgery.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (rbvCR)
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Not true. There was lots of resistance, but it was of the passive kind. Like so many other "everyone knows" stances, once the fear of punishment is removed, it vanishes.

I agree that there will be die-hard practitioners, but normals are rejoicing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)

253 Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

You remind me, quite a bit, of Carrie Nation.

I hate 1920's men. Because I would not, no matter how big that bitch was, ever sit by while she took an axe to a keg.

I would have punched that cunt right out. Maybe broke her ribs just for good measure.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:54 PM (GvwA4)

254 > AtC loved her some gender swap, at the end of the day.

You're full of crap and you should stop talking. You're imputing beliefs to AtC she never espoused.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2026 05:55 PM (Yp6az)

255 I still love AtC, and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM

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I gather that the issue was whether homosexuals groom children or not.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:50 PM (biznJ)

That is what precipitated her flounce.

Posted by: She chose the LGBTQIAWTF tribe at February 04, 2026 05:55 PM (TbWk/)

256 Elect Swalwell, not as pretty as Newsom , but a whole lot dumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 05:52 PM (BWnHZ)

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Anybody recall the funny nickname Ace gave Katie Porter after her epic meltdown?

An idiot AND a psychopath -- she and Califzuela deserve each other ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 05:55 PM (YdkKf)

257
I'm still in disbelief about Bruce Jenner.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 05:48 PM (cwGMH)

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Ditto.

As a kid, he was a hero who made me want to become an Olympic Decathlete.

I did manage to win my city's pole vault championship in 8th grade.
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 05:52 PM (YdkKf)

My sports hero was John Belushi when he won the Decathlon and endorsed Little Chocolate Donuts, an essential part of a growing boy's breakfast.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 05:55 PM (y9nCu)

258 In the USA 1.7% are born with abnormal sex chromosomes.
--------
You lie. From AI:
Approximately 1 in 400 to 1 in 500 children (roughly 0.2% to 0.25%) are born with a sex chromosome abnormality (SCA).

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (TN0g+)

Alleged abnormal sex chromosomes have precisely nothing to do with trans and transitioning at all. First I have even heard it mentioned in fact.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:55 PM (8avO+)

259 247 I still love AtC, and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

Then you are wrong. Simply you. And I get it. A woman has been attacked ... you must defend. The International Sisterhood of the Vagina Local One.

Yes. AtC loved her some gender swap, at the end of the day. Because its baked into the cake.
Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (GvwA4)

You obviously don’t know me well at all. But this is a cute response!

Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:56 PM (Wmg4n)

260
Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:54 PM

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Yankee Fifth et al?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 05:56 PM (biznJ)

261 When i heard he was cross dressing, i thought Meh. But to get it chopped off? Brutal
Posted by: Jonah at February 04, 2026 05:51 PM (YCxFk)
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But has he? I understood that he still has his package, just wants to be a fetish perv. You know, "identifies as a lesbian" but has a dick.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

262 Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

You remind me, quite a bit, of Carrie Nation.

I hate 1920's men. Because I would not, no matter how big that bitch was, ever sit by while she took an axe to a keg.

I would have punched that cunt right out. Maybe broke her ribs just for good measure.
Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 05:54 PM (GvwA4)

Carrie Nation died in 1911. Not sure what 1920s men could do about her.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:57 PM (8avO+)

263 I still love AtC, and I don’t recall her being pro child mutilation.
Posted by: Piper at February 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Wmg4n)

*typed and deleted a huge comment* might have been true, but would not have changed anyone's mind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:57 PM (zZu0s)

264 We bombed the shit out of ISIS again and we've sent military personnel into Nigeria.

And then there's the Iran issue heating up with apparently a second strike group heading that way.

Strap in.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 05:57 PM (Y1sOo)

265 troll alert ?

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:58 PM (g47mK)

266 lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 04, 2026 05:58 PM (Cjt/F)

267 "Yankee Fifth et al?"

I was told that it is scoggy the doggy, not Y5

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 04, 2026 05:58 PM (4+9R1)

268
But has he? I understood that he still has his package, just wants to be a fetish perv. You know, "identifies as a lesbian" but has a dick.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

Depends on when the statute of limitations runs out for that car crash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 05:58 PM (y9nCu)

269 trolls always lie

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:58 PM (g47mK)

270 The House made fools of themselves with Secretary Bessant today. Mad Max was particularly stupid, as usual

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (BWnHZ)

271 Can you blame poor Bruce? He had to live surrounded by Kardasheans. I’d chop my dick off too as a sign for help.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (qDa2L)

272 Nigeria?

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

273 AtC was not for gender swap. But she was fiercely protective of her identity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (zZu0s)

274
The real impetus here is the Dr Mengele tendencies of many doctors out there and bucket loads of government cash.
Posted by: Oldcat

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I was going to say something about that tendency in medicine. Lobotomies is another example.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (JrWaT)

275 Nigeria?
Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (g47mK)

They still killing Christians?

Oh and they have oil lol.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (8avO+)

276 I understand that there are some parents who have been fucked by courts and schools and what have you over this. But generally speaking it’s left wing parents with left wing kids who indoctrinate them into being trannies. So I kinda don’t care about this issue all that much.
Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:53 PM (qDa2L)
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Wrong. They target Christians families because they get more thrill out of making them bend the knee.

I had agents of the state threaten me in my own home unless I spoke the magic pronouns and when I refused, they began harassing us, banging on the door until I hired an attorney and he made them stop. Gross misconduct and they were very open about punishing us through our depressed kid.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

277 House made fools of themselves with Secretary Bessant today. Mad Max was particularly stupid, as usual
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Wish she woulda thrown her wig at him.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 06:00 PM (MGB5H)

278

Nope isn't Yankee 5th.

Most of Yankee's comments didn't make any sense, not that this guy makes sense. Different writing styles.

Posted by: four seasons at February 04, 2026 06:00 PM (3ek7K)

279 So are we at the point where AtC never advocated for Middle School Kids, or High School Kids, finding their Inner Queer ?

Folks, I liked AtC a lot. But lets not bullshit ourselves. Seriously. I won't tolerate you bullshitting me.

And I liked the woman.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:00 PM (GvwA4)

280 I'm still in disbelief about Bruce Jenner"

Me too!

/zombie Howard Cosell

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 06:00 PM (XuXeR)

281 FWIW, as of last month:

North Carolina law bans gender-affirming care (like puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery) for minors under 18, with a limited exception for those who started treatment before August 2023, though major healthcare systems like UNC Health have further restricted care to those under 19, complicating access significantly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 06:00 PM (XeU6L)

282 old and busted : OIL
new hotness: RARE EARTHS

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 06:01 PM (g47mK)

283 So are we at the point where AtC never advocated for Middle School Kids, or High School Kids, finding their Inner Queer ?

That is qualitatively different than transitioning kids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

284 We bombed the shit out of ISIS again and we've sent military personnel into Nigeria.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 05:57 PM (Y1sOo)
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Nigeria has a ton of US equipment and advisors going back to post-9/11 days. Operation Enduring Freedom Trans-Sahara, which is called something else now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

285 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

286 I remain convinced it is the liberal (lesbo in many cases) mothers who do this to children. They either don't have the sex of the baby and raise it the opposite with cloths and toys til mutilation. Or they want to jump on the trend. Or, being lesbo, having a son, they want to just screw up the kid regarding his sex. Either/or/multiple choice.

My eldest granddaughter,age 4yrs, informed me several months ago how much she loved her best friend, Clara. Said, "If I could I'd marry her, but she's a girl so I can't." I agreed, but reminded her that Clara could be a bridesmaid in her wedding someday. This made her happy thinking about gowns.

Age two she wanted to be a flamingo because they are pink and pink is her favorite color. "In my opinion, everything should be pink, even the sky," she told me, age 3yrs. I suppose I should have told her she was, indeed, a flamingo?

I had two sons I love deeply. I never hoped with #2 that he was a girl, because I sort of knew he was a boy and I never, even in my mind, wanted to think otherwise because I believe in God's plan.

Trans-mutation, or raising a child this way, is satanic as much as abortion, and no one will change my mind.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (WONhk)

287 Test of the msm has the sadz bigly about WaPo layoffs.

Cry more, cucks. You’re next.

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 06:02 PM (qDa2L)

288 That is qualitatively different than transitioning kids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

What in the fuck, honestly, does any teen or tween transition into ?

Seriously. What do they transition into ? A whore ? A fetish ?

Transitioning Kids is a phrase that strikes me as a lisping fucking Old Queen.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:04 PM (GvwA4)

289 The real impetus here is the Dr Mengele tendencies of many doctors out there and bucket loads of government cash.
Posted by: Oldcat

=============

I was going to say something about that tendency in medicine. Lobotomies is another example.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (JrWaT)

Lets grant that one of these doctors was rational. Why would you jump from zero to chemical castration and sickening surgery in 20 seconds.

If a potential trans woman wanted to 'present' as more man like implanting a beard, say would be less invasive. Presumably this might help the psychologic need to look more like the other sex and show great results...

But that isn't how they act, because they aren't rational.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:04 PM (8avO+)

290 Yes, Nigeria.

via Reuters

https://tinyurl.com/bdhhhvnp

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 06:05 PM (Y1sOo)

291 Ace: "...the Ghengis Kahn of Pooter Keir Starmer"

From last thread, but had to give it its due.

Fucking hilarious.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Trix are for Kids at February 04, 2026 06:05 PM (i49OE)

292 NUDE NOOD!

ACTUAL NUDITY

Posted by: Max Power at February 04, 2026 06:05 PM (SwyyQ)

293 "Gender Affirmation" = Biological Sex Nullification

Posted by: BirdRockDoc at February 04, 2026 06:07 PM (PoaF2)

294 Gay men were once gay little boys.

And that’s ok. Not every gay man was molested
And not all gay men are pedophiles.

Sometimes y’all are a bit homophobic and it’s not attractive. It’s troubling.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 06:07 PM (a83VZ)

295 Transitioning Kids is a phrase that strikes me as a lisping fucking Old Queen.
Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:04 PM (GvwA4)

Are you saying there is no difference than a kid saying they are gay and chopping their dick off? Or breasts? One is definitely different from the other.

Note, I am not talking about rape or grooming.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

296 I understand that there are some parents who have been fucked by courts and schools and what have you over this. But generally speaking it’s left wing parents with left wing kids who indoctrinate them into being trannies. So I kinda don’t care about this issue all that much.
Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:53 PM (qDa2L)
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Wrong. They target Christians families because they get more thrill out of making them bend the knee.

I had agents of the state threaten me in my own home unless I spoke the magic pronouns and when I refused, they began harassing us, banging on the door until I hired an attorney and he made them stop. Gross misconduct and they were very open about punishing us through our depressed kid.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

Yes, with the state actors urging this on kids and hiding it from parents you can't be blase about this at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 06:08 PM (8avO+)

297
Jazz Jennings - Wikipedia
Jazz Jennings (born October 6, 2000) [1] is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist. [2][3] Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented
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What crap accepted as part of legitimate society.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 06:08 PM (TlCKo)

298 Sometimes y’all are a bit homophobic and it’s not attractive. It’s troubling.

Then gather them all up to yourself. Seriously.

Where I live ? We don't trust queers. I don't give a shit that you want us to love them.

Keep 'em Nurse. Keep 'em all. Up there in Seattle. I am not fucking around.

Can I interest you in some Muslims ?

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:09 PM (GvwA4)

299 Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 05:53 PM (qDa2L)
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Wrong. They target Christians families because they get more thrill out of making them bend the knee.

I had agents of the state threaten me in my own home unless I spoke the magic pronouns and when I refused, they began harassing us, banging on the door until I hired an attorney and he made them stop. Gross misconduct and they were very open about punishing us through our depressed kid.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

Yes, with the state actors urging this on kids and hiding it from parents you can't be blase about this at all.
Posted by: Oldcat
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This is so prevalent in some areas and in others virtually non-existent as to be difficult to accept such hell is actually being visited upon others.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 06:12 PM (TlCKo)

300 Are you saying there is no difference than a kid saying they are gay and chopping their dick off? Or breasts? One is definitely different from the other.

I'll say this simple. You are a fucking moron.

We don't sell Cigs to anyone under 18 for a reason. They're in the that stupid phase where we let them run around, but we don't let them do anything serious.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:13 PM (GvwA4)

301 Nope

Blow it out your ass. You are a disgusting human.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 06:20 PM (tH3ut)

302 Blow it out your ass. You are a disgusting human.

Do not care. I am a real human. Real as you get.

Look ... if you stop at a check-point for Anti-Ice ? Here's the thing. I don't fucking care. But I won't stop.

You, of course, will. Because "Seattle". And also because you.

Now blow it out your prim and proper ass. I don't care either. Not one bit.

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 06:24 PM (GvwA4)

303 *blows kiss*

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 04, 2026 06:49 PM (cDie+)

304 Keep it nurse. Even my wife, of thirty years from Bellingham, understands my value.

She gets it that its good to have a guard dawg.

Even as "disgusting" as I am. Honestly ? I find you people up there "weak".

Posted by: Nope at February 04, 2026 07:02 PM (GvwA4)

Another One of Keir Starmer's "Rent Boys" Arrested
Plus: Could Keir Starmer Be Forced to Resign Over Jeffrey Epstein Scandal?

I had completely forgotten about this story. Tree Hugging Sister reminded me.

For reasons no one will explain, four would-be "Male Models" targeted properties and cars belonging to Totally-Straight UK PM Keir Starmer last year.

Why did these obvious homosexuals, claimed to be "rent boys" in the British media (that is, gay prostitutes), have some kind of beef against Fiercely Heterosexual Keir Starmer? Why did they risk jail to set them afire?

And how did they even know what properties and vehicles he owned? That's non-public information, but Tree Hugging Sister says that the Pyromaniacal Rent Boys seemed to be very well-informed about Starmer's holdings:

Whoever it was, they seemed to have extraordinary knowledge of Starmer's property around the suburbs of London and even the vehicles he drove. The Starmer family had either rented the homes -- one of them to his sister-in-law, who was luckily on a vacation or something -- or they were vacant, and had recently sold the vehicle the arsonists torched.

Again, no one will explain why these gay prostitutes are so pissy at the Dedicated Mish-Hound Keir Starmer, who is so heterosexual that he ****s women so hard he gives them sexually-transmitted scoliosis.

But there's more. Mark Steyn just noted that the "fifth twink" just dropped. A fifth "rent boy" involved in setting fire to houses belonging to the Ghengis Kahn of Pooter Keir Starmer was just arrested.

One notes, inter alia, that, with respect to the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, last week was also the week that the fifth twink dropped. Why every Ukrainian "male model" on the books of Mayfair agencies wants to incinerate Keir Starmer is an interesting question, although evidently not to Fleet Street's investigative reporters.

And, as he says, the UK media -- centered around Fleet Street -- continues to be entirely uninterested in why five gay foreign "male models" are so singularly angry at the married heterosexual man Keir Starmer.

Three young men sent to the Old Bailey over arson attacks linked to Sir Keir Starmer yet the Prime Minister who never misses a chance to lecture the country has been completely silent about it.

Why does our leader go missing whenever things get uncomfortable? pic.twitter.com/9wMCks4WU9
— Sue 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@suespeaksup) February 1, 2026

Fifth man, 19, is arrested over Keir Starmer arson attacks in north London https://t.co/psc6APKjco
— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) January 29, 2026

I can report EXCLUSIVELY about video I have just received which shows the Rent Boys torching one of Starmer's vehicles. It's like they were playing some sick game or something!

But that's not the only news about Keir Starmer's dubious associations.

Starmer is facing, some reporters say, the worst days of his career, and given that his popularlity is something around 12%, you will appreciate that his minister-ship has been almost nothing but bad days.

And it's not even about the Rent Boys. Or, at least, we don't think it is.

Yet.

I mentioned on Friday that a man named Peter Mandelson was instrumental in shaping the "New Labour" party by essentially turning Labour into the party of leftwing millionaires and billionaires. (Stop me if you've heard this joke before.)

He was the architect of both Tony Blair's rise, as well as Keir Starmer's.

Mandelson is also a devoted friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Like a real friend. They were constantly emailing each other. He even stayed at Epstein's apartment in NYC when Epstein was in jail.

Keir Starmer appointed Mandelson to be Ambassador to the US -- and then had to recall him back to England when his close friendship with the convicted pedophile got some press exposure.

Starmer maintained he had no idea Mandelson continued his close friendship with Epstein when he appointed him Ambassador to the US.

This was a lie, it was just exposed. Starmer knew full well that Mandelson continued his close association with Epstein, even after his conviction. We know he knew because a reporter told him all about it and asked him if he was comfortable with this friendship.

"Conservative" leader Keri Badenoch grilled Starmer about his lie:

Starmer knew. https://t.co/duCnM2NOM0 pic.twitter.com/UKVnysgt0r
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) February 4, 2026

Keir Starmer now lies further, and says when he previously said that he didn't know about Mandelson's continued close friendship with Epstein, he was telling the truth, because sure, he was told about it, but when he asked Mandelson about it, Mandelson said it wasn't true. Case closed.

Should he have believed Mandelson? Well, Mandelson had been sacked from two previous cabinet postings over scandals, and his nickname is "The Prince of Darkness" so... absolutely, you should believe him, Totally Heterosexual PM Keir Starmer.

Starmer also attempts some jive by saying sure, I knew he had some continued friendship with Epstein, but I didn't know the "depth" or "extent" of that continued friendship. So I told the truth, in a "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" kind of way -- sure I knew they were friends, but I didn't know they were friend-friends!

How good of a friend-friend was Mandelson to Epstein? This good: When the UK government decided it would bail out the banks after the 2007-8 collapse, Mandelson immediately told Epstein this non-public, secret, incredibly sensitive information.

And Epstein, of course, presumably made a fortune trading on this incredibly valuable inside information.

Starmer's opponents are demanding that he release all documents in his possession about Mandelson and Epstein, and he's saying... I will release all documents that I decide do not compromise "national security."

Oh. Well, as the entire affair involves international financier and international fixer Jeffrey Epstein, and the UK's former Ambassador to the US, everything in this candal is a "national security" matter, so Starmer is giving himself justification to release nothing.

Relating this back to the story about the Five Fire-Fingered Rent Boys: Mandelson is also gay. Does this stuff connect up? I don't know.

We won't see any documents about it, though, because... national security.

There are even rumors that Labour will force Keir Starmer to resign:

Grok
@grok
Reports of Keir Starmer's imminent resignation are unconfirmed as of Feb 4, 2026. Speculation centers on the Peter Mandelson-Jeffrey Epstein scandal, where Starmer admitted knowing of ties during Mandelson's appointment. Other factors include Labour infighting, poor polls, and potential election setbacks, per sources like The Guardian, Reuters, and betting odds.

I saw one commentator, Tousi TV, pointing out that Starmer's hands are shaking during his baldfaced lies, and that he uses one hand to hold the other one to keep it from shaking so much.

Meanwhile, actually based MP Rupert Lowe issued this statement about what he's seeing in the hearings on police complicity in the Muslim Grooming Gangs:

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
One of many lessons from our hearings today.
In many cases, the police were complicit in these rapes. I do not say that lightly.
The lack of any desire to investigate these men is criminal. It happened again and again and again.
And yes. It's mainly because the rapists were Muslims.
Parents pleaded and begged. The police all too often did nothing. Staggeringly, they even suggested the parents work with the rapists, as we heard today. This went on for years, years and years and years. We will be releasing further evidence on this over the coming days.
These children were torn away from their families, through alcohol, drugs, fear or blackmail. They were then raped and abused, on an industrial scale. These rapists knew exactly what they were doing. It's evil. Pure evil. Turning these children against their families. It is psychological torture.
Honestly I feel sick going over it.
To have that happen to your child must be the most unimaginable pain.
To those parents who have been campaigned so that others don't go through that same pain? They have my greatest respect.
This was an important topic to start our hearings with, because it's not just the survivors who have their lives ruined.
It's entire families. The impact is more brutal than most of us could ever imagine.
We had three parents tell us their unique stories - there are thousands and thousands and thousands of others. It is almost endless, and it absolutely does continue today.
But today was a small step in the right direction.

Posted by: Ace at 03:46 PM

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1 Starmer is ASShoe.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (vbXSk)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 04, 2026 03:47 PM (LdBR/)

3 Could Keir Starmer Be Forced to Resign Over Jeffrey Epstein Scandal?
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Only if someone worse is waiting in the wings

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:48 PM (KI8Ns)

4 "Sexually transmitted scoliosis."

That's why I still fuckin come here, bro!

Posted by: runninrebel at February 04, 2026 03:48 PM (BrvNz)

5 Is Starmer as fiercely heterosexual as Corey Booker?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (8CIFn)

6 >>That's why I still fuckin come here, bro!

Thank you so much.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (1wjle)

7 The UK has become Zardoz.
"The penis is evil"
Or just stupid.

BTW, how many political figures like to bugger boys?

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (XuXeR)

8 3 Could Keir Starmer Be Forced to Resign Over Jeffrey Epstein Scandal?
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Only if someone worse is waiting in the wings
Posted by: ...

A random Karen?

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 04, 2026 03:50 PM (DY7Xb)

9 These are homosexual European prostitutes. These are the kind of guys who spread monkeypox to dogs during a Berlin piss orgy.

What in G-d's name did Starmer do to engender the wrath of these moral degenerates?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 03:51 PM (BI5O2)

10 Do these young male prostitutes find it when a wealthy and powerful middle aged man wants to be the bottom?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 04, 2026 03:51 PM (8CIFn)

11
That's Sir Keir Starmer to you, Yank!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 03:52 PM (tgvbd)

12 Even if starmer is forced to resign The UK is lost and is never coming back to what it used to be.

At some point in the next 25-30 years we are going to have to go in and take out their nukes of the muslim UK caliphate will use them against us.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 04, 2026 03:52 PM (0N4FZ)

13 I hope social workers were sent to the crime scenes. Then orgy.
Don Lemon would move there and become 'fireman' wink wink.

Posted by: torabora at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (QL4KZ)

14 Isn't it weird that all the people who keep telling us that Epstein, who had nothing to do with the government at all, had all these friends high up in government? Soooo weird!

BTW that first sentence was not an actual sentence and I was hoping no one would notice.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (KI8Ns)

15 Cops, social workers, judges, muslim perverts-they all deserve their own Luigi Mangione.

Posted by: mr tmz at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (rJ48h)

16 Fiercely and Fiery Heterosexual Keir Starmer has sex orgies with five twink rentboys, but all Fiercely and Fiery Heterosexual Spartacus Booker can manage is a fake marriage to a lesbian?

Fiercely and Fiery Heterosexual Americans need to up their game!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

17
Old: The Third Man

New: The Fifth Twink

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (tgvbd)

18 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago? Why the need to be in the closet? I could see why it would be a problem for Zohran Mamdani -if indeed he is gay- because he's Muslim but why all the secrecy, and if you're gay don't be having sex with rent boys, ( uggh) just get a divorce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (rZCVI)

19 "he ****s women so hard he gives them sexually-transmitted scoliosis."

Poetry.

Posted by: Soylent Red at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (cHNrw)

20 these young male prostitutes find it when a wealthy and powerful middle aged man wants to be the bottom?
****

DO call me!

Posted by: Don Lemon at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (QL4KZ)

21 We all support Ukraine in our own way.

Posted by: Keir Starmer! at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (n1OCj)

22 Keir "Jimmy Saville" Starmer

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (iXqHn)

23 "Sexually transmitted scoliosis."

Sheer poetry, Ace. LMAO!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (bFu5X)

24 >>BTW, how many political figures like to bugger boys?

"The more they proclaimed their virtue the quicker we tested the young boys for MonkeyPoxx."

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (ZcsJV)

25
So. Starmer is the Brit Obama.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (tgvbd)

26 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago?

There are reasons.

Posted by: Barack Obama! at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (n1OCj)

27 You know, I would be shocked if just once one of these fucking libs had the kink of massive juggs. On a woman. Who is of age. Not too you or too old.

It would be fucking staggering.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (zZu0s)

28 Decent rack on Keri Badenoch.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (77rzZ)

29 chaps
assless of course

https://tinyurl.com/3jvxke4a

Daily Timewaster

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (UjdFS)

30 Speaking of deepcover homos, Milo @nero has things to say of Elijah Schaffer.
Schaffer's a celery in the CPAC circuit. He was involved in January 6 and was soliciting donations for some "RiftTV" media outlet.
Schaffer does occasionally diddle women too, but requests the strapon from them.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (gKWVE)

31 There are even rumors that Labour will force Keir Starmer to resign:

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I'd be shocked if he resigned, to be honest.

Dude made kids do 6-7 in a school.

He's a monster.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

32 >>These are homosexual European prostitutes.

You don't need to be redundant. European says it all.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (ZcsJV)

33 "the Pyromaniacal Rent Boys seemed to be very well-informed about Starmer's holdings"

___________

"That fag ain't holding much, we'll tell ya that. Barely a mouthful."

-- Pyromaniacal Rent Boys

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

34 18 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago? Why the need to be in the closet? I could see why it would be a problem for Zohran Mamdani -if indeed he is gay- because he's Muslim but why all the secrecy, and if you're gay don't be having sex with rent boys, ( uggh) just get a divorce.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (rZCVI)

Because people still want to believe, that when it comes down to it, their executive leader can become the Blood-and-Guts Killer that will defend his land's people to the death.

Not a mincing poofter.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (iXqHn)

35 That's Sir Keir Starmer to you, Yank!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Pfft.
-- DOCTOR Jill Biden

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)

36 Keir Starmer now lies further, and says when he previously said that he didn't know about Mandelson's continued close friendship with Epstein, he was telling the truth, because sure, he was told about it, but when he asked Mandelson about it, Mandelson said it wasn't true.

Keir Starmer: I didn't know about Mandelson's continued close friendship with Epstein, and when I say I didn't know, I mean I knew all about it.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

37 Posted by: Barack Obama! at February 04, 2026 03:56 PM (n1OCj)

Barack never would have gotten votes from the AA community if he had come out as gay. This was not an issue with Kier Starmer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (rZCVI)

38 "Why do all these young, pretty homosexuals keep sucking my dick?"

Posted by: Keir Starmer at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (bFu5X)

39 I'm beginning to really dislike this Starmer dude.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (jtM2q)

40
He'll slap a D-Notice on this story.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (tgvbd)

41 >>>Schaffer does occasionally diddle women too, but requests the strapon from them.

i saw the stuff about this nazi having sex with the alleged virgin tradwife before she got married, but I didn't hear that he was also gay. Milo's claiming that? I don't know how much we should trust Milo.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (1wjle)

42 >>I would be shocked if just once one of these fucking libs had the kink of massive juggs. On a woman. Who is of age. Not too you or too old.

Check my Search History -
I'm your guy!!!

Posted by: Ted Cruz at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (ZcsJV)

43 The only people that are going to suffer for Epstein's crimes are Epstein and Ghislane.

I would say Prince Andrew but at the end of the day, he's going to live out the rest of his life in 15m dollar cottage with an annual allowance and a wait staff.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (XV/Pl)

44 Ghengis Kahn of Pooter Keir Starmer

*Kicks rocks*

Posted by: Rex DeQuim at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (d2r2I)

45 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago? Why the need to be in the closet? I could see why it would be a problem for Zohran Mamdani -if indeed he is gay- because he's Muslim but why all the secrecy, and if you're gay don't be having sex with rent boys, ( uggh) just get a divorce.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (rZCVI)

A lot of Labor rank and file are not in tune with today's political and social climate. The Remaking of the party to be an elitists one is a thin veneer.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (8avO+)

46 "I'm Keir Starmer. I'm not just an enabler, I'm a customer!"

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (0U5gm)

47 Mandelson email asking Epstein how he was going to celebrate his release from prison
Epstein replies, with Grace and Charity

Grace and Charity were hookers

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (0KSrI)

48 All Starmer has to do is call his party's bluff.

They won't call a general election. They can't force him out. He has to go on his own.

They can empty his cabinet, but there are always dummies who don't know what they're doing who want government positions. He can fill his cabinet with new dummies immediately.

He's set for three more years, at least. Just knock this back, wait out the news cycle, and some other terrible thing will come up to distract everyone from his failures.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

49 >>>He'll slap a D-Notice on this story.

I was trying to think of that when I was writing this. It would explain why no one is asking 'Say why are these Ukrainian male prostitutes so angry at Keir Starmer?"

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (1wjle)

50 >>i saw the stuff about this nazi having sex with the alleged virgin tradwife before she got married, but I didn't hear that he was also gay.

Of all the people to have their Gaydar go out...

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (ZcsJV)

51
They'll get that blubbering girl Chancellor of the Exchequer to replace him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (tgvbd)

52 41 >>>Schaffer does occasionally diddle women too, but requests the strapon from them.

i saw the stuff about this nazi having sex with the alleged virgin tradwife before she got married, but I didn't hear that he was also gay. Milo's claiming that? I don't know how much we should trust Milo.

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2026 03:58 PM (1wjle)

=====

This is like learning the pop culture scene from my kids, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

53 At some point in the next 25-30 years we are going to have to go in and take out their nukes of the muslim UK "

Well, they're kept at King's Bay, Georgia, so...

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (XuXeR)

54 has anyone else noticed that everyone is saying "this man" now?

As in, "This man's career is over."

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (1wjle)

55 What would you get if you put Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (8CIFn)

56 sexually-transmitted scoliosis

No doubt also concussed by way of the vagina, so powerful are his thrusts; like a jackhammer on a fault line, reverberating up to their brain stem.

Britain's Health & Safety Executive has issued regs requiring all ladies to wear hardhats and safety goggles when lying with Starmer.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (z5QST)

57 It's a fun feature of Our Sacred Democracy.

A guy who runs through Slav fashion models like they were water bottles looks like a moral paragon, by virtue of those models being the appropriate sex, and over the age of 18.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (BI5O2)

58 Here's the point in the thread where Milo outs Schaffer, but like you said trusting Milo is questionable. Receipts are claimed.
x.com/Nero/status/2018835838873010342

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (gKWVE)

59 The US needs to prep serious plans for the fall of the UK

@BBCNews 8h
Palestine Action group cleared of Elbit burglary
@AGHamilton29
Absolutely insane. The UK is not a serious country. We literally have video of one of the activists hitting a police officer in the back with a sledgehammer.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (diia5)

60 54 has anyone else noticed that everyone is saying "this man" now?

As in, "This man's career is over."

Posted by: ace at February 04, 2026 03:59 PM (1wjle)

======

"Why do you people care about this when Reform is going to bring racism to the British government?"
-like...all of British media

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (GBKbO)

61 I used to think Alex Jones was exaggerating when he said the world was being run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping child-molesting pedophiles. Used to.

Posted by: Excuse me, have we Baphomet before? at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

62 They can empty his cabinet"

Is that what they're calling it now? Like "pushing in that stool"?

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 04:01 PM (XuXeR)

63 >>What would you get if you put Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?

Deja Vu

Posted by: Andrew Gillum at February 04, 2026 04:01 PM (ZcsJV)

64 61 I used to think Alex Jones was exaggerating when he said the world was being run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping child-molesting pedophiles. Used to.

Posted by: Excuse me, have we Baphomet before? at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

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In a story that implies heavily that Starmer likes young adult men?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

65 What would you get if you put Starmer, trudeau and lemoan in a room with a tube of lube? A broken pool cue.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (ehY6c)

66 But I'm still the Jen-jis Khan of Pooter

Posted by: John Kerry at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (QPapb)

67
who is so heterosexual that he ****s women so hard he gives them sexually-transmitted scoliosis.

Teh Ewok uses his tongue prettier than a $20 whore.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (y9nCu)

68 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago? Why the need to be in the closet? I could see why it would be a problem for Zohran Mamdani -if indeed he is gay- because he's Muslim but why all the secrecy, and if you're gay don't be having sex with rent boys, ( uggh) just get a divorce.

What? And give up appearances of propriety and the possibility of passing AIDS and monkeypox to my wife? Never!

Posted by: Andrew Gillum at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (TbWk/)

69 It's a fun feature of Our Sacred Democracy.

A guy who runs through Slav fashion models like they were water bottles looks like a moral paragon, by virtue of those models being the appropriate sex, and over the age of 18.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (BI5O2)

Not sure I'd go to the wall depending on the accuracy of Ukraine ID cards.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (8avO+)

70 FWIW, Polymarket has Starmer out by June 30 at 35%, and by December 1 at 56%.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (XvL8K)

71 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago? Why the need to be in the closet? I could see why it would be a problem for Zohran Mamdani -if indeed he is gay- because he's Muslim but why all the secrecy, and if you're gay don't be having sex with rent boys, ( uggh) just get a divorce.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (rZCVI)

Because people still want to believe, that when it comes down to it, their executive leader can become the Blood-and-Guts Killer that will defend his land's people to the death.

Not a mincing poofter.
Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (iXqHn)
______

I would also add that:

1. He's been married for 20 years, making "coming out" now more difficult, including admitting that he was lying to everyone for decades.

2. Brits have an odd relationship with poofters. Secretly, it's rampant. But publicly, it's still considered taboo. Very similar to Muslim societies. In Muslim societies, half the men are sexually abusing little boys, but they throw gays off rooftops.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

72 As an add-on to the conversation we were having in the previous thread (and referenced obliquely in conversation yesterday), there's this from Tarantino:

Quentin Tarantino cited Rio Lobo as one of the reasons he wanted to have a short directing career: "the most cutting-edge artist, the coolest guys, the hippest dudes, they're the ones that stay at the party too long. They're the ones that make those last two or three movies that are completely out of touch and do not realize the world has turned on them ... I don't want to make Rio Lobo."

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

73 Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?"

The valleys of oil?

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (XuXeR)

74 What would you get if you put Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?
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AIDS

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (KI8Ns)

75
Notice the UK has never imposed tariffs on Vaseline?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (tgvbd)

76 In case anyone does not know, hundreds of thousands of British girls were gang raped by mohammedans over the past twenty or so years, and the Labour party not only knew about it, but facilitated it in return for votes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (0U5gm)

77 58 Here's the point in the thread where Milo outs Schaffer, but like you said trusting Milo is questionable. Receipts are claimed.
x.com/Nero/status/2018835838873010342
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (gKWVE)

On the one hand, Milo is the one who originally outed Brianna Wu as John Walker Flynt.

On the other hand, Milo is also the one who tried to legitimize Nick Fuentes and Kanye West (as a package deal, no less)...

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (iXqHn)

78 18 I don't quite understand why in today's political and social climate if he were gay, Kier Starmer didn't admit it some time ago? Why the need to be in the closet? I could see why it would be a problem for Zohran Mamdani -if indeed he is gay- because he's Muslim but why all the secrecy, and if you're gay don't be having sex with rent boys, ( uggh) just get a divorce.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:54 PM (rZCVI)

+++++

We have our own Miss Lindsey who still stays hidden. Old school convention, I suppose.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (MriXJ)

79 71 2. Brits have an odd relationship with poofters. Secretly, it's rampant. But publicly, it's still considered taboo. Very similar to Muslim societies. In Muslim societies, half the men are sexually abusing little boys, but they throw gays off rooftops.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

======

"Not for the entertainers, darling!"
-Alan Carr

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)

80 I don't think Schaffer was a nazi.
He said a few comments on Australian Aborigines and about India. Poking around he also said people should hire those who drop spicy memes, which may refer to Big Balls.
I'd stick with calling Schaffer a cheater and a colossal pervert.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (gKWVE)

81
He has a seldom discussed cocaine problem as well, which is still illegal there, but hey, no fouls on the left.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (Y8DZL)

82 Look at Keir Starmer. Observe his mannerisms. Tell me he is not gay. With a straight ( get it ?) face.

Posted by: tubal at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (pDt9x)

83 Not sure I'd go to the wall depending on the accuracy of Ukraine ID cards"

The deuce you say!

Posted by: man at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (XuXeR)

84 I think the rent boys are implying that Keir is a flamer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (BWnHZ)

85 One of the insidious features of anarcho-tyranny is that, on the chance an actual conservative government is brought into power, the left will screech "OPPRESSION NAZIS~!" when they try to clean up the insanity.

I expect Reform to make marginal gains only to have the EU threaten military action at this point.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (diia5)

86 72 As an add-on to the conversation we were having in the previous thread (and referenced obliquely in conversation yesterday), there's this from Tarantino:

Quentin Tarantino cited Rio Lobo as one of the reasons he wanted to have a short directing career: "the most cutting-edge artist, the coolest guys, the hippest dudes, they're the ones that stay at the party too long. They're the ones that make those last two or three movies that are completely out of touch and do not realize the world has turned on them ... I don't want to make Rio Lobo."

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

======

Rio Bravo was something like Howard Hawks' 30th movie.

Tarantino is full of bad takes, and this "short career" thing is one of his worst.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (GBKbO)

87 So, putting this all together - sexual deviancy + power + money and citizens including children be damned. Literally.

Prince of darkness indeed along with his followers is evil incarnate. Please God rid us of this evil and save our children.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:04 PM (oiNtH)

88 Quien es mas macho? Cory Booker o Keir Starmer?

Posted by: Yo tengo preguntas at February 04, 2026 04:05 PM (vKhD2)

89 2. Brits have an odd relationship with poofters. Secretly, it's rampant. But publicly, it's still considered taboo. Very similar to Muslim societies. In Muslim societies, half the men are sexually abusing little boys, but they throw gays off rooftops.

The Brits have very little to do with quadruped ruminants. You have to give them that.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

90 Gay or Just English? is a very difficult game.

So much so, I'm almost willing to give the press a pass here.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 04, 2026 04:05 PM (z5QST)

91 Brits have an odd relationship with poofters. Secretly, it's rampant. But publicly, it's still considered taboo. Very similar to Muslim societies. In Muslim societies, half the men are sexually abusing little boys, but they throw gays off rooftops.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

======

"Not for the entertainers, darling!"
-Alan Carr
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
_______

Entertainers are so obviously dick-riders there's no point in trying to hide it!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

92
Brits have an odd relationship with poofters. Secretly, it's rampant. But publicly, it's still considered taboo.

"Public" schools like Eton and Harrow are where they learn it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (tgvbd)

93 What would you get if you put Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?
Posted by: Northernlurker

AIDS from just reading that.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (d2r2I)

94 The Brits are so gay that they're too gay to admit how gay they are.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)

95 The pictures of the quite young Kier Starmer with Jimmy Savile has nothing to do with anything, and it was just a chance picture.

Also, none of the Royals sweat, it is an inherited trait like the tendency towards porphyria that Victoria passed on to her offspring

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (rbvCR)

96 snipped from ZH via Rantburg:
It is something darker: an elite that operates outside any recognizable moral limits and yet continues to govern. People directly or indirectly involved with this world continue to decide elections, wars, economic policies, and the fate of entire societies.

And the uncomfortable truth, impossible to ignore, is that all of this may still be part of an even deeper and more macabre plan by the Deep State — encompassing both Democrats and Republicans — to "resolve the Epstein issue" through a brutal campaign of collective desensitization, "normalizing" in public opinion the idea that the Western elite is composed of pedophiles, satanists, and cannibals.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (TN0g+)

97 Every celeb, politician, media figure , they are satanic whores and gay or they are not in the club.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (ehY6c)

98 91 "Not for the entertainers, darling!"
-Alan Carr
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
_______

Entertainers are so obviously dick-riders there's no point in trying to hide it!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Dolley has me watching the Celebrity Traitors right now.

It makes me like Stephen Fry more. He seems so humbled by a situation he can't control or quite figure out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (GBKbO)

99 I expect Reform to make marginal gains only to have the EU threaten military action at this point.

With what exactly?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

100 89 The Brits have very little to do with quadruped ruminants. You have to give them that.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

*The Scots and Welsh have entered the chat*

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (iXqHn)

101 Dolley has me watching the Celebrity Traitors right now.

It makes me like Stephen Fry more. He seems so humbled by a situation he can't control or quite figure out.

oh neat!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (emBoF)

102 Two Muslim guys talking. Achmed, I can't get my wife pregnant.

Achmed replies, you have to turn her over.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 04:07 PM (0KSrI)

103 94 The Brits are so gay that they're too gay to admit how gay they are.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (BI5O2)

So, half are homosexual, the other half bisexual? Actually, that sorta works.

Posted by: tubal at February 04, 2026 04:07 PM (pDt9x)

104
Cheri,

RIGHT ON!!

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:07 PM (3ek7K)

105 64 61 I used to think Alex Jones was exaggerating when he said the world was being run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping child-molesting pedophiles. Used to.

Posted by: Excuse me, have we Baphomet before? at February 04, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

=====

In a story that implies heavily that Starmer likes young adult men?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

And so close to Pride Month too.

Just the sum total of all the data dump of degeneracy we've seen of late. Which shows a lot of powerful people involved in sex trafficking one way or another. Starmer hiring rent boys - who are probably being pimped out by traffickers - is just a stinger note.

Posted by: Degenerates everywhere at February 04, 2026 04:08 PM (TbWk/)

106 96 snipped from ZH via Rantburg:
It is something darker: an elite that operates outside any recognizable moral limits and yet continues to govern. People directly or indirectly involved with this world continue to decide elections, wars, economic policies, and the fate of entire societies.

And the uncomfortable truth, impossible to ignore, is that all of this may still be part of an even deeper and more macabre plan by the Deep State — encompassing both Democrats and Republicans — to "resolve the Epstein issue" through a brutal campaign of collective desensitization, "normalizing" in public opinion the idea that the Western elite is composed of pedophiles, satanists, and cannibals.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (TN0g+)

+++++

My thinking, as well. It seems to be the only explanation.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (MriXJ)

107 I saw Pyromaniacal Rent Boys open for The Tubes at Winterland in '76

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (abCsW)

108 There is something 'wrong' about Starmer.

And i'm not just talking about his far-left fascist political totalitarianism or his constant relentless lying or his thinly veiled homosexuality or his blatant hated of England and democracy.

I mean, if you watch videos of him, it's plainly obvious that he has some sort of severe personality disorder and psycho-social malfunction. Sure, he literally shakes when he (constantly lies), but it's more than that. His eyes shift back and forth nervously and confusedly, like he's some alien creature in a skin-suit trying to decipher and figure out how humans function so he can imitate them on the fly, and pass as normal. He seems constantly overwhelmed, constantly befuddledg,pes constantly nervous. Some kind of autism or Asperger's-type disorder that doesn't have a label yet.

Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (se8lQ)

109 105 Just the sum total of all the data dump of degeneracy we've seen of late. Which shows a lot of powerful people involved in sex trafficking one way or another. Starmer hiring rent boys - who are probably being pimped out by traffickers - is just a stinger note.
Posted by: Degenerates everywhere at February 04, 2026 04:08 PM (TbWk/)

You don't get in on the degeneracy, you don't get to join the club.

After all, they need to make sure they have blackmail material to keep you compliant...

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (iXqHn)

110 Starmer is as hetero as fiercely hetero Corey Booker.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (NgqoH)

111 This sounds like such a conspiracy theory, like the one about the EU actively interfering with multiple elections.

Oh wait. Our congress just confirmed that they have actually done that.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (0U5gm)

112 >>I would say Prince Andrew but at the end of the day, he's going to live out the rest of his life in 15m dollar cottage with an annual allowance and a wait staff.

That may be true. Sarah Ferguson is a different matter, however. From recent reporting at Daily Mail over the last few days, I think we are getting ridiculously close to finding out Ferguson pimped out her young daughters to Epstein.

Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (Y1sOo)

113
I don't think there's an elite cabal recreating The 120 Days of Sodom.

But I would not be surprised if it came out that there's an elite cabal recreating The 120 Days of Sodom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:10 PM (tgvbd)

114 I expect Reform to make marginal gains only to have the EU threaten military action at this point.

With what exactly?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

The shuffling of candidates to hurt Reform game is played out. Tories are nowhere, presumably so will Labor and Greens and Lib Dems have only urban strength. That's why Starmer has been cancelling and delaying elections generally.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:10 PM (8avO+)

115 The pictures of the quite young Kier Starmer with Jimmy Savile

-----

That would explain a few things.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 04, 2026 04:10 PM (BI5O2)

116 >>I would say Prince Andrew but at the end of the day, he's going to live out the rest of his life in 15m dollar cottage with an annual allowance and a wait staff.

The guy can't sweat. I think he's suffered enough.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (ZcsJV)

117 Pyromaniacal Rent Boys open for The Tubes at Winterland in '76
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Their cover of "It's A Sin" in 1989 blew the house down at the Fag Bash in Provincetown

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (gKWVE)

118 113
I don't think there's an elite cabal recreating The 120 Days of Sodom.

But I would not be surprised if it came out that there's an elite cabal recreating The 120 Days of Sodom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:10 PM (tgvbd)

======

"Don't you people see that fascists are monsters?!"
-Pier Paolo Pasolini, long having abandoned anything like subtlety

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (GBKbO)

119 At least the dirty whores I played with were chicks.

Posted by: Zombie Max Mosley at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (sAmhv)

120 So, good news. I don't have AFIb.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

121 I'm more interested in (at the moment, I'm sick over the abuse!) the discussions of starting a "plague" and seeding social media with transsexual stuff. (in the Epstein emails)

it's unbelievable

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (emBoF)

122 Keir Starmer, who is so heterosexual that he ****s women so hard he gives them sexually-transmitted scoliosis.

--

LOL, how do you do this, Ace? I seriously don't know where you get your super human abilities to turn a phrase, but you are...gifted.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (qBdHI)

123 This sounds like such a conspiracy theory, like the one about the EU actively interfering with multiple elections.

Oh wait. Our congress just confirmed that they have actually done that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (0U5gm)

Not a real surprise. The EU only exists because they used to make nations redo elections over and over until they voted yes. Then suddenly the decision was permanent.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)

124 This sounds like such a conspiracy theory, like the one about the EU actively interfering with multiple elections.

Oh wait. Our congress just confirmed that they have actually done that.
------

"Our" side does a terrible job of connecting the dots--I've seen really well-written thesis that assert Maduro and Venezuela were consistently assisting US election theft as well. But even "our" media assets didn't bother digging in for that one.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (TN0g+)

125 120 So, good news. I don't have AFIb.

that's great news Bulg!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (emBoF)

126 117 Pyromaniacal Rent Boys open for The Tubes at Winterland in '76
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Their cover of "It's A Sin" in 1989 blew the house down at the Fag Bash in Provincetown
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (gKWVE)

Yes, but where does Frankie Goes to Hollywood fit in?

Posted by: tubal at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (pDt9x)

127
See how many Venn diagrams with Gay, Drunk, and English Actor you can make.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (Y8DZL)

128 you have to turn her over.

Turner brown!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (Kt19C)

129 120 So, good news. I don't have AFIb.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)

++++

Outstanding.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (MriXJ)

130 good news. I don't have AFIb.
Posted by: Bulg

well, no; you're not a Labour MP.
seriously congrats

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (gKWVE)

131 And the uncomfortable truth, impossible to ignore, is that all of this may still be part of an even deeper and more macabre plan by the Deep State — encompassing both Democrats and Republicans — to "resolve the Epstein issue" through a brutal campaign of collective desensitization, "normalizing" in public opinion the idea that the Western elite is composed of pedophiles, satanists, and cannibals.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (TN0g+)

It could also just be that closeted homos who also diddle kids are far more trustworthy for the cause. You don't really want to out them, but you can josh them around to whatever it is you want to get them to do.
I doubt Neil Goldschmidt, Portland mayor, Oregon Governor, Representative to Congress, and homosexual pedophile, was ever actually blackmailed into the things he did or laws he espoused, but I am sure his buddies made sure he didn't get outside of their orbit and made sure he had playmates supplied and covered up afterwards.

Goldschmidt died a free man, in his own bed, without jail time, from natural causes, unlike many of his victims.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (rbvCR)

132 "Sexually transmitted scoliosis."

That got me grinning, and then "Ghengis Kahn of Pooter" came in for the coup de grace.

I just had to stop and laugh for a while.

Thank you!

Posted by: barbarausa at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (enw9G)

133 Starmer is about as heterosexual as Cory Booker.

Posted by: Jay in PA at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (9mw3J)

134 The odd blue/white temple on pedo island was cleaned by the FBI quickly. Believe it was demolished ,no?

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (ehY6c)

135 I mean, if you watch videos of him, it's plainly obvious that he has some sort of severe personality disorder and psycho-social malfunction. Sure, he literally shakes when he (constantly lies), but it's more than that. His eyes shift back and forth nervously and confusedly, like he's some alien creature in a skin-suit trying to decipher and figure out how humans function so he can imitate them on the fly, and pass as normal. He seems constantly overwhelmed, constantly befuddledg,pes constantly nervous. Some kind of autism or Asperger's-type disorder that doesn't have a label yet.
Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (se8lQ)

Late stage leftism, especially when he's the only one standing when the music stops in the game of musical chairs.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (8avO+)

136 I expect Reform to make marginal gains only to have the EU threaten military action at this point.

With what exactly?
Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)

The shuffling of candidates to hurt Reform game is played out. Tories are nowhere, presumably so will Labor and Greens and Lib Dems have only urban strength. That's why Starmer has been cancelling and delaying elections generally.

My point was that the EU has no military assets with which to threaten military action.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:13 PM (Riz8t)

137 Pyromaniacal Rent Boys open for The Tubes at Winterland in '76
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Their cover of "It's A Sin" in 1989 blew the house down at the Fag Bash in Provincetown
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (gKWVE)

Yes, but where does Frankie Goes to Hollywood fit in?
-----

Relax!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)

138 126 Yes, but where does Frankie Goes to Hollywood fit in?
Posted by: tubal at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (pDt9x)

Ewwww.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (iXqHn)

139 Keir Starmer is a flaming homosexual! My gaydar was pinging the first time I met him.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (hi/jD)

140 Being names "Keir" sets you up to be flaming from the get go. He never had a chance

Posted by: brak at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (jGJov)

141 Is it common knowledge that Stephen Fry was part of a comedy duo with Hugh Laurie

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (KI8Ns)

142 He's been married for 20 years, making "coming out" now more difficult, including admitting that he was lying to everyone for decades.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Not if "Mrs." Starmer is really a man.

Posted by: Candace Owens at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (d2r2I)

143 I can report EXCLUSIVELY about video I have just received which shows the Rent Boys torching one of Starmer's vehicles. It's like they were playing some sick game or something!

This seems more on point.

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (jc0TO)

144 "I used to think Alex Jones was exaggerating when he said the world was being run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping child-molesting pedophiles. Used to."

One day you will see the light.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (vFG9F)

145 good news. I don't have AFIb.
Posted by: Bulg

Glad to hear that . So, do they have an idea about what's going on?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (PFs9e)

146 What would you get if you put Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?
Posted by: Northernlurker
......

Not enough lube.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)

147 I mean, if you watch videos of him, it's plainly obvious that he has some sort of severe personality disorder and psycho-social malfunction. Sure, he literally shakes when he (constantly lies), but it's more than that. His eyes shift back and forth nervously and confusedly, like he's some alien creature in a skin-suit trying to decipher and figure out how humans function so he can imitate them on the fly, and pass as normal. He seems constantly overwhelmed, constantly befuddledg,pes constantly nervous. Some kind of autism or Asperger's-type disorder that doesn't have a label yet.
Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (se8lQ)

Mark Zuckerberg's congressional appearance has entered the chat.

Posted by: A lizard-man from Planet Reptilia at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (TbWk/)

148
That may be true. Sarah Ferguson is a different matter, however. From recent reporting at Daily Mail over the last few days, I think we are getting ridiculously close to finding out Ferguson pimped out her young daughters to Epstein.
Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM

Sara sent Epstein an email about one of her daughters who was like 19 at the time that she was on a shagging weekend.
Who talks like that about their own daughter? Let alone to a convicted pedo? She's trash.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (nO8M5)

149 137 Pyromaniacal Rent Boys open for The Tubes at Winterland in '76
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Their cover of "It's A Sin" in 1989 blew the house down at the Fag Bash in Provincetown
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (gKWVE)

Yes, but where does Frankie Goes to Hollywood fit in?
-----

Relax!
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)

Absolutely the gayest video I have ever watched, and that includes Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson offerings.

Posted by: tubal at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (pDt9x)

150 Happy for you, Bulg.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (KI8Ns)

151 122 Keir Starmer, who is so heterosexual that he ****s women so hard he gives them sexually-transmitted scoliosis.

--

LOL, how do you do this, Ace? I seriously don't know where you get your super human abilities to turn a phrase, but you are...gifted.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (qBdHI)

+++++

Yes! He has unique talents.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (MriXJ)

152 Starmer has a type. The ones that have a penis.

Ukrainian men, Hallelujah!
Ukrainian men, Amen!

(that felt kinda gay writing that. now I'm gonna look for some boobs to look at to regain equilibrium)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 04:16 PM (Dv3i1)

153 I can imagine Fenelon girding up with a supersoaker of holy water for this thread

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:16 PM (gKWVE)

154 Also, none of the Royals sweat, it is an inherited trait like the tendency towards porphyria that Victoria passed on to her offspring

Posted by: Kindltot

Eh. It's a Reptoid thing.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 04, 2026 04:16 PM (OUMaO)

155 Being names "Keir" sets you up to be flaming from the get go. He never had a chance

Preach it, brother!

Posted by: The long and storied career of Keir Dullea at February 04, 2026 04:16 PM (Riz8t)

156 Being names "Keir" sets you up to be flaming from the get go. He never had a chance
Posted by: brak at February 04, 2026 04:14 PM (jGJov)
_______

"Fuck you!"

-- Udo Kier

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)

157 The only thing is, now I have no explanation for the spell I had last week.

I have a brain MRI scheduled for this coming Monday, so maybe that will explain something.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

158 >>but I didn't know the "depth" or "extent" of that continued friendship.

I believe it was "just the tip."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (abCsW)

159 155 Being names "Keir" sets you up to be flaming from the get go. He never had a chance

Groovy!

Posted by: Lady Miss Kier at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (emBoF)

160 He seems constantly overwhelmed, constantly befuddledg,pes constantly nervous. Some kind of autism or Asperger's-type disorder that doesn't have a label yet.
Posted by: zombie

I'd love to hear Trump's unplugged assessment of him. You know it'd be a hoot and most likely spot on.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (oiNtH)

161 Keir makes the game 'gay or British' even more difficult than usual.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (xcxpd)

162 156 "Fuck you!"

-- Udo Kier

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)

======

He died recently.

Should be Zombie Udo Kier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (GBKbO)

163 Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM

This accidental sockage - I don't know whether to feel complimented, flattered or turned on

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (KI8Ns)

164 Sexually transmitted scoliosis."

----

What? Why are you looking at me?

Posted by: Zombie Richard III at February 04, 2026 04:18 PM (FLx59)

165
"Our" side does a terrible job of connecting the dots--I've seen really well-written thesis that assert Maduro and Venezuela were consistently assisting US election theft as well. But even "our" media assets didn't bother digging in for that one.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:12 PM (TN0g+)

"Our" media was 100% in favor of it.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:18 PM (rbvCR)

166 146 What would you get if you put Keir Starmer, Justin Trudeau and Don Lemon in a room with a tube of lube?
Posted by: Northernlurker
......

Not enough lube.
Posted by: wth at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)

An indictment?

Posted by: Poof Diddler at February 04, 2026 04:18 PM (z5QST)

167 157 The only thing is, now I have no explanation for the spell I had last week.

I have a brain MRI scheduled for this coming Monday, so maybe that will explain something.

blood pressure is ok I guess?

are you taking statins or anything that might affect your BP? my brother started having spells when he went on Lipitor

Posted by: Lady Miss Kier at February 04, 2026 04:18 PM (emBoF)

168 lol oops!

go go boots OFF

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (emBoF)

169 🚨 The Supreme Court has DECLINED to block California's Proposition 50 congressional map pending appeal.

No justice noted a dissent.

https://tinyurl.com/33c4dz5s

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (Riz8t)

170 Two Muslim guys talking. Achmed, I can't get my wife pregnant.

Achmed replies, you have to turn her over.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 04:07 PM (0KSrI)

Heh. *golfclap*

Alternate:

Man 1: I think that guys gay.

Man 2: How do you know?

Man 1: his dick tastes like shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (zZu0s)

171 If we are talking how-did-they-get-this-on-MTV gay vids, honorable mention has to go to "Chains Of Love".
Although George Michael shaking his butt in "Monkey" was, uh. How did his then-20yearold lady fans not figure him out.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (gKWVE)

172 So, do they have an idea about what's going on?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I guess not, and that's a little worrisome. But maybe the brain MRI on Monday will give us a lead.

Where's Gregory House, MD, when you need him?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

173 Posted by: CaliGirl

Obviously, Ferguson was infatuated with him. Said she wanted him to marry her. She flew with both daughters to the US -- Miami, I think -- to meet with him. It's all in the emails.

Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (Y1sOo)

174 Stuttering Starmer seems a bit jittery. Parliament seems to be raging (for Brits). I fully expected the pounding of walking sticks and louder tsk tsking!

In reality I want him GONE. I want the victims of Rotherham and others raped and families wanting answers rewarded, finally, with justice. The dirty police in prison who helped the barbarians. I think I first shrieked about this in 2014.

I could not last a cocktail hour with Mark Steyn without the EMT's called. I would have to wear one of those stylish type Depends for our drinks. His twist in words goes beyond making me choke laugh, which is alarming to people who don't know me. This is peak laughing for me.

In Edinburgh, I once brought the packed St. Giles' Cathedral to a halt, during a sermon. I had a TB sounding coughing jag, was searching for a cough drop in my purse behind our son on the pew, and then my husband asked if I was harfing into my purse. I made a lot of unspeakable noises while trying to suppress laughter. The acoustics are awesome! What made it more perfect is they were voting on gheys to be permitted in the pulpit!!! Yehaw! I think God approved of my disruption!

I adore Mark Steyn. And you, too, Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (WONhk)

175 blood pressure is ok I guess?

are you taking statins or anything that might affect your BP? my brother started having spells when he went on Lipitor
Posted by: Lady Miss Kier at February 04, 2026 04:18 PM (emBoF)

AFib's in the heart

Posted by: Dee-liteful at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (TbWk/)

176 I think that one can safely conclude, based on the incompetence and venality of politicians all over the west, that they are selected for malleability rather than intelligence or skill.

If a cabal using people like Epstein to corral and control politicians did not exist, it would have to be created.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (0U5gm)

177 @157 it might show nothing (you put it on a tee)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (BWnHZ)

178 Apparently there are no pictures of Starmer's kids. He supposedly has two - a son and a daughter. But no names and no pictures. Ok, so maybe he's super private about them. But why would he then say, when asked about their ages, that one son was 15 and the other son was 13. Keir, you said you had a son and daughter, not two sons. Is one trans or are you getting your lies mixed up?

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (0bjKf)

179 Obviously, Ferguson was infatuated with him. Said she wanted him to marry her. She flew with both daughters to the US -- Miami, I think -- to meet with him. It's all in the emails.

holy sheep that girl had to be DESPERATE for the D

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (emBoF)

180 go go boots OFF
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Too bad. I love go-go boots.

On chicks, that is.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

181 172 So, do they have an idea about what's going on?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I guess not, and that's a little worrisome. But maybe the brain MRI on Monday will give us a lead.

Where's Gregory House, MD, when you need him?
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

Whatever you do don't go to WEBMD.... You'll think you have some exotic disease..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (ntLrX)

182 159 155 Being names "Keir" sets you up to be flaming from the get go. He never had a chance

Groovy!
Posted by: Lady Miss Kier at February 04, 2026 04:17 PM (emBoF)

Shouldn't that be De-Groovy?

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (nO8M5)

183 From the RI Red link on the sidebar: "any attempt to engage is met with an outright refusal to even consider facts that might threaten their Weltanschauung."

This is common on both left and right these days. Since debate only very rarely persuades, I guess it doesn't matter much.

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (N8ZBc)

184 We have our own Miss Lindsey who still stays hidden. Old school convention, I suppose.
Posted by: washrivergal

Many people here say they liked "them" better when "they" stayed in the closet.
I actually give Lindsey credit for not making his sexual preference worthy of political discussion.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (F3Dlr)

185 How did his then-20yearold lady fans not figure him out.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (gKWVE)

The Bonnie Tyler videos. Fucking hell. They have to be mentioned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (zZu0s)

186 Fucking Brits. I always knew they were degenerates just like those Canadians.

They try to play dumb, but the Russians, Chinese and Israelis have it all on video.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (TOSLe)

187 No moral values in Marxists

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (Ia/+0)

188 Obviously, Ferguson was infatuated with him. Said she wanted him to marry her. She flew with both daughters to the US -- Miami, I think -- to meet with him. It's all in the emails.
Posted by: ellipses' taint

Ghislaine loved that scamp Jeffery too, and wanted his children. I mean: yeah, you two are married, of course, that's what it's for.
But... WHY STAY MARRIED TO A CREEP. And you knew he was a creep.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (gKWVE)

189 Where's Gregory House, MD, when you need him?
Posted by: Bulg

Guy's a quack.

Posted by: Doogie Howser, M.D. at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM (UjdFS)

190 The Bonnie Tyler videos. Fucking hell. They have to be mentioned.
------

"I Need a Hero" may be the most awesomely terrible video from the entire MTV era.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

191 Last year when the first 4 were arrested Dan on the Lotus eaters did a hilarious deadpan segment full of double entendres. I highly recommend .

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM (YwEeS)

192 But where will I get my teal polo shirts?

@unusual_whales 3h
Eddie Bauer is reportedly preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and will close all its stores, per FOX

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM (diia5)

193 Always figured that every man in the British Foreign Office wanted to be buggered by Omar Sharif in a desert tent

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (BWnHZ)

194 are you taking statins or anything that might affect your BP? my brother started having spells when he went on Lipitor
Posted by: Lady Miss Kier at February 04, 2026 04:18 PM (emBoF)

I take Valsartin as needed (if the top number of my morning BP reading is 150 or higher). Don't know if that's a statin or not.

Both BP and blood glucose have been high lately.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

195 A-fib and smoking weed may be related not that I would know any thing 'bout that.

Posted by: kingsman at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (ehY6c)

196 190 "I Need a Hero" may be the most awesomely terrible video from the entire MTV era.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

It took me a while to realize that every Jim Steinman song sounds the same, no matter who the singer is.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (iXqHn)

197 I hope some moron took care to mention downstairs that the assassin who tried to kill Donald Trump did kill Corey Comperatore z"l.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

198 "the Pyromaniacal Rent Boys seemed to be very well-informed about Starmer's holdings"
I'll bet they were REALLY familiar with his "holding"

Posted by: Dastardly Dan at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (lm1cG)

199 I adore Mark Steyn. And you, too, Ace.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (WONhk)

I've been remiss in not mentioning this before, but I really do love your posts. You have a magical way with words and you always make me smile!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (XPM1I)

200 61 I used to think Alex Jones was exaggerating when he said the world was being run by a cabal of Satan-worshiping child-molesting pedophiles. Used to.
Posted by: Excuse me, have we Baphomet before?

Yeah. Same.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (zYpTz)

201 Where's Gregory House, MD, when you need him?

I think it's actually lupus.

Posted by: Dr. House at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (/JT24)

202 192 Eddie Bauer is reportedly preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and will close all its stores, per FOX
==

Another scalp for private equity.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (0bjKf)

203 Great Maker.

"...****s women so hard he gives them sexually-transmitted scoliosis".

I hit the tip jar for that one.

Posted by: RaketeWaschbaer at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (oSV0T)

204 193 Always figured that every man in the British Foreign Office wanted to be buggered by Omar Sharif in a desert tent
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Quite.

Posted by: British Foreign Office at February 04, 2026 04:24 PM (Dv3i1)

205 If a cabal using people like Epstein to corral and control politicians did not exist, it would have to be created.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 04:20 PM (0U5gm)

Epstein was a money launderer and fixer from when he was hired on at Bear Stearns until he was jailed for the last time. He worked for the CIA and in extension for anyone the CIA wanted funded. The girls were part of the extended salon/yacht party scene that got investors and possibly reluctant players to join in on whatever op was needed to go

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)

206 190 The Bonnie Tyler videos. Fucking hell. They have to be mentioned.
------

"I Need a Hero" may be the most awesomely terrible video from the entire MTV era.
Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM

I don't remember the I Need a Hero video but I thought Total Eclipse of the Heart was really weird.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:25 PM (nO8M5)

207 >"I Need a Hero" may be the most awesomely terrible video from the entire MTV era.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

Ahem

https://youtu.be/tcFSheSaht0?si=rg3qeqrAK4FBZpNO

Posted by: Donny Squire at February 04, 2026 04:25 PM (NgqoH)

208 Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)

Yes, it must be worrisome to have these various tests and no conclusive diagnosis or treatment .

Will keep you in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:25 PM (PFs9e)

209 Iirc shortly after this there was CCTV footage of Starmer making out with a guy released.

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:25 PM (YwEeS)

210 Absolutely the gayest video I have ever watched, and that includes Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson offerings.
Posted by: tubal
________

How about that Billy Squire video?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 04:26 PM (XvL8K)

211 I hope some moron took care to mention downstairs that the assassin who tried to kill Donald Trump did kill Corey Comperatore z"l.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

That assassin was dead on the scene. The golf course guy didn't hit anyone.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:26 PM (8avO+)

212 *looks around*

Is ace dying? All the chick's are saying how much they love him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

213 Excellent news, Bulg!

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 04:26 PM (qBdHI)

214 Turns out Gates was the one hanging out with Russian hookers. I wonder if they pissed on him.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (vFG9F)

215 the gayest video ever was Dancin in the Streets

the no-audio version was a bit less gay

maybe

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (emBoF)

216 >>>Although George Michael shaking his butt in "Monkey" was, uh. How did his then-20yearold lady fans not figure him out.

jitterbug

jitterbug

you put your ballsack into my mouth.....

Posted by: WHAM! at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (jGJov)

217 Yes, it must be worrisome to have these various tests and no conclusive diagnosis or treatment .

Will keep you in prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thank you, Fen.

At least the vomiting has stopped. For now.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)

218 I can't believe you're attacking Starmer over his stutter.

Posted by: Sid Filus at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (yFLFB)

219
Fucking Brits. I always knew they were degenerates just like those Canadians.

"Yo!" - The Germans

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (tgvbd)

220 206 I don't remember the I Need a Hero video but I thought Total Eclipse of the Heart was really weird.
Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:25 PM (nO8M5)

And then there was "Ravishing", which doubled as Hulk Hogan's theme in the early 80s, pre-"Real American".

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (iXqHn)

221 Obviously, Ferguson was infatuated with him. Said she wanted him to marry her. She flew with both daughters to the US -- Miami, I think -- to meet with him. It's all in the emails.
Posted by: ellipses' taint

She was desperate for a very wealthy meal ticket. She had enough to keep her going with a stipend and a place to live through the Royal family for life but that is not where she wanted to be. She wanted to be flying high and living on multiple continents with whatever she wanted. She was too long in the tooth so if it had to be through one of her daughters, so be it. With that failing and the imprisonment and death of Epstein, she is now without her royal digs and has to rely on her daughters for a place to live. She has written some children's books in the past so she might have some money from that but no publisher will go near her now. A tragedy of her own making along with creepy Andrew.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (oiNtH)

222 Fen, how is your son doing?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)

223 Now Bill Gates does look like a guy with hat would want Russian hookers to piss on him...

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (YwEeS)

224 Eddie Bauer is reportedly preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and will close all its stores, per FOX

--

Their quality has gone down so much in the past 30 years. And as I recall, they were all aboard the BLM Train. Bye.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (qBdHI)

225 the gayest video ever was Dancin in the Streets

the no-audio version was a bit less gay

maybe
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:27 PM (emBoF)

Yeah, that one is bad.

Total Eclipse of the Heart it is the gay mimes that kind of sets it apart.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

226 Old and Busted: Why do you wingnuts think there is a gay conspiracy to molest kids and take away your rights

New Hotness: It is a complete coincidence that the British PM enforcing speech restrictions and jailing dissidents has a bunch of young male prostitutions attacking him

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (sKqQm)

227 I hope some moron took care to mention downstairs that the assassin who tried to kill Donald Trump did kill Corey Comperatore z"l.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

What, Routh was at Butler, too? Jesus.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (rbvCR)

228 Fukkin autocorrect

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (YwEeS)

229 Not that England is a fag country or anything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 04:28 PM (J+Psw)

230

hobbitopoly,

Yep, ChristyBlinky has a way with words.

She is an awesome commentator here.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (3ek7K)

231 I think Sarah Ferguson may have been abused by her father. One of his nicknames for her was "Ginger Bush." What non-pedo father would use such a nickname for his daughter?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)

232
Many people here say they liked "them" better when "they" stayed in the closet.
I actually give Lindsey credit for not making his sexual preference worthy of political discussion.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 04:21 PM (F3Dlr)

++++

Oh I prefer that they stay in the closet. I am so tired of hearing about these sick twists and the details of their abhorrent sex lives. The only time I think they should come clean is if they are also married and the spouse is left unaware of what is going on.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (MriXJ)

233 Where's Gregory House, MD, when you need him?
Posted by: Bulg

Doing the second season of "The Night Manager".

Yes. It's totally gay.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (Y8DZL)

234 215 the gayest video ever was Dancin in the Streets
___

A lot of competition for that prize.

One of the worst overall (not necessarily gay) videos was Scandal (Patty Smyth) "The Warrior"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (Dv3i1)

235 The UK government powers have a hardon against Russia or a hardon for Ukraine for some reason . I thought it was against Russia but these rent boys have me thinking now.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (cwGMH)

236 What mother would name their child "Keir?" Only a mother that hated her child and men in general. No wonder that asshole turned out to be a flaming homosexual.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (XMwZJ)

237 Why did these obvious homosexuals, claimed to be "rent boys" in the British media (that is, gay prostitutes), have some kind of beef against Fiercely Heterosexual Keir Starmer?

--------------

Bawny Fwank hardest hit ...

/I would've phrased it as "have some kind of beef with" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (RoUkY)

238 I think Sarah Ferguson may have been abused by her father. One of his nicknames for her was "Ginger Bush." What non-pedo father would use such a nickname for his daughter?
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)

Someone who had a background in Africa and India? Where Ginger bush grows?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (rbvCR)

239 What in G-d's name did Starmer do to engender the wrath of these moral degenerates?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I'm going with the "He paid them to torch his stuff to make himself look attacked" angle

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (a+4eV)

240 I like Irish names such as Kier or Ciaran ( as in the Irish actor Ciaran Hinds ) or for a girl Kiera. I do not like Kier Starmer, but I think Ciaran Hinds is quite a good actor and was quite good looking in his prime and he doesn't appear to be gay. He's been married for quite some time to a woman and they have a child.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (PFs9e)

241 Doing the second season of "The Night Manager".

Yes. It's totally gay.
Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (Y8DZL)

Yeah, hesitated before watching that one. Need to watch Landman. Sees to be one of the few shows that is not about some mobbed up fuckwits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)

242 236 Keir Dullea sobs

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (YwEeS)

243 Eddie Bauer is reportedly preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and will close all its stores, per FOX

--

Their quality has gone down so much in the past 30 years. And as I recall, they were all aboard the BLM Train. Bye.

Others in that category include Land's End and LL Bean, which AFAIK, are doing okay now. I wonder why EB is different.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (Riz8t)

244 That assassin was dead on the scene. The golf course guy didn't hit anyone.
Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:26 PM (8avO+)
====
Thanks for the correction

I get confused with all the shootings and assassinations

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (RIvkX)

245 Billy Squire's career implosion after the vid is one of the strangest implosions ever. Guy has some pretty good tunes and then splat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:31 PM (BWnHZ)

246 Three weeks here, and the new tenants next door still haven't figured out the concept of 'municipal waste collection.' From the volume and nature of their trash, I figure there must be six families living in two units, but I never see them.

I was happy to see the place rehabbed after three years empty, but tenants are universally awful slobs. Mixed blessings.

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 04:32 PM (N8ZBc)

247 .
Although George Michael shaking his butt in "Monkey" was, uh. How did his then-20yearold lady fans not figure him out.
Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 04:19 PM (gKWVE)

Stop it, I was very young and I thought he was English.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:32 PM (nO8M5)

248 245 Splat indeed...

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:32 PM (YwEeS)

249 but Tree Hugging Sister says that the Pyromaniacal Rent Boys seemed to be very well-informed about Starmer's holdings:

-------------

I'll bet they were quite intimate with Starmer's holdings.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (RoUkY)

250 The UK was a better country when they locked up all these degenerates. Even when they were instrumental in winning WWII (e.g., Alan Turing).

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (XMwZJ)

251 British is the most toxic European nation.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (wBaIH)

252 The UK government powers have a hardon against Russia or a hardon for Ukraine for some reason . I thought it was against Russia but these rent boys have me thinking now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (cwGMH)

More against Russia than for Ukraine. Their obsession with the Crimean bridge and sinking ships shows a fixation on the Crimean war in the 1850s. None of which was of much use in the actual war going on the region.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (8avO+)

253 247 My sister also insisted George Michael was straight... and Ellen Degeneres.

Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (YwEeS)

254 Pyromaniacal Rent Boys would be a good name for a Rush cover band.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (jc0TO)

255 I finally watched 11-22-1963 or whatever - I guess they put it on Netflix?

it was really good!

finally got to see Nick Searcy act! and remember that the poor cancelled guy in the lead was a good actor.

I still don't get why he was cancelled

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (emBoF)

256
One of the worst overall (not necessarily gay) videos was Scandal (Patty Smyth) "The Warrior"
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (Dv3i1)

That one is a really stupid video and the song is so good too, sad.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (nO8M5)

257 There was a time when we didnt assume everyone was a pedophile.

Remember raggedy ann? Or... strawberry shortcake. The image of a freckled red headed girl with bushy hair was pretty ubiquitous. A lot of the could be mistaken for a bush. A red or ginger one perhaps. It doesn't mean he has to have been fucking her.

Fuck, I hate being this jaded and cynical.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (zZu0s)

258 Aside: Black women who speak with an English accent are so hot.

anyway

Jeffery Epstein was a Five Eyes asset.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (TlCKo)

259 Poofter-on-poofter violence.

Meh.

Posted by: Some Leftwing Judge, Probably at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (5aZAZ)

260 250 The UK was a better country when they locked up all these degenerates. Even when they were instrumental in winning WWII (e.g., Alan Turing).
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (XMwZJ)

Don't worry. Britain will be a Muslim nation soon, and then they will all be executed.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (iXqHn)

261 197 I hope some moron took care to mention downstairs that the assassin who tried to kill Donald Trump did kill Corey Comperatore z"l.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

======

Wrong guy. This is the parked outside the country club in FL guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

262 Bulg...what was your "spell" you speak of?

I've passed out cold twice due to dehydration, insomnia and stress (this was all anyone could figure out, thankfully).

The last was in early November in Mass, which was a grand exit I did not want. However, I am fairly sure I did not flash anyone as I was wearing a pleated maxi skirt when I was flung into the wheelchair. Very mortified but I finally was laughing about it the next day (my husband and son were laughing about it later that day when I seemed ok). Had tests and stress was the answer. Again.

The other time it was just my husband to witness and scare himself. He thought I was faking, which says a lot about our marriage (I was sitting on the stairs). I was dehydrated, first day up from bedrest after surgery. MRI of brain, etc all normal.

At least neither time I have fallen and bonked my head, so there's that!

You've had stress lately, if I remember?

It can do some bad stuff to you. I've had documented irregular heartbeat, put through the world of cardiac tests in 2005, and stress was the answer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (WONhk)

263 Others in that category include Land's End and LL Bean, which AFAIK, are doing okay now. I wonder why EB is different.

Eddie Bauer stuff is just junky

LL Bean is still good quality, so is land's end, mostly. plus land's end is for old ladies we don't have much that caters to us lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (emBoF)

264 The UK government powers have a hardon against Russia or a hardon for Ukraine for some reason . I thought it was against Russia but these rent boys have me thinking now.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:30 PM (cwGMH)

The destruction of Russia and securing India and Arabia has been a very long British tradition. Since WWII, subverting Russia and taking over all the assets has been a long plan. This came to fruition after the fall of the USSR, and the oligarchs selling off their assets for ready western cash, and it was stopped only by Putin putting his foot down on a number of grasping hands and not a few heads.

I recently heard an analysis of "facts on the ground" (which is actually stuff found in newspapers in the International pages for the last 20 years) that the whole Global Warming by CO2 may have gotten a push to restrict the use of fossil fuels and kneecap the Russian Federation and the threat their economy and nationalism posed by reducing the market for their hydrocarbons

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (rbvCR)

265 @240 Ciaran Hinds played Dumbledore's brother in the last Harry Potter movie. Didn't recognize him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (BWnHZ)

266 "Who knows why these gay men are torching Keir Starmer's properties?"

[Every sixth grader in class raises hand.]

Posted by: Tomorrow's Furniture Today at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (qUkBO)

267 What mother would name their child "Keir?"

It can be a shortened version of Keiran, a popular unisex Irish name.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (F3Dlr)

268 Even if you saw an upper-class Brit having heterosexual relations, it is still not proof they are not a fag.

They're all dick-smoking homos.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (FQQCN)

269 120 So, good news. I don't have AFIb.
Posted by: Bulg

Good news! That mean they took the Monitor Lizard off your chest?

Posted by: Marlin Perkins at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (oftw2)

270 There's not one single European leader of anything who you can't convince me is a rump ranger, at least part-time. Also Canada, of course.

Posted by: Some Leftwing Judge, Probably at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (5aZAZ)

271 Gayest movie scene ever is Rocky and Apollo hugging and dancing on the beach.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)

272 253 247 My sister also insisted George Michael was straight... and Ellen Degeneres.
Posted by: steevy at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM

I didn't pick up on George Michael, Freddie Mercury or Elton John and with hindsight boy I had zero gaydar.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (nO8M5)

273 There was a time when we didnt assume everyone was a pedophile.

Remember raggedy ann? Or... strawberry shortcake. The image of a freckled red headed girl with bushy hair was pretty ubiquitous. A lot of the could be mistaken for a bush. A red or ginger one perhaps. It doesn't mean he has to have been fucking her.

Fuck, I hate being this jaded and cynical.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (zZu0s)

You usually would call that hair "curly" and not 'bushy'

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (8avO+)

274 So, all the Hordelings in the DC area will recognize the name Michael Saylor, the founder and CEO of Microstrategy.

My wife saw a story somewhere about Saylor visiting Epstein Island with some hot trophy girlfriend. He was a complete autistic bore, and the only thing that he would talk about was a new yacht that he had bought, on which he was going to sail to Cannes.

He was such a social dud that he was never invited back.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

275 265 @240 Ciaran Hinds played Dumbledore's brother in the last Harry Potter movie. Didn't recognize him

he was in The Terror correct?

great actor

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (emBoF)

276 Fuck, I hate being this jaded and cynical.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

When you stare into the world, the world also stares into you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (J+Psw)

277 Wrong guy. This is the parked outside the country club in FL guy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

And the taped together sks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

278

Im guessing Momdummi has had his butt buggered by many hundreds of black gay prostitutues.

He ssssertainly sssseems a little odd and has a flair for the dramatic.

Posted by: E Buzz at February 04, 2026 04:37 PM (z2hJm)

279 he was in The Terror correct?

great actor
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (emBoF)

Also played Julius Caesar in Rome. Like the guy a lot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

280 @246 -- The house across the back alley from me was leased out last year to what appeared to be some section-8 asswipes. The house had just been refurb'ed before they moved in. Within a year, the place was a complete dump and nearly had to be torn down. Not to mention the constant late-night cultural enrichment that I enjoyed. They're gone now, and after another round of refurb, a new tenant is in there--thankfully, seems to be somewhat civilized.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 04, 2026 04:37 PM (XMwZJ)

281 Look at the teeth on Katie Badenoch. I don't know if I'm supposed to smile, or kick a field goal.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (wBaIH)

282 I don't remember the I Need a Hero video but I thought Total Eclipse of the Heart was really weird.
------

The lyrics to that song never made much sense, until I read that the song was part of a Vampire-themed musical. And it was written by the master of overwrought "epic" song, Jim Steinman.

The lyrics are still nonsense, but at least I understand the context.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (9CBNQ)

283 I didn't pick up on George Michael, Freddie Mercury or Elton John and with hindsight boy I had zero gaydar.
Posted by: CaliGirl

To be fair, back then event the straight musicians dressed gay.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (a+4eV)

284 Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:33 PM (8avO+)

They act like children with their hatred. Initially barring Russian tennis players from Wimbledon and starting the policy of not acknowledging their country of origin when they were finally allowed back in.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (cwGMH)

285 >>Gayest movie scene ever is Rocky and Apollo hugging and dancing on the beach

Top Gun volleyball scene enters the chat

Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (Y1sOo)

286 279 he was in The Terror correct?

great actor
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 04:36 PM (emBoF)

Also played Julius Caesar in Rome. Like the guy a lot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

=====

Best friends with Liam Neeson.

Both were in Excalibur.

When Neeson first saw Helen Mirren, he was on set with Hinds.

"Fuuuuuuck..." says Neeson.

He and Mirren ended up banging for a few years after that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

287
Whatever his faults, at least our guy hits the first-class trim.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (tgvbd)

288 29 chaps
assless of course
--

False representation

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:39 PM (TlCKo)

289 "a new tenant is in there--thankfully, seems to be somewhat civilized."

I gave up on landlording. Never met a 'civilized' tenant in 37 years.

Posted by: gp at February 04, 2026 04:39 PM (N8ZBc)

290

Why would parents name their child Bulg?

Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:39 PM (3ek7K)

291 I knew immediately George Michael was gay. Only gay men dance with their hands above their shoulders.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:39 PM (cwGMH)

292 I saw Sexually-Transmitted Scoliosis open for Spinal Tap and Twisted Sister at the Elbow Country Club in '98.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 04:39 PM (RoUkY)

293 Off ...'s taint

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 04:40 PM (Y1sOo)

294 I recently heard an analysis of "facts on the ground" (which is actually stuff found in newspapers in the International pages for the last 20 years) that the whole Global Warming by CO2 may have gotten a push to restrict the use of fossil fuels and kneecap the Russian Federation and the threat their economy and nationalism posed by reducing the market for their hydrocarbons
Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:35 PM (rbvCR)

Typical EU elite to not notice the one place most dependent on cheap Russian oil and gas was....the EU and UK.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:40 PM (8avO+)

295 By purposefully opening the floodgates to Muslim immigration to ensure Labour voting dominance, Tony Blair has done what Hitler failed to do: destroy Britain.

Starmer with an assist.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 04, 2026 04:41 PM (dtajH)

296
285 >>Gayest movie scene ever is Rocky and Apollo hugging and dancing on the beach

Top Gun volleyball scene enters the chat
Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (Y1sOo)

The Christmas party in Stalag 17 ruined an otherwise great movie.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:41 PM (cwGMH)

297 PM Stammer is a poofer? Excellent. Is there a chance that Walz and Stammer could be picking out butt plugs and 12 places settings down the road. Bold prediction for Stammer: failed marriage counseling and a very long gay pride season.

Posted by: Antifa at February 04, 2026 04:41 PM (8ZVmQ)

298 What's the under/over on # of dead homeless this weekend in NYC. It will be -7° Sat night here ,90m North of the city. After the last storm the #was17.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:41 PM (BWnHZ)

299 291 I knew immediately George Michael was gay. Only gay men dance with their hands above their shoulders.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:39 PM (cwGMH)
----
Seriously, THAT's what gave it away?!

LOL

Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 04:42 PM (5aZAZ)

300 I didn't pick up on George Michael, Freddie Mercury or Elton John and with hindsight boy I had zero gaydar.
Posted by: CaliGirl
________

That reminds me, I'll also nominate that Elton John beach video for gayest.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 04, 2026 04:42 PM (XvL8K)

301 Starmer Gaydar reading: DEFINITELY GAY.

Starmer Magic 8 Ball reading: GAY WITHOUT A DOUBT.

Posted by: Sex, Lies, and Vindictive Arson at February 04, 2026 04:42 PM (qUkBO)

302 Ciaran Hinds has a great voice and was very manly sexy in the movie of "Persuasion" by Jane Austen. I remember reading that a remake of that of several years ago which had an oriental fellow in the role of Captain Wentworth. Nope, this is England of the late early 1800's. There was not some oriental guy in HRM royal navy. Then again, there was some remake of Pride and Prejudice a few years where the daughters wete of different ethnic groups. I happily avoided that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:42 PM (PFs9e)

303 Look at the teeth on Katie Badenoch. I don't know if I'm supposed to smile, or kick a field goal.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 04, 2026 04:38 PM (wBaIH)

Just for reference her first name is Kemi. I always pronounce her last name as 'Bad Enough'

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:43 PM (8avO+)

304 Wow, no idea about Starmer being gay.
Yiiiiiikes

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:43 PM (Hkcdp)

305 Sexually-Transmitted Scoliosis gave me a much-needed laugh after a busy as crap day at work. lol, appreciated

Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (5aZAZ)

306 Caligirl,

Try this version for laughs.

Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (2swu2)

307 Top Gun volleyball scene enters the chat
Posted by: ellipses' taint

I. Do. Not. Care. Fly me boys.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (oiNtH)

308 Bulg...what was your "spell" you speak of?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Last Friday morning, I was lying in bed, and my heart began racing like it was Secretariat. I needed to go downstairs and get some water and use the bathroom, but when I stood up, my legs couldn't support my weight, and gave way beneath me. So I sat down on the bed. After a bit, I got up again, but the legs still didn't work, and I had to sit down on the bed again. Keep in mind, I used to be a runner, and that the strongest muscles in my body have always been in my legs. Finally, I made it downstairs, gripping the stair railing the whole time, and to the living-room couch. Took awhile for the heart to calm down, and for the legs to be weight-bearing again.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

309 Police complicit in the Muslim rape cases?

Anyone read the account of the 15 year old girl who was loaded up with alcohol and then raped by no less that six Muslim men. The police were called by someone.

Result: 15 year old girl cited for underage drinking. No one else charged with anything.

Police complicit?

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)

310 Weren't Freddy The Fag Mercury and Billy The Fag Squier best friends?

Posted by: Gay at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (hi/jD)

311 Re Liberace

Women LOVED him.

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (zZu0s)

312 302 -Sorry. Meant England in the early 1800s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (PFs9e)

313 Calling an album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" was a tell.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (dtajH)

314 There was not some oriental guy in HRM royal navy. Then again, there was some remake of Pride and Prejudice a few years where the daughters wete of different ethnic groups. I happily avoided that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:42 PM (PFs9e)

I stopped looking for versions with the 1980 one myself. Interesting that Pride, Prejudice and Vampires did less violence to the canon than some of these shows.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (8avO+)

315 Fen, that was the best version of Persuasion - the one with Ciaran Hinds.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (Hkcdp)

316 Re Liberace

Women LOVED him.

Lol.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM

He was just flamboyant.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (jc0TO)

317 Minnesota children's hospital says they will no longer give puberty blockers and hormones to minors due to "legal" concerns

-
Well, I knew it wasn't due to their moral values.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (J+Psw)

318
Good afternoon, all. What sickening news today.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (JrWaT)

319 'Gayer than a Jim Steinman concept album'

That just filtered to the top of my brain. Who said that? Dennis Miller? Family Guy? Dammit, gonna bug me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

320 Rump pole of the Bailey.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 04, 2026 04:46 PM (Cqx++)

321 >>>I didn't pick up on George Michael, Freddie Mercury or Elton John and with hindsight boy I had zero gaydar.
Posted by: CaliGirl
---

Probably because you live in the land of... not too many heteros.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:46 PM (TlCKo)

322 Police complicit?
Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)

Probably, or paralyzed by political correctness.

Remember, indifference across class lines is far stronger in the UK than in the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:46 PM (8avO+)

323 There were so many bikini beach scenes the 80’s films — Top Gun one fits in its era. Not gay.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:46 PM (Hkcdp)

324 Literal Video Versions are hit and miss funny but a good timewaster for eighties and nineties music videos.

Anything for Love by Meatloaf Literal Video Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdKz3_tcW1E

Posted by: whig at February 04, 2026 04:46 PM (2swu2)

325
The decline of Britain is illustrated by they're having to import homosexualists from Ukraine because they no longer produce enough.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (tgvbd)

326 Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (Hkcdp)

Yep; I still have it here on a DVD and play it so often as a treat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (PFs9e)

327 It can be a shortened version of Keiran, a popular unisex Irish name.
___

What do you call a group of Keirans?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (Dv3i1)

328 Also, Christy, I had a similar incident in August 2025.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

329 Good afternoon, all. What sickening news today.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (JrWaT)

What did I miss?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (cwGMH)

330 Try this version for laughs.

Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk
Posted by: whig at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (2swu2)

OMG that's funny and the video is still weird and every music video I watch now I think they were on a lot of cocaine and thought it sounded like a great idea.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (nO8M5)

331 -
Well, I knew it wasn't due to their moral values.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 04:45 PM (J+Psw)

+++++

LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (MriXJ)

332 George Michael in Wake me Up video is so gay.
Surprised the other Wham dude married a woman, one from Bananarama, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (Hkcdp)

333
Orson,

That is so disgusting. I've read several accounts about the Muslims being protected by the police.

I wonder how many police are Muslim. I bet the number is high.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (3ek7K)

334 Last time I saw a vid of Elton he looked about ready to go face first into his pudding

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (BWnHZ)

335 Also, Christy, I had a similar incident in August 2025.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)
=====

Does it burn when you pee?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (RIvkX)

336 Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:44

Ugh. That happened to me a few years ago at work. Luckily I work at a hospital and a co-worker helped me get to the ER. It was my BP 200/140 which people stroke out at and die. They gave me meds and I stayed there a long time until they were sure that I could go home and rest. Scary stuff. Is that what you are dealing with - BP? My legs felt like jelly and I could barely walk. I changed my diet, quit smoking, drinking, etc. and never had to go on BP meds.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (oiNtH)

337 It's no coincidence that when you have that many homosexuals surrounding you that you aren't huffing cock.

I have a few gay friends, but they're not trying to burn my shit down.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 04:50 PM (TOSLe)

338 I wonder how many police are Muslim. I bet the number is high.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:48 PM (3ek7K)
===

And the Mayor, Councillor, MP, Solicitor, and Prosecutor.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:50 PM (RIvkX)

339 Hegseth moving infantry to the Middle East. USS George HW Bush enroute. Second drone shot down.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 04:50 PM (0KSrI)

340 Does it burn when you pee?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Nope.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

341
San Franpsycho,

Yep

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (3ek7K)

342 ast Friday morning, I was lying in bed, and my heart began racing like it was Secretariat. I needed to go downstairs and get some water and use the bathroom, but when I stood up, my legs couldn't support my weight, and gave way beneath me. So I sat down on the bed. After a bit, I got up again, but the legs still didn't work, and I had to sit down on the bed again. Keep in mind, I used to be a runner, and that the strongest muscles in my body have always been in my legs. Finally, I made it downstairs, gripping the stair railing the whole time, and to the living-room couch. Took awhile for the heart to calm down, and for the legs to be weight-bearing again.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

I had something like that happen to me once, went to the emergency room and then had to stew there a couple days plus be in the hospital. My potassium was pretty low they said, but no other test showed any cause. No heart attack. Hasn't happened since.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (8avO+)

343 @317. Well, I knew it wasn't due to their moral values.

Yeah, I agree. Money over morals is the values these days, sorry to say.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (E7+ue)

344 340 Does it burn when you pee?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Nope.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

341
San Franpsycho,

Yep
Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (3ek7K)
====

Wait, wut?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (RIvkX)

345 He was just flamboyant.

Ray Milland and Rosy Greer.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (Kt19C)

346 What do you call a group of Keirans?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (Dv3i1)

Oy! Wankers! Gerroff the lodayoo!

Posted by: Kindltot at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (rbvCR)

347 Nope.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)
====

Always the first question I ask.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 04:52 PM (RIvkX)

348 Paging Dr. Kildare

Posted by: Ben Had at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (0KSrI)

349 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (zZu0s)

350 The decline of Britain is illustrated by they're having to import homosexualists from Ukraine because they no longer produce enough.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 04, 2026 04:47 PM (tgvbd)

Probably helps that they can't go home.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (8avO+)

351 I'm still surprised by the whole Raymond Burr story. His is a sorted story.

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)

352 >>>By purposefully opening the floodgates to Muslim immigration to ensure Labour voting dominance, Tony Blair has done what Hitler failed to do: destroy Britain.
Starmer with an assist.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 04, 2026 04:41 PM (dtajH)
******
That Blair was invited to be on the "Gaza Peace Board' or whatever it's called is...disturbing.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (D74SN)

353 This is about me again isn't it.

Posted by: Bill Gates, Jr at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (gKWVE)

354 Minnesota children's hospital says they will no longer give puberty blockers and hormones to minors due to "legal" concerns

-
Well, I knew it wasn't due to their moral values.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Yeah, how bad is that? It's not because they are ruining the lives of children with life altering drugs and surgery, but covering their asses because they may face lawsuits costing them millions. Absolutely disgraceful money sucking leeches that call themselves a children's hospital.

Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (oiNtH)

355 336 Cheri, I take a BP med (Valsartin), but only (per my doc's instructions) if the tope number on my AM BP reading is 150 or higher.

He had to adjust my BP meds, because the previous stuff he had me taking on a daily basis (amlodopine besylate) was causing me to pass out.

So, at least I'm not passing out anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 04:54 PM (77rzZ)

356 Probably, or paralyzed by political correctness.

Remember, indifference across class lines is far stronger in the UK than in the US.
Posted by: Oldcat
---

Those cops are pathetic humans.
Cops know how to make things disappear.
If creeps start disappearing the rest stop creeping.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:54 PM (TlCKo)

357 @308...could be something. The racing heartbeat can be from dehydration/stress. Mine even skips beats to make it more fun and has fancy names that I can read on the EKG/holter. I doubt this is connected to the leg issue.

The legs: they need to check your back for nerve impingement after the brain is checked. My husband was an "elite" runner in HS and college and into his 40's. Long distance guy with 4min miles.

Now his spine is shot from cervical to the other end and he has injections. Ablations to his neck. From the pounding of running for decades. Also the "normal" herniated or smushed discs of aging (which most have but don't know about). He got a double dose of arthritis from his parents to top it all off.

The legs collapsing sounds like this to me but temporary stuff for it to get better. I hope that's what it is and prayers for it to be so.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 04:54 PM (WONhk)

358 Fen, that was the best version of Persuasion - the one with Ciaran Hinds.
Posted by: Lizzy

Highly recommended. I liked it better than "Sense and Sensibility" which came out at about the same time.

Posted by: Tuna at February 04, 2026 04:54 PM (lJ0H4)

359 Bulg, see a cardiologist ASAP. If you have ventricular tachycardia, yesterday will not have been too soon to see a doc.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 04, 2026 04:55 PM (fYJuK)

360 Is there an FDA approved vaccine to shield me from the Starmer Sexually Transmitted Disease of Scoliosis?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Czech Chick at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (vK/Ja)

361 Yeah, how bad is that? It's not because they are ruining the lives of children with life altering drugs and surgery, but covering their asses because they may face lawsuits costing them millions. Absolutely disgraceful money sucking leeches that call themselves a children's hospital.
Posted by: Cheri at February 04, 2026 04:53 PM (oiNtH)

The real cheeky thing would be for someone to sue them for NOT giving them the trans surgery. I'm sure there are all sorts of laws on the books in blue states you could make money that way.

Posted by: Oldcat at February 04, 2026 04:58 PM (8avO+)

362 Starmer's car that he sold and then got arsoned, was a Rav4

Posted by: Really really not flaming gay at February 04, 2026 05:17 PM (JkqxE)

363 Doing the second season of "The Night Manager".

Yes. It's totally gay.
Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 04:29 PM (Y8DZL)

Oh g**dammit, are you serious? Watched the first season years ago and promised my wife i would watch this with her. God, this is why i don't watch tv anymore.

Posted by: Nelly at February 04, 2026 05:59 PM (7gpcF)

Fulton County, GA, Election Office Sues to Get Its Dodgy "Votes" Back (So That Tulsi Gabbard Can't See Them)

The cleanest election in the history of the Earth.

Fulton County officials filed a motion in a Georgia court to reclaim election records seized by federal agents in January at a Georgia election office.
The motion filed by county officials under seal in a federal court in Georgia on Wednesday seeks the return of the election records taken by agents at a warehouse in Fulton County, according to The Washington Post.
The officials also requested the judge unseal the investigative affidavit that federal agents submitted to secure a search warrant, Rob Pitts -- Fulton County board of commissioners chairman -- said, according to the outlet.

More: Did an FBI Straight Arrow deliberately tip off the Fulton County election fraudsters in advance, so that they could have a shredding party?

It is almost beyond belief that the agent in charge of a major FBI field office sent this astonishingly shoddy letter to the Fulton County election office, effectively giving advance notice of an impending federal action. His firing does not even begin to address the gravity of� https://t.co/6IL2j2LCM5 pic.twitter.com/fcJBFi2gYY
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1 St?

Posted by: Clay at February 04, 2026 02:35 PM (oBhd7)

2 I got nothin'.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:35 PM (ExV1e)

3 Not even a lawsuit.

Essentially a request.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:35 PM (GBKbO)

4 MAKE COPIES!!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 02:35 PM (g47mK)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:35 PM (ExV1e)

6 Now to luxuriously absorb the content.

Posted by: Clay at February 04, 2026 02:36 PM (oBhd7)

7 Fulton County officials filed a motion in a Georgia court to reclaim election records seized by federal agents in January at a Georgia election office.

Since it was a federal election, GFY.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2026 02:36 PM (KxMNK)

8 Wow

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 02:37 PM (Hkcdp)

9 Silly practice runs on the Red Bull Hard Line track...
These are like 45-60 foot gaps!

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=MVMVEHbfR_w

(because it got Willowed)

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 02:37 PM (ZcsJV)

10 "Tallie" records?? "Pole" tapes?

Either I'm retarded, or this agent is.

Posted by: the dandy at February 04, 2026 02:37 PM (8l8nW)

11 Fulton County officials filed a motion in a Georgia court to reclaim election records seized by federal agents in January at a Georgia election office.

So the county wants a state judge to overrule a federal pretend judge?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

12 They have one play: lawfare.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (Hkcdp)

13
More: Did an FBI Straight Arrow deliberately tip off the Fulton County election fraudsters in advance, so that they could have a shredding party?

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Looks like it!

Posted by: runner at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (g47mK)

14 they were planning on suing but then didn't

which means to me somebody realized it wasn't gonna work

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (emBoF)

15 11 Fulton County officials filed a motion in a Georgia court to reclaim election records seized by federal agents in January at a Georgia election office.

So the county wants a state judge to overrule a federal pretend judge?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

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It's performative and impotent legal nonsense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (GBKbO)

16 How far in advance did he send this to Fulton County? There is no date on the letter, so you can't tell.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (yTfX1)

17 You cannot have a stolen election on stolen land.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (KI8Ns)

18 >>More: Did an FBI Straight Arrow deliberately tip off the Fulton County election fraudsters in advance, so that they could have a shredding party?

He probably sent that first thing in the morning, before having his Ham and Egg sammich.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (ZcsJV)

19 More: Did an FBI Straight Arrow deliberately tip off the Fulton County election fraudsters in advance, so that they could have a shredding party?

Man, why doesn't Bondi get more accomplished?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (ExV1e)

20 This is going to end up showing that Raffenshitter stole the election from Tank "Fat Albert" Abrams, isn't it?

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (uEmCf)

21 Funny how the governor and secretary of state were working so hard to prevent an investigation.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (0U5gm)

22 >>Funny how the governor and secretary of state were working so hard to prevent an investigation.

I don't recall Stacey Abrams being named in this Lawsuit?

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (ZcsJV)

23 Simply filling this motion should be grounds for disbarment. Seriously.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (YG+k7)

24 I am totally shocked that some Ham 'n' Egger decided to be a leftoid activist.

Shocked, I say.

Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (5aZAZ)

25 Funny how the governor and secretary of state were working so hard to prevent an investigation.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at

Kemp and shitberger are eye level deep in the cheat machine in ga

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (MGB5H)

26 I'm hoping they had already set up some monitoring and that letter was bait for trap

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (syu79)

27 They have one play: lawfare.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (Hkcdp)

Luckily for them the judiciary is a well stocked leftist pond.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (Hx0tZ)

28 52 USC §20701. Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation

Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period of twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or primary election of which candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are voted for, all records and papers which come into his possession relating to any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in such election, except that, when required by law, such records and papers may be delivered to another officer of election and except that, if a State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico designates a custodian to retain and preserve these records and papers at a specified place, then such records and papers may be deposited with such custodian, and the duty to retain and preserve any record or paper so deposited shall devolve upon such custodian. Any officer of election or custodian who willfully fails to comply with this section sha

Posted by: SMOD at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (RHGPo)

29 Right, but when do we get to burn Atlanta again?

Posted by: zombie william t. sherman at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (Jh7AV)

30 Funny how the governor and secretary of state were working so hard to prevent an investigation.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 02:39 PM (0U5gm)

Funny how people on the left think that we'd be sad to see Republicans burned in this investigation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (ExV1e)

31 I don't even know what this "motion" is. You can't file a motion unless there's an underlying case. Is there?

The reporting on this is confusing.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)

32 24 I am totally shocked that some Ham 'n' Egger decided to be a leftoid activist.

Shocked, I say.
Posted by: ballistic at February 04, 2026 02:40 PM (5aZAZ)

They're Great Americans!

Posted by: Sean Hannity, bootlicker at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)

33 There is a perversity involved here, where the party that is completely lawless spends so much time creating fraudulent lawsuits in order to perpetuate their lawlessness.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (0U5gm)

34 So, they sealed their motion--what are they hiding?
But they want the warrant unsealed?

And what exactly is the basis? I want to see the legal justification for "we demand proof of our crime be returned!"
I want to see the shittly legal arguments for the return and unsealing.

Even if they got advanced warning, 700 boxes were still seized.
And, all of those in the letter, were already under retention/spoilation notices anyway.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (FQQCN)

35 I hope they keep every shred of evidence in front of a camera at all times. You know what's coming next from the GA election fraudsters. "We can't trust what the Feds have. They've probably doctored it."

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (Riz8t)

36 In January 2026, reports indicated that Paul W. Brown was removed from his position. This decision followed his expressed concerns regarding the FBI's investigations into alleged voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, related to the 2020 election. His questioning of the agency's claims reportedly contributed to his ousting.
======================
and that's the rest of the story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, channeling Paul Harvey at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (oqhSb)

37 30 Funny how people on the left think that we'd be sad to see Republicans burned in this investigation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (ExV1e)

Because the Left believes that you must be included in any collective punishment visited upon the Right.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (uEmCf)

38 33 There is a perversity involved here, where the party that is completely lawless spends so much time creating fraudulent lawsuits in order to perpetuate their lawlessness.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (0U5gm)

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It's a motion in a court with no jurisdiction over the action. Yes, it will eat up one lawyer's time, a few hours to draft something calling it stupid, but that's about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

39 Yawn.

Wake me when someone is frog marched in an orange jumpsuit.

Snore.....

Posted by: And The Band Played On at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (hi/jD)

40 don't even know what this "motion" is. You can't file a motion unless there's an underlying case. Is there?

The reporting on this is confusing.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at

It's also asking a state judge to overrule a federal judge's warrant. Performative nonsense.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (MGB5H)

41 >>>which means to me somebody realized it wasn't gonna work

Discovery? What is that?

~ Nadine Williams

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (Y1sOo)

42
Fulton County officials filed a motion in a Georgia court to reclaim election records seized by federal agents in January at a Georgia election office.

So the county wants a state judge to overrule a federal pretend judge?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

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It's performative and impotent legal nonsense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (GBKbO)
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It's apparently in federal court, but see my comment above.

"The motion filed by county officials under seal in a federal court in Georgia on Wednesday seeks the return of the election records taken by agents at a warehouse in Fulton County"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

43 Funny how the governor and secretary of state were working so hard to prevent an investigation.

That is what innocent people do.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

44 This is going to end up showing that Raffenshitter stole the election from Tank "Fat Albert" Abrams, isn't it?

I’ll bet the deal was Biden wins in exchange for Ragfagshitter winning. Presidency of Earth hardest hit.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2026 02:43 PM (3cXfB)

45 Right, but when do we get to burn Atlanta again?
Posted by: zombie william t. sherman at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (Jh7AV)

As soon as some Atlanta sports team either wins, or loses, some championship game - or - some lifelong criminal meets their maker at the hands of the popos.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:43 PM (ExV1e)

46 The letter was clearly sabotage. Its author was fired from the FBI a week or so ago for refusing to support the investigation and slow-walking subpoenas.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 04, 2026 02:43 PM (bNf8H)

47 It is almost beyond belief that the agent in charge of a major FBI field office sent this astonishingly shoddy letter to the Fulton County election office, effectively giving advance notice of an impending federal action. His firing does not even begin to address the gravity

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Then charge him with a federal crime. Anyone who employs him now should be revealed to make sure people know who works against them.

Posted by: Decaf at February 04, 2026 02:43 PM (Z8jzG)

48 Remember in the 2000 election FL and the Republicans gave the Dems and the FNM full access for a forensic analysis of the votes.

Why? Because there was no fraud. The people claiming fraud just ended up embarrassing themselves

So then why have the Dems and FNM tried to arrest, cancel, or sue anyone that wants to do the same with the ballots from 2020?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 04, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

49 Yawn.

Wake me when someone is frog marched in an orange jumpsuit.

Snore.....

What makes you think we care what you think?

Posted by: Archimedes at February 04, 2026 02:44 PM (Riz8t)

50 Tell me you cheated without telling me you cheated.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:44 PM (zdFj8)

51 don't even know what this "motion" is. You can't file a motion unless there's an underlying case. Is there?

The reporting on this is confusing.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at

It's also asking a state judge to overrule a federal judge's warrant. Performative nonsense.
Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (MGB5H)
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See my comment above. This is confusing, but the motion was apparently filed in federal court.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

52 As soon as some Atlanta sports team either wins, or loses, some championship game - or - some lifelong criminal meets their maker at the hands of the popos.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Option 3 is much more likely.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (MGB5H)

53 It's a motion in a court with no jurisdiction over the action. Yes, it will eat up one lawyer's time, a few hours to draft something calling it stupid, but that's about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (GBKbO)
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Allow me to discover some jurisdiction!

Posted by: Some Leftwing Judge, Probably at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (5aZAZ)

54 Justice of the Peace Eustace Wildman, from his bench in the front booth of the Dixie Peach Diner, Macon, has ruled on this for stuff Yankees can't understand and will now return to his day job back in the kitchen. JP Wildman will have a press conference after the lunch rush at Wildman Cadillac along with his brother who will present him keys to a new Escalade.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (gm9Sb)

55 The Blade doesn't have access to federal dockets in GA, so he can't go look at the actual motion papers himself.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

56 I don't even know what this "motion" is. You can't file a motion unless there's an underlying case. Is there?
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Maybe a motion to quash?
IDK.

Shipwreckedcrew (I think) pointed out that, technically, this evidence is in the custody of the court, it's the court ordering it seized for potential crimes to be tried in that court, that it's merely held by the prosecution until trial.

B/c someone had asked if the DOJ could turn these over to others for their election law violation claims.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (FQQCN)

57 50 Tell me you cheated without telling me you cheated.
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:44 PM (zdFj

Went out with the girls, didn't come back until 2 PM.

Gimme half your shit.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (uEmCf)

58 The ham n egg agency is corrupt? Say it ain’t so!!
- Sean Hannity

Posted by: Really?? at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (qDa2L)

59 The Blade doesn't have access to federal dockets in GA, so he can't go look at the actual motion papers himself.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

You don't have PACER?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

60 I've been seeing scuttlebutt that the FBI is is hurry up and wait Trump out mode... it wouldn't surprise me that they continue to cover for decades of fraud on every level.

Posted by: Inogame at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (53oGX)

61 His firing does not even begin to address the gravity of what he did.

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Fired?

He should have been frog-marched out in handcuffs and prosecuted for obstruction of justice.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:47 PM (zdFj8)

62
Warming up for the Stuper-Bowl over here, boss!

Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at February 04, 2026 02:47 PM (DDJSl)

63 No doubt the FBI tipped off the target of the investigation. That is what Trump and MAGA are up against, a constant rearguard action by the deep state

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 02:47 PM (BWnHZ)

64 No doubt the FBI tipped off the target of the investigation. That is what Trump and MAGA are up against, a constant rearguard action by the deep state
Posted by: Smell the Glove at

Exactly, this is why bondi and Kash must be fired yesterday!!!

/s

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 02:48 PM (MGB5H)

65 Allow me to discover some jurisdiction!
Posted by: Some Leftwing Judge

Call me.
-- Hawaiian Judge Tyne E. Bubbles

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:48 PM (77rzZ)

66 they were planning on suing but then didn't

which means to me somebody realized it wasn't gonna work

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (emBoF)

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Of course it is, the process is the punishment.

Posted by: Decaf at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (Z8jzG)

67
If you feel like giving me a pallet of fake votin
I second that dumb motion.....

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (KI8Ns)

68 "The motion filed by county officials under seal in a federal court in Georgia on Wednesday seeks the return of the election records taken by agents at a warehouse in Fulton County"
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LOL.

What's the success rate of convincing a judge to change his mind?

That is, when they already ruled (that the warrant was merited) but you don't like it and try to get them to rule the opposite way?

Hint: Starts at 0 and goes down.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (FQQCN)

69 I did some quick research. This may be a motion under FRCP 41(g). It gives a person aggrieved by an illegal search and seizure a remedy to get the property seized back.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

70 Is that letter standard for these kinds of actions? When was the letter sent?

I understand the writer's issues with the overall investigation, but that doesn't answer whether this kind of letter is standard or not.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (GBKbO)

71 Went out with the girls, didn't come back until 2 PM.

Gimme half your shit.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (uEmCf)

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Heh.

I hope that's not from personal experience, XTC (and sympathies if it is).

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (zdFj8)

72 You don't have PACER?
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)

Actually doing a job would get in the way of being FIRST every thread. Man's gotta have priorities.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (2ocoG)

73 It's a motion in a court with no jurisdiction over the action. Yes, it will eat up one lawyer's time, a few hours to draft something calling it stupid, but that's about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM (GBKbO)
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Allow me to discover some jurisdiction!
Posted by: Some Leftwing Judge, Probably at February 04, 2026 02:45 PM (5aZAZ)

I gots some jurisdiction for ya right here! *grabs self expressively*

Posted by: Atlanta, GA Urban Outdoorsman at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (q2NNn)

74
42

above.

"The motion filed by county officials under seal in a federal court in Georgia on Wednesday seeks the return of the election records taken by agents at a warehouse in Fulton County"
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:42 PM

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Is the motion sealed because they're embarrassed?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (biznJ)

75 "Funny how people on the left think that we'd be sad to see Republicans burned in this investigation."

It does not cross their minds. Happy, sad, it doesn't occur to them. Defend, defend, defend is how they think.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (cS1cw)

76 I can totally believe they rigged it against Abrams. She'd have been a loose canon and a PR nightmare. Like an AOC but with an entire half a brain at her disposal.

Fagballs is much more willing to comply with the party's wishes without kicking up a fuss, and then give them the chance to squawk "Bipartisan" out of their damned vulture beaks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (JwNbV)

77 Where's Fani when we need her?

Posted by: Fulton County at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (XeU6L)

78 69 I did some quick research. This may be a motion under FRCP 41(g). It gives a person aggrieved by an illegal search and seizure a remedy to get the property seized back.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

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So...they filed a motion with the judge who signed the warrant for the search under the statute saying that the search he warranted was illegal?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (GBKbO)

79 I did some quick research. This may be a motion under FRCP 41(g). It gives a person aggrieved by an illegal search and seizure a remedy to get the property seized back.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

Given that the feds had a warrant, wouldn't demonstrating the 'illegal' part of that be tricky?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)

80 The Blade doesn't have access to federal dockets in GA, so he can't go look at the actual motion papers himself.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

You don't have PACER?
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (77rzZ)
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Oh, look at you being all lawyerly and shit! I don't have an account any more, or at least I don't remember my login.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)

81 76 I can totally believe they rigged it against Abrams. She'd have been a loose canon and a PR nightmare. Like an AOC but with an entire half a brain at her disposal.

Fagballs is much more willing to comply with the party's wishes without kicking up a fuss, and then give them the chance to squawk "Bipartisan" out of their damned vulture beaks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (JwNbV)

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I suspect the 2018 GA governor's race was a "cheat off". Both sides cheated like crazy. Abrams by creating votes in Fulton. Kemp by manipulating things from his Secretary of State position and authority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

82 71 Heh.

I hope that's not from personal experience, XTC (and sympathies if it is).
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (zdFj

LOL, no.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:52 PM (uEmCf)

83 This may be a motion under FRCP 41(g). It gives a person aggrieved by an illegal search and seizure a remedy to get the property seized back.

How is a search under warrant in any way illegal? Did Fani and Sweetdick write this motion?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2026 02:52 PM (2ocoG)

84 Oh, look at you being all lawyerly and shit! I don't have an account any more, or at least I don't remember my login.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at

You're supposed to keep that on a post it under your keyboard.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 02:52 PM (MGB5H)

85 Have you all had any lefties try to justify the "missing" 10 million plus blue votes? Trump got slightly more in 2024 than 2020. Biden crushed what Hillary got in 2016 and what Harris got in 2024. They say things like "covid got people riled up" and "people just forgot how bad Trump is."

It is amazing that they think that many people went from dying to vote for Joe to not caring. At all.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at February 04, 2026 02:52 PM (wrEn7)

86 80 Oh, look at you being all lawyerly and shit! I don't have an account any more, or at least I don't remember my login.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)

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If it's in LastPass...some hackers can probably set you up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

87 "it's not who votes that matters -- it's who ~~counts~~ shreds the votes who matters.'

-- Josef "Democrat Fraud Machine" Stalin

Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (se8lQ)

88 Washington had a Dr. Church in his ranks that affected an obsequious bellicous patriotic front while secretly ratting out our rebels to the British.

At least Trump 47 doesn't have has many as Trump 45.

Posted by: torabora at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (m8SuK)

89 Oh, look at you being all lawyerly and shit! I don't have an account any more, or at least I don't remember my login.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Well, paralegally, anyway. I used to love researching litigation on PACER that the various companies I worked for were involved in.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)

90 I did some quick research. This may be a motion under FRCP 41(g). It gives a person aggrieved by an illegal search and seizure a remedy to get the property seized back.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

Given that the feds had a warrant, wouldn't demonstrating the 'illegal' part of that be tricky?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)
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Yes and no. It's not unusual for a judge to do X, and then the party affected by X then challenges it as illegal or wrongful. That party usually loses before that same judge, but not always. I assume this motion is narrative-building bukkake porn, but I haven't read the motion.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

91 It's a motion in a court with no jurisdiction over the action. Yes, it will eat up one lawyer's time, a few hours to draft something calling it stupid, but that's about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I'm available for this.

Posted by: Nathan Sweet Dick Wade at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (XeU6L)

92 KGB HQ Jan. 2 1986
Moscow

Dear Igor,

We are posting counter-intelligence agent Chad Smilo to our embassy in Moscow (apartment address to follow). We would be obliged if you would show him every courtesy during his stay.

Sincerely,

Paul Brown

Posted by: Paco at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (2L+MU)

93 11 So the county wants a state judge to overrule a federal pretend judge?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 04, 2026 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

The county filed in a Federal Court in Georgia. That first line is poorly written.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 04, 2026 02:54 PM (zGyLA)

94 mailed letter from illiterate FIBber << fucking door bashed open with a battering ram at 3am

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 04, 2026 02:54 PM (qddDT)

95 Just use a dot of white-out on the pertinent keys on your keyboard.

Posted by: torabora at February 04, 2026 02:55 PM (m8SuK)

96 Charlie Brown didn't struggle this much with the football

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 04, 2026 02:55 PM (jrgJz)

97 "Tallie" records?? "Pole" tapes?

Either I'm retarded, or this agent is.
Posted by: the dandy

Retarded, or deliberately avoiding FOIA searches.

Or And.

Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 02:55 PM (asmhb)

98 Hint: Starts at 0 and goes down.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (FQQCN)

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PHV, none of my business but I'm curious if you are or were an attorney -- as your legal knowledge appears to be on a par with some of our known lawyers here (and some non-lawyers like TJM and Ace, although I believe the latter did attend law school).

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:55 PM (zdFj8)

99 Retarded, or deliberately avoiding FOIA searches.

Or And.
Posted by: mikeski at February 04, 2026 02:55 PM (asmhb)

my money's on deliberate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2026 02:56 PM (JwNbV)

100 Anyone can sign up for a PACER account. I have a PACER account, or had one, anyway. It was many years ago. I was following some case that I don't even remember.

IANAL.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 02:56 PM (Y1sOo)

101 I like the cartel judge that ruled Trump can't terminate temporary protected status of Haitians.

She admits in her screed that the statute does not permit judicial review of the decision.

But see, she smart, you dumb:
She's not reviewing the decision TO terminate, she is reviewing HOW the decision to terminate was reached.
Totally different.

She basically took out her crayon and rewrote the statute to give herself jurisdiction.

One unelected, unaccountable judge writing and passing laws for the whole nation.

But Trump is the dictator ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 02:56 PM (FQQCN)

102 100 IANAL.
Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 02:56 PM (Y1sOo)

Why do you Anal?

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:56 PM (uEmCf)

103 Remember how when Barry Bonds broke the home run record, but people suspected him of doping, so opposing fans would hold up signs with an asterisk (implying that his record was not legitimate)?

Well, in the official records of U.S. elections, there will also be a asterisk:

2016 — Trump
2020 — Trump *
(* coup d'etat prevented term being served)
2024 — Trump

Posted by: zombie at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (se8lQ)

104 Went out with the girls, didn't come back until 2 PM.

Gimme half your shit.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 02:46 PM (uEmCf)

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Heh.

I hope that's not from personal experience, XTC (and sympathies if it is).
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:49 PM (zdFj

That was essentially mine as well as a hell of a lot of other dudes around the country.
"You know, routinely coming home at 2:00am from wherever as a married woman with kids is a bit unseemly."
"I'M A GROWNUP AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT!!!"
*stampy feet and toddlerfists*
"Ooooohhhhkaaay..."

Posted by: Paraphrased and slightly understated at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (TbWk/)

105 Gee, Paul Brown has really slid into the gutter from his NFL days

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (q2NNn)

106 101
But see, she smart, you dumb:
She's not reviewing the decision TO terminate, she is reviewing HOW the decision to terminate was reached.
Totally different.

She basically took out her crayon and rewrote the statute to give herself jurisdiction.

One unelected, unaccountable judge writing and passing laws for the whole nation.

But Trump is the dictator ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 02:56 PM (FQQCN)

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Except, Trump and Noem aren't terminating anything. They're letting it expire.

This judge is real bad. A test for impeachment of judges if there ever was one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

107 Right, but when do we get to burn Atlanta again?
Posted by: zombie william t. sherman at February 04, 2026 02:41 PM (Jh7AV)

You can burn Atlanta again, but you have to start with an underpass fire.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (dhHpw)

108 hobo ass is the best ass

Posted by: Sid at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (HrgE8)

109 Sometimes seems as if half the commenters here are engineers, and the other half are lawyers or lawyer-adjacent (like me).

Piper, Muldoon, and FenSpoke are the outliers.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

110 PACER. Great car. Matadors too. Bless old man Romney for AMC.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (gm9Sb)

111 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

112 Retarded, or deliberately avoiding FOIA searches.

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Nailed it, mikeski ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (zdFj8)

113 "Tallie"sheets

"Pole" tapes

The agent graduated from the Learing Center.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (4tmpE)

114
The officials also requested the judge unseal the investigative affidavit that federal agents submitted to secure a search warrant

Fulton County is on a mole hunt...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (y9nCu)

115 The letter is real? There is no deadline.

Maybe low level staffer in O'Keefe sting is right, Kash Patel isn't up for the job. Something this sensitive needs some oversight of the local sh*theads who may stupid and lazy, but in addition have a non-zero chance of trying to sabotage you.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (Dv3i1)

116 Oh, look at you being all lawyerly and shit! I don't have an account any more, or at least I don't remember my login.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Well, paralegally, anyway. I used to love researching litigation on PACER that the various companies I worked for were involved in.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:53 PM (77rzZ)

Does PACER still charge by the page for printouts?

Posted by: Cheap bastards at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (TbWk/)

117 It is almost beyond belief that the agent in charge of a major FBI field office sent this astonishingly shoddy letter to the Fulton County election office, effectively giving advance notice of an impending federal action.

But, Kash Patel is the MAN for the JOB and is in COMPLETE control of the FBI and it's investigations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

118 109 Sometimes seems as if half the commenters here are engineers, and the other half are lawyers or lawyer-adjacent (like me).

Piper, Muldoon, and FenSpoke are the outliers.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

======

Well, Muldoon is a doctor.

I'm just an asshole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

119 What POSSIBLE basis do you have to sue over records of an already completed election ? It was FIVE YEARS AGO guys. The only thing you're hiding is your own FRAUD.

Nobody is going to overturn the election from 2020. Nobody is even going to claim such a thing. There is ZERO legal basis to argue over the records of a completed election.

DENIED

Posted by: deadrody at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (qf6NU)

120 When we got married, my wife would go to bed at 8 and i'd laugh and stay up until 9 like a Cool Kid.

After a year of marriage, I now go to bed at 7 and she laughs and goes to bed at 8.

Only thing we cheat on each other at is Yahtzee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2026 02:59 PM (JwNbV)

121 It's fucking Georgia.

A bunch of peckerwoods dressed up in camo, driving 2WD pickup trucks.

Fuhgeddaboudit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 02:59 PM (TOSLe)

122 "Tallie"sheets

"Pole" tapes

The agent graduated from the Learing Center.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (4tmpE)

Poles REALLY ARE for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 02:59 PM (Zz0t1)

123 I have performed audits. My father has performed audits. My brother performs SEC-FINRA audits - where they crawl up your ass far enough to check your tonsils.

Innocent people ALWAYS have the same reaction ... more sunlight.

My brother recently had an audit where all of the broker email data from February 2025 was missing. The principle of the brokerage firm immediately apologized for that error and told my brother to follow him down to the IT department where he could observe them directly pulling the records. That is what innocent people do, prove their innocence by providing any and all available information.

Can anyone recall a single Democrat precinct, after reports of election "irregularities", saying, "Come on in and perform a full audit. We did everything exactly right."

I can't think of a single example. Their actions exactly match the same actions that guilty people would take.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 04, 2026 03:00 PM (HlyYF)

124 How in the heck can you sue the government to return records that were seized for an election that occurred over 5 years ago?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 04, 2026 03:00 PM (0N4FZ)

125 Does PACER still charge by the page for printouts?
Posted by: Cheap bastards

Don't know I haven't used it in a while.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:00 PM (77rzZ)

126 109 Sometimes seems as if half the commenters here are engineers, and the other half are lawyers or lawyer-adjacent (like me).

Piper, Muldoon, and FenSpoke are the outliers.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

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Well, Muldoon is a doctor.

I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

And allegedly illiterate. Which raises the question of how your formed a statement that was actually responsive to the above post. I think you're playing a long con on us about the illiteracy.

Posted by: Something an asshole would do at February 04, 2026 03:01 PM (TbWk/)

127 Some of you big brain lawyers can answer this:

If the Feds find significant evidence of voter fraud in sufficient numbers to swing the election to the actual losing candidate,

is there a way to refuse to count state, in this case, GA's vote in the upcoming election unless they can prove they have proper safeguards to insure the integrity of the vote?

Or, is that an impossibility?

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)

128 126 And allegedly illiterate. Which raises the question of how your formed a statement that was actually responsive to the above post. I think you're playing a long con on us about the illiteracy.

Posted by: Something an asshole would do at February 04, 2026 03:01 PM (TbWk/)

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Eye jest bank in the cay bored un till da read squiggles geau a way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

129 Atlanta is slap full of ABW and corrupt and gay as hell.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (vFG9F)

130 How is a search under warrant in any way illegal? Did Fani and Sweetdick write this motion?
---
My law dabbling says:
It'll mirror the same goofy shit they've been spouting in public.

that it somehow is voter disenfranchisement because it will make people afraid to vote in 2028 because "what if the Evil Orange Tyrant steals my ballot and gives it to Musk and he uses it to open credit cards in my name?!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (FQQCN)

131 Oh, and I forgot about Joe Mannix. He is definitely a cop.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (77rzZ)

132 I think you're playing a long con on us about the illiteracy.

Posted by: Something an asshole would do at February 04, 2026 03:01 PM (TbWk/)

Heh. You should try reading his books.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (Zz0t1)

133 Except, Trump and Noem aren't terminating anything. They're letting it expire.
___

So if I understand correctly, the law is the Executive has to sign off to extend the temporary status. The Executive declined to do so, but the Judiciary says hold my crown, holds her gavel over her head and shouts "I...have.....the .... POWER", lightning flashes and she transforms into She-Man and extends the temporary status? Is that right?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)

134 In before the phrase "Chilling Effect"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 04, 2026 03:03 PM (JwNbV)

135 127 Some of you big brain lawyers can answer this:

If the Feds find significant evidence of voter fraud in sufficient numbers to swing the election to the actual losing candidate,

is there a way to refuse to count state, in this case, GA's vote in the upcoming election unless they can prove they have proper safeguards to insure the integrity of the vote?

Or, is that an impossibility?

Posted by: naturalfake at February 04, 2026 03:01 PM (iJfKG)

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I believe that's up to Congress. The Electoral College sends delegates to Congress who then perform that official count of electors. It's up to Congress to accept or decline electors from states.

This is why states sometimes send alternate slates of electors to DC, in the blind hope that Congress will tell the official slate that they're not recognized.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:03 PM (GBKbO)

136 Will anything happen?

Posted by: The person who always wonders that at February 04, 2026 03:03 PM (TVJ8u)

137 " It's fucking Georgia.

A bunch of peckerwoods dressed up in camo, driving 2WD pickup trucks"

All 3 of my trucks are 4wd. If you are using the Atlanta Metro area as your point of reference though, yeah.

Posted by: fd at February 04, 2026 03:03 PM (vFG9F)

138 131 Oh, and I forgot about Joe Mannix. He is definitely a cop.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (77rzZ)

He's been under so long he's bought his own cover story. He actually believes he isn't a cop.

Posted by: It's ok he brings us hot chicks at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (TbWk/)

139
I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

Finally. Something we agree upon. *snicker*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (y9nCu)

140 Rooted: How Black and Brown People Created Classical Music
By: Vincent Sneed

-
That's right. They created it then the Greek homos stole it and passed it out to the Germans, the Italians, the Russians, and other white people.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (J+Psw)

141 This is why states sometimes send alternate slates of electors to DC, in the blind hope that Congress will tell the official slate that they're not recognized.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04

But that's only allowed by democrats. Is a Republican group sends an alternate slate it's insurection.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (MGB5H)

142 133 So if I understand correctly, the law is the Executive has to sign off to extend the temporary status. The Executive declined to do so, but the Judiciary says hold my crown, holds her gavel over her head and shouts "I...have.....the .... POWER", lightning flashes and she transforms into She-Man and extends the temporary status? Is that right?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 04, 2026 03:03 PM (Dv3i1)

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Pretty much.

She's a really bad judge.

Boasberg is honestly too big to impeach. This bint may be small enough. I still doubt 67 votes to convict, but if anyone deserves it, she does.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

143

Finally. Something we agree upon. *snicker*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (y9nCu)

At least he's not obtuse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)

144 139 Finally. Something we agree upon. *snicker*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (y9nCu)

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It's not my fault you can't understand the absurdism and genius of Freddy Got Fingered.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

145 *goes back to working up tax returns and spreadsheets*

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (q2NNn)

146 130 that it somehow is voter disenfranchisement because it will make people afraid to vote in 2028 because "what if the Evil Orange Tyrant steals my ballot and gives it to Musk and he uses it to open credit cards in my name?!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 03:02 PM (FQQCN)

Acting like Elon is Soyjak Party (A site for doxxing people and sometimes stealing financial information in order to bankrupt targets), lol.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (iXqHn)

147 141 But that's only allowed by democrats. Is a Republican group sends an alternate slate it's insurection.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (MGB5H)

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Well, duh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

148 California can use its new congressional maps!! Thank you Supreme Court! Impeachment baby, it's a comin'! America is back.... soon!
Posted by: Sid at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM

On the bright side, that's +3 for Republicans in Alabama since our Republican gerrymander was struck down by the circuit court because polital reasons weren't justification enough, per previous SC rulings.

Good bye Majority Minority districts in red states.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (jc0TO)

149 142 Pretty much.

She's a really bad judge.

Boasberg is honestly too big to impeach. This bint may be small enough. I still doubt 67 votes to convict, but if anyone deserves it, she does.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:04 PM (GBKbO)

*sighs and does the stupid-ass hand gesture*

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (iXqHn)

150
It's not my fault you can't understand the absurdism and genius of Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

I spent 8 minutes on that movie.

Regretted every minute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

151 Melania Trump's meeting with a hostage freed by Hamas was interrupted by a reporter who tried asking her about Ghislaine Maxwell. Melania shot her down like an Iranian drone approaching the USS Lincoln.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (Y1sOo)

152 A couple dozen of us at last October's TX MoMe sat together one afternoon under a couple of shade trees while being served by the bacon wench.

I'd say at least 2/3 were former or current techies.

Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (zdFj8)

153 149 *sighs and does the stupid-ass hand gesture*

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (iXqHn)

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Junior?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (GBKbO)

154 If the Feds find significant evidence of voter fraud in sufficient numbers to swing the election to the actual losing candidate,

is there a way to refuse to count state, in this case, GA's vote in the upcoming election unless they can prove they have proper safeguards to insure the integrity of the vote?
---
We are in uncharted territory here, imo.
There has never been such systematic, endemic and long-term fraud as what we're seeing in GA.
Fraud that doesn't just span the state.
And not just the nation.
But, potentially, international involvement.

We're not in "un-do the election" territory.
We're in "un-do lives" territory.

That's why you see the utter terror on the faces of the Dems in GA.

Related:
We're up to 3 elected GA Dems indicted for Covid fraud.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 04, 2026 03:07 PM (FQQCN)

155 I don't think it's possible to stop a states counting of votes or for the votes not to count. A court probably could order a special master to keep watch on the state pursuant to the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 04, 2026 03:07 PM (BWnHZ)

156 You know, fellows, I am starting to wonder if the entire FBI is corrupt after 8 years of Obama and another 4 of Biden.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

157 other outliers you forgot ...

IrishIe, Nova Local, Bluebell, Grammie, Ben Had, Nurse, Christy, Jane Doh, Four seasons, Tammy al Thor ...

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (F3Dlr)

158 153 Junior?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM (GBKbO)

With Denny DeVito and Ah-nuld?

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (iXqHn)

159 I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Dude, we've got lawyer covered.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (J+Psw)

160 Is every state a criminal enterprise now?

Posted by: tubal at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (pDt9x)

161 159 I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Dude, we've got lawyer covered.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (J+Psw)

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Yeah, but I never passed the bar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

162 118. Well, Muldoon is a doctor.

I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Piper a business owner & operator, FenSpoke keeps our spirits up and serves with a legitimate church.

All of you are very positive people, and you have the talent to keep the threads going. (Maybe not where we'd all like them to go all the time but nevertheless...)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 04, 2026 03:08 PM (NFX2v)

163 A couple dozen of us at last October's TX MoMe sat together one afternoon under a couple of shade trees while being served by the bacon wench.

I'd say at least 2/3 were former or current techies.
Posted by: ShainS -- Would Commies Care If The Minneapolis Paychos Were Killed By Illegals? at February 04, 2026 03:06 PM

And the rest of us were probably lawyers. Unless y'all were under a different tree.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 04, 2026 03:09 PM (bFu5X)

164 A bunch of peckerwoods dressed up in camo, driving 2WD pickup trucks"
-------

[note to self: buy some camo]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:09 PM (XeU6L)

165 I'm just a gigolo . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at February 04, 2026 03:09 PM (q2NNn)

166 What about the black lady in the Captain Crunch uniform?

Posted by: She was funny at February 04, 2026 03:09 PM (TVJ8u)

167 I'm just a gigolo . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at February 04, 2026 03:09 PM (q2NNn)

DAVE TV!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:10 PM (Zz0t1)

168 IrishIe, Nova Local, Bluebell, Grammie, Ben Had, Nurse, Christy, Jane Doh, Four seasons, Tammy al Thor ...
Posted by: old chick

Thanks. Other than Bed Had and Nurse, I don't know what professions the others pursued.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:10 PM (77rzZ)

169 I like the cartel judge that ruled Trump can't terminate temporary protected status of Haitians.

She admits in her screed that the statute does not permit judicial review of the decision.

Basically "felt cute, rewrote Federal law to my whim".

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

170 Yeah, but I never passed the bar.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

So, you're Irish?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

171 have the talent to keep the threads going. (Maybe not where we'd all like them to go all the time but nevertheless...)

Prometheus.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 04, 2026 03:11 PM (Kt19C)

172 California can use its new congressional maps!! Thank you Supreme Court! Impeachment baby, it's a comin'! America is back.... soon!

Posted by: Sid at February 04, 2026 02:57 PM (HrgE

==
5 seats don't mean jack. In fact, there is a great chance it will only be 3 or 4 since they are spread awfully thin. How long did they have to count last time? They have to be called at some point. How many seats are we getting in Texas and Florida? Libs never do math all that well.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 04, 2026 03:12 PM (GZYu7)

173 Next TXMoMe I'll be sure to get the trees labeled by occupations so everyone is segregated appropriately 🤗

Posted by: lin-duh at February 04, 2026 03:12 PM (VCgbV)

174 "...and you have the talent to keep the threads going. (Maybe not where we'd all like them to go all the time but nevertheless...)"

+++
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Guy who's fixated on boobs at February 04, 2026 03:12 PM (TVJ8u)

175 Sid is one dumb mutherf*cker.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

176 >>>All 3 of my trucks are 4wd. If you are using the Atlanta Metro area as your point of reference though, yeah.

Posted by: fd

>I recently met this dude from Georgia, 30 something, who wanted to go hunting for a grizzly with a bow. I told him he better write his will before he tried that stunt.

You put an arrow in a grizz and you're just going to piss him off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (TOSLe)

177 Sid is a froll.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (jc0TO)

178 Yeah, but I never passed the bar.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

So, you're Irish?
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

Ready to go! Let's ride!

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (q2NNn)

179 Egg that's been left out in the hot sun for weeks >> FBI

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 04, 2026 03:14 PM (abIsI)

180 It's fucking Georgia.

A bunch of peckerwoods dressed up in camo, driving 2WD pickup trucks.

The Georgia State Police dashcam footage mostly shows peckerwoods with their pants down driving Nissan Altimas (Altimi?) or V6 Chargers and Challengers.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 04, 2026 03:14 PM (2ocoG)

181 157 other outliers you forgot ...

IrishIe, Nova Local, Bluebell, Grammie, Ben Had, Nurse, Christy, Jane Doh, Four seasons, Tammy al Thor ...
Posted by: old chick

None are stereotypical but all are valuable to the blog.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 04, 2026 03:15 PM (NFX2v)

182 Sid is one dumb mutherf*cker.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

Eh, Sid is refreshing in his stupidity. Ass and rainman can get a bit commie creepy at times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)

183 You put an arrow in a grizz and you're just going to piss him off.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Crossbow or longbow?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)

184 182 Sid is one dumb mutherf*cker.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (Zz0t1)

Eh, Sid is refreshing in his stupidity. Ass and rainman can get a bit commie creepy at times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:15 PM (zZu0s)

=====

Sid is just so happy that SCOTUS isn't a rubber stamp for anything Trump, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:15 PM (GBKbO)

185 Next TXMoMe I'll be sure to get the trees labeled by occupations so everyone is segregated appropriately 🤗
Posted by: lin-duh at February 04, 2026 03:12 PM (VCgbV)

Be sure to affix the occupation labels to the trees in proper alphabetical order for the immense satisfaction of those with CDO*

*OCD in proper alphabetical order

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at February 04, 2026 03:16 PM (q2NNn)

186 > Is every state a criminal enterprise now?
---------
Yes.

It's how you end up with a $38 trillion deficit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 03:17 PM (jtM2q)

187 174. This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Guy who's fixated on boobs

😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 04, 2026 03:17 PM (NFX2v)

188 I am betting you could kill a small bear with an OG heavy crossbow. That is in no way an inconsequential amount of force.

Short range? Pretty nasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

189 There was some Georgia hack on the Election Commission down there trying to claim that the FBI didn't comply with a chain of custody on the ballots they took, and thus they should return them because Georgia would not have the ability to determine if they were all accounted for.

Now, ignoring the absolute irony of that statement based on their own actions, there was definitely a Chain of Custody on the 700 + boxes of ballots the FBI took.

Make no mistake, the Georgia Election Commission is flailing, and didn't see this coming regardless of the Agent In Charge's heads up. They've been protected by their compatriots in the state, and by the Courts so completely, that now that someone pulled the floor out from under them, they're rightfully very concerned.

Senator Warner is likely to have a coronary in his escapades to determine what the FBI really has. He is worried about FISA warrants that might have preceded this whole effort. And Gabbard is telling him to pound sand.

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)

190 Also, we seem to have a large number of Hordelings who are authors.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:17 PM (77rzZ)

191 Thanks. Other than Bed Had and Nurse, I don't know what professions the others pursued.
Posted by: Bulg

You're here every day. If you pay attention to others it's easy to know how they contributed to life before AOS.
They have all shared parts of their stories over the years.

Speaking of contributors has there been any updates from GrammieWinger?

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 03:18 PM (F3Dlr)

192 SCOTUS will let the California gerrymandered map stand. No dissents.

Posted by: Vengeance at February 04, 2026 03:18 PM (vbdXu)

193 My father took off half of his own finger with a crossbow.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:18 PM (iXqHn)

194 Posted by: Guy who's fixated on boobs

Objection! The only one not fixated on boobs is ace and Garrett with that gay dude gone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:18 PM (zZu0s)

195 I am a barfly, Your Honor.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 03:18 PM (jc0TO)

196 I am a meat popsicle.
-Corbin Dallas

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)

197 You put an arrow in a grizz and you're just going to piss him off.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Crossbow or longbow?
Posted by: Bulg

Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2026 03:20 PM (KxMNK)

198 >>You put an arrow in a grizz and you're just going to piss him off.

Oh, you can do it. And it will kill them if you do it right.

...but, you gotta have balls of steel to do it without one or two guys at your side, both packing actual weapons.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:20 PM (ZcsJV)

199 You'd think Sid and the other trolls would look at their lives and get depressed over all that uselessness.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 04, 2026 03:20 PM (8CIFn)

200 Speaking of contributors has there been any updates from GrammieWinger?
Posted by: old chick
-------

I wonder now and then about Peaches.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:20 PM (XeU6L)

201 I am Groot

Posted by: Groot at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (q2NNn)

202
Wanting an A.I. video of Gene Autry and Smiley Burnett riding to Billie Eilish's fort to defend it against the injuns who she said she from stole under duress.

Then they sing a duet, watch the sunset and shoot some smack.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (Y8DZL)

203 Thanks. Other than Bed Had and Nurse, I don't know what professions the others pursued.
Posted by: Bulg

Customer Service & no, the customer is rarely right.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (KxMNK)

204
Smash has made it out of surgery, and has woken up in the recovery room. Just waiting for a room assignment for her overnight stay at the hospital.

Thank you all for the prayers.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (i62cq)

205 Fine, groot can have his own tree...

Posted by: lin-duh at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (VCgbV)

206 Pretty sure Fred Bear killed Grizzly with a really shitty (comparative w/ modern) archery tackle.

Probably nothing more than a 50-60 lb draw for a Griz.

You probably want to bump it up closer to 80 for a Polar Bear.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (ZcsJV)

207 Sid is a froll.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 03:13 PM (jc0TO)

I got that

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (KI8Ns)

208 Anybody here from Stateless lately?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (77rzZ)

209 Does PACER still charge by the page for printouts?
Posted by: Cheap bastards

.10/pg

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (PlpaN)

210 effectively giving advance notice of an impending federal action.

...in order to sweep up some underlings. It's cute that they think Trump and the NSA hasn't had ten years to install agents and backdoors and get all these records.

The cover-up'll getcha.

Posted by: t-bird at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (VM1VU)

211
Great news Bif!

Wishing you all the best.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (3ek7K)

212 What happened to Mayor Groot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (qFVoe)

213 OT-

Apparently while staying outside, hecklers are still yelling insults at pastor and congregants at Cities Church in MN. From "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/bdezr9au

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (PFs9e)

214 I wonder now and then about Peaches.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Peaches comments now and then, she has been here in the past 2 weeks.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (F3Dlr)

215 You'd think Sid and the other trolls would look at their lives and get depressed over all that uselessness.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 04, 2026 03:20 PM (8CIFn)

Get?

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (KI8Ns)

216 201 I am Groot
Posted by: Groot at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (q2NNn)

____________________________

Heyyyyy! Watch the language.

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 03:23 PM (dIske)

217 Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (i62cq)

Thanks for the update. Prayers will continue for you both.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 03:23 PM (PFs9e)

218 >>>Warming up for the Stuper-Bowl over here, boss!
Posted by: Flyin' Green Dildo at February 04, 2026 02:47 PM (DDJSl)

LOL!!

Posted by: Max Power at February 04, 2026 03:24 PM (SwyyQ)

219 You expect trools to have self awareness?

Get out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 03:24 PM (qFVoe)

220 Favorite Fred Bear quote:

The best camouflage pattern is called, “Sit down and be quiet!” Your grandpa hunted deer in a red plaid coat. Think about that for a second.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2026 03:24 PM (KxMNK)

221 Bif - Good to hear! Keep us informed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)

222 Smash has made it out of surgery, and has woken up in the recovery room. Just waiting for a room assignment for her overnight stay at the hospital.

Thank you all for the prayers.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:21 PM (i62cq)/i]

WOOT! Good news.

Hope this is the start of a quick recovery and normalcy in short order.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)

223
Peaches comments now and then, she has been here in the past 2 weeks.
Posted by: old chick
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Ah. Good to hear.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:25 PM (XeU6L)

224 Fred Bear was a stud.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:25 PM (ZcsJV)

225 >>>I am betting you could kill a small bear with an OG heavy crossbow. That is in no way an inconsequential amount of force.

Short range? Pretty nasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

>If you're close enough to a grizzly to shoot it with a crossbow, he's already charging your ass, and you're shitting your pants. You better be able to make a one-in-million shot.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 03:25 PM (TOSLe)

226 212 What happened to Mayor Groot?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 03:22 PM (qFVoe)

Same as Mayor Beetlejuice?

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:25 PM (iXqHn)

227 Well, Muldoon is a doctor.

I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (GBKbO)

Well now I know who took my job when I retired!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 04, 2026 03:25 PM (Hx0tZ)

228 You better be able to make a one-in-million shot.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 04, 2026 03:25 PM (TOSLe)

I made no comment on the state of your pants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

229 "I wonder now and then about Peaches."

Peaches was here recently. Maybe a bit over a week ago. Still a bit unhappy about how the move to Indiana went.

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 04, 2026 03:26 PM (FEXGh)

230 You're here every day. If you pay attention to others it's easy to know how they contributed to life before AOS.
They have all shared parts of their stories over the years.

I do pay attention to the other commenters here, and I have learned a lot about my fellow Hordelings. But I don't pick up on everything.

Sorry if I gave offense.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM (77rzZ)

231 Piper, Muldoon, and FenSpoke are the outliers.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 02:58 PM (77rzZ)

I'm sitting right here.

*quickly flashes BA in Communication, before hiding it again in embarrassment

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM (zYpTz)

232 230 Sorry if I gave offense.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM (77rzZ)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM (GBKbO)

233 >>>If you're close enough to a grizzly to shoot it with a crossbow, he's already charging your ass, and you're shitting your pants. You better be able to make a one-in-million shot.

No. It's not difficult to get close.

It's only difficult to get away safely.

Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM (ZcsJV)

234 quickly flashes BA in Communication, before hiding it again in embarrassment
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Lol

Posted by: Kratwurst at February 04, 2026 03:28 PM (C362Q)

235 Well, Muldoon is a doctor.

I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

So you've got my pen. Where's my thermometer?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2026 03:28 PM (KxMNK)

236 You'd think Sid and the other trolls would look at their lives and get depressed over all that uselessness.
Posted by: Northernlurker

I don't think it's limited to trolls. Depression can affect even some regular commenters because yes, it does take it's toll to realize one spends more time here than with family/real life friends.

Sid and the like are here to redirect conversations and they are usually successful or CBD wouldn't have to constantly remind people not to quote them.

Posted by: old chick at February 04, 2026 03:28 PM (F3Dlr)

237 Imagine if you will, Nadler encountering a grizzly bear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 03:29 PM (qFVoe)

238 Imagine if you will, Nadler encountering a grizzly bear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 03:29 PM (qFVoe)

The smell of shat would cause the bear to scoot and scat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 04, 2026 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)

239 Huh, what?

Posted by: Pam Bondi at February 04, 2026 03:31 PM (cHOHf)

240
Has anyone said "Jim Crow" yet?

Posted by: Frank Barone at February 04, 2026 03:32 PM (IifOV)

241 237 Imagine if you will, Nadler encountering a grizzly bear.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 04, 2026 03:29 PM (qFVoe)

+++++

That would be a great fantasy. Trouble is, he doesn't strike me as someone who embarks on going anywhere near the great outdoors.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 03:32 PM (MriXJ)

242 Seven hundred or so Feds LEs are being withdrawn from Minneapolis. Where will they be assigned? Atlanta? Charlotte? Denver? Sacramento?

Posted by: mrp at February 04, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv)

243 I just got an email from Pizza Hut with the subject: Game Day Is Almost Here... Last Chance for 200 Bonus Points

and I wondered what game are we talking about?

My indifference is now complete, I think.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 04, 2026 03:32 PM (jc0TO)

244 The moving Nadler shits
and having shat, moves on

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:33 PM (iXqHn)

245 233 >>>If you're close enough to a grizzly to shoot it with a crossbow, he's already charging your ass, and you're shitting your pants. You better be able to make a one-in-million shot.

No. It's not difficult to get close.

It's only difficult to get away safely.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM (ZcsJV)
______________________________

Sort of related. I've lost all sensitivity to those imbeciles to think it's a good idea to take selfies with any kind of bear. Now I think it is interesting, absurb, even funny when their tiny synapse of a brain can't parse out the possible consequences. We have a good supply of retards in the US willing to do this. BUT, notthing comes close to all the half-wits in India who do it. They must have a story a week about someone getting out of their car to take a selfie with a Tiger, or a cobra, and SLOTH BEARS. Sloth bears give the appearance of their name...but they can take down a Bengal Tiger or just about any other bear.

Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 03:33 PM (dIske)

246 So you've got my pen. Where's my thermometer?
Posted by: rickb223
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Old guy with hearing problem visits doc.

Doc looks in ear, 'There's something in there'. Extracts substance from ear. 'It looks like a suppository!'

Old guy pulls out phone, calls home, 'Martha? I think I know where my hearing aid is'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

247 Has anyone said "Jim Crow" yet?
Posted by: Frank Barone

Well, you just did.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:34 PM (77rzZ)

248 233 >>>If you're close enough to a grizzly to shoot it with a crossbow, he's already charging your ass, and you're shitting your pants. You better be able to make a one-in-million shot.

No. It's not difficult to get close.

It's only difficult to get away safely.
Posted by: garrett at February 04, 2026 03:27 PM

I've been told repeatedly I only need to be faster than the other dude to survive.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 04, 2026 03:34 PM (8+C2v)

249 Why do you ask, Two-dogs-fucking?

Posted by: Jim Crow at February 04, 2026 03:34 PM (jc0TO)

250 I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

*checks membership rolls*

Ok, take a seat, the meeting will start in a couple minutes. Sit anywhere you want except the red velvet lounger. That's mine.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 04, 2026 03:34 PM (PlpaN)

251 So you've got my pen. Where's my thermometer?
Posted by: rickb223

Hope you're not looking for a WWI artillery shell.

Because, if so, I've got some bad news for ya.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)

252 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

253 I'm just an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

*checks membership rolls*

Ok, take a seat, the meeting will start in a couple minutes. Sit anywhere you want except the red velvet lounger. That's mine.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 04, 2026 03:34 PM

Don't be shy about the punch and cookies.

Posted by: Jim Crow at February 04, 2026 03:35 PM (jc0TO)

254 You cannot have a stolen election on stolen land.
Posted by: ...

You can if you shoot heroin into your eyeballs.

Posted by: Billie Eilish at February 04, 2026 03:35 PM (UjdFS)

255 I still believe Sid is a put-on.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 03:36 PM (MriXJ)

256 I hope Philadelphia is the next ICE stop, they promise to have a hot warning welcoming.

Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 03:37 PM (Ia/+0)

257 Don't be shy about the punch and cookies.
Posted by: Jim Crow at February 04, 2026 03:35 PM (jc0TO)

Seemed like a heavy price for cookies, but they were good.

Posted by: OneEyedJack with a shiner and crumbs on his shirt at February 04, 2026 03:38 PM (Hx0tZ)

258 Oh, last night I think I narrowed down the round the guy shoved up his ass. Size wise, it matched a Vickers 1.57in mortar round. I could not find a good listing as to length, but it did match the 4cm diameter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)

259 255 I still believe Sid is a put-on.
Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 03:36 PM (MriXJ)

He's an eminence front?

Posted by: Who? Yes, who. at February 04, 2026 03:39 PM (TbWk/)

260 I still believe Sid is a put-on.
Posted by: washrivergal at February 04, 2026 03:36 PM (MriXJ)

Thats why they're refreshing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)

261 I hope Philadelphia is the next ICE stop, they promise to have a hot warning welcoming.
Posted by: Skip

With the 250th coming up, Philly may be a bit more problematic than Minny if things get spicy.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:39 PM (77rzZ)

262 Eminence Gris?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

263 Guess Kash Patel might not be, you know, "in charge" of the FBI in the way he thinks. If it's true he's unaware, or unprepared to confront this turd, then it might also shed some light on why Bongino bailed.

Or not.

There's just too much wrong with our DoJ and the various intel agencies to really comprehend.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (jtM2q)

264 Average Joe was a put on by ParisParamus, a Romney fan, and then somehow became real? So weird.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (KI8Ns)

265
It's not my fault you can't understand the absurdism and genius of Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:05 PM (GBKbO)

There's no accounting for taste. Just so long as you recognize that Evil Dead II is THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE.

Citizen Kane? The Godfather?

Trash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (y9nCu)

266 But... but... I was told to trust the Plan!!!! That Bill Barr was a straight shooter...

And he testified before Congress that no credible evidence of Election fraud had been found!!!

Of course, his subordinate then testified later they didn't actually look... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2026 03:41 PM (mP0Kj)

267 I thought everyone knew I am a supermodel with a BS degree in nursing (not the bs deal you think about, but a bachelor in science I worked hard for).

I am going to sit in this corner and pout!

In reality I am going to be productive til after dinner.

I have been on websleuths today (I don't post there) reading about the mystery of Samantha's elderly mother. I see that the Bannotbright woman's prediction is already wrong. I do hope the poor woman is alive somewhere.

As I despise horror films as well as serial killings, I am not sure why I read there. I think from the Idaho killer of coeds,as I was once a college coed living near a serial killer and it stays with you. I am lucky to be alive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 03:41 PM (WONhk)

268 Eminence Grits, with red-eye gravy.

Posted by: Jim Crow at February 04, 2026 03:41 PM (jc0TO)

269 265
There's no accounting for taste. Just so long as you recognize that Evil Dead II is THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE.

Citizen Kane? The Godfather?

Trash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (y9nCu)

======

The idea that Evil Dead II is superior to Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is laughable on its face.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:41 PM (GBKbO)

270 256 I hope Philadelphia is the next ICE stop, they promise to have a hot warning welcoming.
Posted by: Skip at February 04, 2026 03:37 PM (Ia/+0)

As long as they take the time to flip off their evil DA.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 04, 2026 03:42 PM (O3dBq)

271 I thought everyone knew I am a supermodel with a BS degree in nursing
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I bet there are a lot of former male patients of yours who have very fond memories of their time in hospital.

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)

272 There's no accounting for taste. Just so long as you recognize that Evil Dead II is THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE.

Citizen Kane? The Godfather?

Trash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (y9nCu)

It's in my Top 15 for sure.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:43 PM (KI8Ns)

273 There's no accounting for taste. Just so long as you recognize that Evil Dead II is THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE.

Citizen Kane? The Godfather?

Trash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:40 PM (y9nCu)

======

The idea that Evil Dead II is superior to Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is laughable on its face.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:41 PM

Ye can all be biting me ass.

Posted by: Leprechaun 4: In Space at February 04, 2026 03:44 PM (jc0TO)

274 273 Ye can all be biting me ass.

Posted by: Leprechaun 4: In Space at February 04, 2026 03:44 PM (jc0TO)

======

"Bitch, please."
-Leprechaun in the Hood

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:44 PM (GBKbO)

275 Hmmm. #1 movie all time is a tough one and not one i have thought about in a while.

Rio Bravo
John Wick
Predator

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)

276 Akilah Johnson
@akjohnson1922
·
In 2021, I was hired by
@washingtonpost
to cover health disparities & explore the way racism & social inequality affects health. 4 months ago, I became the generations’ reporter exploring how health is experienced by different pple across the life course. Today, I was laid off.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (n1OCj)

277 If you don't like Evil Dead II you're pretty much an idiot. It's #Science.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (KI8Ns)

278 127 Some of you big brain lawyers can answer this:

If the Feds find significant evidence of voter fraud in sufficient numbers to swing the election to the actual losing candidate,

is there a way to refuse to count state, in this case, GA's vote in the upcoming election unless they can prove they have proper safeguards to insure the integrity of the vote?

Or, is that an impossibility?
===========
How about refusing to count the electoral votes of any state that does not demand citizenship confirming photo ID in order to vote?
Let's do one more, refuse to count any non-citizen for purposes of apportionment?
The Ds would never win another election. . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (JNTt1)

279 I am Groot
Posted by: Groot
......

Can't fool us, Vin.

Posted by: wth at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

280

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (n1OCj)

281 In 2021, I was hired by
@washingtonpost
to cover health disparities & explore the way racism & social inequality affects health. 4 months ago, I became the generations’ reporter exploring how health is experienced by different pple across the life course. Today, I was laid off.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2026 03:46 PM (n1OCj)

Why don't you suck the racial health disparities of my taint.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:47 PM (KI8Ns)

282 What's the success rate of convincing a judge to change his mind?

That is, when they already ruled (that the warrant was merited) but you don't like it and try to get them to rule the opposite way?
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You could always try *strenuously* objecting.

Posted by: Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway at February 04, 2026 03:48 PM (TN0g+)

283
quickly flashes BA in Communication, before hiding it again in embarrassment
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Lol
Posted by: Kratwurst

Graduate degree in underwater basket weaving with additional training in obscure trivia.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:48 PM (i62cq)

284 the way racism & social inequality affects health

I bet she fell for the BS "study" that claimed that the death rate for black babies was much lower when they were treated by black doctors than when they were treated by white doctors.

Complete codswallop.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (n1OCj)

285 @akjohnson1922
Today, I was laid off.

As Oscar Wilde said of the death of Little Nell, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (gKWVE)

286 I don't want that fag's tongue anywhere near me.

Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (Y1sOo)

287 Hmmm. #1 movie all time is a tough one and not one i have thought about in a while.

Rio Bravo
John Wick
Predator
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I'd lock in Point Break at #1. Rio Bravo is fine for #2.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (TN0g+)

288 bet she fell for the BS "study" that claimed that the death rate for black babies was much lower when they were treated by black doctors than when they were treated by white doctors.

Complete codswallop.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (n1OCj)

Study didn't mention they were comparing abortion doctors.

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (KI8Ns)

289 F*** you Akilah. Ignorant Smoothbrains like you are the reason I'm going to end up getting deported with the rest of y'all when whites have finally had enough.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:50 PM (iXqHn)

290
Graduate degree in underwater basket weaving with additional training in obscure trivia.

Posted by: BifBewalski

Oh, and Smash is an author. She has myabe 33 or 34 books published.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:50 PM (i62cq)

291
The idea that Evil Dead II is superior to Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is laughable on its face.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 04, 2026 03:41 PM (GBKbO)

Philistine.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:50 PM (y9nCu)

292 I don't want that fag's tongue anywhere near me.

Posted by: ellipses' taint at February 04, 2026 03:49 PM (Y1sOo)

Also fair

Posted by: ... at February 04, 2026 03:50 PM (KI8Ns)

293 BOOBS

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 04, 2026 03:50 PM (Kt19C)

294 Eminence Grits, with red-eye gravy.
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Its a put on!

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 03:51 PM (TN0g+)

295 Oh, and Smash is an author. She has myabe 33 or 34 books published.
Posted by: BifBewalski

Cool. What are they about?

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:51 PM (77rzZ)

296
I'd lock in Point Break at #1. Rio Bravo is fine for #2.

Posted by: Crusader

Aren't Rio Bravo, El Dorado, and Laredo the same movie and plot?

Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:52 PM (i62cq)

297 @washingtonpost
to cover health disparities & explore the way racism & social inequality affects health. 4 months ago, I became the generations’ reporter exploring how health is experienced by different pple across the life course. Today, I was laid off.
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pple? Apple? Nipple? Ripple?

Learn to code!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:52 PM (XeU6L)

298 NOOD Keir Starmer

Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (77rzZ)

299 I wonder what Fulton County does not want anyone to see.
So let's have a look. Can't hurt them if it's all on the up and up
Which I bet it's not. Crime is a crime even if it's an old one.

Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (E7+ue)

300 297 Learn to code!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:52 PM (XeU6L)

Black people can't code.

Posted by: XTC at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)

301 224 Fred Bear was a stud.
Posted by: garrett

He had a resort in Graying in the early 70's including a restaurant my sister and her friend had summer jobs at.

The national guard guys would come up weekends and make tired come-on jokes about great racks.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 03:53 PM (Y8DZL)

302 Hmmm. #1 movie all time is a tough one and not one i have thought about in a while.
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Taking all into account, Dr. Zhivago.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (XeU6L)

303
Aren't Rio Bravo, El Dorado, and Laredo the same movie and plot?
Posted by: BifBewalski- at February 04, 2026 03:52 PM (i62cq)

Rio Lobo, not Laredo. And yes.

Marion Morrison was smart enough to stick with the totally awesome Rio Bravo formula.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (y9nCu)

304 Aren't Rio Bravo, El Dorado, and Laredo the same movie and plot?
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I know that Rio Bravo and El Dorado are. I'm not sure about Laredo.

Posted by: Crusader at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (TN0g+)

305
I meant Grayling.

I have a learning problem I guess.

Posted by: Auspex at February 04, 2026 03:55 PM (Y8DZL)

306 271 I thought everyone knew I am a supermodel with a BS degree in nursing
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I bet there are a lot of former male patients of yours who have very fond memories of their time in hospital.
Posted by: Bulg at February 04, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)
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Nah, I'm sure they are all dead now as I was a very young charge RN and now olde. I was a good nurse, so people told me.

The only one who remembered me for life was a 400lb+ guy who came in for something. We had to put two hospital beds together and rig up a trapeze for him to pull up on to turn.

Every night he wanted my medication nurse to use a back scratcher thing to find his nethers and apply some cream (probably anti-fungal as I don't remember). He got off on this. After two nights I called my orderly bf/now husband from another floor to "help" him. I still have no idea what he did to him, but this guy never asked for the "treatment" from my nurses again.

My bf/husband remembers me, however, as he's downstairs. I've always looked a decade or more younger than my age, so back then I probably looked 15yrs old and my nursing cap was what showed the world I was in charge.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (WONhk)

307 4 months ago, I became the generations’ reporter exploring how health is experienced by different pple across the life course.

That's supposed to be a real, full-time job?

Today, I was laid off.

That makes more sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 04, 2026 03:57 PM (Fs0KI)

308 I think I narrowed down the round the guy shoved up his ass. Size wise, it matched a Vickers 1.57in mortar round
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News You Can Use! Thanks for doing yeoman’s work narrowing that down, so to speak.

How did Doc know it was a “live” round? Do they treat all ordinance as potentially live when a buggery enthusiast presents hisself as such? Would seem prudent, but evacuation of a hospital is no small matter.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM (wNEJY)

309 To achieve success, agents would have arrived unannounced, warrants in hand and not leave until all evidence was secured.
The way to do that is known. Why they don't do what they need to do is a question.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:09 PM (TlCKo)

310 How did Doc know it was a “live” round? Do they treat all ordinance as potentially live when a buggery enthusiast presents hisself as such? Would seem prudent, but evacuation of a hospital is no small matter.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 04, 2026 04:06 PM

Wouldn't it have been easier to just move the guy to the parking lot?

Posted by: Leprechaun 4: In Space at February 04, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

311 The four stages of leftist argument:
1. Nothing to see here.
2. Obstruct/delay.
3. Old news.
4. Shut up.

Seems we're somewhere between ##3 and 4.

Posted by: Zek at February 04, 2026 04:10 PM (5FPX4)

312 How did Doc know it was a “live” round? Do they treat all ordinance as potentially live when a buggery enthusiast presents hisself as such? Would seem prudent, but evacuation of a hospital is no small matter.
Posted by: Common Tater
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The primer cap was peeking out of the octopus mouth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:11 PM (TlCKo)

313 And her white stockings went ssst, ssst, ssst as she walked down the hall.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:15 PM (TlCKo)

314 Them and their Lawyer should both be stranded on some Island well off the Shipping Lanes

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 04, 2026 05:36 PM (wGqjj)

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